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June 25, 2025 | 25:5

From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it’s clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we’re witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.

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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Breaking Down Trump’s Strike on Iran | Stakelbeck Tonight | June 25, 2025

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight
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I'm erick stakelbeck, and reports of the survival
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Of iran's nuclear program have been greatly exaggerated.
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In the wake of last weekend's operation midnight hammer,
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In which president trump ordered u.s.
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B-2 bombers to destroy three key iranian nuclear sites.
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We already have the usual naysayers on the left
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And in the mainstream media downplaying the operation.
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Cnn even reported on tuesday that, according to anonymous,
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Of course intelligence sources, the u.s.
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Did not destroy iran's nuclear facilities
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And only set the program back by a few months.
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So forget those massive craters left at iran's
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Fordo site, courtesy of 30,000 pound u.s.
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Bunker busting bombs.
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And forget
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Israeli estimates that the sites have been decimated.
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Even iran's foreign ministry spokesman said, quote,
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Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged.
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That's for sure. all of that.
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And yet cnn wants you to believe that your eyes
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And plain common sense deceive you.
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Thankfully, the trump administration
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Is setting the record straight.
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Here was president trump earlier today at the nato summit
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In the netherlands.
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The statement came in from
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The atomic energy commission of israel.
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And i just wonder, this is an official letter.
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And they're very serious people.
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As you know, the devastating u.s.
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Strike on fordow
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Destroyed the site's critical infrastructure and rendered
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The enrichment facility totally inoperable.
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It was devastated.
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We assessed that the american strikes on
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Iran's nuclear facilities had set back iran's ability
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To develop nuclear weapons for many years to come.
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This achievement can continue indefinitely if iran does not
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Get access to nuclear material,
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Which it won't.
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Well said.
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And speaking alongside president trump, secretary of state
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Marco rubio broke down the massive success of operation
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Midnight hammer even further.
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This is what a leaker is telling you.
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The intelligence says.
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That's the game these people play.
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They read it,
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And then they go out and characterize it
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The way they want to characterize and their leakers.
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This is the game they play. so that's number one.
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Number two, here's a fact.
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The conversion facility, what you can't do
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With a nuclear weapon without a conversion facility,
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You can't
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We can't even find where it is, where it used to be on the map.
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You can't even find where it used to be
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Because the whole thing is just blackened out.
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It's got wiped out. it's wiped out.
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Then we dropped 12
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Of the strongest bombs on the planet,
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Right down the hole in two places.
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Everything underneath that mountain is in bad shape.
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And i refer you to the statement of the iaea, mr.
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Grossi, that you know what he said?
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He said there was iran.
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The way it looked a day before the attack
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And what their nuclear program looks like now,
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Two very different things.
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They are way behind where they were just seven days ago.
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Now anything in the world can be rebuilt,
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But now we know where it is.
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And if they try to rebuild it,
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We'll have options there as well.
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Who knows?
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President trump's philosophy of peace through strength
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May even start to rub off on our nato allies in europe.
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Here was nato secretary
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General mark
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Rutte vowing that europe would start pulling its weight.
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Imagine that when it comes to securing the west.
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Here's more
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For too long.
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One ally, the united states, carried too much of the burden
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Of that commitment.
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And that changes today.
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President trump there does not.
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You made this change possible.
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Your leadership on this has already produced $1
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Trillion in extra spending from european allies since 2016.
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And these issues today
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Will produce trillions more for our common defense
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To make us stronger and fairer by equalizing spending between.
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America.
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And america's allies.
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Folks, this is exactly what we need to hear
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From europe, and those words need to turn into action.
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We've been telling you here that western europe
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Is in a very dangerous place, with massive muslim immigration
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And anti-semitism on the rise and christianity on the decline.
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Sadly, it seems that new york city
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Wants to follow in those destructive footsteps.
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On tuesday, 33 year old zoran mamdani,
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A muslim and a socialist, won the democrat primary
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And may very likely be the next mayor of new york city.
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Mamdani is an anti-israel activist
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Who's never run anything of note in his life,
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But who is now on the verge
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Of taking charge of america's largest city.
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How radical is mamdani?
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Here he is vowing to arrest israeli prime
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Minister benjamin netanyahu.
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Mamdani welcome benjamin netanyahu to the city.
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No. as mayor, new york city would arrest benjamin netanyahu.
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This is a city that our values are in line
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With international law.
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It's time that our actions are also.
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Even though. the us is not a signatory.
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The icc, no.
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It's time that we actually step up
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And make clear what we are willing to do
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To showcase the leadership that is sorely missing.
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God help new york city
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Folks pray for the big apple to reject this madness.
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The trump administration is working overtime
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To keep america safe from islamism, socialism
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And antisemitism.
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And up next we are joined by the president's
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Senior director for counterterrorism.
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Doctor sebastian gorka, to break down the threats at home
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And abroad.
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That's coming up after the break. stick around.
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That's coming up after the break. stick around.
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President trump just presided over one of the most
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Stunning and successful military operations in u.s.
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History.
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And now that iran's nuclear program
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Has been destroyed, the focus turns to the threat at home.
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From possible sleeper cells to murderous cartels.
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The administration
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Is working around the clock to make america safe.
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And doctor sebastian gorka is at the forefront of the fight.
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He's the administration's senior director for counterterrorism
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And a deputy assistant to president trump.
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And he joins us now from the white house.
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Director gorka, always great to see you.
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Hey, just seeing president trump today on stage at nato, it's
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Just another reminder and seeing how he's
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Treated by other leaders, nato leaders, the respect he's given
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Is just another reminder that the leader of the free
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World is back.
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Can you talk about his leadership?
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We saw it on full display obviously
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Over the weekend, destroying those iranian nuclear sites.
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Can you talk about how true american leadership is?
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Most certainly back to the point
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That nato now is saying, look, we're going to
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Give a much greater chunk of our gdp towards
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Defense and towards security.
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Thanks to president trump.
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We could talk about this for hours.
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Let's start with the fact,
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You know, i was honored
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To be here in the white house situation room on saturday night
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For perhaps the most exquisite and perfect military operation
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Since, you know, wilbur wright got on that plane on that beach.
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And that was the first instance of manned flight
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To have that wing of b-2 bombers
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Fly 34 hours
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And then ingress into the airspace
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Of one of the most dangerous regimes in the world
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That wishes to destroy
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Not only israel, but america and cause us the great satan,
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To deploy those 1430 2,000 pound bombs.
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Destroy that nuclear capabilities,
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And then leave iranian airspace without anybody knowing that
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They'd even been there.
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Not one shot fired against them and not one intercepted
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The fighter launched from iranian forces.
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If you read that in a tom clancy novel, eric, you'd say, no,
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No, it's just not believable.
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Well, that's president trump.
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That's peace through strength.
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That's the us military.
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That's secretary haig says, just truly, truly stunning.
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And of course, they caved within hours.
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The iranian regime said, oh yes, the great satan.
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We give up
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And we're going to have a cease fire with israel as well.
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Today, as a person who cut my teeth
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On nato issues more than 30 years ago.
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Again, beggars belief.
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I would not believe you if you'd said to me
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A few years ago that the alliance, which was incapable,
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Just a few years ago
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Of having its members to commit 2% of their gdp
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To their own defenses, is now, with the exception of one nation
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Who was in big trouble, came to commit not 3%, not 4%,
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But 5%
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To make sure that this truly is an effective military alliance.
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It just beggars belief.
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But that's the power of president trump.
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And that,
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My friend, is the quintessence of the art of the deal.
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Amen.
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He is a historic, transcendent figure,
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And he is a history maker and a world changer
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Is president trump.
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And speaking of which,
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Director gorka,
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You mentioned
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The incredible strike operation midnight hammer against those
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Three iranian nuclear sites over this past weekend.
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And yet we have democrats
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And the left and the mainstream media, the likes of cnn,
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Trying to downplay this, saying it wasn't successful,
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That iran's nuclear program is essentially intact.
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What do you make of that?
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It seems like trump derangement syndrome on steroids.
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And again, the appeasement mindset
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When it comes to the iranian regime
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From the left, when people take bold, decisive actions,
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The left doesn't like that. that seems to scare them.
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But that's what president trump's all about.
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But it's more than that.
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It's really quite perverse.
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It's not just about being decisive and being bold.
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It's about loving your country.
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Why did president trump put, pilots in harm's way?
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What why why did he decide to say, oh,
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We need two more weeks to discuss it?
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When, in fact, he was deploying our assets
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To destroy
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The nuclear capabilities of that islamo fascist regime.
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Very simply because he loves america,
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And he wants americans to be safe.
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And then the mainstream legacy lying media is sad.
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My newsmax, buddy rob schmidt had this photograph
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Of all the mainstream media hosts,
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The announcement of the cease fire,
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And they all looked like their puppy had died.
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They were they were just hot broke.
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And that president trump, after 46 years, has put paid
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To the threats of the iranian regime.
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I guess they're on the side of of the mullahs.
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They're on the side of the people
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Who want to destroy america and israel.
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It's rather telling, don't you think, my friend?
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No doubt.
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And how could you not be
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In agreement with president trump on this?
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This is a nation, as you mentioned,
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Director of gawker for 46 years
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Has killed americans, referred to america as the great satan.
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And oh, by the way,
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Was developing intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Hey, about a minute left.
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You mentioned you were in the situation room
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With president trump.
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Give us, if you can give us a sense of his posture
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During moments like this.
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Historic moments, big decisions being made.
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What's it like in the situation room
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And what's president trump's manner
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Like when it comes down to it, in these massive,
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Massive history making moments.
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His manner is exactly the same,
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When he's outside of the situation room,
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Whether it's with you, with with one person in the oval,
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Whether it's with his cabinet members in the cabinet room,
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Whether it's in front of a stadium of 60,000 people.
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This is what i tell
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People always ask me, what's he really like?
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And i have to tell him i'm sorry.
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He's exactly like you see him in public
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Because he doesn't have that
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Genius to face nature of average politicians.
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Because he's not a politician. he's a patriot.
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And what you see is the following.
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He listens.
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He asks your advice, he wants you analysis.
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And then he decides because he's the commander in chief.
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That's the president inside the white house situation
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Room, outside the white house situation room everywhere.
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Imagine that.
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That's exactly right.
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And more with doctor gorka after the break.
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What about these reports?
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An attorney general,
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A pam bondi, mentioned this just the other day before
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Congress of iranians entering the united states illegally.
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Do we know where they are?
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Is this a serious threat?
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More with director sebastian gorka after the break.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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He is president trump
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Senior director for counterterrorism
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And a deputy assistant to the president.
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The one and only director, sebastian gorka, is back
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With us.
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Director gorka, the other day, some pretty stunning testimony
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On the hill from attorney general pam bondi
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Saying, look, over 1000 iranian nationals
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Crossed into our country illegally
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From the southern border under the biden harris regime.
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You are the senior director for counter-terrorism.
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How concerned should we be about this potential threat
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On our soil?
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Well, look,
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We should be concerned
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That for four years, under the auto pen
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Presidency of joe biden and under the,
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You know, kamala harris non borders,
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We had no national sovereignty.
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Whoever you were, you could come into this country
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And upwards of 20, 21 million people did so unvetted.
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But here's the good news.
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We have the a-team.
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It's not just pam bondi as attorney general.
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It's not just kash patel and my buddy dan bongino, the fbi.
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It's governor noem. the department of homeland
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Security here in the white house.
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It's stephen miller, the president's homeland
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Security advisor.
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And then, of course, the guy who i don't know,
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I don't think he sleeps just like the president.
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He's always on the road is tom homan,
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Who is a real borders czar who's beat on the street
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With ice agents
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Every single day, scooping up the worst of the worst,
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Getting them deported,
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Sending them to get mo wherever they need to go. why?
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Because that's the oath of office we all took.
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The president took. tom took. pam took.
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I took to protect america and to uphold the constitution.
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So yes, a horrific last four years.
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Just ask the relatives of jocelyn newman, gary,
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That 12 year old girl murdered by illegals, the the family left
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Behind, the orphans of that beautiful maryland mother
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Who was strangled after she was raped
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And then thrown in a ditch.
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That's the reality of the last four years.
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But right now we have a mission.
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A mission to keep america safe.
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And that's exactly what the a-team is doing.
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Yeah, it is an all star team on all levels.
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And look, in just six months, i mean, really, in one month,
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President trump made the border,
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The southern border, more secure than ever.
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I mean, in one month after he got into office,
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Can you give us a sense of just how secure that border is?
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Some of the numbers compared to the biden
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Harris regime in those dark days,
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And where we're at now with the us-mexico border, it's
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Absolutely stunning.
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It's closed.
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I mean, just,
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You know, the border is closed and if you cross it illegally,
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We will find you and we will send you back.
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That's the reality.
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But but it shouldn't surprise anyone. why?
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Because what we are doing is very simple.
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We are allowing the agents of the customs
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And border protection agency to do their job.
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They're not greeters at walmart
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Handing out diapers to illegals.
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And you know they bomb the phones.
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They're securing the border.
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The morale has skyrocketed.
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Whether you're cbp,
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Whether you're ice, whether you hsc,
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Homeland security investigations.
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We are allowing the sworn officers of the state
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To do the job they weren't allowed to do for four years.
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And when you let them do that, eric, guess what?
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The border gets sealed.
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And when the illegals see tom homan on every tv channel
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Coming out of the faucet, they say,
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Maybe i shouldn't tried to get into america illegally.
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And it is happening fast.
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I mean, six months, not even in office.
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It's a sea change.
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It's amazing to witness.
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That includes not only here at home
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Director gorka, but overseas.
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We talked about iran a bit, president
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Trump, the nato summit now, of course.
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But what lessons do you think china, russia and north
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Korea and rogue regimes like that took from president
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Trump's action over the weekend in operation midnight hammer?
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You have to think the tyrannies of the world are now on notice,
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Because the leader of the free world is back in business.
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It's exactly the same
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Message we sent when we were in the white house
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The first time when president trump,
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Dropped 52 cruise missiles on the syrian base
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That was preparing
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To deploy chemical weapons against unarmed civilians,
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Turned it into a sheet of glass.
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He didn't invade syria. he's not a neocon.
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He's not an interventionist.
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But he said, no, you don't get to use chemical weapons.
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And he destroyed that base.
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Or when we informed him that 300 russian mercenaries
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Are running around the middle east,
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Destabilize in the region, he told the pentagon, kill them.
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Kill them.
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Now, the only president
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In history to kill 300 russians in one afternoon.
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It's exactly the same message peace through strength.
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And it's a message to all dictators,
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To all enemies of america.
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You threaten our national interest, we will reach out
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And we will touch you.
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And it might be a little bit more kinetic than you expected.
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Yeah. the iranian regime down.
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Not out yet, but what's your sense of
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Just how severely weakened the world's number one
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State sponsor of terrorism
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Is following this dual effort by israel and the u.s.
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Lowering their hammer again on the world's
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Number one state sponsor of terrorism,
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Which have been a thorn in the side of america
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For 46 years.
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Look, i wish i could share with you
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What i get to read every morning
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And in the top secret briefings i get.
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But let's just talk about the open source.
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Just look at one thing.
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The numbers, the sheer numbers of not just
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The nuclear scientists who are neutralized by israel
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And the bases that we have turned into rubble
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With those beautiful b-2 spirit bombers, but also the military
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Leaders, the irgc leaders who have been removed
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In this campaign by our friends in israel.
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They're in a very, very difficult place right
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Now, economically, militarily, strategically.
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And they only have one option to behave otherwise.
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Guess what?
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We've got a lot more of those bunker busters left.
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President trump has all the leverage
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And imagine that he's not afraid to use it.
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Hey, last question, director gore.
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About a minute left china, china
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Also taking notes, after the events of this past weekend.
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But china, we've had some arrests
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Of chinese nationals on american soil as of late.
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Still, the fentanyl issue,
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Which is being obviously shut down quite literally,
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In, on the southern border.
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But what's your sense of china's threat to the homeland?
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About a minute left.
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China is
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At war with us and has been for decades.
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It's a financial war. it's an intelligence war.
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It's a geopolitical one.
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When you look at rare earth minerals
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And what they're doing in africa and elsewhere.
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But the good news is president trump turned around
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American understanding with regard to that.
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The first time he was behind the resolute desk
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And with peter navarro and ilk back in the white house
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Today to advise him
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And make those policies a reality once more.
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China will not get to do what it wants
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To do and become the only hegemon in the world.
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So it is a threat, but it's being handled,
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Whether by scott besson's the treasury or by the nsc
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Team, by marco rubio, by secretary of defense hicks.
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If china understands that, we understand
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And we will not allow them to become a world hegemonic period.
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End of story. amen.
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It is a new day for america and director sebastian gorka.
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You are a big part of that, my friend.
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Thanks so much for everything you're doing for our country
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And for that great breakdown of everything happening at home
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And abroad. director gore can keep up the great work.
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God bless. we'll see you again soon.
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That's the plan, my friend.
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God bless you and the viewers.
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Take care.
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And coming up after the break, more on what comes next
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In the middle east, the world's most strategic
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And volatile region. what are iran's next moves?
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What are israel's next moves?
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I'll break it down next.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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We've been talking throughout this show,
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Including with the white house's senior director
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For counterterrorism, sebastian gorka,
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About the weakening of the world's number one state
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Sponsor of terrorism, the iranian regime.
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That's a great thing.
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And yet there are still threats gathering, including here
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At home, that we need to be aware of
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And praying about president trump's
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Borders, our tom home and broke it down on fox news
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On tuesday. take a look.
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That this is the
00:21:44.522 --> 00:21:45.757
Biggest national security issue this country has ever faced.
00:21:45.757 --> 00:21:49.394
Because not only did you got 700, some released
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Number one that can't be properly vetted.
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You have secretary marcus and everybody released got vetted.
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You think iran would give us any information
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About their national security issues or what?
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What the,
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The pastor or records of these people are or their involvement.
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And in that security, iran will give us that information.
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And beyond that,
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You and i have talked many times about 2 million,
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More than 2 million gateways
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That paid more to get away that cross the border.
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We don't know who they are,
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Where they came from, why they're here.
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That scares me.
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More than anything.
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Now, homan was referring to the past four years
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Under joe biden, where over 1000 iranians
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We learned this week
00:22:30.501 --> 00:22:31.702
Crossed into america illegally and we don't know
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Where they are.
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That's part of those gateways, those 2 million people
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Who got away that home and just described.
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But folks, remember the book of isaiah, chapter 41, verse
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Ten, god says, do not fear, for i am with you.
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Do not be dismayed, for i am your god.
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I will strengthen you and help you.
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I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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Hey, god's in control.
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He sits on the throne, and he's installed
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Some great leadership in washington, d.c.
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Right now in the form of president trump and his team.
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Like director gorka, who you saw earlier.
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So be encouraged
00:23:05.036 --> 00:23:06.571
That evil is being routed out, including right here at home.
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Hey, be sure to follow us on social media
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X instagram, facebook, of course on youtube, watchmentv.com,
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And join us tomorrow night!
00:23:16.447 --> 00:23:17.715
A great middle east breakdown with cliff may and tal heinrich.
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You won't want to miss that.
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Until then, god bless you and we'll see you soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: Breaking Down Trump’s Strike on Iran | Stakelbeck Tonight

June 25, 2025 | 25:5

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