On Wednesday’s Mark Levin Show, there’s a CNN poll showing 79% of Americans (83% Republicans, 79% Democrats/independents) oppose Iran’s nuclear ambitions, with a slight majority favoring U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites (69% of Republicans agree, 27% oppose). This refutes the small group of isolationists, amplified by the media, who downplay Iran’s threat and align with left-wing narratives, asserting most Americans support Trump’s strong stance on national security. These isolationist voices are paper tigers who align with left-wing media to downplay Iran’s threat and question intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program and assassination attempts against President Trump. They are ideologically driven and out of touch with red-blooded Americans who prioritize national security and common-sense foreign policy. Also, Roger Zakheim, Director of the Ronald Reagan Institute, calls in to discuss a comprehensive Reagan Institute Summer Survey. It highlights key issues impacting U.S. security and prosperity, with preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon topping the list at 84%, reflecting widespread concern about nuclear proliferation. Americans expressed strong support for Israel striking Iran’s nuclear program, even before recent events. Zakheim explained that nearly 90% of Republican respondents, aligned with Trump’s base, favor action against Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Later, Communist China, and their genocidal Marxist dictator Xi, is watching closely what’s taking place in Iran. If we were weak or equivocating, they would take that as a signal to more aggressive seek global domination. If we were resolute and strong, they would take that into consideration — not necessarily preventing them from eventually acting but perhaps reassessing how aggressive they would want to be. President Trump’s historical leadership has sent exactly the right message to Xi. Resolve and strength.
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Segment 1
Hello, America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. Tons and I mean tons going on. We’ll try and fit it in 3 hours. Probably need a Jerry Lewis telethon, Mr. Producer, to get it all in, but we’re not going to get that. We will do the very best we can. But I want to start with something very interesting. Something I already knew. I knew in my gut. I knew in my gut as I’ll explain after you. Listen to this. This is his fellow Harry Enten, the CNN chief data analyst. This guy makes boring polls sound exciting, fabulous, credible. They’re lucky to have him. I think he’s the only guy over there worth having. Other than the conservative and I don’t mean to be rude, whose name I can’t remember. What is his name? Scott Jennings. Sorry. There, Scott. I want you to listen to Harry Enten. This is very important to you, I’m sure. CNN chief data analyst cut 17 go. And overall, I feel like there’s more support for Donald Trump’s positions than his comically acknowledged. Oppose Iran getting a nuclear weapon. I mean, look at this. 79% of adults agree on that. They agree with Donald Trump. Iran can not get a nuclear weapon. 83% of Republicans, 79% of independents, 79% of Democrats. When you got 79% of Democrats and 83% of Republicans agreeing on anything, you know that that position is the very clear majority in this country. And so the American public is with Donald Trump. They definitely oppose Iran getting nuclear weapons. So this is a nuance here. But, you know, Trump and Netanyahu both arguing that Iran is close to being capable of making a nuclear weapon. If that is the case, what is the feeling of Americans as to whether United States should get involved in this conflict? Right. If you buy Donald Trump’s theory of the case, and I think that’s important to note, this is polling from April France trying to make a nuclear weapon. Look at this. Overall, you get the slight plurality. I mean, it’s within the margin of error, but the slight plurality of Americans actually favor U.S. airstrikes compared to 47% opposing it. Now, here’s the other nugget I’ll note. Right? There’s been a lot of talk online and on social media and podcast of a divide within the Republican ranks. But here on this question, if Iran is trying to make a nuclear weapon, look at that. 69% of Republicans, the clear vast majority of Republicans, favor U.S. airstrikes on Iran, on their nuclear facilities. But there is this substantial minority, 27%, who oppose such an idea. So it’s not surprising you’re hearing those other voices besides Donald Trump out there. There are plenty of them in the Republican ranks who oppose striking the U.S., striking Iran if they’re trying to make a nuclear weapon. But the clear majority, the clear majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump. If, in fact, Iran is trying to make nuclear weapons, they do, in fact potentially favor US airstrikes. So to cut through all this, and he does a tremendous job. 69% of Americans. So seven out of excuse me, 69% of Republicans. Seven out of ten Republicans believe that the U.S. should hit our bombers. Iran’s nuclear sites. 70%. 69%. And in terms of making sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons. Incredible. 83% of Republicans, 79% of Democrats, 79% of independents. So you see, ladies and gentlemen, the isolationists, I’ve been telling you this for week after week after week, it’s a small cabal. That’s what it is. They have platforms. Then they are those platforms when they make their outrageous statements and do their outrageous things. They are cycled through entities like Media eight and the Drudge Report and so forth and so on to try and give them a voice. Why? Because they want you to believe that the Republican Party is like the Democrat Party when it comes to national security, when it comes to taking out nuclear warheads or potentially one. It is when it comes to Israel, it’s all a lie, as again, I’d been trying to say. But this battle over the last month with me and the isolationists. Has exposed them. They’re feckless. They’re paper tigers. That’s what they are. And then they turn on Donald Trump. And then Donald Trump turns on them. And then they have a problem. The big problem. But red blooded Americans are not isolationists. Appeasers. Pacifists. Where people would common sense. People believe you look at a situation, you figure out who the good guys are and the bad guys are. If you can help, we help. It’s not about a forever war. It’s not about World War three. The American people aren’t buying any of this crap. And they know Iran. We know Iran. They’ve been with us for 47 years, this regime. They’ve killed Americans, American soldiers. They’ve tried to assassinate our president. What’s getting interesting now? You may recall a couple of weeks ago, ladies and gentlemen. When I was dealing with Qatar Olsen. Who really is a paper tiger. Absolutely lightweight. And his following is an inch deep. When I was dealing with him, you’ll notice the Politico Rachel Bay to come to his defense. Then the Independent came to his defense. Then media. Okay. Came to his defense. Then The Daily Beast reality came to his defense. Then the Huffington comp, all these outlier. Media entrails. Same left wing ideologues, same Democrat mouthpieces and so forth and so on in terms of their mindset. They questioned the intelligence about the nuclear sites. They questioned the intelligence about the attempts to assassinate Donald Trump. We actually have a case at the Department of Justice, I believe it was started in the Biden administration. So just like Biden isn’t as dumb as he sounds and seems and walks and talk. No, no, no. So the same media and their entrails, except this time with the isolationists, want you to believe. Iran is not a threat. They don’t have nukes. Look at them. What exactly is Israel bombing? Civilian energy sites. We all know. We see it. We hear it just like we did with Biden, just like we did with the Hunter laptop. They’d pull in the same thing, except this time they have the isolationists almost as a fifth column, as a fifth column in this country, joining with them their ideological. Ideological knuckleheads. We’re going have a guest on in the second hour who’s going to explain what their surveys found. Very thorough, very comprehensive surveys, very similar. To the CNN poll very similar. Donald Trump’s position has been known from day one. We should be supporting what he’s trying to do now. We should be supporting. The prime minister of Israel. We should be supporting the Israeli military. We should be supporting our military. We should encourage them to work as closely together as possible to wipe out this enemy, their nuclear weapons. In which they want to kill us. That’s the bottom line. I understand why Talib and Omar and AOC and Sanders and the rest of the Marxist Islamists are not with us. But these people who’ve turned on us. These people who’ve turned on us, these isolationists with their podcasts and their subscription services and all the rest. Held to them. When the rubber hit the road. They’re on the side of the enemy. They’ll say they’re not, but they are. They’re on the side of Talib. They’re on the side of Bernie Sanders. They sound like Bernie Sanders. And I don’t want to hear this stuff. I guess we will, but I don’t want to hear it. I support Israel, but I oppose war. Well, good for you. The problem for Israel is they’re under attack constantly on all sides. So you may oppose war sitting here in the United States. That’s a wonderful thing. But when you’re under attack in direct ways and terrorist ways and other ways and you have been for 47 years, but the same primitive barbarian seventh century Islamists. You can’t just preach. You know, I support Israel, but I oppose war. I see General Michael Flynn. General Michael Flynn has made the point. I’m against stupid wars, but I’m not necessarily against war. And when the state of Israel is under attack directly and indirectly, I support, if necessary, a war to stop it. But 80% of the American people, 83%. Agree with you and me and the president. 83%. And 69% of Republican. Believe that the United States should participate in blowing out these nuclear sites. Completely different than what you’ve been hearing on cable, completely different than what you’ve been hearing from podcasters, many of them. Some are conservative talk radio. Again, I will tell you for the 5,000th time. Rush always told me. Respect your audience. Respect their intelligence. When I come behind here. I’m talking to you. I’m not talking to the entrails. I’m not talking to the isolation. I’m talking to you. And, you know, I give you the truth. I give you the information I have. You don’t necessarily have to agree with me. That’s okay. That’s not the point. But I’ll give you the best information I have. That’s not what you get in American media. That’s not what you get from Media eight and the Drudge Report. Politico and Axios. Axios is the favorite leaking point of the isolationists who side with Hamas in some instances, but clearly side with the Iranian government. You can’t say no, no, we can’t use military action or we can’t back up the Israelis who are using military action to take out the nuclear weapons there and then say you’re for Israel, but you’re not for Iran. Now you’re for Iran, as a practical matter. Putting aside words, as a practical matter, you’re for Iran. Just have the guts to say so. Just had the guts to say to her. Now. Ted Cruz. There’s a great man. Great patriot. I’ve known it for decades. What you see is what you get. He hasn’t gone from being a liberal to a libertarian to a neocon to a conservative and an isolationist. His head is screwed on tight. His head is screwed on tight. I’m going to play for you a little bit later. A few short clips of him and Qatar, Olsson, Chatsworth, Qatar. I notice over at Mediate they took a guitar lesson. Clip. Because Qatar also was trying to get in front of this disaster where Cruz ripped him a new one. And twisted it with a headline. Questions being how many people live in Iran? Why does that matter? You’re a senator and you don’t even know what’s the ethnic makeup of Iran. You know, Shia and you don’t know and you’re a senator. That’s the kind of stupidity. And media. I thought that was great. Why? Because Mediate is in the camp of the isolationists. Anything to attack Trump? What attacked conservatives there in the camp of the isolationists. We tried to get one of the gentlemen on this program. What’s his name against Richard, I. Colby Hall is going to have a professional discussion with him, as I told you yesterday. I wanted to ask him, what is your mission? I’m just curious, what do you do? These hyper ridiculous headlines that are aimed at getting clicks. These distorted stories. I see your staff. We’ve taken a little look at some of their backgrounds in the public record. Mostly are hard core leftists. White male. Hard core leftists. What is your mission? How are you any different than media matters? But he wouldn’t. Come on. We tried to get the reporter for Politico who lied about me. She wouldn’t answer. We tried to get the reporter for The Independent. She lied to. She wouldn’t. Come on. We’ve tried to get the the Marxist Islamists on this program. They won’t come on. We’ve tried to get the Stalinist on this program. They won’t. Come on. I don’t need to debate other conservatives. I mean, I don’t mind. But I don’t need to give them a whip out. That’s not what I’m looking at. I’m looking at these people who I believe undermine our nation. But they won’t. Come on. They’re safe, you see behind there. Behind the press people, behind the computers and so forth and so on. Anyway. Lots more. Very important. We’ll be right back.
Segment 2
You know, during the break, I’ve been thinking about this. I think about it off and on. These isolationists, some of whom we’ve known from the past, who seem to be fairly rational. But they seem to have lost it. They decided they’re disgruntled. That’s what motivates them. That’s why they hate Fox. But you love Fox. His ratings are through the roof. That’s why they attack wildly. Anybody who came before them. That’s why they claim that they’re new and different when they’re. Definitely different. But what they spew is not new. They’re disgruntled. They’re disgruntled. They couldn’t hold a radio show. They couldn’t hold a cable show. And so they lash out. And they take these perverse positions. Some of them actually believe it, I guess. And they expect you to follow along. That’s the truth. And so at this point, over the last five weeks or so. You’ve seen you’ve been lied to by these people. There’s not a regional war. There’s not World War Three. There is a nuclear program that the Israelis are bombing night after night in one place they can’t quite get to yet. The Iranians did try to assassinate our president. These are all true. They’re all true. They even bring in a conga line of anti-Semites, comics who trash our country comics. Who trashed Israel and Jews. And by the way, now you have these people trashing evangelical Christians. Evangelical Christians are rising up and supporting Israel and defending Israel, as they always do. Fantastic people. And then they attacked the president of the United States, the man who’s saving our country. No, I think they they’ve exposed themselves to anybody who will watch and listen and recenter themselves. I’ll be right back.
Segment 3
By the way, I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank those of you who have pre-ordered on power. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I know you won’t regret it and you’ll be able to take advantage of the discounts coming. When you pre-order a book. So it’ll be out July 29th. Several thousand of you have pre-ordered, and I just want to thank you. That’s very, very kind of you. And we’ll keep pressing ahead with that, too. The book is released and we spoke as a lot on it. Again, thank you. President Trump outside the White House this morning. Cut one. Go. The president, can you share some of what you told Israeli prime minister? You said, Keep going. What do I say? You speak to him every day. It’s good, man. I’ve been very unfairly treated by this country and I think very unfair. To eat them more than you have already. Enough. He has been treated very unfairly. There is a wartime president and he’s going through this nonsense. It’s ridiculous. This is why I love this guy. I really do. He sees what’s happening to Bibi Netanyahu with their courts, with their prosecutors, and you can see how sympathetic he is. He’s experienced much of it himself, the wartime president. He’s going through this nonsense. It’s ridiculous. Got to go. You’ve been answering questions about whether you are moving closer or you believe the U.S. is moving closer to striking Iranian. You know what’s interesting to me and we will play the rest of this. What’s interesting to me, I don’t believe one reporter has asked the president. Why is it important to take out this? These nuclear sites, particularly that one that’s about. Way underground? I don’t know. I’ve heard everything from a half a mile to 350 feet, whatever it is. It’s very difficult to penetrate. Now, one of them is asked about our national security. Now, one of them is asked about how dangerous these nuclear sites sites are. It’s just are you closer to making a decision? What did he tell be? We’re making a decision. It’s really terrible. So the American people, even with a corrupt media like this, even with the grifters and the isolationists, the American people know. They want those sites removed. The American people. You are not stupid. You know what an intercontinental ballistic missile can do? It can reach the United States. You know. The horrors of a nuclear warhead if he gets through and hits the United States, you know, the genocidal maniacs, the barbarian primitives. Seventh century. Islamists who run that country. That in their hands. 21st century technology is death. You also are allies with Israel. You also know the Holy Land for Jews and Christians is right there. It’s in Jerusalem and the rest of Israel, you know. And you know what the Islamist terrorists are capable of because America has experienced this. And so you’re not going to close out what you know. You’re not going to diminish your knowledge base. Because some for like Chatsworth, Qatar, Olsson and the rest of the amoeba minds come forward and tell you that we are the war mongers that tell you that you’re a neocon. They tell you that you’re being dragged into anything. Look at this. Look at what the Israelis have done since last Friday evening. Mr. Producer, is it not astonishing? You know, Carlson wants to know how many people live in Iran. You can Google that. It’s about 100 million. Israel’s got 13 million, if you exclude the children. They have an adult force of about 6 million. That’s it. That’s it. And when you add up the other. Nations around Israel, the Arab nations. You’re talking about well over a quarter of a billion to a third of a billion people in Israel has adults, 6 million. The brainpower. That has been applied to this. Does it occur to anybody if they weren’t constantly under attack by terrorists and terror states and so forth, that brainpower could be applied to. Solving cancer, heart disease, diabetes and a thousand other things. If those people were free to use their brainpower on things like that. One, ideology destroys another, ideology creates and builds one. Ideology hates human life. Another ideology loves human life. Very, very nasty. People Go on to my social sites and comment. The things they say about me. The things they say about my faith. The things they say about my family. The things they say about Israel. Our. Unbelievable. I have to believe most of that comes from trolls of foreign countries. Or terrorist organizations. But I know a certain percentage of it doesn’t. It’s absolutely unbelievable. You in the audience. You know who I am. You know what I believe? But this is absolutely. Beyond the pale. There will come a day, unfortunately. When China invades Taiwan. And Taiwan will have no bigger friend than me. I’m not Taiwanese. I’ve taken a position that in many quarters is a minority position. Speaking out in defense of the Ukrainian people. That’s my. It’s my belief That’s my values. Those are my principles. And against Putin. A mass murder. There’s really nothing complicated about this. Communist China is a genocidal regime that’s a threat to the United States. Putin is a genocidal dictator who is a threat to the United States. The Islamists are genocidal murderers who are a threat to the United States. My common thread as I defend my country, I love my country, and I believe in my country, the United States of America. The isolationists, the anti-Semites. Pretty funny how they hide behind fake names when they go online, isn’t it, Mr. Producer? They don’t stand for anything that’s American. If you can’t stand for America and Israel against the Islamist regime in Iran that wants nukes. It is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that’s building. Massive missile systems. Ballistic missiles by the thousands. It has attacked us through its proxies. There’s tried to assassinate our president. And I don’t know what the hell side of the battle you’re on. Certainly not good. And yet that’s what these people stand for. It’s really time to dismiss them. It’s really time to deny them the the subscriptions, the listenership that they want. By all means, listen to people who disagree with me. Listen to people who disagree with the president. Listen to whomever you want. But this is different. This is different. This is what I call this fifth column. You know, you’ve heard about Tokyo Rose and Japan. She put out this broadcast during World War Two to try and. Demoralize our troops and so forth and so on. What do you think these people are doing? Except it’s worse. They’re Americans. The moralizing Americans. Undermining our military and our commander in chief with these leaks that are coming from the isolationist wing in the White House and other parts of our government, to Axios, a liberal media outlet to one man in specific who happens to be an Israeli. Barak Rabin, who was a favorite recipient of leaks by the Biden regime. I don’t care what somebody ethnicity is, I don’t care what they were born as. I don’t care what their religion is. You’re either for good or for evil. That’s it. Your for good or for evil. So over 80% of Republicans want those bombs. Exactly what those nuclear sites removed. And 69% of them say if the United States has to do it, the United States should do it. Does that not give the lie to all this stuff about warmongers? Are the American people warmongers by the American people, quote unquote, neocons? The reason I have a better feel for the pulse of America is because of you right here in this radio program. That’s why. You know. Price. President Trump, Furthermore, further to this morning, had to mass reduce or go even to answer questions about whether you are moving closer or you believe the U.S. is moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities. Where’s your mind set on that? Going to say that right now? You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question. When you strike the Iranian nuclear component and what time exactly? Sure, sir. Would you strike it? Would you please inform us so we can be there and watch? Yes. You don’t know that I’m going to even do it. You don’t know. I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran’s got a lot of trouble and they want to negotiate. And they said, Why didn’t you negotiate with me before all this death and destruction? Why didn’t you negotiate? I said to the people, why didn’t you negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done fine. You would have had a country. It’s very sad to watch this. I mean, I’ve never I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s so you never even thought it was going to be the reverse? I didn’t. I didn’t think so. And there’s some you got to you got to do something. You got to negotiate. And at the end last minute, they said, no, we’re not going to do that. And they got hit, remember, 60 days? And then came the 60. 61 is going to become a very famous number. That was one hell of a hit. That first hit, that was one hell of a hit. Not sustainable, to be honest. That’s where it ended. It ended on the first night. And the Israelis did this. They were ready. Their Mossad was ready. Other intelligence entities in Israel through IDF is ready. These are warriors. Very, very, very smart people. The first night, they took out the entire military leadership and they took out the entire nuclear leadership on the first night. The first night they could take out Khomeini right now. But for the fact we are. Urging them to spare him that. I don’t get that I don’t agree with. He has the blood of hundreds and hundreds of dead American soldiers on his hands. And thousands of horribly wounded American soldiers, many of whom you see on Fox and other places. That’s him. He should not escape. He should not escape his maker. See, I disagree there. You notice I don’t attack my president. I support my president. But that’s my opinion. Just an opinion. I’m very proud of what President Trump has done here. He was under a lot of pressure, I’m sure, speaking for myself, watching it. By the charlatans. By the charlatans. I want you to keep thinking of Afghanistan in Iraq forever. Wars. This isn’t a forever war. We’re not even a week into this. And the Israelis are kicking the ashes of the of the Islamic Knights and regime all over the Middle East. If they had their way. The Supreme Nazi would be gone already, which would be a huge way in winning this war. Huge. More from the president will play a little bit from the so-called debate between Qatar of CNN and the great Ted Cruz. We’ll be right back.
Segment 4
I want you to really think. I think for myself. I want you to think for yourselves, too. And most of you do. Of course we wouldn’t be here. You’re smart. You’re smart. Intuitively smart, Book smart. Whatever it is, you’re smart. You realize Lindsey Graham has been more pro-Trump, more supportive of Trump, more supportive of MAGA and the American First Agenda? And Tucker Carlson. You realize that. I’ve been thinking about this. Doesn’t that sound right, Mr. Minister? It’s true. It’s true. Look at Marco Rubio, who’s been an interventionist. He’s now the secretary of state, said Rubio. You have Graham. They’ve been more supportive of this president and MAGA, an America first. Then Chatsworth, Qatar. Osten And that gang, that cabal. It’s really incredible. If you really think for yourself, you really think about this. It’s an amazing thing. The meteor out there mag is divided. No, it’s not. I just read to you folks the percentages. There’s fake MAGA, what I call them, and then there’s real MAGA. Trump and his supporters. Mr. Producer, the next cut of Donald Trump, please cut, forego. You know Russia. Ukraine is so stupid when it never happened. If I was president. You guys agree with that? Would it never happened to Vice President Putin would have never done it. And I spoke to him yesterday and I said, you know, he actually offered to help mediate. And I said, do me a favor. Mediate, Your honor. Let’s mediate Russia first. Okay. That’s right. I said, Vladimir, let’s mediate Russia first. You can worry about this later. But I think that’s going to work out, too. But it’s so many people have been killed. The big thing with that one is far more people are dead than have been reported in the Ukraine, Russia, many, many more people. Hundred percent. Fantastic. And that’s a great point. I think we’ve made that here as well. It’s kind of funny. He’s asking about mediating a another war when he’s in his own war and he’s caused his own war. Khamenei backed into a corner. Iran’s ruthless leader faces fight for survival. France 24. That’s the news outlet. He shouldn’t survive. That’s my opinion. Sinwar didn’t survive. Nasrallah didn’t survive. And this is the kingpin. This is the head mobster. This is the head Islamo Nazi is behind it all. He made it all possible. This is the man who put out a fatwa against our president. This is the man who’s responsible for the death. Well, hundreds and hundreds of soldiers, casualties, thousands and thousands of Americans. Imagine what their families are thinking tonight. I wonder if they think. We should take this as so be out. I stand with the President. Maga America first. 83% of Republicans. 79% of independents. 79% of democrats. I stand with them. If you want to stand with the reprobates, that’s up to you. We’ll be right back.