On Tuesday’s Mark Levin Show, peace is not mere avoidance of conflict but a state secured through strength and decisive action against threats like Iran’s nuclear ambitions. No great president—Washington, Lincoln, Reagan, or Trump—would tolerate such dangers. “America First” prioritizes national security and global stability, not isolationism. It demands pragmatic, not ideological, foreign policy, assessing each threat uniquely. Labeling prudent action as “pro-war” is a misnomer; opposing nuclear-armed terrorists is pro-American. A Kamala Harris presidency, aligning with appeasement, would weaken America and allies like Israel. Trump’s leadership, grounded in common sense, rejects endless wars but never shies from necessary action. Also, Israel has a right to live in a free society. These attacks from Iran, ongoing for years and escalating since October 7th, force Israelis to live in constant fear, with frequent sirens driving families to seek shelter in protective rooms or basements multiple times a day. This relentless situation disrupts normal life, preventing children from playing in parks or attending school regularly, and could cause significant psychological strain. Later, some members of Congress, mostly Democrats and a few Republicans, are attempting to undermine the President’s authority as Commander-in-Chief by citing the War Powers Act of 1973. This law is unconstitutional, as it shifts power from the President to Congress, contradicting the Constitution’s design. The President, it asserts, holds sole authority over military decisions, while Congress’s role is limited to declaring war and controlling funding. Afterward, Sean Hannity calls in to discuss the Israel/Iran war. Hannity explains that Trump’s leadership is defined by common-sense principles, particularly his consistent stance since 2011 that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons. He contrasts this with misguided isolationism, asserting that preventing a nuclear-armed Iran is critical to global security.
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Rough transcription of Hour 1
Segment 1
Hello America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. What is peace? What is America first? Who decides who’s pro-war? You know, we’d have a different, very different world today if Kamala Harris were president. She’d be agreeing with Bernie Sanders. She’d be agreeing. Were Chad worth? Guitarist. In other words, it would be. Iran pretty much free to do whatever it wants and Israel having to sit there and the United States having to sit there. I can’t think of a great president of the United States who would ever have done that. Not one. Washington. Lincoln. Not one. Reagan. Donald Trump is one of the greatest presidents in American history. I’ve told you over and over again over the years, Donald Trump is not an isolationist. He’s never even used that word. To define who and what he is or believes. He’s not an appeaser. He’s not a pacifist. Foreign policy is about what? What have I written and what have we discussed here? It’s not about ideology. Never. War is quote unquote, forever wars. Quote unquote. Always unexplained. And yet, apparently in every circumstance it applies. But it can’t. Every circumstance is different. Different countries, different threats. Foreign policy should be looked at not as an ideological matter. That could kill you. As a prudential matter. President Trump calls it common sense. You look at the facts, you look at the countries. You’re dealing with, our experience with them. The world’s experience with them, and you apply our principles. Our principal. So what does peace. When we’re dealing with Iran like this. What is peace? Now, you know, that piece is not. Isolationism. When a country keeps threatening to destroy you, tries to assassinate our president. Is hell bent on having nuclear weapons and building tens of thousands of ballistic missiles. We don’t have an iron shield. We don’t have any defensive system sufficient enough to stop any of this. Some of it, but not enough of it. If we had ballistic missiles raining down on our major cities, you know what we would do about it. And you know quite well. That if any country within our hemisphere, let alone on our border. Was developing nuclear missiles. That is nuclear warheads and missiles to fire them at us. They wouldn’t tolerate that. So why is it that when it comes to the state of Israel, they’re expected to tolerate it? And why is it that when it comes to us, we should tolerate it? Is that America first. That’s never been America first under any interpretation or redefinition of America first, because it’s not too simple words. America first. Our enemies would love this. They do love it. And who gets to decide? The isolationist radicals. They want you to believe that Donald Trump has. Has deceived you, but he’s defied his own statements. We’ve heard some of this from people in some of our friendliest platforms. The problem is them. That’s their position. It’s never been Donald Trump’s position. He’s never conducted himself that way. You see, there’s some confusion out there and it’s intentional. That if you’re prudent with the use of military force, use it as a last resort, but nonetheless, feel the trigger needs to be pulled. You’re a warmonger. Over immediate. Some guy wrote Mark’s pro-war. I’m not programmatic terrorists with nuclear weapons. They keep saying they’re going to use it against us. That’s not pro-war. That’s pro-American. I tried to have the gentlemen come on the program tonight. He refused. Colby Howell over at. Mediate is the big guy there. He said he didn’t want to be insulted and so forth. And so I like Kobe. I’ll tell you what. You weren’t going to be insulted. I wanted to have a real discussion. I don’t understand what you do. A mediate, all of you. I don’t understand why you have these hyper dishonest headlines. I don’t understand your mission, and I wanted you to explain it to the American people. Because I see little. Little distance between you and media matters? Is that what you’re about? Creating things, slapping crazy titles on them and certainly from center, center left. More left. And I don’t understand why you’re an apologist for these extremists effectively. When you give a description of Chatsworth, Cotterell said. And you leave out completely has anti-Semitism and is promotion of anti-Semites, that’s wrong. But you didn’t want to have that discussion. It would have been a very professional discussion. No name calling, no insults. I had my producer tell you that. I hope you rethink this. I really do. These guys can’t do enough stories with me in them. And then every year they put out a list. Most influential media figures, right, Mr. Producer? Well, if I’m not on your list of 65, why do you keep talking about me? Writing about me and reporting about me? Don’t you think that’s kind of dishonest? I should be right at the top of your stupid list. But it doesn’t matter. The vast majority of America doesn’t know what media it is if I don’t mention it, but it’s part and parcel of the problem. We have this this site called Axios, which is quite left, and they have a reporter there, Barack Ravine. And he used to be the go to guy for the Biden administration, for the Biden State Department. Them and Politico and a few others were basically their scribes for people who leaked to them. And in the Trump presidency. The isolationists are leaking like how the relentless. It’s almost every day to him, mostly to him. And all these stories, the president denies them. Other people deny them trying to show a terrible rift between Jane Israel and then the president or the United States and on and on and on. And the president put out a statement today. Saying what they had was false. And there are reports. As I surmised about who’s involved, which offices are involved. But I’m going to keep my powder dry until there’s a little bit more meat on that bone. But it is as I expected. I don’t leaked to the media, by the way, as a footnote. You can ask the media. I don’t if I have something to say, I’ll say it on the record. I don’t talk a lot to the media. Conservative media. Sure. But I’m talking about the corporate media. Why should I have a radio show? A TV show? I have a digital show. I can talk to you directly. And I don’t believe what I say will be reported accurately anyway. I’ve spent. Tens of thousands of hours behind his microphone, explaining my views in great detail. I’ve written ten bestselling books with thousands of note notes on the back foot notes and in notes. And this is what I want to discuss from the guy from Mediate. Why is it that you never report about these things? You really want to know my view? They’re spelled out in exquisite detail over the course of over two decades. My views are not a secret. I’m here today to express them. To explain them, if necessary to defend them are all through them. Donald Trump. Has explained what American first means. And we have really, really outliers. Some of whom I think have serious psychological issues. Who insists that they get to define or insist on projecting onto Donald Trump what their views are, even though Donald Trump has never embrace them. Of course, he’s embraced their support, needs votes, but he’s never embraced their views. I told you this and I’ve told you this over and over again. Just to keep throwing the word around. Piece, piece, piece doesn’t make it so, nor does it mean that people keep using it for peace or have any idea what peace is about. If you have a guy next door. And he keeps telling you he wants to kill you. And he supports and funds individuals. Who’ve killed family members of yours. And he’s telling you he wants to get a weapon strong enough to blow your house up. You just sit there and say, Peace means just sitting on my ass and watching this and listening to that. Of course not. That’s not peace. Iran with nuclear weapons. Now, ballistic missiles we’ve learned about, that’s not peace. The question is, how do you ensure peace? How do you ensure that the United States is never hit by these weapons? You’re talking about a seventh century. Barbarian police state. A primitive regime. That believes God. They’re God. Requires them to kill us. As you’ll learn when you read my book on power. Now we have a brain for a reason. We take into consideration what we know, what we’ve experienced, what we’ve seen. Well, we know about the death cult. That’s called knowledge. That’s what human beings use to make decisions. Those who promote this radical, isolationist position, all they keep doing is yelling, No more war. Does the enemy agree with them? I mean, what is his third grade? And yet their conduct. Gave aid and comfort, I believe, to the Iranian regime. They thought they could hang on listening to these people. They were undermining the president’s message. He’s making the decision. You know, ladies and gentlemen, it’s one thing to have a disagreement with President Trump. It’s one thing to have been never Trump. You know, it’s another thing to have been in aggressive primary where names are thrown around and so forth and so forth. Marco Rubio, J.D. Vance, not even in the primary. He used some horrible things about Trump and so forth and so on. And you’re done. It’s over and you move on. And the president has brought people like this into his cabinet, into his confidence. That’s the way it works. That’s the way it worked when Ronald Reagan got elected and I worked for him, and I remember all these Bush guys attacking him left and right, left and right. What did he do? He appointed the top Bush guy, George H.W. Bush, as vice president, just as he appointed J.D. Vance, his vice president, despite being called Hitler and so forth. That’s not what I’m talking about. And you have a. Patriotic, American loving, smart, historic, iconic president. A commander in chief. Was trying to sort through complicated issues. Of course you can give your opinion. I do. Of course you can disagree. I have. That’s the way it is. It’s a democracy with free speech. But when you leak against him, you try and handicap him. You train under his policies. You viciously attacked people who may have a different viewpoint than you do. Even though you’re the outlier and they’re not, when you claim to represent the 77 million people who voted for him, when 76 million of them don’t even know who the hell you are. You’re destructive. Are dangerous. You can try and influence policy. Using argumentation, using persuasion, facts, evidence. Great. We should all do that. I do that all the time. Right here and behind a microphone. But when you literally trade damage him, especially in a wartime footing. That’s not normal. That’s not normal at all. That’s a disgrace. And that’s what they’re doing. No, I’m not for war. I’m for peace. I’m against the Islamo Nazi regime that has slaughtered over 600 Americans, thousands of casualties. Enough is enough. I’ll be right back.
Segment 2
Now you’ve been able to watch for life. But Israel’s facing ballistic missiles of the size of a school bus. A school bus, thousands of pounds of. Effectively TNT. Tons, actually. And they can blow up an apartment building. Just one hit. Imagine living in a country. The sirens are going off, the people are running to property that’s been going on for several years. Even before Israel attacked Iran to try and prevent Iran from attacking us and them. And it’s intensified since October 7th. You mothers and fathers imagine this every day and night, grabbing your kids, bringing them into some protective room or the basement of a of a garage. 1 to 3 times a day. Imagine what that does to people psychologically when they can’t go out in parks, have recesses, even go to school or go to work on a regular basis. I want to get into this because they have a right to live in a free society too.
Segment 3
We’re going to get into the War Powers Act in the next hour or two, which I’ve discussed over some 20 years. I’d say two or three or four times, Mr. Peters. And of course, I’ve been consistent in my viewpoint. The Democrats always raise it to try and cripple a Republican president. They never raise it when it’s a Democrat president, just as a consistent political matter. Then, of course, we have the radical libertarians who. Who are isolationists. And. They claim to use it too, and they all claim it’s constitutionally mandated. It’s an amazing thing. The War Powers Act, I think the first time it was passed in 1973, it’s not in the Constitution, just so you know. But what about the declaration of war? Mark, we’ll get into this. I promise you, it’s important because that’s the latest effort by Thomas Massie and probably Rand Paul and others to join with the Democrats to try and cripple Donald Trump. Commander. Chief, There’s one commander in chief. But what can Congress do? Congress can do a lot. But this is not it. And I’ll explain that as well. It really amazes me. If China were to invade Taiwan. I would be. Speaking at the top of my lungs and using my arguments. About how we should help Taiwan. We’ve had a military alliance with Taiwan. We have a military alliance with Israel and. These isolationists, they just don’t care. And the Communist Chinese and the fascistic Russians and the communist inbred in North Korea. And the Islamists are relying on the Chatsworth, Qatar, Elton and their ilk. But there’s another thing I wanted to mention. Not all. I underscore not all, perhaps not even most, but enough. Many of these people. Kind of a sick Jew hatred. Kind of a situation. It is amazing to me when media and these other outlets write about this stuff, they don’t really get into that. They just think it’s a big game. A fight among MAGA supporters. It’s not a fight among MAGA supporters. There’s fake MAGA and there’s real MAGA. Their positions are not real MAGA. Their positions are not Donald Trump’s positions. He’s MAGA. He’s the president. He gave speeches. He raised money. He ran commercials. He put them up for a vote. None of them did. None of them. The state of Israel. Look at the quality of life there right now. Look at the quality of life. Look what’s happening to that civil society. You know, a country is not just about survival. Can you imagine? Each day we hope to live and it’s about survival because a country keeps shooting missiles into our country. Because a country keeps arming terrorists in Canada and Mexico to attack us. And they do. Can you imagine if Canada had 180,000 short mid range missiles? Can you imagine if Mexico. It. Mexico had sent terrorists over our southern border and slaughtered several thousand people. And could you imagine the the country backing all this? Is within a a whisper of having a nuclear weapon that has ballistic missiles, 3000 of them, and in six months could have 10,000 of them. And we don’t have the capacity to shoot very many of them down. Imagine, then, when these missiles are shot into Detroit or Dallas or Houston. Or Los Angeles and Sacramento. In New York, in Newark. In Philadelphia and Baltimore. In Chicago. Wherever they wish to shoot them. Imagine that missiles the size of a of a school bus. That leave massive craters. And leaving them alone is called peace. Peace. History is full of examples like this. And this piece winds up in death. Massive death, massive wars. Rather than attack Benjamin Netanyahu, rather than attack Donald Trump, we should be cheering them. We should be celebrating them. We should thank God that we and our fellow citizens were smart enough to put him back in the presidency. And we should thank God that the people of Israel were smart enough to elect the Netanyahu coalition and put him in as prime minister, because what they’re doing to Iran now protects us. So when people ask and they know the answer, but they ask anyway, the propagandists. What does Israel ever do for us? What Israel is doing for itself. It’s doing for us as well. And they’re paying the price. Well their citizens with their military would their quality of life. They’re fighting for their survival. And they’re fighting in a way that, of course, protects our civil society and our way of life. It’s not an accident that they sought to assassinate Donald Trump. It’s not an accident that they keep saying that Death to America is not a slogan. It is a policy. And as I’ve said again and again, we’ve experienced what the Islamo Nazis are capable of. Yes. With hijackers. Can you imagine? With nuclear weapons and chemical weapons and biological weapons. So we’re just supposed to wait and get hit to see if the EU supports Assad? Something like that. And here’s the problem. Chatsworth, Karlson and his wife, they have no answer to any of this. Other than we provoke them. We provoke the primitives, We provoke the barbarians. We provoke the Islamists. And the Marxists, we provoke them. I want you to listen to what Donald Trump said over and over and over again. He’s not the liar they are. Cut three. Mr. Producer, go. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let it happen because bad things will happen if that happens. But everybody stop. They were ready to make a deal. We would have made a deal that was great for everybody. No nuclear weapons. You can’t give nuclear weapons now. They’re going to have a nuclear weapon. Don’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. That’s my only thing I have to tell you today. Don’t let them have it. They would have never had them, including Iran. We would have they can’t have a nuclear weapon, so they can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s too too disruptive, too powerful. They can’t have it. But I wanted to make a deal with them. No nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat to this world. To the whole world. And Viktor Orban understands that, and some others do, too. I just don’t want him to have a nuclear weapon. And they weren’t going to have one. And they cannot have a nuclear weapon. That was the only thing the one thing I said you cannot have. I just didn’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I said, you know, we’re going to make a great deal. Everybody is going to be happy. You’re going to be rich as hell again. Everything’s going to be great. But you cannot have a nuclear weapon. You can’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Very simply, they cannot have a nuclear weapon. We have a very hostile country. Stop here for a moment. It goes on and on and on. We all know this is part of MAGA. This is part of America first. Why do you think he keeps saying that? Just because he like saying it. Now who would have control of this nuclear weapon? Here’s President Trump on CNN in 2016, who has a better understanding of the Islamists? And virtually anybody else, certainly more than Chatsworth, Qatar, Olsson. Who seems to love them and his ilk. Cut five ago. Do you think Islam is at war with the West? I think Islam hates us. There’s something there’s something there that there’s a tremendous hatred there. There’s a tremendous hatred. We have to get to the bottom of it. There is an unbelievable hatred of us in Islam itself. You’re going to have to figure that out. Okay. You’ll get another Pulitzer. Right. But you’re going to have to figure that out. But there is a tremendous hatred and we have to be very vigilant. We have to be very careful. And we can’t allow people coming into this country who have this hatred of the United States against Christians and of people that are not Muslim. I guess the question is, is there a war between the West and radical Islam or is a war between the West and Islam? It’s radical, but it’s very hard to define. It’s very hard to to separate. And is he on target? Is that there’s a great man. This is a great man. He’s a great president. We’re very blessed. We truly are. The Marjorie Taylor Greene’s. The Tom Massey’s. The Rand Paul’s. The Chatsworth cotterell. Since all of these people, they’re not even a footnote to a footnote to history. This is a remarkable man. Remarkable man. But does Iran deserve to be annihilated? Choi Actually support regime change. Listen to this guy. Cat four from 2012. Go. We are the only country allowed to make preemptive strikes. Who the hell does Iran think it is? Oh, that’s it. Actually, I know you’re sort of kidding, but I agree with that. I think we are the only. Oh, I’m not kidding. Whether we are. That’s absolute right. The only country with the moral authority sufficient to do that. The only country that doesn’t see Germany in the world. I do think I’m sure I’m a lone voice in saying this. I think Iran deserves to be annihilated. I think they’re lunatics. I think they’re evil. Hmm. Has that changed or have you changed Qatar? Listen, now you’ve changed. And so we should go along with you. Why should we go along with you? Who are you? Nobody. Nobody. And go on and on with his past comments. You know, people change their minds, but not so fundamentally and radically and then trash those who stand on their principles because they still realize what a grave threat the Islamo Nazis are. Before we go to the break, I want you to hear from Colonel Richard Kemp in Tel Aviv today. He was the commander of British forces in Afghanistan. He’s there. He’s experiencing this. He’s watching what’s going on. He’s a huge friend of the state of Israel and the United States of America. Cut six. Go. Richard Kemp here in Tel Aviv last night. As in the rest of Israel, the people were braced for a night of hell promised by Ayatollah Khomeini. The devastation, he said, would go on till dawn. When it happened. A few buses got dented in Herzliya and unfortunately, a few people suffered light wounds. Meanwhile, Israel is raining down actual hell on the Iranian regime, destroying their ballistic missile and drone stocks, eliminating their most senior military commanders and smashing up their nuclear facilities. At the same time, the G7 countries meeting in Canada have said We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, but they have left it to Israel to actually stop them. Most of these timorous and bewildered leaders have been bleating about de-escalation and more negotiations. That means Israel should stop attacking and leave Iran’s nuclear weapons program to flourish. What they should have been doing. Is urging Israel forward and giving it all the support it needs while condemning Iran and calling for the end of the regime, encouraging Iranians to free themselves from Khamenei’s brutal repression. Israel’s valiant fighting men and women are defending not just Israel, but the whole of the Middle East and the West. They deserve unequivocal support and encouragement to. And for the vast majority of you, you understand that the vast majority of Republicans. Looked at a recent poll. Understand that? These people say they’re creating a new Republican Party and a new foreign policy. They’re not creating anything. And if they were in power, they would ensure that our country would be in dire, dire, dire danger. By these primitives. The ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. I’ll be right back.
Segment 4
So I moved to the to the other bunker, a different part of the country. His son wanted to go back and forth. And. Let’s see here. Mr. Producer. Now? It used to be. And understandable that when you had an ally, you stood at your ally just as your ally stood with you. But apparently with the isolationists who say we have a new foreign policy. Which effectively has no allies, no forward bases. The oceans are good enough. That’s insanity. None of that is true. Are we supposed to suspend our our ability to reason our God given wits? To go along. We’re basically grifters. These people don’t tell Putin. They don’t tell Putin peace, not war. They don’t tell Qatar peace, not war, not terrorism. The only US. So they get to wonder why. Say, said Rush used to say follow the money. But there’s something horribly wrong. If the view is that a new Republican Party and a new foreign policy basically regurgitates Bernie Sanders and Talib. And Omar. Do you realize these people who claim to represent us, who claim to be MAGA, they’re fake MAGA. They’re not real MAGA. Do more trials, trash talking and trash mouthing against Israel. Then any of these terrorist countries. They trash Israel more than they do Iran. They trash Israel more than they do Qatar, who they’re in bed with. They trashed Netanyahu more than they trashed Putin, who they’re in bed with. Don’t you find that strange? It is strange. That’s really not real maga. That’s not real Americanism. As a matter of fact, that’s anti-American. Is more when I return.