On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, based solely on President’s Trump’s recent public statements and tone, it sounds like he has already decided to act against the Iranian regime—possibly even issuing the order—and is waiting for the right moment. Reported diplomatic moves, such as the Secretary of State’s trip to Israel and upcoming negotiations, may be head fakes. Trump has repeatedly given Iran ample chances to negotiate a deal but that the regime has foolishly refused, and Trump genuinely prefers not to act militarily. Later, Heritage Foundation’s Robert Greenway calls in and explains that Iran has failed to adapt to dealing with a different, more resolute President under Trump, who has been consistent and leaves Iran with far less negotiating room. Iran has negotiated itself out of any viable deal, cannot be trusted as a partner due to repeated violations of the Obama-era agreement, and ideological refusal to honor commitments. Afterward, Rep Chip Roy calls in and praises the Trump’s current use of peace through strength — demonstrating military force and pressure — to confront the tyrannical, anti-Israel, anti-American, terror-sponsoring regime of Iran after 47 years. Roy warns against repeating North Korea’s nuclearization through hesitation, urges firmness against new nuclear states, and calls for vigilance against the global march of Islam and Muslim Brotherhood influence undermining Judeo-Christian and Western values.
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Rough transcription of Hour 1
Segment 1
Hello, America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. I’m going to play for you a series of clips. And when I play them, I want you to think, what do they really mean? What is being said? What is being communicated? About Iran from Iran. And you, Mr.. Mrs.. America. When you’re done listening to them. What do you think it all means? Because I think I know. And I tell you this without any inside information. Let’s start with the Iranian foreign minister today. Cut one. Go. I can say that we made good progress after several hours of intensive negotiation. We have started serious discussions about elements of a deal both in the field of nuclear issues and the removal of sanctions. Now, that’s very interesting because. Their leader, Khamenei. Publicly stated they will never give up. Their nuclear program. They will never give up the uranium. They will never give up their missiles. Nothing. Now he’s in charge. Last time I checked. And this is typical of this regime. Typical. He makes those statements for the press. And to try and place pressure on our administration. Here’s the president outside the White House today. Cut to go outside. Not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to hear us. We have to have it. I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll see what happens with Duffy later. We’ll have some additional. Today. I’m not happy with the way they’re. He’s not happy with the way talks are going again. Ten days. This is day number eight. In some ways it seems like a rerun of June, doesn’t Mr. Producer? Except this time. There will be no pinprick strikes, not with the kind of armadas, plural we have in that region. That’s my intuition. I have no inside information. I would never ask for it, and certainly I would never receive it. Cut three outside the White House again. President Trump, Go. He’s been briefed on for Iran. Is there a risk that strike could turn into a long, drawn out conflict in the Middle East? I guess you could say there’s always a risk. You know, in this war, there’s a risk in anything, both good and bad. We’ve had tremendous luck with myself, Suleimani, al-Baghdadi. Everything’s worked out. And then we do the bedside hammer and so many others. Everything’s worked out. We want to keep it that way. But we’re going to say, look, it’d be wonderful if that negotiate really in good conscience, good faith in God. But they they are not getting there so far, Peter. They’re not getting to that. Is the military now that there will be regime change right away. So nobody’s coming. Don’t know. I mean, nobody knows that there might be and there might not be. Be nice if we could do it without. But sometimes you have to do it. The way you look here. Do I look? We have the greatest military anywhere in the world. Is nothing close. I’d love not to use it for a shotgun job. That’s the most important segment of the mall, don’t you think, Mr. Producer? Okay. Digest that. Here’s the president in Corpus Christi, Texas, today. Kate, 18 go Iraq. Well, they should make a deal, but they don’t want to quite go far enough. And stupid. Look, we’ve been playing with them for 47 years and that’s a long time. They’ve been blowing the legs of our people blow in the face of our people. The arms they’ve been knocking at ships one by one every month is something else. You can’t put up with it. Julia, We’re not happy with the negotiations. They just don’t want to. They don’t want to say the key words. We’re not going to have a nuclear weapon. They have to say we’re not going to have a nuclear weapon, and they just can’t quite get there. They want to enrich a little bit. You don’t have to enrich when you have that much oil. So I’m not happy with the negotiation, but I say no enrichment. Not 20%, 30%. They always want 20%. 30%. They want it for civilian, you know, for civil. Civil. I think it’s uncivil. So I’m not happy with now. Now you’re sitting as I am, listening to this American. One more. One more clip. Then we’ll break it down. Same place, Corpus Christi. Just a few hours ago. Cut. 19. Go. How close are you to making it story? I’d rather not tell you. You would have had the greatest scoop in history, right? Well, they’re going. I mean, we’re negotiating right now, but they’re not getting to the right answers. And we’re not going to see people we’re not going to see what’s happened for 47 years. Keep going. 47 years we’ve been doing this with them. The Obama deal was the worst deal. Nobody ever saw a deal so stupid. Right now, if you did the Obama deal that held the in terminated red would have a nuclear weapon and it would be a whole different ballgame. Are you concerned that Obama deal was one of the worst one of the dumbest deals I’ve ever seen? First of all, it is very short term. It would long be over. You know, that would be I terminated it. But if I didn’t, it would be over by now anyway. But the Obama deal, what he did was one of the dumber deal. I’ve seen a lot of dumb deals. That would be one of them. Mm hmm. We’re going to take a little break a little bit early. I want you to come back. We’re going to analyze what just took place. I’ll be right back.
Segment 2
On top of those clips that I played for you. The Communist Chinese have told all of its people to get out of Iran immediately. The British have done the same thing. All non-essential American personnel in Israel have been told to leave. It’s all public. I’m going to play those last two clips for you one more time. I’m going to do something I rarely do. The phone line. I’m going to open to any calls. Tell me what you think is going to take place and why. So I’m going to play just the last two, not all five again. Here’s the president, Corpus Christi today in Texas just a few hours ago, cut 18 go rounds. Well, they should make a deal, but they don’t want to quite go far enough in the stupid look. We’ve been playing with them for 47 years and that’s a long time. They’ve been blowing the legs of our people, blow in the face of our people, that the arms run out. They’ve been knocking out ships one by one every month is something else. You can’t put up with it too long. We’re not happy with the negotiation. They just don’t want it. They don’t want to see it. Say the key words. We’re not going to have a nuclear weapon. They have to say we’re not going to have a nuclear weapon and they just can’t quite get there. They want to enrich a little bit. You don’t have to enrich when you have that much oil. So I’m not happy with the negotiations with the president and. But I say no enrichment. Not 20%, 30%. They always want 20%. 30%. They want it for civilian, you know, for civil service. I think it’s uncivil. So I’m not happy with it now. And you can see and hear. The change in his tone. Complete change in his tone. Complete change. One more clip and I’m going to go to you folks. Cut! 19. Go. How close are you to making it? That’s great. I’d rather not tell you. You would add the greatest scoop in history, right? Well, they’re going I mean, we’re negotiating right now, but they’re not getting to the right answer. And we’re not going to see people we’re not going to see what’s happened for 47 years. Keep going. 47 years we’ve been doing this with them. The Obama deal was the worst deal. Nobody ever saw a deal so stupid. Right now, if you did the Obama deal that held the in terminated red would have a nuclear weapon and it would be a whole different ballgame. And you put aside that Obama deal was one of the worst one of the dumbest deals I’ve ever seen. First of all, is very short term. It would long be over. You know, that would have been done. I terminated it. But if I didn’t, it would be over by now anyway. But the Obama deal, what he did was one of the dumber deal I’ve seen a lot of them do, is that would be one of them. Also, he was asked, what about oil prices they might spike? He says, I’m not thinking about oil prices. What do you think, Mr. Producer? What’s that? What do you think? You think it’s inevitable? I’d be curious to know what the audience thinks. 8773813811. I have no information. Anybody who writes and says I do. I don’t. I haven’t talked to the president in a couple of weeks, maybe a week. And nothing to do with this either. I heard what he said. I’m listening to the tone. If I had to guess and I. Well, guess. He’s already decided. He may have already issued the order. I’m not saying it’ll happen in 13 seconds. I’m saying he may already have issued the order for the right time to act. That’s what I think. Must be going on, and I could be dead wrong. But I have a lot of faith in this man. He knows right from wrong. He knows what he’s dealing with. He just said it. I do not have a lot of faith in isolationist, tighter speckled throughout the administration. Who’ve been leaking to Axios and Politico and The Washington Post and other reprobate so-called news outlets. They’d rather have a scoop than protect our military and our president’s decision making process. There are traitors among us, traitors inside the government and outside. Like Megyn Kelly. In my humble opinion. Like Tucker Carlson, in my humble opinion. Like bloated Bannon. In my humble opinion, I think they are your betrayers. They like to interview each other. They like to train, threaten and intimidate people with whom they disagree. With me. It just makes me stronger. Makes me more aggressive. It truly does. Now. That’s my. Supposition. That things are going to happen again based on nothing direct. Just on what you heard in the media, I’m reading about countries pulling out their people. Also, however. It’s been reported that secretary of State will go to Israel on Monday. That could be a head fake. Maybe not. And that there is supposed to be negotiations next week. That could be a head fake. Maybe not. If I’m right, they are head fakes. This president has given this regime time and again and time and again, and in my view, an awful lot of time and again. To make a deal with him. And they’re very stupid not to make a deal with him. Because he earnestly would rather not pull the trigger. How do we know what he’s told us over and over again? He tells us what he thinks. He’s not playing games. So my belief is belief. That it’s just a matter of time. And by that I don’t mean a lot of time. I mean a very tight window by hearing what he just said a few hours ago, Corpus Christi and what he said outside the White House next to the helicopter. I don’t think you need to be Nostradamus. I really don’t. That’s my opinion. If none of you have an opinion, that’s fine too. But that’s my opinion. Based on what I heard. And. If he does that, of course, he’ll be attacked by the Democrats because the Democrats hate America. The Democrats talk about authoritarianism because they are authoritarians. You don’t hear them condemning. The Islamist Nazi regime and what it’s done to the people of Persia. If you do, it’s a rarity. It’s. It’s like staccato for people who follow music. A little here, a little there. But but, but, but it’s not consistent. In fact, the chorus in this song. Is don’t go to war with Iran. Well, here’s a dirty little secret. Iran’s been at war with us for 47 years. And we’ve done very little in response. 47 years. But now they’re weaker than ever, thanks to the people of Iran. Thanks to the Israeli government and Netanyahu and the IDF, the Jew haters hate, of course. Thanks to the United States military and our equipment and our bombers. Two great men. President Trump. Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is a regime on its back. It doesn’t mean it can’t fire missiles, of course. More when I return.
Segment 3
All right, Mr. and Mrs. America. New Mexico. Nevada. Arizona. Arkansas. Pennsylvania. And more. George Farmington, New Mexico, the great. Ken And what do you make of all this, George? Well, sir, I agree with your conclusions. For all the reasons that you eliminated and for another very important reason that I think most people are missing and are oblivious to in this discussion, and that is religiously these Iranian mullahs, they want to get into a war with the Great Satan because they their conviction is if they get into a righteous war with the Great Satan, that will trigger in their theology, that will trigger the coming of their messianic figure who they call the Mahdi. And of course, in their expectation, this Mahdi will come and win the war and establish Islam around the world and do all the things that they expect them to do. But so that’s why and I also I don’t think they’re going to say they’re going to affirm that, quote, uranium enrichment is a sovereign right. They’re not going to take that kind of a hard line and then back down to some deal. It would it would make them. It would make them look weak. So I don’t see them backing down. And I think Trump is definitely you know, this is not a man who says he’s going to do something and doesn’t do it. I agree with you. Is there a man at the right time? And so is Netanyahu for Israel. And these two men are very, very close despite all the leaks. By the traders who are leaking, some of them, I guess, in the White House, some of them wherever they may be. It’s just not true. I know both of those men. Excellent call, George. Thank you very much. Let’s go to Michelle Lord’s Valley, Pennsylvania, and the Mark Levine app. How are you? I’m good, Mark. It’s an honor to speak to you. Thank you. Mark, My opinion is that we will strike. Absolutely. And I think that anyone who disagrees just historically, maybe they’re not old enough. I’m 61. I remember what happened with Carter. I think that when Obama made that deal, that’s what pulled me into politics, because you just had to look at it and say, how? Why? It’s beyond the dumbest deal ever. It was evil. Trump is a man of his word. I think he’s been patient and I definitely think that we’re going to strike. And I wouldn’t have an issue with it at all because their motto just never go. I mean, you don’t just build nuclear sites and enrich uranium, you know, for no reason. Know, look what they do to their own people. They wouldn’t think twice about trying to blow us off the face of the earth. That’s why they’re trying to build these things. You’re so right. I mean, that’s the only reason that they’re building it. And if anyone denies that they’re either young, foolish, or anti-American. Very good call. Thank you very much, Michelle. Let’s go to Gordy, Sioux Falls, Arizona. Wayne, I thought Sioux Falls was in Idaho. No. South Dakota. South Dakota. Is that where you are? Yep. Well, we have Arizona up there. All right, sir. On the Mark Levin app. How are you? No, I’m good. It’s great to talk to you. I listen to you every day. Thank you. I think Trump’s going to hit them hard. And I don’t blame them because, you know, enough’s enough at some point. What do you make of these people that they keep saying, we’re going to war, These people keep attacking us. We haven’t bothered them. They kill our soldiers. They kill our citizens. They’re funding terrorism. They’re trying to assassinate our president. I mean, we’re not the provocateurs. We’re not the warmongers. They are. What do you think about people who switched the propaganda and attacked their own country in a time like this? Well, to quote the president, they think they’re nuts. Mm hmm. I think those people are not tonight. You know, I hope he goes in there and cleans house and lets the people of Iran do what they say. Let them decide. But the problem is this regime is a terrorist organization that’s taken over a country, steals the resources from the people, uses it to enrich themselves. There’s several billionaires at the top and as far as we’re concerned, uses those resources and pours it into ballistic missiles, hypersonic technology, nuclear warheads, chemical warheads, biological warheads. Can you imagine a seventh century primitive barbarian regime that believes only they should exist and that Allah tells them to destroy everyone and everything else with these kinds of weapons? Is it not utterly irresponsible when we hear people talk about us starting a war with Iran? Well, yeah, it’s the time has come when this has got to come to an end now. And it’s never going to stop. I mean, they’ve been doing this a long time, and that’s a crucially important point. You can sign whatever papers you want. We already did under the Obama regime, and they were violating the agreement left and right. They don’t feel any compunction about keeping their agreement. There’s a word called tequila, and this is a word that the Islamists use. And what it means is you can deceive and lie in, connive to advance the cause of the faith. In this case, the fundamentalists. So the only reason that they wouldn’t sign something is because they don’t want to. They have their own military, their own their own guardsmen, as they call them, I suppose. Republican Guard. Yeah, right. Islamist guards to turn on them. So they may not be able to sign anything. But the fact of the matter is, sign or no sign to me, this is all pointless. Unless, of course, the president’s using it as a tactic, which I really believe he is. Well, it’s just like the great Toby Keith would say, Well, we’ll put a boot near behind. It’s the American way. Yeah, No, you’re right. All right, brother, Another great call. Let’s go to J.D.. Listen to that. J.D. Vance is calling us from Las Vegas. No, no. A different J.D. Las Vegas on the Mark Levin, our producer. I’m doing great now I’m talking to you, and thanks for giving me the opportunity. Familiar with tequila. And I want to say that President Trump says what he means and means what he says. And if there’s one general in Iran who can tell these mullahs, hey, he took out Megawati or Dugan, we took out the other general terrorist that killed our guys. He put a bomb like the last guy said Toby Keith down there, but to destroy their nuclear capability. President Trump talks like I think maybe you and I would talk in private. He’s blunt. He’s not. He’s not a political. Using euphemisms like other presidents and other secretaries of state, he talks plain, simple language and the language. He’s speaking to these people. I’ve done it to you before. What? I said I was going to do it. I did it in Venezuela in 2 hours. Those was 37 hour flights from Missouri with those B-2 bombers. We showed you what we can do. Now, the only hope I had, the hope I have, if he pulls the trigger, Mark, I think they have to go all the way down with Netanyahu and Israel and anybody else, maybe an Arab country or two, and they have to go and do it and end it once and for all. They can’t do half measures like Ronald Reagan, which is that it has to be full out, total victory, sir. Now, you’re 100% right. They got to be taken out. There needs to be regime change and. I got to believe they understand that. I got to believe they understand because I don’t think you put together armadas, plural like that for pinpricks. They got to go after Khomeini in addition to all the military activity and sites and so forth. But they’ve got to go after Khomeini, don’t you agree? I agree, but I don’t know how the intricacies, unless the CIA and the Israeli Mossad is going to have boots on the ground underneath in the in the country doing things. You know, they had boots on the ground last time, apparently all over the place. And they even flipped some Iranian intel and military personnel. The last thing I want to see, Mark, is our boys going in. There aren’t going to be our boys. We don’t have the army there. We don’t have the Marines there. So that’s not going to happen. They’re not there. We have our Air Force and we have our Navy. We may have some special forces and intel people and that sort of thing, but we don’t have an army there. No, I know, but we got raisin cane doing it and doing it. I think we got the right people in the right places to do the job and just to finish them off once and for all and put that country on the straight and narrow, where they become part of the world in a peaceful way. Because I believe the Iranian people are good people. Other than the the whack jobs. Now, you’re correct. Excellent call. Thank you, my friend. We’ll be right back.
Segment 4
Friday, but we never put our foot on the gas, on the on the brakes. We never tap the brakes. We go full throttle. Our foot is on the gas pedal. Well, the phones are burning up and for good reason, of course. Can Louisville, Kentucky, the great w k. Jake, go right ahead, please. I don’t hear him. I think I’m pretty sure it’s W.K.. Okay. Sorry about that. Guys, we got to get this right. W.K. JJ, go right ahead. I apologize to the market. Evening. Good evening. No, you’re fine, Mark. I. I believe President Trump will strike them. And I certainly hope President Trump will strike them. I was telling your call screener when I was in high school, it’s been about almost 50 years ago. I became friends with quite a few Iranians that had come over to this country because of various persecutions. And one of my friends and he’s actually become a lifelong friend and one of my best friends. His father was part of the shah of Iran’s government, and his dad was imprisoned and they ultimately executed him. Hmm. So prior to these Islamist crazy radicals coming into power when it was the Shah of Iran, Iran was a very good friend to the United States. Mm hmm. An ally almost, I’d say. And you’re right. The Persian people. And they are Persians. They’re very well-educated. They have a lot of the same Western cultural, I would say, values that are entrepreneurial. They’re just really good people. Now. Are some of them. Radical, crazy nut job. Yes, they are. But I don’t think that’s the main populace of the country. No, the vast majority are not. The radical crazy nutjobs are running the government there. That’s exactly right. That’s exactly right. So I, I believe, as you ask, I believe President Trump will strike. I hope he will strike. He’ll probably be criticized for it. But in the long run, by the way, that’s an important point. He will be attacked by the woke right. Neo fascist isolationist, too, don’t you think? Absolutely. And I will remind everybody, Tucker Carlson types and abandoned types and the Megyn Kelly types. Well, in his first term, when the Iranians shot down, I believe it was one of our drones, he had, I believe, fighters in the air and he was going to hit them. And Bolton was a big guy, you know, start all kinds of trouble. And if I’m right and I think I am, Trump pulled that back because his reasoning was, well, you know, we lost some hardware. I don’t know that it’s an even Steven trade hardware for for killing people. So so anybody that wants to claim that President Trump is a warmonger and all the other garbage that they accuse President Trump of, they’re just wrong. I don’t think president always talked about, you know, and you know what? I’m sick of people framing it the way you’re pointing out that they frame it, not you of them. We’re not starting anything. We’ve been under attack in one form or another for 47 damn years by these by these terrorists. And there’s a line beyond which they cannot go. They just can’t cross it. And they’ve crossed it. They’ve crossed it with their genocide. They’ve crossed it by trying to assassinate him more than once. The trial today was really remarkable. The information that came out, how they how they hired people to assassinate our president. And that’s in 2024. That’s last year in order to affect the election and that they’re building these weapons to wipe us off the face of the earth and they mean it. People need to understand their mindset. Seventh century. And as I said repeatedly, if they were willing to kill 50,000 of their own people with a blink of an eye and they’d kill a million if they felt they had to, they are going to launch nuclear missiles against us. But I’ll ask you this as a father and a husband, if you are a grandfather, if you are. Would you even leave it to risk, to chance to allow it to take place? No, I’m just a husband, but I’ve got plenty of nieces and nephews that a lot of them feel like my own children. Mark But I agree completely. You know, the greatest generation, that when they were called upon, they went and they didn’t question anything. And now it’s this generation’s time, because you’re exactly right. If they would be able to develop a nuclear weapon, whether they could put it on a ballistic missile or put it into some type of a suitcase and smuggle it in here, they absolutely would do that. They’ll do it because they believe. God is telling them to do it, that there can be no other religion, there cannot be any other interpretation of their religion, that in fact there can’t be any other people with any other beliefs on the face of the earth. And they need this is what they mean in their faith. By the end times, the end times are here. We’ll be right back.
