"Fragile at Best": The Risks of the Iran Ceasefire Deal

From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan, it's the fastest growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead. Hi everyone, so glad you're there. I'm here at the Brian Kilmey Show rolling along, historic day, a lot to discuss. And we have David Bellavia standing by, former U.S.

Army soldier, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Second Battle of Fallujah. Dan Hoffman, CIA guy, who's done it all. He's a Box News contributor too, will be with us. And of course, we'll be taking your calls: 1-866-408-7669 at about 45 after.

Meanwhile, before we get to David, who's just standing by now, let's get to the big three. Number two. free. In terms of being symbolic, it is certainly a step in the right direction. I mean, it began with a single person in a Mercury spacecraft.

I mean, now we've got an international space station while a spacecraft is coming back from the moon. Pretty cool. Amazing Artemis II moonshot continues to amaze me at least, and maybe you, as they get closer and closer to home, their latest feed as the world is transfixed for their incredible voyage, and why everything has moved up now, including what they're saying is Artemis III.

Soon will be walking on the moon again. Number two. Democrats will impeach him once we take back the House and should impeach him for all the things he's done. And depending on the Senate, he may face conviction if we get to 60, especially if his numbers keep going down. Wow, Rokana, full of it.

Yeah, he wants to impeach the president. That's what you're going to get, ladies and gentlemen, if the Democrats get the House. A preview on full display. Not affordability, not rebuilding defense, not getting rid of DEI, not getting, I don't know, housing prices down. They're going to impeach President Trump.

This is great. What the GOP should be settling into and how they should try to stay in power by using that against the Democrats. Also, a replacement for MTG. Number one. The president set out to do was decimate the Iranian military.

And that military objective, as the president said yesterday, has been achieved. He said, open up the straits, stop trying to hold the world's economy hostage, and will engage in a ceasefire. And that's exactly the agreement that we came to last night. And by the way, the markets simply love it. That is J.D.

Vance a couple of hours ago overseas in Hungary. We'll talk about that. Two-week ceasefire, sort of in effect, U.S., Israel, and Iran, although Iran continues to rocket and drone Israel, as well as our Arab allies. We're going to have the details on what it means for the economy. What I see on this 10-point deal is absolutely unworkable.

I don't get it. I mean, I really don't get it. The U.S. must fundamentally commit to guaranteeing non-aggression, continuation of Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz. They've got to continue control of international waters.

On what planet are we going to say okay to that? Acceptance that the Iran can enrich uranium? What? Removal of all primary sanctions on Iran? I mean, there's not one of their demands.

That is even workable or discussable, if that's a word. David Belavia joins us now. David, welcome back. Thank you. I appreciate feedback.

Hey, David, I'm just stunned by. I'm glad, you know, anytime we're not fighting, fine. But the way we end really has everything to do with. Whether this was a worthy cause. I'm not loving what I'm reading, are you?

You like. I gotta tell you, first of all, I don't know what I'm reading because there's been like four reports that are completely untrue as to what the 10-point plan is.

So I'm still waiting for confirmation on what it is we agreed to. But the second thing is, look, I was looking forward to bridge a power plant day like everyone. This is a regime that's well deserving of their own destruction. But I'm just looking at this from 35,000 feet. The one thing that you have to understand about our military machine is that it takes it's a lot to ask of these especially these bombers and these fighter jets just to give them a break, a one, two, two week break.

Is enough to make the next salvo.

So overwhelming that I have zero doubt that if there is, you know, we're looking at the border region of Iran right now. And, you know, if Russia or China wants to resupply the regime, in these two weeks, where the civilian population is not worried about getting hit by a stray JDAM, a lot more bolden and brain population is going to start moving around. Remember, We took out about, you know, four really key members. of the intelligence apparatus of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard while we were looking for the second downed crew member of the F 15.

So when they start to get together and these guys start to consolidate and discuss They end up getting killed. They're going to expose themselves. They're going to come out of their subterranean holes. We're going to get more intel. We're going to be able to track more target packages if the ceasefire is to be broken.

But when and if that ceasefire is broken, because no one can trust Iran. We are going to be able to do, like we did on day one, with 200 bomber fighter jets simultaneously in their airspace, and we're going to have our interceptors resupplied for our neighbors in the Gulf, our munitions resupplied, more positioning around the Strait of Hormuz that makes any of those targets of opportunity far easier to access and pound. This break is well deserved by our military, but more importantly, it makes us more lethal for the counterpunch that comes if there's a violation. Yeah, so here's what the Vice President said about the ceasefire. To your point, cut forth.

So, some of the people have responded favorably and have said the right things. And then you have some people on social media within their system who are basically lying about what we've accomplished militarily. They're lying about the nature of the agreement. They're lying about the nature of the ceasefire. And so, you have just even within their system, and this is why I say this is a fragile truce, you have people who clearly want to come to the negotiating table and work with us to find a good deal.

And then you have people who are lying about even the fragile truce that we've already struck. And when you see that they're still bombing the Gulf states and they tried to hit and they hit Tel Aviv again, do you think, David, from you from what you can tell from the people you talk to, that there's a huge disconnect between the people that we're talking to and the IRGC? I mean, there might be a lack of communication, too. I mean, we've seen this multiple times where the president or foreign minister say one thing. And these guys come out and and do the opposite.

So here was the, this is the great $80 million question about how we handled Iraq post-Saddam and what, you know, a lot of these people look at the, you know, do you want to de-basification the entire country? What happens when you do that? Why do you do that?

Well, you create that vacuum. There is logic to the benevolent dictator or the authoritarian state to still have limited control so that you don't have people that launch random ballistic missiles on their own. Understand that these militias and the way that they are working right now, they're all independent contractors. These are 1099s across the board, and they're going to curry favor. Every proxy, I mean, there's hundreds of proxies in the Middle East that are basically like the voice when it comes to Iran.

They're auditioning for funding.

So they're doing things completely augmented and separate from Iran proper, but they're trying to curry favor to get funding and get support.

So they'll do a terrorist act. And Iran will claim it for PR purposes, but they're not directly funding it because they're looking for attention in Iraq or in Syria or someplace else. We have a problem right now with leadership in Iran, clearly, because the Americans decapitated a chunk of those 12ers. But you're going to have people that are going to launch drones and they're going to launch whatever they have for indirect fire. The key here, though, is during this ceasefire for two weeks, you're going to see that the centrist movement, whatever that means in Iran, is going to start looking at the scales of how realistic it is to completely displace.

the radicals that are a part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Because the people clearly are on one side, but you do have moderates that are in Iran that are basically they're the ones that are at the table of the State Department and the administration. And they're saying, how realistic is it that we can go forward and have an economic future? Because if you lose Parg Island, 90% of that refined energy, there is no tomorrow for Iran. They've been coming to Yemen overnight.

So Troy Yinks put out this just now. He said: Israel took multiple waves of Iranian missile fire. After the ceasefire was announced, Kuwait reports more than two dozen drones were launched. Uh since 8 a.m. Eastern.

The UAE is currently under an Iranian missile attack.

So Iran via State Media reports is reporting the strikes against Levon Island and the oil infrastructure there.

So, I have no idea what's going on. I don't know if they know, but the attacks are real.

So, I'm wondering how long this is going to last. I mean, how much longer? I mean, if they're going to rocket our base, we're not going to say, okay, we'll give you two weeks to rocket our bases. It's a 24-hour ceasefire, and that is enough. That is enough to bring in the second wave.

I mean, clearly, look, you know, there are people you mean two weeks. They said it's a two week ceasefire. No, no, I'm saying it could very well be a 24-hour ceasefire. I mean, this could very well be that this thing is kicked off again, you know, by Friday night. You know, we're doing sorties again.

The military is prepared for it. At no time did we send, you know, we didn't empty out the bases. The fifth fleet isn't on standdown. We're not sending people home. We're not sending carrier groups home.

We're rearming, re-equipping, we're doing maintenance, which, by the way, for 31 days, you need maintenance because a lot of these aircraft, I mean, you know, that F-15, you look how it was hit with a man pad, that thing just got sucked up into an engine. You know, that pilot appears to hit his afterburner and sucked up a surface-to-air man pad.

So, I mean, these are things that happen. You've got equipment failures. We've had accidents. We've had things. All of that period of time of just having a 24-hour sit-down is going to make us more lethal and more prepared for the second wave.

But again, And I think what President Trump has done is bought Enough international will to say that if I am to devastate this country, I have literally given them every opportunity. Yeah. Every opportunity. They violate this. I don't want to hear any hand-wringing.

I don't want to hear anyone walking around like a zombie with their palms in the air. I gave these folks every opportunity, and now we're going to treat them like the Old Testament. David Belavia, our guest, Senator Richard Blumenthal, disagrees, the Democrat, Senator 13. Do you believe if the President goes down that road? And the U.S.

does bomb these infrastructure um targets in Iran that do effectively power the civilian population, would you consider that? A war crime? The clear answer is yes. It would be a war crime. And that's why it is so important for Congress Now to establish accountability, say no.

To this war by passing the War Powers Resolution, say no to additional spending in the supplemental that the President apparently is going to request. Evidently, supplemental is down to about between 80 billion and 100 billion. But is it amazing to you that all these Democrats can't wait to prosecute? The Republicans and President Trump, they're not even bringing up Iran's track record. It it I've never seen anything like it.

This is just I could have played ten sound bites from different Democrats who think the President's a war criminal.

Well, far be it from me to question Senator Blumenthal's experience with war crimes from his service in Vietnam, right? Which never happened. Which never happened. But here's the thing. I mean, look, this is a parlor game to Democrats.

We haven't even scratched the surface. I'm still having debates over the JCPOA and folks that are trying to say that that was a great deal. From the UN money, American taxpayers, we built the tunnels in Gaza. The American taxpayers and the United Nations and the money that flowed into that region of the world aided and abetted Paris to launch October 7th. We know that.

I mean, Iran had the gross domestic product of Haiti during the first Trump administration. They were offshooting their crude oil at 80% just to be refined. They couldn't refine their oil in Iran because of these crippling sanctions.

So Joe Biden becomes president of the United States. All of a sudden, you know, Iran's a player. And what do they do with that money? They send it and destabilize the region. They kill Americans.

They kill allies. And they had a friend in Oman. They had a friend in Qatar. They had a friend in UAE. I mean, when you heard the Gulf Arab states, it was Saudi Arabia, it was the only outspoken Gulf Arab state that said, never will we find peace and agreement with Iran.

Now, after 30 days, Oman, who was the most friendly, they're the ones that are saying, hey, you're not a friend to us at all.

So they have shown their cards and shown their face. And look, the Democrats really they have no other position politically other than just to be professional contrarians at this point. But I mean, my God, I go back to Democrat administrations.

Now I know why they're so pro-Iran. They clearly built up this entire regime. And what about France? France is condemning us, these people making statements. They're the ones when Kuwait said Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini can't come there.

When Iraq kicked him out, do you know who took him in? France. You know who gave him a platform to address the world? France. You know who put him on an Air France jetliner back to Iran in 1979?

France. And they're saying, we're the problem? Are you kidding me? We're the problem. It's really unbelievable.

I mean, Assad is living in a condo in Russia, and you've got, you know, the Ayatollah literally did a commercial, I mean, for Air France. They've got more product placement when he comes back in 79. But they're schizophrenic. Look, here's the problem: Democrats are clearly afraid of the radical base that they have created. We see this all over the country.

You know, we've got all these people that came in through the border. But when you look at France and you look at Western Europe right now, I mean, there's a large population in their countries that clearly were not born in France or born in Italy. They let them all in. And now they're like, uh-oh, what do we do? I guess we got to sound like we're, you know, we're pro whatever is in our cities right now because we're deathly afraid.

We see this insecurity. It started here on the left with, you know, you start to identify that Democrats during Black Lives Matter clearly have lost control of American cities and they live in perpetual fear. And whatever we have to do to placate, all of a sudden, a bunch of baristas with green hair and, you know, dirty feet, and they're in everyone's now afraid of their base. And we'll placate and pretend and kabuki theater are policies. But look, it's not sustainable.

They're not serious. We've seen the national polls right now. Democrats don't recognize their party. But the last thing we want to do at this point, when you've got a toddler that's screaming during a church service, you don't stop the service. You deal with the problem.

But I think that they have to be ignored because they're clearly not serious people. David, not only can you fight wars, you're also a fantastic commentator and talk show host of people at Buffalo. Lucky to have you. David Bellavia, thanks so much. Thank you, sir.

Appreciate you. All right, you got it. Back in a moment, bottom of the air. We talk CIA with Dan Hoffman. You're listening to Brian Kilmeet show.

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The United States has agreed to stop attacking. And that, not just the United States, but also our allies have agreed to stop attacking. And that is the basis of this fragile truce that we have, which is now, you know, eight to 12 hours old. That is the Vice President over in Hungary giving a speech and an update on a mini presser. about this whole two weeks ceasefire, which seems to be shaky at best if you think of that, the fact that only a couple of ships reportedly were able to get through the strait today, okay, might take a little while to get everything get the communication out.

All right. Number two, It looks like our Gulf State neighbors and allies, as well as Israel, still getting rocketed with drones and ballistic missiles. One was a cluster.

So here we go. I mean, is it a. Are they so dispersed and is the communication so bad throughout Iran that they could actually be trying to implement a ceasefire? Or are they still trying to brush back the Gulf states and let them know they're still in charge and they've still got arms and the ceasefire was not on their terms? Hard to tell.

If they're even speaking in one voice. Dan Hoffman joins us now, CIA station chief in nice places like Iraq and Russia. Dan, welcome back. Your thoughts about what we know about the two-week ceasefire and the circumstances that led to it.

Well, I think the Vice President is right. It is. Fragile at best. The President said that Iran's ten point plan was a workable basis on which to negotiate and There's so much of that plan that is far away from anywhere. The United States would want to be from our own national security perspective.

According to that Iranian ten-point plan, Iran would control the Strait of Hormuz. Not a word worse. It's useless. I mean, it's horrible. We'd have to accept Iran's nuclear enrichment, withdraw our combat forces from the region, lift all sanctions, war reparations.

I mean, that is not a basis on which to negotiate. I think it's clear that the ceasefire is because Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz. We'll see whether, as you noted, that actually takes place or not. But at the end of the day, uh the challenges that we face. are continuing.

There's still the Iranians Iran's nuclear program, the thousand pounds of enriched uranium that we need to get our hands on. Whatever's left of Iran's ballistic missile program that supports a proxy terrorists, We have decimated their nuclear program, but we're going to need our intelligence community to give us a full assessment about where Iran stands on all of these threats to the region and beyond.

So it looks like China says, hey, we played a big role in getting the ceasefire. We made 26 calls. They're working with Pakistan. And there's supposed to be a meeting on Friday, I guess, face to face with Iranian representatives. Dan, from what you can tell, The fact that the firing is still happening, ballistic missiles and drones into the Gulf states and into Israel, does that show a disconnect?

Or does that show bad intentions? I think it's bad intentions. It runs really what Iran is trying to do from a strategic perspective is be defiant. They don't care how much we blow up of their country. They don't care what we obliterate.

The regime just wants to stay in power. They stay in power by. demonstrating that they can survive in spite of our attacks. that's, I think, all that matters to them. And from a larger sense, they want to limit U.

S. projection of power or reduce it altogether in the Middle East. They're trying to show that they can defeat The United States, even though we're going to win every single tactical engagement, Iran is trying to win strategically. By gaining whatever peace results from this war on their terms. As far as China is concerned, I'll just say one thing, which is that China.

uh imports a lot of oil from Iran. And One of the things that they were certainly pressing for Iran to go to the ceasefire because they want the Strait of Hormuz open and they want their oil. But look for the next two weeks for China and Russia to send supplies to Iran and help them rearm. I think that's another thing that our intelligence community will need to be tracking closely.

So, Dan, absolutely. And the president came out and said anybody who looks to rearm Iran is going to get 50% tariffs. But that's ridiculous because we already know the battle with tariffs in China, and the president's going there next month. The other one is Russia. Russia doesn't even take anything from us.

We barely even trade with them, and we already hit them with sanctions.

So, I mean, we're not worried about Australia doing it.

So, I will say I'm pretty astounded by that presidential posting. I mean, I said the same thing when President Biden said that told Russia not to invade Ukraine. It said we'd sanction them and as if to think that would have any impact on Vladimir Putin's calculus. He doesn't care. Uh I I With the highest level of confidence, that China and Russia will seek to rearm Iran and help them reconstitute their ballistic missile and other weapons programs over these next two weeks and beyond that.

That's the challenge that we face.

So the other thing would be If they are to rearm, is there any leverage you can have for them not to do it? For example, the Gulf states are as horrified as we are about Iran's character, that they've been rocketed and targeted the way they've been targeted. Do they have enough leverage, economic leverage, over China to say? Hey, it's a make a choice, either Iran or us. If you arm them, you're done with us.

I think it's Yeah, yeah, yeah. We need to be really clear about where we stand. which is not with Russia. ever, anywhere. And the world is divided.

We saw that in Ukraine, this axis of dictatorships that's arisen from that war. Russia, China, North Korea and Iran on one side. Ukraine and the West on the other side. Same thing in Iran. And so we need to make it clear where we stand, and we need to exercise leadership in the Middle East and get the Gulf states behind us to ensure that China and Russia don't have any influence in the Middle East, especially China.

Russia has been really pushed out to a large extent. The fact that President Zelensky was meeting with his Syrian counterpart was a big deal. That's a former Russian and Iranian client state. But China is a major concern. they are using the Middle East for their own economic and military benefit.

And they're even using Oman as a transshipment point for precursors for semiconductors to flood our market as if it's coming from the Middle East and not from China.

So China is a nefarious actor. We need to work with our allies to do everything we can to counter them.

So I just I look at what's going on right now and I just think the markets love it. The markets are up over 1,300 points, 48,000 for the day. Of course, the price of oil begins to drop and things get back to things get back to, I guess, the goal would be $70 instead of $1,000. eight dollars, which it was yesterday.

So that plays a role in it. But then if the if the Iranians are emerge from this with control over the international waters of the Strait of Ramuz, that's a disaster. Absolutely. Look, the U. S.

citizens, our voters coming up into midterms, will be looking at the cost of this war and the benefit. Our munitions, our interceptors and missiles, the price of fighting a war, roughly a billion dollars a day. Uh where does it leave us? Strategically in the region? Where does it leave Iran in terms of their ballistic missile program, nuclear program, and continue to support the proxy terrorists?

Did we finish the job, or did we leave? because Iran inflicted so much economic pain on us before finishing the job. Those are questions that are going to be asked in open testimony. Voters will be asking why when we have a forty trillion dollar deficit, we just spent another couple hundred billion on this. Um, which is fine to be asking and ask our congressmen and women: like, how are you going to pay for it?

Are you going to just Leverage the debt some more, or are we going to find some offset or raise taxes, or whatever you're going to do? I think that's something that hopefully we'll be asking. And actually, the timing is good because with the midterms approaching, there will be a lot of good discussion from both sides of the aisle. They need to have solutions.

So I'm going to ask you about the rescue of our colonel that was shot down and was able to hide, go seven, you know, go 7,000 feet above earth into a mountain and hide in a crevice. And he was found. The CIA played a big role. They use a futuristic new tool called Ghost Murmur to find and rescue him. The secret technology uses long-range quantum Magnetometry to find the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat and pairs the data with artificial intelligence software to isolate this signature from background noise.

Two sources close to the brain will talk about this. Is there any way you could expand on that? And how do you feel about this being in every paper in the country? Yeah, not super great about that part of it. When I was at CIA, we used to like to say the secret of our success Is the secret of our success.

I think it'd be fine if Director Ratcliffe had simply said that we used our super sleuthy technological tools to find this guy. The American people don't care so much about this. I mean, some people do, like a few people perhaps, but most of us are like, ah, great, you found him and that's impressive, what you did. And don't need to know all those details. But the the role of the CIA certainly worth highlighting, the fact that they were able to find the airmen, that they were able to track Iranian security forces, because they fi we're in a race with them to find him.

And then the deception operation where we made the Iranians think that we had already conducted or were in the process of conducting an exfiltration operation reportedly by a sea.

So all of that, good things. That's how the United States military and the CIA are fused together. I saw it, was a part of it. Since nine-eleven. And we, I think it's one of the great successes of.

Certainly, of the intelligence community and our U.S. military, that we have used our operations so effectively together. It's how we keep ourselves and the American people safe. Yeah, and also we bombed the IRGC headquarters. Evidently, there were meetings.

Hopefully, we've got a lot of those guys. Here's what Pete Hakeseth did say, Secretary of War, with his indisputable cut one. President Trump had the power to cripple Iran's entire economy in minutes. But he chose mercy. He spared those targets because Iran accepted the ceasefire under overwhelming pressure.

The new Iranian regime understood that a deal was far better than the fate that awaited them. This new regime just happened to look at what happened to their predecessors. Their top leadership was systematically eliminated. The previous Iranian Supreme Leader, dead. The supreme national security council secretary, dead.

The supreme leader office advisor, dead. The supreme leader military office chief, dead. The defense minister, no longer with us. The IRGC commander. Dead.

The Armed Forces General Staff Commander, dead. The Intelligence Minister, dead. The IRGC Navy commander, no longer here. The IRGC Intel Chief, dead. I skipped over a bunch, and I could go on and on and on, to include the new, so-called new Supreme Leader, wounded and disfigured.

This new regime was out of options and out of time, so they cut a deal.

So that's indisputable, and that is not going to be helpful to the cohesion, and maybe. Being generous here has something to do with the fact that they're just not executing on the ceasefire yet. Uh Maybe. I'm not so sure. I think Yeah.

Uh Look, they've decentralized their planning, their command and control, because we have destroyed their leadership. We are collecting on their communications, internal communications. We know where they are. And if they pop up on communications or above ground, we're going to shoot them, or Israel will shoot them. What I would suggest for everyone's consideration, I don't think we've changed the regime.

We have changed the leadership. We've decapitated Iran's leadership, but the regime is the regime. It's the IRGC, the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps. It's not as though the protesters or some other group has taken over. In fact, if anything, we've got hardliners in charge of Iran, more so than perhaps we even did before.

That may not be a bad thing. They may be more interested in cutting a deal. But at the end of the day, we'll see what we get in two weeks, and we'll judge the deal based on the terms. Right now, we're in a stage where we've got a negotiated deal. And during a ceasefire, when we are not firing on the Iranians and putting pressure on them, well, we lose a little bit of our leverage.

So are you disappointed in NATO not letting us use their bases? I think NATO was disappointed that the President did not consult them before starting this. War on Iran that has such profound implications on the region and our fellow NATO members. That was, I believe, a policy mistake by this administration.

However, once the war started, NATO should have said, hey, let's talk about that privately, not publicly. And yes, of course, you can use our bases. That could go without saying. We're not asking NATO member nations to send their forces to fight or launch bombing raids on Iran. We're just asking for use of these bases.

So we need to do some work. I know the President is meeting the Secretary General of NATO today. Hopefully, they'll be able to build over some of the things that have caused some friction in the relationship and go forward because we need NATO. to deter adversaries, including Russia. And remember, the only time NATO put Article five into use was after nine eleven in support of our mission in Afghanistan.

So we should stay close to our allies and partners. They're able to be force multipliers for us. um all over the world and uh we need them and they need uh Yeah, I don't think it's an equal relationship, I'll tell you that. And I would say not letting us use the bases. Is something I never would have anticipated.

You're talking about Italy. You're talking about Poland, didn't let us use, I guess we needed some air defense. They did not want to swap it out. France? Uh Spain?

And the UK came around to a degree.

So, I mean that to me is something I never thought I would see. I mean, you you remember, Brian, you and I are old enough to remember that when President Reagan launched the strikes on Libya, France also didn't let us allow overflights over brands, right? Thanks. That's not super helpful. We're going to bomb a terrorist in response to the Lockerbie shootdown.

And uh So look, I agree with you. These are imperfect relationships. When we have disagreements, we should deal with them behind the scenes, not in front of the rest of the world, so our adversaries can take advantage of that. But it does reflect popular opinion in some of those countries that are very wary, very concerned about. Trump administration policies overseas, for better or for worse, they were not in favor of those strikes on Iran, and that was their way of sort of protesting it.

I'm not saying that's the right thing to do, but I think that's where they were coming from. It was not the right decision to make. And uh they're gonna now we're gonna have to do the cleanup. But Do with the cleanup in private and then publicly say all is good. Hopefully, we'll see that today.

All right, Dan Hoffman, thanks so much. I know the NATO general secretary is in the White House right now. Thanks so much, Dan Hoffman. You'll see the Brian Kilmicho. You're welcome.

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Now I can't even say that. It's most almost every City has a Democratic mayor. Of course, it has a Democratic school board who puts Democratic leaders in there, superintendents. And that's what you have. And they don't care about results.

They care about teachers' unions because teachers' unions provide the votes that leave them in office.

So they never care about the kids. And when it comes to school choice, you would think if you're a minority first, it would give people an opportunity in disadvantaged neighborhoods for a chance to pick a school that will demand more with better teachers with more cutting-edge approaches. The charter schools are partially financed by the government, but the competition makes the public schools better. But instead, Democrats don't do it. Why?

Drumroll, please. Because of the teachers' unions. That's where Ram Emanuel says you lost the plot, because he used to negotiate with the teachers' unions and knows it. Listen, he was a below-average mayor, but he's so much better than what they have right now. He looks better.

But that message on stage with Democrats. I don't know if it resonates. Josh Gottheimer has that message. Fennerben has a much more centered message. But the ones like Rokana appearing with these checkered characters over in Michigan, And then what he's been saying about Donald Trump impeaching him right away.

I mean this that is just rhetoric. That's left-wing rhetoric. That's the other guy running for president. I don't know if their stage is is ready for Ram Emanuel. From high.

Mm. Fox News headquarters in New York City. Always seeking solutions, never sowing division. It's Brian Kelmead. Hi, everyone.

So glad you're there. It's Brian Kilmead. We have a lot going on this hour. Of course, we're looking at what's happening around the country, around the world, even in New York, where I think friction is building between the mayor and this fantastic police commissioner that we have. More on that later.

This bottom of the hour, inside the Iran War, Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for Defensive Democracies, and we also have Darrell Nail in about 20 minutes right here in Florida, launch commentator, broadcaster, and producer for NASA, Darrell Nail on the Artemis II. Voyage, which has just been phenomenal to see for me. I want to get your take on that. We'll be able to squeeze in some calls too.

So let's get to the big three. Number three. In terms of being symbolic, it is certainly a step in the right direction. I mean, it began with a single person in a Mercury spacecraft. I mean, now we've got an international space station while a spacecraft is coming back from the moon.

That is pretty impressive. And that's the amazing Artemis II moonshot continues as they get closer and closer to coming home. Their latest feed as the world is transfixed of their incredible voyage and the character of these astronauts. Number two. Democrats will impeach him once we take back the House and should impeach him for all the things he's done.

And depending on the Senate, he may face conviction if we get to 60, especially if his numbers keep going down. What a clown that Congressman Rokana is. Dem's preview. If they take the House, it is on full display as they clamor for impeachment, the 25th Amendment. This is perhaps what the GOP should be selling.

Instead of just saying, hey, you want them? You really want this? Tell me how that helps you. Uh Number one. The president set out to do was decimate the Iranian military.

And that military objective, as the president said yesterday, has been achieved. He said, open up the straits, stop trying to hold the world's economy hostage, and will engage in a ceasefire. And that's exactly the agreement that we came to last night. And it's a confusing agreement. We do not know everything or a lot.

Two-week ceasefire is sort of in effect between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. We have the details and what it means for our country. First off, let me tell you the facts. The facts are right now that the Gulf states and Iran are still getting rocketed.

So that's not good for a ceasefire, is it? And so far, and I understand this. The logistics, but the strait is not open yet.

So just a few ships came through. They're probably Chinese ships or Iranian ships. Should have shut the whole thing down, period. Nothing gets through at all. But the market loves it.

Crude oil is down to $92, down $20 since it opened, and the market's up over 1,500 points. That's predicted. But what is this deal? Here's J.D. Vance a few hours ago, cut to.

I do think there are good developments here. And let me just say a few things. First of all, what the President set out to do was decimate the Iranian military, decimate their ability to wage conventional war. And that military objective, as the President said yesterday, as I said yesterday, has been achieved. And because of that, what the President did is he basically issued an ultimatum to the Iranians.

He said, open up the straits, stop trying to hold the world's economy hostage, and we'll engage in a ceasefire. And that's exactly the agreement that we came to last night. All right. So what is the agreement? And the President came out on True Social.

said a few things. And it's a little confusing to me. Because he says, big day for world peace. Iran wants it to happen. They've had enough likewise, so has everyone else.

The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup of the Strait of Hormuz, and this will be tons of positive action. Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We'll be loading up with supplies of all kinds and just hanging around in order to make sure everything goes well. Hmm.

All right. What do you mean by that? Based on conversations with the Prime Minister and Field Marshal over in Pakistan, wherein they requested that I hold off on the destructive force being sent. Tonight to Iran is subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait. I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

There will be a double-sided ceasefire. The reason for doing so is that we could have already met and exceeded our military objectives and are very far along with the definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran and peace with the Middle East. We received a ten-point proposal from Iran.

So I'm looking at the ten-point proposal. It is absolutely terrible. We can't accept one word of this. The U.S. must commit to guaranteeing non-aggression with Iran, continuation of Iran's control over the Strait, acceptance that Iran can enrich uranium, removal of all primary sanctions on Iran, removal of all secondary sanctions, and of all U.

S. Security Council resolutions targeting Iran, end of all IAEA resolutions on Iran's nuclear programs. In other words, they can have nukes. compensation for Iran's war damage. Withdrawal of the U.

S. from the region? Ceasefire on all fronts.

Okay. Number one, we're actually fortifying our place on the region. All our Gulf State allies, they want more of a presence, all right? That's number one. Number two is we're going to not only let you not let you enrich uranium.

We got to go get the ones you you've enriched and lied about. And the President said, we're going to go in there, we're going to get it. Ramd says we will refrain, we will retrieve Iran's uranium. The President just said that. Proposal, they're going to meet on Friday.

Fine. China says they played a big role. I am, for one, not against that. China, sometimes things coincide. And we're looking to meet with them in May.

And at which time we have to tell them, not fifty percent tariffs if you continue to rearm Iran. Forget the tariff for a second, Mr. President. Just say you love all you're going to diminish trade with us, and the Gulf states have to combine to say we will not trade with you at all. Share technology.

And believe me, they are rich countries. If you continue To arm up Iran and supply their military, their short and long-term long-range missiles. and a rich uranium.

So I'm a little astounded by the whole thing. By some of the details that have come out and the fact that they're still rocketing the Gulf States, I think, could mean two things. Yeah. It could show a total disconnect where the people we're dealing with, we're actually dealing with. But they don't have control of the IRGC, and we've killed so many of their leaders, they might legitimately not have control.

Now, that's giving them the benefit of the doubt. But Pete Hagseth ran through a few of the things that we take for granted. We literally have wiped out the hierarchy, and the new Ayatollah, the son of the old Ayatollah, is incapacitated. Strong reports said he can't even talk. Coat one.

President Trump had the power to cripple Iran's entire economy in minutes, but he chose mercy. He spared those targets because Iran accepted the ceasefire under overwhelming pressure. The new Iranian regime understood that a deal was far better than the fate that awaited them. This new regime just happened to look at what happened to their predecessors. Their top leadership was systematically eliminated.

The previous Iranian Supreme Leader, dead. The Supreme National Security Council Secretary, dead. The Supreme Leader Office Advisor, dead. The Supreme Leader Military Office Chief, dead. The defense minister no longer with us.

The IRGC commander. Dead. The Armed Forces General Staff Commander, dead. The Intelligence Minister, dead. The IRGC Navy commander, no longer here.

The IRGC Intel Chief, dead. I skipped over a bunch and I could go on and on and on, to include the new so-called new supreme leader, wounded and disfigured. This new regime was out of options and out of time, so they cut a deal.

They are. You would think they're out of time, but they feel as though the time wears on, oil prices go up, there's hundreds of ships surrounding the strait that can't get through. These people on these crews, they're human beings, they can't just sit there in these horrible conditions and wait in the water to drop off their oil, so they have to go elsewhere.

So I think we are doing great militarily. I think we are doing the right thing, but we just got to finish the job. As General Jack Keene said two hours ago, I wouldn't have signed the deal. I went and signed off on the deal. But if they're going to do this, there's certain things we've got to demand.

When we come back, we change gears, talk about one of the great stories in the world today, and that is. NASA. And what is happening with Artemis 2, Daryl Nale joins us. You'll listen to Brian Kill Meat Show.

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Integrity. Come check. Integrity, we have you loud and clear. We will explore, we will build, we will build ships, we will visit again. We will construct science outposts, we will drive rovers, we will do radio astronomy, we will found companies, we will boost our industry, we will inspire.

But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.

So that is some of the drama that is happening as Artemis II continues to amaze, in my view, talking to the space station, talking back to America, of course, going to the far side of the moon, further from Earth than any other voyage before. The one person probably not surprised by it, but I'm sure he loves every minute of it, is Daryl Nale, launch commentator, broadcaster, and producer for NASA. Daryl, welcome. Oh, hey, Brian, it's great to be with you.

So, your thoughts about this mission thus far? Oh, I mean, you know, with listening to Christina Cook, when you guys started to play the soundbite, you know, honestly, you know, some tears started welling up. I mean, it's just such a huge moment, the history that was made. But not just for the fact that these four astronauts, Christina Cook, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover. set the record for The first humans to go deepest into space than any humans have ever gone before.

And if you just let that sit for a second, right? Our humanity, deeper into space than any human has ever gone. It's just so much to take in because the technology that's required to keep astronauts alive, the deeper you go into space, the more robust it has to be, right?

So there was that, that history-making moment. When you land on the moon, you're not going to get a distance record. This really only happens because you're flying around it. But then beyond that, Beyond that, What she just said, Mission Specialist Cook, about kind of painting a picture of this new. This new world on the moon, right?

This new vibrant lunar economy where. Not only industry is involved and mining possibly materials that are rare here on Earth, like helium-3, but then also the science that's happening on this incredible witness to the solar system, which is the moon, right? This is still intact in the way that when the solar system was formed, has all of the impressions, has all of the records of how we are formed. We're going to do science there. We're going to live there.

Imagine that. You look up at the moon at night and you say, hey, there's somebody living right now on the moon. It's just awesome. It's all inspiring. I'm incredibly moved by it.

And I think the entire country should be because this was a tremendously unifying moment, not only for us, but also for our international partners. Yeah, I've been there since 1972. We're going to go back, but this is different. People would say, who don't do this every day like you, Darryl, say, listen, if it was so great, why did we just drop the ball in 72? Interest had waned, and we've gone there enough, and we've seen the footage, and we just stopped.

We went for four years, and we just stopped going. Why are we interested now, and why didn't we continue to be interested then? It's a fair question and one that has to be answered with a little bit of history. We remember, right, that back in the 70s, it was a sprint. We were trying to get there before our adversaries, the Soviet Union, was trying to get there.

And we were willing to put tremendous resources into making that happen. And we got there. We obviously, as you just said, we explored. We planted flags and then we left. But this is so much different now.

The vision of Artemis is incredibly different because of the scale of what we're going to do there. We're going to stay this time. We're going to send Automated robots and lunar excavators and nuclear power to a location on the moon, not equatorial like we did when we were landing the first time, but rather on the poles of the moon, the south pole specifically, where the resources we believe are tremendous there: water, ice. And then, water, ice can be used for anything, drinking water, but then also for rocket fuel. You can separate it into hydrogen and oxygen.

The vision now is a base on the moon, a lunar base. where we work and do experiments and do science. And also Try to see if we can kick start a lunar economy. I mean, that is a vision where imagine your children or grandchildren telling them, you know, hey, one day you can go and stay on the moon. That's something that's pretty far off, but it's something that not only Places us in a permanent presence on the moon, but also readies us for the big picture, which is going to Mars.

If we can prove out technologically that we can remain on the moon for years at a time, then we know that we can go and make that big jump to our planetary neighbor. Mars, where right now, current technology, it takes almost eight to nine months to get there.

So we really need to be able to sustain ourselves as a human species in an incredibly inhospitable environment on the moon and Mars.

So, Darryl, the other thing is, I understand you're going to be sending material up there now. to get ready for that walk on the moon in twenty twenty eight.

So there'll be material and and maybe some power stations, nuclear power stations you're going to be sending up there to the to the so-called dark side of the moon. Yes, that's right. And that One of the most difficult challenges is what we call surviving the night, surviving the lunar night. When the sun is no longer shining on the South Pole, which is very often, or you're in a crater that doesn't get any sun, it is so cold that electronics cease to operate if they don't have enough power. And right now, with our mobile technology, there's nothing that we can send that will survive the night right now without, as you just mentioned, nuclear power.

We get nuclear power there, and the administration believes this and led by Jared Isaacman and of course informed by President Donald Trump's space policy directives, Putting nuclear power in that shaded region of the moon where we get very little sunlight is a way to survive the night. It is a way to set up a base camp where these rich resources are. If we had sunlight all the time, we were in the equatorial region, that would be one thing. But that's not where we're going because we don't believe the resources are there. We need to get to the South Pole.

And if we want to be in the South Pole, we have to be able to survive the lunar night.

So nuclear power is a critical cog to doing that. And you can imagine with nuclear power now you can not only power the habitat, but you can power the science experiments and the rovers needed to traverse the terrain around them.

So, what is the theory behind not just admitting that we're in a race with China? Because we think that, you know, as much as Jared Isaacman has been speaking optimistically, he says, I'm not sure that we're going to be the next ones to walk on the moon. Why not let us have that competition again? Doesn't that that sells everything from the NCAA tournament to the Super Bowl? Competition is good.

We know it from the lunar race in the 70s, right? With the Soviet Union. Because it's also important to remember, right? We won that race. And no one has tried since.

No one, except for now. And as you mentioned it, the Chinese Space Agency is working to try and do a landing in the twenty thirties. We are as well. And so You know, the administration is fully aware of what China's aims and goals are, and we are putting together the Artemis Accords, more than 60 nations now who are going with us. The competition, I will tell you, it is being spoken about now.

It's out there. The administrator is saying, hey, you know, we do want to win. And so he's putting forth the best plan possible that I think that I've seen. And my family has worked at NASA for many decades. And we're looking at this.

Good. Jared Isaac Middletown Administrator Eismid has really put a foot on the gap. Darrell, thanks so much. It's too bad you're 6'9 or else you'd be in that capsule too. Breaking news, unique opinions.

Hear it all on the Brian Kill Me Show. You've got to look at this from Iran's perspective. Why did they shut down the straits of Hamuz? What was their objective that they were trying to achieve here? Their objective was simply: one, to stop the war.

They have achieved that objective. We have indeed stopped the war.

So, what and not only that, the Iranians are still in control, Bill. The IRGC Navy has told all the ships in the Gulf to pass through the straits, you need our permission.

So, they're very much in control. Of the Straits of Amuz, and all of those ships are going to abide by those warnings, certainly, that Iran has given.

So that is General King an hour ago, just from what we see from the ceasefire. The 10-point plan is just farcical. We won't agree to one word of it that they put out. And we're looking to have face-to-face talks tomorrow with a ceasefire, as in effect in words, but not in deeds. Our Gulf states are still being hit, so is Israel.

Mark Dubowitz joins us now. He is the Foundation for Defense of Democracy CEO, advised President Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush administrations on Iran. Mark, your take on what we know about the two-week ceasefire? Brian, thanks for having me on. Look, I think it was the right move by President Trump.

I mean, I think over the course of more than forty-five days, President Trump has done severe damage to Iran's warmaking capabilities, its nuclear program, and has eliminated literally dozens and dozens of its senior leadership, both military and political.

So President Trump is saying, all right, let's take a pause. I'm giving the Iranians two weeks. To actually come to the table and engage in negotiations. And I have 15 demands of the Iranians, and I will not compromise on those demands. And one of the demands is to fully reopen and secure the Strait of Hormuz, not under Iranian control, but back to where it was, which is an international waterway through which the world's oil and natural gas.

and other commodities can sale freely.

So I don't get it in that. Right now, Iran has let everybody know, as you just heard, that they can't get through the strait without their permission. I mean, that is.

Something we can't tolerate. The president just told Jonathan Carl, according to what Jonathan Carl has put on X, that he says we're going to share revenues of some type of Um I guess some type of d of fee to pass through. I mean that that's can't fly, right, Mark? I mean we're Yes. I mean, one of the Iranian demands is this transit fee of two million dollars per ship, and they're now asking for money per barrel.

This cannot fly because if this does fly, then Iran has achieved a victory. And it's been able to demonstrate that it can face down two of the greatest militaries on earth, United States and Israel, and emerge from this with control And a stranglehold of the global economy.

So let's see how it plays out. I mean, there's a lot of zigs and zags to go. But I have no doubt that President Trump Would have to walk away from any kind of deal, having secured Hormuz, secured. the enriched material, ending all uranium enrichment, You know, permanent restrictions on Iran's ballistic missile program, ending their support for terror. I mean, there's 15 demands that he has put out.

And those should be his clear demands and clear red lines because he has more leverage today, Brian, than he had. a month ago, and he has more leverage over Iran than any President has ever had in Iran's forty seven year history. Have you seen the plan to reopen the strait militarily? And if so, is it a is it something you think it could could work?

Well, I've seen the plan in operation in terms of what the United States and Central Command have been doing over the past month or so in neutralizing Iran's offensive capabilities, drones and missiles and fast attack rafts. But it's a plan that's going to take a while to move through. And I assume that if we don't get Our demands met in the next two weeks, then President Trump will order CENTCOM to continue moving forward with major military operations, which will include and especially include taking out the offensive capabilities that Iran uses to threaten those ships. And then we'll have to move into the next phase of that plan, where there will have to be tanker escorts By the U.S. Navy and hopefully some of our allies who really need to step up because they're much more dependent on Hormuz than we are.

But that is all T B D. We'll see how things play out in the coming days and weeks.

So, Mark, people are saying well, the President says I'm going to wipe out your civilization. He was trying to say that you have until 8 o'clock last night. That was enough for Democrats to call for his impeachment. Here's Rokana. He says we have to remove him now, Cut 10.

We need to remove this president. We need to use all options, whether it's impeachment, whether it's the 25th Amendment. The reality is he's threatened war crimes. He has undermined everything this country stands for. He's threatening to wipe out another civilization.

So do you think that's a war crime?

Well, look, I mean, you know, take the Congressman's comments with an entire Um grocery store salt because the Pre the Congressman accuses the President of committing war crimes if he uses military force. And then when he decides to have a ceasefire, the Congressman accuses the President of caving and chickening out.

So look, the President's critics are always going to oppose him no matter what he does. I think he's ignoring them, which he should. And he's moving forward by Threatening. That he will attack the economic and industrial infrastructure of the Islamic Republic. And I think that's what he was saying.

And I would have advised him to revise that post and said, you know, we will come after the Islamist civilization. We will come after the regime. And we will replace the Islamist civilization with the old and proud and wonderful Iranian civilization, and we'll support the Iranian people. But, you know, the president is going to get a fair shake from his domestic critics.

So, with the Iranian roots, and now here an activist is worried about how this ends because of the people in Iran, and you can understand her frustration. Cut 20 is Sarah Erihami. Every other day I receive these messages from people on the ground that We will take this if it means that the Islamic Republic will be gone, but what we are most scared of is that what if. America Abandons this war, they end this war with the regime in place.

Now this regime is more violent, more radical, and it's humiliated during this war.

So it will basically unleash everything on the people. As we see, there are daily executions going on as we speak.

So that's what they're worried about. I know we can't free everybody that's oppressed in the world. People are upset by this operation. But is there a way to get the power to these 89 million plus people that want to see this regime gone? Yeah.

Brian, look, there is. And during the January slaughter of Iranians, people were calling on President Trump to use military force against the Islamic Republic and criticizing him for not doing it in January. When he did it in February, they were criticizing him for using military force against the Islamic Republic.

So again, I think the President has got a plan. And my hope is that as we move through this plan, the next phase of that plan is to provide maximum support to the Iranian people to take back their country. And now they're taking back their country against a regime apparatus that has been severely weakened and fractured by U. S. and Israeli strikes.

And there are plans in place and things that are going on to actually provide strong support to the Iranian people. to arm them, to provide them with secure communication devices, to give them a fighting chance so that the next time they come to the streets and they face off against this brutal repression apparatus, The repression apparatus has been weakened, they've been strengthened, and they have a fighting chance to. to take back their country. Yeah, I guess that's the key. I mean, the president says: I gave some arms to the Kurds.

Maybe they kept them. What's that about?

So Yeah. Israel has been working closely with the Kurds for many years, training them, providing them weapons. I assume the President is saying that what perhaps we did as well. But I think that what he's getting at and I think what we need to get at is we need to arm not just the Kurds, and not just all just not just the ethnic groups, the minority groups inside Iran, but also the majority Persians. because these people need a fighting chance.

And Brian, they can't take to the streets like they did last January, just a couple of months ago, where they took this on january eighth and ninth, thirty two thousand were slaughtered. because they were unarmed and they had no support. The next time they have to be armed. We have to be providing them with air cover. And our the CIA and Mossad need to be providing them with ground cover.

And ultimately, they have to take back their own country. But to do so, millions of Iranians need to come to the street. I mean, you mentioned the size of the population. You need millions of Iranians on the streets to overwhelm the security services so that the security services cannot slaughter their way through. This opposition.

Yeah, that would be key. Just to give these people, I know we talked to Dennis Ross last week, and he says he believes within 10 months when this war stops, these people will take back their country, judging by what he's telling me, the damage has been done to that country. And we've killed so many of their leaders. It's just to think that they're going to be able to withstand. and fight another day is crazy.

The one thing I would love to do is make sure they're not rearmed by China and Russia. Mark Tubowitz, do you have a way to stop that? The President talks about tariffing them. They don't care about tariffs.

Well, it's a good question. I mean, if the President is prepared to enforce those tariffs against China, I mean, what he's really getting at is China has been providing Iran with these essential chemicals that Iran needs to rebuild its solid fuel ballistic missiles, providing them with potential other weaponry. And it's really China, less so even Russia, that is helped Iran build up its warmaking capabilities and will be helping Iran do that again.

So they have to pay a price. And I think the President is hinting to Xi Jinping in Beijing that I'm prepared to make you pay a price in the form of significant tariffs. And the only question is, is the President willing to enforce that? Otherwise, the Chinese will see that.

Well, the last thing, do we have leverage from the Gulf states? Do the Gulf States do they does China care about the Gulf States' economy? And if they say we're not buying your stuff, Does that matter? Yes, in fact, Brian, the Gulf States can say to the Chinese, we're your major supplier of oil and natural gas and other essential commodities. Not only will we not buy your stuff, we won't sell you the essential energy you need to power your economy.

So absolutely, the Saudis, the Emiratis, the Qataris have a lot of leverage over China and I think have been quietly exercising that behind the scenes and certainly need to do more of that. All right, thanks so much. Mark Dubowitz, we'll see how this two-week ceasefire off to a slow start matures. Thank you, Mark. Thanks so much, Brian.

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This lead is historically low for Democrats at this point with the Republican president. Because take a look here, and I'm taking a look at the average of all the polls. Dem generic congressional ballot lead at this point in the cycle with the Republican president. On average, their lead's actually slightly less. It's five points.

That's less than it was back in 2018 when it was eight points, and way less than it was during the 2006 cycle when it was 11 points.

So, yeah, Democrats are ahead. But they're only ahead by five with a president whose net approval rating is bordering on minus 20 to minus 30, depending on what pose you look at. You'd make the argument Democrats should be way ahead. And they're just only sort of slightly ahead. I think five points is enough to take back the House.

But in the Senate, five points is almost certainly not enough if you apply it to the Senate map. And by the way, when it comes to the Senate, it's going to be individual races, too. I'm talking about Mike Rogers, who looks great in Michigan. I'm talking about Johnson Unu as a way to switch as a strong path for him to flip the seat in New Hampshire. Rogers would take this flip the seat in Michigan.

And of course, you've got to say, make sure that Texas holds and other places likely to hold. What's not going to be a given is Georgia, where they say Osoff was the most vulnerable. But even when things were rotting high right after 2024, when it became clear that Governor Kemp wasn't going to run, then suddenly there was trouble.

Now, in North Carolina, that seat could flip because as strong as as strong as as Republican and as red as North Carolina is, the Democratic governor was popular when he was there, Cooper, so he'll have a shot at taking that Senate seat. But Michael Watley knows how to run a race. He knows how to run the RNC. My goodness, he and And Lyra Trump did a fantastic job.

So I just want people to understand that at one point Democrats have to say something intriguing. If we elect him or her, they'll give me this. But instead, what do we hear from Democrats? I mean, I could not copy and paste. Enough Democrats.

I mean, I did not have enough time. After a while, I go, I get the point. That want to see Donald Trump impeached. Nancy Pelosi. A whole civilization will die tonight, never been brought back again.

Donald Trump has got to go. He's dangerous. If the cabinet is not willing to invoke the 25th Amendment and restore sanity, Republicans must reconvene the Congress to end this war. And then the same thing with House Democratic leadership calling on Donald Trump to be impeached. He's unhinged.

AOC wants him impeached. He's unhinged. So, okay.

So is that what you guys want? Do you think that's what moderate and any level-headed, non-political zealot wants? Impeachment, where everything stops. And we watch everyone just make bad and good speeches about the candidate and the subject. I mean, we just went through that.

It is so tedious. It is so ridiculous. We went through it, what, twice with Donald Trump? And now you guys are going to get in power in order to do that. I mean, that's really what they're talking about.

RoConna thinks that he made so much progress with the Epstein files being against Donald Trump, suddenly interested when Donald Trump becomes president in the Epstein Files, not interested at all in the other two previous administrations. But here we go. Cut eleven. The Democrats will impeach him once we take back the House and should impeach him for all the things he's done. And depending on the Senate, he may face conviction if we get to 60, especially if his numbers keep going down and the Epstein issue continues to be a vulnerability.

It's not a vulnerability. It was a vulnerability for the Department of Justice. For whatever reason, I don't want to go through it again. It's a vulnerability for Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton, and everybody else that got caught up in those files. Bill Gates is in the other day.

Hillary has been forced to testify. Most of these people are Democrats. You clown.

So about the war itself, I want you to hear from General Wesley Clark. You know, he's Democrat, used to run NATO and very left wing. But just when asked about this deal, the Brinksmanship and the ceasefire, CUT fourteen. It could be the off-ramp. You know, at this point, it's really a function of what the Iranians want to do.

They think they're winning. They think they've got the United States in a bear trap. and um and they control the Strait of Hormuz. And they are already reaching out. to strike infrastructure in there across the Gulf.

Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Kuwait have all sustained big hits on totally civilian infrastructure, no military connection whatsoever. And now we're seeing the propaganda war starting with the Iranians saying they've got to put women around and children around these plants. Roll. I I hope the Pakistani President, I hope that message will sink into the Iranians. Yes.

So for you idiots that says that Donald Trump's committing a war crime by bombing them back to their bombing their civilization back to the Stone Age, For you do you understand that they just killed forty one thousand of their people in the streets in cold blood and made their families pay for the bullets that killed their family member and friend? Did you just hear the general who hates Donald Trump talk about putting civilians in front of power stations and aiming for civilian targets? And you guys want to put Donald Trump in jail for war crimes? Do you understand what you're saying? You're rooting against the country on our 250th birthday.

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This hour we're going to be joined by Kosero Isfahani, the research director for the National Union for Democracy in Iran. Was born there, left there. Family there, family and friends still there. We'll find out what's happening behind the scenes with all the breaking news. They're also trying to make heads or tails of this ceasefire where it's really not affecting what is happening in Lebanon because that's where Hezbollah is.

And we'll see what's kind of happening there. I don't actually think it's affecting Iran because they're still bombing, as Trey Yanks is reporting over in the war zone.

So let's get to the big three. Number four. you In terms of it being symbolic, it is certainly a step in the right direction. I mean, it began with a single person in a Mercury spacecraft. I mean, now we've got an international space station while a spacecraft is coming back from the moon.

Amazing Artemis II moon shot continues as they get closer and closer to coming home. The latest feat as the world is transfixed with their incredible voyage and the character of these astronauts. Number two. Democrats will impeach him once we take back the House and should impeach him for all the things he's done. And depending on the Senate, he may face conviction if we get to 60, especially if his numbers keep going down.

Yup, there you go, Rocana. Dem's preview. If they want to take the House back, if they actually get the majority in the House, that's what you can look forward to. Is that what you're going to be voting for? Republicans should underline that.

Because most of the American people, not dug in ideologically, don't want to hear it and know it's tedious and it's fruitless. Number one. The President set out to do was decimate the Iranian military. And that military objective, as the President said yesterday, has been achieved. He said, open up the straits, stop trying to hold the world's economy hostage, and will engage in a ceasefire.

And that's exactly the agreement that we came to last night. So that's the vice president who probably will not be present on Friday, as opposed to face-to-face peace talks brokered by Pakistan, India, excuse me, Egypt, as well as Turkey. Two-week ceasefire, sort of in effect, between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. We got the details, and we got the firing that's still happening.

Now, could there be some disconnect? Maybe, because there are 32 provinces, the IRGCs. Leadership has been killed, eliminated, or they're just hiding.

So the communication could be terrible. Good, understood, but the other thing is they could just be ignoring it. The people we're talking to and work the deal out with. Maybe have no interest in a ceasefire. And I think we've got to respond at some point.

Joining us now is Kosoro Isfahanid. And Kosoro, welcome back. Hi, Brian. Thanks for having me.

So what's your sense on this ceasefire? The Islamic Republic is very happy about it. They are doing victory laps. The state media and officials are portraying it as. The United States has been defeated and it has backed down and agreed to every term put forward by the regime.

The Islamic Republic's National Supreme National Security Council last night issued a statement saying that the U.S. has accepted that the regime is going to continue uranium enrichment, missile development, control over the Strait of Hormuz, and name it. The Islamic Republic is very happy. And in general, when a terrorist regime like This regime is happy we shouldn't. Uh, we shouldn't celebrate.

We shouldn't start popping.

Well, if the if those ten things are agreed to, it would be a victory. But I don't think we're going to agree to any one of them: ceasefire on all fronts, withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region, compensation for the war damage, end of International Atomic Agency resolutions, end of all sanctions. I mean, there's not one word of this we'll sign off on. That's exactly the issue.

The Islamic Republic constantly lies. And the sad thing for the world is that both the world and the Islamic Republic itself believes those lies. They have portrayed themselves as these nas uh rational actors that wants a ceasefire. But that's a total lie. We are dealing with a death cult that its existence is tied to eternal war against the world.

The Islamic Republic is going to remain a threat to the United States, to Israel, to all of its neighbors. Since the ceasefire was announced, the regime has struck Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the strikes are continuing. And they are demanding that operations against Hezbollah, this terrorist group that they have popped up in Lebanon, to be stopped. And the administration has made it clear that the ceasefire doesn't include any lines about Hezbollah.

So I don't think it's going to last. I don't think it's leaving the Islamic Republic in place is going to be a win for the United States because this regime is going to go back to development of weapons of mass destruction, development Of missiles that they have already lied about their reach. They hit Diego Garcia the other day, and they're going to keep going at it. Exporting terrorism around the world is bread and butter of this regime. They are not going to stop.

Here is J.D. Vance this morning. Cut for.

So, some of the people have responded favorably and have said the right things. And then you have some people on social media within their system who are basically lying about what we've accomplished militarily. They're lying about the nature of the agreement. They're lying about the nature of the ceasefire. And so, you have just even within their system, and this is why I say this is a fragile truce, you have people who clearly want to come to the negotiating table and work with us to find a good deal.

And then you have people who are lying about even the fragile truce that we've already struck. So the question is, are they lying or are they just not on the same page, period? I mean, how m how much damage has been done to Iran, in your view? Oh, the damage has been s significant to the regime. First point, the Iranian people have been fighting this regime for the past five decades.

Help never arrived. Finally, Donald Trump reached out and helped us. Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, is dead. Many more of the Islamic Republic's leadership is dead. And the Iranian nation is absolutely grateful to President Trump for the amount of help that he has delivered so far.

But the job is still not done. We are dealing with a regime that its religion, its religion, its interpretation of Islam has included a concept called tariyyah, the lies that you are not only permitted to say, but you are advised to lie. This is the regime that we are dealing with. They are lying through their teeth. They don't want peace.

They just are trying to buy time. They are trying to waste President Trump to get out of office. Even if President Trump succeeds in securing a good deal... With this regime, that would be a miracle in itself. But President Trump is the only person that can enforce such a deal.

And the moment that he steps out of office, the Islamic Republic is going to negate, is going to break the deal, is going to break every promise it has made. Oh, I mean, if there's any of these 10 points you signed off on, this would be the deal of their lifetime. I want you to hear from another Iranian activist now trying to fix that place like you, Sana Ibrahami, Cut 20. Every other day I receive these messages from people on the ground that We will take this if it means that the Islamic Republic will be gone, but what we are most scared of is that what if America. abandons this war, they end this war with the regime in place.

Now this regime is more violent, more radical, and it's humiliated during this war.

So it will basically unleash everything on the people. As we see, there are daily executions going on as we speak.

So what are you hearing about what's happening on the ground? What do you think about her comments? The moment the ceasefire was announced, I received a text message from inside Iran with two words: what the hell? That has been the reaction from the Iranian people. We know that this regime is what it's going to do against the world, and we know what it's going to unleash against the Iranian people.

They are going to turn their frustration, their actual defeat in face of the U.S. military might, and direct all of that rage, frustration, and humiliation towards the Iranian people. This morning, they have dispatched besieged militia and other types of armed forces across Iran with heavy weaponry. They are ready to kill, maim, and arrest people again. This regime is not going to change.

There is one solution for the Islamic Republic. It's absolute annihilation or total humiliating surrender. They are still celebrating a win right now. This is not a deal that will secure the Middle East, that will secure the war. The Islamic Republic got to go.

It's going to kill more people around the world and in Iran as long as it is safe. People do not have guns, right? And they have no way to defend themselves. But they have courage and bravery and resilience. For the past five decades, we have been fighting this regime with empty hands.

We are going to continue doing that until this regime is dismantled. The Iranian people in January displayed a level of courage that borders on madness and is rooted in a level of love for our homeland that I see in many Americans, how many, many Americans have sacrificed their lives over the past hundreds of years for this nation to progress, to stand tall, to lead the world. Iranians are following in those footsteps. They believe that give me freedom or give me death. We are going to fight until the Islamic Republic is gone.

Yeah, all right. I guess we'll see what happens over the next two weeks and see how many of the besieged forces, those plainclothes thugs that police the streets, have been killed. And that's key. I want you to hear before you go how many people have been wiped out already. Here's Secretary of War Pete Hegseth cut one.

President Trump had the power to cripple Iran's entire economy in minutes, but he chose mercy. He spared those targets because Iran accepted the ceasefire under overwhelming pressure. The new Iranian regime understood that a deal was far better than the fate that awaited them. This new regime just happened to look at what happened to their predecessors. Their top leadership was systematically eliminated.

The previous Iranian Supreme Leader, dead. The Supreme National Security Council Secretary, dead. The Supreme Leader Office Advisor, dead. The Supreme Leader Military Office Chief, dead. The Defense Minister, no longer with us.

The IRGC Commander. Dead. The Armed Forces General Staff Commander, dead. The Intelligence Minister, dead. The IRGC Navy commander, no longer here.

The IRGC Intel Chief, dead. I skipped over a bunch, and I could go on and on and on, to include the new, so-called new supreme leader, wounded and disfigured. This new regime was out of options and out of time, so they cut a deal.

So, what kind of impact has their elimination been on the whole? on the government. It's significant. The thing is, the Islamic Republic is braindead and its agents are acting based on muscle memory. They don't know what to do.

They don't know how to get out of this quagmire. And they are doomed. They already know that. The issue is on the side of the Iranian people, we are still facing an enemy that is armed to its teeth, but we are absolutely grateful for each and every one of those targets that Secretary Hegset listed. How many thousands of Iranians should have died for us to achieve even this much?

We are absolutely grateful. The job is not done, but we are absolutely grateful to the United States, its people and its leadership for the help that they have provided. There is much more needed to be done before the Islamic Republic is gone and the job is done, but we are going to reach that point soon. The Islamic Republic, its identity, its DNA, is tied to constant war against the world. They are not going to relent from calling the United States the Great Satan and trying to harm Americans and American interests.

They are going to seek war and they are going to receive it, both from the Iranian people and the world. All right. We'll see what happens. I don't see this two-week ceasefire holding. Hossaro Isfahani, thanks so much.

Thanks for having me.

All right. When we come back, Martha McCallum will be here. We'll talk, get the other breaking news in the 10-point plan that Iran put out and the 15-points that we put out. Is anyone reading both lists on different sides? Brian Kill Michelle.

From breaking news to big name guests, Brian brings you insight you won't hear anywhere else. You're listening to the Brian Kill Meat Show. The talk show that's getting you talking. You're with Brian Kilmead. Well, a two-week ceasefire is insufficient.

We need a permanent end to Donald Trump's reckless war of choice. It is unbelievable in terms of the priorities, and yet we've seen this president's behavior unhinged, unpresidential, unconscionable. Donald Trump just caved, backing down from his fake deadline. You know, the negotiations here have been a kind of almost a case book in how not to negotiate.

So it's not surprising that the ceasefire is fragile. You have no real trust built up between them. Really?

Okay, so they were not happy that Donald Trump said, I gave you a deadline, and they're not happy that the ceasefire is put in place. But it's almost predictable as Hakeem Jeffreys, Simone Sanders, and Fareed Zakaria weigh in. Let's find out what Martha McCallum thinks. Martha, this is a moving target. Ceasefire came out about 8 o'clock last night.

Uh The Iranians say I got 10 points down here. We agreed to all of them. We have 15 points, and they said we've agreed to all of them. And there's still firing going on in the Gulf states.

So what's your take on this?

Well, hi, Brian. Great to be with you this morning. Yesterday, I spoke to Ro Khanna on my show, and he had a very similar sentiment, very wrapped up in the words and the language the President was using, and not so much in the actions that surround it. I mean, I think that the big headline is that we have seen An enormous amount of change in the Middle East, in really in the first year of the Trump term, in terms of who our relationships are strong with, with the Gulf states, the fact that you've got flyover rights for Israel in the Gulf states, and Iran is extraordinarily isolated at this point. But it comes down to a question of how this plays out for these ceasefire points over the next couple of weeks.

And there are so many questions because, as you well know, the 10 points from the Iranians are quite different from the 15 points from the United States. But we're further than we have been. We heard this morning from the Pentagon that they have done an incredible job at achieving their targets. The big question now, I think, is. You know, I would love to see a forceful movement of U.S.

flagships, U.K. flagships, French ships, going into the strait and making it very clear that Iran does not have control over that waterway. Yeah, well, forget Europe. I mean, they don't even have ships in place. And in the UK's places, you know, Martha, they don't even have any ships.

And they had to borrow Germany ships in order to do some of the war games with NATO. And things have never been worse. What do you expect to happen with Mark Ruda when he comes to the White House today?

Well, I think Mark Ruta, the NATO general secretary, and President Trump, have a good relationship. I think Mark Ruta is not on the same page with a lot of the members of NATO. It's very clear that the President feels that that relationship is permanently damaged. I mean, it is so striking to me, and I've said this many times, but I just think it's a good point to make up, to bring up, which is that when European nations were afraid that President Trump was going to take Greenland by force, which I don't think anybody ever thought was exactly what was going to happen. They sent little pockets of troops to protect Greenland from President Trump.

But when the Iranians shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which is 20% of the traffic of world energy, and they have no interest in participating, it tells you everything you need to know, I think, about the politics that are at play in these countries, how much they've changed over the course of the last decade or decade, two decades perhaps, that they're not there for us. I think this is a relationship that has changed forever, honestly, at this point.

So, Mark, we're just going to try to mend it to the greatest extent that he can. But I think in this president's heart and mind, he's tested them, and they did not measure up. Right. And you could say he could have briefed them ahead of time, but not letting us use our bases in Italy, in Spain, I mean, in France. I just.

I I Cannot tell you how outraged I feel about that decision. I completely agree with you. And let's remember that, and when I hear people talk about this on other networks, I'm just shocked at the way that they're framing it. The correct framing is that these are U.S. bases with soldiers that are there to protect Europe from Russia.

Okay, that is why they are there. They're there to protect Europe.

So the idea that they're not going to let us touch down, fly over, refuel at these bases, which we put there to protect Europe. Is absolutely stunning and shocking. And let's not forget while we're at it. Gotcha. Martha, hold that thought right here.

Back in a moment. He's so busy, he'll make your head spin. It's Brian Kilmead. Martha McAllaman Studio and Martha, as we've talked about the ceasefire, I'm just looking at Bloomberg. And let me just give you an idea of what an odd ceasefire we have.

Saudi Arabia's pipeline reports limited damage from a drone hit that just happened. Kuwait's air defenses have been dealing with intense attacks from Iran since 8 a.m. Oh, interesting. They intercepted 28 drones targeting Kuwait. Isn't that interesting?

And they continued to hit the UAE.

So now we understand too, according to reports, the Strait of Vermuz is shut down because Israel is still hitting Hezbollah. This is a strange ceasefire. Lindsey Graham has come out and said, we need whoever negotiated this, the Vice President, to come to Congress and explain what you negotiated. This is not good. Yeah, it's not good.

I think one of the you know, I found it really interesting. The president talked about the regime change and the more reasonable people to deal with in Iran. And then, you know, as we learned more, it turned out that it indeed was the person that for a couple of days it looked like he hadn't made it or we didn't know if he was incapacitated, Maktad al-Khomeini.

So he is in charge. He was passing messages to work on this deal. But as I mentioned before the break, we really have very different points. The 10 points and the 15 points appear to be very, very far apart.

So we'll see how this goes. I think Obviously, everyone wants to see an end to this effort. I think we heard from the Pentagon this morning that they felt like they had checked the boxes and that their part of this is done. But there are two very big issues. The straight Keeping it open.

And who's going to get paid or not paid for people to go through that waterway is a huge issue. And then you have many, many Iranians who are waiting for a true reform, a true regime change to happen in Iran to be able to throw off their hijabs if that's what they want to do and live a free life.

So there's a long way to go here, no doubt about it. There's no doubt about it. We need to see some things clarified. But my sense is. that this thing will be back in action faux boar because If the strait isn't open and our allies are being bombed, what's the point of having a pretend ceasefire next time they meet us on Friday?

Also, I'm sure you saw the report that the President said it doesn't look like J.D. Vance will be there on Friday. They said security reasons, it'll be Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. I want you to hear what Jake Sullivan said if the President went through and bombed the infrastructure of Iran, Cut 12. If we go after civilian infrastructure the way he's promising to go after civilian, by the most basic reading.

of of the rules of international law. Would those be war crimes the United States was committing? The way this is set up, the answer to that question is straightforward. It's yes, they would be because this is punitive. He's not going after a power plant because it's a pure military target that's fueling the war machine against the United States.

He's going against those power plants to punish Iran and punish the Iranian people that try to make them basically quit.

So did they does Jake Sullivan understand what Iran has been doing? They've purely been targeting infrastructure of the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman at times and even Turkey a couple of times. And that's what they're doing with Israel. What if we heard Jake Sullivan say Iran is committing war crimes? Yeah, no, it's unbelievable.

Not to mention the war crime of killing up to 40,000 civilians in the streets, shooting women between the eyes, throwing acid in your face if you have the gall to let some of your strands of hair show under your hijab.

So these are things that are criminal against human nature. We've seen war crimes happening all across the board. But the other detail that we're learning more about this morning is how carefully these targets and this plan was created to hit. Energy targets. It doesn't look like it was going to be civilian-oriented in terms of the bridges and the energy.

It looks like it was militarily oriented in terms of what was actually on the target list, had the president decided to pull the trigger on that last night. Yeah, and by the way, you have a show coming up at 3 o'clock. Who are you having on today? We're going to talk to Jack Keene. Obviously, we've heard from him this morning a little bit, but he, you know, I think is very wary about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

He's not supporting it. He does not support this. Yeah, he feels like we're going to be back here again. Obviously, the President has political pressures that are weighing on him as well with the price of oil, which is coming down quite a bit today.

So that's a major development, and we're going to talk about that today as well. We're also going to talk to two Iranians, a former Iranian national wrestling champion and a doctor who was born in Iran, about what they're hearing, about what the people on the ground feel. Because I think for many Iranians, there are certainly supporters of the regime, but a lot of people are. A lot of people want a regime to change desperately, and I think we're going to hear from them that they feel like they're not there yet, and they want this to continue until that happens. No question.

And I want you to hear the little sparring that went on. By the way, I listened to your interview with Rochana. He clearly fancies himself a television, excuse me, a presidential candidate. And he thinks his best bet is Epstein files and the president's impeachment. I think the one thing that can give the Republicans back the House is if the Democrats keep running on things like impeachment because that's not the priorities of the American people for a president that's going to be done one way or another in two years, and you're not going to get it.

Yeah, I completely agree with you. And I think even when I listen to Jake Sullivan, it makes me kind of sad that people who have obviously studied world affairs for a long, long time cannot just be more clear-eyed when they look at this situation. They're so blinded by Trump derangement syndrome that they can't be clear-eyed in looking at the world, looking at the improvements we've seen in the Middle East, which are clear, and where we need to go from here. And I think that when they get serious about the issues that really confront the country, and we do have economic issues here at home to deal with, and get off this stuff, then they might have a shot. I think you're right.

That was up another 13 points. But this sparring took place yesterday on CNN with General Wesley Clark, member of former Democratic candidate for president, was, I think, running NATO when Bill Clinton was president. I just want you to hear this: Cut 15. And the other thing that's very clear is that President Trump has said from the beginning that. This is not an effort against the Iranian people.

It's an effort on behalf of the Iranian people to help them escape the clutch of the regime in Tehran.

So that in itself is an argument against a conventional looking at this as some kind of a war crime. And I hear what you're saying, but once Iran has implored people and they've answered that call, as we see in these pictures, including little kids, to stand on bridges, does that change the legal calculation of the military looking at these targets? I think it certainly raises questions about the regime in Tehran and what their intent is. You know, during the war against Iraq in the 1980s, they used children to clear minefields. They just pushed unarmed people and young kids forward to clear the minefields by walking over them and killing themselves.

So this is the tactic that this Iranian regime has employed in the past. I'm not sure if I can do it. I hear general. When I hear what you're saying about that, that's appalling, right? But this is different.

This is different having. Yeah, this is appalling also. But having the U.S., in that case, right, the U.S., I mean, let's just talk about what the U.S. calculation is here. She can't handle the fact that the general is saying, Are you kidding me?

Iran is worse than us and even worse than Trump. She can't wrap her head around it. Yeah. No, you know, I mean, look at how many people who stand up against the regime, even in the smallest of ways, are being hung from cranes in the middle of Tehran. Why is she not outraged by that?

18, 19-year-olds, over 100 of them. Hanging from cranes in the middle of Tehran.

So, does it surprise anyone? That this leadership and you know, we're again, it seems like it's so basic, but you have to, it's not clear from some of these interviews that you have to separate, for the most part, the Iranian people from this regime. They are told, if you know, if someone threw your neighbor into prison or hung him from a crane last week, and then today they tell you and your kids to go stand outside of an energy center, you're probably gonna do it. You're probably going to stand out there and wave the flag, right? Uh You have to.

Of course, you do. You have to.

So, what do you expect to happen? And the thing is, we're smarter than that. All these anchors are smarter than that. You might not like Trump's rhetoric. You say, hey, don't use the word civilization.

Focus more on the military. You could say, okay, go ahead. Maybe take another beat before you post something on Truth Social. Guilty is charged. We already know that's the President's method.

But just understand The only thing that could come out of this positive for America is doing the right thing for the people of Iran and the greater Middle East. And you know who understands that, Martha? The Middle East. The Gulf states have stood with us. It's Europe that's looking down their nose at us.

I think this is the most important point of all. I mean, look at the relationship between the Gulf states and Israel right now. Look at the fact that Pakistan, right, which harbored Osama bin Laden and supplied munitions against the United States after 9-11, is trying to broker some sort of peace here.

Now, they're also quite friendly with China. But there's been a re- The table has been reset in the Middle East in an enormous way. Iran is in a very desperate position right now. They are more isolated than ever. And China and Russia, you know, I mean, have helped them a little bit with some targets, but they're not turning out in force to protect Iran at this point.

You know, do they like their oil deals? Yes.

Are they standing at the forefront to protect Iran from these bombs that have been coming at them for the past six weeks? No. I know. It's insane. When we come back, Martha, I just want to talk a little bit of politics, too, because.

We had an election last night. Marjorie Taylor Green's seat is filled with a Republican, one by ten, and it was a Trump-supported Republican, which is interesting. And there's something else that Harry Enton on CNN came up with that I think that has Democrats, should have Democrats concerned. I'm not sure they understand it.

Well, we'll discuss it when we come back with the great Martha McCallum, who shows at 3 o'clock today. Don't move. Both sides, all opinions. It's Brian Killmeat.

Okay. Information you want, truth you demand. This is the Brian Killmeat Show. Democrats will impeach him once we take back the House and should impeach him for all the things he's done. And depending on the Senate, he may face conviction if we get to 60, especially if his numbers keep going down and the Epstein issue continues to be a vulnerability.

He's absolutely clueless and he's too smart for this, but he wants to be president. He thinks extreme statements will get him there. Martha McCallum will show the story as it starts at 3 o'clock Eastern Time today. Martha, if I'm Republicans, this is exactly what they're going to do, just so you know. This is exactly the gameplay.

I can't believe it. It should be turning the page on Trump, but that's what they're going to dig in to do, in my estimation. Your thoughts.

Well, I think that's where they are right now, you know, heading into the midterms. They're still very focused. They don't have any power in the House or in the Senate, really.

So. As they look towards the midterms, I think it's still all about Trump derangement syndrome. I think that the impeachment idea was fueled yesterday by, you know, oh, these are war crimes.

Okay, so now we're just documenting war crimes, and maybe there was even disappointment that it didn't happen because it loses perhaps. A talking point for them for impeachment going forward. I don't think there's a lot of patience in America to go down that road again. I really don't. I think that Americans are going to want more focus on the economy.

I think AI is also going to become a big issue in the next presidential election when you look at some of the programs that are now being worked on, and that even the people creating them feel that they're kind of losing a little bit of control over some of these programs.

So, my guess is we're going to be pretty far past that at this point, but I think they're using it as fuel for the midterms for now. Yeah, I guess we'll see it. I know. We have a few reports that they really want to run on that. But as I mentioned before, Harry Enton.

Everyone is talking about Trump's numbers are dropping, and he acknowledges that, but he also said this: Cut 29. This lead is historically low for Democrats at this point with the Republican president. Because take a look here, and I'm taking a look at the average of all the polls. Dem generic congressional ballot lead at this point in the cycle with the Republican president. On average, their lead is actually slightly less.

It's five points. That's less than it was back in 2018 when it was eight points, and way less than it was during the 2006 cycle when it was 11 points.

So, yeah, Democrats are ahead. But they're only ahead by five with a president whose net approval rating is bordering on minus 20 to minus 30, depending on what pose you look at. You'd make the argument Democrats should be way ahead. And they're just only sort of slightly ahead. I think five points is enough to take back the House.

But in the Senate, five points is almost certainly not enough if you apply it to the Senate map. So what are your thoughts about what his numbers say? I think it adds up. I think that makes sense in terms of how it feels in the country. I think a lot of the disgruntlement that you see on the part of Americans is based on the economy, is based on oil prices.

I think that's why no doubt there are voices at the White House and within the party who are encouraging the President to move on from this battle to let oil prices come back down a bit. The President just talked to Jonathan Carl at ABC News and said that he's looking for perhaps a joint venture with Iran in terms of making money off of the strait of Hormuz. We know that President Trump looked for that kind of economic model coming out of Venezuela as well. And he's very elated that there have been oil transactions that the United States is making money off of in the Venezuela picture.

So it's going to be interesting to see where this goes. But you can feel the gravity of the President's concern about the U.S. economy and about How voters feel about it as we head to the midterms. And I think that's why you're getting sort of, you know, a desire to stick and move from this moment. Whether or not Iran will let us dick and move.

I'm not so sure. I mean, yes, their military has been decimated, but they're terrorists. They're a terrorist nation. That's what they do. Asymmetric warfare, whether it's cyber or whether it's other frightening ideas as well, could pull us back in this direction.

I hope that doesn't happen, but it wouldn't surprise me. Yeah, I just wanted to know. I'm very curious. Republicans have their problems with people in MAGA, Adam MAGA, Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat. Obviously, some podcasters seem to be off the train.

Steve Bannon thinks he's, I guess, off the train and others. But I also think that Democrats have some huge problems because there's people way out to the left that are in a whole new party. I'm seeing Josh Gottheimer way in and tell call out Bernie Sanders for praising Hassan Piker. Piker's a proud anti-Semite, he says, and said America's deserved 9-11. And Bernie Sanders has no problem praising him.

And so does the American. His Senate candidate in Michigan says, I don't agree with everything he says, but he's a friend of mine. I'm not going to be part of cancel culture. That's something that's going to be tough to overcome. Yeah, I think you're right.

Rokana also went on Piker's show and basically said, look, I like to debate with people and d to discuss. He he is a anti-Semite, as you say, Brian. He rejects, you know, basically said he's looking forward, something along those lines, to another 9-11. Apparently, tried to walk that back. Easy that is to do.

So it's, you know, October 7th. He, you know, sort of had sympathy, I guess, for Hamas's motives on October 7th. This is so far away from the fundamental underpinning of this country. And you see it to a certain extent on both sides.

So I think it's going to be very interesting to see how that shakes out. And it may bring some gravity, you know, among some Democrats towards President Trump and Republicans in the midterms.

So that could be a modifying element to the numbers that you're seeing from Harry Anton. Yeah, I just think, too, it's going to be a lifetime. Right now, Iran's a big deal. What's going to be happening in June and July? They're going to be very, very pro-American.

They got the World Cup or hopefully rally around the flag and then didn't see what happens with the economy. Is this a one-month blimp where we paid a little bit more, but overall, the drilling and the energy and the lack of regulation is going to allow everything to boom. Martha McCallum today at 3 o'clock. Martha, thanks so much. Thank you, Brian.

Appreciate you. Yep, keep it here. Brian, kill me, Chao.