HE JUST DID IT!!! Iran Tried to THREATEN Trump with $120 Barrel Oil… MOTHER BOMBS Hormuz Overnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, President Donald J. Trump, he says that Iran has no navy, no air force, an army that's been flattened, their leaders gone. And he's right about that. In fact, Iran is now basically a country with a flag and a very angry group chat. So here's the multi-million dollar question. If Iran has no navy, who just sank two ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Because somebody did. A Singapore-flagged shipping container called the GFS Pride. Then, a cargo carrier, where at least one sailor never made it home. Oh, and the official explanation, projectiles. That's it. Projectiles. Incredible detective work. Somebody please give this man a magnifying glass and a pipe. I want to get to the latest on the U.S.-Iran conflict there. On the right-hand side of your screen, you can see a live look over the Strait of Hormuz, a very familiar image as we follow the newest developments, we've learned that two ships were both sunk in and just outside the Strait of Hormuz over the last couple days after being hit by quote-unquote projectiles. Maritime officials have released the information saying that they were separate incidents, one of them involving a Singapore flagged container ship that's called GFS Pride, and the other was a dry bulk carrier with at least one crew member reportedly killed. Iran has said that it's stepping up strikes in response to that U.S. blockade of its ports and tougher sanctions as well. And attacks around the Strait have surged over the last couple weeks. Now, here's the twist. In fact, Iran's real navy is gone. So they're basically down to the drunk drawer. Everybody's got a drunk drawer in the kitchen, right? Their secret weapon, a wooden fishing boat, guys. It's a freaking wooden fishing boat. A guy bobbing in the water with a cell phone, pretending to catch tuna, calling in the targets. This is not a superpower, guys. This is a cornered regime with a prepaid data plan. Oh, and it gets even worse than that. Iran's favorite little helpers, the little Houthis, yeah, the Houthis, they just hit an airport the Houthis hit an airport in Saudi Arabia 13 dead pilgrims an American their review of their own attack legitimate five stars then they said Saudi Aramco's headquarters on fire Reuters is now saying that Iran just struck Gulf targets at least 135 times and the Gulf states just kind of didn't even mention it nothing to see here folks says the burning refinery oh and Tehran yeah they want oil at 120 bucks per barrel why they are trying to beat donald trump in the midterms iran political consultant somebody please check if they're charging by the hour oh so so now reportedly the u.s military is drawing up plans that could ultimately include the mother of all bombs and somewhere in iran there's a place called pickaxe mountain that should probably update its insurance policy like now. So here's what the headline skipped. President Trump's blockade is choking Iran's economy and Iran is quietly crawling back to the negotiating table. Well, today you're going to see exactly why. If you're new here, go ahead and hit subscribe, guys, because unlike Iran's Navy, we actually exist. And of course, if we earned it by the end of the show, go ahead and hit the like button on the way out. Totally appreciate you. So President Trump had a strong message for Iran during a rally on Wednesday saying the war will be over, quote, very, very soon. We're gonna knock this Iran thing off fast. It's gonna be over very quickly. Look, they don't have, think of it, they don't have a Navy. They don't have an Air Force. Their army is decimated. Their leaders are gone. But it's gonna end and it's gonna end very, very soon. And when that happens, it's the oil is gonna drop like a rock. All right, and again, we continue to follow everything relating to the conflict. And President Trump says he's weighing whether or not the U.S. should get involved as the Iran-backed Houthi terror group vowing more attacks on airports and oil facilities there in Saudi Arabia. The threat comes after a strike that appears to have caused extensive damage to the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco. The Houthis described the targets as quote-unquote legitimate and described their attacks as retaliation for Saudi strikes on Yemen. Saudi Arabia has faced increased Houthi strikes over the past week, including an attack on King Khalid International Airport that happened, of course, Saturday, and 13 people were killed, several others injured. The attack on Saudi Aramco's base caused a fire that spread across several floors and it has been described as extensive damage. President Donald Trump at the podium reading Iran scoreboard like a referee calling out a blowout. No Navy, no Air Force Army, completely decimated. Leaders, oh, they're gone. And when this ends, guys, he says oil drops like a rock. That's right. Trump is predicting that oil will drop like a rock. And this is not bragging. in fact this is the box score okay now picture the water the Strait of Hormuz a skinny little strip of blue between Iran and Arabia giant ships lined up nose to tail like cars at a drive-thru then boom the GFS pride a huge container ship flying essentially Singapore's flag gets hit then a dry bulk carrier both of them end up on the bottom one inside of the Strait and the other one outside of the Strait of Hormuz. And on one of those ships, at least one sailor is announced as being dead. Now, Tehran is proud of it. Iran is saying it stepped up strikes, payback, they say, for America's blockade of their ports and some tougher sanctions. Translation, the blockade hurts a lot. Now, you don't throw a tantrum over something that isn't working so how does a country with no navy ships uh actually sink navy ships right well hold on guys because this is the part that's the most embarrassing for iran and so picture an old wooden boat uh a d how you know the kind that that the gulf has seen for centuries a couple of guys on deck totally legal anybody can float there right but they're not fishing they're watching so a huge tanker glides by one guy pulls out a cell phone, big one, big old, big old like Zach Morris cell phone from Saved by the Bell days, heading south, click yeah so on shore a small team from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, they get the call they roll out a launcher they fire a leftover drone or missile then they pack up and run before anybody can hit back, fire, move, hide repeat. Kind of like whack-a-mole, you know, except the mole has missiles. But I want you to notice that word, okay? Leftover. The real Navy wrecked. The Air Force wrecked. So Iran is basically fighting this war with whatever happened to have survived. This is not a military. This is a garage sale. It stockpiled for years and it adapts fine. Now, here's its only trick, really. Iran doesn't need to sink 100 ships, just two. Because after two, every captain on earth starts doing the math. Insurance rates skyrocket. Nobody wants to be ship number three. Cheapest scare campaign in history if you think about it. Now, leave the water. Because Iran's favorite sidekick, the Houthis, they decided boats were not enough. Saturday, King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Now, picture the terminal, families hugging goodbye, pilgrims in simple white cloth headed for the holiest trip of their lives. And then the Houthi strike, 13 people dead, including an American. The Houthi's official review of their own attack, legitimate, legitimate, hitting people waiting for a flight. These guys would call a car bomb aggressive of parking. And first off, I wanted to ask you here about the situation with the Houthis, because again, we are seeing all of this conflict that continues to essentially increase at this point. Can we kind of dial back here, going back to the beginning? Can you explain for folks out there the situation taking place there over in Saudi Arabia and why these different locations are being targeted? Well, it goes back to 2014. And just very, very briefly, that was when the Yemeni civil war began, when the Houthis came south. They're originally from the mountainous north of Yemen. But they took the capital, Sana'a, which is the national capital of Yemen. And in fact, they went all the way down to the south coast by early 2015. And at the time, And it looked as if they might simply take over the country and take over the government as well. But the Saudis then got involved on the side of the legitimate government and reinforced the remnants of the Yemeni army. And they were able to push the Houthis back. And the battle lines more or less stabilized for the last decade or so until recently where we saw that big Houthi advance coming south and taking the port of Mocha and the land that borders the Bab al-Mandab Strait. So this has been going on. Saudis have been, in a sense, in a state of war with the Houthis for the past 11 years. There have been periods of truce, and particularly there was a long period of truce from 2022 until earlier this year. But then, of course, we've had the war raging between the US and Iran, which has partially involved the Houthis and also partially involved the Saudis, because, as you know, the Saudis got hit by some of the Iranian retaliation against the United States. And then more recently, what actually kicked off this current escalation was the Saudis were trying to maintain their aerial blockade of Sana'a to stop the Houthis from traveling freely by air, because they're worried that if they do that, then they will get resupply and weaponry from the Iranians and that will build their capability back up. And so the Saudis challenged an Iranian airplane, which was carrying Houthi mourners for the late Ayatollah. And ever since then, we've been in this cycle of escalation. And of course, we're watching it kind of all play out. But one thing that's been asked of President Trump quite a few times here is whether or not the U.S. is going to get involved. So when you have attacks on a major airport like that in Saudi Arabia on essentially an ally of sorts of the U.S. somebody that President Trump has been in touch with quite a bit. What are kind of the odds here that we are gonna see the US get involved to put a stop to the Houthi terror group? I think they're pretty high. There was a time when the Saudis were getting rather desperate and they asked President Trump for help. And he seems to have brushed them off a little bit and said that they needed to take care of it themselves. And I think he was irritated because the Saudis had fallen out with the United Arab Emirates. And that was never a sensible thing to do because those two are long-standing partners and allies. And, you know, there's no reason to fall out because there are no clashes in their real objectives. So I think there was an element there of President Trump saying, you know, put your own house in order first. But the thing that makes a difference here is that attack that you talked about on Saturday at Riyadh International Airport. Because Riyadh International Airport, I mean, you know, it kind of came home to me as well because I've been through that airport more than 100 times, I think, in my life. And to see the horrible, I mean, we're talking about, you know, an absolutely outrageous war crime. You know, these pilgrims in their towels being simply blown up unexpectedly by that Houthi attack. and of course one of the people who was killed was an American national and so this really is an attack on the international community and I think you know that sort of thing resonates a lot with President Trump and with the United States in general so I think that that's changed the US attitude the other thing about this is that I think people are starting to realize in the United States that you can't really divide these fronts. The Iranians have a good deal of control over what the Houthis do, just as they have a good deal of control over what Lebanese Hezbollah is doing on the northern Israeli border. Then they went bigger than that. Saudi Aramco's headquarters, the biggest oil company on earth, fire climbing floor after floor, guys. And now, earlier, the Saudis asked President Donald Trump for help, and Trump gave them some tough love. Get your own house in order first. And he really had a point here. Saudi Arabia, they have been feuding with the UAE, its own longtime ally. In the middle of a war, guys, this is like two firefighters fighting over the hose while the building is burning down to the ground. But a dead American? Now Trump is weighing whether America steps in, and Iran should be very, very nervous. Now, quick favor, guys. You already know that one person who says that this war has got nothing to do with me. Go ahead and send them this video right now, and then I want you to ask them what they paid at the gas pump this week. Go ahead. I'll wait for you. So how do we even get here? 60 seconds, guys. Ready, set, go. All right. 2014, the Houthis, they came down from the mountains of northern Yemen and basically grabbed the capital, Sanaa. Then they keep marching south all the way down to the coast. Saudi Arabia jumps in, pushes them back. And then, of course, the front line freezes for about 10 years. And then there's this long truce. 2022, up until earlier this year, peace and quiet. Well, Middle East quiet, of course, right? Which is kind of like library quiet if the library had rockets in them. Yeah. So then the fuse. The Saudis were blocking the skies over Sana'a so that Iran couldn't fly in fresh weapons. And they stopped an Iranian plane that was carrying mourners for the late ayatollah so now some folks are saying you see Saudi Arabia started it okay well maybe that plane was the spark but you don't answer a blocked flight by blowing up pilgrims at the airport this is not a response folks this is a temper tantrum with the body count and the Houthis they just kept on going took the port of Ma'rib they grabbed land along with Bab al-Mandab, the narrow gate in the Red Sea, look, the doorway to the world shipping lane folks. So now with the Houthis standing in, like there's some bouncers that nobody even hired. Now, if we zoom all the way out, guys, picture a map of Saudi Arabia. Now picture a hand squeezing that map from three sides, side number one, Saudi, uh, the, the Strait of Hormuz. Ships are sinking. Captains are sweating. Good luck getting out of that one. Good luck getting any oil that way, right? Then you got side number two, the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb. This is Houthi turf now. Also good luck with that, right? Side number three is kind of the sneaky one. Saudi Arabia, they had a backup plan. A giant pipeline that's running east to west across desert pretty pretty pretty good idea right carry the oil to the far coast and then sail it up through the Suez Canal pretty smart except somebody hit that pipeline too from the north probably Iraqi militias probably with some Iranian help so you got three doors and they're all jammed this is not a war guys this is an escape room designed by a lunatic and who's actually holding the key, Iran. Tehran pulls the Houthi strings. It pulls Hezbollah strings too, right up on Israel's border. Israel's dug in there and Hezbollah's stuck. Now think octopus, right? One head, lots of arms, fight one arm at a time. And the octopus just pretty much just grows another hobby. You actually need one plan for the whole thing. Now you might be wondering, is the Strait of Hormuz international waters, right? Like, isn't it? How is Iran allowed to boss it around if it is, in fact, international waters? I mean, we are talking about the Strait of Hormuz, aren't we? Well, it's a great question. Here's the uncomfortable answer. International doesn't necessarily mean protected. It just means nobody owns it, which also means that nobody is guarding it unless somebody decides to guard it. So picture the world's most important hallway, narrow, crowded, tankers squeezing through single file and carrying oil for half the planet. Now, picture some bully standing in the middle of it. You're not necessarily getting that hallway back with a strongly worded letter, are you? Second question, right? Why does the country whose ship just got hit, why don't they just fire back? Well, the GFS Pride, it flew Singapore's flag. Singapore, guys. Lovely place. Spotless streets. We'll fine you for chewing gum. Not exactly a battle fleet in the Gulf, okay? So this is most of the world. Everybody wants cheap gas. Everybody wants the hallway open. Nobody wants to hold the flashlight. So who keeps the lights on? Well, take a wild guess. The United States of America, guys. The world's unpaid hallway monitor, again. And if the Iranians are pursuing a concerted campaign through these three fronts, then the United States, if it's going to be successful in its war with Iran, it needs an equally joined up response. And I want to pop this up once again. I was just talking about this a short time ago, but this is actually coming in from Reuters. And it says Iranian missiles and drones have hit Gulf infrastructure sites at least 135 times, striking critical equipment and causing cascading failures that Gulf states have often concealed. The precision targeting campaign helps explain how Iran has held its own despite months of war with the U.S. and Israel. It creates an enduring threat against Gulf economies and gives Iran huge leverage in talks with the U.S. So to see the words huge leverage, what kind of leverage does Iran and its different proxy groups have at this point when you talk about kind of the negotiations potentially happening there with Iran. Yeah, I mean, I think what Reuters say is partially true. They certainly have leverage because if you look back on the Memorandum of Understanding that was negotiated between the US and Iran and then didn't really take effect and then it expired. But if you actually look at the wording of that MOU, you can see that the US was ready to concede a great deal to Iran. So obviously, Iran does have leverage. The US is keen to be out of this conflict. I think the key point to make here is that the whole Gulf business model, the way that the Saudis have built their prosperity and their success, economic and energy success, and the same goes for others like the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, for example, is that they've done this by maintaining a very, very high degree of security in spite of being close to some war zones. And we used to comment on this a lot, that it was remarkable that a city like Dubai could sort of spring up with all these glittering towers, and it was never attacked by terrorists or anything of that kind. What has happened this year is that the Iranians have deliberately broken that peace, they've broken that security. They decided that they were desperate because they were were being beaten by the Americans and by the Israelis. And so they decided that they would basically break the Gulf business model in retaliation under the cover of attacking US bases. But as you know, they also attacked a lot of Gulf infrastructure. So this is what the problem is. In a sense, the US and the Israelis are winning in terms of all of the usual measures of a war, but it's all about the pain threshold. The Iranian and the Houthi pain threshold is very, very high. The Gulf pain threshold is very low. And I want to talk a little bit more about the strait itself because I brought this up kind of off the top here, but we did learn a little bit more information about what's going on in the strait over the past couple weeks here. I'm going to read this again, but two ships both sunk in and just outside the strait over the last couple days after being hit by what's described essentially as, quote unquote, projectiles. And that's all coming from maritime officials releasing that information, saying that they were separate incidents that are being looked at. One of those involved a Singapore flag container ship that's known as GFS Pride, and the other was a dry bulk carrier with at least one crew member reportedly killed, others believed to be injured there. Iran saying, of course, that it's stepping up strikes in response to that U.S. blockade of its ports and the tougher sanctions that have been imposed by the U.S. with those attacks in and around the strait essentially surging over the last couple of weeks. President Trump saying that he hopes the war will be over, quote, very, very soon. So when you hear these different information pieces coming in about other ships that are attacked, what does that really say about, one, Iran's capabilities, but also what the U.S. could potentially do next to protect the Strait of Hormuz. Yeah, so the Iranians have some enduring capability. There's no doubt about that. I mean, after all, they are running, you know, they're running a very large country with a very significant economy. So even though the U.S. and Israel did a great deal of damage to Iran's military capabilities, they still exist. And the other thing about the Iranians, a little bit like the Houthis is that they are adaptable. So they've looked at this problem, and they're really suffering from the US blockade. I think the US blockade is strangling the economy, and they're desperate to break it. And so they're looking at different tactics. And they know that one of the things that really creates havoc in the world economy is the oil supply that is able to pass through these waterways, including also the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb. And they're clearly going after that. They want to see energy prices up to, oil prices up to 110, $120 a barrel. Because by doing that, there's a reasonable chance they think that it will affect Donald Trump's ability to prevail in the US midterms. So this to some degree is a political game based on a US political timetable. During last year's fighting, pro Iran accounts flooded the internet with AI generated videos. fighter jets shot down that were never shot down, explosions that never exploded, basically Hollywood on a ramen noodles budget. So let's do it together, guys. When the tape drops, if it drops, real or AI? Y'all let me know in the comments. I already know my answer. So let's look at the calendar. The midterms are November 3rd, less than four weeks away, and right on schedule, Iran suddenly finds a secret Trump tape. Okay, what are the odds? What are the odds that a regime sitting on a bombshell for months just so happens to remember it in October? This is not a coincidence. This is a campaign ad paid for by the Ayatollahs. And here's how the playbook works. Step one, announce the tape. Step two, let the headlines run. Step three, watch cable news hosts clutch their pearls for 72 hours. Sources say, if true, experts are concerned. Yeah, experts, they're always concerned. That's their whole job to just they just by default stay concerned. Meanwhile, nobody asks the obvious question. Why is a terrorist regime trying to pick America's Congress? Iran, the IRGC, they want to stay in your election. Well, we got news for Tehran. You don't get a ballot. You don't get a vote. You don't even get an I voted sticker. November 3rd belongs to you. Iran is now taking its message straight to American voters, telling them to reject Donald Trump's empire of lies at the ballot box. In its most direct and significant political intervention, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released a 25-page open letter addressed directly to the American public, scholars, and journalists just weeks before the U.S. midterm elections. Now, while Iran was busy teasing its mixtape, Trump posted, and it was not the post of a crying man. So here's what Trump said. Iran is in very bad shape. The blockade stays. Oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz in record numbers. 22 million barrels in one night and not one barrel going to or from Iran. Then the big one, of course, no U.S. strikes on Iran before the midterms and Iran will not get a nuclear weapon, period. Minutes, oil dropped 2%. Iran's weapon, a voicemail. Trump's, a smartphone that moves oil markets. So, now, look, you might be thinking, wait a second, why even tell them? It's simple. It's a deadline wearing an ice suit. It invites Iran to the table, it basically calms gas prices, and it expires on November 3rd. And now Trump calls the talks productive. The man who wouldn't even talk to them is talking. Elon's razor says that the most entertaining outcome is the most likely. Buckle up, guys. So now, things get spooky, okay? Last weekend, an American-made C-130 cargo plane reportedly landed at Tehran's main airport. Transponder off. There's no tracking. Nothing says totally normal delivery, quite like turning off the GPS. Oh, and the rumor, it's carrying Iran's unfrozen money. Flown it through Turkey. Okay. Hang on, guys. Hang on, right? All right. So first, Iran has flown American-made C-130 since the days of the Shah. Back when Iran was our friend and disco was popular. So American-made doesn't mean American sent. Second, who flies cash anymore? Ever heard of a wire transfer? Venmo? Zelle? A really big envelope? Then came the bombers. The Pentagon's B-1 Lancers, the big, fast, beautiful machines built for exactly this kind of fight, packed up and left the RAF Fairford in Britain. Gone quietly. No goodbye card. So what does it mean? A signal to Tehran, a concession on the table, a security move. Nobody's saying, not officially. Breaking news. The U.S. Air Force has rushed to withdraw all 12 B-1 bombers from an air base in Britain. It happened with unusual speed this weekend, following what the New York Times reports as new threats of an Iran-backed attack against the allied air base. Last week, six men were arrested in connection to a suspected terror attack against the installation. The Pentagon says all the bombers have returned to their home bases in the U.S. But when mystery planes land and bombers leave in the same week, somebody is negotiating something. So now let's go ahead and check Iran's bank account. Spoiler alert, it ain't good. Now, don't take my word for it, guys. Take it from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, two papers that would rather eat glass than say something nice about Donald Trump. Both ran long reports on Iran's economy, and it is ugly. Pensioners not getting paid, cops, not getting paid. Firefighters, not getting paid. Teachers, not getting paid. Yeah, there's no fuel, there's no gas, businesses can't do business, and the rial, Iran's money, is worth about as much as monopoly money. Actually, that's kind of unfair to monopoly. At least you can buy Baltic Avenue. I think that's the cheapest one on the board. So anyway, the blockade and the world's oil make everybody suffer. And who ended up suffering the most? Iran. They pointed the gun at the world and shot themselves in the foot, both feet. Welcome to the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg, no Trump fan club, says about 20 million barrels a day are moving through Hormuz again. Dangerous? Yes. Flowing? Also yes. So why does your gas pump still feel like a robbery? Because moving oil through a war zone still costs money. Insurance goes up, shipping fees go up, and then if we add the war in the Ukraine and price stays pretty stubborn. And then there's home. In California, your refineries keep shutting down on Gavin Newsom's watch, fewer and fewer refineries means less gas. Less gas means higher gas prices. It's really not that complicated. It's sixth grade math. Oil prices are pushing higher as a fresh wave of attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz put supply risks back in focus. Iran stepping up attacks just as energy flows through the waterway were seen recovering, raising questions over how sustainable that recovery will be. Let's bring in Stuart Livingston-Wall Street, Bloomberg's executive editor for the Middle East and North Africa. Stuart, are we seeing a meaningful escalation in the Strait of Hormuz? Give us a sense of what we're looking at as we start the day. Good morning, Jennifer. Yes, I mean, it certainly appears to be that way in terms of the number of reported attacks. They've just been increasing in frequency, really, for the last several weeks. Now, remember, we're in a situation where not necessarily all the reports, sorry, all the attacks get reported, and they will be varying in terms of the actual impact on shipping itself. So this comes at a time, as you said, when the volume through Hormuz really is picking up. We're not quite sure just how many barrels are getting through, but all the indicators are that it's getting pretty close now to pre-war levels. So in terms of immediate supply to the market, that's a big positive. I think the continuing issue here and why we will remain above $100 a barrel is that ongoing risk. So long as missiles and drones are flying over that waterway, I think the market's going to be very reluctant to believe that everything is back to normal. It clearly isn't. Meanwhile, America is still sitting on oceans of oil. Maybe we should drill here instead of letting Tehran set our gas prices. Oh yeah, we still need more refineries. Yeah. So now, here's where it gets confusing, on purpose. Trump says no strikes before the midterms. Talks are productive. Which is it, peace or war? Yes, exactly. Then President Trump's national security team spent hours at Camp David and an Israeli official says one big topic was restarting major combat operations. Smile with one hand, hold the hammer with the other, and with this regime, that's the only way. Because Iran's word is worth less than its money. And we just learned that its money is worth nothing. So they broke the rules of the Obama nuclear deal, they've lied about the nuclear program for years and they promise peace on Monday and they attack ships on Tuesday. So, any deals? They have to be checked and verified. Double checked. Trust? No. Verify? Oh, absolutely. And Tehran gets to lie awake wondering which hand moves first. And just when you thought this couldn't get any stranger, Vladimir Putin shows up. So, Putin met Iran's president and Putin says Iran is making real attempts to end the conflict. New ideas, new offers. Russia is ready to do everything he can to do to help. Now, Vladimir Putin, guys, peacemaker. He's kind of like a fox offering to guard the hen house for free out of the goodness of his heart. This is the same Putin who's been running his own war in Ukraine for years and the same Russia that's been friendly with Tehran the whole time. So what does Putin actually want? Easy. He wants a seat at the table, a say in the deal, and maybe a little credit when it's done. Putin says Russia is ready to help end the war involving Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, Putin said Russia is ready to do everything it can to help resolve the conflict. He also said Iran is making what he described as genuine efforts to end the war. The meeting comes as U.S.-Iran talks remain at a standstill. Pezeshkian has previously said negotiations with Washington are meaningless under the current conditions. Meanwhile, Trump said today that the U.S. will not launch new attacks on Iran before the November 3rd midterm elections, saying discussions with Iran are continuing. So Russia now is publicly offering to play a role in diplomacy, while Washington and Tehran remain far from a final agreement. Now, if Iran makes peace, Putin wants a photo op. If Iran keeps fighting, Putin keeps his drone supplier. It's a win-win for Putin. Now, here's the good news. When Iran runs to Moscow for help, that tells you everything. You don't call your big brother when you're winning. Now, I do want to get serious for a minute, okay? Because in all of this noise, the tapes, the planes, the bombers, there's a group nobody talks about, the Iranian people. They're not the IRGC. They're the ones the IRGC stopped paying. Teachers, firefighters, grandparents waiting on pension checks that never come, people who have been silenced, jailed, shot for speaking up. The regime is not Iran, the regime is Iran's problem and there's a face for a different future: Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince, son of the last Shah keeps telling the world that the Iranian people deserve to be free. Now here's the deal: Americans want real pressure on the regime, real hope for the people, no nukes and an agreement that's better than anything before it. Do that and America will say thank you. We've got short memories for good news, And as for those voicemails, release them. Every second, unedited. We'll even leave a voicemail back. We're not scared.