ICYMI: Meeks SILENCED Rubio As He Asked Him, “DID YOU WARN TRUMP BEFORE THE IRAN WAR?”

Despite Iranian energy, infrastructure, and energy stocks rose, he bought stocks then in Phillips 66, Exxon, and Chevron. Secretary, I have a few questions, and again, given the amount of time that I have, I will ask you to give me yes and no answers. Did you warn President Trump before the war in Iran began? That this conflict would drive up costs on gas, food, travel, and ----. I don't have a yes or no answer. I only have five minutes. I know when you were a senator, you know five minutes. And I know you're trying to go out so that you can run out by five minutes. That's the simple question. I don't have a yes or no answer. I'm going to answer it. It's my time. Did you? Yes or no? Did you warn President Trump? Before the Iran war began, that this conflict would drive up costs on gas, food, travel, and ----. The president and the full administration was aware that there would be consequences to action, but the consequences of Iran having a nuclear weapon were worse. Did you warn him that launching a war in Iran could result in the regime placing a chokehold in the Strait of Hormuz? All the risk factors were understood, but the most important risk factor was Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Did you warn him? If you didn't warn him, say yes. It's simple. Everyone was aware of what Iran would do in retaliation. Did you warn him? I'm asking you a second. Did you warn him? Everyone was aware of what Iran would do. Don't want to answer that. Let me ask you the next question. Did you warn the president that launching U.S. strikes against Iran would result in retaliatory attacks on U.S. allies, partners, and Americans living or working in the Middle East? Everyone understood what Iran would do in response. Yes or no? Did you warn him? We were prepared for any response that they came out with. We knew it. Just want to make sure. But you can't have a nuclear weapon. Did you warn the president that the personal stock purchases and companies profiting from the war that he launched could present a conflict of interest? I'm not aware of the president's stock purchases. I don't deal with that, and I don't even know what you're saying is true. Well, we know, because it is made public what his stock purchases were. You say so. I don't read the president's financial disclosure, but I don't believe that. Well, I think the president should be more transparent. Secretary, these are basic questions that I'm asking. And to be transparent with the American people. This is what this is all about. The transparency. For example, when you go and look at some of your statements that you made in regards to Cuba. I only have 58 seconds left. And I'd love to get it, but you talked about Gaisa controlling the military and what's taking place there. And that they have the opportunity to benefit while the Cuban people are suffering. So what we're seeing here now, the one person that's benefited from this war, him and his friends, they have made billions of dollars while the American people are suffering. You've accused, and I agree, with reference to some folks, what they're doing in Cuba and how they're making money while people suffer. That's what's taking place in the United States of America. The Trump administration and his friends are making billions of dollars while the American people suffer. And they continue to suffer. It breaks my heart, but ranking member's time has expired. Representative McCaul is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Louis, thank you for your service. Secretary, I know you're wearing a lot of hats, a lot of responsibilities. I think you're doing an outstanding job. Let me just say, since 1979, a dark veil of terror descended upon the Middle East. And we've had it ever since. And every president since that time has said that a nuclear Iran is not acceptable. And every Congress has said that. In fact, last Congress, when I was chairman of this committee, I passed a resolution that said that a nuclear Iran was unacceptable and that the U.S. must use any means necessary to prevent them from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The vast majority of Democrats voted for this. Almost all Republicans. It passed the House floor a resolution stating that that is not acceptable. We've had a lot of talk. And these Congresses and prior administrations, a lot of talk, but we haven't had a whole lot of action. Your administration, you, sir, and the president have taken action on this very dire, dangerous situation we find ourselves in with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. I also want to applaud you for your efforts in this Western hemisphere, a free Venezuela, a free people, possibly one day a free Cuba. People don't realize Iran is in this hemisphere, Russia is in this hemisphere, China is in this hemisphere. This is all kind of tied together in a coherent foreign policy strategy that I see. So I want to give you the time, sir, to respond to that because, again, all talk and no action. But you, sir, have put this into action. Thank you. Well, let me just, before I address that, I want to, the ranking member made accusations against the president, which I've never heard before, but number one, are completely false. Not once. Just to be clear, not a single time, not even for a millisecond, has the president ever discussed his personal economics in relations to war or any public policy that he's made for that matter. And I've been in every one of his foreign policy meetings for the most part. As to your point. What we need to understand is exactly what you just said. It's not just that we say they can't have a nuclear weapon. Everyone says they can't have a nuclear weapon. The Chinese say they can't have a nuclear weapon. The Russians agree they couldn't have a nuclear weapon. But at one point, you have to do something about it. What Iran was trying to do was build a conventional shield of drones and missiles and a navy and capabilities. At some point, they would say to the world, now we're going to get a nuclear weapon, and you can't do anything about it because we have so many weapons and so many drones and so many naval vessels. That the price we will inflict on you for trying to do something about it makes us untouchable, makes us immune. And the president was not going to allow them to build a conventional shield behind which they can develop their nuclear program. Today, the Iranian Navy sits at the bottom of the sea. They do not have a navy. It no longer exists. They have no air force either. Their missile launchers have been significantly degraded. Their defense industrial base has suffered upwards of 80 to 90 percent of attrition. It will take years for them to rebuild it. Those are facts. That is the reality. That was the purpose of Epic Fury. It achieved its purpose in degrading that conventional shield. And it has brought them to the negotiation table that hopefully will lead to the point where Iran will give up its enrichment ambitions. We'll turn over the highly enriched uranium. We'll stop sponsoring terrorism around the world. You know, and I think the goal should be the fulfillment of the Abraham Accords. We know why October 7th happened. Because Israel and Saudi were getting very, very close, and in Iran's perspective, dangerously close, to a normalization agreement. And what did Iran do? They lit up their proxies. They lit up their proxies to stop that. from happening. I do foresee a free Iran. I do foresee a free Venezuela and a free Cuba. But you have to start somewhere. And I think we're taking the steps so that future generations will thank us for these actions. Look, and on the point of, we would love to see a change in Iran and that they be governed by people, but that was not the goal of our mission. The goal of our mission was to take away their ability to threaten the region with an overwhelming number of missiles and drones that would basically make them immune to any sort of external pressure. And then they could break out to a nuclear weapon. That was the goal. It achieved that from a military perspective. The reality of it remains that it's not just us. The entire world says they can't have a nuclear weapon, but no one wanted to do anything about it. And I can tell you this, they are not going to have a nuclear weapons program, at least as long as President Trump is in the White House. That's been made clear to everyone in the administration from the very top down. It was the motivation behind these actions, and it's the reason why we engaged the way we did. I want to thank you again in the last 10 seconds for your service. I would hope we could unify as a nation behind this. I would hope our allies would unify behind us on this, because they've all said it, as we've said it in the past, and yet it was all talk and no action. Representative, time has expired. Subscribe to OneIndia and never miss an update. Download the OneIndia app now.