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BONUS POD: Trump Leaves G7 & has a Consistent Message Against a Nuclear Iran

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Ben Ferguson: 作为《47早间更新》的特别版,我们关注以色列和伊朗之间战争的第六天。特朗普总统提前离开了G7峰会,并召集了他的国家安全团队,因为德黑兰发生了许多爆炸事件。我强调特朗普总统对伊朗核武器的明确立场,并提到52名共和党参议员支持总统的红线。此外,以色列第14频道报道称,特朗普总统预计将签署命令,正式加入以色列和伊朗之间的战争。虽然一些报道可能不准确,但特朗普总统多次强调伊朗不能拥有核武器。我们与以色列站在一起,允许他们保护和捍卫自己。 Donald Trump: 我在2015年至2025年期间多次强调,伊朗绝不能拥有核武器。核武器是对世界最大的威胁。我们本可以达成一项对大家都好的协议,但现在他们离拥有核武器只有几个月的时间了。我明确表示,如果我是总统,他们甚至不会考虑核武器。 Ted Cruz: 我领导了52名共和党参议员联名致信,表示我们都同意特朗普总统的观点,即伊朗必须完全拆除其浓缩能力,所有离心机必须关闭,他们必须完全没有浓缩铀的能力。特朗普总统表示,你可以通过外交手段友好地做到这一点,也可以通过战争手段做到这一点。

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This chapter introduces the podcast and provides a brief overview of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, highlighting the ongoing missile exchanges and attacks on infrastructure, the disruption of daily life, and speculation about Iran's potential use of unconventional retaliation methods.
  • Ongoing missile exchanges and attacks on infrastructure.
  • Daily life in both countries disrupted by sirens and sonic booms.
  • Speculation about Iran potentially using unconventional retaliation methods.

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Nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat to this world, to the whole world.

This is a 47 Morning Update special edition with Ben Ferguson. Good Tuesday morning. We have a lot of news to talk about on the 47 Morning Update, and it all revolves around Day 6 of the war between Israel and Iran. We now know that President Trump has left the G7 summit, and he's also gotten together his national security team, and many things are happening online.

when it comes to bombings in Tehran. I want to also make sure you guys remember, hit that subscribe auto download button and share this podcast on your social media wherever you're listening right now. We've also had so many of you that have asked the question, how can I help people in Israel? And we've been telling you about the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and the work they are doing is incredible. They are deploying bomb shelters as we speak to help keep people safe in Israel. When things get bad,

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or 888-488-IFCJ. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one. As we enter day six of the war between Iran and Israel, there are an awful lot of headlines, and we're going to deal with many of them today, including Iran could resort to unconventional means of retaliation. That

coming from the regime. We also note the IDF underestimated the military's strength. That was a criticism early on, but the reality seems that Iran doesn't have much of an answer. We have missile attacks going back and forth and shut down oil refineries in Iran. Sirens.

Sonic booms. It's all now part of the daily life in both countries. We also know that Netanyahu said that they could in fact kill the Supreme Leader of Iran. And then there's the other part which is even bigger news. The

President of the United States of America has left the G7 summit early, which brings us to the big part of the story. Monday night, the president departed a full day ahead of schedule. The White House cited the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran as the reason. Now, his early exit followed completing a working dinner with G7 leaders, after which he also chose not to sign the summit's joint de-escalation statement.

Instead, he urged civilians in Tehran to evacuate via social media posts, signaling a firm and unilateral U.S. stance with Israel. Trump also canceled key bilateral talks scheduled for Tuesday, including with Ukraine's Zelensky and Mexico's president as well. And then there was the return to

Washington, D.C. Reuters reporting at this moment that as Trump flew back to D.C., he requested that the National Security Council be on standby in the White House Situation Room to closely monitor developments within the Middle East.

Additional news outlets also note that senior national security staff were assembling to prepare for his return, signaling heightened coordination. Now, the White House press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, told the press that Trump's return was because of what's going on.

in the Middle East, not hiding the reality of the situation. And while in Canada, Trump secured a trade deal also that is not being really reported on with the UK, but refused to join the G7's collective statement, as I mentioned earlier, on the Israel-Iran de-escalation, underscoring his independent agenda. Now, the G7 host and other European leaders continued summit discussions without Trump to press, quote, for diplomatic pressure on the Iran issue.

Israel's situation. So in short, Trump's early departure from the summit was driven by immediate security concerns in the Middle East. And Trump is actively mobilizing his national security apparatus on his return, putting the NSC on standby to respond to the unfolding crisis. Now let me be very clear. We also have another thing that's happening in the media, and it's the big lie.

that Donald Trump is some guy that wants massive war when clearly he's saying he wants peace. But he's also been clear about something else. There was no way that Iran would be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. How do we know this? Well, you can go back to when he was running for president in 2015 and what

the president say then and what has he been saying since then? Well, here's a little montage of the president never wavering on his stance that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let it happen because bad things will happen if that happens. But everybody stopped. They were ready to make a deal. We would have made a deal that was great for everybody. No nuclear weapons. You can't give them nuclear weapons. Now they're going to have a nuclear weapon.

Don't let Iran have nuclear weapons. That's my only thing I have to tell you today. Don't let them have it. They would have never had them, including Iran. They can't have a nuclear weapon. That's all. They can't have nuclear weapons. It's too...

Too destructive, too powerful. They can't have it. But I wanted to make a deal with them. No nuclear weapons. You can't have nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat to this world, to the whole world. And Viktor Orban understands that. And some others do, too. I just don't want them to have a nuclear weapon.

And they weren't going to have one and they cannot have a nuclear weapon. That was the only thing. The one thing I said you cannot have. I just didn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I said, you know, we're going to make a great deal. Everybody's going to be happy. You're going to be rich as hell again. Everything's going to be great. But you cannot have a nuclear weapon. You can't let Iran have nuclear weapons. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Instead...

We have a very hostile country that wants nuclear weapons. Can't let that happen. The main thing is Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. That was my main thing. The deal was a simple deal. Iran can't have a nuclear, you know, it can't have a missile, can't have a nuclear missile. It cannot have that nuclear capability. Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. They should have never been in a position where they could have had. If I were president, they wouldn't even be thinking about a nuclear weapon.

and now they're months away from getting one. You go back to what the president said. He says it for a long time, whether it's trade and China taking advantage of America when he was saying in the 1980s that we need to have a trade war and we need to stop being taken advantage of or

If it's the more than 16 minutes of a montage of President Trump saying that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon over and over again. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. They can't have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. They can't have a nuclear weapon. We're not going to allow them to have a nuclear weapon. So why is the media now shocked and the rest of the world shocked that Donald Trump is actually standing up and saying yet again that Iran cannot be

have a nuclear weapon. It is truly amazing just how crazy the media has become. And now they want to say, oh, well, what's really happening here is Donald Trump is warmongering, going to get us into World War III. Here's what I can say.

It is obvious that the president of the United States of America wasn't lying. And he was telling the truth in 15 and 16 and 17 and 18 and 2019 and 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 when he said that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon.

There's also something else that's happening right now in the Senate. 52 Republican senators are now agreeing with President Trump. Senator Cruz talking to Ben Shapiro saying this. Well, Ben, as you know, I led a letter of 52 Republican senators that we all came together and we said we agree with President Donald J. Trump. President Trump has said repeatedly...

The red line is that Iran must have complete dismantlement of its enrichment capacity, that every centrifuge must be shut down. They must have no capacity to enrich uranium at all. Now, what President Trump said is you can either do that nicely through diplomacy or you can do that through warfare.

So it's very clear that President Trump is building a coalition with many members on Capitol Hill. And then there's also speculation about what could be next. In fact, according to Israeli Channel 14, President Trump, they are now reporting, is expected

their words to sign an order in the coming hours to formally join the war between Israel and Iran. Channel 14 Israel saying this, there are also reports that the U.S. itself is already attacking Tehran. There is very, very significant development in the coming hours that the Americans are behind them and are moving forces towards the Middle East, moving aircraft carriers and planes in general towards the Middle East, really to reinforce the forces that

and enter the war in a very, very official way. Now again, this is coming from Israeli Channel 14. It is obvious that there's a lot that is moving right now. Some of it may turn out to be very real. Other reports may be inaccurate. But there's one thing you can take to the bank. That is that Donald Trump has said over and over again that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon.

We know that Israel and the people there are under attack and surrounded on all sides. And it's also very clear the president says we will stand with Israel, allowing Israel to protect and also to defend itself. Now, the Israeli ambassador also was on TV earlier saying this about what's happening. Pulled off a number of surprises. When the dust settles, you're going to see some surprises on Thursday night and Friday that will make the beeper go.

operation almost seem simple. That is the Israeli ambassador saying that the world should expect a quote surprise later this week in its attacks on Iran that will make the Mossad Hezbollah pager operation quote look simple. Now the president of the United States of America,

leaving the summit to go back to Washington. What happens next for the U.S.? We don't know. But what we do know is that the president is clearly standing side by side with our ally Israel. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in-depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast and we will see you back here tomorrow.

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