Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis

Hour 3 of NMN, Brian Wilson + More Iran Talk

33 min
Apr 1, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

Dan Mandis and Brian Wilson discuss the Iran conflict, with President Trump signaling a potential exit within 2-3 weeks after achieving military objectives. The episode covers NATO alliance tensions, uranium enrichment concerns, and domestic political issues including Kristi Noem's scandal and a Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship.

Insights
  • Military mission success is being measured by specific objectives (uranium containment, missile capability degradation) rather than regime change, suggesting a shift toward limited intervention strategy
  • European NATO allies' refusal to support U.S. military operations is creating friction that may accelerate Trump's reconsideration of NATO commitments and burden-sharing agreements
  • Iran's 60% uranium enrichment represents an imminent nuclear threshold risk; the gap from 60% to 90% weapons-grade is technically achievable in days, making the military intervention timing critical
  • Gas price recovery is positioned as the primary domestic economic indicator for measuring mission success, with expectations that prices will decline once conflict concludes
  • Background check failures in high-level security appointments (Kristi Noem case) expose vulnerabilities to foreign intelligence blackmail and raise questions about vetting procedures
Trends
Limited military intervention model: Achieving specific military objectives then withdrawing, rather than nation-building or regime changeNATO burden-sharing reassessment: Growing U.S. pressure on European allies to contribute militarily or lose access to bases and airspaceNuclear proliferation timeline acceleration: Iran's rapid uranium enrichment progress is shortening decision windows for military actionCommodity price sensitivity to geopolitical conflict: Gas prices as primary metric for public perception of military successIntelligence vetting gaps: High-profile security clearance failures suggesting systemic weaknesses in background investigation processesPresidential Supreme Court attendance precedent: Trump attending oral arguments in constitutional cases represents unusual executive-judicial interactionNegotiation fatigue with state actors: Skepticism toward diplomatic engagement with Iran based on historical pattern of stalling tactics
Companies
CNN
News network criticized for labeling Trump's Iran statements as 'breaking news' when previously discussed
Fort Campbell
Military base where Apache helicopters operate; mentioned in context of flyby incident near Kid Rock's residence
People
Donald Trump
Leading Iran military operations; signaling 2-3 week withdrawal timeline; attending Supreme Court birthright citizens...
Marco Rubio
Discussing Iran negotiation strategy, uranium enrichment concerns, and NATO alliance re-examination on Hannity
Brian Wilson
Co-host discussing Iran conflict, NATO tensions, and domestic political issues throughout the episode
Dan Mandis
Primary host conducting interviews and leading discussion on Iran, NATO, and political topics
Pete Hegseth
Mentioned as supporting military operations; attending Supreme Court arguments with Trump
Kristi Noem
Subject of scandal involving spouse's cross-dressing; questioned about relationship with Corey Lewandowski during Sen...
Corey Lewandowski
Alleged to have had undisclosed relationship with Kristi Noem; never publicly denied rumors
Brian Nome
Involved in cross-dressing scandal; used regular phone and sent photographs with face included in communications
J.D. Vance
Mentioned as attending Supreme Court arguments with Trump on birthright citizenship case
Katanji Brown Jackson
Liberal justice on Supreme Court; mentioned in context of birthright citizenship oral arguments
Eugene Cernan
Last person on the moon in 1972; mentioned in context of lunar mission discussion
Harrison Schmidt
Lunar mission participant in 1972; mentioned alongside Eugene Cernan
Kid Rock
Apache helicopter flyby incident near his residence; invited pilots to conduct passes
Vladimir Putin
Mentioned as potentially regretting missed blackmail opportunity regarding Kristi Noem
Xi Jinping
Mentioned as potentially regretting missed blackmail opportunity regarding Kristi Noem
Quotes
"We're going to be out. Don't worry, gas prices are going to come down, and they will."
Brian WilsonEarly segment
"We can't ignore that for 47 years they've avoided and rejected any effort to negotiate. That doesn't mean we're going to stop trying."
Marco RubioLater segment
"He's not going to allow fake negotiations to be used as a delay tactic to buy more time, to buy themselves space."
Marco RubioLater segment
"There's no use for 60% enriched uranium. The only reason to have 60% enriched uranium is to be able to enrich it to 90% and put it in the bomb."
Marco RubioFinal segment
"All I have to do is leave Iran and we'll be doing that very soon. And they'll become tumbling down and stock prices were up today almost to a record."
Donald TrumpMid-episode
Full Transcript
Welcome on into your Wednesday, and that means it is Wednesdays with Brian Wilson. Hello, Brian. How are you? I'm doing well, Dan. How you doing, buddy? Now, listen, no practical jokes on April 1st. You know as well as I do that radio careers have been destroyed by stupid radio practical jokes. Yep. I agree with you. I mean, you know, I did that one time when I did the morning show, and you know, I did it. You want to talk about what you did? Huh? Yeah, you can tell. Well, I don't remember what you did. Well, I did a thing where I came on at 5 a.m. as if the station had moved from Super Talk to Super Rock. I remember that. Oh, yeah. Super Rock. And so, you know, it's a gag that's been done in radio before. I don't claim to have any kind of bits. I did that, and I played things like What a Fool Believes. Sure. You know, songs that gage away. Fooled around and fell in love. Fooled around and fell in love. That's right. Did all that. Did all that. Fooled and by Def Leppard. You know, we could just do all kinds of fooling songs. Yeah, so I did that, and you know, and it, I was telling you, it was a failed experiment. People did not appreciate it. What if? Yeah, Fooled No One. Fooled No One, and people just like... Get back to work, Wilson. Yes. See, that's the thing. One thing I've learned about this audience over the years, and I love this audience, but one thing I've learned is that a good number of them have no sense of humor. Although... Well, they just say this, get down to business. We count on you to do certain things, and we're not going to... We don't have time to mess around at five in the morning. There is a very strong possibility to, Brian, that I'm actually not that funny. Anyway, moving right along. Let's see, the war in Iran, the president is giving indications that this thing could be over in a couple of weeks, and Brian, I don't know, what I've been saying is I've noticed for the past week or so that they've been sort of dropping some breadcrumbs that, why yes, we've got some mission accomplished going on. Yeah, listen, I think the thing you got to be careful about was, they said, we're going to be in there four to six weeks, and we're going to get this done, and then what happens is it's a thing called mission creep, where you get in, as long as we're there, why don't we, one of those things? And I think that's a big mistake. Go in with a decided list of things you want to accomplish, and then when you accomplish them, back out of there. And I think that that is probably what we're going to hear about tonight, when the president addresses the nation, I think at 8pm, middle Tennessee time. Yes. So, you know, that'll probably be what this is. We're going to be out. Don't worry, gas prices are going to come down, and they will. So I think, what's the purpose of them staying to keep the Strait of Hormuz open? It's absolute. We don't get any oil from the Strait of Hormuz. If you want the Strait of Hormuz, you know, to take care of Europe, then get in there and do it. Otherwise, shut up. But I think it will go back to normal, and I think it's in Iran's best interest to get the Strait of Hormuz open as well. So I think that'll resolve itself, and I think it's wise of them to perhaps at this moment stop and say, maybe we've done everything that we really need to do. Maybe we don't need to go to Karg Island. Maybe we don't need to secure the nuclear materials. We've set them back bad enough, and if we have to come back, then we'll come back. But I think that's probably what we're going to hear tonight. You know, what I have found interesting about all of this, Brian, is the countries in the Middle East have been, you know, really by and large, even though they had some hesitation early on. They've been, by and large, very supportive of what the President has been doing. The European nations, at least some of them, not so much, and I think part of that is because... They are NATO allies. So I'm looking at this thing where it says that Trump has said that getting rid of NATO is an idea who is already beyond reconsideration. Are we going to reconsider NATO? Are NATO allies? And I think he says, yes, it's beyond reconsideration. Rubio last night said, we have to re-examine this. And I think that they're very upset. Look, if you don't want to come in and fight, if you say it's not our war, that's fine. But don't deny us the ability to fly over France. I mean, come on. Don't deny us the ability to use those NATO bases for staging. So I can understand why he's upset about this. I do find value, as Rubio said last night on Hannity, he said I do find value in the NATO alliance, but we need to re-examine some things because what is the alliance if you're not going to be for that? And we didn't ask for a lot. Just let us park a few planes over here at this air base. Yes, Spain. Spain wouldn't even allow us to use the air base or the air space. I mean, it's ridiculous. And Iran would just as soon blow those nations up and attack those nations as well. And by the way, with that one missile that they've developed, apparently Spain and London and France are all within range of that new missile that they demonstrated that they fired off in the direction of Diego Garcia, 4,000 kilometers. They never said that they had anything like that. And then now they do. And so, you know, if I were Europe, I would wake up and say, maybe, you know, what I need to do here is get back to supporting the people who have always supported us. Right. You know, the interesting thing is about, for example, the uranium enrichment and about how, you know, you know more about this than I do, but just for folks listening, you know, I was reading up on some of this, but, you know, we need it. Next roll with Vernon Davis, the transformative journeys of athletes, artists and entrepreneurs. Ladies and gentlemen, lights out, Sean Merriman. I want to be the biggest and the best one I do. And so whatever it takes, I'll get it done in business and everything else. All I do is know how to fight and earn what I want. My man, Malik asks, what actor, comedian would you want to collaborate with? Me, Jamie Foxley, Kevin Hart in a movie. We said it on Vernon Davis podcast there. So we'll circle back and be like, yep, it's going to clear. Next roll with Vernon Davis. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. Ensure that they're not enriching any uranium or that they don't have any uranium to enrich. But, you know, pretty much everybody agrees that Iran is to or was to 60% uranium enrichment, which sends alarm bells everywhere because, you know, suspicious is 20%. And it's really three to five to 7% that your average American city would need to, you know, do power and those kinds of things and run nuclear energy. But Iran, number one, they have not been transparent. That's number one. Number two, they've been lying about where their uranium enrichment is. They're up to 60% according to all the experts and the inspectors that I've seen. And it's just from what I understand, a quick hop, skip and a jump to get to 90%, which is weapons grade. Yeah, you need to get to 90 and it's not that hard. A matter of days, then you've got to take that technology and turn it into a bomb. And do they have that technology? Well, they certainly have the help of the Chinese in that regard if they need it with that kind of advice. And then, you know, then you, you know, I just think that at the end of the day, you've got to then marry it to a missile. And, you know, there's still some work to be done there. But still, you do not want a regime that has said the things and declared the aspirations that they have declared. You do not want them to have nuclear material or a nuclear weapon. And I think we looked at the situation and decided we've really just got to go in and do this once and for all. It was heavy lifting on the part of the United States military. It is in the national security interest of the United States and the world to keep Iranian nuclear ambitions in check. So, you know, I'm for it. I think we had to do it. But now the question becomes, you know, are we going to go in there and try to secure the material? It appears that they believe the material is so well buried that they may never be able to recover it. And so, Brian, the president is threatening to go watch the argument related to birthright citizenship in the 14th Amendment. I don't know, man, those conversations tend to go on for a while. But what do you think the chances are that the president is victorious in striking down birthright citizenship? This is a tough one. And I think the president is right. I don't think that birthright citizenship has been used properly in this country, but there's a long history here. And as you know, in the law, precedent, precedent, not president, but precedent is very important. And so, you know, how have we always interpreted and why and what are the past rulings been? You know, this Supreme Court has not hesitated to change the law when they thought the law was wrongly decided in the past. So, I'm hoping that that will happen. But it's a real touch-and-go kind of thing. You'll get some sense of it. I thought it was interesting the president decided he's going to go and attend the actual arguments before the High Court. I don't know that it's ever been done in that way. I mean, presidents have gone to the Supreme Court, but I'm not remembering a president ever going to the Supreme Court to attend arguments. But we'll see what happens. It's certainly not a... there's nothing improper about it. No, I mean, he's... I just can't remember it ever being done. He's got standing, and this is clearly something that impacts him. And I love that he's going. I don't think that it's ever been done before, but we'll have to see... It is fascinating how you have some people that are, you know, legal, legal, legal analysts, and they'll say that the president is going to be victorious on this. And of course, you have left-leaning legal, legalists that will say, well, no, he doesn't have a chance. We'll have to wait and see where it goes. And the thing that is not up for debate is that birthright citizenship has been absolutely abused in this country, particularly... There's no doubt about that. Particularly by the Chinese. All right, Brian Nome and the whole cross-dressing scandal. We talked about this earlier in the 530 segment, but... Does anybody care? I mean, do you care about this? I mean, the one thing I would say is, is it embarrassing? Yeah, it's embarrassing. Nobody wants to see that. You know, nobody wants to see their spouse, you know, in that sort of situation. And my first thought was, what was the guy thinking? And then the second thought is, you know, how did this get through the background check? How did they not find this when they do their regular background check of somebody who's going to be in charge of the Homeland Security Department? I mean, I don't know that... that Christie Nome is claiming that she didn't know anything about it. Yeah, I'm... But there's some other issues in Christie Nome's life that needed to be resolved as well. I mean, there's been this long-running... I've heard it for a long time and it certainly has been reported. I'm not the first to say this, that there may have been some kind of relationship she had with Corey Lewandowski. I don't know if that's true or not, but I mean, it has been said and nobody has ever said, no, that didn't happen. So I'm assuming that something went on there. I just think that this should have been caught during the background check and that it didn't is quite embarrassing. Well, and it obviously leaves Christie Nome vulnerable to blackmail when she was headed DHS. That's the thing that a lot of people are talking about. And you're absolutely right, it is embarrassing. Christie Nome did have the opportunity when she was testifying in front of... there was the Senate, I believe, yeah, with the Senate when she was asked directly, have you been having relations with Corey Lewandowski and she never actually, you know, denied it? And so there is that aspect of it too. Well, you know, if you do that, and if you say, I didn't have one and you did, then you've just lied to Congress and that's against the law. Exactly. Here's the other thing, though, Brian, is that, and I did mention this earlier, but, you know, this is a situation where the guy, Brian Nome, he just didn't seem like he was really trying to hide it. I mean, he was using his regular phone. He didn't have like a burner phone or whatever. He was using his regular phone. He was calling these women on his phone. He had given them in total $25,000. And he was also, he sent photographs of himself with his face included. So he wasn't really trying to do this on the down low. It's astounding. It's really astounding. But I'm just wondering, do people really care about that or is it something they giggle about and they move on? Can Christie Nome come back from this? I'm not sure she can. Christie Nome cannot come back from this. I mean, maybe she divorces him and maybe she tries. But to be honest with you, I mean, where would, I don't know how old Christie Nome is. I don't know if she's that old, but I mean, okay, so she's been head of DHS. Is she going to go back and try to be, you know, the governor of South Dakota again? Maybe she goes and tries to be a senator? I really don't know. But I think that if she stays with him, then I think that her political career probably is over. However, if she divorced him and just don't know what in the world was going on there, then I've divorced him and now elect me to be your senator, you know, South Dakotans or whatever. So there is, I don't know, I don't know. I think it's for a lot of people, I think there is some interest there. I think that in China and Russia, there's going to be some heads rolling because Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are going to be like, how did we miss this opportunity to blackmail Christie Nome? And there you go. You know, it's really a weird one. One of the strangest things that I've seen happen in a while, but you know, I don't know. People have, I used to think that things that happen would destroy people's political careers. Then over time, I've seen people who have survived some pretty impressive things over a period of time and it really didn't have any impact on it at all. It just really depends on whether it seizes with the American people. I don't think a lot of Americans have even heard about it, although it's been reported widely. I don't think a lot of Americans have heard about it. Okay, you know what, that's an interesting take. I think a lot of Americans have heard about it, but certainly within the next couple of days and especially with the online images, the images that have been all over, you know, TikTok and... It's not over yet. Oh, it's not over yet. All right, real quickly. What apparently is over is the investigation into those helicopter pilots who did the flyby Kid Rocks place and Pete Hegzeth, the Army said, we are looking into this, the pilots have been suspended, and now Pete Hegzeth has come out and said, no suspension, no punishment, carry on patriots. What's the real harm here? I mean, so, you know, this helicopter, this Apache flies out of Fort Campbell, comes right past, apparently they fly, you know, their flight path takes them not too far from Kid Rocks house, which anybody who knows where that is, it's pretty easy to spot, and I would imagine especially easy to spot this southern White House from the air, and he has been out to Fort Campbell and has gone out there to, you know, to meet with the troops, and he's a very patriotic guy, really supports the military, and he said to them at the time, hey, if you, you know, I see you flying out there, you're always welcome to fly past my house. There you go. So, I mean, he apparently had invited them to do that. Yeah. And I think this happens probably a lot. They're on their way on a training mission and they fly right back. So Buzz, Buzz kid Rocks house, he loves it. So what's the harm? It's a training mission. I don't think anybody was put in any danger there. You know, what's the danger? Making a helicopter hover? That's what they do. I don't, I don't see any problem here. Oh, Brian, it's the glorification of the military. Don't you know that's what it is? And that's why the left is all worked up over this. Well, and I love Pete Hegseth per se. No, we're not doing this. Stop it. That's nonsense. All right. Very good. Brian, did we miss anything? I think we've covered everything. No, I think that's going to get, oh, we're going back to the moon for the first time since 1972. Okay. That's right. Yeah. The last time we were on the moon, it was Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt. They were on the lunar surface for three days in 1972. I never did understand why we gave up our lunar mission back in the day. Well, they, Brian, they, because I grew up during that era and I just never understood why we stopped it. It didn't make any sense to me. Well, we have plenty of cheese on earth, Brian. I guess that's it. Is it, is it the moon that they say that is made of cheese? Do I have that right? That's the old saying. Well, that's okay because I'm old. All right. Thank you, Brian. All right, dude. See you next time. 725 Nashville's morning news. My, my, uh, Is that flying me to the moon? You're going to play it, man. Play it. Bring it. Turn it up. Hey, Joan. Yes, sir. Gouda or Cheddar? You think the moon is made of Gouda or Cheddar? I think it's Gouda because it's, it's like more of a whitish hue kind of a thing. But it's Swiss, isn't it? Because it has the holes. Yes, you're right, Joan. It's Swiss cheese. That's what that's, that's why, you know, we've got plenty of cows to make the Swiss cheese here. We don't need to go back to the moon. By the way, we never went to the moon the first time. That's all just, you know, that's just a conspiracy theory. I heard on Good Authority from the Chris Hands show that not only did we never go to the moon, but the moon doesn't exist. It was all shot underwater. Yeah, it's exactly right. There's really no flag up there. No, there isn't. It was all shot on a soundstage in Hollywood. That's what it is. All right, 726. Joan's got the news. It's a 730. Joan. So coming up, President Trump becomes the troler in chief today as he goes to the Supreme Court. Also, I'll tell you why Mount Julie at schools have some extra police patrolling today. Those stories at 730 on Super Talk 997 WTN. Do you know what, do you know what I, what I heard President Trump is going to do, Joan? What's up? So he's going to, he's going to have like he and, and Heg Zeth is going to be there and Mark Arubio is going to be there and some other folks from the J.D. Vance are going to be there. Yeah. And, you know, they're going to have the, the first letter of each conservative justice painted on their chest and they're just going to lift up their shirts. Not Tulsi Gabbard. Yeah, I hope not. No. Yeah. And then they're going to start doing the wave when the conservative. Can you imagine if President Trump like had Nalpers? You were wrong when you did this. You know what? I want a camera on President Trump. Yeah. When, when the liberals on the court start to speak. I want a camera on Trump. I want to see the. Well, when Katanji Brown Jackson starts to speak, that's when you really got to have the camera on him. You know what, to be honest, she's not going to Katanji Brown Jackson. I know I'm late. Katanji Brown Jackson, that's a, you know what that is to me? That is a bathroom break. Yeah. Because let's be honest. She's not going to say anything that anybody can even understand. What will he say? What will he say? Super Talk 997 WTN at Joan. So CNN is saying that it is breaking news that President Trump says that we don't need a deal to leave Iran and for this war to be over. CNN is considering that breaking news. That's not breaking news. Is it? Or am I just missing something? Say it again just so I understand perfectly. So CNN has been saying that no deal, and they're putting this in air quotes, no deal is necessary for the war to be finished in Iran, for us to leave Iran. And CNN is covering that or treating that as it's breaking news. I don't see that that's breaking news. The president has always, you know, sort of said that. So I don't know if there, you and I both know the, the moniker breaking news has been so abused and overused as well. But Trump says he is considering, considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO. Maybe Joan, it's because you and I have been on the air for two hours and 45 minutes now. And we've been talking about this and a lot of other things as well. But big news this morning. Donald Trump is talking about pulling out of NATO. We just got done talking to Brian about this and Joan and I have been reporting on this since five o'clock this morning. This is the president. He was asked about gasoline prices. And by the way, keep an eye on the market. How do the futures look? Do you have the futures up right now, Joan? Yeah, I do. So 741 here about an hour, less than an hour to go. Dow futures plus 258 Nasdaq futures up 220. So they're still up, but they've paired their gains back a little bit this morning. Yeah, because yesterday they were up by like, what, 1100? 1100. Something like that. And when we first started this morning, you know, the Dow was like plus 365 or something. So they're paired back a little bit. But yeah, we're going to start off with another positive session. All right. Very good. This is Donald Trump. Hey there. I'm Paula Pan. I help people make the smartest money decisions possible. Joe, you know what's been great about being a saver? For money in the bank. And that money over the past couple of years has made a pretty good yield. Pre-pandemic, money was making zero. Now it's actually making something, but that's starting to go down, down, down. I love how we can play the fact that inflation has been really high as a positive. But if you're a saver, you know what that means? So, change. Silver lining, Joe. Silver lining. Afford anything. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. He was asked yesterday about the price of gas. Today they had $4. We're $4. Yeah. And we have a country that's not going to be throwing a nuclear weapon at us in six months. But Americans are feeling the effects in the interim. And they're also feeling a lot safer. What is the plan to bring them back down? All I have to do is leave Iran and we'll be doing that very soon. And they'll become tumbling down and stock prices were up today almost to a record because they know two things. Number one, we have a safe country. We had to take a little detour because we had a madman named Khomeini who sadly is no longer with us. So yeah, the president calling it a little detour. By the way, it was interesting. There was, they've got this representative on CNN and Democrat and there's a CNN poll. 31% approve of Trump's handling of the economy. I think that if all goes according to plan and the president is saying we could be leaving within the next couple of weeks, then I think if all goes according to plan, the price of gas will eventually go back down and so will the price of goods and services. And I think that I think all will be recovered by the time the midterm elections takes place. So a few things. The president and most people that I've spoken with are saying the price of gas will go down once the war is over. They say that the price of gas is determined by the replacement of the current gas in the gas station tanks. And we've been talking about this all morning long that what I notice is that the price of gas goes up quickly when there's an issue. It doesn't always come down as quickly, but unfortunately that's the way that things go. Things do need to get back to normal though, and I believe that they will. The Strait of Hormuz needs to open back up as well. One of the things that the president has said is that, you know what, we've done our job. And so we're going to do what we did. We've incapacitated Iran's ability to manufacture nuclear weapons. We have dealt with all of the uranium one way or another. And you know, whether or not we have a regime that we can deal with or not, it sounds like we do. Currently have a regime that we can deal with in Iran. We killed the top two layers. We're down to a third layer. The president's saying the Strait of Hormuz, you know what, NATO countries, you deal with it because you're not willing to help us. And by the way, we may be leaving NATO as well, at least if you listen to Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. We have that audio for you coming up next, but we are waking up to probably the best news that we've heard in a long time since this war started. And that is that we are looking at leaving in the next two to three weeks, leaving Iran. Avoid it and reject it. 745 on Super Talk. Sorry about that. 745 Super Talk 997 WTN. That is my bad. And that is Marco Rubio just wanting to chime in. As far as your weather goes real quick, cloudy, breezy, very warm. The temperature approaching the record high of 86 degrees. Appreciate you listening to Nashville's Morning News on Super Talk 997 WTN. All right, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State. He was on with Hannity last night talking about Iran, leaving Iran. Of course, they are famous for their fake negotiations. This is something I've been screaming about for a long time, where they just tried to run out the clock. This is what Marco Rubio said about dealing with and negotiating with Iran. We can't ignore that for 47 years they've avoided and rejected any effort to negotiate. That doesn't mean we're going to stop trying. The President of the President, Trump always, always would rather have negotiations than war. And he will always, we gave him 60 days early last year. We gave him additional time to negotiate after midnight hammer again earlier this year. But each and every time those things have proved fruitless. But we're going to keep trying. There are messages being exchanged. There are talks going on. There is the potential for direct meeting at some point. We're always going to be open for that. But we're not going to be, we're not, what President Trump is not going to allow, is he's not going to allow fake negotiations to be used as a delay tactic to buy more time, to buy themselves space. That's what he's not going to allow. So that is Marco Rubio. And one of the things that Trump has said is that the Iranians will take like weeks and weeks and weeks to come back with an answer to a proposal. And it's usually an incomplete answer. And so there's no really great way to negotiate with Iran because basically what they do is they stall. And that's what they do. And as they stall, they continue to do what they're doing with uranium enrichment. And I've been mentioning it, I mean, for weeks and months now, probably years to be honest. But most of the experts say that Iran is now to 60% enrichment. And it is a very easy jump from 60 to 90% uranium enrichment at which time they can make a nuclear weapon. So yeah, that's why they're stalling. The hard part with nuclear enrichment is getting from like 0 to 20 to 30%. That's the hard part. But once they've done all of the atom separation and they've got all the scientists in place, they've got all the equipment in place and all of that, that's really the harder part of enriching uranium, more from Marco Rubio. You know, the Biden administration spent four years, four years trying to resurrect the Obama nuclear deal with Iran. They spent four years trying to talk to the Iranians and they strung them along for four years. And I think they thought they could string this administration along for four years, but they're not going to string along President Trump. He's not going to fall for their games. He hasn't fallen for their games. So we'll always be prepared to talk. But we're not going to allow that or the failure of talks to impede our ability to defend this country and to protect this country from a real threat. It's a threat to the world. It's not just a threat to America. The difference is President Trump is the only leader in the world with both the capability and frankly the guts to do something about it. I mean, Rubio is absolutely right. And here's the thing. If we do end the war in two to three weeks, Joan, what do you think about this? If we do end the war in two to three weeks and we have to use the administration's favorite term, we have obliterated their ability to launch long range missiles and we have been able to take over their uranium or we've destroyed their ability to enrich uranium. There is a different regime in place, maybe perhaps a more moderate regime will have to deal with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, but whatever. So when but if that's the case, then I think that this whole thing and then gas prices go down. Well, then now we're talking about a successful war against Iran. And I think that would look very good for the president in the midterm elections. If everybody seems to be like, OK, we're going to take a deep breath, we're going to look back and we're going to look around. And if everything seems relatively normal in Iran, they're not killing tens of thousands of people and all of a sudden they just seem more moderate. I think that's going to be a huge win for Donald Trump. Yeah, but what if and I hate to go here, but what if they don't reform? What if they do start once again, killing people en masse, making women wear burqas, you know, like oppressing women to the point where they can't even get an education or if they're killed, if their burqa comes off a little bit. You know, what if they have a hidden stash of nukes somewhere that we're not aware of? Like what happens? Do we go back in? Does this all begin over again? That's where I'm concerned. The president has said we'll go back in and bomb the hell out of him again. I mean, that's what he said. But remember also, because you bring up some really good points and part of that is the president has said we've done all that we need to do. Now the people need to step up. Now the people have to step up, but we've taken away their ability to manufacture these weapons, these missiles, and we've obliterated their military. We've killed their navy, their air force. He's done all of those things. And so that's why when they started talking about what his mission accomplished looked like, well, it looks like this. And they started talking about the things that they've already done as opposed to putting ground troops in there and really trying to root out, you know, all of these, what's the right way to put them? You know, these radicals that are in the towns and the villages, they're going to have to figure that out for themselves. You know, there's only so much we can do. So I guess the question is, have we fulfilled what we went in to fulfill or with the president and Pete Hegzeff and Mark Arubio and everybody saying these were the four or five items that were on our checklist and we've done every single one of them. Now it's time for us to go home. Ultimately, the question is going to be what happens in a year, two years, three years, and what does Iran look like? Because remember, these kinds of military actions, you don't really know of their success or failure for years down the line. So you bring up some great points about what if they've stashed some uranium. And I guarantee you, Joan, that there's going to be people within Iran because we've been talking about the various groups inside of Iran and are we speaking to and negotiating with the right groups? There will be groups that will say, there goes Donald Trump, there goes the Americans, and guess what? We have our stash of uranium. That's going to happen. And so then the question is, okay, well, do you believe them or are they simply saber rattling like they always do? You want to hear some more Mark Arubio? Here's a little bit more Mark Arubio talking about us leaving Iran. There's no use for 60% enriched uranium. I know we're getting a little technical here, but there's no use for it. You don't use it to create electricity. You don't use it to create anything for medical purposes. The only reason to have 60% enriched uranium is to be able to enrich it to 90% and put it in the bomb. That's the only reason to have it. Iran has no reason to have it. They should either, they should give it up. They've been given multiple opportunities to give it up. They've had multiple countries, including countries they consider friendly to them, approach them and say, turn it over to us. They continue to refuse to do so. Yep, I mean, you can't, you can't trust them, so you got to kill them, and we've killed a lot of them. We said 10K, right? 10K? Alright. We probably bet more than all the other golf channels, right? 10K, 9-ohls. Those guys bet for like cookies. I'm gonna shank it. This guy's been trading like a Navy Seal when it comes to golf. I'm very, very excited. You excited? Yeah.