Transcript [00:00] Just a few hours ago, President Trump [00:01] held a press conference in the Oval [00:04] Office in the White House and he he he [00:07] was sitting there with Chancellor Mertz [00:08] from Germany who's there for a visit and [00:11] he took a few questions from reporters [00:13] about Iran and he touched on a number of [00:15] very important issues. The big one that [00:18] he talked about and this is the first [00:19] time we've had really clear messaging [00:22] from the administration was what they're [00:25] looking for in terms of regime change. [00:28] So, we'll get to that. That comes a [00:29] little bit later. But first, he was [00:30] asked about something that a lot of [00:32] people in the America First movement are [00:34] talking about, which is the idea that [00:36] Israel dragged America into a war. That [00:40] Israel dragged America in, that America [00:42] didn't want to go to war right now, but [00:43] Israel uh, you know, basically forced [00:46] America's hand. I made a whole video [00:48] about this earlier today. If you haven't [00:50] seen it, uh, make sure to go watch that [00:53] video and just snoop around. You'll see. [00:55] You know, basically what happened in [00:57] short, if you haven't seen it, is that [00:59] Secretary of State Rubio said when it [01:01] was asked why now, like why did the [01:03] attacks happen now? And he said, well, [01:06] uh, the Americans believed that the [01:07] Israelis were going to hit the Iranians [01:09] anyway and that the Iranians were going [01:10] to retaliate against the Americans, and [01:12] that's what dragged them into this. He [01:14] didn't use the word drag, but it was [01:16] really taken out of context. He wasn't [01:17] talking about why we're going to war. He [01:19] was talking about why it happened on the [01:21] day that it happened. I lay that all out [01:23] in that other video. Make sure you go [01:25] watch that because it's something a lot [01:26] of people are talking about. Um, and [01:29] President Trump was asked about that [01:30] earlier today. So, let's go ahead and [01:32] hit the clip and uh we'll and we'll I'll [01:35] stop it where relevant and talk about [01:37] what's going on here. [01:39] >> Uh, any questions, please? [01:42] >> Mr. President, did Israel force your [01:44] hand to launch these strikes against [01:46] Iran? Did any United States into this [01:48] war? [01:49] >> No, I might have forced their hands. Uh, [01:51] you see, we were having negotiations [01:54] with these lunatics and it was my [01:57] opinion that they were going to attack [01:59] first. They were going to attack. If we [02:00] didn't do it, they were going to attack [02:03] first. I felt strongly about that. And [02:06] we have great negotiators, great people, [02:08] people that do this very successfully [02:10] and have done it all their lives very [02:12] successful. And based on the way the [02:15] negotiation was going, I think they were [02:17] going to attack first. and I didn't want [02:20] that to happen. So, if anything, I might [02:22] have forced Israel's hand, but Israel [02:25] was ready and we were ready. And we've [02:27] we've had a a very very powerful impact [02:30] because virtually everything they have [02:32] has been knocked out now. Their missile [02:35] count is going way down. Uh, amazingly, [02:38] they're hitting countries that were, you [02:41] know, let's call them neutral, right? [02:42] They lived together for a long time. [02:45] They [02:46] I think they were surprised. I was [02:48] surprised. I think it and now those [02:50] countries are all fighting against them [02:51] and fighting strongly against them. [02:54] Someday they'll write a story and [02:56] they'll say why they did that. But they [02:58] hit countries that had nothing to do [03:01] with what's going on. They were sort of [03:03] leaving everything alone. All of a [03:05] sudden they get they had missiles shot [03:07] in which shows you the level of evil [03:10] that we're dealing with. They'll hit [03:11] people that were actually at least [03:13] somewhat friendly. Uh and they had no [03:16] problems with it. also hitting only [03:19] civilian places, hotels and apartment [03:23] buildings. [03:24] >> Okay, so we talked about this in an [03:26] earlier video uh over the last couple [03:29] days, this terrible miscalculation by [03:31] the Iranians firing missiles, attacking [03:34] other these other Muslim states around [03:36] them. And it's really turned the whole [03:38] Arab world pretty much most of the Arab [03:40] world against the Iranian regime. But [03:42] you see also there that President Trump [03:44] basically says, "No, the Israelis didn't [03:46] drag us into it. It was our assessment [03:48] that the Iranians were going to attack [03:49] first. Now, how do you square that away [03:51] with what Rubio said that that it [03:54] happened now because the Israelis were [03:57] going to attack and that was going to [03:58] lead to a retaliation by Iran? Look, [04:01] that's where Rubio's words were [04:03] misconstrued. What he was saying was [04:05] they knew that the Iranians that the [04:08] Iranians were going to attack the [04:09] American assets and they knew that the [04:11] Israelis were planning to attack also. [04:14] meaning the meaning after all the [04:15] American assets get moved into the [04:17] region over the last few weeks and [04:18] everyone knew strikes were coming in [04:20] that dynamic they were worried about the [04:23] Iranians then making a preemptive [04:25] strike. That's how Trump puts it. He had [04:28] a feeling and meanwhile there was [04:29] intelligence coming in that they were [04:31] planning to strike the Americans in the [04:33] event that the Israelis would strike and [04:35] the Israelis wanted to carry out a [04:36] preemptive strike. Anyway, bottom line [04:39] is no, America was not dragged into the [04:42] war by Israel [04:43] >> and we're hitting them where it is much [04:46] more appropriate. We're hitting them [04:48] very hard and the the big scale hitting [04:51] goes now. They no longer have air [04:52] protection. They no longer have any [04:55] detection facilities at all left. And uh [05:00] so they're gonna [05:01] >> Okay, important point. They no longer [05:04] have air protection. They no longer have [05:06] detection facilities other meaning radar [05:09] all the detection. That means that [05:11] American fighter jets, Israeli jets, [05:14] drones can now operate freely over the [05:16] skies. It basically means that taking [05:19] out regime targets is now like shooting [05:21] fish in a barrel. And I don't know what [05:24] happens next for Iran because it's only [05:26] getting degraded further from here. But [05:28] we'll see. So that's that's huge. [05:31] >> They're going to be in for a lot of [05:32] hurt. These are bad people. So these are [05:34] people that killed I guess it's 35,000 [05:36] it's coming out 35,000 over the last 3 [05:39] weeks protesters 35,000 violently killed [05:43] so these are uh bad people and the [05:47] leader of the pack is gone and as you [05:50] know 49 people were taken out in the [05:52] first hit and I guess there was another [05:54] hit today on the new leadership and it [05:56] looks like that was pretty substantial [05:59] also so they're getting hit very hard [06:01] and we'll see what happens. Uh, a lot of [06:04] people are coming forward. A lot of the [06:06] people you would least suspect uh want [06:09] to quit. They want to have immunity. [06:12] They're asking for immunity and probably [06:15] at some point they'll be dropping, as [06:17] you would say, laying down their guns. [06:18] We'll see what happens. In the meantime, [06:21] we're just continuing to go forward. Our [06:23] military is the number one in the world [06:24] by far. And we are, this is everything's [06:29] big in my book. Venezuel [06:31] >> Yeah. before we got on to the next point [06:32] he's going to make. Uh this is also [06:35] huge. We hadn't seen reporting of this, [06:37] but he's saying it now. And remember, [06:39] the president of the United States has [06:40] int has access to information that does [06:42] not get out to the media. And there's an [06:45] internet blackout. The internet is down [06:48] all over Iran. So all we get is the [06:50] regime media coming out. And that's why [06:52] it's so important to listen when Trump [06:54] says things like this that there are [06:56] many people coming forward who want to [06:59] now basically desert the Iranian regime. [07:03] They want to change sides. They want to [07:05] lay down their weapons. And he expects [07:08] this to ramp up more in the coming days. [07:11] That's one of the things I've said we [07:12] need to look for. At what point do [07:14] people start saying I'm out? And that's [07:17] the real sign that the regime is going [07:19] to fall. Okay. Now, he's going to go on [07:21] and he's going to mention Venezuela, [07:23] which I think is quite significant. [07:26] >> Is big. This is big. The original hit [07:29] Midnight Hammer was big. Everything you [07:31] view is big, but uh it's it's not [07:34] considered very big by some standards by [07:37] some [07:38] >> You notice he said Venezuela was big, [07:40] Midnight Hammer was big, the you know, [07:42] this is big, this is all a big thing. [07:44] Now, Venezuela is connected to this [07:46] because Venezuela and Iran were really, [07:49] it's more than that. They were allies. [07:51] They were actually like business [07:52] partners. They were almost one almost [07:55] like two branches of one company. I made [07:57] a video about the Venezuela Iran [07:59] connection at the Israel 365 News [08:02] YouTube channel a few weeks ago during [08:03] all of this leadup. Uh, and it was right [08:06] around the time that the Iran that the [08:07] Venezuela action was taken where I [08:10] talked about how this is kind of a [08:11] precursor to taking down Iran because [08:13] taking down Venezuela is really cutting [08:15] off a piece of the Iranian regime's [08:19] apparatus. And maybe I'll do another [08:20] video on that to explain it. But the [08:22] Venezuela thing is intimately connected [08:24] to the Iran situation. They really again [08:27] they were they were really like [08:28] intertwined business partners. some of [08:30] our standards. We have a military like [08:32] no other military that's ever been [08:34] built. [08:37] >> Mr. President, what's the worst case [08:39] scenario that you have planned for in [08:41] Iran? [08:41] >> Well, I don't know if there's a worst [08:43] case. We have them very much uh beaten [08:47] militarily from the military standpoint. [08:49] They're still lobbing some missiles. At [08:51] some point, they won't even be able to [08:53] do that because we're hitting all of [08:54] their carriers. We're hitting all of [08:56] their missile stock. You know, they [08:58] built up all these missiles over the [09:00] last few years. They had a lot of them. [09:02] They've shot a lot of them and we're [09:04] knocking out a lot. Uh I guess the worst [09:08] case would be we do this and then [09:10] somebody takes over who's as bad as the [09:12] previous person, right? That could [09:14] happen. Uh we don't want that to happen. [09:16] That would probably be the worst. You go [09:18] through this and then uh in five years [09:21] you realize you put somebody in who is [09:22] no better. So, we'd like to see somebody [09:25] in there that's going to bring it back [09:27] for the people and we'll see what [09:29] happens with the people. You know, they [09:31] have their chance and we've said, "Don't [09:33] do it yet. If you're going to go out and [09:35] protest, don't do it yet. It's very [09:37] dangerous out there. A lot of bombs are [09:39] being dropped." But I would say that [09:41] would be about the worst. [09:42] >> Do you have someone in mind right now? [09:43] Because you said all the people you did [09:45] have in mind have been taken out. What [09:47] do you think? [09:47] >> Well, most of the people we had in mind [09:48] are dead. So, you know, we had some in [09:51] mind from that group that is uh is dead [09:55] and now uh we have another group. They [09:57] may be dead also [09:59] based on reports. So, I guess you have a [10:02] third wave coming and pretty soon we're [10:04] not going to know anybody. But we have [10:07] uh I mean Venezuela was so incredible [10:09] because we did the attack and we kept [10:12] government totally intact [10:15] and we have Deli who's been very good. [10:19] We have the whole chain of command and [10:21] and they've been, you know, look, the [10:23] relationship's been great. We've taken [10:24] out a 100red million barrels of oil [10:27] already and a big part of that goes to [10:31] them and a big part goes to us and it's [10:34] been great. We paid for the war many [10:37] times over and we're going to be running [10:40] the oil and Venezuela is going to make [10:43] more money than they ever made and [10:44] that's great for the people. The [10:45] relationship has been great. It's been [10:47] seamless. [10:49] Nobody's actually ever seen anything [10:50] like it. If you look at Iraq where very [10:54] stupidly everybody was fired, the [10:55] generals were fired, the military was [10:58] fired, the police were fired, the fire [10:59] departments were fired, and uh all of [11:03] the government workers were fired. So [11:06] after, [11:07] you know, people would call, they had no [11:09] idea. And by the way, ISIS was formed. [11:11] That's where ISIS came from. All of the [11:14] fired people. We don't believe in that. [11:16] So we'll see what happens. But uh first [11:19] we have to finish off the military. [11:22] >> Okay, this is massive. [11:26] Let's unpack what we just heard there. [11:29] So for starters, he says that the people [11:33] that we had in mind are dead and then [11:35] the other people we had in mind are also [11:36] probably dead. Which means that what he [11:39] had in mind from the get-go is that the [11:42] regime change is actually some of those [11:45] top leadership who are part of the more [11:48] moderate wing, the reformers who could [11:51] step forward and they know how things [11:54] run. Notice he compared it to the [11:55] Venezuela situation. Let's walk through [11:57] what he said here. In Venezuela, Maduro [12:00] was removed, but the government, as he [12:03] said, they kept the government intact. [12:05] and number two to Maduro. This deli [12:08] ended up becoming the person that [12:09] America is using as their puppet. This [12:12] is great for stability, okay? It keeps [12:14] the because you have the technocrats and [12:16] the and the and the government people [12:18] who are running the show still there. It [12:20] holds things together. You don't have [12:22] chaos. You have people who I suppose [12:25] have have competence who are who who can [12:28] continue to run things and you just [12:30] you've changed the top and America is [12:32] involved and that's obviously an [12:34] improved situation. Problem is you're [12:36] dealing with the same criminals who ran [12:38] the regime beforehand and it doesn't [12:40] necessarily move it towards democracy. [12:42] So, this is something I've been warning [12:45] about the possibility that this would [12:47] end with what I've been calling fake [12:49] regime change, which would mean that the [12:51] second or third tier people end up, you [12:54] know, under the guise of being more [12:56] moderate and not and not part of the [12:58] regime and it's a new regime, but it's [13:00] really the same people running the show. [13:02] Now, that could be better. Obviously, it [13:04] would be much much better than the [13:06] regime because they would be more [13:08] moderate. They probably wouldn't be [13:10] ideologically Islamic in the same way. [13:12] And that already eases things up. But [13:14] that doesn't mean that the regime ceases [13:16] to be a corrupt regime. It doesn't mean [13:17] that those people don't still harbor [13:20] that Islamic ideology somewhere and it [13:23] could if they remain in power, it could [13:25] grow up again into the regime down the [13:28] road. So there's a lot of dangers here. [13:31] It certainly doesn't free the Iranian [13:33] people from the criminals who've been [13:36] who've been oppressing them and [13:37] destroying their lives and murdering [13:38] them for all these years. It keeps a lot [13:41] of them in power. But you see what he [13:44] wants here. He wants stability. He and [13:46] then he pointed out Iraq that Iraq they [13:49] actually got rid of everybody when the [13:51] Iraqi regime fell and in that regime [13:53] change you ended up with abject chaos. [13:55] The Americans had to be in on the ground [13:57] and then you had ISIS that grew out of [13:59] the chaos. So he's right on that point. [14:01] So his best case scenario, Trump's best [14:03] case scenario, this is what he's saying [14:05] he's looking for, is to keep the [14:07] structure of the bureaucracy intact and [14:11] keep some of the people who are near the [14:13] top in who are who have who have [14:15] competence and and professionalism and [14:18] have them take over. That's what he's [14:21] looking for in regime change. So if [14:23] we're picturing a kind of toppling and [14:25] then the people rise up that there's [14:28] he's got a very strong point here. [14:30] There's a lot of chaos in there. We all [14:31] picture it working out well, but what [14:35] he's looking for is that the transition [14:37] is to professionals who already know how [14:40] to run things. Again, the danger then [14:42] being that they're actually corrupt [14:45] criminals who were running the place [14:47] before. And then the question for long [14:48] term is how does that transition into [14:51] democracy? What role does America play [14:53] in in kind of policing that so that it [14:56] so that it doesn't turn into another [14:58] Islamic dictatorship or another just [15:00] dictatorship? How does that look? But [15:03] this is the first time and I've been [15:04] watching this as closely as anybody. [15:06] This is the first time that Trump has [15:08] actually given us a signal about what he [15:11] wants to see in terms of regime change. [15:15] So this is huge. This is very [15:18] interesting and it's obviously now gives [15:20] us a direction to look for to see are [15:22] things moving in the direction of what [15:24] Trump is hoping for down the road. He [15:27] also made a very matterof fact point. [15:29] People always talk about oh regime [15:30] change always works out badly. He says [15:31] look the worst case scenario is that you [15:33] have someone who's as bad as these guys. [15:35] Notice he didn't say the worst case [15:36] scenario is you have someone worse. You [15:38] know why? Because there isn't anyone [15:40] worse. What could be worse than a regime [15:42] that chants death to America, death to [15:44] Israel, invests all of its resources in [15:46] that project of causing death to Israel, [15:50] building proxies all over the region, [15:51] starving its own people, slaughtering [15:53] its own people. You don't, you know, [15:55] shipping drugs all over the world, [15:57] setting up shop in Venezuela and [15:59] Paraguay and getting involved in drug [16:01] trafficking and human trafficking. If [16:03] you you go down the list of what the [16:05] Iranian regime is, he didn't say the [16:07] worst case scenario is something worse. [16:09] There is nothing worse. And we should [16:11] keep that in mind also because if this [16:13] does degenerate into some sort of chaos, [16:16] understand that the chaos may look [16:18] worse. It's not worse than living under [16:20] the Iranian regime and what the Iranian [16:22] regime did to the rest of the world. In [16:24] Iran, if we come out of this and there's [16:26] some chaos in Iran and they're simply [16:28] not threatening the rest of the world. [16:30] Yes, I feel bad for the Iranian people [16:32] and they it's up to them to take control [16:34] of their country and I like the fact [16:36] that the Americans keep saying that that [16:37] it's up to the Iranian people. We're not [16:39] going to come in there and colonize you. [16:42] Okay, it's up to the Iranian people to [16:43] do this. And that's that's great [16:46] messaging, [16:47] but we should also bear in mind that [16:49] nothing could be worse for the world and [16:52] certainly not for Israel uh than a [16:54] regime like this one. So, worst case [16:57] scenario, you get someone just as bad. [16:59] And that's uh that's a window into [17:01] Trump's thinking there. But I I think [17:03] again, just to hammer home the big point [17:05] of this video, Trump has now told us [17:08] what he's looking for in terms of regime [17:10] change. He's looking for people to lay [17:12] down their weapons, to switch sides, [17:15] moderates to come forward, [17:17] and he wants people who are in the [17:19] government. He wants the government to [17:20] remain intact, unlike Iraq, more like [17:23] what happened in Venezuela. That's what [17:25] he said in this in this clip. Huge huge [17:29] statement from President Trump from [17:31] earlier today. All right, that's the [17:32] update. Please keep watching uh this [17:35] channel. Please tell everyone what we're [17:36] doing. Uh you know, if you believe that [17:38] following this war through my commentary [17:40] has been helpful, please tell other [17:42] people about it. Please share this. [17:43] We're still trying to grow the channel [17:44] and we're so appreciative of everyone [17:46] who's helped in that. And of course, [17:47] please check out all the great content [17:49] at the Israel 365 News channel. [17:50] especially go back and find that video [17:52] video I did a few weeks ago about [17:55] Venezuela and Iran. God bless.
