Ben Rhodes

Yeah, what's going on in the Republican caucus.

Two quick things.

The Wall Street Journal says that Iran is now hunting down Starlink users, so they're trying to shut down these videos that are going out, but also their internet.

the Iranian regime like shutting down the internet is just crippling their own economy.

So it's destroying the country from within.

The journal also reported that Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar are lobbying Trump against strikes on Iran.

They're worried about it disrupting tanker flow through the Strait of Hormuz where one fifth of the world's oil shipments go.

And then obviously like what they're worried about what comes next, whether it's IRGC or chaos.

And if you're MBS, Mohammed bin Salman,

or some other corrupt monarch in the Middle East.

You really don't want people to start hitting the streets, protesting, calling for change, because that's going to hit you next.

play a clip that's going to trigger you first yes i i just i'm very excited to trigger you this so just real quick for the people to know who we're talking about so reza palavi is the 65 year old son of iran's exiled shah um he is from the you know the safety of the dc suburbs been calling for the u.s to intervene militarily and then encouraging the protesters this is him talking with uh cbs's nora o'donnell about the protests and what he wants to see happen

So like, look, the ass kissing is annoying.

The shot at Obama is annoying, but whatever.

That's like, how do you talk to Trump?

I don't care.

But the thing that's interesting here, Ben, is like in the past when I've talked to Iranians about Pahlavi, they say this guy's a clown.

Like no one cares what he thinks in Iran.

Like no one wants him back leading Iran.

But, you know, last week Pahlavi called on protesters to demonstrate at specific times.