John Solomon

But it was a very pragmatic negotiation on the phone.

And I was the only guy to get my reporter out.

I think the Washington Post and Newsweek had, they're more pragmatic when you get down to making a deal like where they might be.

They seem more humble in the last couple of days.

Like I said, the president's statement today to the European leader and the open letter to America, it wasn't, hey, death to America was, we really don't want to have a fight with you anymore.

And we're willing to stop if you're willing to stop.

That's a little bit different rhetoric than the normal propaganda we get from the crazy mullahs.

I think so.

Yeah, I'm told, I know some people in Iran have been able to have a little bit of conversation through back channels.

They don't believe that the leadership has full communication with its military assets.

That's horrifying if you're a country, because you can't plan, you can't warm.

And then you find out, oh, this guy got killed yesterday.

Oh, I was just on the phone with him yesterday.

Oh, he's gone.

You got no ships, you got no planes.

66% of your missile factories are gone.

And the

34% will be gone before the president's done.

Yeah, I think psychologically, the Iranians are pretty beat down and they are physically clearly beat down.

They are.