Trump's New Iran Messaging, with Piers Morgan, Plane Crash Leaves Pilots Dead, and CNN Tries Being a Podcast, with Kmele Foster | Ep. 1279
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east.
Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. We are back live in the Red Studio and so happy to be with you. There's a lot of news to get to today, including CNN's attempt to make its on-air talent pretend to be podcasters. This is my favorite story of the day. We'll get to it later. But we begin with developments on the war in Iran, which... seem to be changing by the minute. Early this morning, President Trump posting a message to Truth Social claiming, quote, productive talks are underway with Iran and saying, therefore, he is postponing his own self-imposed deadline to strike Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. The president two days ago gave the 48-hour deadline, saying if Iran did not open the Strait of Hormuz, he would, quote, obliterate various Iranian power plants, starting with the biggest one first.
That deadline would be 7.44 p.m. this evening. In response, Iran then promising to, quote, irreversibly destroy essential infrastructure across the Middle East, even suggesting they may hit desalination plants. throughout the region, which would be truly catastrophic for Israel and potentially for the Gulf states. So that's where we stood because Iran didn't open the Strait of Hormuz as demanded by President Trump. And that's where things stood until this morning, thus staring down that 7.44 p.m. deadline, which was looking rather ugly. It caused stock futures to jump and the cost of oil to fall because President Trump came out suggesting we'd reach some sort of an agreement, right? And then many asked whether this entire thing is about market manipulation.
OK, so did we actually reach a stand down with Iran? Did we speak with them? How? Through whom? They're denying it. Iran's foreign foreign minister came out and denied any talks were underway at all. And The New York Times reporting that the Israeli military, no sooner than Trump had issued that true social, began conducting a new wave of strikes today. And that's extremely important.
What are the latest developments in the Iran conflict?
So Trump says, you got 48 hours to allow traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says, F you. You, if you strike us in the way you're saying, after 48 hours by hitting our energy plants, we are going to hit the desalination plants throughout the Middle East, among other targets. And there it stood in detente until this morning when Trump issued his great news. We've been speaking with the Iranians. We've made major progress and I'm going to hold off on my threat. Then the Iranians come out and deny that we've been having any such talks and say this is Trump caving because they don't they know he doesn't want, excuse me, what they threatened. And that this is a sort of taco situation. Trump always chickens out.
That's what his critics are saying. It's what the Iranians are saying. But either way, no sooner does Trump say, OK, we're going to stop our threat and we won't be bombing any of your energy plants or et cetera, then the Israelis drop a couple of bombs and proceed full steam ahead. Any talk of this war winding down, which comes as welcome news to most of us, probably sends shivers down the spine of Senator Lindsey Graham, who is still out there as the main spokesperson for the administration for some reason. It's amazing that Trump, who is generally a communications genius, has seen fit to let this guy be the face of this war. Just yesterday on Fox News, he was calling for U.S. Marines to take Iran's Karg Island, which would be extremely complicated and controversial, comparing the operation to Iwo Jima during World War II.
Here's what I tell President Trump. Keep it up for a few more weeks. Take Karg Island, where all of the resources they have to produce oil. Control that island. Let this regime down a vine.
Is this going to, though, take Karg Island? Is it going to involve U.S. troops on the ground? Let me just read you something.
I don't know.
The Atlantic does an assessment on that. They say U.S. troops may well take Karg Island.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–2:18
2
What are the latest developments in the Iran conflict?
2:18–7:30
3
How does Trump's messaging affect the situation with Iran?
7:30–17:02
4
What implications does the Iran war have for JD Vance's political future?
17:02–1:13:40
5
What concerns are raised about government transparency?
1:13:40–1:14:35
6
How is CBS News failing to retain viewers?
1:14:35–1:17:50
7
What insights are shared about the tragic plane crash?
1:17:50–1:18:22
8
What factors contributed to the air traffic control error?
1:18:22–2:22:22
Speakers
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