EMERGENCY PODCAST: Iran War Unleashed! U.S. & Israel STRIKE Khamenei | PBD #749

Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth and Vincent Oshana react to the U. S.–Israel joint military strikes on Iran targeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound, the eruption of Tehran and regional retaliation across the Middle East, and the unfolding escalation of war-time operations and geopolitical fallout from the conflict. ------ 🇺🇸 USA COLLECTION: https://bit.ly/3ZURqHes https://bit.ly/3ZURqHe Ⓜ️ CONNECT ON MINNECT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4kSVkso ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/4kSVkso Ⓜ️ PBD PODCAST CIRCLES: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mAWQAP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/4mAWQAP 👔 BET-DAVID CONSULTING: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4lzQph2 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/4lzQph2 🥃 BOARDROOM CIGAR LOUNGE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4pzLEXj⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/4pzLEXj 💬 TEXT US: Text “PODCAST” to 310-340-1132 to get the latest updates in real-time! ABOUT US: Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Your Next Five Moves” (Simon & Schuster) and a father of 2 boys and 2 girls. He currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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• 0:13Speaker 00

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• 0:17Speaker 00

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• 0:27Patrick Bet-David?

  Alright, so you cannot turn on the TV right now, or the news, or social, or anything, without seeing clips, videos, I don't know if we're live or not, Rob, I don't see myself on the screen, you can't see it with something going on. There's a bunch of things to cover, we got a bunch of it, we'll go through here ourselves. I want to thank the team for coming out here. We literally called this last minute. We just got back from Vegas this morning, literally this morning. At midnight, 12:30, the crew went home. We said, guys, emergency, everyone showed up. And so we got a lot of things to cover. And for some of you guys that are watching us, that you support what we do as an independent media outlet, and you want to see us grow and get to tens of millions of subscribers, it would mean a lot to us. You would help this message get even bigger if you can subscribe to the channel.

• 1:10Patrick Bet-David?

  Fifty-one percent of our viewers are not subscribed to the channel, which means you watch it regularly on a weekly basis, but you've never clicked that one magical button of subscribe. If you haven't yet, do us a favor, do that. You'll help us out a lot with the algorithms as well. With that being said, let's get right into it. There are many reports, many, many reports. One report that just came in, and this is one that just came in minutes ago, the last 30 minutes, allegedly, allegedly, Khamenei was targeted, a strike was hit, his compound, and if this is an accurate statement that's being made, and I think this came, Vinny, if I'm not mistaken, from the Israeli intelligence that came back that is saying-

• 1:55Speaker 02

  Yes, sir. Daily Mail said Israeli media says growing indications that Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes.

• 2:01Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, so this report just came in. Again, this is allegedly, we'll go through a bunch of different people that were targeted. But Rob, I think it's a good idea, just start off with President Trump's message. While he's wearing a USA hat, here's what he had to say early this morning. Go for it.

• 2:13Speaker 03

  To the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered, don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside, bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations. For many years, you have asked for America's help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want. So let's see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force.

• 2:57Speaker 03

  Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass. May God bless the brave men and women of America's armed forces. May God bless the United States of America. May God bless you all.

• 3:20Patrick Bet-David?

  And by the way, when he gave this message, he was as honest and upfront as possible with critics coming out and they're gonna see, he says, there's gonna be casualties. This is not gonna be ours. And he was saying it earlier a minute ago when we were talking. But he specifically said there could be casualties. And this is war, so it's not like it's not a war of what we're talking about. It's not what happened that was immediate going in Venezuela and leaving. And remember when he and I were speaking, he said to me, he says, every different mission, we have to stay fluid because things could change. But let me kind of go through some of the updates that's been given this morning. You know, normally when something like this happened, you would think they would attack in the middle of the night. Say 1 o'clock in the morning, 3 o'clock in the morning. This was a good point that Tom was making this morning.

• 4:04Patrick Bet-David?

  But the attack was around 8, 8:15 their time, which means you wake up, you're having breakfast, boom, there's an attack. So it's not like it's a regular time. And for me, I lived in Iran, in the capital, when the war happened with Saddam, with Iraq, and I remember a lot of these stories, and it's tragic. But let me give you some of these updates. So that's one, they hit three Iran nuclear sites. They hit Fardo, they hit Asfahan, and they had Natanz. Reuters reports six bunker buster bombs on Firdo, thirty Tomahawk missiles at other sites described by Trump. According to Reuters, obviously the B2 bombers were used and they were involved. Tehran strikes reported around University Street and Jarmudi areas as well.

• 4:49Patrick Bet-David?

  Multiple provinces, including Esfahan, Ilam and Rome were hit. Confirmed hits in other countries from Iran. So Iran attacks out. Israel's been hit. There's been many clips of Israel being hit. Bahrain was hit and I think a US military base was hit. Qatar UAE, one dead in UAE. Jordan was hit. Saudi Arabia. And they were also firing at US bases in Saudi. And then AP reported that Iran's first launched the drones towards Israel, then struck US installations in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and other locations. Bahrain is confirmed they struck on US's fifth Fleet Service Center. Rob, if you have that clip of hitting the fifth fleet, you actually see the clip.

• 5:33Patrick Bet-David?

  There's a couple of guys that are driving by the fifth fleet and you see them. They're looking at the video recording and boom, the fifth fleet gets hit. This is it. Is this the one? I think this is the one. Yeah, this is one of the clips that got hit. Right there. So I mean, this is tragic, but it's a full-on war and a lot of countries are now involved. But I'll continue. Iran State Media reported that at least on one instance, again, remember this is Iran saying this. Forty killed, forty-five wounded in a strike on a girls' school in Mina. One person killed in Abu Dhabi. Russia called the strike an unprovoked. Remember Russia's defending their side.

• 6:15Patrick Bet-David?

  France, UK and Germany said they were not involved in the strike, but condemned Iran's retaliatory attacks and they urged them to come to the table to negotiate. And in areas that have been targeted, according to the chief national security correspondent at Fox, Jennifer Griffin, Iranian parliament, national supreme council, ministry of intelligence, Iranians Atomic Energy Agency, cyber attacks have taken place on news agencies, the internet is out in Iran, tough for civilians to be able to communicate and see what's going on around the world, as well as, you know, what updates are taking place, they don't know what the news is saying about them, defense minister targeted allegedly, head of the judiciary targeted allegedly, and that's very important, because that was the

• 6:58Patrick Bet-David?

  one that was, you know, putting a lot of, many death sentences on protesters, so he's a very, very vicious guy, he's like an Alexandre de Moraes, except worse, of Brazil in Iran, and then they've obviously, you know, targeting Ali Khamenei, of course, we'll be looking at things as we're going through this, but let me give you an idea from me, I'm getting message by a lot of people, hey, media, hey, can you come on, can we come, also a lot of different friends, family from around the world that are messaging, what do you think, how do you feel, what are your thoughts, this is what I can tell you. The video that resonates with me the most was seeing videos of Iranians dancing in Iran,

• 7:42Patrick Bet-David?

  and I don't know if you've seen this, so think about it, everybody that says anything, it's opinions, but people that are in there in Iran, it's a different story, they hate this regime, eighty plus percent of Iranians hate this regime, they want it to be gone, they want to be free, they want to enjoy themselves, just like you, that's watching this, think about the basic freedoms you have right now that's watching this show, you have an opinion, you want to say certain things, you want to be free, you want to go out, you want to enjoy yourself, you don't have those luxuries in Iran, watch this clip of people in Iran celebrating dancing, and by the way, these videos are coming from all over the place in Iran, go ahead, Rob.

• 8:37Patrick Bet-David?

  They're dancing, they're celebrating.

• 8:41Patrick Bet-David?

  So, you can pause it right there, Rob. That's a form of art. They want to be free. They want to be free. What is wild about this whole thing is, Rob, I sent you a picture from 70s

• 8:52Patrick Bet-David?

  of Iranian women supporting Khomeini coming in. And this picture, Rob, I think you have it. You have it somewhere. You'll find it right there to the left. If you go right there to the left, that one right there. When you see these pictures, I understand these pictures, and I'll tell you why I understand these pictures. This is leftist Iranian women celebrating Khomeini's arrival in 1979 and how he was supposed to be a peaceful Gandhi, modern day. Everything was gonna be great, and then he later killed 30,000 leftists. He executed them. By the way, I say this, and the reason why this is very close to me is because my mother was one of them that was outside protesting. My mom and my dad were married. My dad was against Khomeini coming back. My mother was supportive because there was a

• 9:38Patrick Bet-David?

  party in Iran called the Two Day Party. And they said, "No, these rich people, these rich people, all this oil, look what they're doing with all this oil money. And so what if Iranians have more freedom? But look what they're doing. Khomeini's gonna come back." And he said to us, "We're all gonna get free phones, we're all gonna get free food, we're all gonna get free rice." This is his message that he was giving to them. He's a fair man. He's gonna be good. And then what ends up happening? This chaos. But if you're American watching this, and we've all seen the polls. There was a poll that Charlie Kirk ran, I think, a year ago. And he says, "Do you wanna see US go to war with Iran?"

• 10:20Patrick Bet-David?

  And I think some 80-plus percent said no. Maybe 90% said no. That poll is out there. For Americans that see that poll, is that the one? 88%. For Americans who have seen this poll, and I've seen it as well, Charlie, I was having dinner with some of his friends. Was it last night? Last night or two nights ago? We were in Vegas? Last night. Could've been last night, yeah. Two nights ago in Vegas and we're having conversations and stories. If you're somebody that's watched this and you've seen this poll and you're saying, but Pat, Americans don't want to go to war with Iran. I get it. I understand. I fully understand. You don't want to see something like this taking place. I fully get it.

• 11:03Patrick Bet-David?

  So to me, as somebody who has lived there, knows the atrocities they bring to everybody and knows how much the current regime of Iran hates you having freedom. Hates everything America stands for. Hates everything the Western ideology stands for. They don't like what we stand for and how we live. They hate it. But for Americans that are saying, Pat, but we don't want to go to war. I get that as well. It's not an easy thing. It's going to be nasty. It's going to be ugly. And God willing, it's not going to be something that's prolonged. For all the people that are criticizing, saying, what if this thing drags out? Fair criticism. I'm hopeful it goes a few weeks.

• 11:45Patrick Bet-David?

  God willing, less as soon as possible to get it done. If it's ours, great. But we have to also be realistic and realize that this may not be a popular war that a lot of people want. Others ran polls that said the other way. Yes, we want to see this happen. But I lived in Iran as a kid and I remember the fears, the alarm, the regime, the attacks and what it was like as a kid going outside. You weren't free. And the first time I got a taste of freedom was when we went to Germany. And I said, wait a minute, this actually exists? And then we went to the States. This actually exists. It does. So I understand Americans being concerned about this because you're thinking from heart. You have a heart and you're sitting there saying, I don't want to see this. I don't want to see another Afghanistan.

• 12:27Patrick Bet-David?

  I don't want to see something like this taking place. But this is why having a big job like the job the president has is not for everybody. You have to make some tough decisions. And those decisions means you may have a lot of people that are not supporting you. Keep in mind, he just had the State of the Union speech when? Tuesday night. Three days later, four days later, they're attacking and they're going after to make a decision here. This could end up either getting them to elevate and help with midterms or hurt them in a massive way when it goes into midterms. But the reality of it is, I voted for this man to be in a negotiating, negotiating room, having access to the information and make the decisions based on his instinct.

• 13:10Patrick Bet-David?

  And I give this man a lot of credit for having the courage to do what a lot of presidents couldn't do. And while they didn't do that, God knows how many people were killed over there in the world. It's not a safer place because Iran got stronger over the years. So that's my thoughts. I got obviously other things to cover here as well. By the time I'll come to you, what's on your mind right now?

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• 14:55Tom Ellsworth?

  What's on my mind is, people need to pay attention. The United States didn't just surgically strike a compound and other things and bomb those locations in Iran. It didn't just do that. There were sanctions on a global scale. There were negotiations. Then there were more sanctions. As recently as last week, Jared Kushner and Whitaker were in a last-ditch effort for additional negotiations. Don't refine uranium to make bombs. That is our red line. Then, we waited for them to be in the same room. Somebody talked, or intelligence got it. We knew where they were. We knew who was in the room, Pat. And we knew when they were gonna be in the room. Then we surgically struck.

• 15:39Tom Ellsworth?

  You know what, inside the regime, the surviving generals and people this morning are thinking about? Who talked, or how did they know? The Israeli spy network and the American CIA has been incredibly effective over the years infiltrating this. We knew who was in the room, we knew exactly where they were gonna be, we knew what was going on. So we didn't just bomb a compound. I think we also bombed trust in each other. Inside Iran, they're wondering, is the spy network, is the electronic surveillance better for the Americans and Israelis? And, remember, we didn't just bomb. This is the end of a long line that ended with, "You will not have nuclear weapons to fire at ourselves, or innocent countries, or Israel." That was the red line.

• 16:22Speaker 02

  Vinnie? I mean, listen, because I'm gonna play both sides of it, because you already know what's gonna be happening, I can imagine what's in the chat. "Israel this, you guys are Israel that." Let's play both sides. Has Bibi Netanyahu been on camera, in Congress, and on every interview, saying Iran has a bomb? Trying to push us to go to war? Absolutely, yes, okay? Has Iran said, "Death to America," over and over? And I want people to understand this. That statement isn't, "Hey, death to Patrick," or "Death to Vinnie," or "Death to everybody in Florida," or "Death to everybody in California." "Death to America," meaning, "I hope every single one of you dies, including your country. I hope it gets wiped off the planet." So two things exist. I'm just curious, all the people that are going after Israel, and everybody knows, I'm

• 17:05Speaker 02

  critical towards Israel's actions as a government, has nothing to do with the Jewish people. This movement that happened, Pat, the revolution, did Israel go in there and make the people revolt and get angry and fight for their freedom? Who did that? That was organic by the people. Israel had nothing to do with it. The people were in the streets. Over 40,000 are dead. God knows how many are in jail right now getting tortured or are also dead. But look at Iran as a people, as the nation, as the regime. The thing about it, their money is gone, the country is ruined. And I already know, I know for a fact. Okay, let me stop. I'm sorry, because I'm going a little bit ahead of myself. Think about Masha Amini. No, you're good. Remember Masha Amini, a couple of years ago, 2021?

• 17:46Speaker 02

  I believe her hijab, think about this, all you left this liberal psycho feminists out there. Her hijab showed a little bit of her hair and they beat her to death. They beat her to death and there was silence. Nobody was saying anything, okay? This type of thing, this type of liberation that I hope happens is for those type of people. That girl, her freaking soul and her life not to be in shame or in vain. You know what I mean? It has to. Sometimes you don't want to do it. I know Trump ran on, you know, no new wars, no new wars. When you're backed into a corner and you have to do it, you have to do it. No, what American wakes up and goes, I want to go to war. Let's go to war. And I guarantee today, all these podcasters, all these guys in their basement that are expert geopolitical people

• 18:31Speaker 02

  are going to say, we told you so, and this, and Israel, and everybody, shut up, okay? Because no, people are dancing in the street. Can you show this clip, Robbie? You tell me how bad it is, how bad it is that this is happening in Iran. This is a high school, high school. What's he saying? Zadam.

• 18:51Patrick Bet-David?

  Zadam, they hit him.

• 18:52Speaker 02

  They hit him.

• 18:53Tom Ellsworth?

  And look at the smoke in the background. These people aren't running for cover, they're dancing.

• 18:57Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 18:57Tom Ellsworth?

  We told them that we would back them up. Trump said, I will back you up. 30 to 40,000 of them ran out of the streets.

• 19:04Patrick Bet-David?

  Listen to what he said, Tom. You can't hear what he said. Go back five seconds. No, just go back five seconds.

• 19:11Patrick Bet-David?

  Listen to this kid, this black shirt kid.

• 19:20Patrick Bet-David?

  I love Trump.

• 19:22Speaker 02

  I love Trump. Trump. Are you gonna stop it?

• 19:23Patrick Bet-David?

  I love Trump, in Iran.

• 19:25Speaker 02

  In Iran?

• 19:26Patrick Bet-David?

  In Iran.

• 19:27Speaker 02

  I want people to grasp the levity of that situation. They, Obama just went off and he probably hit like a major... You see the smoke behind the school? IRGC. They're not screaming, he's not running, I got goosebumps, Pat. They're cheering. Me too. Thank you, I love you, Trump. So for all of these people that are gonna be in their basements getting angry yelling with their little hats on their tables, and everybody knows who I'm talking about, shut up. The people need it. This isn't Iraq. We didn't bomb and start on CNN have all the tanks and all the troops going in. Unless you're there, unless you're like him and had his family, that he had to flee there and has, and, and I'm not even gonna get into all the problems that we have that we can't, you know, pack doors and we're worrying about stuff. He had to hide on the tables and shit because they were bombing him and they had to flee.

• 20:11Speaker 02

  So for everybody that's gonna sit there and try to act like they know what the hell they're talking about behind their computers, shut the hell up. The people are happy, that's all that matters. That's it.

• 20:20Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, so to me, here's the one concern that I have, uh, uh, on what could happen. If you're Iran, so two positions, US, Iran. If you're US, you have to immediately get everybody.

• 20:35Speaker 02

  Immediately.

• 20:36Patrick Bet-David?

  Immediately get all the leaders.

• 20:37Speaker 02

  Oh, for sure.

• 20:38Patrick Bet-David?

  Like if you look at the names of people they got, Rob, there's a picture that I sent you. If you look at all the people that he eliminated here, if you look at this here, Vinny, we remember all these faces, one by one by one by one by one. Gassam Soleimani. Who's the only person that's missing in this picture that says eliminated? Top right?

• 20:55Speaker 02

  Top right.

• 20:55Patrick Bet-David?

  Who is top right?

• 20:56Speaker 02

  Khamenei.

• 20:57Patrick Bet-David?

  All of the ones that are not eliminated is Khamenei.

• 20:59Speaker 02

  Yep.

• 21:00Patrick Bet-David?

  So meaning if they take him out...

• 21:04Patrick Bet-David?

  Everybody in the regime has one of two choices. It's either last minute desperation, light everything up. Shoot all the missiles out that you can, right? Everything you got going on, last minute miracle, it's almost like kamikaze. If I'm going down, I'm killing everybody. That's likely that could happen with these guys. You saw a clip about a missile that Iran is preparing to attack because they want to attack Israel. But here's the part, we heard about two ships, right? Two vessels that went out there. One of them was what? One of them was-

• 21:39Tom Ellsworth?

  Abraham Lincoln.

• 21:40Patrick Bet-David?

  And the other one is Ford.

• 21:41Tom Ellsworth?

  Gerald Ford.

• 21:41Patrick Bet-David?

  Okay, so Ford and Lincoln went to two different places. Ford went to Israel. Tom, you made a very good point this morning, if you don't mind sharing with the audience.

• 21:50Tom Ellsworth?

  The USS Gerald Ford is an Aegis class, the largest aircraft carrier, and it has a tremendous, think of Iron Dome on a ship. It's got tremendous intercept capabilities, tremendous, and it is parked off the coast of Israel. It is docked there. The USS Abraham Lincoln was poised in strike force range off the coast of Iran. So when you look at those two things, wait, what are they doing there? Why isn't the Gerald Ford side by side with Abraham Lincoln? The Gerald Ford is protecting Israel. It is sitting right there on the coast, ready to defend if new arms or things that somehow penetrate or not intercepted by Iron Dome, and they are, it is ready to engage.

• 22:32Tom Ellsworth?

  And it sits there, this large vessel, that's the largest and the baddest of the badasses in our fleet, is there. Meanwhile, the Abraham Lincoln is launching the strike force, you know, directly the planes that are over there dropping tomahawks at this hour. So when you take a look at that, you have an offensive position and you have a protective position. And if they fire a missile that misses Israel, they are going to engage directly, the US ship, in an aggressive act. Remember, they've already now engaged aggressively with our bases. So as of this morning, we are being 100% engaged.

• 23:13Tom Ellsworth?

  But this is, I think, brilliant naval strategy, defending Israel and creating a cover, at the same time, bringing the Abraham Lincoln for direct coastal engagement strike.

• 23:24Patrick Bet-David?

  Is that it, Rob? The clip you just pulled up?

• 23:26Tom Ellsworth?

  Yes, sir.

• 23:27Patrick Bet-David?

  Can you go to the one you just had right now, a second ago? You literally just had it.

• 23:32Speaker 02

  And Pat, while he's doing that, do you think that they finally figured out who could probably take the, take the lead, leadership wise, once Khomeini, everybody's gone?

• 23:39Patrick Bet-David?

  No, no way.

• 23:40Speaker 02

  Not at all?

• 23:41Patrick Bet-David?

  Do I think, do I think they already have somebody in mind that's gonna replace?

• 23:45Speaker 02

  Yeah, that's gonna go there, Pat, that's gonna live there.

• 23:48Patrick Bet-David?

  Look, if there's one thing we know what this is, this, the phrase regime change has been used by the president.

• 23:53Speaker 02

  I, I get it.

• 23:55Patrick Bet-David?

  So meaning this, they're not doing this because it's like, it's a threat. This is being done to change the regime, period, right? Who they have in mind, nobody knows. They may or may not already have somebody in mind, they're talking to a lot of different people. I don't know if he said, you know, or, or, you know, go support this person, or go support that person, you didn't hear that from him.

• 24:18Speaker 02

  No, not at all.

• 24:18Patrick Bet-David?

  No, what he said is, you have that, Rob?

• 24:22Speaker 08

  Uh, this is where he says this regime, uh, the regime will leave soon.

• 24:25Patrick Bet-David?

  Go ahead.

• 24:26Speaker 03

  Of a nuclear weapon. This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States Armed Forces. I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration, and there is no military on earth even close to its power, strength, or sophistication. My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to US personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties.

• 25:10Patrick Bet-David?

  See what he says right there?

• 25:11Speaker 03

  That often happens in war.

• 25:13Patrick Bet-David?

  He's not sugarcoating anything.

• 25:15Speaker 03

  But we're doing this, not for now, we're doing this for the future.

• 25:17Speaker 02

  That's powerful, Pat, we might lose people.

• 25:19Speaker 03

  And it is a noble mission. We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and our children will never be threatened by a nuclear armed Iran. We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm's way, and we trust that with his help, the men and women of the armed forces will prevail. We have the greatest in the world, and they will prevail.

• 25:45Patrick Bet-David?

  You can stop right there, go ahead, Finney.

• 25:46Speaker 02

  Can I say something, Pat? Like, I saw Dave Smith today, he called the president, a traitor, a traitor. I'm, I'm, I'm very curious, I wanna get-

• 25:55Patrick Bet-David?

  In a tweet.

• 25:56Speaker 02

  In a tweet, I wanna know your honest opinions.

• 26:00Speaker 02

  If we just let Iran go and do their things, because these are the, like, okay, traitor. I'm very curious to the-

• 26:06Patrick Bet-David?

  It's retweeting a tweet from Trump from 2013.

• 26:10Speaker 02

  Yup.

• 26:11Patrick Bet-David?

  Remember that I predicted a long time ago that Obama will attack Iran because of its inability to negotiate properly?

• 26:17Speaker 02

  Okay, and did he put in there that, did Obama give the Iranian regime pallets and pallets of cash and help them build their nuclear friggin', uh, arsenal? Like, let's just, let's just take a second. I'm just very curious. Are we supposed to just sit back, let a nation that says, "Death to America," build their nukes and do whatever they want, and then what? Are we supposed to just sit there and be like, "Listen, we're anti-war, but you guys build your nukes and go for it." What are they gonna do with, I, I don't understand the, the mindset of let somebody, it's not as if they're hiding. They're not saying, "Hey, you guys are okay. We like America. We're, we're okay. We kinda disagree." No, no. "Death to all of you and

• 27:00Speaker 02

  your country," and we're supposed to let them do it? This type of attitude, I'm not a fan of it. I'm not a fan of it. What are we supposed to do? I'm very curious to the Dave Smiths out there. What are we supposed to do? Just sit back and let them get to the point where they can't attack us, and then what? And then the other tweet's gonna be like, "We should've done something sooner." There's no winning. There's no winning. It drives me crazy, Tom.

• 27:20Tom Ellsworth?

  It, it's disappointing. I mean, I, I see what Dave is doing here. He's bringing up an old tweet, and then he's coming back, "Oh, you know, so you're against this street traitor." But this is not a time, you know, for that. If you wanna say, "I disagree with this. He's a warmonger. I disagree with this. This is illegal," then you can join Ro Khanna, and you can join Thomas Massey with that opinion. But to say traitor, traitor is a, is a high order, that's like the N-word for your leader. You're basically using the N-word on your leader. Traitor, traitor is against your own sovereign country. And Dave, I just don't think that's the right word. I think that's wrong. You're a thoughtful guy, but I completely disagree with this. I think you need to roll that back.

• 28:00Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, I, I think Dave has fairly been consistent in his position, okay, on what he's doing, and where he's at, you know. But, but there's a lot of people like that right now, that they're not wanting to see a war like this take place. I will tell you my thoughts on this. If you if you vote for a president, okay? And you want a refund on your vote, you voted for president, it's popular to do that. It's a very popular thing to vote for somebody. And they'll be like, well, you know what, you know, I can't believe he didn't do this, he didn't do that, he didn't do this, he didn't do that. Okay. When you hire an executive, you hire the person's decision making abilities on what they're gonna be doing. Period. Based on what?

• 28:42Patrick Bet-David?

  Based on the intel they have, not the intel you have, based on intel they have. Unless if you're an insider to be able to know exactly what's going on, different story. So for us, as this is happening, I feel all the, the word traitor is a very, very heavy word. It's like there's certain words, traitor, coward, all of this stuff. I mean, it's a rage baiting word where you want to get under people's skin. I get what he's doing, but at the same time, to me, I think it is a debate that people are having. However, Vinny, this this cannot be something that drags out. I agree. If it does drag out, this is not what anybody wants to see happen whatsoever. I don't think this is gonna be Afghanistan.

• 29:26Patrick Bet-David?

  Let me explain why. When Biden left Afghanistan, how was it? Reckless. Horrible. You know, left the weapons behind. I saw a video the other day, a Afghani trying to, one of the Hezbollahs or ISIS was trying to fly the helicopter. Didn't know how to do it, crashed, it killed himself. I don't know if you saw that clip or not. Idiot. But this is a very different leader. This is a leader with a reputation. He's he's killed Qassem Soleimani. He's he's called the shots, they've done a lot of different things. So for me, when you see things like this taking place, you have to also trust there's a different guy in the room that's negotiating. Kushner and Whitkoff went to find ways to negotiate and they kept wanting to delay.

• 30:10Patrick Bet-David?

  Why do you think they want to delay? Do you know what they agreed to not person nuclear? You know what the timeline was? Three years. Why three years? It's like, get out of the office, let me deal with a Biden. Do you not think they would prefer a Kamala today in the office so they can negotiate something like this? Do you not think they would prefer Newsom to be able to negotiate with a guy like that? Do you not think they would prefer another guy from Obama's team to go in there so they can negotiate? Of course they would. If Newsom, Kamala, Biden, Obama, any one of those guys would be there right now, they'd be giving them whatever they want. They would be negotiating more in favors of Iran, but I actually like what they're doing. And I like the positioning. Let me tell you, Vinny.

• 30:50Speaker 02

  Me neither.

• 30:51Patrick Bet-David?

  Do you remember a guy asked me a question the other day? What is the most nervous you've ever seen the president? And I don't know if I would use the word nervous, but he's using the word nervous. I said, probably when he walked up with, I believe it was Hexit and JD, or was Hexit and Rubio and JD? And this is when they were about to attack Iran, the nuclear sites. Do you remember that in the middle of the night?

• 31:17Speaker 02

  We were in New York.

• 31:17Patrick Bet-David?

  Do you remember how for the first time you heard him say, "May God, you know, be with us." He said something when that took place. I don't know if you remember that, Rob, when it took place. It's gonna be a tough video to find right now. If you can find it.

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• 32:27Speaker 06

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• 32:58Patrick Bet-David?

  You saw the amount of burden he was carrying. Yes. It was almost as if he was not second guessing, but he was uncertain about what he was gonna do. No, no, that's the one right there, Rob. That's the one right there. If you can go to the last 30 seconds of the speech, good work, Rob, for finding this. If you can go right there, just play it from right there.

• 33:19Speaker 03

  We could have done what we did tonight, not even close. There has never been a military that could do what took place just a little while ago. Tomorrow, General Kane, Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, will have a press conference at 8 a.m. at the Pentagon. And I want to just thank everybody and, in particular, God. I want to just say, we love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them. God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.

• 33:55Patrick Bet-David?

  Do you see the body language? I saw, I remember you played this video. I remember this. You know what you don't see right now? You don't see that body language. Why? Why do you not see that body language right now? Do you see how he's speaking right now? Like this. Yes. Here's what could happen. We don't want to see happen. There could very likely be some. This is about regime. We try to negotiate with them, stay in a safe place, don't get out. It was like boom, boom, boom. Do you know why a human being speaks like that? At what point you speak like that, knowing billions of people are watching you? Like, for some of the people that are critical of what he is doing, what's the biggest decision you ever had to make with the amount of burden you had on it? Go ahead. What's the biggest decision you ever had to make with the amount of burden you had on it?

• 34:40Patrick Bet-David?

  Okay, think about it. If someone's watching this right now, you may say, I remember when I was running a business. I sold my house, sold everything to put it in my office, and I knew if the company would go bankrupt. I didn't know if my marriage was gonna work out. My wife questioned why I did this. I had so much burden for three years. It was the hardest thing we ever did. We made it. Okay, great, that's burden. Hey, we decided to move our family out of another place, and my wife didn't want to do it, my kids didn't want to do it, but we escaped a certain regime. We came to the States. We didn't speak any English. Every night, my wife and I fought for three years. We didn't have any money. We were barely eating anything. 10 years later, we're doing good. Our kids are going to school. He's about to graduate to be a doctor. We did it, right? Imagine that burden you carry, right? When you make a decision and a lot of people are against you. This is where he's at.

• 35:23Patrick Bet-David?

  He's making a decision and a lot of people are not with this war. Think about that. That's a lot of burden. The point I want to make is he is like this, this time. Why? He has information you and I don't have, and I don't know what that is. If that information is stuff that they know about Iran, if that information is they saw on the inside that they already have a hold of something, if they already know, like you saw the, Rob, do you have the picture of the bunker that it was shot? I think I'll send you the picture of the bunker of Khamenei. When you see this picture of where he lived, and by the way, we reported on this, uh, two days ago, maybe even on Fri- Friday, we reported on this that, uh, yeah, but you have the before and after. There's a before and after I sent you. If, uh, if you go up, you'll see it. Um, or if I didn't, maybe we send it to the PBD podcast.

• 36:08Patrick Bet-David?

  There's, there is a before and after. I don't know if I send it to you. Uh, uh, if, if you, if you go and see what that looks like, Khamenei's compound. Yeah, there you go. Khamenei's compound. Man, Rob is getting so good at typing Khamenei. Uh, just typing, there you go. Look at that. That's the compound below. What it looked like, and that's what it is today. After the attack, so they hit it, but 90% chance he's not at the compound. He's at a different place. There, there is an insider from Iran that told me and whispered to me that they have a underground, allegedly, this is a person that works in the intel business, underground from his compound, a direct underground, uh, uh, what do you call it? Tunnel?

• 36:53Patrick Bet-David?

  That goes straight to the Russian embassy or a place where he's protected by Russians. Okay? Allegedly. Uh, but having said that, if the guys, if the president is this resolved this time Iran versus last time, they have access to some information that they're arrested. And by the way, guys, just remember this. We're reporting our opinions. You don't have to agree with it. And other people are giving their opinions. We don't have to agree with them. This is where a uh, uh, America becomes a climate where you can debate and argue respectfully. Respectfully and going back and forth, right? That, that, that's, that's where we are today. Everybody's praying for people, uh, not one person to get killed. Everybody's praying for peace to happen in the easiest way.

• 37:34Patrick Bet-David?

  But the reality of it is, if you're negotiating with somebody that wants to kill you and everything you stand for, what are you supposed to do? Sit there and just take it? Is that what you're supposed to do? How many US presidents did that? How many US presidents just took it from Iran? Oh, it's okay. Oh, it's okay. Oh, it's okay. And by the way, all of this stuff can go back to two events. One of them is what happened many, many years ago in Iran when MI6, yeah, everybody got involved when the Shah came in. And then, well, luckily, the Shah did a great thing to Iran for 30 something years. And then the next time around was Kissinger and Jimmy Carter said, no, no, President, you know, Shah of Iran, we have your back. Don't worry about it. We have your back. Don't worry about it. We have your back. Boom. Khomeini comes in. Forty-seven years later, look at the mess of what's going on over there.

• 38:17Patrick Bet-David?

  So both, both can be right. In this instance, the question then becomes, what happens next? Who takes over next? Which one is this, Rob? The Obama clip that you're showing? Oh, by the way, check this out. Look at this here. This is in Iranian time. An intercepted Iranian ballistic missile just fell down on a street in Qatar and exploded. Watch this, folks.

• 38:40Patrick Bet-David?

  Did you see that?

• 38:43Patrick Bet-David?

  This is in Qatar. Yeah. Vinny, what are you thinking?

• 38:47Speaker 02

  I just, I sent Rob a clip about Obama. Does anybody want to say, like, how do we get to places like this? This is a clip. This is, could you play this about Barack giving them $400 million at night? So nobody would really notice and pay attention. Rob, can you play this?

• 39:03Speaker 09

  The United States and Iran are now settling a longstanding Iranian government claim against the United States government. Iran will be returned its own funds, including appropriate interest, but much less than the amount Iran sought. For the United States, this settlement could save us billions of dollars that could have been pursued by Iran. So there was no benefit to the United States in dragging this up.

• 39:27Speaker 02

  So, so, nobody wants to talk about who gave them the money, who built them up, and now this guy has to clean up their freaking mess? Just like with the border with Biden. And again, Pat, I'm gonna say this. Everybody thinks that they're so good and they know everything. No one out there knows anything. You're not in these meetings, you're not in these skiffs, you're not in this. You don't know nothing. You don't know nothing. My attitude is the people. Are the people of the country that we're bombing and we're going to war with happy? Yes, and I don't hear nothing, I don't hear none of the noise from everybody else. Do we want war? Did any of us wake up and be like, "Yeah, let's go"? You know what? I woke up today and I was like, "Man, we need to start a freaking war." Sometimes you have to, and some of, guess what? The majority of people don't have the heart to say, "You know what?

• 40:12Speaker 02

  When push comes to shove, you gotta do it." And anybody, anybody that says "Death to America" has to be handled accordingly. I'm sorry, did we tell them to say "Death to America"? Did we tell them to have this freaking attitude? No, no. And I get it, it's not, do you think it's an easy job? You said a great thing, uh, two weeks ago. We were talking about Epstein and this and that and leverage and I can't do that job. I know as a Christian, I can't do the job as a president. Because I wouldn't be able to make those decisions. And you just nailed it. He's like boom, boom, and he knows lives will be lost. You think it's an easy decision to just go, "Okay, when they come in the generals and they go, 'Hey, we're about to strike, this is the opportunity, this is the moment, months of planning, we go now.'" And you just say, "Go." You say, "Yes."

• 40:58Speaker 02

  And those lives are in your hands. And you guys think it's easy, the majority of these people, these podcasters today that we're all gonna hear, they think that they can do it and they can have that burden. They can't. And again, I'm gonna go back to the people. To the people in the streets that were dying and fighting and screaming and revolting, now they got their freaking, their wishes answered. So good, so good.

• 41:19Tom Ellsworth?

  Obama sent money, Trump sent munitions. You know, which is gonna work? I think we see what happened, appeasing them and sending money back and doing all this. All you're doing is funding a regime that ultimately killed the citizens protesting in the street.

• 41:36Patrick Bet-David?

  By the way, here's a report IRGC chief Iran Defense Minister killed in Israeli attacks. Several senior Iranian regime military figures were reportedly targeted in the operation. Go a little bit lower, Rob. IRGC guy is a bad guy. Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard General Mohammed Pabkour and Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasser Zadeh were killed in Israel strikes inside Iran on Saturday morning. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, Israel official Rilo assessed that Pabkour, Nasser Zadeh, and Iranian intelligence chief were likely among those killed in the coordinated strikes. The full context of casualties, however, remains unclear. Yeah, I mean, look, at this point, here's what is going to be happening, folks.

• 42:19Patrick Bet-David?

  In the next, you know, six, 12, 24 hours, you're going to have a lot of stories that's going to come in. A lot of stories. My suggestion, anybody that posts anything on X or Twitter, go to the bottom because someone's going to ask the question, Grok, is this true or not? And then read that. And then Grok may say, no, it's not, maybe it's allegedly, or go double verify. Don't jump to conclusion. A lot of people are sharing a lot of stuff without saying allegedly, they're saying in a certain way, like this right here. Look at that report. Okay, reports that Khamenei's bunker was attacked and multiple bunker buster bombs. Okay, that we know, but eliminated, we don't know. So go to Grok on the bottom, Rob, to see, Grok, is this news legit?

• 43:04Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, go back right there. Reports of Targis strikes compound in Tehran are confirmed, New York Times. Outlets, Khamenei was reportedly evacuated to a secure location beforehand. Specific claims of multiple bunker buster bombs on his personal bunker are unverified social media reports, not yet backed by major outlets, developing stories. But this is going to go very fast and it's going to be nonstop stories of things happening. I am praying for this thing to be done as soon as possible without it being a lengthy situation. If they get Khamenei, if they do, that's the top, that's the head of the snake. If they get Khamenei.

• 43:48Patrick Bet-David?

  Everybody around is gonna react in one of two ways. Either Iranians, I remember, I'm in Iran, I'll tell you a story, I'm in 5th grade in Iran, I'm going to a school called Gulbengian, okay? And all of a sudden, Rob, can you type, "What time did Khomeini die in Iran?" What time, uh, you have to, Khomeini is spelled Khomeini, not Khomeini. What time did Khomeini, uh, uh, Khomeini die in Iran time? What time did Khomeini die in Iran time? What does it say? 22 IRC. Uh, when they announced it, I don't know what the exact time is. When they announced that Khomeini is dead, and I was in school when they announced, I don't know what the exact time was,

• 44:32Patrick Bet-David?

  but when they reported, he's in a hospital, he's about to die, I'm in Iran, streets flooded, everybody's trying to get home. Everybody is trying to get home. My mom and dad are trying to find me, streets are so busy, we don't know what to do, I'm with a teacher, everyone's parents are coming, my parents are trying to find me, they're panicking, and then we eventually get home. The rioting, the protesting in streets were chaotic on how scary it was. My mother told my dad, "We're no longer waiting here hoping Iran's gonna change for the good, we're gonna get out." 6 weeks later, we escaped, I don't know what day he died, June, uh, 2nd or 3rd of 89 is when Khomeini died, June 2nd or 3rd, June 3rd of 89. July 15, 6 weeks later, we're in Germany. We escaped, we went on a plane, we're like, "Oh, we're just gonna go on vacation."

• 45:17Patrick Bet-David?

  We didn't go on vacation. We flew out. And on the plane, we were on a Lufthansa flight. Once the flight attendant said the magical words, you know what the magical words were? "You can officially order liquor." Everybody on the plane was celebrating because it means we're safe. We've officially crossed the border. We're safe, and then we landed in Germany. I couldn't as a kid believe I was safe, I hadn't seen my dad because we left my dad behind, I didn't talk to my dad for a year and a half. My parents got a divorce, it was nasty, then we came to the States and I saw my dad a year and a half later. But I will never forget when Khomeini died. So, meaning...

• 45:55Patrick Bet-David?

  That's 89 when Khomeini died. I was in Iran. When Khomeini dies, you don't know how they're gonna be reacting in the streets. 80% is gonna be celebrating, hopeful that it's over with. A lot of them are gonna be concerned if there's gonna be attacks. But the direct reports to Khomeini are gonna be, if our Supreme Leader, Khomeini died. He didn't get killed, he died. If Khomeini is killed, it's a very different reaction. And from there, like I said, if they decide to do anything desperate, I'm glad you're talking about the Gerald Ford

• 46:33Patrick Bet-David?

  is right over Israel, waiting for an attack to possibly take place from Iran. Anything is possible. And, and, and I'm, I'm, I'm obviously convinced that the Pete Hexett and his team and the President sat there, and this is what you would do with planning. If we do this, how can they react? They could react this way. If they do that, what are we doing? We got it covered. We're gonna do this. If they do this, what are we doing? Well, that's the better option if they do, because if they do that, we're covered from this angle. We have an inside. What if they do this? Well, if they do that, that's the right choice. The war is over with. We come in, Iranians are free, and then not go choose a new President, not go choose a new leader in Iran, so you guys can be free again. So there's, there's a lot of stuff that's going on. Rob, what is Starmer saying here?

• 47:15Speaker 08

  Uh, this is where he condemns action in Iran.

• 47:17Patrick Bet-David?

  Go for it.

• 47:19Speaker 10

  The United States and Israel struck targets in Iran. Iran has since launched indiscriminate strikes across the region. I know the British people and communiques across our country will be deeply concerned about what this means for security and stability and for the fate of innocent people across the region.

• 47:46Patrick Bet-David?

  So he's what? He's against Iran, Rob, is what he's doing. Okay. Well, I'm not surprised. Right now, they better be for whatever America's for. Okay, because you need America's back in. You know, say something bad about America while you know they're, they're protecting you, they're funding you, they're defending you, and NATO can't protect themselves without the help of, uh, without the help of Iran. Is that an explosion in Dubai?

• 48:10Speaker 08

  Uh, yeah, I'm checking it right now, just to make sure.

• 48:13Tom Ellsworth?

  NBC News reporting that this luxury hotel in Dubai was hit.

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• 49:14Speaker 06

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• 49:45Speaker 02

  NBC is?

• 49:47Tom Ellsworth?

  Yes, NBC is also saying that Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi has said that Homeni was safe in a separate location. So as you're saying, we gotta wait to see.

• 49:58Patrick Bet-David?

  He's not killed, he's not eliminated yet.

• 49:59Tom Ellsworth?

  Well, at least that's what the Foreign Minister, who is not a pillar of honesty.

• 50:03Speaker 02

  They know where he's at.

• 50:04Patrick Bet-David?

  They will find him.

• 50:05Speaker 02

  Trust me, they know where he's at. And Rob, I sent you on-

• 50:06Tom Ellsworth?

  Make sure I'm pronouncing that right.

• 50:08Speaker 02

  In the PBD podcast? Just for all the people.

• 50:10Patrick Bet-David?

  No one's gonna judge you for not getting it right, but go ahead.

• 50:13Speaker 02

  Yeah, by the way, just for everybody out there, all the people that are like, "No, why would you do Iran? This is the 2018 Parliament." Look, this is in their Parliament. "Death to America," burning our flag. They want all of us dead, okay?

• 50:30Speaker 02

  Stop being such a weak ass. This, give them the opportunity. No, let them, guys, I don't know about you guys. I'm comfortable with making them become a nuclear threat. I like that. Yeah, go for it. Go for it. Why are we intervening? Why would we intervene? Let them get a bomb. Let them get a bomb. That's my attitude, Tom. I'm obviously being facetious, but shut up. I'm just tired of it, man. I'm really tired of it. I'm done.

• 50:57Tom Ellsworth?

  Well, this is Pat's point. Pat makes a great point. You know, be careful what you retweet. Be careful what you repeat. Be careful what you like and thumbs up. You know, read it, grok it. Do the things that you need to do to be careful through this. What do we know? Is that a strike has started. What do we know? It was carefully planned out. What do we know? That there's a lot of nervous people and that they retaliated with medium-grade missiles. They claim to have a hypersonic missile. I don't think we've seen it yet. There's no reports of a hypersonic missile launch. This is conventional weapons that appear to be aimed back at US bases, and they had collateral damage where they've killed a citizen. So let's just remember what all this is. And this needs to play out, but this is the first step.

• 51:39Tom Ellsworth?

  And what do we know absolutely for certain? Is that 30,000 to 40,000 freedom-loving people wanted their freedom and died. What do we know? People are dancing in the streets in Iran. So while you criticize a president, while you criticize a military action, while you don't agree with it, you say, "Oh, you didn't have permission from Congress." Look at the people in that country that, just like the US in 1776, they wanted their freedom, and they're getting assistance, and they're dancing in the streets. And I hope it comes to full fruition so that they can not just dance in the street today, they can dance in the street for the rest of their lives.

• 52:15Speaker 02

  Pat, let's say, once this is, you know, resolved, they have somebody in there that's, you know, a regime that can actually be for the people, give them some liberation, let the women do what the hell they want to do. I mean, who else is going to be the threat in the Middle East? Qatar? Who else is going to be the threat? The actual threat? I mean, of this magnitude, Iran's the main player.

• 52:38Patrick Bet-David?

  By the way, Rob, is Elon here? I believe so. Do we have a mic to give him to see what perspective he wants to give? I don't believe so. I don't think we got a mic. Maybe we'll do it next time. Okay, but, okay, you were saying, Vinny?

• 52:53Speaker 02

  Yeah, no, I'm saying, out of all of them, do you think Iran was the biggest threat out of everybody? From, you know, Syria, you know, Qatar.

• 53:01Patrick Bet-David?

  Not even close. Not even close. Not even close. It's not even close. Them, that, to me, it's less about the weapons of mass destruction. Like, for example, Rob, can you pull up how many countries have nuclear weapons? Go to how many countries have nuclear weapons, okay? What countries, if you just type in on Leaders Bulletin, it'll tell you, what's up, Elon? If you just type in which countries have the most nuclear weapons?

• 53:30Patrick Bet-David?

  Are you worried that US has nuclear weapons? Russia has nuclear weapons. China has nuclear weapons. France has nuclear weapons. UK has nuclear weapons. India has nuclear weapons. Pakistan has nuclear weapons. North Korea has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons. Okay.

• 53:45Patrick Bet-David?

  When you look at that list, which one of them concerns you the most on that list?

• 53:50Speaker 02

  Iran.

• 53:50Patrick Bet-David?

  Well, no, no, no, go back, because they were not on that list.

• 53:53Speaker 02

  I'm just saying, I was being funny.

• 53:53Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, if you go on that list, which one of them concerns you the most? North Korea. North Korea. Exactly. Why? Why does North Korea concern you?

• 54:00Speaker 02

  Communist, he's by himself, he makes all the decisions.

• 54:03Patrick Bet-David?

  Unpredictable. That's the point in game. Reckless.

• 54:06Speaker 02

  Yeah, of course.

• 54:06Patrick Bet-David?

  Okay, he's reckless and it's unpredictable. India and Pakistan keep each other in check. Let me ask you a question. Do you think, do you think, so this is the question. Do you think if Iran has a new leader? Who, let's just say, I'm making, I'm just being completely hypothetical. Say Iran has a new leader who's a Christian man.

• 54:27Speaker 02

  Okay. Oh, man.

• 54:28Patrick Bet-David?

  In the next 10 years.

• 54:30Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 54:30Patrick Bet-David?

  Say Iran has a massive revival, now they have a Christian leader. And their relations with America is great. You go to vacation in Iran, just like you go to Dubai, or you go to Saudi to go watch Ronaldo play. You go to all of that stuff, right? If they do, do you think you have a problem with Iran having a nuclear weapon?

• 54:49Speaker 02

  No.

• 54:49Patrick Bet-David?

  Did you understand the question I asked, Tom? Tom, did you get the question I'm asking? Yes. Meaning, if Iran's...

• 54:56Patrick Bet-David?

  Core leadership teams, values and principles change.

• 55:00Speaker 02

  Yes.

• 55:00Patrick Bet-David?

  And you see US presidents, them coming here, back and forth, them being complimentary with America, them joining the Board of Peace, them doing all this stuff. You think people are gonna be like, "Yeah, no, let's not let..." This isn't about the fears of just nuclear weapon. It's which regime gets it.

• 55:22Speaker 02

  Correct.

• 55:23Patrick Bet-David?

  Because so many countries have nuclear weapons. So the recklessness of somebody saying, "Screw you, F you, death upon America." And by the way, you know who are the only two countries ever that have said "death upon America" around the world? Who are the only two countries where their leader has said "death upon America"?

• 55:38Speaker 02

  Iran. Iran and North Korea.

• 55:39Patrick Bet-David?

  North Korea. Those are the only two. And guess who said it first?

• 55:42Speaker 02

  Iran?

• 55:43Patrick Bet-David?

  North Korea said in the 50s first, early 50s, 54, something like that. And then Iran slipped it and said it. And then now it's like a, "Guess who's leading the leaders bulletin on who says 'death upon America'?"

• 55:52Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 55:52Patrick Bet-David?

  Iran is.

• 55:53Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 55:53Patrick Bet-David?

  So this isn't just about, you know, they have weapons of mass destruction. When I heard people saying, you know, from Trump's administration, "Well, let me tell you, you know, Iran has weapons of mass destruction." I'm not worried about the weapons of mass destruction. My concern is, who is at the top that has the decisions to make? So Elon, we're about to wrap up, but I wanted you to bring in, since you just got here, I know Humberto was trying to reach you early in the morning. What are your thoughts about what's going on right now?

• 56:20Speaker 11

  I think a lot of Americans, you know, you're talking about nuclear weapons, you know, how dangerous they are. A lot of people misunderstand the sense of self-preservation that radical Islamists do not have. Right, so there, I think the entire risk of nuclear weapons in the hand of someone who's a radical fundamentalist religiously is a lot more dangerous than any other country, even if they, even if a country has a goal for world domination, it's fundamentally different. I also think Trump sees that the landscape in the United States and the Middle East is changing. He realizes this is the chance to take action. War sucks. I think everyone knows war sucks. I was up all night watching this, so.

• 56:57Speaker 11

  Yeah, I think it was a necessary action based on all the plausible options that can take place. If he doesn't take action, what's the long-term effect, especially considering the direction the United States is going in? And we create a mess in a region and then we don't want to fix it. I think this is an opportunity to actually fix some wrongs we've done as a country. And yeah, I want a stable Middle East. Vinnie touched on it earlier. I think it was one of the smartest things I've heard about it, is that if you want to stabilize the Middle East, if you want to have no more enemies in the United States in the Middle East and you want to fix the region, you have to get rid of Iran. Iran is the fundamental issue in the region. All the proxies, all the terrorists, all the problems coming from there are from Iran, and that extends worldwide. People have a misconception about this, too. They think

• 57:42Speaker 11

  that if it's just a regional issue, that it doesn't affect the entire world. Iran wants to have a worldwide caliphate, not a regional caliphate. That's not what they're calling for. So 100% this was the right move. I've always said Trump's unpredictable. I thought he wasn't going to act. I thought this entire thing was a show of force with the intention that they would get a deal. And even to this extent, I think Trump right now is not hoping to have boots on the ground, not having to have a bigger war. I think he's hoping to give the opportunity to the Iranian people to fight and get their freedom, which is exactly what needs to happen.

• 58:16Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, a report literally just came in saying Iran is reporting that Khomeini is about to give a speech. So if Khomeini gives a speech, guess what that means? One, he's alive, and two, who knows what he's going to be saying. But Iran's Supreme Leader Khomeini to give a speech within minutes after US-Israel strikes on Iran, Al Alam TV says, and that's what time, Rod? 9:55? That's 9:55, an hour ago, or what time is that?

• 58:45Speaker 11

  It says 9:55, so yeah, about an hour.

• 58:48Patrick Bet-David?

  About an hour ago.

• 58:49Speaker 02

  And that could be, you know, on their side propaganda, because the last thing you want to say is, "Oh, my God, he's gone." And then it's over. You know what I mean?

• 58:57Tom Ellsworth?

  They have the control. This is a two-front war they're fighting. The first front war is the US and Israeli attacks. I'm assuming Israel is involved, so I'm saying it both together. But definitely the US attacks. That's the first front. The second front is what the US president told the people to do. And so the second front they have, Pat, is the people in the streets. Surging, challenging, running to palaces and wanting to invoke their authority and their president. You follow what I'm thinking, Pat?

• 59:28Patrick Bet-David?

  Of course.

• 59:29Tom Ellsworth?

  So there's two things that the remaining regime has to do. They get to keep the people in check who could explode far worse than they did four weeks ago. And he also has to, you know, keep his head down and duck the US attack. And so it would not surprise me to see him come up here and say, you missed me. You know, I was in this other bunker. But it also wouldn't surprise me to see disinformation coming out from the regime because they don't want the people to surge and believe that they really have an opportunity to come through the front door of government.

• 59:58Speaker 11

  This is just an interesting thought, what you're saying, that they do have to fight this kind of propaganda war, especially with the amount of anger that the Iranian people have after what's happened for the past couple of months. It just made me think about what the effects of long-term AI are in a situation like this, where if he is dead, could they create AI that makes him look alive? Or could they use tactics like that?

• 1:00:17Tom Ellsworth?

  Or look like that. I mean, it's not that hard to find a guy with a friggin' white beard and a hat on his ass in Iran, brother.

• 1:00:23Patrick Bet-David?

  No, you'll know. He knows how to speak. I mean, it depends on where they prop him up to speak, right? Is it in front of an audience? Is it in a room by himself? Because typically when Khamenei gives a speech, it's more of a, in front of a few hundred people when he gives a speech. Rob, were you gonna show a clip? What was that clip they just had a minute ago?

• 1:00:43Tom Ellsworth?

  Oh, yes. Fox News reporting, I have to find it. Hang on, one second. Fox News reporting that Iran was not prepared. They were caught off guard. Here's a clip of that as well.

• 1:00:53Patrick Bet-David?

  Go for it.

• 1:00:55Speaker 12

  This is not the war that the Iranian regime was expecting. The Ayatollahs surrounded Israel with a ring of fire, a circle of proxy armies, so that they could protect their nuclear program. The Ayatollahs wanted to build a nuclear weapon and stop Israel and the United States from attacking because they knew that we'd get rockets from Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. And right now, they are nowhere to be seen because Israel, with terrific American support, especially under this administration, cut Hamas down to size, degraded Hezbollah, and are attacking it every day, eliminated the leaders of the Houthis who have been attacking American ships. Elon, sorry to interrupt.

• 1:01:36Patrick Bet-David?

  Yeah, Rob, go to that one clip with the missiles going for the audience to see. So they were caught off guard. I'm surprised it's saying caught off guard. I don't know if I believe that Iran was caught off guard. Play this clip.

• 1:01:47Patrick Bet-David?

  Look at the missiles, on their way to Tehran.

• 1:01:52Tom Ellsworth?

  Those are tomahawks, by the way. I'm 80% certain those are tomahawks.

• 1:01:56Patrick Bet-David?

  I'm almost positive.

• 1:01:57Tom Ellsworth?

  US cruises that fly a few hundred feet off the ground.

• 1:02:01Patrick Bet-David?

  Those are tomahawks. By the way, go to Khamenei's Twitter account real quick. You'll notice a pattern. If you go to his Twitter account, then you will follow closely, Rob. If you, uh, yeah, watch this one right here. Zoom out a little bit. Look at the dates. See if you notice a pattern. Zoom out a little bit, zoom in a little bit, I'm sorry, zoom in a little bit. So February 19th, look at the pattern. When's the last time he tweeted something? How many days ago? Nine days ago, right? Okay. So keep going. 19th, 17th, two days apart. Keep going. 17th, 17th, 17th. 17th, 17th, 17th. He was on fire on the 17th. Pissed him off on this. So watch this. 12th, five days apart. Keep going. 12th, 12th, 12th.

• 1:02:41Patrick Bet-David?

  Okay, a bunch of tweets. 9th, three days apart. Keep going. Keep going, keep going, keep going. So then the 4th, five days apart. 2nd, two days apart. Keep going. 2nd, 2nd. So look how active he is on Twitter. What pattern do you notice? Every two to five days, he's tweeting, one day apart, right? So why is it, since the 19th, you haven't tweeted something? Why? I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that you're hiding? Maybe it's the fact that you've known it's done. All this delaying of negotiation, you've gone into hiding mode, and you're worried about them coming after you. I'm simply speculating on what he's doing, because nine days?

• 1:03:24Patrick Bet-David?

  Come on. You, you, you mean to tell me you don't know what's going on? They're hiding you.

• 1:03:27Tom Ellsworth?

  You might not have wifi back.

• 1:03:28Patrick Bet-David?

  You're playing hide and go seek. Wifi in a tunnel, it's not... FYI, as of right now, you gotta give him credit. The greatest hide and go seek champion in the world right now is Khamenei.

• 1:03:36Tom Ellsworth?

  He's friggin' killing it.

• 1:03:37Patrick Bet-David?

  Until he gets caught.

• 1:03:38Tom Ellsworth?

  Until he gets caught. No, he's really good.

• 1:03:39Patrick Bet-David?

  Until he gets caught. Once he gets caught, he loses. But what's the likelihood, you think, by the end of today?

• 1:03:46Patrick Bet-David?

  End of today, right now for us, it's 11 o'clock Eastern Standard Time, right?

• 1:03:52Patrick Bet-David?

  We got 13 more hours today. What's the likelihood by the end of day today Khomeini is killed?

• 1:03:59Speaker 02

  I personally think he's already gone. That's me. I think they got him quick. I think that I think that was one of the first ones that they got.

• 1:04:05Speaker 11

  Yeah, I saw a report from from even Israeli news coming out that they said that they have high probability that he was eliminated.

• 1:04:10Patrick Bet-David?

  I saw that as well.

• 1:04:11Speaker 11

  And they tend to be pretty accurate. That's one thing. They tend not to put out information and I think the Iranian regime has a much higher incentive to lie than Israel. So when I when I was that a Kalshi?

• 1:04:23Speaker 02

  I was just saying, is there a Kalshi?

• 1:04:25Patrick Bet-David?

  Check to see if there's a Kalshi around.

• 1:04:26Speaker 02

  If there's a Kalshi on him making it out today, I'm with you, Elon. I personally think, bro, like, think about it. When you're striking and he's the main guy, they're going for him first.

• 1:04:35Speaker 11

  100% And Israel, Israel has had targeting on Khomeini many times before, known exactly where he was and has had opportunities to take him out. It's unlikely that they didn't have proper intel on him this time and weren't able to do it. I do believe that they had the capability to do it and given the opportunity. They've been waiting for a chance to do this. I also don't think Iran was caught off guard. I think Iran doesn't have the capabilities. We saw them underperform greatly from what people expected in the last war that just happened with Israel. Everyone thought it was going to be a major, major conflict.

• 1:05:04Tom Ellsworth?

  July 25 last year, last summer?

• 1:05:06Speaker 11

  Yeah, the 12 day.

• 1:05:07Tom Ellsworth?

  The strike. And when 20 generals, more than 20 military leaders were off, we have a list.

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• 1:06:38Speaker 02

  Yep, and I wouldn't even call that, that wasn't a war, that was a surgical strike, in, out, and it was...

• 1:06:43Tom Ellsworth?

  That was, that was more brute force by Israel.

• 1:06:46Speaker 02

  This is, this is, yeah, this is gonna be, this is, this is a war. This is gonna be a war.

• 1:06:49Patrick Bet-David?

  Rob, is there anything else to, go ahead, Tom.

• 1:06:52Tom Ellsworth?

  To your question, I'm 80% that Gmane is, is out, is dead, but I am 100% that there are multiple high-value targets that are dead. Even if he comes up to make a speech, I mean, we've got too many reports here. IRGC leader, which is a very nasty guy, so I'm, I am at 100% that there were several high-value targets that are down right now, and I'm 80% that they got him.

• 1:07:20Patrick Bet-David?

  That they got him?

• 1:07:21Tom Ellsworth?

  Yeah. And that today he'll be on. In the next 13 hours, that we're gonna have some sort of confirmation. They gotta stop their people. Their people are like, you think they're dancing in the street? What about the ones that are able to get arms and start charging government offices and palaces? They gotta shut that down. You know, I'm not saying, I'm not wishing it on them. I hope the people, go, go, go! I wanna see that.

• 1:07:43Patrick Bet-David?

  Elon, final thoughts before we wrap up?

• 1:07:45Speaker 11

  I think Trump did the right thing. I think, again, unpredictable but effective. I think the Iranian people, this is their chance to finally be free of the Iranian regime. And again, I think if it does happen, and I think this is the opportunity. The one thing I would say to Americans is, please don't fall into the trap of siding with those who want us dead. That's my final thoughts, because I keep seeing that happening. There's a lot of narratives out there that are meant to propagandize us. Be proud of your country, be proud of the action we're taking right now. And yeah, there's just some voices that I highly disagree with that are intentionally misleading us. The world is a much better place without a nuclear Iran, without an Islamic caliphate that wants to spread around the world. That's my final thoughts. We have, it's an ugly thing to take it out.

• 1:08:27Speaker 11

  It's much less ugly today to do it ourselves than to let our children suffer the consequences of it down the road.

• 1:08:33Patrick Bet-David?

  No question, by the way, no matter what's going on and how supportive we may or may not be, I'm supportive of what's going on right now because I know Iran, I lived there, I understand how they are. Our prayers goes out to everybody, the troops that are doing this. When you, when you sign up, I'll never forget, when you sign up for the army, you know what you're risking. That your life's on the line. It's, now, of course, we don't want to send our young troops out there because that's someone's son, that's someone's brother, that's someone's, you know, a father that's going out. We don't want to do that. But at the same time, that is why we have the respect and the courage for them as they're going through this. And optimistic that this is not going to last a long time.

• 1:09:13Patrick Bet-David?

  I'm praying, I'm hopeful, I'm optimistic, this doesn't last a long time. Rob, what is this? An Iranian official reports that Supreme Leader is alive? Yes, they are alive, the head of judiciary as well, the Speaker of Parliament. This is Hussein this?

• 1:09:27Speaker 11

  Fox News, if you'd like me to play it.

• 1:09:29Patrick Bet-David?

  Go for it.

• 1:09:48Speaker 14

  As far as I know, the yes they are alive and the head of judiciary as well, the head of the Speaker of Parliament as well, all high-ranking officials are alive and the Secretary of the National Security Council. So, everybody is now in its position and we are handling this situation and everything is fine.

• 1:10:10Patrick Bet-David?

  Right, everything is fine.

• 1:10:11Tom Ellsworth?

  Notice, he didn't mention, he mentioned only political leaders. He did not mention one military leader, Pat.

• 1:10:16Patrick Bet-David?

  His job is to show poise, but even as good of an actor he was, he can't control them.

• 1:10:22Speaker 02

  Yeah, like, what was he supposed to do? Was he just gonna go, "They're all gone"? It's pretty much what he did. It's just me, by myself. He has to say that.

• 1:10:30Tom Ellsworth?

  Well, I have no paycheck coming.

• 1:10:32Speaker 02

  Imagine if he was like, what if he was like, "Listen, guys, I'm not gonna lie, I'm supposed to say that they're still alive, but they're all gone" and it was quick.

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