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Trump Puts Iran on Notice as Israel Talks Regime Change · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 3: Good Friday morning. It's so nice to have you with
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  Speaker 3: us on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got one
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  Speaker 3: big story for you. We're getting some breaking news now
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  Speaker 3: that President Trump is putting Iran on notice. And Israel
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  Speaker 3: is now talking openly about overthrowing their Iranian regime. Now,
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  Speaker 3: that is big breaking news after the ceasefire that we've
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  Speaker 3: been seeing that's been going on for a while. But
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  Speaker 2: Story number one.
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  Speaker 3: We're getting some breaking news now that President Trump is
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  Speaker 3: putting Iran on notice and Israel is now talking openly
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  Speaker 3: about overthrowing their Iranian regime. Now that is big breaking
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  Speaker 3: news after the ceasefire that we've been seeing that's been
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  Speaker 3: going on for a while. Well, now President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 3: and Iran, well, they now have a new possibility that
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  Speaker 3: Iran is going to have to deal with. And that
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  Speaker 3: is the United States and Israel could be preparing to
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  Speaker 3: finish what they started earlier this year. And what we're
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  Speaker 3: hearing from President Trump and the Israeli prime minister should
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  Speaker 3: have the leadership in Tehran extremely nervous. President Trump is
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  Speaker 3: signaling that the United States may not be finished with
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  Speaker 3: military operations. After reminding the world of the devastating damage
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  Speaker 3: that American forces have already inflicted on Iran's military capabilities,
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  Speaker 3: Trump is leaving the door open to going even further.
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  Speaker 3: And this isn't, by the way, just rhetoric. According to
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  Speaker 3: multiple sources, the United States and Israel have been developing
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  Speaker 3: plans for another round of military strikes against Iran. And
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  Speaker 3: here's where this story gets even bigger. The Israeli Prime
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  Speaker 3: Minister Netanyahu is no longer simply talking about weakening Iran's
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  Speaker 3: military or stopping its nuclear ambitions. He is now openly
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  Speaker 3: calling for the overthrow of the Iranian regime itself. And
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  Speaker 3: that's something that's obviously very new. Now, for decades, the
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  Speaker 3: Iranian government has threatened Israel, supported terrorist organizations throughout the
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  Speaker 3: Middle East, and pursued nuclear capabilities that Israel and the
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  Speaker 3: United States have repeatedly warned could threaten the security of
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  Speaker 3: the entire region. Netanyahu is now arguing that simply destroying
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  Speaker 3: weapons facilities isn't enough. And he says there's a simple
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  Speaker 3: reason why he's saying this. Because as long as the
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  Speaker 3: same leadership remains in power, Israel believes the threat will
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  Speaker 3: eventually return. Now, speaking to graduating Israeli military officers, Netanyahu
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  Speaker 3: delivered an extraordinary message. He said there is only one
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  Speaker 3: way to eliminate the Iranian threat permanently. And again, that
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  Speaker 3: is to overthrow the regime. And then he went even further.
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  Speaker 3: He said that that was his directive to the Israeli military.
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  Speaker 3: Mossad said, and the country's security agencies, again, taking it
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  Speaker 3: a step further. Now, that is a massive escalation in
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  Speaker 3: Israel's publicly stated objectives. We're not just talking about another
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  Speaker 3: bombing campaign. We're talking about a government openly declaring that
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  Speaker 3: removing Iran's leadership is now a national security objective of Israel. Now,
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  Speaker 3: you've got to remember, this comes after the United States
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  Speaker 3: and Israel launched major military operations against Iran earlier this year.
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  Speaker 3: And those operations began on February the 28th and killed
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  Speaker 3: Iran's longtime supreme leader, Khomeini, along with other senior Iranian officials. Now,
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  Speaker 3: his son subsequently emerged as Iran's new supreme leader, but
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  Speaker 3: the Iranian regime survived. And Netanyahu's argument is that the
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  Speaker 3: government that remains in Tehran is still determined to rebuild
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  Speaker 3: its military capabilities, number one, and then continue pursuing nuclear weapons,
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  Speaker 3: number two. Now, of course, Iran keeps coming out saying, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 3: that's not what we're trying to do. We just want
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  Speaker 3: a clean nuclear program that's peaceful, and Israel has repeatedly
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  Speaker 3: rejected those assurances. Because why? Well, it's Iran, and we
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  Speaker 3: all know what they're about, the number one state-sponsored terrorism
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  Speaker 3: in the world. Now, here's something else that's also really interesting.
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  Speaker 3: According to reporting that's coming out from ABC News, NPR
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  Speaker 3: and other outlets, American Israeli military officials apparently have been
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  Speaker 3: preparing options for additional strikes potentially after the November 3rd
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  Speaker 3: midterm elections. Now, reports indicate that the two countries have
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  Speaker 3: increased military coordination and preparations. The defense secretary, Pete Hedgeseth,
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  Speaker 3: was also in Israel last week where he met with Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 3: And the potential targets reportedly included Iranian nuclear facilities, missile
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  Speaker 3: and drone capabilities, as well as energy infrastructure. But there's
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  Speaker 3: also an important distinction here. Preparing for military action does
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  Speaker 3: not mean that President Trump has made the final decision
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  Speaker 3: to launch it. Several times we've seen him prepare and
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  Speaker 3: then pull back. The White House has explicitly stated that
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  Speaker 3: the United States will not attack Iran before the November
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  Speaker 3: 3rd election. And reports indicate that President Trump previously held
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  Speaker 3: back proposed military strikes earlier this month as well. And
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  Speaker 3: that also tells you something important about the president's approach.
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  Speaker 3: He's keeping military options available while retaining control over when
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  Speaker 3: or whether American forces will be ordered into action. And
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  Speaker 3: that uncertainty also, by the way, puts tremendous pressure on Tehran.
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  Speaker 3: because Iran's leadership now has to consider whether rejecting a
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  Speaker 3: diplomatic agreement could lead to something much more devastating, a
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  Speaker 3: military confrontation, which no doubt the United States of America
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  Speaker 3: will win. And then there's also another part of the story,
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  Speaker 3: and that's this. Iran is not simply sitting back and
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  Speaker 3: accepting these threats. Iranian officials are now warning that another
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  Speaker 3: round of American and Israeli attacks could trigger retaliation against
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  Speaker 3: against American interests and critical infrastructure, they say, throughout the
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  Speaker 3: entire Middle East. In other words, threatening all of their neighbors. Now,
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  Speaker 3: they also said that includes the possibility of attacks affecting
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  Speaker 3: energy production and shipping. Yeah, the Strait of Hormuz yet again.
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  Speaker 3: And we know how this works. Any type of instability
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  Speaker 3: around the Strait of Hormuz threatens international oil prices. which
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  Speaker 3: then by default means you end up paying more for
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  Speaker 3: goods and services. And that's why the stakes are so
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  Speaker 3: huge right now. The question isn't simply whether the United
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  Speaker 3: States and Israel have the military capability to inflict additional
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  Speaker 3: damage on Iran, because clearly we do. The bigger question
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  Speaker 3: for me is this, whether military force can permanently eliminate
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  Speaker 3: the threat without creating an even larger regional conflict or
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  Speaker 3: a vacuum for power and control of Iran. And that
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  Speaker 3: is another significant difference between destroying nuclear facilities, President Trump
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  Speaker 3: has done that, and overthrowing an entire government. Military experts
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  Speaker 3: have warned that airstrikes alone may not be sufficient enough
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  Speaker 3: to bring down Iran's leadership. And that's why Netanyahu announced
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  Speaker 3: it so consequential the way he did. He was describing
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  Speaker 3: a much more ambitious objective that simply weakened Iran's military.
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  Speaker 3: And now President Trump is facing another decision. Does he
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  Speaker 3: continue using the threat of military force really to push
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  Speaker 3: Iran towards an agreement? And does he authorize another round
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  Speaker 3: of strikes to further degrade Iran's military capabilities as well?
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  Speaker 3: Or does the president ultimately support Israel's state objective of
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  Speaker 3: removing the Iranian regime altogether? Now, these are three very
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  Speaker 3: important questions and very different possibilities. And no one should
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  Speaker 3: pretend that a final decision has already been made because
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  Speaker 3: clearly it hasn't. President Trump is not taking the military
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  Speaker 3: option off the table. That's what we do know tonight.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what we do know this morning. Second thing
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  Speaker 3: is this. Israel is openly discussing regime change. Americans and
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  Speaker 3: Israeli military planners were also being told are preparing for
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  Speaker 3: the possibility of these renewed strikes. And Iran is threatening
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  Speaker 3: retaliation if those attacks, quote, take place. Now, it's a
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  Speaker 3: dangerous moment we're in right now. It's also, to be
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  Speaker 3: very clear, well, a potentially historic moment as well. For decades,
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  Speaker 3: American presidents have struggled with the same question. How do
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  Speaker 3: you prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons while also protecting
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  Speaker 3: American interests and avoiding another prolonged Middle Eastern war where,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, gas prices go through the roof? So
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  Speaker 3: that is the question the president is facing right now.
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  Speaker 3: Will American forces already, well, have done enough to inflict
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  Speaker 3: enormous damage on Iran's military infrastructure? Do we need to
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  Speaker 3: do more? And Netanyahu is also changing their position, making
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  Speaker 3: it unmistakably clear. He believes the threat will never truly
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  Speaker 3: disappear until the Iranian regime itself is gone. And that
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  Speaker 3: seems to be the big question tonight. How long does
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  Speaker 3: that take? Can it happen quickly? Or does it extend
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  Speaker 3: this war for months on end? It's a very good
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  Speaker 3: chance we're going to get the answers to all that,
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  Speaker 3: not before, but after the midterm elections.
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