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Randy Manner: Former US Army General on Trump rejecting Iran's latest proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Trump says no thanks to an Iranian plan to reopen
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz and get the oil back on
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  Speaker 1: the water.
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  Speaker 2: I'm rejecting their deal.
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  Speaker 1: They want to make a deal where they open the
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  Speaker 1: strait immediately because they're losing so badly. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: don't read that or you don't see that in the
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  Speaker 1: fake news. But we're winning tremendously. We have total control
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  Speaker 1: of the Harmo Strait. Yeah, OK, OK. He reckons the
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  Speaker 1: deal's simply not needed.
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  Speaker 2: Massive amounts of oil.
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  Speaker 1: Are coming out of the Harmo Strait. Last night we
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  Speaker 1: had 29 ships come out.
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  Speaker 2: They want to make a deal, and I think that's fine.
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  Speaker 3: I like making a deal, too. But that deal would
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  Speaker 3: not be acceptable.
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  Speaker 1: Randy Manor is retired Major General of the U.S. Army,
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  Speaker 1: served as Deputy Commanding General of all U.S. Army forces
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  Speaker 1: in the Middle East, joins us live this morning. Randy,
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  Speaker 1: nice to have you back on the show.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: So is this because it would give the Iranians too
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  Speaker 1: much control of the Strait? Is that the reason he
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  Speaker 1: said no?
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  Speaker 2: So the devil is always in the details.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's very unfortunate that the president verbally rejected
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  Speaker 3: it outright without saying hey, there's an opportunity to get
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  Speaker 3: together and to figure out what right looks like. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: he is mixing total propaganda that we control the strait
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  Speaker 3: and everything is flowing and we're winning and all that.
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  Speaker 3: That is pure propaganda for his base. The reality is,
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  Speaker 3: as we all know, the oil prices are high, the
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  Speaker 3: strait is not open, and there are a very limited
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  Speaker 3: number of tankers moving through at this time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and to fact check that, you only have to
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  Speaker 1: listen to him. Why would he even be needing to
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  Speaker 1: entertain a deal on the Strait of Hormuz if the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz was already open?
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. That's exactly the point. He's telling a lie while
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  Speaker 2: telling a lie.
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  Speaker 3: And it's very sad for the people around the world
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  Speaker 3: who are paying so much more for gasoline and oil
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  Speaker 3: prices and food prices. So the bottom line up front
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  Speaker 3: is this truly only can be done through negotiation. And
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  Speaker 3: that is very difficult and it takes a lot of time.
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  Speaker 3: Our president does not have that kind of patience, unfortunately.
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  Speaker 2: He's tried to do all-out war. It did not work.
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  Speaker 3: And in fact, as we know, the Iranians are far
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  Speaker 3: more powerful now because they are able to influence the
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  Speaker 3: world oil price at any time they choose. That's far
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  Speaker 3: more important and usable than developing a nuclear weapon, which,
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  Speaker 3: of course, they weren't and they don't have the capability
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  Speaker 3: to do so.
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  Speaker 1: Randy, clock's ticking on the midterms, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 3: That is, it's a very, very difficult time here in
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  Speaker 3: the United States. We have governors that are saber rattling
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  Speaker 3: about safeguarding the election. We have the president himself saying
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  Speaker 3: that he doesn't trust certain areas to do the right thing.
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  Speaker 3: He's already verbally said over the past six months, I
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  Speaker 3: should have seized ballot boxes when I had the chance.
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  Speaker 3: He is actually telling the Department of Justice to be
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  Speaker 3: prepared in these handful of areas that are contested. Meaning
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  Speaker 3: when I say contested, they are too close to call.
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  Speaker 3: And so, quite frankly, we have at least two-thirds of
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  Speaker 3: America that is absolutely on edge about what this president
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  Speaker 3: may do to seize power this fall.
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  Speaker 1: Good to have you on the show, Randy. Randy Mann,
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  Speaker 1: a retired Major General, U.S.
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  Speaker 2: Army.