TIES TO THE PALESTINIAN, ALSO
CALLING FOR A RETURN TO THE IRAN
NUCLEAR DEAL.
JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR, MIKE
HUCKABEE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
FIRST, I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE
ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CEASE
FIRE, DO YOU THINK IT STAYS.
THEN I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
THE JERUSALEM CONSULATE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS
THE EMBASSY BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP
MOVED THE ISRAELI EMBASSY TO
JERUSALEM AND NOW THEY WANT TO
HAVE A PALESTINIAN CONSULATE IN
JERUSALEM AS WELL.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> I’M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THE
CONSULATE THAN I AM THE BIGGER
PICTURE, WHERE WE’RE GOING BACK
TO A FAILED POLICY.
IT DIDN’T WORK AND IT RESULTED
IN THIS LAST WAR THAT GAZA
LAUNCHED AGAINST ISRAEL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
GIVING MONEY TO GAZA, I’VE GOT A
GOOD SUGGESTION FOR THEM.
WHY DON’T YOU GET GAZA TO GET
THEIR RELIEF MONEY FROM THE SAME
PEOPLE WHO GAVE YOU THE MONEY TO
BUY THE ROCKETS IN THE FIRST
PLACE THAT YOU LAUNCHED OVER
5,000 TIMES INTO ISRAEL.
GAZA ALWAYS HAS MONEY FOR BOMBS
BUT NEVER FOR BREAD.
THEY ALLSTATE HAVE MONEY FOR
ROCKETS BUT NOT FOR ROADS.
HOW COME?
BECAUSE THEY SPEND THE MONEY
THEY GET AND MONEY THAT EVEN THE
U.S. GIVES THEM ON KILLING
PEOPLE RATHER THAN HELPING THEIR
OWN CITIZENS AND THE RESULT IS
THE ABSOLUTE HELL HOLE THAT
YOU’VE GOT IN GAZA AND IT’S NOT
THE FAULT OF THE ISRAELIS, IT IS
THE RESULT OF A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION, WHAT HAMAS THAT
SUBSTITUTES FOR A GOVERNMENT IN
GAZA.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS AND FOR US
SHUTTLING BACK AND FORTH TRYING
TO GIVE UP MONEY, MARIA, EVEN
THE ARAB COUNTRIES ARE SICK OF
IT.
THEY’RE NOT GIVING MONEY TO GAZA
RELIEF.
THEY KNOW WHERE IT’S GOING TO
GO.
RIGHT BACK INTO THE POCKETS OF
THE CORRUPT LEADERS AND TO
BUYING BOMBS AND ROCKETS.
MARIA: YEAH.
I MEAN, JOHN RATCLIFFE SAID THIS
ON SUNDAY ON SUNDAY MORNING
FUTURES THAT LET’S NOT MAKE ANY
MISTAKE, THE 5,000 ROCKETS ARE
NOT HAMAS ROCKETS, THEY’RE IRAN
ROCKETS.
THEY WERE TRAINED BY IRAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MARIA: THEY WERE LED BY IRAN.
SO WHY IS JOE BIDEN TRYING TO
GET THE U.S. BACK INTO THE IRAN
NUCLEAR DEAL?
>> BECAUSE HE HAS NOT A CLUE AS
TO WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE.
AND HE DOESN’T SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON THAT
THERE’S BEEN RELATIVE PEACE FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T LIFT
THOSE SANCTIONS.
HE KEPT THEM IN PLACE.
HE PUT THE PRESSURE ON IRAN.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE KIND OF
MONEY TO SUPPORT THE PROBLEMS PR
GOVERNMENT OF HEZBOLLAH AND WHAT
A MASS, TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
OUT OF BOTH LEBANON AND GAZA.
THE RESULT WAS YOU DIDN’T HAVE
THIS GOING ON, HADN’T HAPPENED
SINCE 2014.
WHO WAS IN OFFICE IN 2014?
IT WAS OBAMA AND BIDEN.
THEIR POLICIES FAILED.
THE MIDDLE EAST WAS A MESS.
SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE THREW ALL OF THE CONVENTIONAL
PROTOCOLS OUT THE WINDOW,
CREATED THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS, HAD
FOR THE FIRST TIME SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS IN THE MEAT MIDDLE EAST
ARAB COUNTRIES ESTABLISHING
NORMAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH
ISRAEL.
HE LEAVES, BIDEN COMES IN AND
BIDEN KNOWS EVERYTHING AND HE
PUTS BACK IN THE SAME FAILED
POLICIES AND THE RESULTS ARE THE
SAME.
A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE GETTING
KILLED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING
PUT AT RISK.
IT IS A STUPID, STUPID
PHILOSOPHY OF HOW TO DEAL WITH
THIS SITUATION IN THE MEAT AND I
JUST HOPE -- MIDDLE EAST AND I
JUST HOPE SOMEBODY IN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WAKES UP AND
STOPS IT.
MARIA: WE STILL -- BIDEN STILL
HAS NOT NAMED AN AMBASSADOR TO
ISRAEL.
THE PRESIDENT NOW IS REPORTEDLY
EXPECTED TO NAME TOM NIDES FROM
MORGAN STANLEY, THE FORMER STATE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL BUT HE’S
BEEN WORKING AT MORGAN STANLEY
TO SERVE AS THE AMBASSADOR TO
ISRAEL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
PICK?
>> WELL, HE’S GOT A PRETTY LONG
HISTORY, BOTH IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS IN THE
BANKING WORLD, THAT’S HIS
PRIMARY I GUESS BACKGROUND, AS
YOU PROBABLY KNOW VERY WELL.
YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW WHETHER
HE’S A GREAT AMBASSADOR.
I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS,
DOES HE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
SAME FAILED POLICIES OF A
TRADITIONAL TWO-STATE SOLUTION
THAT TO BE FAIR, BOTH DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS HAVE PUSHED, BUT
IT’S NEVER WORKED.
IT’S NEVER GOING TO WORK.
THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS DOING WAS
WORKING.
MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO TRY WHAT WAS
WORKING ROUTINE A LITTLE BETTER.
MARIA: YEAH.
IT’S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN, SOME OF THESE THINGS
THAT THEY’RE OVERTURNING
WILLY-NILLY JUST BECAUSE IT WAS
A TRUMP PLAN LIKE THE BORDER, I
MEAN, TO OVERTURN REMAIN IN
MEXICO, STOP ALL CONSTRUCTION OF
THE WALL, LOOK AT WHERE IT’S
GOTTEN US AND THEN OF COURSE
THERE’S THE CENSORSHIP AND THE
MEDIA’S PART IN ALL OF THIS.
RUSSELL BRAND SLAMMED CENSORSHIP
OF THE POST HUNTER BIDEN EXPO
SAY, SAYING THE MEDIA GATE
KEEPERS CONSPIRED TO KEEP
INFORMATION AWAY FROM YOU
BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT -- IT WAS
NOT CONVENIENT TO THEIR AGENDA,
THIS IS COMING FROM RUSSELL
BRAND.
YOU USUALLY DON’T HEAR HOLLYWOOD
WEIGHING IN ON THESE THINGS.
IT’S SO OBVIOUS WHAT THE SOCIAL
MEDIA GIANTS DID RIGHT BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
>> WELL, WHEN RUSSELL BRAND
GIVES YOU BETTER INFORMATION AND
A MORE OBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE
THAN CNN, YOU DO HAVE TO SCRATCH
YOUR HEAD AND SAY WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THIS WORLD WHEN WE
DEPEND UPON RUSSELL BRAND FOR
OBJECTIVITY AND FOR A MORE PURE
FORM OF JOURNALISM THAN YOU’RE
GOING TO GET AT SOME OF THE
MAJOR NETWORKS.
IT’S JUST DISGRACEFUL.
I HEARD JOE CONCHA EARLIER
TODAY, HE WAS SPOT ON WITH THE
FACT THAT RATINGS ARE TANKING IN
MANY OF THESE AREAS BECAUSE
PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT’S BULL
BUTTER.
THEY’RE NO LONGER GETTING ANY
KIND OF OBJECTIVE NEWS COVERAGE
AND THEY’RE TUNING IT OUT
BECAUSE WHY EVEN BOTHER.
MARIA: YEAH.
THE BREAKING NEWS, CNN’S RATINGS
GO DOWN THE TOILET, TUMBLING
OVER 70% JUST SINCE JANUARY, IS
A STORY OUT THIS MORNING ON NEWS
BUSTERS.
MIKE HUCKABEE, IT’S GREAT TO SEE