FUND TERROR.
THAT IS JUST AMAZING.
BLAKE.
AFFECTED BY THIS.
YOU HEARD THE PHRASE MAXIMUM
ENEMIES, YOU SQUEEZE THEM UNTIL
THEY HURT AND THEY ARE HURTING
BAD NOW IN IRAN RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE VIOLENT PROTESTS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY BUT JUST WHEN
THEY'RE SQUEALING WITH PAIN YOU
THROW THEM AN OLIVE BRANCH AND
SAY, OKAY, LET'S TALK?
HERE.
THIS IS NOT JUST TRUMP FULL
FILLING A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
HE WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE
OTHER EUROPEAN PARTNERS TO MAKE
THE IRAN DEAL WORK.
THEY FAILED TO COME TO THE TABLE
TO DO THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION
DIDN'T SAY WE'LL JUST DO
SANCTIONS, THEY WEREN'T AND THE
WORLD WITH BRIEFING TEAMS.
THIS IS HOW WE'LL DO IT.
WE'LL PHASE IT IN.
YOU HAVE A PERIOD TO ADJUST TO
THIS.
DISCIPLINED.
DAVID: ABSOLUTELY.
>> BOY, IT ALREADY HAS BEEN
VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.
DAVID: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT,
JAMES.
COUNTRY, ALL LEVELS, ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY, MUCH MORE
WIDESPREAD THAN BEFORE.
I WONDER HOW MUCH FURTHER THIS
DISCONTENT WILL GO AS SANCTIONS
GROW DEEPER?
>> WELL, IT IS THE RIGHT
STRATEGY, THE WAY YOU DEAL WITH
AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES, PRESSURE
THEM WITHIN AND WITHOUT.
THEY HAVE TO LOOK BOTH WAYS
DISCONTENT AND PUTTING ON
EXTERNAL PRESSURE.
THE PRESIDENT AS HE DID WITH
CHINA, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA,
EVERYBODY, LOOK, IF YOU GUYS
WANT TO DO SOMETHING MUTUALLY
BENEFITING FOR BOTH, GREAT WE
CAN DO THAT HE MADE THE OFFER TO
IRAN.
DAVID: TALK ABOUT DISCONTENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF IT IN
VENEZUELA.
SOCIALIST REGIME HAD WHAT
APPEARED TO BE AN ATTACK
DIRECTLY ON THE PRESIDENT.
THAT IS MADURO WITH A SASH ON,
HIS WIFE NEXT TO HIM.
THERE WAS EXPLOSION THOUGHT TO
YOU CAN SEE THE BODY GUARDS
WOULD DO THIS, AS WE SEE HIS
GUARDS SCATTER IN THE STREET AS
A RESULT OF THE BOMB.
THEY'RE BLAMING THE UNITED
THE PEACEFUL OPPOSITION INSIDE
OF VENEZUELA.
JOHN BOLTON SPOKE TO THIS
EARLIER TODAY.
LISTEN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> I CAN SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THERE
WAS NO U.S. GOVERNMENT INVOLVED
IN THIS AT ALL.
IT COULD BE A LOT OF THINGS FROM
A PRETEXT SET UP BY THE MADURO
REGIME ITSELF TO SOMETHING ELSE.
DAVID: THESE REGIMES VERY OFTEN
DO HAVE THE ATTACKS, MEANT TO
LOOK LIKE THE THEY'RE THE
OPPOSITION BUT GIVES THE
DICTATORSHIP A CHANCE TO HIT THE
OPPOSITION.
>> WELL, LOOK, ONE THING WE KNOW
ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT, HE IS NOT
INTERESTED IN REGIME CHANGE AND
HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN
NATION-BUILDING.
HE IS NOT OUT TO OVERTHROW
WITH OUR BUSINESS AND I THINK
THAT IS PERFECTLY CONSISTENT
HERE.
THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT
TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN VENEZUELA.
ON THE OTHER HAND WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF
VENEZUELA AND IF THIS GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T START TO ACT RESPONSIBLY
IT WILL FIND ITSELF IN A REALLY
BAD PLACE.
DAVID: DO YOU THINK HE PLANNED
THIS ATTACK HIMSELF OR MEMBERS
OF HIS ADMINISTRATION DID?
>> I, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE YOU,
ALL I SEE IS THE REPORTING THAT
IS OUT THERE.
THE REPORTING OUT THERE IS VERY
INCONCLUSIVE.
I STILL THINK THERE IS A WHOLE
RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES HERE.
THE REGIME'S RESPONSE, SEEMS
TYPICALLY, PROGRAMMED TO EXPLOIT
IT, FOR AN ANTI-AMERICAN LINE.
JUST SHOWS THESE GUYS DON'T GET
IT YET.
MUCH LIKE THE IRANIANS, THEY
HAVE DUG THEMSELVES INTO A VERY
DEEP HOLE AND WHEN YOU DIG INTO
A DEEP HOLE NORMALLY THE ANSWER
IS STOP DIGGING.
DAVID: I WILL SAY EXTRA PRAYER