>>> TODAY IRAN CLAIMED IT CAPTURED 17 SPIES WORKING FOR
THE CIA AND SENTENCED SOME OF
THEM TO DEATH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID "THAT’S
TOTALLY A LIE.
THEY PUT OUT PROPAGANDA.
THEY PUT OUT LIES."
THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM IS PRESIDENT
TRUMP PUTS OUT MORE LIES PER
HOUR THAN THE WORLD CAN KEEP UP
WITH.
WITH. DONALD TRUMP’S SECRETARY OF
STATE WAS NOT SO CERTAIN ABOUT
IT.
IT. HE DID NOT CONFIRM OR DENY THE
IRANIAN CLAIM.
IRANIAN CLAIM. >> I WOULD TAKE WITH A
SIGNIFICANT GRAIN OF SALT ANY
IRANIAN ACTIONS THEY HAVE TAKEN.
>> FEW THINGS DEMONSTRATE THE
COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRUMP
FOREIGN POLICY BETTER THAN THE
CURRENT SITUATION WITH IRAN.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED A
COMPLEX DEAL WITH IRAN THAT
PREVENTED IRAN FROM BUILDING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THAT WAS JOINED BY OTHER NATIONS
AND DONALD TRUMP RIPPED UP THAT
DEAL.
DEAL. U.S. RELATIONS WITH IRAN ARE AT
A CRISIS POINT ONCE AGAIN.
ON FRIDAY, IRANIAN FORCES SEIZED
AN OIL TANKER IN THE STRAIT OF
HORMUZ.
HORMUZ. HERE’S AN AUDIO RECORDING OF A
NAVAL OFFICER COMMUNICATEING WIT
A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER BEFORE
THE IRANIANS SEIZED THAT BRITISH
SHIP.
SHIP. >> NO CHALLENGE IS INTENDED.
NO CHALLENGE IS INTENDED.
I WANT TO INSPECT THE SHIP FOR
SECURITY REASON, OVER.
>> PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE
NOT INTENDING TO VIOLATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW BY UNLAWFULLY
ATTEMPTING TO THWART --
>> IF YOU OBEY, YOU WILL BE
SAFE.
SAFE. >> DIPLOMATIC VANDALISM IS WHAT
ONE CALLED THE TRUMP APPROACH TO
IRAN.
IRAN. ONE OF THE LINKED CABLES FROM
THE AMBASSADOR DESCRIBED IT THE
APPROACH TO DESTROYING THE IRAN
DEAL THIS WAY.
ON THE SUBSTANCE, THE
ADMINISTRATION SET UPON AN ACT
OF DIPLOMATIC VANDALISM FOR
IDEOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY
REASONS.
REASONS. IT WAS OBAMA’S DEAL.
THE AMBASSADOR SENT THAT MEMO TO
BORIS JOHNSON WHO IS TRUMP’S
PREFERRED CANDIDATE.
PREFERRED CANDIDATE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES EXPRESSING A PREFERENCE
IS IN AND OF ITSELF AN ACT OF
DIPLOMATIC VANDALISM.
DIPLOMATIC VANDALISM. HERE IS THE DIPLOMATIC VANDAL
TALKING ABOUT HIS POLICY IN
AFGHANISTAN NOT BY SAYING WHAT
HIS POLICY IS, BUT ONLY BY
SAYING WHAT HIS POLICY IS NOT.
>> IF WE WANTED TO FIGHT A WAR
IN AFGHANISTAN AND WIN IT, I
COULD WIN IT IN A WEEK.
I JUST DON’T WANT TO KILL 10
MILLION PEOPLE.
MILLION PEOPLE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
I DON’T WANT TO KILL 10 MILLION
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I HAVE PLANS ON AFGHANISTAN, IF
I WANTED TO WIN THAT WAR,
AFGHANISTAN WOULD BE WIPED OFF
THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND IT
WOULD BE GONE.
IT WOULD BE OVER IN 10 DAYS.
I DON’T WANT TO DO THAT.
I DON’T WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.
>> SO THE TRUMP-AFGHANISTAN
POLICY IS DO NOT NUKE
AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. FOR MORE ON THE DIPLOMATIC
Esurance. It‘s surprisingly painless.
>>> TODAY THE PRESIDENT TWEETED
THE REPORT OF IRAN CAPTURING CIA
SPIES IS TOTALLY FALSE.
ZERO TRUTH.
ZERO TRUTH. THIS IS THE KIND OF MOMENT WHEN
HAVING A ZERO TRUTH PRESIDENCY
IS COSTLY.
IS COSTLY. BEN RHOADES IS BACK WITH US.
BEN, HOW DO WE MAKE SENSE OF
THIS STORY IF WE CAN, OF IRAN
SAYING THEY CAPTURED WHAT THEY
CALL CIA SPIES AND RESPONSING
SOME OF THEM TO DEATH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IT’S LIES.
MIKE POMPEO SAID NOTHING.
DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER.
THE OTHER. >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE
IRANIANS MADE CLAIMS TO THE PAST
WHEN THEY WANT A PROVOCATIVE
POSTURE.
POSTURE. IT’S LIKELY THAT THEY ARE
EXAGGERATING OR MAKING THIS UP.
I WILL SAY WHAT’S IMPORTANT IS
IT’S A PATTERN OF ACTIONS THEY
HAVE TAKEN SINCE TRUMP PULLED
OUT OF THE IRAN DEAL.
HE SAID IT WOULD FIX EVERYTHING.
IT WOULD FIX THEIR PROVOCATIVE
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED.
IRAN IS PREPARING TO REA CUOMO
UT THE NUCLEAR MATERIALS.
IRAN IS MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
ABOUT SEIZING SPIES.
THEY SHOT DOWN A U.S. DRONE.
TRUMP CREATED A CRISIS OF HIS
OWN MAKING WITH IRAN.
THE REST OF THE WORLD DOES NOT
TRUST WHAT WE SAY BECAUSE WE
HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO LIES AND
THE REST OF THE WORLD IS
FRUSTRATED.
FRUSTRATED. THE BRITS ARE SAYING OUR TAKER
NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN SEIZED IF
I
I TRUMP DIDN’T RATCHET UP THE
CRISIS.
CRISIS. WE ARE SEEING PROVOCATION
BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES DID.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE IS
READY FOR THE WORST CASE
SCENARIO WITH IRAN.
THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WITH A
FOREIGN COUNTRY IS ALWAYS WAR.
THERE IS DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE
IS READY TO GO TO WAR IN IRAN
WHICH AGAIN IS NOT BELIEVABLE
FROM DONALD TRUMP.
>> WE ARE IN THE WORST OF ALL
WORLDS.
WORLDS. HE SET OUT ON THIS IDEOLOGICAL
AGENDA TO TEAR UP OBAMA’S DEAL
BECAUSE OBAMA NEGOTIATED IT.
THE IRANIANS RESPOND THROUGH
PROVOCATION.
PROVOCATION. WE SAW TRUMP GET TO THE DRINK OF
LAUNCHING A STRIKE ON IRAN THAT
LAUNCHED A SIGNIFICANT WAR AND
HE BLINKED.
HE BLINKED. THE IRANIANS SAW HIM BLINK.
ON THE ONE HAND THE
ADMINISTRATION IS STEALING FOR
CONFLICT WITH JOHN BOLTON AND
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
PRESIDENT DOESN’T WANT TO HAVE
THAT WAR.
THAT WAR. THE I RABBIANS ARE TRYING TO GET
THE ATTENTION TO SAY COME MAKE A
DEAL WITH US.
YOU DON’T WANT THE WAR TRUMP
COULD GET YOU INTO, BUT YOU ALSO
DON’T WANT A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
WITH THE IRANIANS PULLING THE
ENVELOPE AND NOT WILLING TO DO
THE DIPLOMACY, IT’S AN
INCOHERENT POSITION AND WE ARE
ISOLATED IN EUROPE AND THIS IS
NOT WHERE WE WANT OR NEED IT TO