6-11-26 Hour 1 - Hegseth says we may have to negotiate with Bombs

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This is the Chris Plant Show.

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you know where that obscure cultural reference originates. One day, we had yesterday. An amazing day. And an amazing evening. Over night, starting at 515 East Coast time yesterday,

there were renewed strikes on Iran. As Iran is still misbehaving attacking some of the other nations in the Gulf region, Jordan being among them. And President Trump appears to be tired of it. President Trump appears to be trying to bring Iran to the negotiating table very quickly.

And there's discussion this morning. A new statement out from the president about renewed attacks on the places like Carg Island. That is the place where the Iranians transit most of their oil. And that is one of the most valuable sites they have.

“I think something like 90% of their oil goes through Carg Island.”

We will keep our eyes on that. There may be some sort of announcement. Press conference happening today. But the president announced on true social is we were getting ready to come on the air. That the United States will be hitting Iran.

Who's Navy Air Force radar anti aircraft and all forms of defense together with most of its offensive capability are gone. We'll be hitting them very hard tonight. And that was at 822 this morning. So the Iranians who are not too far away from nightfall may be expecting a little more attention from the United States military. And somebody said to be one of my buddies who analyzed this kind of stuff said, well, you know how big the attack is going to be based on how many of our refueling jets are in the sky.

How many of our planes that carry fuel and can refuel our fighters and bombers are up in the sky and apparently we have a large number up in the sky. So we will monitor that throughout the day and get you to the update. So it appears that the Supreme Court may be delivering some decisions this morning in a matter of minutes when that happens depending on the impact of the decisions the topics we will report as necessary. Keep up on that. So maybe some big Supreme Court news today.

There was a lot of news in the sports world. Yesterday, I watched the NBA finals game last night. I'm an exciting game. I feel bad for my spurs. I'm a spurs fan after the bulls.

But the New York Nix had an amazing turnaround.

It was as if two different games were played. And the Nix won and they're now are in a really good position to win the NBA title. There are three to one. And head back to San Antonio this weekend. But it's what happens in the periphery of these games that gets my attention. For example, I watch when the camera shows all the goofy New York celebrities who pay or are given seats to be on camera during the games.

And there are folks who have been fans for years like that irritating spike Lee is there all the time. And his clown outfits, I don't understand. I thought he was a married guy. I don't know many married guys whose wives have let him go out dressed like that. But Spike Lee at the games all the time standing up and pretending he's a coach.

But you've got the usuals and Ben Stiller is there all the time. He's a New Yorker and Jerry Seinfeld regularly seen there and Seinfeld was there last night. And I felt there were a couple of very interesting takes after the game. The one thing I don't understand in American sports.

“When your team wins something, why you destroy things? Why aren't you celebrating?”

And I guess destruction is a celebration for some of these people. Let's remember. It's predominantly Democrats in New York City. So I guess these are Democrats that are destroying things.

But the Nix fans last night after this amazing come from behind victory.

His story come from behind victory. The New York Nix fans took to the streets of New York. And we're stomping around and jumping up and down and destroying things. In fact, they were destroying in one video that's gone viral, destroying a taxi cab. And I know you can't see it because it's radio.

But you can hear some of the destruction here. Cut seven if you've got a Michael. They're feeding the windshield destroying the hood. Dentying the roof. It's just senseless.

“I understand honking your horn and screaming that you want.”

But the weird thing in all of this is the fans that are waving things like the Palestinian flag.

Now if you're sports fan, unless you're trying to go to some world cup event. I don't know why you'd be carrying foreign flags, but it is New York. It's an international city. And then as this was going on very near Madison Square Garden, the celebrities were being ushered out through their little gauntlet

to get to the limo waiting area. And Jerry Seinfeld was walking out being escorted by the Madison Square Garden press people. And some guy with one of those little bitty microphones came up to ask Jerry Seinfeld to say something that I don't think I'd ever expect him to say and that is free Palestine. What else?

What else? Can we get a free Palestine? Can we get a free Palestine? Can we get a free Palestine? It doesn't exist.

He is gaining new respect for me. Jerry Seinfeld.

“I didn't expect him to respond that way, but he did.”

And then we can't play the rest of the video because these guys go on and expletive laden rant about can you believe he said that. And they're all excited they got the clip, which is great. Good for them. Good for them.

And meanwhile, to continue with the Chris Plant Sports Discussion last night in Washington, DC was also the congressional baseball game, which happens every year. And sometimes it is the subject of some considerable discussion. There was another victory last night for the Republicans, which I'm happy to say I appreciate that.

11 to 2, a big win over the Democrats.

And if you've watched online, you've probably seen the incredible catch by Eric Schmidt,

Senator Eric Smith. And he was named the MVP after he made a really good diving catch of a ball that was tailing off towards the foul line. But might have been a double had it dropped. And he faced planted and got his uniform dirty, which is how you judge.

If you're getting a good reaction or you're considered to be playing well. At least that's how we judge it. And that was interesting. But it's what happened before the game that caught my attention. There was a moment with a member of the Democrat team that I was kind of disturbed by this.

A Democrat member of Congress from Texas, representative Manifee from Texas who is playing on the Democrat team was approached outside the park and asked a question about the game. And this should get a little more attention that it's currently receiving in the media. Okay, I'm standing here with Congressman Chris from Manifee, Texas 18, Houston area. And who are you going for tonight?

I'm going for the Democrats because I'm playing on Democrat team. Hopefully we'll get this done and break this loose and street.

But this is where it goes off the rails for me.

And this is where it kind of exposes. What's at the heart of these Democrats?

“Now we've seen you guys duke it out on the Capitol floor.”

Tell us what it's like to do it on the field now. So I grew up playing football. So the Congressional football game is more of my style. So I grew up playing football. So I grew up playing football.

So I grew up playing football. So I grew up playing football. So I grew up playing football. So the Congressional football game is more of my style.

So the Congressional football game is more of my speed.

But I'm here at the baseball game to make sure that my team got a deep, deep team. And anytime we get to go over public as next on the field, as always the good time. Do you think the Republicans are fascists? A lot of them, yeah.

Certainly the president is. I wish he was out here playing. I hopefully run him over when I'm sliding home. So violence much, Democrats. This is a elected member of Congress.

Christian benefit ironically named Christian has a fantasy about running over the president of the United States when he's sliding into home. But, you know, they do believe that not only is Donald Trump a fascist, they believe I guess all Republicans are fascists.

“What's it like playing on the field with against fascists?”

There is a deep seated anger that makes us want to win. So we gotta go get this done. We gotta go get this done. You know, some people say it's just this guy screwing around. I don't think so.

This is a window into the shallow souls of these people. This is a look inside a person. They say comedy is all comedy is derived from reality. So in this guy's reality, his dream is fantasy. As a young man, he's a lot younger than the soon to be 80-year-old president

Donald John Trump. His fantasy is to run over the president of the United States on a baseball field. Okay. Tell us who you are. We will believe you.

We have a lot to get to today. And I hope you will hang out with us and share your opinions as well. Triple 8-630-9625 is the number adjustment is on the phones today.

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and the Supreme Court decisions. There are also some clips yesterday from the act of blue house hearing. We talked briefly about the fact that the house was going to be sitting down with the leaders of this Democrat money laundering group called Act Blue. At least I see them as a money laundering group.

One of the most bizarre testimonies I've seen in the congressional hearing in a long long time. This CEO, I think she was making a mockery of the hearings. And I hope there is a follow-up from the Congress.

I don't know if there will be, but we've got some incredible clips from that.

Yes Bill Gates to testify yesterday. I don't know there's much real substance in his testimony. The ladies on the view had to weigh in on everything. And a couple of crazy clips I don't think you're going to play. Including the James Carvelle, reacting to the main Senate candidate Graham Platner.

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A lot to cover today is the set we have a lot. We have many, many questions about what is going to be the next stage in our battle with Iran as things appear to have escalated again overnight. And the Iranians are firing at Jordan and some of the other folks in the Gulf neighborhood that they consider to be a problem. Because they might be friendly with us. President Trump is saying it's going to get heavy today.

I still think he, Donald Trump, would love to have this wrapped up in time to announce it for his birthday.

We will see about that.

Also have a couple of the crazy clips as I mentioned.

We have to get today. I have to make sure we make time for everything. Not just the madness on the view, but there's more from the reporter from Lindell TV, the lady that made Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi lose her mud last week. And Nancy Pelosi yelled at this reporter.

She also, she, the reporter also confronted. Lamanika McGyver. The woman who is facing some legal issues over her attempts to storm storm into the ice detention center in New Jersey. And by the way, the Democrats are singing again. We'll get that to you as well.

I don't know why this makes me laugh. But the Democrats had a little singing circle outside the ice detention center. Because that'll straighten things out. But let's grab some phone calls.

Triple eight six three zero nine six two five.

Ed is in New York. Hello, Ed. Welcome to Chris Pancho. Ed, are you with me? I think I hear you, Ed.

All right, Ed. We'll come back to you. Let's go to Mike and Lee's Berg Virginia. Hello, Mike. What's up?

All right, Mike. Good morning. I would like to add a couple undercard ballots to the UFC match on Sunday. Ooh.

“So you're saying you would like to have Dean White add a couple of additional battles before the main event?”

Absolutely. You got to have the undercards. Yes. I'm looking at turn versus Schumer. And that's going to be followed up by Johnson taking on the team's efforts.

Ooh, now this is interesting. John Foon versus Chuck Schumer. Now, I don't know if you know this Chuck Schumer when I lived in New York. He was one of my senators, unfortunately. Schumer was a golden gloves boxing champ when he was younger.

That's been a long time. And he might not have retained all of his punching power. But those instincts could be there. And I think Thune has the height and youth advantage. But Schumer might have some secret knowledge.

So that could be an interesting battle. But in terms of Mike Johnson versus Chuck Schumer's... Jefferies, I think, has the youth on this one. Even though Johnson's not an old guy.

“But I think I might have to go with New York streets more on this.”

I would tend to put my money on Jefferies. What say you? Oh, I'll think the occasion will come out in Johnson. See, that's a really interesting wild card here. Now, we're going to have to be thinking about this all day long.

The undercard, the Senate edition of the Congress edition. Because you got the House with the two leaders of the House and the leadership in the Senate. We'll see. That's very good. Very good one, Mike. I don't know if they brought this up yet. I just don't want to see any of these guys in the boxing attire or wrestling singlets.

I think it would be very distasteful. But thank you for the well-thought-out idea. Be working on this all day long now. Appreciate you. Did Mike ever return in New York?

Let's see if he's back.

Mike, we might have a quick second here for you.

Or add in New York. Hello, Ed. Always not there. We'll take a break. We'll hope that Ed will call.

“If you want to call back Ed, maybe your phone's not working.”

It is triple eight, six, three, zero, nine, six, two, five. So what is going to happen next in Iran? Maybe a former general knows an a former Trump official. General Keith Kellogg weighs in. We'll hear what he has to say.

It's a pelka in for plant on the crisp rancher. It is the crisp rancher. Welcome back, Michael pelka in for Chris this week. He is vacationing and also sending additional stories that I appreciate that. We have a lot going on today and we're keeping our eyes on every single story.

It's like a news whack a mole here today. Ed, who called in earlier from New York City, is calling to express his thoughts and give us a question. Ed, thanks for calling back sir. What's on your mind? Okay, can you hear me?

Perfectly. Sound great. Okay, good. Thank you. I love a couple of questions. The number one fellows, I know we don't rely Middle East oil for anything.

We have control over there.

“Why are we getting hit with these places?”

Well, oil is sold in a global market. That's the problem. And the global market price for oil. You would think that if we if we cut ourselves off from the rest of the world, then things would be different.

But it is a global market and that creates the problem. Now, there are many people in the president talked about this yesterday in the White House during he had a signing of the bill that was funding the Department of Homeland Security and the immigration services yesterday.

That big $70 billion funding.

And so he took questions afterwards and one of the questions related to the price of oil. And there are many who said that based on what's going on in the Gulf, you would think there would be a huge spike in the price of oil, possibly well over $150 a barrel for the price of oil. And some even say close to 200.

That's not the case right now. So thankfully, that hasn't happened. And the equities markets, the stock markets have held up considerably beyond anyone's expectations as well. And they're all up again today.

I'm looking at the current market numbers because the market just opened a few minutes ago

and the Dow was up a couple hundred almost 300 points.

And the Nasdaq is up over 100 and the S&P 500 is up. So the market even though yesterday was a horrible day with the Dow down 950 points, there is a certain amount of resilience that's there. So the price of oil is priced globally even though we have enough to handle our own business. And we're helping Venezuela get itself back on a good economic footing by removing that oil

and selling it on there behalf. Now we're getting our beak wet on that too. We're taking a slice of that, I guess. So that's kind of one interesting take on it. Now if the free full flow of oil and fertilizer and products through the straight-of-war moose is happening again,

then you're going to see a benefit economically everywhere, which would be a good thing.

Okay, so the such a question is this.

Trump gave what the two weeks he said it will be done. He said it will be done in two weeks. You're opinion. You think he's just going to hold any water or what? You mean two weeks from today?

I don't know, he said it, he said it, I think, don't call me. He said it, I think, two days ago, a day ago or two days or something like that. He said this will be over in two weeks. Yeah, you're right, he did say that on a phone call.

“Unless I'm mistaken, I thought that's what I heard, but I could do it.”

I did play that phone call a couple of days ago where the president said he believes this would be settled in a couple of weeks. Let's go back to the very beginning of this 140s ago where President Trump was saying this is going to be a very short incursion. And, you know, we were all looking at Venezuela and saying that was a matter of hours. Well, now we're into triple digits of days and gas prices are up a lot higher than anybody wants to say and the cost of traveling by air is up and the cost of food is up.

I know this because I do the grocery shopping in our house. And so I'm nervous because the Iranians have a history of being able to delay delay delay. But it looks like the president is done with being patient on this. And I think there is some credibility behind this statement. I honestly got to think he'd love to get this done by his birthday.

I said that several times and I think if anything the Iranians could say were coming to the table this week and he could make that announcement. It may not happen, but we'll see. But you know, General Keith Kellogg, who was a former official under the Trump administration and retired now is talking about this. But I'm about to play his clip. But I appreciate you.

Thank you for calling back sir. Have a great rest of your day ahead. Let us hear what General Keith Kellogg had to say as it relates to the current situation. With Iran. We're going to go in and we're going to finish the job.

Having a protracted war is not the American way of war. It's a war we've been conditioned to in the last few decades or we've done things in Afghanistan or Iraq. We ought to go back to the way we did it in like World War II or World War I.

“And we just finished the job, total war, obliterate them and say if you when you need to come to the table and you want to talk to us.”

You've got our phone number, but until I'm done because right now we're playing their game, not our game. Let's play our game and force them to come to us.

And I think that is a pure military stance.

Yeah, you go in and you overwhelm, remember shock and awe in the past. And the Secretary of War, Pete Hagseth, walked out of Sentcom yesterday and was delivering some of what he was anticipating in terms of what we were going to do. Give a brief very informal press event yesterday. They're going to have tap tap bombs dropping on Keith facilities in Iran from the United States of America. And that's not because we want to restart anything we don't have to restart.

It's because we are, the war department is prepared to set the terms to ensure that we get the kind of deal president from expects. Now that tap tap tap, I'm listening to the president. He's talking about tap tap tap, too.

“And I think this is probably, I'm guessing, totally speculating here that the term or the phrase tap tap tap was a trump phrase relating to how people deal with negotiations.”

They're tapping on the table, just waiting and waiting and waiting.

So the waiting appears to be over. Hagseth also laid out some of the negotiating tactics. Those strikes that'll happen tonight will be strong. They will be clear. If they happen to happen tomorrow night, they will be strong.

And they will be clear. Sentcom, Central Command, will be busy tonight. Because President Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard and we will be. We need to negotiate with bombs. We'll negotiate with bombs. We will negotiate with bombs. That's certainly a way of getting attention.

I know there's been a great deal of discussion focused on whether or not we will be taking out the infrastructure of cities. We will be taking out the industrial infrastructure of the country of Iran. One of the things that the president has said from the beginning of this was we would like to see. The regime change and the death to Israel, death to America, death to the west thinking. And then Iran could build itself back into what it was in the 70s.

And you've all seen the pictures, the videos of what Tehran looked like. It looked like Madison Avenue in New York City. Women in many skirts living life as it were in a western nation. And then the theocracy came in and oppressed all the women and children. And they just became a pariah.

So yesterday when Pete Hath says talked about negotiating with bombs. A reporter appeared to be upset about that and asked a question. The more you've just mentioned, you're going to plan to hit them and strike them hard tonight.

“If the response is in hitting bridges electrical infrastructure, how would that not be a war crime potentially targeting civilian infrastructure?”

But precisely the kind of disingenuous question that I'm used to from the media. In puning the motives of the folks on our side who are incredibly professional and incredibly effective. We will hit them hard on our terms on the targets that improve the environment for us to operate in and undermine the capabilities that Iran wants to have. Again, they can't do that to us, meaningfully the way that we can to them. But we're also clearly signaling to them.

You have a choice. You have a choice to in the way that you respond. And you have a choice with then to negotiate our incredible negotiating team in Steve Wickoff, a Jared Kushner, and the vice president, the president, across the board, prepare Marco Rubio, the whole team, prepared to make a great deal that would benefit Iran. They choose not to, and as a result, they're going to meet the United States Central Command again, again tonight in the way the president laid out clearly.

Yes.

“I'm always amazed that the default position of the reporters who come from the far left is aren't you committing a war crime?”

And they think nothing of the statements out of the Iranian leadership about eliminating the entire state of Israel.

And if they could, the United States of America, and anyone who sides with us, it's always amazing to me.

And Pete Hexeth, I thought, delivered a click, a review of this guy right there. I wanted to have been very active today, and I appreciate that triple eight six three zero nine six two five. Let's talk to Sergio and Marilyn. Hello Sergio. Welcome to the Chris point of view. Thank you. Good morning. How are you? I'm good. You may have the best phone connection I've ever heard. Well, that's good to hear. Yeah. Yeah, I called in because you were talking about regime change in Iran.

And I happened to be at a bar just having, you know, a drink that was sitting next to a gentleman and his wife.

Very nice man, very nice couple. And we were talking about, you know, the show of Iran. And I said the name Palavi.

“I don't know where it came from. Some somewhere within the recesses of memory.”

And the only reason I found out who I was sitting with because I didn't know at the time was the next morning. I just wanted to see if I spilled the name right. So I looked up Palavi.

And there's his picture and he's the son of the Shriver on.

And we're in Frederick, Maryland, you know, and all, you know, but he's been here since 1979. You know, he's father went to Egypt. He came here. He's been here all those years. And he has three daughters here. But I'm wondering if the end game is, you know, that he's going to end up being the new leader of Iran. There are several people have talked about that is the hope for them to have raise a Palavi, become the new leader of Iran. I personally don't know if that's the best idea. And I know that if you were to bring back a member of the former royal family, there'd be a significant portion of the country that would reject it.

“And there would be a significant portion that would like it. And there would be a portion that would likely have to be convinced that economically would be the best thing for them.”

Because that's kind of how people base everything on how does this person's presence benefit me. Now, it's been a long time. If we go back to 1979 when the shot and his family left the country thrown out of the country fled for their lives. And there were a whole lot of people that came to America who were part of the inner circle of the Palavi family who came to different parts of this country. I just wonder if you've been gone for four plus decades, is there enough memory left of the shot and is it positive memory?

Because there's been four plus decades of propaganda that's been laid upon the people to say these guys were evil. That's why we're here. We were now respected, but now we are, and we can threaten the great Satan. So there's an interesting question being posed, but I just don't know if that's a reality. Plus he's not a spring chicken either. He's not a young man. I mean, you're sitting right next to him. I have no idea how old he is, but he might be up there as well, and to his mid to late 60s, not even sure. But I just, how do you stumble into a bar in Frederick, Maryland, and I'm sitting next to our raise up Palavi. That's an interesting story unto itself.

I appreciate you sharing with us. Well, we'll check into that and keep an eye on that as well. So many things I want to get to today. So many stories that have to be told in addition to what the president is doing.

“The president did reveal yesterday in the White House briefing that we've been taking millions of barrels of oil out of a ran as the straightive hormones is closed. And this bubbled yesterday, and I think this was a huge surprise.”

You know, I can say it now. Something in indones. You know, we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil. Nobody knows it. You know, who doesn't know about it? A ran until right now. We took out the other night, 22 ships laid it night with no lights, because they don't have any radar, because we blasted the crap out of it. We took out that's way else 85 dollars of barrel. Interesting program. I had no idea. I think most people had no idea. And maybe that is what might bring a ran back to the table because the oil that transit through the straightive hormones is critical to their economy.

Some say in the amount of $500 million per day in terms of money going to the Iranian government, which they use, of course, for social programs, because they're not a capitalist society.

Triple 8, 630-9625 is the number of Michael Pelka in for Chris Plant when we return. The Democrats are singing again. They think that singing songs can knock down walls. I'll play the madness outside of the ice facility in New Jersey next on the Chris Plant Show.

While he was on vacation, there was a really fun moment yesterday, some fun moments in a house hearing, which we will get to with the act of blue CEO, Regina Wallace Jones.

“Things that you just can't believe happened. A big gratch, Gretchen Whitmer, often discussed as a potential 2028 candidate for the Democrats, got caught on a hot mic.”

And if you've ever worked in broadcasting, you are told that every microphone should be considered a live microphone.

So don't say anything stupid and big gratch got caught on a hot mic. Well, that phone with the hot mic situation. And it was just a couple of days ago at the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center in New Jersey,

where the police had to be called in to remove some of the violent protesters who had been bused in are probably flown in. These are people that are paid very well to create problems.

And they bulldozed some of the supply area that set up a camp. They were also breaking up pieces of the pavement to try and throw at officers. Well, that seems to have been totally removed, which is a good thing. But now Miss Rachel, you know, the one who bends the minds of the kids, Miss Rachel gathered outside Delaney Hall in New Jersey yesterday, two sing songs about knocking down walls and freeing detainees.

“I didn't know this song and I doubt these people have been singing it very long, but they've all got all the words down, don't they?”

Well, we'll sing down the walls. I don't know if you can sing down the walls. And we'll sing until everyone's free. Is that really going to happen? All Miss Rachel says, I love you guys. They've gathered. This is at least better than the un-showered mass of people that had gathered there for the last couple of weeks, creating not only a distraction, but a smell. And I suspect that the rumors of maggots inside may be more reflective of the reality inside the camp that had been built outside of Delaney Hall.

And, well, we also have a great clip of Lammonica McIver, a Democrat member of the House, who was just confronted by a reporter, a credentialed reporter, only to be dismissed and insulted.

“The Democrats aren't free speech people, I think that's obvious.”

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