Sean Hannity highlights a potential breakthrough in the Iran conflict, citing President Trump's order to postpone strikes on power plants for five days following 15 agreements, including a ban on nuclear enrichment and the removal of 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium. The segment contrasts this diplomatic progress with domestic chaos at U.S. airports blamed on Democrats who withheld ICE funding, while criticizing figures like AOC and comparing their policies to radical leftism undermining NATO allies. Ultimately, the discussion frames these events as evidence that Democratic obstructionism threatens both national security and infrastructure stability. [Automatically generated summary]
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All right, we have a lot of breaking news and some hope on the horizon as it relates to winding down this conflict in Iran.
Although, you know, based on everything that I can put together and everything I can muster and everything that I think is happening and all my sources put together, I think that this could likely be a big breakthrough, and I'm hoping.
By the way, one other thing that we're going to get to today is Donald Trump.
I mean, you know, Democrats can't stand this, announced that he plans on sending ICE to airports.
And right now, there are ICE agents helping out at, for example, JFK airport.
I don't know any of you that have traveled or any of you that know people that work for TSA.
I mean, these people have not been paid in 37 days.
The lines at airports are absolutely astronomical.
People were waiting four, five, six, seven hours, you know, just to get through TSA than to just attempt to make their plane.
They have to get to the airport that early, which is insane.
And this is all caused by the Democrats.
The Democrats thought they were being cute.
Oh, we'll fund all of DHS except for ICE.
Oh, and if the TSA agents do show up at the airport to help, if they do show up, they can't wear a mask, which I think should be non-negotiable.
Why are they obsessed with doxing ICE agents when there's an 8,000% increase in the threat level against ICE agents?
This is absolutely madness on their part.
Anyway, but we definitely need help.
It's just a nightmare.
It's all caused by Democrats.
They've refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security at a time when we are in conflict with the world's number one state sponsor of terror.
They have absolutely no shame.
So we'll see what happens.
Now, the president announced today, and he put it on Truth Social, I am pleased to report that the United States of America and the country of Iran have had over the last two days very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth, detailed, constructive conversations, which will continue throughout the week.
I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period.
Now, the president had given them, what did he give them, four days, I believe, Linda, or a five-day period to either knock off what they're doing, attacking infrastructure, or they were going to be obliterated on that front, too.
The president has been hitting military targets.
He's been trying to preserve for the Iranian people and probably also for America the infrastructure as it relates to energy, which is their entire economy.
I mean, otherwise you're knocking out the entire country and the amount of suffering is going to be incalculable.
And the president, I mean, the Iranians, they target densely populated areas of civilians.
The Israelis, the Americans, they have been hitting military targets, well over 8,000 of them.
And they have been knocking out their ballistic missile systems, their air defense systems, any ships that they may have where they would mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
They have been taking out nuclear facilities, any remnants after Operation Midnight Hammer.
Anyway, he said these will continue throughout the week.
Instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all strikes against Iranian power plants, energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Donald J. Trump.
So there is some hope there.
Now, I wouldn't, obviously, the markets have responded in a major way, which I'll explain in some detail.
And I think this is important.
Oil prices plunged by 12% upon this truth post by the president.
The Dow soared immediately by 1,000 points after the president revealed the new negotiations.
Relief ripping through the financial markets.
Either way, I don't think, I mean, now it's down over 12%.
I think it's down over 20%.
The last time I looked, Linda, it was like an 86% and it had been well over 100.
I mean, 120 at one point last week.
So it's down considerably, nearly 487.79.
So it keeps going down.
What is the Dow up now?
It's down almost 11% today from where it was.
Yeah.
Okay.
But anyway, so Iran can say through state media, but the state media has no power.
The problem is we don't even really know who's in power.
And the president addressed that today and said, I don't really want to tell anyone who we're talking to because the odds of them surviving the next 24 hours would go down precipitously.
But anyway, look, if the president can get a peace deal, it's going to be very complicated.
You have to ask yourself at what point the Iranians want to continue to take such a beating.
Now, the president was also very clear in stating that if they want him to continue, that he will continue.
And, you know, it's sort of like, okay, how much abuse do you want at some point?
And so he just said that if the new Iranian talks fail, we'll just keep bombing our little hearts out.
Senior administration officials will speak with Iran's leadership later today after the two sides found, according to the president, 15 separate issues that the Iranians have agreed to.
And I personally hope that this is true.
But among them has got to be that they've got to give up any nuclear ambition.
Remember when Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner went to negotiate with the Iranians in the hopes of preventing Operation Epic Fury?
Steve Witkoff, who played the interview here on this program, was very clear in saying that they were bragging how they had 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium.
I'll repeat it for those that may not have heard, but 60% enriched uranium can be turned into 90% enrichment, weapons grade enrichment, 90% within 7 to 10 days, which means that would give them enough fuel for 11 nuclear weapons.
That was the imminent threat that President Trump was saying.
Now, the president says that they had strong talks with Iran.
If they want to make a deal, we'll make a deal.
This is exactly what he told them in the lead up to Midnight Hammer.
He gave them 50 days.
They didn't listen.
This is exactly what he told them in the lead up to Operation Epic Fury.
Again, the Iranian regime didn't listen.
They have paid a very, very heavy price.
Here's the president announcing that we've had strong talks with Iran.
If they want to make a deal, we'll make a deal.
Listen.
We have had very, very strong talks.
We'll see where they lead.
We have major points of agreement.
I would say almost all points of agreement.
Perhaps that hasn't been conveyed.
The communication, as you know, has been blown to pieces.
They're unable to talk to each other.
But we've had very strong talks.
Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner had them.
They went, I would say, perfectly.
I would say that if they carry through with that, it'll end that problem, that conflict.
And I think it'll end it very, very substantially.
We have very much in mind our partners in the Middle East.
We've had great relationships with a lot of them, as you know.
A lot of them were surprisingly hit.
And I was surprised to see it, and so was everyone else.
But we have very much in mind in the discussions.
So the discussions took place yesterday.
They went into yesterday evening.
They want very much to make a deal.
We'd like to make a deal, too.
Okay.
So they've had strong talks and they want to make a deal.
Now, did they learn anything that Donald Trump means what he says?
Because he's also saying that he would re-engage and that if this fails, they're going to continue to bomb the living daylights out of them.
That's going to be up to the Iranians.
Here's the most important part.
It's only seven seconds.
Iran has agreed to no enrichment, even for medical purposes.
In other words, that's now off the table.
That was on the table when they were negotiating before Epic Fury.
Now it's off the table.
Listen.
Are we talking to Iran directly?
No enrichment whatsoever, even for medical purposes, civilian purposes.
Thank you.
They've agreed that they can't have it for medical purposes or civilian purposes.
That is a big change of heart.
It's an amazing what, you know, when you knock out four levels of leadership, how one's mind gets convinced to change whoever might be negotiating this.
He said Iran has agreed to not having a nuclear weapon.
Another important point.
Listen.
So you said there's many points of agreement with Iran right now.
What?
Can you give us a thumbs up?
Many, like 15 points.
15 points.
Iran has said yes to that.
Well, they're not going to have a nuclear weapon.
That's number one.
That's number one, two, and three.
They will never have a nuclear weapon.
They said yes to that?
They've agreed to that.
They've agreed to that.
And then he joked that he doesn't want to say who Steve Witkoff is speaking with in Iran because he doesn't want them to be killed.
I won't play that now because we have too much else to get to.
Anyway, so the price of oil from its high of nearly 120 last week, now down in the 80s, obviously markets are responding very, very well to this announcement today.
By the way, one other thing, the Trump Department of Interior secured a landmark agreement with the energy giant Total Energies to read it direct, nearly a billion dollars away from this idiotic, unreliable, ideological wind farm project approved under the Biden administration, and instead invest in U.S. oil and natural gas.
I know everybody doesn't want the price of gas or energy to go up.
And even in a worst case scenario, I really can't see this going on much longer than a month from now under any scenario.
I'm hopeful that it ends even sooner.
I really am.
I think like most of us are.
U.S., by the way, if you're interested in production, is the global leader in oil production now, thanks to President Donald Trump and when he first started in 2016.
And the U.S. now produces more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.
I mean, this is in terms of millions of barrels a day in liquefied natural gas production, more than Saudi Arabia and Russia on any given day.
The U.S. now produces more natural gas than Russia, Iran, and China combined.
It is the lifeblood of the world's economy.
The U.S. is the energy's global leader by far.
And that's good for Americans.
You know, this is what makes what NATO did and Great Britain and France and Spain did so unconscionable.
You know, Donald Trump said, hey, it might be in your best interest to keep the Strait of Hormuz open rather than helping the president and being a reliable ally.
It's not that we really needed their help.
They're the ones that are the beneficiaries of the strait being open way more than we are.
And now they've finally gotten on board at the last minute, but it's frankly meaningless to me.
But, you know, we'll see what happens.
Now the ball is in whoever is in charge in Iran at this moment, although the Israelis took out the headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Quds forces all in one day in the last 24 hours.
So that's getting pretty interesting to watch, too.
Now, Democratic pollster Doug Shoan has a poll out, you know, and he found that overall support for the war is 44 to 41.
61% of young conservatives, if you listen to some people, you know, support what the president is doing here.
Only 24% disagree.
Look, you have to go back to, you know, you worry about mission creep.
Everyone should worry about mission creep.
But what was the original objectives of the president?
The Iranians cannot have a nuclear weapon, period.
End of sentence.
Their other goals were to eradicate the Iranian missile program, destroy their defense industrial base, eliminate their military.
All of that has now happened.
Now, the president also, at this point, you know, the president's never been really about regime change.
He mentioned it one time.
He said it looks like the time may come that it's better for the Iranian people to take this into their own hands.
Now their moment is coming.
What they'll do with that, I guess, is anybody's business, but it's not going to be nation building on the part of Donald Trump.
It's not part of the Trump doctrine.
The most significant aspect of what would be left, I would argue, or part of any deal with the Iranians has got to be what happens to the 60% enriched uranium that they are bragging about and were bragging about in the previous negotiations.
Now, those negotiators are dead.
So the new negotiators, we do know where it is according to all the sources I've talked to.
So we know where this enriched uranium is.
That means it would either have to be neutralized or we would have to extract it safely so that there wouldn't be any kind of radiological event in the country, in Iran, in the region.
That wouldn't be good for anybody.
They would have to agree to that.
They would probably have to agree to anywhere, anyplace, anytime inspections.
And if I know Donald Trump, it's going to be pretty high on his priority list, is he's going to want the Iranians to pay for this entire mission.
And they would easily be able to do so by us not destroying Karg Island, the infrastructure for energy production in that country, and allowing them to keep their lifeblood of their economy open.
Remember, so far, Israel and the U.S. have not attacked any of that infrastructure at Karg Island.
They have every ability to do so.
They could wipe it out in five minutes if they wanted to.
But that's really being saved for the Iranian people in the hopes that they will once again be able to rebuild this once great Persian culture.
Anyway, so we have some hope today.
The sooner this ends, the better.
And until, by the way, that uranium is extracted, I'm sure our military presence will remain high in the region until that is complete.
And then anywhere, any place, anytime, inspections probably has to be a part of any negotiated settlement as well.
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Let me go back to our top story of the day.
I'm pleased to report the U.S. and the country of Iran have had over the last two days very good, productive conversations regarding a complete, total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.
And based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth, detailed, constructive conversations, which will continue through the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.
You know, if the president hits this, it's game over for the Iranians.
And I know we're at the third or fourth tier.
Now, it has been revealed who the president is talking to.
Otherwise, I probably would not even discuss it.
And, you know, if they weren't so successful in what their mission has been, and that is to make sure they can no longer have a nuclear weapon, eradicate their missile program, their air defense programs, their defense and industrial base, eliminate their Navy.
You know, we've been so really, really, really dialed into that.
Now, I would imagine any deal has got to include the 60% enriched uranium that the president said.
Now, it is being reported, the Jerusalem Post, the New York Post all have it, so I'm not giving you information.
I shouldn't.
I have known about it, but from my sources, but the Trump administration is in talks with Iran's parliament leader in terms of trying to end this war.
Now, whether this parliament leader and speaker is in a position to actually make this happen, we'll find out soon enough.
Because probably one of the first orders of business will be the removal or neutralization of the 60% enriched uranium, enough 460 kilograms, enough to build 11 nuclear weapons.
That would probably be one of the first things.
But they, you know, the Iranians had stupidly been vowing to destroy Middle Eastern water and energy facilities.
And then Donald Trump gave them an ultimatum and said, well, you've got five days.
You dared touch it.
And we'll obliterate everything you have.
And if Iran's energy infrastructure is attacked, it would be over for them.
And there wouldn't be any Iran left.
And sadly, that would impact the entire population.
And both Israel and the U.S. has been very careful.
I mean, this is the type of societies we are.
It speaks volumes.
We've been targeting military targets.
They target densely populated cities like Tel Aviv.
So, you know, we'll see.
The president, even prior to that, had even stated that we're very close to meeting military objectives and considering winding down this operation.
Now, this means basically that the Iranians would be crying, uncle.
I mean, the Pentagon now has deployed a second Marine unit to the Middle East should it be needed.
You know, and as Victor Davis Hansen said, you know, this regime could fall pretty soon as now the global tide has turned.
Now, the Iranians tried to target over the weekend a U.S.-U.K. military base 2,000 miles away.
They weren't sure they had this capability, but everyone suspected that they likely did.
And it turns out they do.
Every time you underestimate what Iran's military abilities are, their nuclear abilities are, we end up erring on the wrong side.
We underestimate what their capabilities are and their commitment to doing this.
You know, whatever deal might be struck here, I would imagine anywhere, anyplace, anytime, inspections has got to be a part of this.
You know, was I, there are, you know, when you hear people like John Ratcliffe and Steve Witkoff and people in the know talk about an imminent threat, they're not, they're not coming to this conclusion in a wrong way.
It was an interesting piece by Ambassador Gordon Songlin about the truth about Iran's imminent threat.
He said there's nothing wrong with questioning U.S. policy towards Iran.
In fact, it's essential.
And my understanding is that there are people in the administration that wanted no part of this.
That's fine.
But ultimately, we elect one commander-in-chief.
I think the president made the right call.
And I know that she got a lot of criticism for it, Tulsi Gabbard, and especially Democrats when expressing disbelief when she stated in terms of what qualifies as an imminent threat.
And she pointed out the intelligence community's role is to assess capability, to estimate timelines, to evaluate intent.
And there's a large range of probabilities and scenarios.
It's not a surefire science here.
And, you know, but when people like Dan Bongino, who we interviewed, got to see that intelligence, a lot of it based on what he saw and what's now public knowledge.
He said anyone that makes any other conclusion just doesn't know what the hell they're talking about, which is, and most of the people that have been against it have an agenda.
It's very small in terms of support that they have.
And what I've been saying for a long time now is true, is that the online world that people live in is not real.
You can't believe what you're reading online.
You've got to understand that with the onset of artificial intelligence, that you have people with very specific agendas, in many cases, an anti-Israeli agenda, for example.
They will spread propaganda.
Usually they'll end up speaking among themselves and regurgitating the same thing, but also understand that our top geopolitical foes are targeting certain audiences, especially young people, and trying to indoctrinate them into what they believe.
By the way, CENTCOM touted the skills of U.S. pilots during this conflict, like landing on a moving postage stamp.
I will tell you, I have never been more proud or impressed with the military in this country than I am right now.
I mean, this is the next generation of warfare and weaponry, intelligence, all of it combined has been so beyond impressive.
Now, for the meantime, I know that a lot of people are just concerned about, all right, well, what's happening here at home?
The minute that the president put out that Truth Social post today about these talks that are ongoing, you know, last week, a barrel of oil nearly hit $120 a barrel.
Now it's down around 85.86.
The Dow Jones went up over 1,000 points or soared about 1,000 points.
It's now up about 800 the last time I looked.
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And Trump, you know, is just doing everything humanly possible.
Now, finally, I would argue too little too late.
22 countries have now voiced support and readiness.
And we'll play the NATO general secretary, who's always been a big Trump supporter, said, yes, it was an imminent threat.
Yes, the president made the right choice.
But other NATO nations like Spain and France and Great Britain have been far less reliable.
And frankly, it's been embarrassing.
And it's like they learned nothing about World War II and the rise of Hitler and fascism.
It's like they learned nothing.
And anyway, 22 countries have now signed on to a joint statement signaling their readiness to contribute appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
It's not that we're getting our oil from there.
Now, as it relates to Great Britain, I am arguing that NATO countries and Western Europe have been compromised.
They have now for decades adopted radical leftism socialism.
That has hurt their economies.
That has resulted in their unwillingness and inability to keep up with their national security needs.
Similarly, climate alarmism has drained their coffers as well, again, and prioritizing that madness over national security and defense.
Donald Trump forced them to more than double their contribution to NATO, and that was a heavy lift.
And, you know, for people like the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Kier Starmer, and Francis Macron to be negotiating with whoever they're talking to in Iran, their own passage through the Strait of Hormuz, they're not exactly reliable allies.
And this is why, you know, NATO, in many respects, I mean, we as a country, we pay more for NATO than all the other countries combined.
They need us.
We don't really need them.
As the president said here, look, it's not our energy source to begin with.
It's yours.
And the same with China.
And Iran floating the Hormuz transit tolls as a result.
Well, good luck.
I don't even know.
You know, nobody knows who's even in charge of it.
All right.
Now moving on.
So the president has sent ICE agents to JFK today, which is the right thing to do.
We have Tom Holman on Hannity tonight.
And already, unmasked ICE agents have been deployed to major airports after the president made this announcement yesterday.
And immigration enforcement agents film patrolling JFK airport.
You have these massive lines going on three, four, five, six, seven hours and longer.
Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Fort Myers, Florida, New Orleans, New York, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark.
I mean, Philly, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, you know, it's just all over.
And now we have unmasked ICE agents.
They're already being harassed according to some reports.
You know, you have ICE officers now film running from photographers, you know, as they were followed through JFK.
More than a third of TSA staff at airports have been absent because they haven't been paid in 37 days and they don't want to work like that.
A Chicago Democrat says the 18-year-old Loyola college student.
Now, if you haven't been following this, this is a disgrace.
Linda, I'm sure you've been following this story.
I mean, you have this, you know, another story of another case of another individual killed by another Biden illegal that was in the system.
And at what point do Democrats not have blood on their hands when they keep allowing this to happen again and again and again?
It's really, really, really remarkable to me.
18-year-old Loyola.
What's more sad about that story, Sean, is people writing stories like wrong place, wrong time.
Yeah, well, thank you for bringing that up because that happened.
What politician, you know, Chicago Democrat, 49th Ward, an alderman, said it was Gorman, the victim in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Maria Haddon is the alder woman that said this, talking about the 18-year-old Loyola University student shot and killed in the early hours on Friday morning by a Biden illegal when she was walking with her friends at a nearby park in Chicago.
Then you have this idiot Pritzker.
Oh, look at how great the park is.
Look at how safe it is.
I'll go to some of the areas where all these shootings take place.
And this happened to take place in a relatively safe area comparatively.
By the way, props go out to Elon Musk offering to pay TSA agents.
But Trump killed this funding deal.
Democrats thought they were going to be clever.
And they said, well, we'll fund the Department of Homeland Security, but we won't fund ICE.
And we won't let ICE agents wear masks, even though there's an 8,000% increase of threats against ICE agents.
Now, the president, in this truth announcement that he put out, said, okay, he might be willing to, he tells no masks at airport with ICE.
He says, I'm a big proponent of ICE wearing masks as they search for and are forced to deal with hardened criminals.
He goes on to say, I would greatly appreciate, however, no masks when helping our country at airports.
I'm not sure if they should have to do that.
I don't know if I agree with that because these guys are being threatened.
They have everyone taking their picture.
And Schumer knocking Trump on Iran and a plan to send ICE to airports.
Why don't they, in the middle of a war against the number one state sponsor of terror?
Why don't they support it?
Then you have this idiot mayor in Minneapolis, you know, Mayor French Fry, Small Fry, criticizing Donald Trump and his plan to deploy ICE agents.
Why doesn't he just hire more TSA agents?
Because your Democratic Party's not funding it, you idiot.
Is he really that stupid?
He can't be as dumb as he sounds, can he?
And there might be some Republicans that are willing to go along with this.
I personally am not.
They need to fund the Department of Homeland Security and cut it out.
By the way, did you hear that AOC pulled a George Santos?
This is in the New York Post.
It wasn't long ago Republicans had George Santos.
At one point, he was my congressperson.
Anyway, in December of 2023, he was accused by the House Ethics Committee of spending $1,500 in campaign cash on Botox treatments, along with other SPA services.
And he also dipped it into his campaign account to cover expenses for personal trips to Atlantic City, Vegas, and the Hamptons.
Well, it looks like AOC spent nearly $19,000, according to the New York Post, in campaign cash last year on a shrink that specializes in ketamine therapy.
I don't know if she took it or not.
That's rather controversial, don't you think?
I think you think so.
Code Pink activist party in a five-star Cuban hotel as the rest of the nation suffers from blackouts and food shortages.
What is Code Pink doing in Cuba as the nation is facing nationwide blackouts and a collapsing economy?
Did you hear that they actually had a concert that pulled all of the electric and then a bunch of people were sick, didn't have anything, the little bit that they did have, because they were running all these events?
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Guess what's going to happen?
Cuba is going to fall and American investment will go in and they will be a close ally of the U.S. and the entire Western hemisphere will be more safe and more secure with less influence from our top geopolitical foes.
The Middle East, whenever this ends, sooner than later, I hope, is going to be more safe and more secure, and the world will be more safe and more secure.
And you can thank Donald J. Trump.
And just now a matter of time.
And that's why I'm telling people that, oh, we've got to get this over because we've got to get, you know, we've got to win the midterms.
A lot's going to happen between now and November.
All right, what are the real prospects for peace?
We'll analyze that when we get back later on.
Check in with Chip Roy and the battle on TSA and airports and much, much more in funding DHS