Iranian hardliners DISMISS new threat of US sanctions

JASON: WE BEGIN THIS SUNDAY. MORNING WITH THE IRAN CONFLICT. ENTERING A NEW PHASE AS TREASURY. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAID THE. UNITED STATES WILL BE UNVEILING. THE TOUGHEST ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. IN HISTORY ON TEHRAN TOMORROW. WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. LABELED ECONOMIC D-DAY. IRANIAN HARD-LINERS DISMISSED. THE THREAT OF NEW SANCTIONS. SAYING THE SHIFT IN STRATEGYGY. SHOWS THAT THE U.S. FAILED AT. ITS MILITARY GOALS, ADDING THAT.

ANY NEW THREATS WOULD BE MET. WITH A DEVASTATING RESPONSE. THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN THOUGH IS. CALLING FOR AN END TO THE WAR. WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE. FINANCIAL TOLL IT HAS TAKEN. THIS AS OIL PRICES CONTINUE ON. THE UPSWING FROM THE BEGINNING. OF THE MONTH WITH U.S. CRUDE. CLOSING ABOVE $87 PER BARREL ON. FRIDAY. HERE'S PRESIDENT TRUMP ON. FRIDAY. >> THEY HAVE NO MONEY, THEY HAVE. NO NAVY, THEY HAVE NO AIR FORCE. THEY ARE NOT PAYING THEIR.

SOLDIERS. THEY'RE NOT PAYING THEIR POLICE. THEY HAVE 350% INFLATION. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SORT OF. SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AND WE HAVE. TOTAL CONTROL, AS YOU KNOW, OF. THE BORDER. WE HAVE TOTAL CONTROL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLOCKADE, WE. HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF THAT. ENTIRE REGION HAVING TO DO WITH. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND THAT MEANS WELL INTO IT, THE. LAND AREAS. SO THEY WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A. DEAL, BUT THEY'RE NOT READY TO.

MAKE THE RIGHT DEAL, IN MY. OPINION. JASON: MEANWHILE, TRADE TALKS. BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND. CANADA COLLAPSED LATE FRIDAY. NIGHT LEAVING WASHINGTON TO. IMPOSE 50% TARIFFS ON ROUGHLY. $28 BILLION IN CANADIAN IMPORTS. OTTAWA SAID IN RESPONSE IT WILL. MATCH THE TARIFFS DOLLAR FOR. DOLLAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 8TH. THIS COMES AS THE NATIONAL DEBT. CROSSED $40 TRILLION FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN HISTORY ON. WEDNESDAY, AS THE DEBT HAS MORE. THAN DOUBLED IN THE PAST DECADE.

IN PART DUE TO A $7 TRILLION. THIS IN NEW SPENDING URN THE. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE. ESTIMATES THE NATIONAL DEBT WILL. RISE TO $64 TRILLION BY THE END. OF 2036. JOINING ME NOW ON THE AGENDA. AHEAD WHEN CONGRESS RETURNS NEXT. MONTH IS SENATE MAJORITY WHIP, WYOMING SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO. SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. JOINING US, I DO APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO START WITH IRAN. BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A 400%. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS.

MOVING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT, YOU WERE TRAVELING WITH HIM IN. SOUTH CAROLINA AS HE WAS OUT. THERE HELPING TO CAMPAIGN FOR. HIS PICK FOR THE SENATE THERE IN. SOUTH CAROLINA. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING. TO HAPPEN, WHAT WILL THESE. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE EFFECT. WILL BE ON IRAN? >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS. FOCUSED ON AMERICAN SAFETY AND. AMERICAN AFFORDABILITY. AND IN TERMS OF IRAN, WE HAVE TO. MAKE SURE THEY NEVER GET A.

NUCLEAR WEAPON. THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE KEEP OURS. TOES SAFE. AND THEN -- OURSELVES SAFE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF. AFFORDABILITY, ONCE THE STRAITS. ARE COMPLETELY OPEN WITH AMERICA. RIGHT NOW PRODUCE BEING MORE OIL. THAN ANYPLACE ELSE IN THE WORLD, PRICES WILL NOT JUST COME DOWN, THEY WILL STAY DOWN LONG TIME. AND THAT'S THE CONTRAST WITH THE. DEMOCRATS. YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE $5 A GALLON. GASOLINE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO. FORCE PEOPLE INTO ELECTRIC. VEHICLES. SO WHAT WE SEE NOW IS AN IRANIAN. MILITARY THAT IS ITS WEAKEST.

EVER. THEIR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN WIPED. OUT, THEIR ECONOMY IS IN. SHAMBLES, AND THEY'RE STILL. DANGEROUS. SO THE PRESIDENT'S RIGHT TO. FOCUS ON IT, AND NOW HE'S GOING. EVEN TO FURTHER ECONOMICALLY. AND, AS YOU SAID IS, TOMORROW IS. D-DAY FOR THE ECONOMY IN IRAN. JASON: SO IN ADDITION TO THE. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WHICH HAVE. ALREADY BEEN THIS MANY PLACE, HOW MUCH WORSE COULD IT POSSIBLY. BE FOR THE 90 MILLION PEOPLE OF. IRAN? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE. KEEP SAYING, OH, WE'RE GOING TO. IMPOSE MORE SANCTIONS. LIKE, WHY NOT PUT EVERYTHING OUT. THERE AND HEN JUST SAY, THAT'S.

IT -- AND THEN JUST SAY, THAT'S. IT. HOW COME THERE'S SO MUCH MORE IN. OUR QUIVER? HOW MANY QUIVERS DO WE HAVE TO. DO THIS? WHAT IS GOING TO BE NEW ABOUT. TOMORROW? >> WE'LL SEE WHAT THE SECRETARY. OF TREASURY HAS TO SAY ABOUT. THAT, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO ME. THAT THE SUFFERING THAT'S GOING. ON IN IRAN RIGHT NOW, THE. MAXIMUM SANCTIONS BEING APPLIED. ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO. MAKE IRAN FINALLY SAY, YOU'RE. RIGHT, WE WERE WRONG. NO NUCLEAR WEAPON, STRAITS OPEN, LET'S GET BACK TO PROBABLY. TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF A.

LIFE FOR THE FUTURE. JASON: I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. I HOPE THE PRESIDENT'S RIGHT ON. THIS ONE. TALK TO ME ABOUT CANADA, SENATOR. WE TRADE AN AWFUL LOT WITH. CANADA, $28 BILLION IS -- I. HEARD SECRETARY, OR THE. AMBASSADOR, GREER, JAMIESON. GREER, U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. AND ALSO AMBASSADOR, TALK ABOUT. THIS. BUT THE PROBLEMS ARE REALLY. COMING OUT OF CHINA AND OUT OF. CANADA, OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. >> WELL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY.

CONSISTENT, AND HE'S SAYING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET PEOPLE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US. WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT AMERICAN. JOBS, AND WE'RE TO GOING TO. BRING MORE JOBS BACK TO OUR. COUNTRY. SO I WAS WITH THE PRESIDENT ON. AIR FORCE ONE WHEN CANADA WALKED. AWAY FROM THE TABLE. WE GOT THE CALL FROM THE. SECRETARY WHO WAS TALKING TO THE. PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS. LOOK, WE'VE BEEN A LONG-TERM. TRADING PARTNER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PUT NEW. TARIFFS IN EFFECT. CANADA HAS NOW SAID THEY'RE. GOING TO DO THAT COME SEPTEMBER. 8TH.

THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE. THIS IS A TIME WHEN IT WOULD BE. IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CANADA, BE WISE FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO. THE TABLE, HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS. AND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE. FORWARD BECAUSE WE NEED TO. CONTINUE TRADE WITH CANADA. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS VERY. CONSISTENT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE TO. PROTECT OUR WORKERS AND BRING. JOBS BACK TO AMERICA. JASON: AND, SENATOR, I'VE ALSO. GOT TO TO QUICKLY ASK YOU ABOUT. THE CRAZINESS, THE CRAZY TOWN. THAT IS TODAY'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WITH THE SOCIALISTS AND, I. THINK, THE COMMUNISTS THAT ARE.

OVER THERE. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON. WITH THE DEMOCRATS THESE DAYS? >> WELL, THEY HAVE GONE AS FAR. TO THE LEFT AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY. IMAGINE. REPUBLICANS ARE FOCUSED ON. MAKING AMERICA SAFER AND MORE. AFFORDABLE. AND LOOK WHO'S WINNING THESE. PRIMARIEIES NOW. IT TAKES AWAY ALL OF THOSE. THINGS. THESE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE. WINNING -- AND THEY DID IT IN, IN WISCONSIN -- IN MICHIGAN, THEY DID IT IN MINNESOTA, THEY. DID IT NOW IN FLORIDA, THEY WANT. TO MAKE LIFE WORSE FOR THE.

AMERICAN PEOPLE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT OPENING UP. THE PRISONS, THEY'RE TALKING. ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING --. OPENING UP THE BORDERS. THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE. MILITARY, THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN. THE POLICE, THEY WANT TO SHUT. DOWN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS. ENFORCEMENT. THEY WANT TO RELEASE CRIMINALS. IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY'RE IN. AN ANTI-AMERICAN HATE GROUP, AND. THEY HAVE THIS MANIFESTO. WHEN YOU READ THROUGH IT, THIS. SEEMS TO BE DESTINED TO DESTROY. AMERICA. THEY WANT TO TAKE PRIVATE. PROPERTY, TAKE BUSINESSES. THEY'RE RADICAL, EXTREME, DANGEROUS, SCARY.

WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO. DO THE THINGS THEY WANT TO DO, I. BELIEVE THEM. WHICH IS WHY I BELIEVE ANY VOTE. FOR ANY DEMOCRAT JUST ENABLES. THIS. THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE SAY. IT'S THE PATH TO THE FUTURE, IT'S THE FUTURE OF THEIR PARTY. IT CANNOT BE THE FUTURE FOR OUR. COUNTRY, JASON. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT BETTER. THAN THAT. THEY WANT TO HAVE STAY. COMMUNITIES IN WHICH TO TO LIVE, THEY WANT TO HAVE THINGS THAT. ARE AFFORDABLE, AND WE'RE NOT. SEEING THAT WITH THESE DEMOCRATS. WHO WANT TO UNDO WHAT WE HAVE. DONE WITH OUR LEGISLATION. THEY WANT TO PUT TAXES BACK ON.

TIPS, ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND ON. OVERTIME. WHAT DO THEY WANT TO USE THE. MONEY FOR? TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE FOR. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THEIR CANDIDATE IN MICHIGAN, HE. SAID HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE. SECOND AMENDMENT, GET RID OF THE. IDEA OF PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO. BEAR ARMS. THEY WANT IT TO BE OUR RIGHT FOR. HEALTH CARE, AND THAT'S THE BIG. DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW. JASON: LAST QUESTION HERE. PART OF WINNING THE MIDTERMS IS. GETTING THE BASE EXCITED. WHEN YOU DON'T PASS THE SAVE.

AMERICA ACT, WHEN THERE'S $40. TRILLION IN DEBT, WHEN THERE'S. $4 A GALLON GASOLINE AND WE'RE. INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN IRAN, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE BASE TO. SAY YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP US IN. POWER OR IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN. WORSE? >> WELL, THE ADDRESSED THAT IN. SOUTH CAROLINA. WE WERE THERE WITH DARLENE. GRAHAM WHO'S A WONDERFUL. CANDIDATE. THE RUNOFF IS THIS TUESDAY. IN TERMS OF THE SAVE AMERICA. ACT, THE PRESIDENT AND I TALKED. ABOUT IT AS WELL, I AM 00% WITH. THE PRESIDENT -- 100% WITH THE. PRESIDENT ON THE SAVE AMERICA.

ACT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU. HAVE TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. TO REGISTER TO VOTE, YOU HAVE TO. BE SHOWING PHOTO ID IN ORDER TO. VOTE. THE REASON IT HASN'T PASSED SO. FAR IS EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTES. AGAINST IT. EVERY REPUBLICAN HAS VOTED FOR. IT. AND WHY HAVEN'T IS --. JASON: NOT EVERY REPUBLICAN. NOT EVERY REPUBLICAN.. >> EVERY REPUBLICAN IN THE. SENATE HAS VOTED FOR THE TWO. COMPONENTS THAT I MENTIONED, AND. THE REASON THE DEMOCRATS DON'T. WANT IT IS THEY'VE LET 10. MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO. THIS COUNTRY. THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO MAKE IT.

EASIER FOR THEM TO VOTE. AND THESE RADICALS THAT ARE NOW. BEING G NOMINATED, THEY WANT TO. MAKE THEM CITIZENS AND VOTE. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO ELECT MORE. REPUBLICANS. WE NEED MORE REPUBLICANS ELECTED. THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER. EVERY REPUBLICAN NEEDS TO GET. OUT AND VOTE BECAUSE WE KNOW. WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO TO. THE PARTY, TO --. JASON: RIGHT. >> -- WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO. THEIR PARTY AND WHAT THEY WOULD. DO TO THE COUNTRY IS SCARY, IT. WAS BAD. WE WOULD BE LESS SAFE, HAVE LESS. MONEY IN OUR POCKETS, AND COMMON.

SENSE AMERICANS UNDERSTAND. OVERWHELMINGLY AND SUPPORT THE. SAVE AMERICA ACT AND KNOW. THAT --. JASON: SENATOR --. >> -- WITH THE DEBT WE HAVE, THE. GOVERNMENTNT IS TOO BIG. IT SPENDS TOO MUCH. WE'RE NOT TAXED TOO LITTLE, WE. SPEND TOO MUCH. JASON: YEAH. THE TAX CUTS HAVE BEEN GOOD, BUT. YOU'VE GOT TO CUT SPENDING TOO, AND THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. SENATOR JO.