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♪. ♪. MARK: WELCOME BACK MR. AMERICA. MR. SECRETARY FORMER DIRECTOR OF. THE CIA. WHY DO YOU THINK WE ARE NOT. HELPING HIM BACK OPPOSITION. FORCES, TRADING THEM, ARMING. THEM, THE CIA HAS DONE IT. BEFORE. YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CIA. BREATHER MUST BE A DECISION JUST. NOT TO DO IT OR WE DON'T KNOW.

ABOUT IT? WHAT'S I HOPE IT IS HAPPENING OR. SIMPLY NOT AWARE OF IT WITHOUT. THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IF THAT. WAS TAKING PLACE. I'VE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF. THAT BUT CLALANDESTINE OPERATION. SOMETIMES DON'T WANT GO ON AND. WE DO NOT KNOW BUT IT'S. INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FEATURE OF. OUR STRATEGIC SUCCESS. WE DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS ALONE. WE CAN HAVE GREAT PARTNERS IN. THE ISRAELIS WHO CAN ASSIST US. THERE TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT. ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE THE. RIGHT TOOLS, THE RIGHT. MUNITIONS, THE RIGHT. COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES ALL.

THE THINGS WE HAVE SEEN DONE. WHERE THE UNITED STATES IS ARMED. OPPOSITION FORCES TO PROTECT. AMERICA. TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR. COUNTRY. SO I HOPE WE WILL DO IT. IF YOU DO THAT A LOT WITH. CONTINUED ENORMOUS ECONOMIC. PRESSURE THAN I THINK WE ARE. GOING TO HAVE TO CONDUCT MORE. LITERARY EFFORT AS WELL AS THINK. THERE ARE MORE TARGETED HAVE TO. CONTINUE TO BE DEFEATED SO THAT. WE CAN FLY OVER THE COUNTRY. SAFELY. IF WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN. THE STILL MAY TAKE A BIT. IF WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU. CAN GET THE STRATEGIC VICTORY. THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE GOOD FOR. THE NINE STATES AND ISRAEL BE.

GREAT FOR THE GULF ARAB STSTATE. MOST IMPORTANT HE WILL PROVIDE. NOTICE TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST. PARTY THAT WE ARE A NATION THAT. IS PREPARED TO ACTUALLY WIN AND. DEFEAT OUR ADVERSARIES. YOU CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE HOW. CRITICAL THAT IS TO KEEP. DETERRENCE GLOBALLY SO WESTERN. CIVILIZATION DOES IN FACT. PREVAIL AGAINST THE ENORMOUS SET. OF THREATS THE RUSSIANS, THE. CHINESE, THEY ARE ALL WORKING. TOGETHER TO DEFEAT US. >> IS A CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. POINT WHEN I HEAR COMMENTATORS. HERE WE NEED AN OFFRAMP, WE NEED.

AN OFFRAMP AFTER THEIR SUMMER. PORTS ONE OR TWO GENERALS ARE. SAYING THIS TOO. LET'S SAY WE TAKEN OFF RAMP IT. LOOKS PRETTY GOOD BUT EVERYBODY. KNOWS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNIST. CHINESE, THE RUSSIANS COME THE. NORTH KOREANS, THE IRANIANS AND. THE AMERICAN VOTER RATE THEY. KNOW THIS WAS NOT A VICTORY IT. IS JUST AN OFFRAMP TO GET OFF. THE OFFRAMAMP. ISN'T THAT ENORMOUSLY. DETRIMENTAL TO US BECAUSE THE. COMMUNIST CHINESE SEE THIS IN. THE ART SALIVATING OVER TAIWAN.

RUSSIA SEES THIS AND THEY ARE. SALIVATING OVER MAYBE ONE OR TWO. NATO COUNTRIES. NORTH KOREA SEES THIS THEY ARE. ALWAYS THREATENING SOUTH KOREA. WOULDN'T THIS BE PROBLEMATIC. GENERALLY? WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY. I TRY TO REMIND FOLKS THIS IS. OBSOLETE ABOUT DEFEATING THE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC THERE IS NO. DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IT'S FAR BIGGER THAN THAT WE. HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SPENCER. AFTER ALL WE'VE DONE THE. OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES WE HAVE. HAD TAKING DOWN THE NUCLEAR. PROGRAM, SOME OF THE MILITARY. CAPABILITIES.

IF WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS PERSON. TACTICALLY GAS PRICES WILL GO. RIGHT BACK UP. SECOND, THEY'LL HAVE A PATHWAY. AND A DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT TO A. NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THIRDLY THE. WHOLE WORLD WILL SEE OUR. FRIENDS, OUR ALLIES WILL SEE. THAT WE CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO BE. THEIR PARTNER TO FINISH THE JOB. OUR ADVERSARIES WILL SEE THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. TO DO THE NECESSARY TO PROTECT. THEMSELVES IN WESTERN. CIVILIZATION WE HAVE TO GET THE. VICTORY HERE BUT IT'S ENTIRELY. POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE WE SIMPLY. NEED TO STAY THE COURSE.

WILL MEET DO THAT I'VE NEVER. SEEN A NATION LIKE AMERICA 250. YEARS STRONG THAT THE. DEMONSTRATE WHEN IS FOCUSED AND. RESOLVED WE WIN. MARK: VERY QUICKLY DO NOT HAVE A. LOT OF TIME BUT I WANT TO ASK. YOU THIS. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, PEOPLE SAY. IF WE CAN GET THAT OPENING UP. THE OIL THROUGH THEIR, THAT'S A. BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. WHICH IT IS. BUT DOESN'T ALSO HAVE OTHER. STRATEGIC VALUE LIKE MILITARY? NAVAL SHIPS GOING THROUGH THERE. SO FORTH AND SO ON? IT'S AN EVEN MORE THAN THEM THE.

NECESSITY OF WHAT WHAT'S THE. PRECEDENT SET IF IT'S NOT OPEN. IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL. WATERWAYS BEING CLAIMED BY. HOSTILE COUNTRIES? THAT IN SOUTH CHINA BY CHINA IF. WE AGREE TO GIVE IT TO THEM AND. IT STAYS OPEN, ISN'T THAT A. PROBLEM? WHAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR YOUR. EARLIER POINT REREOPENING AS IS. NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT. IT IS NOT ENOUGH. THAT WILL BE A GOOD THING.

WHO ARE WE TO GIVE THE RINGS. CONTROLLER CHARGE TOOLS THERE? THINK RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. EVERY HOSTILE NATION WILL SAY WE. WANT TO DO THAT TOO THEY SAY THE. UNITED STATES WILL COME TO BE. PUSHED BACK FOR TWO MONTHS OR. THREE. BUT THEN WALK AWAY. I ASSURE IT WILL HAVE MORE. GRIEF, MORE TROUBLE A LOT MORE. RISK FOR AMERICAN COMMERCE FOR. ALLOTMENT RISK TO AMERICAN. SECURITY AS WELL. MARK: AND THINK YOU AGREE WITH. ME THAT OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. DONALD TRUMP, HE IS VERY MUCH.

INTERESTED IN VICTORY. IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN. RESOLVING THIS IN A WAY THAT THE. REST OF THE WORLD SEES THAT WE. ARE NOT MESSING AROUND. I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT ALL THE. ADVISORS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. I HAPPEN TO THINK HE IS THE. SMARTEST OF A WHOLE BUNCH. BECAUSE HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE. UNITED STATES AND THE THINKING. IS EXACTLY WHAT INHE END HE. HAS TO DO. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WORKS I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH EPIC FURY. PRODUCING THIS IS MIDNIGHT. HAMMER FROM HIS HOUSE FOR THE WA. STRIKE AGAINST SOLEIMANI. MANY ADVISORS AROUND HIM TOLD.

HIM NOT TO DO EACH OF THOSE. THINGS FOR THE PRESIDENT. UNDERSTOOD HOW TO PUT AMERICA. FIRST I'M CONFIDENT WILL. CONTINUE TO DO THAT. MARK: I AGREE ONE 100% BUT THANK. YOU MR. SECRETARY FOR ALL YOU. HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND YOUR. BRILLIANT COMMENTARY. GOD BLESS YOU.