‘The Five’: President Trump vows response after Iranian surprise attack

>> Greg: THE CEASEFIRE WITH. IRAN ENDING ABRUPTLY LAST NIGHT. AFTER THE TERROR REGIME LAUNCHED. A SURPRISE ATTACK ON U.S. BASES. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS EVERY. MISSILE WAS INTERCEPTED. PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING. TREY YINGST, QUOTE, WE ARE GOING. TO BEAT THE EFFING SHIITAKES OUT. OF THEM. HERE IS THE PRES. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE HITTING. THEM VERY HARD BECAUSE IT'S OUR. TURN TO HIT THEM. THEY KNOW IT IS COMING. THEY ARE ASKING US NOT TO DO IT.

THEY TRIED SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. SO IT'S OUR TURN. AND WE WILL SEE IF WE GET THERE. WITH AN AGREEMENT AT SOME POINT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HIT THEM. VERY HARD. >> Greg: DANA, IS IT JUST ME. OR IS THIS BECOMING A SORT OF. BACKGROUND NOISE? LIKE YOU ARE LOOKING OUT YOUR. APARTMENT WINDOW AND THERE'S. THESE PEOPLE PLAYING PICKLEBALL. BACK AND FORTH. BACK AND FORTH. >> Dana: ANNOYING NOISE. >> Greg: AND I'M NOT SAYING. I'M PROUD OF IT I'M JUST SAYING. HAS THIS BECOME MUNDANE? >> Dana: WHEN YOU WERE READING. THAT, HAVEN'T WE HEARD THIS --.

DEJA VU MOMENT. HERE WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, THE. PRESIDENT IS ALLUDING TO, WE, THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, THE. UNITED STATES IS EXTENDING OLIVE. BRANCHES, AND IRAN WANTS TO. LIGHT THE OLIVE BRANCH ON FIRE. AND IRAN PLANS TO PROLONG THE. PAIN, AND THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN. PATIENT, BUT AT SOME POINT, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO. CHANGE, AND HE HAS THE POWER TO. CHANGE IT. >> Greg: YOU KNOW, HAROLD, THIS REMINDS ME OF A TIME A. COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I GOT IN A.

FIGHT WITH A GUY DOWNTOWN. I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS A MASOCHIST. SO I JUST KEPT BEATING THE CRAP. OUT OF HIM, AND HE SAID MORE, MORE MORE. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SITUATION. WITH IRAN, THEY JUST HAVE A. TOLERANCE FOR PAIN, THEY DON'T. MIND IT. >> Harold: IT COULD VERY WELL. BE THAT WE HAVE MISJUDGED AND. MISCALCULATED SOME OF THIS. THE PRESIDENT, AFTER 12 DAYS OF. ATTACKS, WHICH I WISH WE HAD. NEVER STOPPED, EVEN IF WE WERE. GOING THROUGH THIS MONTH, WE. PAUSED IT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF. TIME WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING, BUT THE PRESIDENT.

FOR 12 STRAIGHT DAYS, THE. AMERICAN MILITARY LAUNCHED. ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN. THE PRESIDENT THEN SAID I'M. GOING TO PAUSE IT BECAUSE I. THINK THERE'S A CHANCE WE COULD. FIND SOME AGREEMENT HERE. WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO GET AN. OFF RAMP HERE. THEN THE IRANIANS DECIDED TO DO. WHAT THEY DID LAST NIGHT. WHAT IT SIGNALS TO ME, GREG, THERE MAY BE TWO PEOPLE IN THE. DRIVER'S SEAT HERE, US AND THEM. WHEN YOU WANT TO END A WAR, YOU. HAVE TO HAVE THE OTHER SIDE. WANTING TO END IT, AS WELL. TWO, WE HAVE REPLACED THE REGIME. IN IRAN, THE PROBLEM IS I THINK.

WE REPLACED IT WITH A MORE. HARD-LINE REGIME THAN THERE WAS. BEFORE. WE CLEARLY HAVE DECIMATED A LOT. OF THEIR MILITARY CAPABILITIES. BUT WE HAVE NOT DECIMATED AT. ALL, SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST. THESE TWO THINGS AND I STARTED. OFF EVERY TIME LIKE I START OFF. WHEN I SUGGEST TO THE PRESIDENT. CAN'T TAKE MY RECOMMENDATIONS, HE HASN'T, OR NOT. STOP TALKING SO MUCH. TO, GET US AN OBJECTIVE THAT WE. CAN ALL RALLY AROUND AS A. COUNTRY. GIVE US A STRATEGY AROUND IT. AND THEN SAY YOU ARE GOING TO. EXEXECUTE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF T. AND GIVE A SPEECH TO THE COUNTRY. ABOUT IT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE SEEM TO.

HAVE A MULTIPLE CHOICE OF. OBJECTIVES. OPEN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ. ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY. NUCLEAR WEAPON. ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE. ABILITY TO LAUNCH BALLISTIC. MISSILES. AND EVERY DAY IT'S LIKE A WE. DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE. PRIORITY. SOME DAYS IT'S THE STRAITS OF. HORMUZ, SOME DAYS IT'S THE. NUCLEAR, SOME DAYS IT IS THE. BALLISTIC MISSILES. WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AS A. COUNTRY IS THIS IS NOT GOING TO. BE EASY. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN. CONGRESS, PARTICULARLY DEMOCRATS. WHO VOTED LAST WEEK TO END. FUNDING TO ISRAEL, I THINK THAT. THERE ARE ISSUES WITH ISRAELI. POPOLICY, BUT IT IS FOOLISH TO T.

HAVE OUR BEST ALLY THERE ON THE. GROUND HELPING US. WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP, I GIVE. HIM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE WAY. HE AND NETANYAHU HAVE TALKED. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I THINK HE IS SHARING WITH HIM. OUR INTEREST, OUR KIND OF STAKES. WE HAVE THERE AS WELL, BUT WE. HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS. THERE. BUT MR. PRESIDENT, STOP TELLING. EVERYBODY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO. DO AND JUST DO IT AND THEN TELL. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALL OF US, WHO WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE, WHAT. IS OUR OBJECTIVE? WHAT'S THE STRATEGY? AND THEN GO EXECUTE. AND STOP TALKING SO MUCH. >> Greg: JESSE?

>> Jesse: WELL, YOU ARE BORED. OF THE WAR, OBVIOUSLY, SO JUST. TALK TO THESE PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER]. >> Harold: WHY NOT THOSE. 5 MILLION? >> Jesse: BUT IRAN HAS GONE ON. OFFENSE. THAT'S CHANGED. THEY OPENED UP THE SECOND FRONT. WITH THE HOUTHIS AND LAUNCHED IN. AN ATTACK ON OUR BASE WHICH WE. KNOCKED DOWN BUT IT WAS DURING. THE GRAND FUNERAL SO IT WAS. SYMBOLIC AND THE PRESIDENT HAS. TO RESPOND STRONGLY. THESE TALKS DID COLLAPSE. THEY GAVE AN OFFER TO THEM FROM. OMAN, WE WILL CUT THE STRAIT. INTO, NORTH, SOUTH ROUTE, SPLIT.

IT 50/50, YOU KNOW WHAT IRAN. SAID? F YOU, WE WANT THE WHOLE THING. SO NOW WE ARE BACK AT WAR AND. THE PRESIDENT ONLY HAS A FEW. OPTIONS. THE ISLANDS, YOU ARE GOING TO. GET A HOT MESS THERE WITH A LOT. OF MARINES. OR YOU DO BRIDGE AND POWER PLANT. DE. HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE. ASTRONOMICAL READS. RECONSTRUCTION COST AND TAKING. OFFLINE AND CIVILIAN SITUATION. FINISHING OFF THE 20% OF TARGETS. HE LEFT AFTER OPERATION. EPIC FURY, AND DECAPITATION.

STRIKES. IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THE. DYNAMIC AT THE NEGOTIATING. TABLE? I DON'T KNOW. THE ECONOMIC ADVISORS LOVE. PATIENCE. THEY WANT THIS BLOCKADE AND THE. SANCTIONS TO STICK IT TO THEM. BECACAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT CN. LAST FOREVER THESE GUYS ARE. GREEDY. THEY ARE NOT A BUNCH OF SAVAGES. IN CAVES LIKE THE TALIBAN. ROASTING GOAT OVER A BONFIRE. THESE GUYS HAVE $20 MILLION. ESTATES IN LONDON, ALL RIGHT, SO. THAT COULD HURT, BUT THE. PRESIDENT HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO. CHANGE THE DYNAMIC BECAUSE WHAT. THTHEY ARE TRYING TO DO, JACK UP. THE PRICE OF ENERGY, SO THE FED.

HAS TO RAISE RATES, AND IT SLAMS. THE BRAKES ON THE U.S. ECONOMY. >> Greg: EMILY, WHAT SAY YOU? >> Emily: NAILED IT. JUST TWO THINGS. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE. RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GULF. ALLIES AND THAT WHEN THINGS. START HITTING THE FAN, THEY. GRAVITATE TOWARD US FOR. SECURITY. THEY WANT IRANIAN DETERRENCE. THEY WANT STABILITY. THEY WANT ECONOMIC FLOURISHING. AND THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE. INVOLVED. AND THEY ARE STILL RELYING ON US. FOR THAT SAFETY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CHINA. CANNOT REPLACE. JACKIE ASKED THE PRESIDENT TODAY. ABOUT THE RUMORS THAT CHINA.

SUPPLIED 400 WHATEVER IT WAS. ROCKET LAUNCHERS OR WHATEVER TO. IRAN, IF THAT'S WHAT'S. HAPPENING, THAT'S GOING TO. CHANGE THINGS AND THERE'S A LOT. OF QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE, YOU. MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT MILITARY. READINESS, ARE WE WEARING. OURSELVES THING, ARE WE ABLE TO. SUSTAIN THIS AND ALSO. SUFFICIENTLY DETER CHINA? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THE. ADMINISTRATION REMAINS THE. ANSWER TO IS A RESOUNDING YES, BUT THESE QUESTIONS REMAIN, AND. I THINK AT T.