Trump TURNS THE TABLES on Iran

HIS DEATH. >> DANAMARIE LIVE IN MIAMI. >> Martha: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. PUTTING A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON. ECONOMIC PRESSURE FOR IRAN OVER. MILITARY STRIKES AT THE MOMENT. ALTHOUGH HE HAS SAID MILITARY. STRIKES ARE ALWAYS AT THE READY. SO HE IS NOW DEMANDIDING. COMPENSATION FROM THE REGIME. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THEIR. TACTICS SAYING THEY NEED TO HAVE.

ANY DAMAGE PAID FOR AFTER THE. ATTACKS THAT HAVE BEEN AGAINST. IRAN SINCE FEBRUARY 28TH. WATCH. >> WE'LL ASK FOR MONEY FOR THE. DAMAGE THEY'VEVE DONE OVER A 50. YEAR PERIOD. WHETHER YOU GO S.S. COLE OR ALL. OF THE PEOPLE SO BADLY HURT AND. SO BADLY WOUNDED OR KILLED. MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND MAYBE DAMAGES FOR THE 52,000. PROTESTORS OVER THE LAST FOUR. MONTHS THAT WERE KILLED IN IRAN. IF THERE ARE DAMAGES TO BE PAID.

I THINK IRAN SHOULD PAY THOSE. DAMAGES. >> Martha: JOINING US NOW WE. HAVE A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE. FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF. DEMOCRACY. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE. PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY THERE? >> WELL THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS HE. SAID IT NICELY, IS TURNING THE. REGIMES NEGOTIATION TACTIC. FLIPPING IT BACK ON THE REGIME. A SMART WAY TO NEGOTIATE WITH. THIS REGIME. EVERY U.S. PRESIDENT EXCEPT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOWED THE. IRANIAN REGIME SOME LEVEL OF. FLEXIBILITY TO TRY TO GET A DEAL. WITH THEM. GIVE THEM SANCTIONS RELIEF. PAUSING SANCTIONS, GIVING THEM. RELIEF TO SHOW A SIGN OF. GOODWILL TO GET A DEAL WITH. THEM. THEY ALL MISUNDERSTOOD THE. NATURE OF THIS REGIME. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN A. VERY SMART ANDND CREATIVE WAY. NEGOTIATING THE SAME WAY THEY. WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH US. RIGHT NOW I THINK THEY ARE IN. THE WEAKEST SPOT THEY'VE BEEN. SINCE 1979. NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME, IF YOU.

WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM THIS. IS HOW YOU WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH. THEM. ON A COMPENSATION FUND. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS HAVE LOST. LIVES TO THIS REGIME IN IRAQ AND. AFGHANISTAN AND ELSEWHERE BUT. ALSO FOLKS LIKE BOB LEVINSON. LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT FOLKS. KIDNAPPED AND KILLED BY THE. IRANIAN REGIME. FORMER F.B.I. AGENT WHO WAS. KIDNAPPED IN 2007 AND POSSIBLY. KILLED BY THE IRANIAN. GOVERNMENT. YOU ALSO HAVE THE IRANIAN. AMERICANS WHO WERE KIDNAPPED AND.

HELD IN IRAN FOR YEARS. AND IRANIANS THEMSELVES WHO WERE. BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY THIS. REGIME FOR NOW 47 YEARS. >> Martha: ALL OF THE DEATHS. THROUGH PROXIES IN BEIRUT AND. OTHER PLACES. SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU THINK. THAT AT THIS MOMENT, THEIR. ECONOMY IS SO WEAK THAT THEY. MIGHT COME TO THE TABLE. I WANT TO JUST PUT UP A COUPLE. OF THINGS HERE. THIS IS IRAN'S ESTIMATED OIL. EXPORTS WHICH HAVE PLUMMETED.

65,000 BARRELS A DAY IN MAY WAS. THE LOWEST AND THEY USED TO DO. ABOUT 2.12 MILLION A DAY BEFORE. THE WAR. NOW THEY'VE BEEN PROBABLY. GETTING A LOT OF CHINESE. BUSINESS ON THE SIDE AND WORKING. OUT GETTING OIL TO CHINA THROUGH. OTHER ROUTES POTENTIALLY. THE MISERY INDEX IS ANOTHER. INTERESTING WAY OF LOOKING AT. THIS. THIS IS INFLATION ESSENTIALLY IN. CURRENCY AND HOW MUCH ECONOMIC. PAIN IS ON THE PEOPLE OF IRAN. BUT A LOT OF ANALYSTS SAY, I.

WANT TO GET YOUR ANALYSIS HERE. THE REGIME AND THE IRGC DO NOT. CARE ABOUT THE ECONOMIC PAIN OF. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY. WANT IS TO HOLD THE STRAIT. >> WELL, WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT. THE MOST IS THE REGIME'S. SURVIVAL. THE REGIME HAS ALWAYS COME TO. NEGOTIATE OVER THE ECONOMY, STATE OF THE ECONOMY LOOKING FOR. OFF RAMP OR SOME KIND OF. SHORT-TERM RELIEF SO THEY CAN. CONTINUE TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, TO.

CONTROL IRAN AND KEEPING THE. WORLD HOSTAGE OR BLACK MAILING. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH. THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THEY HAVE LOST ALL OF THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE A NUCLEAR. PROGRAM TO BLACKMAIL THE WORLD. WITH. LOSING CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. OIL SHIPMENTS ARE MAKING IT OUT. OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY ARE SO. DIPLOMATICALLY ISOLATED THOSE. JURISDICTIONS THAT THEY WERE.

RELYING ON TO BYPASS. UAE RECEIVED MORE IRANIAN. MISSILES AND DRONES THAN ISRAEL. UAE IS WHERE IRAN'S WERE TRYING. TO BYPASS U.S. SANCTIONS AND. SURVIVE. THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE. OPPORTUNITIES ANYMORE. THEY HAVE BEEN CORNERED MORE. THAN AT ANY TIME BEFORE AND THEY. ARE REALLY FACING THIS INTERNAL. DILEMMA AND PROBLEM. THEY HAVE RADICALIZED 10 TO 15%.

OF THE POPULATION WHO ARE. SUPPORTERS, OVERPROMISING A. MAJOR WIN AGAINST THE U.S. AND. ISRAEL AND NOW YOU KNOW THEY'VE. LEFT CORNERED AND THEY HAVE. NOTHING TO LOSE AT THIS POINT. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DRAG THEIR. FEET BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. RIGHT TO PUT MORE ECONOMIC. PRESSURE ON THE REGIME AT THIS. MOMENT. >> Martha: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY INTERESTING TAKE ON ALL. THIS. I HOPE Y.