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BREAKING: Iran REJECTS Trump Claim Of Talks, 5 Day Limited Ceasefire 35%
3/23/2026, 1:10:24 PM
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Good morning everybody.
Happy Monday.
We have an amazing show for everybody today.
What do we have, Crystal?
>> Indeed we do.
We've got a taco alert from Trump this morning.
And as you know, we are pro taco on this show.
>> Very pro taco.
>> Yeah.
So Trump is trying to back down from some of his threats against Iran.
The Iranians though are disputing some of the claims that he is making.
There's a lot to dig into there.
Trari is going to join us to help to make sense of what the hell is going on this morning.
At the same time, Lindsey Graham, of course, pushing for a ground invasion and making a uh jaw-dropping comparison to what it could be like.
There have been dueling strikes near nuclear facilities.
That seems like a troubling development.
The US is rolling back sanctions on Iranian oil as prices at the pump continue to go up.
BB claims Iran is targeting near Al Axa Mosque in a very ominous development there.
And really excited to have this morning Lawrence Wilkerson joining us.
I don't know if you guys know who he is, but very very important figure both currently but also throughout history.
He was the chief of staff to uh Secretary of State Coen Pal.
Uh he became a prominent Iraq war critic and is uh incredibly knowledgeable and very insightful about u military affairs, about foreign affairs.
So really looking forward to getting to speak with him.
>> Yeah, I mean uh Wilkerson was like the Joe Kent really of his time.
one of the earliest people who was in the administration after Colon Powell uh I guess left office after W was elected right in '05 when it was not easy to speak out against Iraq.
He came forward.
I remember reading and listening to so many of his interviews.
It was a real honor to be >> someone I very much admire.
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But with that, let's get to the taco.
>> Now I'm a little bit biased, but I thought your interview was the best of the two.
>> Very kind of you.
I I'm much harder on myself.
Uh if if one of our premiums had done it, I think they would have done a good job.
It made some news and I guess that's all you can do.
So I'm I'm glad we were able to do that.
>> It was very important and newsworthy and I think you pressed him also in the right point.
>> Tried my best.
Uh Joe will I believe he's going to be on the Sean Ryan show today.
So maybe something interesting will come out from there.
But yeah, taco.
>> All right, let's get to the taco.
Let's put this up on the screen from Trump over on Truth Social.
He says, "I am pleased to report 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, and constructive conversations, which you spelled it like a witch like on Halloween, but anyway, 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 5day period subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.
Thank you for your attention in this matter, President Donald J. Trump.
All right, let's go ahead and put a zerob up on the screen if we have that.
So, Iran already coming out and saying We are not talking to him whatsoever.
He said, uh, this says from Iran now, a high-ranking source in the Iranian foreign ministry to Iran now.
We deny what US President Donald Trump said regarding negotiations taking place between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Islamic Republic of Iran adheres firmly to its position, rejecting any type of negotiations before achieving Iran's goals from the war.
Trump's statements represent a retreat from his previous threats.
But the Islamic Republic of Iran remains steadfast in all its declared positions.
Iran's position on the street of Hormuz has not changed and the street will remain closed to aggressors against the Islamic Republic and its people.
So, let's back up for a second and uh talk about how we got here.
So Trump had previously threatened that Iran had 48 hours to open the straight of Hormuz or else Trump was going to attack their electrical grid.
Um this is a war crime.
Not that anyone apparently cares about such things, but it is pretty wild to see a president of the United States just like openly announcing their intention to uh commit war crimes.
But in any case, that occurred.
You then had, you know, Iran saying, "All right, well, if you do that in response, we are going to attack infrastructure throughout the region."
Um, obviously the the Gulf Arab states are very vulnerable both to attacks on their electrical grid.
Israel is actually quite vulnerable to attacks on its uh electrical grid.
Not to mention, if desalination plants get involved, that is a whole other level of escalation.
So, mutual threats were made.
The clock was ticking and now you have uh Oh, and one more piece.
Iran also said, "Hey, by the way, any financial institutions that are holding US treasuries, we consider them to be targets as well."
>> Market sager of course were looking very dire.
Oil prices were going up.
Bond yields were going up.
That might even be
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