Trump URGES Iran to wave 'white flag' as ceasefire expires

[0:00] TO THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE [0:02] TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH AS THE [0:04] UNITED STATES 60-DAY CEASE-FIRE [0:05] AGREEMENT WITH IRAN SET TO [0:07] EXPIRE TODAY. [0:08] CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT [0:09] TREY YINKS JUST SPOKE WITH [0:10] PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOINS US [0:11] NOW FROM TELAVIV. [0:12] TREY. [0:14] HEY GUYS, GOOD MORNING. [0:15] I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH [0:17] PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO DISCUSSED [0:18] THE SITUATION WITH IRAN AS THE [0:20] 60-DAY MEMORANDUM OF [0:21] UNDERSTANDING EXPIRES. [0:22] THE PRESIDENT TOLD FOX NEWS [0:24] IRAN SHOULD RAISE THE WHITE [0:26] FLAG OF SURRENDER. [0:27] HE WENT ON TO SAY I HAVE NO [0:31] CONTROL OF THE STRAIGHT OF [0:33] HORMOUZ AND THE PRESIDENT [0:34] INDICATING THAT THE U.S. [0:35] NAVAL BLOCKADE IS CONTINUING TO [0:37] PUT NEW ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON [0:39] THE IRANIAN REGIME DESPITE WHAT [0:40] THE IRANIANS HAVE SAID [0:41] PUBLICLY. [0:42] HE SAID THEY'RE GOOD POKER [0:43] PLAYERS BUT THEY'RE DYING AND [0:45] THAT THE MIDTERMS IN THE UNITED [0:46] STATES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH [0:47] THE PRESIDENT'S THINKING. [0:48] I ASKED THE PRESIDENT ABOUT [0:49] THESE PARALLEL TALKS THAT ARE [0:51] TAKING PLACE BETWEEN IRAN AND [0:53] OMAN ABOUT CONTROL OF THE [0:54] STRAIGHT OF HORMOUZ AND THE [0:55] PRESIDENT TOLD FOX NEWS IF [0:57] THAT'S IN THE WAY WILL BOMB THE [0:59] S OUT OF THEM. [1:00] WE WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT A [1:02] VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REGIONAL [1:03] TOPICS INCLUDING THE U.S. [1:05] STOCKPILES OF WEAPONS THAT ARE [1:06] CURRENTLY STATIONED IN THE [1:07] MIDDLE EAST. [1:08] THE PRESIDENT SAYS WHAT WE'VE [1:10] USED SO FAR IS PEANUTS. [1:11] HE WENT ON TO SAY THE UNITED [1:13] STATES HAS A LOT OF MID-LEVEL [1:14] WEAPONS AND THAT MANY OF THE [1:16] MORE ADVANCED SYSTEMS THE [1:17] PRESIDENT SAYS WERE GIVEN AWAY [1:18] BY PRESIDENT BIDEN TO UKRAINE [1:20] FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE'RE TALKING [1:21] ABOUT AIR DEFENSE THAT IS [1:22] NEEDED RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE [1:24] EAST. [1:25] THE PRESIDENT ALSO SPOKE ABOUT [1:27] U.S. ALLY ISRAEL. [1:28] REMEMBER HIS SON-IN-LAW AND TOP [1:30] NEGOTIATOR JARED KUSHNER IS IN [1:31] THE REGION. [1:32] HE MET YESTERDAY WITH KALIL [1:34] AL-HAYA, THE CURRENT HAMAS [1:36] CHIEF IN EGYPT. [1:37] AND THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THEY [1:39] HAVE A DIFFERENT CHANNEL WITH [1:40] HAMAS AND THAT ULTIMATELY THEY [1:42] ARE GIVING UP THEIR GUNS. [1:44] TALKING ABOUT THE DEMILITARIZATION [1:46] OF THE GAZA STRIP. [1:47] I ASKED THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE [1:49] ISRAELY ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER. [1:52] PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS I [1:54] THINK IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE FOR [1:56] ME TO STAY OUT OF ISRAELY [1:58] ELECTIONS BUT I MAY ENDORSE [1:59] SOMEBODY. [2:00] SO A LOT OF HEADLINES HERE. [2:02] THE PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT THE [2:04] LATEST IN TERMS OF THE STRAIGHT [2:06] OF HORMOUZ AND THE IRANIAN [2:07] REGIME THAT AT THIS MOMENT [2:09] APPEARS UNWILLING TO REACH A [2:11] DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION WITH THE [2:12] UNITED STATES. [2:13] GUYS? [2:14] THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT [2:16] WHAT IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR [2:18] THE UNITED STATES? [2:19] IS IT THE NUCLEAR WEAPON OR [2:21] GETTING THE GAS PRICES DOWN? [2:23] HE RESPONDS TO THAT ON TRUE [2:26] SOCIAL? [2:27] YEAH. [2:28] THE PRESIDENT POSTED ON TRUE [2:30] SOCIAL AND HE WAS VERY CLEAR [2:32] THAT INSURING THAT IRAN NEVER [2:33] HAS A NUCLEAR WEAPON IS THE [2:35] NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE [2:36] UNITED STATES. [2:37] I ASKED THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE [2:39] COMMUNICATION WITH THE IRANIANS [2:41] AND THAT THE UNITED STATES AND [2:46] OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON ARE [2:48] SPEAKING DIRECTLY WITH IRGC [2:50] OFFICIALS IN IRAN. [2:51] THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT [2:53] THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS [2:54] NOT JUST DEALING WITH THE [2:56] POLITICAL ECHELON IN TEHRAN [2:58] BUT ALSO SOME OF THESE [3:00] HARDLINERS THAT HAVE LAUNCHED [3:01] ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. FORCES [3:03] AND OF COURSE IN THE STRAIGHT [3:05] OF HORMOUZ. [3:06] THE CRITICAL HEADLINE IS THE [3:08] PRESIDENT'S PATIENCE AS IT [3:09] RELATES TO DEALING WITH THE [3:10] IRANIANS. [3:11] HE SAID THERE IS NO [3:12] TIMELINE AND SO THE 60-DAY [3:13] WINDOW THAT IS EXPIRING TODAY [3:15] IS LARGELY IRRELEVANT IN TERMS [3:17] OF THE PRESIDENT'S THINKING AS [3:18] IT RELATES TO IRAN. [3:19] AND AGAIN, HE INDICATED THE [3:20] UNITED STATES HAS A LOT OF [3:21] MID-LEVEL WEAPONS TO USE IF [3:22] THEY'RE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. [3:23] BUT HE CALLS ON THE IRANIANS [3:25] TO RAISE THE WHITE FLAG OF [3:26] SURRENDER. [3:27] AND AGAIN, AS THIS MOVES [3:28] FORWARD HERE, THERE ARE THESE [3:29] PARALLEL TALKS TAKING PLACE [3:30] BETWEEN IRAN AND OMAN. [3:31] THE PRESIDENT WARNING OMAN NOT [3:33] TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE U.S. [3:35] NAVAL BLOCKADE AND THE EFFORTS [3:36] TO CONTROL THE STRAIGHT OF [3:37] HORMUZ. [3:38] AND WE KNOW THAT THAT NAVAL [3:40] BLOCKADE IS COSTING THE IRANIAN [3:42] REGIME HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF [3:43] DOLLARS EACH DAY. [3:44] AND THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE [3:46] COUPLED WITH THE SANCTIONS THAT [3:48] ARE EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED [3:50] THIS WEEK BY THE U.S. [3:51] TREASURY, IT'S ADDING MORE [3:53] DOMESTIC PRESSURE ON THE REGIME [3:54] AND THOSE OFFICIALS IN TEHRAN [3:56] TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR, [3:57] POSSIBLY COME BACK TO THE [3:59] NEGOTIATING TABLE AS A LOT OF [4:01] RHETORIC IS STILL FLOATING AROUND [4:02] THE MIDDLE EAST. [4:03] ONE THING I HAVE NOT HEARD, [4:04] TREY, IS ABOUT THE RED SEA AND [4:06] THE HOUTHI REBELS. [4:07] I KNOW THEM IN SAUDI ARABIA [4:09] ARE EXCHANGING ATTACKS, BUT IS [4:11] THE RED SEA CONSIDERED OPEN? [4:12] AT THIS MOMENT THERE IS [4:17] STILL QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC [4:18] PASSING THROUGH THE RED SEA, [4:19] BUT LAST WEEK THE IRAN-BACKED [4:21] HOUTHIS IN YEMEN DID LAUNCH A [4:23] TARGETING THE MOHA PORT, A [4:28] GOVERNMENT OWNED PORT FROM THE [4:29] YEMENI GOVERNMENT, AND THEY [4:30] HIT IT WITH SO MANY MISSILES [4:32] AND DRONES OVER THE WEEKEND [4:33] THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY STOPPED [4:35] ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AT THAT [4:36] LOCATION. [4:37] REMEMBER PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED [4:38] THE HOUTHIS AGAINST GETTING [4:39] DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT, [4:40] AND THE PRESIDENT ALSO SPOKE [4:42] ABOUT THE IRANIAN PROXIES [4:43] ACROSS THE REGION. [4:44] HE SPOKE ABOUT HEZBALLAH IN [4:46] SOUTHERN LEBANON AND ALSO [4:47] ABOUT HAMAS INSIDE GAZA. [4:49] HE SAID SPECIFICALLY ABOUT [4:51] GAZA, AND AGAIN, THIS IS [4:53] IMPORTANT IN RELATION TO THE [4:54] MEETING THAT IS TAKING PLACE AS [4:56] WE SPEAK IN JERUSALEM BETWEEN [4:57] JARED KUSHNER AND ISRAELI PRIME [4:58] MINISTER NETANYAHU. [4:59] HE SAID THE ISRAELIES SHOULD NOT [5:01] BE STRIKING IN GAZA BECAUSE HE [5:03] SAYS HAMAS HAS AGREED TO LAY [5:05] DOWN THEIR WEAPONS AFTER THAT [5:06] MEETING YESTERDAY IN EGYPT [5:08] BETWEEN SENIOR HAMAS LEADERSHIP [5:09] AND JARED KUSHNER ALONG WITH [5:11] THE AMERICAN MEDIATORS ON THE [5:12] GROUND. [5:13] SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING [5:15] PARTS HERE, BUT IT'S ALL LINKED [5:16] TOGETHER. [5:17] I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF [5:19] COMPETITION. [5:20] IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF COMPETITION [5:22] BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE [5:23] IRANIAN REGIME, THEY SPENT [5:24] DECADES FUNDING AND SUPPORTING [5:25] THESE PROXIES ACROSS THE [5:26] REGION, WHETHER IT BE IN GAZA, [5:28] SOUTHERN LEBANON, OR INSIDE [5:29] YEMEN. [5:30] AND THE PRESIDENT DID HAVE [5:31] SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE TO SAY [5:32] ABOUT ISRAEL IN TERMS OF THEIR [5:34] FIGHTING CAPABILITY. [5:35] HE SAID THEY FIGHT VERY WELL [5:37] ALONGSIDE OUR FORCES, AGAIN [5:38] DESCRIBING THEM AS THE LITTLE [5:39] FIGHTING CAPABILITY. [5:40] THE PRESIDENT SAID THEY WOULD [5:41] RESUME IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THEY [5:42] WOULD BE LED BY THE UNITED STATES [5:43] OF AMERICA AND, OF COURSE, [5:45] SUPPORTED IN PART BY ISRAEL AND [5:46] THE AIR FORCE HERE. [5:47] ALL RIGHT, TREY. [5:48] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [5:49] THE PRESIDENT SAID ON FRIDAY [5:50] THEY'RE NOT PAYING THEIR [5:51] SOLDIERS, THEY'RE NOT PAYING [5:52] THEIR POLICE, AND THEY HAVE 350 [5:53] PERCENT INFLATION. [5:54] IT'S COSTING THEM A LOT EVERY