9-23-26 Hour 1 - Comparing Trump at the UN to The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Chris Plante Show

Mike Opelka fills in for Chris Plante to analyze President Trump's recent United Nations address and his ultimatum to Iran. The episode cove

Key takeaways

• President Trump delivered an ultimatum to Iran, offering a choice between rebuilding or facing annihilation.
• A significant security agreement was signed with Denmark to bolster the defense of Greenland and the Arctic region.

Main topics

• Trump's UN Address
• Iran Ultimatum

Notable quotes

Must be security for all or no one is secure.

Conclusion

The episode highlights a period of aggressive diplomacy and strategic

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:03) Trump addressed the General Assembly on the war and at one point he threatened to drive Iran into hell. Then Iran looked at the reflecting pool, the east wing, the Kennedy Center and said, he might not be bluffing. I mean, this is... Wait Speaker 4 (0:19) a minute. I don't think that's completely honest or fair. But that's me. Speaker 4 (0:29) And welcome to Wednesday. It is the Chris Plant Show. Michael Pelka with you. Thrilled to be here again. Sitting in for my friend who returns next week. And trying, trying our very best with Michael Piercy as my Sancho Panza. Trying to live up to the high standards of the Chris Plant Show. We will try to get to everything today. I believe Jasmine is going to be on the phones today. And you're welcome to join us at 888-630-9625. 888-630-9625. Again, a busy day. A jam-packed day. On the agenda today will be a hearing with a Trump-appointed judge who will listen to CNN and MS-13 Now and Politico's argument that they have a right to have a permanent hard pass access to the White House and all of the press rooms. The Trump administration, of course, said, no, you don't. You can do your journalism, but you don't have a right to that. There are claims that the Supreme Court has in the past upheld the the ability for any administration to say not every building, every department is a place where you can just walk in. We'll see what happens on this. I tend to believe that. The court system will bend towards more freedom for the press. And as a guy who supports the First Amendment completely, I understand what the court is doing. But I myself also think the president has a right to be angry with what has been reported by CNN for. so many years now as it relates to Trump and how they protected, how they, the media, CNN and MS-13 Now and Politico, protected the left and the Biden family and went after Trump and went after those of us who said, wait a minute, this Russia collusion story has a lot of holes in it. And you need to look deep into that. You need to hold. Adam shifts feet to the fire when he tells you he's got proof. And you didn't. You need to give us the truth about Hunter Biden. And you didn't. So does that give you the right? Does that cement your right to have access to the White House? I don't know. We're going to find out today. And maybe it'll get kicked up to the Supreme Court. Maybe it won't. I fully expect. Speaker 4 (3:33) that the media will probably get a win out of this, even though the judge was appointed by President Trump. It's a little troubling, a little disturbing. We'll keep our eyes on it. Yesterday, President Trump at the United Nations, we talked about a little bit, gave you a little bit at the very end of the show. But in review of the speech by the president, there were so many things that we have to talk about. So many things that I thought. President Trump was a great representative of America yesterday. And as I was surveying the rest of the mainstream media, particularly the left side, they disagreed with me. I'm surprised. I'm stunned. I'm shocked. In fact, we had MSNBC today predicting that. Donald Trump was teeing up a war crime, that he was going to be a war criminal for what he was planning to do or talking about doing to the country of Iran. Speaker 2 (4:41) I Speaker 4 (4:42) disagree. And I realized as I'm watching MSNBC cover the United Nations address by the president that we do live in two different worlds. Those of us who are on the conservative side of things versus those who are on the crazy left side of things really live in two very different worlds. For example, I saw the president's statement to the nation of Iran as the opportunity given to the Iranians to have a choice. In returning their country to something the world actually looked at and said, that's a pretty cool place in 1976. Very cosmopolitan. Women were allowed to participate in society and weren't completely covered up. And you could have the economic power from all of the wealth your natural resources give you that would help your people. You'd get along with your neighbors. What did MSDNC hear? The president teeing up a war crime. Not kidding. That's what they were talking about today. Absolutely talking about it, predicting that if Trump's allowed to do what he's going to do, he's getting ready to commit a war crime. Just amazing. Speaker 4 (6:19) I was laughing at it because I just can't. I can't fathom being that myopic. In case you missed the president's ultimatum to Iran. See, I kind of think he gave him a choice, but this was the message. But I have a big decision to make. Speaker 5 (6:40) Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? Maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world. Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations? But I believe we'll make a deal right after the election because it doesn't make sense for them not to. They're waiting to see how I do in the midterm election. What they don't realize is that I'm not running. I did that already and won in a landslide. We won in a giant landslide. And I'll be here for two and a half years. The Republican Party is running and I'll be helping them. But I am not running. I gave absolutely no credence and will not give credence to the election when it comes to Iran. It doesn't even enter my mind. The only thing that does is that Iran will never have a nuclear Speaker 4 (8:00) weapon. Boom. In that minute and 23 seconds, President Trump laid out his message to the Iranians. I don't think he was speaking so much to the world as he was speaking directly to the delegation that was seen frowning throughout all of that. Here's the deal. We haven't really done anything militarily in quite some time to you, in several weeks, but we could if we choose. We're trying to give you guys some kind of an off-ramp. And we know at the same time Jared Kushner and Steve Woodcoff were having negotiations with some people representing the Iranian government. President Trump seemed to say there was some positivity on it, and he basically told them, I know what you're doing. I know you're trying to wait out the midterms and think that things will change. But if the Iranians believe things will change because there could be a power shift in D.C. and the Republicans lose control of the House, the Senate, both. I think they're grossly mistaken because the time after the election and the time before a new Congress takes over is considerable and a lot of things could happen. I think the president was giving the Iranians an opportunity. And unfortunately, the 93 million people who live in Iran probably were not given the ability to hear what President Trump had to say. Speaker 4 (9:35) Probably not on their screens, even though there may be Starlink in the area. But then I started thinking, all of this sounds a little bit familiar. And I know Chris and I have talked about this in the past. The great sci-fi classic,