“Lebanon Is Little Iran” – HEATED Debate Over Israel’s War With Hezbollah

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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**SPEAKER_2** (0:30)
So, Rob, walk me through the sequence, okay? So the first step is Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon, then Iran attacks Israel, then Israel attacks Tehran, then Trump calls Bibi and says, knock it off. Is that the right sequencing on what I just said? Correct. Okay. So that even takes place over the weekend. Trump suggests meeting with the Supreme Leader, appending expectations and diplomacy. I think even in the Kristen Walker interview, he said to her that, you know, I wouldn't mind speaking with him. He said he is a young man. He is younger than his father, probably a little bit more diplomatic.
Is this it, Rob, about the exchange? Yeah, go forward.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:12)
Are you talking about the son of the Supreme Leader?

**Donald Trump** (1:15)
Well, he's a part of it, yes.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:16)
He has not been seen in public. What is his status? Have you talked to him directly?

**Donald Trump** (1:20)
I do believe they have great respect for him. I have, I see it. I mean, they want to get his concurrence.
They've said to me, they've said to others that they're looking for approval, and he is part of the approval process, absolutely.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:35)
Have you spoken to him directly? You said you want to meet with him.

**Donald Trump** (1:38)
No, I have not. I would if he'd like to, but I have not spoken to him directly.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:42)
Do you know where he is?

**Donald Trump** (1:43)
I will tell you. They do.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:44)
How he is?

**SPEAKER_2** (1:45)
Yeah.

**Donald Trump** (1:46)
They do pay homage to him. I would tell you if they didn't, but they seem to, based on what I see, they seem to respect him a great deal.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:56)
Okay, so he's saying he's open to the idea. Tom, as you're seeing this back and forth with negotiations trying to take place, but is this it, Rob, with Israel and Tehran?

**Rob** (2:05)
This is Iran actually striking an Israeli military base.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:09)
And this is the first time since April, if I'm not mistaken, right? Go ahead, Rob. And did it get through?

**Adam** (2:16)
Yeah, why?

**SPEAKER_2** (2:17)
Well, the timing of this and the plane right here is kind of a...

**Vinnie** (2:20)
Whoa!

**Adam** (2:22)
Whoa!

**SPEAKER_2** (2:22)
Wow!

**SPEAKER_1** (2:23)
Whoa!

**SPEAKER_2** (2:27)
That's Israel. And then do you have the one, Israel to Tehran? And then the one with Israel and Lebanon? Because it's like three attacks that happened.

**Rob** (2:35)
So I have Israel striking Iran, but I don't have the actual impact, just the aftermath.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:39)
Okay, go for it.
Oh, they recorded it after it hit. And that's in Tehran?

**Rob** (2:44)
Yes, sir.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:46)
Do you recognize that street romp that road? I was just passing you.

**Vinnie** (2:52)
You've definitely been there.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:53)
I honestly, curious to know what part of it. So this is still going on back and forth. Adam, your thoughts on this back and forth with Lebanon, Israel and Iran and the president?

**Adam** (3:02)
Yeah. Well, look, Israel has, everyone has different interests in what they're doing in the region. At the end of the day, this comes down to the United States and Trump and the Ayatollah. But there's a different situation going on with Hezbollah.
I'm no longer going to call Lebanon, Lebanon. I'm going to call them little Iran, because anything they do, their government has zero sway. Sway is what it seems, and everything has to go through Hezbollah. If Hezbollah doesn't want something to occur, they'll just object. Israel and Hezbollah are fighting a war right now. They don't want to call it a war. They want to say it's a ceasefire, but it's a ceasefire that stops and starts. But there's something deeper going on here. What is the religion of Iran and Hezbollah?
They're not just Muslim. They're Shia Muslim. Now, if you look at what's going on here, I'd be very upset if I was a Shia Muslim, because Israel and the United States have taken out your top two leaders of all time.
The Ayatollah and Nasrallah in Lebanon.