Iran Special Edition: Rita Panahi doubles down on ‘burn in hell’ comments

And before we get into the program, and we do have a stellar lineup of guests for you tonight, I just want to address some of the controversy around comments I made on the Outsiders program yesterday morning. And I just want to conclude this editorial

with this message to the late Supreme Leader. Hedarsag, khak besaret, besuz tu jahanna. Now, there's been all sorts of commentary and controversy surrounding those comments after they went viral and I'd like to take this opportunity to say that I meant every word, every word. I only wish I could use stronger language but it was Sunday morning. And for all those wondering about a translation,

I call the Supreme Leader Khomeini, the son of a dog, a Persian term. There is something similar in the English language, followed by another Persian term about shame. The literal translation is dirt on your head and ended with, I hope you burn in hell.

Now, if you think that's rough or too harsh, then you don't know the Iranian regime and the hell they unleashed on Iranians for 47 years. Iran has suffered under a violent, oppressive dictatorship, one that has been a chief backer of terrorism around the world.

And right now, that regime is in its final death throes, devastated by US and Israeli airstrikes that have eliminated the Supreme Leader and other key members of the Islamic Republic's leadership team. Here is Iranian state TV announcing

the death of Ayatollah Ali Khomeini. The great nation of Iran, the great spirit of the great nation of Iran, and the leader of the Islamic nation, His Majesty Imam Khamenei, with the blessing of the Shahadat, in the blessed month of Ramadan,

has reached the highest heaven. Joining me now is Deputy Executive Director at the Institute of Public Affairs, Daniel Wild. Dan, this is a historic moment. We're on the brink of liberating 92 million Iranians and removing from the world a dangerous Islamist threat?

Yeah, that's right, Rita, a very significant development and also hardly a surprise. You know, Trump and the Trump administration had made it very clear that they weren't gonna tolerate a nuclear-enabled Iran because of the threat that it poses to the region and also to the US's own national security. So

not so much of a surprise there. I think the big question is what comes next? You know, once the Americans stop launching missiles, who will fill the leadership vacuum? What will be the setup thereafter? Because as you know, you know, when there's a power concentrated in one individual person, when that person is removed, then it is always a scramble as to who's going to take over from there. But certainly a very significant and historical moment. And we wait to see what the plan is for what comes after the removal of the Ayatollah.

Now, you might mistake the Iranian state TV we just played for our own ABC. They seem to be similarly devastated by the US-Israeli operation. Let's look at what John Lyons had to say about Donald Trump.

My main impression listening to that is that's Israel's agenda, that's Israel's talking points, not the United States. That same President said that he obliterated Iran's nuclear program during July last year. If they obliterated it then, why is it an imminent threat now? Two weeks ago, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, came to Washington with several points beyond the nuclear deal. One of them was ballistic missiles and one of them was Iran's proxies through the region.

That's what I'm hearing there now. That speech could have been written and delivered by Benjamin Netanyahu. That is completely different from what Donald Trump's been saying. Only yesterday he said we are negotiating.

Dan, I don't even know where to start with that. Of course, Donald Trump said he was negotiating. He's hardly going to be announcing an imminent attack. And this attack quite clearly has been planned for months.

Yeah, I think that's right, Rita. You know, why would the president telegraph to the world what his plans are in relation to that? Look, I think politically this is also going to be very interesting because there are those on the left who will criticise this intervention on certain grounds and those on the right who will criticise it.

I mean, don't forget, a fair chunk of the MAGA voters were voting against the so-called forever wars. And so it'll be interesting to see how Trump sort of plays this. Now, I don't think that the intention here is to do what the Bush administration tried to do in Iraq, which was after they got rid of Saddam Hussein. They basically went on a project to try to build democracy and set up democratic institutions in Iraq, which failed and probably was

always going to fail. So I don't suspect Trump will go down that path. But look, I think the key question here is, you know, if you want to talk about the domestic politics in the US as they head to the midterms, is is it going to be, you know, basically take out the leadership, take out their nuclear capabilities and get out of there? Or is there going to be an intention to leave some kind of peacekeeping force to set up what comes next in Iran? So I think it's quite unclear at this stage as

to how that plays out. Well, I'll be speaking to Armie Horowitz about that a little bit later in the program, but I think it's the former. I don't think the Trump administration or the Republicans in general have any appetite to be having forces on the ground in any sort of Capacity let alone long-term Capacity so it's up to the Iranians now to reclaim their country and set about

Deciding whether they want to be a monarchy whether they want to be a republic how they're going to hold elections This is something that I think is going to be left to the Iranian people now We have seen celebrations around the world and let's start in Iran Dan clearly those people don't know that Penny Wong has called for de-escalation and let's hear what our Foreign Minister had to say.

We do not want to see this escalate into a wider regional conflict. We continue to urge the protection of civilian life and as others have, we seek the resumption of dialogue and diplomacy.

Dan, what's your response to that? I thought Anthony Albanese put out a statement that was pretty strong, it was sound, and then we have the Foreign Minister delivering that.

Well, it's a bit late for de-escalation. I mean, the missiles have gone in. So she's a day late and a dollar short on that one. Look, I think that it's, you know, it's interesting to see that there looks to be a bit of a divide within the government. I think that those such as Penny Wong have often taken an anti-US stance, pretty much on any matter, especially so in relation to Donald Trump being president.

So I think no matter what Trump would do as president, I'm pretty sure Penny Wong and those on that side of the Labor Party would probably oppose it. But I think the issue here is, well, as I've said before, what comes next and what is Australia's role in that? So if we're able to offer something constructive, then we should.

But in terms of calling for calm and de-escalation, sure. I mean, everybody wants to have calm, but how relevant is it at this point?

Well, it's not only irrelevant, it's idiotic, Dan. We're on the verge of seeing the regime toppled. Why would you de-escalate now? You've sent 200 jets up into the air, hit 500 targets almost at once, and now you want to de-escalate? That's what her suggestion is?

I mean, no wonder she's not taken seriously on the global stage with commentary and advice like that. It's quite stunning. Let's go back to the real world and have a look at crowds of Iranians and supporters of freedom,

gathering capital cities across the world and celebrating the downfall of this regime. I am going to Tehran.

Jamil Shah. Jamil Shah. Jamil Shah.

Khomeini is a traitor. Farzad, Khomeini is a traitor. People overcome with joy there and in the US, Iranian immigrants expressed their gratitude to President Trump and thanked him for his fierce support for freedom in Iran. Have a look.

To thank President Trump.

47 years of this tyranny.

I've been coming to this federal building.

I've been coming to this federal building. I've been coming to this federal building. I've been coming to this federal building. I've been coming to this federal building. I'm here today to thank President Trump. It's been 47 years of this tyranny. I've been coming to this federal building since the 1980s, since the Islamic Republic of Iran has been in power. They are the most barbaric terrorist organization in the entire world.

With them gone, the world will be a better place. It's time for the Iranian people to go to where they're supposed to go, to really free themselves from this darkness. The world is going to be in a better place. Thank you President Trump. Thank you Israel.

But the regime is not done yet is it Dan? It's on its knees, but it is still a long way from confidently saying this Islamist reign over Iran that has lasted 47 years is finished.

Well, that's right. It's not as simple as getting rid of one person. And, you know, I think pre-1979, you know, the Iranian regime was obviously much more, much freer and much more pro-Western. And so if it's able to return to something of that nature, that would be welcomed. But there is a very in-depth power structure that exists. There's also the army. I mean, who's going to take control is the big question. So, you know, as I mentioned before, there's always a power vacuum when the person at the

top is removed. I'm just not too sure what comes next. And sometimes what comes next is worse than what was there before. So, you know, I just think that the big question is what will the US and what will the involvement of the US be from here on out and how embedded and ingrained is that Iranian regime. The other point is it's good to call upon the Iranians to take their

future into their own hands but the question that I have is what capacity do they have to actually do that? They're not living in a democracy so there's not going to be elections, they're not going to be able to vote, I assume, so do they take to the streets? What is the actual mechanism to get regime change happening? So I think the next period of time is obviously going to be a lot of uncertainty about how that eventuates.

Well Donald Trump has told the the members of the regime, the military, the military police to stand down or to face the consequences. He's given them an ultimatum to either stop fighting or to be eliminated. But I don't think it's going to be that simple as far as the Iranian people are concerned because even if those people stop fighting, they have already slaughtered so many. There is already such bad blood with what these

Islamists have done to the country and sadly I think that well not sadly perhaps but there will be a reckoning and I think it's going to be a period of conflict before the country settles down hopefully into a democracy. Now let's go to the UK briefly. There were celebrations there of course and Prime Minister Kirstahmer was mocked and branded a word that rhymes with banker after he was quick to clarify that the UK had nothing to do with the offensive against Iran.

Dan, Keir Starmer's weakness has been pretty humiliating for the UK. Pretty evident that he played no part in this. The UK is not even a bit player in this operation. But let's come back to Australia and have a look at large crowds celebrating and the Iranian people love to dance. But Dan, we also have mourning for the late Supreme Leader. A number of mosques are having prayers for the fallen dictator. Among them is the Al-Zahra Centre in Melbourne, which said in a notice promoting a morning ceremony

we offer our condolences and congratulations to the presence of Imam Mahdi may our souls be sacrificed for him he islamic Umar the esteemed religious authorities and scholars and the great nation of Iran on the honourable martyrdom of the pious scholar, the foremost martyr of the Islamic revolution

and the rightful deputy of the Imam of the age, Ayatollah Khomeini, in the blessed month of Ramadan. Dan, that is a worry. I won't offer more commentary than that, but that sort of statement fills me with dread.

Yeah, and we sort of saw this on the march that was taken on Sydney Harbour, where you had some who were holding up pictures of the Ayatollahs. So I think it gets to this point where we have this sectarianism that's been imported into our country. I find it interesting

that there are, you know, people of Iranian descent who are happy with the outcome, people who are unhappy with the outcome and I think most Australians look at it and they go, well, how does this affect me? You know, how does this affect Australia? And so it's really interesting to see because I think most people feel a bit alienated from this. And of course, everybody has a right to voice their opinions on matters pertaining to foreign affairs.

But it does seem that there are cohorts in our country that still seem more interested and exercised about what's happening in the Middle East than what's happening in our own streets and our own backyard. So, you know, and this is also going to be an issue for the government, because I assume a lot of those who are unhappy with the US intervention are probably going to be in

Labor seats. And so, you know, it wouldn't surprise me if you see some sort of speaking out both sides of their mouths when it comes to how the government tries to message us domestically.

Well, I'll be talking a little bit later about the unholy alliance between Islamists and the left, and Iran is a very good lesson there for the West in what can happen. So I'll speak to Ami Horowitz about that shortly. Dan Wild, thank you so much for your time. Now for more reaction, let's bring in human rights activist, Dr. Munu Gamari, an Iranian who like so many

others, is celebrating in Australia. Dr. Gamari, thanks for your time. The world except for the Islamists and the leftists is celebrating the downfall of this regime, including many right here in Australia. Let's have a look at some more footage from Melbourne. The Melbourne rain was not going to stop the dancing, the jubilation, the joy there, Minoo. You guys were dancing day and night. Tell me about the mood and the hope in the community for what's to come.

Iranian people are celebrating the death of Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's supreme leader. We are joyful that he's dead. He was killed like a disgusting rat he was hiding beneath the ground and not fighting. And we are happy about that.

The hope we have for the future of Iran is a free, democratic, secular Iran. I've never seen Iranian people disunited. They came out in the millions on 8th and 9th of January, risking their lives inside Iran. And they came out in the millions on 14th of February by the calling from Prince Reza Pahlavi to show the world what they want, which is regime change, and who they want,

who is Prince Reza Pahlavi, to lead us through a democratic, secular Iran.

So what would that look like if he comes back and does he rule for a period whilst elections are organised and held? Is that what the plan is? Because I guess the argument against that is if you install him, isn't he just someone else who is essentially a dictator who's not

being elected by the people? No of course but you have to realize we can't have an election unless someone brings the ballot box to us and there is no other candidate. There is no one else who set foot forward and said I'm gonna do it. There's no one else with these many people behind him. Yeah and there does

seem to be such a groundswell of support in Iran and outside of Iran for the Shah to be installed again. Now this uprising has really been led by women on so many occasions. Women have paid such a heavy price under this Islamist dictatorship. What's your message to feminists in the West? Because we've had a lot of them who've been silent, some of them who've been critical of this operation,

and it's really been kind of disappointing to see so many who say they are passionate about women's rights not care about the rights of women in Iran.

Let me tell you why they were silent before, and now suddenly they crawled out from under whatever rock they were hiding, saying that they're worried about human lives. It's because they were not worried about human lives. Otherwise Iranians were being slaughtered by tens of thousands in January. Why they didn't say anything?

Because they don't care about human lives. They only care about who's holding the gun to our head. Their friend is now being bombed. Islamic Republic that's been funding these proxies to export terrorism and propaganda. And now that they're going to be bombed, these people are worried. And to them, I only have one message.

Go call your favorite terrorist organization and tell them sugar daddy is dead. Our country that you used as an ATM card is not gonna fund your terrorist organizations anymore. I know it's sad to hear but we are gonna take our Iran back. That's a strong message, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran has been funding terrorists not just in the region but beyond. Just before you go I'm just interested in your personal reaction when you heard the news the

Supreme Leader was dead and it was confirmed it was no longer conjecture. How did you react? I was so happy. My husband took a video of me jumping up and down. I got a message from inside Iran from my family members saying the butcher of Iran is dead. If you're not there to celebrate with you

when the regime topples, celebrate on our behalf. Wonderful. Dr. Minoo, thank you so much for your time. Thank you so much. And it's time for Lefties Losing It. And I wish I could say I was shocked by the Islamists and leftists mourning a dictator, condemning President Trump's strikes against Iran, and generally being miserable, oxygen-thieving miscreants.

But I want to start, lefties, on a high note tonight. So let's see Iranians adopting the Trump dance to celebrate

the death of the dictator. YMCA, hey, they have air food. YMCA, it's fun to stay at the YMCA. Cause you're in a new town, there's no need to be unhappy. The right thing to do, YMCA.

And you can do it, too. Thank you! Sorry, it's not just Iranians adopting Trump's dance and favourite song. They've discovered that Donald Trump's signature dance moves work perfectly with Persian music. Don't believe me? Have a look at this. Now, let's check in on the awful Jane Fonda who had this to say about the efforts to liberate Iran.

This dangerous and insane war against Iran not only violates international law and our constitution and War Powers Act,

but risks exploding into a vast war of vast proportions, taking the lives of many and

killing millions.

Oh dear. You know, if the liberation of genuinely oppressed women fills you with so much dread, Jane, then perhaps you're a witch you may just be a witch could explain a lot no let's have a look at a CBS reporter who appears to be told to change his coverage of the Iranian celebration to not include praise of Donald Trump here is Vinnie Maturano

being told they don't want us to focus on this, his response is brilliant. To the lefty meltdown in New York City now over the elimination of a brutal Islamist dictator and I got to say there were feelings of deja vu watching this pitiful but clearly clearly well-organised and well-funded anti-Trump uprising. Hands off Iran now!

Hands off Iran now! Hands off Iran now! Hands off Iran now!

Yes, there they were with their professional-looking signs, chanting, hands off Iran now, just like they were chanting hands off Venezuela a few weeks back. Signs looked awfully similar too. hands off Venezuela a few weeks back, signs looked awfully similar too.

Hands off Venezuela! Hands off Venezuela! Hands off Venezuela!

Joining me now is filmmaker and commentator, Ami Horowitz. Ami, tell me about these protests. Who is behind them? They seem to be very similar. They don't seem to be all that organic.

Yeah, and it just does not matter to them what the reality is on the ground. It doesn't matter to them what success can come from these type of attacks, right? This kind of defense of democracy, defense of the people. The Venezuelans, and you have to ask yourself, do they care that Venezuelans are happy when Maduro's no longer there?

Are they not happy or thrilled that the Iranians are celebrating now that the mullahs are being killed? That they're now having finally, hopefully they can taste some freedom. No, this is a larger issue involved

where you have people who are trying to undermine the United States, undermine our foreign policy. They are aligned with our enemies, okay? This is what we have, and yes, of course it's astroturf. Of course these are pre-printed signs.

Things are all connected. When you go to Minneapolis, yes, of course it's AstroTurf. Of course these are pre-printed signs. Things are all connected. When you go to Minneapolis, right, and you see those, when I showed you those signs being taken off of trucks, this is all the same part of this leftist agenda where they're trying to undermine the United States

and the moves that we're making and President Trump are trying to make.

Well, you know what, you hit the nail on the head there, aligned with our enemies. It doesn't matter who the enemies are, if they're from the left, if they're from the Islamist world, whatever they are, communists, socialists,

as long as they're against the US, again, against Western civilization, these people seem to be in lockstep with them. And I want to talk to you about that, about that unholy alliance that we're seeing in the West. I've been writing about it for more than a decade, this unholy alliance between Islamists and left-wingers.

And there was one in Iran as well before the Islamic Revolution. And this is something the left don't seem to understand, Armie, that they are just useful idiots in this alliance. They will be discarded as soon as they stop being useful.

And that's precisely what happened in Iran. Once the Islamic revolution was complete and the Islamists took charge with the help of the communists, they killed all the communists, Ami.

Yeah, same can be said about the French revolution. Look, of course, that's the question people always ask themselves. Yeah, the same can be said about the French Revolution. Of course that's the question people always ask themselves. I don't understand, what does the left have in common with Islam? And the reality is, what do they have in common? Hatred of Western values.

Self-hatred. What they see is victimhood. They look at themselves as victims. They see Islam as victims. And they see their common enemy is success.

Their common enemy is the free market. Their common enemy is Western liberal values, even though they're not liberals. These are not liberals. These are hard leftists who want dictatorship, who want autocracy. That's what they want because they know that their ideals are the only ones that can be supreme, and therefore you can't allow for freedom

and a multiplicity of voices. That's why they're similar.

Now, your mayor, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been accused of rooting for the Ayatollah after his comments about the strikes in the, against the Iranian regime. He wrote on X, today's military strikes on Iran carried out by the United States and Israel mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal

war of aggression, bombing cities, killing civilians, opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. I mean, I can't say I'm terribly surprised here. He is a leftist and somewhat argues also a Islamist.

Yeah, but it's not just him, right? I mean, it's the it's almost universally the Democrats outside of John Fetterman, right? And they got to ask themselves, they're standing against, look at all the Iranians celebrating around the world. They're standing against the Iranian people, right? Why? Because they don't like Donald Trump.

And just simply, Donald Trump can do no right. That's what it really all comes down to. And you know, you have to ask yourself, Democrats, who are you standing with? Do you know who you're standing with? Do you know who's condemning the Iranian attacks? Russia is, China is, Tucker Carlson is, Nick Fuentes is, Marjorie Taylor Greene is. Yeah, by the way, that statement that Marjorie Taylor Greene made about, oh, look at all

the innocent civilians being killed by Trump. Oh, really? You didn't say one word about 32,000 Iranians that were slaughtered by the mullahs. Not a word. Okay? And the criticism is like, well, this is unprovoked attack.

I'm sorry. I'm so sick of that. Okay? Look, when the Iranian regime has killed probably thousands of American citizens, okay, and American soldiers directly through their proxy and killed US allies, including Israel, okay, when Iran has tried to assassinate our president.

Let's be very clear. They tried to assassinate our president. I'm sorry, the president has the right to retaliate when he seems fit. Today is when he saw fit. It wasn't unprovoked. It was very, very provoked.

And by the way, Libya did a whole lot less, right? And we attack them. And frankly, Russia did a lot less, okay? To the United States directly. And then we supported attacking them. I'm sorry, Democrats.

You're on the wrong side of history.

Now we've got more on Iran and Cuba shortly because there's a lot of agitation there from Cubans saying we want to be next. Can we also be liberated, please? But first, let's go to Austin, Texas, a possible domestic terrorism offence

in the city's party district, 6th Street, where a migrant who was allowed to be naturalised despite a growing criminal record, went on a shooting rampage killing three people. Ami, this is being investigated as a possible Islamist terror attack.

What do we know so far?

Yeah, I mean, he was wearing a shirt that said property of Allah. He had a Quran, there's the picture right there. He had a Quran that said, Property of Allah. He had a Quran. There's the picture right there. He had a Quran in his car. So very, we clearly know this is a terrorist attack, even though they were saying,

well, we're not sure what the motivation was. I don't know how more clear you could be of the motivation, frankly. It was a drive-by shooting initially. Then he calmly parked the car, came out, started shooting people in the sidewalk. Absolutely horrific in a very popular area of Austin.

I've been there many, I was just there a couple weeks ago, frankly, walking down the street and having a couple cocktails right along that promenade. Yeah, he first came to this country in 2000. Then he married somebody and became a US citizen. And he was arrested four times,

both before he became a citizen and after he became a citizen. But I promise you, the Democrats will fight tooth and nail against his deportation, right? They're not going to allow ICE to lay a finger on this guy. It's crazy. And it really comes down to, look, I'm sorry, we've got to be real here.

You know, this is an immigration question. We should not be able, we should not take in whoever wants to come in. We have to be judicial and choose who we want. I am for I am pro immigration. I am a product of immigration. I love our country is better for it, but I'm sorry guys. The despite chat GPT's best efforts to determine from coming

up these numbers. Okay, there had over I looked the last 35 years. I could have looked more than that in 35 years years, every single immigrant in this country who committed a terrorist attack was Islamic. Every single one, I'm sorry, those are just the numbers, okay? Even though they make up 5% of the immigration to this country, they make up 100% of the

terrorist attacks. So, I don't know what to tell you guys. I'm sorry.

Army, I'm sure there'll be groups saying that those figures are not accurate. It's all about how you define terrorism, but that's an argument for another day. There is no issue in stating very clearly there is a massive over-representation and it's one that needs to be tackled and it's evident in a number of Western countries. It's not a problem just in the US. Now let's check in with a lefty losing it, losing any grip on reality. This is Human Potato, Brian Stelter on CNN. But I can tell you Alison has talked in recent

months about how he wants to sustain the news business in the United States and he's talked about his belief that quote the majority of the country longs for news that is balanced and is fact-based and wolf that sure sounds a lot like CNN's mission a lot of similarities

I mean, what can you say to that? The man is Delusional and this is a little bit of hilarity as well The Daily Show host Jon Stewart has said the media squandered trust with its Trump-Russia collusion narrative. He made those captain obvious comments during his podcast when speaking to an MSN Now host. I mean, he's been part of the problem. It's all well and good to say now that the Russian collusion hoax was a hoax, but when

was he when it was actually happening? He has been complicit in so much of this lunacy.

Yeah, you asked what planet Brian Stelzer lives on? Yeah, soon to be the planet of unemployment. I think that's what he's really worried about because there's gonna be an overhauling for sure at CNN when Barry Weiss comes in. Yeah, Captain Hobbes is exactly,

I couldn't put it better for John Stewart. Yeah, Captain Hobbes is exactly, I couldn't have put it better for Jon Stewart. Yeah, I'm sorry, Jon. You just have no credibility with me, right? I mean, where were you? Where were you to condemn the Democrats when they were pushing the hoax?

I didn't hear your voice in that chorus, pushing back at the Democrats. Or where were you calling for the investigation of all those national security people who signed that letter saying that the that the

Right that the laptop was the laptop Russian. Yeah Yeah, I'm sorry You just don't get a whole lot of credit for me for coming up with things that we all saw from the get-go zero credit

Well done now we've seen the fall of dictators in Venezuela and Iran, thanks to President Trump. And now Cubans are begging President Trump to liberate them too.

♪ Only love can hurt like this ♪ ♪ Your kiss is blood into my skin ♪

♪ Only love can hurt like this ♪ I don't speak Spanish but I understood pretty much every word of that and in Miami where so many Cubans have fled they were also asking the president to help free their home country. Army, they've got signs saying Cuba next. Is there an appetite from the Trump administration to look at Cuba and have some sort of regime change there?

Oh, no, I'm sure he would love that. No question. and have some sort of regime change there?

Oh no, I'm sure he would love that, no question. I'm not sure he's gonna engage in the next month or two, but why wouldn't the Cubans want a slice of freedom pie, right? They see dictators falling all around the world and they're saying, hey, when's our turn? Look, they want that for a reason.

This move against Iran was one of the biggest foreign policy move in decades. There is no hyperbole there, okay? When, these things have follow-on effects, right? When you make a move, it has ramifications. And if you look at, obviously Afghanistan, right,

led to the invasion of Ukraine because Russia saw blood in the water, it saw weakness. Well, this is the converse of that. The world is seeing US strength and determination and the following effects are also going to be quite obvious. Look, if you're a Taiwanese, you think Taiwan is more or less likely to be invaded today by China, right? Look, there are moments in time in history where people made moves and people sat on

the sidelines. And think about how different the world would be if the U.S. and the West supported Shanghai check against the Russian communists, right? What would the world look like if we did that? Or what would the world look like if the U.S. and the West supported the whites against the Reds in the Bolshevik revolution, which led to nearly a hundred year of Soviet domination

in their sphere, the greatest geopolitical enemy the US has ever seen. What were these? What could the world look like? Well, guess what? One of those days was here, and Donald Trump took advantage of that, and we're going to see follow-on effects for years.

Now, Ami, we saw the protests in New York, but there were also celebrations in New York. Let's have a quick look.

Let's go, let's go, let's go. Let's go, let's go, let's go. Thank you Trump. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

There was deep gratitude to the US there, to the Trump administration and even in the bluest of blue cities, Washington DC, where more than 90% vote Democrat, even for Kamala, she got 92.5% of the vote. celebrating Trump's leadership. and having these sorts of rallies in places like Manhattan and D.C., which are as blue as blue can get.

Yeah, well look, these are the Iranians. I mean, there isn't a majority support among Iranians for what happened. There is universal support for Iranians what happened, which again, goes back to the Democrats saying, hey, who are you standing with, right?

The Iranian people or the mullahs? Because you seem to be supporting the mullah position over the Iranian people's position. But look, Trump should win a Nobel Prize for this alone. Never mind all the other stuff he's done, all the stuff he's gonna do going forward.

For this alone, he has freed, never mind, again, the geopolitical implications we talked about. He has freed, or will be freeing, hopefully, hopefully the Iranian people from decades of poverty, of autocratic repression. I mean, we complain here about 5% inflation. What's their 50% inflation for years?

Their currency is worthless. They can't buy anything. Okay, gays are being hung. People are being forced to have trans surgeries, forced to in Iran surgeries, forced to, in Iran. Women are oppressed.

This is the freedom that's at stake for the Iranian people. And we're, and people in this country and the UN and others are talking about Trump being, this is a failure, this is a terrible thing, this is an absolute wonderful thing that Donald Trump has done.

Amir Horowitz, thanks for your time.

Always a pleasure.

Joining me now is celebrity and royal reporter Kinsey Schofield. Kinsey, the celebrity class has condemned Donald Trump over his military action in Iran, accusing him of breaking his campaign promise to stop all wars.

We've got all the usual suspects coming out in force. Rosie O'Donnell, Mark Ruffalo, Jack White, Jane Fonda and John Cusack who peddled this conspiracy theory on eggs. He wrote Trump starts a wag the dog war to distract from Epstein and to do the Netanyahu bidding. Who's lobbied for this for over 30 years? Had enough yet? So this is all apparently to distract from the Epstein files, which has done no harm to Donald Trump. It has done some harm to some Democrat luminaries. I mean, this man needs some serious help.

Our friend John, I don't know, the sort of help that's offered in facilities that

have padded rooms perhaps. Yeah, CUSAC is a progressive activist, not a defense strategist. Framing a military strike as a Hollywood-style conspiracy theory may fire up social media, but it's not serious national security analysis. And you know, who take, his Trump derangement syndrome is so fierce. Who does take any of his political commentary seriously anymore?

Because it's too an extreme that you have a hard time processing.

And really, where are these Hollywood celebs, these so-called proud feminists? They're not coming out and saying anything about the treatment of women or even saying anything about thousands of young Iranians being slaughtered in recent months just for peacefully protesting. I mean, really, they have absolutely no credibility at this stage.

But let's move on to some other issues. There are reports that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned from attending Royal Ascot in June and they won't be allowed to join their family in the Royal procession either. This is all due to the Epstein revelation surrounding their parents. Kinsey, is that fair if it's their parents at fault and they're being punished or have these two

also been fairly money hungry grifters who have been trading on their royal titles?

I mean that's a that's an astute observation. You can't ignore the judgment issue. You know, choosing to spend time with a man who has already served time for targeting underage girls raises serious moral questions. Fair or not, that association Beatrice and Eugenie jumping on a plane to spend time with Epstein along with Fergie has reputational consequences. The monarchy has to think long term and ask it is about safeguarding the brand. The York's family association with Epstein has already done

enormous damage if reports suggest more disclosures are coming, which Andrew Lowney says is true, that we should be worried for more regarding Andrew, the palace is likely trying to create distance before another headline cycle. And that's not personal punishment,

it's institutional risk management.

That's a good point. Now on more to do with Jeffrey Epstein and freshly unearthed emails have revealed he withheld medical treatments and used his own doctors to exercise control over the woman he was involved with. Kinsey, what else have we learned?

Yeah, that it wasn't just this physical abuse. It wasn't just about money or access. He literally used doctors and medical care to control women, deciding who got treatment and when. That's classic manipulative behavior, rewarding compliance, isolating people, keeping them dependent. It's calculated psychological abuse. That's why these new emails are so disturbing.

They show how much thought went into keeping these women under his control.

Yes, one wonders when he had time to be some global financier. I mean we still thought went into keeping these women under his control.

Yes, one wonders when he had time to be some global financier. I mean, we still don't know how he accumulated that enormous wealth, how he went from being some maths teacher to being pretty much a billionaire. I mean, there's so many questions that are still unanswered and some questions here, actor and comedian Jim Carrey has

raised eyebrows during a rare red carpet appearance at the French of Film Awards and Kinsey fans were shocked by his very different look some claiming this man could even be an imposter I

Really took on a Pretty big challenge trying to do my speech in French. You know, I wrote it and I researched it and I practiced it like crazy. But, you know, it's a... Then I watched everybody, like, talking a thousand miles an hour up there, receiving their awards, and I was like, I'm dead.

Kinsey, I don't know. I think it's just him and he's had too much filler and Botox, but some fans claim he even sounds a little different and Botox and fillers don't normally change your voice, do they?

No, I mean, I loved the fact that you referenced raised eyebrows because clearly that's something he's incapable of doing at the moment. In Hollywood here, the plastic surgeons are saying maybe it's an upper eye bleph where they remove some of that skin around your eyelids. They've also said, of course, Botox fillers around the cheek and forehead and a potential

brow lift or facelift. We have a reality show here called Botched, where they take care of people that have had some pretty bad plastic surgery. And I think Jim Carrey might be starring in the next season based on what we just witnessed.

You know what he needs to do? He needs to go see Demi Moore's latest plastic surgeon, because she got botched in the facial area, a beautiful woman. And now she looks better than ever In her 60s, she looks about 35. So let's just find actually I know who that surgeon is and it's very difficult and very expensive to say so Jim Carrey

Start saving up for but why are the men doing this? I can understand the pressure on women to be youthful forever But why is someone like Jim Carrey, who's never traded on his looks, Kinsey, going to these extremes?

Yeah, a comedy, a silly character. The Joker from Batman, you don't need to be a hot guy to do that. But you're right. We saw Brad Pitt recently get a facelift, and his looks amazing. We are seeing men pursuing it. And Brad Cooper. Oh, Bradley Cooper.

Brad Cooper got botched. He got botched. He got botched as well. Kinsey Schofield, we could talk about these botched cases. Maybe we should do that next time around. Thanks could talk about these botched cases. Maybe we should do that next time around. Thanks for your time tonight.