Transcript [00:00] Is President Trump about to attack the [00:03] Iranian regime? Uh there is a growing [00:06] amount of evidence that the attack [00:08] appears imminent. Uh US military forces, [00:12] naval forces, anti-bballistic missile [00:14] forces are in the region and seem to be [00:17] set. And that's the big question. Is [00:19] President Trump about to run out of [00:21] patience with all this negotiation with [00:24] the Iranian regime? Is he about to [00:26] attack? Hi, this is Joel Rosenberg in [00:28] Nashville. I'm at the National Religious [00:30] Broadcasters Convention. More than 3,000 [00:33] uh Christian media executives, [00:34] reporters, influencers, podcasters, and [00:37] so forth. And we're here covering uh how [00:40] Christians are viewing what's happening [00:42] in Iran and throughout the region, [00:45] certainly what's going on in Israel. I [00:47] want to share with you an interview I [00:49] just did with uh Dr. Johnny Moore. [00:51] Johnny Moore was the uh well, first of [00:53] all, he's a he's a strong evangelical [00:55] Christian, one of the leading young [00:56] evangelicals in the United States. He's [00:59] been with me on multiple delegations to [01:02] uh Arab uh Muslim countries as well as [01:04] of course in Israel. U he's an expert on [01:08] the Middle East uh especially faith [01:10] diplomacy and I talked to him here at [01:13] the NRB convention. What does he think [01:15] is about to happen? Uh what does he [01:18] think President Trump is about to do? [01:19] because uh Johnny Moore was the original [01:22] chairman of President Trump's faith [01:25] advisory uh board, his evangelical uh uh [01:28] uh group of adviserss even going back to [01:31] the first administration and has a lot [01:33] of influence and and relationship with [01:35] President Trump now. So I don't know [01:37] anybody any evangelical that knows [01:39] President Trump better than Johnny [01:41] Moore. What does Johnny think Trump is [01:43] thinking and what does he think that [01:45] Trump is about to do when it comes to [01:47] Iran? Johnny, thank you so much for [01:50] meeting with All Israel News. I'm really [01:51] grateful. I want to start with Iran. Uh, [01:56] what do you think is about to happen? Do [01:57] you think President Trump is going to [01:58] move against Iran militarily? There's a [02:01] lot of anxiety, a lot of questions. What [02:03] do you think is going to happen? What do [02:05] you think Trump is thinking? You know, [02:06] the president well, I it's really quite [02:09] simple. The president has every option [02:11] he needs and the Ayatollah has no [02:14] options. The president's clearly making [02:16] a final offer. It's one offer. It's you [02:18] eliminate the proxies, you stop the [02:22] ballistic missile program and you limit [02:23] the radius of the ballistic missiles so [02:25] they can basically only, you know, [02:28] operate within Iran and there's no [02:30] nuclear weapons program and everything [02:32] that's there has to leave. I mean, this [02:34] is it. This is it. And I think by now [02:36] everyone should realize that when Donald [02:37] Trump speaks, he means what he says. The [02:40] question is whether the Ayatollah is a [02:42] rational actor at all and whether the [02:46] political leaders in Iran have any power [02:48] at all. And I think all of us that have [02:49] been following Iran for a long time have [02:51] a have a very hard to persuade us that [02:54] the the Iranian Ayatollah is a rational [02:57] actor. He is a cult leader. He's not [03:01] actually a head of state. He is a [03:03] terrorist who is occupying a country [03:06] with a personal militia. And the Iranian [03:08] people have had enough and the United [03:10] States of America can literally do [03:12] whatever it wants. The president's put [03:13] enough in in the region. He can do [03:15] whatever he wants. So the Ayatollah has [03:17] no options. The president has every [03:18] option he has. And I don't know what's [03:20] going to happen, but I do know what the [03:21] outcome's going to be. The outcome's [03:23] going to be there'll be no nuclear [03:24] program in Iran. There'll be no [03:25] ballistic missiles. And the proxies that [03:27] are almost gone anyhow are going to be [03:29] finished off. That's what hap that is [03:30] what's going to happen sooner or later. [03:32] >> That's a game changer. I mean that is [03:33] that is a a total change to the Middle [03:35] East as you and I have known it in our [03:37] entire lifetimes and almost everybody [03:38] has known it in their lifetime. [03:40] >> It it changes everything and and [03:41] interestingly it's like the president is [03:44] simultaneously [03:46] solving every multi-generational [03:48] problem. You know there's still Cuba [03:49] sitting out there. Trash is piling up in [03:52] the streets of Cuba presently because [03:54] they they don't have enough fuel to put [03:56] in the the garbage trucks because all [03:59] the fuel they were getting was from from [04:01] Venezuela. Like the president has, it's [04:03] almost like he took the list of Jimmy [04:05] Carter's foreign policy and he's just [04:07] like notching down every single one and [04:09] simultaneously fortifying the United [04:10] States against threats from the the [04:12] Communist Party of China. Like it is an [04:14] unbelievable thing that we're watching. [04:16] It's almost unimaginable that we could [04:19] be operating in a Middle East with no [04:20] terrorist state in Iran. But not only is [04:23] that possible now, it's it's going to [04:27] happen somehow. It can happen the hard [04:29] way or the easy way. What do you say to [04:32] Israelis, to Americans, to others uh our [04:35] Arab allies you and I have spent a lot [04:37] of time with who worry because they they [04:40] don't know President Trump well. They [04:42] worry that wow, he's off, you know, he [04:45] keeps trying to negotiate. Is it [04:46] possible that President Trump is going [04:47] to get duped by in the same way that [04:50] almost every American leader, certainly [04:53] every almost every uh secretary of state [04:56] has has gotten duped over the last 47 [04:58] years. [04:58] >> I I can assure you of one thing. It is [05:00] impossible to dupe Donald Trump. I mean, [05:03] he he used this phrase the last time we [05:05] were in the circumstance of the Iranians [05:07] tapping him tapping him along. I mean, I [05:10] I think there are a lot of people that [05:11] think that they could sort of like trick [05:12] and deceive President Trump. And and I [05:14] I'm just You can agree with him, [05:15] disagree with him, like him, not like [05:17] him, vote for him, not vote for him, but [05:19] he has a radar for deception. I mean, he [05:21] just does. It's built in the brain and [05:22] he knows what people are are doing. And [05:24] if these people want to play games, the [05:26] problem is not only that they're playing [05:28] games, is that the consequences increase [05:30] because he's he's going to get more and [05:32] more frustrated with it. I'm quite [05:34] disappointed in some of our Arab allies [05:36] to be to be honest. I mean, many of [05:37] these people are dear friends of all of [05:39] ours, dear friends of the United States [05:41] of America. And and and [05:45] the difference between what they say [05:46] privately and what they say publicly is [05:48] always baked into this baked into this [05:50] equation. But I think u I I'm not sure [05:54] the American people's views of our Arab [05:57] allies are uh moving in the right [05:59] direction presently because of uh you [06:02] know seems like some some waffling and I [06:04] I and I think that's something I think [06:05] we all ought to be paying close [06:07] attention to. [06:07] >> Just to translate that make sure [06:09] everybody's getting it. You and I have [06:11] spent time with most of the Arab leaders [06:14] in the region, moderates, and they are [06:17] saying, "Oh, you know, we don't want to [06:19] see the United States take military [06:21] action." But we all know that they [06:23] actually do. But they're but they're [06:25] signaling that they're concerned, [06:26] they're fearful that if President Trump [06:28] doesn't move, and they've said, "Oh, you [06:31] should move." That that that or even if [06:33] Trump does move, that they're going to [06:35] get retaliated against. There's a [06:37] there's a level of fear that doesn't uh [06:39] in the Arab moderate world that doesn't [06:41] seem to correspond with a trust that at [06:44] least Netanyahu has and that Israeli [06:46] leaders have which is we're ready for [06:48] anything and whether the president goes [06:51] or doesn't go, we're ready and we [06:54] support the president taking decisive [06:57] action. Is that a fair one slight [06:59] disagreement which is [07:01] >> they actually don't want the military [07:02] action. They don't want it. They don't [07:04] want it, but they want the outcome of [07:05] it. You know, they want the Islamic [07:07] Republic of Iran to no longer be [07:09] occupied by a terrorist that wants to [07:11] take out not just the United States and [07:13] Israel, but all of them. And where [07:15] you're spot on is that they're fearful [07:17] of that. They're fearful of creating a [07:20] fire in the Middle East, and there are [07:21] more wars in the Middle East, and they [07:22] all have economic agendas. They don't [07:24] want it to be blown up. But they have no [07:26] reason not to trust Donald Trump. And [07:28] that's why that's why I have trouble [07:30] here. And that and that's why I have [07:31] disagreements with him. Donald Trump has [07:33] given us every single reason to believe [07:35] that he recognizes this problem. And if [07:38] we can pop into Caracus in the middle of [07:40] the night and snatch up Maduro in his [07:43] >> from a military base [07:44] >> in his pajamas from a military base [07:46] guarded by Cubans and now we're [07:48] basically in charge of 60% of the [07:50] world's oil because of it. [07:52] >> I think our Arab allies can just like [07:55] take a deep breath that the United [07:56] States is on the case. I really [08:00] appreciate Johnny Moore taking some time [08:02] to talk here with All Israel News at the [08:04] NRB convention. This is a critical [08:06] moment and I encourage you to be praying [08:08] without ceasing. Praying for the peace [08:10] of Jerusalem. Praying for the wisdom and [08:13] discernment James 3:17 that that that [08:15] President Trump would have wisdom from [08:17] above. That Secretary of Defense [08:19] Secretary of War Pete Heget, Secretary [08:21] of State Marco Rubio, and the others [08:24] around President Trump will have wisdom [08:25] from above to know what to do, how to do [08:28] it, when to do it. Please be praying for [08:30] President for Prime Minister Netanyahu [08:32] and his team as we deal on the front [08:35] lines in Israel with the potential [08:37] blowback if a war erupts between the [08:40] United States and Iran and what role [08:43] should and will Israel play in all that? [08:47] And will another theater open? Has [08:49] President Trump given Prime Minister [08:50] Netanyahu the green light, the [08:52] authorization as it were, that if we are [08:55] going to war to decimate the Iranian [08:58] ballistic missile threat, nuclear threat [09:00] and and and and and political regime, [09:04] maybe not to fully bring it down, but to [09:06] damage it significantly and and and [09:08] prevent Iran from being a a a threat to [09:12] American interest, American security and [09:14] our and American allies in the region [09:16] region, Israel and the Arab neighbors. [09:18] But is President Trump also supportive [09:21] of Israel going into Lebanon and [09:23] finishing offbellah once for all? [09:25] There's a lot of questions we don't [09:27] know. Uh but it really is feeling like [09:29] we are getting close to decision time [09:32] and close to President Trump's action. I [09:35] think he is going to attack Iran. I [09:38] don't know when, but we need to keep [09:40] praying without ceasing. From Nashville, [09:43] from the National Religious Broadcasters [09:45] Convention, this is Joel Rosenberg for [09:47] All Israel News. [09:50] [music]
