Canada: Measuring the Trump White House first five months. Conrad Black.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 4 July 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.5 | Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:11.5 | I welcome my colleague, Conrad Black, distinguished biographer, writing this National |
| 0:17.0 | Post column about the recently concluded combat between Israel and Iran, between the U.S. |
| 0:25.4 | and Iran, now in a ceasefire. |
| 0:28.6 | The news is that it is confirmed that the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, |
| 0:33.4 | will be traveling to Washington in days to meet with the President of the United States |
| 0:38.3 | to discuss what comes next, not only with Iran, but also with Hamas and Gaza and Hizbalah, |
| 0:44.9 | and the whole of the Middle East now at odds waiting for the Tehran regime to respond to |
| 0:51.1 | negotiation positively. However, Conrad, a very good evening to you. |
| 0:55.9 | The success of Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu is something that is not getting a great |
| 1:01.0 | deal of attention. |
| 1:01.9 | It's worth noting that the president's decision to use the B2, at this point, my information |
| 1:09.8 | is that the Ayatollah is living below ground, always moving his |
| 1:13.6 | location every night, not attending religious ceremonies that are critical to his regime. |
| 1:20.0 | In addition, he's moving his son around as well, who is the named heir apparent. |
| 1:24.7 | It would appear that the enemy is on the run. How do you interpret the events of |
| 1:29.6 | these last week, Conrad? Is Iran defeated or have they got another punch? Good evening to you. |
| 1:36.7 | Yeah, good evening to you, John. No, I think they are definitively defeated. A trillion dollars |
| 1:42.3 | invested in their nuclear program has gone up in smoke. They've |
| 1:47.0 | impoverished the country comparatively for decades, making sacrifices to pursue this nuclear program. |
| 1:55.0 | They have nothing to show for it, no. And if the Ayatollah thinks that he can name his son, you know, the way the regime does in North Korea, |
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