Does it make sense to you? The president says Iranians want the U.S. to keep bombing?

No, no, it sounds like lunacy to me.

Certainly most Iranian people at this point are not supporters of the regime.

They would like regime change, but they know that this is not the way to go about doing it.

There's not going to be a popular uprising in Iran. They tried that in January.

35, 40,000 people were slaughtered as a result. This is not going to bring about regime change in any way.

Do you see a reason for Iran to make a deal and open the strait of her moves before the president's deadline tomorrow?

And if not, how seriously do you take his threat to destroy their infrastructure?

Yes.

Well, that's a great question, Anderson.

And I think it's really the question of the day.

It's not yet in Iran's interest to make that kind of deal, however, given that their

control of the straits is the principal leverage that they have

for any kind of negotiation. And, you know, as I think we talked about last week, their strategy

is to survive, to prevent total surrender, to preserve the Islamic regime, and to do that,

they have to hang on to the Straits. It is their principal leverage. In terms of

the president's threats, I think they have demonstrated an ability to absorb strikes at home

while still exacting a cost on the rest of the world. And I think that's what those who make

these kinds of decisions in Iran are prepared to do for at least several more weeks.

It's not just the rhetoric about the Christian nationalist rhetoric. People are believing what

they're saying. That's part of the problem. Without a doubt. The reason why Trump is tapping into

that is because there's been, you know, there's been a lot of coverage about the fractures

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