Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291
The Megyn Kelly Show
SiriusXM
4.4 • 38.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 130 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East. |
| 0:12.1 | Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. Last night, President Trump and the Iranian government announcing a two-week ceasefire following 38 days of major combat operations in what was dubbed Operation Epic Fury. |
| 0:27.2 | This comes after President Trump announced, quote, a whole civilization will die tonight yesterday morning. |
| 0:32.8 | If Iran did not, quote, open the fucking straight. |
| 0:36.0 | Referring to the strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world's oil supply once flowed before |
| 0:40.5 | Iran shut it down. |
| 0:43.4 | Iran doing this was one of the risks that our military fronted for President Trump before |
| 0:49.1 | he began Operation Epic Fury. |
| 0:51.5 | He apparently overruled them on those objections and did it anyway. |
| 0:56.3 | Secretary of War Pete Hegset this morning declaring victory and referring to the conflict in the |
| 1:00.4 | past tense. Watch. |
| 1:01.9 | Other presidents marked time and kicked the can down the road. President Trump made history. |
| 1:09.1 | From the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani, to tearing up the disastrous Obama-Iran |
| 1:15.1 | deal, to the precision campaign that obliterated Iran's nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer, |
| 1:20.9 | to the decisive military victory we just achieved in Operation Epic Fury. No other president has shown the courage and resolve of this |
| 1:30.9 | commander-in-chief. But chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Raisin-Kane, reminding us a ceasefire |
| 1:38.6 | does not necessarily signal the end of a conflict and that the U.S. military is ready to resume operations at a moment's notice, |
| 1:46.7 | and they may need to. Watch. Over the course of 38 days of major combat operation, the Joint |
| 1:52.6 | Force achieved the military objectives as defined by the president. We welcome the ongoing |
| 1:58.7 | ceasefire, and as the Secretary said, we hope that Iran chooses |
| 2:02.7 | a lasting peace. |
| 2:04.4 | But as Secretary Hegeseth said, let us be clear, a ceasefire is a pause, and the Joint |
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