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Let's talk about Trump hitting Iran....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump hitting Iran....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about

0:07.9

Trump striking Iran. Trump ordered a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The

0:15.1

strikes occurred yesterday, and were conducted with a combination of B2 strikes and sub-launched tomahawks.

0:22.1

We know that one of the strikes was targeted at the underground nuclear facility in northern Iran.

0:28.4

That was the subject of so much discussion and debate.

0:32.0

There were two other strikes as well.

0:35.2

Trump said the strikes were very successful.

0:39.7

There's no way of actually knowing how successful they were yet. Not given the information, we'll go over in a minute. The immediate

0:46.5

reaction from Congress was sharply divided. Most Republicans praised Trump for taking the U.S. to war.

0:54.1

Notable exceptions include Thomas Massey, who called the action Most Republicans praised Trump for taking the U.S. to war.

0:59.6

Notable exceptions include Thomas Massey, who called the action unconstitutional.

1:05.5

And Marjorie Taylor Green, who shortly before the announcement of the strikes, said, This is not our fight.

1:08.1

With the exception of Fetterman, most Democrats were silent or opposed to the U.S.

1:13.1

entrance into the war. It's being reported that congressional Republicans were briefed ahead of

1:19.3

time, while Democrats were not. The reporting doesn't seem to say whether the gang of eight

1:25.7

was briefed ahead of time. There will be an

1:28.5

explainer on that down below. It's being reported that the U.S. actually gave Iran a heads up

1:35.5

to say that the U.S. was only going to engage in airstrikes and not seek regime change.

1:42.5

While normally that kind of conflict limitation is a good thing,

1:47.0

it's not necessarily the case in this situation, as we'll talk about in a minute.

1:53.0

So, let's go over the issues. First, the big one. Iran has a little more than 900 pounds

2:00.0

of highly enriched uranium.

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