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The Mark Simone Show

Mark Interviews CNBC Contributor Jake Novak.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Jake and Mark break down what could happen next now that the strike happened over the weekend in Iran. How would you leave Israel right now if you're stuck there? Jake explains what to do.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Mark Simone show.

0:03.6

W.O.R.

0:05.7

Well, Jake Novak, a great analyst, TV host, columnist, and make sure you watch him on Real America's Voice every morning 7 a.m., his TV show.

0:16.7

You can also, you can watch it throughout the day if you miss it.

0:19.0

It's the best place. Go to his Twitter. Go to Jake Novak on Twitter. It's Jake, Jake, Jake, and Wyatt Twitter. Jake, Jake, and Wyatt Twitter. Or Jake Novak on Substack. Jake Novak, how you doing? I'm doing well. Anything happened this weekend? Well, that's what I was going to ask you. You know the area better than anybody.

0:39.1

What is everybody thinking there now? Well, obviously Iran's nuclear facilities are greatly reduced.

0:46.1

I know I'm hearing some squawking this morning about some 60% enriched uranium that got away from

0:52.0

the site days or maybe even hours before the attack. But

0:56.2

Mark, you have to understand, 60% uranium being turned into weapons grade is like turning in a junior

1:01.2

high school point guard and turning into Michael Jordan. It takes a long time to do that.

1:06.1

Even if that is true, and of course, Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told the nation that

1:10.1

we have, quote, good intel on that. So if there's a truck carrying that uranium, I wouldn't want to be parked next to it any time in the next couple of days. I think this was a tremendous strike. I think it was a tremendous act of decisiveness. Every president has been telling us for 40 years. Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. And once again, it's Trump president. Trump is the alone who actually does something about it. And, you know, love or hate the guy, this whole narrative that he doesn't make decisions and that he backs out and chickens out, that should be dead today. And for the best reason possible, not for just a small bet that was one, but for the safety of the world. Yeah, also, I guess is it having a businessman in office?

1:45.6

You know, it's only in politics where you keep talking about something and never do it.

1:48.3

And business, obviously, you'll leave the room and get it done.

1:52.0

So is that part of the equation here?

1:56.1

It's part of the equation because he just wasn't a career politician.

1:59.0

You know, he's not only that, Mark, yes, the businessman aspect helps. But I think anyone who wasn't a career politician, as long as they weren't maybe a professor or an artist, would also actually do something. But another thing here also is that, you know, this is the most unique second term in American presidential history. It's a second term. Usually, even at this early stage of a second term president, they're already referring to them as a lame duck. Someone who really can't get anything done anymore. And this is the opposite. This is the most pro-act. Instead, you have a president who's like who's saying to himself, and I think the nation, I'm not running again. I don't care what the unfair critics say. I'm not worried about holes as much

2:34.9

anymore, although they're getting better for him, ironically. And so he's acting more decisively

2:39.5

because he's a second term president, and we haven't seen that in this country before.

2:43.6

You know, the other thing, when you go into your second term, most of your great people leave

2:48.0

after the first term, and then second term you got like a B team running.

2:51.5

This is the opposite. The first term was the B team. Now he's got his A team in place. So what do you see

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