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The Mark Simone Show

Mark interviews columnist Liz Peek.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

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4.3696 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Liz said Democrats are deeply angered by President Trump’s confrontational approach toward other countries, an approach he frames as seizing strategic opportunities. Peek argued that the key question is whether this strategy is effective or whether Democrats are overreacting to his tactics. She also discussed the uncertainty surrounding potential U.S. military action, particularly regarding Iran, noting that the consequences of such action remain unclear. On immigration, she voiced support for ICE’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants who have committed crimes, emphasizing that similar enforcement strategies were used by previous presidents, suggesting continuity across administrations.

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0:00.0

It's the Marks Among Show on 710 W-O-R. Well, Liz Peek, the great columnist. You can read her columns, Fox News.com. You'll see her all over television. And make sure you go to her website. There's great stories there every day. It's Lizpeak.com. Great news and analysis. Go to Liz Peek.com.com Liz Peek how you doing?

0:21.6

I'm great thank you for having me. Hey yeah so these the Democrats the liberals the

0:27.7

media they're so furious at President Trump over Venezuela over Iran over or

0:31.6

is one of the reasons they're so mad at him is his foreign adventures seems to be

0:36.1

paying off it seems to be working when you agree.

0:39.7

Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, I think that you could really describe this as a winning streak,

0:45.9

Mark. You know, to have Democrats come out mourning the imprisonment of Nicola of Maduro

0:52.9

is so preposterous and so ridiculous, particularly

0:57.2

in light of the fact we have so many clips of Democrats across the spectrum calling for the

1:03.3

jailing of Maduro and chastising Donald Trump for not having been more aggressive with the

1:08.5

Maduro regime. And then, you know, and of course,

1:12.6

Joe Biden, uh, increasing the bounty on Maduro, uh, information leading to the rest of

1:19.4

Maduro to $25 million. And then it happens. I mean, the funniest thing would be it they have to

1:24.1

pay Donald Trump for actually paying out, for actually following through

1:28.5

and jailing the guy.

1:29.8

I mean, it's ridiculous.

1:31.0

And Iran, of course, a very different situation.

1:34.1

Iran, in my view, is a situation where Donald Trump can take a lot of credit for the fact

1:41.0

that the mullahs are in retreat.

1:43.2

They're on the defensive uh they have uh obviously

1:46.7

now are confronting an enormous uprising of the people of iran who know that there is freedom around

1:54.8

the corner and they're tired of the theocracy they're really tired of the ayatollahs spending billions of dollars every year funding

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