Mark's 10am Monologue.

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Mixed signals are emerging between the USA and Iran, but why does the U.S. say the war is over while other reports suggest otherwise? Mark breaks down the reasoning behind the conflicting messages, which partly involves a key guard figure. He also notes that the USA is not dependent on oil from the Strait of Hormuz. Mayor Mamdani appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, where NBC gave him a notably favorable reception. Mamdani also commented on billionaires who are generating significant amounts of money.

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0:42.0	Hey, it's Monday. We'll give you the inside story on a lot of stuff.
0:48.9	We'll give you all the latest, Iran, Crazy Mom Dani, Tom Homan, Cash Patel, the Pope,
0:55.1	and the White House Correspondents dinner coming up this week and a whole lot more to get to.
1:11.4	So Iran, let's just explain what's really going on here, why the mixed signals the straight is open, the straight is closed, the war is over, the war is on, they agree to all our demands, they don't agree to all. Here's what's really going on.
1:16.6	There are two factions now. Iran is in the middle of a bit of a civil war. There are two factions.
1:22.3	There's the political leadership that we are negotiating with. And those negotiations will continue today. Pakistan, Islamabad, the American team led by Whitkoff and Jared back on a plane to Pakistan as we speak.
1:32.6	They'll be negotiating there.
1:34.3	Here's the problem.
1:35.1	We're negotiating with the leadership, the political leadership.
1:38.4	However, there's another faction, and that's the Republican Guard, the real hardliner military.
1:47.4	There's a regular army and there's a Republican Guard.
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