Pope, Dust and Deterrence
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Sean Hannity opens the hour by breaking down what he describes as a major turning point in the Iran conflict, with President Trump signaling that Tehran is preparing to give up its 60% enriched uranium and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Hannity argues that the U.S. naval blockade and the success of Operation Epic Fury forced Iran into a corner without dragging America into a forever war. He also revisits his criticism of Pope Leo, defending his view that the world is safer without a nuclear-armed Iran and challenging what he sees as selective moral outrage from religious and political leaders. This hour is a fast-moving mix of Middle East strategy, Trump foreign policy, oil prices, and a fiery faith-and-politics debate.
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| 0:11.6 | If you want to join us, the president giving a speech in Arizona on the economy. |
| 0:18.0 | Great, great news. |
| 0:19.7 | I mean, if you look at the average american and how much money |
| 0:23.9 | they're getting back this year from the irs compared to last year because of the one big |
| 0:29.1 | beautiful bill uh it is a massive amount of money over about 3 500 dollars on average that's |
| 0:35.6 | serious money in people's pockets uh You're not going to hear it on |
| 0:38.9 | the fake news, legacy media mob or hear it from them, which is great for working men and women. |
| 0:45.2 | They deserve a break. We're not an under-tax nation. We're an over-tax nation. And as soon as, |
| 0:51.1 | and the price of oil, by the way, is way way down today. It looks like we're going to set another record on the S&P and the NASDAQ. |
| 0:57.6 | We're almost back to the 50,000 mark on the Dow, which is incredible. |
| 1:02.5 | It's been, you know, the price of oil, what is it down to about $81 a barrel today, |
| 1:07.7 | you know, dramatically down based on the news that the president had. |
| 1:12.7 | Let me digress one second. Linda, when I brought up the issue of how much I got out of my |
| 1:19.9 | Catholic upbringing in my life and how fundamental it was to the person that I am today, |
| 1:25.6 | I think people missed that part yesterday, correct? |
| 1:28.4 | They didn't want to hear that part. |
| 1:29.5 | That's accurate. |
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