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The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

President Trump returns to discuss Operation Freedom and more

The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4610 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Hugh had a wide-ranging discussion with President Donald Trump about the battle in Iran and Operation Freedom. He also talked with Dr. Michael Oren, Salena Zito, and Justice Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch's latest book, "Heroes of 1776", is in stores now.

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0:29.9

Welcome to today's podcast, sponsored by Hillsdale College, all things Hillsdale at

0:34.3

hillsdale.edu.

0:35.7

I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there. And of course, I'll listen to the Hillsdale Dialogues, all of them at Hillsdale.edu. I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there.

0:38.9

And, of course, I'll listen to the Hillsdale dialogues, all of them at Hugh for Hillsdale.com

0:43.1

or just Google Apple, iTunes, and Hillsdale.

0:47.4

I'm joined on by the President of the United States.

0:49.6

President Trump, welcome back.

0:51.1

Always a pleasure to talk to.

0:52.3

I was filling people in on the fact that

0:54.2

you offered very nicely Project Freedom. The Iranians started firing off like Yosemite, Sam, at

1:00.2

UAE and everybody. So I gather, are we at the beginning of the end of a new war? Are we starting

1:05.2

over? Well, one way the other we win. We either make the right deal or we win very easily

1:10.7

from the military standpoint. We've already won that. You know, you've heard me say it a million times, and other people say it. They have 159 ships. Now they have none. They're all at the bottom of the sea. Today we took out eight of their, you know, they're reduced to these small little fast ships.

1:28.2

Right.

1:28.4

Very cheap.

1:29.4

And they attach a machine gun to it.

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