The draft "deal" and why it would be a disaster
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Salem Podcast Network
4.4 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Hugh discusses the Iran "deal" and talks with Noah Rothman, Sarah Bedford, John Podhoretz, Jim Talent, Mary Katharine Ham, and Phil Balboni.
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| 0:55.4 | Amit Segal posted this earlier on X. |
| 0:58.4 | Amit, of course, Channel 12, leading political analyst in Israel and is very wired in in Israel. |
| 1:04.3 | According to Barack Ravid, Amit begins, the U.S. and Iran are at the closest point to agreement since the war began. The framework includes, point one, the U.S. and Iranian naval blockade will be gradually lifted during the detailed negotiation period. Red light, red light, detailed negotiation period. You don't need a detailed negotiation period. |
| 1:32.2 | They need to stop firing at chips and let everybody out, and our block case got to continue. |
| 1:36.7 | Point number two, the United States will commit, in the memorandum of understanding, |
| 1:41.6 | to gradually lift sanctions and release tens of billions of dollars of frozen assets. |
| 1:42.6 | Bad. |
| 1:46.2 | That gives Donald Trump the odor of Barack Obama. |
| 1:48.4 | That's his pallets of cash. |
| 1:50.9 | The regime is on the brink of collapse. |
| 1:52.3 | They can't pay their thugs. |
| 1:55.3 | Don't give them any money ever. |
| 2:03.3 | Number three, negotiations are still underway on the duration of the uranium enrichment free. What? The president told me on Monday on this program, no enrichment, not now, not ever, never. And maybe it'll be |
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