“Trust Trump’s Instincts” - Trump Moves 2,500 Marines As Iran Ground War Talk HEATS UP
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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After being abruptly called to the Situation Room mid-interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent returns praising Trump’s war leadership as reports surface of Marines and the USS Tripoli heading toward Iran. The panel debates whether ground troops could be the next step in the escalating conflict.
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| 0:00.0 | This is yesterday, right? |
| 0:01.0 | Or a couple days ago. |
| 0:02.0 | Go ahead, Rob. |
| 0:03.0 | I listened to you on the... |
| 0:04.0 | The President wants you... |
| 0:06.0 | Sorry, the President wants you... |
| 0:09.0 | Oh, okay. |
| 0:11.0 | Allegedly they were going to the situation. |
| 0:14.0 | No problem at all. |
| 0:16.0 | When the President falls... |
| 0:17.0 | See you shortly, Mr. Secretary. |
| 0:19.0 | You can work that in. |
| 0:27.0 | Mr. Secretary, I have to say it's a first, I'm sure a last as well, that an interviewee's been pulled away to go to the situation room. How is the president? Was he stressed? |
| 0:32.6 | No, the president is in great spirits. The Iranian mission is proceeding well ahead of schedule. |
| 0:42.3 | And I have to tell you, well, that I'm a teenager who's considering military service. |
| 0:51.8 | And I could give this team my highest compliment from President Trump to the head of the Joint Chiefs, to the Secretary of War. |
| 1:00.0 | I would, they say that I would trust my child's life in their hands. |
| 1:06.0 | That is kind of weird. Going from a regular interview to the President needs you right now, which is an emergency. You leave for an hour and a half and you come back and sit down. And the first thing out of your mouth is, hey, listen, I have a son and I'll send him to war. That, that to me sounds like, this is my opinion, that they went in there and they say, hey, listen, we're probably going be sending ground troops, since you're going to be on this interview and it's going everywhere, kind of say that you would send your kid. That's a, that's a wild shift, Tom. What do you think? Is that, and you saw his body language? Normally Scott Bettson, like you just said, Pat, normally Scott's like this. He's usually very precise and command of his facts. He'll correct the news media. Excuse me. Let's back up and look at the facts here. |
| 1:49.7 | Pentagon sending assault ship at least 2,500 Marines towards Iran as U.S. works to reopen Strait of Hormuz while oil prices spike. This is a couple days ago. |
| 1:58.6 | Yes. But that story came out that they are doing that, Rob. |
| 2:01.1 | Is this on the way? |
| 2:02.5 | It's on the way. Is it right off the bat? |
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