1 00:00:00,030 --> 00:00:07,410 Donald Trump stood down and he was right 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:10,290 to do so and we should say that that 3 00:00:07,410 --> 00:00:13,590 those who wished like Pompeo like Bolton 4 00:00:10,290 --> 00:00:17,310 and others no doubt who wished for a 5 00:00:13,590 --> 00:00:21,150 general war in the Gulf have been 6 00:00:17,310 --> 00:00:24,359 stymied by Trump's refusal to allow it 7 00:00:21,150 --> 00:00:28,680 and it turns out that what changed his 8 00:00:24,359 --> 00:00:33,690 mind was tuning into Fox News and Tucker 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:36,000 Carlson now Color Me naive I never 10 00:00:33,690 --> 00:00:39,480 imagined when I first became aware of 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:44,309 mr. Tucker Carlson that the world would 12 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:48,270 come to sit in the palm of his hands he 13 00:00:44,309 --> 00:00:51,270 stopped the attack last June that Donald 14 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:55,410 Trump had already sent into the air in 15 00:00:51,270 --> 00:00:58,379 response to the shooting down of an 16 00:00:55,410 --> 00:01:00,510 American drone he stopped it in a 17 00:00:58,379 --> 00:01:03,899 conversation with Donald Trump who 18 00:01:00,510 --> 00:01:07,049 recalled the aircraft and now President 19 00:01:03,899 --> 00:01:09,990 Trump says he is listening again to 20 00:01:07,049 --> 00:01:12,450 Tucker Carlson and Fox News which has 21 00:01:09,990 --> 00:01:15,810 persuaded him to try a different 22 00:01:12,450 --> 00:01:18,990 approach now the US defense secretary 23 00:01:15,810 --> 00:01:22,110 said this evening that they are ready 24 00:01:18,990 --> 00:01:26,210 for talks without precondition with Iran 25 00:01:22,110 --> 00:01:30,080 well I think that's the best news of 26 00:01:26,210 --> 00:01:30,080 2020 so far