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US PAYMENT OF $1.7B TO IRAN AMID RECENT DEAL FUELING FIERCE DEBATE
Jonathan Hoenig: Iran is as powerful now as it's been any time since the '79 revolution. That's according to the Jerusalem Post. This country is the number one state sponsor of terrorism. Philosophically and financially as well, even John Kerry has admitted that millions of millions of dollars of the sanction relief will go fund terrorism. We are not just cozying up to them. We are submitting to them.
Michelle Fields: This administration through their actions, continue to show the world we are a weak nation. Iran humiliates us. They humiliate our soldiers, our sailors. They had them get on their knees and then tell them to apologize. They apologize on camera. They send out a video humiliating the United States. What does John Kerry do? He called Iran to thank them for giving our sailors back. Come on, give me a break.
Jessica Tarlov: All of this is their money. We can't forget that. We are unfreezing assets. We have had over 4,500 deals like this made since the 1980s began. That's 4,500.
LEO DICAPRIO SPARKS DEBATE AS HE ACCUSES OIL, COAL AND GAS COMPANIES OF 'GREED'
Jonathan Hoenig: I'm sure all the private jets Leo flies around in are probably solar powered I suppose. Of course it's oil and gas powered. The greens are all hypocrites. In order to live you have to use the earth. Since man's first stage, you have to dig your hands in the earth. Wealth has to be created. The more the earth we have used the better man's life has become.
Jessica Tarlov: The hypocrisy here, don't go on your jet. I have seen some very attractive pictures of him on yachts that are definitely not good for the environment. It demeans the argument. I think that those greens have a point. We know 2015 was the hottest year on record since 1880 when they started tracking this.
Michelle Fields: He’s very talkative about the environment. But as soon as you talk to him and ask him about these yachts that he's always partying on and jets he's flying everywhere on he becomes quiet. He suddenly becomes mute. He's a typical Democrat. Do as I say and not as I do. He wants everyone else to change their lifestyle. People living in average size homes and driving to work is too much. But it's okay for him to fly on jets and to be hanging out with Victoria Secret models on yachts all day.
NEW DEBATE AS 'NATIONAL REVIEW' URGES GOP VOTERS TO DUMP DONALD TRUMP
Michelle Fields: I don’t see Goldman Sachs throwing money at him. I think it’s more likely that someone like Marco Rubio with the sugar industry or Jeb Bush, who was a former registered lobbyist and would often times ask his father for favors, could be bought more so than Donald Trump.
Jessica Tarlov: Donald Trump has shown no consistency in his entire career and used to be a Democrat and now he’s a conservative. He could be bought. He loves to make deals, I’m sure he’s going to be making them.
Jonathan Hoenig: Donald Trump is bought every day. This is why he loves when reporters give him favorable coverage. The ones that give him unfavorable coverages, he banishes from their press release. So he can be bought. Not with money, but with power lust.
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