March 7th, 2025

On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, President Trump put the hammer down on Iran, Russia, and the Hitler youth protestors at colleges and universities. Trump is adopting an aggressive and strategic approach to both foreign and domestic challenges. He is pressuring Russia and Ukraine to negotiate an end to their war with sanctions and diplomacy, while simultaneously threatening Iran if it does not agree to a nuclear deal. Domestically, he is taking a strong stance against antisemitic university protestors. The Trump administration is taking actions that the Biden administration wouldn’t. We see Hitler youth antisemitism in the streets, and Trump is stepping up to address it. The Trump administration has canceled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University due to “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.” Also, over the last seven or eight years, China has significantly muscled up and is now a serious force. Billions of dollars have been spent on everything except the U.S. military, but Trump will fix that. Later, it’s fine to have people with strong opinions, but the hosts on The View are unhinged radicals. They constantly cross the line, with Sunny Hostin leading the pack as the worst offender. ABC News apparently has no issue with her calling for people to fight and die. Hostin needs to be fired for pushing violence like that. Finally, Kevin McCarthy calls in to explain that the Democrats are in chaos, fighting an internal civil war with no clear leader in the House, even after the election. In California, Gavin Newsom’s presidential ambitions have him clashing with the party by opposing men in women’s sports, fueling the divide. The split isn’t just left versus hard left—there are no moderates anymore, just Marxists and socialists.

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Rough transcription of Hour 1

Segment 1
Hello, America. Mark Colvin here, our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. We’ll be taking calls at the end of the program near the end of the program. Holy moly. Do we have a lot going on today? You’re at the right place at the right time. 3 hours. We could be doing 5 hours. We could be doing 5 hours. And by the way, in our three hour power hour, we’re going to have is that hour three, Mr. Producer. Kevin McCarthy tells us what he thinks about the Democrats now. So a lot going on. Donald Trump put the hammer down on Iran. He put the hammer down on Russia. They put the hammer down on the Hitler Youth. I mean, it’s really quite incredible. New York Post Trump Threatens Massive Sanctions on Russia for Continued Attacks on Ukraine Tells Moscow and Kiev Get to the table right now. President Trump threatened massive sanctions against Russia today over its continued attacks on Ukraine as he attempted to broker a ceasefire before predicting later in the day that Vladimir Putin would be more generous than he has to be in peace talks. See a lot of what Trump does is he positions himself and he positions the other parties. Based on the fact that Russia’s absolutely pounding Ukraine on the battlefield right now, he wrote. I’m strongly considering large scale banking sanctions, other sanctions, tariffs on Russia. Until a cease fire and final settlement agreement on peace is reached. He wrote. A truce social. To Russia and Ukraine get to the table right now before it’s too late. Thank you. He’s trying to pressure both sides to end the war. His aides are due to meet next week with Ukraine officials. In Saudi Arabia. So there will be a meeting next week between American and Russian officials. The Saudi Arabia. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office today that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was too resistant to making peace. Ukraine has got to get on the ball and get a job done. Here we go. Very interesting. What about Iran? The Islamo Nazi state of Iran. President was on with Maria BARTIROMO was a very sweet lady, by the way. Very nice person. And here’s how that interview went. With respect to Iran. Cut one, Go. There are reports now that Russia says it will help the United States negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. What kind of a deal with Iran do you want to do? You said they cannot have a nuclear weapon. No, There are two ways Iran can be handled militarily or you make a deal. I would prefer to make a deal because I’m not looking to her to run. There are great people I know so many Iran, Iranians from this country. Well, not the leadership. No, not the leadership. The people. Very evil people. No, but the people of Iran are great people. But they had a tough regime and they meet and they’d be shot in the streets. I mean, it was a tough it was a tough deal. But I would rather negotiate a deal. I’m not sure that everybody agrees with me, but we can make a deal that would be just as good as if you won militarily. But the time is happening now. The time is coming up. Something is going to happen one way or the other. I hope that Iran and I’ve written them a letter saying, I hope you’re going to negotiate, because if we have to go in militarily, it’s going to be a terrible thing for them. You wrote a letter to the Khomeini. When did you send the letter? Yesterday. And you said, you better negotiate. We want you to negotiate better. And I hope you’re going to negotiate because it’s going to be a lot better for Iran. And I think they want to get that letter. The other alternative is we have to do something because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon. Goes on. Cut to go. And that’s going to be the next thing you’ll be talking about is Iran. What’s going to happen with Iran? And there’ll be some interesting days ahead. That’s all I can tell you. You know, we’re down to the final strokes with Iran. That’s going to be an interesting time and we’ll see what happens. But we’re down to the final moments. We’re at final moments. Can’t let him have a nuclear weapon. I would I think that I would have had a deal within one month after the rigged election of 2020. They were all set to make a deal. And then when I lost, I saw this person who’s a stupid person, very stupid person, and they said, let’s not make a deal. And they were right. He took the sanctions off. They became rich under Biden. They went from having no money to having $300 billion, all in a short period. Soil oil builds up fast. It’s a nice, nice living if you have a nice little world. And they do, they have a lot of nice oil wells. Right. So anyways, you know, it’s it’s going to be a big thing. It’s an interesting time in the history of the world, but we have a situation with Iran that something is going to happen very soon. Very, very soon. You’ll be talking about that pretty soon, I guess. And hopefully we can have a peace deal. You know, I’m not I’m not speaking out of strength or weakness. I’m just saying I’d rather see a peace deal than the other. But the other will solve the problem. And he’s not kidding because the clock is almost up. They’re ready to break out with six nuclear weapons. Or enough material to build six nuclear weapons. And once they have that material, there’s no going back. There’s no going back. So he’s made it abundantly clear it’s not just negotiation. It needs to be some kind of deal and it needs to be quick. And I can’t imagine what kind of deal would be. They cut deals with the U.N., they cut deals with Europe, they cut deals with Obama. They lie. They cheat. You know why they’re terrorists. That’s what terrorists do. They’ll sign anything. They don’t care. They’re terrorists. They don’t abide by the rules. I’ll tell you what I think’s going on. And I don’t have any inside information. I think. President Trump. He’s setting the stage for potential military strike. And he wants to be clear that he tried peace. He wanted negotiation. He sent them a letter. Maybe they’ll respond. Maybe they won’t. Maybe they’ll do rope a dope. He’s not an idiot. He’s not a fool. He knows what he’s doing. So at least creating the environment where something else can be done other than military. But they know a lot. You know that the Iranians are trying to rebuild their ground air defenses, as a matter of fact. And so forth and so on. And for Israel to hit these sites, you know, Israel needs the proper weapons to do so. So all that has to be taken into consideration. The Gulf states want Iran taken out. They all do. But he’s made it clear they’re not getting nuclear weapons. Not on his watch. Very, very important. And I really don’t think. That he’s going to back down from that? Absolutely. I don’t think he’s going to back off from what a disaster that would be in every respect. Right. I know a lot of Iranian-Americans, too. Patriotic as well. And they want this company out. And I don’t blame them. Most of the free world wants Khomeini out. Most of the Arab world wants Khamenei. And when he is out. If he’s out. And if that regime is toppled. And if the people of Iran can take their government back. You’ll see a lot of this terrorist activity is going to abate because Iran funds so damn much of it. That’s the truth. Mike Wallace in the Oval Office today. Again. Tons of stuff going on in foreign policy. It’s not because. President Trump is prioritizing foreign policy. It’s because it’s there. It’s in your face. What are you going to do? You got to deal with it. You’re president. And you see what he said to Russia. He shows Russia the friendly hand and it shows Russia the fist in the same day within 2 hours. Because that’s what he does. Mike Wallace in the Oval Office today. He’s asked. What about Ukraine? Are these talks going to get back going? And by the way, I think I’ve been the most outspoken and earliest by far advocated getting this minerals deal done for all the reasons I’ve discussed. Turn blue in the face for at least three weeks. This minerals deal needs to get done. It is a big, big deal for us Ukraine. And that part of the world. There’s only upsides. Cat three go. The president has been crystal clear and he’s been clear to all sides. The fighting has to stop. Both sides need to get out, get to the table. We had a good engagement. Both leaders have said only President Trump could do so and only he has been able to do so. We had an initial judgment with the Russians. The Ukrainians had a great opportunity to bind our economies together through that mineral deal. Unfortunately, that didn’t go so well. But we think we’re going to get things back on track. Secretary Rubio, myself and Ukrainian delegation will be meeting in Saudi Arabia next week to get these talks back on track and get a cease fire in place and drive peace home. I know President Trump’s address that you put up. I think both parties want to settle. I think if I wasn’t president, this war would have had no chance of settlement. Zero chance. But I think we’re going to get it settled and stopped. We’ve got to stop it losing on average, 2000 soldiers a week. That’s a lot of soldiers. Yes, it is a lot of soldiers. And we need those minerals. We really do. I hope you listen to Life, Liberty and Levin tomorrow night, 8 p.m. Eastern and Sunday night, 8 p.m. Eastern time. So these are two killer shows. I mean, really killer shows. And I’m going to discuss in the opening. At great length what’s been going on on our college campuses. What the president and his administration’s been doing about it, what more they’re going to do about it, more options that they’ll have. And the role that the country of Qatar has played. In funding massively. Are colleges and universities turning them against us, the United States of America turning them into. anti-Semitic. Hellholes. You’re not going to believe what Qatar has done. And Qatar plays both sides just as they funded Hamas. We literally have individuals in this country. Are suck ups to this regime, to this terrorist regime. Who claimed to love America when they obviously hate America. Qatar is funding terrorists. They’re funding Hamas. And not just Hamas. So people are going to have to take a side. One way or the other, you stand with Qatar, you. Name of the United States of America. It’s that simple. Qatar’s not alone. But there are two phase chameleon like activity where they pretend to be our friend, where they buy politicians, where they buy law firms. Where they buy businessmen has kind of come to an end. And one of the things I call for is a list. Of all the people have associations with this terrorist regime. In and out of our governor, who has significant positions. We, the American people, have a right to know. Qatar’s the enemy. It’s the enemy of the United States. It’s pouring billions and billions of dollars into our country. In the terrorist front groups in our country. In the terrorist promoting protesters and faculty in our country. In our country. That’s right. We’ll expose that. Please watch that Saturday night, followed by my guests, General Jack Keane and my guest, Leo Terrell. It’s a killer show tomorrow night. If you’re not sure, you’re going to be able to watch it, please set your DVR, TiVo or however you record. Sunday is unbelievable. My first guest is Senator Ted Cruz. And we go deep. But you’re going to love my opening statement. I’m not going to get into it. You’re going to love it. My second guest you’ve probably never heard of and you probably never seen. And that’s one of the things I love to do on my program, to bring people to you who you need to hear. The Deep state is an international phenomenon. It crosses national borders. The deep state in the United States is also the deep state in Israel. And in other places. Dark money funding it, radical left wing groups involved in it. You’re going to learn things you didn’t know. Two great shows, 8 p.m. Eastern Saturday and Sunday on Fox. I’ll be right back.

Segment 2
Spooked by Trump. Putin Europe rushes to rearm in meeting in Europe the other day that most of the European nations are going to significantly increase defense spending. I believe that’s a good thing, don’t you? AP Poland and Baltic nations welcome Macron’s nuclear deterrent proposal, and Macron’s a lot of talk. We’ll see if he follows through. His proposal is to put nuclear weapons in Poland and the Baltic nations. We shall see if that happens. I like it all. We need the mineral deal. That would be fantastic. European masala masala big that’s long overdue. It Mr. Nuclear weapons. Putin, who has more nuclear warheads in any country in the face of the earth, including us in their modernized than most of ours are not well. Poland and the Baltic nations. That’s what he’s eyeballing. That’s what he has said in the past. He really wants cut through Ukraine to Poland and the Baltic nations. Might be a little tough if they lose.

Segment 3
The only people who do not acknowledge what that gentleman just said are the people in this business. It’s the strangest damn thing. And yet, when the authors want to be heard, they come here and politicians want to get the vote out. They come here. When there’s key votes from budgets and things like that, They come here. They call my phone. I don’t take all the calls, but they call my phone. They know where to go. And because of me. Because of you. And the reason they come here is because you are mission oriented. Because you are patriots. You’re not just casual listeners. You’re the Paul Revere’s. You’re the Thomas Paine’s. We discuss things, you hear things and you pass it on to the next person who passes it on to the next person. That’s the power of this program. The audience is so massive. The first level audience, The secondary level audience, the third level audience. It’s so massive that they can’t even count it. Nielsen has no shot at it. No shot at it whatsoever. You may recall, a few weeks back. It was an effort to divide Donald Trump and me. President Trump and I choose we. We’re very, very close friends. We’re very good friends. I don’t take advantage of it like some people do. I don’t ask for things. I don’t. And on harass him. But we do talk from time to time. Sometimes on just social things, sometimes on big things. And I keep that to myself. As you can imagine, I would. But again, not frequently, because I don’t bother him. He’s a huge fan of this radio show and he’s a huge fan of my Fox TV show. And when it comes to Ukraine and Russia, my views are well known. They may not be in sync. With everybody else’s views may not be in sync with your views. That happens, doesn’t it? But you know where I’m coming from and you know why I’m coming from a particular position, whether you agree with me or not. Nothing extreme or radical about my views, not about warmongers or neocons. As the sleaze balls like to say. Because they can’t say much else. No, that’s not where we’re coming from here. I’ve been doing this a long time now. My views are quite consistent, as are my principles. So I came on the radio and I gave you my views about Ukraine and Russia, which had nothing to do with challenging. The administration attacking the administration or anything of the sort. My views on Ukraine. My views on Putin. I mean, are not hidden. I speak behind a microphone where millions of people hear me. And I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I’ve been doing it since Russia invaded Ukraine. So nothing I said that day. Was any different than anything I said any other day. But it was who he’s defying Trump. Who he’s attacking Trump. Who? The president. I spoke about that afterwards. And we left. He said, You know, Mark, they’re trying to do that with Elon Musk and me. They’re trying to do that with other people in me. It’s not going to work. I said, No way. Mr. Bray said, Absolutely not. We’ve come too far. To allow them to come between us. Being honest with you. And so it’s in that context. I want to play for you. Prather Well, Cal found this provided it to Mr. Producer. Andrew Wilkie now, by the way, is a tremendous broadcaster. It’s a great guy to. James Carville, who was on the Dan Abrams podcast. This is from February 21, I’m told. Now, what’s amazing about these two is I could spend 20 years talking about things that I think are crucial to the country. And that are very, very important. And then they’ll pretend you don’t exist. That’s how that works in this industry. That’s how it works in this industry. That’s how it works with Talk magazine, which to me is a big joke. That’s just how it works. But if you say something where they think they can seize on it. To attack Donald Trump. Or attack a Ronald Reagan or some. That’s that’s when they jump. And you remember I talked about this. So this goes back a few weeks. Well, we’ll take a little listen to it. Cut, forego. But, James, when it comes to, for example, Ukraine, you’ve suddenly seen Republicans push back. And as a result, Trump seems to be tempering his language a little bit. It seems to be having an impact. No, no. Well, I mean, look, when Mark Levin leaves the house. Right. Okay. I made that point yesterday. Yeah. I mean, wow, I could and I listen to it. I think it’s 125 on the satellite. All right. And I’ll listen to it. And that guy is right. The most passionate. Democrats hate America. I mean, he’s not just he’s a right wing OC. He’s like James Carville is truly an evil person who can’t stand the United States of America. But in I do, I won’t give up on Ukraine and John John Bolton, who might be the most hawkish senior official in any administration. All right. I don’t want to be associated with him, but you get the point. My view is the same today as it was on February 21st. As it was in 2004, 2003, and before. I also think Donald Trump came up with this brilliant, this genius plan on these minerals. Somebody else came up with that. He did. And I’ve been pushing it and pushing it and pushing it hard. And I’ve been urging the administration, okay, I got it. Everybody’s upset with Zelinski, but that deal helps us. Let’s get the deal done. We need those rare earth minerals. The Russians and the Communist Chinese want them. We’ll have this economic alliance and fusion of our citizens. It’s the perfect outcome. And then you negotiate the other issues afterwards. Zelinski blew it. I’ve said it over and over and over again. He’s trying to get back in. And it was good to hear Walter today say that he and I think it was Rubio. They’re going to meet with the Ukrainians and Saudi Arabia next week and try and jumpstart this thing. Good. Good. That’s good for our country, too. Big time. It’s good for the Ukrainians, too. Big time. Big time. Literally a brilliant idea. Trump comes up with these ideas. Nobody else comes up with ideas like that. So the De Abrams podcast won’t mention that, will it, Mr. Produce? Not that I care. I’m just making a point. I think that’s very important that we get that done. I think it’s great that Europe is going to muscle up its military. It’s got to move. It’s got to get on it. And now we need to muscle up our military. I discuss it with General Jack Keane on Saturday as well tomorrow night. He told me something. I knew it was bad. I didn’t know it was this bad, he said. In every single area. Every single area. The Chinese are now ahead of us, except for nuclear subs. Number of warships, number of warplanes. Now they don’t have as many nuclear missiles as we do, but in ten years they’re going to have more. And they’re going to be brand spanking new. The point is they have seriously muscled up over the last 20 years and particularly in the last seven or eight years, and they are serious about what they’re doing. The Philippine government is warning the world. They’re seizing Philippine islands, threatening others. The Australian government is warning the world. That a live fire exercise in Australian waters right off the coast. Who does that? They do. The Japanese government has warned that they’re there claiming the right to islands, that the communist Chinese, that is China period, has never had that are off the coast of Japan. They’re claiming territorial control over the South China Sea, which is a disaster. Trillions of dollars of goods flow there, as do our Navy and other navies. And of course, they don’t have any territory there, so they build it. These islands that they created. They have airfields, they have satellite systems and radar systems. They’re missile systems. They’re built for an offensive war. They’re built for an offensive war. It’s a serious military over there. Meanwhile, we have money for everything and anything. We’re pushing billions and billions out the door in the last days of the prior regime. Money to a Stacey Abrams related organization. Money to this I, money to that, money all over the place. Billions and billions, but not enough money for our military. And yet, really the number one responsibility, the federal government, the national government is our security against foreign foes. Money for everything. But that. The president’s going to fix that. He plans to fix that. I’ll be right back.

Segment 4
I have all the right. Perfectly honest with you. Give me an example, Mr. Producer. By the way, we use some of the article links again. They disappeared on my computer. If I went to Russia, do you think they’d let me out, Mr. Producer? If I went to Communist China, you’d think they’d let me out. Mr. Producer. If I went to Qatar, do you think they’d let me out, Mr. Producer? But I went to Saudi Arabia. You’d think they’d let me out, Mr. Producer. No, I don’t think any of them would do America. Yeah. And then there’s some guys out there of subscription based platforms or podcasts or whatever they call them. Now welcome with open arms by Qatar. Welcome with open arms by Putin. Sure. Why not? Welcome with open arms by the Crown Prince of Good Nick over there in Saudi Arabia. Why not? Because their mouthpiece is for the enemy. And the patriots in this country who speak out. You call out the enemy? Our smeared. All. You must be a neocon. I’m not a communist, though. Not a fascist. No, I’m not an appeaser. I’m not a sellout to all these countries. You know that old line? Follow the money. Follow the money with these people. Exactly where does the money come from? They’d help them start different websites or help them start. Podcasts are help them start a subscription service. Or help them do whatever they do. Follow the money. Because Qatar spreads the money around. These Middle East fiefdoms. They spread the money around like nobody else. Like nobody else. We’ve got senators and congressmen to retire. We’re on the payroll in Qatar. Their law firms are on the payroll in Qatar. So these senators and congressmen know they’ve bent over backwards for Qatar. Menendez, one of the countries that provided him with. Well, you know, stuff. Qatar. He was the chairman of the Senate. Foreign Relations Committee. Oh, do tell. And Qatar poured $1.8 billion in the Hamas. And Qatar gave safe haven to the five billionaires that ran Hamas. And Qatar owned Al Jazeera. Evidently anti-American, anti-American, state owned media outlet, much like our own media. But a little different. Qatar pushed out the Hamas propaganda. Even today, it does. Yet. Apparently Qatar is a mediator for us. Isn’t that weird, Mr. MATTHEWS? How can they mediate anything? Well, in any event, they’re doing God’s work. I know this to be the case. Because somebody who works with them said they’re doing God’s work. Yes, they’re doing God’s work. No, they’re not. They’re not doing God’s work. God’s not a terrorist. God doesn’t hate America. God doesn’t hate Christians and Jews. Now they’re not doing God’s work. It’s a phony monarchy. These are inbred. It’s a tiny country where 20% of the population is Qatari. The other 80% foreign laborers. They happen to be on a wellspring of oil. So they buy. Politicians. They buy law firms. They buy billionaires, they buy individuals who have a lot of influence. They buy sports teams. You know, they owned part of the. Washington. I think it’s the hockey team and basketball team must produce. You know, they gave $5 million to the Medal of Honor facility that’s being built. See, they know how to spread it around, don’t they? They have their own golf association. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They try to. That there’s some kind of a mainstream, you know, suicide is nothing mainstream about these bastards. Detective. I asked the prince of Qatar, whatever the hell he is, They come on this program. He come on this program. No. About the prince of Saudi Arabia now. You think Putin would allow me to interview him? No. How about G? No. Wow. Then I’d say something. They know who their friends are and they know who their mouthpieces are. You know, in World War Two, Imperial Japan, they put Ford, Tokyo Rose. She was a propagandist and they put her on radio. And she will put out the propaganda for the the Japanese regime. We have a lot of Tokyo losses in this country. We really do. Tokyo Rose is Tokyo Roses all over the place. We’ve only just begun. We’ll be right back.