in the few minutes we have left,# we'll talk about two issues that are going to bubbling up right now# and continue to bubble up as we move forward into 2026.

Venezuela# and Iran.

Please explain Venezuela in this context.

You have 30# seconds.

Look, please explain what's going on.

In a way they're very# similar countries oil producers, a failed states basically government,# but big populations and giant keystones in their region.

Now# Venezue la has an illegitimate leader who stole an election.

You know# what I mean?

And so I'm not against putting pressure on him, but again,# you want to do it with allies, OK?

And you want to have a plan# for the morning after.

Let's say Maduro leaves or is toppled or or# Venezuela really falls into civil war.

Talk about an immigration# problem when, you know, some countries implode, other countries explode.# Venezuela explodes.

OK.

As its neighbors how many millions of# refugees they're now dealing with.

Do you think Trump would actually# go to war with Venezuela in 2026?

I would rule out nothing, Jeff.

I# would rule out nothing, and again, I have no sources, so I couldn't# tell you on the Iran question, this was pretty remarkable.

Iran right# now is undergoing more convulsions.

The people obviously of Iran do# not like their government.

We've seen that again and again.

The# government shows no hesitation to actually shoot down peaceful# demonstrators in the street.

This is what Trump just wrote, you know, he, he, he, I'm through social, if Iran shots that's the way he spelled it,# shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom.# The United States of America will come to their rescue.

We are locked# and loaded and ready to go.

Thank you for your attention to this# matter.

President Donald J. Trump.

That is the clearest, I, I, I've# never seen a president threaten Iran that directly?

Is there# something behind that, or again, we don't know.

Beats me.

What are the# consequences of saying something like that?

Well, there are two kinds# of consequences.

One is obviously Iranians would see it and more# people would go out in the streets and then say, please come to# America, where are you?

So Trump will look foolish.

The other, you have# to be very careful.

This is the kind of thing the Iranian regime would# do to delegitimize the protesters.

You're acting for Trump.

You're# acting for the for the foreigner, for the America that actually matters# inside Iran.

So these are very delicate situations, you know,# Obama got criticized for not doing enough.

Trump can get, you know,# get himself in trouble for offering to do too much.

At the end of the# day, neither will matter, Jeff.

What will matter is what the# Iranian people do on the streets and how the regime responds in the# few seconds we have left, based on your knowledge of Iran, is this# situation different than previous situations of unrest in the streets.# It feels different because the regime is weaker after the# twelve-day war it lost to Israel.

and you have a combination of# things.

Now you've got the money, the economy that is collapsing, but# Mother Nature just showed up, and Iran is now one of the most water# starved countries in the world, and Mother Nature is going to kill# them all long before they kill each other.

Well, on that happy note happy note.# We'll do this again and we'll try, we'll try to end on a hopeful unless# she doesn't unless she doesn't, unless she doesn't, to be sure,# only time will tell.

We're going to have to leave it there.

I want# to thank Tom for joining me and thank you at home for watching us