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Complicit Ilhan?, CPAC interview, Crowne Prince

April 1, 2026·1 hr 1 min·5 clips

Ambassador Mark Wallace reveals how President Trump is decimating Iran's leadership to end the Middle East forever war.

Valdez opens like he just walked in. He gives out the phone number, brings back the late-night national town hall feel, and reminds listeners he has been moving between overseas interviews and Texas. CPAC Texas gets the first spotlight. He says speaking on the main stage was an honor and credits the American Conservative Union board for putting him there. Then the temperature changes. The CPAC thread turns into a bigger argument about America, Iran, media noise, and conservative nerve. Valdez brings in an ambassador, and their exchange stays on disinformation, propaganda, and the attempt to turn opposition to a nuclear Iran into another fight at home. The guest says the headlines are wild. He describes a friendly television host showing him stories about world war, American defeat, and fake news crowding out harder realities. His point is blunt: secrecy matters. Military action cannot be aired in real time, he says, and bad information fills that space before anything can be confirmed. He calls that dishonest and dishonorable. The worry is not only media bias. It is ratings and anti-Trump incentives dividing Republicans while Americans are in harm's way. Valdez keeps pushing on the current moment, the information fight, and what people online are being told to believe. The guest backs Trump hard. He says Trump is ending the Middle East forever war, easing pressure at the gas pump, and decimating the terror state behind wider regional violence. Valdez ends with Iranian Americans standing for liberty, speaking up, and refusing to sit still while evil gets room to move.

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A brisk CPAC Texas segment centered on Iran, media spin, and movement politics.

Rich Valdes spends the hour moving between CPAC Texas, a packed interview schedule, and his running argument about disinformation and media framing around Iran.

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You want a late-night CPAC Texas recap with a call-in, national-town-hall vibe.

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