Dave Rubin recently resurfaced a direct-message clip of a 60 Minutes interview that should have every American paying attention. The short clip shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bluntly warning about the threat posed by Iran’s Supreme Leader and the regional ambitions that flow from Tehran.
In that original CBS interview the crown prince compared Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Adolf Hitler and warned that Saudi Arabia would pursue a nuclear capability if Iran ever developed a bomb. He made clear that Tehran’s expansionist ideology is not mere rhetoric but a real strategy to dominate the Middle East.
Listen to the plainspoken part of the conversation and you realize why conservative foreign-policy realists have been warning about Iran for decades. It is refreshing to hear a leader from the region speak without the moralizing caveats and diplomatic euphemisms that so often let dangerous regimes hide their true intent. Americans do not need lectures from the coastal elites; they need honesty about the threats we face.
The Saudis aren’t crying wolf. Iran’s regime bankrolls proxies, arms militias, and meddles across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen in ways that destabilize the entire region and threaten U.S. interests. The same Iranian theocracy that hides behind religious rhetoric also provides safe harbor for extremist elements and executes a foreign policy of sabotage and aggression.
Meanwhile, many in our media and on the left act as if nuance equals weakness, softening the language around Tehran and parroting the talking points of appeasement. That posture has consequences: it emboldens authoritarianism, weakens alliances, and gives America’s adversaries the green light to test the limits of Western resolve. Conservatives should call this out loudly and demand policy that actually deters aggression.
If anything, this resurfaced footage should be a wake-up call to Congress and the next administration: stop pretending the Iran problem will fade if we look away. The prince’s 60 Minutes interview first ran years ago during his U.S. visit, and yet the danger he described remains current and urgent; our strategy must reflect that reality.
Patriots know that strength and clarity keep the peace more reliably than wishful thinking. It’s time Washington stopped apologizing for defending freedom and started standing firmly with friends who are on the front lines against theocratic tyranny.
