President Trump returned to the program today. The focus was on the ongoing battle with Iran though as always there were some excursions into other topics. He remains the best interview on the planet: Transcript: HH: Joined now by President Donald Trump. Mr. President, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show. Thank you. I want to begin by saying I’m sorry you’ve lost your friend, Lindsey Graham. I want to congratulate you on the 250th anniversary of the country on the Mall and your speech. And I want to especially thank you for raising with General-Secretary Xi Jinping Jimmy Lai and Pastor Mingri. DJT: Yeah. HH: The pastor’s in...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune called into the program today to talk about the need for the entire GOP to rally behind Texas Senate GOP nominee Ken Paxton after Paxton’s win over Senator Cornyn in Tuesday’s primary run-off: Transcript: HH: Pleased to welcome now the leader of the United States Senate, Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota. Leader Thune, welcome. I began the show by saying I’m sad that my radio friend and great senator from Texas, John Cornyn, lost last night. But of course, we’ve got to get behind Ken Paxton now and get him elected. What’s your reaction to last night in Texas? JT: Well,...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune returned to the program today: Transcript: HH: There’s a lot to cover today, but I’m very, very grateful that the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, John Thune, has joined me this morning. Senator, welcome back. Good to have you. I believe it is the case that when you sign up to be majority leader, there’s a clause in your contract that says you’re obliged to defend the filibuster even when people who want you to defend the filibuster deny so on camera. Isn’t that not in the small print? JT: (laughing) Yeah, I think you are correct there, Hugh. This is a conversation, as you...

President Trump returned to the program today, The audo and visual is posted at my YouTube channel. Transcript: HH: I’m joined now by the President of the United States. President Trump, welcome back. Always a pleasure to talk to you. I was filling people in on the fact that you offered very nicely Project Freedom. The Iranians started firing off like Yosemite Sam at UAE and everybody, so I gather, are we at the beginning at the end of a new war? Are we starting over? DJ: Well, one way or the other, we win. We either make the right deal, or we win very easily from the military standpoint. We’ve already won that. You know,...

Montana Senator Steve Daines joined me today to talk about his upcoming trip to China: Transcript: HH: From Secretary Burgum, I go to United States Senator Steve Daines from the great state of Montana. Senator, welcome back. I know you’re about to go to China. I’ve got a bunch of questions for you. But before I do that, you announced your retirement. You surprised me after you killed it for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Then, I got to thinking about it. I said Steve Daines might be running for president. Have you ruled out running for president? SD: (laughing) I’m not running for president, Hugh. I’m not...

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum was my guest today: Transcript: HH: West Texas crude is at $107 dollars a barrel, and Brent crude is at $119 and change. To talk about that, the war, and much more, I’m joined by the Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum. Secretary Burgum, welcome back. It’s good to see you again. How goes the good fight in D.C? DB: Well, Hugh, it’s fantastic to be with you, and things are going great here, as they are going great for our whole country. HH: All right, let’s start with the story in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Trump tells aides to prepare for extended blockade of Iran. Has he...

OMB Director Russ Vought joined Hugh to talk about President Trump’s proposed budget for FY 2027 which includes a proposed $1.5 trillion in Pentagon spending. Transcript: HH: We start with OMB Director Russ Vought. Now not a lot of you will know this. There is the A.G., there’s the Secretary of State, there’s the Secretary of Defense. There’s the Secretary of the Treasury. Arguably, Director Vought is more important than all of them, because he holds the purse strings over at OMB subject to the President’s direction. And our good friend, John Campbell, Russ Vought, always likes to brag on this show that he knew you...

Majority Leader Johnb Thune joined Hugh today to discuss the ongoing debate on the SAVE Act, the battle with Iran, and the confirmation prospects for Senator Mullin to be Secretary Mullin. The transcript: HH: If you’ve been watching C-SPAN for the last day and today, you’ve seen Republicans standing up demanding voter ID and citizenship before they vote in federal elections. And they’re pummeling the Democrats because of the way that Majority Leader John Thune set this up. The Leader joins me now. Leader Thune, welcome. Well played, Mr. Bond. This is, if this was a fight, they’d stop it. The Democrats could. Are they going...