All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as Iran Briefing GOES SIDEWAYS!!!

All hell just broke loose as the Trump. regime purported to give its first. congressional briefing regarding the. memorandum of understanding. I say. purported because it was a conference. call with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner with members of. Congress in the House and in the United. States Senate. All hell broke loose. because when members of Congress asked. some very basic questions about the. memorandum of understand standing like.

who drafted it? Who came up with the. terms? Hey Steve Witkoff, are you still. doing business in the Middle East? What. is your actual role, Witkoff? Is this a. real MOU? Is this binding? What happens. next? Apparently, Rubio and Witkoff and. others from the Trump regime just. started yelling and screaming at members. of Congress including some MAGA. Republican public and Congress members.

who were on the call. You had Democratic. Congresswoman Dean asking some very. basic questions and Witkoff started. screaming at her and saying, "That's a. dumbass question. Do not ask me about. any of my business dealings in the. Middle East and stop asking me who wrote. this MOU. You're going to just sit there. and you're going to listen to my. briefing." And notably, this was a. conference call. These Trump regime. individuals didn't even have the decency.

to do it in person and actually be. cross-examined and get asked tough. questions. Let me just show you as. Democratic Congresswoman Dean recounts. being yelled at by Witkoff and Rubio and. they basically muted her from the line. and wouldn't last let her ask any. questions. What the hell kind of. briefing was this supposed to be? What. was this? I mean, seriously. Here, play. this clip. >> He cut mic off uh and said uh that.

he called my question smart-assed. and stupid, cut my mic off and said, "There's your answer.". >> Then Michel Schnell over at MS Now. recounts what went down when you had. MAGA Republican Congressman Rich. McCormick asking Rubio some very basic. questions. And McCormick says, "I don't. really understand the MOU. Is this a. binding document? How would you really. describe this, Rubio? Because you've.

been out there saying it's really just a. negotiating framework and don't worry. about the actual terms. So, what is it, Rubio?" To which Rubio said, quote, "No. one is here under any illusion that this. is easy or even likely in some cases. This is not likely. There's a reason why. this has been going on for short 47. years, but we're going to give it an. opportunity." This comes at the same.

time that we've heard from Israeli. intelligence, from the Netanyahu regime, and they've been talking to i24 News and. others saying, "Really, what this is all. about is Donald Trump's trying to keep. power in the House and the Senate. And. as soon as the elections are over, there's going to be a massive war with. Iran, the third war." We've heard from. Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, and he gave a speech today saying, "We.

are preparing for war. This is not a. real MOU, and we're working with Rubio, and we've got our people in the Trump. regime, not J.D. Vance. By the way, hasn't J.D. Vance got awfully silent? We're ready to go back into war. We're. not leaving Syria. We're not leaving. Lebanon. We're not leaving Gaza. There. will never be a two-state solution in. Juan Netanyahu is in power, that's what. they are saying. I'll show you the. receipts just so you can see how the. American people are being lied to as the.

Trump regime continues to manipulate the. markets. And it should be noted that the. Trump regime sent Whitcoff and Kushner. to show up in Doha in Qatar to meet with. the Qatari mediators. And you know who's. not going to be there? Iran. Iran's made it very clear as of. last week, they reinforced it yesterday. Why would we go? Why would we have these discussions? You. continue to say you're going to invade. us.

You continue to violate the MOU. You. struck the Strait of Hormuz. You struck. Sirik and Keshem on Friday and Saturday. and then you manipulated the market and. say we're having talks. We're not having. talks with you. Donald Trump posted, "Iran has requested a meeting." Iran's. like, "No, we didn't. We're not showing. up." Iran's Foreign Ministry. spokesperson We're not having a meeting. We're You're just lying about what. happens next. And so that's the reality of what's. taken place. Let me share with you what. Congresswoman Comstock told.

the Midas Touch Network about this. so-called briefing as well. And she. goes, "What Rubio was forced to admit to. us while we were basically They were. yelling at us. We were saying, 'What the. hell is this?' And Rubio was like, 'Yeah, you know, the difference between. Obama's JCPOA and this MOU is that the. JCPOA. was an actual deal.' And Rubio was. saying that to criticize the JCPOA. He's. like, 'The problem with it it was a real.

deal. It was binding, but we pulled. ourselves out of this.' The great news. about this MOU is that we're not even. really going to acknowledge the terms. and we're just going to like pretend. it's a thing. And Iran realizes that.". Take a listen to what Dove. Dove the Midas Touch Network here play. this clip. >> So Ryan, real quick, tell us about this. call, this briefing call today with the. intel community. >> Oh, this call with Senator Marco I mean. with Oh, sorry. Senator Marco Rubio.

about this Iran deal? >> Right. >> Yes, it was enlightening. As I shared, you know, the last time I did one of. these briefings, we had members on there. talking about aliens in the sky. So I. have a very low bar for the kinds of. information that's going to come out of. this, but I have to say the highlight or. lowlight for me was when Secretary Rubio. was asked about the difference between. this MOU and JCPOA. And Marco Rubio. essentially said the JCPOA, the nuclear. deal, Obama's nuclear deal was a real.

agreement with criteria and benchmarks. and thresholds. And this MOU is just a. signed piece of paper saying we're going. to continue to talk about talking. So. you should ask yourself, a hundred and. something billion dollars later, what. are these people doing with our money. and our national security? >> Got it. Thank you so much, Congresswoman. >> And then, let me just show you a longer. clip right here of what Congresswoman.

Dean said went down on that call with. Rubio and Whitkoff when she was asking. some very basic questions about who. drafted it. Whitkoff, what's your. business interest? Jared Kushner, are. you still raising another four to five. billion dollars in the Middle East while. you're doing these negotiations? Under. what authority do you think you have the. ability to negotiate on behalf of the. United States when nobody has appointed. you at all? And then these,

then apparently Whitkoff and I said, "Don't you dare challenge us." Excuse. me? They Congress, that's a co-equal branch. of government. We don't know who the. hell you are, Witkoff. We know you're in. love with Vladimir Putin and you like. framed a note where Vladimir Putin. talked to you about 3 by 5 in reference. to taking over Donbas and portions of. Ukraine. We know you're a weirdo Putin. sycophant and you have a very shady. background in your real estate dealings.

Why the hell are you out there. continuing to. negotiate on behalf of like who the hell. are you Witkoff for real? Here play this. clip of what Congresswoman Deen says. Let's play. >> I want you to tell us what happened in. today's Iran conference call with Rubio. and Witkoff. >> Well, and this is an important day and. strangely as we're we're taking in these. Supreme Court decisions and the ranting. and raving of the president, we had a um.

conference call. It was not a classified. call with uh Secretary Rubio and Mr. Witkoff and it was bipartisan members of. Congress uh House. uh members, Republicans, Democrats. Uh Mr. Rubio gave a very brief opening. just talking about the uh the shots back. and forth over the course of the last 4. days. Then Senate open to questions. Uh we didn't learn much of anything. I. have to be very very honest with you. Uh and it was all based on talking about.

the MOU, the 14-point MOU. Uh I did ask uh a set of questions uh to. the secretary and to Mr. Witkoff which. uh really piqued his ire. He cut my mic. off uh and said um that uh he called my. question smart-assed. and stupid, cut my mic off and said. there's your answer. Uh I was simply asking tough questions. about who wrote the MOU, why does it.

sound so in favor of Iran and from. literally paragraph one, we're already. out of sync with what was to happen. I also mentioned the fact, and I think. we should never forget, that in this. reckless unconstitutional war, which is. what I said to the gentleman on the. call, 13 service members have died. We. must never forget that. Hundreds have. been wounded, and thousands of civilians. killed throughout the region.

But he called me smart-assed, stupid. I. think this diplomat, or would-be. diplomats, been hanging around the. president too much. >> Yeah. Wow, did anyone object to the. Secretary of State speaking to you in. that manner at all? >> On a chain for members, they. my colleagues were outraged, said it's. unacceptable, disrespectful. Madeleine. was simply asking tough questions. I. added to the question, just to to be.

completely transparent, and I think it's. a fair question. I asked Mr. Whitcoff, I. said, "In your work, how much of your. work in the region is for the United. States of America and resolving these. issues, and how much of your time is. being spent on your own ventures?" That, I think, really ticked them off, and that's when I got cut off. >> And now, let me interrupt for a moment. with some major news that's not getting. enough attention. The Trump. administration just announced it's. spending another 765.

million dollars in taxpayer money to. cancel four offshore wind projects. Under this deal, Chicago-based energy. developer Invenergy will surrender its. offshore wind leases in the New York. Bight off California's Central Coast and. in the Gulf of Maine. And in return, the. federal government will reimburse the. company 765 million dollars, with. Invenergy saying that it plans to. redirect much of that money into. building new natural gas power plants in. states like Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, along with some.

geothermal projects. This is now the. third major lease buyout by the Trump. administration, bringing the total. taxpayer cost to roughly two and a half. billion dollars, billion with a B, to. get companies to abandon offshore wind. development, all because of Trump's. bizarre crusade against wind energy. This announcement comes just after the. administration dropped its appeal in a. lawsuit brought by 17 states after a. federal court ruled its attempt to. broadly halt wind development offshore.

was unlawful. And rather than continuing. that legal fight, the administration is. now pursuing this different strategy, paying more companies to walk away from. clean energy projects instead. So, now. taxpayers are being forced to bankroll. the cancellation of renewable energy. projects that were expected to provide. electricity to millions and millions of. people as other countries like China. continue to expand their investments in. clean energy like wind. What do you. think about the Trump administration's. use of taxpayer money to cancel clean.

energy projects? How important is. climate policy to you? And what are your. thoughts on our climate coverage here at. Midas Touch? Now is the time that I need. to hear from you, so leave a comment. below and let me know what you think. Okay, Ben, back to you. >> Cuz. we should have a serious conversation. If there was a real brief, what would be. discussed? What would be discussed as. we're learning, and again, that you're. not hearing this in many other places, that the retaliatory strikes by Iran on.

the American military bases after the US. hit Sirik and Keshem. were very serious strikes on Bahrain, the fifth fleet, as well as in Kuwait. and an American Air Force base there. As. a source very close to MB Galal Baf. explains, Iran has destroyed all the new. military infrastructure of the United. States in eight locations, including the. Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and the. Salman air base in Bahrain during the.

attacks that took place in response to. the US striking Qeshm and Sirik. So, that should be included in the. briefings, right? But, the Trump regime. is covering that up. What should also be. included in the briefing is again, who. drafted the MOU, but the Trump regime. doesn't want to talk about that document. because the Trump regime just is doing. what they can do to manipulate the. markets. And if you want to hear the. perspective of what Rubio and Netanyahu.

are talking about and why Rubio entered. into the Lebanon MOU, the Lebanon MOU. framework was intended to. go after Iran basically and to remove. Iran from the deconfliction cell that JD. Vance agreed that Iran could have in the. Iran MOU and the subsequent technical. talks that took place in Berkenstock in. Switzerland during that Lake Lucerne. summit 2 weeks ago or so. And so, Rubio.

and Netanyahu working to undermine the. JD Vance MOU. And from Israel's. perspective, they are ready to invade. they they're going to go and invade Iran. and bring Trump into this in a few. months, maybe earlier, but it's a. foregone conclusion that the war starts. right when the midterms are over. I. mean, that that's how it's being talked. about. That's the type of. That should be news to the American. people and that's the type of stuff that. we should hear because this is causing. massive devastation here in the United.

States. So, let me show you. This is the. former Israel consul in Los Angeles on. i24 News and here's what he has to say. about what's going down. Here, play this. clip. >> So, what we'll see is negotiations and. more negotiations and more and more. negotiations till November and then, you. know, everything will be opened again. because the midterm would pass and Trump. would be a bit more free to do what he. wants. Clearly, one last point is that.

the Iranians lost. their hold on Lebanon because the. the MOU between Iran and the United. States created a. very strong linkage. between the negotiations in Iran and. Lebanon. But the peace deal or the. agreement between Lebanon and Israel. actually. um. completely changed this picture and and. put the Iranians again outside the.

picture in in in Lebanon. I think this. is a great accomplishment and the. Iranians would want to bring back. Lebanon to the table. >> And here. you have Ariel Oseran over at i24 News. as well. Their senior Middle East. correspondent and he's explaining the. perspective of Israel is Israel is. preparing for an immediate resumption of. military operations against Iran and.

they will be bringing the US and the. Trump regime into that. That is what is. being discussed. The information that I. am giving you right now, it's why we. need an international perspective, is. not being talked about on any American. media. It's just not It's being covered. up. It's not being discussed at all and. you have a Witkowski and Kushner and. Trump and Rubio playing a deadly. freaking game with all of our lives. Watch what they say on i24 News, their. senior Middle East correspondent, Ariel.

Oseran, play this clip. >> I've heard Israel's preparing for the. immediate resumption of military. operations. against Iran. The military top brass has. been. um. ordered, instructed to drop plans and. these plans, if are not being drawn up. have already been prepared and are. sitting on the table of Israeli decision. makers because of what Yossi is exactly. describing that the hourglass is very.

clear that the time frame for these. negotiations. to continue or let's put it this way, Trump prioritizing negotiations over. military action in an in an attempt to. coerce Iran to accept its uh. concessions. Until November, the. priority is the diplomatic avenue. After. November, all cards are you know, everything's up for grabs. And so Israel. is drawing up these plans saying that. they're they're ready to resume the war.

against Iran tomorrow. And so this is. also Israeli posturing to try and. support the United States position. in the negotiations because it is not. enough for the United States to present. a credible military threat which it has. CENTCOM commander who visited Israel. yesterday and was in Lebanon today said. that the US has 50,000 troops currently. deployed in the Middle East. That is a. very credible military threat, but. Israel is joining that threat train.

saying that it is also ready to resume. military action hoping that this could. potentially lead to. positive breakthrough. in the negotiations in the eyes of. Jerusalem and Washington, but failure to. reach some kind of. that same breakthrough, Israel is. signaling that it is very much prepared. to resume military operations against. Iran. >> And as you say, very prepared to do so. alone if need be.

>> And that's why I've been explaining to. you. I said, here's what Israel Katz. said. We're not leaving Syria. And they. And by the way, Israel bombed Syria. yesterday morning. Did you know that? I. mean, you know that from the Midas Touch. network. And Lebanon and Gaza. Netanyahu makes it clear, Secretary of. State Rubio, with whom I have had. several conversations, has expressed US. support for the concept of a security. zone that prevents Iran and Hezbollah.

from attacking us. Let's be clear, Netanyahu is sending a message to J.D. Vance that Rubio and I are undercutting. your Iran MOU with the Lebanon MOU that. says Israel gets to stay in southern. Lebanon and that Iran has no role in the. deconfliction cell in Lebanon, which. means that the Iran MOU paragraph one is. rendered completely breached by the. Lebanon MOU. That's what I've been. trying to explain to everybody because. the way the Lebanon MOU is presented.

here in the United States is, "Look, and. there's a ceasefire there." No, no. The. Lebanon MOU is intended to destroy the. Iran MOU, which Israel and neocons and. war hawks in the United States believe. was a betrayal to Israel by J.D. Vance. And Israel, Netanyahu, and and Rubio, and that side want to go back to war. So, they did an MOU to create a civil. war in Lebanon by creating security. zones and pilot zones and trying to put.

the Lebanese government against. Hezbollah, pit them against each other. while Israel stays in there and. continues to bomb. That's one of the. objectives. And the other objective. is to remove Iran from having any role. in diplomacy in the region, which. when you look at J.D. Vance's statements. in Switzerland, Iran had a role. Which. all this means is we're this is going to. lead back to war. So, you have you have. Netanyahu saying that. Netanyahu was. showing the map saying, "We stay over. here." And one of the things they were.

rolling out, Rubio and Netanyahu, and. this should have been in the brief, was the fact that they create they have. Here's our security zones in Lebanon. which is just areas in Lebanon that. Israel says it should be occupying and. then it goes well we'll let the Lebanese. go in these pilot zones. Well, the pilot. zones are not areas in the security. zones that reduce Israel's presence. They're actually areas that Netanyahu. wasn't in so they add to it and say well. then we'll take over these pilot zones. and then Lebanon you can then go into. the pilot zones and you can help us get.

rid of Hezbollah in those pilot zones. That's basically you know what's being. said there and meanwhile Hezbollah. rejects this agreement and they said. we're not we're we're we're not we. weren't even asked to show up at the. ceasefire. discussions and it was so we're the. party that should be covered in the. ceasefire. So we're we're we're not agreeable to. this right here. It should also be noted. that Oman notably said we will be. charging environmental fees. We will be. charging.

some sort of tolls not direct tolls like. like like actual like tolls when a when. a ship or vessel VLCC passes through it. but we will charge. monies in the form of insurance fees or. environmental fees which Rubio claims. wasn't happening but Oman said we're. doing it today. I mean so these are the. types of things that should come up in a. brief. Here's what Rubio previously said. when he was on his Middle East tour to. to try to destroy the MOU that JD Vance. worked on. Let's play this clip right.

here. >> Is the current bilateral relationship. with Oman now in a good place and are. you convinced they're not playing games. with respect to that issue? >> I mean our relationship with Oman is. fine. I mean ultimately there's not. going to be any fees or tolls. There's. not going to be any and they signed you. know they they were there in the meeting. today and they they said it that they're. not in favor of a tolling system. So. that's good. >> I'm glad to hear you say that. >> I do have to ask cuz. >> And then when Donald Trump was asked. about all of this today Donald Trump. described everything as you know yeah.

there's going to be talks in Doha, but. who knows if they're even going to work. Like, whatever. Like, we'll just see.". Here's what Trump had to say. Let's play. this clip. >> There'll be a meeting on that tomorrow. in. Doha. And. they're going to Qatar. They're I think. they've already left or they're just. about getting ready to leave. So, we'll. see how that goes, but we're doing very. well on that front. But, the. uh meeting in Doha is going to be uh. perhaps important, perhaps not. We're.

going to find out. >> Yeah, perhaps important, perhaps not. Yeah, maybe. Who cares? And then uh. Donald Trump uh also today was fixated. on This is what he said. He goes, "We are winning militarily. It's almost. won militarily, I would say. We're. winning militarily. It's almost won. militarily." I What does it even mean? Here, play this clip. >> But, we're winning. militarily. It's almost won militarily, I would say. Uh. and it's really very simple. It's the.

denuclearization of Iran. We don't want. them to have a nuclear weapon, and. they're not going to have a nuclear. weapon. They've agreed to that in all. fairness. >> So, there you have it, folks. That's. what was going on uh during the. conference call. But, the goal. was to gaslight members of Congress and. to hide what I just told you is the. truth about what's actually happening. You don't don't hurt the messenger. Just. letting you know the truth about what. the reality is of this situation. Those are the receipts.

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