LIVE: Ben Meiselas RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS!! 8/11/2026

He was hiding on a Turkish catering. truck. The pathetic individual who. resides in the Oval Office was hiding on. a Turkish catering truck. The headline. from the New York Times. Trump hid in a. catering container, perhaps worse than a. truck, to sneak out of Turkey amid the. threats. You've all seen the video by. now. Donald Trump pretending that he was.

aboard the old Air Force One and then. crouching and hiding in a catering. container because he was terrified that. Iran was going to strike down the old. Air Force One which actually is equipped. with the capabilities necessary to. protect who's ever aboard it from those. types of things. The Qatari Air Force. One was already moved to the Royal Air. Force Base in the UK. Donald Trump was.

perfectly okay with using the press as a. decoy, right, for the press for other. staffers who didn't know that Donald. Trump snuck out on the container. They. thought they were on board with Donald. Trump. But apparently there was a threat. big enough that Donald Trump didn't want. to be on that old Air Force One. He was. happy to allow the press to be on it. Washington Post got the scoop. How. utterly pathetic. And this follows this.

past weekend where the Midas Touch was. posting video of Donald Trump at. Bedminster where he now is trailed by. surfaceto-air missiles. He's got. literally interceptor trucks that follow. him around his golf courses while the. American people are suffering. While the. American people can't afford anything. right now, while our economy is. horrific, while inflation is surging,

where jobs are dismal, where people. can't afford a home, where there are. wars across the world, Donald Trump. and Minster, and he's followed around by military. vehicles with drone and ballistic. interceptors. And that image of him. golfing with the interceptors around him. just about sums up this despicable. presidency. Now, as we approach the. midterms and we're seeing Democrats by.

far the likely favorites to win the. House of Representatives, the Senate, even according to Nate Silver, who I. don't love citing Nate Silver, but. nonetheless, this data is borne out by. lots of reporting. The Senate is a. tossup right now and lots of other. polls. The Senate is a virtual tie right. now and Democrats look poised to take. control of the Senate. So what does. Donald Trump have Todd Blanch do as his. first act? Issue a memo saying that.

executive privilege applies to not just. communications within the government. itself. Not just communications by. Donald Trump to his top aids who are. government employees, but any private. citizen who Donald Trump deems to be a. quote advisor, any of their. communications, any of their phone. calls, their text messages, the Trump. regime and the Trump DOJ is saying we're. not going to produce any of those.

records. Not only that, but any aid in. the White House who has a communication. with private citizens, so long as that. private citizen is purporting to give. some information to help Donald Trump, doesn't matter. The White House and the. DOJ are taking that position. That. executive privilege also flows downward. to any of Trump's adviserss and their. communications with private citizens.

So, the plan is this. I just want to. alert you to it. Let's say Democrats do. a hearing on Donald Trump stealing $1 13. billion from Venezuela. And we want to. learn where the money is going. So, the. Democrats subpoena banks, the oil. industry. We want to understand the. facts. Objection. Executive privilege. What's the basis? They are advisers. They're part of the oil advisory. committee. Okay. We want to find out.

what Jared Kushner has been doing, what. Steve Witco has been doing. We want to. know about their business dealings in. the Middle East, in Russia, elsewhere, and how they appear to be compromised. Objection, executive privilege. They are. advisors, and these are communications. within the corp course and scope of. seeking advice for the United States. president. Now, you may be saying, "Well, how do they do that then? Isn't.

it unlawful?" Yeah, it is unlawful. But. the plan would be, this is what Trump's. plan is. I just want to alert you to it. Object to everything. Anybody from Trump's orbit or even. private business like the law firms, remember the law firms that entered into. those horrific settlements with Trump. and they bent the knee. So, let's say. they get subpoenaed. Um just who who. whichever group it is, just refuse to. testify. Object and say executive, you.

could show up. Objection, executive. privilege, executive privilege. Then the. Democrats file lawsuits in federal. court. Trump will lose the lawsuits, but. then he'll do what we've seen him do. before, right? He'll then go to the. Circuit Court of Appeals. He'll ask for. a stay. Then he'll go to the Supreme Court. Then. it'll get kicked back down. and then. he'll keep on fighting every question. And so Trump's plan is that for the next.

two years while the Democrats are. engaged in oversight, just do these. blanket objections. And that began with. this memo from the Department of Justice. today. And so you may be saying, well, that's not great news. Well, I think. it's important that we know what their. plans are. And this is why. beyond just, you know, oh, we're going. to do oversight. Yes, that's very. important, but we have to recognize that. we have a fascist regime that's killing.

us. And that's not hyperbolic to say. that there is a fascist regime in the. White House that's out there killing us, killing our people, killing people. throughout the world, engaging in war. crimes. Also, while doing that, it's. also notable how weak and pathetic they. are. That's why at the top of this. episode on breaking news, I wanted to. point out that Mr. Tough Guy, Mr. posting memes of himself, AI images.

stealing the valor of our troops, wearing the uniform, a fivetime draft. dodger, wearing the uniform of a. fourstar general in an AI meme with. General Patton and MacArthur making. himself feel tough in those AI images, claiming that we are This is what the. real image should look like though, by. the way. Patton, MacArthur, and Donald.

Trump crouching like a pathetic little. putrid coward that he is. Cowering like. the coward that he is in a Turkish. container. That That's what he's doing right there. In a cafeteria container, hiding. That is so utterly pathetic. And then. lying about it. and then pretending.

Remember what he said to the press? He. was like, "We're we were all in it. together. We're all in it together. I. was there. You were there. It's a. dangerous job. Something's going to. happen to me. It's going to happen to. you as well.". So sick. I mean, really just sick, sick. stuff. But yes, at the one hand, he. says, "We're crushing Iran. We've. destroyed their military. They're. begging for deals.". Okay. So much so that you're that. terrified of them while you're in. another sovereign country, while you're.

in Turkey. You're that afraid of the. country that you claim has submitted, that is surrendering, that's begging you. for a deal, that you hid in a catering container. Again, words don't do it justice. Let me share with you yesterday in the. Oval Office what Donald Trump was. saying. And you know, State Regime Media. Fox is trying to do anything and. everything to not discuss this.

disgusting fascist mess in the Oval. Office. I'll show you what they're doing. in a moment as well, what their tactics. are as Donald Trump's approval hits a. record low right now. Never in. presidential history has the approval of. the person in the Oval Office been this. low since polling really started with. modern polling in 1953. He's weak. He's isolated. He's [snorts] surrounded by just.

bizarre. You you saw the scenes. yesterday. There was like that robotic. lady standing next to him behind him. while he was lying about children. getting injected with 72 jabs of uh soda. cans filled with vaccines. I don't even. know what the hell he's talking about. That MMR, if we split up the M and we. split up the other M, then they're good. But if you put MMR together, it's. nuclear. It's explosive. And then you. die spreading medical disinformation.

which will result in kids being killed. by potentially the hundreds of thousands. or more from the Oval Office. I mean. it's really sick sick stuff. And again. all while this pathetic weak individual. hides in catering containers. Show you what went down in the Oval. Office yesterday. You had Donald Trump. talking about how uh question number. one, when will the Strait of Hormuz be. opened? When will the Straight of Hormuz.

be open? We all know that Iran controls. it. That's an objective fact. So, when. will it be open? Donald, here. Play this. clip. >> Well, it's open now. We're taking a lot. of It's open now. Look, the only. one that has control of the Straight of. Hamuz right now is the United States. Navy. We have a blockade that's been. infallible. It's a steel wall and we let. people in that we want to let in and. those people come in and they've been. coming in and they're going out so it's. actually open now. We do not let them go.

into Iran. They're not admitted into the. straight to go to Iran. >> Oh yes, of course it is SenCom that. controls the straight of Hormuz while he. hides in containers. More from Trump right here. He was also. asked additional questions about the. war. Let's pull this one when he's. asked. So, um, is it safe for ships to. leave the straight of Hormuz right now? And Trump goes, we've mind swept the.

entire straight as you probably heard. Maybe you didn't hear because maybe you. didn't hear because that didn't happen. They didn't mind. Oh, yes, of course. There were the mind sweepers that didn't. you all hear our Navy destroyers went in. and the Navy mind sweepers. We just I. must have missed that story. Must have. uh been so hidden from the satellite. images that uh just happened. It just. happened. Here, play this clip. >> The minds, you know, we've mind swept. the entire straight as you probably.

maybe heard, maybe you didn't hear, but. uh but uh we control the straight 100%. Now, can they make trouble? Yeah, they. can make trouble, but they're broke. They have no money. You know, Iran is. broke to. Oh, really? Well, they still seem to be. making ballistic missiles at a rapid. pace. They still seem to be making. shahid drones at a rapid pace. They have. been able to effectively destroy all of.

the US military bases uh in the region. other than in Israel where the US is. basically hiding at this point. I mean, look, last month, US forces fired 50. Patriot interceptors in a single day. During last month's Iranian attacks on. bases in Jordan alone, roughly $200. million in one day at $4 million per. interceptor. And Iran is now using. course changing missiles to force heavy.

expenditure and deplete scarce Patriot. stock. So Iran has actually upgraded. both its Shahid drones. they go faster. and on the ballistic missiles they. change direction. So the way the. ballistics used to work is you would. just set the target and that was it. Now. you can now what they're able to do is. have it change course in the middle of. flight and it can detect the. interceptors and try to move around the.

interceptors being shot at it. So the US. has depleted its interceptor stock. We've depleted our attackums and high. himars and those offensive uh weapons. What you should know also though about. the highars too and the attackums. they're not as effective as they used to. be for those who know about this the way. this military equipment work. Remember. the highimars made a very big difference. those attackums when we gave them to. Ukraine at first and a lot of the. progress that Ukraine was able to make.

in stopping Russia's advances was. because of the highimars and because of. some of these weapons. What Russia was. able to figure out was they were able to. use electronic jammers. um and they were able to use a lot of. other electronic warfare to disable uh. those weapons as well. So they actually. have less effect. Also, I just want you. to think about it like this. I think the. stat was since 2016, the United States spent somewhere.

between 9 to 10. trillion dollar between 2016 and sorry. and the present. Between 2016 and the. present, um $9 trillion on the military. Think about that. There's there's no one. even there's no country even close to. that. No one's even near it. Um and the. United States ran out of weapons in a.

war against Iran that Donald Trump there. by Trump's admission is saying they're. broke. They have no money. Many ways. that makes it worse because imagine what. would happen if you go to war against a. country that does have money and. resources. If this is what it looked. like, US verse Iran, the US runs out of. weapons in a 40-day war, which then. drags on for weeks and weeks and weeks. as Donald Trump pretends he has deals. and makes fake deals with himself. But. if this is what it looked like with. Iran, could you imagine what it would.

look like with any other country? Would. you imagine what it look like with. China? Could you imagine what it would. look like North Korea? Could you imagine. I mean, you you you name the country. So. with all of this with nine tillrillion. dollars with supposedly the biggest most. powerful military in humankind. the commander. and chief of that military that's your. position right? Think about that.

Commanderin-chief. You're such a commander, you're afraid. to go on Air Force One in Turkey with. the press, and you use the press and. some of your own staff as a decoy while. you and Natalie Harp and some other. female assistants of yours and Pete Hegs. go in another military plane and turn. off your uh radars or turn off your uh.

transmitters. Sounds pretty pathetic to me. So Trump's. saying that, but let's take a look at. what the data actually reveals. So the. US now has raised oil price forecasts in. Hormuz. US energy officials expect. straight of Hormuz constraints now to. persist through August. This is the real. data limiting oil flows. The EIA, it's the energy agency, raised its 2026. Brent crude forecast to $87 a barrel.

from $82 a barrel and lifted its US. gasoline estimate to $3.78. a gallon. Although I think that's still. understating it. That's still an entity. that's controlled within the Trump. regime, but that's what they're saying. it is. $87 a barrel is what they expect. it's going to be and they expect for for. 2026 as like the blended rate and that. gasoline for the full year will be $3.78.

a gallon. You all remember when Donald. Trump promised that it was going to be. under $2 a gallon. That was one of his. promises, right? Electricity prices were. going to be cut in half. Remember that. promise? He was going to make housing. affordable for everybody and we were all. going to be able to afford new homes. firsttime home I mean former vice. president Kla Harris remember she. actually had a specific plan for. first-time homeowners but yeah people. just prefer that people you not you but.

you know the corporate news just. regurgitated Donald Trump saying I will. make it way cheaper you're going to have. so many homes you're not going to go. know what to do with it you're going to. be so rich just lie after lie after lie. and I I'll show you in a little bit too. what Donald Trump was ranting and raving. about today was a tax that New York's. Governor Hokll and New York City Mayor. Mom Donnie are putting on people who. have uh second homes, not not their.

primary residence, but second homes in. um New York City. It's a big issue. You. know, lots of people have the second. residence in New York City. It sucks up. a lot of resources and people aren't. actually living there. they take. advantage of all of the New York City. resources and then um they'll buy a home. in Florida so they can avoid state. income tax. Then they'll come back when. they want to come back. And so, you. know, one of the affordability. uh.

ways of actually pursuing a real. affordability agenda, not scamming. people and trying to help all the other. Americans and other people who live in. New York City and New York. Um you have. to raise the money from somewhere. So, uh, it's called a pier. It's a French. word for like your your second home or. like your crash pad. Pater. Um, and it's. a tax for people who have a second.

residence or third residence or fourth, but not your primary residence. And it. is for milliondoll, 5 million, 10 million, 20, 50 million, hundred million homes that are not being. occupied by you as your primary. residence. So it's about a 1% a little higher. So. tax a year. So if you have a $20 million. residence in New York City, that's not. your primary. and.

um you know and and you if you prove. it's your primary residence it's it's. not you don't get tax but if it's not. your primary residence you'll get uh. like 1% tax on it. So you'll pay like. 200k extra. And so that 200k gets paid. for you holding this residence that you. don't live in because you know you're. you're probably trying to avoid paying. taxes in the New York state also, right? It's a and maybe you're have that. residence but you claim a home in. Florida so you don't have to pay the.

state income tax so you could avoid New. York state income tax. So New York was. trying to figure out, well, how do we. how do we close that loophole, right? Well, here's a way to close the loophole. for millionaires. It's not for people. who are, you know, I think they they've. pretty much killed the middle class at. this point, but it it's it's it's. attacks on millionaire second properties. seems like a reasonable. approach. Um, Trump's.

said that this is horrific. Why? because. he has a second residence and Trump's. right-wing buds, their residences in. Trump Tower, are likely subject of this. tax. So, what Trump's post this morning. was, "The New York City Pieta tear tax. is costing the New York City and state a. fortune, and that money eventually to be. gotten is very little compared to the. taxes paid by tens of thousands of. people who are fleeing the city, never. to return. Florida, Texas, and numerous.

other states are making an absolute. fortune. This dangerous political. experiment in New York will destroy what. was once a great city and state. Well, but and then he talks about jihadists. and all this crazy racist stuff. I don't. even need to read it. So, what's your. plan, bud? You know, he he he loves to. attack plans. He's never a dealmaker. He's always a destroyer. I could you. have a debate about the Pietair tax and. Maybe you say, well, should it be.

applied to one million? What what what. rate should be applied from 1 million to. 5 million? 5 million to 15 million, 15. million to 50 million. What does that. look like? You know, and h how do you. approach it? I mean, I think we could. have intelligent conversations where we. may disagree on certain things. Um, but. in order to try to bring services to the. rest of people, in order to find money.

that then needs to actually be used to. help people who live who actually are. living with their primary residents in. uh the state or in the city, you have to. you have to make difficult choices. And. it's very easy for Donald Trump to say, "Oh, I'm going to lower your health care. prices by 600%. Oh, I'm going to lower. your electricity prices by 50% or 500%. Oh, we're in the golden age. That's. easy. Fraud is, you know, just lying. And you could say all of these things,

but but you have to do things, you know. Look, was the JCPOA that Obama did. perfect? Did you have to make certain. compromises and have to make certain. payments and have to do a give and take, which you can be critical of? Sure. But. it resulted in a non-nuclear deal with. Iran where the straight of Hormuz was. open and there was a deal. Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act. Are. there lots of problems with it? Sure, there were. Do I personally believe.

Obama would have preferred something. that looked closer to a singlepayer and. had more government involvement to. ensure that people were insured and and. make it less reliant on uh private. health insurance kind of exploiting the. system and kind of the whole feeder. economy that's built around health. insurance that makes the process uh less. seamless and and more expensive. There's. there was issues with it. Of course,

there were. But it's easy to attack. It's harder to do. It's harder to make a. deal, but it allowed. 25, 30, 35 million more Americans to. have access to insurance. You then try. to figure out how you make it better. Perhaps you have the Obamacare. subsidies. Now, you could say, well, is that just. going to be neverending subsidies. eventually? I think where the American. people are is the American people want. free health care. We pay enough taxes. We shouldn't have nine 10 trillion.

dollars going to the military for us to. run out of weapons. when that money could have gone easily. easily. Imagine if that money went to. universal healthcare. You could probably. do it for a fraction of the price that. was spent on weapons that we ran out of. that we ran out of already. That doesn't. still mean you could, you know, you. could still definitely fund the. military. I get it. You know, you need a. military. Sure. You know, but we could. still have, you know, three 400 billion.

dollars maybe to the military. It. doesn't need to be $1.5 trillion. We. could take the other money and we could. give it to. places where that actually benefit the. people that benefit we the people. And it's, you know, this is, you know, why I think also, I mean, you know, this. posture that Trump is in right now with. the straight of hormones, which is I'm. semi-negotiating. That's what he says. I'm low-keying it. Ultimately for him, his comfort, his.

comfortable place is blaming other. people for things. So the catastrophe. and the calamity that happens is. actually where he feels. um the safest. As you can see during the. conflicts he hides. He cowers quite. literally cowering in catering trucks. But in the calamity and catastrophe and. disarray caused by. problems often that he creates. That's.

where he does things that most humans. aren't capable of. where he'll engage in. so much fraud and lies and because he. has no human emotion or anything, he'll. just blame everybody else for it and. then he's got his whole kind of MAGA. disinformation army just to blame blame. blame blame blame and not act like an. adult and not act like a leader. We have. a lot more to discuss. We'll take our. first break of the show. Just a. reminder, WTF America is the book I. wrote with my brothers. Pre-order right.

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that we know that, uh, the energy prices. are continuing to rise. As we know, Brent crude, WTI crude, uh, have now. increased significantly just over the. past week. As Donald Trump says, "I'm. lowkeying it. We're just going to. semi-negotiate it. We're just going to. we're just going to chill. We're just. going to chill." Meanwhile, you have. Iran striking tankers in the straight of. Hermuz that we've been covering. You. have the Houthis. They struck two Saudi.

Arabian tankers in the Red Sea. Um, you. have a Libyan refinery that was attacked. by drones. No one really took credit for. it, but the but this Libyan refinery was. attacked. Uh, you have Ukraine striking. uh Russian tankers, cargo ships and. refineries. You've got Russia hitting. hard in Ukraine as well. You've got. Ukraine effectively at this point. defenseless from Russian ballistic. missiles right now. The US has run out.

of its interceptors. the US continuing. to come up with excuses why it can't. give Zinsky licenses for uh. interceptors. I think the latest they. claim that Lockheed and Rathon are. worried about their IP, which I've said. before makes absolutely no sense. I. don't buy that excuse because it would. be very easy to work out a deal an. actual deal with Sinsky that any. improvements that are done to. interceptors uh belongs that IP goes. back to Lockheed and Rathon and so you.

know I heard people saying well Lockheed. and Rathon are worried that in Ukraine. they can end up making the interceptors. cheaper. Well, isn't that just an. admission then of waste, fraud, and. abuse that we the taxpayers are are. overpaying now for interceptors? So, I'm. not sympathetic to any of uh any I'm not. sympathetic to any of that. Um so, at. any event, you have uh a situation where. I don't expect the price of oil to go.

down anytime soon. the strategic. petroleum reserves. We we can measure. the strategic petroleum reserves. It's. under 300 million barrels right now. that's below functional tank bottom at. this point, you know, and and and that. means that. it really isn't a even able to. deliver uh to world markets the way it. was because like literally the texture.

of of what's kept in the strategic. petroleum reserves, you know, is is a is. a more compromised material. I mean, if. you think about like a if you think. about like a straw, like drinking a. soda, you know, imagine when it goes to. the very bottom, you know, you could. still get some of the soda or get. whatever the drink is at the bottom, but. you can imagine that it's harder to, you. know, it's it's harder to get. I mean, it's an overly simplistic example, but. this is a bad situation that you have a. draw down at this point. So, just to.

like recap, like you know, the guy who. bankrupted casinos and Donald Trump, right? It's objective. Like objectively, you know, the guy's bankrupted most of. the companies he's touched, right? Um, if you don't believe me, look at his. public disclosures to Trump Media where. they list bankruptcies. This casino, that casino, this business, that. business. It's a whole disclosure. section that you have to list by the. SEC. the same guy who Trump Media released.

their financials today for the second. quarter. It was the three months ending. in either June or July. Um and for those. three months for the second quarter, Trump Media lost $250 million, $270. million. They've got a new CEO. their. new CEO says. they're going to move out of the crypto. business and they're going to move out. of remember the crypto president they. bought a lot of crypto and the value of. crypto declined. So that's one of the. reasons they they've incurred a very big.

paper loss. But now what their big focus. is going to be on is selling the early. access to truth social post by Donald. Trump to Wall Street firms. There's. already been 10 Wall Street firms who. are uh who have purchased access to. Donald Trump's post before the public. gets it and they pay $60,000 to $100,000. to effectively trade on inside. information and there's 10 firms doing.

that. So that's the line of business. which in my own humble opinion is. illegal but I'm giving you my opinion. You could feel I'm giving you my opinion. as protected by the first amendment of. the constitution based on my background. as a lawyer, but feel free to share. different opinions with that. Uh, but. that's the line of business that they. want to expand more Wall Street firms. buying inside access to Donald Trump's. social media posts that manipulate the. market. Okay, so he's bankrupted these.

companies. He's failing at this company. His memecoin failed. I mean, just look. at all his stuff. Look at all of his. businesses. They all crash. They all. crash. And in my opinion, the only thing. Donald Trump is good at is fraud. Is. fraud. He defrauds people. And and he u. enriches himself at the expense of. others. That's what he's done his entire. life. He's bankrupted entities, but he. takes takes takes and takes. So, is it. really a shocker?

Is it really a shocker that the sexual. predator who was found civily liable for. sex assault is covering up a child sex. trafficking ring? Like does that is that. a shocking fact? He's acting like he's. found civily liable for sexual assault. like he's a bad guy and he he hung out. with be and one of the things you saw in. the Epstein files that were released is. that his crew you know whether it's the. Jean Luke Brunels's or the Casablancas. Epstein you know the the whole crew of.

friends. were predators. that's who they hung out with that was. like that was the friend group the. friend group was predators. and so is it shocking that that's who he. likes to hang out with and that's who. he's close. This is the guy who the guy. is. Is it shocking that the guy who. bankrupts casinos has now bankrupted our. military. and he's a fraud? So he says, "I built. it. I built it. I built like literally.

you you didn't build it. I mean, you. destroyed it objectively. Our weapons are we don't have weapons. Our weapons are gone. You know, I mean we in a in a war with. Iran. our interceptors, our attackums, our. navy destroyer anti-bballistics done. Small percentage left, but not enough if. there were to be any other conflicts, regional or otherwise. Just we we don't. have it. What do you think China's. doing? They're just sitting back. What.

do you think other countries in the. region are doing? Why do you think the. Mecca pact was formed between. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, who were already. in a defense alliance, and Turkey. and Egypt's likely going to be joining? And by the way, the foreign minister of. Qatar and the foreign ministry of Qatar. today said, "We respect that alliance." Fascinating. They said that they appreciate that.

their brotherly Muslim nations are. joining in alliances that are not. dependent on the United States. We're. going to be seeing a lot more of that. develop over time while Donald Trump's. out there trying to figure out ways to, you know, sell pieces of the United. States to kind of continue his Ponzi. scheme now that we've run out of. weapons. you know, why do you think. there's a Saudi Arabian nuclear deal,

right? And who knows the status of that? Because Trump will announce that and. then he'll say, well, Saudi Arabia, you. have to join the Abraham Accords and be. allies with Israel. To which Saudi. Arabia responds, no, we're going to. actually do an alliance with Turkey. And. Turkey is. not allied with Israel would be putting. it lightly. And Israel is not allied. with Turkey. So Saudi Arabia, in. response to Trump saying, "You have to. join the Abraham Accords," Saudi Arabia. did the opposite of the Abraham Accords.

by doing an alliance with Turkey. And Egypt's likely going to join. And. could you imagine if other Muslim. nations start to join that? And Iran. praised the Mecca pact and said, you. know, we're not really worried about it, but it's good to see our they call it. brotherly Muslim nations, sisterly. Muslim nations. They say brotherly. though. Um, joining in these packs. and so Trump has to go to the UAE and. the UAE is like, by the way, the UAE. sent a jet. I was following the.

surveillance footage or the satellite. footage. The UAE sent a jet to Thran. today and they have a back and forth. going on there. Right. I you know I I've. reported before how the UAE has paid. Iran lots of money, billions of dollars. before in order to try to avoid certain. strikes. But then I did notice an uptick. in some of the Iranian strikes on the. ADN knock ships, the Abu Dhabi National. Oil Company ships in the straight of. Vermoose. And then the plane arrived. today. The uh the plane from the UAE.

arrived today in Thyron, which I'm like, "All right, maybe they're coming back to. to give some more money or to figure out. what to do there." But Iran's saying, "This is what we want. We want these. alliances. with uh Muslim nations, even if they're. not allied with us." That's part of what. Iran's plan is. And Iran's plan was also. not to strike Israel yet, not to strike. uh within the Netanyahu regime uh.

country yet because they know that. that's still where there are weapons. The Iron Dome does work in Israel. And. what Iran's plan was to show that the. Arab dome was not a dome at all. The. Arab Dome was basically the first line. of defense for Israel. That's how Trump. and Netanyahu were setting it up. basically positioning the Arab nations. to bear the brunt of uh anything first. and to have the setup there of the. interceptors to eventually alert Israel.

before the missiles got to Israel and. that's what Iran wanted to expose. So. that's what their plan was. Uh that's. what their plan was there. So we have. all that going on. So what what what is. you heard what Trump's saying we control. the straight not true. Then you have. Secretary Chris Wright the energy. secretary. This is what he posts this. morning. Thanks to the coordinated. efforts of the US military and our Gulf. allies, the 7-day average for oil. leaving the straight of Hormuz is. currently up to almost 9 million barrels.

per day. When combined with the. additional 5 to 7 million barrels per. day, leaving the region via newly. upgraded pipelines and export. facilities, total oil flows are. currently averaging approximately 15. million barrels per day. On Sunday. alone, over 20 million barrels left the. Arabian Gulf, which is above the. preconlict average. I mean, again, these. people are just the biggest frauds. And. I they're just the biggest frauds about.

everything. So you're telling me right. now with all we know with the massive. drawdowns in our strategic petroleum. reserves with the satellite footage. where we can see the ships that are. leaving the straight of obviously if. they have their transponders on we can. track them but if they don't you can see. the satellite footage these ships are. big they're VLCC's they're very large. the VL they're very large you can see.

him on the satellite images leaving the. straight. It's just not it's just not happening. Like what what what he's saying, what. SenCom is saying, what Trump is, it's. just not only is it not happening, it's. not even close to what the reality is. And if it was close to what the reality. is, then why do we care? Wh what why do we even why even care. about opening up the why do any why do a. blockade, right? If we objectively are getting.

more oil out than before, then what? Okay, great. Then just you don't even. need to do a blockade of this trade. What's the point of any of this? It is. all not just a lie. It is all massive. market manipulation. And it is being done to help Trump and. his right-wing oligarchs and screw over. everybody else. That's what this is all. about. And I hope you're paying. attention though to this right-wing. media machine that's out there pumping. the disinformation. But not only do I.

hope you're paying attention to that, I. hope what you're seeing is how left-wing. media, if you want to even call it that, or other corporate media that may not be. overtly regime media, and how the. political consultant class also for. left-wing or whatever you want to refer. to it as, they buy into these right-wing. narratives and they debate within these. narratives. And it's not where the. people are.

Where the people are right now is they. see a fascist regime in the Oval Office. that is literally killing Americans, that's destroying people's life here, that's ripped away health care, that has. lied about everything, that's made the. cost of living completely out of reach. and a regime that's involved in war. crimes abroad, using our taxpayer. dollars to commit war crimes, to aid and. abed genocide, and to be involved in. horrible things abroad when Americans.

don't want any of this. And Americans. want to be able to just to go about live. their lives, get paid with dignity, afford a home. That's where people are. feeling right now here in the United. States overwhelmingly overwhelmingly. that people aren't have like real people. out there are not having debates about. do you disavow this podcaster or do you. disavow that podcaster or what about. this podcaster oh or you know no one's. having this that no stop falling for the.

bait and going down those rabbit holes. focus on what your own narrative should. be is not living in right-wing MAGA. narrative world. It's why I don't even. deal with that stuff. Or if I do, I do. it purely to call out the tactic in the. propaganda to say here is what we need. to guard against. Because what we need. to be focused on is not just Trump is.

horrible, Trump's the worst, Trump's a. fraud, Trump's a con artist, Trump's a. scammer, Trump's a coward. He is he's. all of those things. He's all of those. things. But we have to connect it to. people's lives. And here is how it is. hurting you. And here is how we can fix. it. Here is a way out of it. And you can. see how terrified. these right-wing oligarchs are, this.

system that's propped up the vessel of. fascism, Donald Trump, [snorts] how. terrified they are of ways to find. solutions. Even the discussion and the. debate about what these solutions can. be, they're terrified of it. So they. have to label it all of these things and. they go back to, oh, let's talk about. the WNBA and Sophie Cunningham and. Democratic Socialist and they're coming. to get you and and you know they're.

going to they're going to take your. health care away. Excuse me. They're. going to take your you already took the. health care away. You already took the. health care away. I'm reduced it 600%. Most favored nations clause. You didn't. do any of that. You're a liar. You're a. liar. They're all liars. They're all liars. And they with project 2025, with their. disastrous budget bill, with covering up. the Epstein files, with supporting. neverending wars, they've made life so.

much worse. And so what we need to talk. about is and and not be afraid to talk. about it is how to make life better. We. need to lean in on empathy. We need to. lean in on joy. We need to lean in on. solutions. We need to lean in on fixing. this and calling it out for what it is. and just stop with the stupid debates. over ah can you believe that in 2020. this podcast. that's not what American people are. worried about. What American people are.

worried about is it's August 11th. I'm. recording this at 2:20 p.m. and people. are looking at their calendars right now. and they're saying, "Wow, this summer is. uh almost over. Uh my kids are going. back to school. Am I going to be able to. uh afford to pack a lunch for my kids. right now? Am I going to be able to get. them a bolognese sandwich? And am I.

going to have to miss a doctor. appointment for myself that I really. needed a checkup because I can't afford. it and if I go there, I'm not going to. be able to get my kids lunch. Or the parent who's looking at their kid. who's saying they're not going to have a. better life than I had. Far from it. That's what's going on right now in this. country and that's what needs to be. discussed. All right, let's take our last quick. break of the show. Reminder, WTF America. is the book I wrote with my brothers.

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know you know this, but like you'll have. Caroline and Levit, okay, going on State. Regime Media Fox, and State Regime Media. Fox won't even address the fact that. Donald Trump was so damn cowardly at. that NATO summit in Turkey that he hit. on the catering truck. They won't even. like address it. They won't talk about. it again. Can you imagine if Biden did. that? Biden went on the train and took that. ride knowing that he was on it from.

Poland into Ukraine 19 hours. That's what you do. You're the. commanderin-chief. What what message do you think it sends, by the way, to our sailors who have been. stuck on the USS Abraham Lincoln for. going on 270 days right now when they. see that the commanderin-chief, a fivetime. draft dodger at the NATO summit was so. terrified of Iran that he snuck out of.

old Air Force One in a catering truck? What message do you think that sends to. our sailors who already have the worst. morale. over on the USS Lincoln? And think about. it. Our sailors before uh who were on. the USS Gerald Ford, that ship was there. for 326. days. And now you have the USS George HW. Bush and the and the USS Abraham Lincoln.

there. We're seeing that the food. rations that they're getting, they're. getting Oh, and by the way, when you. talk about food rations and water. rations, this is nearly not getting any. attention at all in Puerto Rico right. now. As you know, they have the water. rations right there in Puerto Rico. They're not getting they don't have. drinking water over there. I know Donald. Trump wants to do his memes about, you. know, how everything's amazing in. Venezuela right now as the people in. Venezuela are doing worse than before.

the US invasion. Not even just because. of the terrible earthquake right there. Um the backtoback, very rare backto-back. earthquake right there. Um but in Puerto. Rico, which we know that Donald Trump. says that he never liked Puerto Rico. would be an understatement. um. struggling to get basic water over. there. But anyway, I digress. What What. What do you think the message it sends. to our troops? That that's your. commander and chief, the fivetime. Vietnam draft dodger. Of course, he said.

our service, he thinks everybody's a. sucker and a loser. He probably thought. the press and the staff who went on that. old Air Force One were suckers and. losers. He duped them. He used them as a. decoy. What a sick thing to do. What a. sick thing to do. while you're out there. saying that Iran is begging to make a. deal and you're winning, that's your. behavior. But no, what does Fox want to. do? They want to bring on Caroline Levit. and just these radical extreme liberal.

socialist communist, whatever you want. to call them. This is not your grandpa's. party. No, you know, I want you to. understand that the the power structures. often create the language, right? So. this idea that somehow wanting health. care for everybody, that's not radical. at all. The idea that Americans. shouldn't be paid like $725. an hour in some states and that the fact.

that there should be a wage with. dignity, the fact that people should be. able to afford homes. These are not. radical ideas. the radical communism. that exists in the Oval Office right. now. You want to talk about who is the. closest to the authoritarian communism. that we've seen rear its head in. history, it's Donald Trump. Trump is a. communist to the tea in the image of the.

Stalins of the world. And he also. embodies the malignant narcissism as. well. I mean that that that's the. reality of what the situation is. But. the American people right now. are being exploited by this regime and. you know and so all they have are these. words. You're radical. You're extremist. You're a socialist. You're a this. That's all they have are those words. We. have to be focused on what's actually. happening out there. Here, play this.

clip of Caroline Lev. Let's play it. These are radical extreme liberals, socialists, communists, whatever you. want to call them. Sean, what matters. most is their extreme policy positions. This is no longer the Democrat party of. JFK. Heck, this is not even the Democrat. party of Barack Obama. This is a party. that has been totally captivated by. these far-left extreme liberals who. support massively raising your taxes, who support abolishing your police, who.

support abolishing private prisons, who. support opening reopening our southern. border and our nation's borders to. illegal alien criminals all over the. world. So, we've had two years now with this. Trump regime. and they've implemented their project. 2025. They think that right now what they've. done. is not the most radical horrible thing.

to our country. We've never been weaker. We've never been poorer. Unless you're. one of Donald Trump's right-wing. oligarch friends, that's just. objectively what's happening. They want. to talk about states rights. They put. ICE and Border Patrol Gustapo. into states. to literally invade states. I mean, they. want to they want to talk about uh. socialism. Donald Trump has equity. stakes in 30 companies. He's taken over 30 companies or has.

major equity stakes in them. They want. to they want to use the word socialism. and communism. I mean, Donald Trump has. a social welfare system for. billionaires. And when he was speaking. in Nevada recently, the governor there. admitted it. And the governor of Nevada. said, "We need that. The billionaires. need our help first because the only way. everybody else. can be saved or can be helped is if.

first we make sure we take care of the. billionaires because they'll be the ones. who give everybody jobs." That's what. they say. They're saying they want data. centers in everybody's backyard. These. are what they're saying out loud. This. is what they're saying. Imagine what. they're saying behind the scenes as. well. There's never been more radical, more dangerous, more communistlike, more authoritarian people than those who. are in control right now. And and and I. just think about the image and and and.

you know, I don't I don't do political. ads. I don't as you know I increasingly. care I mean not increasingly I care far. much more about the values and. principles than a specific politician or. political person but like just think. about that image of Donald Trump golfing. with the surfaceto-air missiles behind. him while the American people are. suffering and can't afford homes and are.

[clears throat] in foreclosure and are. having their lives tortured by this. regime and he's out there golfing. Think. about the radical. You want to talk. about radical and also weak and. pathetic. That's part of it for me too. is that this guy is just a loser. like. it I don't think it would make it better. if the authoritarian was actually strong. and competent, but it definitely makes. it worse that that this guy at its core. is is a scared loser and you're just. like because the rest of the world sees.

it and then we have to deal with this. gamified politics here in the United. States where the way the news tries to. report on this is they act like this guy. is like tough guys guy's a scared loser. who hides in catering trucks. like a. freaking loser, man. That's part of it. I look at him, I'm like, "Gh, this. freaking loser. Really? Really? That. that guy? We're gonna get you this time. We're really going to We're going to. blow up all of you. They shouldn't have. been involved in this war in the first. We're going to get you. All right. All.

right. All right. I'm speaking to the. Ayatollah. We had a good conversation.". What do you think they're thinking in. Iran about us? They're like, "Really?" I. mean, you know, if you look at these. comments now coming from the Iranian. leadership, they're acting. like they're lecturing us about like. just honor your deals, grow up, understand the conditions. And I'm just. like, this is the United States of. America, man. The National Review. headline, is anyone in Iran willing to.

accept Trump surrender? That's how. embarrassing it is. He's trying to. surrender. Like, please just open up the. straight of Hormuz. We're cool, right? And Iran's like, "No, you got to pay us. because we don't trust you." And Trump's. like, "Oh, oh, then you pay me. You then. you pay me also.". Really? You pay me also. You started the. war with Netanyahu. You invaded them. You said that their nuclear stuff was. obliterated last year. You started the. war. What are you talking about? You pay. me. What do you mean? You know, I just.

It's just It's just he's a cringy loser. And there's just part of that also. that's just like, come on, man. And then. you have the state regime media Fox. It's like, "All right, let's talk about. let's talk about penises and vaginas, everybody, cuz that's crazy. Oh, let's. talk about trans people also. Oh, let's. talk about WNBA and let's make up a fake. controversy. Let's do let's spend all. our time talking about that." Our uh. digital editor, AS. went through all of the topics that. they're talking about on Fox. And let me.

be very clear though, they are building a message and they've. built a me for 60 years. We talk about. that in WTF America, by the way. You. know, since Roger Al's memo about how we. could avoid uh a future situation where. a future Nixon is held accountable. That's the origin of a lot of this. But. they they are pushing a concerted. narrative that is coordinated with the.

White House and they just push it. relentlessly, relentlessly. It's not. random. It is intended to divide. It is. intended to distract. It is intended to. uh take people's eyes off of what the. real issues are. It's a playbook that. they run. They run it very successfully. It's not unique in the United States. Orban ran it. You see right-wing. um lots of right-wing governments run. it. Um, you know, I saw this morning uh.

Israel's diaspora diaspora uh chief um. talking about how Israel's worked with a. lot of these right-wing governments, whether it's Le Pen in France, whether. it's the so-called uh reform party in. the UK, whether it's the far right-wing. was the AFD in Germany, whether you know. this is a concerted force that they use. the same tactics, they use the same they. use the same playbook. Um, my dogs are.

barking. Um, let me share this with you. though. This is part of the this is part. of the way they see divide the. population because most of America when. you really break it down, we're 7030. We're 8020 on most of the issues. We. really are. There's a lot more that. brings us together than that divides. than that actually divides us. But where. they could divide us, that's where the. right-wing oligarchs are able to.

uh you know entrench their own power. Um. if they keep us divided, that's the goal. of all of this. So I just want to show. you the tactics. This is uh state regime. media host Kapagno and she's like, you. know, this is what's going to happen. when you have a bunch of dudes beat all. of your girls. Here, play this clip. >> Finally, I just want to say this. the. coach of the fever. How dare you not. stand up? >> There's so much here. First of all, I. love how Sophie Kenningham communicates. which is clearly and concisely and just.

common sense. And that's partly now why. she has drawn attention. She has always. loved the Lord. She has always been. common sense with everything. But now. when she decided to come out and or. whatever the time was an answer to a. question and say, you know, yeah, this. is this should be for girls only. Now. she is the subject of that very vocal. minority. She is the subject of the. hordes online of social media that are. swarming her and making her out to seem. like this transphobic horrific. individual.

>> Yeah. I mean, I truly have no clue what. they're even talking about. I mean, I I. I understand that Sophie Cunningham did. like that with her finger and then she. like follows MAGA account, so they like. her. And I I don't I I I don't there. were two right-wing MAGA former NBA. players who said that they're they're. now ident in order to mock the. transgender community. They said we're. they're identifying as women and they're.

going to join the WNBA draft just so. that they can you know create problems. And now Fox reports on that as like uh. oh look now they've identified as women. so now they're gonna what you gonna do. now WNBA. I really don't care. I really. don't care. WNBA do whatever you want to. do. Don't don't let them play. It's. stupid. You know I care about the fact. that there's a genocide going on in. Palestine right now. That there are is. mass slaughter taking place in Lebanon.

with our taxpayer dollars. That's what I. care about. I care about that. Our. government has used trillions of our. dollars to slaughter little girls in. Manab and to kill people around the. world. Not to make us more safe, to make. us less safe here in the United States. I care about our sailors who are in the. Persian Gulf right now. um who again the. United States was so terrified um of uh. the Houthies that one of the uh aircraft. carriers uh the George HW Bush had to.

travel around Africa because the US was. too afraid to travel it through the Red. Sea the same way Donald Trump uh hid in. a uh catering container in Turkey. I I'm. concerned about the morale of our. troops. I'm concerned that when you hear. from their family members, they say that. their loved ones who are aboard these. carriers know that they're engaged in. war crimes and they don't want to be a. part of it and that's weighing on their.

mental state right now. You hear a lot. from family members saying that. I'm. worried about the people here who can't. afford a home. I'm worried about the. people who have tapped out of their. savings at this point. Um, you know, I'm. worried about, you know, I I have I have. family members who, you know, work an. honest day's living out here. Um, and, you know, they'll work as a nurse or. they'll work as this and, uh, they have. three kids and they can't afford rent.

And I know that story is repeated over. and over and over again, countless. times. That like that's where that's. what I'm focused on right now. That's my. worry. And we need to have problems. we. need to solve them. And so where you. have somebody like New York City Mayor. Mom Donnie trying to figure out a plan. How do we do this? By the way, working. with a governor in New York in Hokll who. is trying to deliver on affordability,

real affordability by and she's. listening to mom Donnie. And I think. it's a good dynamic to see what happens. when you have, you know, a governor. working with a mayor like that and. trying to figure out a relentless uh. affordability agenda that actually. works. And we can have debates one way. or another, but I think we should all. agree, man, is that fair that you have. these millionaires and billionaires in. New York City who claim their main. residence is in Florida so that they can.

avoid pl paying New York state income. tax, but they suck up the New York City. services while they keep their. apartments or their homes or their. condos in New York City, which. appreciate in value. um while they don't. live there, which gets the benefit of. all of the New York City services, and. they avoid those New York City taxes and. the New York state taxes, and they go to. a place like Florida um which has a uh.

very regressive tax policy um where. people end up paying a lot more money, but I guess the rich are able to avoid. uh you know, the the big state income. tax hit. And should we have a solution? Now we can one we have to ask ourselves. you know should that cohort of people. who also pay less taxes often than. my family member who I was just talking. about or probably you. And I'm not just. talking about percentage. Um I'm also.

talking about sometimes they find ways. to put losses here and put losses there. And you like you know we saw Trump's. past taxes. The guy barely paid any. taxes all before he gave himself tax. immunity. Should we figure out a system. that's a little bit more fair? I think. the answer is yes. So then when one. tries to be implemented, oh my god, that. socialist D, you know, when I saw I I forget which I. I forget who I saw talk about it this. way, but you know, they said, you know,

it's fascinating because you you often. you know, you often hear right-wing. people talking about, you know, America. was better. or you know they in in the. 50s and the 60s they have this idea oh. Mike you want to look at what the tax. code was like then you [clears throat]. you want to look at what the tax code. was then you you actually had a more. fair more pro middle class uh tax system. uh at that period of time than you have. right now as private equity and all you. know and these hedge funds and all these. people have figured out all of the. loopholes in order to make things far.

more expensive and in order to avoid. paying taxes and that's why we have a. broken system that we need to fix and. you have these right-wing oligarchs are. terrified by anybody who tries to come. up with some ways to fix it. That's not. some radical agenda. That's I I'd argue. it's the least radical thing. It's. radical to do what's happening right. now. I mean, that's what's very what's. what's radical is when they roll out. alligator Alcatraz and they brag about. alligators and crocodiles eating up.

immigrants and and and then and then. laugh about it and then incompetently. run it. They can't even run the. alligator out and then shut it down. after spending billions of our dollars. that could have went to hospitals or. could have went to lunches or could have. went to making life more affordable for. people. you know, where all of these ICE. detention centers where they've ripped. apart families and they put people in. these detention centers right now um and. pay their be pay their right-wing.

oligarch friends billions of dollars. I. mean, you know, think about it in Texas. You've got what Big Ben National Park. Uh the contractor who was like. demolishing this beautiful national park. by the Rio Grand. getting billions of dollars, a Trump. donor while they destroy beautiful. That's freaking radical. That's radical. and crazy. It's crazy stuff that that's. taking place. I mean, in Texas, you want. to talk about radical, no taxes for the. electricity bills for data centers. Did.

you know that? Did you know that in. Texas? I'm sure if you lived in Texas, you knew that. And then they have the. audacity to be like, well, now that we. see people don't like the data centers, we I'm going to do an audit of it. Is. what is what happened. You're going to. do an audit on it. You you gave him no. taxes on electricity as they guzzled up. all of the electricity. That's freaking. radical. That sounds like some form of. weird oligarchical communism to me while. the people are the ones who struggle. Anyway, that's what we talk about a lot.

So, in in WTF America, people are like, "Is the book going to get outdated after. the election?" Quite the opposite. The. book is not meant for the election. Um, the book is actually meant for a a. generational perspective of getting out. of this loop because if we just continue. with a loop of Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump, you fill in the person, Osaf, AOC, Nus, whoever be Buddha, you pick.

the person. Then Rubio or or whoever, you know, and then you go back and. forth. That's a broken freaking system. That's a broken system on the decline. So, what I'm focused on, what I want to. do with this platform is figure out how. do you break this loop and how do we get. into a trajectory of a generational move. in the right direction. Because if you. just keep slingingshotting back and.

forth and the arsonists blame the. firefighters and then the firefighters. fix it and the arsonists destroy it, that's what we've had now for the better. part of the last 60 70 years and it's. been disastrous. And so you add those. conditions, you add the international. conditions that creates the recipe for. fascism and a vessel like Donald Trump. who says I alone can fix it takes. advantage of the pain and suffering that. people are legitimately feeling. But. he's the one who's caused the pain and. suffering. Why he has such a good.

insight and and this is not to applaud. him, but why Trump has a good insight. into the pain and suffering that people. are feeling is because Trump's the one. causing it. He sees it because he's. inflicting it. He's doing it and he. knows how to keep on doing it. And so. what we have to do is recognize that. pain and suffering is real. It's not a. talking point. It's not an election. cycle thing. And I think that's one of. the disenchanting things I see watching. this election cycle is people who I.

didn't hear from over the past two years. when it would have been nice to hear. their voice. You know, they come out. during the election cycle and now they. want to lecture me and you about the. election. I don't want to be lectured by. you about the election. You weren't. there for me at the inauguration. you. you weren't there for me after November. when hope felt lost. You weren't there. for me during those periods. So don't. show up now and then start telling me.

that you know from the focus groups or. that you know from your own instinct. back what you did in the 1990s or this. or that that you know what the people. are. Where were you when we needed you? You were nowhere to be found. Maybe you. were at the country club. Maybe you were. hanging out at the same places where. these maggot people. I don't know where. you were, but you weren't fighting for. us. So, I don't need to hear you lecture. me and lecture my audience, to lecture. our community, to lecture the mightest.

mighty, to lecture what we've all built. together, built by this community about. what you think about that. No, you. weren't there for us. And that's the. thing about I I want people to speak to. values and principles and I want them to. understand what you're going through and. what everybody's experiencing and offer. problems and solutions, not bash this. candidate or I need you to disavow what. you said and shut the hell up. I don't. need you to tell me what you need to. disavow in 2019 or 2020. No, I I I want.

to know that is this an authentic. fighter for me and for this community. and for this world right now. Is that. what we need right now? That's it. That's what we're looking for. It's that. simple. It's that simple. And it's not. enough just to be anti-Trump. It's what. are you doing? And you have to have. moral clarity. It's a genocide. Call out. the genocide. Just say it. I don't need. you to say just say it. It is what it. is. That's what it is. Okay? People are. suffering. People are feeling pain here. Trump's a war criminal. Trump's a.

fascist. Just say it. They're covering. up a child sex trafficking ring. That's. what they're doing. That's what they're. doing. That's what they're covering up. It's sick. It's disgusting. That's. what's happening. And we need to move. beyond that. We need to get into a. better place. as a country. Anyway, I'll stop preaching. Get your. copy of WTF America. I appreciate you. watching this. Um, thank you for everything. Really, I'm. truly I'm just I'm grateful for uh. always grateful for this community.

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