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A lot to discuss on this episode of the. Midas Touch podcast. We'll talk about. Donald Trump's market manipulation. failing. Earlier in the day, he said, "We're definitely not going to go to war. with Iran before the midterms. I hereby. decree it via a truth social post." I. think he was hoping to manipulate the. market and that the price of gas and. diesel would go down. It did not. The. price of oil continued to surge. Diesel. and gas continued to rise. Treasury.

yields continued to rise. No one is. buying it right now. The markets. continue to do bad. No one's buying this. crap anymore. So then he kind of pivoted. and then the news broke. Actually, he's. now thinking of a three-day invasion. It's going to be massive. Lot of war. crimes, civilian infrastructure, and. that's what's actually being planned. And what he posted is just something. that he says. Anyway, we'll try to break. down what the hell was going on here. Meanwhile, Iran has been able to strike. more tankers in these straight of horm.

I feel like a broken record talking. about it, but it's just the reality of. what's happening. In the past 8 days, there have been at least 15 tankers that. have been struck by the IRGC. Most. recently, one off the coast of Qatar, another 30 nautical miles northeast of. Fujera in the UAE, some stationary. tankers being struck, the Fujera. escalation. We'll talk about the. significance of that. Also, we're seeing.

the Houthis and Ansarala respond to the. Saudi strikes and the Houthi capital of. Sana Riad airport was under attack on. fire. Saudi Arabia said, "Uh-uh. What. you're seeing with all of these planes. on fire is not what happened. What. happened is we struck the Houthi drones. and the debris hit a medical center and. it also hit an elementary school, but. the airport is fine." I'm like, I see. the airport. It's on fire, man. They. also hit Abba. I see what's going on.

here. And I see your strikes in Anzero. Like, we can visually see what the hell. is happening. It's just we need to have. a cleareyed vision of what the hell is. happening. And this distortion after. distortion. Donald Trump, meanwhile, continues to double, triple down on. small price to pay for this catastrophic. war. if uh Iran would nuclear bomb San. Diego and LA and I I didn't actually. mean it's it's artificial news to say. that I actually meant Iran would do.

nuclear annihilation of these cities. I'm I'm saying I want to protect these. cities. I'm just saying it in a way that. makes you think that I am you know. joking about or that's what we do with. commanders and chief now. We do jokes. about nuclear annihilation of main. cities also or cities in the United. States in general. Speaking of San. Diego, you've had Hexa there waiting for. the USS Abraham Lincoln. Like dude is. obviously such the a creepy strange war.

criminal, you know, as well. Like he. knows that those family members are. reeling based on the conditions that. they've been in. So, he's been there. every step of the way, like doing PT and. doing weird publicity stunts over there, you know, and really sickly, he talked. about today how he's going to live. stream the public execution um that's. coming up and everyone gets to see a. live stream of a public execution. We'll. talk about that. Um, we've been covering.

on the Midas Touch network, Russia's. escalation in Ukraine, Ukraine's. response in Russia, what we're seeing. there. Um, Russia's, you know, they're. building out those Garin 4, Garen 5. drones. Um, North Car North Carolina, North Korea style ballistics and cruise. missiles um that are hammering down. And. then we've seen Zalinsky responding with. those flamingo style drones deep into. Russia, hitting areas as far as 900.

kilometers in Samara. Another one 2500. kilometers kind of deep almost in that. Siberia area where also there is a. potential plague outbreak um where there. are more cases. Um and now we learned. that RFK Jr. um apparently gave $800,000 through HHS. to that facility where the biolab plague. was taking place. I mean, is it. everything with these people is. projection and confession. No wonder. Donald Trump's approval is at a record.

low. The latest Pew poll has Donald. Trump at pew pew 30% and it keeps on. decreasing. Donald Trump's appearances. in San Antonio and other places clearly. deranged. Donald Trump gave a speech. today at the so-called Institute of. Peace, which he renamed the Trump. Institute of Peace. He's like, "Finally, I'm with high IQ people here." And, you. know, mocking the people he's been. speaking in front of before. Apparently, everybody in the Trump regime works for. a country called Spearsa. Also, Susie Ly.

kid, Trump's consultants, all Spearska. consultants with the Russia aligned. government over there. And then we have. Kimberly Gilfoil emerges while you have. Rubio in Greece with all of her. shenanigans with a MAGA donor, a big. Trump donor, saying, "Yeah, she asked me. to pay her AMX bill, $100,000, and that. she'd help me out in various ways." And. this comes on top of other stories with. Kimberly Gilfoil allegedly bragging. about helping overthrow the Romanian.

government with the United States. Just. normal stuff. She denies all the. allegations. She goes, "Not true.". artificial fake news, but we'll cover it. all here on the Midas Touch Network. What kind of freaking intro was that? What am What words are even coming out. of my mouth right right now? I think the. words that are coming out of my mouth. are WTF as always. It's good to see you, Ben. It's good to see you, Jordy. It. looks like the United States is now. officially joining the likes of Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Saudi. Arabia in allowing live publicly.

streamed executions. Uh, and so that's. the new thing by Pete Hegath today. and. and uh and Donald Trump. I mean, this is. it's so sick and it's really just shown. how the United States has lost its. complete moral authority uh in the world. and how we really have no legs to stand. on as far as lecturing other countries. It's one of the big ironies right now as. we kind of hear the arguments that come. out of the Trump regime about other. countries, whether they're trying to. justify wars or trying to say that the.

United States is better than some other. place. Because you'll hear him say stuff. like, "Can you imagine what they would. do to you in Iran if you were a gay. person?" It's like, "Y'all aren't really. exactly the most friendly to gay people. in the United States. Let me let me just. say they want women to be secondclass. citizens." Uh, again, you guys, what. what do you guys want to do? They allow. public executions. No, that you're doing. that right now. Actually, they're three. theoccratic nuts held This is like the. new one that they keep coming with.

They're theoccratic nuts hellbent on. destroying the planet. It's like, aren't. you the guy like invoking God and saying. this is like your manifest destiny to. like destroy Iran and to blow it to. smithetherreens and to destroy the. civilization and this is God's plan. It's like the projection from these. people is incredible. But that's why uh. as I said the the only words I could. think of sometimes are WTF and brothers, I got I got a bit of a confession to. make at the top of the show. Can. >> can I make confession? >> Yeah. Um, so our book, WTF America, as.

you could see here, turns out the book. that I've been showing you when I've. been holding it up, >> actually, this is actually a fake. version of the book. >> This version of the book is about feet. And I'm serious. It's a It's literally. when you read the chapters, it's it's a. it's a book. It's a book about feet. >> But. >> what. >> I got some news. >> because we just got, at least I did. today. I think Jordy got it as well. >> The first I did. >> actual prints. >> of WTF America, the hard coverver.

version. It's shinier and it's nice and. we have the back cover with us on it and. the inside flap and it's the actual book. with the dedication to you, the mightest. mighty right here on the front. Uh if I. could find it, I'll get it to you. But. it's dedicated to you. I got to say, having this in person, there's something. really special about the hard coverver. And I am so excited for people to get it. and to like post it and share it with us. online. I want to show like people's. pictures if they uh get the hard cover. of the book and share it with us and and.

tag us on social media and stuff. We'll. try to show some folks on the show, but. I I honestly I got the chills when I. opened up the box and I saw like the the. actual book with the printed text in the. book and everything. So check it out. Uh. link in description and link on the QR. code up here. But it's really honestly. just I I have the chills and I'm so. excited for you to read this. >> Love it. I love it. Be that is so sweet. I was definitely like very surprised. when it when it showed up even though I. knew it was coming. Like it still is. like h it was like a moment. And so I'm. just I'm so excited for y'all to get.

your copies. Please, if you haven't. already, go ahead purchase hardcover. copy. Like it it it felt good holding. it. I'm really excited to get into. today's show. We obviously have a lot to. get to. So with that, Benji, where are. we starting off today? I'll tell you the. funny story, Brett, because I had a few. copies of the I guess they call it like. the dummy book before the real one gets. to you. And same thing, mine's on feet. also. >> We all got the foot book, >> and it's like calf strength, double or. single leg, calf raise, place your hands. on a wall. And you know, my my niece.

Caitlyn, who's here, um she was like. looking at it and she's like, you know, that's an she like is an interesting. approach and it's a little bit different. than what I thought. and she was reading. and I kid you not. I said I'm not. writing a I said did you think I really. was going to write a book on feet? Like. this is my life's work. I'm not going to. do a feet book. >> Can you imagine? I guess so. That's very. very It's very generous, sir. >> You know, it's good. It's It's a. different direction than I think that I. like lost it. I know you see me.

recording like all of the time. Um but. you know, really. Okay. Anyway, let's go. through what's taking place. She thought. that was the real book. Uh, I haven't. got my copy yet, by the way. I'd like my. copy and all. >> I bet I got it today, so I bet you get. it later today, but but it's it's. >> Maybe they're giving you the Tom Holland. treatment, Ben, because you know Tom. Holland Spider-Man, he's very much like. a spoiler person. Maybe maybe they're. like, "We can't trust Ben with the real. thing just yet.". >> Spoiler alert. >> Right. So, look, Donald Trump was in San. Antonio, was a deranged event. I counted.

12 times when he was interrupted by. hecklers and protesters throughout the. event. And it was, you know, an. interesting site to behold. Weird crew. of people though who stay in there, like, you know, I get the protesters and. hecklers, but the Trumpers, you know, who are there, I'm like, who are the. people who are still there? And I'm not. even going to play those clips, but they. were like, "It's okay, Daddy. Daddy, it's okay. Don't let them Don't. let them do that to you, daddy. We're. here for you." I could Daddy Daddy.

Daddy. You know, do you remember this. was maybe a pretty big red flag that we. covered and nobody else covered? And I. kid you not, this happened at prior. Trump events. There would be people who. would wear diapers and they would show. solidarity with Trump wearing diapers. and it wasn't like some like astroturf. like like they were like wearing diapers. and I would do coverage of it during the. 2024 election. Like they're wearing. diapers to show solidarity with him. I'm. like that's pretty strange, right?

You're being hyperbolic. You're being hyperbolic. Anyway, I I. digress. Um, Donald Trump, >> this is an aside. Uh, this was an issue. writing the book because we would write. down thing actual things that have. happened over the past few years. And. when the lawyers went to review the. book, cuz they do a pass, they'd be. like, "I got to say, I thought you were. making this up or exaggerating and I did. the research and it and it checks out.

and I don't know what to say." How many. times did we get. >> What was it? Was the compliance calls, Brett? Was that the legal calls that we. eventually were on were just the. funniest calls ultimately because Oh my. god, >> they were so funny. Yeah. >> I mean, look, you know, not like Anyway, yes, I I have a lot more to say about. that. I'll just focus focus Ben going. back to what went down in s you know. it's like should I show the video of. Susan Dell in the oval No don't do it.

>> please no please no. >> don't do it don't do it you have it. >> okay don't do it okay Donald Trump in. San Donald Trump in San Antonio though. >> we could do it. >> to every child across the country these. >> All right Enough enough enough. >> Okay. Donald Trump in uh San Antonio. He's calling out Steve Witoff and Jared. Kushner and saying these are great. negotiators and it's amazing and they're.

going to do a great deal with Iran. Listen to what he said. And like the. crowd in Santor like Steve Woff like you. said you were going to end this war in. six weeks. >> Here let's let's watch this. Let's play. it. He's working on the Iran deal and. doing very well. I think the deal isn't. really something that I want to do, but. they're willing to offer us anything to. stop. And we definitely they will never. have a nuclear weapon, but he's a great. negotiator. He's also a great person. Yeah. Steve Whit, the scumbag Manhattan.

real estate guy who nobody appointed. And. >> yeah, you really don't want to do a. deal. And but and they really are. begging you again to do a deal. It's not. you who desperately wants to try to find. a way out of this disaster of your own. making. It's them. This is what Donald. Trump said about Los Angeles and San. Diego. This is like his line. This is. like his go-to now. This is his eating. the cats and dogs. Oh, by the way, did. you see that they're doing the caravan. thing again? >> Did you see? >> I don't Okay, here's the thing. I So.

Ben's right. So they're now doing like. this whole thing where they're spreading. on social media that caravans are. coming. There's 600 people rolling. through Mexico and they're coming to the. southern border and they want to kill. your family. The only thing that stands. in their way is Donald J. Trump. And. like you have all the right-wing. influencers spreading this stuff. And. this is the same tact. It's October, right? I think I said in a few episodes. ago, you know, it's kind of good. You. got you got pumpkin spice season, you. got migrant caravan season. They kind of.

come at around the same time. And that's. what we're seeing right now. And it's. just like pathetic. And it's the same. move that they always do. But I act but. I don't even understand it. messaging wise when you control every. branch of government and and you're the. president of the United States. It's. like you I I I get it if you could say. like look, President Biden's immigration. policies are encouraging all of these. people to go across Mexico and try to. come through the border, but you're the. pre you're the president and so I don't.

even understand like the the strategy. behind it. It just feels kind of extra. desperate this time, >> right? You are trying to provide logic. to the absolutely illogical. You know, they are just copying and pasting a. playbook that had previously maybe. worked for them a little bit and they're. just trying to apply it under a 2026. lens, but they're forgetting the key. issue here is that Donald Trump is the. president and they control all three. branches of government. So, it's like. this isn't the the own the libs moment.

that y'all are making it out to be. I've. never seen MAGA in such disarray with. their messaging. >> Yeah. And when you look at the countries. where they say the caravans are. originating from, they're all places. where Donald Trump has like installed. his stoogge dictators. It's like Ecuador. and Honduras and this kind like by the. way those are your people. Like you put. those people in there. So they want to. flee there and now you're encouraging. the caravan. like I'm trying to make. sense of what there's that aspect,

right? Then there is the nicknames, you. know, and the hateful, racist, misogynistic, awful kind of nicknames, you know, he calls pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews, Annie a slur to. transgender people and, you know, and. just tries to mock a marginalized. community. He calls Dr. Abdul Elsiad, Muhammad Els say is a jihadist. And I. mean, this is I'm quoting what Trump is.

saying. I don't want to use these words, but I'm reporting on what it is that. he's saying. James Tarico, he says, is a. freo. And then he implies that James. Talafrio has disappeared because he's. involved in horrible things. And so it's. the same thing. And then his post today. about Minnesota was that, you know, the. Somalian people are killing you. He's. trying to provoke a race war in. Minnesota. And I also reflect on during. the Biden administration where there was.

a deal for comprehensive immigration. reform that was worked out with a very. faright Republican Senator Langford and. Biden did this deal together. bipartisan, strong borders, a pathway to. citizenship for people who were here for. a long time, expedited asylum process, more money for asylum judges to. adjudicate cases. And I remember it was. actually even supported by Border Patrol.

and these, but you know, even though. they're ultra MAGA and Trump was the one. who killed it, right? Trump said, "Uh-uh, we need the problems so that we. can run on the problems because for them. everything is all a game for power and. it is all about causing problems, being. the anarchist because I think the. strategy, Brett, if there is one, it's. the oldest in the dictator's handbook.

create catastrophe and fear and then. pray on people's fear. Look, as we have. hurricanes approaching, and I put that. plural, I mean, there's a tropical storm. on the west coast, a major hurricane. that's heading up the kind of southeast. of the US, another major storm uh coming. up kind of by the Mexico area. People. are often most vulnerable like after. natural disasters. Elderly people are. often prayed on by, you know, con.

artists and fraudsters. And so at large, the Trump regime creates those. situations and is preying on that. behavior basically. Jord, I'm not sure. if you could hear me. >> Yeah. Yeah, we could hear you. I I want. to go back to um this also, which is. what you said before, and you said that. Donald Trump was trying to stoke a race. war with his uh tweets. And you know, I. I don't want people to think again that. you're being at all hyperbolic in what. you're saying. And I want to really show.

what Trump is doing here. And so, let's. go to Trump's message right over here. This is what he sent out. He said, "The. once great state of Minnesota is being. taken over by Somali immigrants. There. is violence, murder, and mayhem all over. the state. The people of Minnesota must. fight back. You have been robbed and. abandoned by your state government. Your. governor is an incompetent thief who. doesn't want to get involved. He just. wants to get out of town with as much as. he can steal and then lead a quiet life. By the way, the freaking projection just.

dripping out of every word of this. disgraceful tweet. He just wants to get. out of town. The Somalian should not be. allowed to get away with what they are. doing. They view you as weak and stupid. people. Fight back, Minnesota. Fight. back if you need. The federal government. will come to your rescue. Blah blah blah. blah blah. I mean, this is disgusting. race war psychotic uh behavior uh that. should be on the front page, quite. frankly, of like every newspaper. Imagine if he said this about any other.

group, right? He's allowed to attack. Somali immigrants. Imagine if he if he. said, "Fight back against the Jews. Fight back against the black Americans. Fight back against this." I mean, which. is essentially what he's saying here. This it's appalling. It's appalling. stuff. And that's I think one of the. issues with uh the Trump era and. especially Trump 2.0 is the things that. he says are so explosive and so. offensive that when you actually tell. people about them who may not be as.

tuned in with the day-to-day, they go, "You're exaggerating. You're being. hyperbolic. Stop TDS. You're you're. you're doing it again. You're He would. never he would never say that." And. again, it goes back to the lawyers, right, who were going through our book. and I was like, did he really? Oh, he. did. No, he did. No, this is what it is. And Donald Trump has effectively. normalized this sort of rhetoric, normalized this sort of behavior to the. point where far too many people who may. not be in the dayto-day and even far too.

many people in the news media and. professionals who see this stuff or hear. about this stuff brush it off. Uh, he's. just joking around. He's just saying. that. uh don't overreact again. No, I. think we should be I think we are. reacting appropriately and I think it's. important for all of us never to. normalize this sort of thing. >> Absolutely. And you know what's also. there too that's abundantly clear is his. threats to walls. Governor Walls there. like it's so obvious to me that he just. can't get him out of his head that he.

always has to go after him and always. has to attack him. just saying how the. governor wants to uh steal as much as he. can and then leave uh lead a quiet life. Like if that's not a dog whistle, I. don't know really what is because what. he's trying to do, he's trying to invoke. the MAGA base, whomever, these. right-wing lunatics to continue their. onslaught of threats against Walls and. the Walls family. It is wild to me again. that that becomes an accepted behavior. right here. Right. You have people have.

already Democratic politicians have. already been killed in the state by a. MAGA lunatic. A guy who wanted to go. around and do mass killings at no kings. rallies. A MAGA conservative Christian. guy who they then use the fact that he. had the pamphlets for the No Kings. rallies because he planned to go there. to kill those people. They tried to turn. that around and say that he had those. because he's actually some lib. Despite. the fact that every piece of evidence. about the guy ever, everything he speaks. about, the fact that he was a. Republican, all this, the fact that all.

of it, he was a big Trump supporter, they try to act like, "Oh, that was a. liberal. That was a Democrat killing a. Democrat." It's like, "Shut it's the. most offensive thing." And the fact that. these Trump people still push that when. these children lost their parents. because they were shot and killed by. this maniac, it's absolutely disgusting. And for Trump to then stoke more. violence and to try to rile people up. exactly like you're saying, Jordy, it's. it's it's so offensive and nobody takes.

the power of his words seriously for. some reason anymore. >> Well, I think and we'll talk about this. when we come back. you know, the idea. that his words are meaningless. When the. president's words are meaningless, the. president of the United States, then. everything trickles down as being. meaningless. And that's what they want. to create where we expect somebody in. that position to be careful, thoughtful, serious, competent, sophisticated,

cautious, you know, all of those types. of qualities. And so much it's like when. we we'll talk about, you know, the San. Diego Los Angeles thing. He's joking. He's It's not funny. We don't do jokes. about nuclear annihilation. And if. you're talking about nuclear. capabilities, choose your words very. carefully because you're talking about. like the end of human civilization. Oh, Ben, you're being hyperbolic. No, I'm. not being What do you think nuclear. weapons are? What are we talking about. here? And look what's happening. throughout the world. Look what's. happening in Ukraine right now. Look.

what's happening with Russia's increased. strikes. Look what's happening in the. region. Look what's happening in Eastern. Europe and the Middle East and. throughout the world right now. Look. what's happening with Kim Jong-un and. his ballistic uh nuclear capable test. Look what's happening. It's this this is. real. This is real. This isn't a game. And somehow people have just been not. all of you, but like we're like living. in this dystopian reality show where. people are these non-consensual extras. like whatever, whatever. No, not.

whatever. Not whatever. We need to stop. this. That's what we talk about in WTF. America. Hey, Brett, does yours have the. back of it with the photo of us? Also, do you got that one? >> Oh, does it? >> Let's see. >> That does. Look at that. See, that's how. you tell That's how you tell the. authentic hard cover verse Ben's phony. uh, you know, fake one. You know that I. learned something new though that they, you know, you learn you learn new stuff. when you go through this process that. people have dummy books that they give. to the press and and that they give to.

you to, you know, show show the book. But to have the this is the real first. edition hot off the press. Hot off the. press. >> Did you Did you know 85% of the world's. population will experience low back pain. at some point in their lives with. >> I I just I just love Katie. I love that. Katie thought that was our book. >> Interesting direction. Feet was an. interesting one, but Let's let's lower. back pain is no joke though. Let me be. very clear about that. Um let's take our. first break of the show. We'll be right. back.

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don't have an autofocus camera, so if I. went up, it's going to be very blurry. But if you zoom in here, for the. mightest mighty, and everyone else who. wakes up, checks the news, and can't. help thinking, WTF. I love that dedicate. this book to this community who made it. all possible. >> WTF? Here's Donald Trump in San Antonio. repeating the line that he says over and. over. Let them hit San Diego or Los. Angeles with nuclear weapons. Let them. hit it. That would be bad. Let them hit. it. That would be bad. Also, of all of.

the cities to use, it's just repeating. Los Angeles and San Diego over and over. again. And by the way, I mean, California Governor Gavin Newsome's. taking it seriously. He's put the state. on a very serious alert and saying like, I know like like you saying that. actually invites. um the potential for attacks here as. people may read and hear what you're. saying as inviting it. Here, let's just. listen to what Trump said again. But you.

want to see trauma. You want to see. problems. And I said it the other day, let them hit a missile into San Diego or. Los Angeles on the way. Let them hit. You want to see a horror show? You want. to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. And you want. to see some bad things happen. You want. to see a country that would be in freef. fall. We're not going to let that. happen. We protect our cities. We And. that's mobster talk. Imagine if a. mobster said,

"I'll use person X so that I don't use. anybody's name." You want to see person. X get killed? You want to see person X. get beheaded? You want to see person X. bleed out and get tortured? That would be awful for person X now, wouldn't it be? Well, I'm not going to. let that happen. It's that that's how he's at the best. reading of it. The best reading of it is.

that in his favor. I don't mean that's I. read it as him actually saying that. that's what he wants to see or hear. But. you don't have to view it that way. We. shouldn't have to conrue what his words. mean. A president should be thoughtful. on speaking on topics. But the most. generous version is the mobster version. that I gave you just there or him. saying, "Well, I will protect those.". And and that's not actually what he. said. And it's still very bad. Brett and. Journey, but there's so many people in. corporate news. That's not what he said.

It's like he said it, you know, he's. crazy. >> He he said it. He And that was the. second time he said it. the first time. he and the second time he said it, I. think he said it specifically to try to. clean up the first time that he said it. because the first time he said it, all. he said was, "Let them take out Los. Angeles. Let them San let them take out. San Diego. Put a button on it." There. was nothing else added to that. And now. he's adding the line, "That would be a. horror show if that happened. We're. never going to let that happen." And so. that that's the new version that those. other two lines weren't at the end of. the lines the other day when he said it.

But the reality is to to your point, Ben, is, you know, I I saw some, you. know, fact checkers online being like, "If somebody speaks Trump rally speak, uh, you know, I the way I interpret this. as if I look in my Trump rally speak. book is and and I'm like, listen, this. is a guy who has built his entire career. and of of being a politician and all of. his supporters have brought this guy up. by saying he just tells it like it is. when he says something, he means it. But.

all the time, all of a sudden, he's. being misqued by these people. It's out. of context, not in context. You're. making that up. He didn't really say. that. And here's the thing. At the end of the day, it doesn't even. matter necessarily what he said, even. though he did certainly say it the first. time, and I think he was trying to clean. it up that second time. But our. adversaries don't have the Trump Rally. Speak Spark Notes book. I don't know. where you buy this book. They don't it's. not not they don't they don't have that.

one. Okay. I don't have that one. They. have their own interpretations of what. Donald Trump says. And his words have. meanings. His words moves moves his. words move markets. At least he hopes. occasionally. Today it didn't quite work. out that way for him. Uh and his words. have the ability to cause war and peace. And so you have to know that. And that's. why you have people who and presidents. throughout history have been so careful. with their words and don't just. recklessly have these hypotheticals.

about Los Angeles and San Diego uh being. blown up. So to me, that's the most. dangerous part. It's somebody who hears. Trump's words, takes them however they. want to take them, and then runs with. it, and does whatever they do, and puts. the lives of people in my city here in. LA, people in San Diego, or wherever at. risk. Also, I'm pretty sure that Trump. is so dumb with a bee that he believes. that Los Angeles and San Diego are like. the closest American cities to Iran. And.

they're not. They're actually like the. farthest, it's the farthest point from. Iran. And also Iran doesn't have. missiles capable of reaching anywhere. close to the United States. They just. they don't have that technology. They're. not they're not even close. But New York. and DC are far closer than than Los. Angeles. >> But even if they did have the. technology, didn't we destroy all their. nuclear facilities anyway? So worry. about that. >> Yeah. It's totally obliterated. Yeah. >> When you watch Donald Trump speak, it it. just it really just amazes me in like. the worst way just just where we are as.

as a country with him being the quote. unquote leader, right? It it's. unbelievably pathetic as you see that. this this this monster I guess up there. just so carelessly. saying words, right? Like with almost. with no in like meaning behind them. other than the sense of he's not here to. protect America or Americans. He's going. to say whatever he needs to say in order. to push forward his MAGA first agenda in. the weirdest faking ways possible. I'm.

just so sick of corporate media time and. time again making excuses for this. absolute buffoon up there that's the. president of the United States but you. know and look I have said over and over. again we should never have been involved. in this catastrophic war in Iran in the. first place I've been very clear in. calling Donald Trump and Hegsith and. others war criminals. I've called for. them to be turned over to the Hague if. and when a Democratic president takes. over. I also want to reflect though even.

if you supported this war which would. befuddle me why you would. I don't see. how you can't acknowledge that the way. the war has been carried out has also. been incredibly reckless and negligent. and and just from a military strategy. standpoint having Donald Trump and Pete. Hegsith fire our fourstar generals and. admirals and three star and two stars. which Pete Hgsith brags about. they. weren't worthy of the position. I mean,

Hegsith has really no military. leadership experience at all. The. nonprofit that he worked at before being. a state regime media Fox weekend host. basically purged him because of how. incompetent he was and all of his bad. conduct. He has no he should never be in. this position. But there them running. this has just been an absolute disaster. We don't have a aircraft carrier in the. Pacific anymore. It's now the only. aircraft carrier, the George Washington,

a thousand kilometers outside of the. straight of Hormuz in the Arabian Sea. Our other aircraft carrier is now in. Phuket, Thailand. Yes, one aircraft. carrier is going to be arriving mid. November. That's the USS Theodore. Roosevelt. But this is the first time in. a very long time we've had like no. aircraft carriers even close to the. Persian Gulf or Gulf of Oman. And it's. because Iran's able to project deterrent. capabilities with its ballistics, with. its anti-ship missiles. And that's why.

the only aircraft carriers a thousand. kilometers uh away right now. Um the US. military bases in the region have all. been destroyed by Iran. Right now, the. Pentagon is refusing to allow Democratic. Senator Murphy, Chris Murphy of. Connecticut, from visiting the US bases. The Congressional Research Service just. updated a report that it prepared in May. where it said 41 aircraft were destroyed. in the war to now it's like 81 or 82.

aircraft that number is going to keep on. going up. So just from a military. perspective, like if you're a neocon. wararm mongering person, I don't know. how you other than your view that Donald. Trump is your daddy and you're like just. weird and you hate Iran so much that no. matter what Trump says, it will cloud. the logic here. But just from a military. standpoint, we get an F. Again, we. shouldn't have been in the war, but from. a strategy standpoint, Iran has won.

Iran is a regional power if not a global. power right now. You have Besson today. saying economic outcast strikes again. He says and he's posting how we're. putting more sanctions on the ghost. fleet of Iran. And this is going to. really show them right here. We're. really hitting the tyrannical regime. hard. And then then he posts this from. the Treasury Department where he's like, "Today we are," not the ghost fleet, the.

shadow fleet. We're targeting them. Iran's already sold all of that oil to. China. So you're sanctioning something. that doesn't even exist in the first. place. Iran still has oil for domestic. purposes. You've all said Iran was going. to blow up three days after some random. April date that you made up. And you. keep saying they're about to be. destroyed. You have Iran's central bank. governor mocking Bessant today and he's. like tell Bessant that he's got three. more days for the United States to.

exist. You have foreign minister Arachi. today saying that previously Iran. submitted a 7-day plan to the United. States which basically incorporates the. terms of the memorandum of understanding. that the US responded but Iran's just. going to take its time and maybe will. respond you know in a few days. You have. Iran's nuclear chief saying under no. circumstance is the nuclear file on the. table right now. And Besson can say. economic outcast all he wants. Iran's. president poses I know Donald Trump.

likes to say to that crowd, we don't. know who their leader is. Yes, we do. We. know who all their leaders are. We know. who their president is, Peskian. We know. who their foreign minister is, Arachi. We know who their deputy foreign. minister is, Garbabadi. I know who leads. their parliament, MB Galabaf. I know. their top adviser to Ayatollah Ki Moshin. Razi. I know all these people, okay? And. and I and I know the structure. And that. doesn't again mean, oh, that means.

you're sympathizing with them. I want to. let you know what the hell is happening. right here because Besson can say. economic outcast all he wants. The. president of Iran today was meeting with. Putin at the CIS. That's where the old. Soviet countries all meet. It was in. Turk Menistan where they talked about. cooperation between Russia and Iran. And. while that's going on, sure seems like. economic outcasts. Iran got the invite. as the honorary guest. Iran's not an old. Soviet country. And it got the invite as.

the honorary guest. The way like the. European Union invited Canada as their. honorary guest. The honorary guest at. CIS was Iran. Same thing by the way we. saw the Shanghai cooperation. organization meeting and the BRICS block. meeting that's been taking place and. Iran is likely getting the Garen 4 Garin. 5 technology from Russia. Russia. upgraded the Shahi drones with these jet. powered Garen 4s. So that technology is. being exchanged. When you look at a lot.

of the parts in these drones, you've got. semiconductors coming from the United. States and lots of dualuse component. parts from China. that's in the Russia. gar fours and fives and in the Iranian. weapons as well. And then the Trump. regime bows down to Xi Jinping with the. thusidities trap saying yes you are the. ascending power China and we are the. declining power and the US keeps talking. about doing deals with Russia's Luke Oil. Company and today it was the Nordstream. pipeline and other things while Russia.

is there with Iran while Donald Trump is. spewing all of this nonsense. And so, you know, Donald Trump will post, "We're. bringing out 22 million barrels every. night." Last night, we never brought 22. million barrels ever. The most we. brought is like 20 million barrels a day. before the war. Right now, it's. somewhere in the range of I would say 8. to 12 maybe 13 million barrels a day of.

oil are getting out through the straight. of Hormuz. Um, but even if you say. that's the amount, but let's just assume. it was 20 million barrels. It's not 22. million. Just assume it was the same. amount. Right now, these VLCC's, these. very large crude carriers that take the. crude and transport them are charging. $1.5 million a day. The captains of. these VLCC's are making a $100,000 a. month and a $50,000 bonus to get out of.

these straight of Hormuz. that puts a. risk premium per barrel of oil of $33. based on the risk. And the way some of. these tankers get out of the straight of. Hormuz is a shipto- ship transfer scheme. using small boats to try to deliver the. crude onto these stationary ships. Some. of them hang off the coast of Qar, others hang off the coast of Fujera in. the UAE. And they hug the very shallow. coast by Oman. They turn their AIS.

sensors off and hope to avoid the IRGC. which is able to strike usually. somewhere in the range of 10% of every. tanker that crosses. That's why it's so. expensive. And when you do a shipto-. ship transfer, eventually you run out of. ships. But then in the past eight days, Iran has struck 15 tankers in the. straight of Hormuz. And the most recent. ones targeted the shipto- ship transfer. scheme, sending a message by striking a. shipto- ship transfer off the coast of.

Fujera. That's why I've called it Fujera. escalation and one off the coast of. Qatar where there were numerous. casualties there. Meanwhile, you also. have Ansur Alla, the Houthis responding. to the strikes that Saudi Arabia has. been making in Sana in the Ansurala. capital. And we see Riad's main airport, King Khaled, on fire. Uh, Aba airport. and a facility and a refinery in Aba, Saudi Arabia's been hit over there. And.

so that's just what I just painted for. you is the reality of the situation. Now, you know, you could you could like. it, you can not like it. I Why do you. think the price of crude and and why do. you think the price of crude is what it. is like $105 a barrel? Why do you think. diesel and gas are so high? Why would we. have to draw down so much of these. strategic petroleum reserves if there. was such an abundance a pre-war. abundance of oil? That makes no sense.

right there. And also the process of. getting you diesel or gas or heating oil. or jet fuel, it's the process requires. refining. You know, it's like bragging. about picking the fruit from a tree or. from whatever and then saying, "Well, this is how you make juice." No, you. still have to take the fruit and then. turn it into juice. And if the cost of. transporting the fruit to the juice. maker costs way more than it did before,

you're not getting your juice. And so, like, we have to speak in an educated. way. And then you have freaking SenCom, you know, as we purge these top. generals, you've got this clown, Admiral. Brad Cooper. And it pains me to say that. the head of SenCom is an absolute clown. When I saw the guy testify, what one of. the only days Congress was in session, my jaw dropped because I'm like, this. guy's a MAGA idiot. And this guy was. this guy used to be from all the things.

that I heard in the military community, a normal dude. And it's like he's out. there on this SenCom account posting. like things are great. Claim earlier. today a general from Iran's Islamic. Revolutionary Guard Corps claim in media. reports that the straight of Hormuz is. closed and his country has full control. over it. This is false. They put that in. bold fact. Traffic is flowing through. the straight of Hormuz right now. carrying commercial goods and energy. supplies including 20 million barrels of.

crude oil. the United States and. regional partners clearly control the. strait. Imagine being a regional partner. and reading that, right? I mean, there's. the, you know, who's the intended. audience? Freaking Twitter X. Who's your. audience? The regional partners will go, "Oh, they're dumb dumb. They are Trump. dum dum and dangerous. They don't. control." So why do you think in the. past day two look who's meeting with. Iran, the German ambassador, the. Japanese ambassador, the Pakistani, all.

these people are meeting with Iran's. amb, you know, because they're all. seeing the US word is nothing. And so. that's my analysis there. And that's not. a pro- this or an anti-th this. It's. just those are what we would call in the. law when writing a summary judgement. motion the undisputed facts. There's. nothing that I said is disputed there. Take it however you want to take it, but. we can't be told things are amazing and. they're great. They're not. They are. catastrophic. And that's not me being.

hyperbolic. That's the truth. It's It is. fascinating how people like if you lay. out the reality of the situation like. that, people will be like, "Oh, you're a. sympathizer of the IRG." It's like, "What are you talking about? Just. literally literally just saying what's. happening." And the fact is is that the. United States and Sentcom and these. admirals and all these people, they're. pumping out such propaganda on a daily. basis that they're trying to get you to. believe a reality that doesn't exist. And one of the things I noticed, Ben, you said, "Who are they doing this for?". Right. Uh yes, I do think they're doing.

this for Twitter, right? I do think a. lot of it is for X and Twitter. Um I. think one of the reasons for that is. because of the people on X who are a lot. of journalists uh the MAGA base and you. also have a lot of the oil analysts oil. and gas and diesel analysts who are on. Twitter and uh you know make a lot of. market decisions based on the things. that they see there. And so one of the. things I've noticed though especially in. the past week with all these latest. Trump statements is that the analysts. now are just like they're they're.

they're done with this game right? I saw. Gregory Brew, one of these oil analysts, he wrote, uh, this is today. Brent. spikes above $105. Trump says no strikes. before midterms. Lots of oil getting. through the straight and productive. discussions are happening with Iran. The. two don't seem totally unrelated. And. basically what I've seen a lot of these. analysts say right now is don't view. that Trump's word doesn't mean anything. Don't view him saying that he's not. going to strike as anything to do with. war or if he's going to strike or not.

going to strike. His words are. meaningless and the only thing that his. words should be looked at through are. through the lens of market manipulation. and that Donald Trump sees the markets. heading in one direction. He sees the. stock market heading in one direction, oil price heading in one direction and. he tries to hit the metaphorical panic. button by sending out those posts saying. no strike. No, no strikes, no lots of. oil's going through lots of oil, guys. You hear me? Lots of oil. And that's his. strategy. And that's the only strategy. he has right now in this war. It's. pathetic. The analysis that I gave there.

is one steeped in research and sleepless. nights and following the satellite. footage and I track the ships and I look. at it and then I try to distill it. though in ways that we understand. And. by the way, I think that is as. pro-America as you get, you know, and. people like, well, you're rooting for. them. I think that's the most. pro-American analysis that we could give. people the truth and we can develop a.

strategy that will hopefully avoid more. neverending wars and help avoid more. escalation that would lead to utter. disaster. you know, the CEO of Aramco, uh, which is Saudi Arabia's biggest. stateowned oil, only stateowned oil. company, he said, "We've lost three. billion barrels of oil already as a. result of this catastrophic war." The. CEO of VTOL, the largest independent.

energy trading company in the world, also said that he wouldn't be shocked. based on what we're seeing now if the. shipto- ship transfers were stopped by. Iran that oil goes to $200 per barrel. And then Kepler, who a lot of people. rely on for their they misconstrue what. Kepler is saying to try to act like. we're getting all this oil out. That's. not even the numbers that Kepler is. providing. But there was a Kepler. analyst who said that some of the ships. that are getting out are actually paying.

Iran 10 to 20% fees of what's in the. ships for Iran to turn the other way. And that's how Iran's making revenue, which is, you know, look, if you're. going to borrow some of the data from. Kepler, what about that? So, that was. fascinating to me as well. All right, WTF America, we go into facts, man. We. go into details. And I'll give you this. warning, and I think it's a good one. It's not an election book. It's not. about what happens in the 2020 election. It's generationally how do we build the.

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this country but yet wrap themselves in. the flag and act as if they do and then. act like, "Oh, you're going to speak out. against my heinous actions. Oh, you hate. this country. Actually, you're you're. you're the person you're you're a. communist." It's they're all just. they're such jokes, man. Look what's. happening. I mean, while Donald Trump is. talking about nuclear annihilation of. San Diego and Los Angeles, Trump bought. up to $25 million in Meta and millions.

in SpaceX debt offerings in August. As. much as 5 million in SpaceX, two days. before he signed a sweeping policy aimed. at expanding US commercial space. transportation. ABC did an analysis this. week that Don Jr. and Eric's companies. that they have investments in have been. given like $6 billion. in government money um or government. funding. Um and so like what's going on.

with all of this is it's not about the. United States. It is about Trump's just. taking and taking and taking more for. themselves. That's it. And you know, I. think one of the perplexing things for. countries that have national identities. is when they see that behavior, they go, "Oh, you're not even trying to help the. United States." Like, that's fasc, you. know, I I think that they're not used to.

just having an adversary who truly. doesn't care about the country. You may. have dictators and authoritarians who. act vile or chaotic or crazy or all of. these things, but it's usually. historically rooted in some view about. the civilization and the pride of the. country and that you are here to augment. the country. Not that you want to make.

money so you can build condos and and. and you can sell watches or guitars or. like crypto tokens or put your name on. Like that is an aspect that. they're like, "Oh, that's what you want. to do? You want to turn your West Palm. Beach golf club into the new Camp David? That's what this is about." By the way, Putin understands that about Trump. That's why when Wit Coff and Kushner.

shows up, all Putin talks about is I've. got this great Luke oil asset for you. Just remove the sanctions and we can do. a deal. That's what, you know, uh, he. realizes when he's like, "We got this. pipeline, you know, and that's what. really gets Kushner and Witoff thirsty, you know, and especially Putin talks. about trillions of dollars, trillions, bigger than billions, you know, and so. you've got like fascist Furby trillions,

trillion, trillion." And meanwhile, the. American people are just like, "Uh, hey, I can't I can't fill up my car. I I. don't have food in my refrigerator right. now. I don't have health care right now. And then you have Marco Rubio and Trump. and you know RFK. Oh, this is just a. game. This is just fake news and these. are the Democrat fake news people. And. it's like it's not a game. This is. affordability is a madeup word. They hit.

>> by the way I' I'd argue that it's also. the same thing like Putin does it. I'd. argue also all these business leaders. are doing using the same strategy. because they know how easy it is to. manipulate Trump if they go along with. his BS. So they you have like people. like Jeff Bezos and Elon and Zuckerberg. and all these people. What was that? Michael Dell Susan Dell and and and you. know they just oh yes it's super. intelligence is a much better name sir. super you're right because artificial. it's like artificial sweetener. Oh yeah. you're so right Mr. Trump. You're so.

right. Super intelligence because they. know all they have to do is say that. suck up to the guy. It's it's just what. happens in corrupt and republic. societies, right? Which is what we live. in right now. But all they know is they. have to do that and then Donald Trump. will say, "Okay, here here's your tax. breaks. Go get data centers here. I'm. going to stop any sort of regulation on. AI whatsoever. Go have fun. Go at it. Do. whatever you need to do." And they know. all they got to do is just, you know, just say the say the line, you know, make him happy. Suck up to him for, you. know, in public and boom, you get. whatever you want while people suffer.

Could you imagine. Enron under Donald Trump? Bernie Maid. off under the Trump error, Lehman. Brothers under the Trump error. Of. course not, right? What would happen? They would come up with some scheme with. Donald. They would say, "Oh, it's super. It's super." They would have some. meeting with the head of the SEC. They. would give money to the MAGA pack and.

they would. >> million% and they would continue the. Ponzi schemes over and over again. And. you may go well. layman brothers collapse was one of the. main things that eventually led to the. great recession. So if we could avoid. that, isn't that a good thing? Sure. But it was the great recession had. to be confronted with the bundling of.

mortgage back securities that lost its. value where places like Lehman Brothers. had all this high exposure and didn't. reveal it to the public. And so it. actually took a lot of people coming. together to try to solve the problem. versus saying, you know, the mortgage. back securities, not fake news, artificial news, not real. We've never. had a better, healthier environment for.

mortgage back securities. Bernie Maid. off. No, no, no. You're it's fake news. the people who are accusing him, they. just have to have a long-term. perspective of what's happening over. here. You know, you go through one by. one all of these, you know, Enron, that's that's just the way you do. accounting. They'll get you the audit in. two weeks. Don't worry, two weeks, they'll get you the right audit. And the. way they they do the book to market,

that's just give them some grace, please. And stop trying to hurt America. if you're a patriot. So what would have. happened if you continue to allow the. sick patient to get sicker the way. Donald Trump treats the straight of. hormuz it gets worse and worse and worse. and I'm like all of those crises that I. just listed what's happening right now. is to use a term that we've been hearing. a lot about nuclear version of all of.

these kind of combined and it just keeps. getting worse and worse. So the way this. ends is one of two things happen and we. talk about this a lot privately brothers. also either it blows up even more soon. and it already is. It's not like the. American people are doing well right. now. They're struggling. There's a. reason consumer confidence is at an. all-time low or they keep it going. They. keep it going. And then you have the. Democratic president in 2029 who now.

looks at this and all of a sudden you. have to fix it. You have to rip the. bandage off. And what happens sometimes. when you rip the bandage off, it starts. to bleed. And in the case of. catastrophic injuries, what happens? And. I don't want to make a gross analogy. here, but it is bad. And so then. someone's got to fix it. And then what. do MAGA do? OH, YOU BROKE IT. IT WAS. PERFECTLY FINE. YOU DESTROYED IT. The. markets are tanking. This is tanking. This is destroyed. And it's like you all.

handed a sandwich over to the next. person and they have to deal with it. Now look, there's a lot of valid. criticism about the Biden. administration. Was inflation high. during a number of years? Absolutely. The root cause was Donald Trump's. handling of COVID. Shipping routes being. destroyed, bottlenecks over there, reckless printing of hundreds of. billions, if not trillions of dollars, the disastrous PPP program. That was.

some of the original source of the. inflation when the world opened and all. of this stuff, to use my example, the. bandage was ripped off. But the question. to me is, well, what condition did Biden. leave the country in? Was it perfect? No. Was it great? No. Yes. According to. the Wall Street Journal and the. Financial Times in Bloomberg, the. economy was the envy of the world. That's still not how most Americans. felt, but it was certainly heading in.

the right direction. Inflation would be. at 2%. Now, look what the New York. Federal Reserve said. 2.9% of the. inflation we have right now has been. caused by Trump's tariffs against the. world alone. So, if you remove that, prices would all be weighed down. we'd. have interest rate cuts by now. And so. he is fully the arsonist making it all. worse and not confronting the reality of. the situation systemically is planting. the most fatal poison pill in the heart.

of our country. It's like if you were. running a if someone was running a. business and running a fraudulent. business and they handed that business. over to new ownership and they look. through the books and realize that the. books were completely cooked and. fraudulent and now they had to go in and. now the announcement happens. Oh, all. this was actually all fake and it's all. blow it's all blowing up now. Do you. blame the person who they just put in. charge to actually look through this or. do you blame the person who caused it? And that's what's you know we see. happening. I think going back to your. Enron analogy, I think it's a reason why.

we so often see a lot of these. fraudsters who are quite literally in. prison appealing to Donald Trump to try. to get out. We even see I saw a few days. ago I I'll pull up the tweet I just. grabbed it from Elizabeth Holmes. I. think this was like a week or two ago. Elizabeth Holmes who run ran the. Theronos scam, you know, is in prison. right now. She's like reposting Donald. Trump's posts and writing, "We are. winning." Like clearly trying to appeal. for a pardon from Donald Trump. You've. seen similar behavior from people like. Sam Bankman Freed. And we've also seen.

documents from Sam Bankman Freed's legal. team that said their strategy was to try. to be nice to Donald Trump on the. internet and go on podcasts where Donald. Trump's sons may listen to and try to. get through to Donald Trump that he's a. sympathetic figure and get a pardon. through him. So, I think the uh uh Enron. analysis there is particularly apt and. this fraud runs through the entire Trump. family, even family members who aren't.

even like a part of the Trump family. >> Exianc. this Kimberly Gilfoil story is Kimberly. Gil. First off, the whole thing is nuts. They shipped Kimberly Gilfoil off to. Greece. Okay, the her and Don Jr. broke. up. He he ditched her. He married this. this new woman in know because she. probably knows where the bodies are. buried. What do they do? They ship her. off to Greece. Go have an. ambassadorship. Don't speak. Please keep. quiet. Go. Go Gree. Go to Greece. And. what did she do when she gets to Greece? She's humiliated herself and humiliated.

the United States there. Like every few. weeks there's like a story about her. making a mockery of everything. They. remember like a few weeks ago there was. the story of her in Greece where she. basically was like, "Oh, you know, the. United States could totally take down. your entire country and your economy if. they wanted to." And the government. officials in Greece were like, "Why. would you say that? Like that's like a. weird thing for you to we've done it. before. You see what we did in this. country and that. >> in Romania. >> in you see what we did in Romania. It's. like why you are you threatening us? Like what what are you doing? And now.

there's this news story. There's this uh. Trump uh donor, big donor, Eric Deeders, I believe is his name. He had already. paid Kimberly Gilfoy like $300,000 over. a span of years for speaking appearances. because she's such an incredible. speaker, folks, and she deserves a. premium. Well, the Wall Street Journal. did this report and just six days before. she was confirmed uh as the ambassador. to Greece, which is crazy, uh Gilfoil. apparently started pressuring uh this. guy to pay off her $100,000 personal uh.

debt on her American Express card. And. then she starts being really weird about. it, right? Because it's shady. And she. knows it's shady. So she goes, "It won't. show." allegedly. She goes, "It won't. show up anywhere if you just wire the. money to American Express. Don't don't. send it to me. Don't pay the bill. online. Wire the money directly to. American Express and no one will know. about it." And then he kept then she. kept allegedly badgering the guy to like. submit the money. He was like, "Honey, please I need you do this for me. Do do.

this for me today. I need this done. today." And uh. >> Brett's not exaggerating. Like these. allegedly are the messages. >> These are the quotes that that the Wall. Street Journal has reviewed. And so you. can look up. >> there. Deers, look, Gilfoil denies all. of this and says that the messages are. inauthentic. So let's give her side as. well. Deers, the guy who's a Trump donor. MAGA guy, he's the one. It's not like. they used all these off thereord. sources. They used the guy who she was.

messaging. >> and he's been and he's like doing the. media circuit now talking about it. It's. not like he's holding back and he's like. >> we have the video of him. Look, the. guy's here. Show show the video. Show. Show anyone in the video. >> Let me get the clip. I'll play I'll play. a clip at random. Just play. >> Kimberly Gilfoil is a grifter. Kimberly. Gilfoil, I have no doubt, has done this. to more than me. She's doing it right. now in Greece. I know Corey Luwendowski. did this stuff. I know Christy. >> I mean, come on. It's a crime family. That's the Trump donor. That guy's a.

Trump donor. Yeah. That's not That's not. Midas touch. That's the the Trump donor. I'm talking that's this guy. And so he. also said that Kimberly Gilfoil promised. him that if he paid off this $100,000. AMX bill that she'd be his, and this is. a direct quote, I'm reading it. Quote, "Trump ride or die forever and ever. Just do me this favor. Just do me this. one thing." And so the Deers guy was. like, "No, I'm not doing it." Like he. >> he said he goes he goes, "My wife will. kill me if she sees that I'm wiring.

$100,000 to another woman.". Yeah, it's it's it's another woman's. ammex. She's not going to believe that. I'm doing this for being Trump's ride or. die. She's going to think that there's. something going on with us. Brett, the. other part of the story, though, too, is. Betatina, Don Jr.'s wife. Her dad was. Epstein's banker. And of course, they. then go and have the wedding in the. island that's paid for in part by the. Russian oligarchs who were very close to. Putin despite them making hundreds of.

millions of dollars under the Trump. regime. So, you have the Russian nesting. doll aspect. I wanted to point that out. as well. >> And then you could add on to the Russian. nesting doll with this story about this. uh how do you even say the name of this. play? I honestly I didn't even heard of. this. Sperka, >> Spurka, Republica Spiraka, uh where. apparently all the Trump advisers, everyone hangs out now and they and they. pal around with proin uh figures there. and try to prop up their political. campaigns. So, uh first we saw was two.

uh highlevel Trump campaign officials uh. who were there was the first story we. heard including Chris Lasvita who's a. big name in the Trump world. Um and so. that was the story like yesterday, right? right? We heard we heard about. them and then Trump went through a. series of kind of different excuses. First it was like, "Well, if they really. did that, I'm going to fire them." And. then like an hour later, he was like, "Well, they don't actually work for me. directly." It's like, "Yeah, they do. They're consultants. They're your like. top level staffers on your political on. the political side. They they may not be. in the White House. They work for your. political campaign." And then like a day.

later, and who knows that they're like. leaking this back and forth to each. other to try to get the heat off the. other ones, but you know, apparently, you know, they didn't like that this was. discovered. But today, another story. comes out about Republica Spurka. And. what is it? Susie Wilds, Donald Trump's. chief of staff. Was it her daughter, Ben? Uh Susie Wilds. Susie Wild's. daughter. >> do daughter daughter also uh seen in a. photograph uh authenticated by many a.

publication um with one of these proin. figures in Republica Spurka this place. that I had never heard about to be. honest before this but apparently all. these people in Trump world are pinging. around with these people with very close. connections to Vladimir Putin um in this. place that I've never heard of and there. now we know of at least three of them. and this comes like Ben said after the. wedding that was paid for by the Russian. oligarch. So, uh, that's to say what? Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. I think it's back. And, uh, you know, I.

think the threads are still there. We're. still seeing, you know, all all of these. connections and the corruption and how, um, you know, to Jord's point, this has. never been about the country or doing. better for the country. It's it entirely. been a grift for everybody involved. Whether it is Donald Trump, whether it's. the the ex- fiance who was shipped off. to Greece, whether it's the tech. oligarchs who are milking this. presidency for all they can trying to. pad their bottom lines at the expense of. the people. You just just look at what's.

going on right now. >> The the expedited. we're breaking up, we're also shipping. you to Greece to then getting married. I. mean, it's so Trumpian and just weird. like getting married. >> They shipped her to Greece. >> They sh they shipped her to Greece. Kimberly Gilfoil fan of the show. >> I in in the Gilfoil saga, I will never. forget the the I think it was like some. sort of Irish folk tap dance that she. would do at all the Trump rallies. I. mean, just we're talking about a a. really a really disturbed family here. >> Well, Jordy, let me just sum this up by. let me sum this up by saying one thing.

>> The best is yet to come. >> Yeah. I mean, look, very very bizarre. just very overall bizarre be I mean but. like if you sent me to like you sent me. if you sent me to Greece to be the. ambassador like that's such a job that's. like you know everybody wants like there. is probably some that are viewed as like. to be the ambassador to Greece right and. you couldn't even be normal with that. like you had to be so allegedly corrupt.

and do all these weird stuff there's the. other story Brett that she rolls around. with this 39year-old Greek lobbyist from. this construction company that's gotten. into like the LNG business and the ali. Wall Street Journal's been all over this. story and and wall and they reported. that lots of people thought that this. guy was her chief of staff but he's a. lobbyist that works at this company. that's new in the LG space that was a.

construction company and apparently this. is the allegations Gilfoil would tell. people like that like this is our like. this is our guy like this is the company. if you want to do work with America this. is the company to work through and. they've got a big contract with the. Greek government this is and she again. to be clear she denies everything and. says that the messages are inauthentic. and that Deers is a liar and all of. these things well what does Marco Rubio. have to say about all of this because. when Rubio was in Greece surely this was.

going to come up so Rubio was asked. Rubio what do you make of not just the. most recent allegations by Deers. But. the issue about the 39year-old guy. lobbyist, the allegations about Romania, the allegations about what she said to. Greek officials, the whole mess that is. this ambassadorship. Surely you knew you. were going to be asked this question. Let's watch what he says. >> Anything new on the the reporting from. the Wall Street Journal that Ambassador.

Gilfoil had saw? >> Yeah, guys, let me tell you something, okay? You guys are going to ask me this, you're going to ask me again in. Portugal. I know the game, okay? The. game is someone gives information to a. newspaper or a media outlet. The media. outlet reports it. You immediately turn. to me and say, "I need you to respond to. our reporting." That's not the way this. process works. Like our job is not to. respond every time someone decides to. give the media something without any. advanced warning, without any having any. chance to look at it and see what's in. there. That's not the way that's not the. way you run an organization. And that's. not a serious way to conduct the policy.

of our country. So, I'm not going to. comment on a story that literally posted. a few hours ago. I get the game. Okay? I've been in this for a long time. Within hours, some member of Congress. will write you a letter demanding you. answer questions to something we've. never seen before. I don't even know if. it's true or not true. So, it's just not. going to work that way. And it most. certainly is not going to work that way. when I'm sitting in another country. All. right. >> You're sitting in the country where it. happened and there's no game. And the. answer is very easy. And if you want to.

protect the due process rights of. somebody like a Kimberly Gilfoil, despite how bad this all sounds, you. just say, "I'm aware of the allegations. I'm not going to comment it on this. time. We will conduct a thorough. investigation. Obviously, any. allegations like this are very serious. and that's all we have to say at this. moment.". >> Ben, but the game, the game, the game, Ben, I'm not going to play the game, Ben. Nothing. >> I'm not going to play the game. It's a. game. And so they've already. >> Doesn't that tell it all? Doesn't that. tells it all because they've already.

come with the position? >> Exactly. >> Exactly. They've already it's already. being filtered through a MAGA unserious. lens and that it's ah this isn't a real. this is fake news. Everyone's coming. after us and all of these things and. it's just like it's just nonsense. As I. said, we've talked about a lot in this. episode and you know more information is. coming in as well about an ice shooting. Mayor Mum Donnie talked about it in New. York where in Marble Hill in a. residential neighborhood where an agent.

surrounded this individual and a. 5-year-old child before firing multiple. rounds. The child was physically. unharmed, but this individual seems to. have been harmed and Mum Donnie saying. he called Trump uh to confront him about. it. And Mum Donnie ends by saying. abolish ICE. But I I leave with that. also. I want to get more details of. course about everything that's happening. there, but I don't want to ignore it on. this episode. What we're talking about. is not Democratic or Republican or. independent. As I've said this whole. episode and what we talk about all the.

time in WTF America is at the at the. very least we should be serious people. We should be a serious country. That. doesn't mean we can't have a sense of. humor. It doesn't mean we can't have. hobbies. It doesn't mean we can't have. fun. We absolutely should, but that. exists in certain spaces where we should. have fun and laugh. It's not joking. about nuclear annihilation and war. crimes and it's not promoting ICE and. Border Patrol Gustapo to kill people. We.

we have to recognize there are places. movies and comedy shows and family where. where certain things have but at a. country level we should be serious. Then. we should be serious and competent. Then. we should be serious competent and. exercise a level of care. Serious. competent exercise care and then a level. of sophistication. Serious competent. care, sophistication. Then we should. have public servants at the top of my.

hierarchy of running a country who are. sophisticated public servants who are. truly aligned with the country and with. the interests of the people. We talk. about that in WTF America because that's. not how politics is often covered. Who. slam dunked on who? Who's the winner? Who's the loser? This person's up. That. person's up. Look, we should cover it. These are, after all, called political. races. But what we shouldn't forget is. that what they're running for should be.

to deliver for us, we the people. And. that's what the big thing is that we. should never forget. And that's what we. talk about in WTF America. What we talk about too is then. connecting that framework. internationally. Midas Canada, Midas Europe, we're. building out. We didn't forget about. you, Midas Australia. I saw some of your. comments. You ignored Midas Australia. No, no, no. Midas Australia for. >> never to the Midas mates, man. We'll. never do that to the mates. We got you. >> So, there you have it. Feet. Feet. How.

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