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We've got a lot to discuss on this. episode of the Midas Touch podcast. Donald Trump escalating the catastrophic. and unlawful war in Iran now hitting. multiple civilian bridges in Iran. Railways in Iran. There have been. multiple civilian casualties reported. out of Iran. Iran is striking back. We're seeing right now fires erupt right. by the border of Kuwait and Iraq. We've. seen Iran strike hard in Kuwait with.

Shahid drones in Bahrain in a hotel in. Oman. Iran is now also threatening to. shut down the Babel Mandab Strait in the. Red Sea. If the United States were to. have escalated and hit Iranian. infrastructure, the US has hit Iranian. civilian infrastructure. I think we can. expect now Iran to escalate, shutting. down the Babel Mandab straight in the. Red Sea. We already see traffic from the. straight of Hermuz completely shut down.

In fact, when Sentcom was buzzing and. telling some of these tankers, you're. free to go. Use the southern route. Use. the southern route. After seven tankers. in the past several days have been. destroyed by Iran for taking the United. States advice to use the southern route, now we're hearing over the uh tanker uh. radio uh frequency. Shut the f up. We're. not effing doing it. Get the f away to. SenCom. That's what SenCom has become at.

this point. Donald Trump making a. complete mockery of SenCom. SenCom. making a complete mockery of itself. We'll talk about what's going on there. because things are really getting very, very bad and especially as America has. depleted its strategic petroleum. reserves, which I've been warning about. like a broken record now for a very long. period of time. Of course, there was the. Todd Blanch hearing. Uh Todd Blanch, the. acting AG, his confirmation hearing to.

become attorney general. awful to watch. someone so lawless, so callous try to. get this job. We covered it yesterday. We'll talk about some of the low lightss. today. You have the defense department. right now under HGIP and the acting navy. secretary. you know, uh they they like. to call themselves the war department. unlawfully, but they've been encouraging. uh the military to do these very like. low flyovers. First at Kid Rock's house.

a month or two back, which were like, "What the hell are they doing?" at Kid. Rock's house, then in South Carolina. over July 4th weekend. Then most. recently, there was a flyover, I. believe, in Pensacola. Um, very. dangerous, very low, right next to, you. know, you could see the you could like. right next to like kids there and then. then the you could see the beat. You can. see just the way the kids reacted. And. then Hegset says, "Until morale.

improves, we're going to keep on doing. this." And then you have the US Navy. Secretary out there also saying, "This. is patriotic. This is what we do." And. then Hegsith did a whole video that he. released about this is now the high tea. war department high tea. And it's this. whole video about we're going to give. like testosterone injections and. medication to soldiers to make sure they. have their testosterone's level really. high. I mean, this is the most deranged. and truly psychotic group of individuals.

purportedly leading the United States or. I should say leading us into bankruptcy. and catastrophe at all levels. I mean, you know, there was the the hearing of. the new uh ODNI, the director of. national intelligence, Jay Clayton, who. was asked very very basic questions by. Senator Assaf, and Clayton wouldn't. answer like who won the 2020 election. I'm not going to answer. I'm not going. to answer that question. And with all of. this taking place, you have ICE out.

there continuing to kill people uh in. this country and take no accountability. for it. The most latest, the most recent. killing. Uh Juan Sebastian Guerrero, there's a photo of him right there and. his wife and their baby who is now three. years old wearing a bluey shirt. It's. the my my baby girl's favorite shirt is. her bluey shirt and watching her father. bleed out on the street as ice killed. her father in cold blood. Talk about. this and more on the Midas Touch.

Network. I'm Ben Meelis joined by Brett. and Jordy Myelis. How you brothers. doing? It's good to be here Ben. Good to. be here Jordy. Good to be here Midas. Mighty. And man, we made a big. announcement yesterday. And I just got. to say just at the top of the show, I I. just sincerely from the bottom of my. heart want to thank the entire Midas. Mighty community for the response to the. announcement of our new book, WTF. America. Comes out October 20th, but. it's available for pre-sale now. Jordi. and Ben got their copies there. Mine is.

actually upstairs right now. We poured. our heart and souls into this book. I. know a lot of you have said, "Where did. you guys even find the time to do this?". Well, every second we weren't on camera. here, we were working on that. And so, uh, it's really a work of love. It's. really a dedication to you, the mightest. mighty. I hope you find the information. in it valuable. Uh, there's a pre-order. link in the, uh, description. But, uh, really what I just want to say right now. is is thank you. Thank you. Thank you so. much for the incredible reaction to this. book, and I'm excited to discuss all the.

news with you today. Jordy, what's the. latest? >> Brothers, mightest, mighty, it's. wonderful to be here. I I echo Brett's. sentiments. Thank you all so much for. the overwhelming response to the. announcement of WTF America. Uh, as Ben. reads the laundry list of of just WTF. America moments, uh, each episode, I I. just often reflect and I do like do a. collective sigh, I guess, with this. audience. But, you know, look, there. there's real action to be taken. throughout all of this. And, well, we're.

excited to get into it. Benji, where are. we starting off today, big bro? >> Right. WTF is how I wake up sometimes. You know, I don't get all that much. sleep, but when I do wake up, I'm on the. West Coast, and so 4:30, 5:00 a.m., I'll. look to see what's happening. And it's. usually Trump escalating, Trump imposing more unlawful tariffs. Like this morning, more escalation of. war, strategic petroleum reserves. hitting tank bottom, which I've been. warning about. We're at tank bottom now.

So, if you look at just a schematic of. what that means, it means that we're at. such a low level. If you think about, I. don't know, taking a having a drink. If. you think about this as a cup for the. visual and there's a straw in it, you. know, when you get below the suction. line and you can't really suction any of. the crude anymore, that's kind of where. we're at right now. And that's one of. the ways the Trump regime's been. manipulating the crude market in. addition to significantly shorting the. crude market at low volume trading times. as well. I've been talking about the.

crack spreads, the 321 crack spreads. It's called that because for every three. barrels, two go to gas, one goes to, you. know, diesel usually. And so the crack. spreads now at $70 per barrel. But this, as the price of crude has now passed $80. a barrel, the refinery price is. increasing. So the fact that the crack. price or the crack spread is at $70 a. barrel, which is like record territory, is a very, very bad sign. And it talks.

about shortages. Like, so what does this. mean in practice? That means we're going. to hit fuel shortages soon. That means. there's going to be lines at the gas. station. It will remind you a lot of. COVID. Remember when there were lines. for grocery stores, lines for food? That's going to come back soon. And you. know, I know lots of people are like, "Oh, Ben, you've been saying this for a. long time." Well, it's been happening. for a long time. And in fact, the Energy. Information Agency called the EIA. finally released their report today. It. was the WTF moment. I woke up. WTF?

You're telling us now July 16th that. back in June technically we hit tank. bottom. So so so now we are tank bottom. tank bottom tank bottom and that's when. Donald Trump thought this was let's. escalate we should never be in this. catastrophic war in the first place. If. you were going to escalate which you. never should now you think they think. now is the the the time to do that. So I. also woke it you should never let's be. very clear it should never be the time. to do that. Also, Donald Trump is now uh.

attacking civilian infrastructure in. Iran. Bridges, a bond Abas Shiraz bridge. is has been uh hit. You can actually see. the bridge uh that's been uh destroyed. Other civilian infrastructure as well. Uh Bondar Camir, an important overpass. connecting Bandara Bos to L. There were. cars on the bridge, at least one. civilian was dead, several injured. the. Garver Bridge, at least one dead, several others injured. A railway. station west of Bandara Bos, that's the.

point where the railway connects to the. passenger and freight lines. Um, also, uh, residential buildings near, there. have been strikes near residential. buildings as well. And Iran has said, if. you do that, we're going to strike. infrastructure of Arab nations nearby. We're not going to hold back. And as. I've been warning about now, and again, I've seen some people say, Ben, no one. else is reporting that. Are you sure. they're talking about the Red Sea and. Babel Mandab and strategic reserves and. Cushing, Oklahoma? What are you even.

saying here with all of these things? Yeah, well, I've been evaluating what's. been happening. I I actually didn't need. super secret sources to tell me. That's. actually one of the things we talk about. in WTF America. A lot of it's happening. Like, I can see it. I I can see what's. being said, see what's being done. I can. see the troop movements. I can see where. we're striking. I can evaluate if it's. true or not true. I show you the true. stuff. I don't show you the false stuff. I'm well aware that Iran has its own. propaganda arm as well. So, it's not. like, oh, everything they say has to be.

true, but I also want to see, okay, uh, this is is truly something that. happened. Iraq says that there was an. Iranian shahid that struck one of its. refineries, but there was no damage. done. It was all good. H, that's. curious. [clears throat] So, is Iran. lying or is Iraq lying? And then you. find out, oh, Iraq is now actually. shutting down the refinery and shutting. down, you know, its production from. there. Oh, got it. So, there was damage.

that took place. And we kind of see this. theme over and over again. Sentcom and. the Arab nations that Iran is striking. back out. They'll say it was just the. debris that fell down. There was no real. damage. But then you'll see the. satellite footage and SenCom will say. that's not real. That's fake. That's AI. satellite footage from Iran. But usually. the satellite footage is accurate, we. found. And then a month later or 15 days. later or sometimes longer, you'll find, oh, wait a minute. All of those US bases. have been hit really hard. Yeah. I mean,

we we we see things on fire. Like right. now, you could see right by the border. of Kuwait and Iraq, something there's a. serious fire right there. We know Iran. said they were going to strike the. infrastructure. We're waiting to get. confirmation on what it actually is, but. we know Iran's responded hard. I've seen. the Iranian Shahid drone that struck uh. a Kuwaiti American, you know, facility. You know, it's it's interesting, too. I've seen them I've seen the strikes in. Jordan. You know, then you'll hear from. like Jordan's foreign minister, and.

they'll be like, "We don't know why Iran. is striking us. We don't have air bases. in Jordan. We don't we just have troops. here, part of a previous agreement with. the United States, but we don't have, you know, any US bases there." And it's. like, what are you talking about? I mean. that's there there's been a huge amount. of US planes that are right. We can see. them in the satellite footage. But by. the way that's why Sentcom has demanded. that all of these uh private companies. that provided like Planet Labs and other. that do the satellite footage shut it.

down because people were able to see it. and see what was happening. Now one of. the ways we get this footage is that. China hasn't shut down there. So oftent. times the China kind of companies that. are linked with them, you know, are. showing some of this footage and there's. still others that haven't operated, but. the US has anyone affiliated with it, shut down its production of these. satellite images. Um and and now we're. at a point as well where Iran has said. um that it will work with the Houthis to.

shut down the Bob Eland strait if the US. does what the US is doing now. We know. the Houthis in Yemen have been working. uh with uh allied groups in Somalia and. the other area by the Red Sea to make. sure that both sides of the Red Sea um. can fully be shut down. Um so we're. evaluating you know that right there. Saudi Arabia has attacked inside Yemen. where the Houthis are just Yemen's.

divided. You know, there's kind of the. Saudi backed government right there. And. then the other main areas controlled by. the Houthis and the Sana airport that. Saudi Arabia um attacked. The Houthis. said, "Well, we're going to strike back. at Riad and Saudi Arabia." Pakistan. which is the mediator has a defense. agreement with Saudi Arabia um kind of. like their own alliance that if Saudi. Arabia is attacked then Pakistan is. obligated to fight in defense of Saudi. Arabia in response for Saudi Arabia. money. So Pakistan's role as the.

mediator has basically been um has. basically been blown up and Iran, I. think, is preparing to strike. infrastructure now in these Arab. nations. And so this all happens at a. time where these strategic reserves are. fully, you know, are fully depleted. And. that's like that's that's where we. that's where we are right now. I'll toss. it to Brett and Jordy. But like that. assessment that I just gave you, it's. not a democratic assessment, an. independent assessment, a republic. I. mean political party that is. It is.

independent and objective. It's not a. Republican assessment. That's where we. are. We are. in a much worse, higher escalatory. position than at any time in the war. at. any time including the beginning. We are. in a much more dangerous and precarious. situation than even early March when. Trump started, you know, doing all we. are in a position where if you just map. out the next moves, the next moves are.

Iran strikes infrastructure. I'm sure. that's what I'll be reporting soon. Bob. Elandab Straight comes next. So Trump. thinks he needs to respond with special. forces. Special forces where Car Island, Keshum, I don't know, the coast. Special. forces that will inevitably lead to. special forces getting killed. Then. where does that lead to? Draft. We Trump. says we have 50,000 troops in the. region. Russia is losing about 35,000 to.

50,000 troops each month in its invasion. of Ukraine. Okay. So, a US invasion of. Iran, expect to lose 30,000 to 50,000. troops per month. I think that would be. um a conservative estimate right there. And then, while we're at it, if we talk. about the geopolitical situation right. now, you have war escalating like never.

before between Russia and Ukraine. And. you know, with Ukraine increasing its. abilities to strike the Russian. refineries, you know, which it's built. up those capabilities, you know, and. it's defending itself, right, from a. Russian invasion. Well, what do you. think that's doing to to to the oil. markets right now? What do you think. that's doing as well? And I know that's. not how we should always be thinking. about in economic terms, but you have. Russia hitting hard in Ukraine. You've. got Ukraine hitting hard in Russia now.

wi with deeper and deeper strikes. You. had Zalinsky make one of his first major. errors, awful error. He got rid of. Fedorov, who's their defense minister, and kind of sided with the old guard of. the Ukrainian troops. There's massive. protests right now in Ukraine after they. filed Federov. I don't know what the. thinking was, but there was a fight. between Fedorov, who was only in that. position for about six months as like. their head of their defense, and he was. the guy who modernized the Ukrainian.

weapons, and uh their old guard, the. commander and chief person who was. running kind of the the day-to-day in. Ukraine. And you and Zalinsky sided with. the older guard. There are people. protesting. Kev Independent is out there. criticizing. So you've got just the. dynamic in the world right now. All of. the [ __ ] fear-mongering that they. would do about Biden this, Biden that, Biden this. And you go back, Brett, you've showed me some of those posts. from some of those right-wing MAGA.

people. All of those things are actually. happening right now as we're recording. this on a much bigger scale than the. fear-mongering with Biden, by the way, where that fear-mongering caused the oil. prices to go up. not the actuality, the. fear-mongering of it is what caused it. to go up. >> It actually made me truly angry and I. was just curious and I I don't know why. It's like I don't know, self harm in a. way. I felt like like I'm just curious. what all these people who are like very.

much silent right now on the situation. in Iran. What did they say uh during the. Biden administration about oil? What did. they say during the Biden administration. about issues with the markets or the. banks? And so I looked up some of these. figures and uh you know I don't even. feel like giving them individually. attention but I'm sure a lot of you know. who they are. Some kind of big kind of. uh right-wing tech kind of oligarch uh. you know types uh investment uh types. And you know I looked up okay let's look. at their posts about oil prior to uh.

Donald Trump's second term you know from. the Biden presidency. Look let's look up. their posts about war or about the. banks. And sure enough every post was a. five alarm fire. It was the run on the. banks. Run on the banks. Take your money. out. You got to take your money out. Oil's going to be up. Oil's going to be. gone. Get your oil. Oil's World War II. World War II. World War II is coming. And just an incessant just non-stop push. of that stuff. Just constantly pushing. that into the ecosystem every single day.

and getting the boost from the. algorithms of the right-wing oligarchs. who run the platforms like the Elon. Musks of the world. getting millions and. millions and millions of impressions. that was lying to the American people. about what was going on and creating. this panic, creating this just. alternative reality. And that. alternative reality is what Donald Trump. thrives in. I mean, think about when. there were the hurricanes, right? Right. At the end of the Biden administration, what did they do? These people so.

discontent. They they spread fake. information uh disinformation about what. was happening. Remember, they kept going. back to that FEMA $750. I can't believe. the Biden administration would only do. this. Meanwhile, that was like the. amount that was automatically dispersed. to people that was congressionally. approved. And what did Donald Trump do. when he came into office? He made that. zero dollars. And he's been rejecting. FEMA aid from every single country. There was the uh fires here in. California, which affected us quite uh. intimately. And uh and and Donald Trump.

lying about that. needed to turn on a. big hose and and and there wouldn't have. been fires without him and if only they. rake the forest. And so I think. everything when you look at Donald Trump. across the board, you know, you have to. really look at him like like a deranged. maniac, like a like a psychotic. individual. And so one of the. frustrating things about when you get. into a situation of a war like this is. the guy doesn't change, right? A leper. doesn't change its spots. And so Donald. Trump in this war scenario now is doing.

the same thing, the same sort of. psychological damage that he did to all. Americans over the course of the. election and over the course of this. term. All of the endless lying, the. gaslighting, the alternate realities, that's what he's doing in Iran right. now. And that makes it a very difficult. situation for Americans sitting at home. who are trying to get accurate. information about the war. Uh this is a. matter of life or death. uh have major. information that could affect oil. markets, could affect uh like I said, lives more importantly. And Donald Trump.

gets out there every single day and just. lies. That's why when I hear the. Iranians talk about how the discussions. are going and Donald Trump violating. theou, I'm frankly more inclined to. believe them because I actually see. what's happening beyond Donald Trump's. rhetoric. And when I see Donald Trump. say things like they don't know what. they want and they keep changing their. mind and they keep saying different. things and these people are psycho, these people are scum, they're deranged, you can never trust a word they say. They say one thing one day, a different. thing the next. I'm like, dude, you're.

talking about yourself, man. You're. talking about yourself yet again. And so. it's the psychological projection, the. same kind of uh, you know, the same kind. of things that he does to Americans here. at home with these domest domestic. issues that's so damaging. he's doing. overseas right now. But this is an issue. of course that affects the entire world. >> He hasn't just lost his marbles. He he. has no marbles. That the war with Iran. exposed like another truly terrifying. vulnerability at the highest level of.

American government. And that's that the. United States President Donald Trump is. so obviously and clearly showing signs. of his cognitive collapse day in day. out. And yet no one is doing anything. about it. And now because of that, we're. we're stuck in a forever war. Like I am. not an agist. I think that's like one of. the dumbest, right, that that you could. be. Whether you like it or not, hopefully you grow old one day. But the. reality is at a certain point, father. time comes for us all and impacts our. decision-m and our cognitive.

capabilities. So we have to just. understand here Trump is well past the. hey give me your keys phase of this. He's in like the he needs to be. institutionalized phased. And now the. worst part about this is that Trump has. surrounded himself entirely with these. submissive loyalists and yesmen and. there's no one there to be like hey keys. there's no one there to provide any push. back correct his cognitive failures and. poor decision-m and instead you know. what they do they look at Trump and they. say hey man how fast do you want to.

drive today how how fast do you want to. go when someone who is so cognitively. adult like a Donald Trump gets validated. in those war room meetings. We as a country were just left exposed. to an unforced catastrophic escalation. And that's what we're seeing. That's. exactly what we're seeing day in and day. out. Every single day, this war drags on. and on as our troops die and get. injured, as families are ripped apart, as we start to see gas lines in this. country. This is going to keep getting.

worse, Ben. >> And I'll agree with you to to an extent, right? And and I totally I completely. agree. You know, the guy's totally. cognitively adultled. He's making. erratic decisions. He's saying things. that are not uh at all tethered to. reality. He contradicts himself every. single day. And I I agree with you 100%. on that. You literally see the rot on. his hands and on his neck. At the same. time, I think we all have to understand. though that a lot of this is a. deliberate strategy by Donald Trump. And. so I don't want to just write it off as.

cognitive decline. Donald Trump is. purposely trying to pump out a fire hose. of lies. He's trying to confuse the. population. He's trying to confuse the. United States and our citizens. He's. trying to confuse the Iranian regime. He's trying to cause chaos. And he. thinks through chaos, that's his kind of. strategy in order to succeed in these. things. and he hopes that he could just. kind of drag this stuff on long enough. that somebody else eventually comes. along and solves his issue or that he. screws it up so badly that he then goes.

to blame the deep state or he goes to. blame the Democrats or the far-left. radical communists who wouldn't back him. in the war. Right? That's that's kind of. in my opinion that's kind of his. strategy and that's what's so kind of. cynical about everything that he's doing. here. I think a lot of it is actually. quite deliberate and there is a strategy. behind it and the strategy is to cause. as much chaos as possible. >> But just like with his litigations where. he deploys the same strategy, right?

Continue it, continue it, delay, delay, delay, at some point the rubber hits the. road, right? like the the in addition to. it being lies and fascism and hate, you. know, and and resulting in war crimes. and killing it, it also doesn't have an. end that is anything other than. bankruptcy. And that's what we've seen. in this guy's entire life, right? Like, okay, you're doing all of these things, you're doing all of these things, but. like what's the end outcome? Is it just.

to literally keep it going for as much. the scam until until what? Well, you hit. a point, which is where we're at now, where you're at tank bottom, where Iran. is not destroyed as many times as you. want to claim that they're destroyed. They aren't. They're responding back. with force. They've prepared for this. You're about to have the Red Sea. shutdown and the Persian Gulf shutdown. while we hit tank bottom. And because. corporate news is too busy greeting.

Caroline Levit returning back, did you. see how hard Welcome back. Welcome back. Look, lie to us. Please lie more to us. Lie like they literally it was like. welcome back. I don't think the American. people other than Midas touch network. viewers and other people who view. networks like ours actually know the. scale and scope of what's happening. So. then a thing happens and it appears to. happen out of nowhere, right? All of a. sudden, the media cycle will turn to. Cushing Oklahoma and tank bottom and.

crack spreads and the Red Sea and all of. these things. And what does Trump do? Find someone I can blame. Oh, it was. their fault. It was their fault. It was. their fault. I was going to do it, but. then this person or that person or that. Then you do the scapegoating. Then you. blame the other. And then Trump actually. gets into an area where he's feels. comfortable because he's not a. solutionoriented person. He's not a. dealmaker. He's a destroyer. So then.

when there is the chaos, when there are. the lying, when there are all of these. things that are happening, what does he. do? What does he say? the communists are. doing it and mom the mini mom donnies. are out there doing it and this is doing. it and that person and it's NATO's fault. and it's this and then he injects that. and everybody else who now has to solve. the problem they become swept into this. and they're trying to solve the problem. and all he gives a [ __ ] about is how. much money he's making off of the dips.

that he's creating and for Americans. that dips means personal bankruptcy. family catastrophe, healthc care being. ripped away, by the way. That's why I go. with WTF. That's why I go WTF. What the. f is going on right here with all of. this with with with what's happening. right now. That's that's how I wake up. every day. Anyway, let's take our last. let's take our first last quick break of. the first quick break of the show. Um, we've got a lot to discuss when we come. back. Hit subscribe. Check out up there. on the or there or there, wherever it. is. Scan the QR code, pre-order WTF.

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the chat right now. Let's swamp the chat. with just flood the chat with the WTF. America or if you pre-ordered it. already. Let everyone know. >> or if you plan to. And you know what I. also want to say about this book briefly. before tossing it over to Ben is I'm. actually I'm proud of two things. one. that we don't give an f about access and. so we're able to actually, you know, make our feelings heard in this book and. we're not afraid of what Caroline Levit. is going to say to us when she returns. from her vacation. Number one. Number. two, I'm proud that like unlike so many.

of these other books out there, we. didn't like withhold a scoop in order to. sell a book, right? Like we need to keep. this information secret from the public. It's just not how we do things. We got. to report things as we actually know. about them or oftentimes as Ben has. been, you know, doing so brilliantly. before they even become the big stories. to ensure that everybody is is up to. date. And those are a couple things I'm. proud of. And by the way, for all you. uh, you know, telling me that I look. tired, that I have the bags under my. eyes, you understand why now. We've been. we've been writing a book. Anyway, Ben,

back to you. Just want to emphasize this point one. more time about how the credibility of. SenCom is absolutely shot. You know when. it comes to the law of the seas I know. we have a lot of people who watch or in. the shipping industry who have worked on. tankers who have worked on the docks. It's a crude example I'm going to give, but there's a whole kind of law and. animal kingdom around the seas and the.

law of the seas, right? And at the very. top, un indisputably, the king of the. jungle would be like the United States. Navy, right? The United States Navy, you. know, then you would have like um you. know, the hyenas or like the you know, would be like the pirates, right? And. you know, you wouldn't want, you know, the pirates was never a good thing until. Donald Trump bragged. We're the pirates. now. We're the pirates at sea. So, we're.

the ones who, you know, whatever. But, but at the at the top, you would have, you know, the, you know, Sentcom, US. Navy. So if you would be pinged over. whichever radio frequency and you heard. something from Sentcom, right, from the. George HW Bush super carrier ship, whatever the order is, you would say yes. sir. Okay. Now those super carriers with.

Sencom are pinging these tankers in the. straight of Hormuz saying you're free to. use the southern route. The southern. route of the straight of Hormuz remains. open. to which the tankers and people are, you. know, recording what's taking place over. these frequencies. They're saying, excuse my language, [ __ ] off. Get out of. here. Shut up. You're annoying us. I it. it's I know it's a small thing when the.

US is bombing bridges right now and. bombing uh railroads and killing. civilians in Iran. But it is something. that is more than just the f off part of. it. That's what the tanker captains are. telling the super carrier captains. I. just want to make that emphasis right. there. You're out. You're on mute. your your credibility is everything on. life and in life and the United States.

has absolutely none right now. And I I. was like, you know, I wouldn't say. hopeful, but I when I at least saw the. uh the Sentcom Admiral Cooper for the. first time, I was like, "Okay, this guy. at least isn't like pounding his chest. and like, you know, trying to do these. weird macho videos like Heg does or. whatever." So, I was like, "Maybe we'll. actually get some real information out. of him." Unfortunately, uh you know, always give the golden rule with the. Trump administration with the Trump. regime, never give them the benefit of. the doubt because they're never going to. live up to even your lowest of.

expectations. But it's as if Donald. Trump is, you know, out there and and. they're telling these tankers uh who. need to go through the straight of. moose, you know, it's it's almost like. telling people to like eat the diarrhea. lettuce, [laughter] you know, eat the. diarrhea lettuce, eat it, eat it. Trust. me, it's great. It's great. We're like, I see thousands of people are getting. this virus right now from the lettuce. They have they have explosive diar. Eat. it. Trust me, it's great. And they're. like, "No, I'm I'm not gonna eat it. I. see what's happening. I see what's. happening. I I I live in the real world, you know." And so you have Sentcom. trying to push these people to live in.

this fantasy land right now. The same. way during CO that Donald Trump didn't. want people to care about COVID and. there was kind of a a movement where. they're like, "Maybe it's good to go out. there, go get the virus, go get. infected, go." It's like, "No, I'm not. doing that, man. I see people dying. I. see I see what's going on. There are. tankers on fire. I'm not stupid. I hear. what the Sapa Navy is saying to me in in. the uh in in the communications. I'm I'm. not messing around here. And the fact. that the Trump regime is so willing to. put these captains, these the people on.

these boats who have it's got to be like. the heart. Can you imagine that being. your job to drive through the straight. of moose? Like how harrowing is in. general? And for Trump to just be so. willy-nilly with their lives. I mean, just shows you just the total lack of of. value that they that they place in. lives. And again, it also shows this. feedback loop that we've been in since. day one. I mean, don't you remember. right when the war began, when the. strikes happened and the straight was. closed down, what did Donald Trump say? Donald Trump took to his little social. media app and he starts going, "Show.

some courage. Go through the straight. Trust me, show your courage. Be strong. Be a man." And he's like, "No, I'm not. going to the straight.". >> Here's the thing, Brett. I'm going to. toss it right back to you. But here's. the thing about him and it's important. and we talk about this in WD. But here's. the thing, right? He was nonstop with. it, right? Non like he never gave up on. that message as cra as crazy as it was. The same way with the reflecting pool. painted blue. Uh the same way he lies. about $9.1 trillion. The same way he.

claims that the tariffs are bringing. prices down. You know, we just did the. 25% tariffs on Brazil last night when. there's a $435 million surplus with. Brazil. You know, the Supreme Court will. strike. He won't stop. He will be. relentless. So Brett, to your point. there though, he's never stopped saying, "Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do. it, do it, do it." Right. And and then. they do it because he keeps on saying, "Do it, do it, do it." And it's a crazy. person that just keeps on going. You. know, that's his and I don't mean this.

in a positive sense. the superpower that. he has that the evil superpower that. that harm he doesn't stop do it do it do. it you know most humans like all right. all right and then they do it finally. not right away bread and not April not. May not June July finally they do it. right because he keeps on saying I got. you I got you I got you what happens. seven tankers destroyed Iran boom boom. boom boom boom boom there was a death on. one of the ships and what's he still. saying now do it and so the tankers now.

July are saying f off. F off. But it's. an important study though into what the. problem is. And that's how he's been his. whole life. He doesn't give a [ __ ] if he. destroys your life. In fact, he likes. that. He doesn't He doesn't give a [ __ ]. He cares. Am I making money? Am I making. money? Am I accumulating more power? That's the poor point. >> Yeah. >> And he also wants to use you. He wants. to use you and your position as a prop,

right? It's why we see the HEGF the the. the send me video, right? It's all based. on this propaganda that's so bastardized. uh loving this country in a specific. way. And and the MAGA way is like this. like overtly machismo. If you're not. killing the enemy, you don't love. America. If you're not wrapping yourself. in the American flag, you don't love. America. And all that's led to are are. the senseless deaths of our servicemen o. over this war. It it it's ridiculous. Never tell me again that that MAGA and.

the Republican party champion our. servicemen and women. They don't. If. they did, we would not be in this war. We would not be putting them in this. harm because for them, they can't even. name why we're in this war to open the. straight. Now, the straight was open. before we got there. What is going on? >> Completely agreed, Jordy. And you know, the Trump I I think at this point. everyone should realize that he views. every single other person on this planet. as pawns of his to use at his will. like. Donald Trump. It's his world according. to him and everyone else is just living.

in it. And he'll willingly sacrifice. anybody's life. He doesn't give a crap. He He really doesn't care about a single. soul other than himself. He's the most. uh vain narcissistic person on the. planet with a severe uh mental disorder. And that is actually quite dangerous. when it gets the situations of war. And. I can't help but as we speak about this, think, you know, go back to kind of even. January 6 with his own supporters when. he told them, you know, we're going to. march to the Capitol and I'll be with. you and and all the stuff that he said,

you know, around January 6th. And of. course, he was no, he set the, you know, lit the match, set the fire, had. everybody stormed the capital, and then. he at that point was nowhere to be found. because it's not about him. It's not. about I'm going to like actually be at. the front lines with you or I am going. to to prove that this is safe. I am. going to go through the straight of. horses. Can you imagine that visual? Donald Trump going through the straight. of hormones. I'm going to do this to. show you that it's safe. No, that's not. what it is. It's you risk your lives and.

do it. Aren't you a tough guy? Don't you. want to show that you're tough and that. you have courage? And everyone's at this. point is like no. Actually, I I don't. want to die for you, Donald Trump. And I. don't want to die for the stock market. But here's the thing. Gobles. said this. Hitler said it in mine conf. And authoritarians in the past have. utilized this. You don't tell a small. lie, you tell a big lie and you repeat. it over and over and over again. Think.

about tonight Trump's national address. And fortunately, there's a lot of. networks that are not going to be. streaming it live, which is good, but. they're probably going to normalize it. after and not show the crazy stuff. So, to me, it's good. Don't show it live. You shouldn't. But also, educate and. inform people about what a lie and how. harmful it is. Don't say, "Oh, well, Donald Trump just gave a speech." In. many ways, that becomes worse because. you're now filtering it through a normal.

lens. So, what we do at the Midas Touch. Network is we don't play it live and. then we comment afterwards with a fact. check about what's um actually what's. what's actually going down. And so, again, tonight, what's he going to be doing? He's going to be talking about the stuff. he was talking about in 2020, which we. all knew is a lie. But here he is in. 2026 on July 16th with this catastrophic. war going on, with our strategic.

reserves being depleted, with the. American people suffering, with gas. prices going back up again, with the. American people having health care. ripped away. What's he doing? He's going. to be talking about elections and. communism and 2020 was stolen. And while. he posts photos of Xi Jinping and. himself all night, you know, him and Xi. Jin, these weird photos of him, he's. what? He's gonna accuse Xi Jinping of. stealing the election for him in 20 that.

the guy who he like admires and it's not. even a consistent thing at all, you. know, regarding, you know, the way he. engages in this behavior. But the the. important lesson is he's not going to. stop ever, ever. And so the only way to. respond to it and deal with it is. strongly with moral clarity, unwavering, and just stand on business. Just stand. on it and call out the truth every damn. day. And that's what we try to do here.

at the Midas Touch Network. Now, I just. want to share this video with you. because I want to ask you, has anybody, you know, other than on the Midas Touch. Network, have you seen any news network, you know, that's not independent news, that's not affiliated with Midas, you. know, or or an independent news source, you know, show the video of the Shahid. drone striking into Kuwait, by the way, which is an area that the United States. has military infrastructure. Here, let. let me show this video for you. Let's.

play it. Now, I can show you lots of other videos. like that. Um, but instead, you'll hear. the media asking, and I I I did a whole. video on this, so I don't need to play. Caroline Levit for you. But instead, you'll hear the media adopting the fake. framework from the United States that. Iran was the party that breached the. memorandum of understanding and that how.

could we trust Iran if Iran so quickly. breached the memorandum of understanding. and you know now that we fully destroyed. the Iranian military uh how do we even. negotiate with them when Iran's unable. to even communicate with each with. itself at the leadership levels and then. it's like this fictitious conversation. between Caroline Levit and these u. so-called reporters who are asking. questions. Well, now that they always.

use the term like neutered, it's part of. their whole like weird test that now. that we've neutered them. They're unable. to talk and that's why we should have. done this to begin with, but they want. to settle and they want to come back and. negotiate with us soon, but they're. neutered. So, their leadership isn't. talking. It's like their leadership is. talking. We know who their leadership. is. They haven't been neutered. They. have they have shahid drones. They have. ballistic missiles. They are. successfully targeting US bases in the. nearby Arab nations. They're escalating.

in response to the US escalating. We. know where this is headed. And so the. whole framework of the discussion is. some fake fraudulent fantasy world as. well that that that is not even rooted. in the reality. And the cause and the. consequence is the abyss that we're. heading into right now that frankly. we're in where we are at tank bottom. where now then it gets reported breaking. news. How did we get here? Because it. was happening every damn day and you all.

decided to you know I don't know chase. whatever you whatever you know Barack. Ravid was telling you Trump's. stenographer at Axios. Oh, there's. productive conversations. Oh, D. No, let's assess objectively what's. happening. And by the way, that's the. point. I'm proud of the standbook. So, I'm going to keep on promoting this book. because I'm proud of WTF America. And by. the way, the book, which you can. pre-order right now, it comes out in. October. It's a book for the community. I mean, we dedicate this book to you. And one of the main thesises, the thesis.

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what you were talking about before. break. This crazy speech that's about to. be played tonight. I didn't want to cut. you off. So, sorry if we're now. restarting here in this segment because. I I think I have an alternate take here. It might be slightly controversial, but. I actually think it's at least worth. discussing. And Brett, I'm curious your. perspective here as well. I think they. should air Trump tonight. Legacy Media. at least. Reason being I I don't trust. them, Ben, to exactly what you landed on. there to report what's about to happen. as honest brokers of information. I.

think they are going to cherrypick the. most sane parts of whatever happens. tonight. And while doing that, they then. play into exactly what Trump complains. about. Oh, you've censored me. You. censored me. You would see they would. they wouldn't let me speak. then. corporate media is going to bend over. backwards to show the sane moments of. what's happening. To me, in many ways, I. get PTSD at moments like this to the uh. the 2024 debate with Trump and Biden. when they muted the mics. I I was.

screaming from the rooftops back then. I'm like, why are you going to mute the. mics? Why are you self censoring Trump. on his behalf, right? He he's a crazy. person and the world needs to see that. he's a crazy person. Now, Benji, with. respect to the Midas Touch Network and. independent media covering it, I fully. you totally trust how you're going to. cover it, that you will show every. single clip throughout this crazy speech. and that people will get the accurate. information. So, I agree in our instance. why we shouldn't show it. But that being. the case, I think it's necessary that.

corporate media shows it. And here's the. other thing, Brett, before I toss it. over to you. Look, the biggest problems. facing this country right now are the. affordability crisis, the housing. crisis, healthcare crisis. I could go on. and on. And tonight, Trump's going to go. up there and and talk about what the the. the the 2020 election being stolen. That's insane, right? I'm not like like. that's insane. No, it's truly insane. We're It's 2026. He's going to go up. there and talk about uh how how state. and senate level seats were stolen. That. that that's what everyone assumes he's.

about to go up there and talk about. This is a mad man. This is someone who. who genuinely is is deeply ill, a deeply. irresponsible person, not let alone. president, who just hates this country. There is no other conclusion I can draw. other than his divisiveness here that he. hates this country and he wants to put. his hatred so tangibly on its people. >> I can't say I agree. [laughter]. I I want to say I don't think Yeah, I. don't think I don't think they should. show it. I I I don't I don't think they.

should show it. I don't think they. should show the election lies. I think. if they have advanced notice that. they're going to be election lied, they. they shouldn't show it. And not only. that, but I also think they have a. fiduciary probably [laughter] obligation. not. >> that aside, right? If they're trying to. avoid a Dominion, >> but I already said both both ways, right? I'm giving both options. So, I. don't think they should show it because. I don't think they should put that into. the airwaves. Um, you know, they're. they're showing it on their digital. platforms already. People are going to. see it. It's, you know, it is what it. is, right? What? and and also at the.

same time you seen all the lawsuits from. the you know 2020 election and the. airing of those lies and the courts hold. the parties responsible who are. amplifying those lies especially if if. they have knowledge in advance that. that's what's going to happen and I I I. kind of bet also that even like a Fox. when they air this I bet they probably. do so with some sort of disclaimer. You. know, I'm I'm all for people seeing how. crazy the guy is. Um, but I think that's. why they need to see the crazy in. context. And I get it. You think they're.

going to sanewash him after the fact, and they will, and they and and they. probably will, and and you're not going. to and you're not going to solve that. Is the solution, in my opinion, to play. him completely unfiltered? No. I I I I. don't, in my opinion, um, you know, I. don't think that networks have uh an. obligation. um nor do I think it's in. the public interest uh for people to be. fed lies in prime time, you know, especially on these, you know, network. channels where there are other shows and. things that people want to be watching.

and stuff like to interrupt people's. lives to put to pump this toxicity into. their living room. I don't think they. have an obligation to do it. Um I. actually think it's it's negative um. negative and uh and it's also a. fiduciary issue for these companies. We we we've talked we've talked about. it. I don't want to even give it more. time because I want to spend the time. getting out just the truthful. information as as as we talk about also. in WTF America. We can control what we. can control, right? And what we can.

control is using every millisecond and. second to do our best. Does that mean. we're always going to be right about. everything? You know, no. but to do our. best getting out the truth, not as. aligned with this political party or. that political party, but being aligned. with reality. When Donald Trump says. $19.1 trillion. was brought in, then you need to fact. check that immediately and say, "Okay,

well, if you did that, then why are you. doing reconciliation 3.0, know where you. want to do more cuts to critical. programs that the American people rely. on when you already said you got all. your money from the so-called big. beautiful bill which has been an. absolute disaster but if you brought in. $19.1 trillion what what you need more. money from taxpayers you need to get rid. of more programs like let's just view it. in the most common sense lens and also. you're bragging about the last inflation.

report which may have been fine if you. stuck to the memorandum of. understanding. But just by claiming some. random 12 gas stations in Pennsylvania. called freedom stations are selling gas. at $347. because we don't even know this opaque. system that you're using to basically, you know, fund this thing and lose. money. So you can say 12 gas stations. are doing this. Uh the 150,000 other gas.

stations, the prices are going up. We're. heading back to $4 a gallon. And now. we've hit strategic tank bottom or we've. hit the um tank bottom of these. strategic petroleum reserves and people. are paying more money. I mean, I see in. the comments what people are saying. I'm. paying over $6 per gallon right now of. gas. That's the condition in a lot of. states. It's going back up. significantly. And we're in a period. where we're we're not able to do we're. not going to be able to do anou again. You think we're going to be able to do. anou go back to it nicely and neatly?

No. Trump has escalated any chance of. deescalation into what can only be. existential because Donald Trump is now. showing there is noou that exists that. Trump will not stop until there's global. economic catastrophe and maybe won't. stop even when that takes place. So. Iran's got the message. They knew that. this would likely happen. They prepared. for it strategically. That's why they. got out 60 or 70 million barrels of oil.

all the not all of the oil. It's not. like it's going to be easy for Iran. They don't want war. They don't love. war. It's not like they're excited about. this. They're going to they're suffering. casualties. Th this is harming them. It's not like this is a great situation, but they are built on resistance. They're not going to tap out anytime. soon. They saw what happened with the. funeral processions for Ayatollah Kmen. And all this does is further escalate.

and make things worse. And Trump can do. the gimmick and say, "Look, Walmart is. doing a sale. Beef is down 12% according. to the Walmart sale." You can't take. Walmart coupons and extrapolate the. economic condition of the American. people. But for this Trump regime and. for corporate news, that just creates a. framing of the other side when they both. sides a thing and then it just becomes, oh, there's these numbers, there's these. numbers. There's a lot of noise out. there. So, whatever. We'll just, you.

know, what what whatever we can do about. it. You know, let's just report that. We'll report this. And no, what we can. control is telling the truth. So, why. we're recording now? Well, Donald. Trump's giving the speech and we're. telling the truth. There ain't no 19.1. trillion dollars. And that should be the. biggest freaking story right now because. how's someone claiming they brought in. $9.1 trillion, but then is begging for. money from the taxpayers? That's a. quintessential Ponzi scheme. The big. beautiful bill, the destructive bill was.

the first Ponzi scheme vehicle. Then. they did it twice. Now they did it three. times. While he holds up $19.1 trillion. and says how rich everybody's getting. when that's not taking place. I saw a. poll Harvard Harris X poll showing. amongst independents by a wide margin. what was it like 59 to 41 independents a. economy better under former President. Biden than than Donald Trump and look. those first two years of Biden were.

rough we shouldn't pretend oh it was. amazing those were years where you had. to fix the mess that was created in. Trump regime one you know people forget. how bad it was during that period period. of time. How catastrophic it was when. every day you would learn about. thousands of people dying each day. because of COVID while Trump was saying. inject bleach and while Trump was again. manipulating the market and doing a lot. of the same things back then that he's. doing right now and we're seeing it at.

play again because he is a bankruptor, a. perennial destroyer. He doesn't do. deals. He tore up the JCPOA, the Obama. non-nuclear deal with Iran. Then he and. Netanyahu invaded just like Donald Trump. said with COVID in a few days it would. all go away. The curve would be bent. before Easter. It would all be great. One to two cases max. No worries. He's. doing the same thing here. He said it. would take three or four days. We'd be. done. Max a week or two. Ah, we're still.

doing it. Ah, they want to make a deal. They don't want to make a deal. They may. make a deal. They don't want to do a. deal. I'm going to blow up their. bridges. They're smart. I hate them. They're cuckoo. I mean, they're cuckoo. He said they're cuckoo. The president of. the United States referring to using the. word cuckoo. What are you talking about? They're cuckoo. That's where we we went. from presidents who whether you agreed. or disagreed spoke with clarity and. authority and used their words. carefully. And now he's out there. saying, "Duck, they're crazy. We can't.

deal with them." Like, we need to take a. step back. And the problem is we're now. at this place where everybody's been. warning against. How do you pull out of. this right now? How do you get out of. this with these deranged individuals who. right now their new culture war issue is. high tea, high testosterone within the, you know, supporting gender affirming. care of high tea in the military while. constantly doing flyovers. That's their. new distraction. Their new distraction.

is doing flyovers. whether it's a. Pensacola, whether it's South Carolina, wherever that are dangerously low. And. then when people are like, "Dude, you're. gonna kill the kids. You're gonna blow. out their eardrums. Like, what are you. doing?" They go, "The flyovers will. continue until morale improves." Dude, we flyovers are cool. Okay, this is what. Pete Hexon said. The flyovers will then. and then the Navy Secretary was out. there saying, "Carry on Patriots.

Carry on everybody." you know, and it's. like, you know, nothing wrong here. And. it's like, okay, we can like like the. bottom line is you can like UFC. No, that's fine. You want to like UFC? Personally, I don't like UFC. I like. boxing. I like soccer and football. I. like I don't UFC doesn't do it for me. But you don't have to be weird about it. and do it in front of the White House. You could like Grand Prix, but like we. shouldn't be emphasizing turning. Washington DC into a racetrack, you. know, when there are so many issues, you.

know, that are that are taking. But you. could still like it, but why but why do. you have to do it there? You can like. flyovers. You could like air shows. I. like flyovers. I like air shows. But. that doesn't mean we have to like that. It's like some woke thing to be like, uh, oh my god, that seems pretty. dangerous when you see the kids covering. their ears. And when you see that in the. past those types of flyovers have. resulted before in very serious. injuries. And so it's like, "Oh, you. woke. You care about them injuries.

You're not patriotic. You don't like I. like to see it. Just stop doing stupid. [ __ ] Just seriously grow up. We don't. need to see Apaches that low. The. Apaches can fly. It's cool. We got it. We can be patriotic. We could support. our troops. We could support the. military." There's a photo right there. of what it looked like, you know, with. and this is the White House is going all. in on this and they want us, this is one. of their things. They want us to be. distracted. But here's the thing, and we. talk about this in WTF America. We can. walk and we can chew gum at the very.

same time. And we can say, you know. what, that's your priority. But you got. to just, you can't do the story just on. that. You know what I mean? You got to. be like, this is what they're doing, and. let me explain to you why they're doing. it. They're doing this because they want. some new culture story to divide the. American people while inflation is going. to be rising again while the markets are. going to be crashing that Donald Trump. talks about all of the time. More. significantly, while Americans are. psychologically tortured and you see.

these videos, you know, I saw Fight for. Progress do a video. I showed it before. had to tip had tip to them as well where. we were they were showing somebody in. Pennsylvania in Breahan's district maga. Republican you know and their fridge. probably looks like a lot of the fridges. that I see with you know with our. supporters and people who are here where. there's like two items because people. can't afford food right now here in the. United States and now the Trump regime. is going back for reconciliation 3.0 0. to get hundreds of billions of dollars.

for the military-industrial complex that. then work with all of these companies. that Donald Trump does his 21,000 trades. in. And then he pulls this [ __ ] right. here, you know, these air show, you. know, whatever these low flyovers. So. then we're angry and then haha, that's a. new way to divide us. And that's the. whole shtick. The whole shtick is to. find ways to divide us. And then, you. know, they bring in we we talked about. Todd Blanch at length. I showed the. hearing. But then you've got Todd Blanch.

out there who becomes an arm of Donald. Trump, not an arm of justice, an arm of. the criminal racketeering enterprise. that is the Trump regime. and they just. go out there and loot and pillage from. you over and over again while doing. Trump coins and Trump dollars and Trump. this and Trump that and Trump airports. and all this stupid [ __ ] And the. American people are like, "Man, WTF, stop this. Stop this freaking madness.".

you know, and then this is, you know, then then, you know, then when you. people in the Democratic party, you. know, are like, well, you know, I think. that uh the way we it's like this shit's. existential, you know, and I'm and I. get, you know, when you're not in power, it's but if you are not channeling the. existential nature of this moment, you've completely missed this moment. right now in history in this time. Brett, >> I could not agree more. And uh you know.

something I want to add also just about. the whole kind of charade of all of this. right everything is a performance in in. some respect and it's designed to elicit. some sort of reaction and so when you. look at the military stuff as Ben said. what do they want they want this culture. war battle they want uh you know the. libs to get upset and then they want to. say oh they don't want the military to. have fun oh look they hate the military. blah blah right and you know I actually. think these the comments from people. like heth and the the folks who are in.

charge of the Pentagon right now, I. think they're actually like horrible and. appalling and they're everything against. what our military actually stands for. Like we've all, you know, whether you're. in the military or if you just seen. movies about the military, you know, like one of the top things about the. military is discipline. And it's. actually following instructions and. following rules. And now what we're. seeing is the military being encouraged. basically to just be kind of like. unhinged frat boys. And instead of. getting reprimanded and instead of. getting the discipline that the military.

is supposed to instill in our soldiers. so that they actually perform at maximum. capacity in battle, they're getting, "Oh, great job. You did it. Oh, you did. it." And and like I can't help but think. like, you know, that the worst one day. is going to happen uh with one of these. stupid stunts. Something is going to go. wrong and people are going to die. And. we've seen all these close calls. already. It almost feels like one of. those Final Destination movies in some. weird dystopian way. But we saw at the. Trump uh the Freedom 250 whatever fair. uh that nobody showed up to when they.

were doing that rehearsal with those. young girls and the the giant thing fell. down from the top of the stage and. almost killed the girls, right? That's. because of the incompetence of of the. Trump regime and everything they've done. with it. You know, you see and it's easy. to laugh at stuff like the reflecting. pool, right? But that also shows a. greater uh kind of wide broader. incompetence. And you put that. incompetence in a wartime scenario. you. put that incompetence in uh structural. things that you are building you know.

then when they collapse you know the. only thing I guess they could do is. ultimately blame you know blame the. other right it's the vandals it's the. democrats it's the far-left commun what. whatever they want to do but the fact is. they are causing a lot of uh trouble for. people and they are risking people's. lives and I also want to read you know. there were the hearings today I want to. read a statement from one of the uh. Epstein survivors uh because Todd Blanch. this afternoon did meet with the Epstein. survivors. He basically and this as part. of the kind of act the theater, the.

performance that I was speaking to. This. is the perfect uh representation of. that. It's the epitome of that. In fact, Tom Tillis, Republican senator, um you. know, somebody who kind of uh fancies. himself as as more moderate. He was. trying to, you know, act like he was. taking a principled stand, right? I'm. I'm not going I cannot vote for Todd. Blanch unless he agrees to meet with the. Epstein survivors. and all for the last. few days he's been just saying like, you. know, I'm not going to I'm I'm not I'm. not sure what I'm going to vote. I'm not. sure what I'm going to do. I'm not sure.

if I'm going to vote to confirm him. And. so Todd Blanch basically kind of backed. into a little kind of fake corner here, does meet with the Epstein survivors. I. heard the meeting was a complete utter. disaster, like a like a train wreck from. the survivors. I heard it was appalling. And I I have a statement actually right. here from one of the survivors that I'll. that I'll read you right now. This is. from uh Epstein survivor Lara Bloom. McGee and she said quote today Epstein. survivors confronted Todd Blanch and he. treated it like a prefuncter audition.

for votes not accountability. Blanch was. condescending repeatedly interrupted and. tried to gaslight survivors instead of. explaining why DOJ released materials. that revealed survivors identities. He. offered no real plan to investigate. anyone beyond Epstein and Maxwell and. gave no reason to believe the remaining. files aren't vital to exposing other. perpetrators and enablers. Todd Blanch. is unfit to be attorney general. Senator. Tom Tillis and the Senate must vote no, and the survivors indicated as well that. they reached out to Tom Tillis after the.

meeting and told them what a disaster. this was and that he should not vote uh. for Todd Blanch. I'll give credit to. Eric Michael Garcia for getting that. comment on the record from these. survivors. And now what does uh Tom. Tillis do, right? Tillis essentially. awards Todd Blanch with a participation. trophy. Oh, he finally did what no one. before him would do. He met with the. Epstein survivors and because of that, I'm inclined to vote yes on this. nomination. It's all theater. It's all.

BS. I'll read you the uh statement from. uh Tillis right here. Uh, let me just. make sure I have the most up-to-date uh, statement from Tillis. Uh, I have a, this is from earlier. This is from. before the meeting. I have a positive. disposition to Mr. Blanch. I've not made. a final decision, but he said yesterday. he would meet with the Epstein victims. today if it could be arranged. I expect. that meeting to occur before I am. willing to vote. I'm trying to get to. yes, but this is a very important part. of getting to yes. And then Tillis's. comment after the meeting was, quote, I.

commend Todd Blanch for doing what all. his predecessors over the last two. decades never did. Meet with the. survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's horrific. crimes. I appreciate his willingness to. directly engage and listen to them. Never mind what the survivors actually. said happened once they got there. But. Tillis wants to give Todd Blanch all the. credit in the world for simply showing. up even though he just tor even though. Blanch ended up just essentially. torturing the survivors even more. This.

is the kind of phoniness, the theater, the rot that so pervades uh the. Republican party, the Epstein class, the. Trump regime, all of it. >> Absolutely. And it goes back to. something I said earlier this week. Um. humane versus inhumane, right? It's kind. of how I view the lens of which I walk. through life. So often you get the. tailises of the world, the blanches of. the world, just inhumane, right? And. it's seemingly that it it's always. attributed to one party and that being.

the Republican party. Now, by no stretch. is are the Democrats perfect in any. which way, but I just get the feeling. that time and time again the Republican. party so often like lets you down. And. just you being like America, these. people don't want to work like the the. Blanches of the world, the Taylores, they they don't want real answers. They're because they're scared of what. they're going to find and how their. party is going to be implicated. That. that's what it feels like. The entire. Republican party, the the the Congress.

members, the the senators, just it it. just feels like so truly authentic that. they are so willing to put party over. the people. And to me, that that's not. how politics should be. That's that's. not how this country gets better. That's. not how the affordability crisis in this. country gets solved. It's not how the. health care crisis in this country gets. solved. The housing crisis in this. country gets solved. It it's just simply. not until we actually elect leaders in. these positions, no matter the party, that want to work for the people.

The system doesn't work. [snorts] And so. often and and so many times I just. continue to be so frustrated by it. And. last at the end of last episode, I gave. the flowers to Ben. I I I want to give. the flowers to this community here. because it's exhausting. I know it's. exhausting because we're living through. it together every single day. And it's. meant to be exhausting that they're not. helping out the people, that they're not. trying to figure out better ways to make. this country better for for everyone, not just the top 0.01% who get to f. around in Mara Lago. I it is insanity to.

me. But but with us all, I think we. could pull each other out of this. madness and continue to expose the. Blanches, the Tillises, the Trumps, the. Hexas of the world one by one. We just. we have to do it. There is no other way. Jordy, well said. Brett, well said. Midas mighty. Thank you. We dedicate WTF. America to you. We say it throughout the. book and we talk about you throughout. the book. And so I view this as a book.

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