LIVE: Trump CALLS FOR IMMINENT INVASION…THEN SURRENDERS!!! 6/11/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Mecelis and this is your breaking news. The morning began with Donald Trump. saying that a ground invasion into Iran. on Car Island was imminent, that there. was going to be a massive invasion. taking place. He said that Iran was. tapping him along and as a result an. invasion was going to be necessary. He. then called into state regime media, which calls itself Fox for the morning. show, to let them know about the ground. invasion that would be taking place and.

that he was done being tapped along by. Iran. He was really serious this time. He said, "Look, I don't think the. American people have the stomach for it, but we got to do the right thing here,". is what he said. And we're going to be. we're going to be launching something. really really massive, he said. And then. quite literally four hours later he. posted that uh based on the fact that. the discussions with the Islamic. Republic of Iran have been brought to. the highest level of Iranian leadership. and approved I as president aming the.

scheduled strikes and bombings against. Iran this evening. Discussions and final. points have been in both concept and. great detail approved by all parties. involved including Israel. Of course, Trump listed them first. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. He. said the naval blockade will remain in. full force in effect until this. transaction is finalized time and place. of the signing to be announced shortly.

And then we saw the market manipulation. at play. We saw oil prices plummet to. some of its lowest levels yet after he. made this announcement. We saw the stock. market rise significantly after the past. week of uh it crashing uh significantly. Um and the American people right now are. the casualties of all of this. Donald. Trump this past week said he loves.

inflation. Loves it. It's a great thing. He said loves inflation. The American. people don't love inflation. Uh CPI. increased to 4.2% 2% yearover-year. Not good. You see right here, May CPI. inflation rose 4.2%. Uh and uh then we had PPI, producer. price index. that increased 1.1%. month overmonth where the expectations.

were 7%. So producer price index that. means the inflation for wholesalers. that's now 6.5%. yearover-year. So 6.5% higher than last year's which. was high and then higher than all of the. Biden years combined because this is in. the aggregate. So you had Biden's first. year, second year, third year, fourth. year. Trump said he was going to bring. down inflation. he increased it.

significantly towards the end especially. of the first year and then of course. this year we're seeing inflation really. surge right now and so you had this. confluence of factors where we had our. bond yields which I really cherish the. time where I didn't have to look at bond. yields every day or multiple times a. day. You all remember those times where. it's just functioning. The bond market. functioned. The Treasury Department held.

its uh auctions and we can just not have. to think, oh my god, is the bond market. crashing? So bond yields the 10, 20, 30year increasing dramatically, meaning. the cost of borrowing by the Treasury. significantly. higher. Um, and you know that's that's. deeply problematic increasing of course. the United States debt but that has an. impact on mortgage rates and all the.

other borrowing uh that uh that you do. and then you had the uh inflation. surging CPI EPI and just so you know. like the level of CPI rising consumer. price index pretty much means that we're. going to the you know if we're at 4.2%. 2% every month now we're at like you. know what a month over month. three to.5% increase there of CPI. It's.

why I said. this war continues to drag on because. that's also a drag on the CPI and and. cause the CPI to go up. We're going to. finish this year close to 6% inflation. And I'm not like it's I don't have to be. like a wizard economist to figure to. figure this out. I know a lot of people. were like, you know, how'd you call it. right on the on the dot 4.2%. How'd you. know it was going to be that? I said, because we're still in the war and every.

month it increases about.3%. So that's how I follow it. And then I. add up what it is year-over-year. And. before it was 3.8 or 3.9% and then of. course it increased to 4.1 4.2%. It's. not not really all that hard to predict. Next month it'll be 4.5 4.6%. Um and then PPI which is going up about. 1% 1.1% a month we can expect that. wholesale inflation next month to be. around seven 7.2 2 I mean a seven handle.

right there and that's significant. because when you have PPI wholesale. inflation at 7% that has to get passed. on to consumers or else the or else the. wholesalers the producers they go. bankrupt so they're going to pass it on. to the consumer hence the CPI increases. as the PPI increases that's why you know. one is indicative of the other and so. you had that you had crashing bond. markets then you had crash crashing.

stock market and you had lots of the. major banks predicting. uh that we were heading into a. recession. They changed their outlooks. from kind of growth to neutral at best. recessionary and you started to see Bank. of America and Goldman Sachs and Barlays. and just Trump is paying attention to. this. You know why? because he's doing. stock trades every nine minutes in the.

first quarter. So, he's very sensitive. to what what's happening and based based. on the amount of money he seems to have. in the markets right now personally. based on his trading habits and based on. the market dip that took place. I was. running rough numbers and again these. are just estimates. Trump could be losing like $30 million a. day to $50 million a day on bad days and.

he could be gaining 30 to$50 million on. market going up. I just want you to. think of no one's really talking about. it in those terms. And again, I'm just. giving you a rough estimate, but if you. figure based on his disclosures from Q1. that he's got roughly $400 million or. $500 million in the market, I mean, he. did 650700 million in transactions or. some ridiculous number like that. But. just assume for the sake of argument.

he's got 400, you could even do a lower. number, 300 million. So, when you have. these dips of five to 7% in either. direction, I want you to think about him. personally losing massive amounts of of. of money. Um, and he mentioned that. today. He mentioned the stock market as. as a reason for the deal. And I I mean I. want you to think about that too because. when you when when you are being driven. by your own pecuniary interests and.

you're being driven also by. market manipulation or the market and. not on what's in the best interest of. the people or how you address people's. needs or people who are not invested in. the market, how you help them. And then. you focus on all of Donald Trump's. personal dealings with these countries. in the Middle East, you're starting to. see. why everything he's doing is from a.

position of kind of personal panic. versus actually focused on this country, which we should never have been in this. war in the first place. He went into this war in my view and I. think it's your view too to cover up the. Epstein files because Netanyahu I think. was holding it over his head in my. opinion and also. um and also I think he thought it was. going to be easy as a way to make more. money as well. We'll just take over. Iran. We'll take over their oil. We took.

over Venezuela's oil in his own mind. So. we'll control all of the oil then I'll. be super rich. I'll keep buying stocks. the mark. I mean, I I think there was a. lot of a lot of that also. And then I. think he also thought not only was he. doing a favor, you know, for Netanyahu, um, because how beholden he is over. there and how he lets Israel control. American foreign policy, but also I. think that a lot of the countries that. did deals with him, the United Arab.

Emirates, Saudi Arabia, behind the. scenes, they thought that the US would. have the ability, as did Netanyahu, to. crush Iran to decisively end the war. immediately take control of Iran's oil. And of course, that did not happen. That. did not happen. And people who studied. the region or studied Iran or recognized. culture in Iran would tell you that it. was pretty predictable that Iran would. control the straight of Hermuz. And when.

it came to the escalation ladder, Iran. was able to inflict more pain on Donald. than Donald could inflict on Iran. That's one of the and and so Trump would. constantly panic. It was 38 39 times he. declared a deal when there wasn't. So. this could just be it probably is number. 40. I think what's making it this one. sound a little more real is at first. Iran denied it, but there are some Iran. news agencies that are now saying that.

this looks more likely. So, we've never. seen that before that the Iranian news. agencies at first denied and then said. actually it seems that there may be. there may be moving in the direction. Netanyahu is already trying to spin this. with I believe terms that we know don't. exist. Netanyahu is posting ah you know. we're gonna get to take or the US will. take all of the enriched uranium and. Iran agrees not to support its proxy.

groups in the region which we know. that's not Iran will never agree not to. support Hezbollah and the Houthis and. its militia groups in Iraq. Like that's. that's that's always a non-starter. So. that's not going to be in there. But I. think Israel is already putting out. these statements about the deal in order. to try to cause this deal to fracture. and break if there really, you know, if. there really is one. Um, so it's. definitely market manipulation. It's. probably not going to happen. But.

because Iran media is now saying that. there's perhaps more of a chance of this. than other ones, that's at least a. little more informative to me. Although. they first said that he's lying about. everything, but just to reflect the chaos of this. morning that there was an invasion that. was imminent. The American, you know, he. always likes to put his own feelings. onto others. I don't think the American. people have the stomach for, you know,

anything, you know, escalating it. So, we we'll see. We'll see. We'll see what. I've uh we'll see what I got to do. But. to me, there's also another factor too. that a lot of people aren't talking. about that I think may be informative. here for Trump, but you know, I could be. wrong. I'll just give you another. theory. Also, uh SpaceX IPO tomorrow, one of the biggest IPOs in history, the. biggest IPO, I think, from a a retail. investor perspective of the amount of. money they're raising. Also, the the way Elon Musk got NASDAQ.

and all of these regulatory agencies to. wave certain requirements about when you. can be listed for purposes of being. added to mutual funds and other people's. funds, he got them to wave it. So, if you just I'm letting you know and you. may not know this, but if you have a. 401k plan, let's just say you have a. 401k with, you know, that's operated by. some mutual fund, whether it's Vanguard. or whoever who who whoever's in whoever.

wherever your money is being placed for. your 401k mutual fund. because. um because of the size of SpaceX. upon opening bell. that will force the funds to put SpaceX. into your portfolio. So even if you. don't want to own SpaceX, you will be. forced to buy SpaceX unless you dump.

your entire mutual fund or your entire. portfolio. That's part of your 401k. Most people don't know that that's the. way it works. And the one of the things. that you do to kind of protect against a. highly speculative stock being inserted. into your fund is, you know, there's. periods of time regulations that say you. can't put it in the fund right away, but. SpaceX and Elon got pretty much. everybody to wave that requirement and. it's a much shorter time frame. And so.

with SpaceX IPO, I think that Trump. wanted to create market I'm again it's. giving you my opinion so you could you. can disagree with it. Create market. conditions tomorrow on Friday in order. to get uh SpaceX to pop right away so. that the institutional shareholders who. hold SpaceX can dump it on the retail. investors and dump it into your. portfolios. then they can cash out um.

and and make a lot of money. So again, you you can call me conspiratorial on. that, but I just think that when you. hear analysis of the various timing. behind all of this, because just imagine. if that IPO went public during last. Friday when the market was down, you. know what, four and a half% 5%. And then. SpaceX went public. this highly. speculative thing. It could have. resulted in a could have resulted in a. crash. I could imagine a hypothetical.

that and and I'll give you I'm going to. give you another data point about why I. think this happened. Also, just an interesting nuance. So, the IRGC. Yeah, this is this makes so much sense. The IRGC posted that they would in. another round of attacks that they would. be going after. companies that are associated with Elon.

Musk. And so I think that they knew that. specifically and they said that their. strikes would would impact Musk. I mean, the fact that they said Elon Musk. businesses leads me to believe that they. knew that the SpaceX IPO was a major. pressure point as well because it's just. a strange thing to say. I mean, I, you. know, I I get why you'd say to me, Elon. Musk is is a prominent figure in. America, unfortunately. But the fact. that they said that,

I could imagine they knew that was a. pressure point. And then Elon calls. Trump and goes, "You see what they're. saying? They're gonna You see what. they're gonna do on my IPO day? My IPO. day, they're gonna go and start. attacking SpaceX stuff. We We Shut it down. Shut it down.". Again, I'm not I'm not suggesting that. that's definitely what happened. But I. think you add all of these factors, the.

totality of these factors and the. pressure built and built and built on. Trump. But here's the thing. If you took. the oath of office to truly protect and. serve the American people over your own. interests, if you didn't violate the. imalment clause, if you weren't focused. on. I'll give you the final factor. You all. know the final factor I'm about to say, right? His birthday, the UFC fight. the UFC fight that's taking place this. weekend. And then he's got his the the.

America the he's turned America 250 into. freedom 250. So then you've got you've got that and. you know I think he wants it all. resolved on his birthday. He turns it. you know Trump turns 80. He wants to. have a signature and the ceremony. He. loves ceremonies you know and and and. ultimately you look at this whole. excursion. What did it get us? What did it get us. to be in a worse position than when this.

started? To expose the fact that the US. security umbrella is um weak to. really create a further rebalancing of. of of order throughout the world. And. and I guess here's my long-term fear in. all of this. It is. what happens to the next president and. the president after that when the world.

has already formed and is forming all of. these. new multinational structures that. exclude the US from it. I mean I saw a. recent poll out of Europe. It was from. the Europe Foreign Relations Council and. uh it was done in conjunction with. Yuggov that says only 11% of Europeans. see the United States as an ally. Now pick the name of your Democratic.

candidate who becomes the next. president. Just whoever it is, they could say all and do all the right. things I think forever. forever or at least for the foreseeable. next several decades. Canada, Europe, Asia, they're all going. to see the US as not reliable, right? And then what happens with all of the. debt that's now being added just like in.

Trump one, what happens with all of the. systemic cracks? like our system is a. lot built on this idea. that America is a Ponzi scheme, but it's. a Ponzi scheme that continues because of. America's security umbrella throughout. the world and because the international. global world order postWorld War II. architecture was caused by the United.

created by the United States. So the US. could financially sanction people who. stand up to it because they use dollars. or the US controls the banking system. and thus the US can print money and. print money. how it's unsustainable of. course in the sense that all of this. debt is accumulated but ultimately if. you started having countries.

sell their bonds not participate in the. US bond market move away if the dollar. doesn't become the world's currency if. they move away to other currencies if. you start shifting the financial. architecture and then you have all of. this massive debt debt. At some point. that bill becomes due and right now it's. dealt with in a ballooning national. debt. Uh balloon, you know, and it's a. Ponzi scheme in the sense that, you.

know, you have to kind of keep on. raising. to pay for all of the debt that's. accumulating, which accumulates more. debt and and more debt and more debt. And again, it's like a Ponzi. It's like. a Bernie maid off scheme in the sense of. once it's called all right we want every. and you don't have it you don't you. don't you don't have it the have it. though why no one calls is that America. provided this architecture.

global security. umbrella reliability predictability it. was based on America's rules and so when. that changes because you're seeing how. incoherent chaotic, authoritarian, unpredictable. It is. what happens to the next president and. the president after that because it. seems pretty clear to me that for the. next ex whatever the next years you're.

going to have the right-wing oligarchs. working with Trump, constant pump and. dumps while the American people suffer, right? Like that's where this is going. And and in many ways, in addition to this war covering up the. Epstein files, in addition to this being. America being dragged into this by. Netanyahu. and all of that, which is true, it also. seems to have been a massive I'm giving. you my opinion again, massive. money-making scheme for Donald Trump.

Buying dips, selling high, buying dips, selling high. I mean, you saw the. massive amounts of stock trading that he. took place. and he didn't he he stock. traded a little bit the first year of. this term but when this war started it. was like insatiable. it was quite literally insatiable when. you see those patterns. so I hope I could give you a framework. that perhaps. helps us think about this more.

intelligently. sophisticatedly. long term the international dynamics at. play why these things are happening the. way they are. I also noted in a video I. did this morning I found interesting. that Iran was speaking with the United. Arab Emirates. I thought that was. massive. And Iran was speaking to. European Union. Kaha Kalas European. Union number two, their foreign minister. basically number two in the European.

Union. She was speaking, she's right. under Ursula Vanderline. U which why I I. love that the European Union has two. powerful women running it too. Like. that's we we we need more of that. Um. especially for predictability and stab. and stability. I'll just say that. Um, Kaha Kalas spoke with foreign minister. Arachi of Iran. I thought that was. notable. United Arab Emirates, one of. the only Arab nations in the Abraham. Accords, which was.

saying the was really allowing Trump to. say and do anything. They That's why. they took the brunt. Dubai, Abu Dhabi. just got beat the hell up in this in. this war. I mean from a tourism. perspective from you know people from. people the way people view. Abu Dhabi Dubai as as a center also for. semiconductor growth they got freaking. crushed. and I think they were at their wits end.

they called foreign minister Iraqi kala. ka kalas European Union called Iraqi. this is what I said was going to happen. that there that all of these countries. one by one are like okay screw this we. are we're going to have bilateral. relations with Iran. We have to for our. own survival. We have to recognize that. Iran is now more powerful than it was. before and we can't be relying on this. crazy Trump yo-yo.

market manipulation thing. And so I. thought those were notable as events. So. before I went live, Donald Trump said. the following about Iran. He said, uh, the deal it should get done over the. next few weeks. It should get done. Let's let's play this clip. Have we got. that one? >> Great settlement of. the war with Iran. and we're going to be uh subject to. finalization of documents which should. get done over the next few days. We.

probably have a signing maybe in Europe. and uh it's a great thing. Stock. market's up a,000 points. That means. they like the deal. See that means hey. the market goes down that means they. don't like the deal but it's been up. oil's dropped oil will start coming down. to I think even lower than it was before. we had. so also giving you some updates as well. a few a few updates here this is what.

we're hearing from. Jerusalem Post and I24. news. Amichi Stein Israel Prime Minister. Netanyahu moments ago says, "Although. Israel is not a party to the memorandum, the prime minister expressed his. appreciation for Trump's commitment to. ensuring that any final agreement. reached at the conclusion of the. negotiations will include the removal of. enriched nuclear material, the. dismantling of enrichment. infrastructure,

restrictions of the missile production, and an end to Iran's support for its. terrorist proxies throughout the region. Um, let me read what what Babach Vahad. says also who's been a pretty reliable. source of things that have been. happening. Interesting narrative. emerging from the Iranian sources. Of. course, this is an Iranian reading of. events. According to reports close to. Tyrron, a draft Iran US understanding. was already largely finalized around two.

weeks ago was awaiting final political. approval in Thran and Washington. The. problem reportedly began when Trump. sought to add new clauses after US. negotiators already accepted the Iranian. draft. Iran allegedly refused to review. the revised text after which tensions in. Hormu, southern Iran, and Dia strike. effectively put diplomacy on hold. Dia, that's in Beirut, that's the Israeli. strikes. And as I've been saying, Israel. would be was striking to break up this.

deal from happening. as I was saying. that MSAD and Netanyahu knew that this. deal was happening and that it was. moving closer to something real and then. they escalated in Lebanon. Remember I. was doing some, you know, videos on. that. So that seems to confirm that. Now. following Qatari mediation, Iranian. sources claim Washington has withdrawn. those additional demands and return to. the original draft. At the same time, Trump is portraying the development as. an Iranian climbdown under military.

pressure. By the way, go look at the. look at the video I did this morning at. 4:00 a.m. which I called Trump surreners. and I said look at the Qatari mediation. I said these strikes seem to be face. saving exercises by him so he can say. look got out of my system. I did it. Here's here's why here's why we're doing. this deal right now. Because I was so. strong and dropped all of these bombs. Um the Iranian version is the exact. opposite. Tran has not yet given its.

final answer. While it was Washington. that ultimately returned to the previous. text, if true, the real story is not an. Iranian concession, but a US retreat to. the last mutually negotiated draft. Source: Iranian media channels close to. the negotiating process are saying that. um let's see what Fetuk says. higher. chance of winning in lotto than Iran. agreeing to the this is in response to. Netanyahu saying that we believe.

there'll be removal of enriched uranium. and da da da da what everyone's saying. is yeah Iran's never going to agree to. that and I I I think I've said this to. you before. which is. I despise absolutely despise this regime. I I truly think that Trump will go down. in history as. frankly one of the most despicable.

humans to have ever lived. One of the. biggest cancers. on planet Earth in world history. And. I'm not trying to be hyperbolic. I feel. that way. I really am rooting for a deal because. there has to be an exit. There has to be. a way out here. I've always been rooting. for diplomacy. And despite the fact that I hate this. guy and I hate.

the everybody the heck that these are. the worst scummiest humans. Okay, I'm still an American. I'm still a a a member of the world. I'm. a world citizen. I'm an American. citizen, right? And I just I know that. any longer. people are breaking. I people are broken. right now when it comes to affording.

anything. And this path is not it has not been. sustainable already. It's not sustainable. every day that goes on. And I I really I really, you know, and. this is where I think when you. want something to happen sometimes your. your mind and your heart hopes that. there's all right, can there really just.

be a deal? And then you can get sucked. into all of the fraud that takes place. But it's like if we can get the hell out. of there, have the straight of Hormuz. opened again, if there's a reasonable. deal that'll probably look like the. JCPOA again, I think that we should be very critical. about why the hell we got into this in. the first place. And I think we really. need to re-evaluate. I think before we need to really. re-evaluate and reflect on.

what the hell is happening with with. Israel. It's not, you know, there's we. we we have to we have to all acknowledge. the genocide taking place. in Palestine right now. We have to all. work to make sure that it is American. policy to stop this genocide and it. should be. disqualifying for anybody who doesn't. call it a genocide and who doesn't work.

to end the genocide and who doesn't work. for a Palestinian state. And. we should not be. supporting anybody in Israel ever if. they don't share that goal. Just cut. them off. Just cut it off. It's It's not a nuanced. answer. It's not a, you know, the Smutrices, the Beners, the.

Netanyahus. Frankly, even if you like Israel, what they've done to the country, especially in the world perception. is virtually irreparable, caused by their blood lust and their. desire for genocide. It's sick. And when we look at what's happening in. Lebanon and Beirut, you have to be a human being and you. have to recognize.

that what also is happening in Gaza is. happening there in Beirut and they're. blowing up Ty and Da and these and these. uh you know these incredible areas in. Lebanon and Beirut. Bombing any area would be terrible. Let. me be clear. um blowing up all of these. buildings. Hey, we're going after. Hezbollah. Okay, you're going after HBA. You're gonna blow up the whole building. and the whole block and kill the medics. and the little girls and the little. children. No, it's not acceptable.

And we got dragged into this war and. other wars because of the behavior of. Netanyahu and Israel. That's just what that's just the reality. of the situation. It's not really a. debate. It's not really a debate. We. know from our intelligence community, Iran did not pose an imminent threat, just enough. And I know Israel saying. that we're not. associated with this deal or we're not. doing it. Well, then you know what? Then. you got to stand firm against them and.

you got to say we're you're cut off. I. mean, we should have said this a while. ago. If if you're going to inflame this. region with more of this with more. of this genocide, you're cut off. You're. done. You're done. You know, I know. Trump is very much beholden to Miriam. Adlesen, you know, and to other large Israeli. donors. I, you know, why, you know, I. know Jared Kushner, you know, is is is part of moving the.

whole Abraham Accord concept was pushed. was pushed there. But this is not a. workable arrangement for the United. States. It's an understatement. and it's not a workable arrangement in. in the region. And so this is where I. say leaders have to lead. And if. Netanyahu's plan is, well, we're going. to. not support this deal, which is what. they're saying, and we're going to go. out and we're going to.

start invading Lebanon and this and. that, you got to, you know, you you got. to stand up to that. at at a minimum. at a minimum, you know, you you you've got to stand up. to that. It's just the reality. And so. I'm very I'm very um. kind of just. contemplative about all of the all of. this. And I I want us.

I want us all to reflect and I know you. all know this, but why elections matter. so much? Why putting incompetent. bankrupting losers into power who don't. have so I car I talk a lot about moral. character and leadership and empathy and. values before I even get into politics. I talk about those things.

because that to me is frankly more. important than politics. because the politics should fall into. place when you show me what your moral. character is. When you show me who you are, what. values you represent, how you treat others. And by the way, part of that to me. allows for redemption. I don't want to act like some holier.

than thou person when there's valid. authentic redemption. I'm I I can understand that people who. have done bad things in the past, if they truly. change and acknowledge what they've done. in the past, truly not not as like, oh. yeah, acknowledge it just as a political. talking point. I I'm I'm I'm open to. give second chances,

maybe not third chances, second chances. and not, you know, cancel people because. they did this or that or the other, but. I start with moral character. I I start. with intelligence, expertise, humility, humble, be humble, be a good person. Then we can branch out in terms of of of. politics and the moral rot, the corruption, the self-interest, the selfdeing,

the idiocracy is is you add all of these. these things together and it's like here. you are. Look, we'll talk. I I'm my family is from Mexico. my my. wife's side. So that's why I'm wearing. the Mexico jersey right now as my. family's there watching the Mexico game. in the in in the background. Um but even. the way the way this regime is dealing. with the World Cup, heck, Russia and.

Qatar. treated teams, fans, foreign. dignitaries, countries, athletes, and. their staff way better than the United. States. It's Qar in Russia. It's not a good look. for us and it's not the right way to. behave. We've got a lot to discuss when. we come back from this quick break. We're going to take a short one. Hit. subscribe. Help us get to 7 million. subscribers. We appreciate you. I.

appreciate you hanging in there. Really. do. I appreciate with all like this is some. PTSD. level of triggering. And I know it's not. an exaggeration to say that this stuff. is psychologically torturing. I know you're psychologically tortured. by this. I know. it's not okay. But we we'll we'll we'll stick through.

it together. We're almost through year. two. We'll get through this. But we've got to. build a a better foundation. for how we think about politics beyond. Democrat, Republican, independent. It's important that they align with us. and where a party does. We should. support them over the other side. But we. have to truly make sure we stand for. things because if you don't stand for. something, you fall for everything and. then you fall into these traps where.

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know, which is like leadership, qualities of leadership. And one of the. things I like about being a law. professor when I'm not doing this, if I. don't teach in the summer, is trying to. teach college students about being a. leader. This is not a political message. and. how leaders should behave publicly, privately. How leaders.

should reflect organized thinking, predictable, reliable, um. wellstudied, well researched, expert-based, where you don't have expertise, surround. yourself with experts. When challenges arise, take. accountability. stand up for what you believe in, your. values and your principles. And if. you're unable to.

do something without your values or. principles being compromised, you leave or you do everything you can. to force change. And if you can't do it, um, and you can't and you're compromised. morally based on your ability to lead. and you can't rally others, you you. can't be perpetuating. uh and and allowing yourself to be. compromised.

and um and and and you h and when you. draw these right lines and these. boundaries. that makes you I think a more capable. and competent leader who stands for. things and who is able to get things. done. Why am I even bringing this up. now? I'm not trying to preach because I. I think we see, you know, there's a. perfect example in this breaking news of. how the head of FIFA, Giani Infontino, is behaving, right? For the past year.

and a half, two years, he's been rolling. around at the Oval Office, it seemed. almost on a weekly basis, he's been. sitting in at major world meetings next. to prime ministers, presidents, and. princes. Giani. Giani. He loved it. He. loved it. He loved it. He loved it. And now when he's seen. FIFA. being compromised.

by Trump's racism and ICE and Border. Patrol. and everything. that Trump has done, I mean, you think. about Omar Atan, Somali referee, who's. been who who had a visa, but because. this top African referee is Somalian. and Trump hates Somalian people. Trump wouldn't let the Somalian referee. into the country. If you're the head of. FIFA, you got to support that ref. unconditionally.

Unconditionally. And you got to speak out and say this is. unacceptable. And then you got to you got to draw a. bright line and say if he can't be here. then we're going to we're going to. boycott you or we're going to have no. refs or we want solid I that could lose. you money. You have to stand up for. people. You know, at Omar Atan, he's been viewed. as a hero now in Somalia, across Africa, and frankly across the world. But you. have that, you have the way Donald Trump.

has been treating lots of African fans. and fans from Middle East countries and. you know where he's denied visas. just because of race, ethnicity. uh you know the the way he didn't allow. the Iranian team's. officials, managers to be there and I. understand you know the United States is. saying you know look we're in a war.

we're in a war yeah but. even that this is not how you how you. treat someone if you're a host country. this is not how you act and if you're. going to go to war with the rest of the. world don't be a host country that in in. an event that's supposed to that's. supposed to unify. But now Giani. Infontino's his new sticktick. Chill. Just chill. Just relax. Relax. We're not. like a government. What can I do? I'm. just a soccer league. I'm just a I'm. just a soccer league. That's the chill.

Chill. Chill. Let me show you first. Giani infantino. I'm the expulsion of. Omar Arton. Here's what he has to say. Let's play this clip. You don't control. everything. We try, we will discuss, we will speak, we will see. Maybe sometimes it's good as well to. just, you know, chill, relax. We work on everything. We try to solve. everything. Sometimes to immediately start screaming.

and shouting has the opposite effect of. finding a solution. Believe me when I tell you or don't. believe me if you don't want, but we try. always to find solutions. always but then we need to respect that. we are not the kings of uh the world who. can rule over governments and police. forces and I don't know what we are a. sports organization we try to do our.

best with the means that we have to make. as much. as possible and in this and and I. conclude. uh we want to unite the world And if I. can ask you one thing. again, if you want to criticize me, criticize me. That's fine. It's okay. But promote the unity of the. World Cup. Promote. You promote. Shut. the f up. You promote it. You're in the.

leadership position. The media is just. reporting on what you are doing. If you. promote unity and stand up for the. Somalian referee and stand up for. teams that have members of their country. who have been banned under Donald. Trump's racist policies, then the media. will report on what you're doing. They're not arbitrarily. calling this out just because. It's.

because you have defied the unifying. principles of the game. If you look in. Mexico, they're having a great time out. there. They're they are greeting people. and treating people lovely with no. drama. That's what it should be in the. US. And you were linked at the hip with. Trump. You gave him a fake peace prize. to soothe his ego. And that made you. feel good, right? I mean, you got a lot. of media. You felt tough. He put you.

when he announced some board of peace. fake thing. You were sitted you were. sitting there in a board of peace after. giving him a fake peace prize. You were. cosplaying that you were like a prime. minister or a president. And now when. things are happening, I'm just a soccer league. These are the. kings and the you sat next to the kings. and the princes and the presidents and. now I'm just the soccer league. And. there's so many people like that. Like. think about the energy secretary Chris.

Wright, right? He was cross-examined by. Democratic Congresswoman Amelia Sykes. and he was asked some very basic. questions. And to see. a person like that who achieved a degree. of success in their private life before. success is. symbolic. He's not like a real, you. know, lots of people would look at his. life as an energy exec. Yeah, it's not.

the measure of success. I hear you. I. agree with you. But you know what I'm. trying to say. uh to to see someone who. was supposed to be a leader in their. field then become the energy secretary. and then behave like this. By the way, hat tip to Amelia Sykes, Democratic. Congresswoman for her great cross exam. Let's just play a little bit of it. Let's play it. >> Uh thank you to the witness for being. here. I I will say uh your expertise is.

energy and I would hope that you would. not invoke the words of Dr. Martin. Luther King without adequate context. because quite frankly that is not your. expertise. But since you want to talk. about people unqualified in. meritocracies, let's talk about. President Trump. Do you feel like your. positions and policy statements are in. line with President Trump? >> Yes, I hope so. Do you love inflation?

>> Uh, I love ending Iran's ability to have. a nuclear weapon. I think that's. existential. >> That was not my question. Do you love. inflation? Yes or no? >> I love ending Iran's. >> That is not my question. Yes or no? >> No, I would prefer lower inflation. >> You would prefer low inflation. Do you. know uh that your boss essentially. President Trump just stated that he. loved inflation?

>> He's a entertaining hyperbolic guy who's. done tremendous leadership and on. balance is driving inflation. >> So it sounds like you were unaware that. the President Trump just mentioned that. he loved uninflation and I certainly. don't want to get you in trouble with. your boss but it sounds like you don't. love inflation but he does. But let me. ask you this other question. Are you. aware that the United States was taking. millions of barrels of GA ga gasoline uh. from Iran in the straight of Hormuse? >> Uh we are preventing the flow of Iranian.

oil through the straight. >> That is not the question that I just. asked you. Were you aware that the. United States has been taking millions. of gallons of oil from the straight of. Hormouth? I'm. >> just not sure taking is the right word. We're preventing the flow of it. >> Well, thank you. Um Mr. Chair, if I may, can I play some audio from some comments. that President Trump made in the Oval. Office? >> Okay. >> The numbers were. >> I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you.

know, I can say it now. Something you. didn't know. Do you know we've been. taken out? >> Let's spend uh let's barrels of oil. >> Nobody knows it. You know who doesn't. know about it? Iran. Until right now. Mr. Secretary, it seems like you didn't. know about this either. So why would the. United States be taking out millions of. barrels of oil from Iran? >> Well, it's essential that we prevent oil. sales from generating revenue for Iran. to to spend to develop nuclear weapons.

in a president. >> Mr. Secretary, I understand this might. be an uncomfortable line of questioning. and you don't want to do it, but you are. not answering my question. So, I'm going. to ask you again and I'm going to hope. that you will answer it honestly. Did. you know that the United States was. taking millions of gallons of oil from. Iran? >> I'm I'm unaware. >> So, do you think that the president is. lying based on the audio that you just. heard? And I will send it to you in case. you say you didn't hear it. >> Oh, no. I do not think the president is. lying. I think the president's talking. casually about our efforts to stop the.

flow of Iranian oil and stop. >> Do you think that it is appropriate to. talk casual casually about war? I think. you talk to all different audiences and. you talk in all different styles, but I. I I don't I don't have any serious. objection to what he said. >> You don't have any serious objection for. someone talking about war casually. Do you have that objection? There are 13. service people who are dead. There are. hundreds more that are injured, but we. should be talking about war casualty. >> He treats this war deadly serious and he.

has worked tirelessly on this war. >> Mr. Secretary, you just said that he was. a he was speaking casually about this. He was it is. >> in 20 hours a day. He speaks 20 hours a. day in different styles for different. audiences. >> He is the president of the United States. of America. He is the commander-in-chief. who is responsible for 13 service. members who have died and hundreds more. who are injured. So you mean to say to. me testifying in front of this committee. in the United States House of. Representatives that it is appropriate. for the commander-in-chief to talk about.

war casually? He speaks candidly, openly, and honestly. I think all of. America benefits from that. >> Well, I appreciate your attempt to. protect your boss and to keep your job, but let me be very clear with you. It is. not appropriate to talk about war. casually. He is clearly keeping you in. the dark about what he is doing in Iran. And now you are sitting here in this. committee unaware that the president. just made an announcement about millions. of barrels that they have taken from.

Iran and stated in that very very. clearly people don't know but now we get. to know but unfortunately he sent you. here and you didn't know it. What is. your response to that? >> I'm very proud to serve with President. Trump. He's been tremendous leadership. in a time of great stress right now and. proud of what he's doing. Proud to be. part of the team. Well, I I would not be. proud if my boss sent me up uh Shitz. Creek and left me here in a committee. without adequate information and. speaking casually about war. That is a.

horrible place to be and I'm so sorry. that you have to defend that is beneath. your honor. >> And a woman's time is expired. I'd also. >> Yeah, that was surgical right there. And. by the way, all Democrats should watch. that. All politicians should watch that. when they're questioning any witness. We. don't want to hear you as the politician. speak and give speeches. I'm not even just so you know from my. editorial perspective. If you think that.

that's going to help you get press, it. isn't. It's going to do the opposite. I. don't need to hear you give a speech. Unless you're a committee ranking member. and you give the opening speech. But. when you're questioning the witness, question, reclaim my time. Question question. Reclaim my time. Question. like that was. every Democrat or any pot should study. that because that's exactly how you need. to cross-examine a witness. It's very. very impressive. And then you heard his. responses. He's an entertaining.

hyperbolic guy. He talks casually. He. talks 20 hours a day. What's up with the. the 20 hours? He doesn't talk 20 hours a. day. He sleeps in public. He doesn't. talk 20 hours a day. When he talks, he. talks nonsense and gibberish and his. sentences are incoherent. They don't. form sentence structures and he's a. maniac and he contradicts himself within. the same I'm going to blow them up. I'm. going to blow them. I'm going to blow.

the out of them or whatever he. says. I'm going to make a deal. I'm. going to make a deal. It's it's I'm not. looking for a hyperbolic, entertaining, casuallytalking. president. I'm looking for a serious. individual, sober, serious, circumspect. And I think they hit on something even. broader. which is one of the reasons why we got. here today uh in general which is.

this going back to values and principles. where so much of the media. turned into this reality shitow. over the past 20 to 30 years. Is it shocking that some reality TV. shitow person. is able to. captivate and entertain the media as he.

talks casually? That's why we created a different type. of media here at the Midas Touch Network. that calls out the behavior and says. that's not how we should be reporting on. things. And in fact, our thesis here as. well is by us not chasing that stuff. and by calling it out and by focusing on. what we do here. There's actually a.

bigger audience over here as well. because most of you, most of the people. out there don't like that stuff. Just. corporate news controlled the tubes. They controlled the pipes and they got. arrogant and they thought well we. control it so that's why people want to. hear people didn't really have another. choice and that's why when we create a. new structure it's not it's not. do the gamification stuff and this. person that person I don't I just you.

you may like this or not like this about. the network I don't like even covering. like the race and like a primary between. I don't like personalities. this personality, that person, I just it. just doesn't appeal to me as much. What. appeals to me is the overriding values. and principles of being a good person. and caring for others and focusing on. uplifting people and calling out. corruption across the world and exposing.

authoritarianism. And ultimately, where that aligns with. politicians, they can join us on our. turf. But I don't want to chase them on. their turf. That just doesn't that. doesn't fascinate me. Any politician or. most politicians will mostly let you. down eventually. So I don't want to get. too invested in this personality or that. person. This just doesn't excite me as. much. And then when you talk about this. reality show Trumpian whatever I.

mean just think about this. You had. Hegsith. yesterday in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. doing PT. with members of the military there. You're the you're the defense secretary. and he's like staging. some weird It looks like some like. straight to DVD movie. when I used to watch DVDs or straight to.

Blockbuster or what what was the what. was the name of the video store in my my. town like movie? Was it called Movie. Town? It was called movie town. They had a. little popcorn that you'd go and you. have a little popcorn in movie town. Um. I don't know why I'm think about that. Straight to DVD movie straight to tape. Look at Hegsith at Guantanamo Bay. This. is what he said yesterday. Iran would be. unw movie land. It's movie land. Iran. would be unwise to challenge us further. Here, let's watch this.

>> Out in out in um the Persian Gulf in the. Gulf of Oman and ensuring Iran doesn't. target shipping. And again, we're. prepared there to do what needs to be. done. Right now, they're defensive. strikes to ensure we protect our people. Again, Iran would be unwise to challenge. us further. President Trump is seeking a. deal, but not just a deal, a great deal, on behalf of the American people, so. that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. >> What the What the What the hell? What.

the hell is that? What the I mean, I. watch this stuff and I'm like, "What the. the [laughter]. hell is that?" I mean, it's like. literally this guy's a clown. Like, it's. like a clur. Okay. Ron would be unwise. Look at us. Look at. us, boys. Look at us, boys. Look at us. go, boys. We're going to do some. push-up, boys. Yeah. Yeah. We're just a. bunch of We're just a bunch of dudes, right? Yeah. Okay, man. You take this. around. We're just a bunch of dudes.

being dudes, man. Watch this. I'm like, who the f are these freaking losers? These goblins and goons who are running, who the f are these freaking people? And. then, you know, and so going back to my. leadership speech, you know, then you've. got Rubio, and Rubio is like, Donald. Trump makes good on his threats. And. he's threatened to leave the UFC claw.

in the White House. He'll make good on his threat. Watch. what Rubio says. Let's play it. >> I was there late last night. They were. testing the pyrochnics. I'm not going to. give away anything other than to say. they work. It was good. Um, Secret. Service wasn't as excited by the. explosions, but everybody else and what. they built out there was phenomenal. We'll never see it again. Um, although. the president president's threatening to. leave it permanently. You heard that, right? Yeah. He's threatening to leave. the just don't know. Maybe, you know, we'll just host weekly fights between. people in politics, you know, and uh and.

settle our scores that way. But all. kidding aside, it's Sunday is an. unbelievable historic I think never to. be repeated until next year experience. uh uh for the American people to be able. to see a sport that this is where I want. to close and I made this point earlier. We were doing a little interview about. it. Um the White House is the people's. house. It belongs to the people of the. United States. The American 250. celebration belongs to the people of the. United States and there are million.

>> except it's not an America 250. celebration. It's not even a Freedom 250. celebration. It's a UFC fight. Parent. company Donald Trump has an investment. in where Americans would be forced to. pay $9 a month to get Paramount Plus if. they want to watch it. There's crypto. advertisements and beverage. advertisements all over the White House. right now. And. this is when I was watching uh when I. was watching that and I saw Rubio, he's.

like uh this is really going to be a. historic experience. This is where I want to close. This is. going to be a historic exper this is. where I want this is going to be an. historic we don't think if Obama wanted. to have a basketball game outside the. White House, he could have done it. If. Biden wanted to do a boxing fight. outside, you don't think he could have. done it. It it is degrading to the. people's house to see the commercial. exploitation of some UFC fight.

politicized. violent propaganda outside of the White. House. with a gigantic claw occupying the. people's house that taxpayers are paying. for this. Look, I I've never really been. a big fan of UFC. I have friends who are. fans of UFC. I just I I don't enjoy I. don't I like boxing. I don't I don't. want the UFC just doesn't do it for me. I don't you know there's there's too. many of them. There's like UFC 373 then. 374 375 and I it doesn't give me.

enjoyment watching it. I don't I don't. The knockouts happen sometimes so. quickly that I grapple a lot. I don't it. just it's not my thing. So, but if you. like it, you like it. It's all good. I. prefer like a good boxing match if we're. going over there. like basketball, another like watching FIFA, you know, but it doesn't need to happen at the. White House and the taxpayers don't need. to pay for it and it's not a historic. experience. It's weird and it's um.

and it it is you know I saw I saw was a. Congress member who's like uh what are. we going to do fights next? We. doing fights at the white what are. we doing here? You know it's not. historic. I don't and and all the people. who were like there and like laughing. and normalizing this till we do it next. year [laughter]. and I don't like the pyro technics. I'm. not going to give it away. You know, you. know what's a historic experience? Let. me I'll tell you what would be a. historic experience. If you truly.

brought peace to the Middle East, that. would be historic experience. If you. stopped the genocide in Gaza, that would. be a actually a historic experience. If. you stop the war from Russia's invasion. of Ukraine, that would be a historic. experience. Um, if you were able to. create an economy that worked for most. of Americans, all of Americans, that. would be a historic experience. If you. built housing for Americans, and people. could afford homes, again, that would be.

a historic. If you reduced inflation, that would be a historic experience. if. you put safeguards on AI and you found. ways to not allow the proliferation of. these data centers while also. recognizing a need for innovation in our. country but protected communities from. the exploitation by data centers that. would be a that would be a historic uh. experience you know if you if you could. achieve the this is when when I think. about electing people to be public.

servants and what I want them to. deliver. I don't think, man, you know. what I really, really want. What I'm. really looking for is a renovation of. the Rose Garden into a private club for. right-wing oligarchs. And then ideally, we can have a UFC fight with a gigantic. claw right there on the lead on the. leader's birthday that will be put on a. streaming service that I have to pay. for. And that's really I that's that's.

what I look for. And we we we have to we. have to take a step back before even. getting into this political party or. that political party or this or that. And we have to. reflect on. like basic humanity and our existence. and what what what we're here. I know. we're so busy. There's so much things. going on. We're bombarded with so much. information, social media and this thing.

and that thing and there's ah everywhere. you look and your iPhones and your Sam. this and that and and and and AI. revolution and everywhere you look and. there's people angry it there's so much. that sometimes a demagogue arises and. says I have the pro I have the fix I. have this I have that and we have. We have to go back and recognize. that we need to safeguard that and.

where we should enjoy entertainment, where we should enjoy sport, where we. should enjoy fun and all of these. things. And by the way, whether you're religious. or not religious, your your your views and beliefs, we can. have those things. outside of government. Within government, I want public servants.

Public. for the people servants. You serve. You take an oath. to defend and protect and preserve. and you keep that oath. And I don't need your personal drama, your personal emotions, your.

anger and. weirdness. I don't need that in my face. I want a leader. who is able to communicate transparently. about the challenges we face. Even if. they're bad, even if we're heading in a. bad direction, even if there are job. losses and rising inflation, I want. someone to explain to me what the real. situation is and how we get out of it. and what we're doing to fight it. That's. life. Life is.

problems emerge. That's why we have. leaders. The leaders aren't supposed to compound. the problems. They're supposed to be. problem solvers. And I'm not looking to be, I guess, in. the words of energy secretary, right, entertained by hyperbolic demagogues who. speak casually about war. I don't want. that. I want people who talk soberly and. seriously about the current conditions.

and who get us out. May that be boring? Yeah. May that be. not entertaining? Yeah. May that be challenging. and. cause debates? Yeah. Will that may require compromise? Yeah. But that's what I want in the.

government. I want a bureaucracy that functions. where there's waste, fraud, and abuse. Let's figure it out. Let's find it. All. good, but let's not use it as a pretext. to cut. screworm detection, Ebola detection. Cut critical staff that you then. realize, oopsies, seems like we actually. need them. No, I want a functioning. bureaucracy, functioning agencies,

regulations against overreach. Doesn't mean we need excessive. regulations, but there's a reason why we. have environmental regulations, security. law regulations. There's a reason we. have these things. And then at the very. top, I want a leader who empathizes. with the experience of the people. And. anybody who wants to step into the arena. should have those qualities. And we the.

people. should make sure that that's what we're. looking for, not this. cosplay. hyperbolic. casual talking. made for reality TV dystopian nightmare. I'll leave you with that. This has been. Ben on Breaking News. Watch the Brother. show tonight, 8 Eastern, 5 Pacific, and.

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