🚨 LIVE: Trump CAUSING WORLD WAR… 10/13/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Marcelis and this is your breaking news. We've got war spreading across the world. as a result of Donald Trump's weakness. We're going to talk about all of the. developments in the past 24 hours. A lot. of these developments have happened. right before we went live. We're going. to look at what's happening in the. straight of Hormuz in and around the. straight of Hormuz close to the Gulf of. Oman as well. Iran has struck two. tankers today right around the straight.

of Hormuz. They struck six tankers uh in. the past 24 to 48 hours in addition to. the two today. So that's about eight. tankers in the past 48 hours or so. In. the past 10 days, there have been close. to 20 to 25 tankers that have been. struck in the straight of Hormuz and uh. in the Gulf of Oman and the surrounding. area. We'll talk about that. We'll talk. about the massive escalation in the war. right now between Saudi Arabia and Anser.

Allah, the Houthis. Uh earlier today, Saudi Arabia's PLC, the group that Saudi. Arabia backs in, uh Yemen, struck hard. and Saudi Arabia directly uh struck hard. in Sana, the capital for Ansarala, uh. the Houthis. They also struck other uh. cities under the control of Ansurala. The Houthis responded by striking hard. in Riad. Uh also striking in Duran, striking Aramco facilities there. Uh.

Saudi Arabia claimed it's just debris. and it's not really major strikes that. have taken place. There are major. strikes. We have the video of what's. taken place and this follows what we saw. this weekend when Ansarala struck the. Riad King Khaled airport uh in Saudi. Arabia. Uh they struck back-toback days, terminal three and terminal 4, killing. at least 14 people at King Khaled. airport and injuring close to 350.

people. And as we've been reporting now. for a few weeks, Saudi Arabia's uh. defense minister turned off the. notifications of incoming ballistics and. incoming drones in order to cover up. what's taking place. And so when people. uh were at the airport in King Khaled in. Riad or at the airport in Dean and other. areas, they were not aware that the. ballistic missiles and drones were. incoming when in the past they would at.

least get alerts when the ballistic. missiles and drones were incoming. Now. Saudi Arabia says people were just. getting annoyed by the alerts and it was. keeping them up at night. So that's why. we were not doing the alerts during an. active war. Also, the Saudi Arabia. Ministry of the Interior uh once again. put out a notice that uh filming or. taking photographs of any of the Ansaral. Houthi strikes in Saudi Arabia is a. crime. And we've learned from the US.

State Department. Multiple US citizens. have been detained by Saudi Arabia for. apparently taking photo and video of the. Ansarala strikes in Saudi Arabia. Of. course, no word from Donald Trump on. that as he continues to cover up. basically everything. Although Donald. Trump has been posting photos all. morning of people getting mauled by. animals. Yeah, Donald Trump was posting. the video of the person mauled to death. by the tiger at that Yorkshire park. And.

he's posting other weird videos of. people getting eaten by animals. uh in. addition to making posts that kid rock. loves him and Mike Tyson loves him and. fake quotes to Denzel Washington. That's. what the president of the United States. is busy doing right now as he's heading. Yeah, here's one and such post. I'm not. going to show the video, but he's. literally post death videos of animals. mauling human beings. That's president. of the United States who's an absolute. psychopath, lunatic, sex predator,

criminal. um an incredibly weak and. pathetic individual covering up child. sex trafficking rings right now. Let's. use moral clarity when we speak about. this demented individual in the Oval. Office. Um but war is spreading to more. locations and escalating in other. locations. Um this morning we learned. that two tankers were struck in the. Black Sea in the economic zone of. Bulgaria. You see those arrows right. there? You can see the location of.

Bulgaria. This follows strikes on. tankers in the economic zone of Romania. that we reported on in the past month or. so. There were other strikes off the. coast of Bulgaria October 5th, October. 6th as well. Um Bulgaria and Romania are. members of NATO. Um, they're very. careful in their posts not to blame. Russia, even though it's very clear. these are Russian drones striking these.

tankers. A lot of the crew on these. tankers, they're not Bulgarian flagged. vessels. There are vessels. It's very. confusing sometimes the way these. tankers are flagged because sometimes. they're flagged with decoy flags from. other countries and but you know these. tankers appear to potentially have some. supplies of Ukraine Ukrainian crew. I. think there was some Azerbaijanis on. this as well. Um there's 11 sailors who. I think are still missing as of this.

recording on one of the tankers off the. coast of Bulgaria. But Bulgaria is not. saying it's Russia because I think they. realize that the implication if they. admit that which we all know would be. invocation article 4, article five of. NATO. And I think one of the things that. NATO recognizes is that the Trump regime. would not honor article four and article. five. Um, article four, I mean article.

five is the joint defense pact. Article. four uh is the consultation. So we would. expect at least article four to be. invoked but um that has not been. invoked. Um and I think this is part of. Russia kind of testing how far it can go. with NATO and also causing internal. strife within NATO. We saw one of the. NATO allied commanders for Europe. I did. a video on this just before I went live.

uh Admiral Granowich uh Alexis G. Grankowitch, cenamed Grinch, uh he gave. a speech at the Warsaw Poland security. summit uh in the past 24 hours where he. was like, "Here's what we're going to do. to Russia. We're going to blunt them. Then we're going to do this. Then we're. going to," you know, and it's like, "Okay, well, shortly after that speech, Russia struck these tankers off the. coast of Bulgaria." And it would seem to.

invoke the so-called theory of victory. that the NATO Supreme Allied Commander. was conveying in Warsaw, Poland. Now, he. went to Warsaw, Poland, because our. allies of the United States or former. allies, whatever you want to call it, or. NATO partners, whatever the name is at. this point, because Trump attacks NATO, um they are obviously very worried when. they see Trump entering into unlawful. diesel deals with Russia after the US. passed a sanctions act to bolster.

sanctions on Russia and countries that. do business with Russia, only for Trump. to do a diesel deal with Russia for a. tiny amount of diesel that won't. actually make any difference in the. global market because it's like an. hour's worth of diesel in the overall. global market for diesel about a day or. less than a day of diesel in the United. States. And also, Russia doesn't have a. surplus of diesel because Ukraine.

previously struck 51% of the Russian. diesel refining capacity offline. So, there have been lots of questions. Is. Iran sending its diesel through the. Caspian Sea or through land routes to. Russia? And Russia is going to resell. Iranian diesel to the United States, a. world market. Is that what Putin was. speaking with Pzeski and Iran's. president when they were in Turk. Medistan for the CIS summit? My dogs are.

wondering too if that's what they were. uh speaking about. Then we'll talk about. what's happening in North Korea. Uh. right now they have launched ballistic. missile tests right by uh Japan. You. have Kim Jong-un bragging about the. nuclear arsenal that North Korea has. You do have Ukraine striking in Russia. as well earlier this week hitting data. centers like the Yandex data center in. Vladimir. So we had uh actually seen a.

significant decrease in Russian bot. activity after the Yandex facility was. struck by Ukraine. And one of the things. that Zalinski has said as well over the. past 24 hours as Russia has hit hard in. Ukraine, um you have Putin striking hard. in Kev, in Carke, in Odessa, Zapricia, and many other cities, killing dozens. and dozens of people uh throughout.

Ukraine. The United States would. normally allow Ukraine to link up to the. warning system in order to determine if. ballistic missiles or cruise missiles. were being fired at Ukraine. So there. could be warning to the people in. Ukraine. That warning system has not. been functioning since Donald Trump. announced the diesel deal with Putin. Now, the US officials are saying it's. because of the weather, which Ukraine.

doesn't believe at all. Ukraine is. treading carefully here because they are. trying to deal with other people in the. Trump regime to try to get the warning. system back online. And I think they. know if they accuse Donald Trump of just. turning the system off, which clearly it. seems he did, that he's such a feeble, weak, sick, disgusting, sex predator, vile piece of trash, that it may make.

him kind of further engage in conduct. that's even more harmful uh to Ukraine. But we're following that up and seeing. what's happening uh there as well. Um, so when I title [clears throat] this. episode that Donald Trump is causing a. world war, you can push back and you can. say, don't be hyperbolic at the Midas. Touch Network. There isn't a world war.

taking place. And I would just say to. you, okay, well then there are a lot of. regional wars that are taking place. throughout the world in basically every. region. Now, I focused this introduction. on the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, but I could also do. entire episodes, and you know, I do, on. what's going on in Central and South.

America, where the Trump regime has. active combat troops in the region. working with Trump puppet dictators. There you have the Trump regime. kidnapping independent prosecutors in. South America who are out there. prosecuting the highlevel narco. traffickers while the Trump regime. engages on a daily it seems basis in the. war crimes by destroying fishing boats. that don't seem to be connected to.

highlevel narot trafficking or narot. trafficking at all while the Trump. regime puts in puppets who seem to be. directly connected to some of the higher. level awful conduct taking place and. people who are prosecuting it and going. after it are being disappeared by the. Trump regime and the Trump dictators. across South America. I could focus for. hours on what's going on in Africa right. now and various countries where the.

Trump regime basically involves these. private mercenary uh groups like Eric. Prince's mercenary group and they're out. there basically with special forces or. former special forces in the United. States and other countries basically. trying to exploit mining activity. in Africa and suck up other resources in. Africa. And so there are numerous proxy.

wars taking place all throughout Africa. right now as well. So we could do whole. episodes on that. But there's basically. war everywhere. And then even here in. North America, Donald Trump consistently. threatens Canada with war. He consistent. and it's not hyperbolic. When you speak. to people in Canada like the Maple Midas. out there, shout out to all of you. When Trump says 51st state, that's not. just trade war language. That's.

sovereignty language. That's war. language. Okay? And I know that there. are, you know, people go, "Oh, that's. not what he it's just Trump. It's just. his word." No, when the. commanderin-chief talks about stealing. the sovereignty of a nation, that's the. language of invasion. That's the. language that Putin uses for Ukraine. When Putin talks about, "I want a deal. with Ukraine." He says, he means, and we.

know, we know what he says. We know what. Labra says. They want all of Eastern. Ukraine. Then they won't stop there. Then they'll probably go more west and. more west. But what Putin says, "We want. to do a deal. All of Eastern Ukraine. belongs to us." And then there's a deal. That's that's how we view the theory of. victory by Russia is that and that's. what they said. Otherwise, they're never. making a deal. There's no other deal to. be had. Now, the theory of doing a deal.

that Zalinski had and that others had, whether you believe this or not, is that. if you face off Putin with strength, with a unified NATO, and Zalinski is. able to make advances, not just on the. front, but actually cause pain deeper. into Russia. The theory of victory there. is that eventually the people of Russia. will demand that Putin do a deal with.

Zalinski and that there could be a deal. through strength and that that's the. only way that's the way Zalinski and the. non US NATO members view it. On the. other hand, Putin views it. I want all. of Eastern Ukraine. Putin claims that. what's going on on the battlefield is. productive, which which it is. objectively that isn't. But we have to. speak accurately with with what's going. on though, right? Like we we have to. sift through propaganda all around us.

wherever it is. Like to me, here's the. objective facts. The objective fact is. that Putin said that he would take Keev. and all of Ukraine in three days. We're. five years in. So clearly that objective. failed. I think that is what's called an. undisputed fact. On the front, on the. front, there's basically a stalemate and. Ukraine's able to move up occasionally. Occasionally Russia advances on the. front, but there's basically a. standstill as you have this modern-day.

trench warfare, Allah, World War I, but. you have drones and all autonomous. technology, and you have killing. machines and an even deadlier kill zone. than what you had obviously in World War. I based on modern technology. So there's. basically this stalemate on the front. line. What Russia has been able to do. and we shouldn't lie about, we shouldn't.

be like, "Oh, their capacity to make. weapons has been destroyed." That's not. true. We have to speak the truth so we. know what's happening here. Russia has. developed some of the most cutting edge. technology. uh through this war that exists. Period. It used the Iranianbased Shahi drones. and turned them into Garen 4s and Garin. 5 jet fueled drones. The Garen 4 and the. Garin 5 are like hybrids. They're.

basically cruise missiles. Also, Russia. has deals with North Korea. A lot of the. dualuse component parts in all of this. Russian equipment comes from China and. also a lot of the semiconductor. technology and a lot of the other. critical tech actually comes from US big. tech companies who basically put their. stuff on the market and it's easy to. disassemble and then reassemble into. whether it's intentional, negligent,

reckless. I'll let you be the judge of. what that is. But the big tech in the. US, their semiconductors, the advanced technology and chips that's. finding its way into all of these uh. Russian weapons. But Russia's developing. 36,000 garens a year, whereas the US. produces 2,000 Patriot interceptors a. year. 36,000 garens that do the striking. versus 2,000 interceptors. And then the.

question is, does the US give those. interceptors to allies? Is the Trump. regime giving those interceptors to. Saudi Arabia, to the UAE? I mean, we're. not giving those to Zalinsky. One of the. issues Zalinsky has is he's got no. interceptors. He's got no interceptor. license. Throughout the summer, Trump. tapped Zalinsky along and said, "We. would get you interceptors or. interceptor licenses." at the NATO. summit in Ankura, the one where Donald. Trump left with Natalie Harp hiding in.

the catering cart. Um, and then went to. the non-Air force one airplane. Donald. Trump, we see him. He's on video. And on. video, Donald Trump says to Zalinsky, "I'm going to get you the interceptor. licenses." That was critical for this. autumn and winter. Donald Trump did not. do that. That was what, July 9th? Was it. around July 9th? July 4th, Donald Trump. spoke with Putin for 90 minutes. What do.

you think Donald Trump and Putin were. speaking about on America's 250th. birthday? Well, I think you can see the. plans all laid out in my opinion. Feel. free to disagree. My opinions are. protected by the First Amendment. Although, if Donald Trump decided to sue. me, I would just notice his deposition. right away. And he's a scared little. coward and he would not sit for his. deposition. We'll talk about that later. in the show because the BBC served him. with a deposition notice and surprise. surprise, Donald Trump is a coward and.

he's afraid to sit for a deposition in a. lawsuit that he filed. But I digress. And then going back though to the Trump. Putin July 4th call. Subsequently, you. have Trump meeting with Zalinsky saying, "I'm gonna get you interceptor. licenses." That was a big deal for. Ukraine. And then we have Donald Trump. announcing the diesel deal with Putin. after there are numerous laws. The 2022. US end Russian Importation Act. How. about that one? End Russian importation. of diesel act. Giving importing diesel.

from Russia would seem to violate the. 2022 Endrussian Diesel Importation Act. There's also the 2017 Katza Caa or. CATSA. It's a certification. uh law that Trump signed during his. first term. If you do any material deals. with Russia, you've got to give Congress. 30 days notice so they could determine. if they approve or reject the deal you. do with Russia. Trump violated uh that.

as well, but you have that deal. And now. heading into autumn, heading into. winter, where are we? We have a. stalemate on the front. Yes. But we have. Russia developing these new Garin fours. and Garin 5 drones and cruise missiles. and the ballistics which are very hard. to intercept. Ukraine can't intercept. Russian ballistics, struggles to. intercept crews and now struggling with. the Garin for drones. Ukraine went from.

a 90% interception rate of Russian Shahi. drones to now an interception rate of. 51%. And I think that's overstating it. Now, Iran likely has the Garin 4, Garin. 5 technology as well that they're. utilizing in my opinion. And if we were. to see an escalation in the catastrophic. war with Iran, Iran now has enhanced. capabilities. So, it's not just dumb.

with a B when Donald Trump is out there. lying about, oh, you know, the army of. Iran is at the bottom of the sea. Iran. is suffering. They're at 300% inflation. They're begging for a deal. Like, it's. not only dumb to say that Iran's about. to surrender. What does Besson say? I'm. gonna give him a noogie. I'm gonna give. him a wedgie. No, he says I'm going to. cry uncle. How do you say cry uncle in. Farsy? I mean, what are you like the. bratty bad kid from like some weird.

movie I watched in the early 1990s at. summer camp? Cry uncle man. You know, you know they do the fart noise with. their hand like is that best? What are. you like a loser? What are you talking. about? They're going to cry uncle. He. said that on September 24th they're. going to cry uncle. Back in April he. said they were going to surrender and. that the pipes in Iran were going to. blow up because the blockade was so. effective. The reality is is that I. believe um the top advisor to Ayatollah. Mojaba Kmeni Moshin Razi is his name is.

not bluffing when he says if Trump and. Netanyahu escalate this catastrophic war. um against us we have identified $2. trillion. of US and US affiliated infrastructure. in the region that we will strike with. our drones and ballistics and cruise. missiles. right away. We are prepared to. strike these facilities. Data centers. will cut the cables underneath uh the.

straight of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. and the Persian Gulf. We know where. they're located. It's easy for us to cut. the fiber optics and those cables, shut. down businesses in the Middle East and. throughout the world. We're prepared to. do that. And if you want evidence that. they've got the capabilities to do it, look at their ally, Ansarala, the. Houthis, who don't have the same. capacity as Iran has or anywhere near. it, but they've got a lot of capacity. Warfare has changed and the era of big.

aircraft carriers and expensive. interceptors. Each interceptor alone is. about $4 million a pop. If you want to. get the that interceptor, $11 million a. pop. So if you're shooting a Iranian. orala ballistic that costs 150k or 250k, the drones cost$25,000 or $30,000 and. what the scenes we've been seeing in.

Saudi Arabia, which I'll show for you in. a little bit, where they're shooting. three, four interceptors at the same. time. Do the math. Five million each. Five, 10, 15. 20 million. of our dollars. 20 million of our dollars going to try. to stop an Ansaral ballistic. But guess. what? These Ansurala ballistic missiles. and some of these new drones as well, they've upgraded where they can do a few.

things. One, cluster munitions. So, as. they're about to get hit, boom, [clears throat] cluster munitions. They. spray the clusters and then it lights. what it lands on on fire. That's a new. advent to the ballistic system. And then. some of the new ballistics swerve in the. air. They change direction. They used to. go point A to point B. So if you had the. what would they call it? The Iron Dome. or the this you would be able to locate. it, target it, and then hit it. Now,

what happens is you launch one of your. interceptors at one of these new. ballistics. It the new ballistic boom changes. directions in the middle of the air. And. look, some of the interceptors are still. effective. They have a navigation, but. it's going against basically two. navigation. So, it's hard to it's hard. to hit. But even if you hit it, you've. now wasted $20 million. And what we actually see is Saudi Arabia. is not able to hit him. not able to.

intercept him. We're seeing Ansarala. have its way in Saudi Arabia. Now, Saudi. Arabia is doing a massive freaking. amount of damage in Sauna right now, the. capital of the Houthis and Ansarala. But. Ansarala is answering that right there. What I'm showing you, that's the scene. right now in Yemen. That's the scene in. Ansurala controlled areas over there as. well. And I'll show you what it looks. like in Saudi Arabia in a little bit as. well. But the Aramco headquarters has.

been struck in Dan, Saudi Arabia. Riad. is under attack as well in Saudi Arabia. right now. And let me just show this. video, Jeremy. This is the one in Iran. from Fars. I broadcast footage. showcasing some of Iran's capabilities. with their anti-ship cruise missiles, drone launches, and UAV overflights. Do. we have this clip that we can show super. quick? You post.

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Now you could say, "Well, Ben, that's. just what they're showing." Oh, okay. Look, look, there have been two more. tankers struck today, right before I. went live in the straight of Hormuz. Yesterday there was announced six. tankers were struck in the in the. straight of Hormuz. Do the math. That's. eight tankers. Okay, we're running out. of ships right now. Okay, we realize that we're running out. of ships right now. And then just ask. yourself, what am I paying for diesel?

What am I paying for gas? What's the. reality of the situation? This is sad for me to report. This is. not a slam dunk moment where I'm spiking. the football that the US looks so. foolish and weak. But I think the. ultimate sign of patriotism is actually. to present the facts and not do what. corporate news is doing and be real with. you about what the hell is actually. happening. What the f is actually. happening right now? Take our first. break. A reminder WTF America is the.

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I wake up every morning and I say, "WTF? For real? What the what the f is. happening?". I wanted to be very specific and. diligent in that first segment and not. show a lot of videos or any videos at. all because I wanted to just go piece by. piece by piece by piece by piece with. you bringing the data, bringing the info. and then I'll layer in the receipts over. here. Um, so if you're just tuning in, go back to the first segment where I.

don't want to see any comments that are. like, you said there's war all over the. world and you're not just I did. literally 27 minutes um on every aspect. of what's taking place throughout the. world in the past 24 hours. And as I. stated, there are multiple regional wars. all at once right now. So call it a. world war or multiple regional wars. But. we're seeing what happens when the.

United States is. not just no longer a superpower, but when you have the United States as a. deeply unserious nation. We are. unserious. We are not serious people. under the Trump regime. the same way. Donald Trump and his companies and his. organizations. not serious losers bankrupt. we would. see over and over again.

all flash but no gas. kind of true when you actually use the. gas reference over I'm not even sure if. that's an expression but uh all and it's. not even flash just go to his casinos. we're going to the biggest casinos. Michael Jackson's going to be here no. one's ever done it we're going to do. three casinos right next to each other. in Atlantic City and we're going to take. out so much debt. It's going to be.

amazing. And then people would warn, hey, you know, doing three casinos right. next to each other and taking on that. much debt, you're going to cannibalize. each other's casinos. And there's just. not enough revenue out there to cover. your debt. Shut up. I'm suing you. whistleblowers. And Trump would sue the. whistleblowers. And they were right. They were all right. Trump's casinos. went bankrupt. Not once, not twice, not. three times, not four, like five times.

Over and over and over. And look at all. of his businesses. Look at his business. right now. That's actually a publicly. traded company, okay? Where you have to. actually do reporting. Trump Media. failure. He truth social it's his. company that he uses to post. presidential whatever the messages he. post or just photos of animals mauling. human beings like he's posting today. failure.

a failure every quarter we talk about. $und00 million x00 million were lost. this quarter x00 million were lost right. every quarter it seems that we are. reporting on that guy is a failure but. America under the from unserious. and then as I always say, could we start. with being Oh, and then we're deeply. dangerous. We're unserious and. dangerous. And that's Trump. Unserious. and dangerous. A menace. A literal sex.

predator, right? I mean, sue me. Sue me. for saying that. You are. You were found. civily liable civily liable for sex. assault. So, you are a sex predator. That's who you are. Separately, you've. been found criminally liable in a. business records case for dozens of. felonies. You're a felon. Again, undisputed fact. You know, like when. people were like, "But there's no. evidence in the Epstein file. He's been.

found civily liable for sexual assault.". The moment you want to normalize that. and people don't talk about and then we. can go deeper about all the allegations. made about him in the Epstein files and. the fact that he's covering up millions. and millions and millions of records in. the Epstein files, but he's found civily. liable in court with the jury. Not a. Trump fake court, the one that he's. trying to give Lisa Cook after the. Supreme Court says you can't fire a. governor on the federal board without.

process. Here's the process. It's not. court, but you show up in the White. House. I will appoint Kevin Hasset as. your judge. You know, the guy who shows. up on state regime media every time we. do a new economic report, and they're. all really bad. And he's like, "Yeah, that's what we want. What we're really. looking for. 29,000 jobs created shows. how strong our job market is. That's. what it is." Yeah. Yeah. When we see. 7.5% mortgage, fixed mortgage, third. year, that's that just shows how strong.

the demand is so high. You see, if you. look at the demand in these words, if. you look at the yield curve and how it. curves over here by the demand uh uh. xyaxis, that's exactly where we want it. to be. Dude, you're just a fraud, man. You're all bunch of freaking liars. That's going to be the judge. No, we're. talking about real courts, real process, real procedure, not whatever the hell. you know, Donald Trump is uh is is is. doing. But look, here's what I've said. before. I said Trump has been found.

civily liable in a real court, jury, uh. evidence, a judge, right? This those. stuff. And in a case that Trump filed. against the BBC, saying they defamed him. for the way they edited footage about. the January 6th insurrection for a. documentary that primarily had aired in. the UK. Trump says it defamed me because. it made me seem like I was a part of the. insurrection the way you chopped up that.

video. I've been injured10 billion. dollar. Okay, you've been injured 10. billion. Let me see your financials to. show that you were injured uh for 10. billion. No, I'm not going to show it to. you. You mean you're not going to show. it to me? You sued for 10 billion. Show. me your 10 billion losses. Nope. Not. going to do it. Okay. Sit for a. deposition. BBC serve Donald Trump. The. deposition was scheduled to take place. this week. It's when the deposition was. supposed to happen. I'm not showing. I'm.

not going to be there. You can do my. deposition, Trump's lawyer said, but we. have to do it the third week of January. 2027. after discovery closes in the case. Like, do you think we're that stupid? No. So, the BBC is going to the federal. judge in the case that Donald Trump. filed for$10 billion because Trump is a. loser and an abuser and he abuses.

process. He abuses people. and he demanded $10 billion from that. court and he's shocked shocked I tell. you that the BBC is fighting back. Oh my. gosh. So all he wants to do is straight. of hormuz delay delay delay delay. Just. pretend everything's good. Grift off it. Fund raise off it. It's all good. It's. all good. Weakness. The BBC knows. Boom. Oh, you're a pathetic loser. You are a.

freaking failure of a human being. You. are scared. You're scared. You're. supposed to be the commander-in-chief. You're too scared to fly on Air Force. One. By the way, I don't know if you saw. this, but there was a story in the past. two weeks where I think one of the head. of Secret Service or someone was. interviewed and they were like, "We were. upset the story leaked about Donald. Trump hiding in the catering truck." Did. you hear what they said? Because this. isn't the first time they did it. That.

was like one of the stories in this. Trump news cycle that like just didn't. get covered at all or enough just one. day. Dude's been hiding in catering. containers. Dude just goes and hides. You're the commanderin-chief. Remember when Donald Trump visited that. Navy shipyard in Baltimore? What do he. say to the sailors and people who are on. the submarines? What'd he say? I'm. afraid to go on submarines. You're. afraid to go on submarines. Could you.

imagine if Biden or Obama said, "I'm. afraid to go on a freaking sub." Still. supposed to be the commander-in-chief. What the hell are you What the hell are. you even doing here? But dude's afraid. to have his deposition taken to sit. there for seven hours and answer. questions. So, this is his move. This is his move. He has a what? He's doing campaign. rallies or whatever the hell you even. want to call these things on those days.

Okay, then look. Then look, idiot. Look, loser. Look, you sex predator disgusting. piece of trash. Look, don't file the. lawsuit. for $10 billion. If you're incapable. of a war that we should never have been. involved in in the first place, which. you clearly are dumb with a B, you're. dumb dumb. You're an idiot. You're a. loser. You don't know what you're doing. I don't think we should ever have been. involved in this catastrophic war in the.

first place. Let me be very freaking. clear about that. I believe Trump and he. are war criminals who need to be tried. in the Hague. And any person running for. the Democratic presidential nomination. must guarantee us they will turn them. over to the Hague immediately. Immediately. And then destroy all this. stupid Trump [ __ ] in Washington DC. I. mean it. Blow up the ballroom. I want it. on live freaking TV. We all do. Demolish.

it. I want demolition day. And if a. Democratic candidate doesn't say they. want that, you're not. You should not be. the C. This is not a time I don't want. to hear political answers out of people. running for the Democratic nomination. Yes. No. That's it. What are you gonna. do? What are you gonna do? This is not. the time to not have moral clarity about. these things. But let's face it, Trump's. dumb also. And he look, he's a good con. artist. He's a he's a great fraudster. He sees people's weaknesses. He sees.

people's pain and knows how to exploit. it because he is the source of their. pain. He's like a virus. He sees the. weakness and pop goes right there. That's what he does. He exploits people. his whole life. He is an abuser. And I. think people are seeing it throughout. the world. But but let's also say this, he doesn't even know the most basic war. tactics. And here we're spending our. taxpayer dollars. One, like slaughtering.

civilians and killing innocent people. abroad as well is where a lot of our. money is going to. And and look, the. Trump regime has slaughtered children in. Manab and La Mer. The Trump regime gives. all this money to the Netanyahu regime. for the genocide. I can go on and on and. on. But also, they're spending their money. on big battleships. Trumpgrade. nuclear battleships. Okay, well that's. stupid. One Garen drone knocks out the. battleship. Boom. See you later. 9.

billion 12 billion dollars down the. drain. Why would we be building this big. clunky military? It's a waste of money. And then the military tactics are just. the worst. Iran was very easily able to. out easily able to outmaneuver Trump and. that sencom guy Brad Cooper Admiral. Cooper who's like the worst. They were. very able to outmaneuver. I mean the US. bases in the region were all exposed. They were right there right next to.

Iran. You may want to open up a map. Donald and you may find out where Iran. is on the map, where Saudi Arabia, where. is the straight of where are these. countries? how the US has all of its. infrastructure just sitting out there. that's easy to strike by Iran. You may. want you may also be shocked shocked I. tell you to learn that there's actually. another water passageway other than the. Persian Gulf straight of Hermuz Gulf of. Oman and Arabian Sea. It's called the. Caspian Sea. You may want to look at it.

and you may want to see where Iran is. relative to the Caspian Sea, where. Russia is relative to the Caspian Sea. And oh wait, maybe Iran's able to move. some of its diesel and oil to Russia. that way. Maybe if you want to look at. where Turk Manistan is on a map and. where Russia is on a map and where some. of these other countries are, you may. want to say, "Oh, wait a minute. Can. Iran send some of their oil by trucks?". May maybe you may want to see some of.

the meetings taking place between Iran. and Afghanistan. and say may just maybe that's a pathway. for Iran to get its oil to China. Did. you did you think about or you're so. fixated on claiming that you control. these straight of hormones? Now we know. Trump and Netanyahu I think they're in a. mode right now where both of them want. to for for the same type of reasons with. elections approaching. I think they both. been on a little bit of wait and see.

mode of what's happening. You know, Trump still believed this economic. blockade was going to be effective and. it's and it's not. Iran has survived. It's a it's a thousand plus year old. civilization, but it's been able to. survive massive sanctions for the past. three to four decades. they'll be able. to make it through the election right. now or they'll be able to make it. through, you know, uh, longer than. significantly longer than that. But I. think what they both want to do and push.

back if you think I'm wrong right here, Trump and I think they now both want. some sort of catastrophic war. I mean, they want it to escalate because they. want that to now have some massive. national security moment for both of. their elections. I think that's what. they're looking for. I think they've. tried it in separate ways. I think Iran. has been careful in how it's climbed the. escalation ladder and it's focusing on. these tankers and it didn't bite some of.

the bait that went its way in order to. strike certain areas. But if this war. resumes, there's going to be massive escalation. immediately. Um, it's not going to be. like the last time because any type of. escalation by the US with strikes inside. Tyrron or whatever, Iran is ready to go. and they're emboldened. They're not. weakened. That's the thing. And it's.

like, how do you go through this process. over the past eight months, nine months. almost, right? And come out with the. conclusion. that basically what we did originally. was effective. No, Iran has improved its. capabilities. And just look, hello, what Ansarala and the Houthis are doing. to Saudi Arabia. It's the same calculus. Yes, Saudi Arabia is hitting Sana hard. It's hitting it hard, but Ansarala is.

returning fire and hitting Saudi Arabia. hard right now. Could we show the. footage from today's Saudi Arabia. strikes on the Houthi port. infrastructure there, Jeremy, if we've. got it? I'll show you over here as Iran. announced more oil tankers that either. have hit naval mines in the straight of. Hormuz or have been struck. Let me show. you this video over here if we got it. Let's play it. [music].

separately. Here's footage from another. oil tanker that Iran targeted. The skies. on fire here, play this clip. >> Here's yet another tanker, the pro. Dolphin, that was struck by Iran. Let's. play it.

That's that's just the reality of what's. happen. I mean, again, as I said before, all I'm here trying to do right now is. deliver the facts to all of us. And. again, we whether you like it or don't. like what this is just the sad reality.

of what's taking place right now. Let me. show you this right over here. Could we. show moments the Russian missile strike. on the uh Pishakan region near Kak? Just. show the first near Kkefe. Let's show. this the strikes last night by Russia. and Ukraine. Let's play it. >> [snorts]. >> Not sure what happened there. Um, I'll. show you another angle of it.

And let me show you here. This is Trump. on the Ukraine war. Bottom line, it's. all going to work out. This is the.

message sadly of the commanderin-chief. It's all just going to work. It's all. going to work out. Everything just just. it's all going to work out. Here, play. this clip. >> Ukrainian energy facilities. >> Well, we'll see. They're both They're. both a little bit off. But look, >> you know what? Bottom line, it's going. to all work out. You know why? It always. does. What a stupid effing thing to say. In a. way,

it always does. That's why. Like, why do we have an. idiot? I'm I'm truly Why do we have a. demented lunatic psychopath there? Like what what are what are we. Katie Zakaria Qanon Princess behind him? Q drop 764. He drank his water three times. I was wondering was that Q drop 6943.2.

Did you see the part? She's been saying she's a lawyer. She's been saying she's a lawyer. She's She's likely not a lawyer, folks. The hell is going on? And then. she was. I mean, I'll show you the disastrous. press conference, but when she was out. there with Donald Trump, the press asked. him, "You said in the announcement that.

your new press secretary is a lawyer, so. what state did she get her law degree. from, Donald?". Listen to what he says. Let's play it. >> [clears throat]. >> I thought she was very good. I thought. she passed the bar exam in. You said. she's an attorney. Where did she pass. the bar exam? Which state? >> Can you tell us? >> Where did you pass the bar exam?

>> Mr. >> [laughter]. >> It's It's not funny because it's so. ridiculous, but you watch Even Trump was. like, "Did you see him for a second?" He. [laughter]. sometimes, you know, it's gallows humor, you know, that you just got to look at. this stuff. and he looked and he was. like the did you say well you just say.

China but [gasps and laughter] here's. the thing. was there any vetting did anybody look. this is the presidency. and one of the things that Trump has. done or I should say Putin has done or. what both have done to the US presidency. is that you know when I saw it was it. was somebody who asked Abdul Elsai the. question I think it is a guy from News. Nation who said, you know, why should.

Rogers denounce or respond to Trump if. you're not going to respond to Hassan, whatever the guy's name is, the. podcaster, and Dr. Abdul Alsad is like. you you you don't see the difference. between a podcaster from California who. doesn't dictate any policy who has. guests on his show versus literally the.

most powerful person should have been in. the world but I don't think Trump is. anymore. I don't think the US president. but but but you get the you don't see. it. But when I heard that, I thought to. myself, you know, what Trump has done. with corporate media, with everybody is. all of the mush, it's just words don't. matter, nothing matters. And so it. creates this scene situation where. almost everybody feels like reality is a. simulation. And I can get deeply. philosophical on similar acra and points.

like this, but I won't bore you with it. But it basically mutates the world into. a psychopathic simulation because. nothing has any meaning or manners when. the presidency is so. demented and deranged and psychotic. It. all trickles down and out and it's in. and it encapsulates everything. And I. I'll say this too, you know, especially. as you know, you got the Major League.

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Welcome back to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben Meelis. This is your breaking. news. Before the break, I showed you the. impromptu press conference outside of. the White House where Katie Zakaria was. asked which state gave her a law degree, right? Like, I got my law degree from. California. I went to law school at. Georgetown. I took the California bar. exam. I passed that bar exam. I. practiced law personally for about 12.

years before starting the Midas touch. network. That part is not supposed to be the. complicated part of the job. You know, the hard part is speaking. sometimes for which I love to do. So, it's not hard for me when I get to spend. all of this time with you. The hard part. is spending the 90 minutes or actually. the hard part is the research before and. becoming an expert and trying your best. to become an expert in every topic and.

reach out to the experts. 90 minutes is. the execution of that. But this is the. this is the part where you know you got. to step up. got me telling you that I. got my law degree at Georgetown and I. passed the California bar exam and I'm. licensed. and telling you my bar number. It's not. a secret. You can you can search me on. the Calbar website. you could see when I.

was licensed. That part not the. complicated part. But just think about. that, right? I mean, we expect this. regime. to be engaged in a multi-pronged. geopolitical war where they can't even. vet the press secretary and understand. that maybe she's a Chinese lawyer. But.

I'll. I'll give. I'll I studied for a summer for about. four and a half five weeks in Shanghai. So I also know and I the program that I. did in law school. sent 50 American students from the. United States, 50 European students from. different countries and 50 Chinese.

students and it was the Kenneth Wang. School of Law in Susho and I think you. would say it's Susho Tashe. Um, and it. was, by the way, I was proud to. represent the United States. I believed in our. justice system there. So, I viewed it as. an incredible thing to share it. But I. guess the reason I'm even telling you. this is that I don't believe she got a. Chinese law degree. And what what did.

she speak? Does she speak Mandarin? Does. she speak Cantonese? Um, what what degree did she get in. China? What are you talking about? by. the but this is a but this is a lady who. in 2022 was posting Michelle Obama has a. penis. That's what you would post. Barack. Obama's gay. Michelle Obama's got a. penis. Vladimir Putin is working to rid the. world of all of these pedto and that.

he's out there working to get the deep. state. These are posts that she's made. Um, she was very specific on Q drops. Q. anon e. Oh, I was wondering about Q drop 694. And when Donald Trump took three sips of. his water, was he doing Q drop? Was he. doing Q drop 694? Jeremy, how long did I was on fire on.

that part. I was talking about China. I. was talking about Sujo. Was I gone for. like a long time or 30 seconds? 20 seconds I was gone. How was that even. possible? That was the best part of the. show. Those 20 Those were the greatest. 20 seconds anybody. Well, those those. were the single greatest 20 seconds that. anybody's ever seen. How did that. happen? Anyway, I I I I won't I won't rehash those 20. seconds. I guess you couldn't interrupt.

the flow. I it was a. any event uh Donald Trump was asked. outside of the White House as he by the. way he's heading to Alaska Republicans. are losing in Alaska right now. Trump. was asked in your view Russia has not. broken the ceasefire. Here's what Donald. Trump had to say about that. Let's play. in your view Russia has not broken the. ceasefire. Uh. >> I'll let you know about that later. But. uh they're hitting each other. But it'll. all come to an end.

>> They're hitting each other. It'll all. come to an You You just wait and see. You just wait and see. Everybody. question. What gives you such confidence. that Putin wants the war to end more. than Zalinski? Let's play this clip. And. what gives you such confidence that. Putin wants the war to end more than. Zalinski? >> Only in dealing. That's what I've done. my whole life is deals. I think Putin. wants it probably. I think they both. want it to end. You know, honestly, they.

both want it to end and they don't know. how to get to that point. There's a lot. of hatred. You promised in 24 hours you. had magic words to figure it out. Maybe. it was a red flag, Trump voters, when. somebody tells you that they've got. magic words. I've got magic words for you. I mean, how are you so stupid? Come on, stop it. Stop it. What are you talking about?

Magic words. He said he would end the war in 24 hours. after the election. Also, your. electricity bills would be cut in half. Also, no more never- ending wars. Also, gas prices would be $2 a gallon. Also, groceries would be super affordable. Also, everything would be great. you'll. be able to afford a home. Those are all. the promises. And I, you know, the. problem is they don't want to do a deal. October 13, 2026, Trump's diagnosis.

They don't want to do a deal. You know, the it would be like a doctor who sees a. patient who's sick and says, "You're. good. You're good. You're not good." And. [clears throat] then two years later, as. the patient is sicker and sicker and. sicker and on the verge of something. really bad, the doctor says, "I think you're sick. I think the issue. is you're sick.".

Genius. Genius. Oh, that's that's the. issue. The issue about the war. Freaking. bingo. You're at war. Oh, that there's a war. Oh, and when there's a war, they're. fighting. They're fighting and and. Russia wants all of eastern Ukraine and. invaded. and Ukraine doesn't want to give their. land to Russia because they say it's. their land.

What? Did Did you all realize that that's what. was happening here? Holy crap. Wait a minute. If if if we go. and attack Iran. and blow up elementary schools and. sports halls and kill their kids and. their children, they're going to fight back.

What the hell? And and and they're not gonna want. to h they're not going to want Iran or. Tyrron to look like Gaza. What? They they they don't want Trump. and Netanyahu genocidal maniacs running. the country. They don't. But but but. don't you see Venezuela? I mean, come on, folks. Let's.

let's let's I know you all do it. What. are we talking about here? Let's let's. be critical thinkers. Let's stop this [ __ ] Cuz everything. I've said thus far on the show and I. will say throughout this show and I'll. go look in the chat. Have I said one thing that's actually. like a political point? I I don't think I've said anything here. that is like deeply partisan in any.

sense. I'm just observing certain types. of behavior. Like look at this behavior. Trump is asked about the war in Iran. by a Middle Eastern reporter who cares. about the topic of Iran. Whether you're. a Middle Eastern reporter or not seems. like a topic we should care about, right? And Donald Trump goes to the reporter. who's asking him the question.

He does he he does some sort of. dolphin-like maneuver. Why? Why are Why are you doing a. freaking dolphin? Like what are you do? What What are you do? Oh, you're gonna. you're going to probably ask me. questions about Iran. Yeah. I mean, a. lot of people should ask you questions. about her. We should ask you who the. hell is Katie Zakaria, Chinese fake. lawyer, whatever the hell this We want. to ask you that. We want to ask you.

about you lying about ceasefires. We. We'd like to ask you that, too. But, but yeah, we want to know what the. hell's happening. Two tankers have been. hit today. Six tankers were hit. yesterday. Seems like a topic of. interest worthy of discussion. Uh or or. or or not. or not. Watch what Watch what. he does over here. Watch Watch this. Let's play it. >> Are you Mr. President? Mr. >> Mr. President, are you. are you are you hopeful?

>> Always always Iran. >> What will be your next step regarding. Iran? >> Are you hopeful for. >> Iran is a failed country. They have no. economy. They have 300. >> You They're striking tankers every damn. day in the straight of Hormuz. and the Gulf of Oman.

I mean, could you I mean, just think. about it. Imagine. I don't want to imagine because I know. the consequences, but I'll play the. hypothetical. My wife asks me, "Hey, Ben, um, you can can want to go grab dinner over. here? What should we do this evening?". And I go, "What? What? What if I was on the street. and you.

recognized me and you asked me a. question and yeah, you're all waving. back now. I know it's an interactive. show and you said, "Hey, Ben, you know, people recognize me from time to time as. I'm walking around uh wherever I'm. walking. Really not that many places. I. just go to one Panera all the time, but. that's basic that's basically the extent. of of where I go. Um, and I just started. doing this in your face. You'd be like, "Yo, you are a weirdo. Like, you are a. weird human. Stop the dolphin-like.

maneuver." And the stakes couldn't be. higher right now. The stakes could not. be higher right now throughout the. world. And then he goes and he starts. posting the stuff about. people getting mauled by animals. It's. like he's a crazy these are crazy. people. I'll I'll just show you over. here. Do we have Do we have uh Zakaria? Just Just don't show the clip of her. leaving when she ends the press. conference. Just show the one where she. goes Zakaria as we are in the middle of.

the midterm blitz with energy and. excitement we've never seen before. Let's play. >> Good morning. Good morning. >> I am so honored to work for President. Trump and the American people as the new. White House press secretary. I want to thank President Trump. for his trust that he has placed in me.

I have wanted to work for him for a very. long. Uh then I uh I'll show you the other the. other clip of that one. There's that's. divided into No, that was good. That's. what I wanted to show. That's what I. wanted to show. Show the other one. That. was it. Show the other one from that. [snorts] There's two that are labeled. >> Looking forward to working with each of. you as well. Especially as we are in the middle of. the midterm blitz with energy and. excitement.

never seen before in the history of. midterms. thanks to President Trump. Just look no further than last night in. Youngstown, Ohio, where President Trump. delivered another blockbuster rally out. on the trail. The arena was overflowing. with enthusiasm. as thousands came out to support. President Trump as well as special guest. Jake Paul and football legend John. Gruden. >> I should have told the editor. I should.

have done this to you, Jeremy. I should. have done that to you. And then we'll. just see see your reaction to that. Maybe that's how I'll I'll do staff. meetings like this. Okay. Oh, let's see. what what what happened at that Ohio uh. at Youngstown. Oh, Donald Trump was. telling the MAGA Republican senator male. what an amazing ass he has. What a firm. what a firm beautiful ass he had. That's. what Donald Trump told the crowd. I look. at this guy and I don't really do this.

You have an amazing ass, he says. And. you have you seen his hands? This guy's. got freaking what what can you do with. those hands, but I'm standing over here and I don't. do this with men very often. I started. examining his body because I didn't know. he was a great athlete. And I looked and I watched up and down.

I looked at his ass and I looked at the. whole. and then I looked at his hands. Look at. his hands. He's got these like claws. and I got it. You are a great athlete. I. didn't. Okay, there's somebody in the comments. Wow, Ben was exaggerating what he just. said. Yeah, we we first off with all of this. me I mean I saw your comment this is. really live exagger the president of the.

United States play the clip again let. let's see how much of an exaggeration. that was play the clip one more time but. I'm standing over here and I don't do. this with men very often I started. examining his body because I didn't know. he was a great athlete and I looked and. I watched up and down I looked at his. ass. And I looked at the whole. and then I looked at his hands. Look at. his hands. He's got these like claws.

and I got it. You are a great athlete. I. didn't. >> Or or how about the jawline? Let's play. the other one. Do the jawline. >> Look at that jawline. I'm telling you, I. never saw that. I never studied him. And. now I study him. I say, "Why was he such. a good football?" Look at the jawline. He's tough as hell. You know, it's interesting. I you know, I I I I shouldn't.

I'm not I appreciate the criticism. I. will accept it as constructive, but you know, sometimes the criticism is. like, "Bro, all hell isn't breaking. loose." Okay, what? Give me You give me. the word. You you give me the word where. there is war, death, destruction on a. massive scale every day and it gets. worse every day. Look, maybe you who.

thinks that that's hyperbolic. I maybe. where you live m maybe maybe you're. privileged. I don't know. Maybe you're. able to weather this better than most of. us. Maybe you're good and I guess good for. you. But the world is on fire right now. People are suffering right now. People. are being psychologically tortured by. this Trump regime. And people are. actually being tortured as a result of.

the TR regime. Not just psychological, which is actual, but also physical is. the other word that I should, you know, that I should use. And so when you're. like, well, he he didn't specifically. say that the ass was was wonderful. You're exaggerating. He said that you. got a great ass. Okay. Oh, that's where. we're going to go there. Maybe we should. stop and ask ourselves, isn't it. freaking deranged that we have. apparently a fake Chinese lawyer press. secretary who is scared to do a press.

brief while we're involved in. catastrophic wars with tankers getting. shot every day. And as a result of this. disgusting behavior by Trump, we are. having sex trafficking rings covered up. with the Epstein files, which we now go. to war to cover. M maybe that's what you. should be asking. Maybe that's what you should be focused. on versus trying to parse the word firm. ass versus great ass. Maybe that, you. know, and and there's a broader issue.

that normalizes his behavior. I am sorry. the the word did not suit your specific. definition of commenting on asses by the. president because so many presidents. would go and speak about asses that was. very you remember the Obama ass joke or. the Clinton ass joke or Biden would go. around right Biden did it too right oh. you got a great ass great ass great. right everyone's talking this is what. presidents do it's kind of one of the. things you take care that the ass is.

faithfully executed right that's what's. in the Constitution. So, I apologize for. just the wrong word that didn't meet. your fancy right there. And by the way, I always do want to talk about on these. episodes a topic that often gets. overlooked as well, which is climate. change. Because when Donald Trump goes. and does these deranged. events and speeches, one of the things. he also talks about too is he's like, "China, they don't actually do wind. They sell their wind to everybody else,

but they don't actually have wind far. They have the biggest I don't know what. you're talking about. Of course, of. course they do. So like what world are. you what world are you talking about. right over you know over here and it is. real and go and look what's happening. across the world right now. So I want to. talk about this as well um which is uh. the following. IPCC is under pressure to. delay publication of key global climate.

report. The AR7 report was scheduled for. 2028 in time for the COP the conference. of parties 33 summit, but some prostates. and major developing countries want to. postpone it. I wonder if that's in. concert with the Trump regime. The. Guardian has previously uncovered. evidence of involvement in the IPCC's. assessment of representatives of oil. interests under control of the Kingdom. of Saudi Arabia. Despite these flaws, the IPCC is the most authorative global.

body on climate science. And many. experts say delaying its input to the. COP talks would weaken the global. response to the climate crisis at a time. when adverse geopolitics. already threatens progress on emissions. The US is leading attacks on climate. action, but far-right populist. politicians across Europe also want to. water down the EU's regulations. And in. Latin America, a tide of right-wing. populism, particularly in Brazil,

Colombia, and Argentina, threatens the. same. In other words, these Trump proxy. groups are the ones involved in this. attack. And you think about that. I. think about uh the commodities and uh. trading enforcement. Did you see this. story from earlier that the Trump regime. ordered its commodities and futures. trading commission to not investigate. market manipulation around the. catastrophic war in Iran? They're.

destroying institutions. And look, folks, you may find these institutions. boring. You may find, you know, they're. easy to attack because actually doing. deals and doing compromise. always leaves things to be desired for. It always leaves sides wanting more or. less. That's the nature of compromise. and bringing groups of people together.

So, it's easy to attack, but we actually. need to build and we need to. focus on things that are existential. threats to our existence on, you know, on on this planet. I mean, you know, the. Trump regime, you know, psychos can. claim the book of Isaiah commands them. to send young people to war the way he. send me, send me, send. I've got the.

word. Jesus told me that you need to be. sent to slaughter children in Manab and. La Mer. No, that's not what Jesus told. you. Whether you're religious or not. religious, that's not in that's not how. we should conduct or conform our. behavior. But these sick zealots, these. real sick people who want to do public. executions, these sick people who go around with. slurs about transgender people and it's.

always on their mind, you know, to. attack transgender communities. Who who. wakes up? I mean, just think about. waking up and with everything going on. in the world, these psychos are like, you know what we're going to do today? You know, I'm going to spend my day. I'm. I'm going to spend my day bullying a. person who's probably already got a. pretty tough life based on being. discrimin. No, you're just just you're just a bad.

thing. You're just a bad people. And so. much of what I try to talk about and. convey in WTF America is when we get. lost in the gamification of politics, when we get lost in who's up or who's. down or who's winning or who's losing or. we've got to win, we neglect the why. And the why should be guided by real. values and principles and not some. transactional winning for the point of. winning. Why are we in this fight? There's more philosophical questions.

Why are we fighting? Why are we here? What's the point of this all? Why are we. sharing this planet with each other? How. do we want to share this planet with. each other? And these are not weak. things to talk about. This is what. should be talked about on the news. When. you talk about it as a game and who can. command the most attention for being. outrageous, when your politics looks. like an episode of jackass and whoever. portrays themselves as the biggest. jackass in a dystopian reality show wins.

the prize, you get stuck with a. dystopian reality show presidency where. we're all non-consensual extras. That. should not be our politics. Regardless. of what political party you support or. don't support, we should have a. government that fights for us, not. fights us, not takes from us, not steals. from us. And then they want to divide us. with all of their bigotry and their hate. and their disgusting behavior. Guard.

ourselves from it. That's what I want. the enduring legacy of this network to. be to have inspired other independent. media to send this message out, but to. remember that this politics, the purpose. of all of this is bigger than just the. gamification of why of how corporate. news has done their access journalism. It's why they don't want us on their. networks to promote this book. To be. blunt, I did not want to be on their. networks to promote this book.

the publisher Hashet is great and they. wanted me to do some of it. To be clear, there's, you know, I think my brother is. going to be doing a few appearances. Um, but not but not but, you know, not on. CNN or some of these other networks that. said nope, we can't do it. So, those who. are allowing Brett and us to do it, you. know, I guess they're allowing us, but. most aren't. So, I'll be very specific. It's not everybody, just just most. So I. don't I don't upset anybody with my um.

my my words uh and miss and overstate. it. Here here's the here's the book WTF. America the way out of this hell and. back to democracy. Um go get your copy. right now. Um the ebook the hard cover. get the audio as well. I think for the. for the list the fir it's it's based on. hard cover and ebook. Um, so let's show. that we can do this together. It's. dedicated to you as the community. Let's.

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