LIVE: TRUMP G7 NIGHTMARE!!! 6/16/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Marcelis and this is your breaking news. A G7 from hell for Donald Trump. His. worst nightmare cognitively, physically. declining before our eyes. The terms of. this memorandum of understanding between. the Trump regime and Iran have now. leaked. Indeed, $300 billion will be. going to Iran as part of an investment. fund. I'll go through all of the uh.

terms that have now leaked. But Donald. Trump after doing that bizarre UFC event. where Trump was sleeping on Sunday while. this UFC event was taking place and. while you had the reflecting pool. turning, I refer to it as Ninja Turtle. green. I mean, the algae is worse than. you could ever possibly fathom. And now. I'll tell you what they're doing in this. show to try to uh address it. Donald.

Trump traveled to France where I think. world leaders knew that he was. cognitively and physically declining. I. think the world knew he was, but they're. seeing it firsthand. And I think it's. deeply alarming that an individual like. this is currently. uh doing what he's doing in the United I. don't want to say leading he's currently. bringing the United States into an. irreparable abyss from which it's going.

to be very hard to dig our way out of. and Trump and MAGA will spend all their. time you know if a Democratic president. uh you know wins in 2028 to to blame. them for the systemic ic uh destruction. of of the United States of America. before our eyes. But let me let me take. you to France where this G7 is uh being. held. Uh here Donald Trump starts. wandering off in the wrong direction. after a G7 photo and world leaders have.

to step in to redirect him. Let's play. this clip. Then you'll see Donald Trump grabbing. Indian pres Indian Prime Minister Mod's. wrist for support as he steps up a small. stare during the G7 summit. Let's play.

it. We saw a similar moment where Donald. Trump was losing his balance and he had. to hold French President Emanuel. Mcronone's wife Bridgetette Mcronone who. Donald Trump has also attacked before. and very viciously he attacked her. before but he had to hold her hand. literally to stay up. Did you all see. this moment? Let's play it. [clears throat].

Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. You see French President Emanuel. Mcronone and Bridgetette are like where. where's he where's he going? Where's. where's he going right there? And then. there was the handshake between Donald.

Trump and French President Emanuel. Mcronone where it seemed that Trump. lacked the strength to even do a. handshake. Here, let's play this clip. >> Maybe handshake, Mr. President. >> Do it one more time there, Jeremy, because it looked like almost him. lifting his arm caused a great deal of. of pain. It almost looked like Here, let's play it one more time. Maybe. handshake, Mr.

>> A gasp when he uh did the handshake. So. on state regime media, which calls. itself Fox, they were uh applauding. Donald Trump for even being able to. walk. They go, after all he's been. through in the past 24 hours, the guy. can walk. How incredible is that? I. mean, that's your standard right now for. the president of the United States, that. they can walk. Here's what they say on. state regime media. Let's play it.

>> They're talking about something. My main. observation so far is that this is the. first time I've seen a world leader. photo where the other leader, not Donald. Trump, gave a thumbs up if the president. just kept his hands at his sides. >> The fact that he could even walk, Peter, given all he's been through in the last. 24 hours, I think really is quite. remarkable. He's got to be beyond. exhausted. >> I don't even know what you're talking. about. He went to a UFC fight. He he. created some deranged event at the White. House. That's what he's Oh my god. Can.

you Let's get this guy a purple heart. He He attended the UFC fight and then he. had to get a a memorandum of. understanding done on his birthday. So, it just had to happen. It had to happen. on his Bday. I had to do it. I had to do. it after all he's been through. Then he. had to go on a Qatari gifted jet. He had. to go on Air Force One and go to sleep. in a luxurious bed. Oh my gosh. I mean,

like, do y'all realize what Americans go. through on a day-to-day basis? Like as. y'all ripped away health care from the. American people, as people work multiple. jobs and can barely afford their rent or. often can't afford their rent at all, as. their houses are going into foreclosure, as they can't afford their gas, as they. have to make decisions, am I going to be. able to fill up my car this month or am. I going to be able to buy myself or buy. my kids a sandwich for dinner? like.

that. That's going through things. Throwing yourself some deranged circus. bizarre event with idiots screaming. Michelle Obama's a man at the White. House and then going on to Air Force One. and sleeping. I just it does you're not. going to gain sympathy from me as that's. like wow can you believe what he did? He's walking everybody. Yay. I mean, you.

know, what is this like going like is. this like going to SeaWorld? I mean, and. I'm not a fan of that, by the way, but. is that what it is? Shamu clapped. everybody. I mean, is is that is that is. that is that where is that really where. we are, right? Like, you know, this is. the this is the president. This I mean, could you imagine, you. know, if it was, you know, the CEO of. Nvidia or Microsoft or Google or any. Fortune 500 company? set aside that any. medium-sized business have a principal.

at a school, the vice principal at a. school like, "Oh my god, did you see Mr. O'Brien? He walked. Oh, he's been. through so. what are you talking about, dude? At a. bare minimum, they they they should be. able to uh exhibit signs of life." Um. but then I mean Donald Trump when he. actually sat with uh Mcronone he was. asked by a reporter so like all right. this memorandum of understanding with.

Iran when does that get released? Like. when do we when do we see it? When do we. when do we get to see the the words? Because usually when people do a deal, they don't hide it when it's a trade. deal or a public deal. And usually it's. not a memorandum of understanding when. is it an a non what is this a. nonbindingou. to do due diligence on a what is this I.

mean was a deal a deal should have. binding terms it should be made public. by the way Donald Trump doesn't have the. authority to enter the United States. into anou like that's not even the way. our system works like he he he him and. JD Vance can't even do it requires. Congress Like I I know that's a novel. concept also for a lot of people, but. Trump can't you can't sign it. I mean, if there are things in this document. like sanctions relief, the sanctions.

were imposed by Congress by Congress. So, you need Congress to remove certain. sanctions and things like that. You just. got to sign the document. Anyway, here's. what Donald Trump says when he's asked, "So, when will the text of theou be. released?" Let's play it. >> Mr. President, when will the text of. theou be released? >> [snorts]. >> I think pretty soon I would say I mean I. want it to be released because it's a. very powerful document. It's not like. the Obama document which was just a.

terrible document. This is a very. powerful document and I want it to be. released. So probably pretty soon I. would say after sometime after Friday. because the straight opens complet it's. open now but it opens completely. We'll. have all the mines knocked out for the. most part. We have a lot of lanes right. now already. >> So I think I think sometime I I think. sometime in the very near future. Yeah. >> Also, what does it mean that there's a. very powerful document? That's not even.

a real thing to say. It's a the document. has power. The document is a powerful. document. I don't I don't even know what. that even means. It's it's a deal. It's. supposed to be a negotiated compromise. This is a it's a powerful memorandum of. understanding addendum. Okay. What what. does it even mean? And also I mean. here's the thing that's that that that. also shows such weakness too. Constantly. attacking Obama. especially on the world stage like that.

It it it's setting aside that it's not a. good look. Like it just it's the. ultimate sign of weakness. You're not signaling strength when you. have to constantly compare yourself to a. former president who happens to be very. very popular still in the United States. and and internationally. Just if you. even think about it in general, what. world leaders are out there that's name.

any world leader that really spends. significant portions of time obsessing. over the predecessor and on the world. stage, mind you, on the world stage. constantly attacking the predecessor by. name over and over again. And then of. course when you dig into this memorandum. of understanding, it is much weaker than. former President Obama's non-nuclear. deal which was called the JCPOA. Now, as.

I've said, I I I it's it's tough to. report on in the sense that I want there. to be a deal. I'm not rooting for this. deal to fall apart. I actually think when you go into a. catastrophic unlawful law war like Trump. did and brought the United States into. with Netanyahu and you lose in the. catastrophic and unlawful war and you.

break things and you destroy things, you. fix what you break, you lose. So to me. the document is actually a rational. document based on what took place. US. and Israel lost. They went into the war. unlawfully. And so the deal is. reflective of a loss. That's just the. reality of it. And so I'm I'm not ruding. that this docu I certainly don't want.

there to be war in the first place. I don't want the war to resume. So where. I say the difficult in reporting on it. is on the one hand I'm deeply critical. of someone like Trump who brought us. into this unlawful and catastrophic war. in the first place and made all of these. promises regime change and we're getting. the nuclear dust and we're doing all of. these things and that we're going to be. greeted as heroes in Iran and and all of.

them are wrong and so I think I need to. point that out as a reporter dealing. with object objective facts. A as. frankly though as an American I don't. want to be involved in never- ending. wars. So I want us to be out of there. I. I want the deal. I look at the deal and. I go. those terms seem to be reflective of. what happens when you lose. It reached a. compromise. My hope is that you know the. straight of Hormuz really can now be. reopened like it was open before this. catastrophic war. Like I I want to root.

for the investment fund or whatever this. is to work. Well, not because I'm. rooting for Trump or rooting for I'm. rooting for the American people. Like I. I genuinely. I I know people are on the brink and. people have already passed the brink and. they're suffering and they can't afford. anything right now and everything's been. exacerbated. by this catastrophic war. But frankly, it was all beginning with Trump's. disastrous policies like his tariffs. against the world. And so, you know, I I.

I when I talk about, you know, Trump. surrender, I'm not root I I I would want. to be very vulnerable and open with you. that I'm not rooting for the deal to. fall apart. And so, I'm actually rooting. for us to get the hell out of there and. to not be involved in these never-ending. wars and to not put more Treasury and. more American lives or anybody's lives. on the line. you know, I just I'm not. sure this document is going to be able. to accomplish that because it's not even.

a deal, right? I mean, Obama's plan. actually had teeth and it had. multilateral, by the way, far less money. and it had multilateral mechanisms for. inspections. It had lots of details and. lots of details regarding the details. and buyin from the whole international. community. And this this this doesn't. have that. So, I'm just I'm not. confident that this is an arrangement. for anything other than.

Trump passing on the problem to a future. president to deal with and then Trump. and MAGA and all of these, you know, MAGA Republican senators who are so. tribal that they don't see the bigger. picture or they can't see the they don't. care about the bigger picture of how. this stuff impacts America. They just go. boom boom boom right into attack mode. Oh my god, did you see inflation is. surging and America's never been this. weak and all these other countries have.

formed alliances and frozen the America. out. Oh my god, this Democratic. president has screwed it up. Oh, Donald. Trump was holding it all. No, no, no. Trump screwed it all up like he did in. his first term. Like he did in his first. term. And I brought this up before and. I'll just bring it up again. One of the. things about the JCPOA. is that it also. um was intended as a template for North. Korea. So when Obama did the JCPOA, it. was the beginning to ensure a.

non-nuclear North Korea. And when Obama. thought he was going to be passing the. baton on to Hillary Clinton and not. Donald Trump, the JCPOA was going to be. the North Korea template with the same. actors involved multilaterally. And then Kim Jong-un in 2018 saw Donald. Trump pull out of the JCPOA and he said, "Got it. This guy's easy to play. Let me. send him love letters. Let me pretend I. like him. Let me do the flattery. Let me. buy time. I'll b I'll build up the.

nuclear arsenal while I send Trump love. letters and then we'll become a nuclear. power and then no one can stop us. And. that's what North Korea did also. So the. JCPOA not only had disastrous impacts in. terms of the US creating conditions of. further instability in the Middle East, but it also led to North Korea. I just. think that's important. Going back to. this disastrous G7 trip, um you had. Donald Trump also meeting with the Amir. of Qatar, also the Amir of Abu Dhabi,

who's the president right now of the. UAE. Just give you a little fact about. the UAE. They have a rotating presidency. with different amirs of the different uh. Emiratis. So, you know, you have Abu. Dhabi guy is the president right now. MBZ um is his name. But anyway, you had. the Amir of Qatar here and then Donald. Trump said, um, you know, look, I've. never believed in regime change at all. to begin with. So, you know, I was never. I've never wanted regime change in Iran. So, I'm not who who's mentioning regime.

change here? Let's play this clip. >> Country. So, uh, again, I I don't believe the regime. change, you know, I've watched regime. changes for years. They never work. It. has to just happen. I can tell you this. is a country where the amir is so. respected and the prime minister is so. respected by the people and that's the. way it's also seemed like a veiled. threat also like talking about regime. change and then bringing up the amir is.

respected by respected by his people but. then also him saying I've never been. about regime change I mean he's. literally the whole thing they were. saying regime change like a little bit. later in the episode when we talk more. about the reflecting pool. I I I just. think the reflecting pool is a perfect. metaphor for everything in the Trump. regime. The reflecting pool and the. cover up of Trump's name being removed. from the Kennedy Center, right? You have. the cover up and you have painting. something blue and you know, Trump's. fraud is and coverups, you know,

eventually you get caught. Eventually, eventually all your runs out. And that's been Trump's entire life. It's why he's bankrupted so many. companies and so many things because, you know, he has this this way. And I. don't know why. I don't know how. I. don't know why people buy his BS. I I. don't understand how people uh how how. not you, but how people fall into this. over even when he keeps on screwing over.

people. I I I wish I could delve deeper. into the human psyche and what is it. about it? Is it the allure of this this. lifestyle that people were told about. the American dream that you think is. there but it's a facade and and people. believe that the proximity to it you. know is people just buy into the fraud? Do they think not me that I could be. part of this little club? You know are. are people just easily fooled that. easily? like it's it's there's the it's.

very hard for me to fully grasp it. It. just makes no sense to me. I know. sometimes you struggle like what is it. that that that that that brings there? But eventually he ends up screwing the. people. That's what happens. And and. we're seeing it we're seeing it play. out. Um, and and you know what Trump's. now what he's trying to sell is that he. actually likes this Iranian regime, that. they're great people, and that he's.

we're dealing with really strong, really. smart people. And. again, I mean, I want to just simply. highlight. that this is what he's saying now after. everything he said. before. I mean, how do you have any. credibility when you say, "I'm going to. kill these people. They're crazy." And. now you love them and they're strong and. you want to be their friends and you. want to invite them into the White House.

and you want to spray cologne on them. Here's here's what he says about the. current Iranian leadership. Let's play. >> regime change because you know better. than anybody, the first group, they're. all dead. The second group, they're. dead. A part of the third group is gone. And we're dealing with people that I. think are very rational people. They. were nice to deal with. They were strong. people, smart people. I think actually. they're smarter than the first and.

second group, but they're not. radicalized and they're, you know, looking to help their country. So, uh, again, I I don't believe the regime. change. You know, I've watched believe. the regime of the guy. It's crazy. It's. crazy stuff. And and also, I just want. everybody to know the truth. like MB. Galabaf. was deeply embedded in Iran's military.

his entire life. He's Iran's parliament. leader. He's the guy who will be shaking. hands with JD Vance in Switzerland when. this already electronically signed. becomes publicly signed. If we can get. there to Friday, we'll we'll see about. that. But MB Galabaf isn't a new guy. I. mean, he's been their parliament leader. for a long time. And he's been rising up. the ranks. One of the guys they killed.

who was a more moderating figure, if you. want to even say that, is a guy named. Ali Lauren Johnny, who was like their. national security guy. He was replaced. with a more hardliner. Trump regime and. Netanyahu killed that guy. Foreign. Minister Arachi has been around for. forever. Um he actually writes books on. ironically negotiations in Iran. He's. like one of the foremost international. experts on the art of negotiation. Isn't. that fascinating that.

Iran has a real person who actually is. an art of the deal and the US has like. an art of the fraud person. It's just. it's a fascinating dynamic because. Aragchi if you go to his background he. wrote I mean he's been writing these. treatises and books and he teaches. negotiation. He's a well he's actually a. wellrespected. uh foreign diplomat and he's been a. leader of Iran uh for for a very long. time. You know the Ayatollah's son is. now uh in charge as the spiritual.

leader. Um the IRGC is still there. So. it's just when Trump says these things. it's just it's counterfactual. Now, if. you want to say that these people were. rational before and that you find the. current negotiating posture more. rational, I don't know. I mean, just I I. I I think we the people can un like like. we're not stupid. We're not stupid. I. mean, maybe some people are not not us.

I mean, the the the people who were. clapping when the UFC fighter said. Michelle Obama's a man, I don't know how. to ever get in touch with those like I'm. not fully sure how to ever interact with. those people validly. And and and I'm. not I'm not trying to be like a party. pooper, right? I'm not trying to be like. let's not have fun or UFC sucks or No, I. mean personally I don't like UFC. I like. football or in the United States we call. it soccer. I'm a big Nick fan. I like.

boxing. I like running. I played sports. in high school. Yeah. I I just I I I. don't think personally like broing out. to me ever meant like attacking. marginalized groups and like mocking and. being racist and mocking transgender. people or marginalized communities. To. me, to me, you could like like if if if. we want to be like dudes and bro out and. do that like we we I'm not I'm not.

trying to. like like act like you, you know, you. shouldn't do that or what. Just just. don't bully marginalized communities. Don't be racist Don't that's. that's not a that's not funny. When you. see stuff like that, call it out. I. don't know. The way I was raised, you. know, the the bully wasn't the you know, it's the bully wasn't the cool person. you know, you you you you you needed to. when I was president of my high school, you know, I would stand up for people in. my school. I wouldn't be um I I wouldn't.

want to use my position even when I was. student government president of high. school to like denigrate and and and. bully people that that that wasn't what. leadership was. That was very basic to. me in high school. And so I think one of. the consequences of this Trump and and. and this kind of weird MAGA movement is. that. But, you know, one of the projects. that I've dedicated my life to, among. others, is to try to push back on that. Sorry that I uh I I I I digress right. there. But but I want us to I want us to.

be able to handle the facts. Like, you. know, to me, Prime Minister Carney has. been dealt a very difficult hand in. Canada. He has to deal with. American war against Canada and Canada. for. decades built a dependence on the United. States. It wasn't Carney's fault, but it. was a view that the United States and. Canada were were were inseparable, you. know, and were close. And Trump changed.

that equation. Canada had a dependency. on on the US. That dynamic changed. Carney has to change it up. But Carney. tells the people what the dynamics are. He sets a vision. He explains the. problems and he says, you know, we could. always be at the. uh we could always have our sovereignty. attacked by the United States and we. could always be dependent in a bad way. or we can try to take control of our.

destiny and help unite the mid powers, Canada, European Union, others and form. a stronger alliance and stand up and be. a major power and he levels with the. people. He talks to the people, you. know, that way. And Trump just lies. You. and as we'll talk about in the second. half of the show, Trump's approach is. just paint it blue. Just dress it up. Just say $30 trillion was brought in. when we didn't bring in $30 trillion, right? Just say like a miracle, it's all.

going to go away. Just say regime. change. Just say when when that's not. when that's not actually what's. happening. Then Trump also claims that. Qatar and Iran share a land border and. that you can walk from one to the other. Here's what he says. Let's play it. >> Any money in Iran. uh working with Qar and the people of. Qar was really a pleasure. They are they. were tough. They were strong. You know, they are the closest to Iran physically.

So with other countries, I noticed I had. to travel about 45 minutes to get there. with you. You could walk right across. the border. So, you were in a more. dangerous position. >> Yeah, you can't. Just so everybody can. see. Let's look at a map. Let's look at. a map. Look where Iran is. Look where. Qatar is. Look where the straight of. Hormuz is. You see that if you wanted to. walk from Iran to Qatar, you'd have to.

go through Iraq, Saudi Arabia, maybe Kuwait, maybe Bahrain, but you'd. have to at least cross two or three. borders uh to to to get there. Or or you. can cross uh the Persian Gulf. But like. we need a president who who who. understands basic geography, right? Like. I don't think that's asking too much. I. mean if if you accept a 747 jet from a. country from the person who's sitting. right there at the very least you can.

know maybe where the country is located. on a map and you know call me. old-fashioned but I remember the days. where if you spelled potato wrong right. Dan Quayle that was the end of your. political career. How do you not know. how to spell? And and you know, maybe. it's a tricky spelling, you know, m may, you know, there are a lot of Americans. who don't know where Qar is on a map. I. don't you know, but I I I Okay, I don't. begrudge you. I don't begrudge you. Um. but I do, you know, I I I do want the.

president of the United States, who's. entering into memorandums of. understanding, to understand at the most basic level. where the countries are located. Right? Remember that. remember where in debates. those were major issues also and major. points of uh of of discussion. but here he is after saying that. attacking Obama here he is saying Obama. sold out Israel Obama Obama sold out.

Israel here let's play this clip. >> Barack Hussein Obama sold out Israel for. Iran he went to Iran he sold him out how. anybody can vote for this guy or the. party the Democrats I because they're. dumb. They're dumb people. >> There's no internal consistency here as. well because let me see if we have uh. let me see if if if I have this clip. right here. Um I'll I'll show you after. the break. But you know, you have you.

have Donald Trump. currently his approval in Israel went. from plus 24 to net negative 24. basically overnight. And. Donald Trump wouldn't show Israel the. memorandum of understanding. And Donald Trump in this press. conference calls out Israel for their. bombings in Beirut,

which by the way, when Trump is saying. those things, I agree with. I don't agree with all the other stuff. he's saying, but when he was saying that. Israel bombing, let me be very clear, Trump aided and emedded this in the. first place. And I think when you listen. to Trump's words, he then kind of says. and they weren't able to finish the job.

quickly. So to me, what Trump seemed. more concerned about were the optics. versus the genocide. and that he would. have been okay if Israel took care of it. quickly, meaning done the genocide. quicker um as as they have in Gaza in in. Lebanon. But I but I do, you know, when. when when Trump's out there not showing. theou to Israel, I am like, good, don't. why why would you show them? Why would. you go into this catastrophic war with.

them, you know, in in in the first. place? And when he when he at least. called out Beirut, I said, I you should. have been saying that a very you should. have been saying that a very long time. ago. And I guess why why I'm sharing. this is that, you know, the coverage is. the coverage is is complex because then. Trump will do that and then he seems. over there and this is where he's so. discombobulated. And by the way, that. was a term that Trump used when posting.

these weird AI images, discombobulated, because I think his his head is. discombob. It's just an interesting word. to say. But then he attacked Obama for. standing up to Israel, or at least that. that was that the criticism was that. Obama sold Israel out. And then Trump. seems to though be doing an Obama. template, but attacking. So, so none of. what he's saying kind of makes any sense. at all. And going back to where we.

started with this episode, at a very bare minimum, we we need. someone in a leadership position who who. who just who could kind of comprehend. what's happening, can kind of comprehend. what's happening here. And Trump can't. He really he really he's really deeply. deeply out of it. And so when we come. back, I want to talk more about that. I. want to share with you the memorandum of. understanding that leaked where there is. indeed $300 billion to Iran. All.

sanctions removed from Iran from. everybody. All removed from Iran. I want to talk about the reflecting. pool. Do Jeremy, could we just show what. it looks like? Do we have a photo of. this reflecting pool? Just so everybody. So this is what it looks like now. So. the fo go back to the last one and we'll. show you this one. This is foam floating. on the surface because Trump workers. dump bottles of hydrogen peroxide in the.

Lincoln Memorial. That's what they were doing. They were. dumping bottles of hydrogen peroxide. And again, when you don't understand. basic science, this is what you, as Dr. Michael O'Brien. says, "Y'all, not to be like a huge nerd. about the reflecting pool at all, but. you'll need a minimum about 8,000 L of. 12% hydrogen peroxide to reach the 50. parts per million concentration to kill. algae. Is this what happens when you. have zero scientists in your.

administration? They're bringing like the pool guy. They're bringing like the pool guys in. and the algae is just going to come. back. The algae is just going to come back. Even if you do the hydrogen, you're just. gonna The reflecting pool is now going. to be a hydrogen peroxide pool. I mean, it's the stupidest. It's the stupidest. I can't even I can't even fathom what's. happening to this country right now. We'll take our first quick break of the. show. Can y'all do me a favor? Can you.

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Welcome back. Saw the following post. which uh which made me laugh. Greenland. is now asking Donald Trump to invade, hoping to secure a deal similar to the. one that Iran got. I mean, it's uh it's it's it's I mean, it's it's kind of true. You want to you. want to invade? Let's do it. Could we. could we could we get the same deal? Also, that's kind of what Donald Trump.

looks like to the entire world right. now, huh? Let's talk more about what. went down at this uh press conference or. this conference with the Amir of Qatar. as well as uh with the Amir of Abu Dhabi. and the president of the UAE. Um. uh Donald Trump was asked about uh let's. see this one. Um. Donald Trump says that his relationship. with Iran was fully normalized. We now. have a fully normalized relationship.

Let's play it. get it done. Iran wants. to get it done. They have to get back to. business. and the relationship is now normalized. So, I think it's going to go pretty. quickly, isn't it? Could go faster. He's also saying that right there with. MBZ, leader of the United Arab Emirates, who in Trump's first term got to sign on. to the Abraham Accords, and the UAE was.

all in with Trump on trying to. destroy Iran, do regime change in Iran, and believe that the US was going to do. that. And now NBZ, who's looking at. Trump right there behind the scenes, was. it last week? And this is where some of. the writing was on the wall that there. was going to be a deal with Iran. NBZ. spoke directly with Foreign Minister. Iraqi of Iran. And there was lots of.

reporting that the UAE was giving Iran. billions of dollars. Now, the UAE denies. that for what it's worth, but you can. form opinions yourself if the UAE's. release billions and billions of. dollars. also reports that Qar did as. well and I think that NBZ who you saw. there as well as the Amir of Qatar Alani. they both just said you know what. we just can't rely on the United States. in this region I mean obviously the US.

is still going to be a major power in. the world just based on population and. GDP and the markets and the postworld. war II legacy but I don't think that. going forward you're going to see any. kind of similar view of these Middle. East countries uh perspectives on the. United States and and and and by the way. at the end of the day that may be a good. thing right I mean you know should we.

have air bases in all of these countries. and in their territory it may actually. be a good thing why why why why do we. need to be spending billions and. trillions of dollars on a. military-industrial complex uh that you. know while American people are suffering. and you know now should we have gotten. into an unlawful and catastrophic war in. the first place to reach that conclusion. you know do do I have confidence that.

the structure and framework of this deal. is going to be durable I don't because. it's not even a deal it's a memorandum. of understanding and it's all over the. place and And Trump doesn't even know. where he is. He doesn't understand the. complexities of I I I truly doubt and I. talked about this on the podcast that I. was doing with my brothers last night. when we were live. I really don't think. that Donald Trump's even read the. agreement that he signed. I genuinely. don't think that he's read the terms.

Someone may have given him a summary of. it, but I don't think he sat there with. the terms and actually read it, thought. about it, and truly knows what's in the. deal. I think that's deeply deeply. problematic. And, you know, I I I I hope. though, and this is where I want to root. for America. that that that we can stop these never-. ending wars, but with Trump, you know, where where's his mind going to go next? Invade Cuba,

right? That's that's the next one. I'm. sure and we've already been talking. about Cuba invasion, but I'm sure you. know he soon he'll be doing the Cuba. invasion, you know, talk again and. ramping up there and he'll do more. blowing up of boats off the coast of. Venezuela and in the Pacific also and. and and and engaged in more war crimes. there. He's can't he can't help himself. And when you spend $1.5 trillion on a. military budget, you know, it kind of.

becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that. you're going to be engaged in wars. You're going to spend the trillions that. and when you create when you go from the. Department of the Defense to the. Department of War or the DoD to the. Department of War, you're saying that. you're a wararmonger, right? Going back. to Trump with uh NBZ, uh you know, Donald Trump just says how rich he is. You're so rich. When you're rich, you. get to talk a lot. That's what he says. Let's play it.

>> I love it. Thank you, my friend. See, when you're that rich, you can. speak that low. >> I don't even know what's funny about. that. Like, I don't like Who's laughing. at these things? When you're that rich, you get to talk that long and then. people laugh. Who are the people. laughing? What's funny about I just I I. genuinely don't even get it's like they. it's like they're speaking an entirely. different. I don't want to say language there it's.

it's an it's like it's this oligarch. furby speak you know ah they rich you. get to talk a lot. what what is funny about any of this. we're dealing with issues of war and. peace we're dealing with issues of life. and death we're dealing with war crimes. and genocide we're dealing with the. American people suffering here. What's. the What's the funny? And and again, I I. believe I have a sense of humor. I find.

things I find I find things funny. outside of, you know, when when there's. a a place for for humor and funny TV. shows or movies or comedy series. But I. also don't find it funny when comedians. punch down. Like I don't find it I don't. find it funny when you mock marginalized. communities. It's not funny. That's just. bullying. That's that's not humor to me. Humor is punching up and mocking power.

structures. That's to me that's humor. That's you want to be witty and. controversial. You make fun of people in. power. But making fun of of people who. are bullied and who uh who suffer. already, why why is that funny? I don't. know. Um JD Vance was on state regime. media and JD Vance was you know so JD. Vance has basically been the guy put out. there to try to sell this deal to the. American people. We know behind the.

scenes that JD Vance was the person. pushing for the deal and you had Rubio. and Hegsith and the CIA director John. Ratcliffe all against it and you know JD. Vance is out there but but JD Vance is. also lying about the deal. JD Vance is. saying, "Oh, no, that's not in the. terms. That's not there. Just a bunch of propaganda. That's okay. Well, then release the terms. Just let. us see what's in it. Then we we won't. have to speculate." U But JD Vance is.

lying about what's in there because we. know what's in there now. And you know, I I also though, and this is where I. hold the complex thoughts, I'm also glad. that in the regime, in the Trump regime, that JD Vance was the person who fought. to get a deal. Doesn't mean I like J. D. Vance. Let me be very clear. I think JD. Vance is complicit in war crimes, in. other crimes. I mean, I think he's a. horrible person. I think he he's changed. personalities multiple times. I think.

that, you know, he's a fascist. I think. he's a horrible person. But also, if he was helpful in getting. this deal done, I'm glad that there was. someone saying, "We need to get the h we. need to get the hell out." So, I I I. share I share that with you. If if maybe. you don't want to hear me say that. I. don't like JD. He's a liar, you know. And again, this is this memorandum of. understanding doesn't really create. certainty. It doesn't do anything. I. think it's going to fall apart. I hope. it doesn't, though. And so, I'm glad. that there's someone who was like,

"Let's let's get out of let's get out of. there." But now JD Vance has become. under attack by Hegsith and Ratcliffe. and Rubio and uh and Netanyahu uh and. everybody and everybody like that. So. here's what JD Van says. We don't commit. to doing anything as part of the deal. We win either way. Okay, here play what. he play what he says. >> But here's the option for Iran. If you. learn the right lessons from this and if.

you change the way that you react and. respond to the United States, option one. is we're going to change the way that we. respond to you, we're going to have a. better relationship. But if they choose. option two, which is we're going to. continue to try to pursue a nuclear. weapon, then nothing that we we don't. commit to doing anything as part of this. deal. So the United States wins either. way. What the president is trying to do. is actually extend the hand of peace and. say if the Iranian people want greater. prosperity, then their leadership has to. step up and change their behavior. If. they do, great. If they don't, the.

United States has already gotten a lot. from what we need. >> Okay, first off, his eyeliner just looks. absolutely crazy. I mean, the eyeliner just is like it's. like next level. Like the guy's just. wearing a massive amount of eyeliner. I. mean, I don't I'm not judging it. Just, you know, just wearing a just a huge. amount of eyeliner. I mean, it looks. like uh. I don't know. He you know, most look. anyway. He looks like he wears a lot of. eyeliner. Um and what is what does that.

even mean? We win either way. I What are. you even talking about? We win either. way. We win. We win. We win. We didn't. win. We lost the war. We lost the war. We should never have been in the war and. we lost. That's what happened. Okay. Tariffs. are attacks on the American consumer. It's causing inflation. Okay? Like let's just let's just understand. fundamental truths. because if again if you try to break it.

down for me and I think this is how the. American people feel in a lot of issues. You know, I think America understands we. lost this war. Not everybody, but we did. obviously when they said here's what. what's going to happen and those things. didn't happen. But you have to. understand, I don't immediately rush and. go the $300 billion dollars is pathetic. and it's it's a sellout and blah blah. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. I. actually want there to be peace in the.

Middle East. That's the hard part about sometimes, you know, I if if you talked to me like. an intelligent. person and you explained to me and. showed me with charts and graphs and. data that $300 billion isn't an. arbitrary number and that there are lots. of businesses who actually think this is. a good idea and that somehow this will. flow to the benefit of the United States.

and result in cheaper gas prices and. will make things better and can maybe. lead through lead to diplomatic. breakthroughs in other areas like. Russia's invasion of Ukraine since Iran. provides shahed drones to Russia and. could there be a more comprehensive. approach and you know you know is is. investing $300 billion of private. capital um does that have a net positive. effect? I I don't I don't know because.

you're not talking to me like a grown-up. or like a human. You're just I win, you. win. And it's not 300 billion. It's not. 300 billion. All right. Then it's clear. to me that whatever you're doing is. shady and is a lie and is bad. Because. if it was good, stand on business. If if. you did this deal, if your name Donald. J. Trump is signed to this thing and. your name JD Vance is signed to this. thing, then just we It's gonna we're. going to read it eventually. Eventually.

the to use the expression that I've been. saying eventually the algae. surfaces, right? You can paint it blue. for a little bit, but eventually the. algae surfaces. And then if you want to. try to pour, you know, hydrogen peroxide. or whatever on it, that's not going to. solve the problem. It's not going to. solve the problem if that's what you're. going to do, right? It's it's a perfect. metaphor for what's happening here. You. know, if you want to deal with the.

reflecting pool and you can explain to. us the issue, ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about the real issue here. Former President Obama in 2012 made a. decision, which I believe is the right. decision to say, you know what, we. shouldn't be using the same water supply. for drinking water, which is a scarce. supply for the reflecting pool to fill. that massive pool. It's a waste of water. where there are water shortages. It. could seriously impact people living in.

DC and other places that get their. source of water. So Obama made the. decision, and I think a smart one, that. we're going to bring in the water from. the PTOAC basin that has algae in it. And so that became the water source. It was um a darker paint on the bottom. It was there was an algae issue that. costed tens of millions of dollars to. try to deal with. And Obama then.

struggled with the algae. I mean, it. wasn't, let me be very clear, this was. not one of the top 50,000 issues that. Obama was focused on. And I quite. literally mean that. When I say he. struggled with it, it wasn't like he was. posting about the reflecting pool or. giving speeches about the reflecting. pool or even talking about the. reflecting pool. Okay? He had an. interior secretary who handled certain. things and there were certain people who. focused on on DC issues, but they tried. to deal with it science-based, responsibly, figure out a solution. There was never really a good solution.

Why? Just basic science. Reflecting. pool, shallow water, humid. DC's a. swamp. Right idea. When the reflecting. pool was built, reflecting on Washington. and Lincoln right there. I get it. History, Martin Luther King speech, civil rights movement, you know, a lot. there. But given the given the way DC is. the weather and such problem may maybe. this was not the right move originally.

That's a that's a tough thing to say but. maybe you don't maybe we need to not do. a reflecting pool. Maybe that's but we. should maybe maybe bring it to the. American people. What do you think about. this? Let's talk about the that's a. democracy, right? What should we do with. this? It's going to cost us potentially. a billion dollars over the next 20 years. to deal with the algae situation. Or we. can close the reflecting pool, maybe. make it like reflecting marble and maybe.

we deal with it. Or or we spend it. What. do we want? Right? Let let me bring it. to the chat. Let's do a democracy here. Right? What what would you do if I told. you the truth about the reflecting pool. and explained to you the the the. origins? First off, would you wouldn't. you appreciate that I was just being. honest with you about what the issue was. and we could vote and make a decision. what's best? That's messy. You may some. of you may be upset with the decisions.

that we make, but let's make the. decision. What Trump did was paint it blue and say. it was going to be great. And everybody. was saying, "But you're not dealing with. the filtration. You're not dealing with. the water source. The nanobubblers are. not going to work the way you think it's. going to work in order to get rid of the. algae. Algae is microscopic. It's. reproduction asexually, sexually. The. way algae spreads, just microscopic. algae, it will always come back. So, and.

painting it blue, if anything, may make. the situation worse. You may be creating. a worse situation. go over to the Iran deal, the algae. comes back. You know, Donald Trump can. say in 2018, I'm going to get out of. this Obama deal and I'm going to do a. deal so much better, right? Or he can. say, um, I'm going to pull out of the. Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act and. I'm going to do a better deal. And that. sounds nice. The Affordable Care Act is.

messy. Premiums are still expensive, right? You have to rely on subsidies. It still is unpredictable sometimes. Sometimes you think, "Wow, I'm still not. getting the best care." But we have to. remember where were we before Obamacare. when 25 30 million Americans were. uninsured and insurance companies could. discriminate on the basis of. pre-existing conditions. So the. Affordable Care Act was messy. I believe. we should have universal health care. I.

want there to be universal health care. right now. I do. I want the government. to pay for it. I want it to be free. I. think healthc care is a human right. Obama, I think, wanted that, but in that. time period, the best he could get was. the Affordable Care Act. The best Obama. could do was the JCPOA, which was still. a strong template. And Donald Trump has. run on painting it blue. I'll fix it. I'll do a better health care plan. And. to Americans, that sounds great. Okay.

What do you mean? Let's do it. Let's get. a better healthare plan. I'll do a. better JCPOA. Okay, that's great. Let's. Let's do a Let's do a better deal. Trump, I will expose the predator cabal. in the Epstein files. I'll release it. The American people, that's great. Let's. release it. Let's expose the cabal. Let's let's let's do it. I can fix all of these. Great. Fix it. Fix it. But then you got to do it. And.

doing it doesn't mean Obama's deal Biden. auto pen up. No, you're the leader now. All right. Before we know it, we're. going to be in 2027. Okay. We're going to be halfway through. this godforsaken term. And you did this. deal. You signed it. If you didn't want. to do it or memorandum, then don't do. it. But you signed a document. Your name. is on the thing. So, go and talk to us. like grown-ups about it. And if you.

didn't like it, then don't do it. But. stop with the nonsense and the baby. behavior. No offense to babies. I'm. telling you, you could convince me that. $30 billion may make sense. I don't. know. I'm not fully an expert. I don't. know. 150 billion, 500 billion. I. certainly don't want taxpayer dollars. from the American people that should be. going to our healthcare to fund this. I. absolutely don't want that. But explain. it to me. H c can this be helpful in.

stopping the genocide in Palestine? Can. this be helpful in rebuilding a Lebanon? Can this be helpful in doing a two-state. solution? Could this be helpful in. bringing stability to the region? I don't believe it's going to be because. look how shady they are about it and. look how Trump lies about everything. But stand my whole point though is stand. on business. Stand on it and talk to us.

and explain it. And I'm not saying this. in in like a sexist way or whatever, but. like for Trump because, you know, he's. he pretends to be a man. Man up or. person up or woman up or whatever, whatever the expression is, you know, but just just let's go. Be a grown-up. Be an adult. You know, when when the. court tells you you've got to take your. name down from the Kennedy Center that. you put up and vandalized, don't hide it. behind drapes or by tarp. Come on. It's.

like a loser thing, man. Just take it. down. Now, everybody looks at this thing. like, who the hell is this loser? Just. take it down and grow up and and and and. let's just be adults. You know, I'm as. as as I say, you know, lots of people. like, oh, you know, you're anti-Trump. You're anti-Trump. You're anti-Trump. I'm anti this thing that's in the Oval. Office that is so negatively impacting. the American people. I am anti that. You.

know, he wasn't obligated. He wasn't. forced as so many people aren't most. people to become a public servant. to serve the public. A servant a public. servant. But when you've used the position of. public servant to cover up pedophile. rings, to engage in catastrophic wars, to rip away people's healthc care, to. send ICE and border patrol Gestapo, to.

round people up, torture people and kill. them, to be an instrument and an ader. and a better of genocide. When you do. all of these things, you've stepped into. the arena to do those things. and and that and I I'm anti the pain. that's being inflicted on the American. people that finds its main source in. this guy, you know, in this person who's. who who occupies and sadly the the Oval.

Office right now. And as I've said. before, we have to have to get out of. these cycles where when the next person. takes over that we're so tribal. that all of a sudden you have this. tsunami of MAGA and right-wing talking. points to blame all of the that. Donald Trump has handed over onto the. next person. We have to be constructive.

honestly as Americans, not as political. tribal animals, like as Americans, as. human beings, because this system is not. a sustainable system right now. It is. not. And we should look at models that. are working. And we don't have to. embrace all aspects of it, but we should. look at what mom Donnie is doing in. Manhattan right now. We should look at. it. That doesn't mean we have to take. every aspect of it, but we should look. at what he's doing there and seeing.

what's working. We should look at models. and we should have once again. laboratories of democracy. versus laboratories of autocracy. And too frequently that's what we're. seeing states have become laboratories. of autocracy. where the most vile and villainous ideas. what get adopted is what gets adopted in.

DC to then inflict nationwide and that. found its home in project 2025. So I'll. leave you with this. Former Vice. President Kla Harris giving a speech. today in Vienna. And here's what she had. to say on Iran. Let's watch former Vice. President Kla Harris. Let's play. Let's. be clear about this. Thank you, Tim. Let's be clear about this. Whatever is. being negotiated, this president is. going to declare victory and we'll end. up where we were after the JCPOA and.

call that a victory. The JCPOA that he. withdrew from. >> the Obama nuclear agreement. And. >> one more clip of former Vice President. Kla Harris. Let's play it. >> But to be clear, if you were president, you never start this war. >> Absolutely not. >> Absolutely not. And and. >> I'll leave you with that. Everybody hit subscribe. Help us get to. 7 million subscribers. We're grateful. for you. We appreciate you so much. Tell.

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