LIVE: Trump LOSES CONTROL as ALL OUT WAR UNLEASHED!!! 7/23/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Marcelis and this is your breaking news. By all accounts, this catastrophic and. unlawful war in Iran by Donald Trump and. his horrible regime appears like it's. about to escalate even more as the. United States military suffers disaster. after disaster in the Middle East, but. pretends that it's winning. It pretends. that Iran wants to make a deal. It. pretends that everything is amazing. There have been about 10 medevac flights.

to the M East from US medevac planes. taking people either to Walter Reed or. to a uh air base or hospital base rather. uh nearby the air base in Germany. Um. according to the United States military. the uh injury amount is somewhere in the. range of 450 injured uh 18 killed in. action. I think uh we all we all believe. at least when it comes to the injuries.

that that is being uh significantly. uh understated believe that number is. probably multiples of that amount. I. mean we can see some of the satellite. imagery of these bases in Jordan and. Kuwait and Bahrain and uh some of the. nearby bases. At this point, the US has. evacuated. a lot of its military bases in the. Middle East of equipment. It removed its.

valuable, precious military equipment, airplanes, and other equipment to. Israel. Why? Because they have an iron. dome there in Israel, which is. protecting uh the equipment there. Uh. but the Arab nations that uh gave Donald. Trump a lot of money, gave Trump's. companies a lot of money. I think what. they thought were quidd proquos found. out that the security umbrella may be.

working for Netanyahu and Israel, but. really ain't working all that much for. these Arab nations. Uh munitions running. low in terms of the US Pac 3. interceptors, the that interceptors, uh. and other equipment. Iran's been doing. an effective job targeting early. detection systems and radar systems as. well at these uh bases belonging to the. United States in these Arab uh nations. and uh we've been seeing right now uh.

situation where every time the US. announces all right 12th night of. escalation Iran's been able to respond. uh by striking these US military bases. in a in a very surgical way as well. Iran's not utilizing hundreds and. hundreds of ballistic missiles at a. time. It often does these 8 to 12. ballistic missile salvos that maybe 20%.

of uh the missiles are able to be struck. down by the United States interceptors. And so lots of the missiles have been. hitting their targets. We've got. satellite and surveillance confirmation. of that. and we've been reporting on. that each and every day here uh just to. keep you updated on what's actually. happening in the region. And look, this. isn't to paint a rosy picture in terms. of like everything's going great in. Iran. Obviously, the United States.

military is striking Iran hard. Civilian. bridges, des bridges, desalination. uh facilities, it's how Iranians get. water. also military facilities, IRGC. barracks. Uh the US has been striking uh. a lot of targets often on the coast of. Iran. If you looked at the way the US. has been striking, the pattern appears to be prepping for.

some sort of ground invasion. Whether. that's ultimately a massive ground. invasion or special forces trying to. take over Keshum Island, which I think. would be catastrophic. Um the pattern of US strikes along the. coast seems to be in an effort to um. allow for an invasion of Khum. And I. guess in the view of Sencom, this will. open up the straight of Hormuz. And then. all of the uh tankers will say, "Thank.

you. We're free to go. We did it. Straight of Hormuz is open." Look, right. now Sentcom is falsely claiming the. straight of Hormuz is open. I mean, literally as tankers are running into or. sailing into mines and blowing up um as. Iranian fastboats. have been able to strike these tankers. in the straight of Hormuz as well. And. uh a lot of these tankers are turning. around. You hear over the VHF frequency.

some of the captains of these tankers. saying to uh the US super carriers in. the area, "Shut the f up. Stop telling. us to go. We don't want to go. Stop it. You're not giving us protection. We're. not going to take the southern route of. the straight of Hormuz. But Sencom is. saying it's open. It's free. Uh what's. SenCom say? 900 ships since May have. been uh free to go or 900 ships over the. past several months have been free to. go. Okay. So that's even if you accepted. the number of sentcom that's about 10%.

of the amount of ships that were leaving. the straight of Hormuz before the war. Isn't that such like a obvious Trump. deal where he breaks something and then. he gets something that's 10% of the. amount of what it was and then brags. about the 10% because it still sounds. like a big number, but it's 10% of what. took place before the war started by. Donald Trump and Netanyahu. Woohoo. So. that's what SenCom is bragging. And by.

the way, the Sen, you know, Trump's been. fraudulent with numbers his entire life. The SenCom number is also based on the. tankers that went through the IRGC. route, which is the route where they. don't get blown up and destroyed and. they pay a small nominal fee to Iran for. Iran to say it controls the straight of. Hormuz. That's what was in theou Iran. administers uh the straight of Hormuz. So you have that going on in the. straight of Hormuz in the Bab Arand Bab.

al-Mandab Strait uh in the Red Sea. Uh. it's right by Yemen, right? Western. Yemen is controlled by the Houthis. Houthis control a large part of Yemen. The international so-called. international recognized government in. Yemen is not the Houthis. The Houthis. have their capital in Sana. Just want to. give you a sense of like when we talk. about there's a lot going on, right? Houthis, their capital is Sana. In.

Yemen, they control a large part of. Yemen. But then there's a Saudi back. government which is like the government. as it's viewed in the international. community. In Yemen, it's like a. coalition government. And there's. there's a lot going on there, but just. for purposes of this, it's a Saudiled. government. Um, but the Houthis control. the area that's close to the Babel. Mandab Strait. The Houthis are allied. with Iran. It's a Shiite community, part. of the access of resistance.

And um, their spiritual leader was. Ayatollah Ket who the Trump regime and. Netanyahu killed. I mean, on any given. day, they call themselves Ensrala. Um, it's the Houthis. Um, and on any given. day when the leader, Al Houthi, when he. speaks, he doesn't go out and talk all. that much, but you'll have, you know, hundreds of thousands of people, you. know, show up in the area. Um, and, you.

know, you see these images of just mass, massive amounts of people. Looks a lot. like Ayatollah Ket's, you know, funeral. proceedings and that goes on a lot in. Yemen. Any event, the Houthis, remember. back in 2025, the Houthis were. controlling a lot of the Red Sea. And. then remember the whole signal gate. issue where one of the first like wars. that were taking place was actually. against the Houthies and then Donald.

Trump. Then there was like unusual. things that were happening. Remember. back in May 2025? I know there's so much. stuff with the Trump regime happening. that people forget a lot of these. things, but the whole thing with. Signalgate was they were talking on the. on the Signal app about the strikes in. Yemen, right? And they were giving away. the coordinates when the strikes would. take place. And then remember at that. time there were like a number of like US. fighter jets and helicopters that were. crashing. Do you remember that? There.

were like jets that were crashing and. helicopters that were crashing and lots. of drones that were mysteriously. crashing and they'd be like, "Yeah, you. know, the helicopter or the plane, it. just it fell off the side of the boat.". And remember the Houthies were saying, "No, we were hitting them." But then the. official. uh thing that came out was no, it just. fell off the side of the tanker of the. super carriers and that's what was. happening. And then Donald Trump, remember Donald Trump begged for a. ceasefire with the Houthies. This. probably gave a good indication to Iran.

and the Houthies how you deal with. Donald Trump back in 20 a lot of people. aren't even talking about this 2025 one. and then Donald Trump praised the. Houthies and said that they're very. strong and they're very brave and. they're courageous and they're really. great people and he did a solid deal. with them and things are going great. Remember that? I think Jeremy go back. and check. I think we have that clip. somewhere in our archive that I want to. show from May of 2025 just to show how. all this stuff is uh how all this stuff.

is related. But the Houthis have said if. Trump continues to escalate again and. one of the areas where Trump is using to. escalate his bases in Saudi Arabia, uh. the Houthi said we'll shut down the. Babel Mandab Straight to Saudi tankers. Yeah, that was the clip from 2025. Um, it was the one on the Houthies. Um, where Trump praises the Houthies in the. first act, Jeremy. And so the Houthies.

made good on their threat and they shut. down the Babel Mandab Strait as it. relates to the Saudi tankers. Uh, two. Saudi tankers tried to leave yesterday. both were shot at and destroyed by um by. the Houthies. And so now with the great. work of Donald Trump, and I say that. sarcastically, you have the straight of. Hormuz effectively shut down. You have. the Babel Mandab straight effectively.

shut down. You have the price per barrel. of oil right now at over $100 a barrel. And I think that's going to very quickly. escalate to $150 a barrel pretty soon. We have the 10year. uh Treasury note yield uh approaching. 5%. We have the 30-year Treasury yield. already well over 5% which ultimately. means interest rates going up up up.

Your mortgage rates going up up up. The. cost of borrowing going up up up. the. amount of interest uh that has to be. paid ultimately by taxpayers in this. Ponzi scheme of ex of escalating debt by. the United States and it treasury. department just gets worse and worse and. worse. You all remember last year when I. was talking about the kind of crisis. developing from Trump's so-called. liberation day about how it was causing.

the Treasury. uh note yields to go up and I was like a. Treasury note yield geek. Remember those. days where I would say let's focus on. the Treasury note yields. Let's focus on. the 10-year, the 20 year, the 30-year. Remember I would say well never thought. I'd have to be an expert in Treasury no. yield percentages but apparently under. the Trump regime that's what you got to. become. Well now we're also collectively. as a community experts in the Babel. Mandab straight the straight of hormuz.

uh the crack spreads the delta between. your price of crude and your refinery. price. And by the way, the crack spread. continues to go up up up while the price. of crude goes up up up, which ain't good. because that means your refinery the. refineries ultimately sell to the gas. stations. So those prices keep going up. And so we're now at a period of time. where the warnings that we were making.

on this show, which I hope you didn't. think were hyperbolic. I get accused of. that sometimes, but I hope you, you. know, or that I was just fear-mongering. and saying these things because. whatever, you know, just to just to say. them and, you know, get clicks or what. No, it was we were going through the. science. We were going through the data. We were showing where this was all. headed and it was very clear that if you. followed the data, this is what was.

ultimately going to take place. And. that's why I was saying we'd be at $100. a barrel. And then all of these people. like, you're a you're a panicking. It's. at $68. And I'm like, well, first off, there's. massive market manipulation taking. place. Look at these short positions. that are taking place which are so. inongruent to what the refinery prices. were. Hence the crack spreads that we. were talking about a lot. I said also. strategic petroleum reserves are being. depleted at a massive clip. And then I.

became a strategic petroleum reserve. geek with all of you and I was like okay. look at the strategic petroleum. reserves. Look at the strategic. petroleum reserves. We're at tank. bottom. We're at tank bottom. Well, now. we're in the point though where every. day. there's this exponential compounding. effect in a very very bad way where and. and this is why Trump is as desperate as. can be and why we why the options are.

you just leave at this point. You. destroyed theou so I don't think there's. any way to go back and do a deal. So you. just leave, which Trump can never do. because he doesn't want to be called a. loser or worse than Obama or whatever it. is. or you escalate dramatically. dramatically which will result in cata.

very predictable catastrophe. You know, history often seems complex, but. sometimes, you know, I I would reflect. with all of the complexities in history, how is it sometimes that on a eighth. grade social studies exam, the answer. could so easily be true or false? Or. ABC, B, C, D, or D? How did America. ultimately get destroyed and go bankrupt. and suffer a great economic depression. in 2026, 2027? Uh, A, Donald Trump's.

tariffs. B, Donald Trump's war. C, all. of the above. It's like, yeah, you know, it. is it is so obvious the m these aren't. it feels like we're going in slow motion. into this too because this regime is so. callous. This regime is so. stupid and they're so all these enablers. and you just watch. you watch and you. go, "Wow, you're just heading right into.

the abyss right now." Like you you the. lesson that you've learned from all of. this, from the past five months, is that if. you bomb Iran more, that's going to make. them want to do a deal with you. No. For. Iran, this is an existential. civilization thing. For an Iranian. civilization that's been around for. thousands of years, they view it in that. context. For Donald Trump, he views this. as some transactional trophy, as some.

thing that he wants to, you know, give a. speech about to his MAGA base that he's. losing, by the way, rapidly each and. every day. And that very dynam, you know, Trump and the kind of neocon. war hawks and increasingly even us just. a tiny group of MAGA like maggot doesn't. want this. And you know, independents. don't want this. Democrats don't. Americans don't. Nobody wants it. We.

don't know why we're there. We don't. know what we're doing. We don't know. what the hell is going on. We want. nothing to do with any of this at all. This horrific, catastrophic, and. unlawful war. And we watch this idiotic, vile piece of trash buffoon. and Donald. Trump. You watch this filthy thing up there, right? And what else do you filthy. creature? This disgusting piece of.

trash. They want to do. so bad. They want to do a deal with me. [laughter]. And I'm like, can we have some grown-up, please? If it could be, you know, just. someone who one speaks in sentences, two who stops saying the freaking word. deal over and over and over again. I. don't need deal. I'm going to do a deal. Then I could deal. I'm a dealmaker. I do. deals. You want me to do a deal? You. want to do a deal with me? You want to.

do a deal with Donald? It's like, shut. the hell up about this stuff. Just do. it. Don't do I don't know what I don't I. don't I don't I don't know what you're. doing. I don't know what you're doing. And then you just watch him up there. each and every day and it's just. stop. Just stop. Just grow up. And I say. this as someone who absolutely despises. him. Not because his name is Donald. Trump or this or that, but because what. he does is so harmful. He's a war. criminal. He hurts so many people. He's.

an idiot. and to see what one man or him. and Netanyahu two men I shouldn't even. call them you know two thing I the the. the damage that that they can cause on. the entire world on billions of people. it's it's it's wild. it's a cra it's a crazy concept. so you have Donald Trump there. doing a press conference before bragging.

bragging. about 18 deaths. It's only 18. It's only. 18, everybody. I mean, Vietnam was a lot. more. And uh World War II was a lot. more. Only 18. Here, let's play this. first clip. >> Still, that's 18 in two wars. And one is. too many, but it's 18. Whereas in. Vietnam, we lost 200,000. We lost. thousands and thousands. in Afghanistan. We lost thousands in every war. The.

Korean War, thousands, and they these. wars all lasted for years. And we want. to get it over with and we want to do it. right. But we have to we have to do what. we came to do. And that's we can't let. these people very violent people. We. can't let them have what they want, which is nuclear weapons came, >> which you said were obliterated in June. of 2025. And now you're giving nuclear enrichment. capability. to Saudi Arabia.

who were instrumental in killing US. journalists and involved in 9/11. So the Saudis get nuclear material and. then Donald Trump doesn't even know the. way enrichment works. And again, this is. my thing. This isn't a Democratic thing, a Republican thing. an independent thing. Could we just not. be a stupid thing? Feel like it's the. one of the Dr. Seuss books that I read.

to one thing, two thing. Let's not be a. stupid thing, right? That I read to my. my almost 2-year-old baby girl. Pull up. Jeremy the social media post that Donald. Trump made this morning about Saudi. Arabia. Yesterday, Donald Trump. announces. that he's doing a deal with Saudi Arabia. to give them nuclear enrichment. capabilities. Right? There didn't seem. to be any strings attached to it. It was. just announced that that's what was.

going to happen. Today, Donald Trump announces the. following. the civil nuclear deal. There will be no. enrichment of material being made. between the United States Department of. Energy and Saudi Arabia, which pertains. only to non-military use, such as the. ones that Iran and UAE and others. already have, will be approved, but is. totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining. the very respected and successful.

Abraham Accords. The United States is. not opposed to civil non-enriched. nuclear facilities. Thank you for your. attention to this matter. Donald J. Trump. Let's go to me for one second, Jeremy. Then I'm going to put it back up. in a second. Y'all remember. one of those games where they show you. the photo and you're like, match the. things that aren't that don't belong in. the photo, right? Like, you know, underline everything that doesn't make. sense about this. So now put it back up,

Jeremy. Just think about the statement. This is supposed to be the. commander-in-chief of the United States. There will be no enrichment of material. Do you know the way civil nuclear. facilities work, Donald? The difference. between weapons grade and non-weapons. grade is how it is blended. Whether it. is down blended, diluted, and the. percentage of enrichment. Certain. percentage makes it weapons grade. certain dilution keeps it away from.

that. The whole point behind the JCPOA. and what would have been the nuclear. talks here and this is what the Omani. foreign minister was saying that the. Trump regime didn't even understand. during the mediation that took place in. February were the concepts of down. blending and that was one of the reasons. that Trump went into this war with. Netanyahu because they don't understand. the way nuclear material works. Again, I. don't care if you're a Democrat, a. Republican, or an independent, okay? The. issue of what makes nuclear material.

weapons grade versus non-weapons grade. for civilian use is the percentage of. enrichment that ultimately takes place. And so what Iran was conveying at the. mediation in February was that it was. agreeable to all down blending and. dilution procedures with oversight to. make clear that they would not have. weapons grade. to which the Trump says. they're keeping it enriched. Yeah, because that's uranium. That's how.

that's how civil nuclear facilities. work. It is uranium. It is the. percentage that makes it weapons grade. ultimately. Go back to the graphic. though for a second as well. But then in. this graphic, in this post by Donald. Trump, he says Saudi Arabia will have. non-military uses such as the ones that. Iran and UAE already have. Okay. One thing, two thing, stupid. thing, confession thing, right? That.

that's that's this Dr. Seuss page. So, you're admitting right here that Iran. has it for non-military uses. So, you. are admitting that you went to war, that. you are a war criminal, that you went to. war on false pretenses in that very. social media post. That's because you. say that they have for not for. non-military purposes, which is what. Iran always said, and you're admitting. it in this post. And you then claim. previously that you obliterated any.

ability for them to make it weapons. grade back in July 2025 or June 2025. Okay, we read on. But it says it's. subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very. respected and successful Abraham. Accords. Now that's the deal with Israel. for Saudi Arabia to normalize relations. with Israel. Now, Saudi Arabia has. already made it very clear they don't. want to do that until there is a. Palestinian state. Now, whether NBS. wants to do it or doesn't want to do it,

NBS realizes if he enters into the. Abraham Accords, he will be toppled if. there is not a Palestine recognized by. his people, by his population in Saudi. Arabia. So, MBS has made it very clear. he's never joining the Abraham Accords. Remember many months ago before theou. when Donald Trump was saying if you want. me to do a deal you have to join the. Abraham Accords. Remember Saudi Arabia. and everybody else on the call and be.

they all went silent because they don't. want to join this because Israel is. committing a genocide in Gaza and. Israel's committing a genocide in. Lebanon. They don't want to join it. until that stops until there's a. Palestinian state that's recognized by. Israel and the United States and the. world. That's what Saudi Arabia's. position is. I don't believe. that Saudi Arabia should get any sort of. preferential treatment over non-nuclear.

just because they have a quid proquo. deal with Trump over civilian use. nuclear weapons. What is it proximity to. Donald Trump that gets it? I don't like. the idea of Saudi Arabia have I don't. like the idea of nuclear proliferation. in general. I understand the the use of. civilian nuclear energy. I think there. are ways to address it and deal with it. Um, but what Donald Trump is doing here now, this is why I've always said Trump can't. do deals. What was the point of all of. this? H, how he's now made everybody.

less safe. He. probably now, if you're Saudi Arabia and. you see that statement like that, I'm. not She's like, I'm not joining the. Abraham Accords. What What are you even. doing? Saudi Arabia is just going to be. like, "All right, we're going to move. closer to China." So, even the thing. that Trump purportedly wanted to do, which is a very dangerous thing to do, he now makes a stupid post. where he shows he doesn't even. understand the way enrichment works.

He's now undermined himself here. He's. undermined the relationship with Saudi. Arabia and pushed them closer to China. anyway. and then just I I don't even. understand the wh why why would they. announce that yesterday and not include. this provision like wh where's Congress. where are people where where's anybody. you know to to to the these things we're. talking about nuclear okay we're talking. about things that have the capability to. end civilization as we know it this.

isn't something that you just throw. around and go ah nuclear nuclear. nuclear everybody right like this is. real this is This is real stuff. You're. just playing with nuclear. You're just. Okay, I want you NBS to join the Abraham. Accords now. Will you do it for me, NBS? Oh, yes, Donald. I will definitely join. the Abraham Accords and have my entire. kingdom be toppled as a result. Yes. Yes, Donald. Because you truth it. You.

did a You did it via truth. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's what I mean. This is this. the whole this whole situation is. idiotic. This this should not again this. is not a political this is not me vote. for this guy vote for this gal ain't. ain't that it is the person is unfit to. be in office and it's not even close and. that's an example of it and now that. person who doesn't understand the most. basics of the way enrichment even works.

is moving the country and the world into. a world war. That's not hyperbolic. The. world is at war right now. And now even. the UK having more of its bases used in. the Royal Air Force base, which Iran. says, "Okay, well now you're fair game. in the UK. You're fair game as well now. because we're we saw those B1s being. used in the UK." War is raging with.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine. wars raging in the Middle East and. spreading. Yemen to the Red Sea and beyond and. Donald Trump's out there. I hereby declare via via this truth that. if if Yemen doesn't henceforth. stop blowing up ships, I'm very. disappointed in you Yemen Houthies. I'm. very disappointed in you. It's like,

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a. game. This is not a. experiment or some reality show. Although sometimes it feels like we're. non-consensual participants and stuck in. this dystopian corrosive thing that. Trump and the media normalize. It feels. like an escape room. But you know, you. you you all remember that, you know, last week when I was playing the video.

on the Fight for Progress. YouTube channel and they highlighted. someone from Pennsylvania. who had three items in her fridge. remember that? And she would talk about. how I I have to decide, am I going to have one item in the. fridge, three items in the fridge? What am I going to do? >> What am I going to do for my kids? How. am I going to afford health care? I'm.

losing my health care. this government with all of the stuff. that's going on is just take take hurt. hurt hurt inflict pain and then the. chaos every damn day right and it's like. while this catastrophic war is going on. as well then what's Trump doing. tariffing Canada 50% on hockey sticks. and other items I mean there's a lot of. exclusions from those tariffs of course. but it it is and then and then whining.

about, oh, Canada's so unfair. Canada. treats us so unfair. Canada this, Canada. that. It's like, what are you whining. about? Canada treating us unfairly. What. are you the nicest people? It takes the most deranged people to. think that Canada. treats us bad. Like, who? It's truly the. most deranged group of humans who are. like, you know who we should be really. angry with right now? Who? The. Canadians. Why? and and and and it is, you know,

you go back, you remember the South. Park, blame Canada, you know, and the. way South Park would also mock like. North Korean dictators and things like. that, right? Like we used to mock this. stuff, but this is what this regime is. This is what and who. MAGA actually, you know, what what what. MAGA is actually all about. And so I. just want you to know that when I do. these videos, when I go live,

when we discuss the war, when we discuss. tariffs, when we discuss ICE and Border. Patrol, Gestapo, killing people in our streets, when we. talk about. civil rights violations, discriminations, the racist behavior, when we discuss health care being taken. away, I just I want you to know that at. the heart of all of this reporting is is. you. It's grounded in what you're going.

through and what your experiences are. and what and what your what you're. saying and and and how we can best fight. for you along those lines. I I I want to. share this with you as well. And this is. uh out of Pennsylvania uh as well where. the cost of tariffs just like you see. wherever you're living or if you live in. Pennsylvania it's causing inflation to. rise which isn't just some amorphous.

thing. It means that things aren't. affordable. You layer on top of that and. you have this catastrophic war in Iran. Trump's catastrophic trade war against. everybody and people can't afford. things. And so, Fight for Progress. highlighted the story of Lisa and John. Rona over in Pennsylvania in. Pennsylvania's uh they live in. Pennsylvania's 7th congressional. district. They've got a MAGA. representative, this guy Ryan McKenzie.

right there, northeastern Pennsylvania, Ryan McKenzie. and um he's allowed. Trump's tariffs. He's enabled all of the pain and. suffering that MAGA is inflicting on. John and Lisa. But this is what we're. seeing in your neighborhoods as well. So, let me just share with you their. story quickly. Let's play it. >> The tariffs have greatly impacted us. President Trump's tariffs are starting.

to have an impact on businesses and. consumers. It's insane how much things. have increased. >> Tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. [music] double to 50%. >> We've owned Cutters Bike Shop for about. 17 years now. The metal, aluminum, steel. type tariffs [music] really impacted our. business. >> Our profit margin is shrinking. significantly. >> I think the tariffs are going to be. great for us because it's going to make. us rich. >> Are there any discussions about giving. any relief to small businesses? >> They're not going to need it. [music]. >> Okay. Are these.

>> They're going to make so much money. Sorry. >> It's just so bad because to me it's just. like how dumb do [music] you think we. are? >> We're not getting extra money from the. tariffs. We're actually losing money. >> Do you feel like the president could. have maybe rolled it out in a more. consistent way that. >> Yeah. I've heard it many times over from. businesses right here in our local. community uh that are dealing with. tariffs. Whatever the number is, they're. going to deal with it and they're going. to adjust their business.

Represent McKenzie feels that we should. just adjust our business to make up for. the rising costs. >> I would love them to see McKenzie. [music] walk down the street of. Bethlehem. What was your reasoning. behind voting for the tariffs? Did you. take into effect that this can hurt a. lot of small businesses in your area? >> You can't just continue to absorb that. You just cannot. [music]. >> McKenzie, yeah. Kind of left us, abandoned us a little bit, and and I'm. not sure why. powerful video. You can watch longer.

version of that at the Fight for. Progress YouTube page. So after this. live ends, you can search Fight for. Progress. Watch the full video. And will. you do me a favor in the comment. section, tell the folks over at Fight. for Progress that Ben said hi. And you. can even if you wanted to tell them WTF. America and that'll be our code language. as well, but you could tell them that. Ben says hi at Fight for Progress. So I. wanted to share that with you because. when I watch, you know, this press. conference for example that Marco Rubio.

just had, Marco Rubio, US Secretary of. State, he's over at the ACSEAN. conference, Southeast Asian conference. on the sidelines there where he held. this press conference and to see the. Secretary of State whining about the. Iranian Lego videos. and saying they make stupid Lego videos. And it's like, y'all are whining about. Iran's Lego videos while killing little.

girls in Iranian elementary schools and. engaging in all of these war crimes. across the world when there are people. like those people in Pennsylvania 7 that. I just showed you who are suffering. What What do you You're And as we talk. about reconciliation 3.0 0 and all this. money that the Magnus want, which is. part of their Ponzi scheme. You want to. take our money away from giving services. to people and helping people like that, like you, so that y'all can buy.

missiles, tomahawks, to to just engage. in more war crimes and kill people. That. that's where that's where you're putting. my taxpayer dollars for this. catastrophic. war and for other wars that are taking. place around the world. What What are we. doing right here? Here's Marco Rubio. whining about the Lego video. Here, play. this clip. >> Because the price they're paying is very. high. Despite their tough talk and their. flowery language and their stupid Lego. videos they put out. I've never seen. them, but they put these things out on. social media. Despite all that bravado,

they are suffering tremendously. And. they're going to suffer more until they. come to their senses. They're not there. yet, unfortunately. >> Which country? Oh, >> I can't tell you who told. them suffer more. They're not there yet. this Lego video. Let's play the clip. Yeah, they failed it to talks.

[music]. >> Now they want to blockade the. straightle. >> Okay, you get the point. That that's. that's what's irritating the US. Secretary of State right now. That's. that [laughter]. that right there is what is. on the mind of the United States. Secretary of State right now. Okay. Then. Rubio says, "But every day Iran's. calling up. They're begging. They're.

begging me for deals. This is what. you're going with that they're begging. you for deals." This is what Rubio said. Let's play. >> Okay. These people who are calling us. every day begging. Let's do a deal. They. send us messages through other. countries, third countries. I mean, they're running out of countries to. send. Even I had countries here coming. up to me. Oh, I just spoke to the. Iranians. They want to do a deal. The. problem is every time these people do a. deal, they either break it or after they. make it, they want to change the deal. So, they're probably not ready to do a. deal yet, but they will be. They will. be. We bomb them more, we escalate more,

and then they'll be like, "Donald, Marco, we want to do a deal with you now. you. before, no, but now we want to. definitely do a deal with you guys. I just It is unfathomable to have. literally the dumbest, most evil human. beings up there saying the stupidest. stuff. I mean, I'll show you. This is. new footage earlier today uh by Jordan.

showing the moment an Iranian ballistic. missile directly hit King Fisizel air. base again in Jordan where numerous US. service members are stationed. This is. they're calling. They're saying Marco. Polo. here. Play this clip.

That's that's you know meanwhile you. have these. satellite images for example of Ali Al. Salam air base in Kuwait. This is July. 23rd. It looks like there are casualties. you know in in in this area. This is one. of the areas where you know so our. troops are in these containerized. are in these containerized barracks. We. don't have the image, but you've seen. I've shown them before. These. containerized barracks. By containerized. barracks, you all know what I mean. Containerized. They're containers. Our.

troops live in containers. Okay? And I I. I use language sometimes, but like, let. me explain. You know, like the. containers, like the the truck cargo, right? That's where our troops live. While we don't have the interceptors and. the munitions to stop the Iranian. strikes after we attack, Iran, if they. wanted to, could attack more of these. containerized barracks. But our troops. basically live in the back of trucks, those cargo uh containers and all all in.

one while you have ballistic missiles. and shahi drones raining down on them. And then our scentcom and defense. department goes, "Uh, minor concussions. Minor concussion." I mean, it's like the. most defensive stuff. And again, it's. ain't a Democrat or a rep. Minor. concussions after a Shahed drone and. ballistic missile hit the base. There's. no such thing as a minor it's a. traumatic brain injury that will impact. these people for the rest of their.

lives. A traumatic brain. Stop calling. it a minor concussion. And again, I. don't care if you're a Republican, a. MAGA, a MAGA MAGA, a mutant, a Teenage. Mutant Ninja MAGA. I don't I don't care. what I don't care what the hell you are. Minor concussion from a shah hidden. ballistic missile drone. And you're. you're cool with that. You're cool with. the behavior of this regime saying. things. This is Marco Rubio at the press. conference. This is his message to the.

Houthies. Please stop. Houthies. Houthies. Please. Please. You're being not nice. Houthies. You. The Houthies were. suckered into this. They were suckered. into this by Iran. Houthies. Please. Please Houthies, don't do this to the. United States. You're being very mean to. us. Here, play this clip. >> Yeah. Look, I hope that they'll stop. They shouldn't really do that. They got. suckered into this by the Iranians. You. know, the Houthis largely were smart and.

stayed out of all this. uh throughout. the the conflict. But um they now. apparently have gotten themselves. suckered into this going after Saudi. Arabia and their ships. And and by the. way, that's you know, I was reading. reports a few hours ago that there is. actually a Saudi fuel ship that's flag. Chinese. It's a Chinese ship. Are they. going to blow up the Chinese ship and. this becomes a problem for China. This. will become a a problem for the whole. world. But I hope that will deescalate. because I think the Houthies frankly got. snookered into this thing by by the. Iranians and um and and they were smart.

to stay out of it and they should stay. out of it and they should stop. We'll. see what happens there. Obviously, it's. not a positive development. We'll see. what happens. >> Yeah. The the Houthies. the Houthies I'm going to speak with my. hands the way these people the way the. people in the Trump talk. That's how. that's how I'll be more thought. The h. the Houthies, they got snookied from the. Jersey Shore into this. They were. Snookie from Jersey Shore. What What was. What was the Jersey Shore? What' they. do? They tanned. They wore the shirts.

What was the three things on the Jersey. Shore? Snookie was on the Jersey Shore, right? They got snookie into I know you. said snookered, but who says that? You. say they got snooker. What do they What. does it even mean that they What What. were the three things? Jeremy, my. editor, you were a Jersey Shore fan, Jeremy. What what were the three things? You tan, you you club. He says he never. watched the Jersey Shore in the comments. to me. Someone in the comments will know. what the three things were and I'll I'll. talk about that. No, it's not drink. It's like three things. You iron your. shirts or something. You iron. Anyway, I'll I'll find I'll I'll remember what.

those three Anyway, they got what Let's. take a step back though and be serious. here. It it it is beyond parody though. that Marco Rubio the secretary do do you. understand who the Houthies are the. history? Do does he really think that? Does he just think everybody's so. stupid? Does he think when he does the. hand motions also that we all are just. like okay Marco I guess they got. snookered into this? They got snookied. from the Jersey shore into this. That's. that's what happened. I Yeah, that's.

that's what happened to the Houthies. The Houthies are allied with Iran. They. didn't get snookered into anything. The. history Iran traveled to Sana airport. July 13th. They delivered weapons and. military equipment and they've been. doing that for a long time. The access. of resistance is Iran is Hezbollah is. the Houthis. Iran set up a mosaic uh. decentralized defense structure that if. there were to be an attack on Iran,

they'd be able to escalate in a way to. destroy the global economy and to. inflict maximum amount of pain if they. had to if they had to do that. I mean if. you think about in wildlife or you know. like uh you know some. uh animals uh that uh you know are. weaker than let's say like a shark right. like a poisonous puffer fish versus a. shark or something right ultimately.

you're not going to be I don't know if. this is a good example but you get the. point that I'm trying to make that one. may actually be a lot more powerful but. the other has developed a strategy that. if something were to attack, it's. mutually assured destruction and. everybody dies. The shark and the. buffer, every everybody, right? Everybody feels the a massive amount of. pain. Um, and so what Iran was able to. do and what they've mapped out also with. its proxies in the region is the. strategy they're implementing right now. And by the way, it doesn't just stop at.

the Houthis. It's also in Somalia. they. have the access right there as well of. resistance as they call it which is also. um bordering through the eastern side of. Somalia on the Red Sea. So from the west. in Yemen, from the east in Somalia, you. can shut down the Red Sea and Somalia. really hasn't been activated yet. Um but. but they could um you can shut down the. Red Sea, you can shut down the straight. of Hormuz. And given the g geography of. Iran as well, it can easily target these.

other areas. Its proximity to the UAE, its proximity to Bahrain, its proximity. to Qatar, its proximity to all of these. countries. What Iran realized was its. mistake before is that it would attack. Israel right away, but Israel was well. funded by the United States and had the. Iron Dome. And Iran's learning lesson. was. why would you go after Israel? They have. a massive military. They've got the Iron. Dome.

The bases in the Arab nations, if you. look at how they were positioned, actually form the first layer of the. Iron Dome to protect the actual Iron. Dome in Israel. In other words, if you. think about, you know, your chessboard, if you will, the very first line are. actually the Arab nations and those US. bases over there were actually. structured in a way to protect Israel. So, what Iran realized and what its. strategy is is, okay, let's pick off.

these bases first. Let's not we'll. figure out what we're going to do with. Israel later, but why why bring them. involved in this fight as of now? Let's. pick off these other air bases. So if. you look at the strikes, Iran's getting. rid of and and hitting radar bases, early detection in all of these Arab. nations that form the first line of the. perimeter where where where Israel is. Secondarily, Iran has activated the. Houthis and Babel Nandab to shut down. these Saudi tankers over there. One of.

the reasons that I suspected that Trump. was giving our semiconductor technology. classified to UAE and nuclear stuff to. we'll see what even happens to Saudi. Arabia was because our security umbrella. failed there. So Trump now has to give. him something for the quidd proquo that. he was involved you know that he was. involved with. And so Iran is now. implementing a strategy that anybody who. knew what I just knew would tell you. this was exactly what they were going to.

do. It's what I was saying before the. war started. And let me let me say this. to myself about about me. Um I don't. have access to the information that the. top people in the the government have. And I if if I knew that, then they. should, you know, clearly know that. And. I think from someone like a Marco Rubio. or whoever, if they articulated what I just said. publicly,

the war, we would know what's happening. And you could at least like I I think. this war is catastrophic and unlawful. We should never be involved in it. I'll. be very clear. This whole thing is a. catastrophe. You you should at least though explain. publicly what what is happening and what. the dynamic is rather than say that the. Houthies were on a Jersey Shore episode. with Snookie or something like that. Whatever Rubio was saying snookered. All. right, let's take our last quick break. of the show. Make sure you get your copy.

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Shore were gym, tan, and laundry. I. looked it up during the break. Those. were the three things. And why, if. you're just joining, am I saying that so. you don't say, "I thought I was watching. a show on breaking news." Because Marco. Rubio said that the Houthies were. snookered into. helping Iran. Like they were just. tricked, if you will. And then I said, "Is he saying that they were Snookie. from Jersey Shore?" Because it's just as.

ridiculous and absurd as saying that the. Houthies were somehow snookered. So. that's how I got that's how I got there. That makes you want to stay and watch. this more. Um, look, in in in all. seriousness though, right now things are. rapidly escalating in this catastrophic. and unlawful war. Um based on the latest. reporting uh over. 150 medical personnel have on a.

emergency basis been moved to Germany. right now. 10 medevac flights are taking. place in the region as well where it. does seem that numerous of the. containerized barracks have been hit. recently. I believe the Trump regime is. covering up additional casualty numbers. at least injuries. I don't know about. fatalities. I think I can confidently. say that they're understating the. injuries, I believe, by multiples of. three to five times. And they're. downplaying the injuries and saying.

things are minor concussions when they. when there's no such thing as a minor. concussion. It's a traumatic brain. injury. Um, last week, right, I was I did numerous. videos last week where the titles of my. videos were basically Trump is losing. control uh as he hides casualties as he. hides air bases being destroyed. I did. numerous videos like that and I got a. lot of comments basically saying, you. know, well, you know, why are you saying. these things? I'm not hearing it. anywhere else. Are you telling us the.

truth? Like, why are you saying these. things? Are you the only one saying. these things? That didn't happen. No one. else is saying these things. And look, do I get it right all of the time? I. mean, no one can get it right all of the. time, but the United States has banned. these satellite companies from showing. the photos that used to be taken in the. Middle East, this open-source stuff. There's uh companies that do these. photos for private uh entities. One of. them is called Planet Labs, but they and.

others have been banned from showing. photos of the Middle East. So, a lot of. the satellite footage that we get comes. from open-source intelligence from China. because you can't ban, you know, just. think about it. You know, as Trump's out. there saying, you know, China's, you. know, bans everything and all this. information that the China footage is. there. So, and it's been accurate to. date. It's not hasn't been inaccurate. Um, so we look at those. There's other. open- source intelligence satellite.

images from other countries as well that. make its way out there from Russia and. elsewhere. And I don't like that I have. to rely on that, but I do want to know. is it accurate? I'm like, is it showing. me fake AI images of the bases being. destroyed or are these images actually. containerized barracks in Kuwait and. Jordan and Aluded and others being. destroyed? is the footage of Aluded. base, the one in Qatar being totally. abandoned at this point. There's no US.

aircraft or other equipment in Aluded in. Qatar. Think about that. And we're saying we're strong. We we we. abandoned the base. We've abandoned. numerous bases in in in the region. You. can see that from the satellite footage. And you can see where Iran has done. direct hits. Now sometimes the IRGC. will say we killed lots of soldiers in. Syria and that proves not to be true and. I'm trying to be very careful when just.

because the IRGC or TASN news or mayors. or FARS reports on something I don't go. well TASN must be act I understand very. well that in the theater of war you're. going to get propaganda from Iran you're. going to get propaganda from the United. States in the past while I think we all. knew we were getting propaganda from the. United States government. I at least. thought that when Sentcom would post. something, it wouldn't just border on.

the not border on be worse than the. Baghdad Bob type of propaganda, right? I. mean, when you see what Sencom posts. these days, when they truth, the. straight of Hormuz is opened. It is free. for everybody. Ships are sailing through. and things are amazing. Do do y'all. remember them? Since I'm doing pop. culture references, my wife had no clue. what I was talking about here, but help. me out on this one. Starship Troopers.

Remember Starship Troopers? I think they. would they live in Argentina at the time. and they would go to war against like. the space aliens and and all of that. And on Starship Troopers, they would. have like their scentcom, right? and it. would and they would have their media. Another great day for the starship. troopers. Here's the footage from over. and they would show the footage and then. after the you know the propaganda. footage would roll and you would. actually see what's I want I think I'm. going to watch that. I don't know with.

what time I'm going to watch I'm going. to watch it but with my fake imaginary. time I'm going to watch Starship. Troopers one of these days again. Like. what are you talking about Ben? you. don't you're not like sleeping right now. in general. But I do want to watch the. troopers in my makebelieve life. I'm. [clears throat] going to watch it. But then when you would actually see. what was happening in the planet like. the aliens were like taking out all of. the they were not winning the war and. like all of the comets. Remember like. the those aliens would like launch the. comets into Earth and they always get.

hit and like how'd that happen? Um I I I. I I you know between 1984 Starship. Troopers and all these things it's it's. absurd. It's absurd. You know uh what. what Sentcom is saying. I mean that guy. Admiral Brad Cooper the head of SenCom I. mean is a clown. And lots of top. military people tell me privately that. they think this guy is a cl he's. beclowned himself. He wasn't before. But.

anytime that guy speaks and he says the. stuff, you know, that he knows will. please Trump and Hegsith, I mean, it's. sad, but Admiral Brad Cooper, the head. of Sencom, is a clown. He's a liar. And. I hate to say that. I really do because. I thought Sencom, that was untouchable. But no, the Trump. regime tainted Senom and their social. media account frankly is less accurate a.

lot of times than what I read on Taznim. That's crazy. That's absurd that I, you know, that I. see them posting these things. I see the. images and I see Sencom saying the. straight of Hormuz is open and I'm like, am I really looking at Taz? Am I looking. at Taznim and Mars and FARS and and and. these statements and they appear to be. more accurate than what Sentcom is. saying to me? You know, SenCom will say. no troops are killed in the region when.

they know the troops were killed in the. region. Then you find out two days later. there were troops killed and they were. covering it up, which makes me want to. go back even more, you know, and and and. I remember the the war with the Houthies. that lots of people don't talk about. anymore in 2025 with the signal chat. remember Hegsith and all these people. were communicating on and Mike Waltz who. used to be you know in the uh national. security adviser and then now he became. the am he got promoted to the ambassador.

of the United Nations after inviting in. that Jeffrey Goldberg guy from the. Atlantic onto the signal chat where they. were like giving away the war plans. Remember what they would say back then. that you know the Starship troopers. would would uh would come on. Another. airplane mysteriously fell off the. aircraft carrier into the water. We're. not sure how this happened, but Donald. Trump has a plan. He's going to do a. deal with the Houthies who are very.

brave, very courageous people according. to Donald Trump. It has no relation to. the fact that F-15s are falling off of. aircraft carriers at all. America has. won another war. Right. Right. Right. This was May 2025. What Donald Trump. said about the Houthies. Let's play it. >> Take a look. But uh you know, we had uh. really a very good, as you know, we had. a very good uh outcome with the Houthis.

and we honor their word. I mean, they. made a commitment and uh we dealt with. other countries that were close to them. and their surrogates and we honor all of. their words and we'll see what happens. But I think, you know, I I believe that. hopefully that's over with and they'll. leave the ships alone, you know, just. leave those ships alone. But so we do we take their word for it. It was, you know, we hit them very hard. They had a great capacity to withstand.

punishment. They they took tremendous. punishment. and uh you know you could say there's a. lot of bravery there that it I it was. amazing what uh what they took but we. honor their commitment and their word. They gave us their word that they. wouldn't be shooting ships anymore and. we honor that. Uh I want to thank you. all for being. >> we honor him. We honor your word. Houthies. Just want to let you know we're you know.

and. why we so loudly. and are often. falsely accused of being hyperbolic is. because these moments are existential. I'm going to scream from the rooftop. WTF is that? And to me, treating that as. normal is actually hyperbolic in a.

self-defeating way. Not accurately. calling it out and saying WTF. You know. what I mean? Like if you go back to. everything he does, it looks like that. We could talk about the reflecting pool. and vandals that he makes up. You can. talk about COVID like a miracle. It's. all going to go away. You can talk about. the nuclear deal he claims he's making. with Saudi Arabia and then says they. need to join the Abraham Accords and.

they don't need to join the Abraham. Accords and that the enrichment is not. going to be allowed even though that's. the way civil use nuclear energy works. There's enrichment just at a certain. level you know you you you this is what. he says about Russia's invasion of. Ukraine and the war there. It's a deal. Putin had a great We had a great. conversation. It's very close to being resolved. Really, it's very close to being. resolved. I see Keev and Zcia and Doness and uh.

all of these areas. and Odessa. I see Russia striking. very hard in Ukraine every day. I see. Ukraine with its FP1, FP2, FP5 uh drones. and ballistics hitting Russia very hard. I see the Wildberries facilities, which. are their logistical centers getting. blown up in Russia, in Moscow region, in. and other areas nearby. I see war.

everywhere right now. And you know, Donald, it's all good. Everything's. great. Never been better. Could you. imagine what it would have been like. under Joe Biden and Kamla come Joe Biden. brought all these billions of dollars. whine wine wine it's like dude shut up. and clearly you look at his polling data. latest Pew Research poll his approval's. at 34%. you know he'll be in the 30s he'll be in.

the low 30s soon he he he you know I I I. talk about this in WTF America you know. there there are 28 to 30% of Americans I. I that like this that that actually like. there's like and there's and there's. we're never going to get through to. them. I s this just is that's they they. like this. I I I I can't. I can try to give you explanations, but.

they you know and you can say, "Well, is. it racism? Is it hating immigrants? Is. it feeling like they're gonna be part of. the club? Is it Well, I I don't you know. there there is. 70% of the country who doesn't like this. I I go into this as a big part of of WTF. America that I that I talk about because. what Trump is able to do though is if.

you start with the 30%, politics is a game of addition, not. subtraction. It's simple. Democrats often view politics as a game. of subtraction, not addition, which is a. problem. And who can you get rid of? who. can you get out of versus who can you. bring in? It's a it could be very. simple. I by the I hate politics. You. know, I I go on these rants, so I'm. evaluating it from a from a from from a.

a a more pragmatic level though of of my. observation because the day-to-day. politics I just not for me. I I care. about people and principles and values. and fighting for people where those. align with politics. Great. But that's. increasingly where where I'm at. All. politicians will let you down. But it's. important that we find people who truly. fight and who are aligned with values. and principles. But what Trump does, if. you start with 28 or 30%, then you go. and you make promises to all these other. groups and you and for Trump, he lies to.

all of them. The Maha Moms, I'm going to. give you all all of this or the the gym. alpha looks max whatever the hell, you. know, the you know, I'm going to give. you this. I'm gonna give, you know, this. group this. I'm gonna give that group. that. It's it's often all kind of. contradictory and it's all lies. And you. know, the crypto people, I'm gonna give. you all of this. Okay. Cryptos crashed, never been worse. Glyphosate, all these.

pesticides, Donald Trump promote. Every. one of these group, this cultural. reference may make sense. It makes sense. to me at least. I hope it makes sense to. you because I discuss it in the book, too. is you know how the bad guy in the. cartoons that you grew up with or I grew. up with, you know, would be like a like. a soul sucker and the way they got their. energy is by taking away the energy from. the, you know, the other people. And so. Trump will go kind of group by group,

you know, he has his kind of 30% 20%. base. Then it goes to other people and. just kind of takes it takes it. And you. know, now they promote glyphosate. It's. the preferred pesticide. It's the. measles outbreaks. So it's like great, great work. Maha, great work. You know, the you get literally got the worst, you. know, worst person. You know, the crypto. people, Trump made a lot of money on. crypto. Look at the price of Bitcoin. Look at the price of cryp, you know, look at all these NFT. They all crashed. under Trump. I mean, Trump just, you. know, Trump destroyed it. Um, go one by. one by one, you know, this, but this is.

what he's done his whole life. This is. what he's done his whole life. He's he's. bankrupted most things he's touched. I. don't say that in a hyperbolic way. He. has, objectively, he's bankrupted this. casino, that casino, this company, that. company, this thing, and that thing. And. you see why he has a demented pathology. He's a demented. He's a demented. psychotic thing. That's why he bankrupts. all of these things. What was happening, what was going to happen if he escalated.

the war in Iran is deeply obvious. I I'm I'm not trying to be like, oh, I'm. I figured it out. It's obvious. this a. lot of the stuff that I've said about. what would happen in Bab al-Mandab, what. would happen in the straight of Hormuz, how the Houthis would respond, how. Hezbollah would respond, how Iran would. utilize its access of resistance groups, how it would activate all of it, how. Iran would respond. You could have. studied Iran's response in 2024 in Tel. Aviv. could have studied Iran's um you.

could have studied the Iran's Shahid. drone production and how the Shahids. were helping Russia invade Ukraine and. and that that was one of the big things. that have kept Russia in their invasion. was was Iranian weapons. Uh, you can. study the Iranian culture, you know, or. you can just stereotype Iranians and. pretend they're cavemen and that all. they do is scream Allah Akbar every day. and don't and and they don't know what.

they're doing and they're begging for. deals. That's just stupid. Like, why why. are we Don't be stupid. R respect what the civilization is able. to accomplish. Respect that they have. some of the best engineering ever. You you have to have a deep. understanding of what's happening in the. you should never go to war at all. Let. me be very clear that this war is. catastrophic and should never it's. unlawful. It's horrible. But we have to. be we have to be.

approaching this everything with a sense. of the most basic of logic and we're not. you know Trump doing tariffs against the. world painting the reflecting pool blue. doing this war. your lesson after. inflation rising because of tariffs is. to do more tariffs. and you may go. what what the hell didn't doesn't he see. that everybody that this is the worst. and that tariffs are bad and it's not. but not for Donald he's getting richer. every day just like when his companies.

went bankrupt he didn't give a. about the shareholders he didn't give a. about the creditor you think he. cares about any of that no he would get. rich then he'd move on to the next one. and then the next one and then the next. one and then the next one that's what he. would do and that's what he's doing. right now and for Iran also though you. think about you think about the historic. moment for them and the historical. perspective that they have and now they.

get someone as dumb and idiotic and as. selfish and stupid as Trump for them. they're who keeps lying about them. wanting to make deals and all. I mean, just think about. civilizationwise. the opportunity that they probably also. go, you know, see in this moment that. Trump, if he continues to escalate and. escalate, which he seems intent on.

doing, this could go, you know, look, Trump. could have done theou. and in our. culture where people forget about this. that and the other thing. If inflation. leveled out, if things got somewhat back. to normal, if he, you know, just stopped. talking about Iran and, you know, the. next distractions, you know, sadly, perhaps the accountability levers may. not have even been, you know, there. We.

would have been calling him out. Hopefully, independent media would have. been able to, you know, you know, make. sure I think people would remember. Um, but even with the horrors that he did, if he did theou, things are getting back. to normal. But he's incapable. He's not. going to end until he loses every chip. on the table. And sadly, the chips on. the table now, it's it's America. It's. our history. It's it's who we are. It's. our people. It's it's people in the. world, actually. You know, it's not.

just, you know, unique to us. And this. is one of these kind of generational. uh worlddefining. polar shifting moments where this guy. every day is doing a catastrophic. damage to the to United States history. And it's not me being hyper like like to. our future. It it it is like literally.

it is it is that significant what's. taking place right now and that's how it. needs to be reported. That's how maybe. once upon a time when reporting was. really the fourth estate they would say. it that that's what's happening right. now. And so he'll escalate further and. further will run out of munitions. Iran. will feel f further emboldened. They're. not being destroyed. They're not being. obliterated. They don't want to make a. deal. They have every incentive right.

now. There's no deal to be made with. Trump. He's a liar about everything. Iran knows $100 a barrel, $120 a barrel, $150 a barrel. M will continue to tank. each and every day. That's what's going. to happen. And and then Iran can just. keep this going. Trump sends in ground. forces. That'll be catastrophic. catastrophic. Iran's.

Iran has the cards right. It's it's just. the and and and to me it doesn't make me. unpatriotic to say that. Frankly, I. think if you're a true, you know, although the term has been co-opted, patriot, patriot, but if you're actually. patriotic and you care about the country. and you care about what you hope this. country could stand for, you would be. saying the things that I think I'm. saying. I think that's how you actually. fight for this country is by calling out. the truth and and trying to course. correct, trying to do something to get.

us back to. um you know, get us the hell out of. there. But. Iran sees what's happening. Look, we covered a lot of material. today. I don't look I'm going to cover a. lot more with the brothers, a lot more. clips, a lot more insight into what's. happening. Uh do me a favor. if you. pre-order WTF America right now. I. didn't give away the whole book. That. was just that was just one of the. chapters that was on my mind. But the. whole point of the book also is that I. don't hide things like I don't hide.

things that like you only could find out. if they're in the book. That's not the. style of this. But this to me is. something that will live on. a framework for thinking generationally. of getting out of this death loop of. Trump and MAGA. And it's inspired by the. Midas Mighty. So, pre-order it right. now. Wherever the pre-order thing is. there or there, I don't know. I'm not a. weatherman. I don't know where to point. Um, put WTF if you're going to order it. now. Uh, I want to give also a uh.

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