LIVE: WAR EXPLODES…US MAJOR STRIKES ON IRAN!!!

I'm Ben Mayseless and we have some. breaking news to report. The United. States has launched massive massive. strikes against Iran striking in the. heart of Tehran, striking in Sirik, Korgan, Minab, Bandar Abbas, Hormuz. Island, Asaluyeh. We have anti-aircraft. weapons going up all over Iran right. now. There are skirmishes reported at. sea between Iranian and US forces.

despite Donald Trump saying Iranian. naval forces have all been destroyed. There appears to be a massive navy. battle that's taking place right now. The United States officials had said. that the targets that were attacked are. in southern Iran and they include air. defense systems, radar, and drone. command, but it appears that it is much. larger than this and that this is a. massive strike that Donald Trump is. saying he's doing to try to get Iran to.

make a deal with him. I think it will have the exact opposite. impact. Now, Iran is preparing for a. massive retaliatory strike. I think. they're also preparing to close down and. shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait in. the Red Sea. Um I think they're going to. be activating the Houthis shortly. We. don't have confirmation of that yet, but. we believe that that is a move they said. they would execute on. Folks, you can. expect a barrel of oil price to be in. the $150 to $200 per barrel of oil very.

very soon and I'm not trying to be. hyperbolic here, but we've seen the. markets crashing. We've seen the United. States economy crashing. Donald Trump. probably just made, of all decisions to. make, the worst possible decision. imaginable. I believe the Iran. retaliatory strikes we will be seeing. shortly are going to be massive. I think. we're going to see the Middle East on. fire with infrastructure being blown up.

around the Middle East. I think this is. where it goes. I think that this is the. escalatory trap, precisely what we've. been warning about now on the Midas. Touch Network for over 95 days as this. war is now in day 104, 105 as it. continues. When Donald Trump would say, "We're about to make a deal. We're so. close. I enjoy talking to the. Ayatollah's team. We're really close. Give me 2 days. Give me 1 day." All. Ponzi schemes that Donald Trump has run.

in his life, the rubber eventually hits. the road and he eventually goes. bankrupt. And folks, I believe we are. seeing a moment right now. And when. history is written, I think the answer on the social studies. exam is going to be sadly quite easy. when we look at what uh has been the. cause of the great American calamity. Meaning we're seeing it right here. unfold before our eyes. Here's again a. map where we see some of the locations.

reported. Uh Sulia, Bandar Abbas, Minab, that's where the United States military. previously killed 168 little girls and. have denied doing it or Trump has denied. it despite us knowing the Tomahawk. missile. So, they're going to go back. and and try to kill more people in. Minab, Khargan, Sirik, um Qeshm, uh the. Hormuz Islands right there. Um. explosions being reported in multiple. areas right now. Iran's parliamentary. national security.

uh committee says Iran may expand its. territory in the next war after. previously extending its territorial. claims to the Strait of Hormuz. In other. words, bye-bye Bab al-Mandab Strait. I I. I can pretty much predict for you, we're. right now West Coast time, 3:11 p.m. I'm. sure when I give another update later. tonight, we'll hear the Bob el-Mandab. Strait has been shut down by the. Houthis. And I think what we are going to be.

seeing very soon is the retaliatory. strikes from Iran into Bahrain, into. Kuwait. And frankly, I don't think. they're going to hold back when it comes. to some of the other areas. I think. Qatar is fair game at this point. I. mean, because you have the Qatari. mediators. who showed up in Iran today and they. were trying to I guess. work to bridge the gaps. that we always knew were the gaps. because.

we had Iran lay out their framework back. in March. Donald Trump agreed to their. framework back in March. He reposted. Iran's foreign minister Araqchi. what the framework was. And then Donald. Trump and Vance and Rubio said, "You know what? We don't know. Um we. don't know why they're misinterpreting. what we're saying. They don't understand. English over there. So maybe that's why. they got it wrong." No, Donald, you. reposted. on Truth Social.

the framework for the ceasefire. So we. can all. maybe say, "Wow, I don't think they're. I'm just suggesting that you could make. the argument." I'm not make you can make. Why would there be a ceasefire that in. that that deals with Hezbollah or. Lebanon or this or that? That's what. they agreed to. It's moot. Whatever F. your feelings, they're moot. because the reality is is that Donald. Trump agreed to that. I'm not giving you.

spin. Go back and look at his social. media post. He reposted Foreign Minister. Araqchi of Iran. That was when was that, you know, the. first time they called the ceasefire in. April. um early April. Okay? That's what you did. If you didn't. want to live with those terms, then. don't agree to it. You If you wanted to. do this, do this back then. I don't think you. should have done this. Let me be very. clear. I think you're a war criminal. I. think everybody who's in the chain of. command in Manab and some of these other.

war crimes should be tried at The Hague. and brought to justice. And I say that. as a proud patriotic American. But if you were going to do this. on June 10th, why wouldn't you do that on April 10th. and 11th? What what You you created the. worst possible outcome and circumstance. because Donald Trump's decision-making. tree is the dumbest, worst that there. is.

This is why he bankrupts everything he. freaking touches. And I say this in a. non-political way. Go look at his past. The guy doesn't build He bankrupts. everything over and over again. And he's. You couldn't script a worse way to play. this out. And he's still playing it out. the worst possible way right now. Cuz if. you're if you're going to do this, if you think the lesson to be learned is. another air campaign, if you think that.

was the lesson that you do just an air. campaign and you're going to do Iranian. regime change or they're going to say, "Oh my god, they're attacking us again. by air. Donald, what do you want? What. do you want in the deal, man? Oh, now. we're going to negotiate with No, there's no chance of a deal right now. What are we talking about?" So you drag. this out, literally the worst outcome. You drag this thing out for 104 days. Now you engage in yet another invasion,

another attack, another strike against. Iran. Air air strike. And And what what We'll. follow through, you know, is there going. to be a ground invasion right now? Because if your goal was to actually. achieve the outcomes that you you're not. going to And by the way, let me be very. clear. My view is that the deal that was. agreed to should have been just done. because the US lost the war the first. time. That was just the reality. We we. we we shouldn't ignore what the reality. was. The US should never have been in.

the unlawful and catastrophic war in the. first place, brought in there by. Netanyahu, and the US should have just. left the Strait of Hormuz. That's what I. think the outcome should have been. Come. up with some Obama-style JCPOA deal for. the nuclear material and just get out. and let Oman and Iran, you know, run it. with the help of allies and maybe other. Arab nations and just get the hell out. Um. But this this is how you're playing it. right now on June 10th, escalating these attacks, and now we.

have this major major strike that's. taking place across Iran. And Iran's. going to retaliate very very very hard. Let me Let let let Let me also make that. point. Here's how uh MB Ghalibaf, Iran's. parliament leader, his uh. someone close to him posted, "Attacks on. Iran have begun. Strikes have occurred. in Manab and Bandar Abbas. Iran has. immediately begun responding. The United States has stated the purpose. of these attacks is to change Iran's.

stance on negotiations, while from. Iran's perspective, the goal is the. implementation of a comprehensive regime. change program. Iran will respond to. these attacks in ways different from. past planning. In other words, this. ain't going to be a tit-for-tat. This is going to light the Middle East. on fire. That's what they're saying. That's what this escalatory trap was all. about. That's what was going to happen.

And to see the Trump regime slow roll. into this thing every damn day reporting. on it and telling you this is what's. going to happen, this is what's going to. happen, this is what's going to happen, and then seeing it happen even though we. predicted it, it still it still is it's still is. baffling. to to see. it done in such a. stupid, coarse, idiotic way. that this is and by the way.

I I I am not in a conspiratorial way. Not in a conspiratorial way at all. But I want to raise very serious. questions and red flags about the Gulf. of Tonkin, I mean the Apache helicopter. incident right here. Okay? And again, challenge me, call me out, put it in the. comments. All good? The story. from Trump and the Trump regime, an.

Apache helicopter. flying very low over the Strait of. Hormuz. was struck. by a Shahed drone. Shahed drones are big. These are not the. little FPV drones. Shahed drone is like. the size of a van. Okay? Almost the size of an Apache. I. I I will grant you the Apache's bigger. than a Shahed drone, but what, maybe 30%.

bigger, 40% bigger? Not like whatever. So, I'm just help me understand the damn. story here that led to this escalation. in the United States view. Apache flying. low, okay, over the Strait of Okay, let me be. very clear what this image is though. before you flash it. I did a depiction. here of what Show what the real Apache. looks like though. Um I think Okay, this is a real Apache. just so we know. I I I don't I want to. be very clear when when put up an AI put.

up an AI image versus putting a real. Apache. This is a real Apache. Just so. you can see what a real Apache looks. like, okay? And, you know, I. This is This is the as I inputted what. the story was. that the Trump and CENTCOM were saying, the Apache was flying low, a Shahed drone, which is actually. probably bigger than what's depicted. there, lodged between the two pilots, and then the pilots miraculously, while.

a Shahed was locked was lodged between. them lodged between them, they managed. to make and they were already low, they managed to then make this evasive. maneuver. where they were able to crash land in. the Strait of Hormuz, kind of jump out, and then survive, and the Shahed drone. never went off. Never went off. It never. exploded. Wait. Wait. Wait. What are we That That That's the I mean.

Is there anybody else going to say This. is where I'm saying it. I I don't want. to veer into, "Oh, conspiratorial land.". You're going to challenge that story? That story makes no effing sense to me. at all. And if you go back a few weeks, remember what Trump said publicly? He said the way we'll get back into the. war is if we have some of our. troops who are targeted or injured or. killed. So, to me, he choreographed the damn.

plan of what was going to happen. And by. the way, whether you believe something. more choreographed took place, or. you just think that that's really what. happened. It It's almost a moot I mean. I wouldn't say all it's a full moot. point, but the fact that you have an. Apache flying low in the Strait of. Hormuz knowing that the Iranian boats. and drones are in that area.

Are you using the Apache as bait? I. mean, that's the best case scenario. What do you think is going to What do. you think is going to happen right. there? Because there is a war. There's. no real ceasefire. The whole thing that. despite what you tell the American. people. And as New York Times is reporting, hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough faded. after a Qatari mediation team left. Tehran on Wednesday without making any. progress in the talks.

Now, Israeli security officials say. Israel's not involved in the US strikes. on Iran at this stage. Huh. They all Folks, folks, folks, folks, folks. This is why. we don't elect idiots to office. This is why you shouldn't elect lifelong. losers and failures and idiots to these.

positions. You saw his temperament with Kristen. Welker. You saw the bright red face turning. orange and red when asked the most basic. questions. That's the guy. who was in the situation room today. With Pete Hegseth. With J.D. Vance.

Tho- That's your crew that that is. making the dumbest, most destructive. decisions. that will not just set our country back, but will affirmatively. cause just irreparable harm. This was your plan after all of this. And shame.

on every damn traitor Republican MAGA. not support that that that this was the. outcome you wanted. When not reigning in this with a war. powers resolution, this is the outcome. that you wanted. Gas is going to be $8, $10 a gallon. soon. You'll see you want to see oil. shocks happening? That's going to be the defining.

attribute of this summer, oil shocks. That's what's coming. I mean, I'm not. I'm speaking not in fear, I'm speaking. in reality right now. There ain't no. deal happening anytime soon. Let's be. very clear about that. You want to see what the price of gas is. going to be tomorrow? You want to see what inflation is going. to be next month? What have I been saying on the Midas. Touch Network? I said inflation this. month, I predicted I undershot. I gave.

you a conservative guess two months ago. I said 4.1%. was my prediction in April. 4.2% CPI. You want to see what it's going to be. next month? 4.5 4.6 You want to know. what it's going to be the next month. after that? Five. You want to know what it's going to be. by the end of this year? Six. It's going to be between five and six.

Maybe more. by the end of this year. By the time the guy is done, it's going to be like. 10 to 12. I I I I mean. the worst-case scenario with the worst. person. But what precisely people warned about.

is what is unfolding before our very. eyes right now. Shame on anybody who supported this. who still supports it. I view you as. traitors. I really do. You screwed up. this for everybody. You screw You. screwed up this country for everybody. You really did. Not to say this was a. perfect utopian, far from it. You know, and as I reflect. on this disastrous World Cup as well,

as I reflect. on. banning a Somalian referee. because he's from Somalia, the brazen. racism. permeating these sick, despicable, vile war criminals in the Oval Office,

it truly truly sickens me. Oh, and by. the just so you know, when I explain to. you what the official narrative was. about the Shahed drone. striking in the middle of an Apache. helicopter, show the real photo, Jeremy, not the AI. Show the real photo, okay? Just so you. see what an Apache looks like. So, their version of events. is that the Shahed went right through. the middle, I guess, cuz it it was. lodged between the two.

while they were very low, didn't. explode. The force of a Shahed Can someone do. basic physics right now as well? So So, the Apache helicopter flying low and. fast. a Shaheed flying low and fast. the Shaheed. with that force goes through the Apache. just kind of lodges in there like it's.

like it's a pigeon or something like. it's a pigeon that hits the windshield. or something. and and then. it didn't it didn't. it didn't send the helicopter into a. spinout. they managed to just kind of get it and. get it and get it and then. crash landed into the street and then. they survived and then some electronic. drone saved them some unmanned. electronic drone vessel saved them.

That's what they're going with. Let's just see here this is this is I. mean our propaganda media here. is like North Korea on steroids. I remember when I used to show you some. of those clips from Russia. with some of the Russia propaganda. and and and those TV that would you know. I remember showing you that stuff. and that I'm like this stuff here makes. that look.

like pretty pretty tame. Watch watch. what they said on Fox let's look. >> And that he is getting closer to the. targeting of Iranian power plants and. bridges. He told Fox that the Iranians. are tapping the US along as it relates. toward reaching a negotiated settlement. to formally end this conflict. The. president also talked more broadly about. his efforts to reach that settlement. ultimately telling Fox News that they. had a chance to sign a deal and survive.

and they have not yet done that. What I. found very interesting though was what. the president told us about the downing. of that US Army Apache helicopter. earlier this week. The president. provided some new details into what took. place. He says an Iranian drone lodged. into this Apache helicopter between the. two pilots and the drone was on fire, but it didn't explode and the helicopter. was flying quite low and within seconds. these pilots were able to bring this. helicopter down into the sea.

And ultimately the president called it a. miracle because had this drone exploded, these pilots would have been killed. And. we know the rescue was a first in US. military history. This unmanned sea. drone ultimately was deployed after it. was ordered by President Trump to rescue. these two US service members and they. are now recovering following this. incident at sea. And so just a remark. >> [laughter]. >> With without a sense without a sense of.

irony, that's what they're going with. The Apache flying low. A Shahed drone which are which Shahed. drone is massive. I mean they're not It's not like a 747, but a Shahed drone it's like the size of. a car. Like a size of a sedan. Like it's it's. it's big. My depiction here is far This. is an AI depiction. It's far The Shahed. depicted there is far smaller than what. a Shahed actually looks like. Here.

Jeremy, I'll try to get you a. get you a photo to scale of what a of. what a Shahed looks like relative to. kind of human beings so people can see. the size of of of of a Shahed. And so you're saying the Shahed which is. the size of like a Toyota. hits the Apache, gets lodged between the. two pilots. They manage to. land it at sea with no injury. Stop. Just stop it. Come on.

And again, I'm not trying to veer into. some this to conspiracy that that that. the story doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make if if you told me. that it was. Yeah, this is a Shahed drone in Ukraine. But I I it's which I'm just showing you. the scale of a. of the size of a Shahed, just so you can. see relative to to the people. Because. they're saying that this lodged between. two people. So, that that would have. lodged between there.

That's their that's their If you told. me, "Hey, it was actually an FPV drone, you know, one of those smaller drones that. use the fiber optic cables to avoid the. radar detection." Right? That's why they. have to have all those nets right now to. stop the FPV drone. If you told me, "Hey, that's what it was." And that kind. of, you know, it hit it and it lodged. between them, you know, it's those are. smaller. You know, you know, those are like the. size of a box. You know, or maybe smaller, you know, I.

or like a typical drone you'd see there. I would say, "Okay, that like makes a. little bit sense.". A Shahed drone? Come on. Come on. Come on. And right now, as I mentioned for those. just watching, the war has escalated, the US striking. lots of targets. Iran says strikes on US. ships. trapped in the Strait of Hormuz have now. begun with the IRGC preparing a historic.

operation per a source close to Iran's. Gallopoff. Remember, remember, there are lots of ships right now. stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. that are. US interest chips and western affiliated. ships that have been stuck in the Strait. of Hormuz despite Donald Trump saying. earlier, "We've got out 100 million. barrels." or whatever the hell he said. that. um you know.

that that with despite the lies about. we've been getting all these ships out. of the blockade and that that Iran's. navy has been destroyed. No, those ships. are in the straight. And Iran has its fast boats and it can. go to those ships right now. pick them off pretty easily. Pretty easily and. and Iran activates the Houthis and they. shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf shut. down, Bab al-Mandab Strait shut down. That's. where I think we'll be going. US air strikes have now hit. the South Pars gas complex in Asaluyeh. and Bushehr province. So remember that. South Pars gas complex that Iran. rebuilt? And then and remember Iran struck North. Pars. Qatar?

Well, now we're seeing. the US strike the infrastructure of Iran. for which we know Iran will strike the. infrastructure of all of these Middle. East countries. That's where. that's where this is going to be headed. folks and we're going to be keeping you. posted every step of the way right here. It is notable um that Israel is saying. Israel is not currently involved in the. ongoing round of US strikes against.

target in against targets in Iran. Officials tell Kan News. It's a I mean. I'm not believing this. It's just. interesting that that they would put out. that Israeli officials would put out a. statement like we're not involved in. this. after. Trump saying I hold all of the cards and. I tell Netanyahu what he's going to do.". So, it's just fascinating that.

they would at least publicly claim that. there's not a link there. I mean, of. course we know that there's, um, you know, a a. a link there. And so, what can we expect. over the next. hour, 2 hours, 5 hours? What what what. are what are we looking for? Um. We're looking at Iran's retaliation. As. I noted, Fars, Iran's state media, reports that Iranian forces will be. going after these American ships in the. Strait of Hormuz.

Knocking them out. Disabling them for. good. It's one of the first things they're. going to be doing. Bab el-Mandab Strait, Red Sea, activate the Houthis. I think it's a fair prediction to make. right now. Shut it down. Or create the circumstances. that instill fear. that the Houthis. will be able to shut it down. The way the Strait of Hormuz is shut.

down. Right? Um. So, then you'll have. both waterways shut. Oil. I mean, I I expect 15%, 20%, 30%. increases pretty soon. Obviously, inflation. But the the the. broader question. here, what the hell are we doing? What the hell are we doing?

You truly believe that doing these. strikes. will encourage Iran. to want to negotiate with you? Really? You think that's the way a negotiation. works, you idiot? You start punching somebody in the face. and now you want to negotiate. You want to negotiate the terms of. Iran's surrender, not a good faith. negotiation. that in that involves compromise. And.

based on the way the war has gone and. frankly will continue to go. unless and until. the US decides that it will do a mass. invasion, which will be the worst. possible outcome. With a ground invasion and if the US. will have to commit if it truly wants. regime change and to take over Iran. Let me be very clear. I don't want this. to happen. And I think it would backfire and I.

think it would result in the deaths of. tens of thousands and hundreds of. thousands of American troops. And. a lot of innocent Iranians being killed. and Iranians being killed in general. And we'll see and there'll be more. So I. don't want this. to happen. But if you speak to any. military expert or even. people who pretend to be military. experts cuz they write a book about. military expertise. Okay?

They'll tell you. you're not able to accomplish regime. change in Iran with air strikes. And that's not going to encourage the. regime in Iran to negotiate with the. Trump regime at all. It will have the. opposite effect since it will show that. no matter what you view negotiations. purely as a tool of subterfuge to. achieve that which you couldn't. during a war. And so. if you were committed.

and your goal was actual regime change. what you would need to do. is you would probably do what Putin is. doing in Ukraine and it would probably. have the same outcome. Fascinating that the minds of Trump and. Putin mind would think like this, but it. would have the same outcome. You would. be sending 30,000 to 50,000 American. soldiers to their death through a meat. grinder every month. What we're seeing in Ukraine.

With Russian troops and Ukrainian troops. who are getting killed. That's what you. would see. Happen. But the only way any military tactician. will tell you. that you can actually you change the. dynamic would have to be with a massive. invasion. And you also now underestimate. the fact that the people of Iran. are actually more united against the.

United States and especially Israel, but. the United States as well, especially. US, than ever before. And that where there were signs of the. Islamic Republic. potentially having cracks in January. when Trump said "We will be there to. help you." and then didn't. You have a very different dynamic in. June.

Go out and look at Tehran Square. on a. nightly basis. Where they're on their 104th. day of celebrations. Celebrating what they believe is a. victory against the United States. The Iranian football team that's here. has the pin. 168. for the little girls who were killed in.

Mahabad. The war crimes that the US engaged in. And then you have the head of Palantir. with the audacity. with the audacity to say, "You know, we've never seen more precise. attacks using AI than we have in this. war.". Killed the 100 the United States engaged. in a lot of. war crimes. This is. not going bombing them.

like this from air. is. militarily is not going to achieve the. outcome. And what you're going to destroy? Their. infrastructure? So then they destroy the. infrastructure of the Middle East. countries? This is This is the outcome? To bring the world to a global. depression? And so everything they warned about. Kamala Harris and Biden and and Obama. that never happened because those were.

adults. who listened to experts and had the. right temperaments. Donald Trump has done on steroids right. now. I just think about that orange-faced. little toddler. in the situation room. Emotional, sweaty, smelly, ordering this.

Ordering this. And I just think how so many people in. this country and in the world look at. this and say, "How. How did this happen? Because. this is what the United States. sadly. put into that building that now looks. like some grotesque junkyard. Looks like a dystopian Six Flags from a.

zombie movie. in front of the White House. Let's talk about what we're learning. Iran's IRGC says that they will be. launching a large-scale attack on Israel. with the first wave of ballistic missile. and drones towards central Israeli. cities in just a few moments. We're hearing that right now. So, once. we get video of that, I will uh I will. bring that to you.

An Iranian military source says Iran has. warned the US that any military action. will be met with an immediate and strong. response. That's what they're That's. what they're doing right now. Um let me share with you. what Hegseth had said earlier. in the day. This is just This was when Hegseth. First, he was in Cuba. And then he went to CENTCOM in Florida. Here he is in Florida. And Hegseth said. CENTCOM will be busy tonight because.

Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard. They So, they telegraphed it. They telegraphed the attack. I mean I. mean just. even. like strategically. >> [snorts]. >> like. like we know would you imagine a like. I want to be very clear on my views. This law This war is unlawful. It's. catastrophic. Trump is a war criminal. Netanyahu is a war criminal. Okay?

They supported genocide in Gaza and a. genocide in Lebanon. So, don't. misconstrue my words as encouraging. things. I want to give you the experience I have. having spoken with experts. and having been covering this the. duration that I have. to be helpful in guiding us through this. situation. I just want you to know so I. don't even all you you want to do this. or you want to do that? No, I don't want. to do this. If you were to be strategic,

you wouldn't tell the Germans, it's Normandy. This is D-Day. It's coming. We're going to blow you up tonight. It's going It's going down. You tapped us, we tap you tonight. Okay. If If you're the quarterback of a.

football team, I'm I'm I'm throwing a pass to the. right. That's where I'm throwing it, okay? I I don't even understand it from a a. strategic point. What the hell this. What what what what like What what was. this? And that's what I mean. These are the. And the way they talk about it, like. I'll show you with Hegseth. It's like a It's like a cosplay. of some.

like C-level movie that if they wrote. the script, you'd be like, "Come on, no. one's going to really talk like that. No. one's going to really believe this.". This was Hegseth about 2 hours ago. telegraphing the strike that just took. place. Let's play it. >> But of course he is busy because. CENTCOM, Central Command, will be busy. tonight because President Trump said, "We will be hitting Iran hard and we. will be." Uh because Iran has a chance.

to make a good deal, a great deal uh to. codify what they said they've been. willing to do and they haven't been. willing to do it. So, as President Trump said, they've been. tap tap tapping. You can see when. someone's trying to tap. tap tap bombs dropping on key facilities. in Iran from the United States of. America. >> You know, when I I my mind sometimes. when I see things like that, there's the. obvious stuff, right? He's a He's a. stupid piece of right? Like, let's. just be honest. And that's what we'll.

just call things directly out on the. Midas Touch Network. I mean, you know, like really like that guy. Tap. tap tap. You're going to tap tap tap. you. Tap tap tap. All right, dumb. Like like you're you really don't have. the Like there's a reason why this guy. was kicked out of running a nonprofit. for the military. He couldn't run that. because of his temperament and his. ethical lapses. Okay? If you can't run. nonprofits, smaller nonprofits for. military, you shouldn't be running the.

And and don't even get me started on all. the allegations against him and his. settlements and all of that. Tap tap tap. But I think about the people who are. standing behind him. I think about those service members who. are there standing at attention being. used as a prop. in his war crime. And I think about those people who have. signed up to serve our country. And they. are now being put in a position where. they're doing service of a genocidal war.

criminal rampaging authoritarian regime. And I think about those people behind. there. They may have signed up with good. intentions. feeling patriotic or. wanting to give back or just being. recruited. thinking that it was something that. would be in their and then they have Hex. Sith over there. Someone who again.

talk about temperament. fired the Army Chief of Staff, Randy. George, the most beloved four-star. general with the most expertise that. there is. Just fired him? Because. he wanted to give promotions. to black people and women? For real, go back and look why they. fired the guy. Because he objected that Hegg seth was.

not allowing women and black people. to get promotions in the military. And so they fired him. Someone who has a ton of in the middle. of the war. In the middle of the war. That's what Hegg seth said there. Then. Hegg seth goes, "Our blockade is. ironclad, ironclad.". Let's show you this one. Let's play it.

>> Iran can't stop. Uh, they can't see it. and they can't stop it. So, answer me. this. If our blockade is ironclad, which it. is, uh, we just we just disabled another. tanker attempting to leave uh, just. yesterday. Our blockade has stopped. almost 140 ships attempting to uh, navigate in or out to Iranian ports. So, if our blockade is ironclad, which it. is, and we were able to move commercial. shipping in and out of the Strait of. Hormuz, who controls the Strait of Hormuz? And President Trump said it and he's. right. The United States of America.

controls the Strait of Hormuz. We're. able to bring. oil in and out and other things with. partners and have done so now for weeks. and weeks. >> Okay, yes, yes, Pete. You can. You control the Strait of Hormuz. Donald. Trump won the 2020 election. What else? Uh, there's never been some. his his approval's 90%. What else? What else do you want to. Inflation? We love inflation. You love.

it. It's love love inflation. It's amazing. American people are living. in a golden age. The golden the gilded. age. Everyone's just freaking. as happy as can be. Right? I mean, this is what the uh. Iranian broadcast network just says, the. Strait of Hormuz has been closed for all. ships regardless of type. according to Iran's military.

headquarters, their public relations. news agency. following the violations of the. ceasefire, central headquarters from. this moment due to the insecurity in the. region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared. closed for the passage of any type of. vessel, including oil tankers and. commercial ships and any passage will be. targeted following the criminal. aggression of the American enemy and. considering. the beginning of the attacks by that. country's invading army in some areas in. the south of Hormozegan province from.

this moment due to insecurity in the. region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared. closed. Including oil tankers and commercial. ships and any passage that will be. targeted, the US claim regarding the. passage of a ship through the mentioned. strait is denied. But but but but Pete. Hegseth said that we control it. Pete Hegseth said, it's ironclad. Riddle. me this. Tap tap tap. Ri- ri- riddle me. this, Batman. If we are able to do this.

then who control Riddle me this. These. are the worst. worst. human beings. Not not a Republican, Democrat, independent. These are the worst most incompetent, most vile. most scummy. human beings. who are right now. driving the United States.

or have driven. into a hellscape. Because of how weak. and pathetic losers they are in life. I just, you know, as I just watch these. losers behave, it's like watching. and no offense, it's like watching. middle school club basketball.

play. with the top varsity. the top varsity team out there. You. know, it's just it's just in terms of just. talent. We're just watching a bunch of clowns. They're not smart, they're not. thoughtful, they're not meticulous, they. don't care. They are. emotional. They are warmongers, they are evil, they. are liars, they are killers.

They cover up child sex trafficking. They I mean they. They they they they they they they this. is this is who they are. Pathetic. Pathetic losers. Who have put us in a never-ending. war where the United States. every day. gets more and more humiliated. This I I. mean I again as I said this the other.

day, it's a. humiliation ritual. If you truly care about America and you. love this country and you care about. what it stood for and you think about. World War I and World War I and you. think about the founding document and. you don't have to be like a. bizarre fanboy to everything this. country's done. We've done some real. screwed up things that deserve. contemplation, reflection, and. condemnation. Abso-freaking-lutely.

But if you love you could still feel. complex thoughts and recognize horrors. that your government engaged in in the. past but reflect on a broader love of. the country and what it represents and. what it could represent to the world. and be a real patriot. I feel I'm. patriotic. I feel. that I love [snorts] this country and I. want what's best for this country. It's it's not that I have a unique.

feeling that I despise this orange. red. demented blob thing. that's in the Oval Office. There's a lot of. billionaire orange blobs I don't talk. about. Most of them I don't talk about. I be you know, I don't I don't know. When and I could and maybe should but. it's that you have assumed a position.

of public service. And you have abused it. And you have turned it into a tool to. further your own chaos and madness. and you've screwed over so badly. so badly. the American people who are feeling. pain. Pain while you say I love inflation.

Getting some more news right now as. well. Here's what we're learning. From the Iranian broadcast network. After the US invasion of southern Iran. in the past few hours. the American air the American Al Harir. base in Arbil northern Iraq was targeted. by Iranian missiles. After the US F-16 fighter jet entered. the airspace of the Persian Gulf and the. Iran air defense system fired a missile.

The fighter jet moved away from the. area. The IRGC Navy issued a statement. claiming to have struck two violating. ships in the Strait of Hormuz attempting. illegal. passage. Now, folks, in about. 5 minutes or so. we are going to be hosting. a debate here on the Midas Touch Network.

with Courier. from New York 12. And. I'm sure you know all of the candidates. They're Katie Couric. joining the Midas Touch Network. Katie. Couric, everybody. Don Lemon. will be co-hosting on the Midas Touch. Network. So, we have Katie Couric. We have Don Lemon. And we have. Uh we're doing this in conjunction with.

the Courier. So, shout out to the great. folks at the Courier. They've done an incredible job planning. this. So, why am I bringing that up right now. as well? Because that's going to start right. after this. And I suggest you watch it. I mean, it's. as the Midas Touch Network expands. there's going to be important. uh. debates that we're going to be hosting. I I believe we'll probably host a. presidential debate in the future. That wouldn't shock me when we host a.

presidential. Um and you'll start seeing. us have debates hosting debates like. this. I'm sure they're going to be asked. questions about Iran. Um those candidates. And the Midas Touch Network also rolled. out uh we have a White House. correspondent now, Luke Rudkowski. Just brought on to the Midas Touch. Network and so we have a seat right now. in the press room. And so Luke will be able to ask Caroline. Leavitt or whoever's there questions.

when they. uh hold press conferences. We're going to press them. We're going to press them. That's all part of our expansion here at. the Midas Touch Network. Let's see if we got any updates for you. right now before. um. before we go on this horrific uh on this. oil prices as I predicted shooting up. right now massively.

um with the instability that's being. caused right here. Uh. as I mentioned uh two violating ships. attempting illegal passage through the. Strait of Hormuz were struck. Uh and uh so. let's do this. Think we covered it all for now. We want to bring you to this debate. Watch why they this is this is a Midas.

Touch exclusive over here. So, want you. to watch Don Lemon, Katie Couric, the. folks at the Courier who are hosting. this. Great to have Don and Katie. Watch that. Then I'll try to go live in a little. bit. I'll give you the updates because I. think it's actually probably a good. moment. to bring you over there. Naturally, we'll get more information. I'll start. getting you video footage after that. ends. And then we'll return. Let's bring you to the New York debate.

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