LIVE: WTF Trump WAR BACKFIRES as HAVOC ERUPTS!!! 7/16/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Meelis. This is your breaking news. Moments ago, we learned that the United. States is striking the bridges in Iran. We have visuals of the bridges on fire. in Iran right now and Iran state media. is reporting that the United States has. attacked the bridge connecting Bandar. Abbas to Shiraz. Also, there are power. outages currently affecting areas in. Koristan after the area was attacked by. US strikes. US is certainly escalating.

the strikes on Iran under Donald Trump's. directives. We've been reporting how. Donald Trump was continuing to escalate. and escalate. Uh we reported um much. earlier in this week that we thought. there would be further escalation. in. the Wall Street Journal uh and Donald. Trump's personal stenographer Barack. Ravid over at Axios talked about a. situation room meeting that was held. earlier this week where the Trump regime. discussed escalating uh this uh.

catastrophic war and this comes at a. time as well where we know that we've. officially hit tank bottom of our. strategic petroleum uh reserves. I've. been talking now at length about the. issues with tank bottom. I've been. talking about crack spreads, the. difference between the price of crude. and the price at the refinery, which is. now approaching $70 per gallon. Um, and. notably, you have the refinery prices.

continue to rise very quickly, but now. also we similarly have the price of. crude rising as well. And the crack. spread continues to grow with crude. rising as well. You have the um United. States energy uh indep. energy agency just uh released a report. talking about the US hitting uh tank. bottom back in June. Actually, the EIA.

um the energy information agency uh. talking about how tank bottom was. actually hit in June. Um and right now. we are uh in a position where um you. know if you just take a look at the. graph do we have the schematic Jeremy of. just what tank bottom actually looks. like when you can visualize it here you. you look at it right here um you see the. suction the suction line at the bottom. right there and where tank bottom is.

where also it'll start getting very kind. of sludgy and uh unworkable you know. even if there is some, you know, remaining crude in the reserves right. there, but we're like below that suction. line. And as it implies. suction, you know, if you think about um. a crude example, um you know, if you're. drinking a glass of whatever with a.

straw, you know, when it gets very low, there may be something there, but you. know, it makes it harder to sip and you. have to kind of, you know, suction it. differently. That's kind of where we're. at right now in these strategic. reserves. And this comes at a time where. Donald Trump is, you know, escalating. and escalating and escalating. One of. the things I've warned about as well is. the natural move that Iran is going to. make is they are going to work with the.

Houthis in Yemen and they are going to. work to shut down the Bob Almandab. straight. So you have the straight of. Hormuz which is effectively shut down. right now. it's not open and then you're. going to have the Bob El Mandab strait. closed and what Iran has been planning. with the Houthies who have also been. working um with uh allied groups in. Somalia on the other side of the Red Sea.

is a plan to just completely shut down. the Bob El Mandab Strait. And so we're. seeing that it was obvious to me that. that's where Iran was going because they. were saying that. the Telegraph put out an exclusive and. Reuters put out an exclusive today a few. days after the Midas touch report and I. know when I was doing the report I saw a.

lot I would I look at the comments. sometimes and I saw no one else is. reporting this. You're being so. hyperbolic about the Red Sea. Why are. you saying all of these things? I said, "Nah, that's that's that's what's. happening. That's what is that's what's. clearly going to happen." And there's. never been a time in history where you. had both the Babel Mandab closed and the. straight of Hormuz closed at the same. time. And it comes when the strategic. petroleum reserves in the United States. have hit uh tank bottom right now. And. so I'm focused on what's going to happen.

there. Iran has also made it clear and. this was in the Reuters report although. I don't think we needed a report we. could have just seen what uh the Iranian. leadership was saying that if the. Iranian infrastructure was targeted um. which now we're seeing bridges being hit. by the United States Iran made it clear. that it would be striking the. infrastructure of the nearby Arab. nations and so remember when during the.

early days of the war when Iran was. striking the infrastructure there. That. is um I think the next move from Iran. and the escalatory trap continues and. continues and Donald Trump and his. despicable regime can say all they want. and say, uh, whoa, we, you know, this is. what I think Caroline Levitt was saying. uh this morning in a in a press. conference. You know, we've neutered.

them. We've neutered them and they can't. even talk to each other. And who's ever. in charge there? They want to make a. deal. We've neutered them. And it's. like, no, we we know who's in charge. there. Just stop the Stop it. Seriously, we know who's in charge. there. We know what's going stop with. this freaking crap. And we need to we. need to have media literacy. We need to. just be honest about the situation. because like a miracle it's not going to.

go away. All right. I know that was the. COVID approach and like a miracle it did. not go away. Speaking of which, I think. Donald Trump's speech tonight which. nobody should cover live. I think he's. going to try to say, you know, China. created a boweapon and then they worked. with the they they worked to undermine. our election. So the 2020 election was. invalid. At the same time, Donald Trump. is posting like love photos with himself. and Xi Jinping. He keeps posting that on.

his various uh social media uh his. various social media accounts. Um but. everything here is predictable. We know. who the leadership in Iran is. Okay, there's the civilian leadership. They. have a president. His name is Pescian. He is a former world-renowned. cardiovascular surgeon. He's the. president of Iran. They have a. parliament. Their parliament leader is a. guy named MB Galabath who's their lead.

negotiator. He was previously in the. Iranian army. He fought in the Iraq Iran. war. He's a PhD. He's the lead. negotiator. along with foreign minister Aragchi. Foreign Minister Aragchi actually wrote. the preeminent book for negotiations and. the art of negotiations which is an. ironic thing. So we know who Aragchi is. We know MB Galabah. I know who the. deputy foreign minister is Garbabadi. I.

know the statements coming out of there. I know their civilian leadership. structure. Then on the military side. they have the IRGC and they have the. army. Not the same thing, but they have. an IRGC and an army. We hear the. statements from the IRGC, the IRGC. spokesperson. We've seen the SAPA navy. in action. We see the fast boats. We. know that there have been around seven. tankers that have tried to get out of. the straight of Hormuz that the US said,

"You're free. You're safe. Get out." And. seven of the tankers who listened to the. US got destroyed by the Sapan Navy. Iran. Sapa Navy broadcasts over a channel. where they say Sapa Navy turn around. turn around or we'll shoot. And when. they don't turn around the Sapa Navy uh. shoots we we we see that uh take place. Um then there is the kind of spiritual. leadership if you will. That's the. Ayatollah level. Moaba is the Mojaba Ket.

is the current u spiritual the the main. leader of all of this structure. He's. surrounded by a judicial body of other. religious leaders. They need to approve. everything that the civilian does. And. this is how it all kind of works. together. It's often referred to as kind. of a mosaic structure when it comes to. their uh their defense and we've seen.

all of these people. We've seen their. statements. We've seen uh the. anti-aircraft fire coming up from Iran. which Trump said was all destroyed. We. see the Iranian shahid drones um that. are flying into you know uh and Iraq and. Kuwait and Bahrain uh and the nearby. Arab nations. Um also recently in Oman. uh there's been a Oman hotel. This is. being covered up. An Oman hotel was hit.

by the Iranian Shahids in a targeted. assassination attempt there. but also. we've seen the Shahid strikes in Iraq um. and they've shut down oil shipping out. of Iraq. So notably as the new Iraqi. prime minister was visiting Donald Trump. after the same Iraqi prime minister was. at Ayatollah Kmen's funeral procession. that was in Iraq. You had Iran. successfully targeting uh some of these.

Iraqi ports, shutting them down as well. And so we we we what I just said right. there, you know, we should have a kind. of a comprehensive understanding about. and I don't need to have idiot press. secretaries and idiot people in the. White House, whether they're just truly. idiotic or it's purely malicious or. both, just doing the same thing of. injecting ourselves with bleach. as we. hit tank bottom and so many of these.

things that I've been warning about are. just so damn obvious that they're going. to happen and we need media we need. media to report on everything that I. just said so that the people can have an. understanding of of what the hell is. happening here and what's going to. what's going to happen next. I mean the. title of this uh of the show today is. WTF. Yeah, I'm going to plug the book. WTF America right here. Um, which is a.

book that I just wrote with my brothers, The Way Out of This Hell and Back to. Democracy. It's out in October. Um, you. could pre-order it right now, though. I'll put a link uh in the uh description. below. But like but the whole the whole. kind of premise of it was the WTF moment. that it was the WTF moment that I had in. 2020 uh during COVID when I said what. what the what the what is this which. made me quit my job because I was like I.

can't step by and do nothing and there's. a massive WTF moment because Donald. Trump said this catastrophic war with. Netanyahu that he entered into was going. to end in a few days and it didn't and. here we are here. We are uh mid to late. July. Not only is there no end in sight, but we're in a far worse position right. now than we were in the beginning of the. war and the only saving grace was the.

memorandum of understanding, which it. was a surrender document. But okay, so. what? It's a surrender document. We lost. the war. A war we should never have been. involved in. Yes, it's a surrender. document. You know how you would win? By. winning at home domestically. And I say. this as someone who despises Trump and. his despicable regime. But you know. what? Why don't you try to pick up some. W's at home? And by the way, reducing. inflation, not reducing it reducing it, but from what the expectations of what.

it's supposed to be. That could be a W. That could be a win. I could wake up and. see a better thanex expected inflation. report. And just because I despise. Donald Trump doesn't mean that I go, "Oh, another bad day." If it's a good. However, on the same day, because of. theou inflation was lower than expected, but still higher than Biden handed off. to Donald Trump. What happened? Trump. escalates the war. Now, I'm sure you are. paying more money for your gas than.

before. I've seen prices out here in. California, it's back over $6. North. Carolina over $6. The national average. is about to be $4 again. And wait, when. the Bob El Mandob straight closes. because we're about to be at a level. where this market manipulation of crude. is about to break. All the whales that. are probably working with Treasury. Secretary Bessant to short the hell out. of that market to try to bring it down. And by the way, study that crude market.

the way I study it. You can quite. literally see the manipulation happen. before your eyes. That makes no sense. during some of the most serious. escalatory situations. All of a sudden, you see all of these people buying these. contracts and all of a sudden the market. is starts to decrease. You're like, you're telling me on the worst news. imaginable, people are saying I'm going. to bet on now buying an options contract.

that it's going to be much cheaper soon. a after the Iraqi uh oil, you know, shuts down. Really, that's that's why we. think it's going to all of a sudden. magically magically get better. So, you. see the manipulation of the crude market. happen two ways. This is such basic. stuff. Number one, our strategic. reserves, which are now a tank bottom. You basically dump that into the world. market. It ain't like those strategic. reserves get pumped into, you know,

where you fill up your gas. It gets. pumped into a world market because. that's how you have to take down the. price on a global level. Oh, by the way, where's all that Venezuela oil, right, that the Trump regime brags about from. literally conquering a country as Donald. Trump reigns over a country suffering. from two back-toback earthquakes right. there and that people are struggling and. Deli Rodriguez is giving medals medals. to Americans. Congrats America. By the. way, we should look into that because we.

know also seismic activity is often. triggered by other kind of geological. trauma. And again, I'm not getting into. conspiracy theories here. Um, but we. know that the search and rescue was. slow. To me, that's undisputed. But I. think we need to look into some of the. fracking and some of the other activity. that was taking place because a. back-to-back earthquake like that is a. very rare thing to like incredibly rare. to happen where you have a forquake and.

the afterquake bigger than the forquake. and at the same time we've all of a. sudden you know started like drilling. the out of the I mean just think. about you know think think about that. but we've been manipulating the broader. crude market by our strategic reserves. And then there are these whales out. there, who the hell even knows where. this money is even coming from. Um, who. are shorting the market at levels that. are that that move the market, but at.

some point the market catches up. You. could only do that for so long. And. every night if you watch the market and. it often happens at times where there's. low trading volumes and again I study. these gra I study these graphs every. freaking night all of a sudden you'll. see massive whales come in um very. people with a lot of capital and they're. buying these options contracts that that. it's going to go down. I'm like what on. what basis do you believe the price is. going to go the price is going to go.

down? And so now though, those people. seem like they're going to be squeezed. Surprise, surprise. Everything Donald. Trump touches turns to So there's. about to be a short squeeze on them. because we're in take bottom. And at. some point to me, all Iran has to say. All they have to say is we're going to. close down the Babel Mandabra. They just. say it. They said right now they're. considering it. And they've been using. pretty careful language because I think.

they know. Okay, we say that that will. almost certainly trigger going up the. escalatory ladder with likely ground. invasion by the United States, which. Iran is prepared for. Um, but what else. is the US going to do? I mean, at that. point, because now they're trapped now, boom, we're going to see the crude hit. $150. uh, a barrel, 107 that I've been warning. about. Now, the only reason it's down or.

was down was the manipulation and theou. It's going to go back up. Then we're at. tank bottom. So, all Iran has to do is. kind of sit back and let us hit tank. bottom as as well. And I think that's. the thinking of Iran. Iran's thoughts. are, you know what, let them hit tank bottom. We still want to frame ourselves kind of. globally as responding. If we say we're. shutting down Babel Mandab then we may. seem like aggressors what's the. implication now for you know other.

countries in the world are they going to. now have to join the US because this. will cut off oil to the entire world so. that's why Iran is being I think a. little bit deliberate do we make that. call now or you know or not um but. certainly I think we're I think we're. getting there I think we're any we're. any day away and then you know what's. going to happen it could be tomorrow. morning could be tomorrow afternoon, it. could be Saturday, it could be Sunday, there's going to be something that. happens in Cushing, Oklahoma, where our. strategic reserves are. And then.

everybody's going to start saying, "Cushing, Cushing, Cushing." Then all. the Cushing, how did this happen? How. did this happen? Cushing. And it's going. to be like, it was right before our. freaking eyes. I was telling Brett. before I went live. I said, "I feel like. the Leonardo DiCaprio character in Don't. Look Up Right now, where I sound like a. broken record." saying, "There it is. There it is. It's coming." And then. people are like, you know, then people. like, "Ben, you know, you know, or the. critics, you're being hyperbolic. All.

hell isn't breaking. Stop it. Stop it. It's not breaking loose. It's not just. this is this is just part of the cycle.". And and I'm like, "No, stop. Stop. This. is Don't you understand? This is how we. got here." You know, it's like it's. again, it's the Leonardo DiCaprio. character and don't look up. It's there. Although an arc that I don't want to. follow the arc of the way the character. did certain things be clear. Um but I'm. like hey it's there. It's there right. now and it's coming and it's coming and.

then just like in that movie. I don't. want to give a spoiler alert. Although. the Netflix stock is doing terrible. today after reporting lower earnings. than expected moments ago as well. I. just saw I saw that stock uh tank today. But all the Elon Musk characters like. how do we make money off of the meteor? Can we mine it and use it in our. technology? You know, it's like it's. like guys guys this we've hit tank. bottom. This is bad. This is a. catastrophic war. It's only going to. continue to escalate. Okay. Iran has.

prepared for this. They've used theou to. get out enough crude for it to be able. to continue this going now for, you. know, another year. A and the question is going to be. attrition. At what point is the pressure. going to be more on them or more on the. US? And the US is is the invading. country? What? Let's just step back. What What are we do? What are we doing?

What are we doing right now? My dogs. don't know what we're doing right now. What are Seriously, what are we doing. right now? Why are we there? What what. what is the what is the endgame? They. told us regime change. They told us. nuclear weapons. They told us um you. know what are what are we doing there to. open up these straight of horror moves. All right. Well, guess what, America? Guess what, Trump? You lost the war the. first time. So, when you lose, guess.

what happens? The other side gets. things. That's the way it happens. But. just think about it. Donald Trump's. going to be given a press conference. tonight about the 2020 election. He's a. sore loser. He still talks about Russia, Russia, Russia 2016. He's a loser. He. still talks about all of these things. from the past that it's like, so you. think that No, for Donald Trump, theou. was just like so-called deals he did his. whole life, which are not deals at all.

It's the art of fraud. It's how do you. lure people into. good faith negotiations and then try to. sucker punch them during uh the actual. deal making or during the execution of. the deal itself. And Iran was prepared. They did a psychological profile on it. As I said earlier in the episode, Foreign Minister Arachi wrote the book. on the art of negotiation, which is. ironic that it's him versus Trump who.

wrote the book on the art of fraud. Basically, I mean, literally Aragi is. known as like the guy in all whether you. agree with him or don't agree with him. or whatever, that's what he's known for. in diplomatic circles, you know, being a. master kind of chess player, negotiator, foreign policy, lifelong diplomat. That's his background. versus versus. Trump. They saw what was happening. And. then you know what's fascinating to me. also I mean you saw JD Vance on Rogan. I.

did a video on this and JD Vance is out. there saying things like and I'll show. you what Caroline Levit said when she. was asked this question earlier. Uh but. JD Vance, you know, was saying anybody. who says we shouldn't negotiate with. Iran, they don't know what they're. talking about and it angers me and these. people, you know, are are just trying to. be wararm mongers. Okay, it was Donald Trump who said those. things. It was Donald Trump who said. they're c this this this we went from.

former President Obama, you know, with. these incredible oratory skills and, you. know, very deliberate speeches to Donald. Trump saying they're wacky, they cuckoo, they cuckoo for cocoa puffs. That's what. we're dealing with. We're dealing with. cuckoo people. They they lying, you. know. So, a reporter said Donald Trump. said they're cuckoo and they're scum. That's that's the level of presidency. discourse right now. By the way, right,

by the way, right, WTF d what the I. mean, as I say in the book, I don't care. what polit we cuckoo. He's a cuckoo guy. That's that's how we talk at the. presidential level right now for the. United States of America. Really? Really? You know, now every day it seems. that the Trump regime defense. department, which calls itself the War. Department, are doing these weird. flyovers that are like 8 feet 10 feet. above like like little children. They're.

like, "That's how we improve morale.". Fly overs. I mean, you first off, you. realize that there's a reason why when. these aircrafts actually take off, the. people who work on the carriers, they. put stuff in their ears to protect. against them. You're gonna blow out. these children's eardrums. And I'm not. trying, oh, you're so woke. You care. about the children's eard drums. What a. what a woke thing for you to say. You. care. You care about the Apaches flying. right down there. You care about those. fighter jets, you know? Fly. What? What.

are you doing? Why that? That's now the. culture war issue. That's America. It's. just the It's the stupid It's the. stupidest WTF? And that's what. What else did he talk? Testosterone. I'm. not going to play the video of Hexit. We. need more testosterone. More testosterone. We're going to We're. a high tea military. High tea. Does that. You're a high tea military. The hell are. you talking about? What What is that. even What are you referring to? Grow up. Grow up. Now, here was the question uh.

that was asked of uh Caroline Lebett, reporter on Iran. Trump recently said, "It's a waste of time to deal with them. They're crazy. They cuckoo. They scum. They sick. They vicious. stay violent. But um Vice President Vance said, "I'm. frustrated by Americans who say you. can't negotiate with these people.". Here, play this clip. >> Go ahead. >> Thank you so much. Welcome back. >> Thank you. Two questions for you. Um if. I can read two comments, one made by.

President Trump and one made by the vice. president on Iran. President Trump. recently said, "As far as I'm concerned, it's just a waste of time dealing with. them. They're liars. There's something. wrong with them. They are cuckoo. They. are scum. sick people, vicious, violent. people. And then Vice President Vance. went on Joe Rogan last night and he. said, "I'm very frustrated by the. Americans and frankly by people in other. countries who say you cannot negotiate. with the Iranians." So your response to. these contradictions because I think you.

can understand how that's confusing for. Americans with this mixed messaging. And. then second question for you, at least. six Americans are still detained in. Iran. Will President Trump make this. conditional, a point of condition in. continuing these conversations with the. country as well as political prisoners. and also uh people that are still being. executed in Iran to this day. >> Sure. To your second question, I'll. never create a red line or a condition. on behalf of the president without his. blessing. I haven't heard him say that, but obviously ensuring the return of.

Americans wrongfully detained or held. hostage uh all over this world remains a. priority for him and he has done so. uh. in a tremendous way over the course of. the last year and a half. Americans from. all over the world have returned home. thanks to this president and the efforts. of his national security team. To your. first question about the comments. between the president and the vice. president respectfully, I do think. you're taking uh comments from different. times throughout this conflict and kind. of uh asking me if these are. contradictory of each other. I can tell. you the president vice president are on.

the exact same page about where we are. right now in this conflict. Uh and the. fact that you do see uh elements of. what's remaining in the Iranian regime. that are more willing to make a deal and. then other elements who are not so maybe. willing to make a deal shows that. operation epic fury was incredibly. effective because we neutered their. ability to communicate with one another. Uh and they are a fragmented system. They are not the once very strong. powerful terrorist state that they were. before this operation which was one of. the ultimate goals. So, we'll continue.

to work through the process and as I. said, the president will hold them. accountable uh when they turn their back. on the words that they state to the. United States, but he is uh always open. to diplomacy at the very same time. >> When they turn their back to the words. that they state to the United States, they're fragmented. They don't talk to. each. It's just the stupidest. It's not. true. There's nothing. There is nothing. in that statement that bears a. resemblance. to the truth.

And whether it's malice, being an idiot, being a malicious idiot, that is just so. damn dangerous that that is your that. that is your assessment. when you did you not even see the. funeral processions that were taking. place? Did you not see it? I mean, the. Iranian leaders tweet. They post on X. I. I I can see their messages and their. photos and their video. I mean, you what. are you what are you talking about? What.

world do you live in? That's why I say. that's why I say that's why that's why I. say WTF, America. WT I don't know how. else to describe it. WTF? Right. Let's. take our first break of the show. When. we come back, I've got some video. footage also of the bridge on fire that. was just attacked by the United States. in Iran. Obviously, escalation right. there. I've got some videos of the Irani. Shahed strikes in Kuwait. We'll talk. more about uh other developments. throughout the day. Talk about uh some.

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overdraft coverage, and discounts. provided by Cash App. A. Welcome back. This has been on breaking. news. I'm Ben Marcelis. This is your. breaking news. I just saw even before we. took a break the acting secretary of the. Navy um posting uh regarding those. flyovers. Flight debrief complete. No. reprimands, no firings, no problem. That's the sound of freedom. Simpile.

Hya. Hya. Hya. What are we What are we doing? What are. you talking about? Even Even if there. wasn't, why are you bragging about that? I mean, did you did you see the vid do. we have the video, Jeremy, of it going. um at all? Not sure if we have the video. of it, but.

I mean, do you see the children. afterwards? like why why is that. something to celebrate? I I mean I mean. it and I and again I like fly over I. mean you know it's like you know I I. don't really don't like the UFC. It just. doesn't I like boxing. I don't you know. the UFC doesn't appeal to me but I I'm. not like I don't hate the idea of UFC. If you like watching UFC fights, watch. it. I don't know. It's just not my. thing. I like other sports. I like. flyovers. I mean I I like cars, you. know. you know, it's it's not like, you.

know, I just I I I also, you know, don't. think it's ultra woke, you know, when. you've got, you know, a baby in the back. seat that you have a car seat and you do. a seat belt and you do all, you know, I. don't do that. I don't brag about Yeah. You know, my my 20-month-old no seat. belt freedom. Wooha. Hooya, right? Like, okay. I mean, you know, we. we we What are we doing? You know, they obviously started with. the Apaches with at Kid Rock and they.

flew the Apache right to Kid Rock's. home. Then they did the Apache in South. Carolina, you know. Then they did this. fly over over here. Okay. Does it look cool? Sure, it looks. cool. You know, but what happens when. they do that and somebody gets killed or. there's injuries and then it's like, well, how did this happen? How did, you. know, how did this happen? And it's like. you're encouraging a very corrosive. culture. And they're also firing people.

who were our top generals and top. admirals and people who led with moral. clarity. Those people have all been. pushed out by Hegsith. And if you look. at this Admiral Cooper guy who leads. SenCom, I mean, this guy's like a MAGA. guy now. It's quite it's it's it's. really sad to see. I mean, you know, I. mean, I saw that guy at a hearing. Cooper, you know, when he was being. cross-examined by Congress member Crowe. and Molton and other people and, you.

know, the guy looked like Baghdad Bob up. there. It was it was humiliating to. watch. the head of SenCom. Cooper. And I'm thinking to myself, you're supposed to be SenCom, man. What. are you What are you doing? And you know. what? You you have Sen putting out. statements right now. The southern. corridor of the straight of Hormuz is. open. Tankers, be free to leave. We've. got you. And there have been seven.

tankers that followed that advice and. were destroyed by Iran. And so today. over the radio, Wall Street Journal. reported about this. One of the captains. said, "Go yourself." Excuse my. language. That's what that's they said. that to Sen. Go f yourself. We're not. We're not. What are you. doing? Shut up. That's to Sententcom. A. captain of a tanker. went to Sententcom, went to the military.

and said, "F off.". Just think about that. Especially when. you know maritime law, the the idea. And. for those for those who have a. background. in shipping or you know and and the. uh the dynamics that play out where it's. very carefully choreographed laws of the.

sea protocols for a for a cargo for one. of these very large container ships to. go and tell SenCom, you know, uh the the George H W Bush. or uh you know or or or the other the. the other ships that were there uh go f. yourself f off. is bigger than just even the head. because because that's what no we're not. doing it. Shut up. Stop saying you you.

don't control the straight up or mov and. we see with the shipping traffic. It. ain't happening. And by the way when. there was theou. it was happening. It was happening. And. what did the US say? The US said, "Aha, we got you, Iran." Yes. Paragraph, paragraph five of theou says that you. are the administrator, but we got a loophole. We got a. loophole. We didn't say we can't send. ships out through the southern route.

that will open up with Oman. We never. wrote that into the contract. So, gotcha. Gotcha. to which Iran said, "No, look, we will charge a fee around 1%, maybe less. Use the IRGC route. We. believe we won the war. You're the one. who asked for the deal. We didn't ask. for the deal.". They who asked for the deal, who. declared the unilateral ceasefire? Was. it Iran or was it Trump? Go back.

Remember the last time Trump said, "We're going to destroy your bridges and. infrastructure." Who was the one who. declared ceasefire many months ago? Trump. So from Iran's perspective, you wanted. the ceasefire. You wanted the deal. You. came to us. And look, to be fair, could. one have a I I get some listeners and. viewers who go, Ben, but pro but. paragraph five doesn't specifically say.

that the US can't open up that route. So. how come you keep saying that your. interpretation is that it doesn't. expressly say Iran controls the entire. straight of Hormuz? That's a fair point, but it says Iran is to administer it in. consultation with Oman and the other. Arab nations. So when they're the ones. administering it, if the US wanted to. open up the southern route, you would. imagine that then you would go to the.

person administering it to say, "We'd. like to do that. But that's not how you. know the Trump wanted the loophole and. they but this is what Trump's done with. contracts his whole life where he rips. them. That's what he does with the. Constitution. And so he goes, "Haha, that's my way out." To which Iran said, "No, no, no, no, no. We'll do warning. shots. We want it this way." And then. Trump said, "Okay, well then we're going. back to war. We're going back to war.". And then Trump started attacking Iran. and escalating and escalating and. escalating. And here we are where they.

are destroying the bridges right now. And let me just I'll show you I'll let. me show you some of the uh some of the. latest right here. This is video out of. Iran from their stateowned mayor news. showing the aftermath of a US air strike. in Bandara Abbas right now in the Harms. gun province. Let's play it. Okay, here is a missile hitting the.

middle of the bridge. A fuel tanker uh. was destroyed as well. Um it's believed. the driver was killed in this. Also, part of the bridge is gone right here. And this is a bridge connecting Bandara. Abbas to Sharas that civilians use now. the Trump regime and sentcom. I'm sure. they'll say. um I'm sure they'll say.

um I'm sure they'll say well this is uh. also used by the military as well. But. that's also the logic that had the Trump. regime kill the little girls in Monop in. the elementary school, which Trump acts. like, you know, that didn't happen at. all. And so this one right here, let's. just let's just play the clip, Jeremy. I'll I'll describe what it is after.

>> Great. And play the other one now, Jeremy. Awesome. >> So, the last clip you saw was the. Iranian strike in Kuwait, notably. Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, all of these.

other countries. They they always go, um, the we shot all of the drones. There. was no damage done. That's what Iraq. said after Iran targeted her. That's. what the United Arab Emirates says about. Fujera. That [clears throat] that that Oman. tries to deny that one of its hotels was. attacked by Iran as well. Um they none. of it happened. None of it happened, everybody. And it's like, okay, well, we. we we've got videos of what's actually. happening here. And then let me show you.

what Caroline Levit said when um she was. asked more about this uh catastrophic. war in Iran today that she returned. Um. and here she was asked even the the way. this question was asked is ridiculous. A. and it says, "Can you explain why the. American people should think a deal with. Iran would be worth it considering they. broke it already?" No, I I look as a.

patriotic America. I let me be I love. still love what this country can be. I I. love being born in this country. I I. consider it a patriotic duty to use. whatever limited skill set I've been. given in order to try to, you know, call. this out, to call out stuff that I view. as anti-American. this the Baghdad Bob stuff that you know.

the what's the guy's name uh Ali G. what's the Borat or the Emperor what was. the what was the show the dictator stuff. right that we would kind of we would. kind of we would kind of mock that. behavior you know we would mock the way. you know South Park would make movies of. uh Kim Jong-un's dad remember that you. know remember that you know we we we. would we would as a country go, "Oh my. god, can you believe like what that. looked like?" And you know, and that's.

what we would say. And so to me when. that's happening here right now in the. United States when I hear stories about. what was it that um I mean we knew this. already but that after Trump would. invest in these companies what was the. latest story that he would immediately. start to you know trade within two or. three days after he post about it on his. social media platform which I mean I. think obviously we all we all knew that. that's that you know that that that's.

what they were doing he would start. talking about that these companies and. talk them up when we wouldn't know that. he was doing these 21,000 trades. But. anyway, the the the question here, can. you explain why the American people. should think a deal with Iran would be. worth it considering they broke it. already? The moment Donald Trump held it. up in Versailles, Trump went to. Versailles, Trump held it up, then the. US started breaching theou. And I I you. know, I I you know, perhaps perhaps you.

could say, well, Ben, if the US was. breaching, do you think though that it. was right for Iran to strike those. tankers? And I would agree with you and. say no, I probably shouldn't hit the. tankers. But didn't J. D. Vance say that. there was a deescalation cell that would. address and avoid these things at some. point when you have Marco Rubio go to. the Middle East right after Trump holds. it up and Marco Rubio starts to say. things like, "We're never going to give.

him the $300 billion. We're not talking. about it." When you then do anou uh with. Lebanon and Netanyahu and basically say. that Netanyahu can stay in Lebanon. indefinitely. in so-called security. zones, which is southern Lebanon. It's. not a security, it's territory that. belongs to to Lebanon and create some. concept. Well, we're going to do pilot. zones than security zones. And then when. Netanyahu keeps on striking inside. Lebanon, by the way, in residential. areas, there's a residential strike.

today as well. You know, in Lebanon, you. know, there there there have been more. murders in Gaza right now. when article. one or paragraph one of theou says that. a true ceasefire in Lebanon needs to. happen when Iranian uh funds were. supposed to be unfrozen which weren't. the $300 billion were supposed to. happen. So at at some point. it wasn't like Iran struck the ships. right away, you know, it was o it was. over time. And so this idea, this idea.

of why would Iran, why would we trust. them if they breached? It's like, no, we. the US breached the the US breached the. right away. And the US never had any. intention of actually doing theou. The. US has no intention of doing theou. The. US invaded. We know from people inside. the Trump regime that Iran didn't have. an imminent ability to get nuclear. weapons. Trump pulled out of the JCPOA.

and he consistently lies about it. Trump invaded, you know, and his whole. promise was, "I'm not going to do this. stuff.". And Trump has said that the Iranian. leadership is reasonable. They're good. Now they're scum. They're reasonable. They're scum. who don't we realize that that the that. a you know it's it's look Iran is also. engaged in propagate let's not be naive. we're not going to be like oh everything.

Iran says is true everything you hear on. mayor and taznim we should just talk. absolutely not but I'm in a quest with. you for the videos for the data is the. trade of hormuz open is it closed what's. actually happening What do the satellite. images show? Oh, they actually show that. these bases in the US were hit. Are. those real? Are those AI? Oh, wait. They're real. We learned about them. We. know that that's the case. The US troops.

have abandoned those bases. Got it. Where are our assets going? Where are. the American troops? Oh, wait a minute. There were three medevac uh planes. recently that the US put in Saudi Arabia. near What are those medevac planes. doing? Oh, they're going to Germany. Are. they bringing Americans with a what's. got We have to assess it and we can pull. apart the noise and we can see what. happens. But I'll show you, you know, when uh Well, first let me show you what. what Caroline Levid says here. Can you. explain why the American people should.

think a deal with Iran would be worth. it? Here, play this clip. >> He essentially seemed fed up with these. negotiations. And can you explain why. the American people should think that a. deal with Iran would even be worthwhile. at this point given the fact that they. broke it already? Well, look at how bad. they are behaving. It just proves the. president's initial point for launching. Operation Epic Fury in the first place. Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon. That's why he launched Operation Epic. Fury. They have suffered devastating. blows to their military and their. economy. As a result, the president is.

always open and willing to diplomacy. He. is the peace through strength president. after all. Uh after Operation Epic Fury, the conclusion of it, we did move. forward into a diplomatic phase, if you. will. Uh but unfortunately Iran has. since violated that. They have expressed. they still want to make a deal to the. president. Uh we're talking to them but. again the president is not going to. allow them to fire on ships in the. straight without paying a consequence. for that. And I think just one more. point I think throughout this entire. endeavor uh the president has proved not.

just to Iran but the to the entire world. um that we can hit Iran anytime, anywhere, any place. uh and their. ability to defend themselves has been. essentially wiped out uh because of this. president uh in Operation Epic Fury in. the first place. Go ahead. >> Thank you so much. Welcome back. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The person welcome back. No, don't. welcome back. Why would we welcome back. a liar? Okay. Welcome back. That's why. the press corps so broke. Welcome back.

Please tell us more lies that we can. broadcast. Please. Welcome. Welcome, welcome back. And again, so I have to. now assess and you have to assess. Okay, on the one hand, I have the Trump regime. saying Iran's ability to defend itself. is completely destroyed. Okay. On the other hand, I see Iran. saying, "Here's how we've responded.

Here are the satellite image of where. we've hit. here. I have videos of what's. going on in Iraq and Kuwait and Bahrain. and uh in Qatar and in the United Arab. Emirates and I see what's happening in. Yemen. I also see Saudi Arabia attacking. uh the airport, the Sana airport in. Yemen. I see things escalating there. Um. okay, if you say Iran's ability to. defend itself is completely destroyed, that's a bold statement. That's a bold.

and and it carries with it uh meeting. All right. So, I'm assessing is what. this Trump regime told me true? And I go, "No, that's that's an. absolutely false statement that she's. making." Now, if you wanted to say, "We're hitting Iran hard." Um be and. then try to explain to me the plan. Why? Why are we hitting Why are we hitting. them? What's the plan? Is anybody going. to try to explain this? I don't even.

know why we're there um right now, but. okay. Um even when Trump, you know, tries to speak about the nuclear stuff, he's like, "No one can reach it. Nobody. can get it. It's impossible. We. obliterated in 2025." Okay. But if you. want to say, "Hey, we we've we've hit. here, here, and here." And that's part. of a I'll I'll want I'll listen. I still. think that this is a Trump regime of war. criminals. Um, I I then see Iran's responses and they. still seem to have a pretty significant.

ballistic missile arsenal. They they. seem to have a shahi drone arsenal. They they they keep on responding on a. daily basis. And so. also, if Iran doesn't have any. capabilities, why do you need to strike. their civilian infrastructure? That. seems to be a a pretty desperate uh move. if that's where you're going. And then. you get something like this. A Sky News. reporter said, uh, what's the what's the. latest on Manab right now? Um, where the.

US killed, slaughtered, uh, 168 people, mostly little girls. Let's listen to. what, uh, is responded, how Caroline. Lebet responds. Let's play it. >> 120 children dead, 26 of their teachers. Uh a Skye's investigation released today. points to all this being a tragic. mistake by America by the US military. So could you explain please why the. president is repeatedly saying it wasn't. America when he hasn't actually he says.

also that he hasn't even seen the. report. >> I can't speak to the Sky News. investigation respectfully because I. have not read it. All I can speak to is. what the president has said. >> Okay. So where are we? So what what. what's what's the what's the answer you. know and then she goes on to say ah you. know it's actually nothing and uh it uh. you know we we're still investigating it. you know the only thing that I would say.

when Sky News says you know it's a was a. tragic mistake you know um uh you know. someone in my family has said you know. mistakes often just don't happen. mistakes are made and when the Trump. regime invades a country with Netanyahu. without planning. and you are focused on the quantity of. targets. It's not just like, oh, mere negligence.

Oopsies. Oopsies. No, no, no. I mean, to. me, it is a intentional war crime that. was committed. Um, you know, if I was. applying criminal law standards, it. would be a recklessness that would rise. to the level of intentionality. There was an invasion. And, you know, if. if if if you think about it in terms of. um, you know, criminal law, if you will, right? If you punch somebody and you.

intend to punch them, but you don't. intend to kill them and they and they. die, you can say, "Oh, that wasn't. murder." You know, if you go into a war. and you intend to kill people, which is. what the US intended to do, and then you. kill and slaughter children, you don't. get to say, "Oh, that was an accident in. in my view." And then Donald Trump. refuses to take account, but we'll never. know who did it. We'll never know what. happens. We'll never know how it. happened. And it's like, no, I mean, so. if that's your positioning on that, if.

you still claim that the reflecting pool. was destroyed by vandals, if you're. going to go and do a presser tonight and. you're going to say. the 2020 election was stolen by the. Chinese. um while you're like a Xi Jinping. bootlicker, if that's what you're going. to do, then you know, I don't I I don't. trust you. I have zero trust. It's all. lies coming from the United States and. it's a sick and sad thing. It's what I. talk about in WTF America. Pre-order it. right now. Um, let's take our last for.

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about the 2020 election. I think that there can be coverage of it. like afterwards to make sure you fact. check the lies. We're going to have to fact check the. lies, but I certainly would never um. ever want to play any of that live, you. know, and it's the same thing, you know, uh when you go to these, you know, pressers over here um by Caroline Levit. I mean, the question is,

you know, we we we're used to spin, which is not good, but we but we know. spin, but then there's just outright. lies, and that's what Caroline Levit, you know, does. So, during her presser. as well, um she talked about Tuesday's. consumer price index report and she says. it confirmed what Trump predicted. Let's. play this clip. Turning now to the economy. Tuesday's. CPI report confirmed what President.

Trump predicted. Prices are falling and. this administration's economic policies. are working. Inflation dropped 0.4%. last month, beating expectations and. marking the largest monthly decline in. more than 6 years. Prices fell, including for gasoline, electricity, non-prescription drugs, car insurance, medical care services, and hotels. delivering relief for American working. families. >> Okay, let me ask you, everybody who's.

here, and I mean this objectively, do you feel relief right now? You know, objectively, do you feel relief? Do you. feel. that you're in a better position this. month than you were last month? I mean, just an honest question. I I'll I'll. look I'll look at your comments right. now and and if you do, that's let's. we'll we'll tell the truth. Do you feel. better right now? Honestly, and and it's. not and you know, whether you hate. Trump, despise him, like him, I mean, I.

don't know why you would like him, but. you know, are are are you in a better. position? I'll tell you my view and maybe you get. mad at me for it or whatever. I hate to. I was never hopeful because with Trump, you know, he's always going to make the. wrong decision. And I root for the country even if you. have a disgusting regime in charge. So. with the memorandum of understanding.

with the hope of you know maybe this guy. who's horrible because he is. focused on the midterm so much just. maybe at least from now until November. Maybe he just, you know, focuses. You. knew after the midterms, especially if. and when Democrats take control of the. House and maybe the Senate, you know, we'd go, we I knew we'd be back to war. then. But and I wasn't naive because I.

saw theou was doomed for failure from. the outset, but there's always a 2% of. me that would hope because I want. everybody to do better. Come on, let's. bring these gas prices. Like, come on. And you know if theou is working for a. few days which it really never did at. all you know is that relief good you. know and and when you see a lower thanex. expected inflation report but still. inflation is up right the report said.

yearover-year. inflation is now at 3.5%. So it's 3.5% higher than last year's. inflation. And that's what was last. year's inflation close to 28 29 three. you know three. So three 35 you add them. up basically and you go okay so Biden. they would always attack. So, we're 6.5%. if you add up both Trump years so far.

over Biden, Trump over Biden by about. increase when Trump said he was going to. decrease the prices. 3.5% means. inflation is is is rising. But if it's a. good a cooler than expected reading, great. But what we all know is that. Trump escalates the war. We all knew. that it was going to be just part of a. market manipulation scheme, which it. was. And right now, I'm sure you are.

feeling what I'm feeling, which is the. price of gas has gone up to right now. It's right around where it was during. some of the worst moments of the war. Ain't no sign of it coming down anytime. soon, especially when I'm a broken. record talking about crack prices, strategic reserves, right? What's going. on there? And so stop selling us. Stop the lying. And the Trump regime,

they do the fraud in a lot of ways that. I want to I talk about the you go, "Okay, Ben, stop talking about pre stop. talking about the book. Stop talking. about the book." I'm proud of the book. That's why I talk about it. And so and. it's inspired by you. So that's be. because I wanted to get these ideas out. there. And I hear you. If you're like, "Ben, stop promoting it all the time.". It's it's it's it's the honestly when. when I don't mean to be morbid, um, but. it's part of what I want to be a legacy,

not just for me, but for what we've all. built together. That's why I'm proud of. it. And we just announced it, so you'll. have to deal with me talking about it a. little longer because I'm proud because. I'm proud of it. Um, but I talk about. the schemes and the scams, okay? And let. me highlight some of them for you right. now. As my as my daughter, you know, the. she's got the bunny like right there. wound up as I'm, you know, as as I'm. doing all of this. And so imagine doing. a newscast and in the background all you. hear is.

the bunny jumping right there. Um, okay. Few things. Um, Trump will go out and. say, "I brought in 19.1 trillion. dollars." $19.1 trillion, right? Okay. Well, if you brought in $ 19.1 trillion, then why do you have to do. reconciliation 3.0, right? That's what. they're talking about where they want to. take away more of your taxpayer dollars. or increase our debt even more than it. is right now. Right? This past year,

we've added about $3.5 trillion in debt. Just think about that. The debt is going. to hit 40 trillion soon. And that's. being caused by the fact that Donald. Trump hasn't brought in $19.2 trillion. dollars. So one of the scams is I've. brought in all of this money. I brought. in all of this money. And that's like a. Ponzi schema, right? Bernie made off. record returns. You've never been. better. You've never been richer. You. come up with a big number and just keep.

on repeating it all over and all over. again. And what what's it also to cover. for? Well, y'all told us, the MAGA. Republicans, the big beautiful bill was. going to cover everything, right? But. they've ran out of money on the big. beautiful bill despite looting from all. of us and taking away our healthcare and. taking away Medicaid and taking away all. of these things, right? So then they did. reconciliation 2.0 and now they need. reconciliation 3.0. What is that classic Ponzi scheme. behavior? I used to litigate against.

Ponzi schemes. I would be appointed by. the SEC when it used to function. They. would appoint a receiver and the. receiver would appoint people like me. and I would bring cases and litigate. cases in California. Billion dollar. Ponzi schemes. What would they do? Special purpose vehicle one, special. purpose vehicle two, special purpose. vehicle three, four, and so on. And then. two would pay one, three would pay two. And then the um the people who were.

involved in the scheme would take the. vig. They take it for themselves as they. would go from special purpose vehicle 1. 2 3 4 you know and and so on, right? And. so reconciliation 3.0. It's a very. familiar thing for me in Ponzi scheme. language that I used to litigate against. because it's just special purpose. vehicle three. They ran out of money on. one, they ran out of money on two. This. is three. And then they throw up $19.1. trillion dollars and say, "Aha, look how.

rich we are. 19.1 trillion." But they're. looting from you. Also, where's a lot of. this money going to? The. military-industrial complex, which is. Trump, Trump kids, Trump friends, the. right-wing oligarchs, the data centers, which Trump says he loves. The data. centers, they're the greatest. You know, all well, we all know how wrong he is. He goes, "The data centers create. energy." No, they take up the energy. What do you He hates the windmills, but.

loves the data centers, right? The. windmills, they're hurting our energy. The data centers, liquid gold, that's. what's helping. No, the opposite. So, what other scams is is is are they. pulling while they're looting from you? Well, then they'll say, "Okay, okay, Walmart has a sale 10% 15% off ground. beef, right? Or whatever it is." And. then they'll try to act like, "Look, we. brought down ground beef prices because.

Walmart did a sale." Okay, that's like. saying like uh Cyber Monday sales are. reflective of decreasing inflation. At. the same time, did you catch what they. did late last night? They tariffed. Brazil 25%. after the Supreme Court declared Trump's. tariff authority illegal. Trump did. something called a 301 investigation. um and then imposed 25% tariffs on most.

Brazilian imports. What's going on. there? Well, Trump is working with Jire. Bolsinaro's kid, Flavio Bolsinaro, and Flavio Bolsinaro is running for. president against President Lula in. Brazil, who's currently um in charge of. Brazil. This is part of the Trump. regime's dominance over the Western. Hemisphere and regime change. So what. they're trying to do in my opinion is. basically shake down Brazil and say if. you vote for Flavio Bolsinaro and then.

get Jire uh to be pardoned and removed. from prison because he's their. insurrection as president. I will remove. the tariffs and Brazil's economy can do. better. Um because even though we pay. the tariffs here, it is a trade barrier. to stop Brazilian goods from coming in. So it ends up still hurting uh Brazil. It hurts us as the consumers for things. like coffee and all these other all this. other stuff, but it hurts us as well.

And by the way, we have a $400 million. trade surplus with Brazil. But that's. what Trump's doing, you know, harming us. even more with more tariffs against. Brazil in order to do a regime change. there basically. Um, and help the. Bolsinaro family in my opinion. That's. easily what's going by the way. Are you. hearing this covered anywhere? Pretty. big deal, huh? You know, I mean, maybe. other people, I don't know, but it's. it's it's a pretty big deal. And then. Trump will say, "Look, I've got freedom. gas centers, the Freedom Centers, and.

they're charging $347. a gallon." Well, it's these like. right-wing friends of Donald Trump who. are doing this gimmick, losing money. likely on the gas at these 15 freedom. centers. There's 150 gas station 150,000. gas stations in the United States. So, he points to 15 and says, "Look, $347. there. 10% discounts in Walmart. $19. trillion. Here I go. Here I go. Reconciliation.

3.0. Let me snatch your money. Comes from the. taxpayers. Saddle us with more debt. The. debt goes up to 40 trillion. Typical. Ponzi scheme behavior. while the. strategic petroleum reserves decrease. While Iran's about to shut down Bob El. Mandab straight, while we're in a. never-ending war, while Donald Trump. engages in 21,000 stock trades every. uh last year,

while Donald Trump's uh teleprompter guy. was betting on Khi, on what words Donald. Trump would say because he saw the. speech, he was placing bets on freaking. Khi. Um while Don Jr. is on the board of. Kshi and a Kazakhstan mining company. that the US has been giving a lot of. money to um while the American people. are suffering. So that's what's go that's what's uh. that's what's going on. Uh that's what's. going on right now. All right. Um now of.

course the bunny the bunny stops. The. episode ends. The bunny stops. I'm gonna. plug the book one more time. I saw that. the person was like, "I'll buy the book. if you stop promoting it." Okay, but. that's kind of mean. It's a It's a passion project for me. Um, and it's something I poured my my. soul into. And I talk mostly about the. might as Mighty Community in the book. being the inspiration for everything,

you know, that's out there. And there's. a lot of shitty books out there and. there's some good books out there. But I. I want it to do well, you know, just. like I want, you know, I I I I want. everything to do well. So, you'll have. to you'll have to listen to me say it. one more time. The person says, "Ben, push the book, my. man. Plug away. I'm grabbing I'm. grabbing my You never heard the bunny. I. heard the bunny the whole show. [laughter].

You know the bunnies that jump when you. go to the mall?" It was one of those. It. was right. And she put it there and then. she walked away like she knew exactly. what she she she was doing. She's like, "Come on, papa. Hey." Her her new thing. though was um we play doc. Could we play. doc doctor? Play doctor. Play doctor. Here's the here's the book right here. WTF America. Um. in the in the description below, you can. get a link to it. Check it out. Pre-order it. We have a we have a. message. Um someone says, "Ignore them.

You promote you promote it. Be. passionate. Be be proud of it. Awesome. book. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I'm. not I'm not immune to comments. I'm not. impervious to criticism, you know. Anyway, thanks everybody. Thanks. everybody for watching. Appreciate you. Watch the Brother show tonight. Watch. the There's going to be a lot of updates. on the Brother show. Thank you all so. much. Love you. Shout out Might Mighty. Have a good one. Want to stay plugged [music] in? Become.

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