Trump Gets INSTANT KARMA over His OWN DEADLY WAR TRAP!!!

Donald Trump is panicking this morning. and he is trying to create a false flag. incident inside the Strait of Hormuz to. justify an even more massive escalation. of United States troops and the United. States military attacking Iran. Let me. break down what is taking place right. now. As I'm sure you know from my. earlier report this morning, Donald. Trump has now canceled all of his events. in the White House for the next 3 days.

and that follows him canceling all. events yesterday and shutting down all. of his meetings from the press. What. we're seeing take place on the satellite. footage right by the Strait of Hormuz, right by the Persian Gulf, we're seeing. these US supercarriers, the USS Abraham Lincoln, and we're. seeing the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft. carrier very close to Iran, closer than.

it's ever been since Donald Trump. launched this catastrophic war against. Iran with Netanyahu about 4 months ago, which Trump said he was going to resolve. in just a few days, like a miracle, it. was all going to go away, just like. COVID, right? So, take a look right. here, Molo Monitor was able to identify. on a Sentinel 2 satellite over here, uh these US uh aircraft carriers. Here's. the USS Abraham Lincoln. Here is the USS.

George H.W. Bush. Look how close they. are. We're talking about 250. km away, 220. km away from uh Chabahar in Iran. And. so, it seems clear to me what Donald. Trump is trying to do is create another. Gulf of Tonkin incident ala the Vietnam. War as he gets more and more desperate.

Because one of the things we're seeing, and you know that I've been talking. about this. over and over again, it's that crack. price, the spread between the crude. market, which is being manipulated by. the Trump regime and being shorted in my. opinion, so that it's like $72 a barrel, $71 a barrel, as contrasted to the price of the. refineries. So, that difference is. called the crack price. So, I'm sure. you're seeing right now gas prices.

either remaining the same or gas prices. are going up. Yet, Donald Trump is. manipulating the crude market, and Trump. thinks, "Ah, if I manipulate the paper. market for crude, that that's going to. result in cheaper prices, and I can take. credit for it at the pump." That's not. the way it works, because the refineries. kind of see what's going on, and it's a. basic supply and demand issue. As. Patrick DeHaan explains, that escalated. quickly. The national average right now.

for gas, that's what right what what. what you and I pay when we have to fill. up our car, that the paper market of. crude is not what we pay when we can't. afford our gas. That's the issue right. here. The national average is now $3.85. a gallon as oil prices are now rising, and this is also not just the Strait of. Hormuz, but one thing I've been talking. about the escalation between Russia and. Ukraine with Russia's escalation of. Kyiv, Ukraine responding by striking the.

Russian oil refineries, and that also. adds, of course, to less supply. of the crude and of the oil. And so, it's a basic supply and demand. I note that you can see the price of. crude go down, but as I've said, that's. being manipulated, and it's not it it's. actually what we're seeing at the pump, the costs are increasing. Now, uh my. view that Donald Trump is also trying to.

create this false flag Gulf of Tonkin. situation ala the Vietnam War. You know, it's also Well, one, he makes very basic. moves. He makes very It's kind of very. obvious to me what he does, and you. know, I probably that the Midas Touch. Network can just kind of call this stuff. out and be ahead of it the same way. we've been talking about the crack. prices. And and the thing that I've. been, as you know, raising the red flag. as Donald Trump's now doing false flags. The red flag that I've been raising is.

I've been saying, "Look, the strategic. petroleum reserves are hitting. functional tank bottom. So, we're now 7. to 8 days away for like tank bottom, like. no more." In terms of the ability of the. strategic petroleum reserve to really. function at the level needed, which. would then result in kind of massive. shortages, massive kind of gas uh lines. It would It would become, you know,

truly catastrophic. So, I think Donald. Trump was like, "Okay, if I bomb Iran uh. these this past week, maybe they're. going to give up." I'm like, "That's. your lesson from the catastrophic war. You think they're just going to like. give up?" Of course they're not going. to. And now he's getting desperate, and. so he needs to kind of create this. pretext for an all-out war as we get. closer to functional tank bottom and. tank bottom of the strategic reserves as. the oil price is now going at the gas. price that you pay from the refineries.

to, you know, the place where you go. fill up, that's going up. So, he needs. something, right? He needs some What he. needs is an escalation of the war, but. he needs, in his own Trumpian way, his. excuse. He needs to basically hang his. hat on something the same way It's. reflecting. Well, the vandals ripped it. apart. So, he needs to say the Iranians. attacked the USS aircraft carrier, the. George H.W. Bush. They attacked the USS. Abraham Lincoln. Here's what Trump.

posted this morning. Let me go over with. you. He goes, "The Islamic Republic of. Iran" This is what he posted this. morning early. "The Islamic Republic of. Iran has asked us to continue talks.". And he puts that in quote. "We have. agreed to do so, but the United States. has stated to them in no uncertain terms. that the ceasefire is over." Exclamation. point. "Thank you for your attention to. this matter, Donald J. Trump." Now, of. course, he's lying about Iran. They're. not asking for talks. Donald Trump is. trying to use any type of.

fabricated negotiations to buy time, I. think, to implement this plan that he. wants to implement. Um I you know, where. he's going to put the blockade on again. and try to bait Iran into attacking. these aircraft carriers, these. supercarriers. And whether Iran does it. or whether Iran doesn't do it, Donald. Trump's going to say, "Well, look. everybody, they attacked us, so now we. need to invade Iran, and we need to. attack Iran." And that's why the.

strategic reserve is down. That's why. the gas prices are back up. Iran did it. Look, they attacked our carriers. To me, that's what he's setting this up for. Now again, I think this also comes at a. time where we know that Netanyahu has. been in Donald Trump's ear, right? He's. been calling Donald Trump up and saying. Iran wants to assassinate you, that. they've developed plans to kill you. There's other reporting that now Donald. Trump has said to some of his advisers, "I have a plan that if they kill me, you. need to bomb the hell out of them and. destroy the civilization." That was.

leaked out today as well. But I think. Netanyahu was also probably telling. Donald Trump about how to do these kind. of false flag type of plans. And. clearly, I think that's being. coordinated. Trump went back to Barak. Ravid, his personal stenographer over at. Axios, you know, he's a reporter, but he. basically just writes down whatever. Donald Trump tells him to write down. Here's what Barak Ravid says, "Qatari negotiators have traveled to.

Iran in coordination with the United. States to meet with Iranian officials in. an effort to de-escalate the situation. and create the conditions for. negotiations to resume, according to a. diplomat with knowledge of the visit.". The diplomat said meetings in Tehran. between Qatari and Iranian officials are. still ongoing, but that it's clear that. both sides want to come back to the. memorandum of understanding. Barak Ravid.

also reposts Qatari, Pakistani, Turkish, Egyptian, and Saudi officials have. conducted multiple phone calls on. Wednesday with both the US and Iranian. officials in an effort to calm down the. situation, sources said. If you look at. the Strait of Hormuz right now, you'll. see that there are basically no ships. moving out at all, certainly not through. that southern lane that the United. States tried to open. Some ships exiting. through the IRGC lane, but clearly.

traffic there is coming to a major halt, and this as the strategic reserves in. the United States. continue to be depleted. You have. statements from Israel, "War is not. over." Prime Minister Netanyahu of. Israel, "The war is not over. The war is. not over." Defense Minister of Israel, "We will strike Iran with even greater. force if it deems necessary. The. campaign is not over." So, it's obvious. to me what they are setting up for. And.

just for. those who are like, "Ben, you keep. saying Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Tonkin, you know, what are you uh referring to? And I'm referring to the incident in the. Gulf of Tonkin where the US destroyer. USS Maddox. um and the USS Turner Joy were there. They reported that the. uh that they were attacked by North. Vietnamese torpedo boats. um and that there was this attack. They. claimed to have been fired upon um but. it was later proven that the attack did. not occur and that was ultimately used.

by Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of. Defense Robert McNamara in order to. escalate uh after a Gulf of Tonkin. resolution was issued. And so, to me, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident over in. August of 1964. to the uh Persian Gulf incident, it. seems to be pretty clear that that's. where they're headed. I want to pivot. for a second now and talk to you as as. Donald Trump is. um you know, obviously frantic and flailing.

internationally, I just want to share. with you kind of domestically what's. going down also right now. Donald Trump. posted the following message this. morning. He said, "I will not sign the. housing bill, which has been fully. approved by Congress and sent to the. White House, in protest over the fact. that the United States Senate is not. capable of passing the Save America Act, which is polling at 97% with the. Republican Party and very high with the. non-political Democrats. The act states.

quite simply that a vote uh that to vote. a person must show voter ID, proof of. citizenship, and there will be no more. crooked, corrupt, and destabilizing. mail-in ballots." You should also know. that Donald Trump votes by mail. I think. that's worth noting. Um it's a voter. suppression bill that Donald Trump wants. passed. And just think about it, what a. immature, just destructive human that he. is, that finally when Congress comes. together for a bipartisan bill, housing. affordability, to try to make housing.

more affordable for the American people. who are suffering. I'm not signing that. I refuse to sign that. I'm protesting. it. Now, it will automatically become. law if he doesn't veto it later. So, you. know, it will become law, but the fact. that that's made him so angry, housing. affordability. Remember back in 2024 where he killed. the bipartisan immigration bill as well, which would have enhanced border. security in a safe, appropriate, and. compassionate way, and also provided a.

path to This is bipartisan. Um and provided a pathway for. citizenship for people who have been. here working, not committing crimes, not. engaged in bad activity, um paying taxes, and it would have. helped our economy. And Republicans and. Democrats overwhelmingly came together, and Donald Trump always kills these. bipartisan bills. But as we get closer. to the midterms, you've got Donald Trump. and MAGA wanting to divide America on. just about everything. And so, you know, they'll make it about it's communism.

this, communism that, social you know, they're trying to destroy our country, they're trying to kill us. This is worse. than the Nazis in World War II. This is. worse than You know, that's what Trump. is saying. And that's why it's important. that we have a accurate media diet right. now. And so, I I'll give you just an. example right now. Um here's an article. that talks about how the uh EPA, the. Environmental Protection Agency and. others, um says that MAGA uh agenda is ongoing,

but there's not a single report about it. whatsoever. Um and so, you dig deeper, and you go, "Wait a minute, there's no right-wing. media coverage on this at all." Uh that. the EPA says MAGA agenda is ongoing, but. there's not a single report on it, and. it's been covered mostly by the left and. mostly by the center uh media. And you. realize, "Wow, there's just a lot of. suppression of like uh of of what's.

actually happening in media reporting. I. I I just find that fascinating. I often. get asked, "Well, Ben, how do you do. your reporting. every morning?" You know, and I say, you. know, I want to make sure I'm giving you. perspectives from what everybody out. there is saying and then I always want. to give you the objective facts and not. really give you editorializing or. opinion. Try to get Try to get to, you. know, the objective damn facts here. So, that's why I partnered with Ground News. for this episode. Uh they're the best. tool for me to stay objective with my. reporting. It's an app and website that. pulls in thousands of articles from.

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If you want to support this channel and. get a clearer understanding of the. world, try out Ground News. One more. time, it's ground.news/mtn. or scan the QR code up here. You know, cuz you see what the MAGAs are pushing. right now. You've got MAGA Republican. Joe Gruters, the RNC chairman, talking. about MAGA warriors heading into the. midterms. Play this clip. >> what when the Democrats get control like. the shutdown. They're going to have. investigations, they're going to. obstruct, they're going to impeach. It's. going to be total chaos. They don't want. to move the country forward. Trump.

derangement syndrome is real. America. derangement syndrome is real. We have to. win. And so, we need everybody go to. GOP.com, give us your time and treasure. We have to move this country forward. We. have to elect these MAGA warriors across. the country to defeat these socialists. that are being elected on the left. We. could do it, but we need everybody's. help. >> more from him here. This is more from. RNC chair Joe Gruters right here. And. you can see how panicked and frantic. they are. Let's play it. >> We need to have MAGA warriors in place.

to move the president's agenda. We need. to pass the Save America Act. We need to. push the president's agenda by electing. these MAGA warriors. If we don't, the. president's agenda is over. Uh we'll. spend 2 years fighting with the. Democrats. We're not going. >> And then notably, you have the State. Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott. um talking about renewed hostilities in. Iran going back to what I was saying. earlier that what I believe to be this. uh kind of false flag operation that the. Trump regime is trying to to pull right.

here. Um and you know, he's basically. saying, "The objectives remain as clear. as ever when it comes to her.". What do you mean clear? You You've never. explained what the objectives are. So, I. don't not sure how they are clear as. ever. Here's what uh Gruters uh here's. what the State Department spokesperson. Tommy Pigott rather has to say. Play. this clip. >> I want to get you on this because uh. I've got you for a moment here. Uh apparently, there are negotiators out.

of Qatar that have landed in Iran about. a few hours ago, and some sort of. negotiation is now underway. What can. you tell us after two nights of bombing. in Iran this week? >> What I can tell us is that the objective. remains as clear as ever. That is what. is so clear. And President Trump, from. the very beginning, saying the Iranian. regime cannot be allowed to have a. nuclear weapon. Of course, from the. beginning of this administration, he has. preferred a deal. He is a deal maker, he. is a peace maker. But it's an untenable. threat to allow the Iranian regime to.

have a nuclear weapon. And it is. something that President Trump will not. allow to happen. Other presidents made. that promise. President Trump is taking. action to make sure that the Iranian. regime can never have a nuclear. >> Are we Tommy, are we going back to war. or have we stepped away from it for now? >> Well, I think all of this goes back to. that objective. So, what we're going to. see is a president that is going to make. sure that our objective here is. fulfilled. He has been clear one way or. another, the Iranian regime won't have a. nuclear weapon. And that is the action. that he has taken. >> Okay, Tommy Pigott, State Department.

Thanks for coming on. A lot to cover. Appreciate your time. And so, we'll keep. you posted here in the Midas Touch. Network every step of the way. I really. want a to flag what's happening with. these uh ships, with these carriers that. have been moved very close to Iran. Well, Donald Trump I think they're also. saying there's going to be talks in. Switzerland soon as well. They're going. to be having more negotiations in. Switzerland. I I That's when Donald. Trump uses that as often the time to. pull these stunts and schemes. So, very. So, pay very close uh attention.

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