Trump INSTANTLY FOLDS as WAR SPIRALS!!!

Donald Trump has instantly folded on his. threat that he would be charging 20% to. all vessels exiting the Strait of Hormuz. for United States protection when he. fraudulently claimed that the United. States now controls the Strait of. Hormuz, which the United States does. not. Here's what Donald Trump posted. He. said, "We will not be charging the 20%. fee. Instead, we will be bringing in. more investments in addition to the 19.1. trillion dollars we've already seen.".

Again, that number's totally false and. fabricated. "We're getting additional. investment now from Arab nations and. others. So, that's what we will accept. instead of the 20%." This is all just. some bizarre cosplay fiction with deadly. consequences as war continues to. escalate and there are strikes happening. right now. Iran is striking the United. States and military interests in the. region. The US is striking Iran. The war. continues to escalate and the delusional.

demented creature in the Oval Office is. posting the following. "Oil is flowing. like never before." That's absolutely. false. We are depleting our strategic. reserves right now and there's far less. oil flowing than ever before. He goes on. to praise Hegseth and the CENTCOM. Commander Brad Cooper and then he says, "The Strait of Hormuz is open to all. ship traffic except Iran. We will. therefore have a full blockade as it.

relates to Iran." And Iran has made it. clear if you do a full blockade, we will. also consider shutting down the Bab. al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea. So, pay. attention to that as well. Then Donald. Trump writes, "Based on a highly. productive conversation with Middle East. leadership, I have decided to replace. the 20% United States reimbursement fee. with trade and investment deals that the. various Gulf States will be making into. the United States. Those investments. will be massive, but at the same time.

extraordinarily good for them and their. future. As everyone is aware, we have. the largest dollar investment into the. United States of any country in history, but these new investments will make that. number even larger. And again, completely false and fabricated. Donald. [snorts] Trump then posts an AI image of. the United States conquering Greenland. and Venezuela and Canada and basically. all of the Western Hemisphere. He posts.

this photo. He did take a photo back in. 2025. with these European leaders, but the true image was a photo of. Ukraine and Russia. But now, July 14th, 2026, he's posting an AI manipulated. image as though he's talking to European. world leaders about conquering. Greenland. Here's the accurate photo. And then Donald Trump continues to post. bizarre things from like March. He.

posted this this morning. Exclusive, Israel's foreign minister praises. Trump's remarkable leadership. It's. March 8th of 2026. Or how about Donald Trump posting this. Trump claims military victory, points to. economic progress in the wake of the. first stage Iran deal. First stage Iran deal. As I am recording. this, there are strikes taking place. The US is striking Iran. Iran is.

striking US interests in the region. And. so Trump is posting an article from June. 23rd, 2026. talking about how successful the Iran. deal is when the deal really never. existed, but certainly no longer exists. right now. He also posts this right. here. Trump visits Mack Truck plant in. Battleground Pennsylvania district to. tout economic agenda. That was a trip back in June. Why is he.

posting this this morning? Now, there. was a pretty decent inflation report. where because there was a temporary. pause in this catastrophic and unlawful. war, inflation went down actually, and. that should be a good thing. But now. he's escalated this war and he's going. to bring the inflation back up. Inflation cooled more than expected in. June. US inflation was 3.5%. year-over-year in June, down from 4.2%. in May. This was the biggest one-month.

decline since April 2020. Now, before. praising this First of all, anything. when inflation goes down, we should. objectively say that's good. Now, Trump's the arsonist though who caused. it to go up when Biden handed over the. baton to Trump, inflation was at 3%. Trump brought it up to 4.2% and it was. going up and up and up. And now the. reason it's going down is because there. was the temporary memorandum of. understanding, but now it's going to be.

going back up because Donald Trump has. escalated, and as you know, what you're. paying at the pump right now is more. And we're heading to $4 a gallon right. now. And by the way, Trump had a put out. his regime stooges like Kevin Hassett, and they were supposed to, you know, talk about Look, we got a good inflation. reading. But then they were asked. questions like, Yeah, but right now. everything's going back up again cuz. Trump escalated this catastrophic war. And Kevin Hassett's like, Well, we were.

going to be doing good. Things were. going in the right direction, but now. we're going to be taking another detour, but don't worry, hope is right around. the corner. Don't you worry. You know, in in many ways, too, the way this Trump. regime engages in this psychological. torture based on Donald Trump's erratic. behavior. It almost makes things even. worse. that then if you basically just, you. know, continued to have inflation surge. and go up and up and up, which we don't. want because, you know, there'll be just.

this little glimmer of hope because. American ingenuity, because the American. people, the American worker, Americans. are able to accomplish a lot, but Donald. Trump keeps getting in everybody's way. If you just got this guy out of the way, people would be able to create and. produce things and work hard and and and. and love this country and he's the. problem right now more than anything. And so, you know, it's like things are. could things go good? Nope, escalate the. war. We're going to make it worse. This. is what Kevin Hassett had to say moments.

ago. He's Trump's top national economic. advisor. Play this clip. >> The administration has said they'd like. to get gas prices down to about $3 a. gallon. Is that still realistic? Is Is. that the plan still? >> Uh it's absolutely realistic, Ed. We. were headed pretty much there on a. straight line, uh but now there's a. hiccup again because the Iranians, who. again, like it's so obvious that this. was the right policy that the Iranians. were dead set uh on destroying America. Death to America was one of the things.

they were saying everywhere at time they. had a rally. And even at a somber event. like a funeral, they were they were. screaming and and putting up signs, "Death to Trump." Uh these are people. who are very, very dangerous. President. Trump wasn't going to let them have a. nuclear weapon. And so, in the long run, the world will be safer, gas prices will. be lower, and it'll be worth the. short-run cost. >> And then the Trump regime put on these. stooges like Cynthia Lummis, a MAGA. Republican senator from Wyoming, you. know, and she was just like and and and. just like totally lying. She's like, "We. should all be okay and happy with Donald.

Trump making billions of dollars on. crypto because all of the money he made. was before he got into office and that's. when he got rich. So, why would we It's. just what are you talking about?" Like, do you not know the most basic facts. here? Are you that dense or that. malicious or both? All of the crypto. holdings, those 21,000 stock trades, the. quid pro quos It happened after the. election. Happened after he was in. office. What Why Why lie so stupidly and. maliciously? Here, let's play this clip.

>> When we finally come to the language. that both the Congress can live with and. the White House can live with, I think it's going to be a decent. balance and something fair. You know, Maria, we can't just legislate for one. person. The president made his money on. digital assets before he took the oath. of office. So, we have to make sure that. people when they are private citizens. can retain their rights to make money.

and use their intellectual prowess. to make money in this country. That's. not wrong. In fact, that's kind of the. great American capitalist premise. >> You know, Iran's also. has released footage showing the damage. that's been caused to these US military. bases in the region. You can see over here some of these. photos that they were released. A radar. and command control of US Army drones in. Kuwait, the Ali Al Salem base there.

Iran was able to strike those the other. day. US military shed and Al Udeid air. base in Qatar, a drone hanger in Jufair. in the fifth fleet of the United States. base in Bahrain. What's notable to me as. well is that there have been lots of. strikes in Bahrain happening and you. don't I hear the You're able to hear the. sirens in Kuwait, but those early. warning detections in Bahrain seem like. they may have been targeted successfully. by Iran stopping the the early warning.

signals. Now, also want to point out. this morning, hat tip to Joe Flood for. capturing these incredible image and Joe. does incredible work. Um take a look right here. This is what. the reflecting pool looked like this. morning now that it's been drained. Here's what Joe says. The reflecting. pool is empty now and there was no 300. yd long gash that's been peeled up. That. line running down the middle is for. drainage and that was there before.

Remember Donald Trump was like there was. a 250. ft long gash? Then he changed the number. to a 300 yd long gash. 300 yd a three. football field long gash. Do you think. that that would be not you know. obviously we know Trump is making all. this up. Did Is Is he talking about the. drainage that's in the middle right. there? And by the way as we said on the. Midas Touch account, what happened to. all the blue paint? What happened is. they poured in all the hydrogen peroxide. and and they and the way they did this.

with the shoddy work and by the way they. brought in the same contractors yet. again. Destroyed the whole thing. So that's what's happening this morning. We know that there are strikes taking. place right now. I want to devote a. whole other video to talking about. what's going on. We know that the US has. hit naval bases in Bushehr. Explosions are being heard in Qeshm. Island. and Iran is now striking Kuwait and. Bahrain. So we'll we'll get there and. we'll cover all of that. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers.

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