Trump LOSES IT as DNI PICK is TORCHED and FREEZES UP!!!!

Donald Trump is panicking this morning. as his nominee to become the director of. national intelligence, a guy by the name. of Jay Clayton, who currently serves as. the United States attorney for the. Southern District of New York, just. completely froze and collapsed under. pressure during a Senate hearing. He was. grilled and cross-examined by Democratic. Senator Ossoff. Let me show you what. went down when Senator Ossoff asked a. basic question, who won the 2020.

election? Watch as Donald Trump's pick. quite literally melts down and goes. silent and just freezes up. Here, I'll. play this clip. >> Yes. >> Who won the 2020 election? >> Uh you know, we're not I'm not I'm not. going to do this with you. >> This is a job interview. We've established that you have an. obligation to be honest and forthright. with the committee. Yes, you do have an. obligation to be honest and forthright. with the committee. >> Yes. >> Who won the 2020 election?

>> Like I said, I'm not I'm not going to. get into that with you. >> But you do have an obligation to be. honest and forthright with the. committee. >> Is anything that I just said not honest. or forthright? >> Yes, you're not being honest or. forthright. Who won the 2020 election? >> question. We we can keep doing this. >> [snorts]. >> Well, we're going to keep doing it. because you're not being honest and. forthright with the committee. >> going to engage in in the theater. >> It's a simple question, Mr. Clayton. >> And I've answered. >> Who won the 2020 presidential election? >> I've answered it.

>> You're here asking for the support of. senators to lead America's intelligence. community. We've established that you. have an obligation to be honest and. forthright with this committee and with. the American public, but you refuse to. answer a simple matter of fact about the. 2020 election. Is that right? >> No, that's not right. >> Then answer the question. Who won the. 2020 election? >> I have answered the question. >> Answer it. What is your answer? >> I've given you my answer. >> What is your answer?

You refuse to answer a basic question. about who won a presidential election. >> No, I. >> But you asked to lead America's. intelligence community. Isn't it humiliating to be unable to. answer this question? To have to indulge. the president's delusions? We know, you know, everybody in this room knows. the truthful answer to that question.

Why can you not give it? >> I think I gave you the answer. >> Are you aware. that Director Gabbert. >> More cross-examination here by Senator. Ossoff of Jay Clayton. Reminding you, this is who Donald Trump wants to lead. the office for the Director of National. Intelligence. Like the top intelligence. job is this guy right here. Watch what. goes down next. Let's play this clip. >> Are you aware. that Director Gabbert was present at the.

Fulton County raid in Georgia earlier. this year? >> Yeah, you uh. You discussed that with me yesterday in. your office. >> Are you aware that Director Gabbert was. present at the Fulton County raid. earlier this year? >> You you brought it to me my attention. >> on here? You've said at the beginning of. this you have an obligation to be honest. and forthright with the committee. I'm. asking a very simple question. Are you. aware that Director Gabbert was present. at the Fulton County raid earlier this. year? Yes or no, are you aware? >> I I was.

>> You won't answer that question either. >> I I just said I was made aware of it by. you yesterday. >> The first time you learned that Director. Gabbert was present at that raid was in. my office yesterday? >> It was the first time that in my. recollection I've thought about it. recently. Now, was I aware of it before? >> What? >> I I you. I mean. You brought it to my attention. yesterday. I had not thought. >> So you had not known until. >> I had not thought about it until you. brought it to my attention yesterday. >> Your answers lack credibility. Your.

testimony lacks credibility. You're. being evasive and you're not being. candid or forthright and everybody. across the country is going to watch. this and know that. Are you aware that. former Director Grabber testified that. her presence at the raid was quote. requested by the president? >> I'm. not aware of that until now. >> Okay, you are now aware of that. >> Yeah. >> And then Senator Ossoff continues to. grill.

Jay Clayton about Donald Trump pardoning. Juan Orlando Hernandez, one of the top. narco drug traffickers. in the world in history, worked with. Sinaloa, worked with El Chapo, brought. in huge quantities of drugs, and then in. order for Donald Trump to continue to. launch these silent coups of countries. in the Western Hemisphere, Donald Trump. pardoned. Juan Orlando Hernandez. Here, let's play. this clip. >> You have an obligation to be honest and.

forthright. with this committee, correct? >> Yes. >> And. is it the case in the. Juan Orlando Hernandez case. that the President of the United States. pardoned. a man who had worked with the Sinaloa. Cartel to facilitate massive. narcotrafficking into the United States? >> I don't remember the specifics of that.

case, but. >> convicted in your district. >> convicted. I'm just We We convict a lot. of people for a lot of drugs. >> Convicted of narcotrafficking, yes? >> I believe so. >> Know so at massive scale, yes? >> Well, you're telling me what I know. That's kind of I He was He was I believe. Look, I'll take your word for it. He was. a convicted narco-trafficker. >> Did the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, pardon a convicted. narco-trafficker? >> I I believe we just discussed that. The.

President provided a pardon, yes. >> Yes or no, did the President of the. United States pardon a convicted. narco-trafficker? >> Yes. >> Who. This hearing got so out of hand. It was. such an absolute disaster that the chair. of the committee, Maga Republican Tom. Cotton Tom Cotton was crashing out at. the end of Jay Clayton's hearing. Here. I'll play this clip. >> Thank you, Mr. Clayton, for your. testimony today. Do we have time for any follow-up. questions? >> No.

They're not second round. The Capitol. Police will receive the annoying or. remove the annoying lunatic from the. crowd. >> [snorts]. >> I apologize to lunatics for comparing. that guy to him. Mr. Clayton, thank you for your. testimony today. As a reminder, we. expect to have here have a vote next.

week. Members, questions for the records will be due. today at 5:30. Mr. Clayton, I trust you. can respond to those no later than 5:30. on Friday. This hearing is adjourned. >> But then you had people like Senator. King saying, "No, no, we want to know. your answer to these basic questions.". Here I'll play this clip. >> So, I want to ask a follow-up question. to the vice chairman. Who won the 2020. election? >> I I've I've answered that question. I'm. not going to get into to that. >> You have not answered that question.

Could you answer the question? Who won. the 2020 election? Pretty simple. question. >> Yeah, I said I'm I'm I I My answer No, my I'm going to give you the same. answer. The answer to the chairman was. I'm I am He asked me if I was an. election denier. I'm not an election. denier. Joe Biden was certified as. the the president. He He went through. went through his process. We went. through our electoral process and I can. tell you that I was. I was in my seat at the SEC. And. >> I'm just going to ask you a really.

simple question. Who won the 2020. election? >> As as I said to you, we went through our. processes and Joe Biden became the. president of the United States. And that's the. >> That's not an answer to the question of. who. I'm asking you one more time. >> Okay. >> Who won the 2020 election? >> I'm not going to This is like I'm just. not I'm here to talk about my. qualifications. >> One of your qualifications is you told. us you're going to tell the truth to. power and you won't answer a very simple. question. Tell me. >> I've I think I've answered it many. times. >> You have not answered it.

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Isn't that just like an objective thing. that I'm saying right there? Um I mean like who would want that guy. to lead our intelligence community. essentially? I mean we know that last. night Donald Trump held a meeting. according to Trump's personal. stenographer Barak Ravid over at Axios. Trump held a meeting last night in the. White House situation room to discuss. plans for a new wave of massive and. devastating attacks against Iran which. will be more extensive than the bombings. currently taking place in the Strait of.

Hormuz area. It should be noted that. Iran claims that over 30 people in Iran. have already been killed from these. attacks by the United States. Iran. claims that the US is targeting civilian. infrastructure like wheat processing. facilities, petrochemical. facilities, and other critical civilian. infrastructure. The Trump regime and. CENTCOM deny that. Iran though has made. it very clear that it will cut off all.

transit. This was the video I made this. morning in and out of the Red Sea with. its control of the Houthis or its. alliance with the Houthis in Yemen. should the Trump regime continue to. escalate. Iran says that's their next. move shutting down the Bab el-Mandab. Strait in the Red Sea the same way the. Strait of Hormuz is shut down right now. in the Persian Gulf and if you just take. a look at the marine traffic you can see. that the only ships that are leaving. right now are going through the IRGC.

directed route and there's no other. traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Now, what's the Trump regime doing? At 6:00. a.m. Eastern time this morning US. Central Command forces launched another. wave of strikes against Iran. As CENTCOM puts it the strikes are. designed to further degrade the military. capabilities against Iranian forces. But. as I shared with you earlier this. morning Iran has not had their. capabilities degraded. They're striking.

harder in Kuwait, in Jordan, in Bahrain, in Fujairah in this UAE pipeline that. they're trying to build to get around. the Strait of Hormuz. You've had. the strikes, you know, deeper into the. Persian Gulf. Iran sending a message. that any effort to try to avoid the. Strait of Hormuz through pipelines, [snorts] through the United Arab. Emirates or through other routes to try. to route it, you know, away from the. Strait of Hormuz. That's where Iran is. attacking and lots of tankers saying.

we're just not going to go and do that. So. >> [clears throat]. >> shipping out of the Strait of Hormuz has. hit a complete shutdown as I've been. warning about. Our strategic reserves. here in the United States continue to. get depleted. So Donald Trump just put. out a statement as well saying Iran just. called they want to make a deal and then. that caused the stock market to rise. I'm not making this up. I'm not like. this isn't a parody. Donald Trump this. morning said Iran wants to make a deal. They've called. They really want to do a.

deal and that caused the stock market to. rise on that. Now, Iran's foreign. ministry spokesperson said, "The armed. forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. have shown that any aggression against. Iranian territory will definitely be met. with a reciprocal response. We have no. plans for negotiations at the moment and. are focused on defense. The memorandum. of understanding is a set of mutual. obligations and in the event of a. violation by the other party we will. also refrain from implementing our. obligations. This is a principle and the. same path will be followed in the.

future." To which Donald Trump responded. this morning by trying to co-opt the. fame of Taylor Swift um. by saying Swift and Kelsey's myst-. mystery dog debuts at Trump airport in. West Palm. And Trump goes, "So cool.". Also, as the American people are. suffering today, Treasury Secretary. Bessent says, "As America commemorates. 250 years of independence, the US Mint. will begin striking a new $1 gold coin.

to honor the enduring legacy of liberty. and lasting symbol of patriotism. featuring Donald Trump's face on it.". They're doing a $1 gold coin. Uh federal. law requires a president to be dead for. 2 years before appearing on a US coin, but the Treasury says, "We're making an. exception cuz this is a commemorative. coin, although it can be used.". >> [sighs and gasps]. >> Oh, meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete. Hegseth is blocking the promotion of.

seven senior Navy officers including. five women and people of color without. publicly explaining why. And you have. Laura Ingraham over at state over at. state regime media which calls itself. Fox saying, "A CNBC report came out and. they listed that the 10 worst states to. live in for 2026 are states that Trump. won, and there's a lot of businesses. going into the state, but it's the worst. place to live. How could it be that if. businesses are going in there, that the.

people are suffering? Maybe it's because the people are being. treated like absolute crap and exploited. in these areas. You're very close to. getting it, Laura. Here, play this clip. >> Now, check out this recent list. 650. CEOs were polled, and they rated the. best states in which to do business. The. top 10, including Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, are. Republican. They're run by Republicans, except Virginia, which is at number 10,

and North Carolina, kind of a purple. state at number five. So, money and people, resources, are. pouring into red states. So, how do the socialists brush this. off? Well, they do so either by ignoring. it or distorting the data, or the little. help from their friends. This CNBC. report just comes out. They listed the. 10 worst states to live in for 2026. All the states on this list, okay, Trump. won. Every state, except Georgia in. 2020. And the list included four of the.

top 10 states for business. How does. that make any sense? They have kind of a weird calculus. there, but this is obviously a blatant. effort to dismiss and denigrate more. conservative states. But, it's really. nothing new. >> There you have it, everybody. Hit. subscribe. Let's get to 7 million. subscribers. Thanks for watching. >> Want to stay plugged in? Become a. subscriber to our Substack [music] at. midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps. from Ron Filipkowski, ad-free episodes. of our podcast, and more exclusive. [music] content only available at.

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