IHIP News - Trump Threatens US Soldiers with Boots on the Ground, Risking Their Lives for Israel

Episode Date: March 18, 2026

It's looking more and more likely each day that Trump and Israel will try a ground invasion of Iran.Order our new book, join our Substack, shop our merch, and more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/ivehaditpodcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

All right, the President of the United States clearly has dementia, mental illness, a cascade of other issues. Not to mention that he has such disdain for the military. He was adamantly anti-war. He was very much against the neocons. Talked about what a waste of money it was, how ridiculous these Republican neocons were. And then here he is now, a reporter asking him if he will put boots on the ground and have a Vietnam-style. war in Iran. Pop this up. Iran, because the Iranian regime is

full of sky news. If you put boots in the ground in Iran, it will be another Bia. Are you afraid of that? No, I'm not afraid of. I'm really not afraid of anything. Mr. President, he's not afraid of anything. And this is a draft dodger. This is a guy who calls the military people's suckers and losers. But what he has exposed is that the Republican Party's support for the military and for the troops has always been performative. He has exposed that flaw because for these national security Republicans that say we have to

support the troops, we all knew it was bullshit because they fund the bombs, they fund the war, they never fund the soldier, it's always cuts to veterans affairs. And he has really exposed that. They don't care. They go into poor neighborhoods, offer people a future in the middle of military, which is a wonderful thing. But those are the kids that are sent on the front line to fight this war. And let's not kid ourselves. If there are boots on the ground, they will be American boots. They will be American soldiers. I seriously doubt Israel will put boots on the ground in Iran. You know, I saw this clip. And my first thought was, I want my president to be afraid. I want him to be afraid of loss of life. I want him or her to be afraid of people going hungry, people not receiving medicine. And so when he says, I'm not afraid, number one, I think he's so afraid. It's ridiculous. But the reality is, if you're not afraid for lives to be lost, then you fundamentally missed the whole point because saving lives and

keeping people healthy should be the number one achievement of any president, in my opinion. Right. But I think we're so far past that. That's I kind of chuckled at you and your sweet earnestness. I want my president to care for people. I mean, I do too, but we're so far past that 11 years into this thing. Like this is, we're so far, he cares about money, his ego, his grievances, that's it. He doesn't care about the United States of America. We know from Trump 1.0, he does not care about soldiers.

And from Trump 1.0, the people working around him, neocons, conservatives, military men came out and said, this man has utter disdain for anybody who served. He thinks they're suckers and losers. And so he has exposed this lie among many lies that Republicans perpetuate. We're so great with the economy. We're white businessman, ding with a smile. We know how to do the economy. They don't.

We support our troops. We love the American flag. It's all bullshit. The Republican Party has lied to you for decades. And now it's manifested in Donald Trump, and he has exposed the rot and the hypocrisy. Because you never wanted a president. None of these people ever wanted a president that cared about people. They wanted a president that allowed them to be racist, that allows them to skirt the tax system,

and that would set up rules to exploit the people that they don't care about so that they can live like fat cats. And he has exposed the Republican Party. And this is where the Democrats have momentum to start messaging further lies about, it's not just criticizing Trump at this point. You have to do brand damage to the Republican Party because MAGA will live on. Republican Party has morphed into MAGA. And we need to do brand damage. Here is a post from Fred Plitken. He is a journalist that was allowed to be on the ground in Iran.

And so this was a very big deal because in Israel, in Gaza, they weren't allowed to put journalists embedded. But Fred was able to access. And he shares a Washington Post article that says, Israel urges Iranians to revolt, but privately assesses that they'll be slaughtered. And you start to see what the MAGA regime and the Israeli regime have in common. They lie to get their own personal needs met. One could argue that the needs of Israel and the needs of Israelis are completely unrelated to and unhelpful to the needs of Americans. And I'm talking about the American taxpayers, the people who don't have loopholes in their tax payments. And so clearly they're lying to the Iranians here and encouraging them to go out

into the street and do this huge revolt so that they can install a monarchist. By the way, that's their plan to install a monarchist in Iran. And they know they're going to get slaughtered. But we know from watching the war in Gaza, we know what they're doing in Lebanon. We know that this is not a country that cares about human life in much the same way Donald Trump could give two shits if we put boots on the ground. And let me just tell you something. Like my dad fought in the Vietnam War. Thousands and thousands of thousands of Americans fought in the Vietnam War.

For what? For what? For PTSD, for depression, for a lot of kids. you know, dead. My dad's best friend was shot right next to him, never talked about it his whole life. I mean, this is serious, serious stuff that he just casually talks about. Israel just casually talks about, yeah, we're telling the Iranians to go out and revolt, but you know, the thing is, you're probably going to get slaughtered. I mean, what kind of diabolical alliance is this? Well, it's the dehumanization of people. And I just think of it like a bug. If you have a bug in

your house. Some people will just step on it and not think a thing about it. And that is how they view people. And it's a means to an end. They don't give a shit about the cost as long as they get the prize. And it is disturbing. And the United States needs to wake up about this because this, sending people out to be slaughtered, knowing they'll be slaughtered is so, so diabolical. And I have to say, like, why when you look at? look at Israel and the United States, we killed 160 little girls. So if that's not that big of a deal to either of these countries, then they're not conducting an investigation as to, oh, my God, we just committed a massive war crime.

Of course, they have no problem telling the Iranians, hey, we're here to save you, but also go out in the streets and get slaughtered. And this type of presentation that's given to the Iranians, hey, we're here to save you, but also go out in the streets and get slaughtered. And this type of presentation that's given to the American people via Western media that we cannot criticize, we can criticize the United States in this war, but we can't criticize their partner. Israel is insanity. It's utter insanity. Criticizing the government of Israel is the best thing for democracies and for universal human rights. criticizing the government of the United States of America

is the best thing for universal human rights. They are committing war crimes and they need to be called out. And here's where we get into the problem with the United States right now. We have diplomats who are morons, real estate guys, one, a total nepo baby, Jared Kushner, whose dad is a convicted felon. And no, I mean, he's a tone,

or whatever. We have so many problems, but I'm just kind of giving you the history there. Max Blumenthal here posts about some very interesting reporting from The Guardian. Pop this up. The Guardian quotes a UK diplomat involved in Iran talks in Oman. We regarded Whitkoff and Kushner as Israeli assets that dragged a president into a war he wants to get out of. UK officials describe Whitkoff and Kushner as inept and confirmed they sabotaged a deal that was in the works. So here's kind of the way this timeline is going, guys. People that were privy to it, there was pretty much an agreement in place between the Iranians and the Americans. Jared Kushner and Whitkoff always seemed to be appearing at a time that sabotages what is in the best

interests of America, harm reduction, mitigating wars, etc. They're always right there in the epicenter. This is a very reliable publication with an on-the-record source from the UK that says that Whitkoff and Kushner are Israeli assets. This is not that unbelievable to believe because both of these people are double-dealing. They have already said, I'm more interested in lining my personal pockets that I am interested in safety for the United States of America. And we've seen this both the way they talk and the way they walk. Talk and actions. Both of these men have confirmed that.

So now we're in this place where we're told if we say the Israelis and Benjamin Netanyahu, and I'm not talking about the Israeli citizens, I'm talking about the Israeli government, dog walked Trump into war, then you could be called. anti-Semite. And here's just what I want to say. And if facts are anti-Semitic, then I don't know what to do there. Number one, I care about universal human rights and very much care about safety for all people, especially American Jews who are being tug-award all over the place and told by certain Jewish groups, this is how you have to believe. We demand you believe this way. So the Speaker of the House and the Secretary of State both said, both of them said on the record that Israel was going to

attack Iran regardless of what the Americans decided to do. And they said this right before we almost had an agreement. I mean, right after the war started, but we almost had an agreement and Israel says, screw that. We are going to strike anyway. So the Speaker of the House and the Secretary of State, of the United States of America said on camera that, well, Israel is going to attack them anyway and how they're going to respond is to attack American bases, so we have to be in the war. Furthermore, we have on tape 40 years of Benjamin Netanyahu saying he wants to invade Iran. After the invasion, he said his dream has come true, a four-decade-long dream has come true. So when people are telling you what the facts are, I don't know. I'm not a person

that likes to argue facts. I think it's regressive. I think it's what feeds fascism. So we have all of these things going on. I don't think it's that far off at all to think that the Israeli government has assets in Kushner and Whitkoff. I mean, these people, Jared Kushner could give two shits about the United States of America. He's double dealing out the wazoo. So then there's this whole thing on top of all of the propaganda, the facts, and then there's the propaganda, and then there's the emotional blackmail. If you repeat a fact, you're an anti-Semite and a bigot. So all of that's bullshit, listener. You get to acknowledge facts.

You get to repeat facts. And most importantly, the true people that care about human rights are the ones that group them all together and say they are universal. We're not going to quantify these. But on top of all this, Benjamin Netanyahu, there's all these rumors online. He's dead. He's putting out AI, blah, blah, blah. So here is another proof of life video of Netanyahu with rapture prepper Mike Huckabee. Pop this up.

Minister, I want you to know the president asked me to come and make sure you were okay. Yes, Mike. Yes, I'm alive. I checked that and I'm happy to see that. But he wanted to make sure. Okay. That's enough. All right. Whether or not he's alive or not, Benjamin Nanyahu is a weird-ass dude.

Like you're in the middle of the war and you're responding to internet rumors and it's not like one video. It's over and over and over again. He keeps rolling out and then like people are like, hey, Grog, is this AI? And Grog's like, yeah, it's a 95% chance. It's AI. So the thing is nobody, now in the age of AI, it's like that's terrifying that we can't prove that. things. But this guy, Benjamin Netanyahu, you might remember after Charlie Kurt died, he went on like a media blitz saying, hey, we didn't kill him. And just the actions of this man and his propensity to govern via propaganda is such a red flag to me. Like this is such a, he is such a fascist, Benjamin Netanyahu. And what's alarming for everybody needs to be the following. Benjamin

Netanyahu is incubated, something far worse. When they pull really young Israelis, these people are hard right, further right than Benjamin Netanyahu. Donald Trump is incubating something far worse. Look no further than Nick Fuentes. The problem with supporting fascism is all bigotry breeds in it. The problem with not supporting facts is all bigotry is allowed to have oxygen and multiply in that. And so it's difficult for me to take Benjamin Netanyahu or any supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu at their word that they care about universal human rights. When they vote for a man that is a pathological liar who wants to partner with another pathological liar, and they're both maniacal homicidal killers that aren't scared at all about putting boots on the ground because it's not going to affect their life. You know, when I see Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump and how they act, you know, criminal investigations, corruption, they really are the same person.

And the propaganda and the thirstiness of Netanyahu, it cues to me he knows how unpopular what the Israeli government is doing in the United States. And he has to get in here and change the narrative. Donald Trump also steals the narrative, tells people what they want to hear. So I think the comparison and the through lines between these two men is fascinating. Yeah, and I think they both understand very intimately that they have to govern through propaganda and not through facts. Right. Both of them govern through a mass amount of propaganda.

And that's all they have going for them because the moral universe is not on their side. History is not going to be on their side. men are not going to be recorded well. Neither are the supporters of these two men. I mean, this is something 100 years from now, you're going to look back. People go, how did people support these two guys? And they're all going to be on tape. I mean, history books, history classes are now going to see all this shit on tape. That 40, that clip of Benjamin Netanyahu lying for 40 years about the yellow cake in Iran, it's going to be verifiably a lie. All right, That's all we have. Like, subscribe, comment. We'll be back later with more news.