The Harry Sisson Show - Holy Sh*t It's Happening...

Episode Date: September 2, 2026

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All right, folks, so in the middle of the night, while we were all asleep, everything with the Iran war got even worse. And I imagine that the Trump administration is hoping that you kind of missed it, that it just gets lost in the news cycle. But that's exactly why we're going to talk about it here. From Trump's statements to bombings to the Strait of Hormuz, all of it got worse. So we're going to cover all of that in just a moment. Please make sure to subscribe down below. Drop a like on the video, comment. Let me know what you think about this stuff.

And let's dive in. We have to start here. This just shows you that the administration has no idea what they're doing on top of everything else. But the administration has no idea what they're doing. They're not communicating. They're not talking. And they're on entirely different pages. So, for example, two days ago, J.D. Vance claimed to the media that Donald Trump doesn't make announcements of military actions on social media, which we know is not true.

He's done that many times. And then yesterday, Donald Trump made a pretty terrifying announcement of military action on social media. This is what Jady Vance said. On Iran, the president tweeted some AI-generated video of bombing of Park Island. Was that meant to be a warning or what was the messaging there? Why did the president tweet that? Well, you know, like the president likes to switch it up on social media a little bit. He would be the first to say he doesn't make announcements about military actions on social media.

But I think that he's sending a message to the Iranians, look, we know that they continue to shoot a commercial shipping. We continue to have a lot of tools at our disposal to prevent them. from doing so or at least cut down on them from doing so. And that's what the president is saying is, look, you guys are shooting at commercial shipping, you guys are behaving like a terrorist country, you've got to stop, but there are going to be some consequences. So J.D. Vance is actually defending the AI slop that Donald Trump has uploaded online of the United States bombing Iran, bombing Karg Island and stuff like that. He's actually defending it, which is incredibly concerning. What a terrible job that must be, being Donald Trump's lap dog who has to defend, who has to defend some

the most insane parts of this administration and some of the most insane parts of Donald Trump's conduct. But J.D. Vance claimed that, that he doesn't make military announcements on social media, except he did the next day. And this one is pretty serious. Yesterday, at 1.25 p.m., he said the United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians failed attempt at adding seed mines to the strait, which currently has no mines. They have been completely removed or detonated Trump. says, and the Iranian shooting eight missiles all successfully knocked down at our military base in

Jordan. If the failed nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, which they've already said that they will, by the way, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all. That is waiting in the wings, and when it is over, there will be very left, very little left of Iran. So not only is Donald Trump making a military announcement here, but on social media, that is. But he's also kind of implicitly saying that he wants to nuke Iran. I mean, that's what he's saying. He says the biggest attack of the mall that's waiting in the wings and when that is over, there will be basically nothing left of Iran. He's talking about a nuke. And he actually kind of doubled down on that yesterday with Fox News as well in an interview

threatening to wipe them out as a country altogether. Take a listen. But again, the latest information that we have, John, U.S. strikes are ongoing against Iran, hitting the southwestern part of the country, and the president once again in a call with Fox News, warning the Iranian regime, if they respond to these strikes against the southwestern part of Iran, that they will be hit much harder. And again, he goes on to say, if this goes for a third time, they will be wiped out as a country. He described the Iranians as crazy and stupid. And again, the region is waiting to see if there will be an Iranian response already in Iranian state media. are threatening retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Yeah, we're fully fighting them again. I mean, the war has 100% kick back up. This is the first time in around a month that the United States and Iran are launching strikes back and forth at each other. And we're in the full swing of things. But Donald Trump the other day denied wanting to use a nuke. This is what he said when a reporter asked him that question. Well, I would never say that.

But the answer is yes. I rule that, I rule that, no reason for it. What a stupid question that is actually. Here they are, they're, they're totally defeated militarily. So now I defeat him and now I should use a nuclear weapon on top of him. What a stupid question. He says it's a stupid question, but he's telling Fox News that he's going to wipe out Iran and he's also saying that the biggest attack of the mall is kind of waiting in the wing.

So that's pretty concerning. but I also want to talk about one of the strikes that Donald Trump launched. We learned about this in the middle of the night. I was actually awake when the story broke, and it is tragic. We're now learning that Donald Trump bombed a wedding, a wedding in Iran, injuring over 50 people, killing many, including a child. A wedding, Donald Trump bombed. This is according to Dropside, among other outlets, the New York Times got it first.

A U.S. attack on a wedding ceremony in southern Iran has killed. for people, including a child, the Red Crescent's managing director said, where the Red Crescent is a humanitarian organization, according to the state media. The province's deputy governor for security earlier reported 50 wounded. Some of the wounded were treated and discharged. Others were transferred to a nearby hospital for specialized treatment. This is according to the New York Times, a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said in a social media post that Iran will respond to these savage crimes with firmness. He also put the combined number of those killed and wounded at more than 50.

Photos verified by the New York Times show significant damage to a communications tower nearby. Iran's national electricity company, Tavenir, reported a power outage in some areas of the province because of the airstrikes. An additional strike hit a residential area, that being the wedding, around 150 yards from the communications tower. The New York Times was actually able to geolocate where the strike took place. And it appears to be in this residential area in Iran.

and it is 150 yards from the comms tower that was struck in a separate strike. So perhaps a strike gone rogue, perhaps the United States just messed it up, but that is no justification for bombing a wedding and killing some children. And the videos coming out of that are just horrific. I won't even show them to you. They're just horrific. But this took place in the middle of the night. And USCOM, the United States military, was asked about these reports,

and they said that they don't ever target children, unlike Iraq. does and they don't ever target civilians unlike Iran does, but quite frankly, this reporting is making it sound like that Donald Trump targeted civilians and he targeted children with this strike. But then, Trump, later in the evening at 9.13 p.m., which has sent some ripples throughout the negotiations and just the war generally, saying, I'm not trying to force Iran to the bargaining table, as ABC fake news reported, I couldn't care less if they sign a worthless to them agreement. I like our position now much better with almost total control of the Hormuz Strait, their economy totally collapsing. They are just playing out the inevitable. When are the Iranian people

going to rise up and fight? So first and foremost, the Strait of Hormuz is not open. We do not control it. Oil tankers are still being attacked by Iran in the Strait of Formos. That's why Donald Trump launched these strikes in response to begin with, isn't that right? So kind of hard to claim that the Strait of Hormuz is open while you're actively bombing Iran because they're bombing the Strait of Hormuz. Right. And also we have the data here. I mean, just take a look at this. This is from a tracker that looks at all of the oil and all of the ships that goes through the Strait of Formuz. Just take a look at this piece of data right here. It's the most significant one, in my view, at least, for the topic of the conversation.

Just look at it. Does this look like the Strait of Formoose is open? Ships transiting now nine. The last 24 hours, it's been nine. The normal daily average is 60. 60. And we're at nine ships over the past 24 hours. That, to me, does not seem like things are open. But yet Donald Trump is claiming in a social media post. that he is. But the more important part of this is that he's saying he doesn't want to deal with Iran. He doesn't need it. It would just be worthless to them. Well, isn't that interesting, given that Donald Trump back in June signed a, you know, an alleged Iran peace deal that really didn't do much, but he was bragging about the peace deal then. He said it's necessary.

All these people clapping for Donald Trump and his peace deal, which of course fell apart. We know that now, but he was eager to sign one then. And also, take a look at this. then back in earlier in the summer in June put together a compilation of all the times that Donald Trump announced a deal with Iran just for it to backfire. We have major points of agreement. They want to make a deal. And we are very willing to make a deal. Well, I think we're going to end it.

I can't tell you for sure. They want to make a deal so badly. You have no idea how badly they want to make a deal. They want to make a deal so badly. I do see a deal in Iran. We were very close to a deal. I think it's close to Ovia. I mean,

I view it is very close to over. It's looking very good that we're going to make a deal with Iran, and it's going to be a good deal. This process should go very quickly. We're going to end that war very quickly. They want to make a deal so badly. We think we're close to a deal, and that's okay. We're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal. Today makes 39 times that he has said something like that.

And Anderson Cooper is right. It was 39 times back in June, so you can only imagine what the number is now. Donald Trump throughout this entire Iran war has seemed eager to strike a deal with them to get something written and signed and on paper. And now he says he's not trying to get them to the negotiating table. It doesn't matter. It would essentially be worthless to them. And he's putting out that statement at 9 o'clock in night.

And he's bombing a wedding in the middle of the night. You know, a lot is taking place behind the scenes. There's a lot of moving parts. But the takeaway here is that, you know, every time that Donald Trump said there was a deal, there, of course, was not a deal. We know that. we are still actively bombing Iran. Americans are still being bombed by Iran as well.

The Strait of Hormuz is still shut down. And broadly, the takeaway is that this war is back. I mean, it's back in full power. It went away for a little bit. I shouldn't say it went away. It didn't go away. But it was mild for a little bit there. Maybe that's a more accurate description.

It was mild for a little bit. There wasn't any drones flying back and forth. We were still in the war. The Strait of Hormuz was still shut down and all that stuff. But now it's full-blown war. Bombs are flying. and now that we bombed a wedding, I think Iran probably will end up retaliating

against the United States and I only see this getting worse from here. So look, I will leave the video there. I just wanted to cover all the most recent updates we've gotten in like the past night slash past like 12 to 24 hours about the war. Trump is like threatening to nuke them now. I don't know. It's insane. It's crazy, but I'll leave it there.

Thank you so much for watching. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment. Let me know what you think about the story, everything we just talked about. Let me know if I missed it. anything as well, something you saw that I didn't get to in this video. Have an amazing rest of your day, and we will talk soon.