The Keith Edwards Show - Trump Backs Down As Army Official Checkmates Him!

Episode Date: April 8, 2026

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Hello, I was literally sitting down to record this update on what's happening with the war on Iran and Donald Trump's, it seems like, promise to nuke the country, a country filled with more than 90 million people. And as I was sitting down to write this, what don't you know it? Donald Trump tweeted something. And why don't you know it? Donald Trump backed down. Now, I'm going to read you this tweet. I'm going to give you updates around this deal. It appears that the deal that Pakistan wrote may have actually been written by the White House.

I'm going to show you that how we know that. And one member of the military is refusing to step down. I think it's inspiring and brave. And it's exactly what we need to be seeing in a moment like this. First, let's just go through Donald Trump's post. based on conversations with prime minister, I'm not going to say that correctly, and Field Marshal, I'm not going to say that correctly, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent to

tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran, agreeing to the complete and immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hamoos, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks, two weeks. This will be a double-sided ceasefire. The reason for doing so is that. that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran and peace in the Middle East. We received a 10-point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis on which

to negotiate almost all of the various points of past contention had been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two-week period will allow the agreement to be finalized and consummated on behalf of the United States-American president and also representing the countries of the Middle East it is an honor to have the long-term problem close to a resolution. Thank you for attention to this matter. Blah, blah, blah. Okay. So I'm going to go through some reactions and updates.

This is truly breaking news. But I guess what I want to say to this is we, like, I don't know how you felt today. How did you feel today? I was fucking stressed out. I was stressed out. I was anxious. I was thinking a lot about this. Because unlike.

the narcissist in the White House, who doesn't care about anything or anyone but himself, I was fucking worried that millions of people were going to die tonight. And then he's just like, never mind, two weeks. I'm fucking sick of being put through this yo-yo. Now I'm going to show you that there are members of Congress who are calling for impeachment. They're calling for the 25th Amendment. They're calling, Marjorie Tether Green is calling for it.

and as they should, because being a leader isn't just about making big decisions. It's also about being responsible with what and how, with what you say and how you speak. And to put millions of people on the other side of the world through this is to me, I know it's not a war crime, but it should be something. It's a form of terrorism. And though we may not have killed anyone, we terrorized them. I felt terror for them. I was anxious.

We didn't know what was going to happen in an hour and a half, 8, 8 o'clock Eastern. But we knew it wasn't going to be good. And for Donald Trump to just back down, I'm glad he did. I'm glad they gave him an out. But I'm fucking pissed off that he put us through this. We didn't need to be put through any of this. This shit has got to stop. I don't know how you end this.

It's got to stop. We have to get some adults in the room. And we have to, I don't know how you end this. You can't. You can't end it unless it's impeachment, which is an impossible barrier to cross because we couldn't even do that when he literally tried to overthrow our government. So I don't think we're going to do this for a pesky little. war or the 25th Amendment, which by the way, is also an impossible hurdle. I think we just need to be a little bit more conscientious when we're voting, okay? Let this be a lesson that perhaps when folks

like me are worried about the potential of someone like Trump getting into office, maybe just take us seriously. Okay, I'm just going to play this. Issued or not what will pass at 8 p. But what do you rule in the category of possible in about three hours and 15 minutes? I think that I think that Trump has lost his mind. He's not capable of being the president. Yeah, period. What are we going to do about it? Okay, yes.

Yes, and what are we going to do about it? That's okay. Yes, I agree. Now what's the solution? Because I'm not hearing solutions. Is there a solution? I feel like my job is to say, hey, there's a problem. And then it's our elected officials.

job to figure the solution. That's why they're there. That is why they are elected. I am perfectly capable of saying there's an issue. We've got a problem here. The president is insane. Okay. I can do that. I'm glad you're doing that. Now, what is the solution? Why, like, Hakeem Jeffries sent a tweet today. And I was like, why isn't Hakeem Jeffries rallying us? Why is no one instructing us to like go somewhere with signs or something? Why isn't Hakeem Jefferies bringing every single Democratic member of Congress back to D.C. As a show of protest for what's happening? I don't know.

I don't know. I truly don't. That's what I would do. Okay. Now, Kamala Harris, again, like Kamala Harris sent a tweet. President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a whole civilization all because he started a disaster as a war of his own making. this is abhorrent, it's a legal war of choice. Yeah, yes, and I just, I just feel like, I don't know, maybe I'm asking for too much. Maybe we need to be, maybe we need to be the people who save ourselves. Now, Trump said they were in heated negotiations over the war of Iran, and good news was expected today from Pakistan.

Now, what's interesting about this is that Pakistan, as you can see here, Pakistan wrote this tweet, diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the Angola, blah, blah, right? Now, do you see this part right here where it says draft Pakistan's PM message on X? Do you see that? Okay. That's an interesting thing for why would Pakistan... Let me have Ryan. make a better point than I can. Oh, this is unbelievable. The edit history on this tweet shows that Pakistan Prime Minister originally copy and pasted everything he was sent, including draft

Pakistan's PM message on X. Now, obviously Sharif's own staff don't call him Pakistan's PM. They would just call him Prime Minister. The US and Israel, of course, would call him Pakistan's PM. Would be funny if the fate of the world wasn't hanging in the balance. So what they're alleging here, is that either Israel or the U.S. handed Pakistan this tweet and have been actually in the background giving them instructions on what they need to wind this down. Because Trump is a child and can't just say I made a mistake or just pull out. Has a Trump ever pulled out? No. So that is probably what's happening right now, is that.

that this is all theater to help Donald Trump and his little ego not get bruised. Now, I'm happy to say that 50 Democrats push for the 25th Amendment good as they should. I don't think we should let up when this thing, if this thing winds down. And the Army Secretary released a statement saying that even though he's clashing with Pete Hexeth, he said many things, but the most important, I have no plans to depart or resign as the secretary of the army, which we absolutely need. We need every single member of the military high up who is independent of this government to stay in place.

So I just want to say to Dan Driscoll, thank you for your service. Thank you for being brave. Thank you for doing what's right for not only our country, but for the world. And as a show of strength, thousands of Iranians gathered around power plants waving flags. Incredible. So it appears to be good news again. Like, I'm glad he chickened out. I'm glad he chickened out. I fucking hate that he put us all through this. And he's going to do it again. So it is up for us to put pressure on our leaders to make sure that. either he gets out of office or we elect enough Democrats in both the Senate and the House

that when he does this shit again, he suffers intense consequences. We can't go through this again. I mean, we can't and we won't. Thanks for watching.