The Last American Vagabond - FISA Extended, Kash Spins Out & Trump Seems To Deliberately Sabotage/Lie About Dealings With Iran

Starting point is 00:00:01 It starts with a simple question and ends in objective reality. Through our journey from there to hear, we find one another and ourselves. And as the next 24 hours breaks free from our last, we gaze onward in reflection of the day. Tell me, your own conclusions. Welcome to the Daily Wrapup. Saturday, April 18th, 2026, thank you for joining me today. You know, I thought about what I was going to title the show today. I thought about how to make this the most objective title.

Starting point is 00:00:50 The truth is what we should have titled today was literally every single thing we discussed yesterday ended up being the case today. Ended up being exactly what happened despite all the lies around the story. Of course, that's not what we're going to do on this platform. But it's important to recognize a lot of what we discussed yesterday was sort of just off the cuff me reading the information and just kind of thing, this will make sense, and here's how I think that might go.

Starting point is 00:01:11 And it's just very clear how, first of all, me state that that's not, I mean, I like to think that I can see things that others can't in this field. But what we were looking at yesterday was not very difficult to see. And that's probably why you all saw it as well. It was all very obvious.

Starting point is 00:01:27 It was all very clear. The, you know, the incremental shifts, you know, what I'm trying to say is just Trump lying over and over and over about the Iran story every single day, another story, and every single day the story ends up being verifiably proven to be what, at the very least, that he lied about what happened. Now, what I want you to think about in this is I'm not saying I trust Iran's narrative versus Trumps or anybody. I question everybody as what you guys, you hear because you know that. But what I want you

Starting point is 00:01:54 to hear in this is what Trump has been doing. Right. So you can, Trump will come out and say they want to make a deal really badly. I've already gone over this. But for those that are new to the conversation and then they meet with the Iranian government and then Trump says they made an agreement and Iran goes that didn't happen. Now even then you could go well maybe Iran's just too embarrassed to admit they made a deal. Okay. But then it doesn't actually happen. Then Trump says, well, they're going to do this or they're going to make a deal and then they meet again. So at that point, right there, you have to understand that what Trump said if they made a deal and we're this close and we're all very happy and then it doesn't happen and it implodes and there's more violence. That means that

Starting point is 00:02:32 he lied about that or he was lied to. There's really no other room in that conversation. It's clear that what he said wasn't the reality is the most accurate way to frame that. So here we are yet again. Now, you may find this unimportant and trust me. I understand why this is frustrating because it's so obvious to people who are just not blinded by the politics. But it's important for two reasons, for those that are not aware of this, which is really why I do this show, both to reach the people that need to see it, but also to keep everybody informed that already is aware, but primarily to reach people that need to see the lies. But then also, because it's important that we keep attuned to this and we don't just lose sight of, or rather become over, you know, they always lie or

Starting point is 00:03:16 they're always telling them, we should never fall into that trap. So look at what they're saying and consider whether they're telling the truth, even if you know they lie very often. But it's important, nonetheless, that we go into this and break this down. Now, today we're going to cover a few different things, the evolution of this story that is just incredibly obvious and what it really shows you about what this government is going through, in my opinion. And starting with a couple of points that I think are important that are also very revealing. The FISA conversation, FISA 702 Warns, the case you saw that yesterday, it was this weird positive shift where Massey had put forth effort to stop them in that moment from actually seeing that

Starting point is 00:03:54 extension. then you got this weird people like nick sorter for example who have demonstrated very clearly will basically cheer on whatever the team does maybe that's starting to shift a little bit now because everyone's seeing what they're doing but before it wouldn't have mattered what they said the day before trump goes a different direction it becomes well it's good because trump and he here's why doesn't matter that it contradicts what you just said cat turd all the rest they're constantly being caught for doing that that whole this is you account calls them out now in this case you had people like nick sorda going messy just won the fiza thing because it

Starting point is 00:04:25 in a larger sense, we all agree that's a bad thing, but it'd been sort of ignored that Trump was pushing it. Johnson, and they've been telling you they're going to extend it, which is incredible hypocrisy. But then you saw them on the steps of the, I think it was the Capitol and basically saying, you know, we beat the deep state, Massey won with the FISA. And I made the point, well, then that must mean that he thinks Trump is the deep state, right? I mean, unless his logic isn't lining up, which is, it's not, my point in all this is, it's not about, it's fair weather journalism. They will go with whatever they think the momentum is. In this case, that's where that's going. that's to be said that now it turns out late last night, as you might have caught, I think

Starting point is 00:04:59 Rokana put a video out will show saying they called us all back for a vote super late. And it turns out they voted to extend it. Now, what you are not seeing, which I think is very revealing is the same people who just made a huge statement to say this is such a great thing. And I agree. It was a good thing that it would have actually followed through. And I'm still hoping it goes in the right direction. It's a small extension. But ultimately that they didn't follow up and go, wait a minute. It turns out they did actually make it happen. Why wouldn't they do that? Why? Because it's going to be critical of Trump and they're Republicans. I just want you to see the reality of that. We're going to start with that, as well as an interesting conversation, a couple different things around Cash Patel, which is not

Starting point is 00:05:39 about the he disappeared or whatever the different kind of extensions of this lie. Like we'll briefly make a point about the, a lot of the stories we didn't really get into, like the Pope conversation or the Heg Seth and the Bible verse. These things are, well, there's relevance to them. And they did but it's not as you think it's more distraction or anything. A point about how this stuff is being used against you. For example, like we'll point out, Glenn Beck, misrepresenting what was actually said about Hague Seth

Starting point is 00:06:05 and telling you you're being played in a propaganda game. Well, you are, but what he did was part of it. And so in this case, you've got a discussion about Casper Tell we'll talk about, which is really about the thing we've been discussing. His unqualified nature, his spinning out inside the team and FBI seemingly constantly calling out his inequities or, you know, nothing is not fit for the job.

Starting point is 00:06:26 And that gets turned into some kind of propaganda version on top of that story to basically, I argue, hide that he's about to get fired. And it's just this interesting game. And one of the thing about the Board of Peace, which I found really important to the bigger conversation that I hadn't really seen, which I'm surprised, to be honest, that they had quietly removed Gaza from the entire conversation. Not the location, mind you, but the idea that any of it was for the Palestinians and for recreating Gaza.

Starting point is 00:06:53 They used this. And it is the great reset kind of overlap to all of this. And it seems Lebanon, Iran, and so on seem to be next. Now, the real question is whether Trump has any awareness of what that really is. If he does, as the eternal emperor of the Board of Peace or whatever you want to think he'll call himself. And that's not a joke. It shows you that there is a larger plan to all of this. Now, it doesn't mean his actions are all coordinated.

Starting point is 00:07:17 I never think that. Half the time I think these guys are spinning out when they're getting seen for their lies. but that also doesn't mean there's not, there's still not a larger plan. It's somewhere in the middle. These people are not as intelligent as we always like to think they are. But in some cases and some people within this, there are long-shot plans where there is a lot of intelligent planning.

Starting point is 00:07:35 But I think the people like a Trump and a Hex-Seth, they're not really the ones doing that. Now, all that opening to say, let's get into what I think is the important evolution of this, the rest of it, obviously being about the Iran lies, Lebanon, the exactly like we told you in the yesterday's discussion, that Trump's continuation of that blockade, which was very clearly agreed to to not be the case, was the reason it all exploded.

Starting point is 00:07:58 And then Trump goes, well, they're lying and violating it. Well, you can prove that's not true. Literally prove it with everything we can see, and it just keeps cycling around. And then you get this frustrating experience on Twitter where a bunch of likely bots are just shouting you down because Trump said, and even large influencers Republican side are now calling it out.

Starting point is 00:08:17 So FISA first, which is really important, I think, I don't I think it is important because this is this is a nonpartisan story and that's what's so interesting about where we are right now and why I keep trying to show people that this whole thing is breaking down most average people not the extreme people in the partisanship game but the average the most Americans are aware this is a problem and I think that's constantly I mean everything whether it's Epstein files war in general support for Israel Pfizer you can really clearly see that most Americans are all pretty much in the same general pat. But every time we bump up against the political game, you get all the screaming

Starting point is 00:08:54 partisan idiots and of all the government that seems to not care about American interests and all just lumbers forward. Now, that's pointing out the problem. An entire other conversation should be about how we solve that problem, but I'm today making sure people see the problem. And that is just as important to always continue to do. But I'll point out that part of this, and I also involved in that part of the conversation often, but someone like Derek is very much focused on it. we should be looking for solutions to these problems, but recognize that people are starting to see it. Like the same old conversation as always, right? You can't fully solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one. Plenty people in this country are still struggling with that awareness,

Starting point is 00:09:30 and that's part of what I do every day. So Senate clears short-term five extension. It's funny how little conversation we've heard about this. Now, I'll just quickly point to this. I won't play it. It's about, it's only 30 seconds, actually. I probably should have, but he just says, Rokana says, they have called us back at midnight. This was the 16th to the 17th. to cast a secret vote to reauthorize FISA where Americans sleep. A yes vote gives Trump more power to surveil Americans. Now, this is the 18th today. I mean, I know people, and there is coverage of this,

Starting point is 00:10:00 but people that I know who are very much Trump supporters are at least at the moment sort of wavering with all that's going on, and that's very real, who didn't hear this. You know, and this idea that it just shows you how interesting it is. This is a huge thing. And they do it at the middle of the night, so no one even pays attention. And it barely gets it.

Starting point is 00:10:16 Why? Because the government. the U.S. government left and right want to be able to use this against Americans. That's what this means. And every side wants that. And so even if, which I do believe there are divides and differences, even with those things, when it comes down to it, it is them against you. And that's not meant to be some adversarial, some hyperbolic revolution,

Starting point is 00:10:38 rifles in the streets. I'm not saying any of that. You can decide what that means. But I'm pointing out the obvious reality that your government sees you as adversarial, and they always have. If you look at their own documentation, they've been planning this. Anyway, the point is, this is about maintaining that surveillance and spying illegally unconstitutionally on you.

Starting point is 00:10:55 Every Democrat must vote no, he writes. Everyone who loves the Constitution must vote no. How about every American who wants to, you know, this, even with him saying that, you know, it's like, well, I guess he's a Democrat, I guess. It's all divisive, guys. So, yes, they have extended it. And this is a short-term extension. Well, guess what, guys.

Starting point is 00:11:13 It's been a kick-down-the-road dynamic my entire life talking. about this and it will continue. I mark my words. Unless we do something beyond partisanship games, this will continue to be extended because your government needs it against you. And I said, it looks like they got what they won anyway. Hashtag winning. Here's the actual article. You can read more if you want. Simple point as an effort to extend the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That's the FISA conversation through a, which is obviously the acronym, through April 30th past the Senate on Friday. So, April 30th, one or two things I bet will happen.

Starting point is 00:11:49 Either this will just kind of lumber forward without any acknowledgement, which doesn't seem to make sense for people who believe they act within law. But where we're at right now with what Trump's administration has done more than anybody is sort of this kind of weirdly lawless, unacknowledged, kind of drifting reality. With all of it, with ICE, with constitutional. And weirdly, not weirdly, if you're paying attention, but Democrats seem to just let it go. Or the illegal war with both the House. in the Senate, letting Trump continue to do the illegal things and no one voting it down.

Starting point is 00:12:16 My point is that I think this might go that way, where they just let it lapse, but continue to use it. And then it just becomes sort of quietly enshrined as well. We use it anyway. And then it becomes the reality. That may be how this goes. If it's not, I guarantee they'll vote it to extend it again. I hope not. I hope I'm wrong in this. It says the vote sends the measure to President Trump for his signature, which obviously he will sign, despite all of his screaming about why Democrats abused it and why it shouldn't exist at all. I could play the montages. You all know it's there.

Starting point is 00:12:47 Congress, two more weeks to figure it out. FISA was set to lapse and they extended it. Now, just the basic points. Now, as I said, just at the same point, guys, on April 15th, the Senate blocked the latest bid to rein in Trump's war powers in Iran. You know, the war power that they all said, basically the entirety of the political conversation were saying that, well, even Republicans like Rand Paul, well, it was illegal. She didn't go through Congress. Everybody knows that is paying attention.

Starting point is 00:13:15 There was no congressional authority. There was no authorization for use of military force. And based on everything we can see, there was no eminent threat. That's all been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. And yet, nobody does anything. And even the Senate, when given an opportunity, he says, no, no, let him keep going. But he's a war criminal. Okay, certainly makes sense.

Starting point is 00:13:35 And here's the House doing the same exact thing the next day. Latest effort to rein in Trump on Iran falls short in the House vote. every part of your government pretends to care but wants this to continue you need to understand what that shows you now cash now this is a smaller part of this i don't think this is as relevant like other than maybe his actions in regard to fbi with the iran people you know they fired people before this all started this is really just to understand where this government is and how vulnerable this really is and i mean what i said in the beginning and anybody who was not blinded by partisanship i argue it was not a meritocracy these were not

Starting point is 00:14:11 not the best people for the job. You literally ran on the idea that they would put people politically where they needed them and then you put people politically where you needed them, which is exactly the point. And these people were not even qualified. They just were blind followers, which is worse than anything before I've seen, to be quite honest, because these people not only are unqualified, but they don't continue to do what you need, just like the Democrats were doing. Now, that's not going to say that I would rather have that. I want any of them. I want all of them to be gone. But what's incredibly interesting is that they went to a group of people that did not know what they were doing.

Starting point is 00:14:41 And then basically just threw them to the wolves and everyone around them recognized they didn't know what they were doing. And then they threw them under the bus. Bondi's already out. I think Cash is next. Hegset seems to be leading the same direction. Now, is that all by design? Is that so they can do all of this and then just kind of throw them out of the bus and act

Starting point is 00:14:57 like they were the problem? Maybe. Very well may have been planned that way. Something tells me it was more than that. Like general incompetence of how our system seems to be collapsing. And whether Israel is a part of that makes a difference. these are all blind supporting Israel Zionist type people. But I just simply wrote that we saw this coming.

Starting point is 00:15:14 You know we talked about this long ago. Right when this first started, we were talking about how he wasn't qualified, he shouldn't have been there. Unless the quality, of course, was blind support for Trump, which he had in spades. But I do believe he'll be out soon. So here's the article. Now, what I was saying earlier is, of course, two things get focused on by the not serious partisan media conversation, which is instead of caring about the fact,

Starting point is 00:15:38 I mean, they do talk about it, but instead of caring about like the focal point that this person shouldn't even be there and what they were doing, a lot of very important parts to this. It gets focused on he's an alcoholic, which, yeah, that matters. But, um, so I'm being told that you guys can't hear me. I'm not muting at the moment. Great. Fantastic. You got to be kidding me. Can you not hear me right now?

Starting point is 00:16:10 Let me know in the chat if you guys can hear me. Okay, well, Rumble saying they can hear me, guys. So what's going on is YouTube muting me? Let me know in the chat on both chats. Sorry for the interruption. Ladies and gentlemen. Okay. On Rumble, I'm getting everybody hearing me.

Starting point is 00:16:22 Okay. Let me know. Okay. Now it's okay. Okay. Whatever the problem was, no worries. People were screaming on the chat that the sound wasn't working. It looks like it's dropping out.

Starting point is 00:16:32 We'll keep going. Okay. Anyway, so back to the point. So what I was saying was ultimately the focus on the two things, which was one is alcoholism, drinking alcohol excessively. I do think matters obviously, but it's the smaller part of the conversation, as well as the fact that suddenly he's MIA. He vanish. He's nowhere to be seen, which that seems to actually not be true. It really just that he's sort of like distancing himself from from responsibility.

Starting point is 00:17:02 But what's funny is, and this may just be the ridiculousness of partisanship, who Democrats, most likely, who read this article, just parrot that he's missing without even understanding what they probably meant in this article, which I'll read it for you, is really that he's just sort of not there when he needs to be. What I'm saying is what has spun through the conversation is he's somehow missing. And this becomes something that eclipses the real conversation. Guys, this is what left and right does, whether by design or not, and kind of by design in its own right anyway, just the stupidity of the partisans themselves doing the thing they should.

Starting point is 00:17:33 It's almost like a, anyway, that these people are doing it for them without even being led there. It's sort of like us spying on ourselves on devices today. They've built us into a position where we are what they need us to be. The point is that has eclips the conversation when it should be. about what we're going to get into now. And I'll make a smaller point about that when it comes next to Iran. So it says Cash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and

Starting point is 00:17:58 unexplained absences. You see, that's what they even put in the subtitle. I find that to be two of the least important things in this conversation. Now, but matter. Now, this is on Friday, April 10th. Now, frankly, this first part is just really embarrassing. And it's been backed up by plenty of people currently in the FBI. So not Democrats.

Starting point is 00:18:15 whatever you want to talk about, hold over, these are people that they held after they kind of flushed out the people they didn't like and didn't trust. Because that's a huge part of this,

Starting point is 00:18:24 which I think is still important, but I'm also not going to focus on in this article, is their political persecution. Both sides do it, and it should be called out, but I don't want to make it feel to certain people that we're only focusing on his,

Starting point is 00:18:34 you know, whatever. It's the end of the day is that they both do it. But that this is bigger than just cash being used, let's say. And so it says on Friday, April 10th, as FBI director Cash Patel was preparing to leave work for the weekend. He struggled to

Starting point is 00:18:50 log on to an internal computer system. He quickly became convinced that he had been locked out. And he panicked, frantically calling AIDS, every part of which can back up the reality of what happened and allies to announce that he had been fired from the White House. According to nine people familiar with the outreach, two of those people described his behavior as a freak out. Now, it's pretty obvious this happened. What's embarrassing, and it's pretty obvious that anybody can see why he's basically walking a rope in his mind because everybody's falling around and because everyone's making fun of him and because Trump has already called him out many times. Two major times, one who's drinking with the hockey team. And then I think the other one was the way he was

Starting point is 00:19:31 conducting himself at one of these press conferences. And it was embarrassing. And so Trump literally called him out and it got reported. And so I think he's worried. Anybody who, look, anybody who knows that they're in a position they don't deserve, who in his own experiences has thus far been like personally confronted with he does that he's not capable of doing this job and i'm not trying to be insulting guys this is what we've seen he's out of his depth i've said that from the very beginning and so and i mean you i think it was obvious based on their credentials look at heggsett the guy's not supposed to be in that position now anyway the point is that he it's obvious that he is aware that this is something that he's expendable let's put

Starting point is 00:20:07 it that way and if guys look in if we're not going to recognize that this is what trump does look at this last administration that you will be chopped in the moment that you're not useful, no matter how many times he praises you right before that, then you all kind of know that's where it's going. And again, the last part is, let's be real. These are people that I think would never be in its positions if it wasn't for the moment we're in and they're blind support for Trump. So they're sociopathic opportunists that recognized that, oh my God,

Starting point is 00:20:32 here's an opportunity to gain so much power I never would have gotten. So I'm willing to put myself on that chopping block. That's how I read it. You can decide for yourself. Now it says on Friday, April 10th, as FBI director Cash Patel is preparing to leave, he basically had a freak out because he felt like he was locked out of the computer. Patel oversees an agency that employs roughly 38,000 people, including many who are trained to investigate and verify information that can be presented

Starting point is 00:20:55 under oath at a court of law. News of his emotional outburst ricocheted through the Bureau, prompting chatter among officials and in some corners of the building expressing relief. The White House fielded calls from the Bureau and from members of Congress asking who was now in charge. Now, he doesn't have to understand, guys. There were people the FBI calling the White House going, well, who's in charge now? Because cash is running through the halls screaming about how he's fired.

Starting point is 00:21:19 So there's no way you could pretend like this didn't happen, which is kind of what they're doing. But it says it turned out that the answer was still Patel. He hadn't been fired. The access problem to people familiar with the matter said appears to have been a technical error, and it was quickly resolved. And it was ultimately BS, when FBI told him, which is very embarrassing because you have to understand that he, that what this really revealed, despite all of their front of how great we are, and we all agree, like they were with Bondi and Nome before they were fired, or, you know,

Starting point is 00:21:47 failed upward, apparently with Nome, is that it shows you that they knew that they were on that chopping block. And this is Patel going, you know, kind of lashing out thinking he was next. And what's, what it also shows me is that should he actually go this route, I get the sense that he might be the kind of guy that will scream about everything he's not supposed to talk about. Let's hope for that. Now it says, but Patel, according to multiple current officials as well as former officials who have stayed close to him is deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy. Well, obviously. I mean, I think that's self-evident, but you can decide for yourself. He has good reasons to think so, including some having to do with what witnesses

Starting point is 00:22:20 described to the writer here as bouts of excessive drinking. My colleague, my writer, adds Ashley Parker and he's reported, or he, either one, they both reported either this month that Patel was among the officials expected to be fired after Bondi. On when she was ousted on the second, my birthday. We're all just waiting for the word that Patel is officially out of the top job. An FBI official told him this week, and a former official told his colleague, Patel was rightly paranoid. Senior members of the Trump administration are already discussing who might replace him,

Starting point is 00:22:56 according to administration officials, who two people close to the White House, who are familiar with the conversations. Now, it says in response to a detailed list of 19 questions, the White House spokesperson, Caroline Leavitt, this is my favorite part. Let's be clear, regardless of whether he later gets fired, because maybe they don't want him now because it's all, everyone's now expecting it, is it's obvious that he is not, that he feels that way, clearly. And it's always that Trump is unhappy with him.

Starting point is 00:23:20 He's made multiple statements. So these things are just embarrassing, but this is what they do. It's not unique to left and right. They always do this. And then they get fired a day later or whatever. She says that in a statement that under Donald Trump and Patel, quote, crime across the country has plummeted. Of course, under Trump and Patel, right?

Starting point is 00:23:38 So Fett Patel goes, well, it's Trump, you know, but either way it says the crime across the country's plummeted to the lowest level in more than 100 years. Now, I haven't checked that. I'd be willing to bet you it's probably inaccurate in many ways because that's what they do. And many high profile criminals have been put behind bars. Well, many of those high profile examples that they always point to, turns out they were basically already in jail or being arrested or, you know, something from Biden already in prison. It's not a shout to Biden. It's just that this is what they do. They're just dishonest. And it's been very clear in the ice conversation. I've gone through these all myself. These are not hyperbolic statements. And so when you say more than 100 years, maybe it's down lower than it's been in 20 years,

Starting point is 00:24:14 and they just felt like saying 100. That's what I've become accustomed to with them. Anyway, just a personal opinion. I didn't even check whether that's the case. Let's just say for a second conversation that it has plummeted. Maybe because they got military marching to the streets. Who knows?

Starting point is 00:24:27 But it says, Director Patel remains a critical player on the administration's law and order team. Law and order team. This is a TV show. acting general attorney general Todd Blanche told me in a statement. Patel has accomplished more in 14 months than the previous administration did in four years. Well, that's just not true.

Starting point is 00:24:47 I don't care what you want to say. And it's an anonymously sourced hit pieces. Do not constitute journalism. The bottom line, guys, is clearly unhappy. He's clearly feels like he can be fired. And so to stay, he's the best ever is the same thing they would know before they moved her as well. The FBI responded with a statement attributed to Patel, of course he says print it all false i'll see you in court bring your checkbook and i'm willing to bet you

Starting point is 00:25:11 that doesn't happen i odd to the end that's my point you know the idea that they'll be in court somehow hardly if they go to court that means discovery and these things will be forced to come out and i'm willing to bet you they really don't want that so try they do what they do and they yell it's fake and all see you in court and then nothing happens but print it it's all false well it's already out man you're responding to an article that's already published so just yet again showing his even when he has time to think about it his logical and consistent But it says the IT lockout episode is emblematic of Patel's tumultuous tenure as director of the FBI. He's erratic, suspicious of others, and prone to jumping to conclusions before he has necessary

Starting point is 00:25:47 evidence according to more than two people, excuse me, according to more than two dozen people, they interviewed about his conduct, including current and former people in the FBI. And this is important. Remember, that they basically did like a, what's the term for that? But they flushed out anybody, like a witch hunt. For anybody they claimed was they did like polygraphs where they asked them if you like or don't like Patel and Trump. It's insane. That has nothing to do with what they do their job correctly, right? That is about tribalism.

Starting point is 00:26:15 That's all they wanted. And so my point, though, is those people that they were still in the current FBI were the ones in some parts telling you that this is what was going on. So it's the ones they chose to keep. Staff and, of course, at law enforcement and intelligence agencies also, hospitality industry workers, members of Congress, political operatives, lobbyists and former advisors, all of which were people that testified to this, or rather gave their spoke on the record to the article. Speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information and private conversations, some of them described Patel's tenure as a management failure and his personal behavior as a national security vulnerability. They said that the problems

Starting point is 00:26:53 with his conduct go well beyond what has been previously known and include both conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences. The best of my knowledge, that seems to constitute the whole MIA part of the title. So people that are claiming he's been missing, you know, or whatever else, other than just sort of like, you know, in a way, it's not inaccurate to say that he's missing in his job,

Starting point is 00:27:16 but that he's like somehow missing in a general sense that no one is confined him is not the reality. But more so that he's almost, I would argue the best way to frame it is deliberately trying to stay behind, like hide. He's trying to, he's trying to act, hide from his responsibility.

Starting point is 00:27:32 That's what this feels. like, but you can decide the way it reads. In a way, you could say MIA. It's not inaccurate, but I'm just trying to make a point for why it seems it's being almost deliberately misrepresented to hide what this really shows. Some of Patel's colleagues at the FBI worried that his personal behavior has become a threat to public safety. An FBI director expected to be available and focused on his job, especially when the nation is at war with the state of, with the state sponsor of terrorism, which is just, you go and read through this. You'll find the same points I always make, you know, Patel bad. Trump sucks, but Iran war good. And we're all war. And we're all war

Starting point is 00:28:03 and Israel's the best. You know, it's like they all have the same exact sort of like team sport mentality when it comes to what all of them are on the same page for. And even if they want to go, Trump, war criminal and he should be arrested, guess what they'll never really do? Follow through with any of that because they're all ultimately on the same side from my perspective, which is the exact same point we always make. Pelosi and Obama and they're all going down. I can't believe what I just saw every day we're seeing those posts.

Starting point is 00:28:27 And every day they seem to hype it. And you get gabber and everybody else sharing them. And guess what doesn't happen? anything. Zero. Zero arrest. Epstein files, Social Security. I mean, you go down the list. Zero. How do you ignore that? Guess what? They're not. Republicans are fleeing in droves that are honest. Conservatives, rather I would call it. Anyway, just the point, you know, the point is to go back to this, where we were. Oh, yeah, just, you know, Iran bad guy, but, you know, cash Patel sucks is the ultimate point in their article. Officials said that Patel has been in a regular

Starting point is 00:29:02 presence at the FBI headquarters and his field office. offices and that he has compounded the agency's existing bureaucratic bottlenecks by sort of not being there when needed. Several current and former officials told told the writer that Patel is often a way or unreachable, delaying time sensitive decisions needed to advance investigations. I mean, that's just a, I mean, that is advocating your duty, right? I mean, that, that, that, there's something, there's a better word for it, you know, like, that's my point in saying he's hiding from responsibility. You're causing not only more tax. to be spent, but also the fact that you're hindering investigations when things could be very time

Starting point is 00:29:38 sensitive. On several occasions, an official told the writer that Patel's delays resulted in normally unflappable agents losing their SHIT. Patel has also earned a reputation for acting impulsively during high-stakes investigations. He announced triumphantly on social media, for instance, that the FBI had, quote, detained a person of interest in the Brown University shooting in December. That person was soon released while agents continued to hunt for the killer. He also posted an image. of whatever those sharpy written bullets were in the midst of like the day

Starting point is 00:30:08 it was being investigated, which is wildly unprecedented. And that story, guys, I mean, I'm right, you know, it's very interesting what's happening right now

Starting point is 00:30:15 in the team sport game or rather specifically in just the two-party illusion conversation. Where you're seeing conservatives like I've never seen, finally acknowledging that there was something

Starting point is 00:30:24 pretty damn fishy with what happened at Butler or the idea of the shootings and every other conversation where there's something going on here, guys, right? I mean, the idea is that he is,

Starting point is 00:30:33 anyway, there's everyone, these stories, they've never really truly followed up. Even Trump's own investigation was sort of put down. That's a different story, which I'm sure we'll come to at some point, if it seems necessary. We made our coverage of it when it happened. We may stand by what we said then.

Starting point is 00:30:46 And it's just funny how people are only now just becoming to understand or it's now being allowed to be understood. That's what happens a lot of times in the partisan game. But it says Patel views many of these Bureau veterans as anti-Trump, deep state agents who have worked against him and the followers. Now, who knows, maybe they are exactly that. What's interesting to me is I think Patel is not obviously a person in control. He's a, he's a, he's a, he's air fodder.

Starting point is 00:31:13 He's being used. That's how I look at it. So my point is that he's being set against people in the FBI by a U.S. government that's hell bent on getting rid of certain ideological people. And I don't think that's just about anti-Trump. I think it's bigger than that. But either way. So, but from Patel's perspective, now he's been set against this as somebody who is not

Starting point is 00:31:32 in control of the narrative, but is actually bought. into the narrative and is going, well, anybody who doesn't agree with what we're doing is an anti-Trump deep state agent when maybe they just have a different opinion. Maybe they just don't want to do what you're doing or maybe they think it's unconstitutional. Now, I should say here very clearly, I think the FBI, as in its entirety, is an anti-American institution. So don't take any of this as somehow pro-FBI when not Trump or however people would want to try to contort this to benefit people to manipulate the way you view what I talk about. The point here is that he, I feel like, was weaponized in its own way with ignorance, thinking that he's going after people who, in fact, in many ways, we're truly trying to

Starting point is 00:32:11 uphold what the reality should have been. Like with judges, for example, and Stephen Miller, people, whatever you think about it, no matter how politically motivated, we're making the right call. For whatever reason, maybe it's opportunism, but they lied about it. So in this case, he was set against these people and says Trump has complained that the FBI director has seemed unprepared for TV appearances and that some high-profile investigations that he directed Patel to pursue have not moved quickly enough, many of which were completely politically weaponized, exactly like he calls out, and that's why they went nowhere, like I told you in the beginning, because there was nothing there. That's not the same as saying they're not criminals.

Starting point is 00:32:46 You know, I disagree with that. I think many of the ones, most of the ones that he's aiming at, are criminals. And so are the ones pointing the finger. Patel's spotty attendance at the office and the eagerness with which he's embraced the perks and travel that come with the job have also been sources of concern at the White House, which is, that was pretty embarrassing, his big gripe about how they use these things, and then he just used it more than ever. And it says, some in the West Wing have followed the headlines about Patel's use of the FBI jet for personal matters, as well as the whispers about his love of partying and said that they fear that Trump would react badly, were he to focus on those storylines? Or really the point is, should it become something

Starting point is 00:33:23 uncomfortable, right? So if Trump feels stupid because he's there or if it's being used against him, well, you're the next on the chopping block. Off-duty alcohol consumption was one of the points they really go into here. Again, read it for yourself. I mean, it totally matters. The arguments they get into are essentially him. I mean, it's actually wild that he's as the FBI director. There was examples where they were calling for, what do they call it, basically devices to, like, kick in the door he was at the house he was at because he was not responding and he was needed for something that day. And like these that were like meetings pushed back. to the middle of the day because he was drinking all night.

Starting point is 00:33:55 Like, that's what people are telling you from the FBI. Who knows if it's true, you can decide for yourself. It seems to line up. But the idea that that is why it makes sense, right? That's why it should matter. Like, I'm coming from a person who worked, like, for example, I ran kitchens my whole life. I went to culinary.

Starting point is 00:34:10 In first I don't know, it's what I did before this. I went to culinary school, culinary student of America, Napa Valley, you know, and I ran restaurants. And the point is that I work with people that I, that, you know, were, for example, people that would smoke cannabis. Now, even with like an alcohol, I had a hard time with people that drank because I felt like that because it was obviously more dangerous. And I would never let somebody sort of like drink on the job or anything like that, do any of the job.

Starting point is 00:34:32 However, people would come into work as chefs and you could just tell that maybe they drank early the day or somebody had smoked. And my point is that I had a, I never, it was kind of a don't ask, don't tell. If you do your job, I don't mind. And it's like if I see it obvious and people can see it, you know, then I have a problem with that. But if you just come in and whatever, the point would be if you can't do your job, if you fail, if you put somebody at risk, I don't care what the reason is, you're going to be held accountable for it. And so it's the same kind of idea. Right.

Starting point is 00:34:58 If I don't care, let's just say you're a screaming alcoholic, but you're the best director I've ever seen, I'm personally not going to care. Other people might, because I do argue there are levels where that would be potentially an issue, right? Like we're talking about here. But I think it's important to point out it's not the fact that he drinks alcohol excessively. It's the fact that he drinks and then fails at his job. That's the point of trying to make there, regardless of whether people agree with what I was

Starting point is 00:35:21 saying. And so it says, can also make them vulnerable. to exploitation and coercion by foreign adversaries. Absolutely. So he's out there getting hammered at some public bar and he gets, I don't know, you know, honey potted, as many of us are very obviously considering with his current situation. But either way, or they get him to talk about something he's not supposed to talk about. That's what we're dealing with.

Starting point is 00:35:43 Or somebody puts something in his drink. I mean, this is an important thing to think about. Again, not just the fact that he's an alcoholic or drinking a lot, but that that becomes the problem because of that. That makes a difference to me. Now, it says many of the people who spoke with me, and the writer, this person at the Atlantic for the podcast, many people spoke with the writers,

Starting point is 00:36:01 said that they have been afraid to reveal their concerns, for obvious reasons, because Patel publicly or through traditional whistleblower channels, because they've been aggressively cracking down on anybody they deem insufficiently loyal, which is wild. Some of the, like, for example, Peg Seth was just talking to the media, and he says, to tell what side you guys were on. It's like, what an insane thing to say. Because the reality

Starting point is 00:36:29 should be they're on the side of the truth. Isn't that what journalism is? But what he's arguing is that you should be on the side of the government. That's what he means of the military, of America. Well, that's not what journalism is, guys. We should, the journalists should be reporting the facts regardless of how uncomfortable it is. But he's trying to, everything about this is trying to be turned into something different. Now, it says the instinctive level of muscle memory or discernment that is necessary to identify and counter a terror attack is missing. The reason I included that is that this very well may be used to argue that, you know, somehow we get an Israeli false flag conducted in this country or whatever you want to fill in

Starting point is 00:37:05 the blank with. And it goes, well, cash was insufficiently present. And that's why this was able to be, you know, whatever. Just a thought, you know, false flag watch. But it goes on to say, Patel has publicly proclaimed that the FBI needs to demonstrate that it's fierce. And officials I spoke with said that he's fixated on that. image in private as well. Don't forget, it came out very embarrassingly that Cash Patel and Dan

Starting point is 00:37:28 Bongino were obsessed in the midst of a major investigation with the way that they would play out theater, like a map out, the way that they would respond with each other the next day on Twitter. And apparently that were people were trying to get him to get involved in the investigation conversation and it's all they want to talk about. Guys, these are performative people. This is not real in my opinion, whether they think so or not. They're not really in charge. If this is what they're truly focusing on and he's focused on this kind of issue, whether or not you agree with me on that,

Starting point is 00:37:58 I think that's the case. The point that you made here is that it shows you who they actually are. It says he recently expressed frustration with the look of the FBI merchandise complaining that it isn't intimidating enough. These are children, right? These are not serious people.

Starting point is 00:38:14 Whether they know it or not. Yeah, let's make sure our logos are scary because that's what it's... Well, remember, the FBI is about domestic. enforcement. So who are you trying to scare, Cash? Americans. Now, here's what he said today. Memo to the fake news. The only time I'll ever actually be concerned about the hit piece lies you write about me will we when you stop. You know, other than the thousand times he's been griping about them doing that. Did you love how bad they are at this? And it says, keep talking.

Starting point is 00:38:46 It means I'm doing exactly what I should be doing. Hardly. And it says in no amount of BS you write will ever deter the FBI for making America safe again, take you down criminals you love. So they love criminals? Like this is just a lazy argument to be like, the Democrats versus us. And that's what this means. Well, sure. If that's the best you can do,

Starting point is 00:39:04 I agree there's a partisan game and you all play it. It doesn't change the fact that that's what you just did was pretty obvious. But this is all they can do, guys. That's what they keep doing. They fall to the lowest common denominator, but nobody buys these people anymore. And I said, then he was fired a week later, which I'm willing to bet you as likely what's going to happen,

Starting point is 00:39:24 but who knows. My point is you make that statement. Like, we're better than ever. And Trump and Kelly leave it, say, and Blanche say he's the best guy who ever had. And then he fired. Which is half, the first term, Trump did that many times. And we can just not be honest about it, I guess. But yeah.

Starting point is 00:39:38 And this, I found this hilarious. Somebody posts, he said, cheers. Look, it just thought it's funny. Look at the people looking at him. Like, they're barely even gaugging with him. And everyone's in, like, there's a few of them standing with beers. And he goes, yeah, and he chugs his bearders all crazy. And everyone else kind of like, what the fuck?

Starting point is 00:39:53 It just shows you, this guy is just a, he's just a, he's. a, like, you know, like a, they'd call, what's the term for it? A woman that gravitates towards famous people because they want to engage with famous people, and that's what they care about. He's the male version of that. Now, we put out, and I have been, by the way, and I'll put this out in the late after done today, putting the daily wrap-ups on the substack. Now, somebody commented on this that I wanted to read and just really want to read it

Starting point is 00:40:17 from them as opposed to where it came from because I appreciate them posting this. Now, Julie Minnetian, Minotian. Manassian? I'm not sure. Posted this on our substack. And it's in a reference to, which I'll include, which I'm not super familiar with, but people have been pointing around the Drey dossier. Somebody that kind of came out of nowhere in my experience

Starting point is 00:40:38 and is getting a lot of reach. So just be skeptical. But I'll say I appreciate it work so far. What I've been saying, I think good work. But it's just always, just like I ask you to be skeptical of me. We should. Question everything. Question everybody.

Starting point is 00:40:51 And especially those that kind of rise out of a, you know, in a field that I was just talking with Steve about that is impossible to truly break into an honest way today. Think about that. So at some level, I think that means that there's some element out there that supports anything you're seeing that's grown in an unprecedented way, in my opinion. Now, all is that to say, that's just everybody, not her, but anybody out there, question them all. Now, what she did in this clip, or actually in this overarching kind of report called the Yor-Rons Blockade as an Oracle story, is very well done. Now back to just again, that was that's, watch that if you want to watch her report on it. Here's what Julie pointed to, which I appreciate.

Starting point is 00:41:29 And it says they removed the word Gaza from the Board of Peace. And I hadn't even noticed that. Which is true, by the way. We'll come back to, which is just insane to me. All you're using the genocide you committed to act like you're going to help these people just to get people to think that's what you're doing. And then you just move on and keep the Board of Peace as some kind of great reset, reimagining of the places that you bum into nothing. That's what this is.

Starting point is 00:41:55 The board of peace is going to be rebuilding the places that they create war against. That's how Orwellian this truly is. So it says in January 2026, in January 2020, 26, the UN Security Council voted to endorse an international body called the Board of Peace. Now, you'll see why this gets much more related to the bigger conversation. And it says with a stated purpose of overseeing Gaza's reconstruction, 26 countries. signed on, Trump was named chairman, and on paper, it looked like multilateral diplomacy finally catching up to a catastrophe. And remember, this is all their, they're framing this.

Starting point is 00:42:34 Now, it says, but the Security Council voted on a concept before the charter was ever made public, which means they endorsed an idea of the board of the board before anyone outside a very small circle had read the actual rules. An international body was legitimized before anyone knew what it was, which is not a normal, it was not a procedural footnote. It's the whole trick. When the charter finally surfaced, two things became clear. And that's in here, by the way. The entire posting is right down here. The first is that Trump is named in it personally, which you guys already know. Now, also to be clear, this was posted on the 13th of April. So there's been about a week since this posted. Trump's named in it personally, not as president of the United States, right?

Starting point is 00:43:19 So it doesn't mean the president of the United States will continue to manage this, but personally as a private individual as a lifetime chairman. The emoluments rules that prevent a sitting president from profiting from foreign governments stop applying the moment he leaves office. Well, let's not pretend like he cares about that now. Her point is that once he leaves office, the money flowing to this won't be considered a crime. But he's doing that now.

Starting point is 00:43:46 He's already taken money now in this conversation. Now, arguably, he could say he's using that to claim it's about the government. The point here is that he goes forward. and that money is personal billions of billions of dollars under the guise of peace when really what you're doing is a great reset reimagining of these countries that you destroy. And it says, and countries pay one billion dollars for a permanent seat, except Israel, of course, because they're special. Not a joke. They're the only country in the world that seems to be allowed to join this without paying for that. And it says, and I argue because this is largely their agenda,

Starting point is 00:44:16 J.P. Morgan is currently in negotiations to set up a private account for the organization. Right. So J.P. Morgan, one of the banks that we've always been talking about is part of the larger problem is now helping a, setting up a special bank account for Trump's personal board of peace that the Republicans are okay with because that's totally not globalism, Alex Jones. That's totally not the new global order that they're all ushering in. I mean, even now Jones is telling you it's a great reset climate 2.0, but yet weirdly then says, we're fighting globalists and, well, wait a minute, though, isn't that, and they're all probably fighting for some version of globalism, which is what

Starting point is 00:44:50 I've been trying to show. I just think it's important to, even right now, they're still pulling certain punches where they can open the door for maybe Trump is going to help, is going to fight it all back. I'm telling you, I've already pointed to many examples where even as they're telling you, Trump called them out, he still acts, even like that war acts point in the conversation, it's, just watch, guys, these people are going to go where they're told to go, in my opinion. Hope I'm wrong, truly.

Starting point is 00:45:16 Hope we actually have people waking up to all this. But it goes on to say, J.P. Morgan's personal account. accessible to Trump personally. Billions of dollars from a global dynamic that Trump personally profits from forever. How is that not a crime? By the way, it is. It is. Everything about this is not as illegal

Starting point is 00:45:36 and constitutional is it's just, it's incredible. Now, even unconstitutional, I would argue, is a stretch in the way that it's a global thing. But what Trump is doing using the U.S. dynamic, using the U.S. government and the people and our tax dollar, right now he's used. using what we have and essentially destroying it to achieve what he wants for his future. And it says, what waits for him on the other side of January 2029?

Starting point is 00:46:02 Funny how it perfectly lines up with 2030, right? What a coincidence. It's a multi-billion dollar international body with no auditing, no geographic limit, and no oversight which he controls for life. This, I mean, what's funny is this is becoming the embodiment of literally everything that people like Alex have been calling out. and now they're suddenly starting to sort of call it out, which I swear, if he truly starts to recognize this and spins around a call, at least acknowledge that he's been building this for Trump the entire

Starting point is 00:46:31 time. But if he calls it out, good. And if he continues to, I'll say maybe he actually sees it, but just recognize that this is everything. The idea, whether Trump knows it or not, this idea of transitioning from the current structure into some new technocratic-run globalist element. It's exactly what this is. It goes on to say. The second thing is that the charter does not mention Gaza. The word is not even in the document. To use this, hoping people would think they were going to bring peace to the Middle East. Instead, the charter grants the board authority to operate in any region affected or threatened by conflict, even threatened by conflicts. Anywhere in the world, which means any territory at war, any territory, excuse me,

Starting point is 00:47:21 recovering from a war or any territory that someone with power decides is threatened by war. Isn't that very similar to the whole COVID-19, you know, that there's a pathogen, and we think that you, what was it called, the WHO part of it where they were like, well, if we think you may have it, then we have to take control. Aha, yes, it is, isn't it? What's different? Think about this for a second. What's functionally different?

Starting point is 00:47:47 Well, the justification, that's it. The only difference is the usable, of justification to get your feet in the door. Everything else seems to be the same. Oh, well, they're threatening war, or there might be a war because they're threatening the other side, and therefore we have to step in and be in control. It says, Lebanon qualifies, of course, in their minds, to what they're dealing with right now.

Starting point is 00:48:08 Iran, if this war continues, qualifies. They've to understand what they're talking about is basically through the idea, the claim of helping the people forcing their way in to essentially rebuild these countries in their image. and it says the security council was not told this body was about, excuse me, I'm missing apart, yeah, the security council was told this body was about Gaza in the UN. But the founding document was written to go anywhere. The political cover of a humanitarian crisis made it possible to build something that would

Starting point is 00:48:40 have been unthinkable under any other circumstances. And once it exists, it can be pointed at any map. The opening crisis gave the board its legitimacy and the charter made sure the board would never be limited to it. this is what Trump is doing. If you've ever fought these things, this is the time to stand up. Trump chairs the board, but he does not, but he does not architect systems like this.

Starting point is 00:49:05 I think it's an incorrect way to use the word, but the point is there's more than just Trump, you understand. He does not write characters, charter, excuse me, or build 20-year infrastructure plays across multiple countries. And his role here is being the name on the door. Now, I don't agree with it that simple. I think Trump is very much involved with this. I would agree, though, that he's not the main architect.

Starting point is 00:49:25 He's not the one who's devised this long-term plan. He's a role in all of this. But it says the network. Now, you could argue that means a lot more. The network state conversation, I think, is what it's pointing to in a larger way. What it's focused on is Oracle and Ellison. But, guys, as I've shown you, that is a part of this larger conversation. Ellison is a Zionist and a technocrat.

Starting point is 00:49:49 and they're actively part of this larger network state conversation. So this says when I started pulling on the board's membership, six of the nine members connect to one person, Larry Ellison. Now, I would argue you could probably make the similar, you know, take almost all of them and connect them back to many of them, maybe Peter Thiel, maybe somebody else. I think they're all equally concerning, you know, connect them back to, you know, Netanyahu, for example, or you could probably do that,

Starting point is 00:50:15 but I think it makes the same point that these people are all connected in the similar ways, and that's whether it's Larry Ellis and Oracle or Israel or, you know, it's all the same agenda as I see it. And so the reason they're there, Tony Blair, Kushner, Whitkoff, which is just insane to me is because they are all in line with the same agenda. None of that is America. None of that is America first. None of that is about freedom and liberty. It is about control. It is about reimagining the world in their image. It's as most people know Ellison as the Oracle billionaire, but his relationship to the Israeli military, which is a you know because you watch this show, is not philanthropic, is operational.

Starting point is 00:50:53 He is the largest private donor to the Israeli military in American history. Beyond the donations, Oracle holds a 26-year contract to build and operate the IT infrastructure for the IDF's intelligence campus in Ngev, the facility that houses the unit 8200. Of course, Israel signals intelligence in cyber warfare division. That's Oracle, a company that is embedded like a tick in Donald Trump's agenda. Right with Larry Ellison and the whole conversation, they literally operate the the IT infrastructure for the IDF's intelligence campus for the unit 8200, like the group, in the conversation of the kind of cyber manipulation and, you know, fifth generation

Starting point is 00:51:36 warfare. Oracle runs the Israeli Air Force's entire logistics system. Guys, it is the Israeli military, tracking spare parts for F-35s, F-16s, aviation fuel, ammunition's inventory. Oracle hosts a battlefield AI system called Fireweaver that coordinates sensors and weapons in real time, which means Oracle's software is making decisions within the kill chain. Now look at who Ellison puts on the board of peace. Now, you should read through this. We've talked about most of this, but just the point in general is to go through all the many connections, Marco Rubio, who basically was known, but wasn't anything truly what he is today,

Starting point is 00:52:15 and then basically cross paths with Ellison and a few others, by the way. Again, Netanyahu's a good example and plenty of other overlaps, but ultimately, because of this, within a decade, he's now holding two positions that in the past only Kissinger had ever done. So he's one of the most, like, that puts him in a category of politicians that is unique. And that's because of this change, because of the people that they, but that's politics for you guys. You're, you know, the NASCAR analogy, you're basically being bought out. And that, if you, if you get bought out by the right people, you rise all the way up. Tony Blair, as you all know, is just a complete manipulator. Somebody who's one of the most call.

Starting point is 00:52:54 I mean, you can go back to WMDs or plenty of other conversations, and this is the guy they put in a board of peace. And again, the idea this guy is tied to the hip to groups like Oracle. And, I mean, it's most of them are. Jared Kushner. You already know this, this many, many different connections to all the problems we're discussing. This is one of the people that is the most central to the problem, in my opinion. And very much connected to the Zionist, is rarely,

Starting point is 00:53:18 agenda. Benjamin Netanyahu himself don't even need to explain any further. Two of the nine board seats were concealed at the January announcement and only surfaced 10 days later through a seal document. Why would that be the case? It's almost like they're hiding something. I don't know, maybe the fact that Zionist handler for Trump, Susie Wiles, also on the board and the sitting White House chief of staff, which is what her current position is, and the other belongs to Martin Edelman. General Counsel for the G-42, a UAE sovereign AI company. On, you know, technocracy, of course. On January 16th, 2025, four days before Trump's inauguration,

Starting point is 00:53:56 Edelman signed a deal moving $187 million from UAE entities to Trump's family, not the government, to the family. And exactly one year later, on January 16, 2026, Edelman was placed on the board of peace. That's quid pro quo, guys. That is tit for tat. You're basically paying in two. to basically what you as Americans are paying for

Starting point is 00:54:20 that Trump is going to benefit personally from later. They hid the names because announcing them would have made the conflict of interest story before the board ever got off the ground insanely obvious. Now, the same month the Board of Peace launched, Oracle signed a deal with Lebanon. Lebanon, the government, not Hezbole, mind you, to digitize its entire public administration

Starting point is 00:54:41 and trained 50,000 civil servants. Oracle got the Lebanese contract before the bond. It's almost like they knew and planned it. And the idea that what do you mean 50,000 civil? So Oracle through Israel and their technocratic agenda is going to basically pump in 50,000 civil servants to maintain public infrastructure in the country. I mean, this is a technocratic coup we're watching. In Gaza, that process is already complete.

Starting point is 00:55:07 Oracle's Cloud runs the Board of Peace's operations and Palantir, which is a formal strategic partnership with Oracle. It's all the same conversation. And a permanent desk inside the civil. military coordination center in southern Israel, Palantir, a group that has literally strangled around our surveillance system in this country and is looking at you right now, listening to us as we speak, and they are permanently inside the civil military coordination center in Israel, now tracks the aid on top of Oracle's infrastructure as well, also conducting a genocide alongside

Starting point is 00:55:37 Israel and Gaza. That center is the operational headquarters of the Board of Peace. Israel is embedded in this like nothing else, which means the software that ran the war is running the reconstruction. And the war phase and the peace phase are the same contract. Think about that for a second. I mean, how do you even decouple that? That means this was a larger plan. And it says the pattern is this.

Starting point is 00:56:04 Infrastructure goes in first. The country destabilizes. The systems that were not Oracle get destroyed. And on the other side of the destruction, Oracle is already holding the rebuild contract. Gaza is the finished version. Lebanon is next. Now, this is their opinion, but I agree entirely with what this is going. This is so obvious to me. This is the great reset, guys. This is exactly what we talked about. This is the Trump-Republican slanted version of the same agenda, whether it's a pathogen,

Starting point is 00:56:34 whether it's a, you know, a cyber attack, whatever you want to talk about, this is where it leads. And they have been pointing in this direction as long as I can look, far back as I can look. It says, Iran watched the Oracle contract go into Lebanon in January. and watched Oracle's infrastructure move into Gaza's reconstruction. And 12 days ago, the IRGC, and remember this post on April 13th, struck an Oracle data center. Remember that? In Dubai, they all screamed terrorism, and named Oracle their number one military target. They got very little conversation in the United States.

Starting point is 00:57:04 I wonder why. They ranked above Lockheed Martin, above Raytheon. They did not treat Oracle like a tech company. They treated it like a combatant because within the architecture of the IDF, that's exactly. what it is. And the U.S. the same conversation. Now, whether they're, you can see that they're actually involved in the decision making, or at least the process. But even if they weren't, these tech companies, just like, I mean, if Israel and the United States are arguing that roads anywhere, if used by military vehicles are now, which is just insane, are now military targets,

Starting point is 00:57:35 by their logic, then literally any of these things are considered that. And they really are, when you look at the fact that they're involved with the military side of the dynamic. So thank you for posting that comment. I appreciate that, and I do think it's worth watching this if you want to check out her commentary on it. This is well done. Now, here is the White House's Post from January 16th. End of the Gaza conflict, right? But the end of the Gaza conflicts that they sold on.

Starting point is 00:58:00 There's about Palestinians and saving them from Hamas are now the problem. They're not even mentioned anymore. Just like they said, they want to move them somewhere else, guys. And as I told you, when they talked about rebuilding it, they made a point to tell you there's no place for Palestinians here. They're just going to simply call the Palestinians who ever end up in this location or Gazans or whatever else. That's what they basically admitted. I mean, they're telling you that all of them are terrorists and then we're going to pretend they're going to. I mean, guys, this is so disgustingly obvious.

Starting point is 00:58:30 They're using their own genocide to profit from and call it peace. This is the epitome of everything I'm always talking about about the worst of the worst. There's Times of Israel, full charter. Trump's Board of Peace. No mention of Gaza, which of course, as they write, bullstores. Times of Israel's reporting that the U.S. also envisions this panel, helping resolve other conflicts worldwide. So what this shows you as always, as I always tell you, is Israeli media was already telling you long before this, because Trump was all, this was the plan, but Trump hasn't

Starting point is 00:59:03 been telling you. So Israel rushes ahead and points to the uncomfortable thing to make them look to show you there in control and to make Trump look like he's not in control. Right. I mean, just this is, they're literally going. Yep, like we said, it's a worldwide change. where world Israel committing genocide is involved with worldwide reconstruction of anywhere we bomb as we told you that the U.S. isn't even admitting yet. It's all right on the surface, guys. Now, on top of that, overlapping with Oracle, as Melanie points out, hundreds of AI-generated Trump propaganda accounts are suddenly popping up on TikTok, which is owned by a Trump billionaire.

Starting point is 00:59:39 Up to 64% of users on Twitter are bots. Now, that's a very easy thing to verify, which is owned by a Trump billionaire. independent third party fact checkers and uh fact independent third party fact checking ended on meta which is owned by a trump billionaire the manipulation of truth is at the point now this is not unique to trump alone whether whether that's what she thinks or not i think the obvious reality is is your u.s government what's funny is all the people beneath it going like is anybody even debating that Zuckerberg is no is you know they're on the same team at this point he was at his inauguration

Starting point is 01:00:13 they're all working together Zuckerberg is on one of these boards And yet here with the comments, they're like, oh my God, Zuckerberg is a Democrat. You guys are TDS or whatever. It's probably bots, exactly your point. But realize what she's saying, that these are fake account that are being created on these. And this is specifically TikTok, Twitter, and meta. But Oracle is another element. Or it's all the same conversation.

Starting point is 01:00:35 And what they're doing is flooding you with fake information. This is what I'm talking about. Guys, I think we all see it. I think everybody sees this right now to a large degree. And we're dealing with a bunch of nonsense online, which even as I know, know that. I still engage with it half the time because I want people to see the process. Not if it's going to waste my time, but, you know, if I do, I usually stop going to get into it, but realize this is happening. Now, who knows if this is one of them or not, but this is the kind

Starting point is 01:01:00 of nonsense you're getting for one example. Today, after all this is happening, here's what this guy puts out. And this is a 220,000 follower account. And it says, only Trump could make this happen. Red light, of course, because that's how you know it's real. Russia just got dropped the just dropped a bombshell. Full return to the U.S. dollar for a huge energy, oil, gas, and material deal with Trump. Bricks, de-dollarizing, fantasy collapsing, China is sweating. Even Health Ranger comes up and goes laughing at him and says, there are still people dumb enough to believe anything Trump says.

Starting point is 01:01:31 Think about that. This guy, most of these people were hardcore Trump supporters, even saying we were crazy when we told you that this is where it would go. But I'm glad to see him calling it out. Just, where's a Grock has to say, Nope, not accurate. It's heavily exaggerated and sensationalized. The bottom line is it takes a diplomatic conversation

Starting point is 01:01:49 of opening the door to discussing whether that might be something and it turns into they did it. We won. It's over, which is exactly how this always goes. But how is that not desperate? Why would these people do this other than just to get some reach? But why would it need reach or why would it get reach? Because people who want to believe they're winning

Starting point is 01:02:10 will grab onto anything. And that's what partisans do. And here's Trump to make that point. I've ended eight wars. He really has not. Guys, you can ask Rock if you want. You can look it up on anything. You can prove it for yourself if you have the due diligence or the wherewithal.

Starting point is 01:02:25 It's insane to pretend that he keeps saying this. He knows he's lying. And he goes, and if we add Iran and Lebanon, there'll be 10 wars. Okay. Well, let's talk about how that's ridiculous, seeing as how it's not even remotely close to that. And the idea that he can end these. wars, the idea that he somehow makes some momentary deal and he acts like he ended the war forever,

Starting point is 01:02:48 it's what he does. It doesn't matter if they go right back to it a week later. He'll carry on saying he ended the wars. He's doing that with many things right now that are all still happening. You realize they're still bombing in Gaza, right? So how did you end that war, Trump? Because that's included in that number. And as Justin Amash rightly writes, we're living in 1984. Now, at that point I said earlier, here's what Glenn Beck had to say about this. And this guy is, I mean, almost the worse than Alice at this point. We're in a propaganda war. I agree.

Starting point is 01:03:15 He says the video of Pete Heggseth, which I haven't even taken time to get into because who cares? Other than the fact that he lied, or, I mean, not lied, but basically stupidly said something that made it look like either he didn't know he was wrong and that he's not, wouldn't know the Christian passages for, you know, like to next to anything else, that he basically made himself look like he lies about what he actually believes and whatever else. Or the idea is that he said it and it's misrepresented.

Starting point is 01:03:39 Like, these are the two major things. things. The point of this is it actually happened. It's very real. The video's out there. And he even very clearly said, citing the name of it and gave the point is he very did clearly did that. The argument is that he knowingly did it, but was sort of paraphrasing. Well, you can argue that. Okay, but that's not what happened. It's very clear that he used it in a way and represented it as it was a Bible passage. Now, you can look for yourself. You don't have to disagree. it's like this is not even worth arguing about. I think it's like everything else.

Starting point is 01:04:11 It's like arguing that he didn't do a snotcy salute exactly like it looks, whether he meant it or not. That's just being honest with yourself. Yes, it was. It's exactly what it was, whether he intended it to be that or not. In this case, he did this. He used a fake quote from Pulp Fiction and his discussion as if it was a Bible quote.

Starting point is 01:04:29 Now, he says, we are in a propaganda war. The video of Pete Higgs-eth quoting a fake Bible verse, in quotes, from Pulp Fiction is yet another example. so insinuating it's false. The original post came from a Russian media, which that's not true, by the way. It was very widely discussed on Twitter at the moment that it came out

Starting point is 01:04:47 and was then amplified by a Turkish Sciop account until it was picked up by major U.S. outlets. Yeah, just ignore the fact that Twitter was talking about it like 30 seconds after it happened. But it says it didn't include the additional context that he said, quote, badly paraphrasing Ezekiel. Oh, okay.

Starting point is 01:05:03 So you're arguing that he made it clear that that was a paraphrasing of that that's insane you realize that quote doesn't exist in the bible so you're arguing he used a quote that doesn't exist and said he was paraphrasing something that is in the bible okay he goes on to say outside forces are using social media to build outrage amongst the american people you're right that's what you guys are literally doing and in the way of everything today you're using what you're doing and projecting it on to the other side or rather the any any other element i don't mean left and right here he goes the war isn't just the middle east it's in your hand every day okay as kim

Starting point is 01:05:37 says badly paraphrasing, there's only two lines in the real Bible verse. Two. Pete read 20. Where did all the rest of the scripture in quotes that he was reading come from? Quentin Tarantino, that's where. So this is a very flimsy effort to make it sound like he didn't do exactly what he did because he used the word paraphrasing. He want, I mean, you would have made it point to say that this was from something that's not real if you wanted to make that clear. Now, this is why this is not important. Who cares? My point is that people like this with, millions of influential followers are just trying to gaslight you into thinking that not only was it not really what happened, but that it's being used against you, so don't fall for it.

Starting point is 01:06:17 So what it becomes is when somebody comes out and says, for example, with cash, well, cash, what happened with the FBI is happening, right, whatever the story of cash and the FBI. Somebody reads my headline, for example, and goes, oh, he's falling for the Democrat lie. Oh, what's that? That he spun out and people saw it, that he thought he was fired? No, that all really happened. people would assume that I was talking about that he's missing somewhere

Starting point is 01:06:39 because that's how the game works is that people like this come out and put a weird little framing over it and then anytime you want to talk about the reality of the story they just assume that you're falling for whatever thing Glenn said even though we're not even talking about that part of it. I hope you get what I'm saying here because it's a nuance but these guys do this every single day

Starting point is 01:06:55 and they're just trying to get you to ignore not just this but the next story that may be far more important because they've trained you to think that if it's other than what we're doing then it's a Democrat trap or whatever, the same thing in reverse with Democrats doing it to Republicans. But here's what Trump wants you to think. The White House anyway, same point.

Starting point is 01:07:15 Let him cook. Okay. It's a bunch of flashing image of Trump and whatever he does. Oh, he's so great, right? Let him cook. Well, oh, in other words, trust the plan. That's what that means. Let him do his thing.

Starting point is 01:07:26 Stop caring. Stop commenting. Stop concerning yourself. Just sit back and trust the plan. That's what that means. That's how desperate they are right now. So in regard to the is Iran-Lebanon conversation is I just said this but it's important to see it again. Glenn says on the 17th, if you ask 15 people who are MAGA followers what the Iran war aim was.

Starting point is 01:07:50 You'll hear 15 different answers. It's just like the first conversation. It was really hard to watch them all go, it's very clear. And then list off six different things that they know like leave it and all the rest. There's compilations with all these. compilations of Trump giving you false information about the deals, compilations of Trump lying about the numbers of Navy vessels sunk. You just on and on and on.

Starting point is 01:08:09 We all see it if we're not stupid and dishonest. And so in this case, we got different answers from them. That's why you got different answers from any number of people that watched a certain person. And it says because Trump gave a different goal every day, it's verifiable. Here's what he said, and this is the main goal from the day, from the first day it started. Now, there are people that say that, again, no, you're just listening to a Democrats. No, I'm not. I'm looking for myself and I've watched it.

Starting point is 01:08:33 I've down, I have all the examples and I've got them lined up and I looked and here's what he said first day or next day. So you can argue that if you're falling for that trap or you could take the time to look for yourself and look at what he actually said. And it's embarrassingly clear. And as they write, and this is the article, Trump, freedom for Iran is the major goal. Okay, well, here we are. The main concern is freedom for the Iranian people.

Starting point is 01:08:54 When's the last time you even heard them mentioned? The Shah comes up and goes, we didn't want military intervention and just backs away into a corner. But you did, though, you all called for it. And it's all on the record. So that shows you that this thing has completely shifted. They never cared about the Iranian people. They never did. That's what Iranians were going to telling you in the beginning. If you actually listened to Iranians and not some foreign shot supporters that have lived here since they were three. I'm talking about the people that live in that country who actually engage with the government, who do not want outside forces intervening in their politics. He says, all I want is freedom for the people,

Starting point is 01:09:26 Trump wrote or said. Well, that's not even on the table anymore, guys. When this person says, okay, Dumer, you know what you, he says, you know you want me, Dumer. Let's Candace and Tucker do you're thinking for you. Right. Because it's Blackpill to point out the obvious provable reality. Well, welcome to the same thing we deal with every day. The same idiots called us Blackpill for pointing out where we currently are.

Starting point is 01:09:48 It's self-evident, guys, they lied to you. And now they're shifting the narrative because it's not in their interest. Now, as I've been telling you from the first week, Trump is now shifting into saying, we won by ending up where they started. In fact, even worse than where they started, and that's what he's doing. We told you that on like literally the first week. So did a lot of people because they paid attention. Now, before we get into it all, here is an article from the Atlantic.

Starting point is 01:10:11 Iran had a doomsday weapon all along. I just think it's sad to watch how the corporate media that we all, the certain people want you to believe or hell bent on taking down the Republicans in Trump and yet absolutely lie for everything they do. control of a vital waterway gives Tehran the deterrence power and always wanted. Oh, you mean the control of the waterway they've always maintained? Not the toll.

Starting point is 01:10:36 Not not, even though every other location like that has a toll. Somehow wild when they want to do the same thing. Everyone who's paid attention. The same reason we told you that we already had the, like before we even got here, I'll actually include older articles. This one here, I believe. Yeah, back in 2019, we'll talk about it in a second.

Starting point is 01:10:55 The point is, listen to this one. Listen to what we said all the way back then, which was, it's objectively obvious that they know Iran has the ability to shut down the street. And if we've always known that, which we clearly do, then that means it's been acknowledged whether legally or functionally or not, that strategically, they've always had that ability, which means they've always had that control.

Starting point is 01:11:16 So are we pretending they just like recognize that today? Guys, they've talked about it. Iran has talked about it. This is one of the weird things with all this. this whole like for example which we'll get to with trump where trump will just scream things on true social and then even all the platforms that claimed were told hate his guts we'll just parrot what he said as absolute fact and then irons right over here publicly on twitter even going that's not true here's what we agreed to that's not what they're saying and yet nobody reports that it's all

Starting point is 01:11:43 trump said this and here's what's happening and the ultimate idea is as if we have to wait to see even though iran is standing there waving its arms going that's not what happened now ron could be lying, but they're not even reporting what they add to the conversation. This is not, this is so easy to see. So this is ridiculous to me. You'll see why if you don't understand yet. Now, Trump said that he went to war to stop Iran from ever having a nuclear bomb. Okay, an exhausting stupidity of this conversation. Now, you can always argue that they possibly have something somewhere. The evidence doesn't back that up and that's all that matters. Nobody can prove that. Our own intelligence from the U.S. told us that from previous

Starting point is 01:12:22 and current administrations, the International Atomic Energy Agency, up until the very end of 2025, when this all started, post-12-day war, told you that, or actually anything before. But either way, the point is that they do not have that, that they've maintained their agreement right up until this started,

Starting point is 01:12:38 which was 60%, 465 kilograms. That was within their agreement. And Whitkoff lied about that, and Trump lied about that, and they all lied about that. The point is that they did not have that. The evidence wasn't, and of course, if they did, they wouldn't be doing this. But yet, the first sentence of the conversation.

Starting point is 01:12:58 But unfortunately, the war he launched led Iran to discover that it already had extremely effective doomsday weapon. Right, like they didn't somehow know, they just like woke up and go, you know what? Wow, we actually have this control. Like, I don't even understand why anybody thought this was an argument they should make. One that promised the economic equivalent of mutual assure destruction, right, because they're just chaos and terrorists, right? Then we just, we're going to shut down the strait and just destroy everything because of what we want.

Starting point is 01:13:26 Nowhere is that happening. Nowhere is that on the table for what they wanted, for what they claim they want to do. The only thing causing this is what the U.S. and Israel added the conversation. It wasn't closed before this started. And even multiple points throughout this, which we'll see yet again today, they had the opportunity to bring it back to where it was. And they chose not to. It says the straight of Hormuz has always been vulnerable. I guess, like any other place, can be vulnerable.

Starting point is 01:13:54 I mean, it's no more vulnerable than any other location that has countries that have weapons that can aim at the area. And it says the United States has always known that Iran might try to close an attack. Wait a minute. If you just said, so you just wrote, the U.S. is always known they may do this. But you start out by saying Iran just discovered that they have this control. How are you going to contradict yourself in the first paragraph? That's what propaganda looks like when you're drowning, in my opinion.

Starting point is 01:14:22 I mean, think about that. If they knew they could do this, then that means they're aware of that control, quite obviously. And it says, but neither Washington nor Tehran imagined how easy it would be for Ron. So yeah, we all did, though. Literally, everybody who's ever talked about this has been theorizing this exact thing forever. That's why people laugh at this kind of nonsense. This is fodder for the idiots out there who they want to continue to influence in a certain direction.

Starting point is 01:14:46 The truth is that this has been talked about and game planned and mapped out so many times by both sides. But it says how hard it would be for the U.S. to reopen it or how widely and rapidly the economic effects of the Crow Strait would fan out. No.

Starting point is 01:15:02 None of that was considered that was always understood. And it says Iran has two navies, one that is part of its national and armed services and one that belongs to the IRGC. But it is not a maritime power. Its naval forces were quickly decimated.

Starting point is 01:15:17 They write, once the American military operation began, And that's disputed by the fact that they publicly in February, or actually, this was, I believe, this was, so anyway, I forget the exact date, but it was before this all kicked off. And they had posted images showing that they put naval vessels and caves in the water under, under mountains, which has been publicly discussed many times. So they posted that before there was a need to claim that they were, you know, like propaganda military-wise. So it's pretty obvious that they do have things.

Starting point is 01:15:44 And on top of that, there's been ships engaging in the strait. So Trump's claiming of this, and three days in, we destroy. their Navy was a lie, like most of what he does. But it says the Navy forces were quickly decimated. And it says General Dan Kane, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on April 8th, before the briefing on the 8th, excuse me, that the U.S. had sunk more than 90%. Ah, okay. Well, even Trump is saying every one of them, the first three days we're saying 54, their entire Navy.

Starting point is 01:16:12 But yet then it became 70, then it became 80. Now it's leaving 150 ships at the bottom of the ocean. Well, Trump said 150, and that was everyone they've ever had. That's what he kept saying. Look right now. He says it every day, it seems. And even their own military, he says, well, 90%. And I even argue that's probably inaccurate.

Starting point is 01:16:28 But what's funny is how fast and loose they play with the truth. And then when it comes out, they go, well, he was just speaking off the cuff. Well, he seems to do that every second of his life. And it says, nonetheless, Iran closed the straight at the beginning of the American military campaign. No, it did not. Same old thing. This is just one after another repetition of what Trump says. And this is supposed to be an account.

Starting point is 01:16:47 of, you know, critical of Donald Trump or a platform? And I would argue they are in a lot of ways. But the point is when it comes to the government agenda, they're all on the same side. Iran closed straight at the beginning. And it wasn't all that hard to do. Well, they didn't, though. Again, you can prove this like I did every day since they started.

Starting point is 01:17:05 They restricted it against the people that were fighting them. And that's the only thing that's ever been there from the very beginning and it's maintained to this very point. Except for now, and I think one other point in between this, they shut it down entirely because of what the U.S. did. And I'll get into that in a second, including the attacks on the ships. It's all exactly what you would hear from yesterday. They made it very clear.

Starting point is 01:17:24 If you maintain the blockade, this goes back to where it was. And if you do not maintain the routes that we identify, then you're going to be in violation of the security of the area. And so when we get naval vessels and merchant ships that aren't following orders, I mean, it's, now, I'm not saying you should have to agree that that's the way it should go. But Iran made this abundantly clear. And then they just did it anyway. So they respond.

Starting point is 01:17:47 And then today it is, oh, they're attacking ships. It's pirates. It's terrorism. No, it's stated exactly what was going to happen. And you violated the agreement and they did what they said they were going to do. It just gets painful, how misinformed and uninformed people can be about this. Back to the point, Iran didn't close the straight. They restricted it, yes.

Starting point is 01:18:07 By attacking a few merchant ships, they did not do as far as I can tell. They very clearly attacked ships that were militarily engaging with them. or the one example was the tanker that was from the U.S. side of this that came in regard to the, or this was the time frame of the submarine of Sri Lanka and the attacks on their ships that were not involved, and there was a response to a ship. Now, the best I can tell, every other one that we talked about was Israel and the United States that at least Iran is claiming, and Iran could be lying. They lie like any other government does.

Starting point is 01:18:37 My point, though, is the idea that Iran just randomly attacked merchant ships is not the reality that go back and look for yourself. We talked about at the time. laying a few mines. Well, there you go, guys. The idea that these people are, this is the narrative we were told. The U.S. government and Trump said that's what they did. They didn't do that. I mean, for crying out loud, I can show you right now, all of the traffic going back and forth, there are no mines there. Unless they're just magically missing them over this entire month period where they're supposed to be mines everywhere. This was a narrative put out by the U.S. and Israel,

Starting point is 01:19:07 this is my opinion, certainly could be the case, to scare people, to stop them because they wanted it shut down because Iran didn't do what they expected. And ultimately, the insurance element came into play. And I argue just threatening strong arming. But anyway, they said they, you know, attacking ships, mines, which I don't believe is the case. It created an atmosphere of such pervasive insecurity, the global marine insurance markets and everything else stopped.

Starting point is 01:19:32 Right. So in response to what they said was the reality, a lot of the traffic stopped. See, had they not done that, I argue anything other than the ones attacking them would have been able to go through. It says, so the straight turns out to be easy to close. it was always easy to close because anybody could be bombed that passed through. That's the reality. It is also difficult to reopen.

Starting point is 01:19:52 Not really, guys. This is the biggest lie of all. It has been willing and ready to reopen the moment that they stop what they're doing. Just like that. But see, they argue that Iran is a belligerent terrorist and if we just stop, they're going to keep doing what they're doing. Well, here's two things to add to that. One, it was not, it was exactly what you claim you want before you illegally started this war. Two, now that you keep driving this in, even at the second point where they were actually

Starting point is 01:20:16 meeting with you, they said they were willing to go back to that point. Then you bombed them again and murdered innocent people. So then they said, we're done. Now we demand strategic control of the straight, not extortion, but like every other place in the world where there's a fair and legal balance for people to come through and pay a toll through the straight. And they want to be involved with that. And they want that control and they want no sanctions. That's like basic stuff. So it is open, easy to open should they simply stop what they're doing. Now the difference is now there will be a toll based on what Iran is putting forward, but that's because of what they made happen. And it's also not unprecedented, and it actually makes perfect sense with every other dynamic.

Starting point is 01:20:57 And it says more important to keep open. Well, again, this is the implication they want to make. Somehow Iran will just be shutting and closing to who they want and what they don't like. Well, you know who does that everywhere they can? The U.S. government. I wouldn't surprise me if Iran use this as a strategic point. And if they start to be attacked again, start to use it again. I would argue, though, if, this was left, you know, they pulled back and there was no more, I don't see any logical reason why they would somehow start applying rules where they wouldn't be evenly applicable. And I only say that because it's not in their interest. It's not

Starting point is 01:21:30 somehow siding with Iran or saying they're the good guy. I don't think of any of that. It's because it's not in their interest to do otherwise. That's the basic reality of ever where I've ever covered these things going back is a decade ago. You know, why would a solid gas children? Why would he just make any sense? It's certainly possible, but why? And then you come to find out they lied about it because they needed the excuse every time so that's what you get to think about here if this went forward and they had the toll and everything was the way that then there's no if they started to apply it illegally well then the world would step in like they're doing now and try to stop that and the UN and get involved you know that would happen now who's to say maybe they'll do

Starting point is 01:22:05 it maybe they're belligerent the government wouldn't surprise me but the reality right now is the only thing stopping this from reopening is Israel and the United States maintain their illegal war that's it. Even if the U.S., they write, were to invest the time and resources needed for this task, the task being, mind you, to reopen the straight, it goes on to say the effort would likely yield former body bags than Trump is willing to meet. So the only way you can reopen the straight is to just militarily run at the street. I mean, are you serious? These are not serious people. How about you negotiate? How about you have a conversation and say maybe we'll just give up some? How about you just recognize and don't be a propagandist that the second they stop,

Starting point is 01:22:46 everything would go back the way it was. But yeah, he doesn't want to, you know, the only two options are let terrorists control the straight or kill people. Neither of those are even functionally in the reality right now, unless Trump should continue to go forward, and then that would be the case. But it says the bitter reality is that getting maritime traffic through the straight back to power, a pre-war level, about 130 a day, and keeping it there is essential to the global economy. Yeah, well, this is the whole point. This was the calculus of Trump that they argue,

Starting point is 01:23:16 and I still argue that this is what Netanyahu fed Trump to get him to agree to this in contradiction to U.S. interests and contradiction to U.S. intelligence, which is that this will be a world-changing event and you will be remembered forever. And the moment we do this, Iran will shut the straight down, and the whole world will support you in getting it back open. Ah, but they didn't shut the straight. and this is the crux of the point to be making from the very beginning. And still, most of the conversation, even people in the independent field act like it's closed. It just kills me.

Starting point is 01:23:49 It's restricted. Always has been since this started anyway. So I think that's the ultimate reality. And it says, and this can almost certainly be done without Iran's cooperation. Oh, really? How in the world do you think that makes sense? Militarily?

Starting point is 01:24:07 I mean, what are you talking about? This is the Atlantic essentially arguing war crimes, guys. The U.S. blockade of Iran ports promises to inflict significant economic pain on Iran, but it doesn't change this reality. Right. Why not just make Iranian people suffer? You know, because why not?

Starting point is 01:24:24 Even though it doesn't actually change anything. That's what they just said. Or at least that's what they're saying is happening and that's what the U.S. is thinking. The government. The blockade of ports, by the way, as we'll get into, is not even actually functional. It's not people are slipping by constantly.

Starting point is 01:24:37 ships, tankers, regular, everything. But there are, in fact, some that they're stopping. So it is, in fact, a violation of what they agreed to. But both those things seem to be happening. But it says, so why? Excuse me. Why is Iran so keen on keeping the straight closed? It just frustrates the hell out of me.

Starting point is 01:24:56 I'm sure you can tell. Well, again, it's not. It's restricted. And at least at this moment, there are still elements that are allowed as long as you're following Iran's path, which is what they agreed to. in the moment they started this momentary ceasefire.

Starting point is 01:25:09 But even then it's still not closed. But on top of that, they're not keen on keeping it closed. Every time they talk about this, they say we want to go back to the way it was. We want to go back to the reality. Their demands have changed because the U.S. and Israel are belligerent warmongers. If you can't be honest about that at this point, I don't know what you're looking at.

Starting point is 01:25:25 And it says Iran found itself largely defenseless. That's not true. I'm just blown away by the absurdity of this article. And a platform trying to pretend, you know, anyway, same old point. They found itself largely defenseless. Explain for me how and after the 12-day war, they were larger defenseless, and somehow they've managed to hold off the biggest militaries in the world for a month. You know, dumb that is to say that right now?

Starting point is 01:25:47 But it says once Operation Epic Fury began at the end of February, remember, end of February right after they agreed to give up their enrichment and all of their stockpile, the very things they claim they would never do. And right now they demand they agreed to on February 28, and Israel bombed them because of that. just for those who have never heard that and won't and rightly so wouldn't accept it without having source material read it for yourself this is from the former minister of yamon who was present in the room who said they agreed to this piece is within reach if we can just give it a chance

Starting point is 01:26:17 and that night israel bombed and set this off because had they given up their stockpile Israel would no longer have a reason, a justification to go after them. I'm sure they would manufacture a new one or just show you what they really are, which is pretty obvious today. But remember, if this is what they really wanted, they already had it. It's not what they wanted. Now it goes on to say, Epic Fury, the end of February, the Iranian regime fighting for its life sought a riskier yet potentially more powerful form of deterrence. Control of the straight. Again, they didn't seek anything.

Starting point is 01:26:53 They've maintained that for a long time. they've just been holding off on pulling this trigger because they knew that this would trigger what we're seeing. But they've always had the ability to do this. Everybody knew that. That's why it's been gamed out this way. And so again, it either shows you this journalist is this bad at their job or they're very clearly trying to mislead you in a certain way.

Starting point is 01:27:09 In addition to weaponizing the strait, which they didn't really do. You have to understand what that means. Weaponizing the straight is what Trump is doing. Iran was illegally attacked and then shut down their security control because of that war. that's not that's not even close to weaponizing it what trump and net and yaku are doing right now especially with the blockade on top of the iran's saying they're going to back away and they maintain a blockade which just happened over the last couple of days that's literally what that is but it says iran is also seeking to monetize it to generate funds for post-war reconstruction yeah

Starting point is 01:27:42 like every other straight and canal in the world it says iran has announced a toll on all friendly ships no no no no you stupid platform no they've announced a toll on anything going through that will be applied equally after this subsides. In the moment, yes, they're being very clear about the people that they're hindering. Now, of course, also, they could be lying about what they'll do afterward. But see, what happens, the same conversation with the nuclear bomb discussion where Vance comes and says they refuse to give up nuclear bombs. No, no, they've said they never want it.

Starting point is 01:28:12 So you're not saying you don't believe them. You're just misrepresenting what's being said. Same idea here, right? They just, they are publicly telling you what they want to do next. Now, they could be lying, but you're not saying. saying they're lying, you're just flatly misrepresenting what they're saying. Now it goes on to say, payable in either cryptocurrency or Chinese yuan, unfriendly ships, such as those belonging to US and Israel, will not be allowed to transit.

Starting point is 01:28:38 Yes, now, while they're in illegal war with them, after the fact, it'll be applicable to everybody, so we're told. Iran has claimed that such tolling is the new normal and will continue after the war. International law be damned. Morons. I mean, seriously, guys, that we should last at these people. I mean, realistically, remember, however Alan Erie is, this is a person who is being very, very disingenuous or is that bad at their job? International lobby damned? Okay, what about the Suez, bud? What about every other canal and every one of them charged tolls? And very clearly, in case you're this bad at your job, you can see that there's an obvious example where there is no international waters, right in the core point of the map, where you have Omanian territory and Iranian territory,

Starting point is 01:29:20 and that is the point of territorial waters. And that is where there's a point of the water. And that is where they're talking about. So the point is they have every right to initiate that toll. And they're already talking about working with their neighbors and other locations to do that. And if it just talked with international, I mean, it's insanely sad for people to try to frame this as anything other than a country trying to do what every other country's done. Like every other part they hype about. Missiles and drones and everything else. International law be damned. Anyway, this makes me mad. As for Trump, who knows? At one point, he said that the U.S. could jointly administer a toll system with Iran. I mean, that's, think about how dumb that is. Well, you're over the one, you're saying

Starting point is 01:29:57 monsters and terrorists and the state sponsors of everything bad. Oh, my, everything about, but we'll work together. We'll minister it together. They don't have any, this is what I'm trying to show you, but anybody who has any honesty can see that that doesn't make sense. They don't care about anything. Nothing to these people means anything. And you can see it, but if you care to look for yourself, you don't say, like, you don't say we're going after this monster terrorist and then just on a dime be like, well, now he's going to run Syria and hashtag freedom. Unless, and if you don't see that, then you are that bad at your job or you are dishonest. I'm talking about journalists out there.

Starting point is 01:30:35 What matters most to him is that the traffic through the waterway resumes as soon as possible so as to minimize economic pain ahead of the no-member midterms. Well, then why would he maintain a blockade after Ron said they would let everything go through? You want to explain that for me, journalist? Doesn't make any sense, does it? Now, either Trump's not control or he's not even aware of his own intention. apparently. But it says, this war's supposed proximate cause is Iran's nuclear program. Is it? Well, it's not what they started with. It was about protests and Iranian people,

Starting point is 01:31:03 because they knew that would get moral support from people who didn't see what they were. Tehran might well modulate its grip on the street, they write, as part of the negotiations. Too late. I mean, seriously, man, like you haven't recognized that these people are writing as if they know what's going on. They might be well be writing from a year ago. Indeed, it says today for Minister Abbas Aragachi announced that the street will be completely open for commercial ships for the remainder of the ceasefire. Right. Again, this is on the 17th. This is yesterday. Middle of the day, mind you. He realized that in the middle of the day, like as I was doing my show, as I was prepping, which was right then, it was already very evident that that was not going that way.

Starting point is 01:31:41 It was already been, it had been publicly posted that is, they had already violated the agreement. Where was the rest point? I was, I just missed, where was I? Completely open. for commercial ships, the remainder of the ceasefire. So, Aragashi announced that. Remember, I'll get to the tweet itself. It was very clearly for the remainder of this agreement, which is momentary. And in that, you have to go through the routes that we allow and we have to guide you through. And it's only for this moment of time.

Starting point is 01:32:11 And if you continue the blockade, and if you continue bombing Lebanon, everything ceases and goes back to the way it was, which instantly happened. And so their report is that the minister is announcing that it will be completely open. But Iran's performance has fallen short of its pronouncements before. Is that how you frame that? It's not like the U.S. government might be lying like they lie every single time ever. But you realize that what they keep doing is just making it sound like Iran is going to be lying, which is certainly possible. But if you look at the exchange from Trump just since this started, Trump has lied every single time about these deals. And you can prove that, like I said in the beginning, without a question.

Starting point is 01:32:46 just like I'm showing you right now as we're going to next. You can't say they want to make a great deal and then have them say no and then go back to it again and not stand back and go, well, then somebody lied right there. It says according to hardline Iranian media, Iran is now rooting traffic to a new transit lane through Iran's territorial waters. Again, guys, final point, same thing.

Starting point is 01:33:07 Iran publicly made it clear the moment this started. I think I've got it right here. I always do this. I'll come back to all that. Arragachi's tweet right there. Okay, this was, this was on the 17th at 7.45 a.m. He said, in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon,

Starting point is 01:33:26 the passage for all commercial vessels through the straight is declared completely open for the remaining of the ceasefire, comma, on the coordinated route, as already announced. And then they went on to make it very clear, I was obviously that with the ceasefire, should they violate it, then none of that would matter anyway. And yet they just misrepresented all of it. And so now Iran is routing traffic through a new lane, which is a problem. Well, that's what they stated. That's what the U.S. agreed to and then lied about like they do every single time.

Starting point is 01:33:56 And this is not because Iran says. It's because the other mediators are in the room, guys, and they can testify to that. And they have. So this is the game that is played. Well, you're just believing what the corporate media. No, nope, no again. You're believing what Iran says? Nope, wrong again.

Starting point is 01:34:10 I'm believing what the body of evidence shows, which could ultimately turn out to be false in some way, but at the moment, the only people saying what Trump is saying are Trump's team and Trump's people. Every other part of the conversation is pretty clearly acknowledging they lied. We're going to get to that next. So also just remember this, as they said, and of course, they could be lying, but they're making it very clear, as they've just said, but two international bodies, the UN and so on. Iran is not seeking extortion. They want a regulatory role. You know, sounds very much like a terrorist, doesn't it? What they want, as always, is just to be a part of the normal circumstance, to have the rights that everybody other country does to do whatever a country does.

Starting point is 01:34:50 I mean, the only difference is that they yell, you're a terrorist, and you can't do the things everybody else does. It's stupid. And again, this is back to the March 17th, as he said very clearly. Iran's minister, as he said publicly, that Hormuz is only closed to the enemies. It's been that way from the very beginning. Now, going all the way back to this conversation,

Starting point is 01:35:12 this is important to think about. On 2019, June 13th, June 14th, that was the limpid mind conversation. Do you remember that? It's exactly where we are now. And it was what they were trying to do then with Trump's last administration, with John Bolton and Mike Pompeo and Netanyahu. And what they were doing was trying to manufacture this exact situation.

Starting point is 01:35:31 And they failed because they got caught. The title was possible Iran false flag and Gulf of Oman. Same point. That's straight for moose we're talking about guys. And it says, U.S. already caught in a lie. So the point here, here's the show right here, seven years ago. And it's funny. all actually you can laugh at me real quick.

Starting point is 01:35:51 Oh, dang it. I just reloaded it. Shoot. Well, now I can do both. Let me see. I want to show you the map I had on there, but this is the old background and me. Oh, here it goes.

Starting point is 01:36:00 Perfect. And so I'm just showing this random map showing the Strait of Hormuz. Gulf of Lomon on one side of it, right? Persian Gulf and the other. And the point is this has been happening for a very long time. And in this conversation, we address all the same points that apparently the Atlantic and they're stumbling with right now.

Starting point is 01:36:16 It's always been clear, as well as the fact that, Here's what Kameenie had to say all the way back then. 2019, the day when they were manufacturing these false flags, which, by the way, they were basically, I'll get into it a second. The grainy videos they put out, they were caught. He says, we do not believe at all that the U.S. is seeking genuine negotiations with Iran. And they weren't, guys, you could prove that at the time, just like you can prove it now.

Starting point is 01:36:38 Because genuine negotiations would never come from a person like Trump. Genuineness is very rare among U.S. officials. Gee, I wonder why they murdered this person. And for those out there that still don't know, this is the, murdering this person, whatever you think about him, is the equivalent of Iran murdering the Pope

Starting point is 01:36:55 and acting like that was a military target. It's just disgusting how many people don't understand where we are right now. My point in all this is to recognize that this is where they were all the way back then. This is June 14, 2019, and this is the conversation of the Limpot mines. The U.S. releases a video claiming Iran,

Starting point is 01:37:13 removing mines from the tanker, and it was this grainy vote very, it turned out, they altered the video. Remember that? They got caught to make it look hard to see. You know, why? Because they were lying to you. They literally manufactured this, this ridiculous narrative, Bolton and the rest of them, to claim that they were about to be attacked. It all started with boats and Ron's Harbors moving. That's it. That was their credible threat. They used to build this entire thing, and it still failed. It's just important to realize they've been trying to manufacture this my entire life. Here's the episode, again, the article, if you want to watch for

Starting point is 01:37:48 yourself. Now, we just talked about this in the last show yesterday. Trump lies about Iran agreement. U.S. maintains blockade in quotes. Now, both those, it's important to see both those sides, because one, they did maintain a level, something, whatever you want to call it, that violated the agreement with Iran. However, I can also prove that they weren't truly blocking every ship. I get the sense that'll go into more in a second, there's more to that. If there's more of an agreement, like that basically some things are being allowed for certain reasons while others aren't, and that's Trump dictating that. You realize, remember, with, with, what? You realize, remember, with Corbett and I just talked about.

Starting point is 01:38:20 One of the key elements of the technate conversation is the control of the flow of energy. I think there's more to that. But either way, recognize that that's the part was they lied about what's happening. And the U.S. used the blockade to violate the agreement, which caused Iran to do what they're doing now.

Starting point is 01:38:35 And Israel bombed Lebanon, which also violated it. Israel violates Lebanon ceasefire. Now it's continued in this day. We're going to end with the Lebanon, part. But they violated the ceasefire the day, the hours that this started.

Starting point is 01:38:48 And they called it out. just got ignored. Now, Bright Allen says this, and this just kind of makes me laugh because this is what I've always, you know, ultimately we're talking about this, right, weeks before this. And obviously yesterday. And very clearly just mapping out how before anyone has said any of this, and you know you watch the show, most likely, that I said it seems like this blockade Trump is doing. It doesn't make any sense, first of all.

Starting point is 01:39:12 Why would he maintain the thing he says he wants to stop after Iran says they remove it? right and then on top of that i was like well that seems to be a violation of what they agreed to right so how much you want to bet tomorrow ron says they buy and here we are that's exactly what we talked about yesterday now that's not because i'm special at this or psychic it's because it was obvious and because we're nonpartisan and objective and you look at those things together and it's two plus two goes four to me so here is brian today saying no it makes sense iran closed the straight because they didn't close it they restricted it because the U.S. military announced it as enforcing a maritime blockade of the Iranian ports and coast. Well, yeah, that was public, man. It was not public 830 and 18th.

Starting point is 01:39:53 It was public well before this. So what I'm highlighting is that these people are very mainstream and that they, even if they're being adversarial to the power, they're still reacting to what the like reading the Atlantic as if that's adversarial to Trump. You see my point is you can trapped in this mainstream dynamic and act like you feel like you're on the other side, but you're still trapped in the two-party illusion. You're still being fed narratives that keep you in the one view that's within the two-party illusion. Pro-Israel, pro-war, whatever it is, anti-Iran. It's all the same kind of general thing with a little bit different wedge issues and a different

Starting point is 01:40:23 color. You know, that's what I think. And so in this case, he's basically responding to what the media was now telling him today, even though it was evident yesterday and well before that. So Iran closed the street because Iran announced it was enforcing it. Well, they went back to what they're restricting situation because the U.S. to uphold its agreements, which was to reopen the street, right? And it says 23 ships already turned back at gunpoint, which there are examples, many of them,

Starting point is 01:40:51 but I'm also going to show you the evidence that many of them were not. And you can decide what that means. At least two merchant vessels, he writes, were hit by gunfire, tended to cross. We'll go into that. It's all exactly because these groups were not maintaining the demands that Iran put forward that the U.S. agreed to. And it says, now you can decide whether that's justified or not. That's just the obvious provable reality.

Starting point is 01:41:10 and it says Trump announced the straight was open. He did, which makes no sense, but he's still blockading it. And by the way, even that was seeming to affect not just Iranian ships. Even though it was intermittent, it was still kind of broad, which was kind of my point. And it says the U.S. Navy was blockading Iranian ports at the same time. Iran called it sabotage. Quite literally violated the agreement they made, guys. And they were right, he says.

Starting point is 01:41:33 $760 million in oil futures and sold 20 minutes before Trump's announcement. The straight was never open. never, it was never not restricted. It was a performance. Never stopped connecting the dots. Well, you know, he's almost there, I think. Either way, the point is it's that this was something that was clear before with the first argument was making if you were watching our show or paying attention for yourself,

Starting point is 01:41:56 but also that this is where we are, that they did violate it. And yesterday we were going head to head with so many screaming fools online that acted like, you're just blindly trusting. Well, no, I'm blind trusting anybody, but that's because you're blindly trusting Trump. And so anybody saying something else must be doing what you're doing. you're doing, right? That's how partisans view the world, in my opinion. Here is Mitchell sent pointing out the radio conversation between a cargo ship and the Iranian Navy. And this was the 17th yesterday, posted at 335, likely hours before that going to the process here. Here's the post for this

Starting point is 01:42:27 that was on 245 p.m. So what he's saying is the vessels are waiting for the Iranian Navy authorization of transit the straight. It says radio conversation between them saying, there is no permission for you to cross the straight. Right. So here's their point where Trump announces to the world. And this is the first point I want to make very clearly that I feel like this was a very clumsily manufactured effort to make it look like Iran was the one breaking the rules, which just shows you desperation, in my opinion, but that ultimately the argument was,

Starting point is 01:43:00 or the facts were, let's say, not let's say the facts were that Donald Trump agreed to this. The U.S. government agreed. Iran said, hey, okay, they agreed. We're going to reopen the straight. and then Trump said very publicly, we're going to maintain our blockade of Iran's ports. But the open is,

Starting point is 01:43:15 the straits open and China's happy, but we're blockade. It didn't make any sense. Even if you want to argue it's just against Iran, well, then that's not open, right? I mean, it's obvious there's an element there that's, I mean, there's tons of traffic that goes to Iran that's not Iranian. So what I'm arguing or pointing out here is that what happened was then you got ships

Starting point is 01:43:32 that were told or of the mind that it was open. But let's also, quick side note, let's also take note of the fact that no one's ever cared about the minds they never found. They weren't there, guys. I hope you understand that by now. My point was that this ship was of the mind that they could cross. Why?

Starting point is 01:43:47 Because Trump said. But then they end up going through and Iran says, ah, you can't because we're now back to the shutdown point because of what Trump did. Now, whether that's because they didn't follow the right path, I can't speak to this example right here. That's part of the other ones. Or it's because it was connected with something they're restricting tied to the U.S. government.

Starting point is 01:44:04 I don't know. Overall, they're going to now say that's Iran, violating the deal. That's what Trump is already doing. Even though it's verifiable that they had already broken the deal the moment this started. And Iran was already saying it by 340, through 245. They were already saying the U.S. has a blockade still, but they were giving them time and it said if they maintained it, this will constitute a violation. I showed you that yesterday.

Starting point is 01:44:27 Here is a new account I just saw. I gave it a follow to see how it goes. A G.H. Iran. And it just simply says, straight up for Moose, reality on the water, not narratives. And they show you the pathway here. and it says after Ron's foreign minister announced this straight of Formoose will remain open. Donald Trump issued a similar message about the shipping route remaining open. Some domestic media outlets question this narrative and spoke on ongoing restrictions.

Starting point is 01:44:50 However, it writes, now remember, Trump was still doing that. That's the fact. But it goes, despite all of it, however, data obtained based on open source maritime traffic. That's all that matters. The GPS tracking. Because there's narratives for every politician that contradict what the GPS can prove to you. And it says the data today presents a different picture. Now, today was the, this is 454 a.m. today.

Starting point is 01:45:16 More than 30 oil tankers, more than 20 cargo ships, and a total of more than 60 vessels currently transiting the Strait of Hulus. Now, two things that shows you from today. That Ron is not completely shutting this down in any sense, like I showed you, it is always and has been always restricted to the enemy. On top of that, some of these will show you another tweet seem to be one that Trump would arguably be stopping and he's not. Now, again, you can decide what that means. Now, it says in recent days, reports that also emerged of the gradual return to commercial shipping in the ceasefire atmosphere.

Starting point is 01:45:51 And it seems this trend is now stabilizing. Well, not really, though, because as we know already at this point, this is already being imploded by what Trump was doing. Despite discrepancies in the narratives, what is visible in the water is noticeable increase in traffic. Yes. Sadly, I feel that at this moment now, this point in the day, it's already been. restricted further based on what they're doing. I think this was the effort to hope that this was like what Israel does, where they just want a bomb a few more times,

Starting point is 01:46:15 and they finally pretend like they acquiesce, but they never did that. Tankertrackers.com showing the actual visual representation of this, and all he says is this is today, the morning. The left one is showing only tankers, all AIS pinging tankers at that. And you can see, there's traffic going both ways.

Starting point is 01:46:38 Some of them are turning around in some cases here. Watch. Now, see, some of those did, but most of them continue. Going all the way through, many of them are coming from down from the Strait of the, Gulfamon, and rolling up towards Iran. I mean, there's just no way you misunderstand that, guys. Now, also, remember, what I keep showing you on this,

Starting point is 01:46:59 and this is, it's just, this is something that's also being used to manipulate, if you haven't heard this already. This is a different tracking app, But you notice the different symbols. All of them mean different types of ships. That's the all-ship view. Tankers look like this. And on this one, there's not even many in there,

Starting point is 01:47:20 but they look orange like that. And so right now, you clearly, you can see that they're not passing through. And that is because of the U.S. government based on what they didn't agree to and then failed. And that's not again taking your own side. It's obvious seeing us how it's, that every single time Trump has said something that is contrary to what everyone else is. saying, and that ultimately it's been clear that it was open to begin with. There's no interest in this other than what they're driving forward in people screaming to back them up for their own personal side.

Starting point is 01:47:46 It's very clear. My point, though, is to go back to this, this is a different app they're using, right? But it's the same point. What do you see? Only red arrows, because that represents the tankers. So when you get all these other posts that are going, look at all the ships everywhere, there's even people commenting beneath me going, that's all ships you saying, a different app. You can see them. There's green dots. There's green large triangles.

Starting point is 01:48:11 There's other arrows. They're all different kinds of ships. They're just trying to be, they're either dumb or misleading you or being dishonest. And you have to understand that. Remember they told you all these ships were flooding over the United States? Guys, that didn't know, wasn't happening at the time. And arguably right now is not even happening at all. But they've lied to you. All the Nix order and Eric Houderies and all the around, they all yelled the same thing and it didn't actually happen. Just like every other point. But on top of that, the right, showing only U.S. sanction tankers. So these are U.S. sanctioned tankers. And what you're going to see, same point. Right there. One seem to turn. Many are not. And you could watch this yourself and continue.

Starting point is 01:48:56 I mean, the point is, I follow this account. They track and they're tracking this stuff. Overall, that is not what we're being told, is it? That's important to me. So as Solomon Ahmed points out, vessels that cross the straight of from moose. Now, this is just to make this even more clear. Don't take his word for it. Go look for yourself. He's accurate, though. So 28th, remember, is when this started. Just so happened to be the same day they agreed to give Trump everything he claims he wanted. And they bombed him. And now that's off the table. And now they want the same things and they're not going to get him. And that's somehow wrong terrorism. Okay. So the point is on the 26th, 132 vessels it crashed, showing you which 130,

Starting point is 01:49:38 they said, was the average, right? So right before this started, normal seat was there. Not some extortion campaign for Iran to exert. No, they could have done that a long time ago. They were letting it be the reality. Then on the 27th, 128 vessels. On the 28, 98, likely as a response to the fact they were bombed late that day, or that night, anyway. March 1st, 18. Right there.

Starting point is 01:50:00 That is because of the U.S. and Israel illegally attacking Iran, period. Then you can go through and check that even on the second, 7-2-2-1-0. So there have been some. That's my point. Now, I'm arguing this entire time, any one of them outside of the ones that were part of the war against Iran, were being allowed to go through. They weren't because they were either afraid or misled by U.S. and Israel. But as you continue down, you'll see there's intermittent examples the entire time. It has never actually been closed, just restricted.

Starting point is 01:50:28 Then you get closer and it gets a little bit more and a little bit more and oscillates, right? But right after the 17th, there's been vessels going through every single day. That belies the entire narrative of what Trump is saying or anybody else. on top of the fact that it shows you what Trump is doing is adding to this because they just tried to and it wasn't allowed to happen. Now, as Glenn points to get into the evolution of this from the 17th to today, he says this is what Maga was saying. Iran totally surrendered for some reason. They gave Trump everything, which is like the 75th time he's made that false claim. They're giving him their enriched uranium in exchange for nothing. Trump said so on true social. We won. That's essentially the stupidity of what we were hearing yesterday.

Starting point is 01:51:10 And Iran comes out and says, as I told you, and of course they could be lying. But again, every day this goes further you find and continually this is the reality. Iran's uranium will not be transferred anywhere, says the spokesperson for Iran. They didn't agree to that. Here is, who knows, Mahi Cook has 80,000 followers, says every foreign policy genius who spent a decade collecting paychecks to tell us Iran was untouchable. Well, just watched a real estate developer from Queens reopened the water. way that moves a third of the world's oil. The credential class should be embarrassed into silence.

Starting point is 01:51:48 As Trump says, Iran just announced that the straight of open is, a straight of Hormuzes is fully open, ready for passage. Yeah, except the problem is literally that day. That was already, like, three hours later, it was already being shown to be a lie. Because Iran was already going, well, you're blockading. You publicly said you are. And if you maintain that, we're not okay. And there was already agreements about the ceasefire in Lebanon and about the shipping going

Starting point is 01:52:08 a certain direction. They didn't follow. Trump just lied or he was lied to. I'm not sure which it is. But for her to act like reopening the straight that was open when this started is somehow some monumental shift. In fact, I mean, the funny thing is it didn't even really open the way they're claiming it did because of what they did. It would have. And yet you praise him for doing something he didn't do that was something that was already the way it was before you started this.

Starting point is 01:52:32 Talk about stupidity or dishonesty. As Glenn writes, nobody in the credentialed class ever thought any American president could get the straight of her moose opened. dozens tried, yet they all failed until now. Trump somehow did it. I never thought I'd live to see the day when the Strait of Hormuz was open to movement of oil. He's being facetious because it's the dumbest thing in the world to argue that you can't prove it was open right before this started.

Starting point is 01:52:56 This is the kind of person that is screaming about this stuff, whether because they want the reach or because they actually believe it. Here's an example of somebody who has now started to call out the things he used to support in Trump, or Robert Barnes. here's Jack Posobic who just is one of the most I mean this guy has shown himself to be like you know blindly adherent to the team frankly because I think this guy is straight up intelligence I mean like the reality of what he comes from is Navy intelligence and I don't think that's a stretch to understand that he might still be connected to that just a thought is all I'm saying and he says

Starting point is 01:53:27 I have been saying this since December 24th or 2024 excuse me and people are finally catching on and what is that this person says in just over a year the United States has fully controlled the world's four major maritime checkpoints. Gibraltar, Malc, Harare's, Hermuz, Panama. Is that the truth? No, not really. Not even functionally.

Starting point is 01:53:46 As Robert Barnes says, new part of the Trump religion is to torture your reputation and self-respect by weekly self-humiliation rituals. The latest is people like Jack pretending we, quote, control the Strait of Hermuz. But secondarily, which they don't, clearly,

Starting point is 01:54:02 is the argument that somehow this circumvents every other thing you were promised, Jack. What about all the things he promised you? None of that mattered, or was he aligning to you to get this global transition that you guys all pretend wasn't happening until 30 seconds ago? It's just sad, guys. And as Glenn points out, as they said, Iran gave Trump everything the same point. Trump got it all. We won. He told us on true social.

Starting point is 01:54:28 Well, the reality, significant differences, this is 1 o'clock yesterday, between Iran and the United States remained to reach a deal aimed at ending the war. A senior Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday, adding that keeping the straight, of Hermos Open is, quote, conditional on U.S. adherence to the terms of the ceasefire, which is exactly what I reported because it's what they said. But funny how barely anybody in the corporate media, mainstream alternative, same thing, ever cared to report what Iran said. Even the so-called Democrats hating Trump blindly stated what Trump said as fact. Funny how that works. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said, quote, no agreement has been reached on the details of the nuclear issues. Now again, you could argue they're lying, right?

Starting point is 01:55:09 But now what are we seeing today? Well, Trump is now threatening them because they're not reaching a deal. So you can now clearly see that that deal didn't actually happen. Trump lied. Or he was lied to. I'm not sure which way it goes. And serious negotiations are required to overcome the differences. He adds, he said Tehran hoped that a preliminary agreement could be reached in the coming days with mediated Pakistan efforts,

Starting point is 01:55:31 which I'm still insanely blown away by. How are they still engaging with this? I honestly think it's because Iran recognizes they're winning. I mean, they know they're at risk. They know they could bomb where they're not. location is, but they know that if they keep doing this, the best Trump seems to be able to do is lie. And that keeps making them look weaker. And I think they recognize that at some point, they're going to get the leverage enough to where they're going to give them something. Trump will

Starting point is 01:55:52 probably still lie about it, but they know they're going to get, I think that's what they, that's my, my feel on it right now. And I'll make that clear, more clear in a second. But it says with the possibility of extending the ceasefire to quote, create space for more talks on lifting sanctions in Iran and compensation, which seems to be a huge part of this that they don't want you to about. In exchange, Iran will provide assurances to the international community about the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, adding that any other quote narrative about its ongoing talks is misrepresentation of the situation. Simple. Now, as always, you should consider whether that is the lie, but it only goes on long enough to where you'll eventually find out for yourself, and it's happened

Starting point is 01:56:31 every other time. So consider right now whether that may be misrepresentation and then watch. and what you'll continue to see is that Trump lies to you about everything, just like every other politician, like Biden, like Obama, but it's worse because he's bad at it, I think. But overall, compensation and the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. And what I think is important there, they were, I'll say it a thousand times, willing to give it up like they never have before, willing to give up the entire thing, the program, the stockpile, enrich your whole thing.

Starting point is 01:57:06 And Israel bombed them because they would not allow that because they knew that would give up the game. That would stop them from being able to take what they want under the guise of going after the nuclear program that doesn't exist the way they claim it does. So now, because they did that, now Iran's saying, fine, we're back to where we have the right to it. So shut up.

Starting point is 01:57:23 We demand these 10, the same, the same points they put forward a month ago. That Trump acts like he's somehow negotiating within lies, offers them the whole thing. Iran says, okay, good, we'll meet in Islamabad, then they show up and they still lie about it. So it goes back to where it was. it's the same cycle. Trump's just seemingly needing a desperate win.

Starting point is 01:57:43 I guess he thinks if he keeps pushing, maybe Iran will budge. This is all my opinion, but you must understand. They've maintained this. Iran has maintained the point they put out a long time ago when they said we're no longer negotiating. And the only reason they came to that last talk is because Trump said he would give them everything. I think that's pretty self-evident at this point, but come to your own conclusions about it.

Starting point is 01:58:01 Now, here's what we're getting. Ronald Carter, one of these, I don't know, another one, same thing, 100,000 followers because they say what Trump says. this was the most insane single day in American foreign policy in a generation, and most people missed half of it. All of this isn't true, by the way. So this is what he put out yesterday. Iran agreed to its entire program, give up a nuclear program indefinitely.

Starting point is 01:58:26 Nope, didn't happen. And there are right now. And right now, this is my case today, is that most of these people, because underneath this, I made a comment that seems to have poked the bees nest, are all going, you're so wrong and you trust Iran. Right now you can prove this is not. happening, guys, right now because of what Trump is saying. So you could argue that Iran said they would and then they need reneged. That's possible. But nonetheless, this was never happening, guys. And it says

Starting point is 01:58:51 Iran agreed to close the straight. No, they did not. And it says, again, to never close a straight again. They did not do that either. Zero dollars changed hands, which is interesting we'll get into next. I think that might actually be what's going to happen. But it says the U.S. Naval Blockade on Iran stays up. they didn't agree to that. In fact, that was explicitly stated from the moment it came out before this ridiculous person made this post, that that was a violation of the agreement, that it would be everything would end. They just didn't care. Trump publicly ordered Israel to stop bombing Lebanon, used the word prohibited in all caps. Yeah, he said things really, he typed them really strongly. And then Israel continue to bomb Lebanon, you complete moron. And they're doing it right now, by the way,

Starting point is 01:59:30 because they're bombing it again today. Check it for yourself. Netanyahu went on live TV and admitted he was acting as a U.S. request. Okay? So this is a, you're desperately trying to show us that Israel is controlled by the United States, which is not the reality of my opinion, but either way, what are you arguing? What that shows you is that they're so desperate to make Americans think, or at least see that Israel's not controlling the U.S. government, which shows you that they are losing influence. That's important. Defense Minister Katz got overruled with an hour's of saying Lebanon, ops have not been completed. Guys, they kept bombing Lebanon. Maybe you already know this, though. You know this person's a joke.

Starting point is 02:00:06 10 days, this is complete parroting of what Trump said with weirdly added things that I don't even find anywhere. 10 day Israel, Lebanon, ceasefire took effect overnight, displaced Lebanese civilians, started walking back to their villages and then got shot. That happened. We'll talk about that today. Like happening in Gaza, by the way. And then guess what? When these southern people walked back to their homes and Israel murdered them, they said that was a violation of ceasefire on Lebanon. Not a joke. Oil dropped in 12, 12% in minutes and then it went right back up when you got caught lying like every other time. Iran's foreign minister declared the straight was completely open for the first time. Nope, he did not. He said it was open within contingencies with the ceasefire and will be closed again if you blah, blah, blah.

Starting point is 02:00:42 Same old thing. All of this on one Friday. Well, I said, those of you just keep parroting what Trump said, even as you continue to be proven wrong time and time again. And yet you just keep blindly posting what he yells out is absolute fact. Well, there needs to be a word, a new word created for whatever that is. Because it is insane. But it's crazy, guys. This is half what I was engaging with today.

Starting point is 02:01:04 It's just wild. It's wild that people will continue to adhere to. And I mean, don't waste time on it, but if you want to laugh, it's down there. Now, Saeed Mohamed Mahdi yesterday said what exactly ended up happening. He says personally, I believe Trump is probably saying all of this nonsense about agreements with Iran so that he can later claim Iran didn't keep its promises, which is what he's doing. Promises Iran never made. The chances of renewed murderous aggression from Trump and Netanyahu are high. Iran is ready. And literally, what Trump did. And of course, this Eric moron comes out and says, Trump caught lying around lying. Why? Because Trump said? I mean, think about how dumb it is to say, this is today, you mind you.

Starting point is 02:01:45 You understand. You also know this guy is none of them. These people are not about their legacy, their reputation. They're just cowardly blind whatever they said team sport players. That's what they do. That's why we'll laugh about how they will contradict themselves the next day and they don't even take down the other post. The reality is that at this moment, you can prove that what Trump's said was not true based on what the mediator said, what Ron is saying, what the reality of this is, because Trump came out and said they want a deal so badly. They agreed to everything. And then they just don't do it. So fine, let's say they lied, Eric, how do you make sense of that? What are you arguing that they just keep lying, even though they're being destroyed and Trump's going to win and they can just

Starting point is 02:02:24 take it if he wants to, but he still goes back and makes a deal and then says they agreed and then says they didn't. Then it goes back to cycle, cycle, cycle. Well, you've got to be a special kind of stupid and not understand that that's Trump line. That's obvious. You told me everything's been agreed to. Let me see if I actually got, oh, I did. I did get that. Here's the clip.

Starting point is 02:02:40 Only clip I downloaded today. You told me on the phone earlier that everything has been agreed to. You told me earlier that everything has been agreed to. Iran was saying something different. So what has been worked out in that time? I want to say something different because, you know, they have people that they have to cater to. Also, I really don't. I'm just doing the thing that's right.

Starting point is 02:03:00 I'm just saying it like it is. We have a situation, I think, that is going to be very beneficial. And the main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And that supersedes everything else. Iran was saying something different. So what has been worked out in that time? I want to say something different because, you know, they have people that they have to cater to also.

Starting point is 02:03:29 Tell me you got that. They have people, they have to cater to also. Now, you may not think that's important. Words have meaning. That was not an accident. Donald Trump is admitting right there, he has to cater to people, which we all know. The question is who he means. What he's saying or wants you to think, maybe it's, I guarantee it's true.

Starting point is 02:03:54 But the point is we don't know for a fact, who they are beholden to and what Iran's government feels their account. The point is that he said that they are accountable to, or played again, he has to almost quote him. people that they have to cater to also. They have to cater to also. So meaning that Iran is lying to you, he argues, because they have to cater to what the people want to hear. Even though guys, you can prove that that's not what actually happened by the simple reality of the circumstances right now, like every other time before it, where Trump's own statements contradict what he said 30 seconds ago. But it's so important to hear what he said. He's admitting that he's catering to certain people's

Starting point is 02:04:31 opinion. It's not American people because that's nobody wants to hear what he's saying right now. he's catering to you can decide for yourself you know what i think i think it's all the ellens we're talking about the whole the transition the Zionist element the whole thing and he is catering to them not to you i really don't i'm just doing the thing that's right i'm just saying all right so they have they have somebody to cater to also but i really don't though then why you say also that doesn't make any sense he realized he said that then goes but i don't because i'm not you never mind in that time. I want to say something different because, you know, they have people that they have to cater to also.

Starting point is 02:05:12 I really don't. I'm just doing the thing that's right. I'm just saying it like it is. We have a situation. I think that is going to be very beneficial. And the main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. Same old, same old, right? Yeah, the same thing.

Starting point is 02:05:26 Everyone's laughing at you every time you say that, despite the, you know, except the people that just all know, know, it's false, but agree with you because they're on your team. This is just stupid. It's just lazy. your own intelligence said it wasn't true. The group you would point to to make that, to verify that said publicly it wasn't true. But yeah, just keep.

Starting point is 02:05:45 And also it's not that you said it was Iranian people that you wanted to save, right? And you also said you obliterated their program. So this is the embarrassedness of why everybody knows he's lying. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And that supersedes everything else. Apparently, even the freedom of the Iranian people that he swore was the only reason he did this.

Starting point is 02:06:04 It's just dumb. But again, caught Iran lying. What do you mean you caught him lying? Because they publicly said, nobody caught anything if it was all publicly stated. This is about framing to make it seem like it was some secret ploy and they got caught. No, they stood up publicly and said, that's not true. Nobody got caught doing anything. It's just lazy.

Starting point is 02:06:25 And again, Iran bluffs, he says, how so? Right? I mean, walk me through how that's a bluff, Eric. So they come out and they say, we want these 10 things. And then Trump says they want to deal super bad. and then meets with them and then comes back and they say, good, we made an agreement and we're doing this and we're going the way Trump wants to go and then Trump stops it, keeps a blockade, violates the deal, the deal's and they lied. Okay, how would they lie? In what way would they

Starting point is 02:06:48 agree to give up everything for nothing? Why would that even make sense? Because they're so weak. Well, then why don't you take things? Why don't you just take what you want then? You can't keep playing this game of stupidity. It is evident within their own broken logic that this is not what's going on. If Iran bluffed, to what end? What did they gain by giving up what they wanted? It doesn't make sense. And I know I'm even wasting time because you guys all see this. But it's for some people they need to hear it, guys.

Starting point is 02:07:14 Now here's what Aragachi pointed out in the 17th. And you heard it a second ago, but hear it again. Because it was public at 7.45 a.m. In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, which means if you violate that, this breaks. The passage for all commercial vessels through the strait is declared completely open for the remaining of the ceasefire, which obviously means, should you violate the ceasefire, that's no longer open for only commercial vessels. On the coordinated route.

Starting point is 02:07:40 Now, that's important because what we show that was yesterday, and I have one here, I think actually two, I'll come to a second later, showing you what they're outlining for that. There's two very clear paths, which just simply makes it easier for Iran to strategically negotiate, to traverse the area, right? Otherwise, they'd be forced to sort of deal with anybody everywhere. So what they said was, in this agreement, which the U.S. agreed to, you have to go through these two routes that we will guide you through. And they just, Trump just either, again, got misled by Whitkoff and Kushner or he just lied because I guess he wanted a 30 second win. Seems stupid.

Starting point is 02:08:19 So here, Barnes on the 18th, which is not necessarily important for those that now think he's a traitor, I guess. But just for anybody out there, this is what he was a supporter of this. and he's calling it out, but everybody who is not blinded by the team on this can see what just happened. And he says, extraordinary, the number of MAGA folks that humiliated themselves on the 17th, pretending Trump was telling the truth that Iran capitulated to all demands with the straight was open back to pre-war traffic.

Starting point is 02:08:47 Biggest loser was Clay Travis. Because like I said, way back when he first came on the sea, and the new Rush Limbaugh, no, they're all just blind followers. It's what they do. And this is another aspect. I think this is meant to sort of mimic the, what is it, the Kepleisi letter, how that's pronounced. It's called the Hormuz letter.

Starting point is 02:09:05 I guess it was open at the end of 2025 as an account. This is dishonest. This is just straight up deliberately, in my opinion, or maybe they just were misled themselves. I don't know. They say the Iranian Navy is publicly calling Araagachi an idiot. That's not what happened.

Starting point is 02:09:21 And it simply says, we will open it by order of our leader, Kameen, not by the tweets of some idiot. Well, if you're even remotely paying attention, that was a public, that was a very public sentiment put by many people in Iran, which was Trump's tweets don't mean anything. It matters when we take action. We're not guided by tweets of some idiot. They're talking about Trump, guys. Verifiably so. Don't take my

Starting point is 02:09:44 word for it. Do your own due diligence. This platform, meaning the Hermuz letter, appears to be deliberately misrepresenting what was said here. They were very clearly referring to Trump's tweets when they said, we will open it by the order of our leader, not the tweets of some idiot. But this is an effort to mislead you, to make it seem like they're weak, which, only shows desperation as far as I can see. You have to lie about the weakness, right? But you can decide. Now, Mentjo sent posted this on April 18th.

Starting point is 02:10:12 Iran's SNSC confirms merchant vessels in the spread of Pramuse will have to pay transit fees. Now, by the way, in case you don't know, this means just open source intelligence, by the way, just for the different accounts that use that little thing. But so the point is clearly that they're saying that they're confirming that there'll be transfer fees. Now that applies to transit fees. That's like same. Like every crowd, every straight, and that they're simply now wanting to do the same thing.

Starting point is 02:10:38 He added, as long as the U.S. intends to disrupt vessel traffic and employ methods such as naval blockade, Iran will consider this a violation of the ceasefire. And you don't need to see that you knew. I already reported this, but want you to understand how clearly this was publicly accessible and said we'll prevent the conditional limited opening of the strait. They are doing that. We opened it. They maintained its blockade.

Starting point is 02:10:59 And now they're saying they lied doing. us. It was obvious what happened. Yeah, same thing. Just they're saying, you know, that it's the initiation of the toll and, you know, the reality where we are. Now, Al Jazeera breaking news to 12 a.m. Today, Iran's defense ministry spokesman Reza Talai says that war was war with the U.S. has not ended. And it warns Iran will respond to any, quote, deception in diplomacy. Adding that, opening the strait of Hermoos to non-military ships is conditional on a ceasefire with Lebanon, which they are violating as well as the blockade. So the bottom line is you guys broke this and so we're back to where we were. So now as Trump is screaming all day today about how Iran lied, it's just because

Starting point is 02:11:44 like Marandi told you, he wanted to set this up to look like they were the ones that violated something that they didn't even agree to. And that's why it seems the entirety of the Western media never even chose to talk about, let alone point to what Iran was saying at the same moment this happened. How do you not see how clear that is? Even if you think they're lying, you still give it's journalism to say, here the Trump said, here's what Iran is saying. They don't do that. The supposed adversarial media that hates Trump, we're basically parroting Trump's exact statements from true social. It's painful. Now, here is CBS NBC. Iran says straight of Ramos is closed. Again, as vessels attempt, the vessels attempting to cross come under fire. Now, this is first from a

Starting point is 02:12:25 corporate platform. Some of the points I think are good to relay, but I want to make sure we get into the bigger, now, I mean, not just corporate, but just the bigger picture of what's going on here, but this NBC is, you know, classic in this. It says, Iranian state media said on Saturday, that is today, that the straight has since closed due to the U.S. failing to uphold its end of the bargain. Now, as of right now, based on the same information, there are, this, my mind, and it'll be more clear tomorrow is that this is the same way it was before. It's restricted. But again, maybe tomorrow, maybe we find out that they officially closed it. And if they did that, that's because of what they just did yet again. Not only murdering the people in diplomacy, but pretending to meet for diplomacy and then just lying about what's discussed.

Starting point is 02:13:09 Every moment, this shows you that there's less and less reason to even deal with these people. So maybe that maybe that becomes them going, but I don't know why that would happen. See, my mind is that they didn't. Again, not my mind. The facts are that they didn't officially close it. They didn't put minds that was lied about to scare people. Iran, I think, knew that that's what they wanted them to do. and didn't fall for it. So my question is, why would they do it now? All it would do is hurt their agenda. So we'll see tomorrow.

Starting point is 02:13:34 I just want to make that statement of fact. I think of rather logic is that I don't think it makes sense for what they would do. It's not in their interest. And it says, due to the U.S. failing to pull the Senate of the bargain, at least they argue, at least they point out that the only reason they would close it is because the U.S. broke the agreement. Iran blamed the U.S. for its ongoing blockade of Iranian ports. Iran, quote, agreed to allow a limited number of ships to pass to the straight,

Starting point is 02:13:57 according to agreements. And it says, but U.S. did not fulfill their obligations. So the Strait of Hermuz is now closed again and passage requires a wrong approval. Well, if it's a wrong approval, technically it's not closed. It would just be restricted. That matters to me. I'm going to say that every time. But it says because I do think there's a game of making it sound like it's entirely closed for the agenda of the U.S.

Starting point is 02:14:20 Zolfagari said that, quote, control of the strait of Moos was returned to its previous state. Like I said, under strict. management and control of the armed forces. He warned that the Iran would continue to block transit through the straight as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remain, which would mean that the moment you stop the part that you're violating that this would go the way that you agreed to. Seems pretty simple. And on top of that, that what it reverts to is the strict management and control of armed

Starting point is 02:14:47 forces, which will get into of why the attacks happened. In Washington, Trump said U.S. talks with Iran are going well. See how dumb this is? and he expects to have more information by the end of the day. He was saying this while this was going on. While Iran was screaming about this, and he's going, we're doing good. Look for yourself.

Starting point is 02:15:07 At the same time, like, great, talks are great, but we may have to bother them if they don't agree. He does that every time. You tell me, you're telling me honestly that if you're a personality, I don't even need to say it's I don't think, because I think anybody's honest already agrees, but you're going to go, is anybody honest actually believe that somebody would look at all this

Starting point is 02:15:23 and walk away thinking Trump's telling the truth? that you know, we're doing, I mean, how many times can Trump go? We're doing great. And they want to deal so badly. And then it doesn't happen. How do you make sense of that? How would you argue that in some way that's a wrong being weak? I mean, it doesn't make sense.

Starting point is 02:15:38 Anyway, I'm just wasting time. I mean, I'm like, I'm trying to find a way that that might even line up. I think that's a good exercise. Always put yourself in the argument and try to see if there's a way you can make it make sense. It just doesn't make sense to me. And it says in Washington, again, Trump said there were, the talks are going well.

Starting point is 02:15:53 Trump declined to take reporters questions about Iran but said that we have very good conversations going on. No, you don't. Not right now. So he's lying to you. Again, self-evident lies, guys. And it says he said Iran got a little cute later, adding they wanted to close the straight again. So wait a minute, you're doing well and having good talks, but you're acknowledging that you didn't, you're not in the same page. He's lying. He's lying and desperately trying to make this feel like it's something good happening. They can't blackmail us. But I thought you just said 10 seconds ago that it was going well. And who's blackmailing you, Trump? This is the game they talk about the extortion and holding the world hostage. The only element keeping it way it is is you in Israel. Elements.

Starting point is 02:16:35 How are they blackmailing you if they go back to the reality of what they're controlling based on your lies in the agreement? This is the simple way as always. These are pirates and terrorists accusing them of that, which they are guilty. That's what the U.S. and Israel do. I mean, and if you're truly griping at even the word terrorist, you might want to check out the genocide going on. Iran closes straight of Fremus again over U.S. blockade of its ports. This is Valjezeera today. Iran says it is closed the straight again, calling the decision a response to continued blockade of its ports by the United States. The Iranian military on Saturday said control of the strategic waterway,

Starting point is 02:17:12 though which through which, excuse me, I always do that, through which 20% of globally treated oil transits has returned to its previous state with reports saying Iranian gunboats fired at a merchant vessel as it attempted to cross. this, the closure of the straight came hours after it was reopened. Hours, mind you. So that's my point is that it took all the way till today for people to recognize what was happening hours into this yesterday. Because no one's talking about what Iran is saying.

Starting point is 02:17:39 They're just parroting this broken, like broken fake conversation in the two-party illusion that doesn't even represent most Americans anymore. And it says with more than a dozen commercial ships passing through the waterway, it did before the U.S. violated the agreement. after the U.S. media 10-day ceasefire deal was reached between Israel and Lebanon, which they violated the very day that started. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday said in a statement, cited by Iranian media, state media, that the ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports represented, quote, acts of piracy and maritime theft, adding that the control over Hamuz is, quote, under the strict management of control of the armed forces. Now, we're going to get into right now the point where it ends, where it seems that Hegeseth is now talking about the fact that they're going to start boarding Iranian ships everywhere,

Starting point is 02:18:25 where in the world. You keep telling me who the pirates and terrorists are, guys. It says, quote, until the U.S. restores full freedom of navigation for vessels traveling from Iran to their destinations and back, the status of the Strait of Hermuz will remain tightly controlled and in its previous condition. How in the world can anybody feel like that's an unreasonable thing to say? By 1030 on Saturday, at least eight oil and gas tankers had in fact crossed the straight, but at least as many had been appeared to turn back, having begun to exit the Gulf, and as the French press agency reported. Now, I can't speak to why. Maybe they were being pressure by the U.S. Maybe Iran was threatening them. Maybe they were just aware there was shifting things and they're,

Starting point is 02:19:03 oh, maybe there's minds, whatever it is. Or maybe they just became aware that now they're part of the enemy side again because of what the U.S. is doing. Who knows? The point is that none of this would have happened if they would have just followed through with what they actually agreed with. Later on Saturday, India summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest against the shooting incident, involving two Indian flagged merchant vessels in the straight, India's ministry of affairs pointed out. The ministry said in the statement that Secretary Vikram Misery summoned the Iranian ambassador and conveyed India's deep concern over the incident. Now it says the towing and throwing of the straight cast doubt on U.S. President Trump's optimism the day before.

Starting point is 02:19:43 Yeah, is optimism, you mean as belligerent lying about what was going on? And again, how many times can you have them go? It's going so great. and then have this happen and then he threatens them for not doing something until you realize that he lied about that. And it says that ideal to end the U.S. war was very close, he was saying. Trump had celebrated the reopening of the street on Friday, but warned that U.S. attacks would resume until Iran agreed to the deal. So you're in the middle of a supposed ceasefire, but we may bomb you if you don't do something we want. Why does anybody not, why do we laugh at how stupid that is?

Starting point is 02:20:16 And it says, which included a nuclear program, which is just still going on. Like, here's the crazy part. Guys, how can you ever have an agreement if Trump just never stops talking about the one thing that's never been going on, right, in regard to the nuclear bomb conversation? And on top of which they already agreed to that you bomb them for. And now they maintain as a legal reality that everyone is like this is something that they're going to continue to say that will always be a sticking point. Now, I can see a world in which Iran would eventually show restraint that they thought it was in their interest. But why would they? Why would they ever give in to this belligerent, childish, juvenile entity that just constantly lies, constantly double-crosses you, and seems to never hold anything

Starting point is 02:20:54 sacred. I don't know. But maybe they've worked out a way that this can maneuver and win and strategically finish for them. I don't know. Now, it says, maybe I won't extend it. Trump told reporters on the board of Air Force One about the temporary ceasefire. So you'll have a blockade and unfortunately we'll have to start, drop bombs again. Like it's somehow out of his control or, you know, we may have to extend it. Like it's like the two things. Somehow at the same time, he makes it sound like it's totally the forlorn hero, like, I don't want to, but I'm going to have to. But at the same time, acting, making sure you understand that I'm in control of everything. It's just perfect.

Starting point is 02:21:28 That's exactly who this person is. Maybe I won't extend it. Who knows? I'll think about it tomorrow. Even though it's totally not even within your control right now. He needs you to think he's the one dictating this. Even though that in and of itself makes him look stupid. Just exactly who he is.

Starting point is 02:21:43 And then the next sentence is, we may have to start drop bombs again if they do it. but, you know, it's the same cycle. Asked whether a potential deal could be made in this short time frame. Trump said, I think it's going to happen. Clearly evidenced by all the coordination that's going on. But Iran says no date has been agreed to for another round of peace talks, accusing the U.S. of betraying diplomacy in all negotiations. Yeah, it's going great, though.

Starting point is 02:22:08 It's going great. We're real close. We're almost done. Ships have been attempting to transit since the announcement. But it looks like many are heading back because the situation is unclear. That's my point. When they're getting wind to this, then they don't know. Why are they going to risk their cargo when they're not sure?

Starting point is 02:22:24 It may cost more, but they can turn around and go the longer route. That's not because Iran is threatening anybody going through the straight. It's because they're not sure because of the uncertainty based on what the U.S. and Israel have flooded the conversation with. Maybe there's mines. Maybe they'll bomb you. Maybe they'll attack you. Maybe there's drone.

Starting point is 02:22:39 And that's not evidenced by anything. Including the fact that the vast majority of the tankers have been bombed in this, this iteration happened by U.S. and Israel, largely Israel. There is contradictory information being issued by all parties. Now, ask yourself, truly, I'm sure people will make this about size. It's not. Point something to what, give me an example of where Iran has given you something that's contradictory. I guarantee they can and will and will, you know, given the opportunity, we'll deceive us all. That's what governments do, guys, and I mean every part of that. But as we're standing here. Show me what Iran has been contradictory about. That's even from Al Jazeera.

Starting point is 02:23:22 Yes, there is contradictory information, but all parties? I mean, it's obviously possible that Iran can be lying about any of it. But what are we proving? I see Trump lie, lie, lie, lie, and keep getting called lying. And Iran comes out and just goes, well, we're 10 points. Still there. We want 10, that's what we're demanding that. Anything else is a lie. How is that contradictory? It's a good question. I mean, you really think about that. Now, Here is another article from the Tribune, Indian vessels shot at forced out of Strait of Hormuz by Iranian Navy. Iranian authorities defended the move.

Starting point is 02:23:58 Now, this is, again, this is what you don't get. This is why I have to track down these responses because barely even on Twitter half the time. But these are coming from the Iranian government, Iranian media. That's why I'm so important that I have Robert in this, in part of the last American back bond, right? Those don't know largely right now, it's Derek Brose, lead writer Whitney as well, still on the team, Robert in Lakesh. And I mean, that's largely the main part of this with other elements involved. And it's important. Robert knows, I mean, I'm sure you probably think that I'm going to promote him more than anybody because it's on the team. But I hope you really look at his work,

Starting point is 02:24:32 whether on TLAB or elsewhere. He's got to be one of the most knowledgeable people on all of this than most, truly. If not the most, I mean, that's why I want to work with him. And that's why it's important that he has his insight here, because he'll break things down well before anybody's even talking about it. That's what I strive for in this platform, guys. So in this case, the point, Iranian authorities defended the move, this is about their response to this that you won't really find many of the places. Iranian authorities defended the move stating the Stranframus has been brought back under intense management and control in response to what they described as a U.S. lead blockade and piracy. Right. So wouldn't you expect that to at least be part of the conversation,

Starting point is 02:25:12 like so Trump has asked or anybody, even the military in like the briefings? But what happened? Well, we don't know. Iran's not following the agreement. Well, they at least said they do. Why wouldn't you let people know what they said? Because they're liars. That's why. Because our government lies to us, but everything. A statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council, which you should question, indicated that the Islamic Republic is now exercising conditional control over all of maritime traffics through the strait, including issuing transit permits, permits, mandating navigation routes and enforcing wartime regulations. Quite a bit different than we're bombing everybody and it's shut down because we're pirates. It's obvious that they're still doing what they did before,

Starting point is 02:25:50 but they're in control. They're trying to initiate this control in a legal sense so they can maintain this going forward. And it's only happening because of what they started. It's literally because Iran has more leverage. That's it, guys. They gave them this because of their belligerence and their stupidity. And it says the council said Iran had briefly allowed limited commercial passage following a temporary ceasefire early in this month, but warned that any disruption or continued block aid efforts would be treated as violations, which is literally what ended up happening. It further underlined that access to the strait would remain conditional until a lasting piece is achieved, effectively signaling a prolonged phase of restricted navigation through one of

Starting point is 02:26:28 the world's busiest energy couriers. And you know what would stop it? This second, if the U.S. and Israel just stop doing what they're doing. I'm not talking about giving up anything. I'm not talking about giving away territory or giving, I mean, literally anything, just stopping from restricting the territory that you don't own. it'd be over. Now, not in the sense that they would end their restrictions against their enemies,

Starting point is 02:26:49 because that doesn't mean the U.S. and Israel are done bombing Lebanon or done sanctioning Iran or done doing all the illegal things they're doing, but it would, from the global perspective, stop the restrictions on the street, which is what Trump claims he wants. But it's not really. They want what they want to control. They want to take the territory. They want to be able to institute their ideas in these areas and bring in the board of peace

Starting point is 02:27:10 to reimagine the world they take over. Now, this is just funny to me. doing this ridiculous, whatever this ridiculous fate. You know, I mean, the whole thing about the psychedelics, good. I'm glad. How much you want to bet it doesn't actually happen. Yeah, Joe Rogan back there is the token behind him going, we're going to sign the thing, which if you looked into it,

Starting point is 02:27:29 means we're going to look into this, all it means. Now, of course, Trump tells Rogan, I guess, we're told that he's somehow going to let Rogan do whatever he was. Because that's what it looks like to be a dictator. You can do whatever you want. You can't, though. Bottom line, it's an executive order saying they're going to look into psychedelics, which, by the way, have tremendously powerful therapeutic benefits.

Starting point is 02:27:50 You don't have to agree with me as the fact. You can look at it for yourself, microdosing and so on, with damn near everything. It's also your right to do whatever we want with your own body as an adult. The point, though, is even though he does this, I bet you it goes nowhere because it doesn't work for the pharmaceutical industry

Starting point is 02:28:04 that holds everything, one of the many things that influences this office. But why did it happen now? You know what I think. Look over there. Look at anything other than our completely imploding reality as a government. But it says they tried to ask the president after this presentation about the two vessels in the street that were attacked. And he just says, out. That's what he does.

Starting point is 02:28:26 Out, out. Kicks them all out. That makes sense, right? Is Iran's Revolutionary Guard says the Strait of Vermeuse will be closed from this afternoon until the U.S. Navy blockade is lifted? Just again, this is just three hours ago saying it's only doing this because of what you're illegally doing. Very simple. You're not going to hear this in corporate media because they lie to you. I mean, sort of the, like, you will find them in the written articles in some cases. It won't be very largely promoted. It won't be on the main page. But you will not hear this on Fox or CNN or most of the others.

Starting point is 02:28:54 I argue. I just, I don't believe it. But I can be wrong. Look for yourselves. Now, here's what's funny coming off of yesterday's argument. Oh, wait, hold on. Can I skip something? Oh, no.

Starting point is 02:29:06 Yeah, we went over this. Yeah, yeah. Okay, I was going to make sure I didn't miss this. Okay, so this is funny to me. We just talked about this yesterday, right? We're reading the article, just as a thought. I considered whether with the whole Kier Starrmer and the grouping talking about opening the straight that didn't involve the United States, wondered whether or not that might be aimed

Starting point is 02:29:25 at just anybody blocking it, including the United States. That'd be interesting, right, to see some kind of coalition. Because I do think that this is what matters to them, not necessarily about the side, but just if this goes long enough, that they just need this to reopen again, even if they have to stand against the U.S. agenda. But today, I find this, or rather yesterday, at 10 a.m. just kind of embarrassing. So this is at a moment when, by the way,

Starting point is 02:29:49 it had already been opened, but then already, Iran was already saying, we're going to go right back to where we were if you don't stop your blockade. And his timer comes out and says, it's good news. The straightest, is now reopened. This must be a long, lasting, workable situation.

Starting point is 02:30:03 I mean, had you even barely looked at what anybody was saying, other than what Trump was saying, you would have known this was wildly unlikely, but maybe he doesn't even care. Maybe he's adding to the narrative. Maybe then he'll go see Trump, I'm on your side. Stop making fun of me. Who knows?

Starting point is 02:30:17 End of the day, by the time it was done typing this, it was already not open. It's just sad. These people are just part of the game. So here's a good article for reason. Trump's idea, or excuse me, Trump's Iran deal looks a lot like the previous ones. He hated. Now, I only say good because of the point that they're making ultimately there, because overall, there's just as much misleading stuff like most of these.

Starting point is 02:30:38 But the fact that we can acknowledge through all of it, that what he's doing, even if he gets what he wants right now, what he says he wants, is a worse position than what Obama ended up in. And yet, this is just so comical to me, including the money, which I bet you actually happens. Let's go through this. It says on Friday morning, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he had reached a deal with Iran to give up its enrich uranium, which didn't happen, very clear. No money will exchange hands.

Starting point is 02:31:08 He very clearly wanted to say out loud. And the deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, even though he insinuated that Israel would stop because he asked, they didn't, they bombed them right then, and they bombed them today. We'll go over it a second. But it says, the lady doth protest too much. Axios reports that in Pakistani brokered calls, the U.S. has offered to unfreeze several billion dollars of Iranian money in foreign banks in exchange for uranium. Right.

Starting point is 02:31:35 So this is what's interesting. So again, the point was they already had the agreement for the uranium for just the peace outcome. So now what's ultimately happening is if you, if the reporting is to be believed. And I do think this is that. We just understand the reports coming from Axios, Barakravide, which is basically what Israel wants you to know, tends to be the reality of what Israel wants you to know for their control over the conversation, not necessarily what is always the full picture. But when they say these things, my point is that they're involved. Israel knows what's going on in these conversations. J.D. Vant seems to be tied to his hip. And that Pakistani brokered talks are

Starting point is 02:32:09 something that we get wind up, like beyond the U.S. and Israel conversation. So they're being told that the U.S. government is essentially offering billions of dollars that they stole from Iran if they give up the uranium that they were already willing to do for nothing of that record, not for the money on the February 28th. Okay, that's the first part. But on top of that, obviously, the joke I made before, if he does this, how silly would that be for what they were yelling about Obama? even though it was the same point.

Starting point is 02:32:38 Obama simply returned money that was stolen from Iran. And they know that. They lie about it. And so here's what's funny, though, is now Trump, if this is the case, and I do believe that, is trying to lie and say, no money will change hands.

Starting point is 02:32:50 But reason makes an excellent argument for why that may be still him giving money. It says, in Israeli press reports that Trump pushed Israel to accept a ceasefire with Lebanon over the Israeli government's objections because Iran threatened to walk out of talks. So what?

Starting point is 02:33:06 What this continues to show you, based on what Axios and Israeli reporters as well as internal mediator are telling you, which matter, is that Trump is desperately taking a way out, which perfectly lines up with everything we're seeing if we're not a completely blind idiot. The obvious game Trump is playing is floundering and everybody can see it. Meanwhile, it says the same morning, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Argosi, declared the Strait of Firmuz, quote, completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire on the coordinated route, announced by Iranian authorities. Iranian officials rushed to downplay, which I very much disagree with the way they frame that, are his statement, claiming the reality is actually no new agreement on Hormuz, that ships transiting the strait must continue paying a toll, and that Iran was reversing the right to retaliate and blockade. But you see, this is reason either bad at their job or misrepresenting it for a clear agenda

Starting point is 02:33:57 purpose. You can decide, because, again, I can literally read to you exactly what Aragachi said. They quote, they tweet, they link to it. And in that very tweet, it makes it clear that one, that this was contingent. I mean, we went through it all, right? Just everything we just went through. So for them to now claim that Iranian officials rush to downplay a statement is very dishonest. What they did was rush to clarify what Trump was misrepresenting, that it was indeed contingent

Starting point is 02:34:26 on their agreements upholding and Lebanon and the fact that they would stop the blockade, you know, and all these things didn't happen. And so it goes on to say that the straight must continue paying the toll. That's after they violated it. But I get it. This happened in the few hours of time where people were still screaming, we won. And even it seems corporate platforms fell for it. Or they're being dishonest.

Starting point is 02:34:45 Because as this happened, with them saying paying tolls, that was already past the point where they were acknowledging Trump was lying. And it says Iran was reserving the right to retaliate for the blockade. That all seems very clear. The blockade was the violation of the agreement. That's it. And it says, the lady, again, doth proteuse too much. I mean, it's a weird, that always simply means that they're complaining too loudly,

Starting point is 02:35:07 which indicates that they're not being honest, to a certain degree. And it says Trump also claimed that the U.S. blockade of Iran ports would remain in full force until a final peace deal was reached, which should go very quickly, clearly. But that's not what happened. Nobody agreed to that. And the full force blockade was the very reason they pointed to to justify the fact that you violated the agreement. Ironically, it says, the deal on offer is similar to past deals that Trump bashed that Obama made. I mean, they're not similar.

Starting point is 02:35:37 They're worse. It's essentially the same situation with Iran having far more leverage and far more standing. And it says rather than a total ban on the Iranian nuclear industry, and this is what they're reporting from inside sources, question it. The U.S. and Iran are discussing a temporary freeze. That's quite a bit. I mean, if this comes out where they've effectively given them, Trump will scream we got them to agree to everything. thing when all it is is a lesser agreement than what they were willing to do in the 28th and a lesser agreement than what they already agreed to with Obama and the JCPOA that Trump violated.

Starting point is 02:36:08 So a temporary freeze on enrichment, not entirely, with the duration subject to haggling according to Axios. That's Ravid. That's Barack Ravid saying that. He's the one that wrote the article. It's right. I think I just showed you. It's, oh, I close it already. We have, we have the article up in the show notes for sure. It's, and I think it's actually also linked. right up here. He says the Trump administration, where was it? And back in 2018, the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal, Trump administration had promised to get a nuclear deal with Iran that, quote, never expires. You know, criticizing Obama. Now it says, and Iran would reportedly receive economic relief in exchange from Trump. Trump is technically correct, by the way, and this is what I meant before,

Starting point is 02:36:56 that no money will exchange hands. Why? Because Iran will simply get access to its own money, which had been paid out by oil customers and foreign bank accounts that were later frozen by the U.S. Treasury. You see the point, and guys, this makes so much sense to me. This is what Trump does with everything. So if he comes out that he did it, he'll go, well, we didn't get theirs.

Starting point is 02:37:20 We gave him their money back. And I'll be the one going exactly what I was saying about Obama that you lied about. Watch as that happens. and watches all the same people lie to you like they always do. And I think what's funny about it is it seems to make sense that ultimately they're now trying to bribe them with their money, which they're able to give up ultimately because it's ultimately being frozen to get them to acquiesce to something they already agreed to.

Starting point is 02:37:41 That is a loss in every possible way. That is them coming to the table begging for them to make a deal at, you know, with, you know, weakness is the point. Because if they had all the cards, they would be saying, give us what we want and we won't bomb you. Now it says, and Iran would reportedly receive economic relief in exchange. I just read that. And it says, yeah, it says, but when former presidents, Obama and Biden, similarly unfroze Iranian money, Trump accused them of giving American taxpayer dollars to Iran, which I've said every time. It's not supporting the other presidents. It's just the truth.

Starting point is 02:38:17 Limits on Iran's missile arsenal, which were a major demand of the Trump administration and Republican hawks before the war, seemed to have been dropped from the negotiation. Instead, the administration is insisting that it has functionally destroyed their missiles. Don't you love that? So essentially, they're just going, well, we already beat them. So, you know, we don't even need them to agree to the thing. That's insane. They didn't beat them.

Starting point is 02:38:40 Clearly, they're lying about half the things they claim they did. And it even goes on to say, Iran retains thousands of missiles and one-way attack UAVs. Well, didn't Rubio explicitly state that that was the real reason that we can't let them have, those things will be able to. So they're losing, guys. If this is the truth, they've lost already. Iranian authorities estimate war reconstruction costs at $270 billion, and it will be unable to recover without U.S. sanctions being lifted.

Starting point is 02:39:08 So the idea that, I mean, so they're demanding all the sanctions be lifted and that reparations be paid. I somehow find that impossible to believe, but we'll see. But thousands of innocent people have been killed, and millions of people around the world have been pushed into poverty to get to this point. That's the truth. So essentially, they've lost position. and killed people to do it.

Starting point is 02:39:28 That's a failure. Not to mention the potential one trillion, with a T, trillion dollars, one trillion dollars to American taxpayers. The cost, excuse me, of the war.

Starting point is 02:39:40 And Trump had originally planned for this war to be a three-day operation. And I promise you, that was because he was up the mind that this would be over like that because the world would back him because Iran would close the straight. You know it makes sense.

Starting point is 02:39:53 It's my opinion. But you know it makes sense. and it says that this would be a three-day operation to overthrow the Iranian government once and for all. And clearly, since they won, it hasn't happened yet. If the end result is a deal that was already on the table or a return to war, then it was all worth it? Or was it all worth it? I mean, if it goes back to war continually, well, clearly they did not get what they wanted. This is just like we said at the beginning.

Starting point is 02:40:23 And as Israel's already shucked it off and said, that's your war. war. U.S. military fighting Israel's war, like every other time before it. Now, David Knight points to the, oh, that's where, well, I knew I had in here, Axios article. This is the one that Barack wrote, Ravid, and David Knight rightly goes bribe, bribe, bribe, like the old bomb, bomb, bomb thing. They're giving, it's not technically a bribe, but it's, I mean, really it's acquiesce, your failure, what's the word you would argue? They're just simply giving up money they seized from them. So they're giving back the money they stole, but it's still showing you that you're in the weak position.

Starting point is 02:41:00 It says, note, the $20 billion could have been sent before all the lives and money that were wasted and losing the war. Fair point. They could have just done this to start, but then Trump would have been seen as the loser, and he can't abide by that. So now he's going to, I guess, fail spectacularly until he can alter the narrative just right. You squint, hold up the sun, and you can pretend Trump won. That's what he wants. The $20 billion bribe for peace from Trump losing the war is about $60 per man, woman and child. maybe more if you limit the population count to those taxpayers.

Starting point is 02:41:29 So to whom may I mail our family's check for over $300? I told her, Donnie Destroyer, Bebe the Killer. So here's what I was saying earlier. Now, this is just another, the head of the National Security Commission for the Iranian parliament. So, you know, somebody in the government, I mean, he has standing and he has a, you know, but like when, you know, even somebody influential, like so say Jim Jordan comes out and makes a statement. It doesn't mean that that's the policy, right? even more so.

Starting point is 02:41:56 If Rubio says it, even that may not mean that's what Trump will say. All the point is to say that it matters what the politicians are saying, but it may not be exactly what ends up happening.

Starting point is 02:42:05 He simply says the time has come to comply with the new maritime regime of the Strait of Hermose. These regulations are determined by Iran, not by social media posts. This is what everyone

Starting point is 02:42:15 says the same point as before. Trump posting doesn't mean anything in the functional change. Under this new system, only commercial vessels with authorization from the Iranian Navy you're permitted to navigate through designated routes after paying required tolls.

Starting point is 02:42:28 That's no different than the Suez Canal than anywhere, guys. If the U.S. attempts to create any disturbance for Iranian ships, this was yesterday, this situation can easily be changed. And they did. And we are. Right? So the U.S. broke the deal and this is now where we are. So what they're showing you, guys, is that these shipping lanes, oh, you know what?

Starting point is 02:42:54 I forgot to go, I think, I didn't actually focus on it. The article we went through already made the point, but I'll make a point of it here since I forgot to go in it deeper. What we talked about four of the ships and what happened as Iran, you know what, that's the hold on a second. I must have missed something. That's frustrating. Hmm.

Starting point is 02:43:15 I feel like I accidentally close something. Either way, what I was going to talk about, and I'll make the point here, is that this is the new dynamic they're pointing to, which you see these two yellow, I guess, orange pathways. that is what they're arguing you have to use, either going this way forward or this way out, just simply so they can maintain the security. And I argue that's exactly like any other place

Starting point is 02:43:36 where this is the situation. It's not somehow, you know, terrorism because they just, you know, if it was terrorism, they would just be robbing and stealing and bombing. It's not, they're literally presenting a plan for how it's going to functionally go and talking to the U.N. and talking to the neighbor, it's the reality, guys.

Starting point is 02:43:49 And so what they're pointing here is that this is what we will be in if they violate the deal. And that's where they ended up. So what happened was after Trump violated the agreement. You then had ships that were uncertain, unsure, and they weren't informed about these shipping lanes that were part of the agreement. That was the agreement before they even violated that they would adhere to their coordinated exchange. And Trump just said, we won, we got it, it's open, and just lied. So, or he was lied to. So then my point is you have ships that then

Starting point is 02:44:16 after the violation, and Iran is saying all this loudly, but no one in the master media is pointing to it that they went through without those things. So then you have examples, and I know I close something. Damn it. Because I had videos of this. I had a video yeah, that's wild. I must have done something with that. I'll get into it the next show. It'll probably be tomorrow. We'll see. That's up in the year at the moment. But overall,

Starting point is 02:44:39 the point back to it was that there was actual documented exchange, right, where they were saying like, you know, look, you're firing on us and they're saying, hey, you know, you're not following the lanes. And the point is that ultimately they were pushed back. And I think there's now three examples of these ships that were fired on. As far as I could tell, they weren't

Starting point is 02:44:55 sunk. It wasn't any, it's just, it's its deterrence. But again, this will probably flesh out a ton more by tomorrow. All I'm highlighting, not do you have to agree with it? You could even call it a crime if you want. Maybe you're right, is that Iran put this forward. Trump violated the agreement. Then the ships that didn't align it with what they needed. Here's the point to add to it, by the way. From Iran's perspective, any one of these ships that are aligned with the U.S. could be potentially some kind of secret bomb or some kind of a military act. That's what, I mean, look at what they did with Sri Lanka, guys. This is what they do. So that's why they need this to be coordinated.

Starting point is 02:45:29 And so suddenly you've got shifts that are in many ways, like even India, you could argue, even though they were allowing to pass, does have association with Trump and Israel, or more so the United States. But the point would be that arguably that they might concentrate a threat. And when they start to not traverse the area by the past that were agreed to, they become a potential threat. I mean, can you not put your mind in the sense of what Trump would do in the reverse situation? Whether you agree with it or not, it's just, it's logical.

Starting point is 02:45:55 And so at the end of the day, that's what they claim. is why they attacked those ships. And they denied the people, the narrative was they attacked them to, you know, pirates or whatever they called them. And Iran immediately stood up and said, that's not true. I had that out why. I didn't know why I lost it. And I'll make sure we talk about more tomorrow where they denied that it was any kind

Starting point is 02:46:12 of belligerent act. They said it was an act of enforcement for the area. And just remember, this is what they're showing. Now here is what the, this is what it is. The Khabisi letter was the one that other ones trying to look like it, I think. and it says, as of the 18th, this was about 10.30 this morning, the U.S. military is preparing to board Iranian-linked oil tankers and seize commercial ships in international waters.

Starting point is 02:46:40 You know what that's called? Piracy. Like the literal definition of piracy. These are not military ships. You're just talking about stealing things from Iran. And we're not even talking about, I mean, these could very well just be companies that exist in Iran that aren't even a government. Insane.

Starting point is 02:46:57 Guys, Iran's not doing that. And it says details include. The report comes just hours after Iran has declared the straight, restricted again. This move is intended to step up economic pressure. So there's no law guiding your actions. We're just going to steal and take and rob and torture. And it's okay because we're the good guy is what they want you to believe. The U.S. says the blockade will actively pursue any Iran flag vessel or vessel attempting to provide material support. What does that show you? Does that show you that they're about to win? Does it show you that the deal is 30 seconds away from being made? It shows you that they're failing. It shows you that Iran did not play the game, called out Trump's lies, and now

Starting point is 02:47:32 they're going, well, fine. We're desperate. So we're going to just, we're going to start pushing this boundary. We're going to start, how about next time they go, we're going to start bombing your family's homes. How about then? Will you agree then? It's the same situation. This is Trump trying to push the boundary, so Iran will just finally give in, even though they're in a position of strength. That's what I believe is happening. Watch as it gets worse. Watch as they start pressing the more boundaries if they're truly that in a position of weakness. cornered animal. It says Iran has been exporting

Starting point is 02:48:01 over two million barrels of Oriental Day throughout the war, which is now at risk. The strait of Hormuz remains at contention. And as Robert Barnes, who is a lawyer, says, this would be illegal. He's right. He calls him Hegg's death, Heg Seth himself.

Starting point is 02:48:16 Personally, Heg Seth himself called these type of actions, terrorism and piracy. But as always, it's not a problem when they do it. That's how bad these people are. Guys, that's the worst of the worst. alienated destination nations like our Asia allies and risk confrontation with China on the high seas ending wars by starting new ones the Don Zoo special they're making fun of Trump I'm actually amazed it took people like this this long to see what was going on

Starting point is 02:48:46 it's not an insult I'm just saying like look we've all been there I've been lost in situations that I wouldn't see we've all everyone at some point we're blinded by the narrative I'm just saying it's surprising to me how long it took for people to acknowledge that Trump was being this type of dishonest because he's always been doing this. So again, Israel violates Lebanon. So same conversation, guys, right? But this is a bigger part of it. Or, I mean, I said that wrong. It's a big part of it, rather than this is the same conversation that they tried to convince you was totally not connected.

Starting point is 02:49:25 So Israel could pretend it was not part of the ceasefire. And then it gets included in the ceasefire. violates it anyway. And the argument then becomes, well, right now, since Iran is breaking the rules, which they're not in this circumstance, well, then Israel can start bombing Lebanon again, right? But wait, Israel, didn't you just tell us it was not connected? But now you're saying since they violated the deal over here, that way we can bomb over here? Well, yes, because it's always been connected. And Israel just does what it wants and just changes the narrative. This is today. Israel launches first strikes on Lebanon since ceasefire. That's not true. I've verified this to you, but this is what's being

Starting point is 02:50:00 allowed to be discussed because it's now being very publicly pointed to. To isolate 55 villages. Because no big deal, right? We just want to bomb out little areas of people that live there and happily live. But, you know, but, you know, anyway, I just, you know, it just kills me. I'm trying to be like, you know, laugh, you cry kind of thing. We're openly discussing the fact that they're just ethnically cleansing and just bombing villages in Lebanon.

Starting point is 02:50:23 The whole world sees that. You don't think we all know what's going on? Israel accuses Hasbelah militants of violence. violating ceasefire. Right. Israel accuses them of violating something. They bombed.

Starting point is 02:50:35 I mean, the day this started, as I publicly pointed out, it was, Lebanon said they violated the ceasefire within the first so many hours. It just got ignored. It got the night and then continued forward. But now again, the same thing today. Displaced Lebanese return. And again, yesterday, exactly what I predicted. So you have Lebanese people who were told by Trump.

Starting point is 02:50:59 Everything's good. go back to your homes. And so they walked back to their homes and they got shot by Israel. This is just a daily story here, guys. Shelling violates ceasefire in South. Here's what Grock had to say. This is just today. Three to six distinct different incidents.

Starting point is 02:51:19 And we're talking about bombings and shellings and major killings. This is just today. The ceasefire supposedly still maintaining. And even then remember, this is supposed to be separate with just Lebanon. That's not technically part of this. that's what Israel tells you because they made their own little agreement, but they just kept bombing. And here's why. Literally what I told you they would do, like exactly what I said. Well, they're going to say somebody walked up and they had to shoot them because they're terrorists.

Starting point is 02:51:46 And then they violated it. And it all goes back when at the end of the day, what it was was exactly what I also said, the establishment of their yellow line. It's the encroachment of their territory. And then again, go back to your homes. And so whether Palestinians or Lebanese walk back to their loans. their homes because they were told to and they get shot and then Israel says they violated it. Here's what IDF put out. Hasbullah ceasefire violation. Since the ceasefire came into effect, again, guys, verifiably the case that they bombed villages hours into the supposed ceasefire. But then after that, the IDF soldiers south of the L line, which by the way is beyond, it's what,

Starting point is 02:52:24 I think it was something like 20 kilometers beyond the blue line, which was a previous demarcation line. they were supposed to that the UN created with the important point that the Israeli government would pull back and eventually leave. They never did. That was decades ago. Now they're making a new line

Starting point is 02:52:40 that they're never going to leave from because we can all know that we're not ridiculous, right? But identified several incidents in which they said terrorists violated the ceasefire understandings by approaching from the north. Yeah, you mean the people you said

Starting point is 02:52:58 could go back to their homes? posing an eminent threat. In order to remove that threat, the IDF conducted precise strikes against the terrorists and their infrastructure sites. Yeah, so you shot people walking over to you and bombed homes. That is literally what happened.

Starting point is 02:53:18 And as this person also points out in his opinion, but it is the case. He says, sort of sum it up, a guy walks towards the ceasefire line, he never crossed it, and he was killed by an airstrike. No technically israel violated it. I mean, how do you even possibly make sense of this when they were the ones told that they could go back to their homes?

Starting point is 02:53:36 When the image, just like with the Gaza and the red lines they put up. And I told you even then that violated the alleged ceasefire. And what did I say they would bomb? I mean, it's not like we are psychic. It's who these people are. If you're not lying to yourself about what this government is, you can predict what they're going to do because they do it every time. Here's the article. This is the Daily Sabah.

Starting point is 02:53:57 Israel says, establish yellow line in Lebanon. as in Gaza. Yep. Israeli military said on Saturday, yet it established its yellow line boundary in Lebanon, similar to the division it used in Gaza Strip. Reporting, I mean, I hope you're picking up the point here, of the coordinate of the same elements, the Board of Peace, the encroachment,

Starting point is 02:54:19 the Apple ethnically cleansing the territory names. I mean, we are watching this great reset take place. Reporting, targeting, suspected militants, approaching its troop line along the line, as Israel seeks to expand its invasion of Lebanon. Right, so it's just a coincidence that the territories that they made up Hebrew names for and that Apple wiped out on the map just so happens to be the places you moved your line to and then killed innocent people to protect.

Starting point is 02:54:43 Over the past 24 hours, IDF forces operating Southfield line at the same point they just said, shot people approaching the line. Immediately after identification and in order to eliminate the threat, forces attack the terrorists in several areas of southern Lebanon. Yeah, a civilian populated area. it said nothing noting that the military was authorized to take action against the threats despite the ceasefire and there it is what do we tell you well as craig murray said the same well they they maintain the ability to defensively respond well that's all they ever claim to do

Starting point is 02:55:14 literally they're defending ourselves so what do they say well we're allowed to do this because we're even though the ceasefire we were threatened it's just and it's again you can watch the show yesterday and watch as I say watch as this happens and then it happens it's not something to praise guys it's just obvious and since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza on October 10th which by the way they've never maintained they've killed people every day since then the Palestinian territory has been split by yellow line and de facto boundary dividing Gaza into two zones oh I said red I thought it was red either way same same line point two zones in Gaza one under Israeli military control and they say one under Hamas control you know the group

Starting point is 02:55:56 that you guys have still yet to actually do anything. They were never fighting Hamas. Not in the earnest sense. They were bombing everybody. They were killing anybody in the area they could find. And they still seem to not have control. That's how powerful they are, apparently. And Donald Trump said that the United States

Starting point is 02:56:12 has prohibited Israel from bombing Lebanon following a ceasefire deal. And they did it right away. And now they're doing it again. Adding that Washington would work with Lebanon to deal with Hezbollah. Right, because the ceasefire was also with Lebanon to stop Hesbla, even though the only group bombing and engaging with Israel is Hesbola. So you made an agreement to stop the bombing that's with the group that's not involved with the bombing.

Starting point is 02:56:34 Totally makes sense. Guys, this is just playing on stupid, or uninformed people. That's what it is. They're using people's intentions, good intentions, to keep them, they're creating a circumstance where they fill you full of nonsense and then, like basically just create a construct where it looks like the bad guy's doing bad things, then they just tell you what's going on. It's like what's happening with the Ron.

Starting point is 02:56:55 Trump's just gaslighting you entirely. Whole cloth lies. The idea here, to say that they're prohibited for bombing Lebanon and watch them bomb them and act like they're not violating it isn't. It's the same thing they happen every time. And to argue that they would deal with Hezbollah simply maintains they're still at war with Hezbollah.

Starting point is 02:57:15 There is no legend ceasefire. Everyone can point this out that's been paying attention. But Israel has not yet finished the job on Hezbollah, says Benjamin Netanyahu, vowing to continue no matter what. Guys, this is the same thing with Gaza, the same thing with Iran. Netanyahu said no matter what they agree to, we're going to have our goals that we're going to meet. So who's in control?

Starting point is 02:57:34 You can decide. A senior official in the Trump administration tells U.S. media that negotiations with Iran are expected to be held Monday. This is how stupid this is. Apparently, we're still going to have to be talking. Well, here is the Iran deputy foreign minister saying today, talks with the U.S. cannot happen until the two sides agree on a shared framework. he stressed that whatever Iran agrees to in negotiations must preserve its rights under international law. Okay, so, it's going great. We're about to win.

Starting point is 02:58:02 It's all won. We over. We won everything. And then he's like, we're not even talking. Same old table. Now let's update this real quick to see if anything's happened since. Doesn't look like it. It looks like a British military said a cargo vessel was also attacked, but it's the same point.

Starting point is 02:58:15 Right. The reality is they're simply transiting the waterway without going through the routes. They said that were required. That's what at least Iran is claiming, to be clear. and I'm not here. Nothing about that was even discussed by corporate media, so they might not even know about it. I find it hard to believe,

Starting point is 02:58:30 but the point is that it's just clearly you're being misled about the reality of all this. Doesn't look like anything's changed sense. Oh, and let's not forget, Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, and yet the most denied. The reality of what you're looking at is just undeniable, guys. They've been doing this, and they're doing it in Lebanon.

Starting point is 02:58:50 They're doing it in Syria. They're doing it everywhere. On top of that, here's UNICEF. They're outraged by the killing of two drivers. Trucks contracted by the United Nations to provide clean water to families in Gaza. The victims were, of course, killed by Israeli fire. In an incident that took place early in the morning, condolences to the families of the men and killed.

Starting point is 02:59:12 Saul Rod. Israel kills two UNICEF drivers simply trying to bring water to families in Gaza. Is this story going to get any coverage? Or is the ongoing genocide not newsworthy? Well, you know the answer. I haven't heard anybody talk about this. Not yesterday, not today. Who cares, right?

Starting point is 02:59:31 Because the UN is Hamas, apparently, whatever that even means. These are literally people trying to bring water to starving and people dying of thirst families. Sarving families, people dying of thirst. And they shoot them. And that's the story, guys. They're not even arguing a narrative. And it's just crickets. Anybody confused?

Starting point is 02:59:50 Shouldn't be. It's about the most obvious thing in the world. Now, on top of that to end, I can't say that this necessarily is going to be, you know, backed up by the entire Unsalrallah movement, the Houthis. But this is somebody who is part, you know, representing this to a degree, simply pointing out, don't sleep tonight. The expected. This is on the 18th, 4 p.m., simply showing missiles. And so you could argue it's hype, but very well may mean that the Houthi movement is about to step into this because it's obvious that the U.S. in Israel are not interested in anything other than their control.

Starting point is 03:00:26 So just want to point out that there may be more action and anything continues to spin out, it's 100% the fault of the people illegally and belligerently maintaining a war that nobody seems to want. And lastly, Burning Beard pointed this out. Now, I'm probably going to look into this article more deeply. So I just got wind of this maybe an hour before I was getting the show ready. And it's interesting. And I'll include this. It's called Order Without Order.

Starting point is 03:00:51 Foreign policy is a very clearly, you know, state kind of, level influence and campaign, but there's been content that's important to see from it. But he simply says they're carving up the planet. The goal of every move being made is to create technocratic regionalism. The televised soap opera of not war is for your distraction and confusion. So Trump and what's going on, right? It's a good point to think about. Stop listening to paid social influencers and read the historical planners.

Starting point is 03:01:19 Important. Now, check it out. Read up yourself. We'll go into this in another point. but the idea like with Corbett and I talked about. I'll include that in a when I finish that it's obvious this is part of it guys. It's obvious that everyone involved in every interest is about some kind of global transition. It's obvious.

Starting point is 03:01:37 Who's to say whether they're winning or the, you know, the lies are part of it? Question it all. And very much consider what he's pointing out here, right? That this may well be a presentation to get you to stop paying attention to something else. Always consider. that guys but at the same time acknowledge that you can prove i mean whatever you any number of things we've discussed today that you can very much prove one of which being if you're being misled by the government right now left and right but currently the one in control and recognize that israel

Starting point is 03:02:08 is involved with this Zionism is dictating the outcome your government your military seem to be fighting for some religious prophetic war i mean or that's all the narrative as well but the point is these things you need to be aware of to understand the full picture as well as the fact that it matters what the other governments have to say about the situation, even if they're all lying to you. It's your job. You have the responsibility to seek these things out. And right now, I argue you're doing that by going to this show, but it can't just be this show. It can't be just TLAF. It has to be something more because I can miss things. I could be misled for all you know, I'm lying to you. I'm not, but you should question that. And it's important to understand that that is,

Starting point is 03:02:46 we have to take responsibility. Self-responsibility is one of the most important tenants of any true self-representation, guys. We have to take that responsibility for ourselves to find these things and to question them, always. Truly, I think that's what's happening. On that positive note, I very, very much think that's where we are. I think we're at a point right now, or more people than the government has ever expected are asking questions about things they never thought they would.

Starting point is 03:03:14 It gives me hope. You guys give me hope. So keep fighting because I'm telling you, I see it every day. Now, things will have been to flow. They very well made. Trick a bunch more people with some new agenda, but we're going to keep fighting right here. We'll fight it back down.

Starting point is 03:03:30 So if you believe in this platform, what we're doing, support it. Find ways to support us down below. We're going to keep fighting. I love you all. As always. Question everything. Come to your own conclusions. Stay vigilant.

Starting point is 03:03:44 This starts, and it's really fascinating to go back, It starts in 1996 with Netanyahu, who wrote a book called Fighting Terrorism. And the thesis of the book is quite straightforward and very dangerous. He says, you know, there's Hamas, there's Hezbollah, they oppose Israel. It's not good for us to fight them directly. That won't work. What we need to do is topple the governments that, that's, that. back them. So what we need is regime change throughout the Middle East. And he actually gave a long

Starting point is 03:04:24 list of seven countries that included Syria, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, and Lebanon. And systematically, the United States has done Netanyahu's bidding for almost 30 years now, going to war with every one of them, except for the big one that Netanyahu so much longs for, which is the war directly between the United States and Iran.

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