The Last American Vagabond - Trump Lies About Iran Agreement, US Maintains "Blockade" & Israel Violates Lebanon Ceasefire

Starting point is 00:00:01 It starts with a simple question and ends in objective reality. Through our journey from there to here, 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. Welcome to the Daily Wrapup. Friday, April 17th, 2026, thank you for joining me today. I want to do possibly something a little different in the middle of the show today. We'll see if I decided to change my mind. But somebody's been asking me to do sort of a break in the show and engage a little bit.

Starting point is 00:00:55 And I obviously agree that it will help garner donations. And that's kind of the idea that was put forward to help this platform develop more revenue is to just engage with the chat, ask questions, engage for whatever period of time I decide it feels like it's necessary. It's hard for me because it's hard for me to break in the flow of the show. But I do think it's important for two reasons. One, of course, it'll help, you know, revenue for the show to continue to do the daily wrap-ups and the articles and everything else, but it'll also help allow more engagement for people that may have particular questions that I may not really address, you know? And so I just want to throw it out there.

Starting point is 00:01:30 Again, I may very well change my mind, but I want to, I'm going to try to start rolling it into my practice because I do think it's valuable for people to have that engagement. But on that note, just remind me in case I forget. But today what we're going to talk about, of course, is probably the most predictable series of events that I've ever seen in politics in my entire life. I just am blown away by the stupidity of all this happening today. I mean, it was exactly what, nothing has really changed. I mean, there's been momentum or rather, there's been more of,

Starting point is 00:02:05 events in this weird series of alleged events. It's like the best I could do to describe that of Donald Trump and Iran and this back and forth. Now, I think it's pretty damn obvious. Let me put it this way. You can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Donald Trump has lied many times for no other reason then to make it look like he was gaining some traction. And I don't know why you would need to do that if you were winning or any number of examples we can go through about how somehow you hold all the cards but need them to agree. It just doesn't make any sense. But at the same time, we should very much just as much consider that Iran could be lying in its interests in plenty of ways. My point in saying it is I just, I would not shock me in the slightest. And there are some

Starting point is 00:02:44 examples I would argue I could point out like, like for example, when you get the back and forth and they claim they hit every target and usually it's not the case. Those lies exist. But in this back and forth, it's just a one-sided, ridiculous, never-ending series of Trump claiming everything while nothing ever comes to pass. And this is actually kind of what I, this is what Trump does. It's just for some weird reason, more allowed to be acknowledged now than it ever was before. He's the same person he was last time. Same person. It's not a left-right thing. I think Biden and Trump are just as ridiculous. I think left and the right are all part of the same problem. And I could see what Trump was back then. We called it out back then. Call it in 2024, called blackbilled for it.

Starting point is 00:03:21 Now it's all literally happening. And we just need to see that it's not new. So what we're going to talk about in this weird deal discussion is how Trump, one, is continuing to just push the lie. And I don't why that makes sense, seeing as how he must know that we'll see it. And so it will only at best be a short-lived momentary win. Now, I'm open-minded enough to consider that these are all possible small moves in the interest of some larger deal-making thing Trump is doing. Even if that ends up being the case, let's be clear about the reality of the ends, justifying the means, is not a logical, that is a belligerent authoritarian mindset.

Starting point is 00:03:59 No matter what you do, as long as you get what you want, then it all works out. And that only means, that only even makes sense for people in power. But so my point in saying all that is that even if you get, which I highly doubt we will get whatever you think Trump is promising. And even if you stand back and look, what he's saying now is not what he started out with promising. So it doesn't even mean anything then. But if it ends up with some kind of a positive turn, realize that it matters the way you get there.

Starting point is 00:04:21 And if you strong arm everybody into a position and gain what you want, it effectively creates the same kind of momentary feigned victory he's dealing with now. Because let's say you get you want. Well, then everyone else is conspiring all day long about how to take it back because you cheated than out of it, as opposed to making some kind of an agreement where everybody, you know, there's compromise, but everybody gets somewhat of what they want. And that's how real power of peace is made, not through violence and strength and just military action. Strength obviously plays a factor.

Starting point is 00:04:51 But when you go in the direction they're going in, you only guarantee more war, which, what do you know, happens to be very profitable and beneficial for a war-focused state? Totally not coincidental. But when we get into this conversation of the actual agreements, I think it's important to recognize that Donald Trump is being dishonest. And what that shows you about the legitimacy or other the validity of their claims around somehow being military successful, one, but also that this is about anything that they claim it's about. We'll get into the blockade and how it makes sense that Trump would continue the blockade after Iran says it's not open entirely no matter what for everybody going

Starting point is 00:05:28 forward, not even remotely what they said, or that they're giving up their new. nuclear enrichment, not what they said either, but that they ultimately said it was open for commercial with their guidance. And what that really means in regard to why Trump would still block it if that was being allowed and, you know, the possibility that they wanted this to be the case. But mostly that today. A few small points we're going to get into to start that I wanted you to see in regard to, or not necessarily to start, but just throughout the conversation, I don't want you to see just in case it gets missed. But today's large focus on Iran. Now, I want to make sure you saw some of the preview shows we just put up.

Starting point is 00:06:03 If you're on Instagram, it looks like it just went down for some reason. And by the way, the opening started that took, we were late today. It started all sorts of stuff going on, not worth wasting your time about. Looks like the site's under attack again. Looks like things are not loading properly. We're still trying to work through some kind of transition of the site just so you know it's going to take a while. And on that note, there will be so updating upcoming notes on the Odyssey overlap with the IMA website discussion.

Starting point is 00:06:27 This is something that's still being kind of worked out, but it looks like they may well be Odyssey as a platform is just mixing the entire thing. And it's pretty frustrating. We'll go over this more in the future, probably on another IMA conversation. But people had asked why it had been taken so long. And remember, that was not even something that we started with in mind. That was something Odyssey added to say, hey, we want to do this with you. And we said, yeah, that sounds great.

Starting point is 00:06:49 Our focus has always been on the content, just collecting, you know, the people that come together on the IMA and panels and discussions. And that was really the point. But we want to create something where you guys can all go and access the information and the point was that it looks like Odyssey is just nixed the program, even though the people working on it within that we're still working on.

Starting point is 00:07:06 It's still making headway. And it may be because it's not valuable, maybe because it's too problematic. I mean, even though the arc that was stated that wasn't the case, I still wonder whether it had something to do with us being involved with it. But you can decide.

Starting point is 00:07:18 Either way, the point was we are now working on our own version of it. Thank you, big shout at the T's for putting a lot of legwork into creating something for that and it looks like that's going to come to play. So hopefully in the near future, you'll have something to go to for I'm a focus.

Starting point is 00:07:30 but not putting any predictions on time out there because things happen the way they do but sight and everything else now back to the point had an amazing interview with james corbett which really i just love speaking with james it's always so insightful and as you guys know i respect him more than just about anybody and we had a really interesting conversation about one thing he started with but i made sure to clip in the beginning was the conversation of the technate and technocracy and the historical conversation around it and you know surprise surprise what is one of the most important things they've always discussed as being a central controlling mechanism of creating a technate, energy flow, which is not that hard to have wrap your mind around, but it's just interesting to think

Starting point is 00:08:06 about with what we're watching today. And that was what we discussed. Trump's great reset in regard to the straight and the flow of energy or his great blunder. Honestly, I'm leaning more towards his blunder in the way it's working, but I do think there are elements that are driving the reset part of this. I'm just not sure whether Trump even's aware of that or not. Maybe he just thinks he can point to it to make it look like he didn't fail. I don't know. But we had a great conversation in there, and James points out some of the historical elements that are important to see. And we get into the whole network state, pernamos capital, prospera kind of element of this and how that may connect, and then why it seems to make sense with a larger conversation. And it's really

Starting point is 00:08:42 just a lot of theorizing because we don't really know for sure, right? We're just kind of discussing about what this may look like and how it overlaps. James is always somebody who you should consider. His opinions are, I mean, in my opinion, in my time doing this, his opinions are invaluable. Make sure you check that out. Now, I'll also include the last few shows on this just discussion in case you want to get caught up and I haven't seen them, Trump's Blockade. And this was kind of on the same mindset. I did this show up before I interviewed him the day before James Corbett, Trump's blockade on the bluster or the real agenda.

Starting point is 00:09:11 And this one's discussed entitled After Sabotage Talks, because remember, they were sabotaged. That came out from Israel's sight of this. There was an effort to, and we're going to make a point about that today. It's not new. Don't you point to Gaza. You could point to Yemen, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Every time there's been these elements, there's been there Israeli and U.S. elements that have been sabotaging them. But after sabotage talks, Trump's call for effective closure of Hormuz Strait be a military blockade.

Starting point is 00:09:39 That was on the 12th, which on the 13th forward, even though he said the 12th, effectively went to play, and then ships had gone through. We'll talk about that. China's ships went through, even Iranian ships went through, despite all of the Nick Sorderly, Hatterty lies out there telling you how it's 100 percent and we won. Didn't happen. Big surprise, I know. shocking to find out that those people might be wrong about what they have to say. Seeing as how they just parrot what the government tells them, even though the deep state fighters that just parrot what the government says, the Trump who cried wolf was a good episode on the eighth talking about just the ongoing, you know, lies about everything he wants to push.

Starting point is 00:10:12 Now let's get into this. Oh, actually, I'm sorry. One other point I wanted to make. And then I did have a few partisan points I want to include. Hervoy sent this to me from the IMA. And I made sure I asked him, can I show this? I want to just show our conversation. I think that's a huge foiepois, but he says, I subscribe to numerous substacts,

Starting point is 00:10:29 and they all come into his standard inbox. However, I know this is going to blow your mind, ladies and gentlemen, but the only one of everything he gets, and this is not the first person I've heard this from, I just, you know, I think he has somebody you guys know, that's the difference. He said he's the only one, literally the only single one that it does not go in the folder, but goes to the spam folder. And you know how long I've been telling people that if people, about my email, for example, how my emails just don't work and everyone acts like it's somehow my fault.

Starting point is 00:10:55 alter like I'm not responding to them, even though they all know. It's, I've never stopped telling people that. My email just doesn't function. I do my best to respond. Half the stuff goes to spam. Sometimes it doesn't even come through. Now, I'm not claiming to know what that is. Fine, feels uniquely focused, but this is a similar thing.

Starting point is 00:11:12 And I'm not even trying to make this about me. I just think it's, it's interesting that you have these kind of carveouts. And I do think it's interesting that TLAF has uniquely been focused on for such a very long time and not in some ebbing, flowing kind of, you know, you're censored. That's why we can listen to you. you're Alex Jones and not that kind of thing. Just a nonstop two steps back, one step forward lifestyle that never seen. You know, that's pretty much everybody in the IMA.

Starting point is 00:11:33 Anyway, just interesting to see that. Only one. I think you know why. I think I know why. Now, on the partisanship side of this, you know, the nonpartisan objective reporting, which is why I think that's the case. Knoxie points out that this is the same damn person. Now, some of these you've already seen.

Starting point is 00:11:48 I didn't have a show the last couple days, but this woman, and this is the reality, guys, and I don't know why this is not like, for example, if this is, is real, which it is. Why wasn't this a major story? And I mean, it was covered, but like, not that this should even be like the headline story, but this is a really big deal, even though it's a small story. It shows you the kind of thing that these people are, both sides of it, by the way, but that Donald Trump literally manufactured some kind of a DoorDash thing. And it was all, and even DoorDash admitted it was sort of a promotional thing. They just made up. Now, that's one thing. That happens all the time, even though it's still

Starting point is 00:12:24 dishonest or people they just manufacture personalized events to make you think they're normal people, right? This is the same person who was involved in a previous engagement. What was it again? This is just a point out the top of my head. I was looking into it earlier. What was it again? Now I'm forgetting. In any case, the point to be made here is that she had shown up in different examples being used by the Trump administration as somebody separate, as if it was unique and independent. It's the same kind of thing people ask, you know, even shooting conversations. because it's not it's not the idea that we dismiss ever the idea that the government might fake something in any circumstance is so shockingly willfully ignorant naive no matter how serious and no

Starting point is 00:13:02 matter how crazy it may sound the consideration is all i'm talking about and in this case it just shows you what they're constantly doing and i know here's the click down here from gen x watch it in motion and it really it gives you the actual side by side of her talking in congress it's the same person i mean sorry it's very filedly the case we're being gaslit guys constantly and you know who else does that, all these same people involved, including JD Vans, which I think is hilarious to me, as I keep pointing this out, because their whole shtick right now, you know, the U.S. government playing as a one side against the other is the idea that this one side of the same entity we're talking about is the ones fighting the deep state, right?

Starting point is 00:13:40 We're the rebels pushing back. Well, that had some momentum when you were actually not in power. But now you have every controlling element of the government and you're in the White House. And he sits there and says, we need to help take our country back. because that it's it's about the people aren't even questioning it it feels good yes because we're on the good side we had to take it back from the people who aren't in power that doesn't work does it but it only makes sense because you want to make it sound like you're the ones fighting the power because that's what got you here the lie in case you miss what i'm going on there the lie the

Starting point is 00:14:10 misrepresentation of what they're doing and while they now lean and do everything they told you they were fighting everything now one example of this is the fiza conversation which i'm glad to see. Massey effectively, pretty much by himself, but with some support, was able to stop this against ever, Trump, everybody. Johnson, we're all about it. And it really bothered me, by the way, only because, I mean, Massey's not dumb. He must know what these people are. Nick's order and all the rest. So Nick comes out and does this and captions this and shares it and says, oh my God, Massey just saved us. He's celebrating a win against the deep state. Okay. Well, that's interesting. So does Nick know that Trump was the one pushing for FISA reauthorization so effectively.

Starting point is 00:14:57 Breaking news. Nick's order finally admits Trump is not fighting the deep state, but apparently was the one pushing its agenda with FISA until Massey stopped it. Now obviously, I guarantee that's not how he wants you to frame that. But that's what is happening here. And it's just just sad. And what I forget where I posted it, but underneath one of these conversations, I think it was a Massey captioned Nick and made a comment about it. I'm just thinking, why are you giving this guy reach? Because the point is if you understand this person of what he's done the entire time. This person, like the rest of them, you must know that he would have been,

Starting point is 00:15:27 he's probably a few supporters away from cheering for Matt FISA happening. And you must see this with the rest of them. These people will support what the team does. Had team Republicans been, like the momentum been behind passing FISA, and a lot of the team, like all the rest of the Republican commentators were like, it's good, it's for freedom. He would have been going, yay, freedom, yay, FISA,

Starting point is 00:15:46 even though he's got a thousand comments of saying it's bad. And I don't need to prove this to you guys. every one of them does this every day from cat turd to the rest. They will come out and say, bad, bad, bad. Then it happens. They go, well, it's okay because Trump, right? It's okay gas price because Iran or whatever. They're hypocrites.

Starting point is 00:16:01 And so it frustrates me is he can come out here and starts cheering on what he's been fighting because Massey did it. Now, I don't mean in this moment, I mean historically, whatever the Trump team does and Massey bad. He's been calling out Massey the entire time until very recently. And just think about saying that out here celebrating a win against the deep state. The only alternative is that Trump and the side pushing for a visor was the deep state, or at the very least, agents of the deep state.

Starting point is 00:16:26 So work that out for this guy's problem. Look at every other comment. It's all, yeah, Trump did it. We're winning Iran, beating Iran. Trump's the winner. And then, but he's a deep state, though. It's very Alex Jones of you. You might be the antichrist, but, you know, I don't know.

Starting point is 00:16:38 I'm going to keep supporting him. Good job, guys. Hashtag two-party illusion. As five times August aptly puts, and this is the reality of not the, you know, outside of the blind partisan supporters. So in conclusion, there was no 5D chess. Accountability wasn't coming. DC wasn't in panic. They didn't have everything.

Starting point is 00:16:56 All wouldn't be exposed. Nobody was going to get Mo. Patriots weren't in control. Where we go one, we don't go all. Criminals f around and never find out. And there was no plan to trust. Because if you're actually paying attention, everything didn't happen. But here he is cheering on what Massey does in challenge against Trump.

Starting point is 00:17:17 Things are shifting if you keep. get the point so far. And it's not about, I mean, these are just shamelessly fairweather people who are just jumping sides. Haven't we always told you?

Starting point is 00:17:26 That's what they do. It'll be one strong story away from them, jumping right back to supporting whatever the next team says. It's who they are, guys. Now, on the point of this story, that's being aggressively misrepresented by all those same people,

Starting point is 00:17:39 as Health Ranger rightly points out, this is on the 13th. And this is, of course, this Bricks News channel shows a lot of fake information. But not, you know, whenever you say something like that, it should never be taken as then we should ignore everything they have to say some of the stuff they point to is true just consider that everybody out there can lie in their accounts like this that just

Starting point is 00:17:55 seem to be 50-50 about it but it says 121 empty tankers are now heading to the united states now there's been some tankers clearly but what's interesting about this is it was aggressively misrepresented and he says yes it's fake news about the wave of empty tankers most of them were acting like they were pulling up against the shores they announced this like 12 hours before this it wasn't possible and of course you could have just looked the GPS which i'll show you in a second Now, this is just to get you caught up with where we are today. He says, typical White House propaganda. So again, I'm glad to see that Mike Adams is calling out in a consistent way the typical

Starting point is 00:18:30 White House propaganda. But they shouldn't, you know, my point is the, I think the only reason certain people suddenly didn't call it out was because they thought Trump was different, even though the lies, the propaganda, the same stuff was still happening. So my point is that people just put on blinders and choose to not call it out. I don't care how much I supported somebody or how much I thought they were doing the right thing. If they did something I didn't agree with and I thought challenge what they said they were doing, I would be screaming about that more than every other thing going on.

Starting point is 00:18:56 And it may seem counterintuitive to some because aren't there bigger things happening? Well, yes, but it matters to be more than anything that this person is pretending to be the right thing while not doing that. It's just like I always talk about. The worst of the worst are the people that aren't just going on to doing the bad thing, but doing the bad thing and then pretending they're doing good and screaming for praise while they commit murder. You know, that's the kind of darkness that we're fighting. Empty tankers are always empty on one leg and he goes on to make the point. And this is a good point. The simple reality is you relied to about the idea that tankers were flooding over to the United States and it was about trying to justify this transition.

Starting point is 00:19:30 Yes, prices are exploding, but it's okay because we're reimagining the system. Now, because it seems this wasn't really happening the way they framed it was, I'm leaning more in the direction that this was sort of a Trump got wind of that narrative passing around and said, perfect. We'll just, we'll just claim we're doing that and probably give us a few weeks of leeway. Or that's the plan. You can decide. I think that's where they're at right now. I think that's how desperate they are. And for crying out loud, I've pretty sure, pretty clearly been proven to be correct about that level of desperation many times over the last couple of years. The people promoting this as some sort of Trump victory are truly stupid. I agree with him. Now, here's

Starting point is 00:20:08 somebody who I fall during COVID. Now, who's to know whether this person believes it is wrong, is lying, you can decide for yourself. I think a lot of people who kind of got awake to a lot of the nonsense going on during the medical stuff during COVID have failed to recognize the other part of that that's not just medical when a lot of the people who were like, yes, you're right about the COVID stuff, were wildly dishonest people in every other field. And some of these people have yet to see that, not him or anybody in particular, just that is a real thing happening, which you all know, right? We all talk about the grifters during the COVID frame that sort of leaned into the truth

Starting point is 00:20:41 very late to sort of get people, you know, honest doctors out there to think they were the good people fighting for freedom and they weren't. But this person, Dr. Rousseau, says, this isn't the straight of Fremuse. This is the Gulf of America. No, it's not straight of, or I mean, excuse me, this is the Gulf of Mexico. And it has hundreds of supertankers from every corner of the planet are racing to Texas to Louisiana to fill up the cheap. Nope, no, that was the 13th.

Starting point is 00:21:01 Now, as I tried to point out that very few seem to care about. And of course, this platform wildly suppresses the honest statement in all the lies, which is that this is the all ships view. I'm sure you guys know this because we've been doing this a lot. Right? This is the all ships view. view as you guys have seen, right? That's why it looks like that. That's the Gulf of Mexico. And that's what that is. That's the all-ships view. Now, even right now,

Starting point is 00:21:26 or back then, had you gone to tankers, which is what they were trying to show you, I need to scroll back over again. I just have it on straight and for Moose right now. This is what you would see. And I post the image somewhere else. Now, even at that time, that's what it looked like. No, not flooding over, no, not even close. Now, this is different today than it was. There was a few more before, but this was the reality then. So did they not know that? Are they trying to hype this? And I said right there, nope, that's the all-ship view.

Starting point is 00:21:51 Three likes, three. Like, you know, and you can easily demonstrate this. Wouldn't you think that people go, hey, thank you for pointing out the truth. This platform very much leans into the promotional, beneficial lie or disregard for the truth. Just like it did before. It's only worse. Now, someone else, Texas Girl X, 300,000 followers, says, real-time energy, takeover, baby, and this is my point, right? So we were talking about this a few days before,

Starting point is 00:22:17 going this whole argument about the blocking of the straight and kind of the energy takeover, you know, is it going to be used as an excuse to blame, like to act like Trump is somehow winning secretly? And then it just exploded across the field. And all of these conservatives who were like, perfect, like I think Trump might be doing himself, this excuse makes it look like Trump is secretly winning the entire time, trust the plan. I'm going to lean into that without anything and then show you a picture that's been circulating of the all ships view that has It's not of tankers, and that's what you get. This ain't the straight.

Starting point is 00:22:47 It's the straight. Same thing. It's the Gulf of America. Hundreds of supertakers just pasting and copying and pasting and copying, and these are huge influencing accounts. And I said, no, a lot of these posts are showing these images or claiming that they're tankers. They're not. The all-ship's view, and this is what it looked like at that moment.

Starting point is 00:23:05 That's it. So they're lying to you or they're being misled. It's simple. And here you had Nick Sorder saying, President Trump's blockade of a straight of her moves, is costing Iran, $400 million a day on the 13th. Well, that appears to be incorrect. Surprise, surprise. I know it's shocking to find these things out.

Starting point is 00:23:22 But what's interesting is this is based on the idea that they had somehow shut everything down. Well, that's not what happened. But this is the kind of nonsense you get from Fox and CNN. Hyperbolic, assumptive reporting based on the agenda of the government that they claim be fighting in other contexts. So the reality is that there were Chinese ships that were going through. They were Iranian ships that were going through.

Starting point is 00:23:41 And you could literally prove this. In fact, in a second, I'll go to the, was it, oil tanker, an account that has a very real-time map of real GPS showing you that, which, guys, it's always, always been there. You have the tools. I'm sure most of you already knew this because you watch this show and because you can look for yourselves. But here's an example. This is on the 14th. Thomas says, I've watched the Maritime app, which again, I've included every time you guys can do it yourselves. I've watched the Maritime Math of the Strait for about 10 days on this on the 14th, noting that I am no maritime expert.

Starting point is 00:24:13 I've failed to see any difference during the past 18 hours. Now, this is, by the way, well into the 14th. As Trump said, it took effect the beginning of the 14th. And technically it was supposed to be on the 13th, even the 12th. Technically was the 13th. But basically, he said, it's in effect immediately. And then everyone's like, well, you've got to give them 24 hours. It's like, well, that's not what immediately means.

Starting point is 00:24:33 It's just funny how the partisan game plays. Iran flagship seemed to be moving in and out of the Strait of Vermont like they have till this day, which I agree. I saw the same thing. Now, tankers, military, pleasure vessel, these are all different things. This map is of all traffic, right? But the point was Trump said all. He said every, first he said everything. Then it got watered down to, well, only Iranian ports and Iranian ships, which, yeah,

Starting point is 00:24:57 maybe that's what he meant in the beginning, but that's not what he said. All you can do is take it at face value of the words, he says, while questioning because he could be lying as usual, like any of them. But then, okay, Iranian ports and Iranian ships. And that still didn't seem to happen. Every ship going to the straight does it through the Iranian. and checkpoint between the two islands. There's also the typical huge gathering around the UAE port.

Starting point is 00:25:16 Where's the block A? As far as I could tell, it didn't exist. And I said, thank you. All you have to do is look for yourself to see that this admin is lying about everything. Stop listening to these partisan hacks who just repeat what the government says. Now, here is what I was talking about. This one's from the 17th from today. Tankertrackers.com.

Starting point is 00:25:33 Now, I'm going to come back to this, but we're going to stay with the 13th for a moment, but I want you to see this all the way to today. It simply says, as you can clearly see. And this account has a lot of this stuff. Now, if you actually look at the account, too, you'll find it it's not a partisan account. Some of these things seem to benefit what Trump is pointing out. I believe it might what it looks like, and I don't want to speak for the account or, you know, who knows what will happen tomorrow, but it looks like a pretty apolitical just reporting

Starting point is 00:25:55 of what they see on the trackers. And it says, as you can clearly see in this three-day-long AIS playback since the blockade line was drawn between the eastern Horn of Oman and the Iranian-Pakistan border. a lot of tankers, which have been placed specifically under U.S. sanctions, have been entering and departing the scene with ease. I mean, for crying out loud, guys, we live in a fantasy world right now where this stuff can be self-evident. And yet, there's like, there's like 10 of us.

Starting point is 00:26:25 I can count on both my hands how many people are out there actually pointing to this. But CNN and Fox News and every channel and every mainstream alternative, everybody's like it's either closed or it's wild to me. I mean, it's, you know, I have to believe that that's, I'm not going to personalize. The point is that this is all there. So you need to reflect on all people out there. And whether it's dishonesty, opportunism, profiteering, or whatever it is, who are just trying to lead you astray. And I says, why can't we just be honest about this stuff?

Starting point is 00:26:53 Partisan team sport politics, that's why. And if you ask, then ask yourself why the left doesn't call this out right now, ah, well, now you're asking the right questions. They're not actually fighting each other. Now, those two things may feel counterintuitive until you fully understand what we're talking about. Teams for politics is just to get you guys fighting each other. The two-party illusion is so the ultimate point is that they're not fighting each other. They need you guys to fight each other or us to fight each other.

Starting point is 00:27:17 Now, we'll come back to that. Now, as Robert Barnes says, Vance had a deal. Then the real president, Beebe told him no. That's the way he frames it. You could argue that's how it went down. Trump is just a messenger point these days. Because the reality, remember, is that even a Netanyahu bragged that, that Vance was relaying moment to moment what was going on to Bibi,

Starting point is 00:27:37 not Trump. And then ultimately, he talked to BB, according to everybody else in the room, to Netanyahu, and then the deal was canceled. And here's, this is even Mario says, the story of why these Islamabad talks collapse just changed completely. It wasn't a breakdown. It was a near deal that fell apart at the final hours. And the Iranians didn't even know it was over until Vance walked into the podium.

Starting point is 00:27:57 Now, I wouldn't take this framing at face value, seeing how Mario just repeats what he's handed. Like, oh, the story just just, changed? Well, it changed because at first you just blame. Here's what I was told, but you don't really frame it that way often, do you? And we'll get into that in a second. It's the same thing. This is a mainstream manipulative account, no matter whether he knows that or not. This is, the reality of this was clear from the very beginning. But as Robert Barnes rightly points out, it's been obvious and self-evident to me at least that Netanyahu's been the one driving this from

Starting point is 00:28:25 day one. And every time he wants to stop something, just like with Gaza, it easily stops. And this is interesting to me. No, I always ask on these, do they really not realize what they just said? Now, what we're going to get into is dance essentially saying, well, we can do that too, terrorism. It's really what he says. So is the point that he wants to drive the world into a place where it's not a crime in whatever you do as long as you're the one fighting the bad guy or have you framed that?

Starting point is 00:28:58 Or is it that somebody else is driving this country into collapse? I'm not sure. There could be something else as well. But how in the world do you think it makes sense for our government to broadly just admit that they're willing to do the same thing back? That they're not better or above or fighting for some larger ideological chain. No, no. We're just the same. We're just more powerful.

Starting point is 00:29:21 How does that suit anybody's agendas right now? To weapons of war, what they have done is engaged in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. They basically threatened any ship. that's moving through the streets of Hormuz. Well, as the President of the United States showed, they didn't. Two can play at that game. And if the Iranians are going to try to engage in economic terrorism,

Starting point is 00:29:40 we're going to abide by a simple principle that no Iranian ships are getting out either. Right. So you could tell that he kind of slipped and recognized what he said, but two can play at that game. There's no way you must understand that. Oh, so we can do economic terrorism back, which is not new, guys. Sanctions are economic terrorism.

Starting point is 00:30:00 There's no, I mean, anybody honest will admit that to you. That's what it is. It's a financial attack against the country that it's supposed to affect the weakest people to drive them against their government to cause change. It's literally documented.

Starting point is 00:30:12 So the point is what he's saying, well, we can do it back. The only problem here, though, is that's not what Iran was doing. And I've been saying this from the very beginning. I've been proving this from the very beginning, just like we did with the tracker and everything else, they have not.

Starting point is 00:30:25 I mean, and they said as much. It's the equivalent of them going, they refuse to get rid of nuclear, but they're right over here, going, we'll get rid of it right now. Well, they're not refusing. Clearly, you either don't believe them and you're lying to us or you didn't even know they said that, which is pretty crazy. So here we are, right? We're willing to attack you for this control, the economic terrorism. They basically threatened any ship that's moving through the streets of war.

Starting point is 00:30:50 That's the important part. You know as well as I. What they did was threaten the ones fighting them. And we're going to get into it yet again today, that the reporting was clearly, and I'm telling you. It's still my opinion. But I am more and more convinced every day that this was always a manipulation, that the strait was never closed down, it was restricted to them, there were no minds in the water, these were all narratives put out by the U.S. and Israel to create the very blockade that they wanted. That's what I believe. Now, whether that's because of some massive great reset transition, or just because they wanted to be able to take control, even though they knew it would hurt you, Americans and everybody else, they just want control for their interest, for Netanyahu's

Starting point is 00:31:27 interest, that they plan for Iran to do that. they didn't take the bait. And so they made it happen themselves. So all he's saying now is, oh, yeah, we could do that back. Well, they didn't do it. So you're just manufacturing your illegal terrorism based on the idea that they started it. Or moves. Well, as the President of the United States showed, two can play at that game.

Starting point is 00:31:47 And if the Iranians are going to try to engage in economic terrorism, we're going to abide by a simple principle that no Iranian ships are getting out either. We know that's a big deal to them. We know that applies additional economic leverage. And again, Brett, the president wants the Iranian people to thrive and succeed. Clearly not. Right. I mean, that's not even talked about anymore.

Starting point is 00:32:07 This argument about freedom and revolution. I mean, they're like straight and oil and control. They're not even on the table because anybody who's not completely brain dead already knew they weren't the conversation. I mean, how are the Iraqi people varying? How are the Syrian people faring? How are the Libyan people faring? How are the Libyan people faring? How are any other country they've ever been involved in?

Starting point is 00:32:25 How are they faring? Well, guess what? They're all to a man, to a woman, suffering. Their countries are distracting. I shouldn't say to a man. The point is, though, as a broad society, struggling. These are the liberated countries saved by the U.S. government. I mean, guys, this is my point about every conversation.

Starting point is 00:32:41 How are we going to let them sit there and act like they're the ones benevolently saving people when every example they pretend is there is utter chaos and destruction and occupation? And one by one being sold out to the very terrorist they claimed they were always fighting because, ah, they weren't actually fighting them. I hope we can finally start to get there. He has had his negotiation team put on the table a serious proposal. The ball is in Iran's court. Did we make progress?

Starting point is 00:33:06 Yes. But we're going to find out from the Iranians whether we can make that ultimate bit of progress that gets us to a big deal. Oh, Chris, that's a ridiculous way of saying we didn't get progress. So you keep telling us, oh, just about all they want to appeal so badly. And then it doesn't happen. Okay. Well, if they wanted it so badly, then why didn't have all we're just about to be right?

Starting point is 00:33:23 We just need to nail down the final point. And then Iran goes and they're not agreeing with anything. every single point, which is, by the way, the same 10 points they've been demanding since months ago. Because if you've ever paid attention so far, they never changed. The U.S. and Vance and all the rest are like, we're so close and they demanded this and they're pleading with us. Please, Trump, open the, help me end this. And they sit down. They go, no, we don't want that.

Starting point is 00:33:44 We want only these 10 points. And they walk away and go, oh, we're so close to a deal. It's just so stupid. It's like Blinking and Gaza, we all see it. And we're literally fighting with a bunch of Zionist and manipulative partisan team players. That's a lot of people, by the way, and a lot of very wealthy and influential and powerful people. But it's not the majority, guys. It's just very obvious.

Starting point is 00:34:05 And as Iran rightly keeps pointing out, we do not want to extort anybody. We want a regulatory role in the street like every other country around every other straight canal in the world. But apparently they're terrorists because they want that normal thing. We see, again, like always, they're not going, we don't believe you. Because you could argue that. You could say, well, we don't trust you. we think you're going to do something bad. They say, they're asking, they're, they tell us they're going to distort that we're

Starting point is 00:34:30 going to control and steal and rob. They're not doing that. And you have to recognize how weak these people are if that's the best they can do. And of course, this is what you get from these whole red crap, holy, or excuse me, the red light holy crap guys. JD vans, Mike dropped a wrong. They basically threaten any ship that's moving in the straight, which is basically not even a really true, but great job, journalist.

Starting point is 00:34:55 And as President Trump showed, two can play at that game. You got to love it. He's crushing it. Right. Vance comes out and goes, we can be terrorist. He goes, woo, freedom. Hashtag maga, we're winning, even though that's not true at all. But, you know, that's what you get. And here's Bronforkowski. This is so embarrassing. On the 6th of February, he literally said they want to make a deal very badly. On the 2nd of March, they want to make a deal badly. The 16th, they want to make a deal badly on the 24th. And each one of these times they had moments where they were discussing and meeting and to negotiate, okay, on the 24th, they want to deal badly.

Starting point is 00:35:27 on the 25th, they want to deal badly. On the 1st of April, they want to deal really badly. On the 13th, they want to deal about 14th. They want to deal really badly. Okay, well, it's the 17th. And guess what? I'm sure you know where it's going. They already said no again.

Starting point is 00:35:39 Now, Trump is saying, they agreed to everything. And Iran's saying, that's not true. None of that is true. We're right back where we started. Now we're going to get into that. But this is how absurd this is. You don't think Trump knows that we'll be able to see through it. You have to ask, why would he do that?

Starting point is 00:35:54 I can only see too obvious desperation. because there's no other good choice or because somebody's making him do it. I, of course, could be missing something. But what do you, I mean, how do we not acknowledge that? Now, here is what Al-Madian English put out. This is from Iran on the 15th. So on the 14th, Trump says they want to deal so badly. Okay.

Starting point is 00:36:13 Well, here is the member of the expediency discernment counsel of Iran affirming, quote, Iran will not, under any circumstances, back down from our 10-point proposal, despite U.S. naval blockades. He further warned that any U.S. ground intervention would mean thousands of soldiers falling into captivity. He further added that Washington's threat of block aid is nothing more than psychological warfare that will not change Iran's position, which anybody could have seen that coming, seeing as how they've planned for this. He argued the United States, quote, fears prolonged wars of attrition while Iran is prepared and accustomed to such confrontations. They did that. They're the ones that gave them that preparation, claiming that President Donald Trump is acting under the influence of decisions taken behind the scenes by Netanyahu and the wider U.S.

Starting point is 00:36:55 nationalist establishment as he attempts to present himself as a policeman of the Strait of Ramos. And very ineffectually, by the way, he further argued that the U.S. failure stems from the misunderstanding of global transformations, Trump's poor political management and the military ignorance of the Secretary of War. That's Auxet. They're calling him out personally. He asserted that while Iran is currently exercising military restraint, which, I mean, guys, every, that's obvious. You realize that, right, even before the whatever ceasefire we pretend we're dealing with right now, even though we'll get into that. second and the lies within it as Israel has already violated the one against Lebanon.

Starting point is 00:37:29 Now I'm going to check as we get to the end and we'll find out if they're doing it right now. Haven't as up today, not that I can find out, but the very moment it took place like they do every time they showed the world that we don't care and they don't care and they bombed 11 these no locations and nobody care. But restraint would mean that all these times before Iran could have been doing everything they were doing. They could have been bombing schools and hospitals and everything else. They did not.

Starting point is 00:37:53 they love to scream narratives but you can prove it like we keep saying this is not gaza the Zionist needs you to have a blacked out location they can lie about the reality is we can see it you know what we can also prove they've been bombing schools and hospitals and locations and ambulances just like they do everywhere else Lebanon Gaza Syria Iran just kills me guys but just anyway so reality means me reality is that we will not falter now he could be lying of course blustering just to make it look like they're strong now but my But like I've been saying, if this was the first time it was happening, well, yeah, maybe you could argue they just are about to collapse and they need to project strength. However, it's happened.

Starting point is 00:38:34 That tweet is not even, doesn't even do it justice. It's probably happened 15 times where Trump comes out and goes, they're so close. They begged me. And then you get this statement. Then they meet for a conversation. Then they turn down what Trump said. Then he comes out and goes, they're begging me for a deal. It takes a special kind of stoop, but did not see what that shows you.

Starting point is 00:38:52 Now, here's what Trump had to say on the 16th, right? the next day after this. So we will never compromise on the 10-point demands. Trump comes out after on the 14th saying they want a deal very badly and says, if there's no deal, fighting will resume. Okay. So for the honest people in the room, explain to me how on the 14th or the 15th or the 12th or the 3rd or the 6th or how many times before it, they want a deal so badly or they're

Starting point is 00:39:17 begging me for a deal. And then you need to come out and say, if you don't make the deal that you're begging me for, we have to go back to fighting. So an honest person's going to go, okay, so they're not begging him for a deal. Okay. So Trump was lying or Trump's being lied to. That's it, guys. It's not hard to recognize.

Starting point is 00:39:38 There's no, there's, I mean, I could be as objective as possible and say maybe there's some kind of unknown in this that makes that makes sense outside of what I'm saying. But it's definitely not that Iran is desperately seeking a deal because you know how I know that? Because they would make a deal, guys. I mean, it's just not that hard to recognize. And I only mean that a sense of what Trump is claiming, that they're like obliterated and they have no way to defend themselves. And it's not like they have anything to negotiate with.

Starting point is 00:40:02 They have no cards left, he told us. So why wouldn't they take a deal? Why would Trump even be offering a deal? I don't need to waste this on you guys. I know you already know this stuff. But it's just pathetic, isn't it? Now, here is the 10 points, if you want to remember what they are that Iran has put forward from, I don't know, a month and a half ago. Whenever that came out where they said we're done with this after you bombed us for the second time in negotiation,

Starting point is 00:40:24 we're done with you. Now that doesn't mean that, like I said, the last time when the U.S., clearly, as a thing continues to be shown, that they came and offered them to 10 points. And that's why Iran said, okay, we'll meet in Islamabad. And they showed up and they didn't offer what they said.

Starting point is 00:40:39 And that's why it got shut down. It's deductive logic here. So I think it's because Trump needs these momentary wins. Maybe that's just because they're siphoning off money from the reiss from the exchange or the stock market because they're using these statements to manipulate the market. But either way, U.S. commitment to ensure no acts of aggression. So they're not going to do that.

Starting point is 00:41:00 I guarantee you Trump's not going to go, we, and should we commit to no more of their acts. They're going to say, well, we might need to, and they're not going to do it. Just like Israel when we get to Lebanon, which is just disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. They've been violating the ceasefire because 2024 and the one before that, and yet now we're going to make a deal with Lebanon, even though that's not Hezbo we're talking about. And you make a deal for defense. I mean, it's just, it's painful that the same old reporting, we'll get to it a second.

Starting point is 00:41:23 For those I've been following the Lebanon part of this, it just pains me how it can be so blind to the reality of it. And then you're going to pretend like Israel's not going to do what we all know they're going to do and probably already have since I've been talking. Number two, continue to Iran and control the Strait of Ramos. Well, they don't want that. And this is my point. Iran has been standing by the same 10 points this whole time.

Starting point is 00:41:43 Acceptance of Iran's nuclear enrichment. Well, Trump said they gave it up today. Guess what, though? They already offered to give it up back on the 28th, which had never been reached before. I want you guys to remember this. I'm going to bring it up every single time. The foreign minister of Vermont publicly admitted that they had agreed to no enrichment and to give up their stockpile. They've never done that before.

Starting point is 00:42:03 And guess what happened that night? Israel bombed them on the 28th to stop that deal like they do every single time. That may not make sense to you if you think they're seeking peace. If you think that they want to stop or if you think that they even have interest in nuclear weapons. Israel's using this as a means to an end. So when they actually give it up, well, guess what? Now there's no justification. So we had to stop that and blame the say they lied or whatever the thing Israel does.

Starting point is 00:42:30 Lifting all primary saying, and my point saying that, by the way, was they had offered it, but they blew it up twice. So today, Iran is claiming that they do not want to give it up because they already stopped that agreement. Now, but understand, if they decided to go back to this right now, which I wouldn't begrudge them, if they actually thought they would actually see some kind of upheld peace, because at the end of the day, they still didn't lose. Because the point is, Trump went through all of this to end up right where he was in the February 28th with actually a weaker position. You've given Iran more, more control, more influence, more engagement with the deal,

Starting point is 00:43:06 and you still got what you already had on February 28th. So even if it goes that way, and they scream a win, watch, they were doing it today. We're going to say, Trump did it. You guys opened the straight, and he stopped the nuclear. well guess what that was already there and by the way they were both exactly the way they were before we got even to the 28th it was open they weren't seeking nukes before that painful lifting all primary sanctions lifting all secondary sanctions termination of all the u.n security council resolutions against iran they're never going to do all this termination of the international atomic energy agency

Starting point is 00:43:38 board of governors resolutions against iran payment of damages to iran for loss of war never going to happen withdraw of u.s combat forces now here's my point they did this because because they wanted this to be something they had to give in for. They were willing to come to the table before. That's evident to everybody who's honest. Now because they bombed them while they were negotiating, they're putting their foot down. They're in for the long haul, as far as I can tell,

Starting point is 00:44:00 and they want this to hurt when they give in. That's what it looks like to me. Of course, secession including Lebanon, which everybody knew, which was involved in Islamabad, the Pakistani foreign minister made it clear. And they knew that. and the record shows Trump agreed, then Netanyahu pushed back,

Starting point is 00:44:19 and then they all acted like they didn't know about it. Again, obvious Netanyahu's in control here. Now, this is from today. Iran says, Hormuz straight, completely open, says corporate media. Now, I want to stress the idea of how different this is. We're supposed to believe the Hill is the Democrat platform who wants to take down Trump, right? In whatever context, they want that to be the case.

Starting point is 00:44:40 But it's so obvious how whenever it's war or Israel, they all seem to take the same tact. Yes, obvious. it's not completely open. And they use that term, but I'll show you what Aragachi actually said and how casually they leave out or even more interesting

Starting point is 00:44:53 how the hill, you know, the deep, the Democrat, deep state platform fighting Trump all the time literally quotes Trump exactly as if it's fact. Iran announced that the critical global supply lane known as a threat of Ramos is quote,

Starting point is 00:45:09 completely open. And that's it though. Oh, I'm sorry. I forget this was with the one they included what he said in the quote. So I'll give him that. There's another one I was reading that just basically quote,

Starting point is 00:45:19 but other than that is basically what Trump had to say. So here's what Aragachi said, and I'll show you in a second. He says, in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, which we'll talk about in the latter half, which is just disgusting. And I guarantee, well, it has already been violated, but I guarantee, based on what Israel has written down, just like last time, it is designed to fail. So they can blame Lebanon, or rather Hezbollah,

Starting point is 00:45:39 and then bomb Lebanon as Hezbollah, regardless. And it says, the passage for all commercial vessels through the straight is declared completely open for the remaining of the ceasefire. And on the coordinated route as already announced. So Trump comes out, was open forever. We did it. We won, essentially.

Starting point is 00:45:59 Very different already, right? And he knows this. It's posted publicly. And they agreed to commercial vessels, not, you know, so basically no military. And I guess no civilian. That's the only ones allowed. So it's not completely open then, right there.

Starting point is 00:46:14 And that it would be only during this supposed ceasefire. And then should they violate any part of this momentary ceasefire leading until another talk, which I'm still blown away by, then they will go right back to doing what they're doing. In no way does that mean open forever. And they agreed and they gave up their nuclear enrichment, which doesn't even seem to be on the table. How do you make sense of that? Desperation, in my opinion.

Starting point is 00:46:39 And it says on the coordinated route as announced, on top of that the last part, was that every one of them, even if it's only commercial, has to be guided through particularly by Iran. they're not that's not what trump's saying that's not what all the screaming partisans are acting like he just won and it's definitely not going to be something they agreed to i think i think what it was honestly is about getting this momentary you know we did it for markets and i guess that's it i can't even think of why they uh half a day win would gain them anything president trump reacted enthusiastically to iran's announcements and this is why i tend to think more in this moment that it's kind of Trump being told by Whitkoff and Kushner and Netanyahu that that's what they said.

Starting point is 00:47:20 And then maybe he genuinely thinks Iran lies about this stuff. I don't know, which is certainly one of the possibilities. But again, the evidence clearly points towards Trump in every circumstance. He said enthusiastically to Iran's announcement, but said the U.S. blockade remains in place, which doesn't make sense, does it? He says it's only until we agree to a deal. Well, but okay, if they're the one saying it's open and you're maintained the blockade, then right now it's not open.

Starting point is 00:47:46 You're blocking things. Why would that make sense to anybody unless they wanted this to be the blockade from the very beginning? And I say he wrote, Iran has announced the straight is, Iran is fully open and ready for full passage. You see, that's the exact opposite of what the word. That is not what they said. It's open for specific things for a period of time while Iran's guiding it through. And in subsequent post, the president said the U.S. blockade on the straight will remain in full force until long-term deal is reached. I'm willing to bet you anything that alone will be a violation for Iran.

Starting point is 00:48:18 and probably as we speak, it's already going back to what it was a second ago, which is what happens every time. We'll wait and see tomorrow. But just in case you missed what I'm saying is that Trump's saying he's going to maintain the blockade when one of these discussions is about allowing this to go back to normal until they get to the next discussion. That's in course, unless Israel does what it always does in the meantime, that they ultimately are, that their full force blockade in the meantime will be seen by Iran as a violation of that agreement. That's what I think.

Starting point is 00:48:48 The straight of Hermose is completely open and ready for business and full passage. Also, and still can correct. But the naval block aid will remain in full force and effect as it pertains to Iran, he says, only. Well, right now I can prove to you that Iranian ships, whether by incompetence or not, have been getting through. Only such time as our transaction with Iran is 100% complete. Our transaction? You need to really think about why that term was used. Our transaction, because that is how he sees this.

Starting point is 00:49:16 you know, and the idea that they're telling you they're not giving money to Iran. You know, embarrassing it would be. I said this before if he gives money to Iran based on all of his hype about Obama, simply giving back money that they stole from Iran, which were the same thing he'd be doing right now. And I'd say the same thing next administration, Trump just gave back what they stole, is that they would use it against him, but he's acting like, that's not going to happen.

Starting point is 00:49:36 Probably because he's embarrassed about it. And I bet you if they have to make a deal, that will be the one thing Iran demands will have to happen. Just to make a point, I bet. This process should go very quickly that most points are, already negotiated. Sure, totally not, though. Seeing as how the two things you scream, they both said our lies, but here we are yet again. The news comes a 10-day Israel-Israel Lebanon ceasefire takes hold. Now, that's a separate conversation, even though it's connected. I mean, I'm going to cover it that way. Because they are the same conversation. But it's just, it's frustrating that people

Starting point is 00:50:06 don't, I mean, everyone involved in this, anybody who's been paying attention is well aware this is not going to hold. That Israel has been violating this. And as we speak, has already been encroaching in multiple locations. They're currently occupying more beyond the blue line than they were before. It's one continual encroachment based on new narratives. In another truth, Social Post, Trump claimed that Iran had agreed to hand over their nuclear dust, an apparent reference to its erupt uranium. Trump said that Israel would not be bombing Lebanon going forward. Not even remotely what's actually going to happen. And not that that has any influence of what Israel does. It says the USA will get all nuclear dust created by our great B2 bombers. No money will exchange hands in any way,

Starting point is 00:50:46 reform. You called it a transaction, didn't you? This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon either. But the, so wait, not subject to Lebanon, but I promise they'll stop bombing Lebanon. Sure, we're going to work out, I'm sure. But the USA will separately work with Lebanon and deal with Hezbollah situation. Oh, wait a minute. So you're at war with Hezbollah. Okay, you're bombing Hezbollah back and forth. So you make a deal with Lebanon to stop Hezbollah. And somehow that's a ceasefire. You weren't even, Lebanon, we're told you're not in, Lebanon is not the one you're fighting. You're fighting Hezbollah. So you make an agreement with Lebanon to stop Hezbollah, but we call it a ceasefire. Okay. Now, Hezbollah has actually stopped bombing based on that ceasefire, but has not said

Starting point is 00:51:27 their party to the ceasefire. And I just, this is a mirage, guys. It's designed this way. And I'm sorry, I'm getting into it now. We're going to get to it in a second. It's about the defensive discussion, how they're allowed to defensively, you know, defend themselves. They call everything defense. So basically, they just gave them it out and said we can bomb them when we want to. Not on the other side around, though. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. Well, they did right after you said that. That's a fact. The moment they said this was happening, the Israel continued bombing Lebanon like they do. I mean, every time I've ever covered the situation, Israel always does that. They make a point to go, oh, well, one more. We're going to finish out

Starting point is 00:52:05 that operation. And then we'll be done and go well over the ceasefire. They're just making a point to the world, guys. Now, again, this is important, as I said a second ago. The deal was already reached on the 28 to give up the nuclear stockpile and to no longer seek nuclear enrichment of any kind from a civilian or anything else. It was all on the table. They had agreed. And Israel blew up the deal. It's all very well documented. How that doesn't mean, like get discussed repeatedly by any of the corporate media shows you how broken they are. This was a publicly discussed. This involved the U.S. government, guys. And it's real bomb them that night to stop the thing that now Trump says he's trying to make a deal for. So successfully got a deal for the things.

Starting point is 00:52:45 you already had. Well done, Trump. That's weakness. That's him framing his loss as a win. It's just like Stephen Miller's been doing the entire time. Now, here is the updates I want to go through. We'll go to the, actually, we'll go to the top and then we'll come back. I'm going to go through some of the ones I showed here. So, remember, as we're hearing from Trump, oh, here, let's read this first, actually. Now that Hermosa Strait is over, the situation in the state is over, he says, I received a call from NATO asking if we needed some people. help. It's not over. It's a momentary thing. And if Iran does not give what gets what it wants, which I doubt they'll do, then this goes right back to where it was. This man desperately needs a

Starting point is 00:53:27 win. And it says, I received a call from NATO asking if we need some help. I told them to stay away unless they just wanted to load up their ships with oil. They were useless when needed. Well, they're not just a blunt force. It's supposed to be if you're attacked. You weren't attacked. Facts matter, Mr. Trump. That's basically obvious. The USA will get all nuclear dust created by our B2 bombers, money will be exchanged. We just read that one. Aron will help with the help of USA, it says, has removed or is removing all sea mines. Guys, that's nowhere. That's on Trump's true social. That's it. The evidence for that has never been verified. And guys, I'm this is what I keep showing. And I find this just to be embarrassing as I've been showing you the entire time.

Starting point is 00:54:13 Oh, I don't know why that's not loading for me. It's supposed to be, or moose. There it goes. Okay. So this is the straight and foremost right there. Right now. Live. Right? So we're to pretend that there are random minds throughout the entire straight, but yet you've got constant traffic of civilians, commercial, everything. That's real traffic.

Starting point is 00:54:38 And that's all these different things. Okay. You've got cargo, tanker, passenger, fishing, warship, tall ship, tanker, tugboats, pilot boats. Now, all we understand it, tanker, warships are probably being somewhat, well, technically tanker's supposed to be going through but trump said he's got to block eight we're going to get into that in a second but the point is that all the rest of this is currently going through the straight that's what we're looking at how do you want to factor in that there's somehow minds floating around in there and also let's realize that that is not something that lines with what i think iran has said they've done

Starting point is 00:55:09 they never claimed to do that they said it's only closed for you guys fighting us so that wouldn't make sense to put mines throughout the straight now they could and they have in the past but the evidence is not there and the all you got was trump coming out saying, remember, I made a point about this. If you put Smynes in the straight, that'll be a violation, but they haven't done it yet. He literally said that. How dumb is that? And then 12 hours later, minds in the straight, it was just a coordinated argument.

Starting point is 00:55:35 Because as I said, I'm of the mind. They needed this. They needed this to be closed. Because the argument was Iran is fighting the world. It's extorting the world. And if they didn't do that, well, then they had no argument. Right? The only problem was that they were being hurt by this because they were being restricted.

Starting point is 00:55:56 Now, they pressured and threatened and gaslit people to stop going through. Even right now, there are people right now who are afraid to go through because they think there are still mines in there. That's what the U.S. and Israel did. They're the one to shut this down, guys. That's my point. Now, so here's what Iran said. After Trump comes up and says, no more in rich uranium, they promised, and the straight's open forever. Saeed Mohammed Medi, a spokesperson for Iran's president,

Starting point is 00:56:23 has lashed out at the baseless statements of the enemy. Shortly after Trump and Iran had agreed never to close the straightup for moves again, the quote, the condition and limited reopening of the portion, the conditional and limited reopening of a portion of the straight. That's the reality. And look at what Trump yells out. Is solely, he writes, an Iranian initiative, one that creates responsibility and serves to test the firm commitments of the opposing side.

Starting point is 00:56:51 Apparently they've veiled that right away. right i mean clearly this if this was a see trump comes out and says we took everything and we win and they're weak and we're going to beat him and maybe we're going to fight him still he's done that too and this is why would you make a deal with anybody like this if they renege on their promises they will face our consequences quite quite different when you hear it from what iran is saying he also suggested that trump statements were aimed at stripping the iranian nation of their sense of pride for the great victories they have achieved through their resolute defense right because, guys, Trump needs this to be a win for him.

Starting point is 00:57:25 Like I said from like the first week, I feel like he's going to turn around and claim the original situation was what he got was with him winning. And look at how close I am to being right about that. Just an opinion. That's what he's kind of already doing. So what he's doing on top of that is trying to make it seem like they're so weak and they can't fight back and they've been destroyed.

Starting point is 00:57:43 Their Navy's gone. Their Navy's not gone. Their ship's out there right now, guys. And yet we just keep going with the lies. Half the corporate media says their Navy's been destroyed. It's painful. So Iran's announcement of the opening of Strait of Formos is no free for all, they write. It says Iran declared the Strait of Fremuz completely open for the 10-day period of the Lebanese ceasefire,

Starting point is 00:58:02 but said ships would have to be used a coordinated route. Military and diplomatic analyst from Al Jazeera said that this route would take ships into Iran's territory waters, giving Tehran a chance to keep its finger on the trigger. Quote, the parties are not trusting each other, so they're not going to want to leave their pressure levers out in their hands. adding that the U.S. was keeping its blockade in place. The analysts described the current phase as a trust building process. Again, if that's the case, then the U.S. has failed as usual. For Iran and the U.S., as well as for the maritime world, as it assesses risk of resuming traffic through the Strait of Formos.

Starting point is 00:58:40 Now, vessels will need IRGC permission. They come out. See, all this is coming out because Iran is watching what Trump is doing and going out, well, that's not true. And putting out their statements. And it says the IRGC Navy command lays out Iran's conditions, excuse me, for passage through Ramos, which it said includes obtaining permission from the Iranian military. Very different than what Trump is yelling out and what all of his lackey morons are screaming about right now on Twitter. Civilian vessels will pass through a designated route.

Starting point is 00:59:07 Now, understand, that is for the civilian vessels within this current reality. So on top of that right now, up until this moment, that has not been the reality. You can look and see for yourself. So what's interesting is because, Because of what Trump has driven into this and his own blockade, you've gotten more restriction than I think has ever been there because of what the U.S. government has done. And it says military vessels remain prohibited entirely. Movements will only be permitted within the permission of the Iranian military. This movement is in line with the agreement on the period of silence on the battlefield. And after the implementation of the Lebanese ceasefire, which again, they violated the first day.

Starting point is 00:59:50 I'll show you them telling you that. Now, who's to say whether they're going to argue that's a violation or not? That's what Israel usually does is they play it really quickly in the very first moments and act like it was some carryover and they're lying about it or whatever. And so usually they let it go, which that's why Israel does it. It's kind of a, they get to poke him in the eye and they get away with it. Trump says no sticking points remain in the Iran talk. So think about that.

Starting point is 01:00:13 They're only telling you he's lying about this. He stands up and says, we're all good. It's almost done. Trump, who has been taking calls for reporters all afternoon, making dozens of statements on social media posts has now told the French press agency that there are no sticking points left for the deal, likely referring to the Lebanon ceasefire. We're very close. It looks like it's going to be a very good deal for everybody. I certainly hope so, guys, but I don't think that's where this goes. And we're very close to having a deal, Trump has said 45 times that keeps showing to not be the case.

Starting point is 01:00:45 Of course, the Iranian officials have not confirmed what he said. Iran pledges reciprocal action. if the U.S. blockade on its ports persists. And here we are. So Trump maintaining the blockade indefinitely until they get Iran's deal a week from now, if that happens, which I doubt it will, is a violation of what they agreed. It's just, I mean, we agreed for it to be open. Trump then said, it's open, even though he misrepresented what they did, and then maintains the blockade.

Starting point is 01:01:15 Great, that's just counterintuitive. It doesn't make any sense. And so the reality is, you agreed to one thing. and then did something else. That will violate the agreement. Now, understand, Iran would not make the agreement for this to be open for then to allow the U.S. to block only their traffic. Why would they do that in going towards a deal?

Starting point is 01:01:32 So they're going, hey, they've offered clarification on earlier post on Argochi, who originally posted this. Where was that? Hold on. Come back to those. He says, in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Ramos is declared completely open for the remaining period, which we read earlier,

Starting point is 01:01:50 on coordinated route, as already. announced. So they just decided to go completely open and just cite that typical corporate media. But he says the shipping through this grate will be allowed along prearranged routes. As we said, the maritime blockade of Iran's ports continues. Iran will take reciprocal measures. So right there, this is already not going to what they said it was. So if the U.S. does what they say they're going to do, which is maintain the blockade, well, Iran is going to do something about it is what they said at the very least. Iran is the guardian of the Strait of her moves and will show leniency where necessary is what they wrote. Now, on the nuclear side, which is one of the biggest,

Starting point is 01:02:28 it just kills me that he would even say that, which my gut would tell me he was misled. Because I just don't even understand, even from a deal-making perspective, why would you come out and yell something that nobody agreed to? That's a guaranteed way to make this not work, which may be the point. What? They said, this is the associate professor at the University of Durand. He says he is confident that, quote, nothing has been agreed between the U.S. and Iran over the nuclear issue despite Trump's claims. So far, nuclear is subject to discussion and there are mediations going on. He said, there are ideas mediated by Pakistan that are being sent back and forth, but there

Starting point is 01:03:04 is no agreement, which again lines up with what they've been saying the entire time, that that's not on the table. So we'll have to wait and see, right? Now, this is one of the 13, this was right before I went live, Iran and U.S. locked in war of narratives. Wow, totally new, huh? Big new experience for us all. What we are seeing between Iran and the U.S. right now is a war of narrative.

Starting point is 01:03:23 Both sides are actively using competing narratives with competing claims, regardless of what is happening behind closed doors. Okay. Yeah, that's a fair statement if this was the first time this happened. Every single time, we've seen Trump lie and we've seen it go the way Iran said it was going to go. Every single time. That doesn't mean that they're telling the truth about everything. But if Trump says they want a deal, then they don't make a deal, and then it happens again and again and again. and the obvious point is they don't want that deal.

Starting point is 01:03:51 And Trump lies about it. So in this case, if you're talking about a war of narratives, what you're getting is Iran saying they're lying to us and Trump's saying we're getting everything we want. Pretty sure you can see which side's lying right there. But that's not to say that Iran's not capable of lying. I would never say that. And I think they would if it's in their interest.

Starting point is 01:04:06 Now let's go back to this. See what the recent updates are. Criticizes the lack of expertise, the negotiating team. Well, yeah, welcome to the team. It's just Democrats coming out now and criticizing them, even though their arguments are always somewhat like, you know, yes, a wrong bad guy, yes, everything we should be doing, but Trump's doing it bad. Yeah, team sport politics.

Starting point is 01:04:28 But markets show optimism after Trump's comments and Strait of Ramos, yeah, that's always what this is, guys, always. Today's Friday. Surprise, surprise. It's almost like it's perfectly timed. You wouldn't be the only one making that argument. U.S. Saudi officials discussed Lebanon ceasefire. U.S. Secretary of Rubio, Secretary of State Rubio spoke with Saudi counterpart to discuss situation.

Starting point is 01:04:48 I think of any new statements. Still no flow, normal flow of ships. Well, that's because the U.S. is a blockade. Surprise, surprise. While the U.S. and Iran have announced a straight is completely open, you see how even they're framing it that way?

Starting point is 01:04:59 That's clearly not what the reality is. Cutter University, let me see, uncertainty. Qatar has tried with two ships to get through and it was denied access. Well, there you go. So here's the question. Is that Trump doing that?

Starting point is 01:05:13 Or is that Iran doing that? And if it's Iran doing that, doesn't that now imply that they've already gone back because the U.S. already broke the deal, most likely. Now, again, you could watch this for yourself and you could have easily come to this conclusion because you're not a moron. The evidence has been there. It's obvious who's lying.

Starting point is 01:05:28 And so here we are. We'll see where it goes by tomorrow. We're not seeing normal flow. Yeah. Jeez. Hard to believe it's been a year. What a year. That's Huckabee.

Starting point is 01:05:41 One of the most blindly Zionist supporting in the administration. Yeah. Iran says U.S. statements filled with contradictions. Surprise, surprise. That was one hour ago. bronze foreign minister has said remarks by U.S. officials regarding the straight have been contradictory in a sign of desperation and helplessness. Guy, that I genuinely think.

Starting point is 01:06:01 How else would you make sense of this? If they were in a position of strength, they wouldn't be doing this. This just demonstrates weakness. Now, unless, again, as always, there's just some master thing and it ends up, and I'll report that when it happens. An honest reporting of this would be that this screams you're not in a strong position. And he says, we should not be influenced by the other side's tweets. The statement by American officials are filled with contradictions and lies and nothing new. I agree.

Starting point is 01:06:27 Yeah, it says the opening of closing of the straight does not happen on social media, but on the ground. But see, this is the game today. Now, I'll leave it there. The game of these propagandists is to do this for them. That's what Trump does, sets the tone, and they push. Eric Dowderty. The Strait of Hermose is open. President Trump wins.

Starting point is 01:06:48 Right, he wins by getting what was already there before. but in a weaker position. Art of the deal, guys. That's with the, apparently getting a worse situation, losing things and ending up in a worse position, is the art of the deal, apparently. Iran has announced the straight is fully open and released. He's quoting Trump because journalism is blindly quoting what government says, right?

Starting point is 01:07:09 I won't need to bet you. He kind of thinks that. Got the red light and everything. You're doing good. Here he is saying Iran has agreed to 100% full halt to their nuclear program for an unlimited amount of time. Why? Because Fox News said it's not true, guys. Art of the deal. Art of the deal apparently is lying through your teeth as much as possible until somebody just gives up out of frustration. Apparently, next order. Breaking. Iran has agreed to hand over all their nuclear dust. Do these guys even know what they're talking about? And to no money will be hate change hands whatsoever. All he's doing is quoting exactly what Trump says. Breaking with the thing Trump just posted. I'm a journalist. Please pat me on the head. Here are prohibit. from doing so. God, it's just sad. This is what I was trying to say earlier. These people are

Starting point is 01:07:56 absolutely, so over here you're going, FISA, we just stopped the deep state. That was Trump's plan. Trump and Mike were the ones pushing that more than anybody. But now over here, yay, Trump's winning, the deep state. I don't think you guys even know what you're talking about half the time. There's some new account that says Iran surrendered, 100% nuclear halt. It's the exact same framing, the exact same video, it's just a new, hey, look, they've got 213,000 followers already. Because it works. It's a model. You do this, you repeat it. you know, maybe a flag instead of a red light. Who knows?

Starting point is 01:08:24 And it works the same way. And it grows, even though it's completely 100% false. And even though I know people who are in here, fact, you're doing the, you know, involved with the community notes who are in here going, that's not true. That's not true. But weirdly enough, it never seemed to show up. Don't you find that interesting? I do.

Starting point is 01:08:43 Also, it's just funny. Check this out. It doesn't matter. So keep it going. Here's what Trump said. On the 17th today. A great day for the world. Okay. He wants you to just assume that means because he just changed the world.

Starting point is 01:08:59 We made a deal, but you didn't, though. And it already seems to be falling apart. President Trump just did what five other presidents tried to do but couldn't, says Gunther Eagleman. And what is that? Fail spectacularly and then desperately claim like you gained the things you didn't and then end up in a weaker position and the scream that you somehow won something. You realized that under Biden, the street was open, right? Under Biden, they weren't seeking a nuclear weapon. and that's not a, that's not a claim to Biden. The point is, he just happened to be there under Obama's when it was started. The point is either way, they're all criminals.

Starting point is 01:09:29 Biden, Obama, Trump, do the same thing to me. The reality, though, was in those positions, they had these things already. So now you're going to say that he gained the things that existed then, but no one else has done it before. Again, these people either are this uninformed about basic things or just don't care about what they say because Trump's the team they're on. And we already know this guy's been caught selling retweets and all kinds of. kinds of, they're just grifters, guys. And it's falling apart. Speaking of grifters, here's the guy who said Trump was never going to be on his team and

Starting point is 01:09:57 we hate Trump and he's the evil, you know, whatever the spitting out was of the last couple of days. Well, guess what, Iran Caves declares the straight completely open, but they didn't. At least he includes for all commercial ships, but that's not even the full reality when you understand we just went through. And that Trump's region will never be closed again. That's, again, lie. Lie didn't happen.

Starting point is 01:10:15 Not what they agreed to. But we'll quote what Trump said because we're fighting the deep state, even though he is the state, right? by Iranians will get all nuclear dust without NATO's help. Plus, Hunter Biden, look over there. Other things we want you to think about so you don't focus on this spectacular implosion that we're still supporting by pretending like we're not. Great job, guys.

Starting point is 01:10:35 Now, back to this. There is no blockade. Not really. Either they're bad at this and they're not actually stopping it or they're really not even trying and it's all about narrative control. Even going so far as to consider that maybe there's coordinating, to be i that's not what i think far less evidence to that for anything else but it's worth considering a larger global kind of dynamic i just include as one of the possible considerations but the reality is

Starting point is 01:11:00 you can prove via GPS that these things are not actually being stopped the way that they claim they are so what's going on that's for you to decide i'm just giving you information to make your you know form your conclusion but here's me get from scott jennings last night i was assured that we were in a global energy crisis for which the world will never recover this guy drives me crazy him and blanche and this like weird snide sort of like righteous indignation kind of casual dismissal. It's just, it's frustrating. They're like edge lord propagandists. Like it's not as, they're not as clever and as pithy as they think they are.

Starting point is 01:11:35 The reality is this is not even remotely close to over. That's whatever one of the brain can already see. He's trying to give himself a momentary win by going, look, look, the prices are at 83, which was higher than it was before we started, but it's down now. We win, right? but no because guess what it only dropped from about 90 because you guys lied about what happened and you must understand that that is going to cause that to spin out even more because when they realize you're lying and it's even worse than it was it's only going to get worse on top of the

Starting point is 01:12:01 fact because they've been dumping and dumping and manipulating which will hurt us in the long run but yeah no worries this thing on a piece of screen this screen graphic says we're good so shut up this is classic how much you want to bet that doesn't end there and even if it does what he has done is not just about a number on a page, guys. He's doing things that just, he's doing things that destroy civilizations. But let's keep pretending like you have a momentary win because you yell the lie really loud. Well, as before, in regard to the straight, they're not seeking a extortion role.

Starting point is 01:12:35 They're seeking a regulatory role. Now, of course, they could be lying. But as always, what do we have? We've got the evidence in front of us. And what is that? Well, they've got the musk, was it muscat discussion where they were discussing potentially jointly working with that. Even Trump for crying out loud floated the idea that they might jointly manage it,

Starting point is 01:12:52 but yet they're terrorists simultaneously or whichever one you want to use in the moment. And then you have the discussion of their neighbors, which they were discussing. They were talking it with how is this going to work? How are we going to manage this? Has to make discussions with the United Nations. But yes, let's keep pretending like this was meant to be some kind of piracy role that they're working in the, you know, through the legalities of that. I mean, it's just so painful that you can.

Starting point is 01:13:16 so obviously. No, of course you could argue this is all in the interest of hiding their piracy. Sure. Question everything. But until you actually find that, it's like with the Houti, they answer all the movement, the Houthis. They can call them pirates all day long, but they never stole anything. They never killed anybody. And yet you guys are out there bombing, fishing boats, and murdering and stealing and raping, but they're the pirates, right? This is what I believe the reality is, probably because it's in their interest to do so. The only way you think that this makes sense for them just to be belligerent is if you just think they're maniacs. That's the only thing the U.S. government can do.

Starting point is 01:13:49 They're just terrorists and they're crazy. Well, maybe that's what you guys think about, you know, well, it seems to make sense about what you do in the world, but even then I still think you have an agenda. You have interests. In this case, this benefits them. It gives them strategic control. It gives them revenue. Why would they try to screw that up by just being like you?

Starting point is 01:14:10 CBC. Blockade and Iran will continue. Trump says after Iran says it will reopen the straight. And it says the Trump says the U.S. Naval blockade Iran will remain in place until a deal is struck. As again, I think that's already one of the reason this has spun out. Lebanon was dragged into the war. This disgusting platform has to say when Hezbo began firing rockets in the northern Israel on March 2nd. Yeah, you know, March 2nd, which was supposedly a ceasefire from before.

Starting point is 01:14:38 And I can literally bring up 75 different posts from every mainstream platform from the U.N., from everywhere showing from i can show you Craig murray on the ground which i will in a second showing you where israel continually bombed them i can show you articles for the bbc that say israel murder or you know bombs 17 but the ceasefire holds and yet you're going to come here and tell me that lebanon was dragged into this because hesbola dared to fight back you have to understand what this shows you about these platforms not just the writers but the platforms themselves that they have it's not just about Israel there's plenty of other you take ukraine and Russia these guys showed themselves to be partisans not even just in the case of the left right but

Starting point is 01:15:21 they took a side you can't that's not journalism in this case the same idea this this is about you've clearly taken Israel's side and all this and now hasboa dragged them in even though you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Israel was illegally bombing them i mean they never stopped guys Aragachi and Iran said the passage of ships would need to be along those lines that they control. And he also said Iran has agreed to never close it. He also said Iran has agreed to never close the straight again. You'd understand that this is what we're dealing with. Oh, I'm sorry.

Starting point is 01:15:52 I think that that's Trump. I'm going to take it back. If this represents a step towards an opening, it is a welcome development. He says, however, the situation remains unresolved with a number of outstanding uncertainties, including questions related to the presence of sea mines. applicable Iranian conditions and practical implementation. These aspects will need to be clarified before each transit can be assessed, said the head of Norwegian ship owners association.

Starting point is 01:16:15 So these people, despite what's happening, are still going well, we don't know. Why? Because of the lie put forward by the U.S. administration and Israel. Now, you need to think about that for a second, that if Iran, as we've been proving to you, has been letting people go through other than the ones they're fighting, and now Trump is the one forcing in the blockade and people are still afraid because of the lie of minds, they have manufactured effectively the shuts they wanted you to think was there from the beginning. And now I bet you will use that control to benefit from it.

Starting point is 01:16:47 Like that, I'm even wondering whether right now they're going to try to actually seize control of this for the ongoing future, for the interest of making money and controlling the flow. Even though everything about that is the exact thing they always said Iran was going to do, and that's not even what they tried to do. I hope it doesn't happen. I get the sense that might be where this goes. Now it says British Prime Minister, Keir Starmor, excuse me, said on Friday

Starting point is 01:17:11 that more than a dozen countries were ready to contribute assets to a defensive mission aimed at restoring freedom in the strait. That's interesting, isn't it? First of all, because I'm sure Trump's mind is, they, you know, were too afraid to get involved, and probably they were. But it's also because it was a bumbling,

Starting point is 01:17:26 destructive, failing agenda that no one wanted to be a part of. But now he comes in and says this. Now, this is what I want to consider this. Is this here, look, I'm saying this first. I don't believe for a second that they're going to mobilize against the U.S. in some real way. But consider whether or not this is them who did not want to be part of his original discussion of militarily going through the strait when clearly Trump was aiming that way the entire time. But now we're discussing after this has already been going on with Trump and, you know, the U.S. and Israel and Iran in particular and says we want to, we're making a discussion of dozens of countries to militarily open the strait.

Starting point is 01:18:04 Is that ain't Iran or Trump? Now, that may seem like an obvious question, but think about it for a second. Like maybe just as a sentiment to say, whoever it is, we need to open this. And this is what I think Iran was trying to accomplish with the way they did this. They didn't shut it down. They didn't mind the straight. They simply said, you guys in particular are not allowed through this while you're doing this. And that then opened the door for everybody else to continue.

Starting point is 01:18:26 And then suddenly it was only Trump and it or the U.S. government in Israel who were truly suffering from this if that continued to go that way. So you could argue that because they were involved, the UK, all their allies, well, then suddenly they were in a bad position and that they wanted this to stop. Now, they could have, it still could tough it out probably for a period of time. But how long until they start to truly suffer like a form of sanctions? And then I would argue they don't care whether Trump or not. They just want it to stop. See how that that's how that works.

Starting point is 01:18:55 And so you could argue that if pushed far enough, they may just go, look, we just need this to stop. Whether, you know, well, this Trump, you need to get out of the way. We want this to be open. just a thought to continue and it continues quote we will take this forward with a military plan conference in london next week where we will announce more detail on the composition of this mission and over a dozen countries have already offered to contribute assets before you argue look see i told you they were helping trump reopening the straight is a global oh it says right here uh stammer told reporters along with the leaders of france and germany and italy um oh oh it's down there sorry

Starting point is 01:19:30 right, next one. It goes on to say, reopening the strait is a global necessity and a global responsibility. See, it's sort of like, you know, from a global framing. And he says, we will therefore take part in the further military planning discussions that are taking place and would also like to see the United States participate. If possible, we believe this would be desirable. So they're literally meeting 12, 13 countries, whatever he said, and discussing a military action to reopen the strait, where the U.S. is not involved in, or at least as he's claiming. So I can see a world just as likely with Iran playing this right where they would be saying, look, you all need out of the way, which would effectively just be the United States stopping what they're doing. There's a thought. I know it seems unlikely, but it's worth considering that maybe where this goes. And if it does, it just speaks to how well Iran played this. But it could obviously go the other direction where essentially this becomes the focal point against Iran. And if it is, it's because I would argue that that's just how it was, you know, Israel and the United States government have ways of basically coercing agendas the way they want them to go.

Starting point is 01:20:28 Now, this is from Iran, and this was the, let me give his a title here for you. Hold on. Brigitteer General, Ibrahim Zulfiqari. And he says, this is today five hours ago. Three conditions for ships to pass. Now, you already heard these. These are just him reiterating them because there's so many lies going around. The ships must be commercial vessels, military prohibited, right?

Starting point is 01:21:00 And it says neither the ships nor the cargo can be linked to belligerent states. So they're still doing that. now is that because of the way it was before or is that now the reality because the u.s. is already broken it the ships must pass through the route designated by iran the passage of ships must be coordinated with the iranian forces it says the u.s. central command confirmed oh this is interesting so it says the passage of ships must be coordinated with the iranian forces responsible for the passage as the u.s. central command confirmed before the war that the iranian revolutionary guard controlled the strait for moose so does that sound like what Trump was saying? Now, again, either Whitkoff and everybody else are saying whatever Iran is to hear and then lying to Trump, which just seems to be only in the interest of Israel and chaos, or Trump's lying to us about what was actually said. Either way, it seems that what they're of the mind is that Iran is gaining control and that ultimately, as the U.S. Central Command confirmed, they're the ones dealing with. I doubt they would publicly want you to confirm that they're allowing what they told you were terrorists to militarily escort people through the strait.

Starting point is 01:22:05 This is contingent upon the implementation of certain terms, and there it is. The certain terms and conditions for a ceasefire in Lebanon, which they already violated, and if the naval blockade continues, which it is. So it's, guys, this is a designed implosion. They're going to blame Iran and say that they did X, Y, and Z. They never had intentions because they do it every time. And the maintenance of the blockade alone and the bombing of Lebanon are already violations. It will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and the passes through the straight for most

Starting point is 01:22:35 will be closed. I'm just typing this has already happened. I can't type. So going back to the straight itself. Oh, you know what? See how funny. I'm looking at my note and I already forgot. We're going to try it next time. Sorry, guys. You know, I mean, just being genuine for those that saw the beginning. That's what I have in trouble with. It's like I just can't, my mind, I don't want to break away from the momentum that we're just the conversation, the flow of content. I'm going to, I'm going to try to make that work in somehow. Please, please keep reminding me. I want it. Maybe I can do it at the end sometime. I'm just not, maybe not today. that's in regard to the break and sort of the donations and, you know, reading chats and whatever

Starting point is 01:23:22 else. It's just not what I like to do. But I know it's important in some case. We'll get back to it. So that's where we are right now. Clearly, there's no blockade in effect if you're watching ships flow back and forward through this trade, which that seems to be pretty obvious, at least not in the way that they're claiming.

Starting point is 01:23:40 And as we showed you before, you can GPS track it for yourself. Now, here's an interesting connection. I'm not familiar with this person. And frankly, I don't think I want to be with. Tara Servatia says. Fun fact, anybody, any, absolutely no one has blockaded the street of Pramus. Not Trump, not Iran. Now, it's interesting, right?

Starting point is 01:24:02 I agree, actually. But here's where she goes with this. Iran started a rumor that it mined the street. Not that I can see. That's not, as far as I can see, that started with Donald Trump floating the idea that it was possible. And then, of course, I mean, I think there are examples of Iran. not necessarily the government, but other elements within the conversation influence or making the argument that they could be. But as far as I can tell, there was no direct, and either way,

Starting point is 01:24:28 the evidence shows that it's not the reality. But I don't think that came from anybody, but other than Trump. But either way, still a small point. She just wants to say Iran started the rumor. Certainly possible. But I think that's important because that suggests that they would want it to be shut. I argue the opposite was the case. The opposite was that they wanted to threaten Trump and Israel and them from coming through that will bomb you. But, everybody else is allowed. But it goes, which now looks untrue. Aha, because it is. Because there are no minds, they've been going through the entire time, as far as I can tell. But it goes, and insurance companies refuse to cover ships due to the risk. We told you that in the beginning.

Starting point is 01:25:03 That's why Trump said, talk about that insurance conversation. Remember that? So obviously, they created the error that made the effective blockade the case, whether or not Iran did that. Why? Now, it's as Iran is incapable of a blockade as the U.S. destroyed its Navy. Well, that's not true. I mean, this is a frustration with these people that whether honest or not, seem to be operating on what the U.S. government and the State Department tell them about what they're doing, even though they lie to you every single day. The U.S. destroyed its Navy based on Robert argues, and I think the evidence has continued to come out,

Starting point is 01:25:35 especially since Trump has lied about that number every time I've heard him talk about it, that they put these ships inside of these underground caves they created before this ever started. The videos were going around about that well before the war started. So the argument they did that. to sort of hype something. That was before. There was no reason for them. They did this showing people they were preparing for this idea, bearing things. And now, guess what? Now you have evidence of ships. As we just saw an Iranian ship threatening the other ships from coming through the strait when they were in that moment. And yet he destroyed their Navy. You know, and so either way, I'm not going to speak to

Starting point is 01:26:07 the number that I know they destroyed some ships, but they arguably have not destroyed their entire Navy. And whether they're incapable of a blockade seems unlikely. But it says Trump is currently blocking ship traffic to and from Iranian ports. Also, not true. Not entirely, as we just showed you. He's not blocking this straight. I don't think he is either capable of it or even trying. In the sense of truly, I mean, in the sense of just what would make it make sense, I would lean towards not capable of it. Because I do think there's an element to make this feel like Iran is doing it. So they started this, but then we saw the Chinese ship go through and I think they just called their bluff and Iranian posts. But it says,

Starting point is 01:26:45 the American media sucks, keep repeating this for the same thing. Okay. Now this got fact check and it says Ron is partially blockaded the straight since the February of 2026. I agree with that. Partially is the point. The only thing I pushed back on is the argument that it was closed and that was what they wanted you to report. It was never closed.

Starting point is 01:27:04 It was simply restricted for their enemies. And so you have to realize that these kind of arguments, this is a tapped in mainstream. It's just not accurate, guys. And then funny enough, here's tankers track. You just bought your credibility a first-class ticket out of town with this map, which is just like an AI slop map they use. But anyway, to finish. Here's what he said about Lebanon.

Starting point is 01:27:27 This is the last part, which is just frustrating to me. First of all, just going back to the point where he says, in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, all the rest of it. Right? So Lebanon is a huge part of this and clearly was part of the conversation as now they're basically back to committing. But funny how when they needed it to work, Israel said no. and they all just lied about it.

Starting point is 01:27:47 And now they're right back to going Iran, Lebanon, Iran backed Lebanon, Hezbollah. Well, okay, then if that's the case, which we always knew it was, then why wasn't it, then, you know, you already know this. They made a part of it. Pakistan knew it was part of it. Trump and his team also knew that. They agreed to it.

Starting point is 01:28:00 And then they just lied to you because Israel said is genuinely what I think. Now, Lebanon is part of it, which will also cause this to fail. But it's independently important of its own, you know, in regard to what Lebanon and Israel have been going through, rather what Lebanon's been going through because of Israel. But I want to point this out. This is the kind of thing you see on this platform that just makes it so obvious. This person says, I thought the Iranian regime was going to control the Strait of Ramos.

Starting point is 01:28:27 Charge Tolls become a superpower. Community died for this deal. There's such wild ignorance. First of all, they still control the security of the Strait, clearly, as demonstrated every single day. On top of that, whether the charge a toll or not, shouldn't be some kind of international issue. Every other Strait does it. But the idea that he is acting like they've lost right now because Trump's

Starting point is 01:28:45 screamed lies, shows you how pathetic and uninformed these people are. But on top of that, do you realize what this is, imagine this was the Pope, right? Imagine whatever religion, whether Judaism, or whatever else, imagine it is one of the highest religious people in, not a military person. But imagine that was the Pope right there. And this was somebody saying this, screw Christians, you all deserve to die or whatever they, that is what this is. And this platform doesn't care. Now, I'm not calling for it to be censored because I don't believe censorship should exist from a state control platform like this, or any platform rather than claims to allow free speech. But the point is the hypocrisy.

Starting point is 01:29:21 Now, I shouldn't even say but, but period. Point, though, is about hypocrisy. It right now, should you post anything like this about any religious leader in Israel, you know, you know more than anything in the world, it would be instantly shut down this platform. I mean, they just have to show you the hypocrisy of all this. And these are the kind of, these are the unradical people fighting for good things. clearly. Now, in regard to the bombing, just like every single time before, Israel bombed like crazy right up until the ceasefire was supposed to take effect because that's what they do.

Starting point is 01:29:55 Even, and look, technically speaking, that's not a violation, but you understand it shows you no interest in seeking an actual peace. If you're just like, let's just squeak in as many murders as we can right up until we're supposed to pretend we're fighting peace. They don't want that, guys. So this you can read through and it'll show you. all the different attacks they carried out on the 17th, or rather 16th, right up in, you know, I think it was, where was that? Well, yeah, well, obviously that pick as AI. Who said that in the chat?

Starting point is 01:30:27 Because it's a dog with a man said. I'm pretty sure we all learn. Sorry, somebody in the chat said, that's AI. Clearly. But the point here, go ahead. It's just simply read through this if you understand how many attacks they were up until that. But the main point for me is the post that.

Starting point is 01:30:44 violated it. Now, first, Glenn points this out on the 16. So you're supposed to be seeking a ceasefire, right? That's we made a deal. We're Trump said he's going to reign in Israel. Yeah, it's laughable. And we're going to make an agreement with Lebanon, not Hezbollah, but we're seeking peace. And Israel strikes in Lebanon have killed 172 children as attacks target homes from Hezbollah war front lines, or excuse me, far from the front lines. This is Horat's the leading Israeli newspaper. They're literally targeting civilian homes way back from the front line because these are monsters we're talking about. As Glenn writes, good morning.

Starting point is 01:31:26 As you navigate your day today, please remember that if you are an American who finds this morally objectionable and don't want to pay for it and arm it and go to war to enable it, then it means you're a bigot and an anti-Semite. Govend yourselves accordingly. And it still gets no reach at all. This whole story is just insane. This disgusting settler that literally was, you know, these are the ones that are raping and torturing and burning houses down and laughing as women suffer who are literally on this whole thing getting caught,

Starting point is 01:31:55 like, you know, threatening and manipulating this woman who basically pushes back and everyone makes it about she's an anti-Semite. It's just so bad where we are. Not because, I mean, I shouldn't even say it like that, where they're trying to keep us. Where we are is giving me some hope. because people, I mean, from the sentiment, the awareness, we all see this, guys. You know it.

Starting point is 01:32:19 No matter how many one of the diet, everyone knows this is there right now. And that's important. That's a win. Now, celebrations in Lebanon is 10-day ceasefire with Israel begins. Displaced families begin moving towards southern Lebanon. Now, remember, if you haven't paying attention to this, they've been occupying southern Lebanon, mine since the 70, like, what, 80s? And reality is that they have since October 7th been aggressively encroaching.

Starting point is 01:32:46 They've got L, I mean, I'm going to jump to the end really quickly. Don't forget, guys, they quite literally have areas. Or was that? Sorry. I hate when I do that. Where is that, dang it? Tell me I didn't lose that. It's probably right next watch.

Starting point is 01:33:05 Well, that was dumb. Oh, here's right here. Okay. We just talk about this. Right now, Apple and their maps are literally ethnically cleansing the names of Southern Lebanon towns. It's verifiable. This woman literally reached out and they gave her some, BS response.

Starting point is 01:33:20 They're ethnically cleansing the maps for what's about to change, and we can't be honest about this. They've had conferences where they have Hebrew names on Lebanese territory, where Ben Gavir is dancing with settlers, and we can't be honest about this. Sickening, guys, it's sickening. So the people who are now moving back to southern Lebanon are just like with Gaza bumping up against an Israeli military, who won't let them back to their homes. Or if they do, they're now Israeli military, will do whatever.

Starting point is 01:33:51 it wants to them, whether they may be bombing them, starving them, raping them, which they've done every single location they've been occupying. It was funny how many people go, how dare you, Ryan? You mean aside from the verifiable evidence and the thousand times the UN's called them out in human rights groups and amnesty and best sell them, they're raping people in prison, but yeah, keep griping about how I call those things out. Displaced families moving back to southern Lebanon and Beirut, southern suburbs, despite warnings by officials not to attempt to return their homes until it's clear whether the ceasefire would hold. Why? Because Israel always violates the deals. The Lebanese army,

Starting point is 01:34:25 not Hezbollah, said early on Friday that Israel committed violations of the ceasefire after it took effect. Guess what you won't hear from any of the corporate platforms, the fact that happened, including intermittent shelling of several southern Lebanese villages, because, you know, clearly military targets. The Israeli military is yet to comment on those claims. You mean the fact that you can video and prove and imagery. The bottom line, guys, is that this was a point. My opinion, this is Israel saying, we don't care. We're going to murder your families over there and you're going to take it. How else do you take that? This is the next day. This is in the ceasefire we're supposed to believe is in effect. And Israel targets villages. Yeah, that's the reality of where we

Starting point is 01:35:13 are. I hope Hezbollah acts nicely than Trump posts on true social because he's a monster too. and well, nicely and well, I guess, during this important time of period of time. It will be a great moment for if they do, you know, after their families got bombed by Israel, no more killing. Must finally have peace, he says. Either the dumbest person I've ever seen in my life or a monster lying about the murder he knows is taking place. Willful ignorant, if you will, take away dumb. How in the world you can't see what's going on?

Starting point is 01:35:44 You know he does, guys. He's either living in a hole somewhere in the White House. and has no clue what's happening until Miller tells him what's going on, or he knows what he's gaslighting about, death and destruction for his agenda, just like Biden. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he agreed to the ceasefire to advance peace efforts with Lebanon. But, as usual, that Israeli troops would not withdraw from the security zone.

Starting point is 01:36:08 Cool. You know, the security zone, which otherwise means a legally occupied territory that was somehow enshrine to some momentary security zone that will never go away because Israel plans it that way. That's a fact. You've ever heard of the blue line? The blue line in Lebanon was a demarcation line. So it's supposed to be a line where they go,

Starting point is 01:36:26 we're going to pause military right now or, you know, violence. It's supposed to be in the interest of some kind of downgrade and ceasefire. But no, they just maintain that occupation forever. And that just becomes, well, that's just the reality. That's no longer Lebanon. Oh, it's still Lebanon. A demarcation line. Not an official international border, mind.

Starting point is 01:36:45 you established by the UN in 2000 to verify Israel's withdraw from southern Lebanon. Oh yeah, the thing that never happened. So you realize also how toothless the UN is. If you can literally create a situation where you're supposed to do and they never do, and here they are encroaching and taking more and we're going, whoa, it's all about their occupants. I mean, what, what, fill in the blank? With all this information, what is that? They continue moving forward and they're defending themselves. this is just sickening to anybody with a brain. Now, the bottom line is, guys, they've encroached on this every single time. And you can read through this right up until 2026.

Starting point is 01:37:22 They are now moving about 19, 20 miles north from where they're supposed to be moving back from. Why? Well, because they, you know, they're stopping Hezboa. You mean in the locations they've already planned out settlements for? Are we really that stupid? Some of us appear to be, or at least gaslit enough by Zionists, literally ethnically cleansing digitally on these maps. They responded, guys. They responded.

Starting point is 01:37:55 I mean, you don't want to waste the time. We are aware that some of our outlets have incorrectly reported that certain village and named in towns are gone. They're gone. You can look for yourself. It's not available in all regions across the globe. Oh, it's a glitch. I see. A glitch. It just so happens to remove the exact location where Israel's taking territory. It has plans for settlements. Great, quite the glitch. Okay, well, what is in the Lebanese ceasefire deal?

Starting point is 01:38:18 And will it hold from Reuters? Israel and Lebanon have agreed, not Hezbollah, mind you, Lebanon. So if you're confused about that, understand the Lebanese government is largely occupied, manipulated by the U.S. and Israel. But I argue is seeking a way away from that, but it largely can be coerced. Let's put it that way. Hezbollah is a popular resistance movement supported by the people because of the illegal occupation of their territory. story. They frame it as the bad man, the boogeyman, the evil pee, the terrorists, because they dare

Starting point is 01:38:52 to fight for what's theirs. Time to wake up, guys. This is the whole world. It's easy to see. It doesn't make them good guy either. It just means that in this circumstance, they have the right. They are the ones fighting against the occupier. That's all you need to know.

Starting point is 01:39:06 Now, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire in fighting between, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S. ceasefire in fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Yeah, yeah, the thing they just told you has nothing to do with Iran, apparently 20 seconds ago. A deal meant to enable broader U.S. Iran negotiations, but one that will see Israel forces maintain positions deep in Lebanon. Oh, surprise, surprise. So they gained territory through illegal occupation.

Starting point is 01:39:38 Apparently, that's the way of the world today. Isn't that what Trump and Miller are telling you? Yes, it is. Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a secession of hostilities. on April 16th for an initial period of 10 days. Oh, we perfectly aligned with the Iran conversation. And then they bomb them. The deal says Lebanon's government with international support would take meaningful steps to,

Starting point is 01:40:02 and the war, to stop military action. No, to prevent Hezbollah and other groups from carrying out attacks. Whoa, whoa, okay. So you have a ceasefire and you're, and basically the deal in this season. ceasefire is to keep attacking Hezbollah, the group that you're now saying you made it. I mean, they're just playing the world, guys. They're playing anybody that doesn't understand that this is not the, you know, they're going, they're claimed they're going after Hezbollah is real.

Starting point is 01:40:30 Well, what they're doing is just they're coveting Lebanon. So then, but they're fighting with Hezbollah. Then people call for a ceasefire, Iran and others, which includes that. Then they make an agreement with Lebanon to keep fighting Hezbollah. And they go ceasefire. That's how stupid this is. And now, who don't, I mean, there are Iranian elements that are pointing out. It is yet to truly show itself this way.

Starting point is 01:40:53 Mark my words. My point was going to say is why they wouldn't already be calling it out. Some of them are. It's inevitable. But, you know, as Iran continues to say, why not, let's just see if we can make this work. I doubt it will. And that's not because I hope it doesn't. I hope it does.

Starting point is 01:41:07 It's because of what Israel has always been. And it says, it also says that Israel Lebanon recognized the country's security forces, quote, as having exclusive responsibility for Lebanon sovereignty and national defense. A reference, of course, to the government and basically to, what was that again? I can't see what the word is. Basically just to get rid of, hold on me to get back to where it was. Basically just a point to make it, the argument that only the Lebanese government is the

Starting point is 01:41:36 one that can act militarily and have defense and security. The point is that Hezbo has to be gone to disarm Hezboats. It's not what's going to happen. Under the agreement, Israel, quote, shall preserve its right to take all necessary measures in self-defense. Oh, okay, well, then this means nothing. That means Israel can do every single thing that's ever done anywhere in the world if it wants to.

Starting point is 01:41:59 That's what that means, because every single thing you could point to, they call self-defense. Everything, everywhere, every action in Gaza, every action in Syria, every action everywhere. So what they just said is, well, we have the right to do whatever we want, whenever we want, if we feel justified. But we'll call that a ceasefire. and we won't even make it with Hezbollah. What a spit in your eye, guys, this is embarrassing. And it goes, and again, I'll even finish the sentence.

Starting point is 01:42:25 Israel shall preserve its right to take all necessary measures and self-defense at any time against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks. So just understand what they just said is we can bomb Lebanon and say it's because they were going to attack us, the Bethlehem Doctrine. So all they really did was enshrine the exact circumstance under the gun. eyes of a ceasefire. Welcome to Israel politics. Hey, and the U.S. by the way, which I think is one and the same thing.

Starting point is 01:42:52 Beyond this, it says, Israel will not carry out any offensive military operations against Lebanon targets, including civilian, military and other state targets. I'm so glad you included civilian like that's a legitimate target that you're choosing not to go after. She's monsters.

Starting point is 01:43:08 In the territory of Lebanon by land, air, and sea. So all they're really saying is it won't carry out offensive military targets, but should they feel self-defense, which is everything they've ever done, same point. So all they did is we can do whatever we want. That's what that means. The 10-day period can be extended by mutual agreement as talks progress and depending on whether Lebanon, quote, effectively demonstrates the ability to assert its sovereignty. All that means is if we don't feel that Lebanon's stopping Hezboa, then this all

Starting point is 01:43:35 keeps going. Then it, guess what, guys, it's going to keep going. Lebanon is in no position to stop Fesma. It's just a game. As always, it's infuriating for people that are paying attention. And I mean, there are people that are way more immersed in this than I am. Imagine a frustratingness to see so clearly. Ask Craig Murray to have constantly so, have the evidence that proves they're lying and yet it just keeps going because the corporate media, the nation alternative, they have no interest in being honest.

Starting point is 01:44:01 It's a business. The deal does not require Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon. It's a legally occupied territory and previously, a previously. place they were required to withdraw from in the previous discussion that they've only encroached forward. Where's the UN? It says where Israeli troops have been destroying villages and infrastructure all across Lebanon after ordering residents south?

Starting point is 01:44:23 And is that against Hezbollah? No, guys, that's Lebanese territory. You're going after Lebanese infrastructure, not Hezbollah. Kills me. The area makes up about 8% of Lebanese territory. Israeli defense officials say troops are holding positions as far as 10 kilometers inside Lebanon as part of their buffer zone. Yeah, which is just what that means they're taking that territory.

Starting point is 01:44:48 Watch. To prevent Hezbo attacks on Israel, of course, even though the only reason it's even there, the only reason they exist is because of your illegal actions. Viewing the area and many of its villages as strongholds for Iran back groups. Right. You know, like that village full of innocent civilians, you just bombed because you were about to join a ceasefire. You didn't want to actually join. And so you just murdered them and called Iran back anything.

Starting point is 01:45:11 Right. while the deal grants Israel the right to take defensive measures against planned attacks, it does not include similar terms for Lebanon. So at the end of the day, Israel has the right to bomb whatever they want and say we were going to be attacked. Never need to define or ever verify that. But on the other side of it, neither Lebanon, which they don't even make it a deal with Hasbelah, but not even Lebanon has the right to do the same thing in reverse. Quite the deal.

Starting point is 01:45:39 All it shows you is Lebanon just agreed to what they were handed, guys. they're not in control. That marks a contrast. I mean, I take that back to a degree. My point is just all said and done, Israel's the one influencing the situation. But I do argue that given the opportunity, I'd like to believe that these people

Starting point is 01:45:54 would fight for some kind of way out of that. That marks a contrast to the 2024 deal to halt Israeli Hezboa fighting, which was, that's Hezboa, you understand, which said these commitments do not preclude either Israel or Lebanon from exercising their inherent right of self-defense. They didn't do that this time.

Starting point is 01:46:11 and they had it just only were allowed to do that. That's pretty obvious. The deal also does not mention the fate of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who fled the area south of the Latani River, some of whom have already started returning home. Well, we saw what happened in Gaza. I doubt it's going to go well for them, which makes me very sad. Pesbola halted fire.

Starting point is 01:46:31 I mean, let's be clear really quickly. They're taking this territory, guys. That's what they want. They have designs for it. They have meetings about it. So these people are going to go back, just like with Gaza, to find their homes taken. That's where this goes. And if you're not paying it, you know, I'm not going to make it a ubiquitous statement. I hope they get what they deserve back.

Starting point is 01:46:48 I just don't believe that's what these people will do. History's there for you. Pay attention. Hasbila halted fire at Israeli targets when the ceasefire came into force but stopped short of publicly endorsing the deal. It said any ceasefire must not grant Israel freedom of movement within Lebanon and the continued presence of Israeli troops on Lebanese land granted people. the right to resist. They're right. No matter what Lebanon or Israel says, the international law, Geneva Convention is clear. The illegally occupied territory has the right to armed resistance, legally armed resistance. So all they're saying is whatever you guys do, if you continue to do this

Starting point is 01:47:29 and stay in this territory, we will fight you because we're fighting for the people of Lebanon, not the government, not the power structures, which who knows, maybe they're lying about that. Maybe it'll change when they become a government. Hope not. End of the day. they're saying right now that if you do this, which they're already doing, then this won't stand. So it's not going to stand. Which means as of right now, Hezbollah is probably already fighting them again. And Israel will then point to them and say they're still fighting us, even though you made a deal with Lebanon, not Hezbollah, because somehow it's their responsibility to stop them for fighting me.

Starting point is 01:47:58 Right? So then they fight me. You didn't stop them. So it's your kindergarten is just so stupid, guys. It's designed to fail. That's what they do. After a war sparked by Israel's assault on Gaza, Israel and Lebanon agreed. in 2024 to an open-ended U.S. brokered truce, which clearly the U.S. doesn't care about,

Starting point is 01:48:17 that called on Lebanon's government to disarm Hezbollah. Same point. Following the 2024 deal, Israel continued to carry out strikes on what it said were Hezbollah depots and fighters in attacks that, I can't read that says, basically, I think as doctor of the border said, killed 370 people in Lebanon. Here's the point, though. The reason that happened is exactly what I just highlighted. Following the deal, the ceasefire,

Starting point is 01:48:47 in which they said that we could defensively fight still, which is what that's what they're still doing, they claim, but said that we're making a deal with you, Lebanon, and you have to stop Hezbollah. And Hezbollah is still being able to fight, therefore we can continue bombing. So that's the same situation they just created. Why that any honest person in any position of insight

Starting point is 01:49:08 stands up and goes, we did it. It's east fire. It's great. It's going to hold because Israel. They're just lying or they're the dumbest person in the room. I hope it does, even though there makes no sense. I just, I want, I want people to suffer anymore. In Gaza, Israel and Hamas agreed in October to a U.S. broker deal to halt fighting and to deliver aid in the territory. They've gotten, they haven't gotten less aid in the last so many months than the entire situation. They've been being bombed the entire time. It was followed by a U.S. plan aimed at disarming Hamas. In exchange for Israeli troops, withdrawals from and the construction of Gaza, much of which was destroyed by Israeli bombardment.

Starting point is 01:49:42 Many aspects of that plan, almost every single one of them have failed to take shape. So all they really said right there in a very, very lazy and dishonest way, they didn't do what they promised. But we're not going to criticize them because we'll only criticize the enemies of Israel, the United States. Thanks, Reuters. By the end of the day, they made a deal to stop these things. Guess what happened?

Starting point is 01:50:04 They didn't stop those things because they're liars. Simple as that. Israel's occupying territory in Gaza, they're taking to, they're building out locations, they're seizing everything they can. It's not even being talked about right now, guys. It's an entirely flat parking lot they turned it into. Didn't they tell you that? Didn't they literally say turn it through a parking lot?

Starting point is 01:50:20 Didn't they literally say, Amalek, not a stone on a stone? Here we are. Israel's continued attacks on Gaza, killing more than 750 Palestinians since the so-called ceasefire. How can you even write that without any commentary? Israel says it aims to thwart attacks by Hamas and other militant factions, but rarely provides verifiable evidence. Great job, Reuters. You can't include the obvious.

Starting point is 01:50:40 Well, then they violated the ceasefire. Good job, guys. Sickening to me that these people act like they have standing in the conversation. Well, Israel has violated Lebanon ceasefire 100 times just in the first week. 2024. I already showed you. They've already violated the day this started. Now, as of right now, I can check while we're talking.

Starting point is 01:51:02 I haven't seen any evidence they've done it so far, like since this started. But they already have and historically always will. A hundred times in the first week of 2024. Well, here is Craig Murray. 62 times. That's how many times Israel violated the so-called ceasefire in Lebanon just in the basically from the last five days of when we're talking about. So this is December 1st.

Starting point is 01:51:32 I don't know when she posted this video. So I want to give the wrong time. But when she put, when he, rather I don't know when he said the video. She posted on December 1st, but whenever it was recorded, it was five days before that, and the point was, in those five days, they had violated it 62 times. Craig was on record saying thousands of times, they violated it since 2024. Do we think it's going to be indifferent now? Why?

Starting point is 01:51:54 It's the same false agreement. The so-called ceasefire agreement is a really dreadful agreement. It's very, very hard to believe that Lebanon signed it. Now, to be clear, what he's talking about right here is the older one, not the current one. This is just a frame of reference for where it currently is. I'm sure he's probably making similar comments right now about the current discussion. The fundamental problem is that it says that all Lebanese groups will cease all military action against Israel. And it says that Israel will cease any offensive military action.

Starting point is 01:52:37 against Lebanon. So the qualification saying that only offensive action will be stopped doesn't apply to Lebanon, it only applies to Israel. So Israel can continue action if it characterizes it as defensive.

Starting point is 01:53:01 And of course that's what Israel does. And we're now into the fourth day of the ceasefire. And I don't know what's happened today. I'm hearing Israeli drones overhead. On the first three days of the ceasefire, Israel committed 51 violations of the ceasefire, all of which Israel say were not violations of the ceasefire

Starting point is 01:53:28 because they were defensive actions. That included three missile or bomb strikes. Yesterday's was a drone strike. So he goes on to make it very, very clear. Remember, this is 2024, guys. It's identical to where we are. You're telling me all these stuffy journalists in their high towers don't know this information, or are they just that, are they a Don Lemon that doesn't even know what they're talking about,

Starting point is 01:53:54 but was brought in from entertainment news to be the big journalist. It's a show, guys. The evidence has always been there. People like Craig Murray, a real journalist, has been telling you that's been there. People ignore it. I don't know why. So here is what they do, right? So Israel is being held back momentarily from murdering people.

Starting point is 01:54:15 So it has to go somewhere, right? So it starts murdering people in Gaza. You know, in their tents, barely surviving. Well, they're withheld from bombing right now in Lebanon. So they go right back to killing people in Gaza. Because that's what any monster does, right? You got to keep killing, right? Israel targets Gaza water facility, kills five Palestinians on the 17th.

Starting point is 01:54:33 That's today, ladies and gentlemen. Here's another one. This one's from 17th as well. Israel attacks and kills several over two days. Gaza despite the so-called ceasefire. No one cares about that, though, because now we're pretending the ceasefires over here. So now we're no longer pretending the ceasefires here, so we're just ignore Gaza. This is a disgusting reality of what's really going on in our so-called media sphere.

Starting point is 01:54:55 These people are not real, guys. I mean, the sense of what our media pretends to be. Here's an interesting spin back to the opening part. Here's what Mario said on the 16th. As one of the most vocal critics of Hezbollah, I guess him, I have now changed my stance. What in the world? Hezbollah should only disarm when Israel either pulls out or guarantees to pull out of South Lebanon. I change my position after seeing Netanyahu blow up homes, schools, and hospitals.

Starting point is 01:55:22 Oh, you mean like every other time over the last decade? Like, you have to ask yourself. Because I realize in every other point, this guy is still parroting all the same stuff. Suddenly you see this? Because this is a sea change in regard to the two-party illusion. That's what this is. That's why you're getting all these weird ships of suddenly Trump's the bad guy, even though half of them are still right back

Starting point is 01:55:41 as basically supporting what he said today. Okay, if you suddenly see him building up homes, why didn't you care in 2024? Why didn't you care way back in the United's? It's been going on a long time. A disgusting war crime. Okay, what about the war crimes, the U.S. government's committing right now in Iran?

Starting point is 01:56:00 What about the ones Israel's committing in Iran right now? What about the ones are committing in Syria, Mario? Don't get me wrong. He says, this does not mean Hezbole should not disarm. Oh, there we go. Do you condemn Hezbollah? Do you condemn Hamas, right? You and Pierce Morgan could go get a apartment together, okay?

Starting point is 01:56:15 This is so frustrating. Hezbollah should not have to disarm because it's fighting against an occupying force, and they have a legal right to respond to that. But see, this is a game. This is about trying to convince you, oh, we see it. Now we hate Trump because Trump bad guy in an angle right back. This is what these guys do. I don't even think half of them know it.

Starting point is 01:56:33 I said, well, I'm glad to hear that, Mario. Israel's been publicly bombing homes and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon and every other illegal war while even bragging about it, while all of us have been screaming about it. So what made you suddenly see it today? Of course, I don't respond to that. Now, Greater Israel Project is obvious. Okay, and this is the driving force for what they're trying to accomplish there.

Starting point is 01:56:59 Always important to understand. That's a patch that's on their military that they deployed in Gaza, and that's what the Greater Israel, look, the general idea looks like. BBC news. Israel demolishes demolitions leveling towns in southern Lebanon, like literally demolishing these areas because they are trying to build the very settlements I just talked about. Wherever I just showed that. I guess I closed it already. Where did I put it?

Starting point is 01:57:28 Right there. Right? That's the area of Lebanon that Israel is trying to take that they have now wiped out on a map by Apple. for obvious reasons, guys, because they have plans to recreate it. That's what this is. So wiping out of entire towns in Lebanon is not a new thing, by the way, but I want to point this out. That was on the 16th.

Starting point is 01:57:56 Okay? You know what else was happening on the 16th? These people in the White House. And have you in... Oops. Oh, I guess I thought I had the video. I guess not. But basically, you probably saw this.

Starting point is 01:58:14 they're in the White House, Paula White, whether, I don't know why she's standing so weird, and filming people praying in the white, in the whatever room this is in, with a band playing Christian music. Okay, that's great, right? Fine, whatever, whatever you, whether it's Muslim music or Jewish music,

Starting point is 01:58:31 it's a religion, people have religions, it's not, it's not good or bad because it's the religion. So all of you extremists out there, whether you're Christian extremist or religion, or Jewish extremists or Muslim extremists, you could all go live somewhere else together. The point is as these people, were in there singing about Trump and God sent Trump.

Starting point is 01:58:50 As they sang, U.S. bombs were murdering innocent children, literally. And by the time they finished this song, an entire Lebanese town was removed from the map. I'm not questioning the faith in everybody in this room, make that clear. Many of them could just believe this is a good thing happening. I'm just questioning their situational awareness because they're being used, whether they're realize that or not. And it makes me very sad because a lot of people could have good intentions. But the people, I mean, look, if you believe Paula White or any of these people that are up there are actually, like, it's like saying Rabbi Shmooley is a man of God. You don't cheer on the death

Starting point is 01:59:32 and destruction of anybody if you're a man of God or woman of God or anything. Or, I mean, you can make your own decisions. The point is that there's objectively obvious things if you're screaming for violence cheering on the death of children, right? Pray, pray, pray, Trump as some kind of God send as he supports the murder of people, then you're not really a person of God. It's just, that's my opinion. Take it for what you will. But I want to understand that while they were in this room singing about Trump and God, Trump was murdering people or being a part of the murdering of entire civilizations.

Starting point is 02:00:05 And here's Vance, by the way, literally in, you guys all saw this, I'm sure, in a turning point USA event. It's supposed to be like their corner, right? You're killing children, they were shouting out. God doesn't support genocide, they were yelling out. As he writes, this is not Antifa. It's not a left-wing college student. This is Thurring Point USA, the most conservative of the conservative youth. They are not stupid, and they don't fall for your BS talking points.

Starting point is 02:00:31 He's talking about vans. They're actually pro-life, unlike the fake Catholic POS vans and his neocon demon allies, he writes, who are killing children. I'm telling you guys, it's just not there. It's like the Charlie Kirk thing, spun them out. many of these people were up there the next day asking about USS Liberty and these people were sweating literally Glenn Beck was sweating on the stage when pressured about a lot of these talking points this is the dying side of this guys whether it's the media the government the two-party illusion this is going and that's why they're desperately trying to recreate the next control structure

Starting point is 02:01:03 and we're trying to help you fight it and here's how long it's costing for them to argue probably just that under the guise of the you either way you'll look at it your your government is spending an endless amount of money on the Iran war they promised wouldn't happen on wars in general they swed weren't going to happen anymore right with an agenda that they said was not going to embody what they were fighting for it's more spending bigger government every other thing you could point to and here is how they have to answer this question how much are we spending on this by the way you know American tax dollars and have you included director vote estimates or a fund for the war

Starting point is 02:01:44 Iran in the budget you presented to Congress? No, sir. Are you planning to present that in short order? We are working on supplemental for Congress for additional needs. We're working through that review process. Part of it is the length of the war, part of the operations overseas. Part of it is the extent to which some items might be fiscal year 26 or 27. We're working through that.

Starting point is 02:02:09 Thank you. Can I, would I be in the ballpark to say we've already spent at least $50 billion I wouldn't want to make a characterization of that at this point. Okay. I would say as the most knowledgeable person in the executive branch on the budget, I would expect you to have pretty good numbers on that. So I'm a little disappointed in that answer. My understanding is that the most recent plans, at least circulated in the press,

Starting point is 02:02:35 have been to present a supplemental of somewhere in the ballpark of $80 to $100 billion. Is that more or less where you're headed? Well, again, I think my guess is if you were talking to, to be on the inside of the Department of War, these costs would fluctuate given the day. And so I think it's hard to give you an average cost. Right. So, you know, 80 to 100 billion, give or take a few billion.

Starting point is 02:02:56 That's what he's actually doing. Just make, let's just absorb that. Fiscal Conservatives, like absorb what we're actually dealing with right now. Absorb what we're actually dealing with right now. Absor of the reality of the lie and the mission creep. And everything, any of us had always told you whether Kamala or Trump would be the way of this government. And that's one of the reasons we're going to come after

Starting point is 02:03:13 much work and review to give you a full request with time. Thank you. I do think it's important when a budget to include all the things that we know are going on in order to have a good foundation when it's presented. They're right. Somebody rightly points out in the chat, the characterization, right? How about you just give us the effing facts, right? How about you just give us numbers that we're asking for?

Starting point is 02:03:36 Well, I wouldn't want to characterize it that way. They're so disgustingly political. And that's what they love to frame is the, that's what the left does. You know, it's like they're all exactly the same thing. They just normal, they just act like when they do it, it's good because we're fighting the bad thing. It's the same thing to do everywhere else in the world. Oh, so you are the same thing.

Starting point is 02:03:56 Exactly the point. Clayton Morris points this out. America has now spent over $51 billion as the counter continues to go up on Israel's war. And with the clip you just heard, estimating upwards of potentially $100 billion. And realize how short this has been happening. So understand that means not like if this goes on for as long as some of these have, we're going way, we're in the trillions like some of these others long term war on terror dynamics. With Iran since February 28, these are conservative numbers. And here's what Rand Paul had to say about this.

Starting point is 02:04:30 I would as a country borrow money to give money to people. So we give money in foreign aid. We give money around the world to all these countries around the world. We're giving them money that we don't even have. We have to borrow the money from China. We've sent $200 billion to Ukraine. And do I have sympathy for them? Yeah, I have sympathy for them.

Starting point is 02:04:49 Russia attacked them. But we shouldn't borrow money from China to send it to Ukraine. And really, the Europeans need to take care of this. This is in Europe. This is right next to Europe. This is a European problem. And we just can't be the sugar daddy for everybody around the world. So I completely sympathize with you on this.

Starting point is 02:05:08 Infrastructure is something. If the money's going to that, we should do it. But it also still needs to be not borrowed money. It frankly needs to be money that comes in through taxation. And I'm doing my best to police this stuff. I'm doing your money. Doing my best to try to make them balance a budget. This month I'll introduce a penny plan again.

Starting point is 02:05:26 And the reason I get to, normally an ordinary member of the Senate doesn't get to do their own budget. It's one for the Republicans, one for the Democrats. How come I get to put my budget in every year? Because neither one of the parties produce a budget. There's not, there's never a budget. So the rules say if no party introduces a budget, anyone can. So I introduce mine every year and I got to vote almost every year because neither the Republicans or the Democrats bother to introduce a budget.

Starting point is 02:05:53 And if they do, the budget never balances. And I've told them, I'm not voting for a Democrat budget or a Republican budget if it never balances. Somebody has to be responsible for this money. And I treat the money as if it were yours, which it is yours. We ought to treat it, you know, as if it were being, you know, our own money. Okay. Well, keep that in mind, right?

Starting point is 02:06:16 Bear this in mind for the next point. But just before we move past this, the insanity of what he's saying right there, the idea that they just don't do it. And if they do, it doesn't matter anyway. It's like the Pentagon audit. Because we are being laughed at. Like, not in some kind of, like, sneaky way where you have a document that proves that you know the inside thing and now it can see it. No, it's publicly displayed.

Starting point is 02:06:39 They're, this is the sinking ship and these people are stuffing their pockets. It's in your face. And this has been going on a whole long time, I understand. It's a long and, you know, it's not just some like three day, you know, see, we're talking about a long term slowly sinking empire. And these people are rapidly enriching themselves. And he's saying he's putting forward a budget because no one even does it. And it kills me how clear it is that this situation is decrepit. It is crumbling in front of us.

Starting point is 02:07:06 And no, these people are not trying to build it back together. they're trying to rebuild the new control structure to keep you in place. At the very least, consider what we're saying. Don't ever take my statements at face value. You research this stuff for yourself. But, you know, he stands up and it makes a big statement about how we just can't keep giving money every which way to foreign countries and then turns around and votes to do the exact same thing. Senator Rand Paul voted to continue to send arms to Israel.

Starting point is 02:07:32 And yes, this is the reality. And as this person rightly says, Paul lost my support. I mean, how can you make that? argument. I'm sure he has a case. Well, I wanted this, which was in this, and so that's what I did to get that. Fine. Guess what? That's why politics is disgusting to me. Compromises a dirty word when it comes to this situation. And at the end of the day, if you believe what he just did in what world could you vote to do it? I just think that it makes my skin crawl, the kind of thing we're dealing with. And sadly, I look at Rand Paul is one of the better elements of this whole situation.

Starting point is 02:08:03 Look at where we are. I mean, whether you think that means there's some kind of pressure on him or whether he's lying when he says it. I don't know, guys, but we just got to be real with ourselves. It doesn't mean you should ignore him going forward. Listen to what he says. Question him. Hold his feet to the fire.

Starting point is 02:08:17 Whether or not he's honest, because that's how we should do this if you want to be involved at all. But we just got to stop playing this ridiculous game because they will play you back. US Senate Republicans block latest bid to rein in Trump's Iran powers. Right, because they're fighting the bad guy Trump.

Starting point is 02:08:36 Okay, well, and then the, the latest on the House vote. Also fall short. What a weird coincidence. It's almost like nobody in the government actually wants this to stop. They're like Trump's a fascist, tyrannical, blah.

Starting point is 02:08:50 Here's more FISA powers. Trump's a monster. He's a Nazi. Oh, here you use more war powers for Iran. How can we all be this blind? And here's the thing, guys. If any of this got in the hands of honest people out there who don't even know we exist,

Starting point is 02:09:03 you know as well as I, it would change their mind. not the partisan blindness of people that want to take aside, the honest person who just doesn't get this information, who cares about the facts. If this came across them and they go, what? How does that make sense? How are the Democrats fighting him and trying to dig him down, but then allowing him more powers?

Starting point is 02:09:21 Because they're not really doing what they're framing it as. What they're doing is building your new prison, in my opinion, or whatever you want to call it, building the thing they're going to use to dictate your future, or working with Israel to achieve their version of the same thing, spying on you, suppressing. your rights continuing to build this thing around you and none of them even as they all scream about the obvious illegality of this choose to do anything to stop it i don't know how much more

Starting point is 02:09:48 clear that can get all i hope is that enough people can see this and share it with somebody who might just be able to get it in the right people's faces to make something happen i'll keep doing what i can if you believe in this platform and you believe what we're fighting for and you believe we can actually make a difference to help us. Show us what you mean. Show us how important this work is to you. And we can continue growing and making, doing more shows and writing more articles and, you know, more things that we have on the, on the horizon right now.

Starting point is 02:10:17 But, you know, it's always up in the year. There's always one more lawsuit and one more attack and one more thing. It's just, it's the world that we're in. And I'm willing to take on that trouble because I believe in this. I believe in you. And I believe it's worth fighting for. So help me. I love you all.

Starting point is 02:10:33 ways, question everything. Come to your own conclusions. Stay vigilant. I frankly think that crisis initiation is really tough. And it's very hard for me to see how the United States president can get us to war with Iran. Which leads me to conclude that if, in fact, compromise is not coming, that the traditional way of America gets to war

Starting point is 02:10:59 is what would be best for U.S. interests. Some people might think that Mr. Roosevelt wanted to get us into World War II, as David mentioned. You may recall we had to wait for Pearl Harbor. Some people might think Mr. Wilson wanted to get us into World War I. You may recall he had to wait for the Lusitania episode. Some people might think that Mr. Johnson wanted to send troops to Vietnam. You may recall we had to wait for the Gulf of Tonkin episode. We didn't go to war with Spain until the U.S. – until the Maine exploded.

Starting point is 02:11:26 And may I point out that Mr. Lincoln did not feel he could call out the Federal Army until 4.4. Fort Sumter was attacked, which is why he ordered the commander at Fort Sumter to do exactly that thing, which the South Carolinians had said would cause an attack. So if, in fact, the Iranians aren't going to compromise, it would be best if somebody else started the war. But I would just like to suggest that one can combine other means of pressure with sanctions. I mentioned that explosion on August 17th. We could step up the pressure. I mean, look, people, iranine submarines periodically go down. Someday one of them might not come up.

Starting point is 02:12:08 Who would know why? We can do a variety of things if we wish to to increase the pressure. I'm not advocating that, but I'm just suggesting that this is not a either-or proposition of, you know, it's just sanctions has to succeed or other things. We are in the game of using covert means against the Iranians. over it means against the Iranians. We could get nastier of that.

The Last American Vagabond - Trump Lies About Iran Agreement, US Maintains "Blockade" & Israel Violates Lebanon Ceasefire

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