The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Panics as Iran Rejects Ceasefire Offer

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Starting point is 00:00:36 play responsibly. If you have questions or concerns about your gambling or someone close to you, please contact ConX Ontario at 1866-531-260 to speak to an advisor, free of charge. BetMGM operates pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario. Donald Trump is panicking as Iran has rejected his ceasefire offer. Donald Trump apparently only prepared for a four to five day war against Iran, and he assumed that if the United States were to kill the Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khomeini, that Iran would immediately won a ceasefire and that Donald Trump would be able to declare a victory and that war would not spread throughout the region. Donald Trump was warned that his personal views, that that's what would take place, were wrong,

Starting point is 00:01:24 and he was indeed wrong. Hat tipped to Wynet. They were the first. to report and they're based out of Israel that Donald Trump is now begging Iran for a ceasefire and Iran immediately rejected it and said when or when there will not be a ceasefire will be on our terms and now one of the major issues the United States is facing is will we be running out of munitions do we have the capabilities for a long-term war if this drags out for many many months. And in addition, we've learned some horrific news this morning that a number of our soldiers, a number of U.S. service members, have indeed been killed in action during the war already. We've learned that there have been so far three U.S. service members killed in action.

Starting point is 00:02:17 Five have been seriously wounded so far during Operation Epic Fury is what the Trump regime is calling it. We're referring to it at the Midas Touch Network as Operation Epstein Fury or the Jeffrey Epstein War. The U.S. Central Command, Sentcom, announced the deaths of these three U.S. service members. Five are seriously wounded. We're following that. We're expecting, sadly, the number of deaths to increase. These casualties, as open source intelligence defender also notes, These casualties are likely the result of Iranian ballistic missiles and one-way attack drones that have been striking U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, with some bases suffering much more serious damage than had been previously reported or announced by Sentcom. Indeed, our government is giving false information, saying that the attacks have not been serious against our bases only for us to learn. later that they are indeed very, very serious. And now our service members have been killed.

Starting point is 00:03:28 And Donald Trump has blood on his hands. And this whole regime in the United States has blood on their hands. Iranians president, Masoud Pasekian, he is alive. And he's stating this morning on state-run television that the interim leadership council is now operational and has assumed constitutional control of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Pasekian adds that we will continue the path of the leader with strength. Our armed forces are crushing the bases of enemies. No sign by Iran that they will be stopping. They are retaliatory actions against U.S. bases and U.S. interests within the Middle East anytime soon. In fact, here's a statement that just came out from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They state that the 7th and 8th waves of what they're referring to as

Starting point is 00:04:24 Operation True Promise are underway targeting U.S. bases across the region. The IRGC claims that the Ali al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait has been completely disabled. They're claiming the number is 560 dead and wounded when it comes to Americans with U.S. Central Command, putting that number far less. And I do think that Iran exaggerates, but I also know that our government, the Trump regime, lies about everything. So we're going to be paying close attention to that. But the retaliation by Iran has indeed been fierce in the central Jerusalem or central Israel area in a city called Bait Shemesh. There were at least six individuals killed in this central Israel area. 14 people are still missing. We expect that the death toll will be rising there with ballistic missile and other strikes by the Iranian regime. We are seeing more Iranian strikes in Bahrain. Also, an Iranian shahi drone hit a French naval base in Abu Dhabi. We can show the video of that right here. Multiple explosions have been seen and impacts from Iranian drones and ballistic missiles were

Starting point is 00:05:45 reported at the Zayyid port, a commercial deep water port that serves Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates. You can see here Iranian reports stated that a drone struck a UAE oil platform in the Persian Gulf. And it does appear that this oil platform in the Persian Gulf has indeed been hit. And we've been seeing this in Doha. We've been seeing this in Bahrain. We've been seeing in Doha's in Qatar. We've been seeing this in UAE, in all of the kind of neighboring countries. An update on the strait of Hermes. Remember, this is where 20 to 25% of the liquefied natural gas,

Starting point is 00:06:32 like our oil supply, traverses through the strait of Hermews. It's a narrow strait off of Iran. Well, the straight of Hermuse now is at a standstill as Iran has apparently, begun firing on all of the oil tankers that are near it. There's huge congestion on either side, and we will see what goes down there. Reuters is confirming as well that at least 150 tankers, including crude and LNG vessels, dropped anchor in open Gulf waters beyond the Strait of Hermews, and dozens more were stationary on the other side of the choke point shipping data showed after U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran.

Starting point is 00:07:15 I'll just show you what's going on around. I showed videos about this this morning as well. But throughout Iran right now, in their city centers and city squares, you have a lot of Iranians coming out calling for revenge after the death of Ayatollah Khomeini. You've heard a lot of people in Iran are saying death to America. You hear chance like that. Just look at this scene, even in Yemen, for example, because one of the things to note about the Ayatollah is that the reach and influence was beyond Iran.

Starting point is 00:07:53 This is why it was so foolish for Donald Trump to believe if you just kill the Ayatollah, you're going to disable the Iranian regime. You're going to get a new more extreme Ayatollah is what the CIA warned Donald Trump and what we've been talking about here. And we've been seeing America Consulate. and embassies across the Middle East now being attacked. And we also saw a number of agencies, intelligence agencies, across the world, representing Western countries, including here in the United States, warning against terrorist attacks and Iran

Starting point is 00:08:29 activating terrorist cells. One of the things we are looking at right now when our heart goes out, of course, to all of the people who died in that tragic shooting in Austin, Texas at a bar there. that took place at like 2 a.m. in the morning. Apparently, it was someone who was here from Senegal, and the FBI right now has activated its counterterrorism task force. I think there's a few individuals who died, multiple people who were injured at the shooting here in the United States, and that's being investigated perhaps as an act of terrorism, although more information is needed before I could report further on that.

Starting point is 00:09:11 But here is just to show you what it looks like the scenes in Iran right now. This is Iranian's calling for revenge after Khomeini's death. Here play this clip. Yeah, FBI officials are indeed confirming in a news conference that there were indications of a potential nexus. to terrorism in this Austin mass shooting that has left three dead, 14 injured. It is being investigated as an act of terrorism as well. If Iran is prepared to bomb the Gulf states, it is also prepared to activate sleeper cells.

Starting point is 00:09:58 Many people are, of course, acknowledging that reality. We'll give you more information on Austin when that becomes available. A reminder of what took place in Karashi in Pakistan, where their United States has a consulate there, where the locals were protesting and storming the U.S. consulate. Many people were killed, the people who were protesting as government forces shot at them. About six individuals, I believe or so, were killed there. But just play the clip so you can see the sign outside of that consulate. Let's play it. Also, we have to focus on a lot of things that are happening in this region.

Starting point is 00:10:47 For example, Israel has been closing its crossings into Gaza Strip, including for humanitarian aid workers. This is happening. We knew every time Donald Trump was saying, oh, there's a ceasefire and things are great right now in Israel and Gaza. I'm like, absolutely not. There are, you know, hundreds and hundreds of people who are still being killed in Gaza. there was never actually a ceasefire there. Donald Trump does these fake ceasefires, and it makes the world far more dangerous as a result. But if you look over here about the story of how Israel is closing crossings into Gaza Strip,

Starting point is 00:11:24 including for all humanitarian aid into Gaza, very little right-wing media is covering this. This is almost exclusively being covered on the left wing and on center, so-called center media. we need good media diet right now. Right now it is so critical. I'll just give you an example as well. Over 260 outlets reported on this story. Women killed by ICE in Minneapolis identified as Renee Nicole Good, but sorting through the amount of coverage has been a nightmare

Starting point is 00:11:54 because depending on which outlet I was looking at, I get a completely different version of events. That's exactly why we partnered with ground news. I mean, look at the story that I've been sharing with you right now. If you watch the right wing media about what's going on in the Middle East, I'll show you in a moment. They'll be like, oh, Donald Trump's a hero. This is what everybody wants. And it's like, no, we don't in the United States.

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Starting point is 00:14:03 So it's miseducation. It's all about propaganda and lies. And I'm going to show you the propaganda machine now in action, as I promised you I would moments ago. So what's Donald Trump saying right now? With all of the facts that we know, with Donald Trump begging for a deal, begging for a ceasefire, now it's not going as planned, Donald. Donald says, uh, Iran, they could have made a deal.

Starting point is 00:14:28 they should have done it sooner. They played it too cute. Why were they playing it too cute? That was a direct quote from Donald Trump by the Atlantic. That Iran played it too cute. Everybody, we just lost three service members. Five have been seriously wounded. And that number is expected to increase significantly.

Starting point is 00:14:48 Oh, because Iran played it too cute. Is that what you're going to say? As American flag draped coffins come back to the United States? Iran played it too cute. So we need to do regime change. The hell is going on. They're also speaking this morning with Fox News. Donald Trump said that the U.S.

Starting point is 00:15:03 knows how many targets are left in Iran and that they are progressing toward Iranian people taking control of their destiny. It's moving along. It's moving rapidly. Nobody can believe the success we're having. Nobody can believe it. Nobody can believe the success. I can't believe we're winning this much. This guy is a con artist.

Starting point is 00:15:22 This guy is a lifelong fraud. He is a lifelong loser. And if you want to know why Donald Trump has. bankrupted most of the things he's touched. If you want to know why his social media platform only made $3 million in revenue and lost $720 million in revenue last year, it's because he is a complete loser. He is a predator. He is a felon. He is a sexual predator. He is a fraud. He is a con artist. This is all he has done his entire life. Get it through your head that this is a bad, bad human being who surrounds himself with other.

Starting point is 00:15:58 losers and scumbags, speaking of which, here's Lindsay Graham making his rounds on the various media networks this morning. And he's asked, well, does the president have a plan to guarantee that Iran will no longer do the things you say they're doing? And Lindsay Graham goes, that's not his job to have a plan. Why would he have a plan? Here play this clip. Moving forward in a social media post Sunday, President Trump wrote this quote, hopefully the IRGC and police will peacefully merge with the Iranian patriots and work together as a unit to bring back the country to the greatness it deserves. Is hope the plan for the future of Iran? No, the future of Iran is going to be determined by the Iranian people.

Starting point is 00:16:50 The new Iran, whatever it is, whether it's a cleric or a representative democracy, our goal is to make sure cannot become, again, the largest state sponsor of terrorism. That's a win for us. But is there a plan to make sure that happens, Senator? Is there a plan? Does the president have a plan to guarantee that that happens? No, it's not his job or my job to do this. How many times I have to tell you?

Starting point is 00:17:19 Our job is to make sure Iran is no longer the largest state sponsor of terrorism to help the people reconstruct a new government, no boots on the ground. We don't own, you know this idea you break it, you own it. I don't buy that one dip. It's in America's interest to make sure the Ayatollah is dead. He's dead. More from Lindsey Graham right here when he's asked, so is the United States, we're officially at war.

Starting point is 00:17:44 Confirmed? He goes, the Ayatollah would say so. Let's play this clip. Senator, let me start with the big question. Is the United States at war with Iran? I think the Ayatollah would say, yeah. I don't know if this is technically a, war, but where the, here's what I can say the headline is for me, Sunday. The mothership of terrorism

Starting point is 00:18:09 is sinking. The captain is dead. More from these Mago Republicans. Tom Cotton, who is one of the people who he leads the Intelligence Committee. He's not intelligent at all. He is asked, do you believe the American public is owed something more than just Donald Trump making a Twitter video after we've gone to war? Like, I don't know, maybe going to Congress and getting authorization as the Constitution requires. But these MAGA Republicans, they are fascist enablers. Here's what Tom Cotton says. Play this clip. According to CBS polling, 74% of Americans said that Trump would need approval from Congress for military action against Iran.

Starting point is 00:18:50 He did not seek that. If this operation takes weeks, which is how you described it, do you believe the administration has effectively made its case to the American? public to expect casualties to support this action. Margaret, I thought the president's eight-minute video yesterday was outstanding. It laid out Iran's 47-year campaign of terror and revolutionary violence against the United States and our people and really the civilized world. I'm sure the president will speak more in the coming days. 47 years, he did not describe imminence or justify that in that video.

Starting point is 00:19:27 Do you believe that the American public is owed some? something more than a Twitter video. Well, Margaret, I think an eight-minute address to the American people, whether the president posted on social media or whether it happens on your network, is in keeping with presidential custom of addressing the American people. Again, I'm sure that he's going to be speaking more in coming days. The administration will be briefing Congress, and we're going to have a vote in the Congress. The Democrats are forcing a vote.

Starting point is 00:19:54 I expect there'll be overwhelming Republican support for our troops, for the, for our troops, and for the president's decision to finally eliminate the threat of Iran. Or how about Mago Republican Congress member Mike Turder, who used to pretend that he's a moderate. They aren't. They are fascist enablers. This is who they are. This is why our country is where it is because of these scumbags. Here play this clip. The inventory, they had continued as has had been declared to pursue their intention of a nuclear enrichment. They had continued. Rubio said they weren't enriching. They had continued their intention to pursue nuclear enrichment. They had said and declared that they were going to do that. Their

Starting point is 00:20:41 programs had not been completely abolished and their intention had not been abolished. They remained a threat and the fact that we had the ability to intervene, that eminence is incredibly important. More from Tom Cotton right here. part of President Trump's campaign and it included it in his inaugural address was no more wars. And there are a number of Republicans who think that this is the opposite of what they voted for, that the president is breaking that promise. Tucker Carlson told ABC the president's decision to strike Iran is, quote, absolutely disgusting and evil. What do you say to members of the MAGA base who say this is not what we voted for? Well, Dana, I've been on the campaign trail all across

Starting point is 00:21:30 Arkansas for the last two days, visiting with hundreds of Republicans. I haven't heard a single Arkansas express anything but unqualified support for President Trump and for his decision to finally put America's foot down and end 47 years of terror and revolutionary violence by the Islamic Republic against the United States and our citizens. And I suspect you'll see overwhelming support from elected Republicans in the Congress who are answerable to our values. voters in places like Arkansas and states all across the country when we're back in the capital later this week. Senator Tomcott. Now I want to hear from Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, at least some refreshing candid real talk right here. It's why I'm a big fan of Democratic Senator

Starting point is 00:22:18 Chris Murphy. Here play this clip. Nobody in this country is asking for war with Iran just like months ago, no one in this country was asking for war with Venezuela. This president is is intentionally tanking our economy. He's the most corrupt president in the history of our nation. And Americans want him to focus on the crises here at home. Instead, he is busy getting us involved in Quagmire's overseas that already are becoming deadly to American soldiers. This is a disaster.

Starting point is 00:22:52 It is illegal. And the president is obligated under the Constitution to come to Congress and ask for an authorization of military force. He wouldn't get it. that authorization if he asked for it. Congress wouldn't vote to give him the permission to do it, but he's obligated to come to Congress. The administration. And there you have it right there from Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. Thanks everybody for watching. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million

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The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Panics as Iran Rejects Ceasefire Offer

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