Trump Loses All Control as War Backfires
3/5/202615 mincomplete
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0:19Donald Trump is panicking as this war against Iran, which never had a plan, is
0:26spiraling out of control. After news broke that Iran is selecting a new Ayatollah, the
0:33old Ayatollah's son, Manjaba, who is in many ways even more extreme than the old
0:40Ayatollah, Donald Trump gave an eight minute interview just now to Axios, where Donald Trump
0:46says it is unacceptable that Iran has selected the Ayatollah's son, Manjaba, to be the
0:53Ayatollah. Donald Trump says that any selection of Iranians' new Ayatollah must be made by
1:00Donald Trump. Trump says they are wasting their time.
1:03Khamenei's son is a lightweight, Donald Trump says.
1:06I have to be involved in this appointment, just like I did with Delcy Rodriguez
1:12in Venezuela. And Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me.
1:16We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.
1:21Sure, Donald, I think that the 300 million Shiites who are even more radicalized right
1:27now in the region because of you and your behavior and killing the old Ayatollah
1:33are like, you know who we want right now?
1:35We want anyone who's picked by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.
1:40I mean, do you realize that when you make statements like that, you're causing far
1:44more problems as well for the United States and other nations in that region?
1:49By the way, those other nations in the region still under attack by Iran.
1:55Explosions are now heard in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates amidst a new
2:00wave of ballistic missile and drone strikes.
2:03You have footage over here of two Iranian ballistic missiles slamming into Bahrain's petroleum company
2:11refinery. Here's footage showing the impact of the Iranian ballistic missiles in Bahrain amidst this
2:18new wave of Iranian drone and ballistic missile strikes.
2:21And you can see these several large fires at the Bahrain petroleum company right there.
2:27Here's some additional footage showing Iranian ballistic missiles at high altitude over Jordan in the
2:35past 12 hours or so.
2:36It's believed that Iran attacked the Azerbaijan airport as well.
2:42And another Ayatollah in Iran, one of their most senior clerics, Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, just
2:50declared that the nation was on the verge of a great test and urged the
2:54shedding of Zionist blood and the shedding of Trump's blood on state television, while Iran's
3:02foreign minister, Argychee, has announced or has stated, Iran is not agreeing to a ceasefire.
3:09Stop putting out false information.
3:11Iran is not entering into a ceasefire.
3:14Also, Argychee and others are calling out the Trump regime's submarine attack using torpedoes off
3:23the coast of Sri Lanka, where the U .S.
3:27sunk and What appeared to be an unarmed Iranian naval ship that was doing joint
3:34exercises or a parade rather inside India and that the United States knew about this
3:41parade because the U .S.
3:43Navy was invited as well, but declined.
3:45And as part of the requirements to participate in this parade in India, Modi made
3:52it clear that Iran, that the ship couldn't be armed.
3:56And then the U .S.
3:57struck that ship. It's called the Denna, killing potentially 100 people aboard that ship.
4:03And so lots of people calling out the United States for that.
4:08But the United States says that's fair target when it comes to war.
4:12Also, we're hearing more reports kind of confirming exactly what I was saying yesterday about
4:18the Kurds, that Donald Trump is trying to coerce and threaten the Kurds to do
4:23a ground invasion of Iran.
4:25To be clear, when we talk about Kurds, there's lots of different Kurdish groups.
4:29So it's not like which Kurd, which Kurdish group are you referring to?
4:33I don't think Donald Trump realizes the Kurdish groups, you know, all throughout that region.
4:39And they're not necessarily all sharing the exact same ideas.
4:43But Donald Trump apparently is giving the Kurds an ultimatum.
4:46You're either with Iran or you're with us.
4:48You need to do a ground invasion.
4:50The Kurds are like, yeah, we don't want to do a ground invasion of Iran.
4:53Trump, you've betrayed us over and over again.
4:56You've betrayed us during your first administration.
4:58You've betrayed us during this regime recently in Syria.
5:01So, yeah, we're not doing that ground invasion because you're just going to throw us
5:04under the bus again. That's why yesterday Donald Trump then announced the Kurds are invading.
5:10You know, he didn't announce it.
5:11He leaked it to the press that the Kurds were invading Iran, trying to provoke
5:16Iran to strike the Kurds and then force the Kurds into the war by forcing
5:20Iran to strike the Kurds by falsely leaking to state regime media, which calls itself
5:24Fox, Axios and Israel leaking to their local media that the Kurds were invading when
5:29the Kurds were not invading yesterday.
5:31So lots of serious things taking place, right?
5:34Undisputed. America is at a war, although Trump officials and MAGA Republicans in Congress and
5:42the Senate try to deny it's a war.
5:45They call it a special military operation, which is what Putin calls his invasion of
5:50Ukraine. Serious stuff going on.
5:52America's lost service members. The Strait of Hermoz is essentially closed, right?
5:59Oil prices are skyrocketing. I mean, you see it right now.
6:03I mean, this is some of the biggest increases in gas prices, you know, this
6:08quickly, like almost ever. So lots of problems, lots of issues.
6:12What's the commander in chief doing?
6:14What's Donald Trump doing right now?
6:16Well, here's what he's posting.
6:18Trump pardons five former NFL stars.
6:21This is what he posted.
6:22He then posted Fine Arts Commission, which is run by Trump, gives ballroom the green
6:28light. How about this post?
6:31U .S. Justice Department hangs banner of Donald Trump at its headquarters, and it is
6:36a fascist looking photo of soldiers marching in Washington, D .C.
6:41with Donald Trump's photo on the Justice Department building.
6:44This is a big banner of Trump on the Justice Department building.
6:48That's what Trump's posting. He's posting this.
6:51Mortgage rates fall to lowest level since 2022.
6:55Huh? When's that article from?
6:57Oh, February 19th, 2026. So Donald Trump on March 5th, while we're in a war,
7:03is posting February 19th, 2026.
7:06six articles. And anybody watching this, I'm sure you would disagree with Donald Trump that
7:13housing is affordable right now and that it's easy to buy a home and easy
7:17to get a mortgage. So that's what Trump's posting.
7:20He then posts this, the golden era.
7:22Trump touts $18 trillion of investment, steel revival in North Georgia.
7:28Makes up a fake number, $18 trillion, which he claims he's getting from all of
7:33these countries. You think these countries are giving you $18 trillion?
7:36They're not. Also, I noticed this article, February 19th, 2026.
7:41So again, he's just posting old articles.
7:43Then he puts out Pete Hegseth, again, Secretary of Defense, who gives one of the
7:48cringiest speeches imaginable. Here's what Pete Hegseth says.
7:53This is how he's trying to articulate what America is doing right now by invading
7:58Iran. Play this clip. President Trump has reestablished the Monroe Doctrine, the Trump corollary of
8:06the Monroe Doctrine. Or if you'd like, for short, you can just call it the
8:10Dunro Doctrine. More Pete Hegseth earlier today, fear -mongering about radical narco -communism, because you
8:18do know also they're using that as a pretext for the United States to invade.
8:23Well, they were invited to invade Ecuador by Ecuador's MAGA leader.
8:27You know, we have ground troops at war in Ecuador as of two days ago.
8:31You're aware of that? Anyway, here's what Hegseth says.
8:35Play this clip. Led astray by competing forces.
8:38Radical narco -communism and anarcho -tyranny, which threaten our people, borders, and sovereign lands in
8:44the name of a false sovereignty or a false peace.
8:49And you've got MAGA Republican senators like Langford saying, it's bumpy.
8:53It's difficult here. People are suffering in the United States, but it's because we're at
8:58war. We're literally at war.
9:00Oh, so we are at a war.
9:01So you admit it. Here, play this clip.
9:03Right now, while literally we're at a war with Iran right now.
9:07So it is very important that we actually have all of our homeland security fully
9:11funded. Then you have Congress members.
9:14The fact that you have to get them to admit that we're at a war,
9:17right? Then you have Congress member McCormick saying, this is going to be bumpy, but
9:22this is what the American people want.
9:23We want bumpy. By the way, remember when MAGA Republicans last year, when Donald Trump
9:30promised that everything was going to be great in 24 hours, that things would be
9:33amazing. Remember they said, no, no, no, no, no.
9:36When Donald Trump's doing these tariffs against the world, it's going to be bumpy, but
9:40we're going to be sacrificing for Donald Trump.
9:43Remember they said that? Anyway, here's what McCormick said.
9:45There's now two major producers of oil that 30 % of the oil reserves in
9:49the world are in Venezuela and Iran, and they will be under more favorable regimes
9:55that aren't trying to support our adversaries and destroy America.
9:59And so this is, this is going to be bumpy in the, in the short
10:02term. This is great for America, great for energy prices, great for energy security in
10:07the longer run. And a president that's willing to unlock them.
10:17By the way, great, great montage, uh, made this morning by CNN showing Trump administration,
10:22Trump administration officials calling the invasion of Iran a war while Donald Trump saying it's
10:28not a war. You're, I mean, it was Donald Trump saying it's a war Republican
10:32saying it's not a war, um, on the Hill, because if it's a war, you
10:37need a war power authorization by Congress play this clip.
10:40Then we may have casualties that often happen.
10:44in war. We're doing very well on the war front.
10:49We set the terms of this war from start to finish.
10:539 ,000 Americans have been able to leave the region since the start of this
10:56war. Nobody should classify this as war.
10:58It is combat operations. I wouldn't call this a war as much as I'd call
11:01it a conflict that should be very short and sweet.
11:05I don't know if this is technically a war.
11:07We have declared war. So if we haven't declared war, then I don't see that.
11:12The president has asked us to declare war yet, but they have declared war on
11:16us. Do you consider it a war?
11:18It's a significant military operation.
11:20Strategic strikes are not war.
11:22They have declared war on us.
11:24I don't believe in the semantics.
11:26We've talked about the language this morning.
11:27We're not at war right now.
11:29We're four days in to a very specific, clear mission and operation.
11:38I think Congress member Himes puts its success, puts it succinctly right here.
11:43Let's play it. Americans are going to feel this in the pocketbook.
11:46Already you see the White House in an absolute panic over gas prices coming up
11:50with wild ideas. Let's do a, you know, a one year holiday on the federal
11:56excise tax of gas to bring that price down.
11:59They're just flailing for ideas because they understand that this terrible decision that they have
12:03taken is going to end this presidency.
12:05We're going to have a lame duck president for three years with 20 to 30
12:09percent approval ratings. Now, by the way, that causes me no heartburn.
12:13You know, making this president a lame duck is going to be a wonderful thing
12:16for the republic. But, you know, the cost that the American people are going to
12:22pay both in in blood and treasure is going to be tragic.
12:26It's going to be a belt in the pocketbook.
12:28And of course, it's going to have a dramatic impact on the midterms.
12:31And then you have this Emirati billionaire, Khalif Ahmed Al -Habtour, slamming Donald Trump.
12:38This Emirati billionaire says the following, who gave you the authority posted this morning?
12:43Who gave you the authority to drag our region into war with Iran?
12:46On what basis did you make this dangerous decision?
12:49Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?
12:53He goes on to say, did you calculate the collateral damage before pulling the trigger?
12:58Did you consider that the first to suffer from this escalation will be the countries
13:03of the region itself? The people of this region have the right to ask as
13:08well, was this decision yours alone?
13:11Did it come from the result of pressures from Netanyahu and his government?
13:15You've now placed the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Arab countries at the
13:20heart of a danger they did not choose.
13:22He goes on to say, for before the ink has dried on the board of
13:27peace initiative that you announce in the name of peace and stability, we find ourselves
13:31facing military escalation that endangers the entire region.
13:36So where did those initiatives go?
13:38And what is the fate of the commitments made in the name of peace?
13:42Most of the funding proposed in those initiatives came from the countries of the region
13:46themselves and from Arab Gulf countries that contributed billions of dollars on the basis of
13:52supporting stability and development. And these countries have the right to ask today, where did
13:57this money go? And are we funding peace initiatives or are we funding a war
14:01that exposes us to danger?
14:05There, he says it right there.
14:07And as Sina Tusi explains, by every credible account right now, the Islamic Republic's base
14:15has been radicalized more, mobilized more.
14:19They've been on the streets since Saturday.
14:21There are no signs of.
14:23affections or regime splintering and that's just the fact you may not like to hear
14:28that that's just the truth of what's happening right now when trump killed the ayatollah
14:34the way he did that did not the consequence of that was an unpopular ayatollah
14:40is who's 85 years old is now viewed as a martyr within the community and
14:45now his more extremist son is now going to be running the show that's what's
14:50going down that's just a fact we may not like the facts but those are
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