Trump Panics as Blockade Starts and Instantly Backfires
4/13/202618 mincomplete
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0:30Donald Trump is panicking as his so -called blockade against Iran following his failed negotiations
0:37in Pakistan. It is backfiring in Donald Trump's face.
0:42Moments ago, Donald Trump made a social media post confirming that he has started a
0:48blockade of the Persian Gulf.
0:51So Donald Trump's plan to open the Strait of Hormuz is to further close the
0:57Strait of Hormuz to all countries by the United States blocking the Persian Gulf.
1:02Now, CENCOM says that the blockade only applies to Iranian ports.
1:08But if anybody understands the way maritime law works or understands the Persian Gulf, it's
1:14very hard to decipher which port the tankers are technically leaving from based on the
1:22fact that they often make multiple stops.
1:24In any event, Donald Trump made a post announcing the blockade.
1:28He then got immediate responses from Iran, which says, if you do that, get ready.
1:35We will close the Strait in the Red Sea as well.
1:38And nobody gets to come into the Persian Gulf if that's what you really want
1:42to do. So good luck with those oil prices, Donald.
1:45Also, Donald Trump is being sharply rebuked right now by China, by Europe, and by
1:51countries across the world as well.
1:54Here's what Donald Trump posted.
1:55We'll show you how it backfired instantly as things now appear to be escalating again.
2:02Donald Trump posted, Iran's Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated,
2:07158 ships. What we have not hit are their small number of what they call
2:13fast attack ships because we did not consider them much of a threat.
2:19Pause there. Does that make any sense to you at all?
2:22You don't consider their fast ships, which have missiles on them, a threat.
2:28One of the main ways Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz is with those fast
2:32ships. So I just want to always fact check what Donald Trump is saying because
2:36it makes zero sense in any event.
2:38He goes, warning, if any of these ships come anywhere close to our blockade, they
2:43will be immediately eliminated using the same system of kill that we use against the
2:49drug dealers on boats at sea.
2:52Pause. You mean the fishing ships where you've engaged in war crimes.
2:56By the way, Donald, what are you going to do if a Chinese flagship or
3:01a Indian flagship enters into the Strait of Hormuz in order to get oil from
3:07Iran? Are you going to blow up the Indian ship?
3:09Are you going to blow up the Chinese ship?
3:11You're going to blow up the Russian ship.
3:12The last time you claimed you were doing a blockade regarding Cuba, that Russian ship
3:17just went right by and right into Cuba.
3:20And you did absolutely nothing about it.
3:23By the way, the Iranian social media accounts are mocking Donald Trump right now.
3:27There are. like you realize to do a blockade it's more than a social media
3:32post you gotta come closer come closer donald is what the iranians are saying right
3:38now donald trump just said it's quick and brutal how he's going to kill the
3:43iranians he said p .s 98 .2 percent of drugs coming into the u .s
3:48by ocean or sea have stopped thank you for your attention to this matter djt
3:53now if this is supposed to be an effective strategy for negotiation it just is
3:59not going to work this is just not how human beings negotiate with human beings
4:04now if you want to go to war if you're going to make good on
4:08your threats and you want to put america in perpetual war with countries i guess
4:12this is how you can talk like a tyrant like an authoritarian like a war
4:16criminal but in terms of negotiations one of the reasons it fails is donald trump
4:22goes in there and acts like a negotiation is a way to kill people in
4:26fact in pakistan donald trump had his sycophants make social media posts and write op
4:33-eds in american media threatening to kill the iranian negotiators also donald trump changed the
4:38negotiating framework that he agreed to from iran's 10 point plan which trump announced that
4:43he was in agreement with to donald trump saying well you have to agree that
4:47you can control the strait of hummus you have to get rid of your missiles
4:51you have to get rid of all of your uranium when donald trump previously previously
4:55agreed to the contrary so at least according to american media wall street journal and
5:00others citing a number of senior u .s officials but senior u .s officials lie
5:04about everything the u .s blockade of the strait of hummus is now in effect
5:09and we're seeing and hearing iran's response right away iran threatens gulf ports as u
5:14.s imposes naval blockade iran's military spokesperson said that no port in the gulf will
5:20be safe if iranian ports were threatened after u .s military made this announcement that
5:25the blockade is in effect security in the ports of the persian gulf and the
5:29sea of oman will either be for everyone or for no one is what the
5:34spokesperson for the iranian revolutionary guard military saying the armed forces of the islamic republic
5:41of iran considers defending the country's legal rights a natural and lawful duty accordingly exercising
5:47iran's sovereignty in its territorial waters is the natural right of the iranian people is
5:52what iran's military leaders say in response to trump's blockade based on this ensuring security
5:57in iran's territorial waters will continue decisively by its armed forces as repeatedly stated vessels
6:03affiliated with enemies are not permitted and will not be permitted to pass through the
6:08strait of hormuz other vessels may continue to transit provided they comply with the regulations
6:13set by iran's armed forces given the continued threats against iran's people and national security
6:18even after the war ends iran will decisively implement a permanent mechanism to control the
6:24strait of hormuz the restrictions imposed by the united states on maritime movement and international
6:29waters are illegal and amount to piracy iran's armed forces state clearly and firmly security
6:35in the ports of the persian gulf and the sea of oman will either be
6:39for everyone or for no one if the security of iran's ports in the persian
6:42gulf and sea of oman is threatened no port in those waters will remain safe
6:48in other words you shut down our port we will attack the neighboring ports and
6:53doesn't this in other countries now doesn't this also continue to seem just like covid
6:58where after donald trump promised he would bend the curve before easter and he did
7:02not do that while the death toll was going up during covid back in 2020,
7:07then Donald Trump basically ignored it and acted like everything is going great.
7:11Well, that's kind of what's happening now.
7:13I guess the plan is to say you're doing a blockade, whether or not you're
7:17going to enforce it is left to be seen.
7:19And then you don't actually solve the problem, which is the Strait of Hormuz is
7:25now controlled by Iran. The tankers affiliated with the United States and allies of the
7:30United States are not able to get through.
7:32The price of oil surges, inflation surges, and Americans suffer.
7:38And Donald Trump goes out and plays golf and behaves very weirdly.
7:42I mean, when all of this was going on, the failed negotiations, because Trump and
7:47Vance and Whitcoff and Kushner changed the negotiating framework.
7:50Remember Donald Trump was at UFC and he was telling the fighters how handsome they
7:54were and how it tried.
7:55You're so handsome. You're so, look how muscular you are.
7:58You're so good looking. Remember Donald Trump was doing that.
8:01And then over the weekend, he was at his golf course in Doral.
8:04Here's a video of like a lady going up to him and he's like, you
8:07want a picture? You want a picture?
8:09Is that your husband over there?
8:11I mean, this is what the commander in chief of the United States is doing
8:17during a war where sensitive discussions are taking place?
8:21Here, play this clip. And by the way, he was also deranged in a very
8:33deranged matter. But what else is new?
8:34Posting all throughout the evening, post after post after post.
8:39Harry Sisson did a list of what Donald Trump was posting like last night.
8:44He started around 10 p .m.
8:45with a Jesus photo of himself where Trump said that he was Jesus and then
8:51posted like demons and like G .I.
8:54Joe characters in the back of him being Jesus.
8:56He posted Trump Tower on the moon.
9:00Random news clips. Attacks on Biden.
9:04Random articles about ballrooms. I mean, it just post after post after post.
9:08Meanwhile, his buddy Netanyahu says, Israel is at the height of its power because we
9:14have alignment with the most powerful nation in the world.
9:17And together we have the capability to confront even the gravest threats is what Netanyahu
9:22also says. The ceasefire could end very, very quickly.
9:26Meanwhile, in China, one of their top foreign policy spokespeople said the following.
9:35China is saying this. We are committed for peace and stability in the world.
9:39China's minister of defense, Admiral Dong Jun says, we are monitoring the situation in the
9:44Middle East. Our ships are moving in and out of the waters of the Strait
9:48of Hormuz. We have trade and energy agreements with Iran.
9:51We will respect and honor them and expect others to not meddle in our affairs.
9:58Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and it is open to us.
10:02In other words, you can't block us.
10:05We are going good luck trying to block our ships.
10:07So by Donald Trump saying that he's going to block the ships through the blockade.
10:12I just want you to think about what he's actually saying.
10:14While he's out there golfing and doing whatever weird thing that is with whatever you
10:19saw there, you have China saying, OK, we don't we don't acknowledge your blockade.
10:25You want to shoot our ships, shoot our ships.
10:28And that's what's going to happen when Trump doesn't do it.
10:31And if Trump does do it, it's World War Three.
10:33What are we doing here?
10:35And if there are opportunities to negotiate resolutions, you don't do it by saying we've
10:40sunk 158 of your ships.
10:42We're going to kill you, you bastards.
10:44That's. maybe in your C -list movie, that's how you think negotiations happen.
10:49But at a high level, that's not how negotiations happen at all.
10:53And you have, I mean, look, you have M .B.
10:55Goluboff, Iran's parliament leader. He's making posts like this with mathematical formulas to basically mock
11:04Donald Trump's lack of intelligence to show how a double blockade doubles the impact of
11:10the problem that you claim to be trying to solve.
11:12But Donald Trump probably doesn't understand this mathematical formula.
11:16But Goluboff is a PhD, an engineer, amongst other things that he does.
11:22He goes, enjoy the current pump figures with the so -called blockade.
11:27Soon you'll be nostalgic for $4 to $5 a gallon.
11:31Oh, one more thing about Netanyahu during the speech that he gave today to the
11:35people of Israel. He talked about how during the mediation, J .D.
11:39Vance reported to me, in other words, Netanyahu.
11:43J .D. Vance would report to Netanyahu in detail, as this administration does every day
11:49about the developments of the negotiation.
11:51In this case, the explosion in the negotiations, the explosion came from the American side,
11:57which could not tolerate Iran's blatant violation of the agreement to enter the negotiations.
12:03The agreement to enter the negotiations was Iran's 10 -point plan.
12:07Donald Trump posted that. Don't gaslight us and lie to us what was really happening
12:12there. And also, whether it's Israel, whether it's any country, why is the United States
12:18reporting to another country like it's the boss of the United States?
12:23Why wouldn't the United States be working with all of its allies in order to
12:27try to address this serious issue versus reporting to Netanyahu?
12:33I mean, and by the way, Netanyahu is saying it publicly.
12:35Trump reports to me. I just read to you the direct quote.
12:39German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says, we will continue to feel the consequences of the war
12:43in Iran for a long time, even after it's over.
12:46We were preparing ourselves for a prolonged period of significant strain on the German economy
12:51and therefore also on private households.
12:53The German Chancellor goes on to say, I was not surprised by the decision to
12:57break off the talks in Islamabad.
12:59From the beginning, I did not have the impression that they were really well prepared.
13:04Yeah, Trump sent J .D.
13:05Vance, Whitcoff, and Kushner, no one who understands nuclear energy, no one who even understands
13:12the language that is being used in the negotiation.
13:14And they think that they're just going to resolve this, what, by continuing to threaten
13:19Iran over and over and over again?
13:21Well, that just ain't working.
13:22And folks, the American people are livid at Donald Trump and his regime, especially young
13:28people. Things have gone from bad to worse for Donald Trump with young voters.
13:32As Zachary Dunin points out, Donald Trump's net approval since the fall of 2025 is
13:38as follows. Men, 18 to 22.
13:43They are negative eight. So from negative 19 to negative 27.
13:47Women, from negative 40 to negative 54.
13:50Men, 23 to 29. Negative 24 to negative 33.
13:55Women who are 23 years old to 29 years old and went from negative 40
14:00to negative 47 percent. Trump is absolutely tanky.
14:04By the way, you want to see Iran's response to Donald Trump making social media
14:09posts of himself as Jesus and Donald Trump making other social media posts attacking the
14:15Pope. Here's what Iran's president Pazeskian writes.
14:19Your Excellency Pope Leo XIV, on behalf of the great nation.
14:23of Iran. I condemn the insult to your excellency and declare the desecration of Jesus.
14:29Peace be upon him. The prophet of peace and brotherhood is unacceptable to any free
14:35person. I wish glory for you from Allah.
14:38So while Donald Trump is mocking the Pope, attacking Pope Leo XIV, saying that he's
14:43like a liberal leftist, and then Donald Trump's making social media posts of himself as
14:48Jesus, you have the Iranian president saying, we stand with Pope Leo XIV.
14:55No one should be mocking religions like that.
14:58And as you know, Donald Trump continues to mock Islam and Donald Trump's like, praise
15:03be Allah, praise be Allah, praise be Allah.
15:05Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV was asked about Donald Trump's social media posts attacking him.
15:11And Pope Leo XIV said, I'm not intimidated by Donald Trump.
15:15I don't get involved in political matters.
15:17It's not my job to be involved in foreign affairs here.
15:21And I'm going to continue to spread the word, he says, of the Bible, whether
15:26you're religious or not. He says, I'm going to spread the word of compassion, and
15:32I'm going to spread the word of empathy, and I'm going to help people who
15:35are suffering. And it doesn't bother me that he attacks me.
15:38I don't really care at all.
15:39It was very strong words from Pope Leo XIV in the plane moments ago.
15:44Go back and watch the video I did on Pope Leo XIV.
15:47And so here's where we're at.
15:49Here's where we're at. You have the Trump regime blockading or saying they're blockading the
15:55Strait of Hormuz or all of the Persian Gulf, only from oil leaving from Iranian
16:01ports. You have China saying, we have trade deals with Iran.
16:03So we're not acknowledging that.
16:05We're going to send our ships through.
16:07The Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed to anyone other than a small group of
16:12ships that are allied with Iran and Donald Trump sending the United States into a
16:18situation where it is, you know, it is a standoff now with not just China,
16:25but with other allies, but with that, not with just China, but also with NATO,
16:30with anybody, right, who wants to send their ships into this area.
16:33So we'll keep you posted every step of the way here on the Midas Touch
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