Trump Loses it as Russia Enters War
3/7/202622 mincomplete
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2:15Donald Trump is losing it as Russia is now helping Iran attack the United States
2:21interests in the Middle East as Donald Trump's war against Iran is spiraling out of
2:27control. Multiple reports suggest that Russia is providing critical logistical support to Iran, providing the
2:34coordinates where American military bases, personnel, and assets are located for Iran to target with
2:41its Shahid drones and ballistic missiles, and Russia providing other defense support to Iran.
2:48In addition, we are learning that China is also helping Iran, according to multiple reports.
2:53Now, Donald Trump and his chief propagandist were confronted about this moments ago.
2:58Donald Trump was confronted about it by a reporter from state regime media, which calls
3:03itself Fox. You all know him, Peter Doocy, asked Donald Trump about all of the
3:07reports that Russia is now helping Iran attack the United States in the region.
3:14Donald Trump then attacks Peter Doocy for asking the question and says, you know, I
3:19had a lot of respect for you, but what a stupid question you're asking me
3:24about Russia. Why would you ask me that question?
3:28Watch this interaction as Donald Trump held a press conference moments ago.
3:33And if you're wondering, so is the press conference addressing the war?
3:38Well, he was asked that question, but no, the press conference was involving Donald Trump
3:44trying to stop college athletes from getting paid for their name, image, and likeness.
3:49Watch this interaction here. Let's play this clip.
3:52Thank you, President Trump. It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack
3:58Americans now. That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here.
4:04But can I be honest?
4:06It's just I have a lot of respect for you.
4:10You've always been very nice to me.
4:12What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time.
4:15We're talking about something else.
4:17Can we keep this maybe a little bit?
4:20Go ahead, please. Next, I'll share with you what Peter Doocy said after Donald Trump's
4:25press conference was over. Here's Doocy on Fox saying that I tried to ask the
4:31question about whether Russia, whether he's aware and what's his response to the fact that
4:37Russia is helping Iran attack the United States and attack Israel's interests and attack other
4:44interests in the region. What's your response to that, Donald?
4:47Watch what Doocy says. Here, play this clip.
4:49And he took a couple of questions.
4:52I asked him about this report that the Russians are and he'll excuse me.
4:58I just ran out here.
4:59I asked him about this report that the Russians are helping the Iranians target Americans.
5:05And the president, who wanted to stay on topic, said he thought that was a
5:09stupid question. Right. Right. Right.
5:10Right. Right. Nice job. Jogging to the camera.
5:14I know how that goes.
5:15It was more of a sprint.
5:16In the North Lawn. It was a sprint.
5:19Here's the Washington Post report.
5:21Russia providing Iran intelligence to target U .S.
5:24forces, officials say. The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft
5:31in the Middle East. Russia's providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces.
5:36The first indication that another major U .S.
5:39adversary is participating, even indirectly, in the war, according to three officials familiar with the
5:46intelligence. The assistance, which has not been previously reported, signals the rapidly expanding conflict now
5:53features one of America's chief nuclear arm competitors with exquisite intelligence capabilities.
5:59Since the war began last Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U .S.
6:05military assets, including, but by the way, not limited to warships and aircraft, said the
6:10three officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity.
6:16Reached by the Washington Post on Friday, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, declined to comment.
6:24This is what the White House spokeswoman, Anna Kelly, said.
6:27The Iranian regime is being absolutely crushed.
6:31Their ballistic missile retaliation is decreasing every day.
6:34Their navy is being wiped out.
6:36Their production capacity is being demolished.
6:39And the proxies are hardly putting up a fight.
6:43That's Trump regime propaganda right there because we know and we've been reporting on the
6:49fact that Iran is still sending its Shahid drones and ballistic missiles to attack neighboring
6:55countries, neighboring Arab nations, where the United States has its interests.
6:59We still know the Strait of Hermoz has been closed, essentially.
7:02We still know that the price of a barrel of oil is going up significantly
7:09right now. And gas prices have spiked, you know, in a short period of time
7:14significantly. We know that this is a rapidly expanding war that's spiraling out of control.
7:22Enough of this Trump regime propaganda.
7:24Well, Caroline Levitt, Donald Trump's chief propagandist, was asked about it.
7:28Now, this is what she said about the reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with
7:34Iran to help them target the U .S.
7:36She goes, whether or not this happened, it doesn't really matter.
7:42And as Republican Congress member Don Bacon says, it doesn't matter.
7:47I, in most Americans, raise the B .S.
7:50flag on this. It doesn't matter if Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to kill
7:58Americans. And to attack, really, that doesn't matter to this regime?
8:01Here, play this clip. You're having me.
8:03I wanted to start you off this afternoon because we have confirmed reports from U
8:07.S. officials that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to help it target U .S.
8:13assets in the region. I'm sure this is something that does not please the president
8:16whatsoever. Has he spoken to Putin about it?
8:20Well, look, I'll leave that to the president to answer himself.
8:23But what I will tell you, John, we don't comment on intelligence reports that are
8:26leaked to the press. Whether or not this happened, frankly, it does not really matter
8:31because President Trump and the United States military are absolutely decimating the rogue Iranian terrorist
8:37regime. Folks, not only does it not matter to this regime, but you had Treasury
8:42Secretary Scott Besant yesterday removing Russian sanctions or removing United States sanctions against Russia and
8:51United States requirements with India to allow Russia to sell its oil to India, which
8:59was a massive windfall for Russia, especially as the price of oil skyrockets.
9:05That's going to make Russia huge amounts of money.
9:08And then Treasury Secretary Scott Besant moments ago said, you know what we're thinking about
9:13doing, not only removing sanctions and allowing India to get Russian oil, we're also going
9:20to maybe do some more unsanction.
9:24He goes, we're going to unsanction.
9:25We may unsanction other Russian oil as well.
9:29You may unsanction other Russian oil as well.
9:32Now that we know Russia is a, do you work for Russia?
9:36I mean, seriously, does this Trump regime works for us?
9:38The answer is yes, apparently, right?
9:40That's how they behave, at least.
9:42Watch this clip. The Indians had been very good actors.
9:45We had asked them to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil this fall.
9:49They did. They were going to substitute it with U .S.
9:51oil. But to ease the temporary gap of oil around the world, we have given
10:03them permission to accept the Russian oil.
10:06We may unsanction other Russian oil.
10:08The other thing Treasury can do here, Larry, is there are hundreds of millions of
10:14sanctioned barrels of sanctioned crude on the water.
10:18And in essence, by unsanctioning them, Treasury can create supply.
10:23And we are looking at that.
10:25We're going to keep a cadence of announcing measures to bring relief to the market
10:32during this conflict. Yeah, as Fred Wellman writes, we had multiple reports that Russia is
10:39aiding. Iran and targeting our troops.
10:41And these idiots are easing sanctions?
10:43What are we doing here?
10:45Who are our service members risking their lives for?
10:48And more from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent here talking about the way the military campaign
10:54is going to look tonight against Iran.
10:56Tonight will be our biggest bombing campaign.
10:59Here, play this clip. You know, the Iranians are fighting on two fronts.
11:02They're fighting a losing military battle where they're being overwhelmed.
11:07As Secretary Hegs of the General Cain and the president have all said tonight, tonight
11:14will be our biggest bombing campaign and we'll do the most damage to the Iranian
11:20missile launchers, the factories that build the missiles.
11:24And we are substantially degrading them.
11:28And our campaign has been overwhelming.
11:33So by now you know that we've been reporting a whole lot on the Trump
11:36administration scrapping the endangerment finding.
11:38This is something that we can't just let drift out of the news cycle.
11:41So give me a minute to highlight some important info.
11:44So I want to flag a new analysis from the Harvard Chan School of Public
11:47Health on why this all matters so much.
11:49The endangerment finding was the legal and scientific basis that allowed the EPA to regulate
11:53greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
11:55Back in 2009, the government determined that gases like carbon dioxide and methane threaten public
12:01health and future generations. That decision gave the EPA both the authority and the responsibility
12:06to limit pollution from vehicles and power plants.
12:09According to Harvard's climate and health experts, removing that foundation could mean more fine particulate
12:14pollution from burning fossil fuels.
12:16That's linked to higher risks of asthma in children, chronic heart and lung disease, and
12:21premature death, especially in communities near highways, power plants, and industrial sites.
12:25And long -term, the health impacts grow.
12:27Hotter days are tied to more hospitalizations and preterm births.
12:31Warmer conditions worsen ozone pollution.
12:33Wildfire smoke increases respiratory illness and mortality.
12:37And climate -driven storms can disrupt access to medical care.
12:40So yeah, this is a massive, massive deal.
12:42Harvard researchers warn that this rolling back puts real health protections at risk.
12:47Cleaner air has been tied to longer life expectancy and fewer asthma attacks in kids.
12:51So for all those make America healthy again people, this totally flies in the face
12:55of that promise. This is why it's so important that we keep making noise about
12:59this and push for future administrations to restore the finding.
13:02So I want to hear from you.
13:04Leave a comment. Tell us what you think about this decision by the Trump administration.
13:08I want to hear your thoughts on these reports that we're doing on climate issues,
13:11how Trump's destruction of climate policy has affected your health, your electricity bills, jobs in
13:16your communities. I want to hear all of it.
13:18So again, make your voice heard in the comments now.
13:21Ben, back to you. As I'm recording this, you see the footage of extensive U
13:26.S.-Israeli airstrikes hitting Amarabad International Airport in Iran's capital of Tehran.
13:33I mean, take a look right here at what that looks like.
13:37Caroline Levitt was asked at that press conference also, is Donald Trump satisfied with the
13:42pace of the United States investigation into whether the U .S.
13:48military hit the Iranian school, the elementary school.
13:51So we know right now this happened.
13:53It's a fact. The U .S.
13:56attacked a little girls elementary school in Manab, Iran and killed over 150 little girls
14:05and boys and like 175 people in the elementary school.
14:08So what's the latest on it, Caroline?
14:11Uh, well, we're still investigating that.
14:14Here, play this clip. Is the president satisfied with the case of the investigation into
14:18whether the U .S. military did hit that Iranian school?
14:22Is the White House concerned that this was the United States?
14:25Again, as I said at the briefing two days ago, I don't have any updates
14:28with respect to the investigation.
14:30I would expect those to come from the Pentagon.
14:34Now, as I mentioned earlier in this video, the press conference that Donald Trump had
14:38earlier today technically had nothing to do with the war, the disastrous war.
14:43He still hasn't addressed the American people formally yet to explain what the hell is
14:47going on. But what the press conference was on was, again, not paying college athletes
14:53for their name, image and likeness.
14:55And Donald Trump starts talking about how he wants to sign an executive order himself.
15:00He's going to come up with an executive order so that college athletes don't get
15:03paid money right now. Here, play this clip.
15:06All right. So I think he qualifies, right?
15:08But I'd like to sit down with some of the very talented people in this
15:12room and we'll pick them out if you'd like to volunteer, volunteer.
15:16And I'd like to sign an executive order that I'll write myself based on common
15:23sense. And it'll be something that people will be sort of happy about.
15:29Some will be sort of happy.
15:32Others will be sort of happy.
15:34And maybe that's a good thing.
15:38There'll be a few people that won't like anything.
15:41But I'd like to write an executive order based on some of the very great
15:46talent in this room. So a reporter says, OK, well, if you're not answering questions
15:51about the war against Iran, will you answer a question about, I don't know, what
15:56was ultimately behind your decision to replace Kristi Noem with Mark Wayne Mullen?
16:02You want to talk about that?
16:03Because Americans actually have questions for you about things other than your decision.
16:07desire to make sure college athletes don't get paid.
16:10Here, play this clip. Now you're into a brand new system.
16:14Yes, ma 'am. Hi, Mr.
16:15President. Thank you. Could you tell us what went into your decision to replace Secretary
16:20Noem with Senator Mark Wayne Mullen?
16:24Is it possible to stay on this subject just for once?
16:27You know, just for once.
16:29Boy, oh boy. So then a report is like, OK, if all you're going to
16:32do here is now talk about not paying college athletes, why did you not invite
16:38a single college athlete here?
16:39Why would you not have one college athlete representative to be here?
16:44Did you think about that?
16:45Here, play this clip. The judge.
16:47Maybe we'll get a wise judge.
16:49There are wise judges, too.
16:50We got some very brilliant wise judges.
16:53Maybe we'll get lucky. Mr.
16:54President, why aren't there any student athletes in the room?
16:58Why aren't there any student athletes in the room?
17:06Do you want to answer that question?
17:08Randy? We've made it clear, and I thought I said it before, that we have
17:18agents here. There are a lot of student athlete groups.
17:24There's a limited room here.
17:25And after this meeting, we intend to talk to all of the interested student athlete
17:31groups to get their input, because this can't be done without them.
17:35Now, going back to Caroline Levitt right here, she's asked an important question.
17:39So earlier today, Donald Trump said Iran must do an unconditional surrender, demands Iran's unconditional
17:48surrender. So what does that mean, Caroline?
17:51And then she goes, it means when Donald Trump says they surrender, when Donald Trump
17:55decides they've surrendered, we say they surrender, regardless of what they actually do.
18:00So as our editor -in -chief, Ron Filipkowski writes, so even if they don't surrender,
18:04Trump will call it an unconditional surrender and declare victory.
18:07And I think as gas prices continue to go up, up, up, up, up, Donald
18:11Trump's getting closer to doing that here.
18:13Play this clip. What does the president mean when he calls for unconditional surrender?
18:17Is he saying that the regime has to fully relinquish control?
18:20What the president means is that when he, as commander -in -chief of the U
18:24.S. armed forces, determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States
18:28of America, and the goals of Operation Epic Fury has been fully realized, then Iran
18:33will essentially be in a place of unconditional surrender.
18:36Whether they say it themselves or not, frankly, they don't have a lot of people
18:40to say that for them, because the United States and and the state of Israel
18:44have completely wiped out near more than 50 leaders of the former terrorist regime, including
18:49the Supreme Leader himself. Now, as we've learned about Russia's involvement in the war, as
18:58the Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammed Bagar Ghalibbaf says the following, Americans will come to understand
19:04that the fate of dear Iran, which is more precious than life, will be determined
19:09solely by the proud Iranian nation, not by the Epstein gang.
19:14Donald Trump is now seriously considering ground troops in Iran, NBC reports.
19:20Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying a limited number of U .S.
19:25ground troops inside Iran for specific strategic missions, though no decision or orders have been
19:32made, according to multiple U .S.
19:35officials. So folks, things are getting absolutely, absolutely spiraling out of control right now in
19:43the region. Tell me what you think.
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