Trump Panics as Situation Room Emergency Called!!!
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2:00Donald Trump is panicking and convened an emergency meeting in the Situation Room with his
2:07top cabinet officials. This, as Iran is absolutely repudiating Donald Trump's claims that Iran entered
2:16into a deal to open the straight -up for moves and to basically fully surrender
2:21Iran, said we haven't agreed to anything that Donald Trump is saying.
2:25We're sticking with our 10 -point negotiating framework, and Donald Trump's just out there lying
2:30and manipulating the markets in Iran, said we're going to now fully shut down the
2:35Strait of Hormuz. Previously, as a gesture of good faith, we were allowing some ships
2:40to go through a coordinated route that we agreed to, and now we're saying no
2:46ships can go through the Strait of Hormuz because the United States continues its naval
2:51blockade of the Persian Gulf, and Donald Trump continues to lie about our negotiating positions.
2:56He continues to threaten us during the ceasefire period while negotiations are taking place.
3:02The Strait of Hormuz is closed down.
3:04The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announced to all tankers in the Persian Gulf, if any
3:10of you come near the Strait of Hormuz exit, we will shoot at you.
3:14In fact, two Indian tankers that went close to the Strait of Hormuz, believing that
3:19they had permission, were shot at by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
3:24We have some of the audio of Iranian Revolutionary Guard putting out over their Channel
3:3016 to the other ships saying, if you come close based on Donald Trump's tweets,
3:38a stupid person's tweets, you will be shot, you will be killed.
3:42Let me just play for you what's being transmitted by Iran to the local tanker,
3:47so you can just hear it for yourself, and then I'm going to bring you
3:49into the Situation Room as Donald Trump is panicking and calling this emergency meeting.
3:54Here, play this clip. In Persian Gulf and Omansi, this is Iranian Stephanie calling on
4:00Channel 16. Strait of Hormuz is still closed.
4:04We will open it by the order of our leader, Imam Khamenei, not by the
4:10tweets of some idiots. If you want to pass through the Strait, you must ask
4:16permission from Iranian Settan Navy.
4:18All vessels that have a connection with our enemies will be targeted if they try
4:24to pass the Strait of Hormuz out.
4:27Now, folks, you don't have to just take it from my word that Donald Trump
4:30is panicking. The Wall Street Journal just wrote an expose with multiple sources close to
4:36Donald Trump talking about how he is panicking about this war and how he tries
4:41to project bravado, but that he's pacing through the White House and does not have
4:47any clear plans or intentions at all.
4:50And then when he gets nervous, he just wants to talk about his ballroom and
4:54building arches. It's really quite pathetic.
4:57But Donald Trump made this meeting, the Situation Room meeting, with some of his top
5:03officials. J .D. Vance was there.
5:05Rubio was there. Hegseth was there.
5:07Besant was there. His chief of staff, Susie Wiles, was there.
5:10Steve Whitcoff. I don't know why.
5:11This guy keeps coming around, and he's the worst.
5:14They're all the worst, frankly.
5:15CIA Director John Ratcliffe was there, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dan Cain,
5:21was there as well. And a senior U .S.
5:24official said, based on what was transpiring in this emergency situation room meeting, that if
5:30there's not a breakthrough soon with Iran, the war could resume in the coming days.
5:37Lots of people in the Middle East are expecting escalation as well.
5:40Shortly after Donald Trump got out of the situation room with all of those individuals,
5:45he made the following post on social media.
5:47Whether people like Israel or not, they have proven to be a great ally of
5:51the United States of America.
5:53They are courageous, bold, loyal, and smart.
5:56Unlike others that have shown their true colors in a moment of conflict and stress,
6:00Israel fights hard and knows how to win.
6:02President D .J .T. Now, earlier in the day, yesterday morning, Donald Trump held that
6:08bizarre press conference in the Oval Office with Joe Rogan to sign some executive order
6:14about psychedelics. And obviously, Donald Trump had Joe Rogan in the Oval Office to try
6:19to distract from the fact that on Friday, he engaged in one of his most
6:23brazen efforts to manipulate the market and succeeded in doing so by making up a
6:28completely fake deal with Iran that Iran didn't agree to any of the things that
6:32Donald Trump was spewing to reporters who were basically just publishing it like they were
6:36Donald Trump's stenographer. While we at the Midas Touch Network were like, hello, can we
6:41look at what's really happening in the Strait of our Moose?
6:43Can we look at what's really happening in Iran?
6:45Donald Trump's lying about everything.
6:47Stop publishing this BS. Let's talk about the reality.
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6:59So lots of people were getting the truth, but a lot of lies were being
7:03spewed out there. But Donald Trump held that weird press conference in the Oval Office
7:07yesterday with Joe Rogan to try to distract from everything.
7:10And one of the things that Donald Trump said in the press conference is he
7:13goes, yeah, Iran, they want to close up the Strait again.
7:17You know, as they've been doing for years, they can't blackmail us.
7:21They're cute. They're trying to be a little cute with us.
7:23We'll have some information by the end of the day.
7:26We're talking to them. So yesterday, Donald Trump said we'll have information by the end
7:31of the day. By the end of the day, surprise, surprise, Donald Trump did not
7:35have information. Why? Because he lies about everything.
7:38Just a reminder, you'll see Joe Rogan in the background here.
7:41This was the bizarre press conference that Donald Trump held yesterday in the Oval Office.
7:45Just I'll play you a short clip right here.
7:47Let's play it. And we'll be talking about Iran later.
7:50We have very good conversations going on.
7:52It's working out very well.
7:55They got a little cute, as they have been doing for 47 years.
7:58Nobody ever took them on.
7:59We took them on. They have no Navy.
8:03They have no Air Force.
8:04They have no leaders. They have no nothing.
8:06Actually, their leaders are, it is regime change.
8:09You call that enforced regime change.
8:12But we're talking to them.
8:14They wanted to close up the strait again, you know, as they've been doing for
8:19years. And they can't blackmail us.
8:22In fact, a lot of the ships are coming up to Texas.
8:25I don't know if you know, in Louisiana, the ships are coming up.
8:27They got used to it.
8:29Maybe they'll keep doing it.
8:30It's worked out pretty good.
8:31But it's going actually along very well.
8:36And we'll see. But we'll have some information by the end of the day.
8:39And then you have Iran posting on their social media accounts the following about Donald
8:45Trump. Amateur hour diplomacy. Here's the video they just posted on the Iranian social media
8:51accounts. Let's play it. Now, one of the things that also came out of this
9:13Situation Room emergency meeting, we're learning that the U .S.
9:16is preparing in the coming days to board and seize Iran -linked tankers and commercial
9:22ships in international waters, according to U .S.
9:25officials. We'll see if that actually takes place because we know Iran will shoot back
9:29and they will fight back and that will just lead to more escalation.
9:32The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy put out the following statement.
9:36No vessel should move from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of
9:41Oman. The strait is closed following Iran's announcement permitting non -military vessels to pass through
9:47the Larik Corridor. That's that corridor that goes really close with Iran's coast.
9:54And Iran is saying that's the coordinated route that they were going to allow ships
9:58that pay a toll to go through.
10:00And then Donald Trump's like, the whole strait's open, but we're going to continue the
10:03blockade. So Iran was like, OK, we're not even going to allow the Larik Corridor
10:08to stay open. So there were ships that were going through the Larik Corridor.
10:12Then the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy said, however, after the American side violated the ceasefire
10:17conditions and failed to lift its naval blockade, right?
10:21The Trump regime has that naval blockade of the Persian Gulf on Iranian vessels and
10:26ports. The strait of Hormuz has been closed as of yesterday afternoon until the blockade
10:31is lifted. We therefore warn that no vessel should move from its anchorage in the
10:35Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman, approaching the strait of Hormuz will be considered.
10:39cooperation with the enemy and any violating vessel will be targeted all vessels and their
10:44owners are also instructed to follow updates only through the official irgc navy channels and
10:50channel 16 statements by the terrorist u .s president regarding the strait of hormuz and
10:56the persian gulf have no credibility and you also have the head of iranians parliament
11:02national security commission releasing a statement uh about donald trump's claims uh on friday delivering
11:10uranium to america the complete reopening of the strait of hormuz continuation of the american
11:16maritime siege of iran and zero enrichment are just part of trump's april lies and
11:23fabrication that's what iran parliament's national security commission is releasing also iran's parliament leader mb
11:30galabaf gave a long interview yesterday which was broadcast on iranian tv this was like
11:36the must watch interview if you were in iran because they wanted to know what
11:41galabaf who's the lead negotiator or was the lead negotiator with the united states in
11:46pakistan what he had to say and here's what he said during this big kind
11:50of prime time iranian interview that he gave yesterday the strait of hormuz is under
11:55the control of the islamic republic of iran we responded decisively to the u .s
11:59attempt at mine clearing and considered it a violation of the ceasefire the situation escalated
12:05close to confrontation but the enemy backed down if traffic is currently taking place in
12:10the strait it is because the control of the strait is in our hands the
12:14americans have announced the blockade in recent days this is a reckless and ignorant decision
12:19it is impossible for others to pass through the strait while we cannot if the
12:24u .s does not lift the blockade movement through the strait of hormuz will definitely
12:29be restricted i am ready for martyrdom we are ready both to shed blood and
12:34to endure deep hardship the enemy the united states sought regime change and to venezuelanize
12:42iran in order to auction off our oil but they failed we are fully prepared
12:47and if they the united states makes the slightest mistake we will respond with force
12:52the enemy failed in its various plans it had destroying the air force and missile
12:57capabilities destroying the navy launching a ground attack and opening the strait of hormuz and
13:02all of these they were unsuccessful and in fact what we learned just now u
13:08.s intelligence assesses that iran still retains 40 of its pre -war stockpile of drones
13:14and after conducting operations to dig up buried missile cities during the ceasefire 60 of
13:22its missile launchers so iran has most of its weapons and during the ceasefire they're
13:29rapidly building right now may i share with you something before we go this is
13:34from danny citronitz um he's a former analyst of iran in the middle east region
13:40where he was an analyst for israel but he's been providing very um very critical
13:46analysis against the united states and israel's horrific war plans over here and their unlawful
13:52war but his analysis i think really actually understands the iranian regime at a deep
13:59level and i don't think you're really hearing this anywhere else so let me just
14:02share with you what he said he goes i don't know what has been presented
14:06in the white house during this emergency situation room meeting that i've been talking about
14:10on this video but this is the adversary status i would present with one important
14:15takeaway at this stage the most important requirement for u .s policy is strategic realism
14:22about what the use of force can still achieve against iran iran's leadership is not
14:27interested in prolonging the war but it believes it holds an advantage in a pain
14:32tolerance competition vis -a -vis the united states and the international community threats of force
14:39are unlikely to produce meaningful concessions in negotiations iran is expected to hold firmly to
14:46the red lines it has maintained from the outset in other words that 10 -point
14:50framework it's non -negotiables it's not moving away from those it will keep control of
14:55the strait of her moves it will not give up its ballistic missiles it wants
14:58to enrich uranium maybe you can have a time frame of where they will stop
15:02your reaching or anything but they're going to say they're going to enrich uranium they
15:06want security guarantees for themselves and for hezbollah and for their shiite groups in iraq
15:11and for the houthis they're what they call the access of resistance they want reparations
15:17for the war these are some of their non -negotiables they want to charge a
15:20toll through the strait of her moves when they control it these they've always said
15:23non -negotiables um and the threats of force are unlikely to change that in fact
15:28in a likely hard in that and allow the islamic revolutionary guard corps contingent that's
15:34in power to assert more power over let's say more of the kind of civilian
15:39negotiators maritime pressure by the united states will not compel iranian capitulation absent an agreement
15:46it is more likely lead to a direct confrontation between the us and iran interdictions
15:51of iranian shipping may accelerate escalation but not surrender the current iranian leadership will not
15:57give up uranium enrichment its missile program support for its regional network of proxies or
16:03its strategic influence over the state of hormuz limited strikes will not alter this trajectory.
16:09Tehran is not easily swayed by signaling.
16:11A broader campaign against Iran's civilian infrastructure could severely damage its economy, but would almost
16:17certainly trigger wide -scale retaliation, particularly against energy infrastructure across the Gulf.
16:24Without regime change, which would require a dramatic U .S.
16:27investment in time, resources, and political will, these core dynamics are unlikely to shift.
16:32Decision -making in Iran is becoming more fragmented and hard -line, increasingly shaped by the
16:37Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the military factions.
16:41This makes coherent compromise more difficult than in the past.
16:44What Iran did not concede before or during the conflict, it is even less likely
16:49to concede now, regardless of military pressure or blockade measures.
16:53In the absence of a deal, escalation is not a risk.
16:56It is the default trajectory.
16:59Iran is already preparing for it, including efforts to rebuild and reinforce missile capabilities.
17:05To date, even successful operational achievements have not meaningfully changed Iran's strategic calculus.
17:12Paradoxically, the campaign has weakened Iran economically, but strengthened the regime internally, especially among the
17:21regime supporters. So I think that's an important analysis for you to examine, and I
17:27think it's spot on. I mean, from all of my studies in the region, I
17:31think that's the most accurate assessment that you have.
17:35And when Trump threatens and escalates, you're just doing, as part of a negotiation, you're
17:41not going to get the outcome of Iran capituling.
17:44You're going to get the opposite outcome.
17:45I know it's almost fairly basic to say that, but I think understanding the history
17:50there a little bit's helpful.
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