Trump Panics as Iran Prepares 1 Million Soldiers
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2:34Donald Trump is panicking as Iran says it is preparing 1 million troops if the
2:41United States invades the Karg Islands or anywhere else in Iran.
2:46Now, Donald Trump has immediately responded by claiming he is entering into further fake negotiations
2:54with Iran, which Iran has immediately denied.
2:58But Donald Trump made this statement as the markets here in the United States are
3:03crashing. And so again, Donald Trump has tried to manipulate the market, but it seems
3:08the market is getting numb to all of his lies where he'll make up something.
3:12Then Iran, whether it's to the Wall Street Journal or through an intermediary or through
3:18Dropside or through another, through the Financial Times, will just say absolutely everything that Donald
3:23Trump is saying is not true.
3:25Let's just go through the events here.
3:27So Iran says, if you invade, we have more than 1 million fighters who are
3:31preparing for a ground battle.
3:34And Iran put that out through Tasman News Agency, citing their own Iranian military sources.
3:39Then Donald Trump posts, as per Iranian government requests, please let this statement serve to
3:44represent that I am pausing the period of energy plant destruction.
3:48By the way, that's a war crime.
3:50By 10 days to Monday, April 6, 2026 at 8 p .m.
3:54Eastern time. Talks are ongoing.
3:56And despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the fake news media and others, they
4:01are going very well. Thank you for your attention to this matter, Donald J.
4:05Trump. So instinctively, we knew that Donald Trump was lying because everything that spews out
4:09of his mouth and vomits out of his face is an absolute lie.
4:13And then shortly thereafter, we heard from Iranian officials who said the following.
4:17Senior Iranian officials told Dropside News that U .S.
4:21President Donald Trump was not being truthful in his post earlier on Truth Social, announcing
4:26an additional five -day pause on his threat to bomb Iranian energy infrastructure at the
4:31request of Iran, with the officials stating, Trump is not being truthful.
4:35We have not submitted any request regarding potential U .S.
4:38attacks. Now, you might be saying, well, that's a senior Iranian official, and they're saying
4:42that to Dropside. Maybe that's a lie.
4:45Maybe they're not telling the truth.
4:46Well, then one of the individuals trying to be a mediator, I think probably from
4:52Pakistan, that the U .S.
4:54is trying to use to engage with Iran, then went to the Wall Street Journal
4:58and made it very clear, Iran hasn't requested a pause on energy site strikes, the
5:04mediator says. So the same way that the former mediator, the foreign minister of Oman,
5:10basically said that the United States...
5:11and Israel acted in a way that was inconsistent with the negotiations, where there was
5:17a deal that was reached in late February, and that there were just technical details
5:21that needed to follow. But then the U .S.
5:23and Israel invaded Iran when there was a deal to be had.
5:26You're having the new mediator, likely from Pakistan, but it's unclear from where, telling the
5:31Wall Street Journal and others that what Donald Trump is saying is an absolute lie.
5:36Iran has not requested a 10 -day pause on strikes on its energy plants, and
5:40is yet to deliver a final response to the U .S.
5:4315 -point plan to end the war, according to, quote, peace talk mediators.
5:48This was reported by Wall Street Journal.
5:51But what we do know from this article is that Iran has ruled out discussing
5:55its missiles program as a starting point to talks and doesn't want to commit to
6:01ending enrichment of uranium forever, the mediators say.
6:05So don't even talk to us about dismantling our Shahids, our ballistic missiles of any
6:10range, intermediate or otherwise. We're not even going to have that conversation with you.
6:14And we want to enrich uranium.
6:16We saw what you did when you invaded us the last time.
6:19So we don't trust you.
6:20That's what Iran is saying.
6:22So Iran has already rejected the 15 -point plan through the mediator.
6:26And then before that, you had seen your Iranian officials basically saying, no plan for
6:31talks appears to be realistic at this stage.
6:35So Iran says no plan for talks because there's no realistic view by the United
6:41States. Donald Trump sees the markets crashing yet again.
6:44Donald Trump lies and then says, we've agreed to a five -day period where we
6:50won't be doing war crimes by bombing the energy infrastructure.
6:53Iran responds, we're not asking for this.
6:56You're just making up, again, fake negotiations layered on fake negotiations.
7:01Now, Israel's Channel 14 reports that Iranian officials have always believed that ongoing negotiations now
7:08are a American intelligence op aimed at gathering precise information about leadership locations and decision
7:16-making centers. The report adds that this concern has led Tehran to avoid electronic communications
7:22and instead to rely on field intermediaries to manage sensitive contacts.
7:29Now, it should also be noted that Iran's military is releasing a video showing a
7:34message being placed on a missile ahead of launch.
7:38The latest in a series of such clips.
7:41These photos either reference Jeffrey Epstein or Trump being part of the Epstein class or
7:46have photos of American soldiers coming home in American flag -draped castigates.
7:52Analysts say this tactic, you see it right here, play the B -roll, everybody, say
7:56the tactic reflects a broader effort to shape the narrative during the conflict.
8:01And what Iran is saying, however, first and foremost, we're not doing a deal.
8:06If you want to talk to us, don't even mention ballistic missiles or that we
8:10can never enrich uranium. Those aren't starting points.
8:13We've seen you in the United States, your military evacuating and abandoning the 13 military
8:20bases in the Middle East because of our Shaheed and FPV drone swarms.
8:26We're being assisted by Russia while you lift sanctions against us in Russia.
8:30Iran is feeling emboldened right now, if anything.
8:33And so what Iran is signaling, though, is that they've got a, quote, special and
8:38unprecedented plan for the UAE and Bahrain.
8:41Iran's IRGC -linked FAR's new agency, IRGC is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
8:47This is their state regime.
8:48FAR's new agency cites an informed military source reports that Tehran has prepared special and
8:55unprecedented measures against the UAE and Bahrain in the event of any ground attack on
9:00Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
9:02The warning follows U .S.
9:04threats of a ground operation and alleged support from these Gulf states, including hosting bases
9:09and providing infrastructure and advanced technologies.
9:13Tehran said any response would be very damaging and instructive.
9:17And specifically, this infographic being circulated by Iranian media outlines key energy infrastructure across the
9:25UAE. Drop site reports, including power stations, nuclear facilities, and solar hubs as potential targets
9:31in the event of escalation.
9:33Key sites being identified are desalination complex in Dubai, nuclear power plants and power stations
9:39in Abu Dhabi, other power plants in Dubai, and solar parks in Dubai and similar
9:45facilities in Bahrain. The report claims that strikes on these sites could trigger widespread blackouts
9:51and disrupt desalination industry and data centers with cascading effects on UAE's economy and regional
9:58trade. Experts cited in the report say the country's heavy reliance on centralized power infrastructure
10:03make these sites strategically critical.
10:07Also, Iran is now officially designating the Four Seasons and Sheraton hotels, as well as
10:13the presidential palace in Syria's capital, Damascus, as military targets, claiming the presence of American,
10:21Israeli, and British experts inside these locations make them fair targets to strike.
10:27Meanwhile, you have foreign minister of Iran, Aragchi, posting the following, the wise stances of
10:33the great religious authorities, the government, and the Iraqi people must be commended in condemning
10:38the aggression of America and the Zionist entities in standing alongside Iran, its government and
10:44people in confronting this aggression.
10:46Your offering of condolences for the martyrdom of the leader of the revolution reflects the
10:51depth of the strong ties between the two peoples.
10:54For in times of hardship, true brothers are known.
10:57So the Iraqi government has now authorized its Shiite militias to attack American military bases
11:03in surrounding Arab nations, as well as in Iraq.
11:06So in essence, Iraq has now joined the war, which they have for some time
11:10though, shoulder to shoulder with Iran, Iraq and Iran together targeting American bases.
11:17And we've seen these FPV, first person viewing drones by the Shiite militias who get
11:21a lot of resources from Iran, who in turn gets a lot of resources from
11:25Russia, using it to strike Blackhawks and radars and others in American military bases with
11:32relative impunity. And we see those drone swarms moving around with those cameras that we
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13:05Also, Iranians President Masoud Pazeshkian also sent a big thank you to Russia and Russia's
13:13people and to Putin. He writes, President Putin, message and the support of the Russian
13:18people inspire us in this war.
13:20The resistance and the courage of the Iranian people promise new bonds that will ensure
13:24the security of East Asia by the countries of the region.
13:28On behalf of the people of Iran, I thank the government and people of Russia.
13:31We know that Russia is providing Iran with substantial military support, with more drones, with
13:36component parts, with active military intelligence, while Donald Trump continues to attack Ukraine and suck
13:43up to Putin, removing sanctions against Russian oil, removing sanctions against Iranian oil, removing sanctions
13:49against Belarus, helping Russia make the money to make the military weapons to attack Ukraine
13:55and to hand to Iran to attack American soldiers.
13:58You also have M .B.
13:59Goluboff, the head of Iran's parliament, mocking Pete Hegsett's comment where Hegsett said during that
14:04deranged cabinet meeting earlier today, for years, Iran told the world their missiles could only
14:10range two kilometers. Surprise. Yet again, Iran lied.
14:14Galiboff posts this meme of a little child looking at Pete Hegsett like he's crazy.
14:20Iran continues to mock Donald Trump, his regime, and the United States.
14:24Never before has the United States been weaker.
14:26Also, Iran is tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz, forcing ships to share detailed
14:31data, reroute into the waters, and sometimes pay for passage, creating what analysts call a
14:38tollbooth system the AP is reporting.
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14:58He's interviewed numerous people on the Hill who say it's a bad effing idea, a
15:03terrible effing idea. Congress is losing its patience with the briefings.
15:07It's getting about Iran. All of this is a bad idea by Donald Trump.
15:12And other sources say that Donald Trump appears to be leaning towards ordering this major
15:16ground operation against Iran as he continues to say that he's negotiating five -day ceasefire
15:23deals or whatever he's saying regarding their energy infrastructure, which he's not doing.
15:27And lots of people see the buildup with the Marine Expeditionary Units, the 82nd Airborne
15:32Division, the Special Operations Unit, Navy Special Operations Unit.
15:37By the way, Trump and Hanks have fired the Navy Special Ops former commander, which
15:42is significant because now they're without one of their top people.
15:45But with all of the assets, people believe that this invasion of Iran and Kahr
15:49could be imminent, in which case we expect to see all hell breaking loose, an
15:54all -out war in the Middle East.
15:55Still, Donald Trump gets his briefings via two -minute clips that are being curated to
16:01him by officials that show the U .S.
16:03and Israel blowing up things in Iran.
16:06And that's how Donald Trump is getting it through these hype videos, which again is
16:10deeply concerning that that's how Donald Trump is getting his news.
16:14With all of this going on, Donald Trump, as I mentioned, has lifted sanctions against
16:18Belarus as well, a Russian proxy.
16:20Donald Trump is sending J .D.
16:22Vance to try to lift up Viktor Orban in the next week, right before the
16:26big elections are set to take place in Hungary, where the pro -democracy party is
16:30expected to beat Orban. But Trump and Putin doing everything they can to prop up
16:35Hungary right now. Aragchi also just posted, from the outset of this war, U .S.
16:41soldiers fled military bases in Gulf countries to hide in hotels and offices.
16:46They use Gulf country citizens as human shields.
16:49Hotels in U .S. deny bookings to officers who may endanger customers.
16:54GCC, Gulf country hotels, should do the same as well.
17:00Also, these hardliners in Iran right now are saying, we need nuclear weapons in Iran.
17:05Never negotiate with America again.
17:07We want our nuclear weapons right now.
17:10And this, as we're learning more and more how the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps faction
17:15within Iran, the military is asserting a lot more power right now in this war,
17:20whereas maybe more of the power was in the Ayatollah before.
17:24But they had this mosaic, decentralized style of leadership.
17:27But we're seeing even a more assertive than before IRGC as Iran, as I noted
17:34before, designating four -season Sheraton hotels in the palace in Syria and capital Damascus as
17:39valid military targets. I did the cabinet meeting that Donald Trump was held.
17:45It was that deranged cabinet meeting.
17:46Watch the whole thing where I show what happened in his cabinet meeting.
17:49But with everything that I'm telling you, Donald Trump was saying like, oh, people are
17:54saying this is a disaster.
17:55Or I think things are going great.
17:58Here, play this clip. The Iranian regime is now admitting to itself that they have
18:02been decisively defeated. They're saying to people, this is a disaster.
18:08They know. That's why they're talking to us.
18:11They wouldn't talk otherwise. But they're talking to us because they've got a disaster on
18:16their hands. They're defeated. They can't make a comeback.
18:21We're free to roam over there.
18:24And then Donald Trump starts saying like, we're beating the shit out of Iran.
18:27We're beating the shit out of them.
18:28Here, play this clip. The reason they want to make a deal is they have
18:31been just beat to shit.
18:38It's an option. I mean, I wouldn't talk about it, but it's an option.
18:43Is that something you thought about?
18:44Well, in Venezuela, we've done very well working with Venezuela.
18:47And certainly we've taken in billions and billions of dollars.
18:52And by the way, Venezuela is doing better right now than they've ever done in
18:55the history of their country.
18:57We're not. Let's be very clear what's really happening.
19:00I laid it out in this video.
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19:03What do what you want with the truth?
19:05But let's just start with the objective reality of what's happening.
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