Trump Panics as Iran Rejects Ceasefire Offer
3/1/202623 mincomplete
0:00Donald Trump is panicking as Iran has rejected his ceasefire offer.
0:06Donald Trump apparently only prepared for a four to five day war against Iran, and
0:12he assumed that if the United States were to kill the Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khomeini, that
0:18Iran would immediately want a ceasefire and that Donald Trump would be able to declare
0:23a victory and that war would not spread throughout the region.
0:27Donald Trump was warned that his personal views that that's what would take place were
0:32wrong, and he was indeed wrong.
0:35Hat tip to Ynet, they were the first to report, and they're based out of
0:40Israel, that Donald Trump is now begging Iran for a ceasefire, and Iran immediately rejected
0:47it and said when or when there will not be a ceasefire, we'll be on
0:52our terms. And now one of the major issues the United States is facing is,
0:56will we be running out of munitions?
0:59Do we have the capabilities for a long -term war if this drags out for
1:04many, many months? And in addition, we've learned some horrific news this morning that a
1:10number of our soldiers, a number of U .S.
1:13service members have indeed been killed in action during the war already.
1:18We've learned that there have been, so far, three U .S.
1:24service members killed in action.
1:26Five have been seriously wounded so far during Operation Epic Fury is what the Trump
1:33regime is calling it. We're referring to it at the Midas Touch Network as Operation
1:38Epstein Fury or the Jeffrey Epstein War.
1:42The U .S. Central Command, CENTCOM, announced the deaths of these three U .S.
1:48service members. Five are seriously wounded.
1:51We're following that. We're expecting, sadly, the number of deaths to increase.
1:57These casualties, as Open Source Intelligence Defender also notes, these casualties are likely the result
2:04of the U .S. service.
2:04of Iranian ballistic missiles and one -way attack drones that have been striking U .S.
2:11bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, with some bases suffering much more
2:17serious damage than had been previously reported or announced by CENTCOM.
2:22Indeed, our government is giving false information, saying that the attacks have not been serious
2:29against our bases, only for us to learn later that they are indeed very, very
2:34serious, and now our service members have been killed, and Donald Trump has blood on
2:40his hands, and this whole regime in the United States has blood on their hands.
2:45Iran's president, Masoud Pazekian, he is alive, and he's stating this morning on state -run
2:53television that the Interim Leadership Council is now operational and has assumed constitutional control of
3:01the Islamic Republic of Iran.
3:03Pazekian adds that we will continue the path of the leader with strength.
3:08Our armed forces are crushing the bases of enemies.
3:12No sign by Iran that they will be stopping their retaliatory actions against U .S.
3:18bases and U .S. interests within the Middle East anytime soon.
3:23In fact, here's a statement that just came out from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
3:29They state that the seventh and eighth waves of what they're referring to as Operation
3:34True Promise are underway, targeting U .S.
3:37bases across the region. The IRGC claims that the Ali al -Salam Air Base in
3:43Kuwait has been completely disabled.
3:46They're claiming the number is 560 dead and wounded when it comes to Americans, with
3:52U .S. Central Command putting that number far less.
3:56And I do think that Iran exaggerates.
3:58But I also know that our government, the Trump regime, lies about everything.
4:04So we're going to be paying close attention to that.
4:08But the retaliation by Iran has indeed been fierce.
4:11In the central Jerusalem or central Israel area.
4:15in a city called Beit Shemesh.
4:18There were at least six individuals killed in this central Israel area.
4:25Fourteen people are still missing.
4:27We expect that the death toll will be rising there with ballistic missile and other
4:33strikes by the Iranian regime.
4:35We are seeing more Iranian strikes in Bahrain.
4:40Also, an Iranian Shahi drone hit a French naval base in Abu Dhabi.
4:46We can show the video of that right here.
4:48Multiple explosions have been seen and impacts from Iranian drones and ballistic missiles were reported
4:55at the Zayed Port, a commercial deep water port that serves Abu Dhabi within the
5:01United Arab Emirates. You can see here Iranian reports stated that a drone struck a
5:09UAE oil platform in the Persian Gulf.
5:12And it does appear that this oil platform in the Persian Gulf has indeed been
5:18hit. And we've been seeing this in Doha.
5:21We've been seeing this in Bahrain.
5:23We've been seeing in Doha is in Qatar.
5:25We've been seeing this in UAE, in all of the kind of neighboring countries.
5:32An update on the Strait of Hormuz.
5:35Remember, this is where 20 to 25 percent of the liquefied natural gas, like our
5:42oil supply, traverses through the Strait of Hormuz.
5:45It's a narrow strait off of Iran.
5:49Well, the Strait of Hormuz now is at a standstill as Iran has apparently begun
5:54firing on all of the oil tankers that are near it.
5:58There's huge congestion on either side.
6:01And we will see what goes down there.
6:04Reuters is confirming as well that at least 150 tankers, including crude and LNG vessels
6:10dropped anchor in open Gulf waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
6:15And dozens more were stationary on the other side of the choke point, shipping data
6:20showed after U .S. and Israel strikes on Iran.
6:24I'll just show you what's going on around.
6:26I sh**t. I sh**t. showed videos about this this morning as well.
6:30But throughout Iran right now in their city centers and city squares, you have a
6:38lot of Iranians coming out calling for revenge after the death of Ayatollah Khomeini.
6:44You've heard a lot of people in Iran are saying death to America.
6:48You hear chants like that.
6:50Just look at this scene, even in Yemen, for example, because one of the things
6:55to note about the Ayatollah is that the the reach and influence was beyond Iran.
7:02This is why it was so foolish for Donald Trump to believe if you just
7:06kill the Ayatollah, you're going to disable the Iranian regime.
7:11You're going to get a new, more extreme Ayatollah is what the CIA warned Donald
7:15Trump and what we've been talking about here.
7:18And we've been seeing America consulates and embassies across the Middle East now being attacked.
7:24And we also saw a number of agencies, intelligence agencies across the world representing Western
7:33countries, including here in the United States, warning against terrorist attacks and Iran activating terrorist
7:40cells. One of the things we are looking at right now in our heart goes
7:44out, of course, to all of the people who died in that tragic shooting in
7:49Austin, Texas at a bar there that took place at like 2 a .m.
7:53in the morning. Apparently, it was someone who was here from Senegal.
7:58And the FBI right now has activated its counterterrorism task force.
8:04I think there's a few individuals who died, multiple people who were injured at the
8:08shooting here in the United States.
8:10And that's being investigated perhaps as an act of terrorism, although more more information is
8:17needed before I could report further on that.
8:20But here is just to show you what it looks like, the scenes in Iran
8:25right now. This is Iranians calling for revenge after Khomeini's death.
8:31Here, play this clip. Yeah, FBI officials are indeed confirming in a news conference that
8:44there were indications of a potential nexus to terrorism in this Austin mass shooting that
8:52have that has left three dead, 14 injured.
8:56It is being investigated as an act of terrorism as well.
9:01If Iran is prepared to bomb the Gulf states, it is also prepared to activate
9:07sleeper cells. Many people are, of course, acknowledging that that reality.
9:11We'll we'll give you more information on Austin when that becomes available.
9:16A reminder of what took place in Qarashi in Pakistan, where their United States has
9:22a consulate there where the locals were protesting and storming the U .S.
9:28consulate. Many people were killed, the protest, the people who were protesting as government forces
9:35shot at them. About six individuals, I believe, or so were killed there.
9:40But just play the clip so you can see the sign outside of that consulate.
9:53Also, we have to focus on a lot of things that are happening in this
9:56region. For example, Israel has been closing its crossings into Gaza Strip, including for humanitarian
10:03aid workers. This is happening.
10:07You know, we knew every time Donald Trump was saying, oh, there's a ceasefire and
10:10things are great right now in Israel and Gaza.
10:13I'm like, absolutely not. There are hundreds and hundreds of people who are still being
10:17killed in Gaza. There was never actually a ceasefire there.
10:20Donald Trump does these fake ceasefires, and it makes the world far more dangerous as
10:25a result. But if you look over here about the story of how Israel is
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13:22So what's Donald Trump saying right now?
13:24Now, with all of the facts that we know, with Donald Trump begging for a
13:28deal, begging for a ceasefire, now it's not going as planned, Donald.
13:34Donald says, Iran, they could have made a deal.
13:37They should have done it sooner.
13:39They played it too cute.
13:41Why were they playing it too cute?
13:44That was a direct quote from Donald Trump by The Atlantic, that Iran played it
13:48too cute. Everybody, we just lost three service members.
13:53Five have been seriously wounded.
13:54And that number is expected to increase significantly.
13:57Oh, because Iran played it too cute.
14:00Is that what you're going to say as American flag draped coffins come back to
14:04the United States? Iran played it too cute.
14:06So we need to do regime change.
14:08The hell is going on.
14:09They're also speaking this morning with Fox News.
14:11Donald Trump said that the U .S.
14:13knows how many targets are left in Iran and that they are progressing toward Iranian
14:17people taking control of their destiny.
14:20It's moving along. It's moving rapidly.
14:22Nobody can believe the success we're having.
14:25Nobody can believe it. Nobody can believe the success.
14:27I can't believe we're winning this much.
14:29This guy is a con artist.
14:31This guy is a lifelong fraud.
14:33He is a lifelong loser.
14:35And if you want to know why Donald Trump has bankrupted most of the things
14:39he's touched, if you want to know why his social media platform only made $3
14:44million in revenue and lost $720 million in revenue last year, it's because he is
14:50a complete loser. He is a predator.
14:53He is a felon. He is a sexual predator.
14:56He is a fraud. He is a con artist.
14:58This is all he has done his entire life.
15:01Get it through your head that this is a bad, bad human being who surrounds
15:06himself with other losers and scumbags.
15:09Speaking of which, here's Lindsey Graham making his rounds on the various media networks this
15:15morning, and he's asked, well, does the president have a plan to guarantee that Iran
15:22will no longer do the things you say they're doing?
15:25And Lindsey Graham goes, that's not his job to have a plan.
15:29Why would he have a plan?
15:31Here, play this clip. Moving forward, in a social media post Sunday, President Trump wrote
15:36this, quote, hopefully the IRGC and police will peacefully merge with the Iranian patriots and
15:42work together as a unit to bring back the country to the greatness it deserves.
15:48Is hope the plan for the future of Iran?
15:54No, the future of Iran is going to be determined by the Iranian people.
15:59The new Iran, whatever it is, whether it's a cleric or a representative democracy, our
16:07goal is to make sure it cannot become, again, the largest state sponsor of terrorism.
16:12That's a win for us.
16:14But is there a plan to make sure that happens, Senator?
16:18Is there a plan? Does the president have a plan to guarantee that that happens?
16:22No, it's not his job or my job to do this.
16:26How many times do I have to tell you?
16:28Yeah. Our job is to make sure Iran is no longer the largest state sponsor
16:33of terrorism to help the people reconstruct a new government.
16:37No boots on the ground.
16:38We don't own, you know, this idea, you break it, you own it.
16:41I don't buy that one dip.
16:43It's in America's interest to make sure the Ayatollah is dead.
16:46He's dead. More from Lindsey Graham right here when he's asked, so is the United
16:52States, we're officially at war confirmed.
16:54He goes, the Ayatollah would say so.
16:57Let's play this clip. Senator, let me start with the big question.
17:01Is the United States at war with Iran?
17:07I think the Ayatollah would say, yeah.
17:09I don't know if this is technically a war, but we're, here's what I can
17:14say the headline is for me Sunday.
17:16The mothership of terrorism is sinking.
17:19The captain is dead. More from these MAGA.
17:22Republicans. Tom Cotton, who is one of the people who he leads the Intelligence Committee,
17:28he's not intelligent at all.
17:29He has asked, do you believe the American public is owed something more than just
17:35Donald Trump making a Twitter video after we've gone to war?
17:39Like, I don't know, maybe going to Congress and getting authorization as the Constitution requires.
17:44But these MAGA Republicans, they are fascist enablers.
17:49Here's what Tom Cotton says.
17:50Play this clip. According to CBS polling, 74 percent of Americans said that Trump would
17:56need approval from Congress for military action against Iran.
18:00He did not seek that.
18:01If this operation takes weeks, which is how you described it, do you believe the
18:05administration has effectively made its case to the American public to expect casualties to support
18:13this action? Margaret, I thought the president's eight -minute video yesterday was outstanding.
18:20It laid out Iran's 47 -year campaign of terror and revolutionary violence against the United
18:25States and our people and really the civilized world.
18:28I'm sure the president will speak more in the coming days.
18:3147 years. He did not describe imminence or justify that in that video.
18:36Do you believe that the American public is owed something more than a Twitter video?
18:42Well, Margaret, I think an eight -minute address to the American people, whether the president
18:46posted on social media or whether it happens on your network, is in keeping with
18:51presidential custom of addressing the American people.
18:53Again, I'm sure that he's going to be speaking more in coming days.
18:57The administration will be briefing Congress and we're going to have a vote in the
19:02Congress. The Democrats are forcing a vote.
19:04I expect there'll be overwhelming Republican support for our troops, for our troops and for
19:09the president's decision to finally eliminate the threat of Iran.
19:13Or how about MAGA Republican Congress member Mike Turner, who used to pretend that he's
19:17a moderate. They aren't. They are fascist enablers.
19:22This is who they are.
19:23This is why our country is where it is, because of these scumbags.
19:27Here, play this clip. Inventory they had continued as has had been declared to to
19:34pursue their intention of nuclear enrichment.
19:41They had continued - Rubio said they weren't enriching.
19:44They had continued their intention to pursue nuclear enrichment.
19:47They had said and declared that they were going to do that.
19:50Their programs had not been completely abolished and their intention had not been abolished.
19:56They remained a threat. And the fact that we had the ability to intervene, that
20:04eminence is incredibly important. More from Tom Cotton right here.
20:08A key part of President Trump's campaign, and it included it in his inaugural address,
20:13was no more wars. And there are a number of Republicans who think that this
20:19is the opposite of what they voted for, that the president is breaking that promise.
20:23Tucker Carlson told ABC the president's decision to strike Iran is, quote, absolutely disgusting and
20:29evil. What do you say to members of the MAGA base who say this is
20:33not what we voted for?
20:36Well, Dana, I've been on the campaign trail all across Arkansas for the last two
20:40days, visiting with hundreds of Republicans.
20:42I haven't heard a single Arkansan express anything but unqualified support for President Trump and
20:49for his decision to finally put America's foot down and end 47 years of terror
20:55and revolutionary violence by the Islamic Republic against the United States and our citizens.
21:01And I suspect you'll see overwhelming support from elected Republicans in the Congress who are
21:08answerable to our voters in places like Arkansas and states all across the country when
21:13we're back in the Capitol later this week.
21:16Senator Tom Cotton. Now I want to hear from Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, at least
21:21some refreshing, candid, real talk right here.
21:25It's why I'm a big fan of Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.
21:28Here play this clip. Nobody in this country is asking for war with Iran.
21:33Just like months ago, no one in this country was asking for war with Venezuela.
21:37This president is intentionally tanking our economy.
21:41He's the most corrupt president in the history.
21:44of our nation, and Americans want him to focus on the crises here at home.
21:50Instead, he is busy getting us involved in quagmires overseas that already are becoming deadly
21:57to American soldiers. This is a disaster.
22:01It is illegal. And the president is obligated under the Constitution to come to Congress
22:05and ask for an authorization of military force.
22:08He wouldn't get that authorization if he asked for it.
22:11Congress wouldn't vote to give him the permission to do it, but he's obligated to
22:14come to Congress. And there you have it right there from Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.
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