Trump Crashes Out as Pakistan Meeting Backfires
4/21/202615 mincomplete
0:00Things are getting very desperate for Donald Trump right now.
0:02He's quite literally begging Iran to negotiate with him.
0:06He's basically saying, please show up in Pakistan.
0:10Tell me what you need.
0:11Iran's like, you have to agree to our 10 point framework and we don't just
0:15want to be there with Whitcoff and Kushner.
0:16You got to send J .D.
0:17Vance. And so right now it's unclear if Iran's even going to show up.
0:22All of the leaks that we're hearing to the media right now is the Trump
0:25regime is going to be showing up in Islamabad for talks that may take place
0:29as early as tomorrow. And still, as of this recording, we're hearing from Iran, unless
0:34Donald Trump agrees to the preconditions, there's no point of doing this.
0:38And I mean, you have Iran's president, Pazeshkian, making posts like this.
0:43You have Iran's foreign minister, Aragji, making statements like this.
0:47The leader of their parliament, M .B.
0:49Goluboff, making statements like this.
0:51So I just want to share with you.
0:53Here are the statements Donald Trump is making.
0:55Here are the statements that the Iranian leaders are making.
0:59Donald Trump is sending people to Islamabad.
1:01As of right now, Iran is making public statements still that they don't want to
1:05do that until the preconditions are agreed to and that they don't see any utility
1:10in just Donald Trump ranting and ranting like Lundik.
1:13So judge for yourself using just these statements.
1:16But let's just go through what's happening right here.
1:18So what we heard is that senior Pakistani government sources have told Reuters Pakistan is
1:24confident it can get Iran to attend talks with the United States.
1:29But Trump is trying to lean hard on Field Marshal Munir in Iran to try
1:34to get Iran to show up.
1:35Then Donald Trump's just posting things like this.
1:37I mean, it's ridiculous. Here's Trump's post.
1:39I'm winning a war by a lot.
1:42Things are going very well.
1:44Our military has been amazing.
1:46But if you read the fake news like the failing New York Times, you would
1:50actually think that we're losing the war.
1:52The enemy is confused because they get the same media reports and yet they realize
1:57their Navy has been wiped out.
1:59So Trump says the real issue here is Iran reads the New York Times.
2:03So they're confused about what's happening.
2:05I mean, how ridiculous of a statement is.
2:07Then Donald Trump's like their former leaders are mostly gone.
2:10This has been in addition to everything else.
2:13Regime change! Exclamation point. So Donald Trump's claiming that the fact that the Islamic regime
2:19is still in power, that that is regime change.
2:22And then Trump's like the anti -America fake news media is rooting for Iran to
2:26win, but it's not going to happen.
2:28No one is rooting for them to win.
2:31I think what we're asking for is that there be no war crimes committed, no
2:35genocide committed, period, especially in the name of the United States.
2:39And that there be truthful data about what the hell is really happening here and
2:45that Americans know what is actually going on because there's the largest oil supply shock
2:50in history and the largest supply shock of a lot of other things.
2:54It's going to cause massive economic pain and it already is.
2:57Then Donald Trump writes, the Iranian leadership has forced hundreds of ships towards the United
3:03States, mostly Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska to get their oil.
3:07Thank you very much, Donald J.
3:09Trump. And what are you even talking about?
3:10Iran has forced ships to the United States.
3:12I mean, are you saying that the U .S.
3:14exports a lot of oil and then there's a lot of drilling in the U
3:17.S.? Actually, on a drilling basis, year over year, drilling's actually down slightly now from
3:24under former President Biden. But regardless, no one doubts that the United States exports and
3:29has a lot of oil, a lot of crude.
3:32I mean, nobody doubts that.
3:34The issue is, is that oil is connected to an international market.
3:38And when there's a supply shock, it impacts WTI crude and Brent crude.
3:43It has an effect. That's why our gas prices are high.
3:45So again, just give us the facts.
3:46Tell us the truth. I mean, again, just arrange statements by him.
3:50And then he goes, the Democrats are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong
3:55position we are in with respect to Iran.
3:59Despite World War I lasting four years and three months and 14 days, World War
4:04II lasting six years and one day, the Korean War lasting three years, one month,
4:09two days, and the Vietnam War lasting 19 years, five months and 29 days.
4:14Trump's like, this is going faster than all of those wars.
4:16You know, why don't you just pay attention to the details and stop talking about
4:20the length of this war and that war.
4:21Just tell us what the real objectives are.
4:25Explain it. Stop contradicting yourself every day and just behave like a freaking grownup.
4:30I think that's what everybody's saying.
4:31And stop committing war crimes and stop committing genocide.
4:34I mean, I think it's basically that simple.
4:36Then Donald Trump's like, I read the fake news saying that I'm under pressure to
4:40make a deal. This is not true.
4:42I'm under no pressure whatsoever, although it will all happen relatively quickly.
4:47Well, if you're not under pressure, then why are you sending JD Vance, Witkoff and
4:52Kushner to Iran and having us to Pakistan and having Iran, having Pakistan basically beg
4:59the Iranian leaders to show up in Pakistan?
5:01Why wouldn't you be playing hard to get?
5:03If you were in a really great negotiating position, why would you say, all right,
5:07Iran, we're not going to negotiate until you agree to our conditions?
5:11Here are. our conditions, but it's the opposite way.
5:14Iran is saying, we're not going to agree to show up unless you agree to
5:17our conditions and our framework.
5:19So if you were in a great negotiating position, why are you adopting their framework?
5:23I mean, you posted it publicly that you agreed to Iran's 10 point framework.
5:26And now you claim, oh, I didn't mean that.
5:28I meant my framework. I just reposted their foreign minister's framework just because that's how
5:34cunning I am. I mean, it's just, it's just stupid stuff.
5:36More posts from Donald Trump saying the deal that we are making with Iran will
5:40be far better than the JCPOA commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal.
5:46They actually gave Iran $1 .7 billion in green cash loaded into a Boeing 757
5:53and flown to Iran. But if a deal happens under Trump, it will guarantee peace,
5:58security, safety, not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for Europe, America, and
6:02everywhere else. It will be something that the entire world will be proud of.
6:07At most right now, you're talking about a weaker version of the JCPOA where Iran
6:13controls the Strait of Hormuz, which they didn't before this unlawful and catastrophic war.
6:18And then Donald Trump just misrepresents everything.
6:20I mean, Obama in securing a multilateral JCPOA deal, which had buy -in from the
6:27rest of the world and mechanisms for inspecting Iran that the entire world bought in
6:33on. Iran didn't control the Strait of Hormuz then.
6:36And there wasn't $1 .7 billion in green cash loaded.
6:42First off, and that's not what happened.
6:44I mean, Obama gave certain amounts of money as part of a settlement agreement that
6:50preceded any of the JCPO talks that dealt with a settlement for the Islamic Revolution
6:55that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard was claiming that they should be paid.
7:00But regardless, it wasn't even green cash.
7:01It had to be converted into Swiss francs and into other currency.
7:06And in any event, it was $1 .7 billion.
7:08If you even want to say it was tied to the event, go ahead and
7:11say it. But you've already given Iran way more in sanctions relief than $1 .7
7:16billion. You removed the sanctions on Iranian oil and they controlled the Strait of Hormuz
7:22and they were able to sell all of this oil.
7:24And now you're blockading the Persian Gulf.
7:26You already gave Iran way more money than Obama ever did by far.
7:30And he secured a multilateral deal, even though the payment wasn't tied to the JCPOA.
7:35Even if it was tied, it secured a massive deal and America was safer and
7:40the whole world bought in.
7:41And so what's better that or you and Kushner and your whole family grifting to
7:47the tune of tens of billions of dollars from Middle East nations.
7:51So where else are we at right now?
7:53As I mentioned, you have the senior Pakistani government official saying, we're trying to get
7:57Iran to show up. We're trying to get Iran to show up.
7:59Iran is saying we ain't going to show up unless our preconditions are met.
8:03And J .D. Vance needs to be there because we don't trust Whitcoff and Kushner.
8:07We don't trust Vance either, but at least Vance has publicly spoken out against the
8:11war before. So we're good with Vance.
8:13You have Foreign Minister Aragchi of Iran calling up Russia right now updating Russia on
8:18the situation. And Aragchi told his counterpart Lavrov that Iran will monitor U .S.
8:25behavior and take the appropriate decisions to protect its interest in national security.
8:29He goes on to tell his Russian counterpart Lavrov that illegal behavior and contradictory positions
8:35of the U .S. are incompatible with diplomacy.
8:38And he also goes on to say that the U .S.'s continued violations of the
8:42ceasefire are a major obstacle and continuation of diplomatic processes.
8:48So those are the statements there.
8:49The statements from Iranian state media are as follows.
8:52Iran's decision not to attend the negotiations has not changed up to this moment.
8:57Trump had also said yesterday in similar remarks that the American negotiating team is on
9:02its way to Islamabad. Pause there.
9:04Do you remember that Donald Trump said that there were going to be negotiations last
9:07Thursday in Islamabad? I just want to remind you, they pulled the same thing last
9:11week also. Iranian media then says, information received by the Tasnam reporter indicates that the
9:18issue of the maritime blockade is a very fundamental obstacle in negotiations.
9:23The U .S. blockade of the Persian Gulf is a threshold negotiating issue.
9:26And this matter has been announced through the Pakistani intermediary, who also stated today that
9:32he raised the issue with Trump.
9:33In other words, Munir, the field marshal in Pakistan, he's the top guy there.
9:37He's their military leader, but he basically is the main person who runs Pakistan.
9:42Rather, he told Donald Trump, you can't have a negotiation while you keep this blockade
9:46on. However, in addition to the issues of the naval blockade, there are other excessive
9:51demands from the Americans in exchange messages that do not present a bright horizon for
9:56the upcoming negotiations. Therefore, the Iranian delegation believes that as long as the United States
10:01does not look at the issues realistically and continues to hold the same misguided calculations
10:06that led to its heavy defeat on the military front, its approach to the negotiating
10:10table will merely be a waste of time and Iran will not accompany the United
10:15States in this process of wasting time.
10:17Accordingly, until some fundamental obstacles are removed and a clear horizon emerges for reaching an
10:22agreement acceptable to Iran, Iran has no basis for participating in American theater.
10:28Iran also takes into account the scenario of the possibility that the media shows about
10:33negotiations are deceptive and it is prepared for military confrontation and the renewed punishment of
10:39America. So in other words, Iran is saying that they don't believe the U .S.
10:44is agreeing to negotiate in good faith.
10:46And it's possible that either one, Donald Trump just is contradicting himself and he's ranting
10:52and raving like a lunatic, or this is intentional media deception in order to prepare
10:56for ground forces. But Iran doesn't trust the United States.
10:59So Iran says, agree to our preconditions.
11:01So as Donald Trump says, I'm not panicking, I'm not begging, I'm not doing anything.
11:05Iran setting the preconditions yet again, while you're out there calling up the New York
11:10Post and calling up Reuters and calling up the Hill and calling up, you know,
11:16any reporter who you want to talk to and saying, oh, we're going to do
11:19it. Iran wants to make a deal so badly.
11:21Iran's going to make a deal.
11:22I mean, obviously to manipulate the market.
11:24You have President Pazeshkian of Iran.
11:28He posted the following message.
11:30He writes, honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue.
11:34Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward the U .S.
11:37government conduct remains, while unconstructive and contradictory signals from American officials carry a bitter message.
11:45They seek Iran's surrender. Iranians do not submit to force.
11:50And so Iran saying, we're not going to respond to your social media posts, all
11:55caps saying, we're going to surrender.
11:57We're going to pound them into the ground.
11:59We're going to obliterate you.
12:00We're going to destroy your bridges.
12:02Iran is saying that doesn't work with us.
12:04That's not an effective strategy in dealing with us.
12:08And Donald Trump says it's highly unlikely he'll extend the two -week ceasefire with Iran
12:12without a deal. And the Strait of Hormuz will stay blocked until an agreement is
12:17reached. A U .S. official is also leaking to Axios.
12:20Trump doesn't want to fight anymore, but he will if he feels he has to.
12:25And then the GOP social media accounts in the United States are now just posting,
12:31trust Trump, no to Panikins.
12:34Trust Trump, no to Panikins.
12:36Also worth noting, what's going on in Lebanon is the ceasefire holding.
12:41In Lebanon, it isn't. We're learning about Israeli strikes near a coffee shop in southern
12:46Lebanon injuring six. Israel's claiming Hezbollah's attacking them.
12:51In Lebanon, they're claiming Israel's striking coffee shops and innocent civilians as well.
12:57So I don't believe there's a ceasefire that's really holding in Lebanon right now.
13:01And one other thing to point out, you know, yesterday, the United States reported that
13:06two of its officials in Mexico had died in a car accident.
13:11And we talked about how suspicious that was.
13:13And then it was probably CIA operations taking place.
13:17Well, now, Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum said on Monday she was not aware U .S.
13:22embassy officials were working with the northern state of Chihuahua to combat drug cartels and
13:27said her government would review whether national security law was broken after officials died in
13:32a car crash. Two U .S.
13:34officials and two Mexican state officials were killed in a car crash on Sunday, purportedly,
13:39where they had been working to destroy clandestine drug laboratories.
13:43Speaking at her daily morning press conference, Scheinbaum said she would ask the U .S.
13:47ambassador to meet with foreign minister of Mexico to discuss the incident, the role of
13:52the U .S. personnel and anti -cartel missions is highly sensitive in Mexico.
13:56And Scheinbaum has repeatedly said, while intelligent sharing and security cooperation are essential to fighting
14:02organized crime, Mexico will not accept U .S.
14:05boots on the ground. And the Mexican officials killed in the accident were the director
14:11of the state's investigation agency and an officer, state authority said on Sunday.
14:16And that's what Reuters is reporting right now.
14:18So it does seem like it was a cartel operation that was not being told
14:24to Scheinbaum, although we'll learn more and we'll report more here on the Midas Touch
14:28Network. So that's where we're at right now.
14:30We'll keep you posted every step of the way.
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