Trump Loses it as Russia Enters War
3/7/202620 mincomplete
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2:09Donald Trump is losing it as Russia is now helping Iran attack the United States
2:15interests in the Middle East.
2:16As Donald Trump's war against Iran is spiraling out of control.
2:21Multiple reports suggest that Russia is providing critical logistical support to Iran.
2:27Providing the coordinates where American military bases, personnel, and assets are located for Iran to
2:34target with its Shahid drones and ballistic missiles.
2:38And Russia providing other defense support to Iran.
2:41In addition, we are learning that China is also helping Iran according to multiple reports.
2:47Now, Donald Trump and his chief propagandist were confronted about this moments ago.
2:52Donald Trump was confronted about it by a reporter from state regime media, which calls
2:57itself Fox. You all know him.
2:58Peter Doocy asked Donald Trump about all of the reports that Russia is now helping
3:04Iran attack the United States in the region.
3:08Donald Trump then attacks Peter Doocy for asking the question and says, You know, I
3:13had a lot of respect for you, but what a stupid question you're asking me
3:17about Russia. Why would you ask me that question?
3:22Watch this interaction as Donald Trump held a press conference moments ago.
3:27And if you're wondering, so is the press conference addressing the war?
3:32Well, he was asked that question.
3:33But no, the press conference was involving Donald Trump trying to stop college athletes from
3:40getting paid for their name, image, and likeness.
3:43Watch this interaction here. Let's play this clip.
3:46Thank you, President Trump. Now, it sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and
3:52attack Americans now. That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here.
3:58But can I be honest?
4:00It's just I have a lot of respect for you.
4:04You've always been very nice to me.
4:06What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time.
4:09We're talking about something else.
4:11Can we keep this maybe a little bit?
4:14Go ahead, please. Next, I'll share with you what Peter Doocy said after Donald Trump's
4:19press conference was over. Here's Doocy on Fox saying that I tried to ask the
4:25question about whether Russia, whether he's aware and what's his response to the fact that
4:31Russia is helping Iran attack the United States and attack Israel's interests and attack other
4:37interests in the region. What's your response to that, Donald?
4:41Watch what Doocy says. Here play this clip.
4:43And he took a couple of questions.
4:45I asked him about this report that the Russians are and he'll excuse me.
4:51I just ran out here.
4:53I asked him about this report that the Russians are helping the Iranians target Americans.
4:59And the president, who wanted to stay on topic, said he thought that was a
5:02stupid question. Brett. Nice job jogging to the camera.
5:07I know how that goes.
5:09It was more of a sprint.
5:10In the North Lawn. Jog at Brett.
5:11Have my. Here's the Washington Post report.
5:14Russia providing Iran intelligence to target U .S.
5:18forces, officials say. The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft
5:24in the Middle East. Russia's providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces, the
5:30first indication that another major U .S.
5:33adversary is participating, even indirectly, in the war, according to three officials familiar with the
5:40intelligence. The assistance, which has not been previously reported, signals the rapidly expanding conflict now
5:47features one of America's chief nuclear arm competitors with exquisite intelligence capabilities.
5:53Since the war began last Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U .S.
5:58military assets, including, but by the way, not limited to warships and aircraft, said the
6:04three officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity.
6:09Reached by the Washington Post on Friday, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, declined to comment.
6:17This is what the White House spokeswoman, Anna Kelly, said.
6:21The Iranian regime is being absolutely crushed.
6:25Their ballistic missile retaliation is decreasing every day.
6:28Their Navy is being wiped out.
6:30Their production capacity is being demolished.
6:33And the proxies are hardly putting up a fight.
6:37That's Trump regime propaganda right there.
6:40Because we know, and we've been reporting on, the fact that Iran is still sending
6:45its Shahid drones and ballistic missiles to attack neighboring countries, neighboring Arab nations, where the
6:51United States has its interests.
6:52We still know the Strait of Hermoz has been closed, essentially.
6:56We still know that the price of a barrel of oil is going up, is
7:02going up significantly right now.
7:04And gas prices have spiked, you know, in a short period of time significantly.
7:09We know that this is a rapidly expanding war that's spiraling out of control.
7:16Enough of this Trump regime propaganda.
7:18Well, Caroline Levitt, Donald Trump's chief propagandist, was asked about it.
7:23This is what she said about the reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran
7:28to help them target the U .S.
7:30She goes, whether or not this happened, it doesn't really matter.
7:35And as Republican Congress member Don Bacon says, it doesn't matter.
7:41I, in most Americans, raise the BS flag on this.
7:45It doesn't matter if Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to kill Americans and to
7:52attack. Really, that doesn't matter to this regime?
7:54Here, play this clip. Having me.
7:56I wanted to start you off this afternoon because we have confirmed reports from U
8:01.S. officials that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to help it target U .S.
8:07assets in the region. I'm sure this is something that does not please the president
8:10whatsoever. Has he spoken to Putin about it?
8:14Well, look, I'll leave that to the president to answer himself.
8:17But what I will tell you, John, we don't comment on intelligence reports that are
8:20leaked to the press. Whether or not this happened, frankly, it does not really matter.
8:24Because President Trump and the United States military are absolutely decimating the rogue Iranian terrorist
8:31regime. Folks, not only does it not matter to this regime, but you had Treasury
8:36Secretary Scott Besant yesterday removing Russian sanctions or removing United States sanctions against Russia and
8:44United States requirements with India to allow Russia to sell its oil to sell its
8:52oil to India, which was a massive windfall for Russia, especially as the price of
8:57oil skyrockets. That's going to make Russia huge amounts of money.
9:02And then Treasury Secretary Scott Besant moments ago said, you know what we're thinking about
9:07doing? Not only removing sanctions and allowing India to get Russian oil, we're also going
9:14to maybe do some more unsanctioned.
9:18He goes, we're going to unsanction.
9:19We may unsanction other Russian oil as well.
9:22You may unsanction other Russian oil as well.
9:26Now that we know Russia is a, do you work for Russia?
9:29I mean, seriously, does this Trump regime works for us?
9:32The answer is yes, apparently, right?
9:34That's how they behave, at least.
9:35Watch this clip. The Indians had been very good actors.
9:39We had asked them to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil this fall.
9:43They did. They were going to substitute it with US oil.
9:46But to ease the temporary gap of oil around the world, we have given them
9:57permission to accept the Russian oil.
9:59We may unsanction other Russian oil.
10:02The other thing Treasury can do here, Larry, is there are hundreds of millions of
10:08sanctions, barrels of sanctioned crude on the water.
10:12And in essence, by unsanctioning them, Treasury can create supply.
10:16And we are looking at that.
10:19We're going to keep a cadence of announcing measures to bring relief to the market
10:26during this conflict. As Fred Wellman writes, we had multiple reports that Russia is aiding
10:33Iran in targeting our troops, and these idiots are easing sanctions.
10:37What are we doing here?
10:38Who? are our service members risking their lives for?
10:42And more from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent here talking about the way the military campaign
10:48is going to look tonight against Iran.
10:50Tonight will be our biggest bombing campaign.
10:52Here, play this clip. You know, the Iranians are fighting on two fronts.
10:56They're fighting a losing military battle where they're being overwhelmed.
11:00As Secretary Hegg said, the General Cain and the President have all said tonight will
11:08be our biggest bombing campaign and will do the most damage to the Iranian missile
11:15launchers, the factories that build the missiles, and we are substantially degrading them.
11:22And our campaign has been overwhelming.
11:27So by now you know that we've been reporting a whole lot on the Trump
11:30administration scrapping the endangerment finding.
11:32This is something that we can't just let drift out of the news cycle, so
11:35give me a minute to highlight some important info.
11:37So I want to flag a new analysis from the Harvard Chan School of Public
11:41Health on why this all matters so much.
11:43The endangerment finding was the legal and scientific basis that allowed the EPA to regulate
11:47greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
11:49Back in 2009, the government determined that gases like carbon dioxide and methane threaten public
11:54health and future generations. That decision gave the EPA both the authority and the responsibility
12:00to limit pollution from vehicles and power plants.
12:03According to Harvard's climate and health experts, removing that foundation could mean more fine particulate
12:08pollution from burning fossil fuels.
12:10That's linked to higher risks of asthma in children, chronic heart and lung disease, and
12:14premature death, especially in communities near highways, power plants, and industrial sites.
12:19And long -term, the health impacts grow.
12:21Hotter days are tied to more hospitalizations and preterm births, warmer conditions worsen ozone pollution,
12:27wildfire smoke increases respiratory illness and mortality, and climate -driven storms can disrupt access to
12:33medical care. So yeah, this is a massive, massive deal.
12:36Harvard researchers warn that this rolling back puts real health protections at risk.
12:41Cleaner air has been tied to longer life expectancy and fewer asthma attacks in kids,
12:45so for all those make America healthy again people, this totally flies in the face
12:49of that promise. This is why it's so important that we keep making noise about
12:52this and push for future administrations to restore the finding.
12:56So I want to hear from you.
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13:15Ben, back to you. As I'm recording this, you see the footage of extensive U
13:20.S.-Israeli airstrikes hitting Marabad International Airport in Iran's capital of Tehran.
13:27I mean, take a look right here at what that looks like.
13:31Caroline Levitt was asked at that press conference also, is Donald Trump satisfied with the
13:36pace of the United States investigation into whether the U .S.
13:41military hit the Iranian school, the elementary school.
13:45So we know right now this happened.
13:47It's a fact. The U .S.
13:50attacked a little girl's elementary school in Manab, Iran, and killed over 150 little girls
13:58and boys and like 175 people in the elementary school.
14:02So what's the latest on it, Caroline?
14:05Uh, well, we're still investigating that.
14:07Here, play this clip. Is the president satisfied with the case of the investigation into
14:12whether the U .S. military did hit that Iranian school?
14:15Is the White House concerned that this was the United States?
14:19Again, as I said at the briefing two days ago, I don't have any updates
14:22with respect to the investigation.
14:23I would expect those to come from the Pentagon.
14:27Now, as I mentioned earlier in this video, the press conference that Donald Trump had
14:32earlier today technically had nothing to do with the war, the disastrous war.
14:36He still hasn't addressed the American people formally yet to explain what the hell is
14:41going on. Um, but what the press conference was on was again, not paying college
14:46athletes for their name, image, and likeness.
14:49And Donald Trump starts talking about how he wants to sign an executive order himself.
14:53He's going to come up with an executive order so that college athletes don't get
14:57paid money right now. Here, play this clip.
15:00All right. So I think he qualifies, right?
15:01But I I'd like to sit down with some of the very talented people in
15:06this room and we'll pick them out.
15:08If you'd like to volunteer, volunteer.
15:10And I'd like to sign an executive order that I'll write myself based on common
15:17sense. And it'll be something that people will be sort of happy about.
15:23Some will be sort of happy.
15:26Others will be sort of happy.
15:28And maybe that's a good thing.
15:32There'll be a few people that won't like anything.
15:35But I'd like to write an executive order based on some of the very great
15:40talent in this room. So a reporter says, okay, well, if you're not answering questions
15:45about the war against Iran, will you answer a question about, I don't know, what
15:50was ultimately behind your decision to replace Kristi Noem with Mark Wayne Mullen?
15:55You want to talk about that?
15:57Because Americans actually have questions for you about things other than your desire to make
16:02sure college athletes don't get paid.
16:04Here, play this clip. Now you're into a brand.
16:07new system. Yes, ma 'am.
16:08Hi, Mr. President. Thank you.
16:10Could you tell us what went into your decision to replace Secretary Noem with Senator
16:15Mark Wayne Mullen? Is it possible to stay on this subject just for once?
16:21You know, just for once.
16:23Boy, oh boy. So then a report is like, OK, if all you're going to
16:26do here is now talk about not paying college athletes, why did you not invite
16:31a single college athlete here?
16:33Why would you not have one college athlete representative to be here?
16:37Did you think about that?
16:38Here, play this clip. The judge.
16:41Maybe we'll get a wise judge.
16:43There are wise judges, too.
16:44We got some very brilliant wise judges.
16:46Maybe we'll get lucky. Why aren't there any student athletes in the room?
16:52Why aren't there any student athletes in the room?
16:59Do you want to answer that question, Randy?
17:07We've made it clear, and I thought I said it before, that we have agents
17:12here. There are a lot of student athlete groups.
17:17There's a limited room here.
17:19And after this meeting, we intend to talk to all of the interested student athlete
17:24groups to get their input, because this can't be done without them.
17:29Now, going back to Caroline Levitt right here, she's asked an important question.
17:33So earlier today, Donald Trump said Iran must do an unconditional surrender, demands Iran's unconditional
17:42surrender. So what does that mean, Caroline?
17:45And then she goes, it means when Donald Trump says they surrender, when Donald Trump
17:49decides they've surrendered, we say they surrender, regardless of what they actually do.
17:54So as our editor -in -chief, Ron Filipkowski writes, so even if they don't surrender,
17:58Trump will call it an unconditional surrender and declare victory.
18:01And I think as gas prices continue to go up, up, up, up, up, Donald
18:05Trump's getting closer to doing that here.
18:07Play this clip. What does the president mean when he calls for unconditional surrender?
18:11Is he saying that the regime has to fully relinquish control?
18:14What the president means is that when he, as commander -in -chief of the U
18:18.S. Armed Forces, determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States
18:22of America and the goals of Operation Epic Fury has been fully realized, then Iran
18:27will essentially be in a place of unconditional surrender.
18:30Whether they say it themselves or not, frankly, they don't have a lot of people
18:34to say that for them because the United States and the state of Israel have
18:38completely wiped out near more than 50 leaders of the former terrorist regime, including the
18:43Supreme Leader himself. Now, as we've learned about Russia's involvement, uh, in the war, as
18:51the Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammed Baggar Ghalibbaf says the following, Americans will come to understand
18:58that the fate of dear Iran, which is more precious than life will be determined
19:03solely by the proud Iranian nation, not by the Epstein gang.
19:07Donald Trump is now seriously considering ground troops in Iran, NBC reports.
19:13Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying a limited number of U .S.
19:19ground troops inside Iran for specific strategic missions, though no decision or orders have been
19:26made according to multiple U .S.
19:28officials. So folks, things are getting absolutely, absolutely, uh, spiraling out of control right now
19:36in the region. Uh, tell me what you think.
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