Trump Goes Mute as Iran Rejects Deal

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0:23Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump has gone silent as Iran is rejecting his ceasefire proposal. Iran says that they just believe it is another trick. They have no interest in negotiating with Donald Trump or his regime unless Donald Trump agrees to full reparations from this war against Iran. And there are strong security guarantees that the United States and Israel will not attack and invade Iran again. Iran is also demanding that the United States and Israel essentially remove all military bases from the region to which the Trump regime, I guess, has responded after claiming there was going to be these powerful ceasefire talks by removing everything from Donald Trump's schedule today.

1:13Ben Meiselas:Look at Donald Trump's revised schedule today. It consists of executive time and meetings closed to the press the entire day. Now, Caroline Levitt is purportedly holding a press conference shortly, which we will be covering here on the Midas Touch Network. But as it relates to Donald Trump, he's going to go MIA today as we have thousands of troops heading to the Middle East, expected to arrive in the next 24 to 48 hours for a possible ground invasion. And folks, despite what you hear from Donald Trump and his regime, it's important to observe what is happening in the region. Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz.

2:00Ben Meiselas:They've now created basically a toll system where they're making money controlling the Strait of Hormuz. There is still an escalating war taking place right there. LNG, liquefied natural gas, is running in very short supply. Qatar Energy just declared a force majeure, as have a lot of the main companies in these Arab nations. There is a lack of supply of fertilizer that's now being exported. Helium is not being exported. We have major, major issues. And as you know, costs are going up. And Donald Trump just continues to try to manipulate the market here, both overtly in what he's posting and saying and what his regime is posting and saying, and especially when they go on financial programs.

2:51Ben Meiselas:And behind the scenes, it seems that Trump and his regime, especially with an SEC that doesn't enforce anything, are looking to manipulate the markets by having people participate in market activity that has the power of trying to control markets. But ultimately, in the long run, it's going to backfire when you do manipulation like that. Just take a look at what Iran state regime media is saying. Iran does not accept the ceasefire. Fundamentally entering such a process with those who have violated their commitments is not logical. It's a statement coming right from Iranian TV from the Islamic Republic.

3:30Ben Meiselas:Also on their regime media, they say, the Islamic Republic of Iran insists on the fulfillment of its strategic objectives in confronting the hostile front. Only if those objectives are achieved would an end to the war, not merely a ceasefire, be possible. And Iran has reviewed the American proposal for a ceasefire and considers it excessive. Iran says its defensive operations will continue until its conditions are met. The first condition for ending the war is a halt to attacks and assassination. Tehran has conveyed through a regional intermediary that it will continue defending itself. Iran also says it will not allow Trump to dictate the timing of the war's end.

4:15Ben Meiselas:One of the things we learned today through a really strong NBC exclusive is that the way Donald Trump has been getting his information about the war has been through two-minute highlight or hype reels that his team prepares for him to pretend that the war is going great. So they just clip together two minutes of U.S. and Israel bombing things and blowing things up. They show that to him. They don't give him any other information. He doesn't ask for any other information. And this is how he's being briefed on the war. So Trump is getting a daily two-minute highlight reel of the successful U.S. strikes in Iran, basically explosions and winds, raising concerns that he may not be getting the full picture of the war, setbacks included.

5:07Ben Meiselas:NBC was the first to break that story. So as we wrote on the Midas Touch Network, they're literally editing the war down to wins only so he doesn't react badly. Think about how insane that is for a commander in chief and how dangerous that is for the world. Meanwhile, the head of Iran's parliament, MB Galiboff, posted the following message this morning. We are closely monitoring all U.S. movements in the region, especially troop deployments. What the generals have broke, the soldiers can't fix. Instead, they will fall victim to Netanyahu's delusions. Do not test our resolve to defend our land.

5:51Ben Meiselas:Just 24 hours ago, Donald Trump and his regime were saying this guy, M.B. Galabaf, the president of Iran's parliament, was their, quote, hot option to become the new leader of Iran as the Trump proxy, the way Donald Trump has the authoritarian Delcy Rodriguez running Venezuela. It's what the Trump regime was telling Politico. They're hot. He's hot. He's hot. MB Galiboff, are you listening to what this guy is writing and saying? Meanwhile, Turkey has been pressing Gulf Arab states not to join the U.S. and Israel in war against Iran. Ankara has been urging Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and others show restraint through intensive diplomatic outreach.

6:40Ben Meiselas:do not join Netanyahu's war, as Turkey's leader Erdogan has continuously been calling this war. Iran's president, Masoud Pazeshkian, responded to Turkey's leader by saying, the resolute position of my brother Erdogan, president of Turkey, in condemning the warmongering Zionist regime are commendable. The proud nation of our friendly and brotherly country of Turkey has for many years steadfastly played a role in solidarity with the aspirations of the Islamic Ummah. By the grace of God, we will traverse this proud path together. As I also said, don't listen to the words. Watch and observe what's actually happening.

7:28Ben Meiselas:An Iranian missile hit near an industrial area in Negev, Israel. The target was likely the Rotem Industrial Zone near the city of Demona, where Israel actually has their nuclear bases. Among the key industries in this area are phosphate extraction facilities, operations related to uranium contained in phosphate rock, and Israel's ammonia plant, not to mention in Demona, that's where all the nukes are. You have that going on. Separately, you take a look at what's happening in Iraq right now. This deserves more attention because a war in Iraq is apparently starting again, or at least the beginning potentially of that.

8:13Ben Meiselas:So what happened was seven Iraqi army soldiers were killed and 13 were wounded after a US airstrike hit the clinic and an engineering department at the Habaniya base in Anbar. So that base, which is shared by the Iraqi army and the PMF Hasht al-Shabi, a Shiite militia that's relating, that works with the army, was struck in two consecutive U.S. attacks, March 24th and March 25th. So this all happened in the past 24 hours. Baghdad called the strikes a serious violation of Iraqi sovereignty, especially because a military medical facility was hit. They begun their diplomatic and security consultations, but Iraq authorized the Shiite militias to retaliate against the United States.

9:05Ben Meiselas:And then we saw in Camp Victory, the Shiite militias using the FPV, those first person viewing drones to destroy a Black Hawk and the radar system there with a drone swarm that was circling around the area with impunity. Now, flat out getting older sucks, but it doesn't have to. Bubz Naturals Collagen Peptides is going to be the key to your health goals in 2026 and will help you turn back the clock. You might not know this, but the things that happen to our bodies as we get older, stiff joints in the morning, longer recovery from the gym, hair thinning, nails breaking, even skin losing that smooth glow, these can all be fixed.

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11:10Ben Meiselas:Israel's intelligence director is now giving their own timeline for this war against Iran. Israel Intelligence, their director, is saying regime change in Iran will take a full year. So we need to be spending a year there is what Israel ultimately wants, in my opinion, just Netanyahu buying more time in order to keep himself in power while he continues to engage in war crimes and heinous conduct, in my opinion. A Pentagon official says recent U.S. backed us. This isn't important. Just pivoting for a moment because we're talking a lot about the Middle East. Rightfully so. Trump's unleashed a war there.

11:51Ben Meiselas:But Trump's has boots on the ground and has engaged in wars across the country, across the world right now. Right. I mean, recent strikes in Nigeria, for example, right? Invasion of Venezuela, where now the chief torturer in Venezuela has been promoted to the defense minister role by Delcy Rodriguez. The person who was the biggest torturer of all the pro-democracy groups is now basically the number two to Delcy Rodriguez there in Venezuela. You know about Donald Trump blowing up all of those fishing boats right off the coast of Venezuela without explaining why, just calling them narco-terrorists with a lot of evidence that they were just fishermen and fishing boats.

12:37Ben Meiselas:So now there's, you know, there's boots on the ground. There's ground invasion in Ecuador. Ecuador is run by a right-wing Trump MAGA puppet, Naboa, whose family is also a wealthy family from the area, right-wing oligarchical family. And so a Pentagon official says that the recent U.S. backstrikes inside Ecuador are just the beginning of wider military campaigns by the United States throughout Latin America. So the operation in Ecuador is called Operation Total Extermination. You have Operation Epic Fury in Iran, Operation Total Extermination, which sounds like it's right out of Hitler's playbook, in my opinion, is what they're calling this in Ecuador.

13:31Ben Meiselas:began with a joint U.S.-Ecuador strikes near Colombia's border and may expand to more land attacks across the region. So Colombia is also saying this is a violation of their sovereignty. The Intercept was one of the first to report this. So where's the U.S. striking in Ecuador? Well, let's take a look. The U.S. said it helped bomb a drug camp in Ecuador, but it was a dairy farm. The New York Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group's training camp. Residents say it was actually a dairy farm. And as New York Times investigated these videos that have been posted by the Trump regime showing strikes, which they claim are narco-terrorists, the strikes appear to have destroyed a cattle and dairy farm, not a drug trafficking compound.

14:23Ben Meiselas:According to interviews with farm owners, four of its workers, human rights lawyers, and residents and leaders in San Martin, the remote farming village in northern Ecuador, where the strike took place. Horrific, horrific stuff right there. And I don't want to neglect what's happening in the rest of the world, right? You've got Donald Trump, just a few weeks before the election in Hungary, wants Putin's puppet Orban to stay in power. Trump keeps posting photos of himself in Orban. He hasn't posted anything in 10 hours, but yesterday, The day before that, he's been making post after post. One of the reasons Donald Trump may have gone silent is, woof, those Republicans lost big, big, big in Florida, huh?

15:05Ben Meiselas:Democrats flipped House District and a Senate District, the House District that covers Mar-a-Lago and a Senate District, both areas that Trump won big in 2024. So what's Maga Mike saying with all of this? What's Maga Mike saying? Maga Mike is asked this morning by the press, the Pentagon is supposedly dispatching 2000 troops. How is that not boots on the ground? Maga Mike, watch what he says. There's talk about the Pentagon is supposedly dispatching 2000 troops. How is that not putting boots on the ground? And you said we're not at war. How is that not an escalation of war for Iran. I think it sends a signal to Iran that they better get their act together.

15:51We need to resolve this quickly, and that's the president's interest, and that's ours. It's everyone's. We need to... Operation Epic Fury is almost done. I mean, I think the mission that was very clearly defined in the beginning, the objectives have been met. We have to get the Strait of Hormuz straightened out, and we need our international partners to help with that because it's a giant project that involves everybody around the world at some level. So I'm optimistic that's going to happen. The buildup of troops is very different than boots on the ground. We don't have boots on the ground. I don't think that's the intention, but I think Iran should watch that buildup and they need to take note of that.

16:25Ben Meiselas:They they have to. Mag and Mike is then asked, so is it your position that we're still not at war? I mean, seems like we're at war, Mag and Mike. Is that what you're saying? Here, play this clip. Speaker, you said a few weeks ago that we are not at war with Iran. Is that still your position? I think we're wrapping up Operation Epic Fury. That's what I think. And I think it will be done in short order and that'll be right on schedule. And then more from Maga Mike right here. Let's play it. I don't even think they would agree to vote on a bill that would simply restock our munitions. We've used some of those, as you know, and Operation Epic Fury.

17:00And we've got to do that. It's a necessity. The first job of the federal government is to protect the people. But Democrats, I don't think we can count on their votes to do the simple, basic responsibility of Congress. And so it is part of reconciliation, probably. We'll see.

17:13Ben Meiselas:Yes. And then finally, you have MAGA Republican Congresswoman Lisa McClain, who says, I hope it doesn't get to boots on the ground, but if we do it and Trump says we need to do it, it's worth it. This is what the MAGA Republicans are saying. Let's play it. It feels like this weekend is going to be, I mean, interesting, Jen, given that we're talking about the Marines and the 82nd Airborne troops going there to assist in opening the strait? Yeah, look, I'm finally proud to say some of our allies are actually helping out. I hope it doesn't get to boots on the ground. That is a big hope. But at the end of the day, we have got to make sure that we can have trade through the Strait of Hormuz.

17:59um take a look at at what's happening the world is coming together for the first time in a long long time against the terrorist state of iran and that's a good thing because if we want economic prosperity in that region you had jamie diamond you know on your program we have to have stability in that region and i think this is one of the biggest steps that we've seen in a long time to have stability in that region. For sure.

18:27Ben Meiselas:Yeah. Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. By the way, have you subscribed to Scott McFarland's YouTube channel yet? Scott McFarland, the Washington, D.C. correspondent, chief correspondent for the Midas Touch Network. Search at Scott McFarland News and subscribe to Scott McFarland's channel. Let's get that channel a million subscribers in record time at Scott McFarland News you searching on YouTube. and subscribe to our channel. Hey, help us get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. We appreciate you so much. Let's keep fighting for our democracy.