Trump Has Psycho Meltdown on Sunday as War Gets Ugly

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3:03Ben Meiselas:He's still in Mar-a-Lago vacationing on the taxpayer dime. Yesterday, he made an ultimatum telling Iran, if you don't go out of the Strait of Hormuz in the next 48 hours, we are going to start bombing Iran's biggest energy infrastructure facilities. Then Iran immediately responded and said, you do that. We will be bombing all the energy infrastructure of all of our Arab nation neighbors and their desalination facility. We will escalate this very, very quickly. So how has Donald Trump responded this morning? Here is what he is posting. He posted the following. Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the radical left, highly incompetent Democrat Party.

3:48Ben Meiselas:Thank you for your attention to this matter, Donald J. Trump. He is pretending that he has destroyed Iran while Iran's actually stronger than before this disastrous, unlawful war started. And then Donald Trump compares the Democratic Party to Iran. He is absolutely despicable as he is crashing out this morning. This individual needs to be impeached. He deserves to be behind bars. He is a despicable, vile piece of trash. And I don't know how else to describe what a demented, sick individual he is. Speaking of which, here's what he's been posting all morning. Third term for Trump memes as a reward for stolen election.

4:27Ben Meiselas:He's reposting memes like this. He's reposting this AI photo of modern day American history forever remembered as the goat. This is another kind of photo that Donald Trump's been posting all morning. He also posts the following. Please do not retweet Nancy Pelosi admitting full responsibility for not calling the National Guard on January 6th five years ago today. Would be a shame if this went viral on X. First of all, if you're posting this on March 22nd and also of all of the things going on in this country, this is what your demented sicko mind is posting. I mean it, folks. If the 25th Amendment means anything, it means it needs to be invoked immediately.

5:13Ben Meiselas:But we know his cabinet is too cowardly. I'll show you what his cabinet has been saying this moment in just a moment. By the way, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, one of the most despicable appearances I've ever seen this morning. We know that the MAGA Republicans in the House and Senate are too cowardly, folks. But it's why the No Kings protest that's coming up at the end of March needs to be the biggest protest in the history of the United States because this despicable regime will forever be the biggest stain in real time. America is being destroyed. Speaking of which, Donald Trump during his morning crash also posted the following on Monday.

5:49Ben Meiselas:Ice will be going to airports to help our wonderful TSA agents who have stayed on the job, despite the fact that the radical left Democrats who are only focused on protecting hardline criminals who have entered our country illegally are endangering the USA by holding back money that was long ago agreed to with signed and sealed contracts and all. But watch no matter how great a job ICE does. The lunatics leading the incompetent Dems will be highly critical of their work. They will do a fantastic job. The great Tom Homan is in charge. DJT, you're sending ICE to invade the airports. What a message, Donald, you're sending to all of the countries abroad as we approach the World Cup, knowing that when they arrive at our airports, what ICE is going to be there.

6:35Ben Meiselas:What is ICE going to do? And by the way, don't you think that there would need to be some training? Oh, wait. ICE has never been trained in the first place. And they just kill and maim and harm and terrorize people on the streets. And now they're doing it in the airports. Fantastic job, Donald. You struck again. I mean, these people are the most demented idiots ever. Oh, and then Donald Trump posted this this morning as well. The Democrat running in Texas, James Tallarico, turns out to be a fraud! It showed after the election when he beat low IQ candidate Jasmine Crockett. That's his racist not-so-dog whistle that he refers to all black people as being low IQ.

7:12Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump goes on to say, no relation to Davy Crockett. He's got six genders, insults to Jesus, only vegan food, wears a mask in 2013, and is weak, ineffective guy who we allowed to win prior to releasing the avalanche of information we had on him because as bad as Crockett was as a candidate, this guy is worse. I mean, Donald Trump is terrified of this guy. I believe that any human being running against him, sick, incompetent, close to death, or even a childhood when he may be the worst candidate I've ever seen. Other than, of course, Gavin Newsom, who admitted that he suffers from mental incapacity, is unable to read a speech and is dumb.

7:49Ben Meiselas:But in saying the dumb comment referred to his audience and therefore became in the eyes of American, a total racist. I mean, Donald Trump's the most demented individual imaginable. And we know that Donald Trump is physically and cognitive declining and deteriorating before our eyes. This is what he's posting. Also yesterday, Donald Trump said that he was glad that Robert Mueller, a decorated veteran and former FBI director died. Trump said, good, I'm glad he died. And then all this morning, Donald Trump's been attacking Robert Mueller in post after post. This is from this morning, the lies of Robert Mueller and his criminal gang.

8:23Ben Meiselas:I'll just show you what Democratic Congress member and veteran Jason Crowe has to post. Army Ranger, he posts the following. This president is petty, sick, and vile man. Robert Mueller volunteered for Vietnam at the same time Trump avoided serving. His decades in military and public service to our nation represents everything that Donald Trump is not. Now, I will share with you what went down this morning when Treasury Secretary Scott Besant has now become the main spokesperson for the war in Iran. Why Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, the Treasury Secretary, being the main spokesperson for the war?

9:00Ben Meiselas:Because no one in the Trump regime knows what the hell they're doing. So why not put this idiot out there as he spews the most vile garbage imaginable? So here is what he said this morning. He was on Meet the Press. Kristen Welker said, could U.S. troops go into Karg Island to secure it? Are we sending troops into Iran, in essence? We could. We could. Watch the arrogance. I said all options are on the table, Welker. Here, play this clip. You bring up Karg Island. I want to ask you about your statement. You said it could become a U.S. asset. What exactly does that mean? Could U.S. troops go into Karg Island to secure it?

9:37Again, as I said, all options are on the table. Okay, so that's a possibility. All options are on the table. All right, let me talk about...

9:45Ben Meiselas:And then he goes, sometimes, in this next clip I'm going to show you, he goes, sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate. Yeah, war is peace, right? You have to escalate to de-escalate. Who is this idiot? And why is this idiot talking about the war? Why is this idiot on my TV? Why is this idiot have any power over anything? This whole moronic regime needs to go. Here, play this clip. Every day we are taking out their missiles, their missile systems, and the factories that build those missiles. And now the General Cain, Secretary Hegsitz, are leading a campaign to destroy all the fortifications along the Straits of Formos.

10:24Just to put a fine point on this, though, is the president in the process of winding down this war or escalating the conflict? Again, they're not mutually exclusive. Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate, Chris. Okay, NBC News is reporting that President Trump is considering sending troops into Iran. Will the administration -

10:43Ben Meiselas:More from Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. He's asked, isn't the point of sanctions to prevent Iran from getting money? So why are we now lifting the sanctions against Iran and Russia for their oil? Aren't they making money? Isn't that bad? Isn't the whole point of sanctions to stop that? Oh, Kristen, you're missing the point. Bad framing, Kristen. Bad framing. Here, play this clip. So when we unsanction this, rather than the oil going to China, it can go to Japan, it can go to Korea, it can go to Indonesia, it can go to Malaysia. And it can go to Iran, too. I mean, isn't the point that the sanctions were in place to prevent Iran from getting any of the money?

11:21They will have access to some of the money now. Again, Kristen, you're missing the point. So please listen to me. They were getting it from China anyway.

11:31Ben Meiselas:All right, let me talk more from Kristen Welker and Besant. She says, so you're talking about 140 million barrels that you are removing sanctions from of Iran. Is that enough to really even make a difference? But you're giving Iran$14 billion. Again, Christian, terrible framing. Just terrible framing. You're doing terrible. What the hell are you talking about? Who are these psychos on our TV? Seriously, the country is run by the most demented, sick individuals. Look at what he says here. Let's play this clip. All right, let me talk about the real world impact of this because you're talking about 140 million barrels of Iranian oil.

12:08And that's just a little bit more than what the world uses in one day. How much can that really change prices here? Again, terrible framing, terrible framing. Well, how much can it change prices here at home? Talk to consumers. How much will it change prices here at home? Let me explain. 140 million barrels, about 20 million barrels a day comes out of the Gulf. About 5 million has been repurposed by the Saudis, by the UAE. So we're at a 15 deficit. About 1.5 is Iranian oil that comes out. So we are at between a 10 and 14 million deficit on a daily basis. so if you think about 140 million barrels that's between 10 days and two weeks of supply and folks

12:58Ben Meiselas:it's why having media literacy is more important than ever let me just give you two examples right here a story that we reported on yesterday russia is proposing or has proposed staging a fake victor orban assassination attempt he's the uh putin puppet in hungary who donald trump supports in order to boost Orban's re-election. Just look at the spread of how media covers this. On the left, you see overwhelming coverage in the center, a little bit of coverage. And on the right, very little coverage or about the same in the center. But on the left, this is being reported, but very little coverage anywhere else.

13:35Ben Meiselas:Don't you think it's an important story? I don't know that Russia is trying to help their puppets win re-election or win election by doing fake assassinations. There might be some things to investigate there. Or how about this story right here? AOC paid a doctor known for ketamine treatment$19 ,000 in campaign cash. New York Post. This is like the main story of the right wing today. It's like some made up New York Post, you know, BS story about AOC, some hit piece on her. And no one on the center is covering it. No one on the left is covering it. But all the right wing is covering it. Why? Because all the other stories I've been sharing with you this morning about how disastrous this war in Iran is.

14:15Ben Meiselas:And we know that Murdoch and Mark Levin and that crew has been pushing this war against Iran, right? So they need to change the subject. So what do they change the subject? Let's go after AOC today. With all of the problems going on in the United States with Americans suffering, can't afford anything. People are like literally dying right now. They don't have health care and we're in this disastrous war. Let's do an AOC hit piece, right? It's why media literacy is important. And you need to understand the right perspectives. And I need to get an understanding of what's being reported on the right, what's being reported on the left.

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15:25Ben Meiselas:This lets you compare the reporting on the same issue in one place, so you can come to your own conclusions based on all the facts. On this article, for example, I showed you the spread. What was the AOC article? Who was reporting on it? Who was reporting on the Victor Orban article? and you can see right-wing bias, what they're reporting on and what they're trying to hide. It's why Ground News even has a dedicated blind spot feed. That's a personal favorite of mine. It's what I showed you. It highlights stories being disproportionately covered on either side of the political aisle to help you burst through the political echo chambers because I believe in Ground News so much.

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16:34Ben Meiselas:He describes what we're doing in the United States as we are jujitsu-ing them. Iran didn't even see it coming. We lift the sanctions off of their oil and that's a form of jujitsu that we're doing against them. Folks, idiocracy couldn't write this in their script without getting laughed off. We're jujitsu-ing Iran by taking away their sanctions on oil while we're at a war with them to help them make more money. What are these idiots talking about? Let's play this clip. Talk about your announcement this past week. On Friday, the Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Iranian oil stored on tankers, a move that would effectively allow Iran to get more than$14 billion of oil revenue.

17:16Why is the U.S. helping to fund a country that it's currently at war with, Mr. Secretary? Again, Kristen, why don't we have good facts here? That Iranian oil was always going to be sold to the Chinese. It was going to be sold at a discount. So which is better, Kristen, which is better? If oil prices spiked to$150 and they were getting 70 % of that, or oil prices below 100, it's better to have them where they are now. And to be clear, we had always planned for this contingency. About 140 million barrels are out on the water. In essence, we are jujitsu-ing the Iranians. We are using their own oil against them.

18:02We have a much better line of sight, to be clear, at Treasury. When this oil goes to, if it goes to Indonesia, if it goes to Japan, if it goes to Korea, we have a much better line of sight and are able to block accounts that the oil goes into. When it goes into China, it completely gets recycled. So to be clear, that$14 billion number is grossly overstated.

18:28Ben Meiselas:More in this Kristen Welker interview right here. It's like an unfathomable interview, but I guess anything is fathomable when it comes to the depths of depravity and idiocracy of this Trump regime. Kristen Welker says, so are we going to raise taxes to fund this world? What? We have plenty. We have plenty. We have plenty. Then why are you all seeking a$200 billion supplemental as well? And if we have plenty, we have plenty. Shouldn't we have plenty for health care? Shouldn't we have plenty for education? Shouldn't we have plenty for housing? No, we have plenty when it comes to what bombing civilian energy infrastructure in Iran, while our civilians here in the United States suffer.

19:07Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip right here. Would the administration ever raise taxes in order to fund this war? Again, Kristen, the terrible framing. I think that - It's just a question. It's a simple question that I think a lot of people have. It's a ridiculous question. Well, what can you answer it? Why would we do that? That we have plenty. We have a trillion dollars in this year's budget for the military. And President Trump, even before the conflict started, had said that he would like to further build out the military. So just is raising taxes under consideration at all? You're saying you have plenty of money.

19:53Ben Meiselas:Not at all. OK. He's got to show you some of these other idiots who did morning appearances. You had U.N. Ambassador Mike Walls. He was asked. So when Donald Trump talks about blowing up the energy infrastructure in Iran, he's talking about like what? Nuclear energy. What is going to blow up everything? How's that going to look? Walls here. Let's play this clip. They do have a nuclear power plant, Boucher. It's actually their largest energy plant. It's a civilian site. It's actually not their largest energy plant. It's about one gigawatt. They have larger ones that are gas-fired outside of Tehran.

20:29But just case in point. Okay, but in this case, in that clarification, the reason I'm asking you is when the president says he's going to bomb energy infrastructure, civilian energy infrastructure, Is he going to bomb a nuclear power plant or is that off the table? Well, I would never take anything off the table for the president, certainly not on national television. However, there are larger plants. There's one outside of Tehran. There are others outside of of other cities that are gas fired, thermal thermal powered. I think the important point here is to understand the IRGC, a declared terrorist organization, not only by us, but a number of European countries controls a huge swath of Iran's critical infrastructure, their economy, and certainly many of their governing institutions.

21:17And so to the extent we're degrading their military capability and their defense industrial base, all options should be on the table.

21:25Ben Meiselas:And the president's made that very clear. Enough of these magas. Let me show you what some of the Democrats were saying on the morning shows. Chris Murphy, who I think's done an impeccable job showing critical leadership in this moment in the United States Senate. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, here's what he has to say. Let's play this clip. They do have a nuclear power plant, Boucher. It's actually their largest energy plant. It's a civilian site. It's actually not their largest energy plants, about one gigawatt. They have larger ones that are gas fired outside of Tehran. But just case in point.

21:58OK, but but in this case, in that clarification, the reason I'm asking you is when the president says he's going to bomb energy infrastructure, civilian energy infrastructure. Is he going to bomb a nuclear power plant or is that off the table? Well, I would never take anything off the table for the president, certainly not on on national television. However, there are larger plants. There's one outside of Tehran. There are others outside of of other cities that are gas fired, thermal, thermal powered. I think the important point here is to understand the IRGC, a declared terrorist organization, not only by us, but in a number of European countries, controls a huge swath of Iran's critical infrastructure, their economy, and certainly many of their governing institutions.