Trump Has Psychotic Monday Am as Term Blows Up

3 Aug 2026 · 22 min · 7 chapters

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In short

The host argues Trump is using false claims and market manipulation to enrich himself while escalating or threatening war with Iran, pressuring oil executives over gas prices, and seeking legal/financial protections (including IRS immunity). The episode also criticizes media coverage and other officials, and discusses alleged U.S. military “crowdsourcing” of ideas to punish Iran.

Guest backgrounds

No guests are interviewed in the transcript. The host mentions Maria Bartiromo (Fox Business journalist) and references public figures (e.g., Admiral Brad Cooper, NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, Kevin Hassett, Gianni Infantino, Todd Blanche, Tom Tillis, Cornyn, Netanyahu).

Key claims

Iran talks are not scheduled (Pakistan/Iran deny); Strait of Hormuz is already controlled by the U.S. Navy; Trump’s “deal close” messaging is false; Truth Social sells early access to posts for $100,000; U.S. CENTCOM emailed for “creative and unconventional” punishment ideas; bombing won’t force a deal.

Notable examples

Trump attacking Chevron CEO Mike Wirth; claims about Iran negotiations and THAAD/interceptors depletion; IRGC shooting down an MQ-9 Reaper; tanker explosion near the Strait of Hormuz; clips featuring Whitaker and Hassett; FIFA Infantino seeking meetings with Rubio/Trump.

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Chapters

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Trump's Recent Rants

0:45 to 3:56

A discussion on Trump's claims about his poll numbers and the state of negotiations with Iran.

“The American people see what is happening.”

Military and Political Maneuvers

3:56 to 8:30

Exploration of U.S. military strategies and negotiations regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.

“Well, despite Trump's claim that US and Iran talks would begin on Monday, Pakistani officials say no meeting has been scheduled.”

Military and Political Maneuvers

8:37 to 8:53

Exploration of U.S. military strategies and negotiations regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.

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Media and Political Commentary

8:53 to 14:00

Critique of media coverage and Trump's political strategies regarding Iran and economic policies.

“So they got to say, Donald Trump says we're really close to a deal.”

Inflation and California's Housing Market

14:00 to 15:06

Learn how California's housing market is impacting inflation rates.

“So that actually brings down inflation quite naturally.”

Iran's Foreign Relations and Middle East Tensions

15:06 to 16:01

Explore Iran's current stance on U.S. negotiations and regional stability.

“This morning, Netanyahu said, I think Trump's calculation is that he doesn't want to see the collapse of the global economy, but the overwhelming majority of Iranians, Netanyahu said, they support Israel.”

FIFA's Leadership Crisis and Trump's Influence

16:01 to 17:21

Discuss FIFA President Infantino's struggles and the impact of Trump.

“Finally, I may do a full video on this as well.”
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0:00Donald Trump is ranting and raving like a lunatic this morning. Let me show you what he just posted. He says his real poll numbers, not those made up by the fake news media, are actually the best they have ever been. And why wouldn't they be with the biggest tax cuts and employment numbers ever? In fact, Donald Trump has historic low approvals for modern presidents. Right now, he is at historic lows in the low 30s, and he's losing massive amounts of MAGA support. He claims that his accomplishments include denuclearization of Iran. He says unparalleled respect and success throughout the world when we all know that the United States has fully lost its credibility everywhere.

0:44And all Donald Trump cares about now is giving himself IRS immunity from future tax audits and criminal investigations, which is what he really worked to preserve and protect in that collusive settlement agreement between himself and the government, and also Trump grifting and engaging in crimes to steal from the American people. The American people see what is happening. This morning, Donald Trump attacking the CEO of Chevron. He says Mike Wirth, the chairman and CEO of Chevron, just gave an interview to the fabulous Maria Bartiroma, but he conveniently forgot to mention that without the genius, foresight, strength and stability of the Trump administration, the oil industry, and our country itself would be dead.

1:34And then he says, you need to lower the price of your consumer retail oil now. Of course, they need to lower the prices, but a lot of the increase is being caused by you and your catastrophic policies. But that's Donald Trump's social media posting away, shouting at CEOs, saying, you better lower your price or else when Trump is the reason their prices are up and why people are paying more money for gas. Then after saying yesterday that there is very, very, very strong negotiations taking place with Iran, Donald Trump, which we all know is false and that after threatening to destroy Iran and blow the effing S out of them yet again, Donald Trump had to acknowledge that the U.S.

2:22is out of military equipment, out of interceptors, out of THAADs, out of Navy destroyers. And so Donald Trump lied and said, oh, we're having these productive negotiations with Iran. They begged us right before I was going to strike worse than World War II, which obviously he's implying nuclear weapons. I'm going to strike worse than World War II. But they begged me. This is what Donald Trump just posted. Iranian leadership is unbelievably probably duplicitous. They ask for a meeting. Some would say, beg, talks begin with more scheduled in the immediate future. And they say openly and proudly that they're not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they're only dealing with Oman.

3:04They then go on to give their usual blather and saying the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them when it's already completely controlled by the United States Navy. I mean, how embarrassing for the United States. I mean, how could you get more humiliating? And he doesn't care if he humiliates the United States because all of this right here is part of his market manipulation just to enrich himself. That's all he cares about. He doesn't give a crap about America. He doesn't give a crap about future generations. This is a market manipulation play. And you know what he's doing, right?

3:39His social media platform, Truth Social, is now selling early access to these posts to Wall Street for$100 ,000? I mean, quite literally, you have an open and obvious insider trading racket right before our eyes. So what's really happening in the world? Well, despite Trump's claim that US and Iran talks would begin on Monday, Pakistani officials say no meeting has been scheduled. Iran denies negotiations are underway. And obviously, we see what's happening in the Strait of Hormuz. The US doesn't control it. Why are you saying all these just because he's a liar and he's a fraud and he's a criminal and he's a sexual predator.

4:21And this is how people like that behave, right? That's why people like that deserve to be in prison. You know, sometimes rehabilitation and restorative justice doesn't work. And people like that need to be in prison for the rest of their lives because they're menaces. And we're seeing the biggest menace out there, destroy our country. What else is happening in the real world? Well, the IRGC says that they shot down another MQ-9 Reaper over the Strait of Hormuz. So far, every time they've said this, they've been accurate and we've seen the photos of the MQ-9 Reapers. But folks, it's all good. The US has a plan.

4:57They're actually crowdsourcing about what they should do to punish Iran. Yep. CNN exclusively reporting this morning that the U S military through CENTCOM put out an open email throughout the military ranks asking for quote, creative and unconventional ideas to punish Iran. The request from a senior officer at the U S military command, great work, Brad Cooper, Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM is the biggest clown ever. He's always been the biggest clown. And top military people who speak to me say this guy's the least qualified, biggest clownish guy, and they are embarrassed by him as well.

5:38Carrying out Donald Trump's war with Iran came in an email. We need ideas. Quote, we're looking for new and creative unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran. An officer and US sent comms intelligence brands wrote in a message sent this past week to a broad group of military analyst. According to a source, this crowdsourcing style query, which military officials said was unusual over email, is one side of the limited and potentially unpalatable options available to Trump to force Iran to make a deal. Let me just be very clear. You're not going to force Iran to make a deal by bombing them.

6:16You're not going to force Iran to make a deal, period. What you can either do is two options. You can respect the sovereignty of Iran, whether you like that or not, and do a deal which requires mutual respect and each side gives. And Iran's made clear they need to control the Strait of Hormuz and that they're going to do a toll system. That's option number one. Option number two, you escalate the war, you send ground troops who get slaughtered, and then you end up back at option one a year, two years from now with mass casualties and even more global economic catastrophe.

6:59Ben Meiselas:That's the options. That's it. A or B. Stop with the, we need to see if we can punish them more, then maybe they will want to do a deal with us. Dude, shut up. That's not the way it works. WTF, by the way, by the way, get your copy, pre-order it right now. WTF America comes out in October, but we talk about all this stuff in there as well. You know what's easier than fixing a problem? Not having the problem in the first place. Your liver is one of those organs that you don't think about until you have to. Supporting it daily is one of those small things that can make a huge difference in how you feel overall, and that's where Dose comes in.

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8:52So what are they doing on state regime media Fox, right?

8:55Ben Meiselas:They're regime media. So they got to say, Donald Trump says we're really close to a deal. But Iran says we don't know what's going on. Donald Trump is so close. So folks, we think that there may be meetings today happening in Pakistan. No, there's not. This is not. Stop. Just freaking stop. We're six months into this thing. He does it every Friday, Sunday, Monday, market manipulation. He stock trades off of this. He gives himself IRS immunity. Did you see what is? This is the most basic thing. The American people get it. And by the way, I'm going to show you state regime media. but shame on all corporate media.

9:38Ben Meiselas:They're the worst. And I know I say this, but the way they just report out, oh, it looks like Todd Blanche is going to rescind the anti-weaponization fund, paving the way for his confirmation. They just print that out. He didn't do anything. The thing that he did was an order that was not signed by all of the parties, which is what the settlement requires. It was not a settlement rescission. It doesn't say settlement rescission. It says settlement update. It's not a rescission. It's not signed by the parties. It doesn't even address Trump's IRS immunity. In fact, if anything, it makes it stronger.

10:13Ben Meiselas:And you could always just do another order to bring back the anti-weaponization fund. And the media is going to just print that, looks like Todd Blanche did what he was supposed to do. And pathetic Tom Tillis and Cornyn go along with it and go, oh, he did it. These people are the biggest fascist enablers. And in many ways, They're even worse than Trump because these bootlickers, these people who do the kabuki theater and act like this is going to be, oh, we're standing. No, you're not. You a bunch are the most pathetic people in history. I digress. Here's what they're saying on state regime media.

10:46Let's play it. President Trump calling off planned strikes against Iran as he says a deal is close. According to the president, talks will resume today aimed at finalizing an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz. Trump says he was asked by Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia to hold off as diplomatic efforts play out. We had an attack that would be the biggest attack since World War Two. And it could have been disastrous. And they didn't want us to do it. And frankly, Saudi Arabia didn't want it either. They thought that the deal is imminent. Overnight, Iran's president, Masoud Pazeshkian, posted to X about the memorandum of understanding that was reached earlier this year, saying, in part, I believe this memorandum will be the center of gravity for our foreign relations in the future.

11:38We must strive to compel the enemy to remain committed to what it has signed. The security of the country, the region and our allies will be enhanced by this memorandum. Now, international focus remains on the Strait of Hormuz, where an explosion was heard this morning by a tanker, according to maritime tracking groups. Reports indicate that a new deal could see the strait opened for 60 days without fees. With the possibility of another agreement in sight, the region remains on alert since the Iranians are denying any direct progress.

12:05Ben Meiselas:Now, here is NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker. And he says, well, obviously, Trump has his finger on the pulse. He's got his finger on the pulse, says NATO Ambassador Whitaker. So we're moving close to a deal. No, we're not. And when you say stuff like this, too, in Iran, they're like, look at what they look at what they've become. look at how weak and pathetic these losers are. That's what they're saying about us in Iran. And if you're in the United States and you think shit like this makes us look strong, then you're pathetic also. This makes us look so damn weak. Here, play this clip. We will agree to a deal.

12:40And so we can go either direction and really Iran gets to decide the direction. But we come from a position of strength in the United States. President Trump obviously has his finger on the pulse of this situation. And right now we're choosing diplomacy, negotiation, and to get a deal done. I think we're closer than we've ever been to a deal on this situation. But at the same time, we continue to be in a position of strength as it relates to Iran.

13:08Ben Meiselas:And then we have Kevin Hassett. Oh, I'm Kevin Hassett. I'm the National Economic Advisor. Actually, even though I said we were going to have 4 % to 6 % GDP growth, We actually did help the 4 % to achieve 6 % GDP growth. Because if you take the curve and you do supply and you do demand and you look at curves and you look at yields and then you reverse it, then I mean, the guy just says words. It's a word that the guy just vomits out lies and he's pathetic. He's been wrong about everything his whole life. This guy too. He's like, buy, buy, buy. Dotcom crash. Buy, buy, buy. You had the financial crisis in 2008, 2000.

13:45This guy's wrong about absolutely the mortgage-backed security rights. They're wrong about everything. So he says, well, and he does it in such a pathetic way.

13:53Ben Meiselas:I mean, he's like, well, actually, inflation is decreasing because so many people are leaving their homes in California, and they're leaving the state of California. So that actually brings down inflation quite naturally. That's not even true. There are more people in California now than over the past years. You're just saying lies. It's just the stupidest, dumbest narratives. but these are the people who brought you the prosecution of the reflecting pool. These are the people who tell you it's vandals. These are the people covering up the Epstein files at the top. It's run by a sex predator. It's run by an abuser.

14:27Ben Meiselas:It's run by a felon. So this is what it is. This is what it is. Here's what he says. Play this clip. And our DREG efforts are also putting a lot of downward pressure on prices. And so I think that the question is, is it going to continue? And I think that you're right to highlight shelter costs. And one of the metrics of shelter costs that I find most interesting is that they're going down pretty rapidly in places like California because everybody's leaving. And so when we look at the aggregate numbers, the fact that it's actually even though they're high prices in California, it puts downward pressure on inflation because shelter costs are such a big share of inflation and everybody's leaving the state.

15:06And then more statements from Iran were not having negotiations with the united states oh by the way the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson today says our chinese friends are using their efforts to prevent the escalation of the situation adding a new mediator is not correct remember i've been telling you about china's involvement iran's foreign ministry spokesperson in response to a claim that saudi arabia is preventing the u.s from attacking iran it's a positive thing that all the countries in the region in the middle east recognize that they will be affected by the future situation in the region as well.

15:40This morning, Netanyahu said, I think Trump's calculation is that he doesn't want to see the collapse of the global economy, but the overwhelming majority of Iranians, Netanyahu said, they support Israel. That's what you really think? You think the overwhelming majority of Iranians in Iran support Israel? They just make stuff up. They just say the most ridiculous lies. Finally, I may do a full video on this as well. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is seeking support from the Trump regime to stay in office as the president of FIFA after his FIFA forward plan to sell off FIFA to private equity was rejected and protested and exposed by all of the kind of soccer federations throughout the country, including UEFA, the European Federation, really led the way right here.

16:30And they want Gianni Infantino out. They've threatened litigation against Gianni Infantino, and he should be sued as well. And they're preparing to get rid of him. So now Gianni Infantino is desperately trying to get a meeting with Rubio and Trump in order to save his job right now. Why? Trump and Rubio and Infantino, you are a pathetic, corrupt fool as well. And you're going to now experience what happens in Trump's role. He's done using you. You gave him the peace prize, the fake peace prize. He's done using you. You're out. You're out. And like everything Trump touches, everything Trump touches dies.

17:14And now you'll be just viewed as just the biggest clown, the biggest disgrace imaginable in the history of FIFA. That's your legacy. Thanks for watching. Get your copy of WTF America. pre-order it right now. The publisher says it's really important to do the pre-orders versus waiting until October. So if you can pre-order it, pre-order it now. Thank you so much for watching. We appreciate you. Hey, if you want the full story, how democracy got here and how we take it back, pre-order our new book, WTF America today. Just scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this.

17:58Thank you.

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