Trump Panics as Iran Sends Message Back in War

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1:00Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump is panicking as Iran has instantly sent back a message to Donald Trump and his regime in the war after Donald Trump claimed that they were very close yet again to reaching a ceasefire. Iran says we are not close to reaching a ceasefire. We don't want a ceasefire. And Iran sent back its own 10-point plan consistent with the non-negotiables that we've been talking about here for a long time on the Midas Touch Network. Iran sent a 10-point plan. If you indeed want peace, Donald Trump, you have to agree to an end of all regional fighting, meaning security guarantees for Iran long-term, for the Houthis of Yemen, for Hezbollah in Lebanon, for the Iranian-backed Shiite groups in Iraq.

1:50Ben Meiselas:We want full reparations, full sanctions relief. We want to control the Strait of Hormuz forever with a toll system, and we will never give up ballistic missiles, Shahid drones, or any of our major weapons systems. Those are our initial non-negotiables, and there are some other points there as well. But otherwise, we're not even negotiating within your 15-point framework, Donald Trump, Whitcoff, and Jared Kushner. Iran has made this abundantly clear for weeks now. Now, we've been reporting it on the Midas Touch Network, but every Sunday evening, right before the markets are about to open, Donald Trump and his regime go to the same reporter, Barack Ravid over at Axios, who manipulates the market or they work together to have the consequence of manipulating the markets.

2:41Ben Meiselas:We'll just say that, and I'm giving you, in my opinion, you're entitled to your opinions as well, because late last night, right before the markets open, Barack Ravid of Axios goes in a last-ditch push. The U.S., Iran, and a group of regional mediators are discussing the terms of a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end of the war, according to four U.S., Israeli, and regional sources. That was last night, and I said, this is absolute BS. This is market manipulation, in my opinion. So here's what Barack Ravid posted this morning, right before the real news came out, or right around the same time the real news came out, that Iran was not agreeing to a ceasefire.

3:22It doesn't want a ceasefire. It wants a permanent solution with all of those guarantees that I mentioned.

3:27Ben Meiselas:And Barack Ravid goes, a White House, this was this morning, a White House official told me the plan for a 45-day ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is one of many ideas being discussed at the moment. The president has not signed off on it. Operation Epic Fury continues. Donald Trump will speak at 1 p.m. from the White House. I mean, so utterly embarrassing. Now, before Donald Trump is delivering that speech at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 p.m. Pacific, Donald Trump was outside for the kind of annual Easter egg hunt over at the White House. But Donald Trump turned this into a press conference about himself and about the war in Iran.

4:11Ben Meiselas:And as he continues to panic in public, Donald Trump is saying that the Iranian people love it when the United States bombs them. They go, this is what the Iranian people love, he says. They want to be free. And so when we bomb them, that makes them happy. They get upset when we don't bomb them. Here, play this clip. The Iranian people, when they don't hear bombs go off, they're upset. They want to hear bombs because they want to be free. And the only reason they're not out protesting, you know that, is because they were informed that if they protest, like the wrestler and his friends, if they protest, they will be shot immediately.

4:50And that's an edict that's in writing.

4:53Ben Meiselas:And he says it again. The time the Iranian people are the most unhappy in their life is when the bombs stop. They love when we bomb their elementary schools, their universities, their bridges. They love it. They love it. That's what they want. Donald Trump basically says here. Play this clip. It was given to me loud and clear the time the Iranian people are the most unhappy when you hear bombs on is when those bombs stop. that's the problem when they stop because that means that are they coming back we want to have them back and you know everybody knows that everybody sees it so and again it's so demented you have like the easter music in the background for the festivities and this is what he's talking about then he's asked so if iran does not meet your demands are you going to continue the war and trump's like you'll have to watch it's an easy question the answer is yes but you'll have to watch like this is some horrific Hollywood movie.

5:50Ben Meiselas:You're just going to stay tuned for the next season of what war crimes will Donald Trump commit tomorrow? Here, play this clip. Final deadline is Tuesday at 8 p.m. Your final deadline. Iran does not meet your demands, Mr. President. Are you willing to continue the war? You have to watch. It's an easy point. The answer is yes, but you have to watch. Then a reporter asks him, so you said Iran has been obliterated, but why are we still at war with them then if Iran has been obliterated? And Trump's like, they can't fight back. They got lucky with that one shot with that airplane. But our helicopters have a lot of bullet holes in them right now, a lot of bullet holes for our helicopters right now.

6:33Ben Meiselas:But they got lucky. They have no missiles left, no nothing. OK, I mean, do we realize how demented this is? We can literally see the Iranians firing the ballistic missiles on a daily basis into the Arab nation neighbors where America has military bases and assets. We see the Iranian FPV drones. We see the Shahi drones. Like, do we truly understand the extent and depth of how demented this is? And by the way, I'm not going to forget that it was just yesterday that Donald Trump said, open the open the effing straight, you crazy bastards. Praise be to Allah. Nor am I going to forget that while all of this is taking place, the Trump regime is still covering up a child sex trafficking ring with the Epstein files.

7:15Anyway, here, play this clip. You said Iran has been obliterated. Why are we still having one of them? It's a big country. They can't fight back. They have no capability. uh i mean they'll have they have some missiles left they have some drones left but essentially they have no capability they had a lucky shot with an airplane but we got them back out the rescue was incredible and it wasn't of one person it was a two person there are those that say that's never happened before because usually when you're shot down in strong enemy and deep enemy territory you can't go after them because you'll end up losing 250 people to get one so it's a terrible thing.

7:55But we had to make a decision. Do we do it or do we not? And we did. And, you know, we have some helicopters with a lot of bullet holes in them right now, probably, you know that. Now, I'm very honored by, I'm very honored to have rebuilt our military. We rebuilt our military in my first term. I'm using it in our second term. And we are the most respected country anywhere in the world with the greatest military anywhere in the world. Thank you. So we have a... Your credit score may have taken a big hit over the holidays and you may not even know it. I know I didn't. Sure, a late payment hurts, but so does opening a store credit card just to get a discount and transferring a balance from one card to another.

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9:35Ben Meiselas:we gave a group of people who are going to help us stop Iran. We gave them some guns, but they stole our guns. And I'm going to get back at this group of people. Lots of people suspect that he may be talking about when he armed, if he armed the Kurds in order to invade Iran and then the Kurds did not invade Iran when the war began. Not sure if that's who he's talking about or a group within Iran, but Donald Trump now threatens another group right here. Play this clip. They don't have guns. You know, we sent some guns, but the group that was supposed to give, which I said would happen to my people.

10:12I said it, I called it exactly. We sent guns, It's a lot of guns. They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs. You know what happened? The people that they sent them to kept them because they said, what a beautiful gun. I think I'll keep it. So I'm very upset with a certain group of people and they're going to pay a big price for that. But the Iranian people will fight back as soon as they know they're not going to be shot. And as soon as they can get weapons, if they had weapons.

10:40Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump's like, we have many alternatives of what we want to do right here. We can leave right now. It would take around 15 years to build, but I want to finish it up. I want to stay. I said, folks, this is exactly the time path or the time frame for COVID right now, right? Like a miracle, it was all going to go away before Easter, bend the curve before Easter. And then that didn't happen. And then afterwards, it was like, whoa, this is just going to go on and on and on and on and on. except now it's not COVID. It's Donald Trump's unlawful and catastrophic war in Iran that has created a massive supply shock to all different types of supplies and is causing catastrophic economic consequences and military consequences and all sorts of consequences across the country and the world.

11:26Play this clip. That's the problem when they stop, because that means that are they coming back? We want to have them back. And, you know, everybody knows that everybody sees it. So hopefully it could be over with quickly. Again, there are lots of different alternatives. We have many alternatives. We could leave right now and it would take them 15 years to rebuild what they have. We could leave right now. But I want to finish it up. Iran, ready, cannot have a nuclear weapon. They are lunatics and you can't put nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic. Thank you. Then Donald Trump, as part of this Easter egg hunt, die, you know, wrecking, we finally realizes that Melania is next to him and he's like, where's the first lady?

12:08She's a movie star, everybody. I mean, this guy is so addled. He's so physically and mentally rotted. That's why I did the video on the 25th Amendment this morning here at Play This Clip. Big thing. And it was a big thing to our great first lady who's here someplace. Let's see. I think this is our first lady. What do you think of our first lady. She's a movie star. I don't know. Do we call her first lady or a movie star? She has the biggest movie. Can you believe this? And she deserves it. Would you like to say a couple of words to your friends? Donald Trump's like, if it were up to me, I would keep the oil.

12:44I want to keep all of Iran's oil. Play this clip. And we've obliterated a very powerful country in 34 days. Yeah, if it were up to me, I'd like to keep the oil. I just don't think the people of the United States would really understand. Then going back as he has like the Easter bunny next to him while he's talking about the military. I mean, just I just wonder, like, who's in this who's in this Easter bunny costume, like as Donald Trump is spewing this. You think he makes Marco Rubio go in the Easter bunny? I mean, I think that there is a high I'm being sarcastic just so you know, not going to lose my but there's a high probability under my sarcastic scenario that Marco Rubio is there wearing those size 15 clown shoes that Donald Trump makes him wear.

13:28But anyway, Donald Trump's like, I just want to say that we have the greatest military. Look what we did in Venezuela and look how much I'm using it in my second term while Marco Rubio is there, hypothetically in the bunny suit. Here at Play This Clip. We look forward to it, but I just want to say we have a great military. We're the greatest military, most powerful military any place in the world. You saw what happened with Venezuela.

13:55And it's an honor. I built it in my first term and I didn't know I was going to be using it this much in my second term, but it's my honor. And they're the greatest people on Earth. Our warriors are the greatest fighters on Earth. And they very much appreciate you and love you. And that's why they do it.

14:12Ben Meiselas:Now, one of the things we're also learning about is while this was taking place, massive escalation taking place in the war in Iran right now. So Iran's South Pars petrochemical facility was attacked once again with multiple explosions being reported. The Israeli and U.S. Air Force attacking Iran's largest petrochemical facility, which accounts for about 85 percent of Iran's petrochemical exports. Remember, the last time the South Pars facility was attacked, Iran then immediately hit the Qatari facility in the northern oil fields because the South Pars and Qatar, they share that same South Pars northern facility right there.

14:54Ben Meiselas:So we're going to be focused on if there's going to be retaliation there. I think there will be and there will be retaliation, I think, in the other petrochemical facilities that are in the region. In addition, Sharif University of Technology, Iran's top engineering university, was hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike today. Labs, buildings, mosques, data center, nearby gas facilities seem to be destroyed. Sharif is often called Iran's MIT, a core hub for science, engineering, and elite talent. It trains many of Iran's top engineers, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, including in the fields of aerospace, nuclear, and advanced research.

15:34Iran's foreign minister, Aragji, responding, Israeli U.S. aggressors have bombed the MIT of Iran. This follows attacks on other universities. 1 ,400 years ago, Prophet Muhammad said that even if knowledge was situated in the distant pliades, Iranians would be capable of attaining it. Aggressors will see our might. Also, Israel killed Iran's head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence, Brigadier General Majid Kademi, in an overnight targeting strike. Israel also says it is awaiting authorization from the U.S. to begin striking all of Iran's energy facilities. So we'll be focused on that as well.

16:13And apparently the United States and Israel have set all their targets to cripple all of this civilian infrastructure in Iran to make it long and painful for Iran, even more so if Iran does not agree to negotiate with Donald Trump or make a deal. And as you can see, Iran does not want to make any deal or even have a negotiation with Donald Trump. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not actually be subscribed. So double check. Hit subscribe right now. We appreciate you. We're grateful for you.

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