Trump Panics Before Disaster Speech Tonight

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0:36Koushi products are not available in all jurisdictions. Prices, values, and available markets may differ from those mentioned. For more information, see koushi.com slash regulatory. Donald Trump is panicking before he's set to give an address to the nation tonight, which by the way, no one should be carrying live. So Donald Trump is expected to give this speech tonight and claim that China accessed U.S. voter data during the 2020 election, that the CIA knew about it and covered it up. And Trump is either going to say directly or imply that there are numerous Democratic leaders who should have their elections invalidated, like in Georgia.

1:20So Donald Trump is apparently going to be giving a speech on that tonight. But at the same time, he is posting photos of himself and Xi Jinping, who he is accusing of being involved in this plot. Not, of course, Donald Trump ranting and raving like a scared lunatic as we approach the midterms, as he will try to invalidate and steal the midterms to cement his authoritarian power. But he keeps on posting photos of himself and Xi Jinping over and over and over again. Last night, he keeps on posting more photos of him. Now, Donald Trump's entire world is falling apart. The world is falling apart right now.

2:03Now, Pakistan, who I guess was serving as the mediator between the United States and Iran, they basically pulled out of mediation. They're saying, well, we may try to still help and we encourage the parties to get back to the table. But Pakistan has a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia recently struck the Houthis Air Force Base in Yemen. So you have the Houthis, who are Iran-aligned, have then targeted Saudi Arabia. We have the leader of the Houthis earlier today saying if there's more Saudi involvement, which there appears there will be, the Houthis intend to strike deeper into Saudi Arabia, into Riyadh.

2:50There's a full-scale regional global war taking place right now as a result of Donald Trump's weakness and inability to negotiate and desire to just be a warmonger. And so Pakistan feels that it's being now dragged into this war on the side of Saudi Arabia against Iran where it can no longer be a neutral mediator. Look, two days ago at the Midas Touch Network, we've also been saying, pay attention to what's happening. Iran is going to work with the Houthis to shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea

3:27Ben Meiselas:if Donald Trump continues to threaten that he will blow up all the Iranian infrastructure, the power grids, the bridges, as Donald Trump has continued to say he's going to do. There were lots of people who were like, Midas touch, that sounds hyperbolic. Iran's not going to do that? Where are your sources? And my sources were like, it's happening in front of our faces. Look what they're saying in Iran. Look what Trump's saying. Look at the troop movements. Also study what's happening in Yemen between the Houthis as well as the Al-Shabaab in Somalia, which is on the other side of the Red Sea. So you can attack the Red Sea from both sides.

4:08Ben Meiselas:I said, isn't it pretty obvious what's happening here? I don't think I need like some exclusive secret source within the CIA to tell. I'm observing what's happening. And sure enough, that's been a lot of the reporting today from Reuters and The Telegraph. They're now kind of confirming our reporting. That's what The Telegraph says, citing sources in Yemen reports that the Houthis are preparing plans to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait in coordination with Iran if Tehran decides to escalate by Donald Trump escalating and attacking infrastructure in Iran. According to the report, the Houthis are expanding their ties, as I said they were going to, with Somalia's Al-Shabaab, including the alleged transfer of Iranian drone technology, with the goal of exerting influence over both sides of the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

5:03Ben Meiselas:The Telegraph says the move would mirror how Iran has been able to choke the Strait of Hormuz as a result of the U.S.-Trump-Netanyahu invasion there. Reuters also confirming that Iran is declaring the Strait of Hormuz is an inviolable red line, warning that any U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure, including power plants and bridges that Donald Trump is threatening will trigger retaliatory strikes against critical infrastructure in the region, that Iran will strike all of the critical infrastructure in these surrounding Arab nations where there are United States bases. And also, the Bab El-Mondab Strait will be next as well.

5:50Ben Meiselas:Now, Iran is making good on its promises. They are climbing the escalatory ladder as Trump climbs the escalatory ladder. and in response to Trump climbing the escalatory ladder. For example, Donald Trump ordered CENTCOM to strike an unladen ship that was by Karg Island and claim that it was trying to violate the blockade. Well, if you actually just take a look at a map here and you see where the U.S. blockade is, this red line kind of outside of the Gulf of Oman area. And if you look where Karg Island is right over there, the fact that the U.S. struck a empty Iranian tanker tells you what the U.S.

6:33Ben Meiselas:is trying to do is prevent Iran from loading up, not just exiting the Strait of Hormuz, but even loading up its crude onto ships to make room for more crude to be taken out. And so as they escalate there, what did Iran do? Look at the targets that Iran hit. It was fascinating because I saw this came out over the wire. Iranian drone crashes into oil tanker in Iraq's Basra terminal. No damages or fire for Iraqi oil and security sources said. Okay, so an Iranian drone hit the oil tanker, but no damage was caused? Seemed like a lie to me. And then what do we find out today? Iraq has suspended all crude oil loading at its terminals following a drone strike, which had previously claimed there was no damage done, which has nominally been attributed to the Iranian-backed non-state actors striking a tanker at the Basra oil terminal.

7:38Ben Meiselas:You take a look right here at the Strait of Hormuz. Today, basically entirely empty at this point. A few ships going through the Iran route, not Iranian ships, a few ships, though, going through the Iranian route. No ships going through the Oman route. It's come to a complete standstill. Now, Iran is releasing satellite footage, which it claims are locations that it's been targeting in surrounding Arab nations. For example, when we covered yesterday that an Iranian Shahid-136 drone made impact at the Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan, and this facility houses a U.S. base. Well, here's the day after satellite footage, which appears to be confirmation that those drones over Abiyah last night hit the Patriot battery at the airport.

8:30Ben Meiselas:Iran released photos saying it shot down this MQ-9 Reaper drone. Here are satellite images showing Iranian drones striking the roof of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dukam in Oman. It was a reported targeted assassination attempt, although we don't know the results of who was being targeted and what. In other words, there's a lot of like, are you hearing about this anywhere on American media at all like that? That this is what's happening. Look, let's be clear. The U.S. is striking Iran very hard. Also, the United States is leaning on countries like the UAE to use their drones to strike Iran hard. like this is footage right here that appears to be the UAE Yabhon drone right here.

9:17Ben Meiselas:And you can hear that the Iranian army is trying to intercept this drone, but this drone does not appear to be American. This drone does appear to be of UAE origin. Here, I'll play this for you. Let's play.

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9:36Ben Meiselas:Now, as I noted at the outset of the video, the leader of Yemen's Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, had said, look, Saudi Arabia attacked the Sanaa airport the other day, so we're going to attack Saudi Arabia. They escalate. We're going to have a full-fledged war. We're not going to just sit back and do nothing here while that's taking place at this time. Meanwhile, Israel continues to strike. We'll play the B-roll here. Israel continues to strike deep in Lebanon. Here's a residential area in the Nabate al-Fakwa area in southern Lebanon. This is a day after the conclusion of the latest round of direct talks in Rome and the middle of a so-called ceasefire, Netanyahu blasting this area in southern Lebanon, a residential area.

10:25Ben Meiselas:I'll show you B-roll right here. This is what's going on in the West Bank. Palestinian families are watching as Netanyahu's forces are tearing down homes there in the West Bank, and that's just happening right now. And what Donald Trump wants us all to focus on tonight is he's going to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He's going to try to claim apparently that Democratic senators aren't duly elected because of Xi Jinping in China, while Donald Trump is posting love photos of himself and Xi Jinping. Here is what Democratic Senator Ossoff said, and lots of people believe that he is one of the people being targeted by Donald Trump.

11:13Ben Meiselas:And obviously, I think Trump is also terrified that Ossoff appears to be, assuming he wins and there's a Democrat who wins the governor's race in Georgia, Ossoff appears to be having a lot of momentum for a presidential race. Here, play this clip. What do you say to your Republican colleagues who may agree with the president on this? I don't know of Republican colleagues who agree with the president on this. Privately, most elected Republicans in this building think the president has lost it and is dooming them to dismal losses this fall. Thank you all so much for your time. Mike Collins agrees with them.

11:46Mike Collins agrees with them that the election was stolen. Let's see how Mike Collins handles this now. Mike Collins launched his general election campaign doubling down on 2020 election denialism. Now he not only has to defend doubling health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, he has to defend these conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that Georgia voters have rejected time and time again. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you.

12:16Ben Meiselas:Now contrast that to what his likely opponent, or one of his likely opponents, J.D. Vance, would be. Now, J.D. Vance says that Joe Biden eating ice cream during Biden's term makes J.D. Vance think about sexual intercourse, and that was very suggestive the way former President Biden, erotic, if you will, to J.D. Vance would eat his ice cream. Here play this clip. The thing I couldn't get over Biden is is just bad staff work, man. The way that he ate ice cream. I mean, it's like, you know, we could bring some of this stuff up, but it's like they would get him eating ice cream in the most ridiculous, suggestive way imaginable.

12:59Ben Meiselas:And then the rest of this morning, you've had Donald Trump's psycho advisors like Stephen Miller and others saying, you know, left-wing terrorism, communism, this is the biggest threat that we're facing. Again, this is what authoritarian regimes do. Here, play this clip. Left-wing terrorism always ends in bloodshed, misery, and suffering. It only can travel in one direction. There's no point at which the left-wing terrorist is satisfied with his gains and ceases progressing. Inevitably, left to run its course, it always becomes a gulag. There you have it, everybody. Let me know what you think.

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