Trump Stunned as Iran Strikes Back at US Airbase!!

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1:24Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump is panicking as Iran did not hesitate to strike back and strike back hard. It did against the United States Air Force Base in Kuwait. This followed the United States striking the Hormuz coastal city of Bandar Abbas at 1.30 a.m. Iranian time. Three hours later, Iran launched its own strikes against this United States Air Force Base in Kuwait. Donald Trump has simply posted a photo of an AI image involving the reflecting pool that he keeps on talking about over and over again. Let's break down what went down. So around 4.30 a.m., Kuwait's army said its air defenses were intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks, warning residents that any explosion sounds are the result of air defense systems engaging incoming threats.

2:21Ben Meiselas:Then we got this statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announcing that it carried out a drone and missile attack in the morning against an American air base in Kuwait and promising additional retaliation if the United States continued to violate the ceasefire. This is a statement from the IRGC. IRGC targets American airbase. They ain't hiding it. They're leaning into it. They write, following the early morning attack today by the invading U.S. Army on a point near Bonder Abbas Airport with aerial projectiles, the American airbase, as the origin of the aggression, was targeted at 4.30, 4.50 a.m.

3:03Ben Meiselas:The IRGC public relations issued a statement in the name of Allah, the commander of the compelers. So if they attack you, attack them in the same way that they attack you. You have Iran's Revolutionary Guard spokesperson Abraham wrote the following. Any other American attacks will lead to a more decisive response. The further comment from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is following this aggressive attack, We responded by striking the Air Force. This response serves as a stern warning to inform the enemy that its attacks will not go unanswered. And if repeated, our response will be more decisive.

3:43Ben Meiselas:The responsibility for the consequences lies with the aggressors. Remember the sequence of events, 1.30 a.m. Iranian time, three loud explosions heard east of the Strait of Hormuz coastal city of Bandar Abbas. Then the U.S. officials confirmed the U.S. carried out defensive operations. That's how the U.S. referred to it as defensive operations in striking Bandar Abbas, claiming that the U.S. will act to safeguard its regional interests, and this does not affect the ceasefire. They said, yes, we're striking Iran. It's defensive. Ceasefire still on, everybody.

4:24Ben Meiselas:We Here is how Iran, though, said the event. I just want to, again, I want to go through the sequence of events because the United States corporate media is saying there's a ceasefire, everything's fine, everything's normal. That's not what's happening, okay? The Trump regime, CENTCOM, is covering up what's happening. They're covering up the fact that Iran struck down an MQ-9 Reaper the other day, the drone that we talked about, that Iran was able to lock into an F-35 on its radar when the F-35 are supposed to be not detectable. And so while Donald Trump's out there basically saying, we're going to bomb Oman next, he threatened to bomb Oman, or Donald Trump's like, we can do it the easy way or the hard way.

5:05Ben Meiselas:And as Donald Trump keeps on changing the terms of deals, I want to do a deal. I don't want to do a deal. you know, Donald Trump had the United States military try to help some cargo ships out. And then when Iran caught the tankers and cargo ships leaving, then the United States did these small strikes in Iran. And Iran's like, OK, well, you do that to us during the ceasefire. We're going to hit your Air Force Base. And that's what went down. And so Tasneem News says, OK, this is what went down around 1.30 a.m. The IRGC Navy intercepted an American oil tanker in the after the vessel allegedly attempted to pass through with its radar system turned off.

5:45Ben Meiselas:According to the report, Iranian naval forces opened warning fire, forcing the tanker to stop and turn back. Tasmin says the explosions heard overnight around Bandar Abbas were linked to a subsequent U.S. response, claiming American forces fired at a scorched area near the city after the incident. Iranian media outlets earlier reported multiple explosions and temporary air defense activation in eastern Bandar-de-Bas around 1.30 a.m. The Iranian account claims there were no casualties or material losses. A senior U.S. official told Axios that Iran attempted to strike a U.S. commercial vessel with four one-way drones, prompting U.S.

6:28Ben Meiselas:forces to shoot them down and reportedly strike another Iranian drone unit on land before launch. Now, what we thought was going to happen over the weekend, although with Donald Trump, you know it's always going to never be what actually is said is going to happen. We thought that we were moving close to a deal. Then Netanyahu called Donald Trump. They had a conversation. And then Donald Trump said, look, we can't do any deal with Iran unless all of the Arab nations now form alliances with Israel. All Arab nations need to join the Abraham Accords. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan. You must join the Abraham Accords, become allies with Israel, and then maybe we can enter into a peace deal with Iran.

7:13Ben Meiselas:And Iran's like, I thought we kind of agreed to the deal. Weren't you going to give us the$24 billion? $12 billion were going to be sent to us right away. You were going to allow us to control the Strait of Hormuz. We would open up the Strait of Hormuz. I thought we agreed to all of the terms. Donald Trump said, no, we never agreed to all of those terms. And then yet again, at this cabinet meeting that took place yesterday, Donald Trump said, we need all of the Arab nations to formally join the Abraham Accords if we're going to do a deal. Here's what Donald Trump said. Let's play this clip right here.

7:48Barack Hussein Obama, what a horrible agreement that was. It was a setback for this country, for the whole world. The Middle East would have blown itself up no and we'd like to have the countries we were talking about in saudi arabia ua qatar and the others we'd like to have them immediately join the and steve whitkoff is working on that with jared and some others but we'd like to have them join the abraham accords it'll be historic if they do it i think they i think they owe that to us to be honest i think because that really would be a tremendous sign and i think those countries owe it to us steve are you going to get them to say.

8:26Ben Meiselas:And then you had Lindsey Graham going on state regime media, which called itself Fox. And Lindsey Graham says, oh, this is so brilliant. Donald Trump is so brilliant for coming up with this. Here, play this clip. Sir, my phone is ringing off the hook. My phone is ringing off the hook because he said I should link the two. He's saying to the Arabs, look what I've done for you. He saved MBS. He's the best friend Israel's ever had. Everybody in the region should rally around the idea of adding Saudi Arabia and other countries to the Abraham Accords. It would change the makeup of the Mideast in a way that nobody could envision just a year ago.

9:03It would change the Mideast for the better, the biggest change in thousands of years. To our Arab allies, you need to help President Trump. You need to embrace the fact that it is now time to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, make peace with Israel, build on the Abraham Accords. And if you say no to him, you say no at your own peril.

9:23Ben Meiselas:And then Lindsey Graham says that we should change the name of a Nobel Peace Prize to the Trump Peace Prize if the Arab nations all agree to join the Abraham Accords. Here play this clip. You get nothing out of this interview other than Trump endorsed me. If he can pull this off, if he can get Saudi Arabia, the center of Islam for the entire world to recognize the Jewish state Israel. He will have ended the Arab-Israeli conflict that's been going on for thousands of years. They should change the Nobel Prize to the Trump Prize. If he can do that, and I think he can, it's the biggest change in the history, in the modern history, and in the ancient history of the Mideast.

10:05Ben Meiselas:But the Arab nations aren't going to join the Abraham Accords. They made it very clear they're not joining the Abraham Accords. They've said that over and over again. And so it's just Donald Trump injecting a new term that is absolutely never going to be agreed to. I mean, we got the statement back from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Turkey and others right away saying, no, we're not doing that. This is what a Saudi source told Haaretz, which is an Israeli paper. Trump is free to say what he wants and think as he pleases, but in the Middle East, strategic steps are not taken through public statements or political fantasies.

10:40Ben Meiselas:Saudi Arabia is the gateway to the Arab and Islamic worlds. And therefore, any step of this kind requires a clear diplomatic counterpart, an independent Palestinian state. Now, one of the things that Donald Trump also did, which is making a peace deal even more difficult, is that he threatened to bomb Oman. Yes, Oman that was serving as the mediator back in February between Iran and the United States. Donald Trump said that we are going to bomb Oman into oblivion. Here's what Donald Trump said so you can hear it for yourself. Let's play this clip. Iran wants control of the strait over moves. Would you accept a short-term deal that allows Iran and Oman to control the strait?

11:21And would they have to open it immediately? Or would you be open to that happening over a period of time? No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. And who would control it? It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it. But nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else who will have to blow them up. They understand that. They'll be fine.

11:48Ben Meiselas:Now, the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, then signed an executive decree ordering Oman to increase its volume of trade and economic relations with Iran, Iranian state TV reported. Oman also replaced the heads of some of its bank branches to expedite transactions with Iranian traders, according to the IRGC-affiliated FAR News. In other words, as Donald Trump continues down this path, it's having the exact opposite reaction. It's weakening the United States and the Middle East. The United States has completely lost its security umbrella in the Middle East. China is now moving in as basically a guarantor there, if you will, and you have all of these nations forming bilateral deals with Iran.

12:33Ben Meiselas:Now, during this White House cabinet meeting as well, Donald Trump continued to threaten Iran. He pointed to Hegseth and he goes, if you don't make a deal with me, the guy on my left, he's going to finish you off. He's going to finish you off. And again, this is not conducive to any sort of productive negotiations or discussions, but here's what Donald Trump said. It's really disgusting stuff here. Play this clip right here. state of the talks with Iran, I guess if it were a football field, what yard line would you be on? Well, I think we're doing very well. They are starting to give us the things that they have to give us.

13:08And if they do, that's great. And if they won't, then the man on my left is going to finish them off.

13:13Ben Meiselas:And we heard from Iran's parliament, national security leader, Ibrahim Azizi. He said the following, Iran will not back down from its red lines, such as the right to enrichment and enriched uranium management of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of sanctions in the face of Trump's rhetoric. Everyone now knows that Trump, in order to save himself from strategic deadlock, resorts to the tool of threats one day and begs for an agreement the next. A representative of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojave Khomeini said the following, Negotiators of the IRGC know that you represent a victorious nation.

13:53Ben Meiselas:The enemy's plan is to pit us against each other. During the war, we could have carried out heavier actions against America in the region, but because the people of the Middle East would suffer, the leadership did not agree. Now, as Donald Trump is weakening the United States abroad internationally, what is he doing at home? One of the things that he's doing is he's attacking E. Jean Carroll, who prevailed in her lawsuit against Donald Trump, where Donald Trump was adjudicated in a civil federal case to have sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll. She prevailed in her case. She prevailed on her appeals.

14:29Ben Meiselas:Now Donald Trump is having prosecutors in Chicago criminally investigate his victim, the survivor E. Jean Carroll. Donald Trump was adjudicated to have sexually assaulted her. Now Donald Trump is trying to criminally prosecute her. He's launched a criminal investigation saying she lied under oath in the case. Mind you, a case where Donald Trump was too scared to even show up at his federal trial. I remember he was in like Scotland and Ireland during the trial and didn't even show up. And he said that she perjured herself. She did not perjure herself, according to the Second Circuit and to the federal judge and to the jury, but they are criminally prosecuting her.

15:09Ben Meiselas:I just want you to think about how sick this Epstein class is, this Epstein class that's involved in these endless foreign wars, the cover up of the Epstein files. And now Donald Trump is going after E. Jean Carroll, according to these reports, in a criminal prosecution or a criminal investigation, hasn't reached the prosecution stage yet, in a criminal investigation. That's how Donald Trump is spending his time right now. I mean, while weakening the United States abroad like this, it's just so utterly sickening. And then he has his henchmen, his sycophants like Stephen Miller go on state regime media, which calls itself Fox.

15:47Ben Meiselas:And he's like, the American people understand we inherited hell, but Trump is giving you paradise, giving you paradise. What are you talking about here? Play this clip. A second point, Sean, is the American people understand the hell that we inherited and the extraordinary paradise that President Trump is building. From record inflation that we had under President Biden to the cost of living going down faster than it has ever gone down before. From unaffordable energy to the great American energy boom. And then in the ultimate form of projection and confession, you had Stephen Miller say the following.

16:25Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip. Democrats rioting to defend pedophiles, rapists, murderers, and the scum of the earth that ICE is removing from our streets? Instead of supporting the heroes of ICE and Border Patrol, that President Trump has dispatched to make America safer than ever before. And then it should also be noted yesterday that the CDC sent an urgent request to its workforce to recruit personnel to help screen passengers coming from Central Africa for any potential signs of Ebola illness. According to an internal email to staff obtained by ABC News, they're looking for volunteers in the CDC because the Trump regime gutted the CDC.

17:07Ben Meiselas:They gutted the Ebola task force. They've gutted our ability to deal with international pandemics and health issues. And now Ebola is spreading rapidly in the Congo and there's no resources out there because Trump and Musk and everybody through Doge destroyed all of that. So that's what we got going on throughout the world right now. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. Hit subscribe. Help us get to 7 million subscribers. Thank you all so much for watching. Double check that you're subscribed. and help us get to 7 million.