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Trump Has Psychotic Meltdown as Iran Refuses Demands

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s psychotic meltdown on Sunday after Iran refused his threats and demands and Trump is now saying he is imposing a complete naval blockade over t...

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Donald Trump is panicking as the full consequences of his failed negotiations...

in Islamabad Pakistan are setting in, as you are now aware, the Trump regime negotiators

J.D. Van Steve Witkov and Jared Kushner at Donald Trump's orders tried to change the

pre-approved negotiating framework that was based on a 10-point plan that Iran made Donald Trump agreed to before a ceasefire was announced. Donald Trump agreed to the 10-point plan, but then the Trump regime tried to bully and dictate the settlement terms at the Islamabad talks Iran refused to accept those terms because Iran said we agreed on the 10-point plan. The negotiations fell apart after about 20 hours of purported negotiations and now

Donald Trump is posting that he will be doing a full United States naval blockade of the Persian Gulf, which he says he will block all tankers from every country, from going into the Persian Gulf in order to bring back crude oil to their country. So Donald Trump's plan to open up the straight of Hormuz is to further block the straight of Hormuz right

now by doing a blockade, as you may be aware, Iran is conducting bilateral discussions

with countries across the world to allow allies or even neutral countries to use the

straight of Hormuz at a cost of about $2 million per tanker. And some countries that are

allied with Iran don't have to pay that fee. So for example, China and Russia, they have access to the straight of Hormuz, India, France, numerous other Pakistan, other countries have been able to utilize the straight of Hormuz by negotiating specific deals with Iran and now Donald Trump saying any of those ships, we will interdict or we will what we're going to attack those ships because the United States will be doing a full naval blockade of the Persian

Gulf, Donald Trump posted the following message. So there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered nuclear was not effective

immediately. The United States Navy, the finest in the world will begin the process of blockading

any and all ships trying to enter or leave the straight of Hormuz at some point we will reach and all being allowed to go in, all being allowed to go out basis. But Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying there may be a mine out there somewhere that nobody knows about, but them, this is world extortion and leaders of countries, especially the United States,

will never be extorted. The Trump regime says that as they were imposing extortion

at terms on Iran after agreeing to Iran's 10-point negotiating framework and the bad faith that was exhibited in Islamabad by the United States and Donald Trump is similar to what has happened before in late February and then back in June in negotiations with Iran, Donald Trump then posted another message that Iran promised to open the straight of Hormuz. They knowingly failed to diss to do so, this is causing anxiety, dislocation and pain to many people in countries throughout the world.

They say they put mines in the water, even though all of their navy and most of their mine droppers have been completely blown up. They may have done so, but what ship owner would want to take the chance. There is great dishonor and permanent harm to the reputation of Iran and then he goes on and just kind of rants and raves like a lunatic and it's all projection. There's great dishonor right now to the reputation of the United States and other countries are now having

bilateral discussions with Iran and what Donald Trump is in essence threatening a world war three. If you will, if you don't believe we're in one already, I mean, there was clearly a war involving the entire world. I don't want to get hyperbolic here, right? But there was a war involving pretty much all countries in the world and now Donald Trump is saying the United States is going to impose a full naval blockade of the Persian Gulf to not allow Iran to

do any types of deals with other countries, whether that country's France or the European Union or India or China. I mean, what's going to happen if a Chinese vessel shows up to enter the straight of her moves, the naval blockades going to attack the Chinese ships or the Russian ships or the Indian ships? Is that what the plan is? You have Iranian social media mocking this blockade concept. This is what they said. The new move from Trump against our country is so

comical that we don't even have a meme for it or we can't even find a meme for it. There's mocking Donald Trump and how pathetic he looks. Donald Trump then called into state regime media, which calls itself Fox Maria Bartiroma, who was the host of the show that he called into. I mean,

She was looking at him frankly like he was somebody who was like really suffe...

like hospice care and she was looking at him like, oh my god, this guy is really like just

totally lost it. And she says, is this going to be enough? The blockade? Is this going to be enough?

Listen to what Donald Trump says here. Play this clip. I got it ended because of Paris. This was a cream court was not nice to me about. Is this is this all going to be enough? The blockade in the straight, the opening up capacity in the United States for is this going to be enough to lower the price of oil and gas. Well, it's going to be eventually going to be lower. No, it might not happen initially, but it's going to it's going to go down. When this is all over,

look, the stock market, the Dow, had 50,000. It was supposed to be in four or five years. They said,

it won't happen during his term, but it'll be maybe four or five years. It had 50,000 in my first year.

You know, it better than anybody. You cover it better than anybody. The S&P, it said. Then she asks him, so do you believe that the price of oil and gas will be lower before the midterms? Listen to what he says here. Play this clip. So do you believe the price of oil and gas will be

lower before the midterms elections? I hope so. I mean, I think so. It could be or the same or maybe

a little bit higher, but it should be around the same. I think this won't be that much longer. It wiped out. They're wiped out. And you don't get a fair shake. You don't get, you know, we need, we need a free and fair press in this country. And I don't even know why people would do that. Why would they say, how wonderful they're doing militarily? They're doing so well. They're totally what the country's wiped out. And then he said that I was thinking about calling it the Gulf of Trump.

My new plan may be I'll call the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Trump. I mean, this is what he's saying right now, as he's threatening naval blockade. And by the way, senior officials say the blockade, they claim that the blockade is going to be taking place and that navy sending its assets and the consent calm will be sending assets to the blockade. But Trump's talking about also changing the name to the Gulf of Trump. Let's play this clip. I was thinking about calling it the Gulf of

Trump. And I decided not to do it. I think maybe it was always I think that one maybe would

have worked out. I'm not so sure you'll have to tell me, but I was thinking about it's going to be called the Gulf of Trump. And then I said, you know, that's not going to play too well. I think you're you know, I'm kidding. You're being facetious. I know that was the headline. But what about oil exporters? So while Donald Trump has these kind of grandiose, you know, views of like, you know, and unlawful views. Let's be very clear. More criminal views. Let's be even

clearer of changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Trump. We're now actually seeing video of what went down when Iran stopped two United States Navy destroyers yesterday, while the negotiations were taking place in Islamabad, Pakistan with Iran. Remember the Trump regime sent two Navy destroyers into the Persian Gulf. And they were going to try to send it through the straight of Hormuz. And then send calm posted. We just did a successful

mission. Our Navy destroyers went east and west through the straight of Hormuz. And we were clearing all of the mines. And remember how we reported on the mightest touch network and Bloomberg reported in the Wall Street Journalist. But that didn't happen. What actually happened was quite embarrassing for the United States. I mean, yet another humiliation ritual. We sent our Navy destroyers to the straight of Hormuz. The Iran Navy stopped it and said, we will fire upon you if you don't turn around.

And the ones very powerful United States Navy just turned itself around and did not go through

the straight of Hormuz. Did not run any missions yet. Sent calm, which once was sent calm. I mean, it had a ton of credibility. Just lied and said that it's a successful mission. Well, now there's video of what went down. Iranian television release footage from yesterday in the straight of Hormuz where the naval forces, which yes, they still exist despite Donald Trump claiming they don't. The naval forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned a US warship stay away from the straight

or we will be shooting and blowing you up. And then the US ship turns around and goes the other way. And yes, Donald Trump and sent calm lied about what happened as we told you. They were, they were. Play this clip. Navy warship 1, 2, 1. This is Sepian aviation station.

You must alter course and go back to the Indian Ocean immediately. If you don't obey my order,

you will be targeted out. This is coalition warship 1, 2, 1, 2, 1. Engage and transit passage in accordance with international law. No challenges attend to you. You know, it's Navy warship. Transiting in the vicinity for J. Report and Omancy.

This is Sepian Navy.

Attention, all vessels. Attention, all vessels. Attention, all vessels. Attention, all vessels.

In Omancy. This is Iranian Sepian Navy. If you see any warship in your vicinity,

keep a distance more than 10 miles from them. Because I'm ready to open fire on them. We don't any warning. You also have Iranian social media continuing to mock the Trump regime. Their social media accounts are posting things like this. Every Gulf has a name, like the Gulf of Mexico. And of course, the Persian Gulf. Before Islamabad, we made clear. Zero Trust. We are ready for whatever comes next. And they show this photo. And it's Donald Trump

with the shadow of Netanyahu in the Oval Office. True peace requires confronting the shadows

governing the White House. By the way, while the critical negotiations were taking place,

regarding the ceasefire in Islamabad, Pakistan when Trump sent Whitkoff and J.D. Vans. And J.D. Vans, Whitkoff and Kushner to negotiate with the Iranians. What was Donald

Trump doing? Donald Trump was at the UFC fight. I did a video this morning, which showed

that Dana White had to hold Donald Trump's and because Trump's physically and mentally deteriorating so quickly. But then Donald Trump went up to one of the UFC fighters during the fight and said how handsome he was. Like, Trump was like hitting on the UFC fighter. I just want you to try to wrap your head around this, right? While the United States was in this critical negotiation and Trump sent these negotiators to act in bad faith in Islamabad, Pakistan. Trump was at a UFC

fight like hitting on like, you just want to like date the fighters like you're so handsome. You're so good. Like, oh, you're so strong and muscular. Here play this clip. Thank you. Look, look at you, the more than you win this fight, you give me a heart to it. It's so good. But you can look at the fight. You are some fighter. Thank you, man. Thank you so, thank you. I just had to show that to you because what is happening with our country? What has happened to

him? I mean, this is absolute madness. And again, I don't care what political party you're with. This is madness. Okay, going back to Donald Trump's call to Maria Bartaroma, more talk about bombing Iran to the Stone Age. Let's play this clip. Well, but in one half of a day, they wouldn't have one bridge standing. They wouldn't have one electric generating plant standing. And they're back in the Stone Age. It's, I'd rather not do that. But I do believe they're going to come to

the table on this because nobody can be so stupid as to say that we want to have nuclear weapons and they have no cards. They have no cards whatsoever. So, if they do not give up that effort, is that the plan will you further just struck Iran? Yeah, I will. That will give that plan up. I'm not in the huge area. What we want to do is we'll open up this trade. But the ships are coming up to the United States. Let's talk about that. I've been inviting

everybody. It's pretty good. Let's talk about that. Let's present it. By the way, I just find the coverage right now of what's taking place in Islamabad, Pakistan, the war coverage in general. I mean, by our by corporate media is just so bad. And I've been such an honor here at the Midas Touch Network to be able to report the truth of what's really happening and keeping you multiple steps ahead of everything. So you

knew about the 10 point negotiating framework weeks ago, right? That wasn't a shock to you.

That's how we have to follow the truth every single day by bringing their receipts. I just found

this so interesting right here. You know, you have, this is the headline. You're ready. Trump says empty tankers heading to the US to load up with oil and gas, right? And Trump is saying that when he is clearly unfamiliar with the way oil markets work and also he's trying to tell whatever remaining base he has that it's all good. Everyone's going to get their oil from the

US. So we don't need the straight of her moves as basically the point that Donald Trump is making.

And so if you just look at the distribution of coverage here, like right wing media was all over this. And they were reporting, everybody is all good. Trump says the empty tankers are heading to the US to load up with oil and gas. Okay, but the way oil works, there's an international market, there's WTI and Brent crude. And what's happening in the straight of her moves impacts prices across the world. And so this is just, you know, more propaganda being fed to kind of the right-wing

base to distract them from what's really happening in the dire consequences that are unfolding. And I think sorting through a lot of this coverage that's out there, it can just be a nightmare

Sometime because depending on the outlets you're getting your information fro...

utter mess. You get different versions of events. All I want is the truth. And that's exactly why

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try out Ground News. Now back to my reporting right here, Iran's Parliament leader M.B. Gallaboff recently posted the following message. Before the negotiations with the United States, I emphasized that we have the necessary good faith and will, but due to the experiences of two previous wars, we have no trust in the opposing side. My colleagues on the Iranian delegation, which was called the Menab 168. It was named after the elementary school that the Trump regime

bombed and killed over 165 little girls, raised forward-looking initiatives. But the opposing side, the United States, ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations. America has understood our logic in principles and now it's time for it to decide whether it can earn our trust or not. We consider every mirror to be another method of authority

diplomacy alongside military struggle for upholding the rights of the Iranian nation,

and we will not for a moment cease our efforts to consolidate the achievements of the 40 days of Iran's national defense. I'm also grateful for the efforts of our friendly brotherly country Pakistan in facilitating the process of these negotiations, and I send my regards to the people of

Pakistan. Iran is a body with 90 million souls from all the heroic people of Iran who,

following the advice of the Supreme Leader and by taking to the streets, supported their children and sent us on our way with their blessings for this. I am grateful and to my colleagues and these intense 21-hour negotiations, I say, well done, God's strength in you, long live and enduring be our dear Iran. So that's the message coming out of Iran right now, contrast that to what Donald Trump continues to say, we're putting on a complete blockade, a complete blockade here, play this clip.

Tell us what you're trying to accomplish with this fall in there. All out. Yep. It's gold all in, and all out. There'll be a time when we'll have them all come in and all come out. But it won't be a percentage. You won't be a friend of yours. Like a country that's your ally or a country that's your friend is all or nothing. And that'll be that won't be in too long, in this sense. Now we're just bringing these ships up. We've got a lot of ships, so we're bringing them up.

We think that numerous countries are going to be helping us with this also, but we're putting on a complete blockade. We're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like, get not people that they don't like or whatever it is. It's going to be all or none, and that's the way it is. And it'll be, you saw, you saw what we did with Venezuela. It'll be something very similar to that, but at a higher level. And in this present, you say that there may be a Donald

Trump saying, I'm going to wipe out Iran in one day. Let's play it. I could take out Iran in one day. I could take it in one in one hour. I could have their entire energy, everything, everyone of their plants, their electric generating plants, which is a big deal. I hate to do it

because if I do it, it takes you 10 years to rebuild. They'll never be able to rebuild it.

And the other thing you take out of the bridges, I took out one just to show them because they went public with a statement that wasn't true. They admitted it. I say, I'm going to take out a bridge, and I took out a bridge. And that was the end of that. Now that they've been really behaving quite well. But in one half of a day, they wouldn't have one bridge standing. They wouldn't

Have one electric generating plant standing.

Or Donald Trump saying, yeah, I'm good with destroying the whole civilization of Iran. This is what he said this morning. Let's play it. Ms. President, you were criticized for this treat because you said a whole civilization will drive tonight. What do you want to say about that? And what can you tell us about next steps here? Are you planning further? I'm fine with it. That statement brought them to the table.

And with the exception of the one thing, which I believe that they're going to give up on, I believe they're going to give up in that pretty soon to be honest because it's not going to work. We were, we actually thought we had them. And then all of a sudden they said, no, we won. So, you know, but I-- And then Donald Trump referred to the F-15E pilots who were purportedly recovered by the United

States, although I think this entire story raises lots of question mark. Who are these F-15E pilots?

Why were there 100 special forces involved? Why do we lose two C-130s? Multiple helicopters? Multiple M-Q-9? Reaper drones? Why was it right next to the Isfahan facility? Why did we build an entire air strip over there? Lots of questions. I mean, was this a failed mission to extract uranium from the Isfahan facility? And the F-15E pilot story was pretext and subterfuge and cover up for that. But Donald Trump now says, we captured the pilots, referring to our own pilots as capturing our own

pilots. Anyway, here, let's play this clip right here. You don't get any fair shake, you don't get, you know, we need-- we need a free and fair press in this country. And I don't even know why people would do that. Why would they say, how wonderful they're doing militarily, they're doing so well, it's totally what the country's wiped out. We lost one airplane and we captured the two pilots. How about? We saved those superpowers. Unbelievable. No other country has the capability.

It's very bizarre, friends. And also, everybody should pay attention right now to the straight that's in the Red Sea, right? We've been talking about the straight of Hormuz, focused on the straight in the Red Sea because if this blockade is a real thing that Donald

Trump is going to do, by the way, which is going to send the crude prices, I think above $1,520

a barrel in no time, Iran's next logical move is activate the hoothies to basically shut down the Red Sea and then that'll take the $150 per barrel up to $150 per barrel and, you know, as this crisis escalates. This guy by the name of Danny Citronitz, he was a intelligence officer, by the way, from Israel regarding Iran and regarding the Middle East, he's actually had spot-on analysis about the folly and the damage and danger and fatal errors being made by the Trump

regime and Iran. And here's what he basically notes about all of this. The escalation now appears

increasingly unavoidable, especially as Trump significantly raises the stakes with the blockade. Iran is unlikely to back down, it will likely test U.S. resolve by targeting American naval assets, while also attempting to disrupt commercial shipping through the straight of Hormuz or deter tankers from transiting altogether, such developments almost certainly trigger a sharp spike in global oil prices with cascading second and third order effects, particularly across Asian economies

that rely heavily on Gulf energy flows. At the same time, Iran will aim to project resilience and avoid appearing to capitulate under pressure. Further escalation would increase the likelihood of who the action and the Bob L. Mundib straight in the Red Sea, potentially threatening

another critical maritime choke point and would also raise the risk of Iranian strikes against

infrastructure, design to bypass Hormuz, including pipelines such as the East West corridor, while Iran would sustain significant damage, it will attempt to maintain oil exports through alternative routes, like the Jask terminal circulating the Gulf states may ultimately suffer greater economic harm. In any case, this is not a scenario with a clear winner, only varying degrees of losers, although I would argue that Iran, China and Russia are winners in all of this

China being the biggest Russia being the second, the U.S. and NATO being the big losers in all of

this, won't keep you posted every step of the way, but that's what's happening this morning.

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