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Trump Stays Fully Silent as Iran Says No Deal Ever With Him

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump going fully silent as Iran says they will never do a deal with him ever because he is incapable of ever doing a deal. For free and unbiased Me...

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How utterly pathetic Donald Trump remains in hiding at the White House.

He has shut it down to all of the press as Iran just made an announcement through one of the top advisors to M. B. Gallaboff.

β€œThat's their Parliament leader and lead negotiator that Iran has no intention to ever do a deal with Donald Trump during the remainder of Trump's term.”

Iran prefers just to wait until Trump's term is done. And as Donald Trump wants to say that he is "low-king negotiations with Iran" and that this is just a semi-negotiation and Iran will collapse on its own. Iran saying, "We will call your bluff on that and we'll see who really will be hurt with the passing of time." Will it be the United States or will it be Iran? Iran says, "We're in a position where we can wait two years, maybe longer. We're not going to play this game Donald."

This as we're learning that at least $13 billion of damage has recently been done by Iran to American bases and military equipment, the Wall Street Journal reporting this morning.

Iran's attacks have caused about $13 billion in damage to the U.S. with 2,000 missiles and drone strikes against U.S. bases since Operation Epic Fury began. The attacks damaged 20 facilities in eight countries and damaged or destroyed at least 42 aircraft.

β€œAnd this is only a preliminary estimate. I believe the numbers at least doubled that based on the satellite footage we've seen. That's the report from the Wall Street Journal.”

So, earlier this morning, you had MB Gallabov's advisor, Majid Shakary, saying, "Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We are going along with him until the term ends."

And then we will figure out what to do with a new administration. Iran has flatly ruled out any future negotiations with Trump and says, "We're not going to do a deal until January 29." Trump will not reach an agreement. He can't reach an agreement. The path to victory is neither fighting nor a deal. It is managing the process of neither war nor peace up to the point of victory publicly confirming negotiations with the U.S. is sheer folly.

β€œThe winning approach is denial ambiguity and strategic patience and, as the Wall Street Journal reported on the U.S.”

using at least $13 billion, but probably more. Iran's IRG based on military losses. Iran's IRGC announces that its missiles have now been upgraded and have the capability to change course midflight to evade enemy air defense systems. The IRGC spokesperson told their state media in Iran far. The IRGC adds Iranian missiles can also be reassigned to a secondary target midflight even after a specific target has been designated. The upgrade includes Iran's Kibar-Shaykhan ballistic missile, Fata-1 and Fata-2 hypersonic missiles, and the Ahmad ballistic missile. We knew that before this was confirmed on far, because we saw the ability of the missiles to evade the interceptors that were remaining.

So with all of this going on, what's Donald Trump doing this morning, Donald Trump on his social media platform is posting images of himself golfing. As though the American people who are suffering who can't afford groceries, who can't afford to pay their rent, who are having their health care ripped away, who are worried that data centers are going to be popping up in their backyard, who are worried and concerned that ice and border patrol Gestapo will be terrorizing their streets, who are worried about never-ending wars.

Who are living that taxpayer dollars are going to support war crimes. The American people, you think we want to see you take photos of yourself on golf courses right now, while you're hiding in the White House, like a pathetic coward. Other developments taking place across the world. Yemen's Ansar-Ala, it's the Houthis, they're known as Ansar-Ala targeted Bayhan this morning, killing at least two Saudi-back soldiers, and you can take a look at this map right here. You can see some of the strikes by the Houthis. You see in Mocha, there were big strikes as well that killed at least seven and wounded 30 Saudi-backed forces there.

But in Bahan, in San Al-Jinn, Al-Abar, where the Houthis are striking hard, they're emboldened. They see the US weakness, they see Saudi Arabia, weakness, and the Houthis were not deterred at all by Saudi Arabia entering into that defense pact with Turkey,

Bringing Pakistan into what's been referred to as the Mecca pact.

The Houthis are unworthy that Turkey is going to get involved, that doesn't bother them. We reported also last night about yet another tanker in the straight of Hormuz that was hit by Iran.

β€œAbout one to two tankers are being hit every day in the straight of Hormuz as Iran continues to control.”

These straight occasionally a tanker will be able to get through, as the US tries to push a tanker through, but overwhelmingly Iran has been able to strike tankers in the Oman route. So much so now that you add that on top of the fact that the Houthis were able to strike in the Eastern Saudi-Arabian-Jazan-Aramco facility over there, in the East, another Iran-Co refinery was hit really hard.

Yesterday, Saudi Iran-Co has now postponed the restart of its 400,000 barrels per day at the Jazan refinery.

They're moving it now to August 30 following additional Houthi attacks. You've got more posts from Donald Trump. He did want stealing the game of Thuron's music, and it says the capital restored or to restore the capital reclaimed with a crown. As this one accounts as well, the straight of Hormuz is still closed. I mean, you saw over the weekend the Trump regime was posting Spider-Man memes to try to co-op the popular movie and use it as a way to threaten migrants that were going to grab you like Spider-Man with our web.

I mean, it's sick stuff.

Pokemon had to give a cease and desist letter to the Trump regime because Trump regime continues to use Pokemon imagery to support war crimes.

Taylor Swift had to make a copyright claim against Donald Trump because he stole her music this weekend. It's just sick stuff, man. It's really just sick weird stuff. And I know the Americans, American people here were sick and tired of this crap.

β€œThat's why Trump's approval is just at an all time low. I mean, it's in modern, this isn't hyperbolic when I say this in terms of modern presidential history.”

Since going back like 70, 80 years, Trump has the worst approval at this point in his presidency, then anybody, then anybody over the last 70 years. And Iran knows that's like, "Why would we even deal with you? Why are we you're scumbag? We can't deal with you. You're liar. You can't, you don't negotiate at all. You just, you know, Trump's new approach is like, "All right, I'm going to play a cool now. I don't really even care what's going on, man. We're just semi-negotiating. We're low-keying it."

Trump will throw out a fire hose of all of these different manipulation tactics. And it all just tries to mask that really when it comes down to it, he's a loser. Iran noting through their foreign ministry spokesperson that they received an invitation to meet again in Pakistan, not from the US side. But just for foreign minister Iraq, G and their parliament leader, MB Gallabov, to meet with the Pakistan leaders after Pakistan entered into this alliance with not just Saudi Arabia, which has existed for a while.

Remember, Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Pakistan's Saudi Arabia and then bringing Turkey into that alliance as well. And Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson has a very interesting take on that Mecca agreement between Turkey's Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He goes, "There's no reason for us to be concerned in Iran that this pact between the two neighbouring countries of Turkey and Pakistan, as well as Saudi Arabia, three countries with which we share deep religious historical and civilisation bonds is directed against Iran.

The history of friendship between the nations of Turkey and Pakistan, as two neighbouring Muslim countries is long standing.

β€œThis development is an important sign of a shift in regional perceptions, meaning a move away from the United States security umbrella.”

I would say more than a move away at break from the US security umbrella to the Arab nations, the Muslim nations joining with each other because the US umbrella is broken. Iran actually sees that as potentially a positive development if you push the US out, you have the Arab nation alliances, and then you bring China in as well to serve as a buffer against the United States. The generational damage that Trump's going to be doing when it comes to things like the value of the dollar, long-term interests in the region.

Donald Trump's really kind of broken the United States security umbrella throughout the world. Notably, you have Israel's agriculture minister saying, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey. This alliance, this is a very problematic, Sunni alliance for the state of Israel. Egypt will apparently be joining this alliance as well. We need to be very, very careful. Pakistan has nuclear weapons, and on this issue, we need to remain on guard.

Only strengthens the need for an alliance with a global superpower on the sca...

You see what's going on there, right? So then what state regime media fox doing with all of this taking place? While they bring on Lindsey Graham's sister, who's now a United States senator, who's running for election there in South Carolina, Senator Darlin Graham. And she's asked about the inflation crushing the American people. And she's like, well, I stand with Donald Trump, and anything that Donald Trump says, so I guess I support this war.

Play this clip.

I stand with President Trump, you know, national security is most important.

We have to protect our nation. I realize that the price of gas is a little high right now, but I think President Trump is going to get us through this. And the price of gas will eventually come down. So I'm just going to support him, and I believe in him when it comes to dealing with Iran. Before continuing, one quick PSA for the mightest mighty when it comes to Medicare.

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If you're not, they can help you save thousands the way they have with thousands of members of the mightest mighty. Then you had Sean Duffy transportation secretary with his son-in-law who's apparently running for Congress. Although I swear I thought the guy was like in high school. I thought the guy was like a freshman in high school. But anyway, Sean Duffy says he's got a road trip, the reality show coming.

That they're doing a Trump reality show with the road trip and Sean Duffy wants to show what he's been working on. You know, he's from the real world road rules challenge. That's how he kind of, I don't want to say, got famous.

β€œBut he was on the real world, then real world road rules challenge and MTV remember that show.”

So he did a reality show. That's how he spent while the American people were suffering. He did a reality show. Everybody here. Let's play this clip.

Finally, secretary, there was word you were going to do another reality show.

Is that still happening? What should we be watching for? Not a reality show. So what we've done is the great American road trip. We want to encourage people to get out and travel and see this beautiful country.

If you love America, you should see America as the motto. So I did little mini trips with my family. One, two, day trips to film different parts of the country that folks could go to. So yes, stay tuned in the next week, two weeks. We're going to drop it.

We're going to do a little extra editing. Got to make sure I come in to compliance with all of the ethics rules. Yeah, that we have in government. And so taking a long time would have liked. But yeah, expect that to come out very shortly.

All right. Well, thank you. And with all of this going on, no doubt that the American people are just absolutely living right now at what's happening in our country. Everybody in Trump's cabinet has approval ratings that are deeply underwater.

The most popular Trump cabinet official right now is Marco Rubio, who's net negative eight. Then you have, uh, you have J.D. Vance is net negative 17. And headset is net negative 18. Here, well, watch as Harry Hinton just goes through these numbers. It's wild here.

Play this clip. You can do not like where it is going.

β€œHow do they feel about the person in the president's cabinet?”

Perhaps most responsible for the war with us now. See, and chief data analyst, Harry Hinton. I'm talking about the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hexis. How do people think he's doing? You know, when it comes to the Trump administration officials,

that's not exactly like we're dealing with the 1927 Yankees, according to the American people. But, you know, you just look at Pete Hexis and he manages to be the lowest of the low. That's what we're talking about. Take a look here.

Trump administration officials net job approvering. Well, the role in the water here. You got four guys across your screen. You got Marco Rubio. Who's it?

Mine is say, you got FK. Junior minus nine. You got JD events of ice president. Mine is 17. But who takes the cake here?

Look at this.

Pete Hexis.

That's I said the lowest of the low.

Twenty two points underwater. And this has been something that's been going on throughout the entire administration. He has been underwater in every single poll that I could find. That is his job. Disapproverating.

Being above his job. Approverating. And Iran has not. The comparison to Rubio here is really app because they're both seen as involved with the war in Iran. But Rubio's minus date.

Hexis minus twenty two. Yeah. Rubio is the one who relatively speaking has come out smelling like rose as especially as he looks ahead to twenty twenty eight potentially in JD events. All right.

So talk about Pete Hexis. The comparison to other past secretaries of defense. Who may have had shall we say popularity issues? Yeah. The one that comes to my mind in the middle of a war is Donald Drunk fell back in

2000 and six right heading into a midterm election where it doesn't look like your party is going to do particularly well. Not popularity rating of defense secretaries at this point in midterm. Look at this, Pete Hexis. Again twenty two points on the word.

This is historically low because Donald Rumsfeld who wasn't exactly smelling the rose. He was seven points on the word again a net popularity rating in the negative underwater. But still fifteen points better than Pete Hexis. And why is this comparison in my mind so much is because remember, Donald Rumsfeld was essentially forced to resign after those midterm elections after

Republicans got crushed.

β€œAnd I think there's some question if the midterms go the way that a lot of folks think they”

go. Well, Donald Trump's tune on this gentleman right here and perhaps change a little bit. Well, we'll have to wait and see. Okay. What are they talking about on Baton Show this morning with Peter Navarro?

Well, attacking Janine period of the whole Trump regime just in total disarray. You have Peter Navarro attacking Janine Piro. Let's play this clip right here. Let me a favor Steve.

When I'm on camera and you don't want to talk about something like Janine Piro never mentioned

her friggin name to me because that woman still refuses to refuse us. We loved. So fire. You have the prosecutor who was involved in putting you in me behind bars. Okay.

Don't shoot dear. Don't tell the first thing. Hey, I can't deal. I can't deal with you. I can't deal with you.

I can't deal with you. I, you know, like I'm just telling you. All right.

β€œHow is that guy still working here who pointed me at a court room?”

And said, I was above the law. Those, you get my drift. And what about Donald Trump's net approval on jobs? What are the American people think are we on the right track or the wrong track? Only 29% of Americans say we're on the right track when it comes to jobs here.

Play this clip here. I mean, just look at this trend line. Trump's not a providing on job. He is now twenty two points underwater swimming with the fish. It's a very unlucky twenty two points.

That is way down from where he was at the beginning of term number two. We were supposed to last night was. And the whole other thing is this was such a big strength for President Trump in term number one. He was 10 points above water at this point in term number one. So we're talking about a thirty two point.

The client in terms of Trump's net approval rating on jobs. It is not just inflation that it's hurting Trump when it comes to the economy and the Americans voters minds. It is jobs as well. This is just a huge swing.

This is a huge swing. A more foundational issue. Yeah, he ran on.

β€œHow do people feel in general about the jobs market right now?”

Great question, Johnny B. And I think that this really gives the game away. I mean, just look at this. On jobs in the point, we're on the wrong track, the right track. Back at the beginning of Trump's second term.

The pluralities set on the right track. That ain't the case. No more. I'll tell you this much. Look at that.

That right track number has fallen significantly down. A 29% and that wrong track number, which was behind that right track is now running ahead of it. Look at that number. Up nearly 20 points now.

The majority of Americans say that the country is on the wrong track when it comes to jobs and employment. No wonder President Trump's numbers are so poor.

Then I'll leave you with this incredible speech from Senator Ossoff.

I'll just play you with short portion. This was Senator John Ossoff this weekend on Iran. Powerful words to me, this is what the American people are feeling right now. Let me know what you think. Let's play it.

Or maybe you saw Pete Hexeth before the Senate refusing to recamp his lies about the war in Iran. And there's something uniquely despicable about lying and nation into war. Treating citizens as fools. And the selfless patriots who serve as pawns. Remember earlier this year, they claimed there was an imminent nuclear threat after

last year. They told us they had obliterated that threat. Do you remember that? Both times lies. On day 12 of this war, the President said, quote, "We won."

On day 14, Secretary Hexeth said Iran's military was quote, "destroy."

Day 14.

Five months later, we're still bombing. Americans are still dying. Iran still has its uranium. The straight of Hormuz is still closed. I challenge anyone to defend this.

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