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I think it will have the exact opposite impact. Now Iran is preparing for a massive retaliatory strike. I think they're also preparing to close down and shut down the Bab al-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. Um, I think they're going to be activating the Houthis shortly. We don't have confirmation of that yet, but we believe that that is a move they said they would execute on. Folks, you can expect a, a barrel of oil price to be in the $150 to $200 per barrel of oil very, very soon. And I'm not trying to be hyperbolic here, but we've seen the markets crashing. We've seen the United States economy crashing. Donald Trump probably just made, of all decisions to make, the worst possible decision imaginable. I believe the Iran retaliatory strikes we will be seeing shortly are going to be massive.. I think we're going to see the Mideast on fire with infrastructure being blown up around the Mideast. I think this is where it goes. I think that this is the escalatory trap, precisely what we've been warning about now on the Midas Touch Network for over 95 days as this war is now in day 104, 105 as it continues.

When Donald Trump would say, we're about to make a deal, we're so close. I enjoy talking to The Ayatollah's team, we're really close. Give me 2 days. Give me 1 day. All Ponzi schemes that Donald Trump has run in his life, the rubber eventually hits the road and he eventually goes bankrupt. And folks, I believe we are seeing a moment right now. And when history is written, I think the answer on the social studies exam is going to be sadly quite easy when we look at What has been the cause of the great American calamity? I mean, we're seeing it right here unfold before our eyes. Here's again a map where we see some of the locations reported: Asuliyah, Bandar Abbas, Manab. That's where the United States military previously killed 168 little girls and have denied doing it, or Trump has denied it, despite us knowing the Tomahawk missile. So they're going to go back and and try to kill more people in Manab, Kargan, Sirrik, um, Keshem, uh, the Hargham Islands right there. Um, explosions being reported in multiple areas right now. Iran's parliamentary National Security, uh, Committee says Iran may expand its territory in the next war after previously extending its territorial claims to the Strait of Hormuz.

In other words, bye-bye Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. I, I, I can pretty much predict for you, we're right now West Coast time, 3:11 PM. I'm sure when I give another update later tonight, we'll hear the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has been shut down by the Houthis. And I think what we are going to be seeing very soon is the retaliatory strikes from Iran into Bahrain, into Kuwait. And frankly, I don't think they're gonna hold back when it comes to some of the other areas. I think Qatar is fair game at this point. I mean, because you had the Qatari mediators who showed up in Iran today and they were trying to, I guess, work to bridge the gaps that we always knew were the gaps because we had Iran lay out their framework back in March. Donald Trump agreed to their framework back in March. He reposted Iran's foreign minister, Araghchi, what the framework was. And then Donald Trump and Vance and Rubio said, you know what, we don't know. We don't know why they're misinterpreting what we're saying. They don't understand English over there. So maybe that's why they got it wrong. No, Donald, you reposted on Truth Social the framework for the ceasefire.

So we can all maybe say, wow, I don't think they're— I'm just suggesting that you could make the argument, not make— you can make, why would there be a ceasefire that deals with Hezbollah or Lebanon or this or that? That's what they agree to. It's moot. Whatever. F your feelings. They're moot because the reality is, is that Donald Trump agreed to that. I'm not giving you spin. Go back and look at his social media post. He reposted Foreign Minister Araghchi of Iran. That was— when was that? You know, the first time they called the ceasefire in April, early April. Okay, that's what you did. If you didn't want to live with those terms, then don't agree to it. If you wanted to do this, do this back then. I don't think you should have done this. Let me be very clear. I think you're a war criminal. I think everybody who's in the chain of command in Manab and some of these other war crimes should be tried at The Hague and brought to justice. And I say that as a proud patriotic American. But if you were going to do this on June 10th, why wouldn't you do that on April 10th and 11th?

What? What? You created the worst possible outcome and circumstance because Donald Trump's decision-making tree is the dumbest, worst that there is. This is why he bankrupts everything he freaking touches. And I say this in a nonpolitical way. Go look at his past. The guy doesn't build shit. He bankrupts everything over and over again. And he's— you couldn't script a worse way to play this out. And he's still playing it out the worst possible way right now. Because if you're— if you're going to do this, if you think the lesson to be learned is another air campaign, if you think that was the lesson, that you do just an air campaign and you're going to do Iranian regime change, or they're going to say, oh my God, they're attacking us again by air. Donald, what do you want? What do you want in the deal, man? Oh, now we're going to negotiate with— no, there's no chance of a deal right now. What are we talking about? So you drag this out, literally the worst outcome. You drag this thing out for 104 days. Now you engage in yet another invasion, another attack, another strike against Iran, air, airstrike, and what will follow through?

You know, is there going to be a ground invasion right now? Because if your goal was to actually achieve the outcomes that you, you're not going to, which, and by the way, let me be very clear. My view is that the deal that was agreed to should have been just done because the US lost the war the first time. That was just the reality. We shouldn't ignore what the reality was. The US should never have been in the unlawful and catastrophic war in the first place, brought in there by Netanyahu, and the US should have just left the Strait of Hormuz. That's what I think the outcome should have been. Come up with some Obama-style JCPOA deal for the nuclear material, then just get out and let Oman and Iran, you know, run it with the help of allies and maybe other Arab nations and just get the hell out. Um, but this, this is how you're playing it right now on June 10th, escalating these attacks. And now we have this major, major strike that's taking place across Iran, and Iran's going to retaliate very, very, very hard. Let me, let me also make that point.

Here's how, uh, MB Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament leader, his, uh, someone close to him posted Attacks on Iran have begun. Strikes have occurred in Manab and Bandar Abbas. Iran has immediately begun responding. The United States has stated the purpose of these attacks is to change Iran's stance on negotiations, while from Iran's perspective, the goal is the implementation of a comprehensive regime change program. Iran will respond to these attacks in ways different from past planning. In other words, this ain't gonna be a tit for tat. This is gonna light the Middle East on fire. That's what they're saying. That's what this escalatory trap was all about. That's what was going to happen. And to see the Trump regime slow roll into this thing every damn day, reporting on it and telling you this is what's gonna happen, this is what's gonna happen, this is what's gonna happen, and then seeing it happen even though we predicted it It still, it still is. It still is baffling to see it done in such a stupid, coarse, idiotic way that this is. And by the way, I am not in a conspiratorial way, not in a conspiratorial way at all.

But I want to raise very serious questions and red flags about the Gulf of Tonkin. I mean, the Apache helicopter incident right here. Okay. And again, challenge me, call me out, put it in the comments. All good. The story from Trump and the Trump regime, an Apache helicopter flying very low over the Strait of Hormuz. Was struck by a Shahed drone. Shahed drones are big. These are not the little FPV drones. Shahed drone, it's like the size of a van, okay? Almost the size of an Apache. I, I, I will grant you the Apache's bigger than a Shahed drone, but what, maybe 30% bigger, 40% bigger? Not like what whatever. So I'm just— help me understand the damn story here that led to this escalation in the United States view. Apache flying low, okay, over the Strait. Again, let me be very clear what this image is though before you flash it. I did a depiction here of what— show what the real Apache looks like though. Um, I think— okay, this is a real Apache, just so we know. I, I don't— I want to be very clear when I put up an AI image versus putting a real Apache.

This is a real Apache, just so you can see what a real Apache looks like. Okay. And, you know, this is, this is the, as I inputted what the story was that the Trump and CENTCOM were saying, the Apache was flying low, a Shahed drone, which is actually probably bigger than what's depicted there. Lodged between the two pilots. And then the pilots miraculously, while a Shahed was locked— was logged between them, lodged between them, they managed to make— and they were already low. They managed to then make this evasive maneuver where they were able to crash land in the Strait of Hormuz, kind of jump out and then survive. And the Shahed drone never went off and never went off and never exploded. Where— what are we— that's the— I mean, is anybody else going to say this or I'm saying it? I don't want to veer into, oh, conspiratorial land. You're going to challenge that story. That story makes no effing sense to me at all. And if you go back a few weeks, remember what Trump said publicly? He said the way we'll get back into the war is if we have some of our troops who are targeted or injured or killed.

So to me, he choreographed the damn plan of what was going to happen. And by the way, whether you believe something more choreographed took place or you just think that that's really what happened, it's almost a moot point. I mean, I wouldn't say it's a full moot point, but the fact that you have an Apache flying low in the Strait of Hormuz, knowing that the Iranian boats and drones are in that area, are you using the Apache as bait? I mean, that's the best-case scenario. What do you think is going to— what do you think is going to happen right there? Because there is a war. There's no real ceasefire. The whole thing that despite what you tell the American people, And as New York Times is reporting, hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough faded after a Qatari mediation team left Tehran on Wednesday without making any progress in the talks. Now, Israeli security officials saying Israel is not involved in the US strikes on Iran at this stage. Huh. They all Folks, folks, folks, folks, folks, this is why we don't elect idiots to office. This is why you shouldn't elect lifelong losers and failures and idiots to these positions.

You saw his temperament with Kristin Welker. You saw the bright red face turning orange and red when asked the most basic questions. That's the guy who was in the Situation Room today with Pete Hegseth, with JD Vance. That's your crew that, that is making the dumbest, most destructive decisions that will not just set our country back, but will affirmatively cause just irreparable harm. This was your plan after all of this? And shame on every damn traitor Republican MAGA. Not support that. This was the outcome you wanted when not reining in this with a war powers resolution. This is the outcome that you wanted. Gas is going to be $8, $10 a gallon soon. You'll see. You want to see oil shocks happening. That's going to be the defining attribute of this summer— oil shocks. That's what's coming. I mean, I'm not— I'm speaking not in fear, I'm speaking in reality right now. There ain't no deal happening anytime soon. Let's be very clear about that. You want to see what the price of gas is going to be tomorrow? You want to see what inflation is going to be next month? What have I been saying on the Midas Touch Network?

I said inflation this month— I predicted, I undershot, I gave you a conservative guess 2 months ago. I said 4.1% was my prediction in April. 4.2% CPI. You know what it's going to be next month? 4.5, 4.6. You wanna know what's gonna be the next month after that? 5. You wanna know what it's gonna be by the end of this year? 6. It's gonna be between 5 and 6, maybe more by the end of this year. By the time the guy is done, it's gonna be like 10 to 12. I mean, the worst-case scenario with the worst person. But what precisely people warned about is what is unfolding before our very eyes right now. Shame on anybody who supported this who still supports it, I view you as traitors. I really do. You screwed up this for everybody. You screwed— you screwed up this country for everybody. You really did. Not to say this was a perfect utopia, far from it, you know. And as I reflect on this disastrous World Cup, as well as I reflect On banning a Somalian referee because he's from Somalia. The brazen racism permeating these sick, despicable, vile war criminals in the Oval Office.

It truly truly sickens me. Oh, by the way, just so you know, when I explained to you what the official narrative was about the Shahed drone striking in the middle of an Apache helicopter— show the real photo, Jeremy, not the AI, show the real photo. Okay, just so you see what an Apache looks like. So their version of events is that the Shahed went right through the middle, I guess, because it was lodged between the two while they were very low, didn't explode. The force of a Shaheed— can someone do basic physics right now as well? So, so the Apache helicopter flying low and fast, a Shaheed flying low and fast, the Shaheed with that force goes through the Apache just kind of lodges in there like it's, uh, like it's a pigeon or something. Like it's a pigeon that hits the windshield or something. And, and then it didn't, it didn't set, it didn't send the helicopter into a spin-out. They managed to just kind of get it and get it and get it and then crash-landed into the strait. And then they survived, and then some electronic drone saved them. Some unmanned electronic drone vessel saved them.

That's what they're going with. Let's just see here. This is, this is, I mean, our propaganda media here is like North Korea on steroids. I remember when I used to show you some of those clips from Russia with some of the Russia propaganda and, and, and those TV that would, you know, I remember showing you that stuff. And like, this stuff here makes that look like pretty, pretty tame. Watch, watch what they said on Fox.

And that he is getting closer to the targeting of Iranian power plants and bridges. He told Fox that the Iranians are tapping the U.S. along as it relates toward reaching a negotiated settlement to formally end this conflict. The president also talked more broadly about his efforts to reach that settlement, ultimately telling Fox News that they had a chance to sign a deal and survive, and they have not yet done that. What I found very interesting, though, was what the president told us about the downing of that U.S. Army Apache helicopter earlier this week. The president provided some new details into what took place. He says an Iranian drone lodged into this Apache helicopter between the two pilots, and the drone was on fire, but it didn't explode. And the helicopter was flying quite low, and within seconds, these pilots were able to bring this helicopter down into the sea. And ultimately, the president called it a miracle because had this drone exploded, these pilots would have been killed. And we know the rescue was a first in US military history. This unmanned Sea drone ultimately was deployed after it was ordered by President Trump to rescue these two U.S. service members, and they are now recovering following this incident at sea.

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without a sense, without a sense of irony, that's what they're going with, that the Apache flying low, a Shahed drone, which are— which Shahed drone is massive. I mean, they're not— it's not like a 747, but a Shahed drone, it's like the size of a car, like a size of a sedan. Like, it gets— it's, it's big. My depiction here is far— this is an AI depiction. It's far— the Shahed depicted there is far smaller than what a Shahed actually looks like. Here, Jeremy, I'll try to get you a, get you a photo, uh, so to scale of what a, of what a Shahed looks like relative to kind of human beings, so people can see the size of, of, of a Shahed. And so you're saying the Shahed, which is the size of like a Toyota, hits the Apache, gets lodged between the two pilots, they managed to land it at sea with no injury? Stop. Just stop it. Come on. And again, I'm not trying to veer into some— just get to conspiracy— that this story doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make— if you told me that it was— yeah, this is a Shahed drone in Ukraine, but I, I— it's which I'm just showing you the scale of, of the size of a Shahed just so you can see relative to, to the people, because they're saying that this lodged between two people, so that, that would have lodged between there.

That's their, that's their— if you told me, hey, it was actually an FPV drone, you know, one of those smaller drones that use the fiber optic cables to avoid the radar detection, right? That's why they have to have all those nets right now to stop the FPV drones. If you told me, hey, that's what it was, and that kind of, you know, it hit it and it lodged between them, you know, it's— those are smaller, you know, you know, those are like the size of a box. You know, or maybe smaller, you know, I— or like a typical drone you'd see there. I would say, okay, that like makes a little bit sense. A Shahed drone? Come on, come on, come on. And right now, as I mentioned, for those just watching, the war has escalated. The US striking lots of targets. Iran says strikes on US ships trapped in the Strait of Hormuz have now begun, with the IRGC preparing a historic operation, per a source close to Iran's Ghalibaf. Remember, remember, there are lots of ships right now stuck in the Strait of Hormuz that are US-interest ships and Western-affiliated ships. That have been stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, despite Donald Trump saying earlier, we've got out 100 million barrels, or whatever the hell he said that, um, you know, the, the, the, despite the lies about we've been getting all these ships out of the blockade and that Iran's navy has been destroyed.

No, those ships are in the strait, and Iran has its fast boats, and it can go to those ships right now pick them off pretty easily, pretty easily. And Iran activates the Houthis and they shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf shutdown, Bab al-Mandab Strait shutdown. That's where I think we'll be going. U.S. airstrikes have now hit the South Pars gas complex in Asula and Bashir province. So remember that South Pars gas complex that Iran rebuilt, and then remember Iran struck North Pars, Qatar. Well, now we're seeing the U.S. strike the infrastructure of Iran. For which we know Iran will strike the infrastructure of all of these Middle East countries. That's where, that's where this is going to be headed, folks. And we're going to be keeping you posted every step of the way right here. It is notable that Israel is saying Israel is not currently involved in the ongoing round of US strikes against targets in Iran, officials tell Khan News. I mean, I'm not believing this. It's just interesting that, that they would put out— that Israeli officials would put out a statement like, we're not involved in this, after Trump saying, I hold all of the cards and I tell Netanyahu what he's going to do.

So it's just fascinating that they would at least publicly claim that there's not a link there. I mean, of course we know that there's um, you know, a, a link there. And so what can we expect over the next hour, 2 hours, 5 hours? What, what are, what are we looking for? Um, we're looking at Iran's retaliation. As I noted, Fars, Iran's state media, reports that Iranian forces will be going after these American ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Knocking them out, disabling them for good. It's one of the first things they're going to be doing. Bab al-Mandab Strait, Red Sea, activate the Houthis. I think it's a fair prediction to make right now, shut it down or create the circumstances that instill fear that the Houthis will be able to shut it down. The way the Strait of Hormuz is shut down, right? Um, so then you'll have both waterways shut. Oil, I mean, I, I expect 15%, 20%, 30% increases pretty soon. Obviously inflation. But, but the, the broader question here What the hell are we doing? What the hell are we doing? You truly believe that doing these strikes will encourage Iran to want to negotiate with you?

Really? You think that's the way a negotiation works, you idiot? You start punching somebody in the face and now you want to negotiate? You want to negotiate the terms of Iran's surrender, not a good faith negotiation that, that involves compromise. And based on the way the war has gone, and frankly will continue to go unless and until the U.S. decides that it will do a mass invasion, which will be the worst possible outcome. With a ground invasion. And if the US will have to commit, if it truly wants regime change and to take over Iran— let me be very clear, I don't want this to happen, and I think it would backfire, and I think it would result in the deaths of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of American troops and a lot of innocent Iranians being killed, and Iranians being killed in general. And we'll see, and there'll be more. So I don't want this to happen, but if you speak to any military expert, or even people who pretend to be military experts because they write a book about military expertise, okay, they'll tell you you're not able to accomplish regime change in Iran with airstrikes, and that's not going to encourage the regime in Iran to negotiate with the Trump regime.

At all. It will have the opposite effect since it will show that no matter what, you view negotiations purely as a tool of subterfuge to achieve that which you couldn't during a war. And so if you were committed and your goal was actual regime change, what you would need to do is you would probably do what Putin is doing in Ukraine, and it would probably have the same outcome. Fascinating that the minds— a Trump and Putin mind would think like this, but it would have the same outcome. You would be sending 30,000 to 50,000 American soldiers to their death through a meat grinder every month. What we're seeing in Ukraine with Russian troops and Ukrainian troops who are getting killed. That's what you would see happen. But the only way any military tactician will tell you that you can actually— if you change the dynamic, would have to be with a massive invasion. And you also now underestimate the fact that the people of Iran are actually more united against the United States and especially Israel, but the United States as well, especially US, than ever before. And that where there were signs of the Islamic Republic potentially having cracks in January when Trump said, we will be there to help you, and then didn't You have a very different dynamic in June.

Go out and look at Tehran Square on a nightly basis where they're on their 104th day of celebrations, celebrating what they believe is a victory against the United States. The Iranian football team that's here has the pin 168 for the little girls who were killed in Manab, the war crimes that the US engaged in. And then you have the head of Palantir with the audacity, with the audacity to say, you know, we've never seen more precise attacks using AI than we have in this war. Killed 100. The United States engaged in a lot of war crimes. This is not going— bombing them like this from air is militarily is not going to achieve the outcome. And what, you're going to destroy their infrastructure so then they destroy the infrastructure of the Middle East countries? This is This is the outcome, to bring the world to a global depression. And so everything they warned about Kamala Harris and Biden and Obama that never happened because those were adults who listened to experts and had the right temperaments, Donald Trump has done on steroids right now. I just think about that orange-faced little toddler in the Situation Room, emotional, sweaty, smelly, ordering this, ordering this.

And I just think how so many people in this country and in the world look at this and say How, how did this happen? Because this is what the United States sadly put into that building that now looks like some grotesque junkyard, looks like a dystopian Six Flags from a zombie movie in front of the White House. Let's talk about what we're learning. Iran's IRGC says that they will be launching a large-scale attack on Israel with the first wave of ballistic missile and drones towards central Israeli cities in just a few moments. We're hearing that right now, so once we get video of that, I will, uh, I will bring that to you. An Iranian military source says Iran has warned the US that any new military action will be met with an immediate and strong response. That's what they're That's what they're doing right now. Um, let me share with you what Hegseth had said earlier in the day. This is just— this was when Hegseth first— he was in Cuba and then he went to CENTCOM in Florida. Here he is in Florida, and Hegseth said CENTCOM will be busy tonight because Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard.

So he's telegraphed the they telegraph the attack. I mean, I mean, just even like strategically, like, like, you know, would you imagine a— I want to be very clear on my views. This law— this war is unlawful. It's catastrophic. Trump is a war criminal. Netanyahu is a war criminal. Okay. They support a genocide in Gaza and a genocide in Lebanon. So don't misconstrue my words as encouraging things. I want to give you the experience I have, having spoken with experts and having been covering this the duration that I have, to be helpful in guiding us through this situation. I just want you to know so I don't— oh, you want to do this or you want to do that? No, I don't want to do this. If you were to be strategic, you wouldn't tell the Germans, it's Normandy, this is D-Day, it's coming, we're gonna blow you up tonight, it's going, it's going down, you tapped us. We tap you tonight. Okay, if you're the quarterback of a football team, I'm, I'm throwing a pass to the right. That's where I'm throwing it. Okay, I don't even understand it from a, a strategic point.

What the hell? This— what, what, what, like, what, what was this? And that's what I mean. These are— and the way they talk about it, like, I'll show you with Hegseth. It's like a cosplay of some, like, C-level movie that if they wrote the script, you'd be like, come on, no one's gonna really talk like that. No one's gonna really believe this. This was Hegseth about 2 hours ago telegraphing the strike. That just took place. Let's play it.

But of course he is busy because CENTCOM, Central Command, will be busy tonight because President Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard, and we will be, uh, because Iran has a chance to make a good deal, a great deal, uh, to codify what they said they've been willing to do, and they haven't been willing to do it. So as President Trump said, they've been tap tap, tapping. You can see when someone's trying to tap, tap, tap on a deal. Instead, they're going to have tap, tap, tap bombs dropping on key facilities in Iran from the United States of America.

You know, when I— I— my mind, sometimes when I see things like that, there's the obvious stuff, right? He's a— he's a stupid piece of shit, right? Like, let's just be honest. And that's what we'll just call things directly out on the Midas Touch Network. I mean, you know, Rick, really? Like, that guy? Tap, tap, tap. You're gonna tap, tap, tap you. Tap, tap, tap. All right, dumb shit. Like, like, you really don't have the— like, there's a reason why this guy was kicked out of running a nonprofit for the military. He couldn't run that because of his temperament and his ethical lapses. Okay, if you can't run nonprofits, smaller nonprofits for military, you shouldn't be running the— and, and don't even get me started on all the allegations against him and his settlements and all of that. Tap, tap, tap. But I think about the people who are standing behind him. I think about those service members who are there standing at attention, being used as a prop in his war crime. And I think about those people who have signed up to serve our country, and they are now being put in a position where they're doing service of a genocidal, war criminal, rampaging authoritarian regime.

And I thought, I think about those people behind there. They may have signed up with good intentions, feeling patriotic or wanting to give back, or just being recruited thinking that it was something that would be in there. And then they have Hegseth over there, someone who, again, talk about temperament. Fire the Army Chief of Staff Randy George, the most beloved 4-star general with the most expertise that there is, just fired him because he wanted to give promotions to Black people and women. For real, go back and look why they fired the guy. Because he objected that Hegseth was not allowing women and Black people to get promotions in the military, and so they fired him. Someone who has a ton of— in the middle of the war, in the middle of the war. That's what Hegseth said there. Then Hegseth goes, our blockade is ironclad, ironclad. Let's show you this one. Let's play it.

Iran can't stop. They can't see it and they can't stop it. So answer me this: if our blockade is ironclad, which it is— we just, we just disabled another tanker attempting to leave just yesterday. Our blockade has stopped almost 140 ships attempting to navigate in or out to Iranian ports. So if our blockade is ironclad, which it is, and we're able to move commercial shipping in and out of the Strait of Hormuz. Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? And President Trump said it, and he's right. The United States of America controls the Strait of Hormuz. We're able to bring oil in and out and other things with partners and have done so now for weeks and weeks.

Okay, yes, yes, Pete, you can— you control the Strait of Hormuz. Donald Trump won the 2020 election. What else? Uh, there's never been some— his approval's 90%. What else? What else do you want? Inflation. We love inflation. You love it. It's love, love inflation. It's amazing. American people are living in a golden age. The golden— the gilded age. Everyone's just freaking as happy as can be. Right? I mean, this is what the, uh, Iranian broadcast network just says: the Strait of Hormuz has been closed for all ships regardless of type, according to Iran's military headquarters, their public relations news agency. Following the violations of the ceasefire, central headquarters, from this moment, due to the insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed for the passage of any type of vessel, including oil tankers and commercial ships and any passage will be targeted. Following the criminal aggression of the American enemy and considering the beginning of the attacks by that country's invading army in some areas in the south of Hormuzegan Province, from this moment, due to insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed, including oil tankers and commercial ships and any passage that will be targeted.

The U.S. claim regarding the passage of a ship through the mentioned strait is denied. But, but, but, but Pete Hegseth said that we control it. Pete Hegseth said it's ironclad. Riddle me this. Tap, tap, tap. Riddle me this, Batman. If we are able to do this, then who controls? Riddle me this. These are the worst, worst human beings. Not, not a Republican, Democrat, independent. These are the worst, most incompetent, most vile, most scummy human beings who are right now driving the United States, or have driven into a hellscape because of how weak and pathetic losers they are in life. I just, you know, as I just watch these losers behave, it's like watching— and no offense— it's like watching middle school club basketball. Play with the top varsity, the top varsity team out there. You know, it's just, it just in terms of just talent, we're just watching a bunch of clowns. They're not smart. They're not thoughtful. They're not meticulous. They don't care. They are emotional. They are warmongers. They are evil. They are liars. They are killers. They cover up child sex trafficking. I mean, this is, this is who they are. Pathetic, pathetic losers who have put us in a never-ending war where the United States every day gets more and more humiliated.

This— I mean, I, again, as I said this the other day, it's a humiliation ritual. If you truly care about America and you love this country and you care about what it stood for and you think about World War II and World War I and you think about the founding document, and you don't have to be like a bizarre fanboy to everything this country's done. We've done some real screwed up things that deserve contemplation, reflection, and condemnation. Abso-freaking-lutely. But if you love— you could still feel complex thoughts and recognize horrors that your government engaged in in the past, but reflect on a broader love of the country and what it represents and what it could represent to the world. And be a real patriot. I feel I'm a patriot. I feel that I love this country and I want what's best for this country. I, I, it's, it's not that I have a unique feeling that I despise this orange-red demented blob thing that's in the Oval Office. If there's a lot of billionaire orange blobs. I don't talk about most of them. I don't talk about— I'd be, you know, I don't— I don't know when, and, and I could and maybe should, but it's that you have assumed a position of public service and you have abused it and you have turned it into a tool to further your own chaos and madness.

And you've screwed over so badly, so badly, the American people who are feeling pain, pain, while you say, I love inflation. Getting some more news right now as well. Here's what we're learning. From the Iranian broadcast network. After the U.S. invasion of southern Iran in the past few hours, the American air— the American Al-Hurriyeh base in Erbil, northern Iraq, was targeted by Iranian missiles. After the U.S. F-16 fighter jet entered the airspace of the Persian Gulf and the Iran air defense system fired a missile, the fighter jet moved away from the area. The IRGC Navy issued a statement claiming to have struck two violating ships in the Strait of Hormuz attempting illegal passage. Now folks, in about 5 minutes or so, we are going to be hosting a Bait here on the Midas Touch Network with Courier from New York 12. And I'm sure you know all of the candidates there. Katie Couric joining the Midas Touch Network. Katie Couric, everybody! Don Lemon will be co-hosting on the Midas Touch Network. So we have Katie Couric, we have Don Lemon, And we have— we're doing this in conjunction with The Courier, so shout out to the great folks at The Courier.

They've done an incredible job planning this. So why am I bringing that up right now as well? Because that's going to start right after this, and I suggest you watch it. I mean, it's— as the Amitas Touch Network expands, there's going to be important debates that we're going to be hosting. I, I believe we'll probably host a presidential debate in the future. That wouldn't shock me when we host a presidential, um, and you'll start seeing us have debates, hosting debates like this. I'm sure they're going to be asked questions about Iran, um, those candidates. And the Midas Touch Network also rolled out, uh, we have a White House correspondent now Luke Riddell, just brought on to the Midas Touch Network. And so we have a seat right now in the press room, and so Luke will be able to ask Caroline Levitt or whosoever there questions when they, uh, hold press conferences. We're gonna press them, we're gonna press them. That's all part of our expansion here at the Midas Touch Network. Let me see if we got any updates for you right now before, um, before we go on this horrific, uh, on this oil prices, as I predicted, shooting up right now massively, um, with the instability that's being caused right here.

Uh, as I mentioned, uh, two violating ships attempting illegal passage through the Strait of Hormuz were struck. Uh, and, uh, so let's do this. I think we covered it all for now. We want to bring you to this debate. Watch— why, this is, this is a Midas Touch exclusive over here. So I want you to watch Don Lemon, Katie Couric, the folks at the Courier. Who are hosting this. Great to have Don and Katie. Watch that, then I'll try to go live in a little bit. I'll give you the updates because I think it's actually probably a good moment to bring you over there. Naturally, we'll get more information. I'll start getting you video footage after that ends, and then we'll return. Let's bring you to the New York debate. New York 12, Katie Couric Don Lemon, a Midas Touch Network production in conjunction with Courier. A Midas Touch debate. Let's bring it in. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski, ad-free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at midasplus.com.