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5 min readTrump's Catastrophic Sunday: Iran Standoff, Economic Lies, and a War Without Exit
Donald Trump is having what the MeidasTouch Podcast describes as a "catastrophic Sunday morning." According to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump has privately told his closest aides and advisers that he knows the United States lost the war with Iran — and he wants out. But Iran is refusing to give him an off-ramp.
Iran Won't Accept a Surrender Without Conditions
The core of the crisis: Trump wants to declare victory and end the conflict by having Iran simply open the Strait of Hormuz. According to the reporting, Trump "does not even care about talking about denuclearization anymore." But Iran has remained firm on every condition it laid out in its original memorandum of understanding for reopening trade through the strait. Those conditions include: Israel leaving Lebanon, full sanctions relief for Iran, Iran keeping its ballistic missiles program, massive aid payments, and the United States withdrawing from the region entirely.
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- 1 (02:34) **Trump's Catastrophic Sunday** - Host reports that according to the Wall Street Journal, Trump is privately acknowledging the US lost the war to Iran and just wants to open the Strait of Hormuz to declare victory.
- 2 (04:06) **Israel Threatens to Drag US into War** - Israel is threatening to attack Iran without the US and drag Trump into the conflict if he doesn't escalate.
- 3 (04:48) **Houthis Test the New "Mecca Pact"** - The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launched attacks against Saudi interests within 24 hours of Saudi Arabia announcing a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan.
- 4 (06:06) **MAGA Surrogates Spread Lies on Sunday Shows** - Trump sends surrogates to morning shows to claim he is a peacemaker and the economy is booming.
- 5 (09:08) **Senator Banks Gives Economy an "A Plus"** - Banks doubles down on the economy, ignoring a July jobs report showing 23,000 jobs lost.
- 6 (10:33) **Kevin Hassett Claims "Zero Inflation"** - Trump's National Economic Advisor lies on morning shows, saying there is no inflation and the economy is booming.
- 7 (11:45) **Host Promotes Ground News for Objective Reporting** - The host explains he uses Ground News to see how different media sides are reporting the same stories.
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disaster Sunday as he wants to desperately get out of Iran and have the Strait of Hormuz opened but Iran won’t let him surrender without agreeing first to Iran’s terms of surrender.
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