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5 min readTrump’s Iran War Spirals as the President Insists Everything Is Fine
The Strait of Hormuz is effectively shut down. Ships are being hit by Iranian unmanned vessels off the coast of Iraq. Oil is surging past $95 a barrel. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is being drained at a rate that will leave it half-empty in 120 days. And Donald Trump is on television telling businesses the strait is safe to use and that Iran has "no Navy, no air force, no anti-air traffic."
The Strait of Hormuz Is Not Safe
The episode opens with a cascade of maritime attacks that directly contradict Trump's public assurances. The UK Office of Maritime Trade Operations reported an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Persian Gulf near the United Arab Emirates. Earlier that same day, three ships were hit in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy leader issued a statement: "We warned you not to cross, and we said we were going to do it, and you didn't get our permission. So we're striking you down."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:56) **Trump Panics as Iran War Spirals Out of Control** - Trump claims victory and declares the Strait of Hormuz safe, but ships are being hit by Iran in real time.
- 2 (03:06) **Trump's Bizarre Interview Downplaying the Crisis** - In a late-night interview, Trump tells businesses the Strait of Hormuz is safe and that Iran has "no Navy, no air force."
- 3 (05:14) **Trump Dodges Questions on Iranian Sleeper Cells** - Asked about sleeper cells in the US, Trump says "we've got our eye on all of them" and blames Biden's border policies.
- 4 (06:32) **Trump Declares Victory with "Operation Epic Fury"** - Trump claims the war is won and that "Operation Epic Fury" is a great name, saying "we won the bet in the first hour it was over."
- 5 (07:14) **Trump's Regime Hosts Russian Delegation in Miami** - While Russia helps Iran attack US assets, Trump's team meets with Putin's envoy in Miami.
- 6 (09:13) **Zelensky Offers Anti-Drone Tech as Trump Meets with Russia** - Ukraine offers to help the US with anti-drone technology, while Trump's team meets with Russians to undermine Ukrainian sovereignty.
- 7 (10:12) **Iran Expands War with Cyber Attack on US Medical Giant** - Iranian-linked hackers hit Stryker, a US medical technology company, wiping 200,000 systems and stealing 50 terabytes of data.
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s fatal error in the Iran War that has now caused utter devastation and chaos in the entire region and world and that has destroyed the remainder of his term as well.
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