Senator Blumenthal Says The Trump Administration is Lying About Iran!
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Why does Senator Blumenthal accuse the Trump administration of lying about Iran?
Wait a minute. We were just talking about how good looking he is. You're the one. OK, I was. I was. But let's I want to talk about the war. OK. Because we don't know what to believe, Senator. We hear that there's a deal. There's not a deal. There's a ceasefire. There's not a ceasefire. And I don't think the American people realize it's like we're having whiplash here. What what is your assessment of this?
Let me say first that the great fallacy and failing of this war, first of all, is the failure to tell the truth to the American people. And I want to tell you, as a United States senator, I believe that this administration is lying to me and to the American people about what is actually happening on the ground. For example, We have not destroyed as much of their drone and missile capability as Pete Hegseth the Secretary of Defense is telling what's obvious because they said that that that in the 12-day war that they had just completely obliterated it and then all of a sudden six eight months later you come back and it's not completely obliterated and they continued to strike and
You know Targets now so somewhat Someone is not telling the truth.
What evidence does Blumenthal cite to dispute official claims about Iran’s drone and missile capabilities?
Yeah, it is Orwellian. Mm-hmm in the sense that We told you one thing yesterday, but now it's completely different and I think ultimately the chaos and confusion are Revealing in showing how there's no strategy here. There's no there's no clear path. And I think it's frustrating for the military and for our own men and women in uniform that they have no clear mission and strategy.
I feel bad that, you tell me if I should, I feel bad that sometimes I believe the Iranians over our own administration. because when Donald Trump says oh the Strait is completely open and then you'll hear the you know, you'll get the The Iranian saying no, it's not and then the truth is is that it's not and so I went on this war I'm starting to believe the Iranians who are not trustworthy as well, right? But they appear to be more trustworthy in this than our own administration in the United States government
What most troubles me is, and here's the lack of truth telling, we don't know what the costs are. I've asked in classified briefings. several times. What are we paying for this war? What are the costs in dollars? What are the costs in lives? How many Iranians have been killed? How many billions of dollars are we spending every day on this war? And I have not received a single accurate or reliable answer. And it's not me. It's the American people who deserve those answers.
Yeah, but you're a representative of the American people, right? You speak to the American people.
If they won't tell me, they're not telling the American people.
Have you gotten a rationalization or justification for this war at all? Because it's not regime change, but the regime did change. It is to destroy their weapons, but they've already been destroyed. It's because they killed protesters. But have you gotten some justification for why we did this?
No. In a word? No. No. There was no imminent threat. There was no reason to bomb Iran. It was a war of choice. That's what typically people say about it. But I think it was really a war of impulse and whim and illusion. without thinking through that they were gonna close the Strait of Hormuz. They knew it, the military knew it, but Donald Trump didn't take it into account in deciding that now was the time he was going to start this war. And none of the objectives, here's the scary part, None of the objectives that he stated, they are contradictory, shifting objectives. Change the regime. Secure the enriched uranium. Destroy the missiles and drones. Stop the terrorist proxies. None of them can be accomplished at 30,000 feet.
None can be accomplished by bombing alone. The only way to accomplish them is either by putting our sons and daughters on the ground in Iran with mass casualties thousands of deaths and injuries to our sons and daughters or Diplomacy, you know, and if you're the Iranians You're the Iranians the last two times you've engaged in diplomacy with them Donald Trump He's bombed.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why does Senator Blumenthal accuse the Trump administration of lying about Iran?
0:00–1:12
2
What evidence does Blumenthal cite to dispute official claims about Iran’s drone and missile capabilities?
1:12–5:26
3
How does the shifting White House narrative reveal a lack of strategy in the Iran conflict?
5:26–10:34
4
What has the senator learned about the true costs—dollars and lives—of the war with Iran?
10:34–14:44
5
Were there legitimate justifications or imminent threats presented for bombing Iran?
14:44–17:33
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