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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
We've got a lot to discuss on today's episode of the Midas Touch podcast. You have Donald Trump praising the Ayatollah after a $28 billion nuclear deal was announced between Iran and Russia. Also, when Donald Trump was not praising the Ayatollah, he was falling asleep during this bizarre Oval Office press conference.
donald trump had disappeared for about eight days and since he has surfaced he has not been looking too good in the things that he's been saying even more deranged than before also we saw trump regime cabinet officials one by one falling under brutal cross-examination at senate and house of representative hearings treasury secretary scott besant secretary of state marco rubio agriculture secretary brooke rollins brutal cross exams will show you
Chapter 2: What recent developments have occurred in Trump's foreign policy?
what went down there also a war powers resolution passed in the house of representatives to block donald trump's unlawful and catastrophic war in iran a procedural vote to proceed on the war powers resolution previously passed in the senate so the actual war powers resolution would need to pass in the senate trump could still veto it but it does send a very powerful message when you have both the house and the senate declaring trump's war
in Iran to be unlawful, catastrophic. And we see each day the problems compounding as Donald Trump pretends that there is no war taking place.
And of course, since the last time we've done a Midas Touch podcast, we've seen massive escalation with the United States striking areas in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran responding by striking an air base of the United States military in Kuwait and also the international airport terminal In Kuwait, CENTCOM first claimed that there was actually no targets that were hit by Iran, right?
A CENTCOM message said everything was great. Our interceptors and the interceptors of Kuwait were able to stop any of the incoming drones and ballistic missiles. We reported shortly thereafter, like, we think CENTCOM's lying. to which I know a lot of people responded, what do you mean, you think CENTCOM's lying? Like, why are you saying things that we're not hearing anywhere else?
I'm like, I don't know, I'm watching video of what the airport looks like, and it looks like the airport was hit and it's on fire, and then the next day it was undeniable what happened. At least one person was killed in the airport in Indian National. At least 63 people were injured. That number may be understating things as well.
And of course, that follows a US soldier being killed in Northern Iraq, a UK soldier being killed in Northern Iraq. which CENTCOM claims was caused by military training exercises. Also, the US Fifth Naval Fleet in Bahrain was targeted by Iran as well, and American military assets there were significantly damaged.
And so the bottom line is we need a War Powers Resolution to block this catastrophic and unlawful war. And with each day that passes, things are just getting worse, and we are now getting very, very dangerously close to hitting kind of rock bottom of the oil reserves.
And I know I keep raising this red flag, but we're like a week and a half away from really running out of the kind of threshold number in our oil reserves, where all of a sudden you then see a dramatic spike. So we'll cover that as well. There's also a screw worm outbreak killing cattle. There's a measles and Ebola outbreak that's killing people.
And Donald Trump wants to focus on his reflecting, our reflecting pool that he thinks is his pool, that he's turning bright blue, which he keeps on saying is larger than skyscrapers. I don't even understand the comparison. What are you talking about? A horizontal pool is taller than vertical skyscrapers? Just the most ridiculous thing ever.
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Chapter 3: How has the situation with Iran escalated recently?
Brett and Jordy, how are you guys doing? Doing well. Good to see you, Ben. Good to see you, Jordy. Good to see you, Midas Mighty. Everybody who's tuning in live, everybody who's listening, whether you're listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, whatever audio apps you get to show, thank you for tuning in. Just a regular Magellan there, folks. Ivanka, Discovering Islands. Wow.
Very, very, very, very impressive, Ivanka. Amazing, amazing talent in that family.
i got a park and i have that abanian island mr rothschild mr rothschild can i have that one papa does that belong to me if if i made the scenario up which would be like rothschild reel it reel it in a little bit like that's a little extreme what what a freaking mess you know as i listen to your intro i the one thing i can't help but
think about is like i never realized how uh everything apparently in the country and in the world was basically hanging by a thread and thankfully we had smart people who were keeping everything in check and keeping things going on like keeping screw worm out of the united states of america and keeping ebola under control and then doing all these things then all of a sudden you put these incompetent fools in uh who think they could just tweak their way out of issues and suddenly everything is on fire everywhere you look i mean who who would have thought but i
In all seriousness, I feel like things are a lot more fragile than most people thought probably in a pre-Trump world. But here we are. There's a lot to get through today. And so I think we should really kind of just get into it. But you know, first, got to check in with the J-Man. Jordy, what's the latest?
brothers might as mighty what's going on pumped to get into today's show brett you're so right i mean look it's it's why i i say it maybe too often on the show it's why we need real adults in the room making real decisions and not just like haphazardly deciding what to do based on vibes which is i think what we're seeing out of this trump regime a lot to get into today benji where are we starting off big bro
yeah i mean it's not shocking though brett right i mean everything kind of hangs by threads like like we hang by threads right like like just think about us like if i'm recording right and all of a sudden i just started like taking this pen and just started like jamming the pen into me like i'm going to be hurt right and i could say no i'm not hurt this is normal everybody be careful be careful
This is normal. This is normal, everybody. But what do you think happens when you inflict pain upon yourself that every expert says to you, hey, Ben, if you do that, you're going to cause pain. You're going to rupture things, right? People are saying, hey, when you do tariffs against the world, you are applying a tax on yourself. No. No, I'm not. Yes, you are.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Trump's claimed Lebanon ceasefire?
Yes, you are. That's what a freaking tariff is. Stop it. And then you have the Trump sycophants who are all like, no, it's actually a tax on the other country. No, that's not. That's literally not what it is. You know, something that they announced today when we talk about this press conference, we're going to invoke the Defense Production Act, this like wartime Cold War era policy.
authority in order to help coal plants while we destroy clean energy and because we don't like the word green we don't like green new deal we don't like the idea of anything unless it's like dirty we don't like that so we're going to destroy wind and we're going to destroy solar all the things that are being invested in by other countries not just to do the right thing for the environment but to make money and it's like okay we're going to do that
We're gonna go to war with Iran because Netanyahu says so. And then we're not going to even think through the second and third level consequences that maybe the Strait of Hormuz is gonna be closed. And then while the Strait of Hormuz is closed, our grand plan is to do a blockade on a blockade and then declare that there's a victory
and that there's a ceasefire while a war is literally taking place still to this day, but we're just going to say ceasefire and then when prices continue to go up because there actually isn't a real ceasefire and guess what the Strait of Hormuz had hundreds of tankers leaving every day and now that's not happening.
that's going to have consequences, not just when it comes to the price of crude, but also the price of fertilizers, also the price and supply of helium and other things that we need to like run our country and function. So all of these things, Brett, as you mentioned at the beginning, everything is hanging by a thread. That's that's life sometimes.
And that's why on this show, what we talk about very frequently beyond
the kind of gamification of politics is you need adults and you need experts the same way that you wouldn't go see a individual who has no medical experience to help you with issues regarding your heart where you need to see a cardiologist expert you're not going to pick some trust fund kid who has no clue about intelligence and the intelligence community to become the
head of the ODNI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and give somebody classified information who before being appointed to work at some obscure housing agency that he weaponized to go after Donald Trump's enemies by saying everybody didn't do their mortgage documents correctly. and deserved to be politically and criminally prosecuted.
The guy was out there doing these weird meme stock conventions where he was with these weird dudes hitting each other with dildos. and uh and and giving themselves trophies with they said tramp stamps and that like he likes them young though and i don't want to show that video again but you've got this guy now leading the odni you know and to me there's just core competency issues right here
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Chapter 5: What bizarre project did Trump propose involving Russia?
Yeah. And it's Jared Kushner right now who's out there speaking with the Iranians. And what do you think they're talking about? Like Jared Kushner and the Iranians are like, dude, what are they talking? They want to do a real estate deal.
you know could you imagine when foreign minister iraqi has to actually go to the ayatollah and pass these ideas that steve whitcoff and kushner are doing like they're talking about like you know and the iranian side you know they're thinking these conversations are going to be about like real specific meticulous details on nuclear grade dilution and multilateral mechanisms to ensure iaea compliance you know and the ayatollah said all right what do we got what do we got what we got
um they want to develop condominiums in tehran and they're hoping that we can fast track in 87 stories by the way this is like a hypothetical thing this isn't like a satirical thing this is something that actually happened like because this was something that was buried at the bottom of one of these new york times stories about the previous negotiations when they're like
about to get done folks this is it it's really going to happen this time you know lucy with the football yet again and there was a quote i pulled it up right here where it said steve whitcoff and jared kushner who have been integral uh well i put this part who have been integral to the failed negotiations in the iran war have quote suggested promoting real estate projects in tehran and an investment fund in the event that a deal is reached so
that's their concern and so think about the room right you got all these experts nuclear experts scientists some of the most brilliant minds in the world that iranian has right which is to speak about this issue and then you have a bunch of real estate developers who want to develop properties and lands and condos and hotels and and and they're asking the most basic of questions that's making the iranian negotiators and the mediators going what the are these people saying
You know, and it's like, yeah, you know, it's like and Trump and Wyckoff, I mean, they think they're strong arm real estate tactics from, you know, from Manhattan and Queens is going to like, you know, somehow persuade the Ayatollah. Come on, man. Come on, Ayatollah. I scratch your back. You scratch my back, Ayatollah. Don't make me bring in.
Don't make me bring in Johnny from the Bronx, Ayatollah. You know what I'm going to do to you, Ayatollah. You know, and they're like, what? These are a deranged group of people. And I'm referring to the Trump negotiating team. They're all crazier than the next. And they make the freaking Iranian regime negotiating team look like a very professional crew.
And by the way, Tony, you know who's praising the Iranian team as like, okay, these are professional, highly... Trump, Trump today, let me just give you the quick sequence of events right here because...
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Chapter 6: What are the protests in Albania about regarding Ivanka and Jared?
As Brett says, Ben, what you were saying, you were not making that up to be funny. I mean, maybe my tone and cadence reflected a sarcasm, but I was actually channeling what the actual discussions were. And so today you have Iran and Russia announce a $28 billion nuclear agreement, where they're going to work on developing Iran's nuclear capabilities.
So what more of a furtive, aggressive move can you make? If you're Putin in Iran, when Donald Trump's like, we're going to get rid of the dust, and then Putin's like, okay, I raise you your dust, and I'm going to give $28 billion commitments to Iran to develop their nuclear material and to develop their nuclear capabilities. Now, whether that's a bluff or real, they announced that, okay?
Pretty freaking aggressive, right? On the other hand, Donald Trump announced today that he's afraid to give Tomahawk missiles to Germany who were promised these Tomahawk missiles because he was scared that that may trigger Putin who may be thinking that that's a way to escalate in Ukraine. So I'm just trying to understand this.
So Putin's not afraid to announce a $28 billion nuclear agreement with Iran, but Trump is afraid to give Tomahawk missiles to Germany, who's buying it with money from American military companies for defensive purposes. So do we see what's going on right there?
we have donald trump do this weird oval office presser which i told you what it was about earlier it was over you activating the defense production act to lean in on and invest more in open up coal plants which were closed for reasons um while shutting down green new energy projects okay which are good for the economy and good for the environment but at this donald trump said
the ayatollah has a great reputation here watch donald trump's he's got a good reputation in some circles actually here play this clip person but with that being said he's probably a professor i don't know he's probably a professional in some circles he has a very good reputation actually you know sometimes some people say bad but a lot of people say bad about me it's totally false of course so
You know, it's like stupid Tony Soprano over there, right? It's like a stupid mob. It's like the dumbest mob. You know, you got like, what's it called? I was gonna say the three stooges, but you got like the eight stooges behind them, you know, and you've got like the lieutenants. I mean, just look at the people behind him. You know, he's got a very good reputation. I hear the Ayatollah.
I know some things about the Ayatollah. Now, I'm not saying I want to meet the Ayatollah, but if I was to meet the Ayatollah, I would tell the Ayatollah, look, I respect you, my man, okay? I mean, it is the dumbest version of Sopranos meets Ayatollah.
i i can't even think of the fictitious meets veep meets game of thrones meets the dumbest thing imaginable you know while donald trump's falling he's got the crew just imagine this crew right here this one just imagine them wearing adidas jumpsuits right there basically right and then donald trump's like i don't want to meet the ayatollah but if i didn't want to meet him i'd be honored to meet him i would tell you ayatollah it's an honor it's an honor okay here play this clip
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Chapter 7: How are Trump's cabinet officials responding to congressional hearings?
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Chapter 8: What key points were raised during the congressional hearings?
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Why don't we go back to the Oval Office, though, just for one more moment over here. And I know, Brett, you showed the video. Do we have ā you showed the photo. Do we have video of Donald Trump actually sleeping there? Yeah, you can see it there. And then each thing he said was kind of more deranged than the next at this press conference. Why don't we show you where ā
When he was actually saying things, he didn't realize that. He's like, where's Chris? Like Chris Wright was like right behind him. Do we have that video where he's like, where's Chris? And it's like, right there, man. He's right behind you. He's the energy secretary.
Better man than me for that one. Not in all ways you feel that, but in one way. In energy, you do. And that was Chris, right? Where's Chris? Right here. Right behind you.
He's a hard one to find. What do you mean he's a hard one to find? He's right behind you. Then he starts saying things like, nobody's allowed to fix their car anymore, or like I saved people who couldn't fix their cars, and now you can fix cars again. I truly don't even know what's going on in this guy's mind. Here, let's play it.
And the job he's done is great. We had the auto industry in yesterday. They don't want people to fix their car. I said, that's strange. I'd never heard of that. They have a thing to nobody's allowed to fix their car. They gave a man seven years in jail, actually, because he fixed his own car. So I thought we'd do something about that. But we'll get we'll get it all straight going.
Can you believe it? They want a bill that prohibits people from fixing. So if you're mechanically inclined, you know, I grew up, I went to school with some guys. They will.
Okay, then he talks about the Giants' quarterback again, Jackson Dart, who introduced him at that weird MAGA event. And he got a lot of backlash from other NFL players for doing it. And here's what Trump has to say about Jackson Dart. Let's play it.
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