Rep. Gomez Discusses Trump's Disastrous War in Iran

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What recent events have escalated the US-Iran conflict?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
Donald Trump is panicking as his unlawful war against Iran is spiraling out of control. Folks, we just learned from US Central Command that they are aware of a loss of a US KC-135 refueling aircraft. The incident occurred. in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury. Rescue efforts are ongoing.

What details are known about the downed US KC-135 aircraft?

Ben Meiselas 0:21
In the KC-135s, there are six crew, and as of this recording, those six crew are still missing. There were two aircraft involved in this incident. The other aircraft was another KC-135, which was able to land safely. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq. The second landed safely. According to U.S. Central Command, which unfortunately does lie about a lot right now under the Trump regime, this was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire. We will keep you posted there. At the same time, drone attacks from Iran have now struck a French base, a joint Peshmerga France base in the Makhmur region in northern Iraq. This is according to a statement from the Erbil governor. Based on what just took place, we have video of it as well, of these Iranian drones hitting a French military base near Erbil Airport in Iraq.
Ben Meiselas 1:26
This injured six French soldiers. So I believe there are six American crew that are missing from the KC-135. Six French soldiers have been injured as this war is expanding rapidly. And we're learning that one of the main beneficiaries of this is Vladimir Putin, who's basically making hundreds of millions of dollars every day right now from selling oil. Should also be noted that the Strait of Hormuz, while closed by Iran, remains open, though, to Iran and China. Donald Trump is is panicking, according to multiple sources from NBC and elsewhere, that the market is turning against him and that high gasoline prices pose a political danger to him. You think so, Donald Trump's posting. Where's the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome too late Powell today?
Ben Meiselas 2:18
He should be dropping interest rates right now immediately, not wait for the next meeting, Donald J. Trump. Well, inflation is surging. So I think your ability to drop interest rates right now would probably be one of the most disastrous things. Everything this guy does is the most disastrous thing ever. And now you have Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. He's been giving interviews saying, we need an international coalition to protect ships in the Strait of Hormuz. America doesn't have the capabilities to do it alone. Well, as we wrote on the Midas Touch Network, guess the America alone strategy isn't working out too well right now. Should also be noted, Donald Trump is panicking right now as Gulf states, with all of this going on, are having very serious discussions about engaging in new regional security arrangements, not with the United States, but with Iran.
Ben Meiselas 3:11
as they do not believe that the US is able to protect them anymore and that this US-Israeli war has brought instability to the region and that Donald Trump doesn't know what he's doing. Reuters reporting that, yes, US ignites this Iran war, but the Gulf Arab states pay the price. We know they've been doing all of these quid pro quo deals with Donald Trump, believing that they would get protection if they put money into this Trump company or that Trump company or Trump's ridiculous Board of Peace thing that he was doing. But actually, Donald Trump has demonstrated that even with the most powerful military ever and unprepared military, of idiotic person like donald trump who went into this thing without congressional authorization does not know what he's doing and exposes the limits of u.s security guarantees i mean we have a reshaping of a world order taking place right now and donald trump still thinks that vladimir putin is his friend he's meeting with yushikov and dimitriov in miami with his special envoys
Ben Meiselas 4:19
Russia is out there supporting Iran against the United States as China is supporting Iran against the United States. Trump is praising Xi Jinping right now as Donald Trump's praising Pakistan. Pakistan saying they stand in solidarity with Iran. I mean, you have a statement from Modi in India.

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