Thursday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 4/23/2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to Ben on Breaking News. I'm Ben Mycelis, and this is Breaking News. Let's get into it right away. Moments ago, Donald Trump held this disastrous Oval Office press conference. And during this press conference, that's what I was waiting for, just to see what was happening. The feed cuts out. Let me show you what happens. He's talking about the catastrophic war.
What was the outcome of Donald Trump's Oval Office press conference?
He's doing his typical lies. The feed cuts out. Watch what happens here. Play this clip.
Right after a military
He said, I could use a shit. And then the feed cuts out. I know if he's having a medical emergency over there, but he's saying that he could use a shit right now. And that's what's going on in the Oval Office. There was a press conference was supposed to be about lowering prescription drug prices. In a moment, I'll show you all of the lies that Donald Trump was saying about this catastrophic war in Iran and how it is quicker than he expected. And he already won. And he saved young girls. That's his new one. He created a completely fictitious story where he's saved eight young girls. I'm not sure if it's AI or just a made up story, but he's saved eight girls. He called up the Iranians and he said to them,
I need you to release the eight girls. And the Iranians picked up and said, no, we're not going to release it. And then Donald Trump said, I'm going to make your life a living hell. I'm going to blow up your bridges. I'm going to destroy your civilization. Release the eight young, beautiful little girls. Do you hear me? To which M.B. Goluboff and Oragchian, Pozeshkin, And the others in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said, OK, Donald, are you going to do another nasty social media post in all caps? And then Donald Trump's like, if you do not release those beautiful little girls, I am going to do a social media post. And it's going to be really mean. And there's going to be multiple exclamation points and lots of capitalized letters to which Rod said, please, please, this is getting serious.
Please don't do that. Yeah, it is serious. Release the pretty little girls now. Okay, okay, we're going to do it. But please don't do the post. You see what I did? I saved the little girls, everybody. I mean, I know that looks ridiculous. Psychotic. That's what Donald Trump continues to claim is happening. Oh, you know, let me explain.
What lies did Trump tell about the war in Iran?
And then he has state regime media, which calls itself Fox, like parrot these things. And you'll have like Jesse Waters do a segment. So why did Donald Trump agree to extend the ceasefire deadline? Let me explain to you what happened. You see, the Ayatollah is a gay man. A very gay man. And then the Ayatollah was told by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, you're a gay man and we're going to lock you up right now. We're doing a coup. So the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, of course, said, Ayatollah, you do not have negotiations with Donald Trump. You understand? And so Donald Trump's like, we're trying to make a deal. We're trying to make a deal. Who do we do it with? And the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's like, we're not going to do anything like that.
So Donald Trump said, what am I going to do here? Should I obliterate your civilization? And then the Islamic Revolutionary Guard was like, no, no, no, hold off. We're going to work with Asim Munir, the Pakistani field marshal, and we're going to figure this out. Can you give us an extension? And then the field marshal said, Donald, we need your help, OK? They've locked up the gay Ayatollah. I mean, by the way, if you're like, Ben, what the hell? That's literally what I'm just saying is the segment on Jesse Waters on like a Fox primetime show. I'm not being hyperbolic. He said those things. And then as a result, that is why Donald Trump gave Iran a ceasefire extension indefinitely. Trump said he was gonna obliterate the civilization, destroy everything, but that's what actually happened.
Like, do we all realize how freaking humiliating this is? I mean, we have literally a demented, psychotic, delusional thing in the Oval Office who's talking about taking shits in the Oval Office during press conference.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:22
2
What was the outcome of Donald Trump's Oval Office press conference?
0:22–2:29
3
What lies did Trump tell about the war in Iran?
2:29–9:24
4
What are the implications of Trump's claims about saving young girls?
9:24–10:09
5
Why did Trump extend the ceasefire deadline with Iran?
10:09–19:14
6
How is the situation in Iran affecting international relations?
19:14–31:33
7
What changes occurred in the U.S. Navy leadership during the crisis?
31:33–44:25
8
How does gerrymandering play a role in current political strategies?
44:25–1:02:45