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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Trump Panics as Hormuz Is Closed

20 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: Why is Donald Trump panicking over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz?

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Donald Trump has been panicking all morning as the Strait of Hormuz is now closed. The IRGC Navy, Iran's top military command, has announced they are hereby closing the Strait of Hormuz as a result. of the United States and Israel's breach of the memorandum of understanding that was signed this past week by Donald Trump at Versailles. Israel has continued to escalate its attacks on Lebanon.

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Last night, another 20 or so people in Lebanon have been killed.

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Chapter 2: What prompted Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz?

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That death toll continues to mount. Two days ago, Israel killed around 50 people in Lebanon. Southern Lebanon has been attacked relentlessly by Israel. Clause 1 of the Memorandum of Understanding very clearly says a complete and total ceasefire, which includes a cessation of Israel attacking Lebanon.

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I'm going to play for you in just a moment what the IRGC-NAVA, the SEPA Navy, just broadcasted as they closed down the Strait of Hormuz. But here is what Donald Trump is posting right now with all of this going on, with this potentially creating even more economic calamity. Here's what Donald Trump writes. Poll. Which do you prefer? Dumbocrat or Dumbocrat?

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In one case, you simply exchange the E for U. So simple and precise. Many people don't know or assume that dumb ends in B. In the other case, you spell out dumb, but it seems to be losing some of the identity to Democrats when done this way. Which is better? Or he posts this.

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Funny how the Democrats like to say that Iran is in a stronger position today than they were three months ago, despite the fact that they had been defeated militarily with no Navy or Air Force. That's why I call them the Democrats, DJT. Let's play the audio of the SEPA Navy, the IRGC Navy, closing down the Strait of Hormuz, the Navy that Donald Trump says doesn't exist.

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Let's play this clip right now as the Strait of Hormuz has been closed. Let's play it.

Chapter 3: How has Israel's military action affected Lebanon?

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This is the 4th Navy, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard 4th Navy, due to the current of the failure of an army. and the violation of the U.S. commitments regarding the ceasefire. The State of Hormuz is closed to all vessels again. It is emphasized that the State of Hormuz is closed. All vessels are ordered to not approach

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Now, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said the following, the first clause of the Memorandum of Understanding, namely ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, is the most important pillar of mutual commitments. While Iran has remained committed to its obligation, the other side was required to compel the Zionist regime to cease fire in Lebanon.

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By failing to do so, it has explicitly violated the agreement, although steps have been taken. Regarding the end of the naval blockade and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, this memorandum constitutes a single package.

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A violation of the first clause calls the entire agreement into question, and unless the other side immediately takes the necessary measures, the memorandum as a whole faces serious difficulties."

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One of the things we also knew as well that was taking place, there was an uptick in the number of tankers sailing through the strait in both directions Thursday, but traffic pretty much dwindled on Friday as Israel escalated in Lebanon even more. Ships attempting to pass through the waterway said they were turned back by the Iranian Navy, the Wall Street Journal reports. Iran's Navy?

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I thought Donald Trump said they didn't exist and there are apocalyptic scenes right now out of southern Lebanon. But what's Donald Trump posting about this morning? Posts about Dr. Fauci. Biden administration buried a whistleblower complaint alleging Fauci lied to Congress during the pandemic.

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You're still attacking Dr. Fauci, a career public servant who dedicated his life to helping the American people. That's what you're doing right now as the Strait of Hormuz is closed and as the American people are suffering. Or here's what Donald Trump posted this morning.

Chapter 4: What does the Memorandum of Understanding entail for Israel and Iran?

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney asked over and over for a picture with me during the G7 meeting in France. By the way, yesterday, Donald Trump called Italian press to try to mock Giorgia Maloney. And then she came out with a video in response saying, I really don't understand why you behave this way. Like, why do you attack allies? It makes no sense to any of us.

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why this is the behavior of the president of the United States. It's just so unbecoming of the United States and like why you treat countries that are supposed to be your friends like this. We don't understand. So this is what Donald Trump's posting this morning. While Australia, her moves has now been closed. He then says about Georgia Maloney, she's doing poorly in Italy.

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with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing nuclear weapon. But so did NATO, for that matter. She wouldn't even let us use Italy's landing strips or runways, a great logistical inconvenience. And this despite the fact that the U.S.

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contributes hundreds of billions of dollars a year to protect Italy and other so-called NATO allies. Now, after the United States defeated Iran militarily, she wants to be friends again in order to get her numbers up? No thanks, DJT. Donald Trump's approval in Italy is less than 8%. Let me repeat that. Donald Trump's approval in Italy is less than 8%.

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Donald Trump attacking Georgia Maloney like this actually helps Georgia Maloney. And Georgia Maloney is a fairly far right-wing politician.

Chapter 5: What statements has Donald Trump made regarding the situation?

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And naturally, Donald Trump... should be more allied with someone like Georgia Maloney, but because Donald Trump hates women, hates NATO, hates anybody other than Putin and Xi Jinping, this is how this despicable, vile piece of trash behaves. Georgia Maloney responds, President Trump, these constant unprovoked attacks are senseless.

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As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you. My popularity depends on my ability to defend Italy's national interests, and that is exactly what I have always done. That is also what I did regarding the American military bases in Italy, their uses governed by agreements.

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that we have always respected, and that cannot be violated as long as I am prime minister. Italy remains a sovereign nation. In any case, my popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours. And you can tell that Donald Trump is panicking behind the scenes because he has CENTCOM, which has turned into a propaganda arm for the regime, is now posting things like this. And CENTCOM

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has completely and utterly lost all credibility in this war. They would just make some of the most basic and blatant lies. Remember, they'd be like, Kuwait was not hit with any Iranian drones and you would like see Kuwait get hit. Bahrain was never hit. You would like see it get hit. You're like, okay, CENTCOM is just like, it's just become like a Trump truth social account.

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So now they know with the Strait of Hormuz closed that the economy is going to further tank and the markets are going to crash, right? And that oil is about to surge again after oil prices started coming down. And we're about to hit tank bottom. So what do you do if you're a Bernie Madoff on steroids, on nuclear steroids fraud?

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I mean, like Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme is nothing what Donald Trump and Lutnick and Besant and CENTCOM are doing in the United States. So what do you do? You put out a statement just like this, right? Commercial vessel flows through open Strait of Hormuz. This is a message to the oil industry and the stock market for manipulation right here. This is what CENTCOM posts.

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Commercial ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz increased on June 20th as U.S. forces continued operating in the general area to support freedom of navigation. Safe passage through international waterway remained intact today as 55 merchant ships transited, moving large amounts of cargo and more than 17 million barrels of oil to the global markets.

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By the way, how much of that oil is Iranian oil going through the Iranian corridor? with the blockade being lifted and not these commercial ships. And also, they're just blatantly lying. More posts about Donald Trump, radical left fools, Democrats, Obama just kept giving them billions in cash.

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Now, Donald Trump wants to just overwhelm us all with this chaos, with this tyranny, with this propaganda, with this lies. Repeat a big lie over and over again. Goebbels said that. over and over and over again and just flood the zone.

Chapter 6: What is the significance of the IRGC Navy's announcement?

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Here, play this clip. So do you have any immediate plans to join Jared and Steve?

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645.82 - 664.876 JD Vance

Yeah, I expect that I will leave sometime the next couple of days. But, you know, it's always a delicate coordination dance and the diplomatic protocols. I got to be honest with you, I don't really understand these things. I've never been particularly into diplomatic protocols. My attitude is let's get on the ground and actually fix these problems. But they want to do a delicate dance.

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664.936 - 675.625 JD Vance

The Qataris and the Pakistanis want to make sure that we do this in the right way. So I'm trying to be respectful. Given my position of the last year and a half, I have to care about diplomatic protocols all of a sudden.

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More from JD Vance right here who claims the Straits are open and things are going amazing. Let's play it.

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681.534 - 697.352 JD Vance

Jared and Steve have been on the ground now for a few hours dealing with some of the technical elements of this negotiation. As you guys know, one of the things the president has set us out to do as a high priority is to open the Straits. That's now happened. We actually got 16 million barrels of oil out of the Straits.

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And then his message to the Christians in Lebanon being killed right now by Israel. It's... just think about Jesus, just Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, and then you'll be good. Here, play this clip.

710.329 - 726.553 JD Vance

Well, I would just say that to those Christians in Lebanon, keep your faith in Jesus Christ and know that you have a lot of good friends in the United States government who are trying to promote peace in the region. You know, the fundamental problem for those Christians or the reason that those Christians face such violence

726.533 - 740.671 JD Vance

is because you have Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that has effectively taken up shop in Lebanon, sometimes they're firing at the Israelis. Of course, that means the Israelis are going to respond in self-defense. And so there's this constant slow burn of conflict.

741.071 - 755.089 JD Vance

It's actually gotten a lot better, Rachel, over the last couple of weeks, thanks to the work of the president, of Secretary Rubio, and of a whole lot of others in the administration. But sometimes peace takes a little bit of time to really take root.

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