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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Trump Panics as Iran Traps Him

09 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: How is Trump being pressured by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz?

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Donald Trump is spiraling out of control this morning as Iran continues to put the screws in him as they push forward with their 10-point negotiating framework and hold Donald Trump to it by closing the Strait of Hormuz until Donald Trump agrees that the framework that Trump agreed to is the actual framework.

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And we're seeing right now the oil markets reacting to the real situation on the ground, not Donald Trump's lies and fraud. And once again, a per barrel of oil has exceeded $100, and the market is recognizing

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that not only was this a taco a trump always chickens out but a total capitulation a total surrender by donald trump and the united states to iran's 10-point framework where iran got everything they wanted enriching uranium control over the strait of hormuz america has to leave its military bases in the middle east full reparations to iran

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and Iran right now is using the Strait of Hormuz as its leverage to enforce those ten point terms. And they're saying, you know, good luck if you don't agree with those ten point terms, we're going to control the Strait of Hormuz for a long time. Donald Trump is posting the following this morning. None of these pieces. Donald Trump is lashing out at Europe and NATO right now.

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That's Donald Trump's response. None of these people, including our own very disappointing NATO, understood anything unless they have pressure placed upon them! And then he posts a bizarre AI image of himself and Dana White. in front of the White House with weird lightning bolts. Because one of the things that Donald Trump is very excited about is bringing the UFC to Washington, D.C.

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And that's what Donald Trump really wants to focus on as he destroys American power abroad. Bring the UFC to Washington, D.C. That's what the American people want. No, the American people want health care. The American people want to be able to afford homes. American people don't want these wars. American people want you to release the Epstein files.

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American people just want to live their lives with normalcy without you destroying it every day. This is Justin from a strategic advisor to Iran's parliament speaker, MB Ghalibaf. His name is Mahdi Mohammadi, and here's what he writes. Only a limited number of hours remain without the complete restraint of America's dogs in Lebanon.

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There will be no ceasefire or negotiations and the missiles are ready to fly. The equation of shared destiny among the components of the resistance access as part of the new regional order following Iran's victory must be solidified, if possible with kind words, otherwise with war.

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In other words, treat us nicely, Donald, and say nice things about us because we won this war and that's how we're viewing it in Iran. That's how they view it in Iran. I don't know how else you could view it any other way, considering Donald Trump agreed to all 10 of Iran's 10-point framework, which was basically surrender by Donald Trump.

Chapter 2: What are the implications of Iran's 10-point negotiating framework?

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And it was like New York Times is reporting the U.S. literally wrote a social media post on X, which is formerly Twitter. I mean, how pathetic for the prime minister of Pakistan to post saying that negotiations were progressing well. And then the U.S. told Pakistan just take tell Iran that we agree with all 10 of their points.

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And that's ultimately what led to this fake ceasefire that we're in right now. You know, one of the things that Iran is saying is that, Donald, you violated multiple points of our 10-point plan. And clearly Lebanon and Hezbollah will read the 10 point plan. Let's make reading great again.

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It said in the 10 point plan that all of the proxy groups of Iran would get security guarantees, including in Lebanon. That means Hezbollah. Also, you know, Prime Minister Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, he also posted Lebanon is included when he announced a deal was made.

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And by the way, Iran clearly had Prime Minister Sharif of Pakistan post-Lebanon was included because they knew that what was going to happen right after this was announced was the United States and Israel or Israel would go and bomb Lebanon. And yesterday, what, 258 people in Lebanon were killed. It was the biggest massacre in Beirut since the, you know, in recent memory.

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I mean, close to 2,000 casualties, 258 dead, the suburbs of Beirut obliterated. Here you have the the parliament leader, MB Ghalibaf of Iran. Here's what he just posted moments ago. Lebanon and the entire resistance access as Iran's allies form an inseparable part of the ceasefire. Point one, 10-point proposal. He's citing the 10-point proposal.

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So when Donald Trump's out there saying there's lots of different lists that are circulating, we know the real list. No, the list is out there. We know the 10 points. I've been talking about it on the Midas Touch Network every day. And I've been talking about it for three weeks because it's always been out there. Point two, Prime Minister Sharif publicly and clearly stressed the Lebanon issue.

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There is no room for denial and backtracking. Three, ceasefire violations carry explicit costs. and strong responses. Extinguish the fire immediately. And strong is in all caps. Can I just say what a humiliating posture the United States is in right now?

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Where you have the parliament leader of Iran wagging his finger and accurately citing a document that the United States agreed to while Donald Trump saying, this guy doesn't know English. That's what J.D. Vance said. I don't think he knows English well. Just so you know what I'm saying, I showed you a clip of this. This is what the Trump regime is going with.

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There must have been a misunderstanding in the deal because Golubov, I don't think he knows English all that well.

Chapter 3: How is Trump responding to NATO and European allies?

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We know the 10-point plan. Here's what Golubov said. Here, play this clip.

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A lot of agreement. That's point number one. Point number two, to respond to each of those issues, and I read it very closely. Let me just say this. I actually wonder how good he is at understanding English, because there are things that he said that frankly didn't make sense in the context of the negotiations that we've had.

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But to address the three points, first of all, he talked about an attack that allegedly happened on Iran and how that was a violation of the ceasefire. Ceasefires are always messy. An hour after the president announced the ceasefire, the Iranians launch a bunch of missiles. Then the Israelis responded.

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Chapter 4: What are the consequences of Trump's agreement with Iran?

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cannot increase its true presence in the region on uranium enrichment. Iran remains committed strictly to the text of the exchanged agreement. That means they enrich uranium. That's what it said in the 10-point plan. Go back and read the 10-point plan. It says Iran gets to enrich uranium. That's what Trump agreed to. He agreed to it in public.

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There will be no return to the pre-war status quo is what the Iranian regime is saying. And in response to this, Trump goes, okay, time to attack Europe. The U.S. is increasing pressure on its European partners to commit military forces in the Strait of Hormuz.

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According to information obtained by Spiegel, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has informed European capitals that Donald Trump expects concrete commitments within the next few days for the deployment of warships or other military capabilities from Europe. Political pledges such as those made in the days since the start of the war are no longer sufficient.

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So Donald Trump is saying, send your ships to the Strait of Hormuz right now, or else the United States withdraws from NATO. That's how Donald Trump is reacting to all of this. Meanwhile, you have Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu saying, we, Israel, still have objectives to complete. We will achieve them either through agreement or by renewing the fight right now.

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Here on the home front, our GDP growth for fourth quarter has been revised down once again. So the fourth quarter 2025, it was 1.5%, then 0.7%. or 0.7%. Now it's 0.5% in its final revision downward. That was the quarter, remember, when Howard Lutnick, Trump's Commerce Secretary, and Scott Besson, the Treasury Secretary, said, things are going to be gangbusters, gangbusters. Here's NATO's

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Secretary General Mark Rutte, who's just been so weak. Here he is saying that a couple of countries are holding back on Ukraine's entry into NATO. One of them is the United States. So Donald Trump's attack right now after losing the war in Iran is to just continue to attack NATO. Here's Mark Rutte here, play this clip right here.

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The NATO summit in Washington, when NATO was celebrating the 75 years, there was an agreement on the irreversible path of Ukraine into NATO. But also the fact of the matter is that a couple of countries are holding back, including Germany and Slovakia, Hungary, the United States. So I don't think it is on the table right now.

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And so what's the response though from EU, France, UK, Spain, Italy, and Belgium?

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Well, they're calling right now to make sure that Lebanon is included in any ceasefire agreement as Dropsite reports a chorus of European voices pressing Israel to extend the US-Iran ceasefire to Lebanon where Israeli strikes have killed at least 256 people and wounded 1,100 people since the truce was announced on Tuesday. And as all of this is taking place, Donald Trump's focus

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