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Trump Panics as Nuke Site Targeted!!!

20 May 2026

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Chapter 1: Why is Donald Trump panicking about Iran's nuclear site?

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Donald Trump is panicking as Iran is preparing its nuclear site in Isfahan. Iran is preparing for an imminent joint US-Israeli invasion of the Isfahan facility. Iranian state media announced that Isfahan would be undergoing, quote, controlled explosions in the northern area. This is like the main nuclear site in Iran that was targeted back last June in Operation Midnight Hammer.

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The Trump regime plotting Operation Sledgehammer is what they're calling it. And the Iranian regime is preparing itself to protect this Isfahan nuclear facility. And they are doing these coordinated detonations as well that if

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Chapter 2: What preparations is Iran making for a potential invasion?

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the United States and Israeli troops enter, they will blow up the entire area and that could cause massive nuclear fallout as well. This comes at the same time that an Israeli TV channel just in the past 24 hours, their channel 14, which is their right wing channel,

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think they're fox news that's how i think about it um they just leaked information about this joint israeli u.s invasion of the isfahan site and uh this passed the israeli military censors and this caused kind of massive panic in israel because i think this thing was planned to be pretty imminently executed.

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And so there was this emergency session that just took place in the Knesset Foreign Affairs Defense Committee. And they were like, what in the world is going on right now? How did this information leak? And according to the plans that leaked to Channel 14,

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Chapter 3: How does Iranian media report on the Isfahan nuclear site?

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that there was going to be this potential deception strategies including ground invasion, landing on Isfahan. There's apparently already been these joint drills that have been conducted between the United States and Israel. Pilots are working as well with these teams to work to extract the enriched uranium

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material that's there this also is in line with what we're hearing in the latest wall street journal report that upwards of 1 000 personnel could be required on site to secure the isfahan facility dig through rubble for near weapons grade nuclear material amid Iranian missile and drone fire.

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And so I believe that these coordinated detonations that we're seeing at this nuclear site right now are preparing for precisely that right now, this invasion which could happen any moment right now.

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And right now, this is what will happen, when Americans and Israeli fighters jet bombed these nuclear sites, the regime was believed to have had some 440 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, a short step away from weapons-grade material. That's enough for an estimated 10 nuclear bombs. Another almost 200 kilograms at 20% enriched. We're also believed to be in the regime's possession.

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Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched. And Iran's saying, look, we were always going to use this for civilian purposes only, but now we're seeing as Donald Trump allowed Kim Jong-un to get nuclear weapons and everyone leaves them alone, why wouldn't we get nuclear weapons as well? With all of this happening right now, Khan news out of Israel and Channel 12.

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They're announcing that Israel has assessed that Donald Trump has decided to attack Iran. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when, with joint U.S.-Israeli preparations fully complete. You see how all of this is kind of all lining up together right now. Israel is now on its highest alert since this fake ceasefire started and says it must strike first or risk a preemptive Iranian attack.

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We're back

Chapter 4: What implications does Operation Sledgehammer have?

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to that. We must strike first or we will get a preemptive attack by Iran. We must strike you before you strike us. And then we will say we all needed to destroy you in the first place. I mean, they're literally doing the same shtick again. Israel held a five-hour security meeting last night with IDF chief and Air Force commanders, and Netanyahu requested to cancel

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his court testimony which is now today so that gets cancelled because of the security developments you know he's in a criminal trial this guy in addition to his war crimes in gaza and elsewhere he's a criminal um and in my opinion of course and he's being tried for his crimes And he always uses this as an excuse to delay his criminal trial. Sound familiar?

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So at the same time that's happening, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and CENTCOM Commander, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Cain and CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper, they landed at the U.S. CENTCOM headquarters in Florida. This follows Brad Cooper's disastrous appearance before the House of Representatives. Remember that horrible appearance he did yesterday that I covered?

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You know, as they're preparing, it seems, you know, to do this mission, which I think would be absolutely a catastrophic mission in Iran's nuclear site and then potentially also in Karg Island as well. I think things are going to escalate very, very, very quickly. Here's what the Iranian social media accounts are posting, quote, For us, surrender means nothing. We either win or we martyr.

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Literally, this means being epic, not that so-called epic fury which cowardly murdered schoolgirls in Manab. Also, in response to Donald Trump previously saying earlier this week, serious negotiations are taking place and we're We've heard from Qatar and we've heard from UAE and Saudi Arabia. And they're telling me we've made really good progress on negotiations with Iran.

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We're very close to making a deal. The Iranian social media accounts are saying, cool story. Your threats are older than your hairs. But let us remind that we don't negotiate with tweets. Try us and the result will be the same or worse.

Chapter 5: How is Israel responding to the threat of an Iranian attack?

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Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Gharabadi, writes, America says it has temporarily halted its attack on Iran to give negotiations a chance, but at the same time, it speaks of readiness for a massive assault at any moment. This means calling threat by the name of opportunity for peace.

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Iran, united and resolutely, is prepared to confront any military aggression. For us, surrender holds no meaning. We either triumph or become martyrs. As martyr Rajab Beghi said, "...we are a great nation, engraved our name in history, from among all colors we have chosen red, and from among all deaths we have chosen martyrdom." That's what they're saying in Iran right now.

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You also have their National Security Council, one of their National Security Council top advisors, Abraham Azizi, say Trump's hesitation for a new adventurous action is solely due to his fear of the decisive response from the armed forces and the unity of the Iranian people.

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it is clear that he does not attach any value to the mediation of the leaders of the persian gulf countries now we've been reporting here on the midas touch network over the past week particularly how we always know there wasn't really a ceasefire but we've been pointing to as well these explosions in the united arab emirates nuclear plant purported drone strikes in saudi arabia an israeli nuclear facility exploding with a giant mushroom cloud there

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An MQ-9 Reaper drone belonging to the United States being shot down. Iran being able to detect lots of U.S. planes over Qeshm Island. Reports that the U.S. was actually stunned about Iran's ability to detect these U.S. planes and potentially shoot them down. The pressure being applied by Arab nations on Donald Trump that

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You better be prepared to protect us if you and Netanyahu do this again, because otherwise we're not going to let you use our air bases and our airspace. So you have all of that taking place at the same time right now. And by the way, it's barely getting any coverage anywhere at all. And it's not a coincidence that Putin is with Xi Jinping right now. why Donald Trump shows up, Xi Jinping.

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Xi Jinping gets the information from Donald Trump. Putin shows up, where they basically plan together and sign actual documents regarding their alliance, while Donald Trump gets played. I think Donald Trump begged Xi Jinping, is there anything we can do with the ICC, the International Criminal Court? Like, could we destroy it together, me, you, and Putin? Could we be a team?

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Donald, Xi Jinping and Putin do not like you. They're not your friends. Your friends were NATO. You had allies in Asia and you threw them all away. And you have now turned America first into America alone. Oh, yeah, Donald, guess what? Putin got the same, if not a better greeting than you did. He had the kids jumping up and down.

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It's the same show that Xi Jinping puts on for lots of world leaders. And Putin got a better one than you did. Wang Yi. Wang Yi, Donald, was the person who met Putin when he allowed the foreign minister. You didn't get the foreign minister to meet you. You got like a retired vice president who showed up and met you. As I noted earlier, Iran is very much focused on Isfahan. They're prepared.

Chapter 6: What are the details of the leaked Israeli invasion plans?

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It's one of the reasons why the Knesset held this emergency meeting because, you know, their version of Fox News, their Channel 14, like leaked the plan and Iran knows it's coming. Iran is activating its defense systems, its air defense systems in and around Isfahan. They're ready to go. And they're saying that the same way they activated air defense around Keshem, they are prepared.

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We've learned from the mediators who have been involved in these discussions between the United States and Iran that no progress is being made. What Iran wants is an end to hostilities, financial relief, and they still want some role in the Strait of Hormuz. And they're rejecting the U.S.

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demands because they said, hey, the only reason that there's a ceasefire is because Donald Trump said that he was going to blow us all up. He backed down. He caved when he said, I'm going to blow you up into the Stone Age and blow up all of your bridges. You know, he threatened all of that. And then he announced the ceasefire, agreeing to the 10-point framework of Iran.

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And then he didn't want to abide by it. And then he keeps on making up fake deals. Fake deal this. Iran's agreed to this. Iran's agreed to that. And Iran's like, we're not agreeing to any of this. We've always been saying for months now what our negotiating framework is. We control the Strait of Hormuz. We don't give up our missiles. You give us reparations.

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Security guarantees for us and Hezbollah and the Houthis and our militia groups in Iraq. We want all sanctions removed. Agree to all of that, and then we can have discussions. They've been at least consistent with saying that over and over again.

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And so there was this moment yesterday where we had Democratic Congress member Adam Smith, who's the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and he was examining Assistant Defense Secretary Zimmerman. And Smith, Democratic Congressman Smith is like, why is it your, is this like a strategy where you all just make up fake deals with Iran that aren't happening?

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Like, don't you think this makes us look like clowns when you keep announcing fake deals with Iran? Like, don't you think that this is not helpful? Like, because Iran doesn't agree to these things. And then it just shows that we're a bunch of losers. Like, don't you think so? And then you had this, you know, idiot guy, this defense secretary Zimmerman, this MAGA, Hack.

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He's like, Donald Trump is taking the initiative. This is how we do it. What are you talking about, man? You just seem like a loser. Why are you making up fake deals? when it's not happening? Don't you realize that shows complete and utter weakness? Here, I'll play this clip.

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Mr. Zimmerman, can you explain to me how it works, why it is considered to be intelligent for the president day after day after day to keep saying that Iran has agreed to things that very clearly they have not agreed to, which then becomes obvious to the entire world within some 24 to 48-hour time period. Help me out here.

Chapter 7: How much enriched uranium does Iran possess?

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That's your basic question. Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Has Iran given up their nuclear weapons?

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888.566 - 895.815 General Keene

The Strait of Hormuz is a complex situation right now where you have a severely degraded foe.

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I hope you look back at this and understand how bad this is making you look. I mean, look, you can answer the question. You can challenge me in a thousand different ways. But to just pretend that reality isn't reality and say it over and over again in a public hearing. I'm sorry, that's not helping our credibility. Thank you for the indulgence, Mr. Chairman. I yield back.

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And then even, by the way, on Fox, our state regime media, our Channel 14, if you will, they're confirming basically that Tehran has taken the initiative in this war. Play this clip.

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But I think in the final analysis, I mean, what we're discussing here is breaking the will of your opponent. Iran is attacking the Gulf states because they want that pressure put on the administration to stop the war. They got a ceasefire out of it. And now they're extending the ceasefire some six weeks.

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And they're absolutely convinced if they string this out closer to the midterms and oil prices continue to rise as a result of it, that the president may just wash his hands of the whole thing and declare victory. That's kind of what their objective is here. And I understand that objective. And I think we have to see it for what it really is. War is fundamentally about breaking will here.

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And they want to break our will. And they use your public support as the vehicle to achieve that. Our adversaries, because we're an open democracy, while we're always at war with their militaries, are also always trying to break the will of the American people's support for that war. And that's the reality of the Iranians. There's certainly no exception to that.

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Yeah, that was General Keene. It's one of Fox's, you know, hosts who's, you know, pretty much a pro MAGA guy. You then had U.S. Colonel Mike Jennergan. Same thing. Listen to what he has to say. Play this clip.

1005.14 - 1022.676 Colonel Mike Jernigan

And one last one for you, kind of adjacent topic. Iran reportedly activated its air defense systems on Kashim Island near the Strait of Hormuz last night. And state media are reporting the Revolutionary Guard heard explosions and saw drones flying. What do you make of it?

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