Tuesday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 4/14/26
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What breaking news updates does Ben Meiselas provide today?
Welcome to Ben on Breaking News. I'm Ben Mycelis, and this is your Breaking News. You have Donald Trump saying that he expects there to be additional negotiations with Iran fairly soon. He says that they'd likely take place in Pakistan. Again, from all reports, we're hearing that the Trump regime is accepting the idea that Iran will get to enrich uranium. It's just a matter of when they will get to enrich uranium again.
What are Donald Trump's latest negotiations with Iran?
Apparently, the Trump regime is okay with a 20-year period where Iran can enrich uranium. Iran is saying that they want to be able to enrich uranium in about five years. But notably, I don't even think the Trump regime is talking anymore about any of these other terms. I think they basically accepted Iran's control over its stockpile of ballistic missiles, of the Shahid drones. of the FPV drones. In some sort or fashion, Iran will now control the Strait of Hormuz. All the Trump regime is saying is that they want to be able to control it on a joint venture basis with Iran as well. so i think recognizing that this iranian regime will have a lot more power iran is saying that they need 260 billion dollars in reparations right now from the arab neighbor nations and they're expecting that that take place as well there were some ideas being floated around about
negotiations taking place in riyadh saudi arabia or geneva and iran said absolutely not if we do another round it's going to be taking place in pakistan which trump assented to basically uh right away and so i think when we talk about this kind of total capitulation if you will by the Trump regime to the demands of Iran. That seems to be where this is headed. I think you can contextualize it with how Donald Trump dealt with Kim Jong-un of North Korea. And I just think we shouldn't forget that Kim Jong-un right now of North Korea has nukes Trump allowed him to get nuclear weapons. I'm not sure if he even knew this, but Kim Jong-un has been doing missile tests pretty much every day for the past several months.
And big missile tests took place over the past 24 to 48 hours as he brags about having nukes. We are a nuclear power in North Korea. The world understands that. Kim Jong-un says that. And he's also bringing up his daughter and his family as the next wave of leadership there in North Korea. I just reflect on former President Obama's presidency, where it was viewed as the ultimate sign of weakness, right, as how the media reported things. Anytime Kim Jong-un would do a missile test, How can Obama let a missile test happen? How dare he let a missile test happen?
How is Iran's nuclear enrichment being discussed in the current political climate?
Or you remember under Biden administration, there were weather balloons overhead and it was like, you're letting Chinese weather balloons get near the United States. Then it turned out that these weather balloons frequently took place under the first Trump administration and the Trump regime then just basically ignored it and covered it up and pretended it wasn't happening. But Biden was transparent and actually took action against it. And so what did Donald Trump do to Kim Jong-un? What would the great deal maker do? Kim Jong-un got nuclear weapons. Kim Jong-un got everything he wanted. And now he just does ballistic missile tests and is stronger than ever. And Donald Trump got love letters from Kim Jong-un and totally played.
That was the excursion there. And now the media doesn't even talk about it, right? When Kim Jong-un does ballistic missile tests, it's not even like really even discussed or talked about. So it seems where Donald Trump is landing this ship, if you will, if you want to call it landing or crashing this plane, if you will, is, you know, Iran now emerges as a world power. Right. Iran stronger than ever right now. They, in some form or fashion, control the Strait of Hormuz. And all of the neighbors realize that at any point in time, if Iran views their conduct as falling out of line, Iran can just close the Strait of Hormuz. And through proxy groups like the Houthis, Iran also controls the Red Sea and the straight right there over there, but just haven't even decided to use that card yet.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What breaking news updates does Ben Meiselas provide today?
0:01–0:30
2
What are Donald Trump's latest negotiations with Iran?
0:30–3:07
3
How is Iran's nuclear enrichment being discussed in the current political climate?
3:07–12:04
4
What comparisons are made between Trump and Kim Jong-un?
12:04–27:11
5
How is the U.S. media responding to international events?
27:11–52:51
6
What is the significance of the recent political changes in Canada and Hungary?
52:51–58:04