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Trump Returns as Middle East Crisis Escalates

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump returning from his disastrous trip to Ireland as things instantly get even worse. Trump held a bizarre impromptu press conference before boarding Air Force One and continued ranting on the flight home, as the situation in the Middle East escalated further with another tanker strike, reported Houthi attacks on refineries, and growing concerns over Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure. Meiselas breaks down Trump's return to the White House and the rapidly deteriorating situation unfolding around him. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Donald Trump's return to Washington DC late last night was a complete disaster, no surprise there. After the Trump regime struck an Iranian cargo tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as predicted, Iran responded, striking another tanker in the Strait of Hormuz that was trying to use the US southern route by Oman. Iran was not having it. Also, we're now learning that the Saudi Arabian East West pipeline was damaged even worse than previously expected. We do indeed believe that in the next few days Saudi Arabia will essentially completely run out of oil going through that East West pipeline, not enough has been stored on the West Coast area. Also, the Houthis are continuing to strike refineries all throughout Saudi Arabia yesterday into the early morning hours. We're keeping an eye on that as well. While Donald Trump returned to the White House at around 10-12 PM, guess who was there by his side, the pool reporter described it as thus, Marine 1 was wheels

down at 10-08 PM. The beast and several other armored cars rolled up to greet it. Donald Trump climbed off the helicopter at 10-10, climbed into his limo, he was followed off Marine 1 by several aides including Natalie Harp. The motorcade rolled back to the White House at 10-12 PM. Donald Trump calling a lid with Natalie Harp and not before though he made a bunch of social media posts before it was lights out at the White House, posting about the drone port, more photos of his golf course in Ireland because the American people who are waking up to even higher gas and diesel prices, what they really wanted to see is all of Donald Trump's golf courses as he enriches himself more from the taxpayer dollars exactly what we wanted to see. His grift trip to Ireland to be at the Irish open where he be clowned himself in the United States. Yet again, Donald Trump does have a plan though when it comes to his catastrophic and unlawful war, whom I kidding he doesn't have a plan at all. It apparently includes though reposting

articles on his social media account like this, or Ron's not even close to winning the war from the epic times. That's the way you're going to win this catastrophic war that you shouldn't have been involved in all just post random op-eds from the epic times. More posts from Donald Trump, the spectacular ballroom is being built or he posts random photos of 8647. You see there is vandalism, 8647 here. That's what they're saying. Vandalism everybody or Donald Trump posting, the White House was in very bad condition both inside and out. Frankly, it was a dump. Past presidents did not take care of it, but I alone will fix it. What a demented lunatic by the way, as noted before. I mean, just take a look at these new high resolution satellite images of the East West pipeline you can see for yourself what it looks like. From Abkaiq to Yanbu, I mean this is how Saudi Arabia transfers. What is it around? 4% of the global supply of oil goes through that East West pipeline. What you think was going to happen,

Donald, when you put the blockade of Iran. You didn't think that maybe some of their allies like the Houthis or the Iraqi resistance would strike back or that Iran would strike back really. Did you see what happened at Bricks in New Delhi where Iran's foreign minister, Erragchi and Iran's president, Pzezhekian, were treated like absolute conquering heroes at the Bricks. You see this photo Donald being posted by the various Russian embassy accounts of Iran's leadership with all the Bricks leadership. They're taunting you. They're showing you how weak you've become. This is a direct message that they've posted on there that the Russian embassy is posting as Scott Bessensit economic D-Day. We're going to show Iran if you dare do business with Iran. We're coming after you. Well, all of the Bricks nations right there not only are doing business with Iran, they're leaning into doing more business with Iran recognizing that they are now

a regional, if not a global power. What was it? I think Grammys or what was the award ceremony? Was it the Oscars where it was like the photo of like Ellen and all those Hollywood people at the time? You remember that photo right there? Basically, you have the Russian embassy in China and Iran doing that version of a photo to Donald Trump while you have the Saudi East West pipeline burning while you have the Houthis taking control of Western Yemen and moving East while the Iran controls the straight of Hormuz while oil prices are absolutely surging right now. I mean, Brent crude is probably going to hit $120 a barrel in the next few days. It's already at $108 a barrel when I think more of the consequences of the Saudi East West pipeline are understood. That could go 120. That can go 150 soon. I think we're going to be thankful for the days where gas was five or six dollars a gallon. I think it's going to go much higher and that's not me being alarmist. It's what I've been warning about. Pay close attention to the salt caverns, the strategic

petroleum reserves here in the United States because I think there are massive ruptures and defects that are now existing in there and that we're going to see more issues as the salt caverns have been drained right here. Pay close attention folks. Before Donald Trump landed with Natalie Harp, completely demented appearance that he made aboard Air Force One, he talked about how he loves flock cameras. He loves flock cameras. He was asked about his use of AI. He says, I'm not going to tell you how I use AI. Although we do know one of the ways you use it apparently is to post-demanded memes in lieu of actually leadership. You post-demanded AI memes. But Donald Trump was asked, oh, what do you think about Kushner and Whitcoff? You like their negotiating? I think they're doing great. They're doing fantastic. Well, they're doing great and fantastic. I'd be clowning the United States and making us look like absolute jokes on the world stage by weakening us. I mean, the trip that Kushner and Whitcoff took to Moscow and Ukraine couldn't have been more embarrassing.

Donald Trump and continued to attack Zelensky and Ukraine. He says, the reason that diesel prices are going up, it's Zelensky's fault. You've got to stop striking the refineries in Russia's Zelensky. Hey, Donald, you promised you were going to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours after the 2024 election, which you never did. And now you're attacking Ukraine. I don't know, you're going to tell Russia stop invading or how you get you're just going to complete is Zelensky, your doctor Fauci is Canada, your doctor Fauci as you destroy the economy. Things were going to be so perfect, but then COVID hit things were going to be so perfect, but then Canada and Zelensky and the and the Democrats and this and that. They stole it from me. I had it all set up. We were bringing in trillions of dollars. We're not bringing in trillions of dollars. We want to talk facts. Our national debt has increased to over 40 trillion dollars because of you. You're responsible for over 30% of our national debt. Our deficit continues to increase. Treasury yields are through

the roof. Our treasury bond market is absolutely destroyed and ruined right now. It only getting worse as more countries are dumping their treasury bonds. The US has now viewed as a unpredictable corrupt developing nation. That's how the US has looked. And now you have new multilateral global order structures forming. You have Canada thinking about maybe taking on an associate member role in the European Union. You have the bricks block asserting itself. And we have idiot Donald Trump. You're running around talking about his love of flat cameras and telling a reporter an Ireland that he that she reminds him of. Shenato Conner and how cute she looks. I mean, he's saying that he believed that Melania was her spirit was there. Even though he said that first that she was there in Ireland, you got Donald Trump just making a fool of the Houthis called him. The Houthis talked to me. The Houthis spoke to me. Iran, they want to make a deal.

Iran, Canada, the Houthis are all calling me at once. He lumps them all together. They all want to do a deal with me. Everybody knows that you were just a demented lunatic. You are a sick a predator. It's just a horrible overall like human. Do not normalize this through any normal political lens. Ben, what's the best political messaging we can have? I don't know. Just we have a lunatic sex predator cover up of the Epstein file, racketeering enterprise in the White House. We have a lunatic who's behaving like a lunatic. Maybe start with that. I don't know. Let's we can start there. Of course, Donald Trump was asked to board Air Force one. Do you have concerns about Whitkopf and Kushner? Here's what he said. Let's play it. CIA director, Rackliff, is he going to be playing a greater role in the negotiations? He's doing great job. Rackliff is doing great job. Whitkopf and Kushner at all and their ability to say a little bit. Look at Gaza as an example. Look at the fact we get all the hostages back.

We got the hostages back. You know, people forget there's not a lot of fighting in Gaza. Hamas is now willing to give up their weapons. No, they've done an incredible job. Nobody could have done the job. He says he loves flat cameras. Let's play it. Speaking of AI, flat cameras, you haven't talked a lot about these flat cameras. A lot of law enforcement say they really help them. Would you be willing to back that? No, I sort of like them because of that, because of our enforcement, but some people know they think it's an infringement. He helped catch a lot of criminals. I like. He attacks Zelensky for the rising diesel. But it's not a Lensky's fault. That's when not Trump's fault. It's Zelensky's fault. Again, this is Donald Trump in his form, blaming people for his own disasters that he causes. Play this clip. Now, I think the way things are going now with Russia and Ukraine, which war do you think could end sooner? I have with Ukraine and Russia is that a lot of the diesel comes, diesel

comes and that's the one where there's a big up. It comes from Russia. The Russia's plans are being hit by Ukraine. I've asked President Zelensky not to hit the diesel plans, refineries. Is it potentially that Ukraine war could end? Is it potentially like, yes, diesel is being driven up by the fact that it's having a hard time coming out of Russia. That's the case that hurts the world. We got to stop. But of course, while Donald Trump loves attacking Zelensky, loves attacking Canada, won't attack China. Here he is attacking Canada. Let's play it. President, you talked a lot about what you're talking about. Hey, I talked a lot about Canada, just in the recent weeks or so. You keep saying also that Russia and China can has more dangerous to the US than Russia and China. They said they were difficult to deal with. I find Canada to be the worst country to deal with.

The most difficult country. Would that being said they're dying to make a deal? I find Canada being very, very difficult to deal with. They're leaders, not the people, the people of India. What do you find them to be very, very different? On China, in Hanayi. They've been going for a country for years, but they don't rip them off. The tariffs still in effect. Yeah, but we have a lot of tariffs. A lot more tariffs in Copenhagen. Don't forget on January 1st, the big one is cars. That's what we take it a lot of their cars. Car tariffs in Copenhagen. Here he is praising China. Let's play it. I don't want to talk to them. She, we recently reported that Chinese entities may have provided Iranians with satellite imagery of the air bases in Jordan. We do. They basically do what we do. I think he's behaved reasonably well. We behave reasonably well. When they say that China spies on us, they say, you're right. We spy on them too.

We spy on them too. And here he is when he's asked, have you ever used AI yourself? He goes, yeah, I use it. So how do you use it? And he gives the weirdest answer. I don't want to tell you. He's willing to lie about everything, but when it comes to, I don't want to tell you how I use AI. Here, play this clip. That is what we take it a lot of their cars. Car tariffs. This week, again, there's been so much concern about AI. Have you heard directly from any of these AI tech leaders? And you seem to downplay some of the concerns that we've heard. But it's, you know, it's going to be more good than men, but by a lot. And I've said that for many of them, we're beginning to whoever wins AI, and we're leading by a lot. Whoever wins AI wins. Have you ever used it yourself or who you've been? I do. How do you use AI? But, let me say, you know, for the most, you can use AI for a lot of things. That was about Donald Trump's landing. That's what went down last night.

Then he and Natalie Harp called the lid. Good night. Donald and Natalie are going to sleep, everybody. They're shutting off the White House. They're saying good night, everybody. Wow, wow, wow, how is this the United States of America? How is this the United States of America? Did you read the statement from President Connolly of Ireland? As president of Ireland, I am very conscious that Ireland and the United States of America are bound by the strong ties. This is a deep connection built over centuries, which allows us to speak openly to one another. We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are an extricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalization of war and genocide can ever be accepted as a country which has suffered famine, colonization, and the violence of the troubles. But as also importance of long and challenging road to peace, I emphasize the unique insight which Irish people can bring to the resolution of conflict.

I highlighted to President Trump the strong commitment, which the Irish people have to international relations to the importance of the United Nations, including the pride which Irish people feel in Ireland's contributions to UN peacekeeping since 1958, and to the obligation contained with an article 29 of our Constitution towards the peaceful resolution of international disputes. I assured President Trump that the Irish people would strongly support all those who have the strength to build a shared peace in all those parts of the world currently suffering from such horrific war and violence, a powerful statement from President Connolly indeed. And what does Donald Trump do? Well, late last night we learned that Trump's EPA is now expected to erase all limits on climate pollution from power plants. Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet warming gases in the United States. But the Trump regime plans to announce today that the US will no longer limit the planet

warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas, according to people who are familiar. And what they want to do also is prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants also. Not just this one, they want to make it permanent, prevent anyone from any way limiting greenhouse gas emissions. That's what the Trump regime is doing. Sick, sick in all ways, sick, sick, sick, sick, disgusting people. Vile, vile scum. Let me know what you think, hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million. Thanks for watching everybody. Hey, if you want the full story, how democracy got here and how we take it back, pre-order our new book WTF America today. Just scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this.

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