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state regime media, which calls itself Fox News, is losing control. And you could see them losing control live on air as Donald Trump ran away from the plan that Fox was telling him that he needed to follow. And that Donald Trump was going on Fox and saying he was going to obliterate Iran, he was gonna open up the gates of hell, he was going to escalate with massive attacks on bridges, on power plants. It was going to be a apocalyptic scene. And the neocons and disgust. War hawks on state regime media were applauding that they brought in these neocon generals. And some of these state regime media hosts were all like, should we destroy the Bushir nuclear power plant? Ah, there may be some nuclear fallout. It may be a little bit worse than Chernobyl, but that may be the best way for us to get the Strait of Hormuz under control. Or what about we destroy power plants in western Tehran that could basically, basically deprive the people there of energy and of supplies needed to live. Maybe Donald should do that. And then Trump was like reposting that. And then Donald Trump realized he's a bankrupter. He is a, despite his desire to engage in these war crimes, he's run out of munitions, as we've been saying, he was going to run out of munitions. He's been warned by, by some of the top generals and admirals, you are basically out of weapons. And Iran has very effectively, and this is what we've been covering on the Midas touch network. They've been picking off one by one, the early radar detections. They've been picking off some of the interceptor capabilities in the US Bases in the Arab nation, neighbors of Iran, and that the United States is in a very precarious situation. And if Trump were to escalate and carry out his war crime fantasies that Iran would strike back so hard that Donald Trump would not even know what to do, that our military was not even capable of responding. So the New York Times got that scoop. I've done some other videos about that, but we've been talking about this for a very long time that we've run out of munitions, we've run out of the capabilities to even escalate if Trump wants to. And of course I said we should never have been in this catastrophic and unlawful war in the first place with these war criminals, Donald Trump and Netanyahu. But State regime media is freaking out right now cuz they're like, we thought you were gonna do it and now you're backing out again and you're leaking to the New York Times through top Trump regime officials. So you have guys like Mark Thiessen, a warmonger, a neo con, a horrific human being. He's there on state regime media and he's like, what? We can't handle $4 a gallon? He's like, if the American people can't handle $4 of oil periods of time, we're not a superpower anymore. We're not a superpower. What are you even talking about? Why are you encouraging these war crimes? Why do you want the American people to suffer? We don't want these never ending wars with Trump and Netanyahu. What are you talking about? Here, play this clip.
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That sort of is the good news out there.
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But if we can't handle $4 oil for a period of months in order to disarm Iran of a nuclear weapon, we're not a superpower anymore.
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Yeah, but there are a lot of Americans who their kitchen table issues matter to them more than foreign policy. But I wanted to ask.
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So then state regime media needs a scapegoat, of course, and that is JD Vance. So Mark Thiessen and this panel on state regime media, they go, I think this is actually all JD Vance's fault. Why is JD Vance contradicting Donald Trump in public? Trump wants regime change. That's what we've been telling our audience, that he's going to do, regime change. But it's J.D. vance's fault for J.D. vance saying that we can't do regime change and that it would result in massive, massive amounts of deaths in the region and of our service members here. Play this clip.
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I don't agree with the premise because the idea that, oh, if we destabilize the regime, there could be terrorism. Iran has been carrying out terrorism against the spreading terror until 9, 11. They killed more Americans than any terrorist regime in the world. And in terms of the broader war, President Trump said, what's wrong with regime change? President Trump is the one who said to the Iranian people, help is on the way. He's not in the same place that J.D. vance is. And J.D. vance keeps putting up these straw men. He says, well, the people who want President Trump to go back to war, they want to send 100,000, 150,000 troops. And nobody's saying that. Nobody is saying that at all. You don't have to tear down strawmen. We've liberated 400 million people during the Cold War without a single boot on the ground. In terms of doing this, President Trump has set an absolute goal. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. The Strait of Hormuz has to be open. If they're not going to do that, but through an agreement, we have to do it militarily. And that's going to take more force than we're doing right now. And so, you know, he should be backing the president and not contradicting him in public.
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Yeah, it is interesting the way that's playing out, but I want to turn rich to.
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And by the way, they kept going down this path with J.D. vance. Like, why would J.D. vance go on Joe Rogan and contradict Donald Trump on Joe Rogan? Here, play this clip.
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President there. But I am a little perplexed at why he did that podcast and why he's seemingly in some ways undermining the president.
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100% agrees here.
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And I hate saying that because I actually don't disagree with his premise there. I just find it odd that he did it. Do you, do you share the same concerns? Do you see the merit of his argument? Even if we both agree it was perplexing? He made it on a podcast. But do you see what he's saying about.
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Yeah, one, I don't see the merit of the argument that I agree with your premise. I don't think he seems to be going off base a lot and contradicting the president a lot in public lately, and it's not helpful.
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But look, state regime media is doing their darndest to try to encourage Trump to engage in these war crimes, to engage in a massive attack, assuming we even have the capabilities anymore. What, to just slaughter millions of people and result in the deaths of millions of our service members and millions of people in the region and further global economic catastrophe. So they bring on this guy, Sid Rosenberg, and they just let this guy like, rant to Donald Trump. Cuz, you know, Trump watches this and he's like, donald, we know you're a nice guy and so you don't want to kill people because you're a nice guy and all. But this is why our service members signed up to engage in things. And we need total annihilation of Iran. We need to annihilate the entire country. That's why our service members signed up. You see what state regime media is doing right now? They've got this guy. They know Trump's been on his show. They're trying every angle right now to try to push Donald Trump to get back and to try to do whatever they're saying is total annihilation. Blow up the nuclear power plants, do something that'll be 50 times worse than Chernobyl, destroy the power plants in Tehran. I mean, these are some real sick, sick human beings Here, Play this clip.
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It is inevitable that President Trump is going to have to do what he doesn't want to do, which is go in there with this massive all out attack. There's no other way to stop this. There's no other way to win this war. So again, he's trying to do the best he can. He's a very nice man. I love President Trump. He doesn't want people to die. He really doesn't. Ok, he's a nice man. But there's no other way to end this. Once you start this, Midnight hammer was great. Epic fury was great. Once you start this, there needs to be a finish. And the only finish is complete surrender by the Iranians. I hate to say it, but complete annihilation.
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Well, we talked last time about this and by the way, I agree. I love President Trump. I love his heart, I think is really for peace. And he's always, I love that even now, this past week, he's still talking about peace and wanting to find and leaving that door open for negotiations. You say the only end is annihilation. Now what if the winning this war requires boots on the ground? I asked you that last time. That's not very popular with the American people. What is your response to that?
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It's not popular with me either. Look, I'm not a parent of a, of an army person, a marine person, so I'm very sensitive to that, trust me. But look, we have the army, we have the Marines for a reason. They're not there to shake your hand at the airport, Rachel. Okay? They're there for a reason. Last I checked, we don't have a draft in this country. So these courageous men and women know exactly what they're signing up for. This is war. We don't want to see anybody die, but this is war. A war that started 47 years ago, that they started. So yes, I know. The moral ground is to say I don't want our kids to die. I feel the same way. But we gotta win. Now we can win maybe without putting boots on the ground. Maybe we can, I don't know. I'm not Jack Keene. I don't have that type of information. If we can do that, great. But if at some point it requires putting some boots on the ground to Win this war. That's why they signed up to fight for this country, to fight for President Trump and to rid the world of evil animals like the Iranian.
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And of course, they've got a platform. Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu's coming to the United States and according to all of the Israeli media sources, Netanyahu, when he arrives here in the United States, is going to let Donald Trump know Iran has recalibrated all of their nuclear arsenal. Donald, Even though we said we've totally obliterated their nukes in June of 2025. Total obliteration. And then you said that they cannot do weapons. We have new super secret intelligence, Donald. The Mossad has and they're about to have a nuclear weapon any Moment now, Donald, if you do not do a slaughter and an annihilation, I do it because this is so dreadful and this is so Twilight Zone and it's so deja vu. But yes, Netanyahu has told Israeli media he's coming to the United States with the message that, Donald, that Iran's about to have a nuclear weapon and that we need to do an immediate mass slaughter or whatever the hell he's going to be asking for that war criminal. Um, anyway, going back to state regime media here for a moment, they bring on the person who they claim is like their money expert, and they ask the person, well, what do you think about the current state of America's strategic petroleum reserves? To which Riggs, this guest on Fox, basically says, well, I think Donald Trump, they have to like Bash Biden. When Biden reduced the strategic petroleum reserves, he then was able to buy it at a lower price and actually he sold it and then he bought it for cheaper and made a massive, one of the most profitable oil trades in history. Say what you want about it, but it actually resulted in a massive, massive amount of money coming into the United States treasury that we could trace to the treasury. Not like the $13 billion from Venezuela that's disappeared apparently, if that's maybe more than that, but at least $13 billion. Nobody knows where it is. I don't know. Is it in a Trump bank account? Is it in some overseas account? Is it in some Qatari account being held for Trump? Where the hell is the fricking money? But anyway, this host is like, it is becoming a little bit of issue. We did it for the right reasons right here, but it is a massive issue. We are at tank bottom right now. And it's one of the other reasons that despite Donald Trump wanting to do the horrific and atrocious war criminal acts that he. We're, we're, we're out of oil. As I've been, I've been saying, there's, there is global economic catastrophe right now and it's about to get worse and worse and worse. And we're out of munitions. And he's pissed off all of the Middle east nations as well, that he's done all these quid pro quo deals with, where they've given him a lot of money and they, well, they thought they were getting a deal. They thought they were getting things in return, and they're not. And so they're livid. They don't want this to escalate. They not, they don't, they're not letting the United States use their bases. Anyway. Let's hear what Riggs has to say.
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Let's play and break down a lot of that. I actually heard it on your show this week on Big Money talking about the strategic oil reserves. Yes. And the depletion of those. Yep. I remember criticizing the Biden administration doing something similar. Now, it was a different situation, certainly. Yes. And I'm not taking away from that. But do we need to be concerned? Yes. So they depleted the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to bring down prices that were artificially high because they kept handing down stimmy checks instead of drilling on oil. So there was more demand than there was supply. We're draining it because we want to help the American people, because we're in the middle of a supply issue. And that's what the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is about, solving a supply issue, not artificially bringing down prices. Right before you go to the polls. But I don't like to see them this low. And we need to start when we think about drill, baby, drill, putting them back in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, my nervousness.
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And then this weird guy Thiessen again. Guy's a total weirdo. And he's, you know, he like, makes up some weird comic book cosplay fiction about Donald Trump's life. He's like, we all know that Donald Trump's. Donald Trump's a first generation American. His father came during the gold rush to Alaska and that's how. And and married a Scottish maid. Dude. His dad was born in the Bronx. Fred was born in the Bronx. What are you talking about? Fred Trump was born here. What weird world do you create in your mind? Like, do you invent like fascist Spiderman comic books where Donald Trump's like your central hero? These people are so weird. Let's play it.
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One thing we need to remember is that immigrants are a good thing for our country. Donald Trump is a first generation American. His father came during the gold rush to Alaska. His mother was a Scottish maid. I remember watching when he was going to win Windsor Castle and his wife was riding in the Scottish coach. The son. That's what's great about America. The son of a Scottish maid comes to America and becomes President of the United States and is feted in the Scottish royal coach in England. But they have to come legally.
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Speaking of weird, this is how they're also trying to further encourage Trump to escalate. They're actually praising what was the single worst speech I think I've ever heard in world history. Donald Trump's attempt at being funny or whatever the hell he was doing at the White House correspondence dinner. It was the most dreadful thing. It was so dreadful to watch. Like, we all objectively, it was the worst thing ever. But Tommy Lahren on state regime media was like. And Donald Trump stole the show with his highly anticipated speech. It was amazing. Here's what Tommy Lyran says.
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Let's play it.
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Nearly the entire cabinet showed up for the event, but the President stole the show with his highly anticipated anticipated speech.
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All right. And the president had plenty to say about the media, too.
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This place is the really the largest group of Trump derangement syndrome people ever put together at one time. I suspect some of you are lucky that our last dinner was cut short. I was going to go after you, but you people have no idea how lucky you are. When I'm gone, you're all going to be broke. And please to. Announced my intention to. And this is a somewhat of a scoop, my intention to run for a fourth term as president.
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Then they brought on another guest who was like, I thought Donald Trump killed it. Those. Those losers who were in the audience who weren't laughing, that just shows their loser behavior. Here, play this clip.
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And. And I think killed him. The losers of the night, I thought were the. The room. The room was kind of a bunch of duds.
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Yeah.
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There was no.
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And you see some of the journalists, I was saying, oh, they're shaking their head like, oh, he's being so mean. Come on, have a little fun, people. See, it was objectively the worst thing ever.
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And now we learned also I did a report on it yesterday that Trump stole a lot of those bad jokes also. Like, they were, like, plagiarized, too. And it was really bad. And his delivery was a church. The whole thing was horrible. Then state regime media closes this out by bringing in Stephen Miller. And he goes, no American president has done a better job bringing peace to the Middle east than Donald Trump. There's like literally a world war going on right now. And I'm not being hyperbolic, right, with the latest Ukrainian strikes of the Iranian ships in the Caspian Sea. It's really kind of fused, those wars. Although you could say the Iranian Shahi drones being used against Ukraine also. But we really see the war, the regional war in the Middle east fusing with Russia's invasion of Ukraine into a world war war involving all the countries of the world. We also see what's happening in Yemen. Saudi Arabia attacks Yemen. The Houthis respond. After Huda Day was hit, they hit Saudi Arabia. The Houthis hit Saudi Arabia hard. The Aramco facilities in two areas there. I mean, the world is on fire and the world is at a war as a result of Trump's behavior and Trump's despicable policies. And they want peace medals, quite literally. Here, play this clip of Miller. No American president in our lifetimes has done more to establish peace in the Middle east than President Trump in his first term. The Abraham Accords was a breakthrough that nobody thought possible in order to establish that more hopeful future for the region. Now here are the sec. There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think hit. Subscribe we appreciate you. Get your copy of WTF America? Pre order it now. Thanks everybody for watching. We're grateful for you. Have a good one.
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Episode: Fox News Turns on Trump After Iran Reversal
Date: July 27, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
This episode dissects the escalating breakdown between Fox News (“state regime media”) and Donald Trump following Trump’s sudden reversal on planned military action against Iran. The Meiselas brothers provide a critical, often sardonic examination of Fox News’s on-air meltdown and its frantic calls for escalation, dissecting the absurdity, danger, and political contradictions unfolding in real time. They cover how Fox is scapegoating figures like JD Vance, platforming extremist rhetoric, and pushing Trump toward catastrophic escalation, even as U.S. capabilities and geopolitical realities render such ambitions impossible.
Main Theme: Fox News anchors and commentators are publicly unraveling after Trump abandons earlier threats of massive military escalation against Iran.
Ben’s Commentary: Trump had promised “obliterating Iran, opening up the gates of hell,” and targeting critical infrastructure. Fox news hosts and “neocon” generals cheered these as necessary actions, discussing possible attacks with cavalier disregard for consequences.
Reality Check: Trump realizes U.S. military capacity is depleted.
Coverage Point: Fox is “freaking out” that Trump is reversing course, now leaking to the New York Times and blaming internal dissent.
Discussion: Fox hosts, including Mark Thiessen, pivot to blaming JD Vance for public dissent.
Soundbite:
Fox Panel Dynamic: Vance’s warnings about regime change and catastrophic troop deployments are dismissed as weakness—panellists insist public contradiction is undermining Trump’s authority.
MeidasTouch Take: The brothers highlight the performative nature of Fox’s outrage, noting their obsession with message discipline over real policy.
Fox’s Appeals to Trump: Fox guests explicitly lobby Trump to renew military escalation, cloaking calls for atrocities as patriotic.
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Clip:
Troop Sacrifice Justification:
Ben’s Response: The hosts denounce the extremism and point out the operational, ethical, and humanitarian impossibility of Fox’s bloodlust.
Netanyahu Angle:
Strategic Oil Reserves:
Ben’s Take: Outrage over depleted reserves is hypocrisy—Trump’s policies and transactional diplomacy have left the U.S. isolated.
White House Correspondents Dinner:
Journalists’ Reaction:
Ben’s Critique: The hosts deride Fox’s alternate-reality framing, highlighting the dissonance between media narrative and observable fact.
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