Top Generals Issue Stark Warning on Trump's Iran Strategy

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Top Generals Issue Stark Warning on Trump's Iran Strategy

The MeidasTouch Podcast – July 26, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, & Jordy Meiselas

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Episode Overview

In this urgent and intensely detailed episode, the Meiselas brothers break down alarming revelations that America’s top generals and admirals have privately warned President Trump: the US is not prepared for an escalation of war with Iran. They reveal the real severity behind recent headlines — notably a New York Times exposé — arguing that the situation is “much worse” than even major outlets are reporting. The podcast dives deep into recent military losses, the unprecedented depletion of US munitions, and the very real risk of igniting World War III, with Russia and China potentially drawn into the conflict. The hosts blend sharp geopolitical analysis with their trademark candor, highlighting how the Trump administration’s actions have brought America to a breaking point on the global stage.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Urgent Warnings from Military Leaders

• Top generals and admirals have told Trump the US cannot handle a further escalation in Iran, and that doing so may provoke a truly existential crisis, potentially spiraling into World War III.
  • “What this warning to Donald Trump was about was actually World War 3 and the fact that the United States does not have the munitions…” (Ben, 03:14)
• The New York Times covered this, but MeidasTouch claims their sources show it’s even more dire.

2. Exposed US Military Vulnerability

• A laundry list of destroyed and depleted US assets across the Gulf region, including in Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE.
  • Iran’s “surgical precision” in destroying equipment and radar installations is highlighted as a catastrophic blow.
• The US has “run very low” on vital missile interceptors like the PAC-3 Patriot and THAAD systems.
• Major bases have been abandoned; loss of vital infrastructure confirmed by geolocated satellite imagery (15:00–17:14).

Notable Quote:

“Iran’s been surgically and with precision just destroying American military equipment and these early radar systems...It was getting, and it is, just a dire situation.”
— Host, (05:54)

3. Faulty Leadership & Dangerous Appointments

• CQ Brown Jr., a highly qualified Black general, was dismissed, replaced by three-star general Dan “Raisin” Cain — a pick criticized as a product of racist politics and poor leadership.
  • “CQ Brown Jr. was pushed aside for a three star general in Raisin Cain who had to get a waiver for the job, whereas CQ Brown was four star top of the top.” (Host, 06:30)

4. Geopolitical Alliances: China & Russia Enter the Fray

• China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi publicly cemented Iran as a strategic and military ally, vowing “major support.”
  • “China put out that very powerful statement that Iran's an ally... It’s not getting nearly enough attention.” (Host, 07:19)
• Russia is actively coordinating with Iran and Ukraine’s recent strike on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea has pulled more players into the conflict.
• The merging of the Middle Eastern and Ukraine wars threatens to create a true world war scenario.

Notable Quote:

“China said, enough is enough. We’re gonna get involved in this war. It was more than just the Wang Yi statement. We’re gonna get involved in this war in a big way if you escalate massively, Donald, so be warned.”
— Host, (08:07–08:16)

5. The Collapse of the US Military Umbrella

• The US is unable to protect its bases or its allies, exposing the “Security umbrella” as useless — regional partners like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the UAE are questioning America’s ability to defend them.
• Allied bases in the UK now make Britain a target, fueling domestic discontent among UK citizens (11:00–11:13).
• If China and Russia are drawn in, the US faces defeat on a scale “such a nightmare… it caused Trump… to pause.”

6. Escalating Costs and Unprecedented Risks

• Hundreds of billions of dollars in US equipment losses, with over $50 billion lost in just two weeks (19:18–21:22).
• The US homeland is no longer secure, with the specter of attacks on American soil now credible.
• “If all of a sudden the United States home front is now becoming a place that could be targeted... that is the warning,” (Co-host, 11:49).

7. The Realities Behind the Headlines

• The New York Times headline: "Trump holds off on major escalation against Iran as advisors raise concerns," is just the tip of the iceberg (22:00).
• Trump’s own generals have told him there are simply not enough interceptors and munitions left, and the US is alienating its Gulf allies.

Notable Quote:

“We run out of munitions in Iran. And if this escalates, if China joins and Russia joins, we’re done. We’re cooked. That’s how serious the situation is. It’s not being reported like that anywhere else.”
— Co-Host, (29:48)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Stakes:
  “This world war is basically happening... and what I believe the generals and admirals were warning Trump is: not only do you not have the munitions... but now that this has become a world war in scope... the world has been drawn in.”
  — Host, (11:43)
• On Leadership:
  “What the hell is going on there?”
  — Host, frustrated at UK’s new status as a target due to US military use of British bases (11:13)
• On Chinese Warnings:
  “Cut the shit, Donald...”
  — Paraphrasing China’s warnings to Trump (08:29)
• On Iran’s Tactics:
  “Iran would be able to strike the US bases with impunity. And all of our service members are sitting targets in these containerized barracks at this point.”
  — Co-Host, (19:18)
• Prophetic Warning from Zelensky:
  “You may think you’re separated by waters, but one day you may need help and you’re not going to know what to do.”
  — Quoting Zelensky’s warning to Trump (12:17)
• Trump on the Campaign Trail vs. Reality:
  ("I'm not going to get the US into World War 3.... World War III has never been closer than it is right now.")
  — Trump campaign speech played (26:18)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• [03:14–04:54]: Setting the stakes — Top generals issue warning to Trump, risk of World War 3
• [05:16–06:50]: Military leadership swap, racism charges, loss of qualified command
• [06:54–08:19]: China pledges open support for Iran, threatens US escalation, Russian indications
• [09:24–10:28]: Linking the Middle East and Ukraine wars, shipment of Iranian drones and weapons
• [11:43–12:49]: "World war" scope; prophetic warnings; US homeland vulnerable
• [14:00–17:14]: Full detailed rundown of US military losses and geolocated evidence
• [19:18–21:22]: Losses in dollar terms, Iranian strategic patience, US public opposition to war
• [21:22–24:16]: NYT headline vs. reality; military warning; loss of US credibility in Gulf
• [26:02–29:48]: Trump vs. generals, conflicting public/private statements, potential for wider escalation

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

The hosts are openly alarmed, frustrated, and passionate — they blend a fact-heavy, investigative approach with pointed criticism of Trump and his allies in both the military and political sphere. They do not shy from blunt language (“cut the shit, Donald,” “we’re cooked”) and use both intelligence reporting and public statements to build their case. The episode carries an urgent warning for listeners: events are spiraling, the risk of a global-scale conflict is real and immediate, and the US military’s ability to respond has been gravely compromised by both policy and operational losses. The MeidasTouch team positions themselves as out in front of mainstream media on the true magnitude of the crisis.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the real status of America’s global military position, the risk of a wider war, and the leadership decisions pushing the nation to the brink. Through a blend of deep-dive analysis, first-hand sourcing, and their signature urgency, the MeidasTouch team delivers a sobering look behind the headlines — spotlighting the existential dangers facing American democracy and global security right now.

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generals and admirals gave him an urgent warning that the United States was not able to handle an escalation in war. And if Donald Trump indeed escalated, it would put the United States in a awful existential situation. New York Times ran a story about this, but it's much worse than the New York Times is reporting. And if you piece together the reporting that we've been doing over the past week at the Midas Touch Network before the New York Times latest expose about what's going on behind the scenes, you'll see that this is a very grave situation. And what this warning to Donald Trump was about was actually World War 3 and the fact that the United States does not have the munitions not only to escalate in Iran, but this escalation would likely draw in Russia and China in a meaningful way. And if Russia and China were drawn in right now, the US not only doesn't have the Patriot interceptors, the radar systems, and so much of the other necessary military equipment, but it could result in the United States losing on a scale that would be such a nightmare situation that it caused Donald Trump, at least for the time being, to pause. What was going to be an escalation? Let's talk about what's going on here. I mean, a few days back I did this report on YouTube.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs gives Warning

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on Trump losing the War and I was talking about how in Dan Cain, he's the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs,

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public testimony before the United States Senate,

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he was making indications that the United States was running low on munitions. But I was describing what I was

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hearing from my sources and also what

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you can read between the lines of what he was saying and if you

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looked at the satellite footage that was

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coming in from China and other sources of the US Bases in the region that I've been showing you the US base in Jordan, the US base in Kuwait, Al Udid in Qatar, which was abandoned by the United States. I was showing you the base in

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Bahrain, the fifth Fleet.

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I was showing you some of the bases in the uae. Iran's been just destroying these bases and

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we have a full list right now

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of what we believe were all of

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the US assets destroyed. I'll go over with that in a.

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But it is bad, bad. I mean, Iran's been surgically and with precision just destroying American military equipment and these early radar systems. And it was getting, and it is just a dire situation.

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And all of these PAC3 Patriot Interceptors

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and THAAD Interceptors which cost 3 to 5 million dollars each, we've run very low on those munitions. I'll get into it.

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But so there was that video I

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did a few days back before the New York Times did their report. And I was saying that the Chairman

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of the Joint Chiefs, Dan Raisin Cain, who by the way, was not a qualified guy for that job.

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Remember the United States fired CQ Brown Jr. Who was qualified because Pete Hegseth is racist and he fires black people and women. Let's just call it what it is. So CQ Brown Jr. Was pushed aside for a three star general in Raisin Cain who had to get a waiver for the job, whereas CQ Brown was four star top of the top.

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Okay, so there's that story. Then there was the statement from Wang

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Yi, the China foreign minister. Chinese foreign Minister who was speaking with his counterpart in Iran, Foreign Minister Aragchi. And following that meeting, Wang Yi, the

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foreign Minister of China, said that there

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was going to be major support, more

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additional support, China to Iran, that China

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stands in solidarity with its strategic partner Iran.

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And China put out that very powerful statement that Iran's an ally, they're our strategic partner, militarily, economic, politically. They've said that before. But it was an important statement. And I said it's not getting nearly enough attention. But that was one of the reasons

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also that we saw the United States

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not strike as hard as they claim they were going to strike a few days back.

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And that was because I said China

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is stepping into the fray. And China's like where China's been instrumental in somewhat keeping the oil prices from going up to $200 a barrel. And because they've kept significant reserves and

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they've been buying in a way that

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Wouldn't just destroy the oil markets. I could get more technical than that, but for this video, we'll leave it at that.

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And so China said, enough is enough. We're gonna get involved in this war.

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It was more than just the Wang Yi statement. We're gonna get involved in this war in a big way if you escalate

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massively, Donald, so be warned.

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And you don't have the ability to help Taiwan anymore. You don't have the ability to help South Korea or Japan anymore, anymore.

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We know you don't. We know you're bluffing.

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So cut the shit.

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Donald is basically what Wang Yi, China's

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Foreign Ministry, said on behalf of Xi Jinping. And also Russia's been communicating similar messages. I've been covering Ukraine strikes into St. Petersburg, the Wild Berries facilities, those logistical centers inside Russia and St. Petersburg. There was one in the Moscow region. There was another one in Crimea. I've been showing you the Ukrainian strikes on a lot of the cargo ships

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and boats in the Black Sea and

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the Sea of Azov as well. But what I think was also, you know, I've been describing as well is I've been trying to also say, look, it's not just Ukraine hitting Russia. Russia's hitting Ukraine hard as well, both in the cities and hitting Ukrainian ships and transportation and other aspects as well. And I said that's, you know, I said, this escalation that's going on between Ukraine and Russia, pay attention to it,

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one of which should always be paying attention to it.

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And then you have the Caspian Sea, right? So you have, on one side, you have Sea of Azov, Black Sea, right? On the other side, you have Caspian Sea, which has been used by Russia, obviously, to bring weapons and supplies to Iran. And for Iran to give weapons and supplies to Russia, Iran gives a lot of these Shahi drones to Russia.

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Now, in the past 24 hours, Zelensky was able to strike a Iranian ship,

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which Iran claims was a commercial ship. There are lots of people believe that that was weapons going from, going to and from Russia and Iran. And so the Ukrainian strike on the Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea, which

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Iran then addressed, kind of few. I mean, look, we know.

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Let me be clear, too. Iran is giving it Shahi drones to Russia.

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Those drones are being used against Ukraine. It's why I said, you know, pay

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attention to Iranian engineering. There's a reason why Russia is buying all of its supplies from Iran.

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Do not underestimate Iran's engineering.

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I mean, they're top engineering in the world. But this fuse, the wars, right. It fused the Middle east wars with the Russia invasion of Ukraine and the Russia Ukraine war. And so you bring these two wars together with that strike of the Iranianship, Iran says we're going to now attack Ukraine. China saying it's being drawn into the war. Obviously Russia is invading Ukraine. So what do you have here?

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Also you have UK Bases now are

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being used since the switch of their prime minister.

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And I think much to the dismay of a lot of people in UK

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from what I hear from all of the people who watch from the uk

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like, seriously, we're giving bases to the, you know, you're now going to put a target on the UK we don't want to be helping the United States in any war crimes at all. I mean, what the hell is going on there?

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And then Iran says, okay, well that's a fair target in the UK So what was coming together and what was spiraling because, you know, Iran's been targeting Bahrain, all these areas, you know, Qatar,

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uae, Kuwait, Jordan is.

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You now had the entire world in a war. And I'm not trying to be, I'm

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not trying to be hyperbolic, but the issue is, and what I believe the

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generals and the admirals were warning Trump is not only do you not have the munitions to escalate much further in Iran, but now that this has become a world war in scope. And again, I'm not being hyperbolic. The world has been drawn in. If China is drawn in, if Russia is joining, then you're absolutely screwed. And if all of a sudden the United States home front is now becoming a place that could be targeted by the way. The way in Moscow. Right. Their facilities are being it. The way in Kiev, they're being it. The warning Zelensky gave to Donald Trump in February of 2025. You may think you're separated by waters, but one day you may need help and you're not going to know what to do. Remember those prophetic words that I showed you. That to me is the warning that I don't think anyone wants us to know about because it's so existential and

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such a scary thought that this world

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war is basically happening. And if I were to and I articulate people. Oh, you're being so hyperbolic. You're just saying world. No, no, no. That's what's at stake right here. And I believe the warning was much bigger than just escalating in Iran, which is bad. We shouldn't. These are war crimes that Trump and Netanyahu are involved in. This is a catastrophic and Unlawful war that most Americans, including MAGA people, but most Americans don't want to be involved in at all. But they're saying you escalate. You don't have enough munitions to even fight a war against Iran and you've run out of munitions. Now if China and Russia get involved, and they're going to get involved because now with the strike of the Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea that was destroyed and Iranians were killed, whether it was truly a commercial ship or a military ship, Iran's now looking at Ukraine. China's coming in now on the side of Iran. Russia is, you know, obviously allied with Iran. Russia speaking with North Korea. North Korea is doing a lot of ballistic missile and cruise missile tests right now. Russia's got its ships around Japan for a reason. China's got its ships around Australia. I'm just. These are all objective, undisputed facts. Let's take a look right now so you can see for yourself the type of damage that's been done to the United States military arsenal. And most of this stuff has been geolocated on surveillance footage. The US has suppressed surveillance footage from Planet Labs and other areas that do. The satellite surveillance footage for private use. That's those overhead, you know, those Google Earth type stuff. But these satellite photos, the US also banned Europe, the European Union or asked the European Union to stop its companies and its assets from utilizing its satellite footage. So a lot of this comes from China and Russia. You still get it from other places. And Iran said, look, here's what we hit and here's what we can prove that we hit. 47 radar and air defense systems. 44 support and logistics systems. 48 operational infrastructure like those containerized housing and barracks. 49 aircraft and aerial assets. You take a look at this list. Radar and defense systems. Seven command and control centers. Three satellite communication systems. Six Patriot air defense radars. Three air and maritime surveillance control radars. Eight detection early warning radar systems. Seven air and missile defense radars. Three EPS radar systems. Two EPS 117 radars, five long 117 radars. Five long range radars. Two air defense raiders. One tactical radar complex. Now support and logistics facilities. Six fighter jet and helicopter maintenance centers. Three support and logistics centers. These are all US military facilities and equipment. 12 fuel storage tanks. 17 warehouses storing weapons, spare parts, naval equipment and aircraft components. Six missile storage depots. Operational infrastructure. Six MQ drone hangars. One F15 fighter preparation hangar. One drone hangar containing eight factory new drones. Two command centers. One aircraft carrier refueling platform. One P8 aircraft hangar. Four HIMAR missile launchers, five fighter fighter aircraft hangar four Patriot air defense complexes, six missile launch platforms, one fuel pumping station, two signal communication centers, one intelligence data center, one artificial intelligence and data processing facility associated with Amazon one depot for remotely operated unmanned surface vessels, one fuel pier, four fighter aircraft shelters, six aircraft parking and operating ramps and in terms of aircraft and aerial assets, 11 fighter aircraft and helicopters destroyed or damaged on the ground, 17 reconnaissance and operational drones, including eight factory new aircraft, one F15 fighter jet, one P8 maritime patrol aircraft, one C17 transport aircraft, eight aerial refueling aircraft, four heavy helicopters, six stored missiles in the past two weeks. All of that in the past two weeks and you can take a look at that and 85 to 90% you can locate and geotarget and geolocate on the surveillance footage on the satellite footage that we've been showing you

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And by the way, you have IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Hussein Muhabi. He told Tasnim in a podcast basically that and they went through it one by one by one by one. And we've been showing you. And this is these are in the bases in Bahrain and Qatar and, and Syria and Erbil in Iraq and Jordan and all of these areas that we've been covering that took place folks in two weeks. So don't tell me, oh, this war's costed 37 billion. No. Hundreds of billions of dollars in military equipment has been lost and probably over $50 billion in the past two weeks alone. And those early radar detection systems, if you now were to escalate and Iran has its ballistic missiles and it shaheds which it does, Iran would be able to strike the US bases with impunity. And all of our service members are sitting targets in these containerized barracks at this point. And if Iran wanted to wipe out these containerized barracks, they could, they could in fact inflict if they wanted to right now, tens of thousands of casualties on service members. They're not doing it because they know that they've got momentum on their side. Why would they want to rally US public sentiment against them right now when most people in the US are against the war? They know that between their control of Hormuz, straight Bob El Mandab through the Houthis at this point that they're positioned and Donald in a way that's way stronger than Trump is right now and way stronger than the US is that time is on their side, not on the US side. Iran was able to get out billions and billions of dollars worth of oil during the ceasefire. They were able to rebuild. They had a plan while Donald Trump was out there acting like a maniac. And so they have the ability to go on right now 18 months, two years at least.

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At least.

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And they've got the support of China and they're working with Russia and so that's what the, that's what the warning was from Dan Raisin Cain. It was bigger than what's being reported in the New York Times, which is still big in and of itself. I mean, the headline from the New York Times, Trump holds off on major escalation against Iran as advisors raise concerns. Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain and diminish the could, could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions. It goes on to say how Dan Raisin Kane, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told Donald Trump, look, we're alienating our Gulf allies right now already because we're showing that the US Security umbrella doesn't work and Iran's able to strike them with impunity right now and their economies are suffering right now.

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I mean, look what you're doing to Saudi Arabia. Also, the Houthis hit those two major

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oil refineries, the Aramco oil refineries in Saudi Arabia. And so everybody's like, let's maybe we could talk and maybe we can do a deal as well. You have the top military officials warning Trump about the shrinking inventory of Patriot interceptors and other air defenses, which I just laid out for you, the full nature and extent of that. And I may be downplaying some of there may be even more than what's been reported Right, right there. And so, as I said, though, the broader issue is China, Russia being drawn in. We already have the Ukrainian strike on the Iranian ship. The wars are merging and the US Isn't able to fight a world war and our homeland is defenseless. And what happens if China strikes Taiwan? What happens? Or you know, what happens if China, if there is a world war, what happens to the Southeast Asian country? The US Security umbrella is shattered. The Iranian Khaybar Shekhin ballistic missile right now is proving to be also incredibly effective. US Officials also warning Donald Trump, hey, these K bar shaken missiles right now by the Iranians are cheaper to make, also are cheaper to make. And they're able to also evade the remaining interceptors that we have, whether this is actually happening or a bluff. But IRGC potential, according to the Telegraph, is IRGC positioning people inside the UK now that their air bases are being being used to help the United States. And by the way, the intelligence coming out of Israel from the Mossad and from all of their state, all of their media in Israel is that Trump's genuinely afraid to ramp up strikes because, and you know, who knows?

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He's a maniac. So he may end up doing it anyway.

[Midas Touch Network Co-Host]

But because the US ran out of munitions. So Al Mayad, you know, all these other networks over here, like Al Madine, talking about how Trump will not. According to Israeli media, like Israeli Channel 12 and 14 and others, Trump will not escalate with Iran soon because the Iranians destroyed a significant portion of the defense system in the Gulf. And fears of further escalation led Trump to refrain from expanding the military campaign. But now I do want to mention this. Israel broadcaster News 12 reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel is scheduled to meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, where Netanyahu is expected to present intelligence claiming Iran is once again racing towards nuclear weapons and accelerating its actions. Now, with all of the background that I am giving you, what's the Department of Defense posting? I mean, they're posting, you know, just the dumbest, most infantile, elementary, ineffective propaganda. They're posting photos of US Drones, which the US Drones called the Lucas drones, kind of copy the shaheeds. That's how effective the shaheeds are, is that the US Ones copy the shaheeds. And then the Department of War goes. The War Department doesn't miss. To which Professor Morandi of the Iranian negotiating team, a professor in Tehran, he posts the photos of all of the little girls the United States slaughtered at the Minab Elementary School and says, we know. We know.

[Donald Trump]

So

[Midas Touch Network Co-Host]

we know. With that as background, I want to share this video with you. This was Donald Trump during all of his campaigns where he said, I'm not going to get the US into World War 3. I'm not going to get the US into World War 3, but basically during the US into a World War 3. Here, play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

These globalists want to squander all of America's strength, blood and treasure, chasing monsters and phantoms overseas. In addition, there must also be a complete commitment to dismantling the entire globalist neocon establishment that is perpetually dragging us into endless wars, pretending to fight for freedom and democracy abroad. We should have never gone into the Middle East. We should have never gone into the Middle East. Under my leadership, we will turn the page forever on those foolish, stupid days of never ending wars. We're rebuilding our military stronger than ever before and we are not going to deplete it again on stupid, senseless, endless wars. World War III has never been closer than it is right now. We need to clean house of all of the warmongers and America. Last globalist in the deep state. I am the president who delivers peace. I was the first president in decades who didn't start a war and the worst, most incompetent, most corrupt president in history is going to drag us into World War Three.

[Midas Touch Network Co-Host]

And then to remind you during the during the hearing when Pete Hegseth was asking for more money of the United States Senate, Republican Senator Hovind asked him are Russia and China helping Iran? Here play this clip important and will

[Senator Hovind]

make a big difference for our farmers right now. So thank you for that. Secretary Hegseth. Are Russia and China helping Iran and if so, how?

[General Kane]

Well Senator, as the chairman alluded to, there's definitely adversary alignment attempts to do so and there are many ways that we deter that some of which are and the depth and extent of it ought to remain classified and it should. But there are ways in which both of those countries are limiting at different levels, enabling some of the things Iran is doing.

[Senator Hovind]

Yes. General Kane, would you like to add sir, I'd rather not opine on the specifics because that would divulge what we know. And I never want the adversary to know what I know. I just want to know it. And hopefully we'll get a chance to do that. Yes sir. Yes, sir. Happy to do that in the skiff, sir.

[Midas Touch Network Co-Host]

This so and then do see on Friday, notably right. Because that's finally when Donald Trump didn't escalate, when everyone thought he was going to escalate for all the reasons that I'm telling you right now said you said today Russia and China are not helping. But earlier this week Hegsett said that they are here play this clip.

[Senator Hovind]

And you said today that Russia and China are not helping. Earlier this week the war secretary Hegsett said that they are enabling. So what is the difference?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I don't know that they're enabling. I mean I will tell you that President Xi said he will not partake and President Putin said the same thing. I think you know, I trust them. Do they they've had a long term relationship. There could be some things to do but thus far at least it has not been major. I don't think they'd want to have me disappointed.

[Senator Hovind]

And there's a different story, not a rant.

[Midas Touch Network Co-Host]

There's and the reality is that they are they are publicly allied with Iran. That's the access and while Donald Trump is out there attacking Canada and NATO and saying all of these horrible things about the US Allies while also threatening to escalate and have more crimes in Iran, Trump has created the conditions for essentially a World War 3 to which is top military people are saying dude, look what you started and we've run out of munitions, we run out of munitions in Iran. And if this escalates, if China joins and Russia joins, we're done. We're cooked. That's how serious the situation is. It's not being reported like that anywhere else. We'll find out that just like we've been accurate each of these reports. We'll see. You'll see that this is the intelligence that he's getting. I have no doubt about it. Will you tell me what you think? Hit subscribe let's get to 7 million subscribers. 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.