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Donald Trump is living through a Monday from hell right now and apparently is begging for another mediation with Iran as Iran is pummeling US Bases in the Middle East. Donald Trump is fearing for his life and also has been forced to admit late last night that he will not be using Qatari Air Force One for the foreseeable future. At least one month until it is maxed out with some defense capabilities because Trump fears that Iran is trying to kill him. Iran has been putting up billboards throughout their country that look like this, hey terrorists, get ready to die. Who is the next one? And then it has D and T that are bigger than the other letters. Then it says hashtag Lindsey Graham. Oddly, Donald Trump's been posting photos of himself in the Oval Office with Lindsey Graham this morning. They have these photos in Iran of Donald Trump in a casket. And when you zoom in on some of these billboards, it says hashtag, we kill Trump. And now at the same time Iran is posting those images. I just found it notable as well this morning that FIFA cropped out Donald Trump from the stage with Spain at the World cup finals when Spain won and Donald Trump tried to inject himself in that photo. Also Spain edit out Donald Trump from that photo as well that they've been posting on social media. And Donald Trump was just there was like, get out of this photo. I think it's also notable as well, as one commentator notes, when you ask
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the nation to go to war and we have troops getting killed right now
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in the Middle east, as Donald Trump also doesn't even have the Right. Interceptors anymore in the Middle east. And our troops are just out there just being so vulnerable. When you ask the nation to go
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to war, the first family should not be posting this.
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Take a look at the Trump family
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all posting being at the World cup and having the time of their life. Now juxtapose it to these photos right here as we learn the identity of
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our troops who have been killed in
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the Middle east as a result of
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Donald Trump's catastrophic war.
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Private Isabella Gonzalez, 19 years old, of Carlton, Texas, killed in Jordan. First Lieutenant Tyler James Freehand, 25, of
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Hawaii, killed in Jordan as well. And here was Donald Trump on the tarmac late last night or yesterday in the evening saying that we now have
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to max out the Qatari jet with
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missile anti missile capabilities.
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And don't worry, we'll get back to it.
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Listen to what Donald Trump says here.
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Let's play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
Well, it has, it has a lot and you know, it has a lot of capability. But as I understand it, in about a month or so they're going to send it to have it be maxed out. So they're going to be sending it and they'll have it be maxed out. It'll take about a month.
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Now, Iran's top civilian politician who used
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to be in the Iranian army, by the way, MB Golubov, said the following. This is what he just posted.
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Americans keep bringing new military equipment to the region and claim thereafter stopping the, and then claim thereafter they're stopping the war. They've bet on our intelligence being as brief as their own iq. We've reached the stage of mastery in recognizing these American games. And on that basis we've prepared ourselves and actions must confirm claims, not contradict them.
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Now, as the United States is now
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running low on munitions and of course low in our Strategic Petroleum reserves, we're now learning that in 36 months from now, Lockheed Martin may introduce a PAC3 adapted capability effector, a new Patriot interceptor that may cost less, perhaps half as much as the current PAC3 missiles that we're running out of. So those current interceptors cost about four to five million dollars each shot. So when you see those Iranian ballistic missiles strike in Jordan or Kuwait or Qatar or Bahrain or any of the neighboring Arab nations, right? Each one of those munitions, each one of those interceptors that the United States is firing is 5 million. And they're not striking the Iranian ballistic missiles that are clearly hitting their targets
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and doing a massive amount of damage.
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Footage this morning that the Iranian navy released launching drones towards US Bases in the latest wave. Let me show you this right here. And this is footage from this morning showing a Greek flagged commercial vessel with Saudi oil that was just struck in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's IRGC warned it if you use the non safe route, the US route by Oman, we will destroy your ship. Saipan Navy, SEPA Navy, we will destroy your ship. And this came an hour after the Houthis in Yemen announced a full naval blockade in the Red Sea of the Bab Al Mandab Strait for Saudi vessels. So as I've been warning the Bab El Mandab Strait, the Houthi says as it relates to the Saudi vessels, we are shutting down the Bab El Mandab Strait. I think there was two tankers this morning that Iran, we definitely know this one. There's been a UK maritime advisory as well that another tanker I believe was hit. But let me show you what this tanker looks like right now that is sinking in the Strait of Hormuz by Oman. I'll show you this photo. Let's play this clip.
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Now as I Noted. Yemen's Houthis officially announced a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, banning all Saudi maritime through the Bab El Mandab Strait and Red Sea. Now Saudi Arabia exports 4.5 million barrels of crude oil per day through Bab El Mandab. Combined with Iran's full Hormuz sovereign control right now, Saudi can neither export through Hormuz nor through the Bab El Mandab Strait, effectively cutting off all oil exports as every tanker leaving Saudi ports becomes a target. A senior Houthi official says it's unacceptable for Saudi Arabia to continue exporting oil through the Red Sea while Yemen remains under a Saudi blockade. And remember last week when Saudi Arabia struck a airport in a Houthi controlled area? Remember the Sana' A airport that was struck when an Iranian plane was gonna be heading there? I said, look, they're going to shoot down, they're going to shut down the Bab El Mandab Strait and that's what's going down. So with all of this happening, fake cease fire news was inevitable, right? Fake cease fire news, as this image shows. Fake cease fire news. Houthis shut Saudi oil exports and shoot the Saudi tanker. Then it goes. A senior Iranian source says that mediators in Qatar are now going to Iran to propose a 10 day pause in strikes to create an opportunity, opportunity to revive the interim nuclear deal between Iran and the United States. Well, that's what's being reported on corporate news here. And I think Iran is just trying to, if anything, flag that this is fake news because why would Iran go back to do an MOU after Trump escalating again? We need to just focus on what's actually happening on the ground. Right. A new direct hit in Kuwait just now. You can see right here, Iran striking Kuwait. A new direct hit in Bahrain right now, you can see it right here. We believe there will be major strikes in Jordan. Now, if you just take a look also. Oh, and by the way, I mean,
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if you look at what's happening on
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the map, the US is deploying additional F16, F35 fighter jets along with aerial refueling tankers to the Middle East. So the US Escalating as more US Equipment is just getting destroyed there. But I want you to take a look right here at this map so you can see what Iran is strategically doing right here. And you're like, well, why are they striking Jordan? Don't you think they would be striking Israel? We haven't heard about them striking Israel yet. No, what Iran realizes is that the Iron Dome as it's been called, yes, there's an Iron Dome in Israel. But it does seem like Trump and Netanyahu and US And Israel have really created an Iron Dome in the region to actually protect Israel and to use the other Arab nations and their, and the US Bases there as ways to block. Just look where Iran is on the map, you know, for the Iranian missiles to be blocked in these other countries before even heading into Israel. And then Israel serves as kind of, you know, then uses its Iron Dome, you know, when these other countries, you know, are not actually protecting Israel. And it does appear that there are a lot of vulnerabilities in the infrastructure and in the security umbrella and in the equipment that the United States gave these Arab nations, which seem more equipped to protect Israel than to protect the Arab nations themselves. So if you look at where Iran has been striking, they've been picking out targets in Qatar, they've been picking out targets in Bahrain, they've been picking out targets in Kuwait, they've been picking out the targets, Northern Iraq or B, they've been picking out. Let me just go look at Jordan. Prince Hassan Mufak.
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Salty.
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That's where the two or three recent deaths were. Three recent deaths. King Faisal Air Base, Aqaba, right there. And so that's where Iran is striking.
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If you take a look, if you take a look on the map right there. Now,
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one of the reasons also I
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think, why you floated the idea, was there going to be a. Is there going to be a
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ceasefire or mediated discussions? Look what it did to the price of oil for a brief period of time. You know, it reduces the price of crude, it's manipulating the markets. But then eventually, you know, the markets are catching back up to everything that's happening right now. So that's where we are right now. You've got. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. And thanks for watching, everybody.
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Title: Trump Faces New Threats as Iran Raises the Stakes
Date: July 20, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (The MeidasTouch Brothers)
This episode tackles explosive new developments in US-Iran relations amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. The brothers analyze intensifying threats to Donald Trump’s personal safety, Iranian psychological warfare and military maneuvers, the vulnerability of US forces and allies, and the ripple effects on global oil markets. The tone balances urgent political analysis with sharp, occasionally irreverent brotherly banter, underscoring their pro-democracy stance.
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Trump's security fears:
“Donald Trump is fearing for his life and also has been forced to admit late last night that he will not be using Qatari Air Force One...”
—Political Commentator, [04:28]
On the stakes for troops:
“Our troops who have been killed in the Middle East as a result of Donald Trump’s catastrophic war.”
—Political Analyst, [06:21]
Iranian official MB Golubov warning:
“Americans keep bringing new military equipment to the region and claim therefore they're stopping the war… We've reached mastery in recognizing these American games.”
—Quoted by Political Analyst, [07:31]
Critique of US regional policy:
“The equipment that the United States gave these Arab nations... seem[s] more equipped to protect Israel than to protect the Arab nations themselves.”
—Political Analyst, [14:00-15:58]
The MeidasTouch brothers cut through media noise to lay bare the stakes: Trump and the US find themselves encircled by Iranian psychological and kinetic warfare, with US allies and troops paying the price, and global oil flow under immediate disruption. The narrative is urgent, sharply critical of Trump and current US Middle East policy, and leaves listeners with a sense of rapidly escalating danger, both for US personnel and the global economy.
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