B (5:17)

How do you respond to that?

C (5:18)

Are you Talking to the CEOs of

B (5:20)

various oil companies, encouraging them to use a straight up corporation? Right? They should. I think they should. I think they should use took out just about all of their mine ships in one night. We're up to boat number 60. I didn't realize they had that big a navy. I would say it was big and ineffective. But every one of their ships, just about all of their navy is gone at bottom of the sea. President, how did you impress any mines in the Strait of War movement? We don't think so.

A (5:56)

Donald Trump in this presser also says that America should stop doing trading with Spain. We're going to, we're going to Stop doing any trade with Spain. Okay, Here, play this clip.

B (6:08)

No, they're not. I think they're not cooperating at all. Spain, I think they've been very bad. Very bad. Not good at all. We may cut off trade with Spain,

C (6:20)

guys.

B (6:20)

All trade, all trade with them. I don't know what Spain's doing. They've been very bad to NATO. They get protected. They don't want to pay their fair share, and they've been that way for many years.

A (6:31)

Donald Trump is asked about the new report from our military which shows that, yes, indeed, as we've been reporting, the United States struck the elementary school in Iran and killed 150 little girls and more people. So what do you say about your own military report, Donald? He's like, I don't know anything about that. Here, play this clip shows a new

D (6:50)

report says that the military investigation has found that the United States struck the school in Iran. As commander in chief, do you take responsibility for that?

B (6:59)

That is what.

D (7:00)

As commander in chief, do you.

B (7:02)

For what?

D (7:02)

For the strike on the school in Iran. A milita. A new report says the military investigation has found it was the United States that struck the school.

B (7:10)

I don't know.

A (7:13)

And then a reporter asked Donald, can you declare victory even if the new Ayatollah Monjabi remains in place? And Trump's like, I can't answer any questions like that. Play the clip.

B (7:28)

Can you declare victory in this war if the Supreme Leader remains the ayatollah's son? I don't want to comment on that. I don't want to comment on that. But I will tell you. I just spoke with various countries, the leaders of various countries. You'll have a list. And they said they've never seen anything like it. We have. And I built it during my first term and I used it. I didn't realize I was going to use it this much. But we have the greatest military in the world by far. Nobody blows.

A (7:58)

While that's all going on, the US Navy is actually refusing the near daily requests, requests from oil and shipping industries for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of Operation Epic Fury. To Trump saying, do it. We're protecting you. But in reality, there is no protection. Let me show you right here. You can see for yourself this drone strike that hit the Oman Salalah port, that's the main oil depot, the main oil rig that exists in Oman. Several drones struck the fuel storage tanks at the port of Salal in southern Oman, according to Omani security sources. Just watch the video for yourself of what went down. Here's just more footage that shows the massive fire after Iranian drones struck Oman's largest oil depot. We'll take a look right here. What's going on in northern Israel right now. Hezbollah just fired 100 rockets at once in northern Israel. You can see the situation right here in northern Israel amid the Hezbollah missile attacks. Just look at what you're seeing right now, the massive barrage. Right now. There's also some expectations that Hezbollah, the Houthis, the in Yemen are also going to get more involved and try to shut down any transport of oil in the Red Sea. Right. So you have the Persian Gulf area, the Strait of Hormuz, that's basically shut down. What about the Red Sea area? I think the Houthis are going to try to shut that down as well. As Iran said, our goal, make sure oil's over $200 a barrel. Trump has asked, are you willing to withdraw the US From Iran even if we don't stop the enrichment of the uranium which you promised occurred last time? Here's what Donald Trump said. Let's play this clip.

B (9:41)

Mr. President, would you, are you willing to withdraw the U.S. from Iran even if they have not turned over and allow the US to seize their remaining. I'm not going to answer that. But we have hit them harder than virtue of any country in history has been hit. And we're not finished yet.

A (10:06)

Now, here's what the president of Iran put out moments ago. Put out a message that he's talking to the leaders of Russia and Pakistan reaffirming Iran's commitment to peace in the region. That's what he's. That's the statement. But the part for you to realize is that he's speaking with Russia and Pakistan and they're allied with Russia. Even though Donald Trump is trying to suck up to Putin the only way to end this war ignited by the Zionist regime in the U.S. the president of Iran Possession says is recognizing Iran's legitimate rights, payment of reparations and firm international guarantees against future aggressions. In other words, this war is not ending anytime soon. Meanwhile, the national average price of Diesel in the US has reached $4.81 per gallon, its highest level since December 15, 2022. You know, earlier in the day, I spoke with Democratic Congressmember Raja Krishnamoorthy about everything that's going on. Let's bring in that interview with Congressmember Krishnamurthy. I want to bring in Democratic Congressmember Raja Krishnamoorthy right now. It seems yet again that not only Has Trump lied about what's going on in Iran, what's going on internationally? But with all things Trump, it seems far worse than even what many people expected. Worst case scenarios are, we're learning about Iran now putting these mines throughout the Strait of Hormuz. We're learning about Reuters exclusive that there could be as many as 150 of our troops injured, wounded, maybe even more than that. These are normally things, congressmen, that in press conferences, even where we disagree with administrations, and they would explain to us these things. And what we've just been seeing, whether it's Trump or Hegseth or Caroline Levitt, is this propaganda? And I said this on the show last night, it's not even, it's not even good propaganda. All propaganda to me is not good. Let me be clear. But it's like, it's so obviously like comic book level junk stuff that it's like it's gross, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. Congressman, what do you make of it all?

C (12:13)

I think that's a good characterization. I think that we're kind of in this kind of situation where obviously this was an illegal, unconstitutional war. And the reason why Trump did not come to Congress and the people as he should have is because he didn't have answers to basic questions and he couldn't make a case for why it was time to strike Iran. There's no clear objective. One day it's regime change. Well, turns out the regime is actually getting worse. Another day it's about, you know, obliterating the nuclear weapons program, which we supposedly obliterated last summer and which is I, to my knowledge, without giving away classified details, is very much in existence even today. And I wouldn't be surprised if they were accelerating. And we don't have a timeline, we don't have an exit strategy. All we know are the costs. And they're trying to mask the costs, as you said. They're not allowing us full transparency into the number of injured. We know seven have been killed. We do know one thing. We know the economic costs. And here in the Chicago area, we're seeing gas price. Gas prices go up by 50 to 90 cents per gallon in one week. And there's no end in sight right now. And you know, Trump keeps saying this is going to end very soon. Well, guess what, Mr. President, the Iranians have a say in that as well, unfortunately. And I'm not sure what their intentions are, but they're wreaking havoc throughout the Middle east today.

A (13:46)

One of the things that we've Seen as well is I looked at the UAE interceptor efficacy and the amount of Iranian drones that are getting through now, specifically today as we're recording this is like 20%, 25%, significantly higher. You look at the chart and today is very different from these other days. And so it seems also that it's exposed this war, massive defects in the way the entire American military has been built. And frankly, rather than observing what's been happening in Ukraine, especially when Zelensky said, let me help you, Trump, in get some of the, we have the technology, here's how you deal with the drones. And Trump was like, no, no, no, no, no. But we have all these weapons that cost billions of dollars and we're using billions of dollars to strike at $20,000 drones. And we are depleting these resources and it's being, it's being exposed, this asymmetrical war. And if we just looked what was happening over there, you know, we, we should have known. And then you may say, well, I'm sorry, I'm rambling, but if you may say, well then, okay, well then, isn't that past administration's fault? You could go, yeah, it's systemic, it could be an issue. However, Trump randomly and went to war all of a sudden without the preparation. So at least the other ones didn't do, didn't do this. Let me toss it to you.

C (15:13)

That's right. I mean, if you know that you're not prepared, then it's probably a good thing not to undertake the military strike and go to war. And that's what's happened here. We were not prepared. We were not prepared for the numerous strikes that Iran has made on our friends, partners and allies in the Middle east, including on our US bases, including on airports. Remember, we have thousands of tourists, Americans who are stranded in airports and hotels throughout the Middle East. They can't get back home. And guess what? They've become targets. And we weren't ready to defend them or to evacuate them. We're not ready for these drones. These are one way attack drones known as Shahid drones. Tens of thousands of them have been used in Ukraine. So we should have known what their capability was, their lethality, and how the Ukrainians defended against it. And yet we didn't seem to learn that lesson either. And now we're in a situation where they have thousands of these drones left, they have thousands of ballistic missiles left, including ones where they can put a one ton warhead on those ballistic missiles, which they haven't done yet. And so it's basically Adding up to, to me, an unmitigated disaster. Epic fury has become epic failure. And at this point, I think, you know, I think we should adopt the War Powers Resolution again. I think more Republicans will consider joining. And we just got to. We got to end these hostilities.

A (16:46)

You know, the part that shouldn't amaze me anymore, it's just when I observe these Trump press conferences or when I see his social media posts, I see the behavior. I mean, yesterday he was posting Trump prophecies, and it's someone saying, and the trumpet said, let God rain down and make Donald Trump. It was like some. It's like some crazy stuff. And I'm watching him at the press conference joking about striking defenseless ships that were leaving parades in India, you know, and saying, we got them, we got him. You know, we're going to rain down death. Or, you know, and then he pivots to just saying, you know, making noises. And it's just, it's. It's strange. I just, I don't get how anybody observes this behavior that we watch. Just the way he can speak in sentences and just say, yeah, this is the guy who, like, it's obvious to me, in my opinion that we've got a guy with dementia or something very serious going on doing this. Like, obvious. It's like, red alert, red alert. And people like, well, you can't say that. Like, what else am I observing right now? Stop gaslighting me.

C (18:02)

That's exactly right. And I think, look, we have an unserious man for a serious job. We knew that we just didn't necessarily anticipate so many military adventures for a guy who promised to his base that he would not enter into any more endless wars or military excursions. Now, we've seen, I think, eight countries. Maybe I've gotten the number wrong. Eight countries where he has either entered into war or has bombed them or taken away their leader. And I think this is not what even, I think the MAGA base wanted. And you're seeing people like Tucker Carlson and, of course, Marjorie Taylor Greene and others make an uproar about this, as they should. And I think it's going to split his base. And it's evident to me I have not yet met just an average person on the street who said, hey, don't deal with the pressing economic challenges that I'm facing. So, such as, I can't afford my groceries or my rent, or I can't afford to buy a home or get childcare, healthcare, or an education for my kids. Let's go bomb Iran, let's do that instead. I have not yet met that person.

A (19:16)

Right. And I think you've met the person who says, well, it's because they're covering up the Epstein files and because things are so bad here that they want to change the conversation by doing the neocon thing on steroids. I don't even think the neocons could dream of, of, of this. This is like, I don't want to go there, but this is, it's worse than even the worst of the worst neocon as a way to distract from the domestic conversation that you're running for the United States Senate seat. That primary is actually coming up pretty soon in Illinois. But the domestic issues are what's top on people's minds. So before we go, talk to us about that because you're seeing people all across Illinois and what they're going through right now.

C (20:01)

Yeah, I mean, look, I'm regularly hearing from people about gas prices right now. I'm regularly hearing from people about utility costs rising, not being able to afford rent or buying a home. I'm hearing from people who talk about their health care going away because of these Medicaid cuts or the ACA tax credits not being extended by Trump. And so you're absolutely right. He's distracting attention from these issues because he knows that he's on very, very poor ground on those domestic issues. The problem for him is they get worse. The more he distracts attention and doesn't really address them, they don't get better. And I think that my Republican colleagues are sensing that, are feeling that, and I'm not sure what they're going to do about it with their president. But certainly we Democrats have to stand up on principle against this war against, you know, what's happening in numerous places around the world thanks to this president. And we have to stand up for our working families here.

A (21:08)

Congressman, where can people learn about your Senate campaign?

C (21:11)

Www.r a j a f o r

A (21:15)

I l.com Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthy. He's been with the Midas touch Since, since really day. 300,000 subscribers before I was able to book a lot of guests. Congressman Christian Morthy said, I want to be on that show. And I said, great, great, great, great to be on.

C (21:33)

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A (21:36)

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