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just gave a calamitous speech in Kentucky, marking a low point in the entire history of the United States of America. This disastrous speech involved Donald Trump talking about his unlawful war against Iran, but he spoke about it in the most despicable of terms. Donald Trump was cognitively glitching. He was having a meltdown. He was sweating. Somebody passed out during the speech as well. And then he continued on after that, talking about California Governor Gavin Newsom. And he's like newscom. This and then he was talking about how former President Obama would bob downstairs and that Donald Trump didn't like how he would bob down the stairs. And it's very hard to walk downstairs. And while the Middle east right now is. Is engulfed in war, as Iran shows no sign of relenting, sending their Shahid drones to target oil tankers now, you know, off of Iraq, as they are targeting oil depots in Oman, as the UAE is being struck, as there's strikes taking place in northern Israel, and Iran is ramping things up. Donald Trump's like, they're obliterated. We've won. They've surrendered. So let me show you what went down so you can just see it for yourself right here. Donald Trump refers to the war as an excursion. And he does these hand gestures which make it look like he's drawing the photo that he made for Jeffrey Epstein in that birthday book. He goes, this is an excursion. We had to take this little trip. That's all. This is just a little trip. Everybody here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
The end of the year, we did an excursion. You know what an excursion is? We had to take a little trip to get rid of some evil, very evil people. It should have been done. For 47 years, they've been killing our people. 47 years. 47 years. And I can only say this. They were all prepared. They're very strong. You know, they're going to try and take over the whole Middle East. They were going to knock out Israel. They don't know what the hell hit them, Right? They don't know they got hit by the American military. They don't know. They say, what the hell is happening. They didn't expect anything like this to bring down energy costs for American workers and families and businesses like this. When we ended the green news scam,
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you know, the scam, then Donald Trump talked about how his regime knocked out 54 ships in two days. And Trump says, the idea that I had is I wanted to take over the navies of Iran and they should just work for us. But my general said, it's so much more fun killing the Iranians than helping them become part of the U.S. navy. I mean, what's this guy talking about? Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
They knocked out 54 ships in two days. They're real ships. In fact, I got angry at my people. I said, are they good? Yeah, they're warships. I said, why the hell did we kill them? Why didn't we just capture them and use them in our navy? They said, they wouldn't have qualified for that. But I got a little upset with my people. I said, why do we have to knock him? And actually, one of my generals said, sir, it's a lot more fun doing it this way. But we knocked out 58 naval ships. We knocked out.
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And Donald Trump says that his military gave him a lot of different names to call this war. And Trump says, I like Epic Fury. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Is that a great name? Well, it's only good if you win, you know, you can only do. And we've won. Let me say we've won. You know, you never like to say too early, you won, we won. We won the bet in the first hour. It was over, but we won. But. But they gave me a list of names in general, sir, you can pick the name you'd like, sir. I said, the name of what? The name of the attack on a rancher. And they gave me, like, 20 names. And I'm, like, falling asleep. I didn't like any of them. Then I see Epic fury. I said, I like that name. I like that name.
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Then Donald Trump says that if he didn't terminate the Iran nuclear deal, we'd be in a much different place right now. Yeah, that's right. We'd be in a much safer place. You malignant, narcissistic, demented traitor. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Stupid. Was that. But that deal, the Iran nuclear deal, gave them the right to have a nuclear weapon as of three years ago. If that deal. If I didn't terminate that deal, I terminated it very quickly. If I didn't terminate that deal, they would have had nuclear weapons, and this world would right now be a different place. Much different place, believe me.
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Then Donald Trump says, you remember when we did Midnight Hammer back last summer, we obliterated the nuclear facilities of Iran, but we had to go back to obliterate the nuclear facilities again. So if you obliterated it, then you have to obliterate it. What are you talking about? What the heck is going on here? Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Killers in the world. That I did, as well as Operation Midnight Hammer, where we totally obliterated Iran's nuclear potential. We obliterated it. They don't have nuclear potential. And then during. After Midnight Hammer, and then we left, we figured that'll be the end of them for a while. But they started again. That's why we got to finish it, right? We don't want to go back every two years. And let's see. Because, you know, there'll be some.
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Then Donald Trump in this rally with this audience in Kentucky is like, we don't want to leave early. We want to stay in Iran, right?
Donald Trump
We want.
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We want to finish the job, right? We've destroyed them, right? And there's a crowd out there of people in Kentucky were like, yeah, we don't want to leave the war.
Donald Trump
What are you all doing?
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What the heck is going on with this country? Play this clip.
Donald Trump
We don't want to leave early, do we, huh? We got to finish the job, right? Over the past 11 days, our military has virtually destroyed Iran. Tough country. Their air force is gone. Totally gone. That took. That took the better part of about three hours. They no longer have radar. They don't have antiaircraft equipment. They don't have anything. Their missiles are down 90%. Their drones are down 85%. We're blowing up the factories where they're made left and right. And frankly, nobody has ever seen anything like it. Nobody's ever seen anything like what you're witnessing now.
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And Donald Trump then talks about how oil prices are already coming back down, but we're not leaving until the job is finished. Oil prices are not coming back down. Oil prices are going up. Here's what he said. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
But oil prices are already coming back down. And it's going to come down, but we're not leaving until that job is finished. And it's going to be very fast. Going to be very fast.
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If you just want to see in real time what is going on right now in this in Donald Trump's unlawful war against Iran, take a look at this Iraqi port. According to an Iraqi port official, two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel were attacked within the territorial waters of Iraq within the last hour, causing both to catch fire in the Persian Gulf. A total of 25 crew members on board the vessels have been evacuated so far. And you can see in all these Iraqi channels right now, you can see what's going on. Earlier in the day, three major cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz that we're trying to cross were hit by Iran, including this Thai flag bulk cargo ship. And the Iranians warned these ships, if you go, we're going to destroy you. And Donald Trump's like, cross, you can do it. And then they did and they got hit and the three ships got destroyed. The Kuwaiti army saying they're currently trying to intercept drones and rockets being fired by Iran. Right now you have massive fires continuing to burn in the night at the port of Salal in Oman. With the blaze caused by Wednesday's drone attack against the port by Iran, it's now spreading over the entire facility. You remember the video we showed you earlier on the deck of the Chinese cargo ship showing the moment the Iranian one way attacked drone, a Shahid 136 struck the oil tank earlier. Just take a look at this image from the bridge of a container ship arising at the port of Salal in Oman earlier today. Look at the flames engulfing multiple port facilities. It is apocalyptic. And then also you have northern Israel under fire from Hezbollah. So when Donald Trump's like we won this, are we? Could we just observe objectively what is happening in the world right now? So then Donald Trump says, I'm also pleased to report that the International Energy Agency is agreeing to coordinate the release of a record 400 million barrels of oil from various national petroleum reserves. This is not a record setting thing. The biggest, the biggest use of the emergency reserves imaginable. That's not a w Donald. And by the way, the United States Energy Commission is saying that they expect $90 plus a barrel for the foreseeable future. I think, by the way, it's going to be more than that. Why are you bragging that the International Energy Agency had to release this? Because there is the biggest crisis of an oil shock in the history of the world. But play what Donald Trump said.
Donald Trump
I'm pleased to report that earlier today, the International Energy Agency agreed to coordinate the release of a record 400 million barrels of oil from various national petroleum reserves around the world, which will subst substantially reduce the oil prices as we end this threat to America and this threat to the world. We don't want to leave early, do we? We got to finish the job right over the past.
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And Donald Trump talks about Obama bobbing. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
The only thing I admired about Barack Hussein Obama, which was nothing actually, but. But the only thing is the way he bobbed down. Remember, he bop. Hey, you talk about unpresidential. He's bopping. And I couldn't believe that he made it without at least a noticeable major fall. But Biden was the opposite. Biden couldn't even walk up the stairs. He fell three times walking up this.
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And then Donald Trump talks about how he's not able to watch TV with the first lady because of the wind. Let's play it.
Donald Trump
The wind. You know, you're watching television and you want to watch. And your beautiful wife, our first lady, says, I'm sorry, darling, you can't watch tonight. The wind has gone down and we haven't. But I want to watch myself on television. I want to watch myself debate. He says, I'm sorry, darling, we have absolutely no energy. There's no wind tonight. What a scam. That's a pretty big scam. That's one of the top. I say that's a top five. It's about five that are real beauties.
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Trump worries that when he walks, he slips. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Problem with this, it can happen. You can slip. I could slip. I came downstairs today that was soaking wet. You know, it's a little rainy today and I have steel stairs. And I'm saying, hey, yeah, yeah. But I'm, I do it very slowly. I grab that thing. I. Because nobody cares if you set a speed record.
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Then Donald Trump's talking about Gavin Newsom. And then somebody passes out. You can see for yourself in an
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interview, in an interview.
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Then Donald Trump tells the crowd, one day there's going to be someone other than me who's the president, and it's going to make you sad and they're going to be stupid. So what he's saying while America's at war. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Let's see. Because, you know there'll be someday when you don't have me as president. You'll have perhaps, perhaps, perhaps you'll have a weak, pathetic person like we've had in the past, mostly all like Barack Hussein Obama, who signed one of the worst deals ever with Iran where they were going to give up everything.
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And if this couldn't get any dumber, if this couldn't get many any more idiotic, this couldn't get any more dangerous. And like, literally right out of the movie Idiocracy, Donald Trump brings up Jake Paul on the stage. And Jake Paul's like, yo, man, God says keep it up, man. God says do it. God. Yeah, God and the flag, man. Here, play this clip to bring that here to us. I know God is with us. I know he wants us on the right side of history. And everyone here has to do their part. And God's got us, Trump's got us. So that's what was going on in Kentucky. Then Donald Trump says that Gavin Newsom can't read. And you don't want a president who's cognitively deficient. Maybe look in a mirror, Donald. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Well, thank you very much. We're talking about Gavin Newscombe. Doesn't seem like a very good subject right now. It made that young lady not feel so good. Anyway, he admitted he has mental problems, that he's not a smart person, that he has mental. A mental lack of ability, he's unable to read a speech he can't read, and all of the other things he said. He said he has a lot of problems, mental problems. And I was attacked by a reporter that said, well, what's wrong with that? I said, nothing's wrong with it, but I don't want the President of the United States to have a cognitive deficiency.
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And Donald Trump finishes the speech by saying why he's in Kentucky. And one of the main reasons is because Thomas Massie is running for Congress there. And Thomas Massie was one of the people who forced the release of the Epstein files. We're also learning about secret hush money payments from Trump accusers. Those payments being made by Epstein, by the way, to or Epstein's estate, to someone who accused both Trump and Epstein hush money payments. So Donald Trump's there in Kentucky attacking Thomas Massie for exposing the Epstein files and saying that he's not loyal to the Republican Party because he exposed the Epstein files. Here you go.
Donald Trump
The Wharton School of Finance. That means I'm real smart. We got to get rid of this loser. This guy is bad. He's disloyal to the Republican Party, he's disloyal to the people of Kentucky, and most importantly, he is disloyal to the United States of America. And he's got to be voted out of office as soon as possible. On the other hand, there you have it folks.
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Episode: Trump gives Catastrophic Speech on Iran War...in Kentucky
Date: March 12, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (The Meiselas Brothers)
In this episode, the Meiselas brothers break down Donald Trump's widely-panned speech in Kentucky, which addressed his administration's ongoing war against Iran. The brothers offer real-time commentary and critique as they play highlight (or lowlight) clips from the rally. The tone of the episode juxtaposes serious concern over the ramifications of Trump’s statements and actions with the brothers’ signature blend of sardonic wit and exasperation over Trump’s behavior and rhetoric. The episode critiques Trump’s cognitive abilities, his misrepresentation of facts, and the surreal spectacle of the event—complete with a cameo by internet celebrity Jake Paul.
“This disastrous speech involved Donald Trump talking about his unlawful war against Iran, but he spoke about it in the most despicable of terms.”
— Narrator/Commentator (02:21)
Irresponsible Boasting:
“They don't know what the hell hit them, right? They didn't expect anything like this...”
— Donald Trump (03:59)
Cognitive Absurdity:
“The only thing I admired about Barack Hussein Obama ... is the way he bobbed down. ... Biden was the opposite. Biden couldn’t even walk up the stairs.”
— Donald Trump (14:32)
Delusional Oil Claims:
“I'm pleased to report that earlier today, the International Energy Agency agreed to coordinate the release of a record 400 million barrels of oil...”
— Donald Trump (13:58)
Comic Relief & Tragedy Collide:
“What are you all doing?” — Donald Trump to the crowd during his rambling, as the brothers remark on the audience’s complicity (08:37).
| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------| | 02:21 | Opening summary of Trump’s “calamitous” Kentucky speech and its context within the Iran war | | 03:59 | Trump’s “excursion” language and war minimization | | 05:30 | Trump on ship destruction, “fun” of military might | | 06:11 | Naming war “Epic Fury,” and Trump’s showmanship | | 07:04 | Iran nuclear deal misinformation and reversal of reality | | 08:43 | Escalatory war rhetoric, promising a never-ending campaign | | 11:27 | Real-time global fallout and oil crisis | | 13:58 | IEA oil reserve release misrepresented as a victory | | 14:32 | Attacks on Obama’s way of descending stairs | | 15:08 | Bizarre energy/wind complaint regarding television | | 16:29 | Promises of “no more Trumps” and warnings about weak successors | | 16:56 | Jake Paul’s “God’s got us” cameo | | 17:44 | Attack on Gavin Newsom’s cognition | | 19:04 | Attack on Rep. Massie and mention of Epstein files |
The Meiselas brothers oscillate between incredulity, dark humor, and alarm. Their language is unapologetically critical of Trump—laced with sarcasm (“What the heck is going on with this country?” (08:39)), disbelief at the absurdities (“If this couldn't get any dumber ...”), and a sense of tragic spectacle as they chronicle what they see as a historic unraveling of American leadership.
This episode is a rapid-fire, scathing highlight reel of Trump’s Kentucky speech, meticulously fact-checked on the fly and leavened with the brothers’ characteristic banter. Veering between horror, exhaustion, and gallows humor, the episode distills a single evening’s wild political theater into a cautionary tale — a meditation on leadership, reality, and the future of American democracy.
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