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Political News Commentator (7:11)

Maybe not now. There we go. Relax. Sometimes security comes with a little control.

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Now I'll just show you what the scenes look like right now in Beirut in Lebanon. This is the aftermath of the overnight Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. This is the suburban area right here, which is has been reduced to absolute rubble by the Israeli army. This is their suburbs right here. So it's not just like they're military bases. You could take a look at that for yourself. US Intelligence is also indicating that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse anytime soon after nearly two weeks of relentless bombardment by Israel and the United States, according to three sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters. Also, we now know the cost of this war. Over $11 billion a week, and I think that is a small estimate. $11 billion in the first week. And the US has never looked weaker. Right now I'll show you what General Grinkowich had to say. He's the U.S. allied supreme commander for NATO in Europe. Here's what he describes as what he's observed as a student of war. When you attack civilian populations, when you blow up elementary schools, in addition to being crimes against humanity, let's be very clear of the human aspect of this as well. Let's speak with moral clarity as well. But when you do that, also you rally people against you. Here's what General Grankowicz said.

Military Expert (10:41)

Here, play this clip in the war. And what I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that anytime you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve. We take this all the way back to the London blitz in World War II. The Brits just had a stiff upper lip and kept on fighting. And I think that's what we've seen in Ukraine as well.

Political News Commentator (11:03)

And so we also know that one of the big allies of Iran right now is Russia. Russia and China are helping Iran because this is one of the greatest things for Russia and China, weakening the United States like never before, reordering a global war, world order with America as weak. That's what's happening before. Do you see it? I've been warning about this since Trump took office. With Trump's tariffs against the world, a reordering of a world order with America not just not as a leader, but America as this kind of weak pariah state. Well, right now it's happening in fast forward right now. And Russia and China are feasting. They see blood, they see weakness in Donald Trump. They see the guy who's bankrupted everything. They see a lifelong loser, a Republican sycophantic establishment surrounding Donald Trump. They see loser, loser, loser, loser. And they are preying on this loser. That's what's going on right now in fast forward. And so while Russia and China are helping Iran, Russia sent its envoys to meet with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Miami to talk about further economic cooperation and Russia becoming an ally with the United States and how they can work better together. Not the US Standing up to Russia right now for killing our troops. Maybe we should focus on that or targeting America or helping Iran in the Middle east attack our allies and attack the United States. Maybe that's what the conversation should have been about. Or maybe about Ukraine and getting Russia to get out of Ukraine and stop its invasion. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. The head of Russia's direct investment fund, Kirill Dmitriev, he was there with Ushakov, left Miami, Florida yesterday following talks with US Special Envoy Wit Coffin Kushner. And according to the Kremlin press service, the talks centered around increased economic cooperation. As reports abound that the Trump administration is mulling a further walk back of sanctions on Russian oil. Cuz we've already walked back a lot of sanctions on Russian oil and other economic deals with Russia. That's what the Trump regime is focused on. Also, in his first message to the Iranian people following his appointment as the Supreme Leader to the Islamic Public of Iran, Ayatollah Munjaba stated that Iran will continue to use its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. By the way, they've shot like 14 ships in total. Like three the other day, three the day before that. Strait of her mos. And introduced the possibility that Iran could open up other fronts where the enemy has little experience and will be vulnerable. He thanked his regional proxy support. He thanked his regional proxy forces for their support against the West. Also, there was a video call with the heads of state for all members of the G7 on Wednesday where French President Emmanuel Macron just lost it. He declared publicly what others had been saying privately. No one can tell what Donald Trump wants to do or what the hell he's doing right there. Um, no one has any clue. And so Macron just got on the call and just started yelling, what the hell are you even doing here? What's the plan? What, what is all of this for? NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker was on state regime media, which calls itself Fox. You'll see on the bottom right, the markets are absolutely tanking right now. And here's what Whitaker said about the Russians providing support to Iran. Play this clip.

Government Official (14:40)

Ambassador. Russia reported as giving Iran specific advice on drone tactics. The Russians seem to be really helping the Iranians. The Russians seem to be winning in this situation so far. Would you dispute that?

Political News Commentator (14:54)

Well, a couple things is, you know, there's really, there's no indication that we can talk about publicly that the Russians are participating with the Iranians. And in fact, Steve Witkoff has said that the Russians told him that they are not. But even if they are, it's certainly not helpful because Iranian, the Iranians are getting their butts kicked by the United States. Here's what Donald Trump's energy secretary, Chris Wright said about the false post that he made on social media saying that the US Navy was escorting ships in the Strait of Hermos, which was false, which manipulated the markets when the US doesn't have those capabilities at all. And ships are being destroyed frequently right now in the Strait of Hermos. Play this clip.

Interviewer (15:38)

Question for you is there was the X post the other day that came from the Department of Energy that talked about a ship safely going through the straight of Hermes. That wasn't true. It caused a lot of market disruption. People lost some money. That tweet was deleted. As the Secretary of Energy, what have you done to make sure that that doesn't happen again? Are you going to personally approve those posts?

Government Official (16:00)

Yes, I will. Yeah. That is a miscommunication in our department. I take full ownership of that as the person in charge of the department. Very unfortunate. It will not happen again.

Interviewer (16:11)

Secretary Chris Wright, thanks for being on the show.

Government Official (16:13)

Thanks, Dana.

Political News Commentator (16:14)

But Chris Wright wants you to know this is short term pain for long term gain, everybody. That's what it is. Short term pain for long term gain. Here, play this clip.

Government Official (16:24)

So we're going to release 172 million barrels and swap it for more than 200 million barrels that'll be back in the reserve within a year. So ultimately this is going to help us fill the reserve, but we need the oil in the short term for that. For short term pain for long term gain.

Political News Commentator (16:40)

How did. Well, there you have it folks. Let me know what you think about all of this. We're almost at 7 million subscribers already. Let's get to 7 million subscribers fast hit subscribe. Thank you all so much for watching and have a good one.

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