Well, most of the people we had in mind are dead. So, you know, we had some in mind from that group that is, is dead. And now we have another group. They may be dead also based on reports. So I guess you have a third wave coming in pretty soon. [00:00:16] We're not going to know anybody. Well, that was our president, Donald Trump, reflecting on all the various individuals who have been killed in Iran, including individuals that he thought might be a good replacement for the now [00:00:31] assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And now we're also learning that he has gone from not really having a plan for what should happen after the I r c g falls to now suddenly wanting to handpick who will be the leader [00:00:49] of a country of 92 million people. - Before we continue your $0.02? - Yeah. So I've got a theory as to why all the people that we wanted as replacements are dead. I want to get back to that in a minute. But most importantly, in this story, the president's detachment from reality [00:01:08] is super dangerous. So Anna's going to tell you some facts here about what he thinks. Then we'll come back and talk about why that's so dangerous for us. Go ahead Anna. So Trump had an eight minute long conversation with reporters over at Axios. Barak is one of them. [00:01:25] And in that conversation, Trump allegedly said that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader, just as he did in Venezuela. Okay. And it's interesting because he keeps citing Venezuela, even though we're [00:01:40] talking about two very different situations, two very different countries. And more importantly, with the case of Iran, you have Israel making demands, and that complicates the matter, to say the least. Now, he believes that the likely replacement for Khamenei, [00:01:56] who happens to be Khamenei's son, Mojtaba is an unacceptable person to lead Iran. Okay, so he says they are wasting their time. Khamenei's son is. Khamenei. Son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy Rodriguez in Venezuela. [00:02:17] Like this guy. As Crystal ball says on breaking points over and over again and it's true is high off his own supply. He looks at Venezuela and thinks I'm miraculous. I'm amazing. I can make amazing things happen. This will be easy and I don't think that's a mistake. [00:02:33] I think he's surrounded by yes men who gave him the false impression that this operation in Iran, regime change in Iran would be simple. Further, he says that Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me. We're talking about a felon here, by the way. [00:02:49] That's Trump. Of course. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran. So we have our felon president essentially determining or attempting to determine who should lead again, a country of 92 million people. And then Trump also compared the Iran succession [00:03:06] to his intervention in Venezuela during a presser with the media recently. He talked about, you know, Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela yet again. Let's take a look at how that went down. I mean, Venezuela was so incredible because we did the attack [00:03:23] and we kept government totally intact. And we have Delcy who's been very good. We have the whole chain of command. And they've been you know, the relationship's been great. Now, in the case of Venezuela, Trump didn't necessarily want regime [00:03:41] change, which is why the regime is still in charge in Venezuela. In the case of Iran, it doesn't matter what the president of the United States wants. What matters is what the prime minister of Israel wants and Israel wants full blown regime change. [00:03:56] They don't simply want to replace Common A with another hardliner while keeping the ERG intact. So this is going to be a lot more difficult for Trump than I think he even realizes. Yeah. So first, I know it's a little random, but I want to go back to him saying [00:04:13] all the replacements are dead. There's a point that no one else is making. Look, guys, how did we know where they were going to have that meeting with the ayatollah and their top 49 leaders? Very, very likely. Normally what happens in those situations is human Intel. [00:04:29] So someone on the inside is working with us or the Israelis, and they're telling us where they normally meet, when they normally meet. And that's how we know, right? Apparently we killed those people because they were inside the building, so they didn't wait for them to come out. [00:04:44] They didn't wait for their favorite guys. So they're like, oh, our own guys are inside the building. The ones that we thought might take over Iran after we kill the rest of the leadership. Who cares? Who cares if they were working with us? Kill them all. Okay? I mean, you know, you've got whatever questionable morality exists in that case. [00:05:02] I'm not even going to get into that. But in terms of strategy, well, that's pretty dumb. So if you had a couple of guys picked out that you thought could be your Delcy Rodriguez and you were so impatient, you just killed them all. All right, well, no wonder you don't know what the hell is going on. [00:05:18] But now to the second point. Way more important. This is not normal, guys, and this is not attached to reality. So in Venezuela, apparently, the CIA did good work, which is, you know, you don't often hear me saying because they knew something we didn't know, [00:05:34] which is that, yes, they learned from the Iraq war that, the de-Baathification didn't work. Well, that was Saddam's regime. And they tried to get rid of the whole regime. And it led to a guerilla warfare insurgencies that were endless. Right? [00:05:49] So they're like, okay, let's not make that mistake again. Let's go in there and make a deal with Delcy Rodriguez and whoever else is second, third, fourth in charge so that when we take out Maduro, we'll put they'll be in charge and we'll have a deal behind the scenes. Okay. Well, well played strategically, whether you again think that [00:06:07] that was the right thing to do or not. I don't think it was the right thing to do. But overall, strategically, I get it. And that allowed them to have a small, smooth transition. In this case, there's no such thing at all. And everybody knows it and Trump knows it. The Israelis know it. We all know it. No, the Iranian regime is 100% against us. [00:06:25] Israel, Trump, one of their clerics today talking about how they're going to try to kill Trump. And and they're going to try to kill as many Zionists as they can. And I love the description in the, in the media about it. They're like, it's shocking, you know, threats. [00:06:43] Why is that shocking? We killed all their leaders. So of course, they're going to try to kill our leaders. We killed their, you know, their people. They're going to try to kill our people. Don't forget Noble Mobile saving you a ton of money. So a lot of people are signing up now and beginning to realize what the hell? [00:06:59] Why am I paying so much to Verizon and AT&T? So your bill is only $50 a month, but it can actually be less because they give you money back if you don't use your data. So if you're paying more than $50, there's no reason to not switch. It's crazy not to switch because same phone, same number, same contacts. Literally nothing changes. Titcomb. [00:07:16] Titcomb, switch. All right, we'll be right back. And then, so the regime is completely dug in, and their foreign minister has said, no, we are not interested in a cease fire. Last time during a cease fire was a mistake on our part. [00:07:31] It encouraged Israel and America. And so they thought we were weak. No, we should have kept hitting him. So from now on, no more cease fires. Let's go all the way, okay? In fact, Jake, I apologize for interrupting you, but, the foreign minister of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, [00:07:47] also told NBC news that they're ready for a US ground invasion, so they're not even debating whether or not a ground invasion is going to happen. They have already begun preparing for it. Yeah. In fact, he said something along the lines of come and find out. [00:08:03] He's like, we're totally ready for you. Can't wait. And it makes sense. Why does that make sense? Well, who wants a ground invasion of their country? Well, that's where we get into a quagmire. The minute you put the troops in, what you've done is you've gift wrapped Americans to kill over there. [00:08:19] So when we're here in America, the Iranians have no chance of killing us. But when we take our boys and girls and we put them into the middle of Iran, they're like, oh, thank you. Couldn't ask for anything better. Much easier to kill him now. So that's exactly what happened in Iraq. And by the way, is the IDF going to go in on the ground? [00:08:36] Of course not. No. They're going to send the Americans to die. Right. So now, guys, the most important part that's utterly delusional to think that you could tell that dug in regime. Oh, I'm going to tell you who to appoint. [00:08:53] What are you talking about, you idiot? We're trying to kill you. You're going to tell us you're you're now bombing hospitals and schools in Iran has now, rallied around the flag, just like we told you they would. And they're like, you think you're going to dictate stuff to us? [00:09:10] Come and find out. Come and find out. Look, guys, it doesn't matter who you think is right or wrong in terms of like, oh, maybe we'll destroy him on the ground and we hate them and all that stuff. None of that matters. What matters and is super important is, is the president aware of reality or is he in la la land? [00:09:26] And Anna, I think his okay. Yeah. His advisor said, oh, it's going to be easy. The cash and checks from Israel. Oh go yeah. Go push. Go in, go in. Oh, you're going to be the king of the whole world. You got this right. But only a child would believe stuff like that. I mean, if I was the president, I'd go, okay, wait, do we have a deal [00:09:43] like we did with DLC? And, who's going to be next? And what are we going to do? How are we going to effectuate that? Trump doesn't ask any of those. Oh, I'll tell them who their leader should be. You're at war with them. This is not like Venezuela where they gave up instantly. We're in the middle of a war. [00:09:59] And you think you're going to tell them who their leader is going to be? No. It's a big problem. That our president is insane. Doesn't know anything. So, guys, if you don't trust me or jenk in simply saying that, that's totally fine. But I always like to provide some receipts. [00:10:15] Okay, so we have now shown you so many different polls that indicate that this is not a popular war. The American people do not want this. Nonetheless, Trump had an interview with Politico. And I'm going to read you an excerpt from one of their pieces. [00:10:31] Donald Trump has brushed off concerns over any backlash sparked by the U.S. Israeli military operation against Iran, saying the public is loving it. In an interview with Politico, the US president said, quote, people are [00:10:47] loving what's happening, end quote. He added, we're taking out a threat to the United States of America, major threat and doing it like nobody's ever seen before. But here's the thing, guys. Americans are, I think in a lot of ways, way more informed today compared [00:11:04] to the lead up to the war in Iraq in 2003. And the reason why I say that is because a lot more people are relying on, you know, diverse sources of news. Yes, there's social media. Yes, there are some issues with independent sources [00:11:20] not being entirely accurate. But I think one thing that Americans generally understand is that Iran was not an imminent threat or a threat at all to the United States of America. Most Americans who are paying attention to political news or are engaged in politics know that Iran did not have, [00:11:37] you know, the military capability or the weaponry necessary to strike the United States. And so you're seeing stories go viral of marine veterans protesting this war in front of the Senate and getting their arms broken about it. [00:11:52] Those stories are getting traction because most Americans are sympathetic to what that Marine veteran is feeling. And so people know what this war is really about. It's not about benefiting the United States. It's about carrying out the best wishes of a foreign country, [00:12:08] and we're not getting anything out of it. So this notion that Americans love it and that they're really happy with Trump because he's protecting us from an imminent threat, is like one of the most delusional things I've heard him say. And that signals to me that he is surrounded by people, advisors who are [00:12:25] hardcore defenders of Israel and are literally lying to him about what the public is actually thinking right now. Yeah, we've got two problems. One is we've got a mad king, and the other is that his advisors are totally corrupt and they're deluding him. Oh, yeah. Yeah. [00:12:40] I mean, yesterday Anna covered a story about how Netanyahu found out through people in the white House that Donald Trump wasn't listening to him perfectly. Like, why wait? Why are you informing the other leader of a different country [00:12:57] about what you're secretly talking about inside the white House. That sounds like treason. It's even worse. It's even worse than that. Okay, so the Israelis were spying on the US on the administration, and it turns out that there was some concern by Benjamin Netanyahu [00:13:13] that Trump was having secret talks about possible de-escalation with the Iranians, and Netanyahu. And the Israelis were very concerned that the war would end before they finish or complete all of their objectives. Yeah. It's amazing. [00:13:29] So his advisors are constantly telling him, do what Netanyahu says, do what Israel says. Oh, we got this shirt like because Netanyahu wants them to keep going and going and going, trying to knock out as much of Iran's defenses as he can to do God knows what with Iran later, etc.. [00:13:45] And so but meanwhile, we're getting deeper and deeper into the war. And the American people like it less and less. But since the Mad King is detached from the people and has no idea what's going on. They're like, sir, yes, of course. You know, when you tell people that the immigrants are eating cats [00:14:01] and dogs, they immediately believe it. If you shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, they would love that. Okay, so and of course, just tell them that the American people love this war. Of course they do. And he's like, I knew it. I knew they loved this war. But guys, when we have an idiot like that who just doesn't, can't even understand [00:14:17] that his own staffers and insiders are treating him like a fool. Then how are we going to win a war when our commander in chief is a moron that doesn't understand reality at all, at all, and he just thinks he could lie his way through any of this? [00:14:34] No, no. When you're in the middle of war, lying and trying to do better, marketing isn't going to help you at all. And so I'm super worried. Well, what also doesn't help is that Trump seems to have an affinity [00:14:49] for freezing out anybody who tells him anything he doesn't want to hear.