Iran Screams “WE’RE STILL IN THIS”… Then Trump SINKS THEIR WHOLE FLEET
“Iran is now launching attacks at empty cargo ships.”
“Dana, good morning. Well, just breaking in the last few minutes, the United Arab Emirates is now accusing Iran of hitting with two drones, striking an empty oil tanker as it made its way through the Strait of Hormuz.”
“I spoke with President Trump for 20 minutes about the situation with Iran. He talked about Project Freedom and the US efforts to guide vessels through the straight of Hormuz, issuing a new warning to the Iranian regime, saying if the Iranians try to target US ships in this area, they will be quote blown off the face of the earth.”
“At the same time, South Korea says it is now working to verify that one of its vessels was also attacked by Iran. Now, this comes as Iran is warning the United States not to interfere in the Straight of Horus or else. Take a look at this statement from Iran’s head of the military uh of their United Forces. It says, quote, ‘We warned that any foreign armed forces, especially the aggressive US army, will be attacked if they intend to approach and enter the straight attack.'”
“Sentcom this morning denied an Iranian state media report claiming that Iran hit a US warship with two missiles attempting to pass through the straight. Sentcom says, quote, ‘No US Navy ships have been struck. Yesterday, an oil tanker was attacked in the straight of Hormuz, hit by unknown projectiles north of the UAE. Just before that, a cargo ship was attacked by multiple small boats near the coast of Iran.'”
“This looks like Iran’s last stand. But what exactly are they hoping to accomplish by attacking empty ships that don’t have any oil on them and are stuck in a US blockade?”
“Now, President Trump launched Project Freedom this morning, the humanitarian effort to safely guide some 800 cargo ship tankers and thousand crew members that are stranded out of the straight. The US has established an enhanced security area south of the strait’s usual traffic area along Oman’s territorial waters. And so far, two US flagged merchant ships have success successfully gotten out. Now, the Wall Street Journal says US naval ships are not escorting ships out of the straight, but Sentcom says guided missile destroyers, 100 plus land and sea base aircraft,”
“And we’re supposed to believe a bunch of little speedboats are going to stop this entire operation to reopen this straight of four moves.”
“Remember, this was a project implemented by the Americans overnight to assist the hundreds of vessels that are currently trapped in the Persian Gulf. We’re talking about more than 20,000 sailors. And the president told Fox he’s doing this for humanity. Some of these sailors were running out of food and supplies on these vessels due to the Iranian threats that are ongoing in this area. And again, the president saying that if US ships in the region are targeted, the Iranians will be blown off the face of the earth. Now, I also asked President Trump about the possibility of negotiations with Iran succeeding. He said the Iranians are being far more malleable than they were being in the past, showing flexibility given the US pressure that continues as part of the American blockade of Iranian ports. President Trump called that blockade the greatest military maneuver in history.”
“And that’s because in spite of what Iran is saying about how they’re still around and how they’re going to continue this thing forever, they have even less time than they’ve had this entire time.”
“And now we are sprinting towards the finish line. I can tell you that we we are suffocating the regime and they are not able to pay their soldiers. This is a real economic blockade and it is in all parts of government all hands on deck. It is the blockade that our great uh navy is doing. No ships are getting through and we have upped the pressure on anyone uh trying to remit money into uh Iran to send money IRGC, you know, they are corrupt institution. They’ve been stealing from the Iranian people for years. They have money offshore. We’ve tracked that down. We will continue to track that down and we’re going to preserve those assets for the Iranian people on the other side of this conflict. It’s the Gulf neighbors who I would describe as somewhat permissive and allowing”
“And on top of being totally corrupt and liars and not honest, they’re claim attacking a US warship was demonstrably false from the get-go. Look at where the Straight of Hormuz is. And then look at where the US blockade is. The US ships are not going through the straight. There’s nothing to attack. They would have to literally approach the US blockade with a bunch of these little speedboats and fire something and hope that they make it home. But now the question is what happens next?”
“As it relates to the combat preparations that continue across the region, President Trump understands there are two paths here. The Iranians either make a good faith deal or ultimately combat operations could resume. And President Trump told Fox News that right now they have bases all over the world. There are American preparations underway. He said, ‘They’re all stocked with equipment and we can use all of that stuff and if he needs it, he will use it.’ But the headline here, Sandra, the president issuing a new warning to the Iranian regime. If they do fire on US vessels in the Persian Gulf or nor near the Strait of Hormuz and today, we can report according to Sentcom Commander Admiral Brad Cooper, there were multiple attempts on American vessels and merchant ships in this region. And Cooper says that there were US efforts to shoot down both missiles and drones in the Persian Gulf as these Iranian efforts to attack vessels in the region continue.”
“So it sounds like the ceasefire is broken. And if the ceasefire is broken, this is going to be bad news for whoever doesn’t have the ability to continue a sustained conventional military campaign. And I think we all know who that is. The head of Iran’s parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee is quote warning any American interference in the new maritime regime of the street of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the ceasefire in the Persian Gulf would not be managed by Trump’s delusional posts. No one would believe scenarios. The UK military says the US has now established an enhanced security area for ships via Oman’s territorial waters south of where traffic usually transits in the state of Hormuz. The UK warns that the security level though remains critical in the straight.”
“But listen to what the president said about how this is going for Iran.”
“But we’re not leaving right now. We’re going to do it so nobody has to go back in 2 years or 5 years.”
“Mr. You also said last night that”
“They told me about the concept of the deal. They’re going to give me the exact wording now. Yeah.”
“Mr. Last night you also said that only like 85% of Iran’s missile making capabilities has been eliminated.”
“85% of the missiles eliminated.”
“15% important. Does the United States eliminate that?”
“Well, I’d like to eliminate it. Yeah, I’d like it. It’ be good if those were start to build up again. And yeah, I would like to eliminate it.”
“Sir, Mr. ask under what circumstances would you restart military strikes on target?”
“Well, I don’t want to say that. I mean, I can’t tell that to a reporter.”
“They just asked under what circumstances would you restart operations? But to me, it sounds like Iran has restarted military operations. It sounds like they’re the ones going on offense. Now, technically, the ceasefire that we have here is between the US and Iran, but they allegedly fired on some US ships. Now, there is reporting coming in where the US says it has sunk six Iranian boats. Apparently, these boats were targeting civilian vessels after Iran reportedly mounted a missile and drone attack on the commercial ships that the US forces were protecting. Ah, but how exactly does this operation to sneak ships out of the straight of war moves? How is that going to work when Iran says they control the whole thing? Do they or don’t they?”
“A very comprehensive and somewhat complicated operation. We’ve already cleared a lane free of mines that’s along the coast of Aman. So the furthest point away on the other side of the straits is where Iran is. And all the ships that have passed through have been passing through a lane that they established very close to the Iranian border of the straits. So that’s step one and that is already done. The other thing is we’re going to put in a layered defense scores of miles away from the Straits of Amuse with hundreds of surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft to intercept long range drones, long range missiles, anti- fired at distance to try to intervene with ships going through the straits. And then as you get to the straits themselves, we’re establishing a what we call a dome defense.”
“And that is at the terminal point where ships would be and be at their most vulnerable as they’re going through a narrow corridor that our audience has seen on a map many times. That do defense will will make certain that anything fired that penetrates through the layer of defense will be defeated.”
“So it’s basically checkmate for Iran. Their ability to control the straight is over. They don’t have the resources to launch any meaningful attacks. And if they do, those attacks are going to be blocked and these ships are going to make their way out, which sure makes it look like they’re losing, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah. So, let let’s level set here. I think the Iranians are starting to believe their own propaganda. And just to be clear, the leadership is the hunker down in bunkers all over the country. And you I don’t think they know what’s going on. But what is going on is that you they’re reduced. Their navy is not a navy anymore. It’s a band of pirates. They are trying to uh cut off international freedom of navigation through the street of hormones and the US is opening that up. This is a humanitarian effort. I can tell you two weeks ago was IMF World Bank week in Washington. And I had numerous countries come up to me, some of the poorest, some of the most vulnerable, and ask us to do this because it’s not only energy that’s in there, it’s fertilizer, it’s food transport, it’s LPG for the more than bill more than the billion plus people, right?”
“Iran is trying to basically make themselves the enemy of the entire world here. They don’t care if they starve people in poor countries that have trouble already. They don’t care if they launch missiles at their neighbors. There’s literally nothing that they care about. They don’t even care about what’s happening to their own people and we’re supposed to believe that they’re this mighty offensive force that is going to stay in this thing forever and is going to outlast the United States. I think they’ve made a massive miscalculation”
“Used to cook. So we are saying the Iranians do not have control of the straight. We have absolute control of the straight. They lost control. Blockaded the ships going into or out of Iranian ports. Their economy is in freef fall and everyone says they have a uh high tolerance for pain. Well, their soldiers will not have a high tolerance for not getting paid.”
“That’s huge.”
“Senator Reid believes that we are in a in a worse off economic position because of Iran. Let’s watch this week.”
“Strategically, we’re in in many respects a much worse position. The straight of her moves is blockaded. Uh we are seeing incredible impacts economically in the United States and oil prices, fertilizer prices. Uh the world itself is uh shuttering economic blows. So uh this has been a tactical demonstration of prowess but has not achieved the strategic goal that the president announced.”
“Who are you listening to? Senator Reid.”
“Uh I would say unfortunately Senator Reid who had a distinguished military career has now joined the surrender lobby.”
“Right. It’s like people want to see the United States lose this thing. People want to see Iran’s people come out beneath the regime. They want to see THE REGIME SURVIVE. WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THERE A surrender lobby in America? We don’t have to surrender. This thing is almost over and the best days of Iran are just around the corner for its people. Anyways,”
“That this has been going on for 3 weeks. That the Iranian economy is in freef fall. And to uh be clear here, this is an international humanitarian operation. We are opening the straight. The Iranians do not have control. And for him to say that, it’s sad he believes the Iranian propaganda.”
“There was report from the overnight that the United States Navy uh in a measure of good faith returned an Iranian vessel not to Iran but to the Pakistanis. I think there were at least a dozen Iranians on board and it was seen as a sign of a good faith. Uh was project freedom done in coordination with Iran today.”
“Uh absolutely not. Pro project freedom is something that that’s been in the in the works and we would encourage the Iranians to let these more than 300 vessels leave.”
“But they can’t do that because if they let ships leave peacefully, it means they don’t have control over the thing they’re saying they still control. There’s two sides, two opinions on what’s happening right now. Opinion number one is that the US blockade is successful. Iran’s economy is in freefall. We’ve got hard numbers to prove all of this. They have zero navy, which also proves this. And then the other side is, oh, Trump’s losing. Trump doesn’t have a plan. The United States is going to suffer. He’s going to collapse our economy. And the only way this viewpoint exists is if the regime exists and if they keep sending their speedboats out there to attack empty tankers flying the flags of countries that aren’t even involved in this conflict at all”
“That you know they they can fire on them. You they’re I think it’s called the mosquito navy. They is being swatted. Uh numerous ships in double digits have been destroyed and the US we are just firing if fired upon. We are not the provocators here. The ceasefire is over.”
“The Iranians want to escalate here. We are willing to escalate.”
“This is clearly a test Iran as well as we speak. Correct.”
“It it is a test of but again this is a rag tag band of pirates that the the great US military. We’ve destroyed their air force destroyed the all their conventional navy. The uh their battle lines along the straight have been destroyed. So uh we we are saying for the good of the international community, let these ships out and we are expecting our international partners to engage in the same thing. Now would be a good time.”
“Yeah. Now would be a good time for our recalcitrant allies in Europe to decide that they’re going to help out with this thing for the first time. That they’re going to actually do something to help make the world a better place instead of sitting on the sidelines lying about what Iran is capable of, lying about whether or not the United States should even be involved in this thing. That’s what they’re doing. They’re spreading lies. They’re spreading misinformation and then they won’t even let the US use their bases. That’s crazy.”
“The president also reportedly weighing removing troops from Italy and Spain.”
“The US Defense Manpower Data Center reporting that there are over 16,000 troops stationed in those two countries. Joining me now is US ambassador and Matthew Whitaker. Imagine a great”
“Thank you so much for being here this morning. Uh how would you assess the state of affairs between the United States and NATO”
“A joke?”
“Well, we’ve had better times, no doubt. But you know one of the things that I would say is that this alliance is moving towards European Europeans taking over the primary responsibility for the conventional defense of the continent and ultimately uh as we work towards that project you know there will be es and flows but you know one of the things that I think has a lot of uh of us questioning what’s happening is the the value that we thought we had here at NATO ultimately uh when we couldn’t use our bases in Spain, uh the UK and other places during Epic Fury.”
“Epic Fury exposed NATO because we needed to use those bases in Spain to make it easier for people to fly into Iran and deliver ordinance on a military installation and fly out. And they said, ‘No, you can’t do that.’ It’s almost like our NATO allies who are supposed to be on our side who benefit from United States dollars, United States defense, United States troops. It’s almost like they took the side of this regime and wanted to see them win. And the longer this goes on, the more unbelievable their stance on all of this appears.”
“That changes the value calculation of the NATO alliance. And so I think there’s a lot of a lot of us in in the Trump administration that are recalculating uh that value proposition, you know, and I’ve seen it as I’ve traveled the world and I’ve seen alliances with the United States. And one of the things that I know is that it’s a two-way street. That it’s not just the United States providing defense and deterrence that it needs to be our allies that are also stepping up providing defense and deterrence as well. And and again, you know, Epic Fury is a prime example. You know, the United States decided that it was not acceptable to have a nuclear ambitious Iran that was weeks away from being able to have not only one nuclear weapon, but but but many. And”
“Right, they told our negotiators that they had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs. And part of the reason why Europe has been sitting on the sidelines here is because where are they getting their oil? They’re getting their oil from the Middle East. They’re very worried about conflict over there making life even less affordable for them as they pursue some sort of green annihilation strategy which they afflict their own economies with. So they’re really worried about affordability. They don’t want anything to rock the boat over there because these economies are very fragile. They’re not producing anything. They have to import everything. At the same time, they really don’t like President Trump at all. They do not want to see him win. They do not want to see the US be in a stronger position relative to Europe. That’s what they don’t want. So to them, the worst thing here has been a US victory because it messes with their economy and it takes them down a notch or two in relation to other superpowers in the world. Basically after this, there’s going to be the US, going to be Russia and there’s going to be China and those three powers are going to determine what happens on the face of the earth, not Europe. This whole situation is very bizarre. You’ve got Iran. Their entire country is in shambles. Things are getting worse over there every single day. Their underground wells could explode. Their entire economy could be set back decades if they allow that to happen. And now they’re launching what? Desperate attacks on empty ships in the straight of Hormuz to do what? To wage some sort of final propaganda war to try and get another victory in the mainstream news here in America that says that, oh, Trump’s losing. I think that this shows that there is very little time left for these guys and I think that we could see big changes in the near future. What do you think about that? I’ll see you in the next video.”
