Trump Reverses Course on Global Threats as Conflicts Escalate

Donald Trump just caved to the hoothies and through MBS, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, under the bus. Donald Trump also did a hat trick of caving. Not only did he caved to the hoothies, as they stared him down, Donald Trump caved to Iran, Donald Trump caved to China, and then Donald Trump tried to threaten President Zelensky of Ukraine and told him, "Do not strike any more refineries in Russia," and Zelensky said, "As long as Putin keeps striking infrastructure in Ukraine, I'm going to strike inside Russia." And so Zelensky struck the main refinery in Moscow, completely disabling it. Donald Trump showing the entire world how weak he is. So, according to exclusive New York Times reporting that dropped last night, Donald Trump promised MBS, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, that the United States would join with Saudi Arabia and strike the hoothies in Sana and other hoothies, or on Serala, as they're called in the region, strongholds, in Yemen. As you know, on Serala, the hoothies have taken control of all of Western Yemen. They took control of Moka. They took control of the Babel Mandab strait. They're now moving east towards Aiden, moving east towards other areas, where Saudi Arabia's PLC-backed proxies have limited control, but they're on the retreat. As you also know, on Serala, the hoothies responded to Saudi strikes on the airbase in Sana and other strikes inside Houthi areas and the hoothies hit the Saudi Arabian east-west pipeline really hard. They hit refineries and storage facilities in Saudi Arabia, really hard. And so apparently, MBS once again was basically begging Trump, "Hey, we did all these quid pro quo deals. Look what we did for you. You got to join us." And so, Trump gave MBS his word at the end of last week that the U.S. would be joining Saudi Arabia and doing these strikes against the hoothies. And then the U.S. military was preparing to do these strikes. And then at the last minute, Donald Trump said, "Nope, we are not doing the strikes." Donald Trump backed out. MBS was left all alone. The strikes did not take place. A lot of the military activity we saw in the region. Some of those embassy evacuations that we saw were apparently tied to Donald Trump's promise to MBS. And then Donald Trump told MBS at the end, "I'm not going to do a Trump return from Camp David on Saturday, cutting his trip to Camp David short." Trump then went to his golf course in Virginia and started playing golf there. And he had like a club tournament over there. Let's take a look at what the New York Times is reporting here. Then I want to talk about Iran. Then I want to talk about China. Then I want to talk about Ukraine. But let's talk about this New York Times reporting. So, Donald Trump wavered for weeks over Saudi appeals to help in fighting the hoothies. Things came to a head on Thursday end of last week where the Crown Prince MBS, the Kingdom's De facto leader, a major ally in the Iran War, right? He allowed Trump to use those bases in Saudi Arabia, which were subsequently hit very hard by Iran. Remember the E3 AWAC that was destroyed, the Trump regime tried to cover up. Remember those photos that recently came out and actually came out a few months back when the strikes took place. But in any event, MBS called Donald Trump up, implored him again. Step up. We need your help. The hoothies are striking our oil facilities. They struck the East West pipeline. The power stations are down. We need your help. Donald Trump met with advisors just the day before and told them he did not favor strikes. But after speaking with MBS, he reversed himself. He told the Pentagon prepare for strikes. We're going after the hoothies. But by mid-day Sunday, Donald Trump appeared to reverse himself again. It actually took place on Saturday from when I'm hearing from sources. But officially on Sunday, he reversed himself again. There would be no U.S. air strikes against the hoothies. At least not for the time being, according to administration officials. The White House press office declined to discuss Trump's deliberations for the record. A senior administration official would say only that the U.S. has a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and will always defend our allies. Most of Donald Trump's inner circle was deeply skeptical or outright opposed to joining Saudi Arabia's fight against the hoothies, particularly because the United States has run out of weapons when the U.S. lost the catastrophic order on. The U.S. is out of patriot interceptors. The U.S. is out of fads. The U.S. is out of SM3s and SM4s on the Navy destroyers. The U.S. is out of a lot of offensive capabilities as well, which we've been reporting about extensively here on the Midestouch network. I want to remind you, though, back on November 18, 2025, when MBS came over to the United States and met Trump in the White House, remember Donald Trump just like grabbing and pulling MBS's hand and bragging about all the money MBS was giving him. I just want to remind you over here so you can see for yourself. Let's play this clip. It's kind of, I'll need Mr. Friston. And Trump doesn't give a fish pump. I grabbed that hand. I don't give a hell where that hand's been. I grabbed that hand. Remember when he travels for 20 hours, he gets out and he gives a fish pump. No. When you get out of the plane and you get the future king and the man who's one of the most respected people in the world, you shake his hand. You don't give him a fish. And then at that same meeting on November 18, 2025, Donald Trump told MBS, "I want to thank you because you've agreed to invest $600 billion into the United States." Donald Trump just like makes up fake numbers. But in any event, this is what Donald Trump said. The biggest plants anywhere in the world. And I want to thank you because you've agreed to invest $600 billion into the United States. And because he's my friend, he might make it a trillion, but I'm going to have to work on him. But it's 600. We can count on 600 billion. But that number could go up a little bit higher. Yes. I don't know. We'll see. And then Donald Trump proceeded to throw MBS under the bus and Donald Trump back down and was afraid of what the Houthis would do in response. The Houthis control the Bob Elmondob straight, which means they could basically shut down access through the Red Sea. Currently, the Houthis have shut down access and have a blockade against only Saudi ships right now. And I think Donald Trump realized with those diesel prices surging, he could try to blame Zalinsky all he wants or try to blame Biden or Haku knows maybe he's going to blame Dr. Fauci. But the American people are not buying it at all. I'm going to show you in a moment what one of the Houthis top reporters in Sana told me. But I want to pivot now quickly. Jason pivot. Let's talk about Trump on Iran, right? Donald Trump said, once again, Sunday morning, he called state regime media Fox. I'm in deciding mode. Big things are going to happen. He said, he remind choices. Am I going to wipe the country out? IE genocide. Just wipe out the civilization. Am I going to let them rot economically? Or am I going to make a deal? They better behave. Donald Trump, the ranting and ravings of a lunatic genocidal maniac. But here's how it was reported on state regime media who just reports like their stenographers with this psychotic lunatic genocidal individual has to say here. Play this clip. Senator, an update from the president. Hey, Tray. Yeah, hey guys. Good morning. I just spoke with president Trump about the situation with Iran. He tells Fox News he's in a deciding mode and that very big things are going to be happening in the not so distant future. The president described the current choices on the table as wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically or making a deal. He added, my question is if and when do I blow the entire nation up? They better behave. Now I asked the president about and was Iran worried for a moment? No, because in the real world, not in the propagandized thoughts regime media world, the US lost the war to Iran and not just like a lost like an incy-beatsy bit. The US got pummeled. The US bases in the region are destroyed. The US is basically out of weapons as I noted before. The US security umbrella in the region has fallen and then the dominoes fell as well. The US security umbrella in Asia and Europe has also fallen as well. It's been an unmitigated disaster. So what's Iran's response? Well, Iran's top civilian leader, their parliament leader, MB Galabaf, posts the following. It's Schrodinger, the empire is in the strait of Ramuz cabinet with falling plates projecting hijamaid, hegemony, but fully exposed, trying to suffocate Iran without blowback impossible. This endgame cannot be modeled. It will be opened and Iran's hand is already on the lever. And he creates this meme, this Schrodinger's empire meme. I mean, he's doing a reference to the 1935 Schrodinger's quantum physics experiment. I mean, you've got like Pete Hegseth, right? The failed fox host talking about send me. That's what our service members have said, send me to wars without explaining why I'm even going in there. Send me to Dianne, meanwhile in Iran, you've got their parliament leader talking about Shrodinger's experiment regarding quantum physics, which was this thought experiment about the cat, whether this cat was alive or dead. And I mean, essentially over here, what he's mocking is that at any moment, if Iran wants to prove that the U.S. is dead, all you got to do is just pull open the cabinet right here. And then all of the plates will immediately fall out from the straight of Hormuz cabinet that the U.S. is trapped in. And then if you look at this photo, he posts missile magnet basis, meaning the U.S. bases in the regions are just exposed. They're not underground. Like Iran built their bases under mountains. They have underground cities where they keep their weapons. The U.S. bases are all exposed, floating carrier targets, while Iran has state-of-the-art drones like the Shahids and state-of-the-art ballastles, and the shaked ballistics and the anti-ship ballistics. The U.S. has these gigantic aircraft carriers, which can't maneuver, which are floating carrier targets. The Petrodollar Ponzi scheme that the U.S. uses, which was based on the security umbrella in the region, with the Petrodollar, the U.S. dollar, using its protection racket to basically supply funds to the U.S. for our treasury markets and our equity markets. And Trump screwed that up. The Global IOU Casino, regime change charities, green-screen hegemony, full-based order, genocidal proxy, rentier, shaped-doms, ATM states. In other words, MB Galaboff is mocking. And he's doing it in this kind of uber-intellectual way. I think showing the distinction between how their evaluating things and Pete Heggs, it's like, "Let me read from the scripture, Isaiah says, send me to die in war." Okay, the book of Isaiah doesn't say, "Send me to die in war." Then we heard from Iran's Security Council Secretary Moshe Reza. He is the top advisor to Ayatollah Moj Taba Komeni. And here's what he says, "If war begins again, U.S. ships, unless they leave the Indian Ocean, will be attacked wherever they are inside the Indian Ocean, we have developed these capabilities. We increase the speed of our hypersonic missiles from Mach 6 to Mach 10. We have also developed our electronic warfare systems, improved our air defenses. And we have other measures that we will use at the appropriate time. Therefore, we are fully prepared. If America starts the war, we will confront America with greater force and with more numerous and more painful strikes." He went on to say, "Trump greatly underestimated Iran. Today nobody considers America's war with Iran to be rational or a logical war. Everyone describes it as a stupid war. And I want to add another word to that ignorant, America's military, economic, and political actions were not based on any precise assessment or accurate calculations. They were carried out entirely at the instigation of Israel and Netanyahu personally. If the Americans are serious, let their soldiers come in and enter on. Why do they not come in? Ground forces are always the ones that have the final word and wars. Why do the airborne divisions not come? Why do the US ground forces not enter Iran? Why do they only bomb from the sky? And then leave," he goes on to say. This episode is brought to you by IQBAR, our exclusive snack sponsor. IQBARs are better for you, clean plant protein bars packed with fiber and brain boosting nutrients, with zero added sugar. You no longer have to choose between healthy or delicious snacks. IQBAR's plant protein bars are packed with high-quality ingredients to help keep you physically and mentally fit. You won't find any unrecognizable ingredients on their label. The number one ingredient in their bars is almonds. IQBARs are great for any diet, whether by choice or due to allergies. IQBARs are free from gluten, dairy, soy, GMOs, and artificial sweeteners. 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His brother, Mohammed al-Bukhati, is a top governor for Ansarallah, and he's a part of the political bureau there. So who's saying is as deeply connected as you get. And he says, shouldn't Donald Trump have known that Iran was going to retaliate and who's saying goes, we get it. Trump's a fool. He's an idiot. I've showed you that clip before. And he goes, and he's an idiot. But don't you have other generals and admirals who would tell you these things? Who's saying who is the top Houthi reporter? He's like, don't you guys have generals and admirals who give advice? Who's running this? He's like genuinely shocked at this point. Here, let's play this clip right here. So he should have thought as well where Iran get retaliate. They do have missile to the United State. I mean, a child will know that they will retaliate against your bases. They will target at your bases there. They will destroy the economy. And this will affect your economy as well in the United States. And you promised for peace and for all of that. So to go and allow that huge war and that huge attack that could actually cripple Iran, killing their supreme leader. So usually they expect all type of retaliation. But the thing that's actually make me think, I mean, does Trump, of course, he has military advisers. He has people. I'm not talking about the minister of defense because he's just another copy of Trump. I'm talking about that the commander of the aircraft carrier, the commander of the districts of the United State Army wasn't there anyone who's wise will tell him, this is actually will make us say this will damage our reputation. You can see now that the United States reputation as one of the strongest power. It was evidenced by Yemenis in the retreat. It shows that this now let's talk about the cave to China. Remember when Treasury Secretary Besant was like, we are going to clamp down with secondary sanctions against any nation that does business with Iran. If you do business with Iran, we're coming after you, right? So then China, through their foreign minister Wang Yi and through Xi Jinping, and I'm saying we do business with Iran, right? There was the Shanghai cooperation organization meeting where there were meetings between China and Iran, but more prominently and more publicly and New Delhi at the BRICS meeting. We saw a very prominent role of Iran's president Possesky and Iran's foreign minister Arajqi, China's foreign minister Wang Yi and China's president Xi Jinping. They all met and they said we're working together. We are working together and also China made a numerous public statements through their foreign ministry spokesperson saying China rejects the US unilateral sanctions. China rejects US economic deed. We stand against it, right? And so what's the response by Treasury Secretary Besant? Well, it's to invite over Chinese vice premier Hina Fang ahead of the Trump Xi summit. And all Donald Trump talks about is how excited he is to meet with Xi in essence. Rewarding China, right? I mean China gets a big state welcome. That's what Trump's obsessed with. You have Treasury Secretary Besant meeting with the person who based on his own threats. You would be secondary. Look, I think that this secondary sanctions is ridiculous, but this is what Besant threatened. And this photo right here, I mean, it's almost as if China's vice premier is like a laughing at Besant. I mean, take a look right there for yourself also going back to St. Albuquerque. On Donald Trump, he said we look at him like he's an absolute fool here. Here let's play this clip. We look at him here in Sana and maybe in all Yemen as like someone who's a fool who doesn't want, who doesn't know what to say. He doesn't know what not to say. He just like what comes to his mouth, he will just say it and and is actually making the live. of the United States as one of the countries that's considered the free world, making it bad. And if you hear, I mean, if somebody will break an agreement or a word with someone, we call him Trump. And then I should point out what Prime Minister of Qatar, Prime Minister Al-Thani, had to say in New York yesterday at the Qatar Economic Forum. Here's what he had to say about how now Middle East nations need to rethink the security umbrella, how Arab nations, how Gulf states should become allies with Iran, he says it out loud. And we need to learn lessons from the war. Meaning what he's saying is the lessons are that the U.S. and Netanyahu are the problem. Like that's clearly what he's implying if not expressly stating here play this clip. Iran is our neighbor. We need to understand that without having a security framework that brings us all together as Gulf countries with Iran, ensuring that none of us is posing a threat on the other. This region will not just be continuing in the same way as it used to be. We have to act together responsibly as a region and to make sure that we are having a good relation with Iran and Iran has a good relation with the Gulf countries. And we are walking toward that, our regional partners believes in this. And we are hoping that this war is a wake up call for everyone that it's time for it to happen. And then we get to Ukraine, right? Donald Trump calling Zelensky up over the weekend to threaten Zelensky, a source familiar with a Trump's Zelensky call on Sunday. Told Axios, which is a propaganda rag for Donald Trump at this point through Baroque Revee. That Donald Trump repeatedly urged Zelensky to stop the strikes on Russian oil refineries arguing they were pushing up global diesel prices. Donald, you're going to try to Dr. Fauci's Zelensky. Actually, Trump was Dr. Fauci and Zelensky before he Dr. Fauci Fauci, where Trump wants to, in other words, blame somebody for what Trump does. All Trump does is blame, blame, blame. So now it's like Zelensky. You're the reason why diesel prices are surging really, Donald, because you promised in the election that you would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours after the election. And then you lied about that as well. And the reason diesel is surging is because of you and Netanyahu's catastrophic war in Iran. I want to be clear, certainly the war that's going on after Russia invaded Ukraine is certainly leading to some issues, the significant issues, but the broader issue is you. Because you said you would end that war in 2024 and you started the catastrophic war in Iran. And so now all of this is cascading. All of the dominoes are falling. And apparently in Donald Trump's threats to Zelensky, the war diesel came up many times during the call. The source said, well, let me all show you what went down. Let me show you the footage over here. You can see for yourself, I'll play you the B-roll. This right here is a strike drone from the Ukrainian defense forces penetrating dense Russian air defense is in Moscow. And striking the refinery over there. Look for yourself what this scene looked like right here, more B-roll, more B-roll. I mean, this scene is a credible video over here that was taken. And I'll show you the direct Ukrainian hit in Moscow. You can see it for yourself. Play this clip. And what did Donald Trump do? Well, Donald Trump rushed home. Lots of people thought he was rushing home because he was escalating the catastrophic war. And then he was going to escalate on the, he's an escalate in Iran as he was threatening to do, but no. As Donk Media says, breaking Trump national and sterling Virginia is holding their club championship on Sunday. Donald returned early from camp David on Saturday night to go to the golf course bright and early on the taxpayer dime. Trump claims he's won 40 club championships himself. So we wanted to give himself another club championship trophy. All of his championships are at clubs. He owns where he awards himself. Just take a look right over here. This is him golfing as diesel surging to record highs as gas is surging to record highs. This is what he was doing. And then what's our department of defense doing, which wants to call itself the department of war. And their slogan is send me send me to my death that literally they're slogan is send me and then he says it says then it comes from the book of Isaiah send me send me. But this is what they're doing last Thursday. We welcomed Logan and Jake Paul to the Pentagon to meet with our warriors. And this is the video they dropped. So while they're caving to the hoothies, while they're caving to Iran, while Trump is throwing MBS under the bus. While Trump is caving to China, while Trump is threatening Zalinsky and say you're the reason for diesel stop. Stop bombing the refineries in Russia. Then he, that is the drones destroy the Moscow refinery. This is what the defense department releases a video of Jake Paul and Logan Paul, which I have to say for this lunatic regime is pretty freaking on brand. Here play this clip. We just got the pleasure and the privilege of getting it toward the Pentagon and what a what a cool experience. We see all the men and women here who are serving this great nation. I don't think there is any greater commitment to sacrifice than those who are willing to live, die and fight for their country. So I think it's you guys who etched your names in history as you fight for and allow us. I mean, then Donald Trump's like, I'm turning the triumphal arch that I'm building into a military complex. We're going to, we're going to do large number of drones and snipers all over DC on the roof and plaza area of a triumphal arch that we're building right by the Arlington Memorial Bridge. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be so big. There's going to be drones and there's going to be bombs everywhere in Washington DC. And the American people like dude, can we just just lower gas prices please? Can we just have health care please? Can we just get paid with dignity please? What are you doing? That's when Donald Trump's doing Trump caves on all fronts. Hit subscribe. Let's get to seven million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Hey, if you want the full story, how democracy got here and how we take it back pre-order our new book WTF America today. Just scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this. [MUSIC]