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Yikes! Fox Collapses on Air Over This... - Sep 27, 2026

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Yikes! Fox Collapses on Air Over This... - Sep 27, 2026

The transcript critiques Fox News programming for promoting misleading narratives that blame Iran and Democrats for high energy prices, despite U.S. having some of the lowest fuel costs globally. It highlights claims from conservative figures like Lara Trump and Mark Levin that Donald Trump is a key energy leader, citing domestic economic performance. However, critics point out contradictions: while Fox hosts advocate for aggressive war actions against Iran, including war crimes and genocide, the public appears more concerned with domestic economic conditions. U.S. diplomacy, such as the reception of President Xi Jinping, is presented as a model of reciprocity, with critics arguing that left-wing opponents are hypocritical for criticizing such gestures. The Russia-Ukraine war is cited as the actual driver of global diesel price spikes, not Iran. The content also includes controversial segments, such as anti-Semitic statements and absurd comedy, which are dismissed as unprofessional and damaging. Ultimately, the analysis concludes that the public remains skeptical of Fox’s foreign policy framing, and that economic performance—rather than geopolitical actions—drives voter sentiment. The narrative underscores a growing disconnect between conservative media messaging and public reality, especially regarding energy costs, foreign policy, and minority voices.

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State regime media, which calls itself Fox News, was in full collapse live on air last night as Donald Trump has been in this utter catastrophic spiral. Let me show you what went down as you had Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro saying, we all just need to blame the Democrats for the record high gas and diesel prices. Here, play this clip. And they want you to blame Trump and they want you to blame the Iran war and on and on and on. No, I've said it before and let me underscore it again. The prices for gasoline, the prices for everything when it comes to energy is higher due to what we call Democrats. And then Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro say that, you know what? The American people don't even care about the war in Iran. When we look at the Fox survey, Iran is a 4% issue with the American people. So whatever happens in the midterms, it doesn't appear that Iran's going to drive anything one way or another. What's your take on this? I think that's exactly right. Then you had another Fox show, the Larry Kudlow show, where Kudlow and Eric Sean said, you know what? The Netanyahu speech at the United Nations was incredible. It was like the worst speech ever. But here's what they say. On regime media here, play this clip. Now let's go to Fox News. Eric Sean, who's live outside the U.N. in New York City with a rap on Netanyahu's barn burner of a speech. Eric, I read it and saw most of it. Wow, that was something. That's the word, Larry. One word. Wow, man, did he give it to them. Then you had Lara Trump, Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, bring on energy secretary Chris Wright, who says, Donald Trump is the energy president. He cares more about this stuff than just about anyone. So when the system gets disturbed globally, everybody feels it. We feel it the least. We have the lowest gasoline prices, the lowest diesel prices, the lowest natural gas, think for home heating and for electric generation prices of any country in the planet. But of course, we still have higher energy prices than we'd like, and nobody's bothered more by that than President Trump. He is the. He is the energy president. Well, there's obviously been a. And then you had the UN ambassador from the United States, Mike Walz. He said, you know what? Donald Trump should not be criticized for the way he rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping. And Mike Walz said, look at Obama, okay? And he said, Donald Trump is the host-in-chief. And this was just so incredible what went down with Xi Jinping. And here, play this clip. And finally, obviously, this trip got some flack from the left saying that, you know, we were rolling out the red carpet for the CCP, President Xi, even some Republicans wanted the president to be tougher with Xi and not really, you know, giving him this lavish welcome. What's your response to the critics out there that just didn't like the way this trip looked? Well, I tell. I tell the critics, or maybe the hypocrites on the left, I'd point them right back to literally President Obama's red carpet reception for Xi. But look, Aisha, this is a key part of diplomacy. This is reciprocity. President Xi had quite a reception for President Trump in Beijing. President Trump is the host-in-chief. And the host-maker-in-chief has spent his entire career hosting, is going to. going to reply in kind. I told you it was incredibly pathetic. Then going back to Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro, they were talking about how we just need to accelerate the war crimes against Iran. Let's get it over with. Let's just blow up Khar, destroy all of Iran. Listen to these individuals talk about war crimes on state regime media. The president has it within his capacity to essentially finish the Iranian economy with a second round of war crimes. I mean, we're talking about the single bombing sortie over Clark Island or South Pars. The biggest thing, I think, that is the obstacle right now to just completing that victory is just a matter of decision-making. Does the president actually believe that a deal is on the table or does he not? I'm very skeptical the Iranians are ever going to put a worthwhile deal on the table. But as you say, the American people are significantly less interested in any foreign policy issue than they are with how things are going here in the United States. And if the economic numbers continue to boom in the stock market, if they continue to do well, and the unemployment numbers, if the wages increase to keep up with the inflation and inflation drops, then Republicans will do fine in the midterms and the rest of the presidency will be a success. It really is almost that simple. But I mean. Then you go to this other Fox propaganda program where you had Charlie Hurt and Mark Thiessen say, you know what, it is definitely possible that this catastrophic war in Iran is hurting Donald Trump's poll numbers, they said, but this is the definition of statesmanship. What Donald Trump is doing in Iran is, it's like Churchill. This is what a real statesman is like. Here, play this clip so you can see it for yourself. Let's play it. Of a more military activity by the United States in the Middle East. I've never seen anybody, I've never seen any issue turn Republicans and Trump voters away quite like this issue. And it is a real problem. And, you know, to Trump's credit, he's not playing for the midterms here. He's playing for something much larger. Because he really believes in it. And I give him tremendous credit. I don't know of any politician in the past 40 years who has the guts that this guy has to do something that he believes is going to be good for the country for generations to come. Whether you agree with that or not. It's the definition of statesmanship. Yes. I can't tell you how many times I've talked to him and he says, I don't care about the midterms when it comes to this. This is history. This is the most important thing an American president has done on foreign policy in my lifetime. This regime, and he only said it like once, but it's the right message to say the reason you are paying over $4 a gallon for gas is to stop the Iranian regime from getting a nuclear weapon. Americans are patriots. Americans are willing to sacrifice for their national security, but you have to ask them to sacrifice. You have to explain to them why they're sacrificing and you have to give them a strategy for how it's going to succeed and what your plan is. But that doesn't mean that there won't be short-term punishment between the payoff down the road. Really, that's statesmanship, losing a catastrophic war, engaging in war crimes, slaughtering children in Manab and Lemaire and Keshem and Sirich, and then also a war we should never have been involved in, but then just catastrophically losing the war. And then saying, I'm going to do a deal. No deal. Yes, deal. Yes, deal. I'm going to blow the civilization off. Oh, we made a deal. You think that's statesman-like? Y'all are just a bunch of propagandist lunatics. The American people know what's going on. And then Donald Trump will be like, I got so much oil out through the straightover moves. Really? Is that why gas and diesel are hitting record highs? Is that why treasury yields are at record highs? Is that why the 30-year fixed mortgage right now is about 7.5%? Is that why, American people can't afford anything? We know you are lying. Going back to Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro over here, they said, finish the job. They just like, are like amping each other up on more war crimes and genocide. They're like, finish the job. Finish them. Bomb all of Iran. The president has it within his capacity to essentially finish the Iranian economy with a single bombing sortie over Karg Island or South Pars. The biggest thing I think that is the obstacle right now to just completely pleading that victory is just a matter of decision making. But as you say, and the American people are significantly less interested in any foreign policy issue than they are with how things are going here in the United States. And if the economic numbers continue to boom in the stock market, if they continue to dwell in the unemployment numbers, if the wages increase to keep up with the inflation and inflation drops, then Republicans will do fine in, in the midterms and the rest of the presidency will be a success. But I'm here. Then they have other guests on other state regime media programs. And here you had Giano Caldwell. Let's play this clip. There's been a lot of people who have forgotten the fact that if it were not for the Jewish people, it is very seriously that you and I may not even be in the position that we're in. The fact that they came alongside, helped in the civil rights movement, helped Dr. Martin Luther King, they went to jail, they marched, they even lost their lives to make life better for us. Somehow along the way, especially amongst black pastors, we have forgotten that. And not only have we forgotten that, but we've forgotten our biblical position and our theology to take a stand for Israel. And as a result, we're starting to see more and more black pastors, black churches aligning themselves in positions that are closer to being against Israel. And that's something that I want to give voice to, that's something that we need to speak about that's one of the reasons why we have a group of over 300 pastors who are going to israel in november because we need to take a stand against anti-semitism especially in our community when we know of all people how it feels to be hated how it feels to be stereotyped how it feels to be um ostracized and that's something that needs to be spoken about more from mark levin and shapiro over here you can hear what they have to say let's play it isn't there a lot of good that the republicans can talk about in terms of both the administration's policies as well as the bad that the democrats are as worse or the worst as they've ever been i think that's exactly right i mean the thing that i think republicans again need to keep hammering home is regardless of what you think of the president obviously i'm very pro or the administration obviously i'm very pro but regardless of what you think of that the only thing that people should really be worried about is what's on the other side of that coin do they think that by staying home the country gets better what happens when you have a pro-terrorism candidate in michigan abdullah sayyed who actually is in the united states senate what happens when you have a a supporter of every radical policy on transing the kids like james talarico in texas sitting in the united states senate what happens when democrats have majorities in the house and the senate and then use every waking moment in order to target republicans republican legislators and members of the administration and drag down the administration and restore woke in a far more radical form than it ever was under the current administration and i think that's exactly what's happening in the united states under joe biden the the great lie i think a lot of republicans have told themselves is that woke is dead that president trump did such a thorough job of destroying the left that they can never recover they'll never come back they are waiting they are waiting and they are watching and they are ready to pound then lara trump brings on nikki minaj and nikki minaj who is telling people that they need to vote republican and the chiron is pushing back on pressures to vote blue she says you know the problem with democrats is they're too cozy with like pop culture and it's really a problem how like obsessed the democrats are with pop culture really i mean everything that donald trump and maga does is to co-op pop culture but then also to ruin it and destroy it here's what nikki minaj says play this clip well i think the democrats have gotten way too caught up in pop culture for lack of a better term um i think that they've allowed their relationships with artists to to cause them to act like children and to be so petty and childish but that's what i think they they do they they allow people to in the music industry to influence them and these people clearly don't have their best interests at heart these people have their egos at heart do you think i can't even believe i have to even say you have donald trump's daughter in law is hosting a show and is interviewing nikki minaj i mean what the hell are we even talking about here back to u.n ambassador mike waltz over here saying that the real reason that diesel is surging right now and why prices are so high he goes it's the real reason the russia ukraine war nothing to do with donald trump's catastrophic war in iran he goes we're moving out so many barrels of oil we control the strait of hormuz really mike waltz if you control the strait of her moves then let's do a test why don't you put one of those aircraft carriers right through the strait of moves why don't you take a battleship and put it right through the strait of hormuz and go right into the persian gulf if you claim you control it i think there's a reason why we see those navy destroyers and those aircraft destroyers destroy those aircraft destroyers and aircraft carriers pulling further out in the arabian sea and not closer because you don't control the straight of or most but here's what he says let's play this clip on the straight very quickly ambassador if i can ask you about this you know we've seen some uh pumps in the south run out of diesel uh governor landry down in louisiana just declare a state of emergency this week in which he said we're not going to sit on the sidelines while louisiana farmers are paying record prices to harvest the crops that feed our families and support our economy so there is this diesel shortage we're seeing although not widespread and and we're hearing about this discussion about a potential export ban on diesel what are your thoughts on that is that the way out of this but i want to be very clear here that is a separate it is absolutely an issue this diesel issue that powers our tractors our trucks and so much of our economy is separate than what's happening in the straits of ormuz the vast majority of the oil that came out of straits of ormuz went to asia and most of that went in fact to china that said we're moving 12 to 15 million barrels a day from our gulf allies out almost to pre-war levels that is different than a refinery issue for diesel and the primary thing that is affecting that is the war between russia and ukraine and that's why you've seen the president call on all sides uh to stop hitting those refinery capabilities that is uh affecting global markets on diesel different than the price of oil and again that's what he keeps going back to look what we're seeing is the war in ukraine that's what's really kind of working its way through our economy that's what's hurting us right now here's what he says play this clip i'll tell you more broadly though uh what we're seeing uh in the war in ukraine uh is that it is spreading to the global economy uh and it's all the more reason that the president wants the war to stop his position has been clear since day one okay and then nikki minaj concludes her interview by saying black people are not allowed to think according to the democrats what are we even watching here what are you talking about here play this clip time black people specifically feel that they should just vote blue i would say the entire country there's been a major shift where where people are starting to you know wake up and see what's going on and choose differently and um and they're also noticing which is very important which is kind of really sad but they're really they're noticing that black people are not allowed according to the democrats for the most part to make a different decision we're not allowed to think we're not allowed to voice concerns to make an argument as to why we don't like a particular candidate um and there's seeing in real time if they do what happens to them smear campaigns and just outright nasty behavior and then finally fox finished the lineup last night with some deranged comedy and that is not funny and they they bill this as like their comedy show late at night and it's weird and it's not funny at all and the the host of the show talks about the iranian delegation having sex with prostitute goats or something in new york you underestimate the adversary at your own peril you say things like that while they've kicked our ass in this catastrophic war that we shouldn't have been involved in and it really ain't all that funny stuff like this for at all period and meanwhile the american people are suffering here play this clip i'm not even kidding that's why the iranian delegation walked out during trump's speech they heard the central park zoo was having a two-for-one on goats and they were like i'm out of here i'm out let's go let's go anyway there you have it everybody let me know what you think hit subscribe let's get to 7 million thanks for watching everybody i'll get your copy of wtf america appreciate you

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Fox News hosts like Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro are promoting conspiracy theories blaming Iran and Democrats for high energy prices, despite low U.S. fuel costs compared to global peers.
  2. Critics argue that the U.S. media narrative exaggerates the impact of Iran-related policies, emphasizing that public concern for foreign affairs is minimal compared to domestic economic issues.
  3. Lara Trump and energy officials claim Donald Trump is the "energy president" due to U.S. record-low energy prices, framing his leadership as a success for national economic stability.
  4. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz attributes rising diesel prices to the Russia-Ukraine war, not Iran, and disputes claims that U.S. foreign policy under Trump is destabilizing.
  5. Fox News programming includes controversial content, such as anti-Semitic rhetoric and absurd comedy, which critics describe as unprofessional and damaging to public trust.
  6. Some conservative figures, including Giano Caldwell and Nikki Minaj, argue that Democrats are overly influenced by pop culture and suppress minority voices, particularly Black Americans.
  7. Analysts stress that the American public remains skeptical of claims linking Iran policy to economic hardship, especially when domestic inflation and job growth remain strong.
  8. The commentary highlights a disconnect between Fox News’ messaging—blaming Iran and advocating war crimes—and the reality of public sentiment, which values economic stability over foreign interventions.

Summary:

S. having some of the lowest fuel costs globally. It highlights claims from conservative figures like Lara Trump and Mark Levin that Donald Trump is a key energy leader, citing domestic economic performance.

However, critics point out contradictions: while Fox hosts advocate for aggressive war actions against Iran, including war crimes and genocide, the public appears more concerned with domestic economic conditions. S. diplomacy, such as the reception of President Xi Jinping, is presented as a model of reciprocity, with critics arguing that left-wing opponents are hypocritical for criticizing such gestures.

The Russia-Ukraine war is cited as the actual driver of global diesel price spikes, not Iran. The content also includes controversial segments, such as anti-Semitic statements and absurd comedy, which are dismissed as unprofessional and damaging. Ultimately, the analysis concludes that the public remains skeptical of Fox’s foreign policy framing, and that economic performance—rather than geopolitical actions—drives voter sentiment.

The narrative underscores a growing disconnect between conservative media messaging and public reality, especially regarding energy costs, foreign policy, and minority voices.

FAQs

The transcript suggests that rising gas prices are attributed to Democratic policies, particularly in energy and foreign policy, rather than direct actions by the Trump administration.

The transcript claims that the U.S. could finish the Iranian economy with a single bombing, and that the president has the capacity to take decisive military action, though decision-making remains a key obstacle.

The transcript claims that Trump provided a lavish welcome to Xi Jinping, calling it a model of reciprocity and diplomacy, and contrasts it with Obama's reception to highlight Trump's role as 'host-in-chief'.

Critics argue that Trump's approach to Iran is reckless and potentially involves war crimes, while the transcript claims the American public is more concerned with domestic issues like gas prices than foreign policy.

The transcript states that the diesel shortage is primarily caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, which disrupts global refining and supply chains, not by actions in the Iran conflict.

It claims that Democrats restrict Black Americans' ability to think critically or vote independently, and that this has led to growing awareness and a shift in voter behavior.

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