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Trump Says He Will Bomb Iran Into "Stone Age" In Worst Presidential Address in History

15 min
Apr 2, 202617 days ago
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Summary

The host criticizes a presidential address on Iran policy, analyzing real-time stock market crashes and oil price increases during the speech. The episode examines geopolitical implications, economic consequences, and concerns about military actions, while discussing political figures' responses and broader governance issues.

Insights
  • Presidential rhetoric directly impacts financial markets in real-time, with measurable S&P 500 declines correlating to specific policy statements during live broadcasts
  • Geopolitical instability driven by military escalation creates immediate commodity price volatility, particularly in oil markets, benefiting certain industry players
  • Political figures may prioritize personal power consolidation over institutional checks and balances, reducing likelihood of constitutional safeguards being invoked
  • International allies are reassessing reliance on U.S. political stability and electoral systems for their own national security planning
  • Military operations targeting critical infrastructure like electrical grids raise legal and humanitarian concerns with potential long-term economic consequences
Trends
Erosion of traditional institutional checks on executive power during periods of political polarizationIncreased volatility in energy markets driven by geopolitical tensions and military escalationGrowing international skepticism about U.S. political reliability and electoral system stabilityCorrelation between political rhetoric and real-time financial market movementsShift in allied nations toward strategic independence from U.S. security guaranteesHumanitarian concerns regarding targeting of civilian infrastructure in military operationsPolitical figures abandoning previous policy positions to consolidate power within administrationsOil industry benefiting from geopolitical instability and military escalation
Topics
Iran Military EscalationStock Market VolatilityOil Price FluctuationsStrait of Hormuz ShippingNATO Alliance StabilityPresidential Executive PowerWar Crimes and International LawHealthcare Infrastructure TargetingCongressional Oversight FailureEnergy Market SpeculationGeopolitical Risk AssessmentElectoral System VulnerabilitiesMilitary Strategy and PlanningInternational RelationsEconomic Consequences of Conflict
Companies
Fox News
Referenced as creating an information bubble that insulates political figures from external scrutiny and fact-checking
Elon Musk's X
Mentioned as platform where reports about political figures' personal information and compromising details are shared
People
Donald Trump
Primary subject of episode; criticized for military escalation rhetoric and policy decisions regarding Iran
Lindsey Graham
Criticized for supporting military escalation and characterized as lacking independent judgment
Marco Rubio
Discussed for policy reversals on NATO and alignment with Trump administration positions
J.D. Vance
Mentioned as potential heir apparent to Trump and for reversing previous criticism of Trump
Vladimir Putin
Referenced as beneficiary of U.S. policy decisions and alleged recipient of Trump's loyalty
Benjamin Netanyahu
Discussed as influencing U.S. military policy and receiving military support from Trump administration
Stephen Miller
Mentioned as part of administration characterized as ideologically extreme
Jim Steuerson
Created annotated S&P 500 graph showing stock market decline during presidential speech
Quotes
"We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong."
Donald Trump (quoted)Early in episode
"The global economy, lives, people, humans, children, their lives depend on this man. And he is clearly profoundly unwell."
HostMid-episode
"This is just this is the insane ramblings of a senior citizen with dementia and mental illness."
HostMid-episode
"You have to have money. You have to pay them to keep you safe."
HostMid-episode
"This man doesn't give a shit about Iranians. He's going to bomb them into the Stone Age. This man doesn't give a shit about the American public."
HostLate episode
Full Transcript
All right, the worst presidential speech in American history happened last night. The market started crashing, oil started increasing. It was a jet stream of dementia craziness. The only bright side to this is the Fox bubble that this man lives in, where they protect him. It was on national television, global television. And here he is talking about the war. This is a president of the United States saying he wants to take Iran back to the Stone Age, play the clip. We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders' death. They're all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable. Yet, if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plan. Okay. So we're five weeks into this war, no explanation as to why we've gone in. No new explanations about how the operation has headed off any sort of provocations from Iran, nuclear ambitions, et cetera. He's abandoned his claim that negotiations with Iran were underway because here's what happens. The president says, oh yeah, we're negotiating with Iranians. And the Iranians fact check him and we're not talking to them. And Trump originally promised that the U.S. Navy would escort tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and that never happened. And by the way, the Strait of Hormuz would be completely open. The stock market would be stabilized. The S&P 500 wouldn't be in a free fall if people would believe their eyes and their ears when this man speaks. Interestingly enough, putting him on TV, I think they thought that would be a rallying cry, a rah-rah cry. This was, I would normally, all of his antics and stupidity and how marbly and slurry he sounds, I normally, there's a humor to it, because humiliating yourself on TV, this was terrifying. The global economy, lives, people, humans, children, their lives depend on this man. And he is clearly profoundly unwell. And he doesn't know. I remember a time when we were going into Iran to help the people lose this regime. Well, now we're just going to put him in the Stone Ages. And then attacking electrical grids, it's my understanding that that is a war crime. So I was alarmed beyond alarmed when I saw how pathetic and pitiful this is, because I'm even more scared now than I was. And I was pretty scared before. So it's not only is this war crime on top of war crime, they are actually attacking hospitals. And they're attacking the people that save the lives, healthcare workers intentionally. And this is a feature of IDF, military operations. And now the United States has joined the war criminal country of Israel in making it a feature of US military. And the Strait of Hormuz is there's no reason for it to be shut down other than American and Israeli incompetence and bloodthirsty war mongering. That's why. And so here is Trump speaking about the Strait of Hormuz will open up naturally. Play the clip. Those countries that can't get fuel, many of which refuse to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, we had to do it ourselves. I have a suggestion. Number one, buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty. We have so much. And number two, build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before. Should have done it with us, as we asked. Go to the Strait and just take it, protect it. Use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done so it should be easy. And in any event, when this conflict is over, the Strait will open up naturally. It'll just open up naturally. Okay. This is just this is the insane ramblings of a senior citizen with dementia and mental illness. That's all it's not even that deep. And the problem is he is surrounded by people who are okay with this, who worship this, or conversely have their own machinations to be the heir appearance to this. And this is pretty stunning data right here. While he is giving this speech in real time, look at this annotated graph of the S&P 500. Pop this up. So we have Jim Steuerson who did this for us. And I think this is just excellent work. So this is our S&P 500. These are the top companies in the United States of America that keep the economy stable. Congrats to the space people at the top of the speech. And then look at that freefall. Iran sucks and it's Obama's fault. Stock start tanking. Then they tank more bomb them to the Stone Age, which any thought that the Iranian diaspora thought that the MAGA movement was coming to save them. I could have told you that from the very beginning, just like the Latinos for Trump. Any support you think these people are going to keep you safe? No, you have to have money. You have to pay them to keep you safe. I'm sorry, Kylie, please put that back up. And then World War II was way longer. So he is projecting that this war is going to be one of these typical Republican neocon wars where they bankrupt the country. And then he says to the American public, stop complaining so much. And I think it's something like $550 billion poof. The worst president in American history, the worst presidential speech in American history. And then there's another chart here. So while all of that's going down, this is oil. Guess who all of his best friends are? Oil oligarchs. So he didn't give a shit. Gerald Ham is probably calling him saying, way to go, big buddy. You know, so this is just, this is horrific. And something could be done about this. Congress, the Republicans in Congress, the Democrats in Congress could really seriously get together to try to correct course a little bit here on this, but they won't. They're all cowards. You know, interestingly enough, you know, he was America first. That's why he came. Affordability America first. That's why people voted for him allegedly. And you see this, he doesn't give a shit about America and, you know, come buy it from us. Guess what Americans? That's going to raise your prices. The only people that that is going to help is big oil. So we're in a situation now that we cannot get out of this straight of her moose thing. It is a quagmire beyond all comprehension, not just for oil and gas, but other products. He has no plan zero. And why everybody didn't leave that and say, we need to talk 25th amendment. Like this is serious because we're seeing financially, economically, humanitarian, all the things, but you're right. Nobody's going to. Well, I always have to go back to this. Anytime we take our normal person logic, obviously this man is insane. He's a dementia duck. He is a insane war criminal, bloodthirsty, corrupt war criminal. You think, oh, the people, the adults around him are going to do the 25th amendment. Here's the problem with that. And here's the problem with this faulty logic. And this has been the faulty logic of the American public for a very long time. This man, if you look at what he did in Trump 1.0, you look at the devastation to the economy to his mishandling of COVID. And then you go to January 6th and you look at what he did there. Any notion that he was going to come back and be better was so fucking stupid, both by politicians and American voters. This man doesn't give a shit about Iranians. He's going to bond them into the Stone Age. This man doesn't give a shit about the American public. He doesn't give a shit about the electorate. He's at a 31% approval rating and he has flipped on the switch. Fuck it. I'm going to do what I'm going to do. And this is the most dangerous time. And any notion that we have that Republicans or moderate Democrats are going to come in and help us, let me just show you where Lindsey Graham's head heads at. Pop this up. And he's going to blow up everything they got. So well done, Mr. President. Well done to our military. I'm very happy tonight. Okay. Lindsey Graham, you know, when Lindsey Graham is happy, you know that that's bad for humanity. You know that whatever Lindsey Graham wants, that you want the opposite. You don't even have to be a reader or a big thinker. Lindsey Graham is a sycophant. And I just want to remind everybody that a couple of days ago, Lindsey Graham, who it's been widely reported on Elon Musk's website, the free speech website, that he hires sex workers in Washington, DC. And when they're around his rectum, there are moles and skin tags. Where in Lindsey said, don't worry, don't mind those. Those are my ladybugs. Okay. This type of compromising information is in the hands of all of our enemies, just like Big Titty Brian, the husband of Christie Gnome. You think that all of a sudden this just came to light. Everybody in this regime is so morally compromised. And Lindsey Graham just a few days ago is running around Disney World, which is pretty, I don't care if you want to be a Disney adult, but in the throes of all of this with a bubble one. And everybody, but there he is. Lady Graham. All right. And so then there's always this discussion from Trump that echoes either what BB wants, which is let's bomb a random to the Stone Age. Clearly that's from BB. And then there's this other dictator. He loves a lot, Vladimir Putin. What does Vladimir Putin want? Vladimir Putin wants Trump to leave NATO. And he will not shut up now about leaving NATO. And Marco Rubio had an old tweet from, I believe it was 2023. And he said, you know, no American president can ever leave NATO without expressed consent from Congress. And you know, the 180 of a lot of these people like J.D. Vance, who wants to be the heir apparent, who called this man appropriately, America's Hitler from Marco Rubio. The 180 of the Republican man that believes in nothing that is a nihilist to the core will something will be something that history books will need to study for a very, very long time. You know, it's so interesting. Does NATO even want the United States? I mean, obviously they do. But when you look at how Trump has treated the allies from start to finish, Canada is going to be a state. We want Greenland. Come help us. You didn't help us. Fuck you. We don't need you. He's so unstable on the world stage. Like we've been witnessing it firsthand for a decade. And I'm sure that global leaders have. But now everyone is going. What in the fuck is going on in the United States? This is this is their guy. It's so stunning. But perhaps don't forget Helsinki in 2016. I mean, 2016 Helsinki, I think was a watershed moment where Donald Trump showed that his loyalty was to Vladimir Putin. Fair and said that he did not trust American intelligence and all of these national security Republicans, the Lady Grams, the Marco Rubio's, the JD Vance's, all of these guys who are all about national security and NATO and alliances, they fold like cheap suits. They throw the American public, the American taxpayer money. They throw it all away to be able to concentrate power for themselves and their rich, corrupt friends. And this is not new to people on the world stage. They have always known our allies that we have an electorate problem. France has famously said for several election cycles, we need to start having more independence. We cannot rely upon the stupid electoral college for our national security. The situation that has happened here is that every stereotype about the United States of America, all of the worst stereotypes have all been crystallized and personified in this man and in this MAGA movement. And the electorate problem that we have in the United States of America is a massive problem. It's not just Trump. It's not just a little Marco. It's not just smoky eye sociopath and Stephen Miller and all these freaks. There is a portion of the American electorate that has a psychosis. And this is why the Trump regime wants to do away with the Department of Education. They want to keep us dumb, sick, poor and begging them for crumbs. And so it's a story as old as time. This is the autocratic playbook, but we're going to stay on top of this. This is going to be really horrific through this weekend. I think I suspect he's probably going to put boots on the ground as a gift to Benjamin Netanyahu. And let's just remember that he's also giving Vladimir Putin a gift every single day by raising oil sanctions. And Vladimir Putin is helping Iran with satellite images to kill our troops. So this president has everybody's interest at heart, except for the American public. All right, that's all we have. Like, subscribe, comment. We'll be back later with more news.