Transcript [00:00] Yesterday, President Trump gave a press [00:02] conference. [00:04] And I want to go through parts of it [00:05] with you because I think that what he [00:06] said [00:08] validates an analysis I've been making [00:10] since before the war even started. Now, [00:13] I'm not just saying that to pat myself [00:14] on the back. I'm saying it because I [00:15] think that the way the mainstream media [00:18] is framing the war is fundamentally [00:20] wrong. And to people who watch this [00:22] channel a lot, [00:23] much of what I say you've heard before, [00:25] but it's worth noting and paying close [00:28] attention to where we are right now at [00:30] this moment in the war. And President [00:32] Trump in this press conference made some [00:35] some he made some things very, very [00:37] clear. Okay, and that's what we're going [00:39] to talk about. We're going to listen to [00:41] what he says very carefully. [00:43] And I want to stop the clip a few times [00:46] and point out what I [00:47] what what I think [00:49] are the most important things that he's [00:50] saying and more importantly, what they [00:53] mean. So, let's go. [00:55] Let's [00:56] let's hit the clip. It is right here and [01:00] here and [01:03] here we go. [01:04] Mr. President, we're at war with Iran. [01:06] How long are you willing to wait until [01:08] you get a Don't rush me. Don't [01:11] Uh you know, guys like you, you want to [01:13] sell. [01:14] So, we were in Vietnam like for 18 [01:16] years. We were in Iraq for many, many [01:18] years. We were in for all the I don't [01:21] like to say World War II cuz that was a [01:22] biggie. [01:24] But we were 4 and 1/2, almost 5 years in [01:25] World War II. [01:27] Uh we were in the Korean War for 7 [01:29] years. [01:30] I've been doing this for [01:32] 6 weeks. [01:34] And we the military is totally defeated. [01:36] They're they're [01:38] uh outside of the little [01:40] wise guy ships. I call them the wise guy [01:42] ships, the little folks that they have [01:44] running around with guns at them. [01:46] Uh [01:47] we'll take them out, too, when we see [01:48] them. [01:50] But uh their navy is gone, their air [01:52] force is gone, they're [01:54] anti-aircraft is gone. All of their [01:56] anti-aircraft machines is gone. Maybe [01:58] they loaded up a little bit during the [02:00] 2-week hiatus, but we'll knock that out [02:02] in about 1 day if they did. [02:05] Uh we've done an amazing job. Their [02:06] leaders are gone. Yeah, their leaders [02:08] are all gone. Part of the problem is [02:10] that uh [02:11] that's why I can't really ans- answer [02:13] your question. [02:14] They have all new leadership and they're [02:15] fighting like cats and dogs. [02:17] But who's going to control? [02:19] Uh because we've created a real mess for [02:22] them. [02:23] But they've created a mess for the world [02:24] over the last [02:26] 47 years. They've killed a lot of our [02:28] people. [02:29] When you see a soldier, a young person, [02:31] or now an older person, but a person [02:34] without legs or without arms, or with a [02:35] face that got blown to pieces, [02:38] most likely it was from Iran. It was [02:40] Soleimani who I killed. [02:42] Uh Soleimani loved the roadside bomb. [02:45] He's a evil genius. He was a brilliant [02:47] general. Probably we wouldn't be as far [02:49] advanced had I not taken him out. That [02:50] was the beginning of it all. [02:53] And then I ended the Obama horror show, [02:57] the the nuclear transaction that he made [03:01] was horrible. Gave them a road to the [03:03] I you call it I mean, what the deal that [03:06] he did, the Iran nuclear deal was so [03:08] bad. It gave them a road to a nuclear [03:10] weapon. And I will tell you I deal with [03:11] them. [03:12] You cannot give Iran a nuclear weapon. [03:14] This is all about a nuclear weapon. They [03:15] cannot have the nuclear bomb and they're [03:17] not going to have the nuclear bomb. [03:19] So, we've taken out their military. [03:21] We've hit about 75% of our targets. We [03:24] stopped a little early because they [03:26] wanted to have [03:27] some peace. [03:29] And [03:30] we have a blockade that's 100% [03:34] effective. [03:36] And [03:37] they're getting no business. And as you [03:38] know, they're not doing well [03:40] economically, financially. They're not [03:42] doing any business because of the [03:44] blockade. They want to make a deal. We [03:47] have been speaking to them, but [03:49] they don't even know who's leading the [03:51] country. They're in turmoil. [03:53] They're in turmoil. So, we thought we'd [03:54] give them a little chance to get some of [03:56] their turmoil [03:57] resolved. But you know, and [04:00] I hope the fake news, people like you, I [04:02] hope the fake news are going to be able [04:03] to write about it accurately because [04:05] when you say, "Oh, they're fighting very [04:06] well." They're not fighting well. They [04:07] would they've been obliterated, Jeff. [04:11] Okay, that's a good place to pause. [04:15] And look, [04:17] when you hear Trump talk, you know, [04:18] Trump talking like that, it's easy to to [04:21] dismiss it as the usual, you know, [04:24] beating his chest, saying everything he [04:25] does is the greatest, the most [04:26] incredible. [04:27] But [04:29] there's a few things that he said there [04:30] that we really have to pay close [04:31] attention to. Number one, [04:33] when he talks about the chaos inside the [04:35] regime and that they're fighting with [04:36] each other and that it's unclear who's [04:37] in charge, this validates not only what [04:41] I've been saying on this channel. I've [04:43] been talking about this that we're that [04:45] it's starting to seep out into the [04:46] media. The fact that Iranian regime [04:48] media has been running stories about how [04:50] unified they are, [04:52] while at the same time we see [04:53] contradictory messages coming out of [04:55] them, [04:56] the fact that this that this squabbling, [04:59] this uh which will turn into stabbing [05:02] each other in the back is starting in [05:04] the Iranian regime is exactly what we'd [05:05] expect to see in the lead-up to the [05:08] regime collapse. When we talk about, [05:09] "Oh, we want the regime to fall." Okay, [05:11] what does that look like? What's the [05:12] playbook? [05:14] So, why is it so important that he said [05:16] it? I I talked about this in a video [05:17] yesterday. The difference is that I'm [05:19] just reading between the lines of news [05:21] items, watching the media. [05:23] He's the President of the United States. [05:25] He's privy to [05:27] information, to intelligence, to what's [05:29] actually going on at a level that is far [05:32] beyond what we get in media. [05:34] So, when he says that they're that [05:36] they're fighting with each other and he [05:37] wants to give them some time to sort it [05:39] out, it also means that [05:40] hey, [05:42] there's no one to negotiate with. They [05:43] have to figure out who can actually [05:45] negotiate. Remember Remember that JD [05:47] Vance, when he came out of that first [05:48] failed negotiation, made a point of [05:50] saying that that the Americans [05:52] determined that they weren't even that [05:54] confident that the people they were [05:55] talking to had the authority to make a [05:57] deal. So, Trump is seeing this chaos and [06:00] he's leaning into it. [06:02] He's ramping up the pressure on the [06:03] chaos. Let that chaos get worse and [06:05] worse. Keep that blockade on. Keep the [06:07] boot on their neck while they're [06:08] fighting with each other. Let the chaos [06:09] turn into more and more panic. This is [06:12] good. But this is good if you're trying [06:14] to collapse the regime. And I think that [06:16] Trump Trump is not talking about a [06:18] Venezuela model anymore so much. I'm [06:20] waiting for it. I'm still worried that [06:22] he's got this on his mind, this idea [06:23] that he could hold the regime together [06:25] in some in some [06:27] more controllable way. That won't work [06:29] here. I think he's moving towards regime [06:31] change. That's one issue. Another [06:34] important point he he mentions here is, [06:36] it's been mentioned many times, the lack [06:39] of air defenses of any kind. [06:42] Don't lose sight of this. This is going [06:44] to be a major issue [06:46] as we move forward to a point at which [06:49] the Iranian people come into the street. [06:52] When the Iranian people come into the [06:53] street, the lack of any air defenses is [06:57] going to matter. Why? What does that [06:58] have to do with the people in the [06:59] street? Because the ability of the [07:01] regime to crack down on the protesters [07:03] is going to be greatly curtailed by the [07:06] fact that the Israelis [07:08] are and possibly the Americans, but the [07:11] Israelis certainly have signaled they're [07:12] going to do this, are going to have [07:13] choppers and drones hovering above these [07:16] protests. They are going to be [07:17] protecting the people and taking out the [07:20] regime forces who are trying to who who [07:22] are attacking them. If it comes to that. [07:25] So, that's a big uh that's an important [07:28] issue as well that Trump is signaling [07:30] there. These are again, with all the [07:32] bluster and the bragadocio and about how [07:34] how well we've done and we've destroyed [07:35] them, got to pay attention to the key [07:37] signals that are that are in Trump's [07:41] remarks. Okay, so let's let's keep [07:43] going. There's a lot more in this and [07:44] we're going to come back to the whole [07:46] issue of the infighting and the Iranian [07:49] people taking to the street. These are [07:50] all very important issues and they're [07:52] going to come up again. So, let's get [07:54] back to the clip. [07:57] Oh, where is it? Excuse me. Let me just [08:00] get over there. [08:03] Oh my gosh. [08:04] Excuse me. [08:06] Here. [08:12] have have obliterated. [08:14] Uh [08:15] 159 ships are in their navy. You know [08:17] how many ships are [08:19] at the bottom of the sea, Jeff? [08:21] 159. [08:23] So, [08:24] and now and if you read the New York [08:26] Times, the failing New York Times, [08:28] subscriptions are way down, as you know. [08:31] As you know, subscriptions, people don't [08:32] believe this stuff anymore. You can [08:34] watch CNN, you you think that they're [08:35] doing well. You know what happened? [08:37] Well, they gave absolutely decimated. [08:40] Now, with all of that being said, [08:43] we'll see what happens. They have a lot [08:44] of [08:45] We have no pressure. It's only guys like [08:47] you with a question like that. About [08:48] what's your time? [08:50] We've been doing it for 5 and 1/2 weeks. [08:51] But it's been 6 weeks. It's your [08:53] administration, Mr. President. weeks [08:55] that the US now has been involved with [08:56] Iran. You had initially said it would be [08:58] 4 to 6 months. [08:59] >> Well, I I also but I also took a little [09:01] break. I gave them a break. And remember [09:03] this, [09:06] I want to make the best deal. I could [09:08] make a deal right now. Do you know that [09:09] if I left right now, [09:11] we had a tremendous success. It would [09:13] take them 20 years to rebuild. But I [09:14] don't want to do that. I want to have it [09:16] everlasting. I want to have it where [09:18] they never get they never have a chance [09:20] to get a I mean, the way you asked that [09:22] question, yeah, I did say that. I [09:23] thought it would take uh 4 to 6 weeks. [09:27] And I was right. Because at the end of 6 [09:29] weeks at the end of 4 weeks, their [09:31] military was decimated. But now what I'm [09:34] doing, I don't I can't tell you that. I [09:36] don't want to put that kind of a time [09:38] table on it. But it will go pretty [09:39] quickly. [09:40] And [09:41] we'll have the strait opened up. Now, [09:44] right now we have it closed. We have [09:45] total control of the strait. And the [09:47] fact that it's closed, you know, they [09:48] would have opened it up 3 days ago. They [09:50] came to us [09:51] and they said, "We will agree to open [09:54] the strait." And all my people are [09:55] happy. Everybody was happy except me. I [09:57] said, "Wait a if we open the strait, [09:58] that means they're going to make $500 [09:59] million a day." [10:01] I don't want them to make $500 million a [10:03] day until they [10:05] settle this thing. So, I'm the one that [10:07] kept it closed. We have total control of [10:09] it. [10:09] Uh and it'll open when they make a deal [10:12] or something else happens. It's very [10:14] possible. [10:16] Excuse me, what do you say to the [10:17] American people who question how much [10:19] longer this will take? Obviously, you [10:22] know that they are having a higher [10:23] >> You are such a disgrace. Do you know [10:24] what I just said? Vietnam, how many [10:27] years was Vietnam? [10:28] How many years was Vietnam? [10:30] Well, I did my [10:31] I took I took [10:33] I took [10:35] the country out militarily [10:37] in the first 4 weeks. [10:41] I took it out militarily. Now, what [10:43] we're doing is sitting back and seeing [10:44] what deal. And if they don't want to [10:46] make a deal, then I'll finish it up [10:48] militarily with the other 25% of the [10:51] targets. We've hit [10:52] 78% of the targets that we've wanted to [10:54] hit. We've knocked out their [10:55] manufacturing. We've knocked out their [10:57] missile production. We've knocked out [10:59] their drone production. We've knocked [11:01] out [11:02] everything. In some cases, when I say [11:03] knocked out 70, 80, 90%, [11:06] uh [11:07] it's amazing what we've done. So, I've [11:10] done that within that period of time [11:11] that I mentioned, but I don't want to [11:13] rush myself, you know, cuz every source [11:15] says, "Oh, Trump is under time [11:16] pressure." I'm not No, no. You know [11:18] who's under time pressure? They are. [11:20] Because if they don't get their oil [11:21] moving, their whole oil infrastructure [11:23] is going to explode. You know what that [11:26] means? [11:27] Because they have no place to store it. [11:29] And because they have no place to store [11:30] it, if they have to stop it, something [11:33] happens that only Len can explain. [11:36] Something happens underground that [11:38] essentially renders it [11:40] in very poor shape, and you never [11:42] recover fully. You can recover 50, 60%, [11:45] but you can never have it like it is [11:47] right now. And they have a matter of [11:49] days before that event takes place. So, [11:52] I'm not under any pressure whatsoever. [11:54] We've never had so much ammunition. [11:57] Okay, this is [11:59] very important. [12:01] Okay. [12:04] I think this is one of the most [12:06] undercovered [12:08] stories of the entire [clears throat] [12:09] war. I want to make sure you understand [12:11] what Trump just described. [12:13] >> [snorts] [12:14] >> Because it's not what most media is [12:15] saying. Everyone is framing this Strait [12:18] of Hormuz issue as an issue of the [12:20] control of the Strait of Hormuz, right? [12:22] It's a naval standoff about shipping [12:24] lanes. [12:25] But that's not what this is. I made a [12:27] video about this yesterday. Let's [12:29] review. What Trump just told you is that [12:32] his own advisers wanted to open the [12:35] strait. They were all thrilled that Iran [12:37] offered to agree to open it, and Trump [12:38] said, "No." Why? Because if that strait [12:41] opens, then Iran earns $500 million a [12:43] day. [12:45] What Trump is running here is not a [12:46] naval operation to open the strait. [12:49] He had it opened. It is a siege on Iran. [12:53] Like medieval siege warfare applied to a [12:56] modern a modern economy. You don't [12:58] breach the walls, you surround the [13:00] castle, and you starve the garrison into [13:02] surrender. That's what's happening right [13:03] now. [13:05] But then Trump said something that I [13:06] don't think most people caught. He said [13:07] that Iran has a matter of days before [13:12] something happens underground to their [13:14] oil infrastructure that renders it [13:17] permanently in poor shape. This is a [13:19] huge component here. When When we're all [13:21] sitting back going, "Well, okay, I get [13:23] it. I'm listening to you, Paysa. And And [13:25] I hear what you're saying about how it's [13:26] a siege, and it's okay that we're not [13:28] back at kinetic bombing because this is [13:30] siege warfare, and we're choking out the [13:32] Iranian economy. But like, it's so [13:34] open-ended. How long is this going to [13:36] take until the regime starts to [13:37] collapse?" Trump just told us something [13:39] critical that we didn't know before. [13:42] Maybe some people knew. [13:45] That [13:47] in a matter of days, they will cause [13:49] permanent damage [13:51] significant permanent damage to their [13:53] oil infrastructure. They might recover [13:55] 50 or 60%, but never fully. Let me [13:58] translate that into plain language for [13:59] you. [14:00] Oil fields are like living systems. They [14:03] need to keep flowing to stay healthy. [14:06] And they and they flow 24/7. They're [14:09] constantly flowing. [14:11] If you force them to stop with nowhere [14:13] for the oil to go because the storage [14:15] facilities all get filled up cuz they [14:17] can't offload it anywhere, if you force [14:20] the oil wells to stop with nowhere to [14:22] send the oil, the damage to the [14:24] reservoir [14:26] becomes permanent. It's like a blood [14:28] clot. Think of it that way. You can [14:30] treat it partially, but you can't fully [14:32] recover. What Trump is saying, [14:34] whether he fully realizes he's saying it [14:36] or not, is that every single day that [14:38] the siege holds, Iran is not only losing [14:41] oil revenue, they're losing a percentage [14:44] of their oil wealth forever. [14:48] Or potentially, meaning that's where [14:49] we're headed. We're coming close to the [14:51] point where they have to shut off the [14:54] wells. This is going to cause massive [14:57] long-term damage. You can't just turn [14:58] them right back on. [15:00] They're being made He's making the [15:02] regime permanently poorer if they if [15:05] this continues past the next few days. [15:07] It's not just an economic squeeze in the [15:09] here and now. [15:12] Um and this is why Iran is in such a [15:14] desperate hurry to make a deal. This is [15:16] why Trump emphasized there, "Time is not [15:19] on their side. Time is on my side." [15:22] I laid this out in a video in Again, in [15:25] a video I made about this [15:27] ceasefire, this siege yesterday. [15:30] Iran is in is in desperation. They are [15:32] panicking. Not because of the military [15:34] strikes that might come, [15:36] as significant as those are, but because [15:39] the siege is doing damage that cannot be [15:41] undone. They can rebuild a bridge. If [15:44] That's why I I've been saying all along, [15:46] they don't care about I mean, they they [15:47] care. They're not primarily [15:50] primarily, they don't care about the the [15:53] damage from air strikes. Things that can [15:55] be rebuilt. They play a very long game. [15:57] They think in different civilizational [15:59] and political terms. [16:02] Damage that can be fixed, no matter how [16:04] long it takes and how much money from [16:05] China takes, that does not concern them [16:08] the most. Permanent damage [16:11] is what's happening now. [16:13] And that's huge. Okay, let's keep going. [16:15] Let's go to the Let's finish this off. [16:17] Just a couple minutes left. [16:19] Our Our ships are loaded. I call them [16:22] locked and loaded. They're locked and [16:23] loaded. They're ready to go. Uh we have [16:26] much higher quality equipment than we [16:28] did when we first started the war. [16:31] And or the military operation, whatever [16:33] you want to call it. [16:35] And they're coming to us. The problem [16:38] they have is they are very disorganized [16:40] right now. Well, now, yesterday, and I [16:42] was very [16:43] pleased with this, eight young women [16:45] were going to be executed yesterday [16:48] afternoon at 6:00. [16:50] And I I asked them [16:53] a favor. I called it a moral request, [16:56] that they not be executed. And they came [16:58] back with an answer that they won't be [17:00] executed. They're going to release who [17:01] was protesting. [17:03] Uh eight beautiful young women. Very [17:06] young women. And they were the pictures [17:07] in the paper. [17:09] And it's been a story for a little [17:10] while, and I saw that, and I I said, [17:13] "Let's see if we can save them." And [17:15] they were It was very nice what [17:16] happened. So, [17:18] uh they're not going to be They're what [17:19] they're doing is as you know, they're [17:20] releasing four of them very shortly, and [17:22] they're [17:23] going to keep four of them in jail for a [17:25] period of 1 month and release them. So, [17:26] they won't be executed yet. [17:30] Okay. [17:33] All right. [17:34] I want to end on this because it's [17:36] actually the most significant moment in [17:38] the entire press conference. [17:40] And I haven't seen anyone talk about [17:42] this. Trump says that he asked Iran [17:45] informally, as a moral request, his [17:48] words, [17:49] to ex to not execute eight young women [17:52] who were about to be killed for [17:53] protesting, and Iran complied. [17:56] Now, I need you to understand what you [17:57] just heard. [17:59] This is a regime that in 2019 shot [18:02] protesters in the street [18:04] after the Mahsa Amini uprising, which [18:07] was the the massive uprising in the wake [18:10] of a of a girl who was killed in custody [18:13] after being arrested. [18:15] She died in custody after being arrested [18:16] for not wearing a hijab, right? Young [18:18] women, just like these eight women, [18:21] um [18:23] they were executed. [18:26] Many women like this. [18:29] Dozens of women like this were executed [18:31] then. [18:32] This regime killed tens of thousands of [18:35] its own people a few months ago. [18:37] They have stayed in power for 47 years [18:39] by projecting one thing to their people [18:42] above everything else. [18:44] Absolute certainty that if you rise up, [18:47] you will be crushed. You will be killed. [18:50] They have They're [18:52] That has been the rule. That is how they [18:54] have ruled. And yesterday, this regime [18:58] backed down on eight executions because [19:00] Donald Trump asked nicely. [19:03] Think about what that signals to the [19:05] Iranian people. This might be [19:08] This might be a turning point in the [19:09] war. This little detail. [19:15] >> [snorts] [19:15] >> One of the things I've been saying to [19:16] you since even before the war, and the [19:19] whole strategy of the regime about the [19:21] war, is that they fear their people more [19:24] than they fear [19:25] damage from air strikes by the Israelis [19:27] and the Americans. They don't [19:31] They don't care about their people. They [19:32] fear them. [19:34] And that that and that for that very [19:36] reason, [19:38] I wrote in the Jerusalem Post before the [19:39] war, a week before the war, 10 days [19:41] before the war, [19:42] that the Iranians [19:44] will not make a deal and want to go to [19:46] war because they fear [19:49] giving in to the American demands and [19:51] looking weak to their people more than [19:54] they fear the results of air strikes. [19:57] That That's not necessarily the correct [19:59] That doesn't mean they're right, but [20:00] that's how they think. That's my point. [20:04] And here, look at what they just did. [20:07] They just backed off of killing these [20:09] women. Now, think of what they Think of [20:11] what that means to the Iranian people. [20:14] I've been arguing for weeks now that if [20:15] the protests restart [20:19] and every condition for protest is [20:21] better now than it's ever been in the 47 [20:23] years. If the If the protest restart now [20:27] that there's a ceasefire, now that the [20:29] ceasefire {slash} negotiation period is [20:31] happening, the regime [20:34] maybe I I think will be completely [20:37] paralyzed about responding. And I've [20:40] been saying that kind of as an [20:42] intuition, and now with Trump saying [20:44] that these that he asked them not to [20:46] execute these girls and they complied, [20:49] it confirms it. [20:52] Think about the position that they're [20:53] in. [20:54] They can't massacre their own people now [20:58] while simultaneously trying to negotiate [21:00] a deal with Trump? [21:02] They can't do it. If the Iranian people [21:04] took to the street right now while [21:05] they're trying to, you know, figure out [21:07] a way to get Trump to get the boot off [21:09] their neck and they're and they're [21:10] saying yes when he asked not to kill [21:12] these eight women, they're not going to [21:13] start firing on protesters. They can't. [21:17] They can't project the brutal internal [21:19] repression while asking Washington for [21:22] an off-ramp. They can't do it. [21:24] Those two things are incompatible right [21:26] now in the way they've never been [21:28] before. So, that little detail, that [21:30] beautiful little human you know, human [21:33] interest anecdote about saving the [21:34] girls, I believe is a major turning [21:36] point. [21:38] For the first time in 47 years, the [21:40] regime cannot project the one thing that [21:43] has actually kept it in power. [21:45] The certainty by their people that [21:47] resistance is futile. That certainty is [21:50] gone. [21:52] And if the Iranian people figure that [21:53] out [21:55] and they and events like this, like [21:57] girls are supposed to be executed being [21:59] released and not being executed is the [22:01] way they figure it out, [22:03] then what we are watching is not just um [22:07] a nice human interest story of Trump [22:09] saving these girls and the military [22:10] degradation of the regime. We This is [22:13] the signal of the beginning of the end [22:15] of the regime. And that's what I think [22:17] Trump's press conference told us [22:19] yesterday. So, I think there was a lot [22:21] in this if you put all of it together. [22:24] The saving of the girls, [22:26] the chaos in the leadership of the [22:28] regime, [22:29] what Trump is doing with the blockade [22:30] and the siege, we are This is [22:34] a major turning point in the war. We are [22:36] not in some sort of pause. [22:38] The siege is working. [22:40] The The regime is in a state of [22:43] collapse. It's happening. It's going to [22:45] take time. There's more stages left in [22:46] it, but it is collapsing. [22:49] Thanks for watching. Please make sure [22:50] you are subscribed not only to this [22:52] channel, but to Israel 365 News and go [22:55] into the into the description of this [22:56] video and subscribe to our newsletters [22:59] as well. God bless you, shalom.
