Donald Trump, Israel, and the Potential for War with Iran
Donald Trump claims he may have forced Israel's hand regarding military strikes against Iran to prevent a perceived imminent attack. Critics argue that the presence of U.S. aircraft carriers and warships makes an Iranian first strike unlikely, suggesting the narrative is being constructed to hedge against future political fallout. Senator Marco Rubio and JD Vance are identified as supporters of this interventionist stance, potentially positioning themselves for the 2028 presidential election.
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00:00 force your hand to launch these strikes against Iran? Did that knock the whole United States into this war? No, I might have forced their hands. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics. And it was my opinion that they were gonna attack first. They were going to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. And we have Great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successful. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first. And I didn't want that to happen. So if anything, I might have forced Israel's hand. But Israel was ready and we were ready and we've we've had a
00:45 a very, very powerful impact. It's almost just childish to see Trump in the White House spent, well, actually I forced Israel to do it. This is when Trump just becomes grating. All those things we thought were charming 10 years ago or endearing or funny, now it's just grating and insufferable. He's obviously full of it, there's nothing true about that at all. This idea that, like you say, that Iran was about to attack us, really? We have two carriers there. We got a dozen warships, 50,000 soldiers, half of our Air Force, and Iran was going to start the war against us. Does that even make any sense? That is completely made up. And then Rubio says Israel launched an attack so we had to because they were gonna attack us. Now Trump goes, no, they were gonna attack us with no information. I mean, I'm sorry, folks. I wanted to support Trump. I support the kill on the carpet. That's why I hate this, cuz he's done a lot of good. We're watching Trump
01:39 Self immolate on live television it is it's a complete unraveling and it's clear what happened there I think look JD Vance and Marco Rubio They want to run for president in 28 so they know that their butt is on the line here if this Iran war doesn't go well There go their presidential ambitions, and so I think that when Rubio comes out and says well Israel made us do it obviously Obviously, this is like a real time narrative construction. So that when in 28 he's questioned about it on the debate stage, if this becomes a debacle, this is hedging, he can say,
02:16 Well, we didn't have any options. We had the choice either we go in with Israel at the beginning or Americans die. Well, I chose to, you know, that's gonna be the argument. That's going to be the campaign speech. That'll be the, you know, screenshot this in a few years. That is what he's gonna say on the debate stage. We had a choice. If we didn't act, then more Americans would have died. And I stood with Trump. We made the bold decision to go in and blah, blah. That is clearly gonna be the answer. And you can tell. We got a whole other hour coming up, but let me just stop you. I said the first to show they're going to use the insurance company shutting down straight over Moose as the claim that we've got to put a beachhead on the Iranian side so they can't close it to secure it for trade. I said, I believe that'll be the excuse for boots on the ground, which they floated in the last few days, which Eric Prince freaked out about rightfully. Ladies and gentlemen, he just put this out, show the timestamp on this guy, scroll down.
