Geopolitics with Ghost Bonus Episode: Iran Ceasefire, Congo Conflict, Banking Scandals - 4/8/26

0:00I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven When I woke up, I smitten on a necklace I told God I'd be back in a second Man, it's so hard not to act reckless The whole bunch is giving my testic Get arrested, yes, until he get the message I filled a pression, under more scrutiny What I do, act more stupidly Rock more jewelry, more Louis V My mama couldn't get through to me The drama, people showing me All right I'm just saying how I feel Good afternoon everybody Welcome to a special game, short and abbreviated version Episode of Geopodic Ghost Yes, sorry for the delay I just had some stuff going on here That I needed to address

1:02So originally I was going to do this show Because on Valentine's Day this morning We didn't get to cover any of the other geopolitical stories That I have been tracking However, this press conference from Netanyahu Is pretty interesting I guess I can kind of just do a rapid fire The stories that I wanted to cover And then we can play the Netanyahu The Netanyahu press conference Let's see, so let's just jump into it real quick So one element we haven't discussed in a long time Is let me make sure I have the right It looks like we're good with everything The Congo, we haven't talked about DR Congo in a while This is from April 3rd, so about five days ago Islamic State linked militants killed dozens in DR Congo assault

2:05Authorities that blamed allied democratic forces Fighters for a deadly attack At least 43 people have been killed and then attacked by ISIS In the DR Congo, the army said on Thursday The Congolese Armed Forces attributed the attack to the ADF The allied democratic forces, originally a Ugandan Islamist group It has waged a violent insurgency in eastern Congo for decades And it pledged allegiance to Islamic State formerly ISIS in 2019 The group's fighters have been blamed for massacres, kidnappings and bombings Officials told Reuters that the assault occurred around 7pm Local time in the village of Mambasa Near the town of Nayania And so something tells me if we pull up Nayania Let's go to Google Maps Because you know, I think this is probably all tied to the M23 people DR Congo Okay, so here's Nayania

3:08Yeah, and so this is like right in the same region that we're dealing with Remember, these people have been in M23 was operating in this area Goma and Bukavu They were also operating down here by Burundi in the Yuvira province Or Yuvira town And then there was also ISIS linked, Al-Qaeda linked affiliates Operating up here near, in this whole region Up here near Uganda So this is kind of an extension of that Again, I think this is deep state Angry that President Trump took away their access to the rare earth minerals Most of the rare earth minerals that are in circulation come from this territory right here This coat, the eastern coast or eastern border region of the DR Congo So I think that's what we're looking at As we're just looking at more of the same Them angry that Trump is working against them there

4:11Okay, and then the other story that was pretty big was this one The UBS loses big limit liability for Nazi linked crimes, US judges ruling shows This is all connected to the 2023 Credit Suisse collapse The Swiss government forced UBS to buy out Credit Suisse, they were competitors And it says right here US district judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn, New York said UBS was seeking an advisory opinion And protecting it from a hypothetical lawsuit From hypothetical lawsuits that have not been filed Quote, until a genuine case or controversy arises that requires judicial interpretation of its term The agreement will continue to speak for itself The U.S. courtman who ever saw the 1999 settlement A US judge on Tuesday rejected UBS's bid to clarify 1.25 billion dollar settlement From 1999 of Holocaust related to the litigation against Swiss banks by shielding it from claims

5:12Based on new revelations about Nazi linked accounts The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group had argued that UBS proposal would improperly expand the settlement To encompass newly uncovered facts about bank's dealings with the Third Reich UBS sought Korman's intervention after an investigation commissioned in 2020 by the former Credit Suisse Uncovered additional ties between that bank its predecessors and Nazis including 890 accounts with potential Nazi links The 1.25 billion dollar dollars was paid out by UBS and Credit Suisse and distributed to more than 458,000 Nazi victims in their families And a statement UBS said nothing in the judge's opinion contradicts our reading of the 1999 settlement agreement Lawyers for the Simon Wiesenthal Center did not immediately respond to requests for comment Okay, so and it says UBS bought Credit Suisse and a Swiss government arranged emergency take over in 2023 So the TLDR, the bullet points here The 2020 commission of a 2020 thing that was set up that was when Credit Suisse hired a guy named I think it was David Barovsky's name

6:19A former U.S. prosecutor, he's the guy who was commissioned by the Senate in 2008 to investigate the TARP payments that Obama made The $3 trillion that was given to the banks, you have the two big to fail And he's the one who came back and said this is all scam, the taxpayers are getting fleeced They're never going to get that money back, it's never going to get repay by the banks He also has investigated the mortgage fraud, back securities issues, and other financial crimes that have occurred from the banks So he was uniquely set up I think to look at this very objectively Again, Credit Suisse brings this guy on as an internal investigator so they could figure out They wanted to wrap their arms around these accounts, they didn't quite understand what they had in their books And so he goes and he starts digging around and then in 2022, two years later, he comes back and says I found a lot more than what you had originally, the scope you had originally given me And Credit Suisse got very upset, whatever he found, they fired him

7:24And then around that same time, 2020, the Senate was approached by, this is Chuck Grassley and Sheldon White House were approached by Jewish advocacy groups that were worried that Credit Suisse had billions of dollars of Nazi gold and cash in their coffers And so then the Senate formed its own investigative committee Somehow they were put in contact with David Barovsky in 2022 after Credit Suisse fired him And so once Credit Suisse became clear that they were collapsing, that was the end of 2022, early 2023 And then the Swiss government arranged for Credit Suisse to take over, or for UBS to buy out Credit Suisse Chuck Grassley sent a letter to UBS saying you better rehire David Barovsky and give him full scope to look into everything And they said yes, we will do that, so Barovsky came back on He testified in the Senate I think two months ago and said he's found a lot of stuff that is much bigger than just Nazi bank accounts

8:30And he's expected to deliver a full report later this year, my expectation is that this is going to connect all this stuff, these banks to the cartels And this is going to be like an explosive revelation for the general public because they're going to learn that these banks are actually just criminal organizations No different than the cartels themselves Okay, I think for now that's probably all we really need to hit on South Korea and North Korea had some interesting things happening there Nothing too notable, just what was it? The South Korea apologizes to the North Korea for drone incursions So this is interesting, this new guy, President Lee Jae Myeong, who has been accused of being a communist

9:31But he's very much been pro Trump and pro, remember he signed the big bilateral trade deal with Trump last year He's been very apologic in North Korea, I think this is a sign that North Korea and South Korea are going to have a unification Just I'm just getting that feeling, we'll see, we'll see, but very interesting developments there All right, so now I want to play the Netanyahu and appreciate Jessica from this on my radar So Netanyahu did a press conference earlier today and let's see, we're going to play it here It's not long, it's like the whole video is 13 minutes and I think that that includes the... Yeah, that includes like waiting 3 minutes for him, so he probably speaks for like 10 minutes So we're just going to watch...

10:32Assuming it's... No, no, it's in... Well, that's not good, it's in Hebrew Let's see... I thought that that was going to be in English Let me see if I can search this Netanyahu normally does these in English and Hebrews, let me see if I can find it in English, spare with me for a second

11:34Okay, so here's Netanyahu posting about this online in English But again, we have a Hebrew translation, I was really hoping to see that here this in English Let's see if we can get on the trouble more thing So

12:57Okay, so let's just look at some of Barakovid's posts lately, so he says... Two hours ago This is all like him rapid posting all this stuff Okay, so he's reposting this guy in Nidav Yal, it says Aram already won It's most important war two years ago and almost no one talks about it It was the war against Israeli, Palestinian peace, the peace process failed for many reasons, but Iran's constitution was essential It is the only country in the world that made the destruction of a compromise, its manifest destiny, the terms of any agreement ending this conflict We'll be shaped by whether we understand that history or ignore it And this is the Atlantic, so yeah, take that for what it's worth Yeah, the strange thing about this is that I've seen this happening for a while They're trying to rewrite the history of the October 7th attack and instead of it being the Muslim Brotherhood Which is a Sunni out like a Sunni Islam group

14:00They're now saying it was Iran that actually did October 7th, which is a Shia country Again, it's just very inconsistent It can't be the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran, there's two totally different things The Muslim Brotherhood comes from Egypt, it's Sunni It is not even congruent with the radical extremists in Iran They are just two totally different separate things And now they're trying to say that it was Iran that did October 7th I think this is just rewriting history Okay, so here's Barak revealed behind the scenes a senior US official said Netanyahu raised the issue of Lebanon in the phone call of President Trump shortly before the announcement of the ceasefire Trump and Netanyahu agreed during the call that the fighting in Lebanon could continue A US official and Israeli official said the US official said the White House is not currently concerned with that the situation in Lebanon would cause the ceasefire with Iran to collapse Then Barak revealed toast and says the US and Israel learned of an intriguing development on Monday with President Trump's ultimatum looming Supreme Leader Majtabi Majtaba Kamani had instructed his negotiators for the first time since the war began to move towards a deal according to three sources with knowledge

15:08And then I assume that he is quoting Netanyahu from that Hebrew press conference We are ready to we are ready to war with Iran at any moment our fingers on the trigger the ceasefire was coordinated with Israel We are we were not notified in the last minute So that's Netanyahu basically saying him and Trump are working together as always And then Barak revealed says on Monday morning as Trump worked the crowd at a White House Easter celebration A very angry Steve Wichoff was working the phones the US envoy told the mediators the ten-point counter proposal The US had just received from Iran was a disaster a catastrophe a source of direct knowledge said That began a chaotic day of amendments with the Pakistani mediators passing new drafts between Wichoff and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi And the Egyptian and Turkish foreign ministers trying to help bridge gaps by Monday night the mediators had US approval for an updated proposal for a two-week ceasefire It was then up to Kamani who sources said it was actively involved in the process on Monday and Tuesday to make a decision

16:13The next post says vice president advance will lead the American negotiating team for talk to the run White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt said on voice Jared Kushner and Steve Wichoff will also participate in the negotiations The first round of talks will take place on Saturday morning in Islamabad The next post from an hour later vice president advance will head the US negotiating team with talks for talk to the run White House secretary Caroline Levitt said Trump's on voice Steve Jair Kushner and Wichoff will participate Yeah he already posed that twice for some reason Okay and then he's reposting from March 23rd and Israeli official told me the mediating countries were trying to convene a meeting in Islamabad So yeah so this is him kind of reposting what he had already said a few weeks ago And then the speaker of Iran's parliament Muhammad Bajir Ghalifa or Ghalifa Ghalifa who is expected to lead the Iranian delegation to the summit with the US

17:13And Islamabad on Saturday claimed three out of the ten clauses in the US Iran agreed upon framework had been violated and therefore a bilateral ceasefire or negotiations is unreasonable He mentioned that the first violation was regarding the ceasefire in Lebanon which was a commitment mentioned by the prime minister of Pakistan In his statement announcing the ceasefire the second violation he claimed was the entry of a drone into Iranian airspace And the third violation was Trump statement which denies Iran's right to enrichment which was included in the sixth clause of the framework Yeah he reposted that twice I think he's posting it in Hebrew and in English Okay and then his report on Axios about advance leading the US delegation Yeah so they're basically just positioning vans to be kind of the hero of the day whether he is or not is inconsequential As far as I'm concerned I think all this stuff has probably been negotiated to some extent before all this

18:13I don't think this is all being worked up on the fly as we're being told The enrichment thing is ridiculous like of course Iran is going to enrich your uranium they have to enrich your uranium if they want energy They want their nuclear power plants to run It's very silly to assume that they're not going to enrich your uranium and I think that we're moving the goalposts Or at least the neocons are moving the goalposts consistently First it was about then not getting a nuclear weapon now it's about them not having any nuclear energy at all that is insane Iran would be foolish to accept that premise and sign an agreement that would be enforceable internationally Where it says we're not allowed to have any nuclear energy whatsoever that's insane And again I think when Trump says that stuff he is parroting the talking points of the Zionists And it's really putting the absurdity of it on a platform where everyone can look at it and say this is stupid as insane We shouldn't be doing this so anyway

19:16My position continues to be consistent that I think Trump's playing games with Israel he's playing games Let me see Israeli Prime Minister I'm just trying to see if I can find this press conference in English Okay here we go Yeah so here it is I knew it he puts it out in English all the time too wait this is nine months ago Citizens of Israel I want to I hear it is it's translated here so listen to this Thank you I want to thank our wonderful people As you showed resilience as you sat in safe rooms and shelters we achieved great accomplishments together

20:24Our fighters at the front and you on the home front But first of all I wish to bow my head To our loved ones who fell in this campaign to embrace the bereaved families and to send on behalf of all of you wishes for a speedy recovery to our wounded My brothers and sisters the state of Israel has achieved tremendous accomplishments accomplishments that until recently seemed completely imaginary Iran is weaker than ever Israel is stronger than ever that is the bottom line of this campaign up to this moment And I want to convey that we have more goals to complete and we will achieve them either by agreement or by resuming the fighting Because we are ready to return to combat at any moment required

21:24The finger is on the trigger as you know tonight a temporary two week ceasefire between the United States and Iran went into effect in full coordination with Israel no they did not surprise us at the last moment Now I wish to emphasize that this is not the end of the campaign this is a station on the way to achieving all of our goals Iran enters these negotiations while it is beaten while it is weaker than ever It committed to opening the strait of Hormuz after it waived all the preconditions it had set It waived the lifting of sanctions receiving compensation a final end to the war and also a ceasefire in Lebanon While Iran is weaker than ever Israel is as strong as it has never been before Six weeks ago for the first time in history we went to war shoulder to shoulder with my friend President Trump and our great ally the United States

22:28We set out on a historic operation the greatest operation the Middle East has ever known Such a thing had never happened in Israel's history such a partnership between Israel and the United States against our greatest enemy It too had never existed in Israel history and yes I can reassure those worried about the relationship between me and President Trump how did he put it you guys are great We talk every day and we smile when we hear his assessments In any case whoever chooses to ignore the strength of this partnership is simply ignoring the truth As American Secretary of Defense Pete said today the appreciation for Israel as an ally on the battlefield the appreciation for our heroism our courage our skill This appreciation is sky high President Trump Donald my friend I want to thank you for your leadership and your friendship

23:34The deep friendship between the United States and Israel is changing the face of the Middle East We set out together to remove an existential threat from the state of Israel and from the entire free world And we are carrying out this mission we are carrying it out step by step goal by goal If we hadn't gone out for dogs people and later if we hadn't gone out for lions roar Iran would have long ago had nuclear weapons and Iran would have had many thousands of missiles to destroy Israel and threaten the existence of us all This dual existential threat we have removed from over our heads We have set the terror regime in Iran back many years We have undermined its foundations we have crushed it so what have we achieved up to this moment We have shattered Iran's missile production machine

24:34We didn't just destroy existing missiles we destroyed the factories that produce them And the Iranians are firing what's left in their magazine that magazine is emptying out and they are not producing new missiles We hit Iran's nuclear program hard We destroyed many nuclear facilities, centrifuge plants and furthermore we eliminated more nuclear scientists who joined those we eliminated in the past Regarding the enriched material still left in Iran as senior Trump administration officials said today the enriched material will all leave Iran Either it will leave by agreement or it will leave through a resumption of fighting and we see eye to eye on this issue We crushed the money machine and the weapons production machine of the revolutionary guards We destroyed steel plants, petrochemical plants, weapons manufacturing plants, supply lines and railways for transporting forces and weapons

25:37We destroyed military infrastructure, the Iranian Navy, dozens of aircraft, missile bases and headquarters We hit the regime's apparatus of repression hard and eliminated thousands of its operatives And we have proven it We proved that we can hunt them down anywhere, they have nowhere to hide We eliminated the senior figures of the regime from the tyrant culminate to the commanders of the revolutionary guards and the besiege As a result of Israel's determination and strength, strength and determination that everyone in the Middle East sees We are forging new alliances with countries in the region Now, I insisted that the temporary ceasefire with Iran would not include Hezbollah and we continue to strike it with force Today, we delivered to Hezbollah the biggest blow it has suffered since the pages

26:37We attacked 100 targets in 10 minutes in places Hezbollah was sure were immune Wonderful residents of the north We are committed to restoring your security We have created deep security zones beyond our borders in Lebanon, in Syria and in Gaza There, we control more than half of the strip and are strangling Hamas from every side Citizens of Israel, whoever tries to ignore these immense achievements, immense achievements of the state of Israel and the soldiers of Israel Whoever tries to downplay them, either doesn't know what they are talking about or is speaking out of ulterior motives Because the truth is simple, as I promised you, back at the beginning of the war of revival, we have dramatically changed the face of the Middle East to Israel's advantage And we will continue to do so because we are the initiating side, we are the fighting side, and with God's help, we are the winning side

27:44Happy Mimuna, citizens of Israel, a holiday of Israeli unity, Tarbachu, Vatizadu One thing we talked about was civic engagement Okay, so yeah, there wasn't anything groundbreaking there, it was just Netanyahu being Netanyahu and aligning himself with Trump Okay, so let's look at a few other things before we get out of here, because again, like I said, there's going to be a short, short little powwow here Trump's true social So he's put out a few posts in the past few hours since we convened for breaking history I don't know why it's acting like I'm not authenticated

28:46Okay, so right here, he says, eight hours ago, he said a country supplying military weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed Or on any and all goods sold to the US, sold to the United States of America, 50% effective immediately There will be no exclusions or exemptions present, DJT, I mean, that would be Russia, I would assume But they're already sanctioned up to their eyeballs by the US Okay, and then so he is taking a picture of Lindsey Graham's post and posting it himself It says, Lindsey Graham, I just had a great conversation with POTUS, I totally support his ultimatum to the uranium regime to open up the straight-of-war moose and do a peace deal The massive military operation awaits Iran if they choose poorly This regime has been severely crippled through Operation Epic Fury, their reign of terror against the region and the world needs to come to an end Hopefully through a peace deal, after speaking with President Trump this morning, I'm completely convinced that he will use overwhelming military force against the regime

29:50If they continue to impede the straight-of-war moose and refuse a diplomatic solution to achieve our military objectives It's not clear to Iran and others by now that President Trump means what he says, if it's not clear to them, then I don't know if it will ever be Choose wisely, now this is from April 4th, four days ago If we go and we look at Lindsey Graham's most recent posts, he's not quite singing the same song And I think it's interesting that Trump is choosing to post something that he shared like four days ago Thank you, thanks X is going super slow, hopefully that's not just the internet in general I wonder if X is down.

30:55X appears to be down for me. I'll check it online. Yeah, it says Twitter is down, Twitter and X are down. What's disappointing? I guess we'll have to just wing it then. Let me see if I already had that. I might have already had that. Wait, is it back up now? I might have already had that post pulled up. Hold on. All right, here we go. I got it. I got it up and working now.

31:58OK, so Lindsey Graham most recently put out. He said, not that one, OK, so six hours ago. Again, a diplomatic solution to the end of the reign of terror in Iran is the preferred outcome. The supposed negotiated document, in my view, has some troubling aspects. But time will tell, I look forward to the architects of this proposal, the vice president and others coming forward to Congress and explaining how a negotiated deal meets our national security objectives in Iran. As president Donald Trump said this morning, all the highly enriched uranium must be removed from Iran and handed over the United States, the Libyan model, allowing the Libyan model, yeah, it's funny. Along this regime to enrich in the future would be in a front to all those murdered by the regime since the war started would be inconsistent with denying Iran a pathway toward a bomb in the future. That is why I strongly support President Trump's statement today, no enrichment for uranium, no enrichment for Iran.

33:01Many countries have peaceful nuclear power, but do not enrich uranium at a minimum. That should be the case for Iran. To those who say Iran needs to say face by having a small enrichment program, I'm not remotely interested in providing face saving covered to the regime, to a regime that murders some people, beats a 16-year-old, grow to death for not wearing a headscarf inappropriately, appropriately, and is dripping in American blood, yeah. OK, that's all propaganda. And then yesterday he posted, last night he posted. As I stated before, I preferred diplomacy if it leads to the right outcome regarding the Iranian terrorist regime. I appreciate all the hard work of all involved in trying to find a diplomatic solution. At this early stage, I am extremely cautious regarding what is fact, verse fiction, or misrepresentation. That's why a congressional review process, like the one the Senate followed to test the Obama, Iranian deal, is a sound way forward, fair and challenging questions with a full opportunity to explain, and a healthy dose of sunlight is generally the right formula to understand any matter, simply put kick the tires. So what he's saying is we need to interrogate

34:03President Trump for what this is, because he doesn't trust that President Trump is actually acting in Israel's interest. That's what he's accusing him of. It's very important to understand what Lindsey Graham is doing here. He's absolutely subverting President Trump. No doubt in my mind if that's what this is. OK, we have Italy accusing Israeli forces of firing at a UN convoy in Lebanon. This is from today. Israeli forces fired warning shots at a convoy of Italian, UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Wednesday, damaging at least one vehicle, but causing no injuries. The Italian government said this is notable, because, of course, Italy, I think, is a very important member of the sovereign alliance. So the fact that they're the ones calling out Israel here is notable. If we go back to President Trump's true social,

35:05he said three hours ago, numerous agreements, lists, and letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the USA around negotiations. In many cases, they are total fraudsters, charlatans, and worse, they will be rapidly exposed after our federal investigation is complete. There is only one group of meaningful points that are acceptable to the United States, and we will be discussing them behind closed doors during these negotiations. These are the points that are the basis on which we agreed to a ceasefire. It is something that is reasonable and can easily be dispensed with. It is, it's very much like fake news CNN last night, headlining a source that had no power or authority to write a letter claiming great authority, President Donald J. Trump. So he's basically saying that everyone out there is lying right now. They don't know anything. Only through back channels, clothed behind closed doors, only Trump and Iran actually know what they're agreeing to. And it sounds like the agreement's still in place. So I think when he talks about somebody being subversive behind closed doors, or not behind closed doors on CNN,

36:08he's referring to that Israeli journalist that we, that can't kind of, and I mentioned on that last day this morning, let me see, Israeli journalist, CNN, Trump, and that's, I see, where is it? The guy who leaked, I'm just trying to find the right, the right one that actually names the guy. Amit Segal. OK, so Trump said the US will jail the person

37:10who leaked the information about the first F-15 pilot being rescued. Of course, the leaker of the first F-15 pilot was Israeli journalist Amit Segal by his own admission on his telegram channel. And this person says nothing will happen to him, but so here's his telegram channel. He says, as you may recall, this was published here first. I think the Jerusalem Post actually wrote about this over the weekend and said that it was in Israeli journalists who was very quick to disclose the facts around that F-15 pilot that was then published by CNN. So again, we'll see. It'd be interesting if Trump actually did do something to this guy. He seems to be threatening CNN, though, and the leakers. And again, the allegations are circulating on social media is that Netanyahu had something to do. That this guy Amit Segal has a connection to Netanyahu. So we'll see if that plays out. But yeah, that's what it is.

38:14Anything else here? So Caroline Levitt did a press conference earlier. And she appears to walk back. US President Donald Trump's comments expressing interest in charging tolls for passage through Australia Hormuz. Quote, it's something that the president has floated, but the immediate priority of the president is the reopening of the straight without mean limitations, whether in the form of tolls or otherwise, Levitt said during a press briefing. She also confirms China's involvement in the negotiations yesterday that resulted in a two-week ceasefire quote, these were conversations that took place between top levels of our government and China's government. The president has great respect for President Xi and a great working relationship with him and with that country he looks forward to visiting China in just a few weeks. Levitt has asked about Trump's claim earlier today that Iran will dig up its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. And whether that is something to Iran has actually agreed to do, quote, this is on the top of the priority list for the president and his negotiating team as they head into these next round of discussions, Levitt responds. She has pressed again on whether Iran has actually indicated

39:16that it has prepared to hand over the uranium stockpiles and Levitt responds that they have. Levitt declared another sharp review of NATO allies, echoing Trump's sentiment that they failed during the crisis, quote, it's quite sad that NATO turned their backs on the American people over the course of the last six weeks. Levitt says adding that the issue will be discussed later today during Trump's meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta. So yeah, I mean, again, kind of recapping everything, which is to a recap. This is the, well, wait, before you recap, last one, Yarra Lapid. So now these Israelis are all starting to fight one another. All right, I mentioned this earlier. The knives are all out from Netanyahu. And Yarra Lapid is starting to respond to all of his detractors. So he is responding to Bezal al-Smotric. So Bezal al-Smotric posted a picture of Yarra Lapid, Naftali Bennett. And I don't know who this person is over here. This might be Ronan Barr, the former Shinbet leader

40:18from up the second. It could be Yar go on, maybe. But he says update for national suppressors tonight. We're eating mufletas, not pickles, blessings, and enjoy your meal. I have no idea what that means. It must be a Jewish thing. And then the response from Yarra Lapid is Mr. Smotric, go forth and multiply. Is that also what you said to the Herodim when you transferred five billion shekels to the draft dodgers that you stole from the funds of the reserve soldiers? What a weekend the state was the October 7th, the Bako, the strategic failure against Iran and the fact that you didn't bother to deal with sheltering education and compensation for citizens during the war. So it's very clear now that whatever is actually happening with Iran and the Shreddapur moves and whatever, the narrative there, it's very clear that in Israel they view this is over. Like the US involvement with Iran as we have understood it to this point seems to be over. If it wasn't over, Yarra Lapid would not be attacking Netanyahu's administration the way he is now.

41:18So that seems to be what is happening here. And again, this is all posturing for their election coming up in October, but it's important to understand that that's the element, that's the dynamic that's happening here. So let's recap everything from this morning on, like all the different shows I've been on, what I think is happening. I think that, again, this is just kind of a wild theory, don't know if I'm right or not wrong, but it's just my gut is that I think the fourth side up group is running a side up against Masad. They have given Masad manipulated intel, manipulated satellite imagery to make Masad think that the US is actually in a conflict with Iran. Masad then runs that through their analysts, the analysts give them reports, the reports go to the White House, and they then give guidance to the White House, the CIA, et cetera, on what they should do. And then the White House then turns around and says,

42:20okay, thank you for the reports, as per normal, we will now act on the reports. And then the US, Trump says, we've bombed a bunch of things in Iran, manipulated satellite imagery, manipulated intel from these satellites is then fed back to Masad, and it's basically like a big loop, it's a feedback loop of bullshit. And the net effect being that Masad is getting bad intel, the bad intel is driving them to think that there's a war happening between the US and Iran. Israel is also attacking Iran, Iran is attacking Israel. And again, this is Trump waging a war against Israel using Iran as his proxy. I could be completely wrong about that, but that's my suspicion. The fact that Trump is cool with Israel continuing the war in Lebanon while Iran and Pakistan clearly are not cool with that tells me that that's just Trump basically inching away from the situation and like taking the off ramp.

43:22He's exiting the stage and he's kind of leaving Israel to fight these various groups on their own. There is no way that Iran, that Israel can defeat Iran. Iran is going to crush Israel if they fight them alone. Surely Netanyahu probably knows that, but who knows what happens next? I would assume that we're going to see false flags, we're going to see all sorts of reasons why the US needs to get back involved with this and needs to fight Iran again. But again, I think that Trump and Iran are just working together. I think that's always been the thing. China and Russia are obviously backing Iran. The Arabs appear to be sitting on the sideline. They're not going to get involved. And the Turks, of course, are also helping to facilitate. And to that point, we have Shabaz Sharif. This is the prime minister of Pakistan. And he says, tonight I had an extremely warm and sincere phone conversation with my dear brother, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I am grateful to President Erdogan for his encouraging

44:23and supportive kind words during Pakistan's modest and sincere efforts for regional peace. In line with our common goal of achieving lasting peace in the region, we will continue to work tirelessly together with our friends and partners, especially Turkey. And again, this is like, remember the security architecture, the map we drew, the fortress. Turkey was one, Pakistan was one, Egypt was one. There's the three walls that box in the Middle East. And those three walls are talking to one another with Saudi Arabia being the linchpin that holds it all together. And again, I think we're going to see Iran kind of join the Middle East as part of their network. And you're kind of starting to see that happen. The Pakistan is bringing Iran into the fold. And Trump is giving that it's his blessing. And there's going to be a lot of rage coming out of the American establishment over that. All right, guys, let's see. I'm going to play a quick Gart ad before we get out of here. Patriots, the fight for truth doesn't stop at the screen.

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46:31All right. BadlandsMedia.tv slash events. Looking forward to seeing everybody there. We have a rant from Heather Jones, one, hey, Heather, $20. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your time with us. We appreciate you. I appreciate you, Heather, for your support. And yeah, guys, hit the thumbs up, share the show. I'm going to be in Nashville at Gart this weekend, so it won't be around. But looking forward to seeing everybody there, and also virtual ticket holders hopping the chat, hopping the telegram, and interacting with us. Yeah, so looking forward to it. Thanks for joining me. Told you it would be a short episode today. And looking forward to seeing what happens next. Let's see. Don't have an ultra video set.

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