9:06
But I just want to backpedal to the congressional vote. This vote could have happened last week. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie had it ready and on the table. It was people like Chuck Schumer, the Democratic senator, who said, “Oh yeah, sure, we want to vote on that — but let’s do it later. Let’s do it in a week.”
9:27
So clearly Chuck Schumer and others knew this war was happening over the weekend, and they chose to drag their heels on that effort. That’s something that should be known to the American people and to the world — that these senators and congressmen, who are bought and paid for by the Israeli lobby, are intervening in our constitutional due process on behalf of a foreign entity.
10:00
The other thing is that Donald Trump did not consult Congress beforehand. And this is important: the U.S. is working hand in glove with Israel. You can’t separate the two. They like to play good cop, bad cop — but this is all theater.
Benjamin Netanyahu briefed the Knesset and his security committee about U.S. operations that were coming up over the weekend. But Donald Trump did not brief our Congress or senators about U.S. operations that were coming up.10:32
To me, this is a constitutional crisis in the United States of America. This president has completely disregarded his obligations and duties as chief executive and bypassed our constitutional system in order to serve and accommodate a foreign entity. I think this is so clear that it’s embarrassing on one level — but on another level, it really should shock people.
11:10
Then there’s the cavalier attitude of Trump and people like Lindsey Graham, just waving their hands about U.S. servicemen being killed, as if to say, “Well, it happens. There’s going to be more, but this is a fight worth fighting.”
11:25
And then Pete Hegseth goes in front of the press and says, “We didn’t start this war, but we’re going to finish it.” No. The U.S. did start this war. This was premeditated.
49:52
I would be looking, if I were an investigator in the United States government, to be actually objective and an anti-corruption investigator — whatever agency is left that does that — at all of Trump's inner circle. I would be investigating whether they had placed bets on a spike in oil prices. That's Howard Lutnik and the entire inner circle. They would be looking for futures bets, and what they've done on PolyMarket is disgusting. In the last couple of days, the amount of money people are getting as a windfall by betting on the Iranian attack hours before it was launched is shocking. There should be a fraud or securities investigation into that organization. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, Donald Trump Jr. sits on the advisory board, though I could be wrong. People can correct me on that.
50:41
Consider the potential profits: if the Straits of Hormuz closed, that affects Qatari LNG supplying southern Europe. The number-one supplier of LNG to Europe is the United States. That would drive US LNG prices to record-breaking levels, creating enormous profits for US producers.
So, if the Straits of Hormuz closed, there would be a short-term incentive — not for the American people, who would face inflation — but for Trump's inner circle to make massive amounts of money by betting on an outcome they may have influenced themselves. This appears to be done with intent and demonstrates a level of corruption and criminality that is alarming.
51:33
I would be shocked if they weren’t profiting from this. Tracking and investigating this would be very straightforward. Institutional players on Wall Street and members of Trump's inner circle who were in the know likely parked their money to profit from this crisis. And that is just one aspect of it.
