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Jon Ossoff
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Senator Ossoff pointed out that 5 months into the war, Iran still has its uranium, the Strait of Hormuz is still closed, and Americans are still dying.
On day 12 of the Iran war, Trump declared 'We won,' while Hegseth on day 14 said Iran's military was 'destroyed' — claims Ossoff called lies.
Pete Hegseth refused multiple times under oath before the Senate to recant his lies about the Iran war, according to Senator Ossoff.
While four U.S. service members were being killed in Iran and the military ran out of munitions, Trump spent the day posting hundreds of AI-generated images on his official presidential account — depicting himself as a pirate seizing Iranian oil tankers, fighter jets blowing up Kharg Island, and himself as a 'cosmic commander.' This is not satire. This is the president of the United States.
Four U.S. service members died in Trump's Iran campaign. Credit card delinquencies are up. Foreclosures are surging. Consumer confidence is at a historic low. Americans can't afford gas, groceries, or rent. Against this backdrop, Trump is posting AI images of himself as a spine doctor and saving George Washington from a cliff.
Trump didn't pause the Iran escalation out of wisdom or strategy. China told him directly: enter a full-scale war with Iran and we get involved — World War III. That ultimatum, combined with running out of munitions and Iran destroying U.S. air bases across Arab nations, forced Trump's hand.
Between July 9 and July 24, Iran systematically destroyed U.S. air bases across Arab nations — King Faisal, Ali al-Salem, Tower 22, Muafiq Salti in Jordan, bases in Syria, and installations in Erbil, Iraq. The U.S. banned private satellite images, so Americans had to rely on Russian and Chinese satellite data to see the truth.
The moment futures markets opened after Trump's Iran pause announcement, crude oil dropped 7% almost instantly. Analyst JustDario noted that large crude dumps began at 1:30 AM Eastern the prior Friday — before any public announcement. With Hormuz closed, ships being mined, and Saudi refineries burning, a 7% drop makes no sense unless someone had advance knowledge.
Iran destroyed the U.S. military presence across Arab nations. Trump moved all remaining equipment to Israel. Now Arab nations are turning to China and asking Xi Jinping to fill the security vacuum the U.S. left behind. America's decades-long strategic dominance in the Middle East may be over.
Netanyahu was visiting Washington the next day with a predictable agenda: tell Trump that Iran is reconstituting its nuclear arsenal and push for invasion. Given the pattern — threaten, escalate, run out of bombs, back down — Meiselas predicted more service members would die in another cycle of Trump's catastrophic Iran policy.
Barron Trump is 19 or 20 years old, deeply embedded in Trump's orbit and the manosphere, and there is reporting about his relationship with Andrew Tate and financial dealings. Congresswoman Ansari says the Congressional Oversight Committee is the right place for him to answer those questions — and that being the president's son doesn't grant immunity.
The price of admission to Trump's service is proof you're willing to lie for him. Jake Clayton, nominated to lead U.S. intelligence services, refused under oath to affirm Trump's 2020 defeat. Hegseth refused under oath to recant his war lies. This is the culture of the current White House.
Senator Jon Ossoff took the Senate floor and eviscerated the Trump administration's Iran war as built entirely on lies. Trump declared victory on day 12. Hegseth said Iran was destroyed on day 14. Five months later, Americans are dying, Hormuz is closed, Iran still has its uranium. Ossoff drew a direct parallel to King Ahab of Samaria — a leader who silenced the one prophet who told the truth, marched to war, and fell.
Trump posted AI images of himself as a pirate, a spine doctor, a cosmic commander, saving George Washington from a cliff, and 'giving the enemy nightmares' alongside special forces in 2028. This is not a meme account — it is the official presidential account. Meiselas calls it a humiliation ritual and says the generational damage is hard to describe in words.
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