Hormuz Double Blockade, JD Vance Islamabad Chaos, and Kash Patel FBI Meltdown #1743

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David Feldman

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Trump's self-inflicted Iran nightmare won't end as the Strait of Hormuz stays shut, gas prices explode to $6–$7 a gallon, and the world economy heads for stagflation. With just 72 hours left before the ceasefire expires, Trump flip-flops on peace talks in Islamabad (JD Vance is going… he's not… he is… he isn't for "security reasons"), threatens war crimes, and realizes he's a cornered rat who can't reopen Hormuz no matter how many $1 trillion bombs he buys. Plus: • Lindsey Graham's unhinged call to send American troops to die on Kharg Island ("We did Iwo Jima!") • Texas Rep. Pat Fallon's toupee and his "boots on the ground" fantasy • The kill-box geography lesson proving why the U.S. Navy is powerless against Iran's asymmetrical warfare • The White House drunk tank: Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel's latest paranoid meltdown, and FBI lie-detector drama It's all here—Trump's chaos, your higher gas bill, and the global chokehold that could cause a recession, hunger for 45 million people, and Europe running out of jet fuel by June. Live Sundays, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:05 PM ET. Subscribe, hit the bell, and support the show so we can keep unspooling these lies faster than Trump can tell them.

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0:00.0	This is the mop-up. I'm David Feldman in New York City. Thank you so much for finding me.
0:08.4	The U.S. Navy has seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship attempting to get past the American blockade of Iran's Strait of Hormuz that was announced today by Donald Trump, actually late Sunday afternoon.
0:25.6	Meanwhile, he's threatening to commit massive war crimes. On top of the war crimes, he's already
0:32.2	committed. He said if Iran doesn't negotiate a peace deal, Iran saying late Sunday afternoon, it will never seed control
0:42.8	of the Strait of Hormuz.
0:45.8	On today's show, get ready to pay $6 for a gallon of gas as the Strait of Hormuz shows no sign of reopening.
0:55.9	First, Iran opened it after Israel and Lebanon signed a ceasefire last week, but Trump said no,
1:02.8	my Navy is still enforcing the blockade because he's insane.
1:08.7	Despite declaring victory over Iran, Trump is desperately trying to jumpstart peace talks
1:15.8	with the Iranians. He announced peace talks would resume in Islamabad on Monday. But Iran says,
1:25.6	there are no peace talks. Trump said, yes, there are. There are peace talks
1:29.2	and you agree to it. And Iran said, no, no, we didn't. And Trump announced that not only there
1:35.7	are going to be peace talks in Islamabad on Monday, but J.D. Vance, our vice president, will lead
1:41.7	the delegation. But Iran said, there are no peace talks. And then later in the day,
1:46.9	Trump said, well, the peace talks are still on, but J.D. Vance won't be going to Islamabad to lead
1:53.4	the talks, but only because of security reasons. There's still peace talks, but we, we couldn't
1:59.4	guarantee security for J.D. Vance, so he's staying
2:02.5	back. Great. So America can't keep our vice president safe in Pakistan. How do we beat the
2:11.3	Iranians in Hormuz if we can't even send J.D. Vans to Pakistan? This is all on Sunday.
2:19.5	Then Trump realizing, well, it doesn't sound good if I say we can't keep Vance safe in Islamabad. That doesn't sound good. So he immediately
2:25.4	announced, no, no, no, no, no, Vance is going to attend Monday's peace talks that Iran says
2:33.3	are not taking place in Islamabad on Monday.
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