Top Trump Officials Collapse Under Cross-Exam on War

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s top officials like Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe getting cross-examined at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Trump’s war in Iran and making stunning admission while trying to evade answering critical questions that the public deserves to have immediately answered. Get 20% OFF your DeleteMe plan! Go to https://JoinDeleteMe.com/MEIDAS and enter code: MEIDAS at checkout! Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Wow, Donald Trump's top officials just collapsed under cross-examination during a United States Senate hearing regarding Trump's
0:40.0	unlawful war in Iran. During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Donald Trump's
0:46.8	Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and Donald Trump's director of the CIA,
0:53.3	John Ratcliffe, were cross-examined about the justification for this unlawful war and whether they had briefed Donald Trump about the dangers of this war and that it could spiral out of control precisely what is happening right now.
1:10.9	I want you to watch what took place at this Senate hearing.
1:15.3	Democratic Senator John Ossoff cross-examined,
1:19.5	Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
1:22.9	Watch how she responded.
1:25.1	Play this clip.
1:27.1	The White House stated on March 1st of this year that this war was launched and was,
1:32.3	quote, a military campaign to eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian
1:37.4	regime, end quote.
1:39.4	That's a statement from the White House, quote, the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.
1:45.0	Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was an imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime?
1:51.0	The intelligence community assessed that Iran maintained the intention to rebuild and to continue to grow their nuclear enrichment capability.
2:01.6	Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was a, quote, imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime? Yes or no?
2:08.6	Senator, the only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president.
2:13.6	False. This is the worldwide threat searing where you present to Congress
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