Trump Loses Control as War Spreads

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🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas gives the latest update on Donald Trump’s disastrous war in Iran which has now engulfed the entire region and Trump sends Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine to speak to the American people. Save 35% on your first month of subscription by going to https://dosedaily.co/MEIDAS or entering 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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0:00.0	The situation in the Middle East has gone from bad to worse following Donald Trump's invasion of Iran.
0:07.0	We just learned that a fourth U.S. service member has been pronounced dead.
0:12.0	The amount of seriously wounded U.S. service members has climbed to 18.
0:18.0	Also, in response to all of the very serious and deeply troubling news coming out of Iran in the Middle East,
0:25.2	Donald Trump has issued the following statement to the American people. He said this to the New York Post moments ago.
0:31.2	Quote, I don't have the yips with respect to the boots on the ground like every president says there will be no
0:39.2	boots on the ground I don't say it I say probably don't need them or if they
0:45.5	were necessary because I don't have the yips I don't have the yips statement
0:51.6	from Donald Trump right there war War is spreading throughout the entire
0:55.8	Middle East. Iran is not relenting. There was a disastrous press conference held this morning by
1:03.0	Donald Trump's defense secretary Pete Hegesith and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dan Cain. They talked
1:09.6	about a war that could last a very long period of time,
1:13.9	weeks, potentially months. Also, Donald Trump's been calling into reporters and saying that he is not
1:20.3	ruling out boots on the ground. The specific quote from Donald Trump is,
1:25.3	we are going to be escalating this even more soon. It's going to get
1:30.0	even less safe. We haven't even hit them referring to Iran hard yet. Donald Trump says he's also
1:37.5	been making a number of other kind of deranged quotes about how he's not ruling out. He said,
1:43.7	other presidents, they're afraid of putting
1:45.3	boots on the ground. I'm not afraid of putting boots on the ground. I'm going to do whatever
1:49.9	it is that I'm going to do. We also learned that there were three F-15s that were struck by Kuwait
1:59.0	in a friendly fire incident.
2:01.2	US Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down
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