Trump's Iran Escalation Fuels Ground Invasion Fears

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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Politics, News

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🗓️ 18 July 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump planing a ground invasion of Iran as his air strikes fail. 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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1:00.5	Donald Trump appears to be preparing for a ground invasion of Iran with U.S. Special Forces as he gets more and more desperate.
1:10.1	predictably, Iran is not submitting or surrendering to Donald Trump's airstrikes.
1:16.9	Donald Trump is increasing the escalatory measures by the United States.
1:22.6	Iran is responding by climbing the escalatory ladder as well.
1:32.7	And the Trump regime is now leaking out to places like Axios and the Wall Street Journal and others that one of the options that they are highly considering is a special forces ground
1:39.3	invasion of Kesham Island or some of the nearby coastal areas.
1:45.3	If you look at where the Trump regime is striking in Iran,
1:49.9	as they have been consistently escalating day after day with these massive strikes
1:56.0	and also these very serious war crimes striking bridges,
2:04.8	most of the bridges are near the Bander Abbas region,
2:12.3	that port city area in Iran. And the Trump regime strikes appear to be an effort to try to separate the Bonder Abbas area from the rest of Iran. And that would allow the special forces in theory to take over
2:21.1	the Kesham Island, in theory, control the strait of Hermuz, and I say in theory because it will
2:26.7	be a mass of failure.
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