Economic Outcast: Iran Or Canada? I'm Confused

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Press five, okay? And leave your name and telephone number, and Kosher Skinny Shot will give and you'll enter to win a free month with Kosher Skinny Shot. Trump is very busy on Truth Social posting about the elections. He keeps putting out posts about who he is endorsing and congratulating the people who he has supported and won, obviously. We'll talk about them soon. But first, let's see what Trump has to say about Iran. President Trump put out a post on Truth Social yesterday announcing that he that the Navy removed and or detonated all the mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Yeah, remember the mines that Iran keeps on throwing there? Trump finished off his post by saying that there is zero tolerance policy on mine placement in full in full force and effect. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT. And he says the shipping route is now open. Again, every single day he says it. And Iran says it's closed. Anyway, we know that we know we everyone knows the song and you know the chorus, right? And that the US Central Command has taken full control of the route. It's the same song, right? Same same lyrics, same right. Hasn't changed yet. This comes after Iran and Oman negotiated a temporary transit arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz. I think if you go back 5 weeks ago and you listen to the news, you just change the date and time, it'll sound the same. It's exactly the same. I mean, in terms of this special this story here. However, Iranian officials insist that a local route agreement does not mean the full strait is officially open. An Iraqi spokesperson said that the strait will not be opened if the US does not stop with the financial pressure right now. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allies that American military will not launch new strikes Strait of Hormuz. Right now, it's operation right economic outcast. They will only strike if Iran attacks first. The focus is now on blocking ships and squeezing them for money. The pressure is already causing the fuel shortage in Tehran. Drivers there are now limited to buying 20 L of gas at a time. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports that President Donald Trump ignored the top-level warnings from American intelligence before starting the war with Iran. A newly leaked document shows there was a secret warning given in the Oval Office. Tulsi Gabbard and other intelligence officials reportedly told the president that the military action would make things worse. The report claims the president went ahead of the war with the war anyway. Okay, they're not giving any details, so why would I trust what The Wall Street Journal has to say? And it doesn't make a difference. That's what most people are asking, right? And now that they did not manage to force Iran to give up the nuclear weapons without with a military approach, they are shifting strategy to operation economic outcast. Anyway, you have to stay on edge to see what happens. Stay on edge. Not like not on edge on edge, but stay on edge on my program. edge. You get it now? And if you haven't yet signed up on my program, I urge you to subscribe, like and subscribe, share with your friends this English channel. I give it The new The news is usually broadcasted in Yiddish every single day with a following on Yiddish 24 exclusively and Kol Mevaser. There we have like 50 to 60,000 people a day listening. And here on the English channel, I know it's small, but it's getting there, okay? And you have to help me. So, thank you. Now, inside Iran, people are asking about the health and the location of the supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Now, we spoke about yesterday about the $10 million reward, right? He didn't show up at any public event last week. He has never been seen in public since taking power almost 6 months ago, they say. The only videos that they have been that have been released are undated and people assume it isn't even Well, this guy isn't even alive and he's not even running the country. Some reports are going so far to claim that Mojtaba Khamenei was killed in the US strike on a secure site in Tehran last week. Trump was asked about this, but said think so. Now, listen to this. >> He's dead? >> He was uh very seriously wounded. Uh the left side of his body. Uh the arm, the leg, the whole thing. He was very seriously wounded, but I don't think he's dead. Uh and if he is, they're putting on a pretty good show because they talk about, you know, going back to talk to him all the time, you know, to get a final blessing on things, but, you know, you make a deal with them, it's like uh not the It's not not the most >> Anyway, he goes on and on. Let's talk about your tasks. Okay, you're you're an accountant. You're a salesperson. You're a Now, gosh, me running a business or running a company. 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The original ceasefire deal that was announced in June was on condition that Hezbollah give up their weapons and withdraw completely from there, right? Because Hezbollah keeps saying they will not give up their weapons, Israel keeps bombing them. Now, over in Gaza, same story. Hamas is also refusing to give up their weapons, which is the next phase of the ceasefire deal. Israeli military chief of staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, visited soldiers in Gaza on Tuesday. And he promised to destroy Hamas and remove all the weapons from the strip. Zamir stated, "Every terrorist who took part in October 7th massacre will be found and hunted down." He said that they will eventually be killed. Defense Minister Katz visited the Mount Hermon to yesterday. And to be exact, the exact spot where the Syrian army's outpost used to be. That's where it was. He announced that the Israeli military will not leave the newly captured buffer zone in Syria. The buffer zone that was is a secure border area where Israel took that place and secured the zone along the border when Assad's regime fell at the end of 2024. Two days ago, when we reported that Israel's Mossad chief met with Syria's foreign minister to lower the tension between the two countries, um obviously, they went there and you know, Katz sent it Sorry. Yeah, so basically, as you know already, this happened the the the deal they're trying to make some sort of agreement so so to speak about this since the Turkish took over some sort of base and Israel bombed that base, right? So, now Katz Katz sent a direct message to the Syrian president. He said the president will see the Israeli military when looking up at the mountain from his Damascus palace. The Syrian Foreign Ministry strongly criticized the visit. They called it an act to start trouble and chaos and a border violation, obviously. In Washington, President Trump just sent a news US Saudi nuclear agreement to Congress. The US The plan, obviously, uses American companies to help Saudi Arabia build a nuclear power program. The White House says the end the entire deal still depends on one major condition. Trump is demanding that Saudi Arabia officially recognize Israel and join the Abraham Accords. Congress will now review and debate the plan. State Department officials are pushing to fire the American ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack. Barrack is also the special envoy for Syria, who we recently spoke about, right? Who's negotiating these meetings. Department just sent the White House a full a file listing sorry, a file listing his biggest mistakes over the last two years. He called the Golan Heights Syrian territory that is occupied by Israel, even though the United States and President Trump officially recognized Israel sovereignty over the Golan Heights. He also attacked Israel after they bombed the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria. Barrack said Israel was trying to bait Turkey into a regional war. Officials think he is acting like Erdogan's man in Washington and isn't acting like a real American diplomat. They are demanding he is brought back to the United States immediately. The document claims Barrack is only keeping his job because of his potential friendship with President Trump. The State Department is putting pressure on his removal. Next, the United States military destroyed another drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, killing four people on board. Four smugglers on board. Officials say the boat was traveling along the known smuggling routes. That brings the total number of smugglers killed over the past year to 227 across 68 different strikes. Over in Nepal, a deadly flash flood just wiped out villages along the border between Nepal and China. At least 22 people killed after an avalanche triggered the massive flood. Right now, nearly 400 tourists and travelers are reported to be missing. The local tourism board says three are American citizens among the missing. Rescue teams are searching the area and officials say the death toll is expected to rise. Over in New York, more than a dozen sheriffs in New York are suing state officials. They are fighting a new state law that completely bans police from working with ICE. ICE is the federal agency in charge of deporting legal illegal immigrants. Yesterday, this the the the law local cops um local crime act, which is called local cops local crime act, officially took effect. It means the local police and jail facilities and are strictly banned from helping federal agents enforce civil immigration laws. Sheriffs argue this hurts public safety and cuts off federal funding. And state leaders say local cops should should focus only on local crime, which is obviously under who? Under Mamdani. New York Governor Kathy Hochul responded to the lawsuit. She told the sheriffs, "Bring it on." I guess it's Kathy Hochul here. Turning to Russia, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a surprise trip to Moscow Tuesday. Um he flew on a large United States military transport plane. Before the trip, Washington contacted the Ukrainian government. They asked Ukraine to pause all military all military strikes on Moscow until Ratcliffe left. Neither the United States nor Russia has said who Ratcliffe was meeting with. The Kremlin put out a statement that Putin did not meet directly with CIA Director Ratcliffe. Former officials say he could be discussing American prisoners currently held in Russia. He stayed there for several hours before flying back to Latvia on Tuesday afternoon. He then switched to a different plane heading for the United States. Speaking of Ukraine, a huge explosion went off in Ukraine's um Dnipropetrovsk something Dnipro petrovsk region on Tuesday. Excuse me. Um Russia military bombing started a fire in the town of um Pishchanka Pi- Pi- Pishchanka Pishchanka. Then a fire caused a large amount of Ukrainian weapons and explosives to blow up, obviously. Over in Canada, we already reported that President Trump placed 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods on Shabbat, right? On Tuesday, Canada responded. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that starting September 8th, Canada will place its own tariffs on American products. Two taxes uh the taxes will range from 15 to 50 15 to 50% on $20 billion dollars of goods. The taxes will hit over 700 items include um steel, aluminum, dairy, seafood, appliances, and clothing. This is why Trump announced yesterday that he wants to rename the Lake Ontario to Lake America. Now, yesterday we don't know if this will actually happen because the lake is owned by both the United States and Canada. Well, what's so important about this lake? Well, maybe it will happen if it's owned by both. The lake is a commercial shipping lane and water source for both the US and Canada. The Canadian province of Ontario is the largest export market for more than a dozen of US a dozen US states. The lake separates the state of New York from Toronto. Also in Canada, Canada is also putting together a 7 and a half billion dollar package. This is a This is to help Canadian business businesses survive the American tariffs. Prime Minister McCartney said that his country was attacked. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the United States is treating Canada like a communist China. Listen to what Doug Ford has to say about Trump. >> I'm going to back and forth with with Trump, you know, I'm not going to I'm just not going to take the bait. This guy's a loser. He's going to be a loser. >> It's simple as that. >> Sure. Anyway, that's Doug Ford. President Trump answered on Truth Social. He wrote that Canada has been taking advantage of the United States for years now with high taxes on American farmers. He said that this creates a six He said this created a 60 billion dollar money loss for America. And he said they will not to be doing much business with Ontario anymore. He ended his message by saying he loves French Canadians. Shawarma Delight before we continue. 26 Spring Valley Marketplace next to Bingo 845-272-0011. Stop by for good lunch shawarma. And Thursday night they have tomorrow throughout the the summer. You can stop by, you know, from the country back and forth exit 14. And as well mentioned on it you get a free drink. And if the kids the kids the kids get free ices. Pennsylvania, two unvaccinated people from Lancaster County died from the measles. The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed the deaths on Tuesday. Last week President Trump said "This means vaccines could be very, very deadly." On Sunday, um federal health administrator Doug Dr. Dr. Mehmet Oz disagreed. He said the vaccine is not deadly. These two deaths are the first deaths from measles that the state has had in 35 years. Rabbi Moishe Margaretten is the chairman of the Tzedek organization. He held a long meeting with newly sworn-in federal attorney Todd Blanche. Now, the meeting took place at the Justice Department, um which is in the headquarters in Washington. Blanche thanked the organization Tzedek for supporting him during during his job approval process. They also discussed new laws and rules to improve conditions for Yidden in prison and their families, obviously. Now, regarding the elections, for those who those of you who are interested, two candidates endorsed by President Trump won their primary runoff elections on Tuesday. The wins in South Carolina and Oklahoma are a big victory for President ahead of the November midterms. In South Carolina, Senator um what's his name again? Um Senator um Darlene Sorry, is that Yeah, Senator Darlene Graham, which is the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, won the Republican nomination to keep her seat in the United States Senate. She was appointed to fill the seat left empty after the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham. Trump strongly backed her campaign. Let's give some clarity for those who need to understand because there is a whole process to determine who will be on the ballot in November. First, there is a primary election, which is from this each side candidates from the same political party run against each other, right? The goal is for the primary election is for each political party to select their candidates to represent them on the general election ticket. The runoff appears the runoff happens if nobody won the primary. Sometimes there is a a tie or not enough to support enough support for someone to win outright. This all happens before the general election. In November, the midterm elections will take place. The midterms is a general election held in the middle middle of the US presidential 4-year term. Voters decide, right, which political party controls the Congress and also their own local state governments. Only four more states will have their primary elections in September before the general election in November. New Well, sorry. For the Yeah. New York had theirs already in June. Um now, why is Capital Group is your place to go if you want to borrow some money for an investment, a real estate investment? 718-831-2168. Do not forget to ask them about the no closing costs. Arrive Express is a taxi you want to call if you want reliability and express, right? So, it's 845-622-1111. 845-254-1111. Now, you can go over the route by going to a Fiverr guy and asking him to design something for you, a software, but you will end up in 2 years from now at the same place after spending a ton of money. Spend a little bit less of money. 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