Janta Ka Reporter
May 19, 2026
In another major setback for Donald Trump, US media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, report that Gulf nations were entirely unaware of the US president's planned military strikes against Iran. On Monday, Trump claimed he was putting military plans on hold following a direct request from Gulf allies. Meanwhile, the US Central Command chief faced a torrid time in the Senate, struggling to explain the blatant inconsistencies in claims made by the US government and its armed forces. In this episode, Rifat Jawaid examines Iran's secret card in outsmarting the US in the current conflict.
Transcript
So, the deranged occupant of the White House wasn't telling us the truth when he claimed to have postponed his planned military strikes against Iran at the request of the Gulf countries. Now, the same Gulf nations have told American media outlets that they had no idea about Trump's planned strikes. And then Trump's military chief for the US Central Command is left tongue tied in the face of a brutal grilling in the Senate. The Zionist mayor of San Diego faces local residents wroth after an
Islamophobic attack on a mosque leaves five dead. This will be the broad focus of my video tonight. Also in this video, makers of the Iranian Lego series pay tribute to the Iranian weightlifter. So, please stay tuned.
Last night, America's immoral and evil president, Donald Trump, stunned all of us by claiming that he had decided to postpone his military strikes against Iran. These strikes, he claimed, were meant to have started this morning. But since three Gulf nations, namely Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, requested him to put his military plans on hold, he had decided to not resume the war against Iran. This is what he had told reporters last night immediately after I uploaded my video.
Getting ready to do a very major attack tomorrow. I put it off for a little while. Hopefully maybe forever, but possibly for a little while because we've had very big discussions with Iran and we'll see what they amount to. I was asked by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and some others if we could put it off for two or three days, a short period of time, because they think that they are getting very close to making a deal. And if we can do that where there's no nuclear weapon going into the hands of Iran, I think, and if they're satisfied, we will be probably satisfied also.
Today he repeated his warnings for Iran as he spoke to reporters at the site of the construction of the new ballroom in the White House.
You know, we're negotiating with Iran and then you have the Dumocrats. I call them the Dumocrats, putting in a bill that Trump should immediately stop. You know how it is to negotiate with a country where you're treating them badly. They come to the table, they're begging to make a deal because they're begging to make a deal. I hope we don't have to do the war, but we may have to give them another big hit. We may have to give him another big hit. I'm not sure yet. You'll know very soon. But how do you feel when you're negotiating, you're winning every point and they say, "But in Washington, they want to stop you from negotiating. They want to stop you." And it's only political. It's the Dumocrats. They're dumb. It's a new name. It's a very accurate name.
So I'm in the middle of a negotiation. I'm saying you cannot have a nuclear weapon. And it comes over the wire that the Dumocrats want to stop Trump from further negotiations. They want to stop
Trump fromgiving them another slap. They want to have a nuclear weapon to blow up the Middle East, and to blow up frankly the world. It's not going to happen.
JD Vance too told us today that US warships were locked and loaded -- his words, not mine -- to attack Iran if a deal could not be reached.
The president has asked us, has told us, to aggressively negotiate with the Iranians. Why did I go to Islamabad, Pakistan? Why did I spend I think probably on a plane going there, coming back, and then 21 hours on the ground negotiating with the Iranians, is because we wanted to show a sign of good faith. The vice president of the United States is willing to cut a deal so long as the Iranians are willing to meet us again on that core issue of never having a nuclear weapon. We think that we've made a lot of progress. We think the Iranians want to make a deal. The president of the United States has asked us to negotiate in good faith, and that's exactly what we've done. So, we're in a pretty good spot here.
But there's an option B. And the option B is that we could restart the military campaign, to continue to prosecute the case, to continue to try to achieve America's objectives. And we could talk a little bit about what that looks like, but that's not what the president wants. And I don't think it's what the Iranians want either. We have an opportunity here, I think, to reset the relationship that has existed between Iran and the United States for 47 years. That's what the president has asked us to do, and that's what we're going to keep on working at. But it takes two to tango. We are not going to have a deal that allows the Iranians to have a nuclear weapon. So, as the president just told me, we're locked and loaded. We don't want to go down that pathway, but the president is willing and able to go down that pathway if we have to.
But Iran has already made it clear that the Islamic Republic is not going to be intimidated by Trump's fake threats. Iranian President Masoud Pezeskian said this, and I quote,
"Dialogue does not mean surrender. The Islamic Republic of Iran enters into dialogue with dignity, authority, and the preservation of the nation's rights, and under no circumstances will it retreat from the legal rights of the people and the country. We will serve the people with logic and with all our might to the end, and safeguard the interest and honor of Iran.
End quote. And now much to the discomfort and humiliation of Donald Trump, two American newspapers, namely the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, have now reported, quoting the officials from the Gulf nations that Trump himself had quoted, by saying that they had absolutely no knowledge of Trump's planned military strikes against Iran. So if they didn't have any knowledge, where was the question of them asking or requesting Trump to put his military plans on hold?
One of the reasons why Iran is playing hard ball is because it knows it has all the cards.
The blockade of the strait of hormuz is making the US economy bleed. The longer this stalemate continues, the more pain it is going to cause to American households. But as American journalist Rick Sanchez explains, Iran now also has another card, and that is its ability to disrupt internet services in the region by cutting the undersea internet fiber cable.
Look at that map. You see that map? You see those cables? Those are all the different internet cables.
Who knew, right? That run through the straight of Hormuz. They have different
names. They go to different places and some of them have different functions.
But essentially it is in these cables that the world's commerce uh internet
connectivity uh finance systems run and he who controls those cables or worse cuts or
sabotages those cables i.e. Iran cuz at least two of these cables are in their
territorial waters. Those two are called the Gulf and the Falcon cables. Right?
So why am I showing you this map that you're seeing right here? Because it seems with every passing day, Iran
realizes more and more about its own leverage. Controlling the straight of Hormuz is one thing and it doesn't seem like there's anything that the United
States or anybody else can do to take that leverage of controlling the straight of Hormuz away. But little did we know that it also has control with
these cables that you're looking at right there. Because these cables are the financial lifeline to places like
Kuwait and the UAE and Qatar and parts of Saudi Arabia and even India to a
certain degree. So much of the world's connectivity would be affected if Iran
decides that it wants to either cut, sabotage or decide how these u internet connections can or
cannot be used. There was another significant development during Trump's press conference today. After he finished speaking to media
representatives, he revealed that he had arranged breakfast for reporters. And the way the reporters reacted to this
news explains the cowardice of the US media. They couldn't hide their excitement at the prospect of enjoying breakfast in the White House.
Thank you all very much. We have a little breakfast for you.
Yeah. Where is the How do you expect the same journalist to hold this immoral and evil man from the White House and other
rogue members of his administration to account? These reporters bravery is on display only if the Israeli lobby's
interest is at stake. Just see the line of questioning of this Fox News reporter while interviewing Thomas Massie.
Are you anti-Semitic? They're trying to tell you that it's anti-semitic for me to expose the fact that the Republican
Jewish coalition has spent millions of dollars in this race. That a dual citizen, Miriam Adlesen, who even Trump
says is more loyal to Israel than the United States, has spent millions of dollars in this race. Those are mere facts. And it's really
It's a yes or no. Are you anti-semitic or not? Oh, hell no. I'm hell no. Anti-Semitic. But here's the danger that Apac runs.
They've been too cute by a half. They've tried to get Mike Johnson and he's willingly done this. Conflate in resolutions on the House floor that
anti-ionism equals anti-semitism. Or even worse yet, that if you don't support Benjamin Netanyahu's war in Gaza, then you're anti-semitic. That's
absolutely false. And it does Jewish Americans a big disfavor to equate the two. Another example of the so-called
journalism of Fox News was on display after we learned of the horrific Islamophobic attack at a mosque in San
Diego. While the whole world was shocked by the barbaric Islamophobic attack on a mosque in San Diego where at least three
Muslims were murdered by two white teenagers. Fox News was blaming Iran.
Could have a similar situation right here. I'm trying to get some information about it. According to what I see here, it is a Sunni mosque location. Why do I
bring that up? Because Iran is a Shia nation and some of the stuff that we've seen lately relative to Iran, like for
instance, Hezbollah linked attacks that were planned to go off here in America that has a Shia footprint. And if you do
count, I did 15 16 years count terrorism, you think in those terms.
Local residents had far more courage than these sellout media representatives when they decided to give grief to San Diego's Zionist Mayor Todd Gloria.
13 minutesThank you.
direct result of your leadership. Your leadership. Our Muslim brothers and sisters have been talking to you for how long?
You have to listen to them, Todd.
Just like you did the night, golden science propaganda and you'll keep doing it as long as it popping.
Show something worse approval rating than a fascist dictator with in his hand.
Today our city was shaken.
You guys are responsible for all this All you guys are responsible and y'all want to come here and act like you show solidarity. You don't give. You don't care about us.
Show solidarity before it happens. Shame on you.
14 minutesNow you know how many kids could have died. You know how many kids could have died. Shame on you.
Shame on you. Get the you guys It's not okay. It's not okay. It's not
okay. They promote hate, bro. This it's the they put on the media that justifies this This is what Trump and his politics of hate have done to the American society.
These people are downright barbaric and bereft of any morality. Listen to the former Pentagon chief of civilian harm,
West J. Bryant on Sky News calling out the pure savagery of Trump and his equally evil members of the
administration for their crimes against humanity in Minab where 168 little girls were slaughtered in a single American bombing.
As the president, if you're not completely heartbroken uh by this tragedy, if you don't feel compelled to address it as a nation to take
15 minutesaccountability, there's just something simply wrong with your soul. And I'd say right now for America,
there's something truly wrong with America's soul. Uh, you know, it's beyond unacceptable.
No one, I repeat, no one has faced any consequences for this ghastly crime. The
person responsible for this order was Admiral Cooper who heads the US Central Command. He appeared before the Senate
today and boy, his humiliation was simply extraordinary. The way Senator Seth Molton humiliated him over Trump's illegal war against Iran was remarkable.
This is a long video, but you wouldn't regret watching it.
Admiral Cooper, you keep using the term significantly degraded.
Last summer, we were told that Iran's nuclear weapons program was obliterated.
Can you clarify the distinction between obliterated and significantly degraded?
Congressman, again, I I think appropriate uh to talk about anything regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
No, no, I'm not asking you to talk about the Iran nuclear program. I'm asking you to talk about English language. What's the difference between obliterated and significantly degraded?
Are they the same?
Congressman, anything regarding the nuclear program?
I'm not asking you to talk about the nuclear program, Admiral. I'm asking you to answer a question that applies to a lot a lot of things beyond the nuclear program. You've also said that their ballistic missile program was
significantly degraded. What does that mean?
The specific numbers are best uh as you know from your own President Trump's own national security strategy which he signed in December 5
months ago used the exact same phrase significantly degraded. So if this was true back then 5 months ago then why did
we start this war? Was he lying to us then?
Congressman, from a military perspective in regarding Admiral, are you familiar with General Are you familiar with General West Morland?
I'm I'm very familiar, Congressman, he's well known for talking about body counts.
Now, when I think about you in this war, I always think about how you always got up there and would say everything's going according to plan. So, so let me
just ask, Admiral, where was closing the straight in the plan?
I'm happy to discuss the specific operational aspects. Uh, Did you just not anticipate that? Do you not think that Iran could do that?
Or was that part of the plan here?
Congressman, uh, as the as for 250 years, the Navy has kept sea lanes open and free. Under every previous president, the straight of
Hormuz has been open. So why is it closed under your watch, Congressman? I've traveled through the the street of Hormuz probably a hundred times. I'm intimately familiar with it as a combatant commission.
Why is it closed? If you're so familiar with it, did you not anticipate that Iran I answer the question? If I may ask with respect with with kind with all due respect,
my responsibility as a combatant commander is to lay out all the options uh present those to the secretary and the president. They make policy level decisions.
So you present operational the operational aspect.
So admiral, you presented the you presented the reality that Iran might close a straight to the president and the secretary of defense.
Anything that I discuss uh with respect to uh Okay. Well, let's go back to the plan. Where was begging China for help opening the straight part of the plan?
So, from a military perspective, there are multiple reports now public that Iran has already reconstituted many of its bombed out missile sites. Was that part of the plan, too?
Those reports are inaccurate.
Okay. I will actually give you credit for regime change. I know that was part of the plan. You've replaced an 86-year-old in failing health with a
fought while against producing nuclear weapons with a more hardline guy in his 50s who in case he wasn't hardline enough, you killed his immediate family.
Was that part of the plan? Is that the regime change you wanted, Congressman? We were given very specific military objectives to degrade Iran's
power projection capability. That's exactly what we did.
Okay. So in the course of doing that, you also lifted the oil sanctions on Iran, giving them about 14 to$16 billion
dollars. They can buy a lot of ballistic missiles for that. Was that part of the plan? Lifting oil sanctions on them in the course of the conflict.
They kill 14 Americans, we lift oil sanctions on them.
As you know, sir, the US military does not lift sanctions. That's a policy decision.
Okay. I'm just trying to figure out where it was part of the plan.
on March 5th, you know, you talked about how you have you built the most integrated air missile defense or or air defense system in the Middle East and yet well
into the war you had to ask Ukraine for help with defenses against drones?
That's not accurate. Okay. What about oil prices, gas prices? Was oil prices going up 56% part of the plan?
Congressman, as you know, from a military perspective, we don't deal on oil and gas prices. as I defer to the appropriate authorities within the government to Okay. So, so, so since none of that
seems to be part of the plan, what's the plan now? What what's the plan now to actually win this war? Because it feels like we're losing. We don't have a
nuclear deal. We don't have the straight open. The president has called for unconditional surrender. Is that part of the plan,
Congressman? We achieved all our military objectives. We're presently in a ceasefire. Uh we're executing a blockade and we're prepared for a broad range of contingencies.
Well, it doesn't seem to be going well.
And I would like to know how many more Americans we have to ask to die for this mistake. Do you know? I think it's an entirely inappropriate statement from you, sir.
Time to all With all due resp. Thank you.
I will now leave you with this short Lego clip paying tribute to the Iranian weightlifter who broke the world record
by lifting 261 kgs in the Asian weightlifting championship in India. He had later dedicated his victory to the
martyrs of Minab. He had displayed the word martyrs and the number 168 on his
t-shirt to highlight the number of girls murdered by Trump and his Israeli master Benjamin Nathan. The makers of the
Iranian Lego series have now recreated that moment in this 10-second video.
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