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Last night President Donald Trump decided to call into C -SPAN.
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Honestly, I listened to this interview as I was trying to fall asleep last night and I thought it was a joke.
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I thought there was a prankster who called pretending to be Trump.
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No, it was actually Trump.
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So let's watch the clip and ask yourselves if he really sounds like someone who's still genuinely interested in bombing Pickaxe Mountain.
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We won Venezuela and we won Iran.
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Well, we wiped out their navy, we wiped out their air force.
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We wiped out everything, their anti -aircraft, we wiped out their leaders.
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We wiped out everything and they want to make a deal.
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They don't say that publicly, they're very good with public relations, they spin a message.
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But they've got 301 % inflation, they have no money, they haven't paid their military, they don't pay their guard, their wanted guard.
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And Mr. President, how much longer do you expect that war in Iran to go?
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Well, it depends.
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Maybe we could knock it out fast or we could knock it out over a short, not a long period of time.
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I said I was gonna knock out their nuclear quickly and I did.
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I knocked it out with the B2 bombers over a year ago.
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And I could have quit then, but we were concerned that they just build it back,
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they'd figure it out and they'd build it back over a couple of years.
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Right now, there's hundreds of thousands of tons of rock sitting on top of the so -called nuclear dust of three sites.
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We may have to hit Pickaxe Mountain if they're gonna do something there.
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We don't see that.
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We have the eye in the sky on it very strongly, we don't see it.
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Yeah, I mean, honestly, clearly his heart's not into it.
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But also what he said there is the truth, right?
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What are you talking about Pickaxe Mountain for?
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Like you talk about obliterating their nuclear sites, and then you get dragged back in by Netanyahu,
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giving you new talking points about how dangerous Pickaxe Mountain is.
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Please spare me.
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But I want to just go to his statements because he also spoke, actually no, this is a post on X,
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where it really does seem like he's trying to withdraw from this war.
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So he says, should there be any change with respect to developments in the Middle East,
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The United States of America is locked and loaded and ready to go.
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Sure, buddy.
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But then he says, at this point, however, that seems to be quite unlikely.
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Israel and the entire
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Middle East are protected from Iranian danger and threats.
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We are seeing positive momentum toward an end to this conflict.
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Now, Trump might not be so eager to restart combat with Iran, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of course, is very much interested and,
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in fact, desperate to escalate the war.
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Netanyahu calls Trump every day to urge him to resume the war.
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Those who don't want a war within the White House and outside have been trying to combat that.
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The regional leaders are telling him not to escalate and prioritize negotiations.
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And honestly, Cenk, Trump has every incentive not to escalate the war, including his unending desire, his yearning to lower interest rates.
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The Fed is not going to lower interest rates if we keep seeing inflation,
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which of course is tied to the conflicts and the wars that we've engaged in in the Middle East.
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You want lower interest rates, then you need to get along, homie.
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And you need to ditch our frenemies, the Israelis, who have only used and abused us and got us to do their dirty work for them.
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We should not be in a war with Iran.
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We need to pull out entirely.
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Yeah, look, again, it's super clear.
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He even said it himself there about Pickaxe Mountain.
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He said, we have eye in the sky and we don't see anything there.
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So the Israelis are telling him, yeah, yeah, they're secretly building a nuke.
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So far beneath the surface of the mountain, you can't see it.
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That's why apparently, according to some sources, they're saying maybe a nuke, a limited tactical nuke, right?
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Meanwhile, Trump blurts out the truth, we don't see anything there.
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And he said we already destroyed their nuclear program, then why are we there?
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That's the only reason you've ever given for American interest in Iran.
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And you just admitted that you wiped out their nuclear program,
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the only thing left is pickaxe mountain and you don't see anything there, so let's go.
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And he said if they do a new bombing
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that it'll be about five times worse than the original bombing they did in this round of the war, which was devastating and horrific.
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So he has verbal diarrhea, so I believe that it is going to be catastrophic if they do another strike.
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So again, to review, Trump doesn't want this war, the American people don't want it, the Republican Party is absolutely destroyed because of it,
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the Democratic voters don't want it.
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There is no interest at all for America to stay in this war.
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But every day, Trump and Netanyahu do this tug of war where
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Trump's like, can I please pretty please get out of this war that has destroyed my presidency,
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my reputation entirely of my party and the economy and my country?
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Can I pretty please, with a cherry on top, get out of this war?
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And Netanyahu says shut up and get back into the war, you stupid servant, right?
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And Trump's like, okay, okay, but I don't want to.
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And so it feels like a parent and a child negotiating.
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The child won't do what the parent wants, which is the parent wants him in this terrible analogy to go back into a war
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and start murdering people for him and the child doesn't want to do it.
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But he also can't get out of it.
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So he can't end it.
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He can't do what Israel wants cuz it'll cause a total economic collapse
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and Trump and the Republicans will be despised for the rest of time.
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So that's why we just sit in this holding pattern forever and ever and ever.
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Maybe we'll sit in it for two long years and let
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Trump play the markets and bet on oil going up and down, etc.
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Make another couple of billion dollars and then just run for the hills and dump it on the lap of someone else.
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Well, remember a lot of this treachery, maybe not a war against Iran, but in terms of enabling the Israelis,
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a lot of that happened under Biden as well.
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So it seems like the Israelis have whoever is serving as the President of the United States by the balls.
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And the question is, why and how?
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Because it's gotta be something deeper than just money in politics, to be honest with you.
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I mean, when you're willing to literally destroy your entire legacy by doing Israel's bidding, really, it was just because of the money?
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Or is there something else at play?
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So - Yeah, I mean, look, just real quick, last thing, There's three layers to it, there's the Moskowitz's of the world and Schumer's,
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etc. They just love Israel way more than they love America, and it's not even close, right?
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So their job is to burrow inside the US government to take as much of our money
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and our military and to redirect it to their beloved Israel.
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So those guys, you're never gonna change their mind, right?
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Then there's the people who are bought off, and that's actually the majority.
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And the reason I'm saying this, Anna, is because those ones that are in the middle that just got it for the cash,
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which is about 94 % of our Congress, they actually can be swayed.
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If they think that they're going to lose their power rather than gain power by taking that money,
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you've seen some of them start to reject AIPAC and sometimes not in a real way, sometimes actually in a real way,
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etc. But that could be moved.
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And then you've got the people like
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Trump that are compromised, it looks like for another reason, and they are equally immovable.
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So the two like Israel first contingents, whether it's compulsory or they just love Israel so much, are immovable.
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But the middle is movable, and we just started moving them in this election.
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We just need to move them all the way and get them to a point where they're representing America instead of Israel.
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And that's our main objective here.
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And obviously, our number one enemy in doing
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that is mainstream media who works for Israel and will call anyone doing this anti -Semites and try to destroy all
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Americans opposed to Israel.
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So once we get past mainstream media, then they'll have nothing to back them up at all.
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So I'm hopeful in the long run, but in the short run, I just don't see how we're gonna get out of this at all.
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Look, we just gotta keep fighting, not just fighting on behalf of innocent people who are being slaughtered in the Middle East,
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but fighting on behalf of the sovereignty of our country.
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And I intend to continue doing that here at TYT.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Trump’s Bizarre Phone Call Exposes Iran War Lies”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Trump, Israel, mountain, pickaxe, wiped. Deze video bevat 117 zinnen en 1601 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:52. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 181 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| wipe werkwoord | /waɪp/ | vegen, smeren |
| knock werkwoord | /nɑk/ | kloppen, aankloppen |
| mainstream bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmeɪn.stɹiːm/ | mainstream, hoofdstroom |
| inflation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ | inflatie |
| meanwhile bijwoord | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | intussen, ondertussen |
| reputation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ | faam, naam |
| angel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | engel |
| innocent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɪnəsənt/ | onnozel, onschuldig |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | wie ook (dan) |
| dust zelfstandig naamwoord | /dʌst/ | stof |
| bid werkwoord | /bɪd/ | bieden |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | maat, maatje |
| layer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | laag |
| equally bijwoord | /ˈiːkwəli/ | even, gelijk |
| spin werkwoord | /spɪn/ | draaien |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| buy off werkwoord | afkopen, omkopen | |
| get along werkwoord | opschieten, overeenkomen | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | hou je kop, kop dicht |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is locked · are protected · is tied |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | haven't paid · we've engaged · have only used |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | Those who don · war, which was · wants, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 48 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, they're, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, withdraw /wɪðˈdɹɔ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, relation /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, presidency /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bid /bɪd/, engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, objective /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/, drag /dɹæɡ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: behalf /bɪˈhæf/, drag /dɹæɡ/, collapse /kəˈlæps/, tactical /ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/, engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, drag /dɹæɡ/, eager /ˈiɡɚ/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als wipe, knock, mainstream.
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