Shadowing Practice: Breaking Iran War Update - Massive Explosions Reported As Iran Prepares For US Nuclear Attack - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We've got updates to Donald Trump's failed war in Iran.
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As the Iranians promised, they were going to be escalating up to and through the midterms, and we're seeing that play out right now.
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I'm going to dive into all of the ways the bombs, the missiles, the gas lines blowing up, that they're escalating, what this is going to do for our oil prices.
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They're now saying diesel won't come down for at least another year.
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Brett Erickson says it is increasingly clear
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that Iran is beginning their process of ramping up the economic pressure on the U .S and global economy.
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Between the four vessels struck along the Strait of Hormuz, potential strikes on Adnok and Abkake facilities,
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and multiple alleged terrorist attempts in the last few days, the world is spicy and getting red hot.
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Now, yes, there are some terrorist attack attempts.
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The question is, were they false flag attacks?
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Were they done, or who were they done by, right?
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We don't have the answers to all of that.
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There's multiple players in these wars that want to keep the wars going on.
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You want Iran to keep the war going on
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because they want to exert maximum pain against the U .S economy before the election.
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Israel wants to keep the war going on because they want to wipe out Iran.
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They want to be showing the U .S like you need to stay in this war.
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So it's pretty dicey out there.
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Iran launched anti -ship ballistic missiles from Fars province in southern Iran, potentially targeting U .S aircraft carriers.
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What's interesting is this, is there haven't been any explosions that we know of.
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So it's like they saw the missiles shoot out, no explosions, no responses.
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U .S warships have pulled back away from anywhere near where these missiles would have been.
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So again, were any U .S.
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assets hit?
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Unknown.
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The flight time to the strait is 10 minutes, which suggests the missiles were aimed further out at U .S carriers, strike groups in the Arabian Sea
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that moved beyond the range of Iran's anti -ship cruise missiles after withdrawing from the Gulf of Amman.
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Again, we'll have to see.
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Of course, the U .S reported casualties, I think eight Marines and Navy, maybe more.
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I think upwards of 27 casualties, not deaths, but injuries.
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And they reported those weeks late, so no one knows if they were associated with any of these attacks.
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Here's other news.
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Yemen's Houthis appear to have struck the Abqaiq oil processing facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, the largest crude stabilization plant in the world,
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handling 5 % to 7 % of global oil supply.
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I know it seems like Groundhog's Day.
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I have to check the data on this.
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That's right.
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We were already covering this, and now again, they've got evidence that they were struck.
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These are the low -quality satellite images, but I mean, I know it's tough to see, but it looks like a fire to me.
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I know it's like, we'll get more info, as of course, it's tough to get up -to -date satellite imaging of this region of the world right now.
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But Abcake processes the crude, the world's largest oil field, and feeds the export terminals.
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So again, they've hit the pump stations on the east -west pipeline, the refineries, the Abcake refinery, the Port Yambu.
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They've hit them from all over.
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And yet gas and oil is relatively the same price.
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It's very high, but it's not escalating.
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And of course, that's because of the paper manipulation going on, right?
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The refining of diesel is a crisis in the United States and in Europe and other places.
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But we're basically seeing ourselves blindfolded as we run into a brick wall.
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And as we've been reporting for months, this is like slowly bleeding out.
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There's a lack of supply in the market.
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Trump and co say we keep on getting oil through the strait.
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It's just simply not adding up.
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A massive explosion on the gas pipeline feeding Syria's Tishirim thermal plant near Damascus airport has taken three power stations offline.
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Again, this is multiple attacks in multiple days.
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This is the second Syrian gas pipeline attack in two days after a sectional valve was sabotaged on Monday night.
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So this is wild.
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I mean, these are three pipelines that are all right next to each other.
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Unbelievable stuff.
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And while we don't know for certain who did this, it's adding to the list of insane conduct.
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I mean, just insane.
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Like, we're watching this play out.
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I understand in some ways my audience almost is immune to the sights at this point.
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You're going, all right, more smoke and fire from a distance, right?
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Yeah, that's what it is.
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That's the whole entire energy pipeline is going up in smokes.
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So here's Pete Hegseth in what he has to say clearly continuing to try to divide Americans because it's polling very poorly.
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Literally, nobody supports this war, including the Republicans trying to run for office.
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Yet our so -called press makes Iranian state media look reasonable.
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Our media's shameful lust for political retribution blinds them to the consequences of reckless so -called reporting.
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So -called journalists juiced up on Trump derangement syndrome.
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I think they're fighting against our president, but they're really undermining.
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What a weirdo.
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What a douchebag, right?
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I mean, like talking about a so -called media, how about a so -called Department of Defense, right?
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This guy came out of nowhere from a Sunday news anchor on Fox News, an absolute loser.
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And he can't get, I mean, he can't get America on board with this failing war.
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So he has to come after the press.
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Guys, we're smarter than this.
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We know the playbook.
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We see this from a mile away.
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We have the UAE under attack.
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Iran is now bombing the hell out of Abu Dhabi.
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A giant onshore oil and gas field in Al -Dafra is on fire.
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Yemen's Houthis bombing Saudi Arabia's crude stabilization plane.
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Abqai oil processing facility on fire.
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Iran has now raised its readiness level at 46 vital facilities, including they're ready for nuclear bombs.
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I'll show you that in a second.
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Expecting oil refineries, power plants, and airports to be bombed.
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Israel suspected Iranian involvement in an attempted hijacking.
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The IDF is preparing to carry out retaliatory strikes against multiple cities in Iran.
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If Iran is found guilty, Iran's preemptive strikes against the UAE could have been a result of this.
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The entire Middle East is in shambles.
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And guess what?
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If you want peace, you've got to go to Macklemore's concerts.
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Hey, they're selling out.
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How about that free Palestine tour sold out in Dublin, Paris, and London at the Wembley Arena, the Aqua Arena, and Three Arena.
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Unbelievable stuff.
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He says all three shows sold out immediately.
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I'm honestly blown away.
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We put these shows together fast and in community, believing that musicians can stand in solidarity with Palestine.
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Use the stage to raise funds and show what collective action can look like.
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So wait till you see how much money is raised to help free Palestine.
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It's going to be a hell of a lot more than whatever Bob Craft is donating to the IDF, right?
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And again, this is in response to war.
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Nobody wants war.
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You know, as humans, we want peace.
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We don't want to see the suffering that's going on in Palestine or from terrorist attacks on Israel.
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No one wants to see suffering from terrorist attacks, including all of the targets being placed on Israel because of their government, right?
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All of the innocent people that are just stuck right there, hoping that they have enough anti -missile defense systems to stop the bombardment.
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But guess what?
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You've got to stop your prime minister.
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You've got to stop Netanyahu.
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Just like we have to stop Trump.
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We've got to get them the hell out of office.
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Breaking news.
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Iranian troops in southern Iran are now being issued CBRN protection kits, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear gear, per initial reports.
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Iran raised the alert level at 46 critical infrastructure facilities today in anticipation of strikes on its territory
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and said yesterday it is preparing for the possibility of a wide scale war.
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As I shared earlier, hit this subscribe button if you want updates.
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We have seen a considerable amount of our content in the last week getting shadow banned.
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Okay, I hate to say it.
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We had 17 million views last month and it's totally fine.
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70 plus percent of the people watching have yet to subscribe.
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So I'm here to tell you guys, hit the alert bell, hit the like button, click the content and watch it to the end.
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And that helps tell YouTube that you have a appetite
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and we can feed you some of that good old fashioned war coverage.
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I mean, I wish we were talking about more, you know, I don't know, enlightening things, but this is the world that Trump created.
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This is the world that we're living in.
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Iran's foreign minister slams the UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham for alleging
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that Iran played a part in the Royal Air Force incident.
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I was calling it RAF.
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My apologies.
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Lots of words I'm trying to learn here.
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He has a point.
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If they were really terrorists working for a foreign state, why release them on bail?
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So the UK and they're basically saying, oh, we think the Iranians were involved.
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Why did you release the guys on bail?
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They found no like detonation or explosive material.
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All they found was petrol.
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Really?
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So it's very bizarre.
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And they're saying you're barking up the wrong tree.
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They're saying we didn't do it.
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It ain't us.
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You're using us as a scapegoat for future retaliatory attacks.
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So here he is, head of the Department of Defense, getting his morning cardio in.
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I mean, how ridiculous do we look to the rest of the world?
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First of all, they're not even marching in step.
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They're just a blob of whatever.
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Do what you want.
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They're running around the Pentagon.
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Pete Hegseth there in the center doesn't even hold up the American flag.
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He can't hold it up and run.
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Look, I'm not saying I wouldn't be winded as well.
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But what propaganda they're trying to do this is war how
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dumb i mean in fact it looks kind of like something
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you'd see like in a grinder ad right doesn't it look
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kind of way too sexual like god bless these strong men i'm just saying very bizarre we're in war
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because trump walked us into a war a war where they say well it's just
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so they don't get a nuke excuse me and everything
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that we've done has led them to definitely want to get a nuke now
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and again this is what's crazy we've got a country
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that is trying to we have um We have a president trying to sell us on this idea
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that the Iranians in the Middle East, they're all just crazy jihadists with like, you know, this religious fanaticism.
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How about the United States?
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Today at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs.
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What?
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Starting today and for secretaries of war after me, the Office of Religious Affairs will report straight to the top.
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No staff filters, no bureaucratic dilution, a direct line to the secretary.
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This is not going to be a paper -pushing shot.
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It's going to have real teeth.
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It'll protect budgets, demand infrastructure, and strengthen religious support.
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The experts, our chaplains, will finally have an advocate at the highest levels.
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I mean, don't we already support religion?
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Don't you get a tax write -off in your stupid church?
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I want to start a religion.
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The Church of Dave Neal.
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No taxes.
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Come here, everyone.
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Take a knee.
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Policy and resources will serve the mission, not smother the mission.
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As Psalm 3312 extols us, blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
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I'd like to extol you and Donald Trump from office.
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That's what I would like to extol.
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Don't tell me what Psalms is extoling us.
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I mean, imagine that.
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Imagine.
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Imagine Jesus Christ.
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He's like, what the hell are they doing in my name?
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Really?
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An office of religion?
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Of religious affairs?
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Like, this is insanity that's happening right now.
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Meanwhile, this is what people really care about.
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U .S oil industry warns diesel prices will not return to normal for a year.
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Dallas Fed survey finds energy executives believe high costs of fuel will persist.
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That money will be passed down to us through inflation
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because it costs a lot of money to pull food out of the ground, to plant food, to fertilize food, to ship it to us, and to get it to our table.
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And we're going to pay that price because of Trump.
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And God bless whatever religion you believe in, but no Office of Religious Affairs is going to make that inflation go away.
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I'm sorry.
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It's not.
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Pray all you want.
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We started this.
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You know, and here's the thing.
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I'm not anti -religious.
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My whole family's Catholic.
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I've got plenty of family also that's like different, whole different levels of Christianity.
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From the, we don't believe that dinosaurs or, you know, whatever, to like gay doesn't exist.
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I know all, I got them all in my family, baby.
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I'm here to tell you this.
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You want to get down on your knees and pray and believe in a higher cause.
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I support that.
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Absolutely.
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Just remember, Jesus wasn't for just praying.
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He was for action.
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That's what we're doing.
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We're doing the holy thing right now.
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Hit the like button if you agree.
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And we're doing the holy thing by calling out the holy levels of corruption, by calling out the holy shit, the bullshit, the nonsense, the reckless lies,
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the propaganda that we're getting from our government.
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And I know because we're supporting universal health care, paid maternity leave, and things that are good for people, taxing the ultra wealthy, getting rid of this wealth disparity,
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I know that we have God on our side.
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I do.
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I do.
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Because if there is any God that exists, he's not existing so that Pete Hegseth, with his greased up hair, can try to continue to blow fishermen out of the water.
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Not a God that I believe in, at least.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Breaking Iran War Update - Massive Explosions Reported As Iran Prepares For US Nuclear Attack”. This video has 227 sentences and 2418 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:53. The speaker talks fast, about 188 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| missile noun | /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ | Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. |
| pipeline noun | /ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/ | A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc. |
| extol verb | /ɪkˈstoʊl/ | To praise; to make high. |
| escalate verb | /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/ | To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. |
| refinery noun | /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/ | A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals. |
| strait noun | /stɹeɪt/ | A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| crude adjective | /kɹuːd/ | In a natural, untreated state. |
| diesel noun | /ˈdisəl/ | A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when… |
| bless verb | /blɛs/ | To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. |
| allege verb | /əˈlɛd͡ʒ/ | To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. |
| nuke verb | /n(j)uk/ | To use a nuclear weapon on (a target). |
| retaliatory adjective | /ɹɪˈtælɪət(ə)ɹɪ/ | Relating to or part of a retaliation. |
| stabilization noun | /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The process of stabilizing. |
| casualty noun | /ˈkæʒu.əlti/ | Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. |
| reckless adjective | /ˈɹɛkləs/ | Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| call out verb | To specify, especially in detail. | |
| play out verb | To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion. | |
| add up verb | To take the sum of; to total. | |
| blow away verb | To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| carry out verb | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | To hold while moving it out. |
| get down on verb | To come to be down (hostile to) regarding something. | |
| get up to verb | To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- We don't have the answers to all of that.
- Guys, we're smarter than this.
- Why did you release the guys on bail?
- I mean, don't we already support religion?
- Don't you get a tax write -off in your stupid church?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | were aimed · were associated · were struck |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't been · have pulled · they've hit |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 78 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, we're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smother /ˈsməðər/, thermal /ˈθɜːməl/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, withdraw /wɪðˈdɹɔ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: stabilization /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, detonation /dɛtəˈneɪʃən/, dilution /daɪˈluʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: refinery /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/, retaliatory /ɹɪˈtælɪət(ə)ɹɪ/, stabilization /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like missile, pipeline, extol.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.