'Trump is panicking': President's new 'insane tirade' on Iran spurs claims of 'dementia'

Political analyst David Pakman tore apart President Donald Trump's recent rants on Truth Social about the Iran war in the latest episode of his show.

"The word 'dementia' is not a word that prior to Donald Trump held such a prominent role in American political discussion," said Pakman. "And yet now we're hearing the word almost daily. Donald Trump unleashed what many are calling a demented tirade on Truth Social once again. And there are a few reasons why Donald Trump is doing this."

"Reason number one, he knows that Republicans are going to get crushed in November," Pakman said. "They're going to lose the House and Trump and his entire administration will be mired in the muck of investigations and oversight for the final two years of his presidency. Donald Trump is panicking because he screwed himself on Iran and there are reports that he is in fear at the White House of what he has done to his own legacy."

Pakman started with a post from Trump proclaiming that "90 percent" of what the media says are "lies and made-up stories," that the "polls are rigged," that the results in Iran will "be amazing," and that he has made America "respected" again.

"Another example of projection," said Pakman. "Trump said under his watch we will be respected again much like we weren't under Joe Biden. Except it is under Donald Trump that we are a laughingstock. It is under Donald Trump that other countries say it's not even worth inviting the United States anymore because they'll send some Trumpian tool."

The president then posted a rant complaining about the Iran nuclear deal made under former President Barack Obama, in which, in his formulation, "They actually gave $1.7 billion in green cash, loaded into a Boeing 757, and flown to Iran for Iranian leadership to spend any way they saw fit."

"Let me tell you the truth of this," said Pakman. "Donald Trump is now realizing the best he can hope to do is to put back in place something like the Obama Iran nuclear deal. We wouldn't even be in this situation if Trump had kept us in that deal. We are in the situation we're in today, yes, because of Trump's belligerence, yes, because of Trump's decline. But in great part because Trump got out of that deal in 2018. Trump is realizing he's going to have to get back into a similar deal, a deal that may not even be as strong. And so what he needs to do now is lay the groundwork to tell you this is nothing like that other deal. Because if Trump acknowledges my deal that I'm trying to get is like Obama's deal, it blows up the entire premise of where we find ourselves today. Because every American hopefully will look around and go, I guess he should have just stayed in the Iran nuclear deal. That probably would have made more sense."

Pakman then ended by looking at Trump's attack on the media, proclaiming "I'm winning a war by a lot" but "horrendous and disgusting" outlets won't report how badly he has decimated the Iranian military.

"The argument is the media is unpatriotic, anyone who believes this stuff is unpatriotic, everything is going really well," said Pakman. "Little question. If everything is going really well, why are we in week eight of a three to four week war? Is everything is going really well, why have we still not achieved the objectives that supposedly were the reason for this war? And if everything is going really well, why doesn't Donald Trump even know who or where the negotiations are taking place and the parameters of those negotiations and why are we still in this thing?"

"So, this is a panicked guy," he concluded. "He knows they're heading towards getting crushed. He knows the Iran war is likely going to screw his legacy. And his new approach is just telling other people, don't believe what you're seeing. Don't believe what the media says. Don't believe what the reporting indicates. Believe me. He wants to be the ultimate source of truth. Common, by the way, among cult leaders."

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