The American Dream On Hold features a C-SPAN call-in show where callers Andrew, Al, and Tehran offer controversial critiques of President Trump's executive order on the Iran war. Andrew labels Trump an "evil satanic person" and false prophet for posting a self-as-Jesus image, while Al argues the conflict dates to the Carter administration and claims God uses imperfect leaders like Trump. Tehran dismisses recent agreements as a "farce," alleging market manipulation benefits billionaires and accusing Trump of war crimes. Ultimately, these heated exchanges highlight deep societal fractures regarding faith, foreign policy, and economic justice during this turbulent political era. [Automatically generated summary]
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Trump Tearing Up Agreements00:08:06
Jacobs is reporting that the executive order will be about psychedelics, and she said that it will have to do with a psychedelic drug used abroad to treat PTSD.
We'll be, of course, taking that executive order, signing live at 9 o'clock Eastern Time.
President Trump back at the White House after two days out west, and he is definitely going to be facing some questions about the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz, given these developments over the last couple of hours.
Let's hear from some of you calling in about your top story of the week, whether it's Iran or something else.
I want to go to Andrew calling in from Sterling, Virginia, on the Democratic line.
Good morning, Andrew.
You're on with us.
Good morning, C-SPAN.
This past week should have revealed to every Christian, evangelical Christian, every American, what an evil satanic person our current president is, Donald Trump.
He attacked the Pope relentlessly, time and time again.
He portrayed himself as Christ in that true social post, depicting himself as Jesus Christ.
He has committed blasphemy.
Why anybody of good faith would continue to support this guy when it's obvious that he is a false prophet?
If anything, he's the Antichrist.
The guy is evil.
He's always been evil.
He's a liar.
He's a cheat.
He continues to lie.
And he's taking this world apart piece by piece.
Starting with our country, he aligns himself with the likes of Putin, Xi Ji's wing of China, and attacks our NATO allies, the people he should be supporting.
In the end, I think he will betray Ukraine.
He will let Putin take over Ukraine.
And obviously, he's made deals with Putin and the Chinese prime minister.
It's awful what this guy is committing right before our very eyes.
Thank you, C-SPEN.
Got your point, Andrew.
For those who may have missed it over the last couple of days, here's a Washington Post story about the president sharing a post depicting himself as Jesus.
The post writes, Trump post appearing to depict him as Jesus removed amid backlash.
You could see the image there.
The president was asked about it repeatedly throughout the week, defended himself at one point, claimed that he thought it was an image of himself as a doctor helping people.
But a lot of even the president's own supporters reacting to this, expressing some concern over it.
Let's go now to Al calling in from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the Republican line.
Good morning, Al.
You're on with us.
Is your top story related to that Jesus post, the war, something else?
Well, a little bit of things.
First of all, people should read about the Vatican and the use of the rat lines to help the Nazis hide in South America after World War II.
Pretty interesting.
And those that don't follow Jesus are pretty upset now about this whole thing.
But, anyways, I want to talk about the left-wing media complex and how they try to tell this is a two- or three-week war.
This war is 47 years old.
And if people look back to the Carter administration, there was an internal struggle there between the leftists and others.
And of course, the leftists won.
They did not want to back the Shah, the brutal Shah, they'll say.
Yes.
And now we have something far more brutal right now.
So this war goes back 47 years.
We listened to the leftists back then.
We had a pro-West end Shah, and this is what we've had now.
And this president's confronting it.
I think we'll learn pretty soon really who has the hand of God on them right now.
So God can use all vessels and all people when humanity gets out of whack and we have to pull the country in down the right road.
Nobody is perfect.
If we read scripture, we'll find out God uses imperfect people to fix an imperfect world.
And there is major adjustments going on that are necessary.
We could not have Iran have a nuclear weapon.
We can see what they've done just the last few weeks.
Thousands of Americans have died the last 47 years.
Al, if you don't mind, I'd love to ask you a follow-up question about the war.
The president said yesterday after he and Iranian officials announced that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened.
At one point, the President posted on Truth Social that Iran would never again close the Strait of Hormuz and they would stop using it as leverage on the world stage.
But it's just now hours later and Iran is saying that the strait is closed once again.
As you outlined your support for the conflict, does it worry you at all that Iran seems to be going back on what the president declared or maybe that the president got too far ahead of himself yesterday?
Maybe I'll make a statement here you might get a little struck by.
Where is the United Nations?
Where is NATO?
Where is Britain and France that are vacillating back and forth?
Do you know that Britain just finished paying us for the Lend-Lease?
Remember Lend-Lease from World War II from seventh-grade civics?
They just stopped paying us 15 years ago.
They wouldn't allow us to use their bases.
This is more about hating Donald Trump.
Donald Trump could be Mother Teresa right now.
And because we've politicized it.
And one more thing.
It used to be that foreign policy ended at the water's edge.
That stopped with George Bush because his poll numbers were 90% and the Democrats desperately needed to get back in power.
The Democrats were a power for most of post-World War II.
This is about power.
Do not be deceived.
Thank you.
Thank you, Al.
Hope you have a good day.
Let's go to Tehran calling in from Bakersfield, California on the independent line.
Good morning.
You're on with us.
What's on your mind?
Hey, good morning, John.
I would just like to say thank you for your show.
And, you know, listening yesterday, and sometimes it's amazing how jaded people are to the facts and the truth.
You know, they want to blame the liberal media and this and that.
When the facts and the writing is on the wall, we had an agreement that President Trump tore up that had the situation under control.
Iran was not going to bomb the United States.
That was a farce.
If they wanted to do that, it would have happened a long time ago.
Now, President Trump's history, before he even became president, we all knew what he was about.
But people were so enamored about making America great and believed all that nonsense with his track record that they voted man not once, but twice.
And the second time, I think it had to really do with the fact that they did not want a black woman running the country who was way more qualified than Donald Trump in every measure.
Even his cabinet, none of them are qualified to do the job.
All the people that were in place, the professionals that do that job every day and have, you know, career professionals in their respective positions, most of them have been fired or left.
And as far as people with NATO and blaming this country and that country not backing us up, nobody wants to be involved in something that's immoral or illegal.
They don't want that.
And Americans are tired, and the writing is on the wall.
Unqualified Cabinet and Professionals00:00:53
You know, I'm really embarrassed.
It's embarrassing to be an American to the world.
This man has destroyed the world economy and our economy.
And they continue to grip.
Billionaires continue to make money on his market manipulation.
Oh, we're going to do this.
Market's up.
Market's down.
Market's up.
Oil is up.
Oil is down.
And I guarantee you that if they do a follow-up and investigate all the actions of this president, not only will he be convicted and guilty as he is of war crimes, but of market manipulation and every other law that's possibly out there.
I'm sorry that Republicans and people are so jaded that can't find the facts in the situation and have to go and feel with their heart.