Trump’s reckless and unsettling behavior is becoming a serious problem

Donald Trump flew to Miami to hide from nationwide protests and gave one of the most unhinged speeches of his presidency at the Faena Hotel in Miami Beach, in front of Saudi investors, billionaires, and foreign dignitaries. Over more than an hour, he bragged about bombing Iran with sound effects, mocked Britain's military to their faces, admitted he is deliberately bypassing Congress to wage war, threatened Cuba as his next target, and signaled his intention to abandon NATO entirely.

The Breakdown: Trump arrived at the Saudi-backed conference making gun sounds and war sound effects while describing Operation Midnight Hammer He admitted he calls the war on Iran a "military operation" to avoid needing congressional authorization He joked about renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself He openly threatened Cuba as his next military target He signaled his plan to abandon NATO, calling it "breaking news" and looking for applause He mocked Britain's aircraft carriers to a room of Saudi investors He told the audience they could ask him about sex during an investment conference He called himself "a great peacemaker" while waging unauthorized wars The stock market closed at its lowest point in over seven months The S&P 500 posted its fifth consecutive weekly decline, the longest losing streak in nearly four years Oil prices surged over 4 percent due to the war, fanning inflation fears Analysts are warning the market could fall another 15 to 20 percent Millions prepared to march in nationwide protests the following day History shows authoritarian regimes fracture from the inside before they fall

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I'm Heather Claney Reese, and you're listening to Hope for America, where every day I bring you the truth about our politics, our country, and the forces trying to destroy them. Together, we cut through the noise, expose the lies, and stay focused on what really matters, fighting for the survival of our country. After flying down to Miami early to hide from the nationwide protests that were planned for the next day, Donald Trump slowly walked onto the stage at 5 32 p.m. that evening at the Faina Hotel in Miami Beach, stopping to take labor breaths as he made his way to the podium. With his face caked in uneven orange makeup, he gripped the sides of the podium and during the Q ⁇ A portion looked out at a room full of the world's wealthiest people and said, I always like to hang out with losers, actually, because it makes me feel better. Over the next hour and 17 minutes, the President of the United States gave one of the most unhinged, reckless, and revealing speeches of his presidency. Not just to the American people, but to a room full of Saudi investors, billionaires, and foreign dignitaries at a conference backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. And what he ended up intentionally or unintentionally saying showed a steep decline in his cognitive ability and his connection to reality. He opened by bragging about the war in Iran like it was a product launch. He described Operation Midnight Hammer, the strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, with giddiness. Dead of night. No moon. One o'clock in the morning. We went in. He said that. And then he carried on with every single one of those bombs hit their mark, air shafts. He talked about bombs traveling down granite mountains through air shafts like it was the most exciting thing he had ever witnessed. Decimation, he called it obliteration. And then he started making gun sounds, describing the missile system that intercepted 101 incoming Iranian missiles. He said, fire, boom, fire, boom, one at a time, just knocked him out like they were nothing. He made the gestures to match. This is the commander-in-chief, acting out war with sound effects while ten American service members were wounded that very same day at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Two of them seriously. Yet he didn't mention them or that side of war. He then recounted the devastation his military operation has inflicted on Iran with a disturbing lack of gravity. He said their supreme leader is no longer supreme, he's dead. He said that with a grin, and then he said his son is either dead or in very bad shape because nobody has heard from him. What he didn't mention was that their infrastructure was also attacked. Innocent civilians were killed, including children at the school that his military bombed. Most of the people caught in the middle of this war never had a say in any of it, and are now living in a country with no functioning government and no one willing to lead it. And instead of acknowledging that reality with even a shred of decency, he turned to a room full of Saudi billionaires and said, Who would like to lead Iran? Please raise your hand. The room laughed. This is the only country where nobody wants to lead it, he said. And the laughter continued. And then came the part that was as troubling as it was predictable. He admitted once again why he calls what is happening in Iran a military operation instead of a war. He said, This is for legal reasons, because as a military operation, I don't need any approvals. As a war, you're supposed to get approval from Congress, something like that. No, it's not something like that. It's exactly that. The Constitution of the United States requires the president to seek congressional authorization before going to war, or within a certain amount of time after. It's not a suggestion or a technicality, it's the law. And he stood there in front of foreign investors and admitted he is intentionally violating the Constitution on purpose. He shrugged off the foundational principle of civilian control of the military in such a crass way because he does not care about the Constitution and fancies himself above the law. And it just kept getting worse. He renamed another body of water after himself. They have to open up the strait of Trump. He said before catching himself, I mean Hermoose. He paused and he smiled, making it clear that this was not a slip, but an admission of what he wants it to be called, and said, Excuse me, I'm so sorry, such a terrible mistake. And then the fake news will say he accidentally said, Nope, there's no accidents with me, not too many. Trump is more focused on putting his name on a body of water, the Strait of Hermoose, than he is on ending his deadly war. He again reminded us that his military operation, aka wars, have no end in sight with Cuba next. He said, I built this great military. I said, You'll never have to use it, but sometimes you have to use it, and Cuba is next, by the way. Then smirking, but pretend I didn't say that. Pretend I didn't. Please, please, please, media, please disregard that statement. Thank you very much. Cuba's next. And the part of what he said in that room that made me stop and re-watch it multiple times was when he admitted that his end goal, his plan all along is to completely abandon NATO. These few lines infuriated me and broke my heart. But he's been working up to this. He has been speaking poorly of our allies. He's been mocking them. He's been trying to isolate us from them and them from us and to break any of the safety and security agreements that have kept a World War III at bay for decades. When speaking of NATO, this is what he said. We would have always been there for them. But now, based on their actions, I guess we don't have to be, do we? Then he turned to the room, smiled, and said, Is that breaking news? I think we just have breaking news. He was proud of it. He wanted the headline of officially dismantling 75 years of Western Alliance for applause. He mocked our closest allies military to their faces, talking about Britain's aircraft carriers. He said they're little ones, they're not very good. I know they don't go fast. I know they don't work very well. This is the military of the United Kingdom, our longest standing ally. And he described their naval fleet like a used car to a room full of Saudi money. There was so much about his speech that was exactly what you would expect from a man of no character or shame. And we saw when he told the room they could ask him about sex. Unlike other politicians, they would like the question screened. He said, I don't ask for screening of questions. You can ask me anything you want. You can talk sex. You can do whatever the hell you want. I'm here for you. This was during a meeting about investments. This was said by a sitting president of the United States of America, and it's exactly what we would all expect from someone so ill-fitted for the title he holds. He continues to show what a dangerous embarrassment he is to our country. As the speech was winding down, Trump was asked what he wants his legacy to be. The man who is currently bombing Iran without congressional authorization, who has invaded Venezuela, who just threatened Cuba, who is posturing to abandon NATO, said this. This is how he truly sees himself. And that might be the most dangerous thing of all, because a man who believes he is a peacemaker while waging illegal wars is a man with no capacity to understand the reality of the world since he started to destabilize it, and no reason to stop his own destruction. Before he gave that speech, I was out running errands, and my first stop took me to a building that I first went to nearly 30 years ago. The businesses inside have all changed over the years. The landscaping is all different, and there are new signs all over it. But the moment I walked in, the scent was exactly the same. Nearly 30 years later, and it still smells the same. Although throughout all those changes, something deeper held on, even when everything on the surface had shifted. And then I went home and I watched Trump's speech. And I realized something that I needed to hold on to long after that. Because as much as Trump is trying to destroy our country, as much damage as he is doing to our alliances and our institutions and our standing in the world, there's a part of us that he hasn't been able to reach. Something deeper than any executive order or speech to billionaires or renaming of bodies of water, but something that held on through a civil war, through two world wars, through McCarthy, through Nixon, through every test this country has ever faced. The part of us that knows the difference between right and wrong. And the part that watches him laugh about dead leaders and knows that this is not what America is supposed to be. That instinct, that refusal to accept this as normal, is still there. He hasn't killed it. He can't, because it doesn't live in the White House or in Congress or in any institution he can corrupt. It lives in us. In the millions of people that took to the street to march, in the veterans who are speaking out, in every single person who watches what is happening and says, nope, this is not who we are. That's the thing that survives every surface change. And no matter how many alliances he breaks, no matter how many wars he starts, he cannot reach the part of this country that still believes in something better. And that is what terrifies him the most. And that is why he threw that performance in Miami, because he knows there are so many of us who see him for who he really is, who he will never be able to reach with his propaganda, and because the evidence of his destruction was everywhere. The stock market closed at its lowest point in over seven months. The SP 500 suffered its fifth consecutive weekly decline, the longest losing streak in nearly four years, while the Dow and NASDAQ both entered correction territory. Oil prices surged over 4% because of his war. The war he admitted he's fighting without congressional authorization, fanning inflation fears and killing any hope of interest rate cuts that families were counting on. Some analysts are even warning that the stock market could fall another 15 to 20% before this war is over. His war isn't just costing lives, it's emptying the wallets of every American family. This is why our rallies and our protests matter so much. They are our chance to have our collective voices heard and seen. When we show up, it's not just for ourselves. It's for the people who can't be there too. It lets the world see what it looks like when millions of Americans take to the streets and say, this is not who we are. That we are not the country he is trying to turn us into, and we never will be. Regimes like Trump's don't collapse all at once. They fracture slowly from the inside. And every crack we've seen lately, from Republicans opting not to run for re-election, to Congress still unable to pass a bill giving ICE more money to his own senior White House officials, privately calling his war videos cringe and disrespectful and gross, is evidence the fracture is underway. History has shown us this over and over again. They look invincible until they're not. Mussolini's own grand council turned on him when the war started going badly. Chachescu stood before a crowd expecting applause and got booed off the stage. Milosevich tried to steal an election, and hundreds of thousands of people showed up and stormed the parliament. Pinochet held a vote he was sure he'd win, and the people said no. In every case the regime looked like it would last forever, and in every case it didn't. And in every single one, it was the same combination that brought them down. The incompetence eating away from the inside and the relentless, unbreakable pressure of ordinary people who refuse to stop showing up. This is exactly where we are right now. Their incompetence is on full display and their movement is fracturing, and millions of us are refusing to stay silent. And to everyone who is resisting, know that you are part of something that is bigger than Trump and every one of his enablers. You are part of the same force that has brought down every authoritarian movement that has ever tried to outlast the will of its people. They have never won, not once, and they won't win this time either. And that is why I still have hope for America, and you should too. And remember, no matter how dark the days get, I will be here every single day, and together we will have hope for America. I'll see you tomorrow.