Why Trump Has Lost Both His Mind and America | Steve Schmidt

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]Who could have guessed that it would be Oman, a country that the United States has had diplomatic relations with since 1790. That would be the 13th nation on Trump's hit list.

[00:00:12]>> It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else and we'll have to blow them up. They understand that they'll be fine. What's amazing is that Marco Rubio and Pete Haggath seem to be unaware that all of this is on videotape that will endure well past their lifespans, cementing them, of course, into a hall of American villain. They stand there peerless, one of Nero's lieutenants, vandals to the greatest constitutional republic in world history in the 250th year of its existence. It is May 28th, 2026.

[00:00:57]I'm Steve Schmidt, and the White House hasn't been just desecrated.

[00:01:03]It has been fundamentally wrecked. This is the warning.

[00:01:10]Look at this picture. The east wing gone. Bread and circuses on the south lawn. It's as if the fall of the Roman Empire and all of the parables and prophecies and warnings of the Bible have merged together in the year 2026 in a liveaction drama that the American people are part spectator and participant in. What will happen in this year of madness and insanity that is unfolding? When you think about the threat against Oman just a few weeks on after the what should we call it ISIS gathering on the National Mall, the National Bible reading, you get an appreciation for the total disregard that Donald Trump has for human life and the total disregard he has for the limitations of American power. He is a child, a buffoon. And look at the nonreactions on the face of Pete Hagsth and Marco Rubio. Now, we're going to watch something that is remarkable, but imagine what plays out behind closed doors. Can you imagine? Pete Hagsth is about to compare Donald Trump to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and his entry point is to talk about the remodeling of the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. This is like an episode from VEP. It's as if Jonah has become the defense secretary and he's on an acid trip.

[00:02:58]>> Great success. Yes, sir. including Venezuela, you might >> absolutely sir. I think um actually your efforts on the reflecting pool are actually a great segue. If you look at Washington and Lincoln, these are two men that faced monumental tasks and stood up in historic fashion and delivered for the American people. And when you step back and look at 47 years of what Iran waged war against us and our people, there's only one man over the course of both presidency who has stood up and said they will never get a nuclear weapon. as Marco said. So whether it was Kasumsulammani, whether it was scrapping the Obama deal that was going to give him a weapon, whether it was the 12-day war or Operation Midnight Hammer, you created the conditions to ensure the American people and the world are safeguarded from this generational threat.

[00:03:44]>> Little Marco sitting there next to Trump, honest to God, looks in the mirror and thinks he's going to be the president of the United States someday.

[00:03:55]It is truly incredible. And it speaks in part to the fantastical level of corruption of the American media that pretends there is normaly in any of this. And that Marco Rubio somehow stands apart from the pack of weirdos and misgreants and criminals and accused sex offenders and grifters as the statesmen of the bunch. What he is is a version of Nikki Haley with pants. He's the one this time that has been designated as the adult in the room and he is no such thing. He is an accomplice to the desecration of our values and ideas. There was more killing in the southern Caribbean and all of this. 197 dead now murdered by the US military.

[00:04:49]There will be accountability for it all.

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[00:06:05]But isn't it grotesque to listen to Pete Hegsth the drunk festoned with Christian nationalist tattoos comparing this guy to Lincoln to Washington the father of the country who when he died was eulogized as first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. Well, judging by the polls, Donald Trump is last in war, last in peace, and lowest of all time in the hearts of his countrymen. A failed president whose coalition has fallen apart, but for the sick of fants surrounding him, and he will betray all of them. Here's the best part. when he says he doesn't care about the midterm elections.

[00:06:56]>> Economic system is broken down. They thought they were going to outweight me.

[00:07:00]You know, we'll outweight him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms. Look what happened last night.

[00:07:04]That was the prelude to the midterms.

[00:07:07]>> He is the Jonestown president and MAGA is his personal guy and it is time to drink the Kool-Aid. Ken Paxton, he's a sip of Kool-Aid. And one by one they will walk forward and towards their Jim Jones and take the cup and goodbye forever more to their political careers.

[00:07:30]And that's a very very good thing for the country. The American people have taken stock. They've taken measure. And here on May 28th, this insanity has brought about a judgment. The American people are going to cancel this unhinged crazy show. They're going to put a check on it. A Democratic Senate, a Democratic House of Representatives, Democratic legislatures, Democratic governors like in Iowa and Florida, places that haven't seen them for quite a while. The American people are going to put a stop to all of it.

[00:08:09]But before they do, there is more suffering ahead. Because Donald Trump, flanked by fools like these two, has made everything more expensive, has lost a war, has violated our rights, has sought to raise up a national religion of crackpottery, compared himself to Jesus Christ, and wrecked the economy.

[00:08:34]Some people say they couldn't see it coming, and mostly those people are fools. But here we are, and getting out of this disaster is going to be the work of an entire generation. America chose national suicide, and we're deep into the attempt. We're going to survive, but by the skin of our teeth. This Trump era is the foremost disaster in American history. When you take the Civil War out of the mix, it is a cold civil war. It is an age of stupidity and malice. and insanity. It's the age where Donald Trump, who spent the first year demanding he receive a Nobel Peace Prize after promising the American people no more stupid forever wars, threatened Oman just because he wanted to blow something up. I'm Steve Schmidt and this is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite you to join this community where I promise to be honest, blunt, and direct about what is happening in this country. America is in crisis. Follow and subscribe to this channel and on Substack. Become a member today and gain special access, including badges, ad free content, and more. Thank you for your support.