Trump ENDS the Iran War! (again...)

Trump says the war in Iran is over. Again. Pete Hegseth is crashing out. And politics is pro-wrestling, brother. That and more on this week's America Uncovered headlines. Welcome to America Uncovered, I'm Chris Chappell. Real quick, we are bringing back China is still flooding the shopping world with cheap crap. our Unmade in China The toy that breaks before New Year's. The sweater that fits you like a burlap sack. Christmas shopping catalog. The phone charger that emits the faint smell of burning plastic. Merry Christmas. But that's not an accident. That Chinese junk is designed to fall apart, so you'll buy it again next year. And every time you do, a little more of your money goes to propping up the Chinese Communist Party. So this year's Unmade in China catalog will be all about a return to quality. Boots you can re-sole. Cast iron your grandkids will cook with. Assuming you show them how DoorDash is a waste of money. Socks with a lifetime guarantee. Stuff that lasts. And none of it will be made in China. But we need your help to make this catalog. I've put the link below to our Give, Send, Go campaign. Contribute $5 or more by November 20th, and I'll send you a copy of the catalog when it's done. And whoever is our biggest contributor, I'll also send you one of our custom Tiananmen Tank Man sets made from genuine LEGO bricks. It's not available anywhere else anymore. It really angers the CCP, which if you think about it, is the true meaning of Christmas. The link is below. So let's start with some good news. US traffic deaths fell in the first half of 2026. This marks five straight years of declines and the lowest rate since 2014. What an incredible silver lining to gas prices being too expensive because of the war in Iran. It's keeping people off the road and saving lives. What do you mean, correlation isn't causation? As for inflation, well, the dollar menu at fast food joints is gone, so I wouldn't be surprised if heart disease fell too. Let me just Google that. Hey, would you look at that? Heart disease deaths declined. Are these events related? Who cares? Just let me have it. Speaking of the Iran war, President Trump says it's effectively over. Huh. Is anyone else getting a sense of deja vu? But shortly after Trump said this, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth defended the military operations, Iran struck an Omani island the US uses to help ships sail through the Strait of Hormuz. Ugh, my deja vu's deja vu has deja vu. Maybe that's why Trump says no deal is needed with Iran and closed down Vance's negotiations. But his negotiations have been so effective. But someone who wasn't satisfied with Hegseth's defense of the strikes on Iran was Thomas Massie, who reintroduced articles of impeachment against the war secretary. There were eight articles total charging Hegseth with starting the war without authorization, ignoring Congress, ignoring deadlines, ignoring laws meant to minimize civilian casualties, carrying out extrajudicial killings through boat strikes, retaliating against Senator Mark Kelly, capturing Maduro, and the strikes on Yemen. Man, so much has happened this year, I barely remember the strikes on Yemen. The Mark Kelly thing is also kind of a blur. Feels like someone did a reverse Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on me and overloaded my brain with too many memories. Hegseth put out a video defending himself and the Trump administration's decisions, which drew fire for possibly using government resources for a clearly partisan video. I'm also upset, though not for the same reason. I'm upset because the video is just 5 plus minutes of Hegseth talking. If you're going to use my tax dollars, allegedly, to make essentially a propaganda video, at least make it entertaining. Throw Superman and Clayface in the video with you. Though that might be bad subliminal messaging, because it also makes people think you're about to get ousted like James Gunn was from DC. Hegseth also scheduled a press conference to defend himself, and Massie got straight-up messy addressing this. I hope he addresses the eight articles. And doesn't get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and, you know, call everybody fat and gay, like, for being for this impeachment. Like, I may have just given you half his speech. I don't know. Dang, girl. As Gen Z would say, he clocked him. Massie's trying to be less of a lame duck and more of a roast duck. Hegseth further defended himself during the Pentagon briefing, saying this impeachment effort was just a political spectacle. Which is ridiculous. This isn't political spectacle, it's political theater. Things actually happen in spectacles. Spoiler alert, the impeachment stalled in the House, at least for now, with some saying it was because 11 Democrats missed the vote. Even though 8 Republicans also missed the vote. So yeah, that doesn't add up. Literally. But still, cue instant political infighting among the Democrats and mainstream media exposés on why each individual Democrat who missed the vote was missing. For example, Melanie Stansbury said she and others wanted to vote no, but got there too late because of a traffic incident. That seems convenient. You should have just gone with something more plausible, like, my dog ate my no vote. Some say the 11 Democrats didn't show up because they want to impeach Hegseth themselves and not let a Republican take the credit for starting the motion. But others are saying these 11 Democrats no-showed because they took AIPAC money. Israel supports the Iran war, so it's their way of showing support to Israel while not defending a Republican. Doesn't explain the missing Republicans. Israel isn't behind everything. I said, Israel isn't behind everything. Funny, I thought I was supposed to get a check for saying that. Whatever the reason, this is amplifying calls for more progressive Democrat representatives to oust Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer as party leaders, who may now be in more danger of getting ousted than Hegseth ever was. Who needs reality TV when you have all the messy drama and hot goss you can handle from C-SPAN? So how likely was Massey's plan to remove Hegseth as Secretary of War to work? Well, keep in mind that the Democrats who just won the House and Senate don't start work until January. And even if the House were to vote to impeach Hegseth, it would require a two-thirds vote by the Senate—numbers Democrats won't even have after the Blue Nami. So Massey is doing this solely out of spite. I feel like Republicans need to schedule an HR meeting between the two to work out their differences. Thomas, can you say something nice about Pete? You know, he has been effective. Wow, that is a nice compliment. Don't you feel— He was effective at killing 200 schoolchildren. He was effective at bombing fishing boats that may or may not have had people who were guilty of smuggling drugs. Okay, that's on me. I walked right into that one. So, is Massey right? Well, the Trump administration has never provided definitive proof that the people killed in the Venezuelan boat strikes were drug smugglers. And even if they were, double-tapping to kill defenseless combatants is generally frowned on. Though to be fair, that was probably under the old, less uber-alpha military tactics that Hegseth probably tore in half and called fat and gay. As for the Iranian school that was destroyed, well, there's a lot of conflicting information out there. For one, the number of total people killed and even the number of school children killed varies widely, although the number never goes as high as 200. Sorry to nitpick, Massie. At first, it was debated who was responsible, but more and more evidence points to this being caused by outdated US defense intelligence, which labeled the school as a military site even though it hadn't been used as one for quite some time. Some might argue that while tragic these things happen in the fog of war, Massie responded to that argument saying this. There's no fog of war on the first day. You've had months to identify these targets and pick them, yet they picked a school building on a school day with school kids in it, and then struck it again, and then struck it again. Dang. Some people take being primaried out of office as an opportunity to rise from the flames like a phoenix born anew. Massie is walking away from the Republican Party like an explosion that he's not looking back at, except to accuse Pete Hegseth of causing the explosion. One report says over-reliance on Planetary AI technology played a role in the Iran school bombing. Man, news of this kind of tragedy potentially happening due to blindly following AI will definitely do a number on the value of AI companies. In completely different, totally unrelated news, Anthropic is seeking a $1.4 trillion valuation in its initial public offering, which would make it the biggest debut in stock market history. Yeah, for anyone else hoping the AI bubble's gonna burst, I guess you're gonna need a stronger needle to pop it with. So Hegseth isn't out. But you know who is? NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who resigned after admitting to a relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. My twin brother, China Uncensored's Chris Chappell, covered this in spicy, hot, gossy detail. Huang will now presumably ask for privacy as he spends more time with his family, making excuses for where he'll be while he's off hooking up with other questionable side pieces. And if you want more hot goss, baby, I got more hot goss. According to CNN, whistleblowers told Democrats that documents linked to Trump's construction projects are being being destroyed before the Democrats take power in January. The whistleblowers say the records are being destroyed to avoid scrutiny so Trump can complete projects such as the new White House ballroom. Is that why the ballroom seems to be bigger than the White House? The plans got destroyed and they forgot the dimensions, so they just kept building and building. The Interior Department denied these claims and say they're following all record-keeping obligations and ethics officials' recommendations. The White House warned Democrats that threats of oversight could cross the line into blatant criminality. 1, 2, 3, 4, I declare lawfare war! They're basically saying, who watches, who watches the watchmen. Then Democrats will say, who watches, who watches, who watches the watchmen. And then Republicans will say, who watches the— Does anyone else smell burning toast? But what kind of message will Trump leave for the next president in the now much-golder Oval Office? The New York Times obtained a handwritten letter Trump left in the Oval Office for Joe Biden in 2021. What was in it? Did Trump accuse Biden of stealing the 2020 election? Call him Sleepy Joe? Was it just a crude drawing of the poop emoji? No, it was a sincere, heartfelt message of how meaningful the office is, how easy it is to get swept up in partisan politics, but what's most important is to help the people, and Trump had faith Biden would do a good job. What? Trump wrote that? By hand? This just proves something I've felt forever. Politics is just pro-wrestling. And Donald Trump has been involved in both. In pro-wrestling, there's something called kayfabe, which is basically where the scripted events are portrayed as if they're real. The wrestlers say they hate each other and want to fight to the death, but after the show, they'll go get Cracker Barrel together. Politics are the same. During elections, politicians bash each other, but many who've been in Congress for decades say people from the other parties are their friends. Plus, many get paid by the same donors, so the rivalries may not be as heated as they seem. Except for Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. That was a work that turned into a shoot, brother. If only America had been at war with Iran back then, so inflation would be too high for them to afford bullets. What do you think? Leave your comments below. And if you want to help us make the 2026 Unmade in China Christmas Shopping Catalog, click below and join our Give, Send, Go campaign. Once again, I'm Chris Chappell. Thanks for watching America Uncovered.