Fox News Can’t Hide Trump’s Growing Political Trouble

0:00Ben Meiselas:State regime media, which calls itself Fox News, was in full panic on live TV as Donald Trump hits a new low in his approval. As Trump's regime is collapsing, as this disastrous event is set to take place tonight in Dallas, the so-called Trumpapalooza midterm Republican convention, State regime media propaganda is not working to prop up Donald Trump and his regime anymore. So what do they do? Well, they attack Momdani. They become entirely unhinged. You have one of Fox's top propagandists, Harris Faulkner. She, I mean, this is just straight up losing their mind. She has this conspiracy theory that you see Mayor Momdani of New York handed a pen to the police commissioner who handed the pen to an advisor.

0:55Ben Meiselas:And this relates to Biden and immigration and they're coming for you and socialism and communism and everybody's coming to get you. Now, this as Mayor Mamdani's approval in Manhattan, it's like approaching 70%. I mean, his approval is skyrocketing. Trump's approval is record low right now for any president in this time. But this is what state regime media does. And in a very dastardly and disgusting fashion, what state regime media does is on a day, September 11th, which should bring Americans together where we all rally behind and support first responders. And we pay tribute to all of those who lost their lives today.

1:41Ben Meiselas:And it's a solemn remembrance, especially on the 25th anniversary, where Donald Trump doesn't even want to show up to New York because they won't let him deliver a propaganda speech, right? You know, this should be a day of bringing us together. State regime media has turned this into a culture war issue. They turn 9-11 into a culture war issue and use it to attack Momdani in the whole 24 hours, 48 hours. They're launching like boycott Momdani. Momdani shouldn't show up to ground zero. and their basis is that he's Muslim? I mean, it's based on sheer xenophobia and hatred. And this is what they're spewing to divide people when you have a very popular mayor.

2:26Ben Meiselas:And this is the relentless fire hose, billions and trillions of dollars of money being poured into this disinformation hub. So I want you to watch first, Harris Faulkner, just watch this, just even try to follow what she's saying. Here, play this clip. You asked me a multi-part question, and I want to get to all of it, Sean. I'm going to start with the first part. Why did he hand the pen to Ramsey Kasim? Because it sends the signal. And by the way, he didn't hand the pen to him. He gave it to his NYPD police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, first, and had her hand him the pen. That is a huge signal.

3:04This is a guy who just handed what saved so many people, the head of the NYPD 25 years ago, he hands the pen to her as if to say, just pass this along. The one I'm really connected to is standing behind you. And why would I say that? Because there's always been this sort of connection of association between Mayor Mom Donnie and Ramsey Kasim. But what we have now is participation. and you're going to need something to participate with me. And so he hands the pen. It's symbolic. Look, everybody can read what they want to read into it, but I'm looking consistently with what we know. So who was Ramzi Qasim?

3:47He was working for the Biden administration. He was a senior advisor. You know what his job was? Immigration court backlogs. He was doing the screening for who made it onto the watch list. You call it watch listing. He's looking at that. Think about what we just went through under former President Biden and illegal immigration in this country. Think about what that means for people who might hate the country enough to break into it and do whatever they want to do when they're here. That is consistent with what President Trump ran on and won. This guy is reminding us of what we've always known, who he is, who he is now participating with, handing off a pen.

4:28Right. And now what the future may look like. And this whole thing. And I'm glad you brought up the hundred and seventy thousand documents that are going to point out air quality health hazards and government response to 9-11. Those are things that New Yorkers have wanted to know since it happened on that Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That's great information. But as Republicans are pointing out today, that's a distraction from the fact that people don't want you showing up on Friday because you've made it clear through your anti-Israel. comments, through your anti-American comments, that maybe the citizens are not your first focus.

5:05Maybe you don't really have their hearts in your heart.

5:09Ben Meiselas:But then it gets even more despicable from there. If you can imagine, Laura Ingraham brings in Vicki Palladino, a New York City councilwoman. She's one of the only MAGA extremist New York City councilwoman. So naturally, state regime media platforms her. And she says the most heinous things imaginable. She goes, the way it sends a message when Mamdani goes to 9-11, it's a message to Osama bin Laden that look, we conquered New York. And I also want you to be sick, sick, disgusting people. And I want you to pay attention also to what else is going on here because New York City Mayor Mamdani released over 170 70 ,000 files yesterday showing that the Giuliani administration, when Giuliani was the mayor, and those who were surrounding him covered up all of the horrible health consequences that were being caused after the World Trade Center and surrounding buildings were destroyed.

6:16Ben Meiselas:And they were covering this up. They were not telling the people about the health consequences. Mom Donnie to actually bring transparency, release the files. How about that? And look what happens. These MAGAs go nuts and they go into their feeding frenzy of disinformation. Watch over here, Palladino. Here, watch for yourself. You know what? We need to get active too. We need to be able to see through this total absolute farce that they're trying to pawn off on New Yorkers and across the country. I'm telling you, this was symbolism. It was cryptic, but it was a message. The same way it's a message when he goes down to 9-11.

7:01I hate to even say this, Laura, but, you know, it's a message to Osama bin Laden that, look, we conquered New York. That's how scary all of this really is to each and every one of us. New Yorkers need to wake up. He won this election not with born-and-bred New Yorkers. He won this election with transplants, ages 18 to 30 years old, making promises he could never keep. So I am furious. And one thing I do want to say, I want to give it. Right.

7:31Ben Meiselas:And more from Palladino over here. And she says, and doesn't this tell you the whole story right here? You know, Laura Ingram's like, but Momdani's approval is pretty high in New York City. And Palladino goes, well, they're not surveying white women like me. Middle-aged white women like me are not being surveyed. They're just surveying the other people, the transplants that are here. Okay, really? This is what it's all about. This is what these people are all about. I mean, it's sick, it's hatred, it's division, it's racism, in my opinion. Here, play this clip. um but his approval rating i believe i don't think we have the graphic but his approval rating in new york is is pretty strong is that surprising to you or you think no one's answering the surveys or what it's it's look you got to find out who he's surveying all right he's not surveying people like myself average middle white working class people he's not doing that he is tending his nest with these young people you know everybody has control over the pollings that they do.

8:37And he's certainly a good example of how he does that. He has manipulated a base of people and he's not giving up. You know, he's doing his community of mass engagement where we just found out 200 people are being paid taxpayer dollars to carry his message. This is this is as bad as it gets. Elections have consequences. Consulwoman, thank you very much. Good to see you.

9:04Ben Meiselas:And then on Laura Ingraham, they've been bringing this guy Corbett Dillon back all the time, former advisor to Boris Johnson, but far right-wing guy in the UK who they bring on to state regime media all the time now. And Laura Ingraham and Corbett Dillon have this discussion about how the AFD in Germany, they go, they're not even a far-right party. The AFD is like a centrist party. No, the AFD is not a centrist party. What in the world are you talking about? And this is what they're trying to normalize here in the U.S. And I want you to also remember what I talk a lot about here, that the fascism movement is international in scope.

9:44Ben Meiselas:And I think that the pro-democracy forces in the United States were so focused on an election and midterms that they didn't see these fascist forces internationally, whether it was Orban, um whether it is afd whether it's reform party whether it's maga it is all part of it is all the pen in france it is all part of the same forces and the movements here this is what laura ingraham says and corbett dylan played well and the thing about this is that you still have these european elites who are shocked that that we have this major eastern region of germany say no we're not letting you do this to us you you want to do this in berlin you want to do this in me you're not going to do this to us because we love our country we love our people we want to have vibrant business and and and because they want that the headlines are far right victory in germany first time since world war ii it's always hearkening back to the nazi era you heard pundits today on television hearkening back to the nazi i don't think any of that works anymore I just don't.

10:57No, it doesn't. You're right. And I actually think the rhetoric coming out of these journalists and politicians on the left is actually outrageous. Because if you look at what the AFD is standing for, it's, you know, if anything, some MAGA Republicans would probably say, hey, they're not, you know, right wing enough for us. They're not right wing at all. They are nowhere near far right. It's absolutely insane that the left are reacting like this to a, you know, this party is, they're getting 43 percent of the vote in this. in this election. The people like them and they are petrified that Europe is finally waking up and saying these policies don't work.

11:33If their policies are so great, the people would support them. Look at what has happened to Germany, to France, to the UK. They don't work.

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13:04Ben Meiselas:What are they not talking about, right? They pick the personality and they attack. You know, Mayor Mamdani is Muslim, right? You know, or James Tallarico, and they just make stuff up. He's a freak-o. Six genders. Penis vagina. Like, they just start saying stuff. Like, they're like little immature, like, gross people. Like, this is all they care about. Like, dude, relax. You know, but what don't they want to talk about? What they want you to be distracted about, and what they want you to just be so grossed out about politics that you won't pay attention to the cost of living. You won't pay attention to what government's really supposed to do, which is to protect you and to do things for you and to provide services and to deliver things, not to take, not to rip apart, not to pickpocket, not to steal, not to inflict pain upon you.

13:57Ben Meiselas:But they want to distract from the fact that they've ripped away your healthcare. They've destroyed your ability to afford anything. Gas record highs, diesel record highs, groceries record highs. People can't afford rent. They sure as hell can't afford a home right now. Donald Trump's in never-ending wars everywhere. He didn't solve the war in Ukraine in 24 hours as he's promised. He got us in this catastrophic war with Netanyahu against Iran, which is just further escalating. We saw Iran strikes of the U.S. bases after Trump escalated first and Iran retaliated. They don't want us to either covering up a child sex trafficking in the Epstein files.

14:39Ben Meiselas:They don't want us to talk about these things. So they do these distraction traps and these personality clashes and this disinformation. They arrange boycotts against people. But remember, we need to stick together. We need to be united here. Listen to what Joe Grutters has to say. hear play this clip before. But Democrats are saying if they can flip this seat, that is going to change everything deep in the heart of Texas. And there's no chance at that. Vitala Frico is probably the most radical candidate in the country. People do not want to vote for a guy who believes in six genders, who God's non-binary, who wants to mutilate our kids, who wants to welcome that on the southern border.

15:19It's not going to happen here in Texas. And I think that, listen, like I said, we have the candidates. We have the candidates across the country is the ones we need. We have the money. We have the resources. The president's going to deliver these votes. And that's why we're doing things like the Republican convention, which has never been done before. All right. So you say that there's no chance that Tallarica is going to get elected. But the real clear politics average has currently got him up two and a half points. What do you say? Yeah. Don't be concerned about that. If you listen to the polls, the president will never be president.

15:49Believe us when we have we have the messaging, we have the candidates. Ken Paxton went through a brutal primary, but he is a great conservative warrior that's won Texas three times. And at the end of the day, people want normal. People don't want extremists, these extremist left radicals, which Tallarico certainly is one.

16:08Ben Meiselas:And here is Harry Enten from the other day talking about Zoran Mamdani's approval. You can see for yourself. Let's play it. What do New Yorkers think about him? They like the guy. They like the guy. And it's not just that they like the guy. They like the guy a lot more than they did a year ago. I mean, take a look here. Mamdani's favorable rating in New York City. You know, you go a year ago, 44 percent. Look where it was at the beginning of this term. It was 68 percent. You might think, OK, you know, that's a sugar high as he's coming to office. But look now it's 69 percent. There has been no drop.

16:38He is still on the honeymoon period. This is an extremely long honeymoon period. Americans wish they could have honeymoon periods for this long. But Mamdani is still very popular in the city as he is implementing his agenda. Now, with all of this going on, you would say, well, what's Zoran Mamdani?

16:54Ben Meiselas:How is he handling this? With grace, with dignity. This is New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's speech that he gave yesterday. I'll give you just a short portion of it, where he describes 9-11 as the worst tragedy to ever befall New York City. We mark 25 years since the worst tragedy. And he goes on to talk about the health issues that impact New Yorkers and how this was covered up by Giuliani. This was covered up by people. And by the way, you know, while Mayor Mamdani is talking about health and improving people's health, and what do you have Trump saying yesterday? Trump basically lied and claimed he was there in the rubble and that he brought hundreds of guys to save lives.

17:39Ben Meiselas:He's a liar. He lies about all of these things. And so you have state regime media attacks Mamdani while Donald Trump's out there saying that. You have to understand this is a psyop. This is a psychological operation of brainwashing to divide us by the Epstein class. You get that, right? That's what these people are doing. And I wanted to show you this video so you understand the psyop. I know you know it, but the effort is to divide us, to make us angry and hate each other and poison the information well so that you have fascists like Donald Trump rise and cover up child sex trafficking and torture people and steal from you while people like Laura Ingraham and Jesse Waters and these Fox hosts live in their gigantic mansions and have, you know, Club Mar-a-Lago and Club whatever, Bedminster and all this stupid shit.

18:35Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip of what Mom Donnie said. Let's play.

19:05we lost in clearing the rubble. That was only the beginning of years of hardship and illness that would follow. Thousands of iron workers and firefighters and office workers and so many more remember September 11th, not just each time we mark the passage of another year, but as Congressman Nadler once said, each time they take a struggling breath, each time they have to swallow a pill each time another chemo dose is administered. And as the years pass and the human toll grows, we reckon with the cost of September 11th, whenever another New Yorker is stolen from us too soon. Now, close to 25 years later, more people have died from 9-11 related illnesses than were killed on the day itself.

19:53It would be one thing if government had stood alongside survivors and provided them with everything they needed at every step of the way. And yet we know that could not be further from what actually happened. People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air. And then when they began to contend with the symptoms of the illnesses that followed, the government that had not hesitated to send them into harm's way was nowhere to be.

20:23Ben Meiselas:Now contrast that to what Trump said yesterday. Let's play it. Don't forget, two firemen. We thought it was coming down on top of us and two firemen, big, strong guys. And I'm not the smallest guy in the world. They grabbed me under the arms and said, got to get out of here. And they literally lifted me up. This is not easy to do. I'm big. They lifted me up and they started running with me. I said, fellas, I can run myself. But they were amazing. But they thought it was coming down. It didn't come down. U.S. Steel. Yeah, he's just a liar. None of that happened. And now here's what Jon Stewart said when he was giving that speech with Mom Donny yesterday.

21:01Ben Meiselas:Let's play it. The people that made them uncover that and made it be released to the public are the people that are standing behind me. They're the ones on the tilt. They are first responders. They are families of loved ones that were lost. They are legislators. They are legislative aides. the city began covering their ass three weeks in in a memo the memo is entitled legislative alternatives to the fiscal responsibility for 9-11 these people had to fight sick and dying for years and i'm not saying that the information may have changed the outcomes unfortunately, for their families. But I guarantee you, it would not have been the struggle that it was to get people to recognize that what they all knew, and what we all knew who live in downtown Manhattan, is that there was poison in the air and on the ground and in the windowsills and in your air conditioners and covering your pets and your clothes.

22:13And it stayed there for months. Everyone knew. And now it's very clear that the city knew as well. And rather than take the steps to ameliorate the damage that that would cause to its citizens and to the people that were down there, they instead covered it up to get back to business as usual. But unfortunately, after 9-11, business will never be usual again. And so I just want to say that the people that are standing up here are heroes. They are. And it's not just about the past. It's not just about going into the files and re-litigating how we all knew what we knew was there. It's about the future.

23:04Ben Meiselas:And then when Zoran Mamdani was asked whether Rudy Giuliani lied about toxic air after 9-11 and should stay away from Friday's memorial, watch how Mamdani answered it. With grace, with dignity, watch for yourself here, play it. It sounds like you're saying Rudy Giuliani lied. Given that that's the case, Do you think he should stay away from Friday's memorial service? I think that the focus of memorial services should be on the New Yorkers who were killed that day, their families, the survivors, the first responders. I don't think it should be on politicians. Do you think he lied, though? I leave it to New Yorkers to make their judgments.

23:50And what we want to do is finally allow them the documents that they have long been demanding.

23:59Ben Meiselas:There you have it, everybody. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. And thanks for watching.

24:25Thank you.