Fox News Collapsing on Air Over Trump’s Horrible Speech

24 Sep 2025 · 21 min · 8 chapters

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In short

The episode criticizes Fox News coverage of Donald Trump’s United Nations speech, alleging Fox hosts and guests promoted conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric while mocking or attacking opponents.

Guest backgrounds

It features Fox personalities (Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters again, Jesse Waters/“Jesse Waters,” plus Caroline Leavitt, White House press secretary; and references to Ron DeSantis, Lindsey Graham, Stephen Miller’s wife, and Brooke Rollins). It also cites “former Secret Service head” and “Senator Thune” as interview targets.

Key claims

Fox portrayed UN escalator/teleprompter failures as sabotage by UN staff; suggested leaving or bombing the UN; pushed “Trump daddy” framing; attacked Biden; claimed pregnant women take Tylenol to protest Trump; and mocked technical glitches while praising Trump’s speech.

Notable examples

Caroline Leavitt alleging escalator/teleprompter sabotage; Jesse Watters calling for bombing/“leave the UN”; Laura Ingraham and a Secret Service figure arguing systems failed only for Trump; Lindsey Graham praising “Trump 2028” and “dictator”; Brooke Rollins warning beef prices may rise due to a “parasite.”

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Fox News' Reaction to Trump's UN Speech

0:15 to 0:37

Explore Fox News' chaotic response to Trump's UN address and their portrayal of events.

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Fox News' Reaction to Trump's UN Speech

2:41 to 4:40

Explore Fox News' chaotic response to Trump's UN address and their portrayal of events.

“State regime media known as Fox was collapsing live on air as Donald Trump delivered one of the most embarrassing speeches ever at the United Nations.”

Claims of Sabotage at the UN

4:40 to 8:14

Discuss allegations of sabotage against Trump during his UN speech and media reactions.

“I'll show you a clip in a bit where Jesse Waters says that.”

Lindsey Graham and Fox's Praise for Trump

11:21 to 14:00

Analyze Lindsey Graham's comments on Trump and the absurdity of Fox's narratives.

“Lindsey Graham's like, you know, Donald Trump, he's a cross between P.T.”

Trump's Speech Reception at the U.N.

14:00 to 15:10

Discussion on the reactions to Trump's blunt speech at the U.N. gathering.

“Cities across the world are turning into little Jalalabads.”

Concerns Over Beef Prices

15:10 to 16:06

Exploration of rising beef prices and agricultural concerns due to regulations and parasites.

“He took one of your own, a globalist in Joe Biden, who had no idea what he was doing.”

Fox News and Trump’s Controversies

16:06 to 18:26

Critique of Fox News’ coverage of Trump's comments and the surrounding controversies.

“that now pregnant women on the left are taking Tylenol in order to protest Donald Trump.”

Contrasting Political Views

18:26 to 19:28

Analysis of Trump's foreign policy assertions in contrast to Biden's leadership.

“And moments from now, the president is set to hold a meeting with the UN Secretary General.”
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2:41Ben Meiselas:State regime media known as Fox was collapsing live on air as Donald Trump delivered one of the most embarrassing speeches ever at the United Nations. You had Sean Hannity, one of Fox's top propagandists, try to attack former President Biden. And then you'll see that Hannity hit with karma right here. Couldn't get the words out of his mouth. Let's play this clip after blindly supporting. Yes, cognitively deficient Joe Biden. Then throughout the day, state regime media Fox was calling Donald Trump daddy and saying daddy was not very happy today because daddy was not able to get up the escalator at the United Nations building.

3:23Ben Meiselas:And daddy's teleprompter was, I mean, they keep calling him daddy. And then they are putting forward this like conspiracy theory that the UN sabotaged the escalator and the teleprompter to hurt Donald Trump. And they want an investigation. Folks here, play this clip. Daddy's not happy. He came to the UN today and it was a total mess. Everything was broken. The escalators weren't even working. Trump and Melania were riding it up and it just stopped. The first lady lost her balance a bit, but steadied herself, thankfully, and then marched to the top. She could have been hurt. And the president looked over at the press and knew something was up.

4:02At first, we thought the escalator just malfunctioned. But then so did the teleprompter.

4:08Ben Meiselas:Yeah. So then Jesse Waters, one of the top propagandists who calls Donald Trump his daddy, brings on Caroline Levitt, the chief propagandist press secretary at the White House. And then she says that there was a sabotage of the escalator and the teleprompter at the UN building. There shall be an investigation. And then right wing media started whining about the escalator all throughout the day that the UN sabotage them and that perhaps the United States military needs to strike the United Nations building. I'll show you a clip in a bit where Jesse Waters says that. But first, here is Caroline Levitt.

4:45Ben Meiselas:Here, play it. All right, Caroline, it does appear to be sabotage with the escalator and the teleprompter. What is the White House going to do about that? Well, Jesse, that's definitely what it appears to be to me. And that's why I put out a statement earlier. There was some concerning reporting over the weekend from the London Times, as you pointed out, that U.N. globalist staffers were basically plotting to set up the president of the United States. And first it was the escalator, then it was the teleprompter, and then Katie Pavlich from Town Hall, who we offered a seat in the press pool to cover the president's historic speech today, noticed that the audio inside of the room was much lower and different for the president of the United States than the previous speaker.

5:35So when you put all of this together, it doesn't look like a coincidence to me. And I know that we have people, including the United States Secret Service, who are looking into this to try to get to the bottom of it. And if we find that these were U.N. staffers who were purposefully trying to trip up, literally trip up the president and the first lady of the United States, well, there better be accountability for those people. And I will personally see to it, Jesse. good.

6:00Ben Meiselas:And this is where Jesse Waters, one of the chief propagandists on Fox, suggest a military strike on the United Nations because the escalator and teleprompter weren't working for Donald Trump. Play this clip. What's going on with the escalator? What do you think? Yeah, they sabotaged them. Yeah. And they could have hurt the first lady. Yeah. Trump would have fallen and would have gotten back up. But, you know, they would have blamed it on his rhetoric. And then they sabotaged the teleprompter. Yeah. I mean, this is a, this is an insurrection and what we need to do is either leave the UN or we need to bomb it.

6:36Um, it is in New York though, right? Yeah. Could be some fall out there. All right.

6:41Ben Meiselas:And folks, this is really what Fox was programming throughout the entire day into the evening hours. You had Laura Ingraham, another propagandist on Fox speaking with a former secret service head. And they were saying, yeah, this must be sabotage. This is clearly the United Nations and the globalists attacking Donald Trump. Let's play this clip. Now, the UN's brushing it off, of course, as telling Fox that someone from the president's party ran ahead of the president, inadvertently triggering the stop mechanism of that escalator. But, you know, maybe that is what happened there. But it seems to be a lot of things happening, All three in less than an hour, Tim?

7:22Yeah, it sure does, Laura. And I tell you, you'd stand more of a chance to get hit by lightning than to have all these things happen at one time, especially the very second that the president was getting ready to step up. And let's be clear, Laura, you've been part of these events. The Secret Service is meticulous in planning every item that the president's going to be near or touch. They're going to thoroughly investigate all systems. They're going to make sure they're working. And so I find it bizarre that just coincidentally, all these things just don't happen to work for the president when they work for everybody else.

8:00Ben Meiselas:By the way, the United Nations had a statement that they put out that it was actually somebody in Donald Trump's advance team who was walking ahead, who triggered the stop of the escalator. And also Donald Trump's team was in charge of the teleprompter. So Trump's team were the one who screwed up both. But you let MAGA snowflake tears continue to rain down. You have Jesse Waters again saying that Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize and that everybody needs to call him daddy. Here, play this clip. Leaders around the world are calling Trump daddy, nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize and flying to Mar-a-Lago for rounds of golf.

8:36Trump even got Zelensky to put on a suit at the White House and at the UN. A big shift is happening.

8:43Ben Meiselas:Can you all believe that this is actually a network that masquerades as news? I mean, how embarrassing are these clips that I'm showing with you? Then Sean Hannity brings on Ron DeSantis, and they say that the United Nations should be eliminated and basically moved to China. How stupid can these people be? Already, top medical jobs and education and factories are moving to China right now. So you want the UN to move to China as well. it's in New York because America was supposed to be the leader of the free world. It's a statement that it's in New York. It was hard fought that it was in New York in the United States.

9:22Ben Meiselas:But these Trump propagandists are so idiotic that they attack the UN, attack science, attack Tylenol, just attack medicine, attack NATO. Anyway, here, play this clip. Let's get your analysis of the president at the U.N. today. I'm not a big fan of the U.N. I wouldn't care if they sent it off to China myself. Oh, yeah. I mean, I've been in favor of defunding the U.N. for a long time. I think Congress should do that. I think it's a totally corrupt and feckless body. And I think it was refreshing that the president went there in front of a generally hostile body and told the truth and told them why they were wrong, told them why their open borders globalism has failed.

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11:55God bless you, President Trump, for standing up in the UN and telling the world the way it is. We don't have to live this way. We don't have to live with the Europe that's buying Russian oil at the time we're all trying to stop the war with Russia and Ukraine. So I hope he runs again.

12:12Ben Meiselas:You know, I want to give a shout out also to our friends at Snapstream. They're the service that we use here that helps us get all of these clips across the networks. A link is in the description below if you want to reach out to the Snapstream people. It's really more business to business stuff. It's a business software, but maybe there's a use for it too, as an individual, reach out to them. Anyway, Lindsey Graham then says, I want Trump 2028. Dictator Trump is what he says. Here, play this clip. Trump 2028. I hope this never ends. When he asks, what should you do if a Russian jet flies into your country?

12:46Shoot it down.

12:47Ben Meiselas:Then they bring on Stephen Miller, Stephen Miller's wife, rather. And she talks about how incredible it is to be married to him and that he's this great and powerful man. Come on, what are you talking about? What are we doing here, Fox? What are we doing here? Here, play this clip. You are married to Stephen Miller. So you are the envy of all women. What is that like? The sexual matador, right? What is it like being married to such a sexual matador? He is an incredibly inspiring man who gets me going in the morning with his speeches being like, let's start the day. I am going to defeat the left and we are going to win.

13:23He wakes up the day ready to carry out the mission that President Trump was elected to do.

13:28Ben Meiselas:Then you have Jesse Waters just going full racist and says that all these cities are turning into Jalalabads. Play this clip. My producer's mom talked to the customs official, who was livid, and said, yeah, there are plane loads of these people who are coming in all day, every day, and we just have to let them in. You see them on boats racing onto the shore in France. If we don't protect the birthplace of Western civilization, we're finished. How long can we go before Europe ceases to exist? Cities across the world are turning into little Jalalabads. You have on Jesse Waters, Caroline Leavitt.

14:07Ben Meiselas:She's on and she attacks former President Biden. And she goes, you know, the General Assembly room was packed and we talked about how much we hate Biden and the globalists and we hate the U.N. And we did a great speech where we told the U.N. we hate them. Here, play this clip. The president was blunt, very blunt today. It was definitely useful because these people have to get their act together. Do you think the U.N. heard the president loud and clear? Absolutely. In fact, the room was absolutely packed to the walls. Every single leader showed up for President Trump's speech today and they heard him loud and clear.

14:47And I am proud to work for President Trump every day, Jesse. But I was especially proud watching the president of the United States of America bring common sense to an organization That has made no sense for far too long. And the president gave some tough love. He said, you are all destroying your own countries. And the United States of America was just being destroyed by one of your own. He took one of your own, a globalist in Joe Biden, who had no idea what he was doing.

15:17Ben Meiselas:Then they bring on the secretary of agriculture, Brooke Rollins. And she warns that beef prices are going to get even higher due to a parasite. They say, by the way, they're removing all of these regulations. right that may help you identify these types of things but beef prices will get even higher grocery prices are going to get even higher let's play this clip and uh and we're deploying almost 200 people down into mexico we shut the ports down in may and again in july so the president is taking this extremely seriously what could this do to our beef supply well at a time when our beef supply is at its lowest already in 75 years that's terrifying it is really terrifying Prices are very high for that reason.

15:57It could take us into even another phase of real compromise of getting good beef at a good price for Americans. But we've got a plan. We're on it.

16:05Ben Meiselas:Then on the Will Cain show on Fox, they say that now because Trump attacked Tylenol, that now pregnant women on the left are taking Tylenol in order to protest Donald Trump. Dude, what are you, what are they talking about? What are they? They manufacture a fake crisis. They get mad at the fake crisis. They blame it on the left. They whine. They run and they play the victim so naturally. It's one of the things that really pisses me off most about MAGA and this right-wing media is that they give, they give, they give. And then when you push back, they go, oh my God, why are you doing this to me?

16:46Ben Meiselas:You're so mean. It's just, come on, here, play this clip. Better part of a decade has been simply opposition and hatred of Donald Trump. I mean, I do believe we're even seeing videos uploaded today of women pregnant on the left taking Tylenol simply because yesterday he warned against Tylenol. It makes you think no matter what he said, their response would simply to do the opposite. Then they kept on having technical glitches while they had the Senate Majority Leader Thune on. Here, play this clip. But I'm pretty good at this stuff. He did use that moment to tout to the world what he has been able to do with our border and immigration.

17:27Okay, we appear to still be having those audio issues.

17:29Ben Meiselas:More technical glitches and you can see how absolutely pissed he got here. Senator, jump on in here. Oh, he just played sound of President Trump. I moved from immigration to President Trump calling out those who recognize the Palestinian state. Your reaction to his remarks on that this morning?

17:49We're done. Okay. All right. We tried again.

17:53Ben Meiselas:And then you had all the Fox hosts pretending that Donald Trump's unhinged deranged, like the worst speech I've ever seen. You go back to the video I did yesterday if you want to watch my recap of Trump's United Nations speech. But then all of the hosts are like, this was wonderful. This was the greatest speech we've ever seen. Donald Trump wasted no time unfurling raw truth. Come on. Come on. Here, play this clip. President Trump has been speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. He unfurled raw truth to countries in attendance there and to the rest of the world. And moments from now, the president is set to hold a meeting with the UN Secretary General.

18:35And that meeting will follow that that long speech that put quite the spotlight on the different world order we are living in now. He even called the former president Joe Biden by name, comparing where the world was under Biden and while Biden was leading the United States and where we are now. The president talked in detail about his own foreign policy victories, the successful containment of illegal immigration into the United States. And he had a warning, too, for other countries with all those open borders. And of course, he talked about the ongoing wars with Israel versus Hamas and Ukraine versus Russia.

19:13Ben Meiselas:And so just so you can see the way they I can play you every host doing that, but I'm not. That's the way their brainwashing works on Fox. And it's just incumbent on us to keep on calling it out. And that's what we'll do each and every time here on the Midas Touch Network. Hit subscribe. Let's get to six million. Thanks for watching. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our sub stack at MidasPlus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski, add free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at MidasPlus.com.

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