Ivanka Trump Faces Reckoning as Her Past Resurfaces

12 Aug 2026 · 21 min · 9 chapters

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The episode argues that Ivanka Trump is “facing reckoning” as her past and alleged wrongdoing resurface, focusing on Ivanka and Jared Kushner’s Albania real-estate dealings and on efforts to block congressional scrutiny. The host claims Kushner and Ivanka pursued a “shady deal” involving Albanian entrepreneur Artur Shihou, described as linked to drug investigations and organized crime; the host cites a Wall Street Journal report alleging Shihou used forged documents to acquire land and that villagers warned Kushner two years earlier. Key examples include the $125 million purchase tied to “Saison/Flamingo Island,” alleged falsified Ottoman-era records, and references to executive-privilege claims to prevent House Oversight testimony.

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Ivanka Trump's Sociopathic Behavior

0:00 to 0:45

Discussing Ivanka Trump's denial of her family's actions and their consequences.

“Truly deranged and sociopathic behavior coming from Ivanka Trump.”

Jared Kushner's Failures and Ivanka's Posts

0:45 to 2:35

Analyzing Jared Kushner's failures and Ivanka's questionable social media activity amid serious allegations.

“And he needed to be bailed out from Qatar because he's a pathetic loser.”

Modeling History and Controversial Figures

2:35 to 5:00

Exploring Ivanka's modeling history and her association with controversial figures.

“and all of the people that Donald Trump picked to basically be your mentor.”

Albanian Land Deal and Criminal Connections

5:00 to 9:11

Detailing the shady land deal involving Ivanka and Jared in Albania and their connections to criminal figures.

“The now 60-year-old Albanian entrepreneur named Shihou had been eyed by Albanian and Italian authorities for years.”

Executive Privilege and Cover-Ups

9:11 to 11:04

Discussing the implications of executive privilege claims by Donald Trump and its connection to ongoing controversies.

“And we know how terrified Donald Trump personally is about Iran killing him.”

Creepy Remarks and Family Dynamics

11:04 to 14:06

Highlighting inappropriate remarks made by Donald Trump regarding his daughters and the implications.

“He bought for like$1.8 billion a massive skyscraper during Trump's first term.”

Tiffany Trump Discussion

14:06 to 15:10

A discussion about Tiffany Trump and her relationship with Marla Maples.

“Or what about not Ivanka, but what about Tiffany?”

Stormy Daniels Revelations

15:10 to 16:00

Insights from Stormy Daniels regarding Donald Trump and Ivanka.

“Well, one of the things that Stormy Daniels said is she talked about the whole thing, you know, that condoms with Donald Trump, this is Stormy Daniels.”

The Trump Family Dynamics

16:00 to 16:42

Discussion on the Trump family's controversies and behavior.

“I realized the context that it was in, it seemed like it made sense.”
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0:00Ben Meiselas:Truly deranged and sociopathic behavior coming from Ivanka Trump. She thinks that she can just waltz away and pretend everything is doing A-OK, but we know what's really happening, Ivanka. We are learning more about the very shady deal Ivanka and Jared did in Albania and the crooked individual who they acquired a major part of the Cezanne Island from. And we learned about a letter that the locals actually sent to Ivanka and Jared two years ago, warning them about what was going to happen. But of course, Ivanka and Jared didn't listen. This while Jared destroys the United States of America standing internationally.

0:44Ben Meiselas:Jared couldn't even run one building that he got from basically his trust fund during the first Trump regime. And he needed to be bailed out from Qatar because he's a pathetic loser. Let's zoom in on what the hell Ivanka is doing right now while her daddy was in Ohio being a freaking creep staring at high school girls or whatever the hell he was doing there and dancing in front of them. It was really gross. And as we learned about how Donald would sneak out through the old Air Force One in Turkey in a catering container truck because he is a panicked little fool who, despite not deserving the position that he has, being located in the Oval Office, I should say.

1:32Ben Meiselas:You've got him sneaking out and showing how utterly scared and what a coward he is in the face of Iran. But look at Ivanka's behavior right here. This is what she's posting right now. Just think about it. While the American people are suffering, while we are learning how Democrats are preparing to subpoena Ivanka and Jared and Barron and this whole despicable family. This is what she's posting. And don't let it fool you because Ivanka and this whole crooked family is absolutely terrified, just like Donald sneaking in cafeteria containers in Turkey. Here's what she's posting. Little bits of summer with weird face over there.

2:11Ben Meiselas:Be kind. Yeah, maybe tell that to your dad before he slaughtered little girls in Manab and your entire family has blood on their hands. Be kind. He slaughtered little girls. He engages in war crime every day. Be kind. He's covering up a child sex trafficking ring. But I mean, Ivanka, you know who he hung out with when you were a little girl. You know, you modeled for John Casablanca's of all of the modeling agencies and all of the people that Donald Trump picked to basically be your mentor. It was Casablanca's, a pedo. And he would brag about being a pedo when he was alive. He died under mysterious circumstances.

2:50Ben Meiselas:You were a model at the age of 15 and 16 for him. The New York Times wrote a very deranged report about you modeling as a young girl. And it was talking about how you were wearing like a see-through dress. It was quite the disgusting article to read. Low calories and wearing see-through dress. I'm like reading this New York Times article talking about a 15-year-old or 16-year-olds. It was absolutely disgusting. But that's who you modeled for. And by the way, everybody remember when Ivanka did this bizarre documentary and she went to the room where she grew up in and she looked outside and it looked like she saw death.

3:29Ben Meiselas:Do you remember that what I'm talking about? Here, just play this clip right here. This was my bed. It's a little small from here. Probably why I don't stay in here anymore, but yeah. And what floor are we on? We are on the 68th floor. Not a bad view to wake up to. And you saw the photo of her and Casablanca's, her dad and Jeffrey Epstein. Yeah, that's your dad would take you around with Jeffrey Epstein. Again, while Jared Kushner is destroying the United States, they decided to take a vacation to Iceland and she's just posting like bathing suit pictures of herself. Like, why are you posting bathing suit?

4:09She's posting these weird, look, I'm an influencer. I'm going to be, what the hell are we even doing here? These are the photos that she's posting. And here's your creepy father, like looking at little girls that's at the

4:21Ben Meiselas:Patriot games. Let's talk about what Ivanka and Jared were just busted doing. We know about the Saison Island situation, the Flamingo Island, how they wanted to turn this beautiful Albanian island into their own like Trump and Steen island, you know, how Epstein had an island. They want to do the Albanian island for the billionaires. It's got underground tunnels and they worked with the Albanian prime minister. This was such an important thing for them. But it was so important that they spent$125 million to buy a part of this land from a guy named Shihou. This is the story. The now 60-year-old Albanian entrepreneur named Shihou had been eyed by Albanian and Italian authorities for years.

5:13He relocated to Miami, secured asylum in 2001 following a gang-related gunfight. He became a US citizen in 2019, but kept growing a real estate portfolio in Albania. This is the new Wall Street Journal article that just came out. For years, he's been linked to various drug investigations around the world. Kushner's like, let me work with this guy. Ivanka's like, that's the guy. We're going to do business. Let's work with him. In June, arrest warrants were issued for Shehu and 19 other alleged members of a large European drug ring. Prosecutors said he led a leadership position within the organization.

5:49Shehu's lawyer has denied his client's involvement in any criminal activity. Shehu was charged with participating in a structured criminal group and money laundering. Specifically, prosecutors allege that Shihou acquired land by relying on forged documents that claimed historic ownership. And Kushner's like, that's the guy I want to work with. Here's the Flamingo Island, the Saison Island that triggered the Flamingo Revolution in Albania. In a letter, villagers told Kushner that they've been caught in a legal battle over their ancestors' land with a man named Artur Shihou, a suspected gangster who fled to Miami for almost two decades.

6:29Despite the warning that they'd been buying stolen land, Kushner's team proceeded anyway.

6:34Ben Meiselas:This is according to the Wall Street Journal article I should mention. Shihoo's lawyer denies all of this and says that this is not true. But Kushner did pay Shihoo$125 million for his portion of the land, which he claimed belonged to his ancestors. You take a look at Shihoo's involvements. Italian prosecutors sought his arrest in 2012 for conspiring with an Italian mob boss. An Italian judge rejected the attempted arrest due to insufficient evidence. She who was spotted in Monaco with suspected traffickers. He was photographed at a 2019 meeting in Malarca with a top mob boss. Zvernik villager Zoe Pula claimed that the peninsula belonged to his family and took Sheho to court.

7:19The Albanian High Court found that the archivist and lawyer Shihou hired to secure the land falsified Ottoman-era land records during the translation process. Shihou has not had to give up any land due to the many appeals and retrials in this case. But this is the Wall Street Journal article. Suspected gangster causing headaches for Kushner. Read the article in the Wall Street Journal. So with all of this taking place too, this is one of the main reasons why Donald Trump and his Department of Justice, which is basically a criminal racketeering enterprise at this point, now led by one of the main mobsters, Todd Blanche, why they're out there now claiming in a new legal memo that just dropped yesterday that Donald Trump can claim executive privilege regarding all communications with anybody that Donald Trump deems to be an advisor.

8:12Also, Trump can claim executive privilege according to our corrupt and criminal, yeah, they're a bunch of crooks, call them out what they are, our criminal racketeering enterprise Department of Justice that's out there covering up child sex trafficking rings and actually doing the crime right now. But they also said that Trump's advisors in the Oval Office, their communications with private citizens can be shielded under executive privilege, meaning that they won't produce documents or give any testimony and they'll block any testimony, whether it involves Kushner, likely Ivanka, anybody who Trump deems to be an advisor.

8:50He's going to say executive privilege, and they're going to say, we're not going to do any testimony before the House Oversight Committee. I know, right? Utterly despicable. Meanwhile, in Iran, you continue to have billboards like this popping up. It says, hey, terrorists, get ready to die. And it's photos of Melania and Barron and Ivanka and Trump's family. And we know how terrified Donald Trump personally is about Iran killing him. Although I think Iran wants to protect that creature, that gremlin's life at all costs, right? Why would they want to kill him? He's doing more damage to the United States than a nuclear freaking bomb would be doing.

9:32Why would Iran? Iran's like, keep this guy alive forever. Like, let's keep this guy destroying the United States. We've never had to deal with a dumber, weaker, more pathetic, putrid thing who's leading to the downfall of the United States. By the way, Kushner and Ivanka, remember your Abraham Accords? Remember that? Oh, we're going to get all these Middle East nations to become allies with Israel. By the way, let's be clear. In my opinion, Kushner and Ivanka are almost at the top of the list of people who are complicit into getting the United States into these never-ending wars, into this catastrophic war with Netanyahu.

10:11I mean, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, being a Netanyahu bootlicker. That was all Kushner and Netanyahu's plan. He was obsessed with having Saudi Arabia become an ally of Israel and join the Abraham Accords. And Saudi Arabia's like, we ain't doing that until you recognize a Palestine, until there's a two-state solution. We're not gonna be joining the Abraham Accords. And what did Saudi Arabia do just now? Saudi Arabia this week, week and a half, announced that along with Pakistan, who they've already had an alliance with, Turkey, They're probably going to bring Egypt in. They've made the Mecca Pact, as they're calling it, which is basically a middle finger to the Abraham Accords, a middle finger to the dwindling or non-existent U.S.

10:56security umbrella. And now you have the Arab nation saying they're taking control of themselves. Everything that Kushner touches dies. I mean, this guy's an idiot. I mean, he literally bankrupted. He bought for like$1.8 billion a massive skyscraper during Trump's first term. Basically, it was going bankrupt. He had to get bailed out by a private equity firm with links to Qatar, who basically bailed him out. And now he goes around like the Pied Piper of selling out the United States interest, making an utter fool of our country. By the way, hat tip to Dua Lipa, who has publicly backed the protests in Albania against the 1.6 billion euro.

11:38It's actually more than that.

11:39Ben Meiselas:I think it's like, but all said and done, three to five billion euro luxury resort where the Trumps want to make their own version of an Epstein Island or something like that in Albania. They want their own island, in other words. They want their oligarch island is what I'm trying to say. And I'm giving you my opinion. You can disagree with my opinion. This episode is my opinion speech as protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. So you could feel free to have your own opinion, right? You can have various opinions. Share your opinions. I'm just sharing my opinion. I'll incorporate by reference.

12:14Everything I said here is my opinion. Like this. It seems like that Donald Trump, one of the qualifications of Natalie Harp being Donald Trump's human printer, human printer is he likes that she looks like Ivanka. Yeah, you heard that. He likes that she looks like Ivanka. Natalie Harp, Ivanka. Natalie Harp, Ivanka. Just my editors go, Natalie Harp, Ivanka. Show the photos. And you all remember, now that we see that Donald Trump's interest appears to be Natalie Harp and Ivanka lookalike, and Ivanka lookalike, let's remember that Donald Trump called Ivanka a piece of ass and referred to her as voluptuous.

12:56Here, play this clip. By the way, your daughter, she's beautiful. Can I say this? A piece of ass. She looks more voluptuous than ever. She's actually always been very voluptuous. She's tall. She's almost six feet tall. Here, Donald Trump was with Ivanka and described himself as a sexual predator. He admitted to being a sexual predator. I mean, he's been found civilly liable for being one. Play this clip. You know about sexual predators and things like that. I mean, you know about sexual predators and things like that. I mean, You are one. All right. I was going to say that. Save that. Save that.

13:37Save that. It's true. Or what about when Donald Trump was on The View? Here, play this clip. If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her. Stop it. Oh, it's so weird. Stop it. You know what? You are sick. Yeah. You're known for saying outrageous things, Mr. Trump. Who are you, Woody Allen?

14:06Or what about not Ivanka, but what about Tiffany? When Donald Trump said the following, play this clip. What does Tiffany have of yours and what does Tiffany have of Marla's? Well, I think that she's got a lot of Marla. She's really a beautiful baby and she's got Marla's legs. We don't know whether or not she's got this part yet, but time will tell. And when Ivanka was a model, here's what she was saying. Here play this clip. My family has money and they can support me, but I model because I love to model. And it's something that I enjoy doing, so I don't think it's there that they made me sound greedy about it at all because I model because I love to model.

14:45And that's really all there is to it. And I will remind you all that Karen Friedman Agnifolo, who is Midas Touch host, renowned lawyer. I mean, she's like the top lawyer in the country now. Right. Karen Friedman. She always was. I mean, I always knew Karen to be the greatest. But remember when Karen told us what was going on in the trial involving Donald Trump? Well, one of the things that Stormy Daniels said is she talked about the whole thing, you know, that condoms with Donald Trump, this is Stormy Daniels. And he said that she reminded him of Ivanka when they had sex. I mean, when Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels.

15:31That's what he said. He reminded her. That's what I meant. Not the other thing. Here, play this clip. And, you know, look, she also talked about Trump's wife that, you know, Trump said that that, you know, Melania is very beautiful, but we don't sleep in the same room. Apparently Trump shook his head at that point. You know, she talked about, you know, the whole thing about he asked her about condoms and does she wear condoms as a porn star? And of course, everyone knows he's a germaphobe. Um, then like at one point before they have sex, he's like, you know, you, he reminds me of Ivanka. I realized the context that it was in, it seemed like it made sense.

16:09But when you know that he then had sex with her afterwards, it's so disgusting. I don't know, but. Well, there you have it. There you freaking have it. You know that, you know, the whole play by Donald Trump with that executive privileges to try to block Kushner and Ivanka from testifying or Democrats from getting at their testimony. Is he going to say what? He's going to say, Barron, Barron's my crypto advisor. These people are such scum. They're so pathetic, huh? This whole family is a bunch of scumbags. They really are. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million. Thanks for watching. Oh, order your copy of WTF America today.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Ivanka Trump's dark past surfacing as Donald's collapsing term highlights the corruption of the entire family.

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