Trump Abruptly Shuts Down Presser at White House

11 Dec 2025 · 18 min

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Podcast Summary: The MeidasTouch Podcast - Episode: Trump Abruptly Shuts Down Presser at White House

Episode Overview In this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, Ben Meiselas discusses a recent press conference held by Donald Trump, during which Trump abruptly left after being questioned about a controversial video related to war crimes. The episode offers a critical analysis of Trump's behavior and statements during the presser, highlighting his cognitive decline and the absurdity of some claims.

Key Highlights

  • Trump's Press Conference Tantrum:
  • Trump exited the press conference after being asked about the release of a video related to a September 2nd boat strike, showing signs of distress when faced with tough questions.
  • He accused reporters of working for the Democrats, indicating a lack of accountability in media engagement.
  • Cognitive Decline:
  • Meiselas points out Trump's confused statements, including calling the Chairman of the Federal Reserve by incorrect names, suggesting a decline in his cognitive abilities.
  • Controversial Statements:
  • Trump made bizarre comments about "6G" technology and its supposed effects on cameras.
  • He threatened the Colombian president for being "hostile" to the U.S., which reflects a troubling escalation in rhetoric.
  • Economic Claims:
  • Trump exaggerated potential GDP growth, claiming it could reach 25%, while Meiselas counters with evidence of rising inflation and job losses under Trump's policies.
  • Foreign Policy and Ukraine:
  • Trump echoed Putin's sentiments on Ukraine, suggesting that the Ukrainian population is seeking to settle with Russia, which Meiselas labeled as treasonous behavior.
  • Misleading Public Events:
  • Trump claimed a recent event in Pennsylvania drew thousands, despite evidence indicating only a few hundred attendees.
  • On Seizing Oil:
  • Trump discussed the U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker without clarifying the legal implications, suggesting an aggressive stance on foreign resources.

Critical Analysis

  • Media Engagement:
  • The episode reflects on Trump's contentious relationship with the media, particularly how his dismissal of critical journalism undermines democratic accountability.
  • Cognitive and Rhetorical Analysis:
  • Meiselas emphasizes the implications of Trump's cognitive decline on his capacity to govern effectively, raising concerns about his mental fitness for office.
  • Political Rhetoric:
  • The episode illustrates how Trump's rhetoric can stoke international tensions, particularly with statements regarding Colombia and Ukraine, which may have far-reaching consequences.

Conclusion The MeidasTouch Podcast episode critically examines the troubling behavior and statements made by Donald Trump during a recent press conference. By interweaving humor with serious political analysis, Ben Meiselas and his brothers provide a unique take on the current political climate and the challenges facing democracy. The episode serves as a reminder of the importance of accountability in leadership and the need for informed public discourse.

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0:00What in the world just happened? Donald Trump just threw a tantrum in the White House when he was holding a press conference with business leaders and he was asked a question about. So why is Pete Hegseth not releasing the video footage of that strike on the survivors of the September 2nd boat strike? Why isn't that being released when you said it would be released? Donald Trump, watch what happens. He just like runs out of the room. He's like, enough questions. Here, let's play this clip. You know, you work for the Democrats, don't you? You're basically an arm of the Democrat Party. Thank you very much, everybody.

0:35I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you very much.

0:42Now, I'll get to more of that in a moment, but you can see Donald Trump cognitively declining during this press conference. And when he referred to the chairman of the Federal Reserve, he called him a fed head, bed head, chair bed. He doesn't even know what words are coming out of his freaking mouth at this point. Here, play this clip. Three and four. We're scheduled to be at four percent, which is pretty amazing because we have a, you know, dead head, fed, fed hair. I mean, this guy, the head of the Federal Reserve is a stiff. Right now, let me show you the full clip right here of when Donald Trump was asked about why Hegseth is not releasing the video footage of what happened with that boat strike on September 2nd when these survivors were killed in a war crime.

1:25Hegseth and Trump have released all these death videos of all of these strikes. About 100 people have been killed. So why aren't you releasing this? You're saying you're studying something? Just show the people. Stop covering that up. Stop covering up the Epstein files. Stop covering up your medical records. Everything's a damn cover-up. Here, play this clip.

2:08I mean, the people that you work for, the Democrats. You know you work for the Democrats, don't you? You're basically an arm of the Democrat Party. Thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you very much.

2:26Next, Donald Trump says that 6G makes cameras look at your skin closer. Dude, what is this guy saying? Here, play this clip. So we're into 6G now. I just I was I was a leader on 5g getting that and now they're up to six What does that do give you a little bit deeper view into somebody's skin? I like the cameras the old days So they just had a nice feature now they cover every little let's see Michael you're in good shape But I tell you So the six is coming, huh? It's coming. Does it ever end? And what happens? You'll be into seven, right? Before six gets old, you'll be into seven. Anybody have anything else to say?

3:14Anybody? Then Donald Trump threatens the president of Columbia and says, you're next, because the president of Columbia is saying, stop killing innocent Colombians and stop putting tariffs on South America. What are you even talking about? I mean, this is where the United States is just under Donald Trump has become absolutely horrific. Here play this clip. No, I haven't really thought too much about him. He's been fairly hostile to the United States. I haven't given him a lot of thought. He's going to have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up. Colombia is producing a lot of drugs. They have cocaine factories that they make cocaine, as you know, and they sell it right into the United States.

3:59So he better wise up or he'll be next. He'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's going to be next. Then the con artist, the fraudster, the sexual abuser. Yes, Donald Trump. He says that our GDP is going to be increased to about 25%. Here, play this clip. And we're going to go back to the old days. When we announced great results, it doesn't mean we're going to raise interest rates and try and kill it. It means that instead of 4 % GDP or 3%, which I said so wonderful, 3%, it should be able to be 20 % or 25%. I don't know why it can't be. You shouldn't kill it. Folks, I want to remind you we're under attack by this Trump regime.

4:42They want to shut this YouTube channel down. Double check that you're subscribed right now. Just check, make sure you are. If you're not subscribed, hit subscribe. You may think you're subscribed, but double check and subscribe. Donald Trump next says that we've inherited high prices, but we're bringing them down rapidly and everything's affordable right now. Actually, inflation was heading down. We had an economy that was the envy of the world. We had 16 million jobs that were created. Now we have a 54 percent increase in job losses. We have inflation surging and this Trump regime has destroyed the American economy.

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7:17Just shut up, you traitorous piece of crap. When he says things like this, it just makes me so livid. Yeah, Russia, Russia, Russia. You're beholden to Russia. You're Putin's bootlicker. It's despicable what you've turned the United States into. What a pathetic... Anyway, you play this clip. Are you talking about with Zelensky or with them? With Zelensky and us. And you said in an interview yesterday that you think it's time for Zelensky to start accepting things. What things are you talking about? I think he has to be realistic. And I do wonder about, you know, how long is it going to be till they have an election?

7:54It's democracy. It's a long time. They haven't had an election in a long time. It's losing a lot of people. And it's possible that the people, you know, if you look at the polls, I will say 82 % there was a poll came out. 82 % of the people are demanding a settlement be made. Ukrainian people, they want to see a settlement be made. I understand that they're losing thousands and thousands of people a week. They want to see it ended. And I do say, you know, at what point, when do they have an election in Ukraine? That's not casting dispersions on anybody, but they do have a massive corruption situation going on there.

8:36And they do say, you know, when are they? People are asking this question. When do they have an election? Are they going to have an election? Or are they going to just keep it going like this? So I think it's time to get that war settled. And I think it's a war that can be settled. but it takes two to tango. Next, Donald Trump says that the event last night in Pennsylvania at that banquet hall at the Mount Airy Casino and Resort where there was 200 people, he was like, oh, it's such a great event. Thousands of people lined up outside the casino. Here, play this clip. Good to see you, Mr. President.

9:16I can follow up on the event last night in Pennsylvania. Huge crowd turned out there. I think it seemed like rally Trump was in prime condition last night. You enjoyed it. Just give me your thoughts on that. Then I do have a question on the gold card. Last night was amazing in Pennsylvania. We had a tremendous crowd. It was like freezing. And the people, the thousands of people in the sidewalk trying to get in on the streets. It was an amazing evening, actually. And I think people really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. You could tell that. I could tell that you enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. And I realized, well, you know, it's easy to enjoy when you do a good job.

9:50And, you know, when you can talk about things in a very positive way, it's hard not to say. We have images so you can see it was like a few hundred people. Maybe it was 200 people. A very small venue at a wedding banquet hall. But sure, Donald, people were lined up to see. OK, Donald. Then Donald Trump is asked about the Venezuelan oil tanker that the United States just seized. So the U.S. just seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. the military, along with the Department of Justice, sees this. So Trump's asked, well, what are you going to do with the oil on it? Trump's like, we're just going to take it because that's what America does now.

10:27Apparently, we just steal oil and we, you know, are under Trump, really no different than Putin in North Korea. Here, play this clip. It's unfortunate what happened. I mean, I know exactly what happened. It got it started a little bit, but we'll see if we can put it out. We're interested in the seizure of this tanker. Well, what happens to the oil on this ship? Well, we keep it, I guess. Where does it go? What does it go to? Well, you have to follow the tanker. You know, you're a good newsman. Just follow the tanker. Do you know where we're going? Follow it. Get a helicopter and follow the tanker.

10:59Is it sure it's going to keep it? But we're gonna, I guess soon we're gonna keep the oil. Next, Donald Trump says that he thinks that the election's about the border, not about affordability. Here play this clip. They never discuss it. They just say the election's about affordability. Well, it may very well be. I think it's also about still the board. You have to remember the job. You know, the sad thing is for seven months, we've had no people come through our border. Nobody can even believe it. And then Donald Trump is asked, well, what would you like to see happen to CNN if there is a sale of Warner Brothers?

11:33So you know the story, right? Netflix made a bid to acquire Warner Brothers. CNN is owned by Warner Brothers. And you have Paramount, which is owned by a very Trump supporting family. And they've made a hostile bid to acquire Warner Brothers. And so Trump's basically saying that he's going to steer the sail to whoever is going to destroy CNN, because that's what Putin would do. Here, play this clip. I think CNN should be so, because I think the people that are running CNN right now, CNN right now, are either corrupt or incompetent. And that may not be a factor in decision making, because you know we've got some...

12:11Well, in my mind, but I can be talked out of that by some very talented people that we have, antitrust people. But I just think that the people that have run CNN into the ground, by the way, nobody watches, very few people watch. I don't think they should be entrusted with running CNN any longer. So I think any deal should it should be guaranteed and certain that CNN is part of it or sold separately. But I don't think the people that are running that company right now and running CNN, which is a very dishonest group of people. I don't think that should be allowed to continue. I think CNN should be sold along with everything else.

12:52Then Howard Lutnick brags about the gold card, that they've got their gold card, because everything's for sale now in the United States of America. Here, play this clip. Howard, maybe you'll give a little description of the Trump gold card, please. Sure. So for an individual, it's$1 million. And for a corporation, it's$2 million. And as the president said, for a corporation, they spent$2 million. They can then have an employee. Full betting, the best betting the government has ever done. $15 ,000 betting. Utterly despicable. Tell me what you think. A reminder, hit subscribe and help us get to 6 million.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump running away from the press in the White House after a press conference went off the rails quickly when he was asked about the release of the war crimes video that he and Hegseth are hiding.

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