In short
Criticism of Donald Trump’s behavior during a “presidential fitness test” event in the Oval Office, arguing he used children as props and made inappropriate remarks.
Guests
No named guests appear in the provided transcript; the episode features commentary by the host and includes audio clips from public figures (e.g., Obama, RFK Jr., Linda McMahon, Gary Player references).
Key claims
Trump mocked a young girl’s height and steered her from volleyball to soccer; called Obama “Barack Hussein”; claimed elections were rigged; attacked transgender people in powerlifting; made Iran-related threats (“cry uncle”); made odd noises and stuck out his tongue; discussed killing protesters/snipers; fell asleep during McMahon’s remarks; later compared himself to/mentioned Gary Player and wished Iran’s financial system would fail.
Notable examples
Trump’s “dance with me”/YMCA-style interaction with children; contrast with Obama and “Mom Donnie” interacting warmly with kids singing “Wheels on the Bus.”
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
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2:52 to 4:47
Analyze Donald Trump's unsettling interaction with children during a fitness test announcement.
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Trump's Controversial Remarks
4:47 to 14:02
Examine Trump's remarks to children, from mocking to political statements.
“Donald Trump's behavior moments ago was so deeply disturbing with these little kids.”
Obesity and Trump's Fitness Initiatives
14:02 to 15:36
Discussion on obesity rates and Trump's approach to physical fitness.
“70 % of adults are obese or overweight, and 77 % of our children cannot qualify for military service.”
Cringe Moment with Trump and Kids
15:37 to 16:41
Analysis of a cringe-worthy moment where Trump interacts awkwardly with children.
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Contrasting Trump with Obama
16:41 to 19:12
Contrasting Trump's interaction with children to Obama’s approach.
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Trump's Controversial High School Remarks
19:12 to 22:34
Discussion of Trump's controversial comments made during a high school speech.
“to say, what are these interactions supposed to look like so we can get back to like being normal?”
Obama's Take on Trump's Behavior
22:34 to 24:29
Obama's insights on Trump's behavior and its impact on American values.
“Former President Obama saying this is an interview he did with my buddy, Brian Tyler Cohen.”
Transcript
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4:37Ben Meiselas:That's growtherapy.com slash book now. growtherapy.com slash book now. Availability and coverage vary by state and insurance plan. Donald Trump just scared a group of little kids in the Oval Office. Donald Trump's behavior moments ago was so deeply disturbing with these little kids. We should not normalize it. It is so critical that we call it out. These kids were used by Donald Trump as props to announce the fact that he's doing a presidential fitness test day once again. And so he used these children as props. And then Donald Trump's interaction with these children was so disturbing. There are so many red flags here.
5:22Ben Meiselas:And frankly, I don't even know why there are kids this age or kids at all in the Oval Office, given that Donald Trump right now is currently covering up a child sex trafficking ring. And this needs to be called out. I know corporate news isn't going to call it out. So we will call it out here on the Midas Touch Network strongly and with moral clarity. So here, Donald Trump mocks a little girl for being short. He crushes her ambitions of wanting to play volleyball and tells her, you'd probably be better off playing soccer. Here play this clip. How about you? What sport did you play? I play volleyball and then this summer I'm trying to get into soccer.
6:04Wow. Wow. And with your height, do you smash the ball, the volleyball? No. Can you get a part? Can you jump high? Not very. Soccer might be better. I'm just looking to think she'd be a great soccer player.
6:20Ben Meiselas:Then in front of these little kids, Donald Trump starts calling former President Obama, Barack Hussein. And he turns to these kids in quite a creepy manner, very creepy. And he's like, have you heard of Barack Hussein? You know, Hussein? Here, play this clip. Each other in the presidential fitness test, but others. And then we had the Obama administration. Wonderful, wonderful person. Barack Hussein, Obama. Have you heard of him? And we had the Obama administration, which phased out this wonderful tradition of physical fitness. Thank you, Barack. Very much. Great job. Then Donald Trump starts telling the kids that the election was rigged and that we have rigged elections in the United States.
7:05Ben Meiselas:Let's play this clip. And unfortunately, bad things happened. It was a rigged election. And I said, well, I'll do it again. I had the ultimate poll. I did so well. and I had the ultimate fall and we won in a landslide. Then he speaks to a young boy who talks about how he wants to be a weightlifter. And then Donald Trump uses this opportunity to attack the transgender community and says, you'll never compete against women in powerlifting. You understand? You'll never compete against women. This is how you're behaving in front of little children. Here, play this clip. What about you? Look at this guy.
7:42He's a big guy. I'm doing football right now and next year I'm going to be trying to do powerlifting. Oh, wow. All right, let's go. Wow. That's awesome. And you'll never compete against women in powerlifting. That's right. Did you see that they had a man powerlifter? He decided to go the opposite direction. Took a record. Stood for 18 years. He beat it by 119 pounds. Okay. They put a little quarter of a nut, quarter of a nut. 18 years This guy came He was a failed powerlifter But he went on the other side And he decided that he wanted to go into women's sports And he broke the record by 118 pounds I think that's fair?
8:26I don't think we'll have to worry about you You're going to do good Are you a strong person? You think you can take me in a fight? I think That would be embarrassing
8:42Ben Meiselas:Then in front of these kids, Donald Trump says that he's going to make Iran cry uncle. You're going to cry uncle, right? That's what they say. Here, play this clip. They need, they should wave the white flag, the white flag of surrender. In hockey, they say uncle, right? When are they going to, when are they going to cry uncle? But, but, But, and they have another expression, if this were a fight, they would stop it. But you know, we have to go out and we have to do it. And it's, it's very sad, it's very sad to see even shooting the - Then Donald Trump started making weird noises and then stuck his tongue out at the children.
9:24Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip. Almost like, oh, I'm just, la la la. They're very smart. Then again, surrounded by kids, Donald Trump says, we don't really want to go in and kill people. It's tough. You know, I have a lot of Iranian friends. I don't want to kill these people. Let's show you this clip right here. They can't pay their soldiers. The money is worthless. No, they should do the smart thing. You know, they should do the smart thing. And because we don't want to go in and kill people, really. I don't want to. I don't want to. It's too tough. Great people. I know the people. I have so many Iranian friends from New York and from other places over the years.
10:03They're great people. I don't want to kill those. He's got a president in the United States.
10:09Ben Meiselas:Then you have Donald Trump falling asleep when Linda McMahon, who I do not like at all, would be an understatement. But Linda McMahon's at least, I think, trying to stick with the script here of saying you need to eat well and you need to exercise. Okay, again, I disagree with everything in general that she says, and she's such a phony, but she's talking about eating well and exercising, right? That's nothing to disagree with there. And Trump can't stand it. And he just starts falling asleep and closing his eyes. Let's play this clip. Look at Pete, that's what you said, Pete. All of us are saying the same thing, but let's not forget, it's about also a sound mind and a sound body.
10:47In order to have a sound mind, you do have to eat well, you do have to exercise, you do have to train, and you do have to be fit to do that. And And if we all are, we are the best of who we can be. So I encourage.
10:59Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump says, all right, I got to go speak again. And then he starts talking about people being shot between the eyes and snipers, murdering people. This is what he's talking about in front of the kids. Let's play it. They don't have any guns. So you could have 200 ,000 people protesting and have five or six sick people with guns. And when they start shooting them right between the eyes and you see a guy fall and another one fall and you have no guns. very few people would be able to stand there and do it. I mean, I understand. I tell them not to. Don't forget, they killed 42 ,000 people last month.
11:3442 ,000 unarmed protesters. They had no guns. So they had a 250 ,000 people crowd. And they had snipers. They had like four or five snipers in buildings up high. And you're standing there and all of a sudden the guy on your left goes down. than somebody. That's what happened with a woman protest. They had 200 ,000 women protesting a year ago. And everyone thought that was the end of Iran. And then all of a sudden, a woman dropped dead with a bullet right there, always right there. Then another woman dropped. And then the word started to spread. And then there was panic. And then they ran. And, you know, I don't want that to happen.
12:18We don't need that. You know, we don't need it. But the only reason they're not, they want to protest so badly, but they don't have weapons.
12:25Ben Meiselas:Then he starts ranting about Gary Player, the golfer who's there, and he just says, you know, he's one of the best, one of the best. Let's play this clip. Gary Player is an example. He won 168 tournaments over a very average career. You know, think of it. He won 168 tournaments, 18 majors, nine and nine senior. He has more championships than anybody, national championships than anybody. And I played with him. He just, he's very proud of it, actually. Played with him on his 90th birthday. He very easily won a tough course from 6 ,800 yards. He very easily shot a 70. And it was the easiest 70. And normally, if you shoot a 70 and you're 90, you'd run around I'm so excited.
13:14Gary's like, all right, let's have a little lunch. He's the most unexcited year of the year. Because he's been doing it all his life. He's been winning the top three in history. My opinion, I don't think it's my opinion. Just based on the record, Gary is top three. Jack and Tiger and Gary. Greatest golfer. So thanks for being here.
13:34Ben Meiselas:He then says he wishes that Iran's financial system fails. I'll show you this clip. I guess so, because we're making it fail, right? Is that what it takes? I hope it fails. Is that right? You know why? Because I want to win. Well, no, it takes getting pounded on by the military, I think, for more. But in addition to that, there. Then RFK Jr. starts talking and then Donald Trump falls asleep there as RFK is talking about 70 percent of adults are obese. Here, play this clip. 70 % of adults are obese or overweight, and 77 % of our children cannot qualify for military service. And that should be an eye-opener for all of us.
14:17And I'm so grateful to President Trump for his leadership and his vision of reinstituting the physical fitness test and challenging Americans to compete with each other in a friendly, congenial way and to help each other get in shape so that we can prepare for a great future that this administration is going to provide for this country.
14:42Ben Meiselas:Then thereafter, Donald Trump goes outside, and I'll just show you the B-roll of it right here, where it's a full-blown cringe fest. Donald Trump is then with these kids who are visiting the White House. These people look a little bit older, look like they're teenagers outside. They're little children in the Oval office. And then he starts doing that weird, like he just starts dancing in front of them. And he's like, dance with me. I want you all, will you all dance with me? And he does his like creepy YMCA dance that he does. And he makes them dance with him. I just want to also point out that before Donald Trump arrived to the White House, I'll just show you right here though, because there's so many things unwell with this individual at so many levels.
15:26Ben Meiselas:He can't walk in a straight line. I just want to point this out. I mean, run the B-roll of him leaving Marine One before he got to the White House. I just think it's an important thing to note. Before continuing, one quick PSA for the Midas Mighty when it comes to Medicare. Most Medicare agents push Medicare Advantage plans even when they're not right for you because they make more money doing it. That's why we strongly recommend you do what thousands in our audience have already done. Speak with chapter, please. They don't just share the amazing benefits of Medicare Advantage. They explain the pros and cons of all your Medicare options.
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17:53Ben Meiselas:They're not crushing the dreams of these little kids and saying that they shouldn't play the sports or talking about elections being rigged. Here's Obama saying, who thinks that Mamdami is a great singer? Here, play this clip.
18:15Ben Meiselas:Can I ask, did everybody think that, like, Mondani was the best singer? Yeah, Mondani's the best singer. You can't just be nice. Mondani is the best in the world.
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18:46Ben Meiselas:And you can see the actual love and empathy in the room as Obama and the children are joking and having fun. And the child's like, who's my name? What's your name? This is a healthy interaction with children. I think it's important because corporate news is never even going to cover what the heck just went down in the Oval Office with Donald Trump. And I think we need to to say, what are these interactions supposed to look like so we can get back to like being normal? Here, play this clip. I already know who you are. I already know who you are. You're in New York City. This is the mayor's number of cities.
19:29I know your name.
19:34Ben Meiselas:You know my name? Yeah, I know your name.
19:39Ben Meiselas:What's his first name? Mary McLoan. His first name is Mary Mary. That's his name is Mary. And just to remind you, I mean, Donald Trump's other visits, whether he's at high schools, like what this guy does that corporate news doesn't talk about. So when Donald Trump spoke at a high school in Iowa during the campaign, Donald Trump told the book. He's in a high school in Iowa. And part of Donald Trump's campaign is that he doesn't like getting urinated on by prostitutes. And he says, I'm not into golden showers. He brings it up on his own. He goes, I'm not into golden showers. I don't like it. And I'm a germaphobe.
20:24Ben Meiselas:So my wife knows I don't like getting urinated on by prostitutes. This is what he says at a high school. Play this clip. He was with four hookers. You think that was good that night to go up and tell my wife it's not true, darling. I love you very much. It's not true. Actually, that one she didn't believe because she said he's a germaphobe. He's not into that, you know.
20:49He's not into golden showers as they say they call it. He's not. I don't like that idea. no i didn't i thought that would be a big problem i was gonna have a rough night but
21:01Ben Meiselas:that one she was very good on she said and then when donald trump was speaking on the campaign is just what we all see when i'm trying to bring up all of these red flags before and people oh might as touch you're being hyperbolic why do you why do you not like this guy oh what are you doing remember all that remember all that discourse back then well here was donald trump with the young Republicans, high school students into college, but young Republicans, right? In New York. And Trump's speech to the young Republicans is that the high school students, that the most courageous thing he did was say he grabs women by their vagina.
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21:39Ben Meiselas:He says, I grab them by their genitals. And when you're a star, you get away with it. And he said the most courageous thing he did is when he referred to that, when it became public as locker room talk. And Trump said all of the generals, this general, powerful general who saw men die in war, he went to me and he said, Donald, when you called that locker room talk, I've never seen a man so courageous as you. This is the Donald Trump speech to children. Play this clip. But I went on to that stage just a few days later. and a general who's a fantastic general actually said to me, sir, I've been on the battlefield.
22:20Men have gone down on my left and on my right. I stood on hills where soldiers were killed. But I believe the bravest thing I've ever seen was the night you went onto that stage with Hillary Clinton after what happened. And then that woman asked you the first question about it. And I said, locker room talk. It's locker room talk. What the hell? What are you talking? Like a rooftop. That was not a great.
22:50Ben Meiselas:And I'll leave you with this. Former President Obama saying this is an interview he did with my buddy, Brian Tyler Cohen. And I very much agree with what Obama says here that. I think the vast majority of Americans look at Trump's behavior and are disgusted with it. But it's important that we speak with moral clarity about it and we don't normalize this damn behavior. Here's what Obama said. Let's play it. The majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling. You know, it is true that it gets attention. It's true that it's a distraction. But, you know, as I'm traveling around the country, as you're traveling around the country, you meet people.
23:39Ben Meiselas:they still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness. And there's this sort of clown show that's happening in social media and on television. And what is true is that there doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? So that's been lost. But the reason I point out that I don't think the majority of the American people approve of this is because ultimately the answer is going to come from the American people. There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. hit subscribe.
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