Trump Crumbles in AM as Bombs Go Off

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1:05Ben Meiselas:The Middle East is on fire, folks. That right there was an explosion at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Israel airstrikes hit the presidential palace right there, citing concerns about the Druze minority in the south. There is a massive, massive conflict going on in Syria right now. This follows Donald Trump meeting with the interim leader of Syria and saying he's a real tough guy with a real shot of stabilizing Syria. That's when Donald Trump met with that interim president of Syria back in May. And the president of Syria promised Donald Trump a new hotel in Damascus. Turning to domestic news right now, Donald Trump is attacking his own supporters this morning.

1:52Ben Meiselas:He has referred to his supporters over the past 24 hours as really bad people, weaklings, and past supporters. He basically says they're idiots for caring about the Jeffrey Epstein hoax. Here's specifically what Donald Trump posted moments ago. He goes, the radical left Democrats have hit pay dirt again. Just like with the fake and fully discredited steel dossier the lying 51 intelligence agents the laptop from hell which the dem swore had come from russia noah came from hunter biden's bathroom and even the russia russia russia russia scam itself a totally fake and made-up story used in order to hide crooked hillary clinton's big loss and the 26th presidential election wow wow these scams and hoaxes are all the democrats are good at and it's all they have they are no good at governing no good at policy and no good at picking winning candidates.

2:42Ben Meiselas:Also, unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue. Their new scam is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein hoax. And my past supporters have bought into this bullshit hook, line and sinker. They haven't learned their lesson and probably never will. Even after being conned by the lunatic left for eight long years, I have had more success in six months than perhaps any president in our country's history. And all these people want to talk about with strong prodding by the fake news and the success star Dems is the Jeffrey Epstein hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work.

3:23Ben Meiselas:Don't even think about talking of our credible and unprecedented success because I don't want their support anymore. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Make America great again, exclamation point. So I just want to set the scene for you. We've been reporting how Donald Trump has been physically decomposing. I mean, his body literally looks like it's falling apart. You take a look at his hands, you know, his face lately. He's there posting that he no longer even wants his supporters to support him anymore if they believe that the Jeffrey Epstein list and the Jeffrey Epstein files are real.

3:59Ben Meiselas:He says that everything Epstein is a total hoax. And he He basically says that his own supporters are weak for believing that the Epstein files should be released. That's Donald Trump's FU with his decomposing hand to his supporters this morning. One of Donald Trump's hatchet men, a guy by the name of Mike Davis, then doubles down. He takes Donald Trump's message and he's like, get the hell out. Get the hell out of the cult right now. You don't belong here if you believe that Epstein was real. If you think that Epstein was involved in sex trafficking, you don't belong in the MAGA cult anymore.

4:37Ben Meiselas:Here's what Mike Davis lawyer says. Let's be crystal clear. MAGA influencers do not have a power base separate from Trump. Their power is derivative of Trump. Trump isn't running for reelection. They need Trump a hell of a lot more than he needs them. I'll stay home in the next election. Go for it. Go for it. That's the threat to the cult right there. Now, in terms of how people perceive Donald Trump's cover up of the Epstein files, the Epstein list and all of the investigations relating to Epstein sex trafficking, which, by the way, Donald Trump was very close to Epstein. I've laid out their connections in detail.

5:15Ben Meiselas:Mar-a-Lago was used as one of the grounds for finding the girls to sex traffic. It's undisputed that that's the truth. Here is how the latest CNN poll finds Americans support or non-support for the cover up. I'll give you the hint. Only 3 % of Americans are satisfied with the way this is being handled. Let's play it. There's a new CNN poll that's just out. How's the controversy impacting the president's support? Yeah, I would say that the word is dissatisfied. That is how Americans feel in terms of the releases so far. The Epstein case, take a look here. Epstein case, amount of info release. The winner here, 50 % dissatisfied.

5:56Doesn't matter. 29%, not heard enough 17%. But look at the bottom of your screen. The percentage that are satisfied is just 3%. That's one. That's two. That is just 3%. I feel like the count on Sesame.

6:08Ben Meiselas:Now, one of the videos that we're seeing as well from this past weekend that's coming out now. So not only did Donald Trump steal the FIFA World Club club trophy and bring it to the Oval Office. So Chelsea Football club got a replica. Not only did Donald Trump refuse to leave the stage, he stole, he pickpocketed and stole one of the medals for the players. And he puts it in his pocket and you'll see how uncomfortable the head of FIFA is here. Donald Trump's a criminal. He's a felon. He can't help him. So all he does is steal stuff like, and, and engage in crimes like every day. Like he, He has an uncontrollable urge to commit crimes.

6:53Ben Meiselas:Here, just watch it before your eyes as he literally steals the medal. And the head of FIFA is looking at him like, what are you doing? Behave like an adult here. Play this clip.

7:12Ben Meiselas:Now, this morning, there are congressional hearings taking place. You have Transportation Secretary Duffy testifying before the House of Representatives. And once again, he admits that he has no clue how many air traffic controllers have left the FAA since January 20th. Roll tape. I'll ask you now, can you tell this committee how many air traffic controllers have left the FAA since January 20th of 2025? I don't. Please don't tell me you don't know. Oh, I don't know. I don't I don't know that. But what I can tell you is that we've been an important job. It's such. Well, Congressman, I would say that we have new controllers that come in every month and controllers are eligible for retirement.

7:56So they're trying to tell us that you don't know how many air traffic controllers are in the building and how many have left the building. How many are getting ready to come into the building? They're not in the building. They're in towers. Well, I'm just speaking figuratively. So what I can tell you is what I've done to keep those controllers from retiring. We're not the age of retirement. And 56 is the age of retirement, but a lot of them can retire at 50, 51. We're asking them to stay. The weather is heating up and your nighttime bedroom temperature has a huge impact on your sleep quality. If you wake up too hot or too cold, I highly recommend that you check out Miracle Maid's bedsheets.

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10:21Ben Meiselas:I started off this video by showing you some international news with the presidential palace in Damascus being hit by Israeli airstrikes based on a conflict between the government and jihadists and the Druze minority in the south. The world's on fire in general right now. I mean, Donald Trump said he would bring peace to Ukraine in 24 hours. Of course, that didn't happen. Then earlier this week, Donald Trump said, all right, I'm super thereal right now. I'm super thereal when it comes to Vladimir Putin. It's a South Park reference. And Donald Trump says, I'm going to give Vladimir Putin 50 more days.

11:02Ben Meiselas:I went from two weeks back in April. I'm going to give you 50 days and then I'm going to consider some secondary sanctions. Vladimir Putin unfazed, as Reuters reports, Putin unfazed by Trump will fight on and could take more of Ukraine, As I've previously reported back on July 3rd, Putin said he would need 60 days to be able to complete a successful summer offensive. So you add the amount of days when Donald Trump announced 50 days. He basically gave Putin 60 days plus one, 61 days. He gave Putin everything that he wanted in order to complete the summer offensive. That's why Donald Trump picked 50 days.

11:39Ben Meiselas:As my friend Carl Quintanilla writes, Vladimir, stop. Please don't do that, Vladimir. Please don't do that. Then you have Lindsey Graham try to be the tough guy, which makes this extra embarrassing. Lindsey Graham's like, call the Ayatollah, Putin. Call the Ayatollah. If Russian President Vladimir Putin and others are wondering what happens on day 51, I would suggest they call the Ayatollah. What, you think that Donald Trump's going to bomb the nuclear facilities in Russia? That's what you think, Lindsey Graham? He's too afraid to even put on sanctions. He's too afraid to say anything mean about Putin.

12:12Ben Meiselas:He's terrified of Putin. Going from international affairs, let's talk about the economy. The Trump effect is starting to show up in the economy. I think it was actually before. The Wall Street Journal reports new data reflects that the tariffs and immigration policies are boosting inflation and weighing on jobs. Duh, we knew that before. Just because Donald Trump says$1.98 a gallon, don't make it so. We know when we go into stores that things are more expensive. It's obvious to us. We know things are not cheaper. We know housing is not more affordable. But yes, it's showing up in the data right now.

12:48Ben Meiselas:And as Donald Trump looks weaker, Europe talks tougher. Europe is saying, all right, Donald, you're threatening us. We're going to have some new measures to retaliate against the United States. These can include new taxes on U.S. tech, targeted curbs on U.S. investments in the EU. They could also involve limited access to the EU market or restricting U.S. firms from bidding for public contracts. By the way, do you all see what's happening here as well? So the countries throughout the world that Donald Trump declared this trade war against as well, they've basically bought time as Donald Trump has taco, Trump always chickens out, to form the alliances with each other in order to basically checkmate the United States.

13:29Ben Meiselas:By the way, China's economy, their GDP grew almost 6 % last quarter. I mean, China's booming right now. They're doing better because they've found more trade partners throughout the world of people who are turning away from the United States. So this has been a huge boom to China. America is suffering. And now Canada, Australia, European Union, they're all working with each other. Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico. Mexico, Scheinbaum just talked to Carney. They're just figuring this out. OK, how do we cut out the U.S.? Let's buy time. He's got this stupid letter where he's going to, OK, I'm going to impose new tariffs in August.

14:08Ben Meiselas:Let's just move beyond the United States. So that's what's taking place. And by the way, what foreign leaders are understanding right now as, you know, Prime Minister Ashiba in Japan's learning as they head to their upper house chamber election coming up. And as we saw in Australia, as we saw in Canada, leaders who stand up to Donald Trump are rewarded. OK, their approval goes up. The weak leaders have their approval hurt. I think that's frankly where, you know, Keir Starmer is struggling a little bit because when he sucks up to Donald Trump, you know, Keir Starmer, I think, is doing great with Ukraine.

14:42Ben Meiselas:The Trump stuff is just a little bit haphazard. And I think it comes off a little weak there. But take a look at what happened in Brazil. In Brazil, Lula's approval rating rose significantly after Trump threatens tariffs. People are rallying around Lula, the leader of Brazil. Speaking of the American economy, the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.03%, the highest level since May 29th, again, showing a lack of confidence in the United States markets. And how could you have confidence in the markets? It's like here was Donald Trump when he was asked yesterday on the tarmac at the Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, are you going to release like you claim that there's a deal with Vietnam and Indonesia now in the UK?

15:28Ben Meiselas:Are you going to release any of these deals? Like, can we see them so we know what's so the business community knows what you agree to? Because usually when there's a deal, it's in writing and we see them like that's what always happens. And Donald Trump's like, no, why would I show them to you? Why would I show you the deals? Because he hasn't made any deals, zero deals. Trade deals are complex documents, 500 pages at least, but usually thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of pages. They could be very long. They detail every aspect of the trade arrangement. Trump isn't making deals. He's making fraud and he is trying to get buildings for himself.

16:06Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip. Sir, are you planning to release short details in Vietnam to sign a deal? Is there going to be a paperwork release from public? Well, I might. I don't think it matters how much you release of the deal. We have a Vietnam deal, and I would say that that deal is being pretty well set, pretty well set. Again, that's an opening of their country. They've opened it up. Just so you know, these were closed countries. They were wonderful people, wonderful leaders, very strong, smart leaders. but their countries were closed to us, but our country wasn't closed to them. And so I said, you got to open up your country.

16:43So we're going to see. But the Vietnam deal, we may open it. I mean, I don't know. I can't tell you. Is it necessary? No. Yeah, I don't think so.

16:53Ben Meiselas:And finally, you had Kristi Noem on News Nation be clowning herself here. Play this clip. If in Arkansas, they had to, Sarah Sanders had to send letters and the delegation there had to send letters. As you think about remaking FEMA, how can you assure, Secretary, that when disaster strikes, that the states are not going to be begging for help? Well, the president's vision for FEMA is that we would empower states to be able to respond to their constituents much more than what FEMA has done in the past. And so I think you've seen how he's already changing FEMA to the latter. And here she is one more time.

17:30Let's play it. I would encourage everybody, though, in this, if people are here in this country illegally, go home. I mean, the law is the law and we are upholding the law. And the president is very clear that he doesn't believe that the law should apply to some people and not to others and that there should be consequences for some people and not for others. They have the opportunity right now to self-deport.

17:53Ben Meiselas:There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to six million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Check out our new Truth Over Lies collection at store.midastouch.com. All 100 % USA union made.

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