Trump Finally Buries Himself…

10 Sep 2026 · 22 min · 13 chapters

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In short

The host argues Donald Trump is lying and defrauding Americans, using examples about gas/energy prices, ending wars after elections, and promised cash “dividends,” plus criticism of Republican allies and officials (e.g., Rick Scott, JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Besant). He also briefly promotes DraftKings.

Guest backgrounds

No guests are interviewed or named; the episode is a monologue by Dave Portnoy.

Key claims

Trump says gas/oil prices will drop only after the election and claims wars will end “immediately after” elections; he would call Iran’s leader “Supreme Leader” if Iran had nuclear weapons; Trump promises $5,000 “Trump dividend” checks but the host claims past promises (Doge dividend, $2,000 rebates) never materialized; the host alleges fraud and incompetence by Republicans and criticizes Treasury bond-buyback/yield moves.

Notable examples

Trump’s “Supreme Leader” quote; “$5,000 dividend” promise; 2025 email about “$5,000 Doge dividend checks”; Fox “fact-check” mention of prior $2,000 tariff rebates; claims about Ukraine ending in 24 hours; Rick Scott’s alleged Medicare/Medicaid fraud history.

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Trump's Fatal Admissions on Gas Prices

0:00 to 0:27

Discussing Trump's comments on gas prices and their implications around the election.

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Trump's Fatal Admissions on Gas Prices

0:33 to 0:55

Discussing Trump's comments on gas prices and their implications around the election.

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Trump's Fatal Admissions on Gas Prices

1:00 to 2:12

Discussing Trump's comments on gas prices and their implications around the election.

“He says gas prices are going to go down, but you got to wait until after the election.”

War Predictions and Trump's Speech

2:15 to 3:52

Examining Trump's statements regarding the end of the war and his approach towards Iran.

“A nuclear weapon right now, and I would be addressing them as Supreme Leader.”

The $5,000 Dividend Promise

3:55 to 5:48

Analyzing Trump's $5,000 dividend promise and the reality behind it.

“so-called representatives a message they won't be able to ignore.”

False Promises of Cash Payments

5:50 to 7:40

A discussion on previous cash payment promises made by Trump and their outcomes.

“I could be the greatest communist in history.”

Energy Price Declarations

7:41 to 9:24

Reviewing Trump's claims about cutting energy prices and their feasibility.

“But after court challenges to the tariffs themselves, those$2 ,000 checks so far have not materialized.”

The Reality of MAGA Politics

9:25 to 11:28

Critiquing the actions and narratives of MAGA Republicans and their effects on Americans.

“And you know what happens when you get the hustle, right?”

Wrap-Up on Trump's Leadership

11:29 to 14:00

A closing opinion on Trump's leadership style and its implications for voters.

“They're covering up child sex trafficking rings.”

Critique of Treasury Secretary Besson

14:00 to 14:58

Discussing the performance and failures of Treasury Secretary Besson.

“Do we want to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon or short-term deal with gas prices?”
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Trump's Promises on the Ukraine War

14:59 to 16:48

Analyzing Trump's claims about ending the Ukraine war within 24 hours.

“From a president who couldn't stay awake to a president who refuses to sleep.”

Global Tensions and U.S. Weakness

16:49 to 18:08

Exploring international conflicts and the perceived weakness of the U.S.

“It really has to be done from the office of the president.”

Trumpapalooza Event Highlights

18:09 to 18:58

Recounting the atmosphere and key moments from a Trumpapalooza event.

“Fox giving the mic to this Trumpapalooza attendee who suggests that James Tallarico is trans.”
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1:00Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump making fatal admissions. He says gas prices are going to go down, but you got to wait until after the election. Here's what he said yesterday. Play this clip. Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward. Then Donald Trump made another fatal admission. Well, the war may end, but not anytime soon. after the election. That's when the war is going to end because then it'll just magically stop. Here, play this clip. I think the war is going to end immediately after the election. I think the war will end immediately after the election. Because they can't hold out any longer.

1:39They're desperate.

1:40Ben Meiselas:Then he made another fatal admission during that disastrous speech he gave last night at the so-called Republican midterm convention, Donald Trump admits that he would bow down to the Ayatollah and be terrified of Iran if Iran ever got a nuclear weapon. So if you're Iran right now, wouldn't you do what North Korea did when they saw what Donald Trump did with the JCPOA during his first term? Wouldn't you be like, well, we see no other option right now here. This This is what Donald Trump said at the bizarre event last night. Play this clip. A nuclear weapon right now, and I would be addressing them as Supreme Leader.

2:20Mr. Supreme Leader, sir, how are you? But now I don't have to do that. If they had a nuclear weapon, I'd be calling the Supreme Leader and I'd be saying, Mr. Supreme Leader, how are you, sir? Is there anything we could do for you? As opposed to bombing the crap out of them.

2:36Ben Meiselas:I want to share this with you as well, because I know one of the headlines out of last night was Donald Trump defrauding the American people again, promising$5 ,000 to the American people. If Republicans win the House and the Senate, then he'll give you a$5 ,000 dividend check. I was going through the emails that Donald Trump was sending back in 2025. Y 'all remember when Donald Trump was talking about, we're going to give every American a Doge dividend check of$5 ,000, 20 % of all of the money Doge is going to recover, which is going to be in the trillions of dollars. We're going to give you, the guy is the biggest con artist, the biggest broadcaster.

3:16Ben Meiselas:Let me just bring the receipts. This was the email, April 8th, 2025. And he sent these like every day during the first six months of his term. Remember, I would go over all of these emails with you when we would get them. Trump Vance, 2025, Would you take a check? I'll even sign it. I'm proposing something completely unprecedented. $5 ,000 Doge dividend checks. It's your money anyway. I'm just giving it back to you. But just like anything that Doge accomplishes, it's being held up by the radical leftists in Congress. So look, as one of my most trusted supporters, I'm going to need your help to get it done.

3:53Ben Meiselas:My team tells me that gathering 1 million responses today is the best way to send these so-called representatives a message they won't be able to ignore. Please take my official MAGA poll and let's make this happen. Donald Trump made about$400 million to his MAGA pack from emails like this. No Doge dividend checks. In fact, what has happened? Our debt has skyrocketed to over$40 trillion. And in no time, it's going to be$41,$42,$43 trillion before you know it. gas at all-time highs, diesel at all-time highs, the price per barrel over$100,$101 per barrel. That'll be$120 per barrel in no time. Americans can't pay rent.

4:38Ben Meiselas:Americans can't afford homes. Americans have had healthcare ripped away. And Donald Trump gave tax cuts to the billionaires and Donald Trump got richer personally. That's what went down. Just to remind you, just to give you an example, here were the speeches Donald Trump was given. Like this one was February, where Donald Trump says, we're going to give you Doge dividend checks. More lies from Donald Trump here. Let's play this clip. There's even under consideration a new concept where we give 20 percent of the Doge savings to American citizens and 20 percent goes to paying down debt because the numbers are incredible, Elon.

5:14So many billions of dollars, billions, hundreds of billions. And we're thinking about giving 20 % back to the American citizens and 20 % down to pay back debt and pay down debt.

5:25Ben Meiselas:And I want to remind you what Trump said recently in a speech where he said he would make the greatest communist, just like Lenin. That's how he calls Lenin. He goes, I'd be like Lenin if I wanted to be a communist. I would just promise everybody everything. And then if you were a great communist, you don't have to deliver. Just promise people free things and then rug pull him basically is what he said. Remember, he said this recently at a speech that said Trump accounts, no tax on tips. Here, play this speech. I think it's the greatest threat. I could be the greatest communist in history. I tell everybody here, would you like a free house?

6:02We'll take one from your neighbor. Would you like free rent? We'll take it from whoever. We'll take your building away from the landlord that makes 2 % and we'll run the building ourselves. What they don't say and what Republicans should say is that at the end of a year, you'll have nothing but death, squalor, poverty. You'll have a life of hell.

6:25Ben Meiselas:And then last night, what did he say? I'm going to give $5 ,000 if the Republicans win. All a lie. Everything the guy says is a lie. You do realize that now, right? I know you do. Here, play this clip. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get$5 ,000. It will be called the Trump dividend. We'll call it the Trump dividend. Then even state regime media, which calls itself Fox fact-checked him, Fox pointing out that this is not the first time Donald Trump promised cash payments. He promised Americans a$2 ,000 rebate during the tariff policy. Tariff rebate checks also. He promised$2 ,000.

7:10Ben Meiselas:Doge dividend he promised $5 ,000. And now he's doing the$5 ,000 thing again. He promised everything. He promised that he would. Well, let me play this clip and I'll show you the other stuff here. Play this clip. Republicans hold on to both chambers. $5 ,000. He characterized it as a dividend, saying the only caveat is that it has to be spent in America. We should note, though, it is not the first time he has promised a cash payment like this. He promised Americans$2 ,000 rebates during his tariff policy when that was enacted. But after court challenges to the tariffs themselves, those$2 ,000 checks so far have not materialized.

7:47Ben Meiselas:Here he is promising that he would bring down electricity prices. They'd be half as much. Here play this clip. Under the Trump economic plan, we will cut your energy prices in half within, mark it down, and you can get very angry at me if we don't do it. Within 12 months, your energy prices will be cut in half. My plan will cut energy prices in half or more than that within 12 months of taking office. Here's Donald Trump promising he would bring down gas prices. Here, play this clip. My plan will cut energy prices in half or more than that within 12 months of taking office. It will be an economic revival of our country like no one has ever seen before.

8:37energy was what caused our problem initially energy is going to bring us back that means we're going down and getting gasoline below two dollars a gallon bring down the price of everything from electricity rates to groceries airfares and housing costs yes he lies about every word

9:00Ben Meiselas:syllable utterance, all the guy does is lie. He has no actual empathy or feeling or he's not tethered. He's demonic. And it's lie after lie. And then he has these MAGA sycophants who just parrot the stuff like MAGA Republican Senator Bernie Moreno. I will get a bill ready so that we can get the Trump dividend passed immediately after the November 3rd election because Republicans Americans will win. And you know what happens when you get the hustle, right? You get the scam. And Democrats win the midterms. And what does Donald Trump and these MAGA say? We were about to do it. We were so close. We were promising you.

9:40We were going to give you the dividend. We were right at the one yard line. And then the Democrats won and they destroyed it all. And then they use their media arm, state regime media, Fox and state regime media, CBS

9:53Ben Meiselas:and state regime media, Newsmax and OAM. And what do they push? All of the shit, all of the baggage, all of the damage. They shift that to the party that's now won. It's what they did to Biden. It's what they'll do. We have to be wise to what their hustle is. And then they'll say, it's your fault. Look, they screwed it up. And then everything, what Fox is doing to Mom Donnie, right? Everything. They run all of their psyops over and over again. They push the tan suits, the biggest thing. Did you see Obama? He had a latte in his hand and he didn't salute. Salute gate. He was having the latte. He didn't salute the soldier.

10:34Ben Meiselas:He's a traitor. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's a literal traitor. We're in a catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran. Trump has destroyed all of our military bases. He treats our service members like absolute crap. He's previously said they're suckers and losers, and that's precisely how he treats them. We just learned in the past few days that another 60 individuals were added to the casualty list, just quietly, like cover up. They just put them on the casualty list in the Pentagon since August 31st from Iran's strikes, retaliatory strikes after the US escalated, that everything's getting so much worse right now.

11:10Ben Meiselas:And this is$5 ,000. We're going to do it. but the Democrats were the one. It's Mamdani's fault. It's Abdul El-Sayed's fault. It's James Talafrico's fault. You see what they're doing? You see they're, these are the people stealing from you. These are the people, these MAGA Republicans, they're stealing from you. They're covering up the Epstein files. They're covering up child sex trafficking rings. They are the cabal. They are using this to entrench themselves in power to steal from you. You see it? Do you get it? Seriously, because there are people in that. Look, that stadium had a lot of empty seats, true.

11:48But that stadium still had people who was right out of idiocracy. I mean, they're clapping for this guy and granted his approval is 33%, but that's still millions of people. There were still people who showed up who listened to him doing the lie and they clapped like, are you an idiot? it? I mean, seriously, are you the stupidest people ever? I truly mean it. Are you stupid? I don't know how else to describe it. Are you that gullible? Are you that deep in the, you have to explain to me how he can scam you and rip you off and steal from you. And you go back and clap at this orange blob walrus. It's crazy.

12:25It's absolutely crazy to me. You want to say, I still don't know how anyone would vote for this guy in 2024. But now, September 10th, 2026, after everything you saw, after everything going on right now, you think he's going to give you 5 ,000? Are you stupid? I mean, seriously, I don't know how else to describe it. Like, are you that gullible? Like, what world are you living in? It's absolutely crazy to me. And I don't want to treat it. It's not normal political discussions. It's not normal. Oh, How can they message? He's just defrauding you and saying 5 ,000 fake dollars. By the way, then they bring in Republican Senator Rick Scott.

13:05And this guy got his career in fraud also. Rick Scott's whole career was being involved in the largest Medicare, Medicaid fraud scam in U.S. history at the time. You want to talk about waste, fraud, and abuse? This guy made hundreds of millions of dollars for a company that entered into one of the biggest criminal settlements. from it. These are all these people. They're bad guys. Get it through your head. These are the bad guys. OK, that's the reality of it. He goes, well, Americans are OK with higher gas prices because Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon. Well, you said you obliterated it in 2025.

13:41You said they didn't have nuclear weapons. Obliteration was the headline. Here, play this clip. They've been killing us for 47 years. They say they want to kill us. Every prior president didn't had the guts to say they're going to stop it. This president did. Nobody likes war. Nobody likes higher gas prices. But nobody wants to be killed by a nuclear weapon. That's what's at stake here. Do we want to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon or short-term deal with gas prices? So I think you shouldn't vote for me.

14:07Ben Meiselas:And then you have Treasury Secretary Besant who goes, we've gone from a president who couldn't stay awake to a president who refuses to sleep. What world are you living in? Trump falls asleep in public all of the time. The whole sleepy Joe stuff was what? He slept on a beach. He slept in vacation. I mean, maybe once or twice you caught him sleeping at a meeting. That was it. Donald Trump falls asleep in every meeting, every time. I see the guy sleeping. We all see that he falls asleep. He's rotting away before our eyes. And Treasury Secretary Besson, this guy has a loser MAGA arc. He had a private fund that got 90 % redemptions.

14:49When he went on his own, he was a loser in his own firm. And that was his loser, MAGA arc. And now he's running the treasury department into the ground. Here, play this clip. We've gone from auto pen to overdrive. From a president who couldn't stay awake to a president who refuses to sleep.

15:14Ben Meiselas:While we talk about Besant, I think it's worth noting that the treasury yields right now continue to surge. They go higher and higher and higher. What did he try to do yesterday? He said that he was tripling long-term bond buybacks. Remember the scheme three weeks ago, he was doing a$2 billion bond buyback. Now he's doing a$6 billion buyback because the$2 billion didn't work. You know what happened as soon as he announced the$6 billion bond buyback? The market said, no way. And the treasury yields increased even more. That's not good. You don't want that to happen because it's showing he's erratic and he's weak and he's panicking.

15:53He tried to do the yen bailout. That failed. The guy does not know what he's doing and he's running our country into the ground right now. Thinking, well, all this is taking place. We should be focusing on international events right now. Trump, who also promised it would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. He knows Putin. He knows Zelensky, this would be easy. More fraud. Just I'll play you the clip just so you can hear him saying this for yourself. Here, play it. End the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Yes. How would you do that? I know Zelensky very well. I'll end that war between those two countries in 24 hours.

16:30It won't even take that long. I will get the war ended. I'll stop all of those lives from being wasted and lost. and there'll be no more bombing of Ukraine. There'll be no more bombing of Russia. And everybody will be happy. It can be negotiated, I think, within 24 hours. It really has to be done from the office of the president. And you have to get them both in a room. And there are things you can say to each one.

16:59Ben Meiselas:OK, well, right now, the war has escalated more than ever. As I reported yesterday, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that we're basically at a situation where anything could be the trigger for a world war. And we saw major escalation in the past 24 hours. Russia's gearing up for a autumn offensive and a winter offensive. Zelensky doesn't have interceptors. You take a look what's going on throughout the Middle East. You take a look what's happening right now in Yemen. You take a look what's happening. The Houthis have been able to successfully take Al-Mokha, which is one of the last Saudi-backed government strongholds.

17:41Ben Meiselas:And it looks like the Iranian-backed Houthis, Ansar Allah, is going to be able to take over all of Yemen pretty soon based on the offensive that they have. They see that Saudi Arabia, which was backed by the U.S., is in a very weakened state right now as well, running out of its weapons. They see what's up with the U.S. So the Houthis have been emboldened. and the U.S., you know, I think has never been weaker internationally before. But you just take a look at the type of people who are at this event. Fox giving the mic to this Trumpapalooza attendee who suggests that James Tallarico is trans.

18:18Ben Meiselas:Like this is what these people are talking about here. Listen for yourself. Doing great. It's fantastic to be here in Dallas. Loving it. I heard you're a big fan of Tallarico. I don't know who told you that. Tallarico, he scares me i don't know have you seen his mystery girlfriend that he produced talarico looks pretty good with a beard let's just say that ayayay and then finally you have jd vance worrying about going live on fox while the makeup was still being applied let's play it uh mr vice president how are you good to see you i'm gonna see you they're still putting my makeup on man you don't need it you look great as you're young you look great without it um you know this This was amazing in terms of...

18:58Ben Meiselas:There you have it, everybody. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous speech and disastrous day, as Trump makes increasingly desperate promises and claims while his own decisions continue to backfire and the problems surrounding him only get worse.

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