In short
The episode argues that Donald Trump and his allies are facing widespread public backlash (“booed everywhere”) and that their weekend behavior contrasts with national crises. It also claims Trump is undermining accountability around the Epstein files and related investigations.
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Key claims
Trump’s low approval is reflected in boos at events (MetLife Stadium, Tampa Turning Point USA, Anaheim/Disneyland by J.D. Vance). The episode alleges Trump is “stealing valor” by appearing with Chelsea FC despite players’ discomfort, and it claims staffing cuts and delayed emergency response in Texas were caused by DOGE/Kristi Noem decisions. It further claims Trump is pressuring Epstein-related issues, including by offering Ghislaine Maxwell a “golden ticket” for a retrial.
Notable examples
Chelsea Club World Cup trophy stage photo; Laura Ingraham asking about Epstein files at Turning Point USA; J.D. Vance at Disneyland; Kerr County/National Weather Service staffing and FEMA call center contract renewal; Pam Bondi firing DOJ ethics chief Joseph Terrell; Ghislaine Maxwell retrial speculation; Prince Andrew “pass.”
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Chapters
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0:30 to 1:01
Discussing the backlash Donald Trump faced during recent events.
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Trump's Public Image and Recent Booing
1:45 to 5:20
Discussing the backlash Donald Trump faced during recent events.
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Trump's Involvement in Sports Events
5:20 to 6:40
Analyzing Trump's attempts to associate with sports events for publicity.
“By the way, did you notice on the first video that I showed you on the bottom left, you know, you had their Christy Noem, the dog killing cosplay Homeland Security secretary.”
Federal Management During Crises
6:40 to 8:20
Critique of the federal response to recent crises and the role of officials.
“We also know that it took over 72 hours before the urban search and rescue team was activated by Kristi Noem because she required her own personal approval of any expenditures over$100 ,000.”
Trump and Epstein Files Controversy
8:20 to 12:40
Examining Trump's statements regarding Epstein and its implications.
“The families you're tearing apart certainly won't.”
Trump's Weak Foreign Policy Stance
12:40 to 14:00
Discussion of Trump's responses to international issues, particularly regarding Putin.
“How sick and ghastly is this what the Trump regime did?”
Trump's Response to Putin
14:00 to 14:55
Discussion on Trump's weak stance regarding Putin and international relations.
“And then yesterday, Donald Trump was asked, well, what are you going to do about Putin?”
Canada's Boycott and Global Response
14:55 to 16:03
Overview of Canada's tourism boycott against the U.S. and its global implications.
“And finally, as Charlie Angus says, you know, look, Canadians led the boycott, the tourist boycott, and the consumption boycott against the United States.”
Personal Updates and Engagement
16:03 to 16:19
Host shares personal updates and encourages audience engagement.
“Y 'all told me, you said, get a haircut.”
Personal Updates and Engagement
16:48 to 17:18
Host shares personal updates and encourages audience engagement.
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Personal Updates and Engagement
18:21 to 18:47
Host shares personal updates and encourages audience engagement.
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Transcript
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2:15Ben Meiselas:The Trump regime is getting booed everywhere. Booed at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in front of over 100 ,000 people. booed in Tampa at a MAGA convention, the Turning Point USA convention, when Laura Ingraham, a Trump propagandist, says, who here is happy with the way Trump has handled the Epstein files? Boo, booed in Anaheim as J.D. Vance continues to vacation in California, this time at Disneyland, as he pranced to the bathroom. And this is, he calls himself an alpha male. I'm gonna show you him prance to the bathroom, J.D. Vance. So he's getting booed everywhere. And I mean, Donald Trump's approval right now is at a record low.
3:05Ben Meiselas:Let me pull out some facts and receipts and explain to you why this may have been one of the most disastrous weekends for Donald Trump yet. And by the way, you see, I got a haircut. Y 'all wanted me to get a haircut. I got a haircut, okay? All right, let's go through it. Donald Trump. This was during the national anthem at the World Club Club finals where Chelsea ended up winning. They won three nothing. Take a look at the loud boos that erupt. Our friends that called activism got this clip here. Let's play it.
3:47Ben Meiselas:So then when Chelsea was awarded the trophy for winning the Club World Cup, Donald Trump went on stage with them and he refused to walk away. And you can see Cole Palmer and other players on Chelsea looking saying, what the hell is this guy doing? Can we get him away? Why is he on stage with us? Because Trump loves to steal people's valor. Trump wanted to take the propaganda photo of himself with the Chelsea team so he could post it on the White House propaganda page and say, see, everybody likes me. Ignore all of the booing. Watch as the players look to each other like, is he going to go away?
4:26Ben Meiselas:Watch this.
4:32Ben Meiselas:And sure enough, Donald Trump posted it on the White House propaganda page. They said, photo dump. Donald Trump at the FIFA Club World Cup final. And you see him right there. the Chelsea team did not want him anywhere around. In fact, they had to take a whole new photo and they pushed him back. You can see if you zoom in that he's still there, but they pushed him to the back and then they used the photo. Like, we don't want this guy in our photo. Here's the official Chelsea Football Club photo, champions of the world. And just so you can see how awkward the scene was as the head of FIFA's trying to move Donald Trump away, as Donald Trump was like trying to be in the center and steal the valor of the Chelsea football club team.
5:18Ben Meiselas:Here, watch this.
5:48Ben Meiselas:By the way, did you notice on the first video that I showed you on the bottom left, you know, you had their Christy Noem, the dog killing cosplay Homeland Security secretary. She was out there. It just seems that the Trump regime, all they're doing is out there like partying, going to events and vacationing while there's catastrophic events happening in our country. I mean, we demand answers about what the hell happened in Kerr County and Kerrville, Texas, where we know that there were six critical vacancies at the National Weather Service because Doge pushed these people out, including the key meteorologist coordinator who would have been the main person boots on the ground working with the state and local and county and city officials right there.
6:38Ben Meiselas:Where was the key staffing? We also know that it took over 72 hours before the urban search and rescue team was activated by Kristi Noem because she required her own personal approval of any expenditures over$100 ,000. Also, she got rid of the critical call center by failing to renew their contract. So over 85 % of phone calls to FEMA went unanswered. That's just a small taste of what happened at the federal level, but there she is partying. And by the way, finally, I guess the new head of FEMA, a guy who has no emergency background, emergency management background at all. Here he is, David Richardson, whose buttons are down to like his belly button.
7:25Ben Meiselas:I don't know if he's auditioning for the remake of Scarface, if he's pretending to be Tony Montana right there. But what the hell is this guy doing? As Helen Kennedy says, maybe this is why they've been hiding the head of FEMA for over a week now. Here he is showing up for the first time. He made no public comments, no statements, and he showed up for the first time. Now, let me show you J.D. Vance, who was once again vacationing in California. You'll recall he was previously in San Diego. Now he's in Anaheim partying at Disneyland with his family. Take a look at him right here as he prances on.
8:03Ben Meiselas:I'm not sure if he was prancing to the bathroom, but this is how he runs apparently. Here, play this clip.
8:17Ben Meiselas:Now, California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote the following, Hope you enjoy your family time, J.D. Vance, at Disneyland. The families you're tearing apart certainly won't. To which J.D. Vance, like the ghoul that he is, responds, Had a great time. Thanks. Had a great time as you're ripping apart and destroying the lives of family. What a sick and vile human being who can't even run. I mean, do you see how this guy runs? All right. Donald Trump then posted the following yesterday. In between meetings and phone calls, it was a great honor to win. the member member championship at Trump National Bedminster.
8:57Ben Meiselas:Gross, no strokes with Tommy Uricoli as my partner. The many other competitors were not only great golfers, but also terrific people. As our editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski writes, oh, another championship for Trump today in one of his tournaments. The guy never loses in his own events. This is Kim Jong-un dictator, weirdo style. You know that scene from the movie The Dictator with Sacha Baron Cohen where he's running on the track and he has a gun and he starts like shooting the people on the track who are behind him. And he's like, I win, I win, I win. And they allow him to win while he shoots everybody.
9:36Ben Meiselas:I mean, Trump is a malignant narcissist at a parody level. And perhaps this would be humorous if he wasn't destroying all of our lives. Ben Penn with the scoop. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired her personal ethics chief yesterday, Joseph Terrell. Without explanation, she removed the DOJ's career ethics office director who advised the most senior employees. And for days, several Trump administration officials and senior aides have been privately communicating with all of the MAGA influencers and other prominent Epstein files obsessives who they've known for years, trying largely in vain to convince them to lay off the Epstein issues post memo release.
10:19Ben Meiselas:says Ashwin Swastbang. Okay. Epstein obsessed. Trump and his whole regime were pushing Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. And now they say the files don't exist. Now they say the list never existed. Oh, but then he says over the weekend, actually it does exist. But Obama and Hillary Clinton and James Comey created the list. It's all a hoax. And by the way, you know who Donald Trump just gave a golden ticket to by saying that? Ghislaine Maxwell. You want to know why? Because now she'll argue in her criminal trial that she deserves a retrial. Hey, the president of the United States is saying all of the investigative work, all of the files, all of the things you used to convict me were actually a hoax.
11:07Ben Meiselas:And that's what the president of the United States says. Who runs the DOJ? Who runs the FBI? He says it's a hoax. So if it's a hoax, I must go free because that's new evidence. She'll file a habeas or something saying that there's new evidence. I demand a retrial and she may get a retrial right now. And that may be part of a deal that Donald Trump cut with Ghislaine because Ghislaine had been saying if she loses her appeal before the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction or reduce her sentence, she said over the weekend, I'm going to release the names on the Epstein list because she knows the names.
11:42Ben Meiselas:She was like best friends with Donald Trump. She used Mar-a-Lago as a ground to sex traffic girls. Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide recently in Australia, was 17 years old, underage girl working at Mar-a-Lago. Ghislaine went to Mar-a-Lago, found Virginia Giuffre, brought her over to Epstein to be sex trafficked. That's the way it worked at Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago was used for that sickly, ghoulish, disgusting purpose. So Trump then gives her a benefit because now she can say retrial and maybe that way Trump can further cover up the list by allowing her to have a retrial and get her conviction removed.
12:23Ben Meiselas:And then she won't rat on Donald Trump. Also, Prince Andrew, who was involved in and he was sued by Virginia Giuffre, and he was on the Epstein list and involved in the sex trafficking ring. Now, FBI has given him a pass, and so he's out coming to the United States. Donald Trump gave him a pass. Prince Andrew is ready to party. How sick and ghastly is this what the Trump regime did? Speaking of that, you have Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick partying this weekend. He's a billionaire. He's the Commerce Secretary Trumpist who's destroying your life, our lives. He's the one who just parrots all of Trump's tariffs against the world.
13:03Ben Meiselas:And here he is celebrating his new$1 ,200 tequila bottle that he's partying with. Must be very nice, huh? Play this clip. This is cool. How about that? That's amazing. And I love extra nail.
13:21Ben Meiselas:Here was Donald Trump getting booed at the event, the Turning Point MAGA event in Tampa. But when Laura Ingraham asks the crowd what she thinks about or she asked the crowd what they think about Trump's handling of the Epstein files, watch this. How many of you are satisfied? You can you can clap. Satisfied with the results of the Epstein investigation. Clap.
13:50OK, I told you to clap. You guys aren't listening. I'm not going to grade you on a curve. So I was going to get to that. How many of you are not satisfied with the results of the investigation?
14:07Ben Meiselas:And then yesterday, Donald Trump was asked, well, what are you going to do about Putin? You're going to issue sanctions against Putin? And Donald Trump's just like, oh, I'm disappointed in him. He's being mean. I don't like it. OK, well, what are you going to do about it, you weak, weak, weak individual? Here, play this clip.
14:55Ben Meiselas:director Dan Bongino. Let's play it.
15:10And finally, as Charlie Angus says, you know, look, Canadians
15:22Ben Meiselas:led the boycott, the tourist boycott, and the consumption boycott against the United States. The U.S. is expected to lose$29 billion in tourism revenue this year. Canada established the boycott. The world joined Canada. As U.S. arrests moms and workers and makes people disappear, Canada did their thing and stood up to the Trump regime. What's up to all the Maple Midas? What's up to the Midas down under and the Midas mates in Australia. What's up? We'll do a Midas in UK and Europe also, but Canada first, Australia second, UK third, and then we'll expand from there. Those are our plans. A little haircut action, huh?
16:05Ben Meiselas:Y 'all told me, you said, get a haircut. You look crazy. So I got the haircut. Well, hit subscribe and let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching.
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