In short
A commentary on Donald Trump’s Oval Office press conference, focusing on claims he appeared lost, attacked Rob Reiner, attacked Brown University, and made disputed statements on fentanyl, Affordable Care Act subsidies, affordability/inflation, pardons, foreign policy (Russia-Ukraine, Thailand-Cambodia, Syria), and other issues.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are identified in the transcript.
Key claims
Trump called Rob Reiner “deranged” (“Trump derangement syndrome”), attacked Brown University over a shooter-discovery question, said he’s suing BBC over alleged AI-altered quotes about Jan. 6, claimed fentanyl is a “weapon of mass destruction,” asserted drug imports are down 94%, criticized ACA/insurance, and made multiple assertions the host calls false.
Notable examples
Rob Reiner murder; Brown University shooter identification; BBC lawsuit; fentanyl WMD executive order; ACA subsidy extension; Keone Rodriguez crypto case; Russia-Ukraine ceasefire framing; Syria troops and “Jolani”/ISIS claims.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Disturbing Press Conference
1:00 to 1:54
Discussion about Trump's erratic behavior and controversial statements during a press conference.
“Rob Reiner and his wife were just murdered, and the main suspect appears to be their son who suffered from serious drug addiction.”
Attacks on Rob Reiner
1:54 to 3:20
Trump's comments about Rob Reiner and the context surrounding a tragic event.
“trump derangement syndrome watch what donald trump says here play this clip a number of republicans have denounced your statement on True Social after the murder of Rob Reiner.”
Trump's Brown University Remarks
3:20 to 4:26
Analysis of Trump's remarks about Brown University and the shooter incident.
“But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI.”
Lawsuit Against BBC
4:26 to 5:34
Trump's lawsuit against BBC regarding his statements about January 6th.
“The beautiful words, talking about patriotism and all of the good things that I said, they didn't say that, but they put terrible words.”
Comments on Affordability and Energy Prices
5:34 to 6:32
Trump's claims about inflation and energy prices amid rising costs.
“He then says that he came up with the name Caravans.”
Colorado Governor Attack
6:32 to 7:27
Discussion on Trump's criticism of Colorado's governor and crime issues.
“in a high-intensity jail, because she caught people cheating on an election, and they said she was cheating.”
Trump's Declaration on Fentanyl
9:11 to 10:34
Trump's classification of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and its implications.
“At the same time, Donald Trump was attacking Rob Reiner, whose son seems to be the main suspect in the murder, who suffered from drug addiction.”
Questions on Healthcare and ACA
10:34 to 11:52
Trump's comments on healthcare, insurance companies, and potential fraud.
“I have to say the drugs coming in by sea are down 94%.”
Discussion on Crypto Case and Pardoning
11:52 to 13:30
Trump's response to questions about a convicted crypto developer.
“But even if you gave somebody a$2 ,000 check, do you know what a surgery costs or what chemo costs or what if you're in a bad accident, what that costs?”
Trump on Russia and Ukraine
13:30 to 14:01
Trump's perspective on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
“So we have to get them on the same page.”
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Trump's Claims on Peace Deals
14:01 to 14:54
Discussing Trump's inaccurate assertions about peace deals in Thailand and Cambodia.
“Next, Donald Trump claims that he did another peace deal with Thailand and Cambodia, and he calls them people.”
Trump's Syria Strategy
14:54 to 15:58
Analyzing Trump's comments on U.S. troops in Syria and his perception of regional leaders.
“Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?”
Final Thoughts and Viewer Engagement
15:58 to 16:19
Concluding remarks on Trump's performance and encouraging audience interaction.
“Now, finally, I'll show you Donald Trump leaving and you can see he kind of struggles to get out of the room.”
Transcript
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0:53Ben Meiselas:This was truly horrific. After Donald Trump appeared to be lost in the Oval Office before this press conference was set to take place, he then held a press conference where he attacked Rob Reiner. Rob Reiner and his wife were just murdered, and the main suspect appears to be their son who suffered from serious drug addiction. Then Donald Trump attacked Brown University, even though Trump was the one who spread lies and disinformation about having the shooter in custody. This was beyond horrific what just went down in the Oval Office. Let me just share it with you. So here was Donald Trump when he got lost in the Oval Office before the press conference took place.
1:34Ben Meiselas:Let's play this clip right here.
1:44and then donald trump attacks rob reiner and who was just murdered and reiner's wife was murdered
1:51Ben Meiselas:and the main suspect is their son and donald trump says reiner is a deranged person he has trump derangement syndrome watch what donald trump says here play this clip a number of republicans have denounced your statement on True Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post? Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said he liked, he knew it was false. In fact, it's the exact opposite, that I was a friend of Russia, controlled by Russia. You know, it was the Russia hoax. He was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself in career-wise.
2:28He became like a deranged person. Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country. Yeah.
2:41Ben Meiselas:Now this follows Donald Trump making a post earlier in the day where he also attacked Rob Reiner. Just utterly horrific. Here next, Donald Trump attacks Brown University. Play this clip. Hopefully they're going to capture you. Has Cash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is? Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job of doing it with Charlie, with, you know, the various times this has happened. They've done it in pretty much record time. But you really have to ask the school a little bit more about that, because, you know, this was a school problem.
3:19They had their own guards, they had their own police, they had their own everything. But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. We came in after the fact and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact.
3:34Ben Meiselas:He then says that he will be suing BBC, the network, for putting words in his mouth about the January 6th insurrection. We saw what you did on January 6th. We know you were responsible for the insurrection. But OK, you're going to sue BBC. That's what your focus is on. Here, play this clip. It doesn't exist anymore because they know they're not going to get through. In a little while, you'll be seeing, I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth, literally, to put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out. I guess they used AI or something. So we'll be bringing that lawsuit.
4:11A lot of people are asking, why don't you bring that lawsuit? Even the media can't believe that one. They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with January 6th that I didn't say. and the beautiful words that I said, right? The beautiful words, talking about patriotism and all of the good things that I said, they didn't say that, but they put terrible words. They actually have me speaking with words that I never said. And they got caught because I believe somebody at BBC said, this is so bad, it has to be reported. That's called fake news. So we'll be filing that suit probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
4:53I want.
4:53Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump again calls affordability a hoax and says prices are coming down quickly. Here play this clip. And they don't mention the border anymore. Nobody talks about the border. They talk about affordability and we're the ones that are bringing the prices down. We were given the worst inflation in our country's history and we're bringing the prices down. But the affordability is on the Democrats because they have made it unaffordable to be in this country. but we're bringing those prices down and they're coming down quickly. Energy is coming way down. And if you look, gasoline prices are hitting in many locations$1.99 a gallon.
5:34Nobody thought they'd see that.
5:35Ben Meiselas:He then says that he came up with the name Caravans. Let's play it. It really happened because the Caravans name I think I came up with. Maybe, maybe not. Reminder, folks, please make sure you hit subscribe to this YouTube channel. We're on our way to 6 million subscribers. As I'm sure you know, we're under attack from the Trump regime. So please hit subscribe if you can. Then Donald Trump attacks the governor of Colorado and says that the governor is run by Trende Aragua because Donald Trump wants to pardon someone involved in January 6th. And the governor, it's a state related crime and the governor is not allowing that to happen.
6:16Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip. And last month, we seized another one point seven million fentanyl pills in the state of Colorado, the poorly run state of Colorado with a governor who's incompetent. And frankly, with a governor that won't allow our wonderful Tina to come out of a jail, in a high-intensity jail, because she caught people cheating on an election, and they said she was cheating. She wasn't cheating. She went over, she looked at one of the election scams going on. And because she did that, they put her in jail for nine years. the governor of colorado is a weak and pathetic man who was run by trend de aragua the criminals from venezuela took over sections of colorado and he was afraid to do anything but he puts tina in jail for nine years because she caught people cheating and when she walked over and got involved in it they said she was she wasn't cheating she caught people cheating on the election, 2020, along with a lot of other people that cheated on that election.
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9:10Ben Meiselas:If you're wondering, well, Ben, what's the purpose of this press conference. At the same time, Donald Trump was attacking Rob Reiner, whose son seems to be the main suspect in the murder, who suffered from drug addiction. Donald Trump held this to declare fentanyl, a WMD, like nuclear bombs. And he said, I'm declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. Now, no doubt the scourge of fentanyl is something that we all should recognize, saying it's a weapon of mass destruction. Okay. I mean, I'm not sure how that's actually addressing the problems. Here, play this clip. Today, I'm taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country.
9:58With this historic executive order I will sign today, we're formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing. 200 to 300 ,000 people die every year that we know of. So we're formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
10:24Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump claims that 90, he makes this makes up a number, 94 % of drugs are not getting into this country. At the same time, I don't think that there's any concomitant drop in underlying drug use in the country. Here, play this clip. And we don't put up with it. I have to say the drugs coming in by sea are down 94%. And we're trying to figure out who the other 6 % are, but they're down 94 % and we're going to start hitting them on land, which is a lot easier to do, frankly. But these are a direct military threat to the United States of America. They're trying to drug out our country. And you can look throughout history, look at China when they were loaded up with drugs.
11:15They were suffering greatly and others were able to take them over.
11:20Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump is asked about whether Congress will extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies this week. It's a very important thing that Americans are very worried about that their healthcare is going to be ripped away. And then Donald Trump engages in his usual fraud and says, my plan is we're going to eliminate democratic insurance companies and give the people the money. Again, that's not even understanding the way insurance works. Trump's not going to give people money. He's lying about that the same way he lied about Doge dividend checks and tariff rebate checks. So this is more fraud from Donald Trump.
11:53Ben Meiselas:But even if you gave somebody a$2 ,000 check, do you know what a surgery costs or what chemo costs or what if you're in a bad accident, what that costs? So you have no under$2 ,000. It's not addressing insurance and risk pools. Here, play this clip. What do you want to see Congress do this week as it relates to health care and the expiring ACA? Yeah, that's a good question. I'd like to see the people get the money. I'd like to see all of the money that's going to the Democrat insurance companies. You know, the insurance companies are making a fortune. They're up 1700 percent and more. Then a reporter asked Donald Trump about pardoning someone in the crypto industry who was recently convicted.
12:33Ben Meiselas:And Donald Trump said or charged. And Donald Trump said, well, you know, here's what I'm going to do here. Play this clip. Mr. President, this week, a man named Keone Rodriguez is going to federal prison for creating crypto privacy software. The case was started under the Biden administration, but your DOJ kept it going and secured the conviction. A lot of people in crypto are saying that this man should be pardoned. Are you familiar with the case at all? Or would you be interested? I've heard about it. I'll look at it. Why? You think you should be pardoned? Sounds like it. Sounds like based on your question.
13:08Many people. Rodriguez. We'll look at that. Okay. Let's take a look at it. You'll have to tell me. I don't know anything about it, but we'll take a look.
13:16Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump tries to bolt sides, Russia and Ukraine. Let's play this clip. And at this moment, Russia wants to get it ended. The problem is they'll want to get it ended and then all of a sudden they won't. And Ukraine will want to get it ended and all of a sudden they won't. So we have to get them on the same page. But I think that's working along. Very good talk. Just to be very clear, every time there's been a conversation with Ukraine, Ukraine has agreed to a ceasefire. Ukraine's not going to give away its eastern territory to Russia, that Russia has not been able to take over. When Russia takes the eastern Ukrainian territory, they're going to continue to move west until they take over all of Europe.
13:56Ben Meiselas:But Ukraine has always agreed to a ceasefire, and Russia wants absolute surrender. Next, Donald Trump claims that he did another peace deal with Thailand and Cambodia, and he calls them people. And again, this is not true. He's just not telling the truth. Things have been getting worse in Thailand and Cambodia, in Rwanda and Congo. All these things are getting worse under Donald Trump. Here, play this clip. We don't want to have a worse setup again. You know, as I said, with Thailand and Cambodia, two people I get along with great. And I dealt with them and I called them and I said, look, fellas, you got to relax.
14:33You got to take it easy. They lost. You know, they started the war again. I got it ended. and things like that are going to happen. War is nothing, nothing pretty about war, nothing good. And there's nothing you can do to predict what's going to happen.
14:46Ben Meiselas:A reporter then asked Donald Trump, why do we have troops in Syria in the first place? And here's what Donald Trump says. Here, play this clip. Have you recently spoken directly to Putin? Yeah, I have. On Syria, Mr. President, on the U.S. troops killed in Syria over the weekend, why do we have troops in Syria? because we're trying to make sure that there's going to be and remain peace in the middle east and syria is a big part of it uh the new leader is a strong person and that's what you need this is a rough part of the world and uh we've it's been amazing what what's taken place in syria we got rid of you should also know that the leader of syria jolani who used to be the leader of al Qaeda is actually in a very weakened position.
15:37Ben Meiselas:Trump thinks he's strong because Trump thinks the guy's handsome, like Trump's attracted to the guy and he sprays perfume and cologne on the guy. But actually, a lot of what Trump's done with Jelani is showing that Jelani's compromised and you're seeing a rise right now in ISIS-related attacks in Syria as a result of Trump's weakness. Now, finally, I'll show you Donald Trump leaving and you can see he kind of struggles to get out of the room. Here, play this clip.
16:10There you have it folks.
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