Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING in Ireland…

12 Sep 2026 · 23 min · 11 chapters

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In short

The episode argues that Trump’s Ireland trip is a “grift” and uses it as a contrast with BRICS power in New Delhi. Topic: large Dublin protests against Trump (claims of war crimes, genocide complicity, Epstein cover-up), Trump’s alleged lies in press remarks (saying he saw no protests; claiming the Houthis respect him and will let ships pass), and his statements about Ireland unification, Falklands, Yemen/Red Sea control, and Iran/Canada dealmaking.

Guest backgrounds

none mentioned in the transcript.

Key claims

Houthis leadership says Trump is making up claims; Trump mocks/attacks allies (UK, Canada, NATO) while BRICS welcomes Iran as a “hero.”

Notable examples

50,000+ protesters with “Netanyahu/Epstein/Trump” balloons; Houthi leaders mocking Saudi monarchy; Trump praising Ireland unification “breaking tradition”; Trump suggesting Argentina could be aided against the UK via military equipment.

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Trump's Trip to Ireland and Protests

0:00 to 0:46

Learn about the massive protests against Trump during his visit to Ireland.

“Donald Trump just got a rude awakening on his trip to Ireland.”

Trump's Comments and Controversies

0:46 to 2:46

Explore Trump's controversial statements during his trip and their implications.

“Of course, this is all one massive grift, folks.”

The BRICS Summit and Global Politics

2:46 to 3:50

Understand the significance of the BRICS summit in relation to Trump's actions.

“So we're going to be paying attention to that.”

Protests Against Trump in Dublin

3:50 to 5:06

See the visual impact of the protests against Trump in Dublin.

“Donald Trump being protested in Ireland, and then what we're seeing in New Delhi at this BRICS meeting, to me, it is an important point of comparison here.”

Protests Against Trump in Dublin

5:59 to 7:04

See the visual impact of the protests against Trump in Dublin.

“We're constantly driving with our kid and our dog.”

Trump's Lies and Mockery from Houthi Leaders

7:22 to 11:30

Learn about Trump's false claims regarding the Houthis and their response.

“Really, let me show you one more angle of the protest.”

Trump's Remarks on Ireland and the Falklands

11:30 to 14:01

Analyze Trump's comments on Irish unification and the Falkland Islands.

“You are a disgusting, vile piece of trash.”

Trump's Stance on the Falkland Islands

14:01 to 15:14

Discussion on Trump's comments regarding the Falkland Islands and military aid to Argentina.

“Now the UK will have something to say about it, obviously, but I think it would be a great thing.”

Trump's Commentary on the Iran Pipeline

15:14 to 16:08

Analysis of Trump's remarks about Iran's involvement in the east-west pipeline attack.

“I think it was a different country at that time, the UK, a little bit.”

Genocide Claims and Trump's Responses

16:08 to 17:54

Examination of Trump's response to allegations of U.S. complicity in genocide in Gaza.

“the reality is it was the houthis who blew up the east west pipeline then saudi arabia didn't want to admit that because it would show further weakness that the houthis are able to so thoroughly destroy him.”
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BRICS Meeting Insights

17:54 to 18:44

Overview of the BRICS leaders meeting, including notable participants.

“She said, say hello, because she's very friendly with these two people.”
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0:00Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump just got a rude awakening on his trip to Ireland. Massive protests took to the street in Dublin. By some estimates, over 50 ,000 protesters there holding up signs that Donald Trump is a war criminal, holding up signs that Donald Trump is complicit in genocide and slaughtering little children and women, holding up signs that Donald Trump has covered up the Epstein file. Now, why is Donald Trump in Ireland at all? Why is he taking this trip? Well, he did a meeting with Diteshuk, one of the leaders of Ireland, this morning. But the real reason he's there is because of the Irish Open at his golf course.

0:46Ben Meiselas:Of course, this is all one massive grift, folks. Now, Donald Trump held a press conference and he made things even worse for the standing of the United States. While he was there, he continued to attack the UK. He talked about how he wanted to see full Ireland unification. And he said that that would be a very important thing. Donald Trump then went on to basically say that the UK doesn't have the ability to even take care of the Falkland Islands anymore. This says Donald Trump is giving more military equipment to Argentina. Donald Trump then went on to say, I think that Canada really wants to make a deal.

1:30Ben Meiselas:And he lumped Canada and Iran into the same category. He goes, Canada and Ireland are begging me. They're begging me to do a deal right now. And I'm just not sure what we're really going to. I may have to wait until after the elections. Then Donald Trump lied. What else is new? Every word, syllable, sound, utterance from this guy is a lie. And he said, the Houthis have called me. And they said that they respect me. And so I have a really good understanding with them. They're going to let our ships go through. And everything's amazing with the Houthis right now. Shortly thereafter. Houthi leadership responded and said, he's making all of this up.

2:12Ben Meiselas:What an absolute fool. And the leader of the Houthis made a video mocking the Saudi monarchy for Donald Trump, forcing them to dance in front of him. They're like, go dance for Donald Trump, you freaking losers. Meanwhile, the Houthis continue to take more territory in Yemen. Now they're starting to move more to the east. The question is, are they going to go through Aden or are they going to stop right now where they control the Bab-El-Mandab Strait? So we're going to be paying attention to that. And while all of this is taking place, it should also be noted. Pay attention to what's happening in New Delhi for the BRICS summit over there.

2:58Ben Meiselas:The meeting of that BRICS group, which was originally founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, but now includes numerous other countries, which has now asserted itself as a major dominant player, actually, in the world as Donald Trump continues to attack NATO and Canada. and all of United States traditional allies. You have Iran at these BRICS meetings, and Iran has been greeted like an absolute hero at the BRICS meeting. President Pazeskian and the delegation from Iran has had major speaking roles. They are truly being treated as not just a regional power, but a global power by Xi Jinping, by Prime Minister Modi, by Putin, and by others.

3:46Ben Meiselas:we're going to be paying very close attention to what's happening in BRICS. But the split screen here, the contrast of what's taking place of Donald Trump's buffoonery, Donald Trump being protested in Ireland, and then what we're seeing in New Delhi at this BRICS meeting, to me, it is an important point of comparison here. So let's take a look at what's going down right here in Ireland. Let me show you what's going on in Dublin city with about 50 ,000 people on the street. Let's play this clip.

4:29Ben Meiselas:You can see crowds gathering earlier in the day in Dublin to protest Trump's visit. Look at some of these balloons right here, everybody. Here, play this clip.

4:45Ben Meiselas:Yep, you were seeing that right. There's Netanyahu, Epstein, Trump balloons right there. That's what's going down over there. Now, let me show you another clip right here. By the way, Donald Trump claimed, I didn't see any protests at all. Again, the guy lies about everything. Here's another angle of those protests. I'll just show you a short clip. And then I'm going to show you where Donald Trump's with the Taoiseach, one of the leaders in Ireland. And Donald Trump's like, I never saw any protests at all. But first, just another angle of that protest right here. Watch for yourself. Let's play it.

5:23Ben Meiselas:So a reporter says, what do you make of all of these protests, Donald? And he goes, I don't see any of them. Here, play this clip. The people who will be protesting today because they don't want you to come to Ireland. I didn't know there was a protest. It can't be a very big one because we've been all over Ireland today already. It's early in the morning and we landed early. We got here and we've made a couple of visits, as you know. And we have others to make. But I haven't seen any protests. But I haven't seen any protests. You know, once you have a family, a car problem isn't just a car problem.

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7:23Ben Meiselas:Really, let me show you one more angle of the protest. I'm pretty sure you could see him Here, play this clip.

7:32Right?

7:32Ben Meiselas:The guy lies about everything. Then Donald Trump is asked a question about Yemen. And Trump said, the Houthis called us. They don't want to fight. Here, play this clip. A while. We've had discussions. The Houthis called us. And they don't want to fight with us. They let us know. They don't want to fight with us. They don't want me to go after them. They don't want us to go after them. But they've called and they've talked to us. and they don't want us to, they would much prefer not having us involved. And they're letting most ships go through. There's just one country that they're not too happy with, and we'll get that straightened out.

8:10Ben Meiselas:Well, one of the Houthi leaders, Hizam al-Assad, said, quote, As usual with his clownish lies, the criminal Trump comes up with baseless claims, but reality sums him up with the old proverb, The hand you cannot break, kiss it and pray for it to break. That's what they think of him. Also, you have Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthis, absolutely roasting the Saudi monarchy. How their king and princes used to look at Donald Trump with tears in their eyes when he visited Saudi Arabia. And Donald Trump would say, dance for me, dance for me, prince, dance for me, king. just completely mocking the United States and Saudi Arabia.

8:54Ben Meiselas:But Donald Trump was also asked a question over here. He was asked, on your call, Donald, with MBS, on your call with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, what is the U.S. going to do with Saudi Arabia now that the Saudi-backed forces, right, the PLC and the Saudi-backed coalition is in retreat. There's all these stories that MBS was asking you for help. You got to help us, Donald. We gave you all this money. I gave Kushner money. I gave you money. And Donald Trump's like, yeah, I'm friends with the Houthis. And the Houthis are like, dude, this guy's crazy. So what's the plan, Donald? And Trump goes, everything's going to work out fine.

9:33Ben Meiselas:Everything is amazing. Here, play this clip. I'm playing that. What happened to your call with MBS? And what is the U.S. willing to do? Well, I have my call with MBS. He's a good friend of mine. And I can just say everything's going to work out fine and dandy. It's going to be very good. So you don't get robbed in these things. You have a very nice, nice speaker. You have your own difficulties. I wouldn't add to that. No, I think I do. But no, I think it's going to, it's all working. Have fun. I would say shortly after they went to a great convention. A reporter then asked Donald Trump, when will the war in Iran end?

10:14Ben Meiselas:Let's play this clip. When will the war in Iran end, Mr. President? I think very soon. I think it'll be probably right after the terms. They're trying to hold out as long as they can to complicate the election. But I think people are wise to it because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It's very soon. Very soon, everybody, after the election, just you wait. It's all going to happen after the election. Then Donald Trump says that Canada wants to make a deal very badly. Let's play it. And he said, you'll probably see a deal with Canada very, very soon, he says. He said, Canada, Iran, they want to make a deal.

10:49Ben Meiselas:You'll see a deal with Canada very soon. Here, play this clip. They need our product. They do all of their business almost with us. They do very little with them. But they've taken advantage of our farmers. So they said, Canada wants to make a deal very bad. Just like Iran wants to make a deal very bad. I just don't think they're ready, but Canada wants to make a deal. Trump then says, we very powerfully control the Strait of Ramoos. Everybody knows we powerfully, you know, control the Strait of Ramoos. And now Iran with its allies, the Houthis totally control the Red Sea. They control the Bob Al Mondaw Strait.

11:26Ben Meiselas:You weak, pathetic loser. You're a war criminal. You cover up sex trafficking rings. You yourself are a sexual predator. You are a disgusting, vile piece of trash. The only reason you're even in Ireland is because of the Irish freaking open and you want a grift and our taxpayer dollars are paying for this ridiculous grift and you're a loser. And one of the aspects of this is you do these horrible things and then you do the horrible things horribly because you're a freaking loser. Anyway, we played that clip, right? Then Donald Trump says, after saying he controlled the straight up for moves, Donald Trump says, I would love to see Ireland unified.

12:03Ben Meiselas:He said, I'd love to see it unified. It's going to. Now, this breaks the entire tradition of all United States presidents remaining neutral on this point. By the way, even the government in Ireland's position is more nuanced than that. It would have to be done by referendum when a majority of people, you know, in Ireland would agree. In Northern Ireland, they would have to do a referendum. And Donald Trump's like the Tayshaq, he's going to make sure that it happens because Donald Trump's been on a tear right now to attack the UK over and over again. And one of the main reasons is that the UK now has a new prime minister.

12:37Ben Meiselas:The new prime minister has issued fairly limited sanctions against the unlawful settlements in Palestine that are taking place by the Netanyahu regime. And so Netanyahu regime, Trump regime are now there. Go after UK, try to break this new prime minister, support Falkland Islands going to Argentina or Argentina conquering the Falkland Islands. So this is all part of that. That's where this is all kind of rooted in. Trump, Netanyahu's alliance. I mean, to be very clear. So this is what Trump says. I want to see them unified. And then this received a very, very, very sharp rebuke by the UK right away.

13:16Ben Meiselas:Let me just play you that clip first of Trump on Ireland. Let's play it. What's your view on, Mr. President? What's your view on average unification, Mr. President? What average what? Unification. What's your view on? I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT UNIFIED. I HAVE FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES, GREAT PEOPLE. THEY'RE IRISH PEOPLE. HOW CAN THEY BE BAD, RIGHT? I'D LOVE TO SEE IT UNIFIED. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT FEATHER IN EVERYBODY'S CAP IF THAT HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. MR. PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW WHAT? THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY.

13:53will happen now. We're talking about it and you got the right man over here to get it moving. But yeah, I think it would be a fantastic thing. Now the UK will have something to say about it, obviously, but I think it would be a great thing. I mean, how can it be bad?

14:13Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump on the Falkland Islands. You remember the Falkland Island War that the UK won and defeated Argentina. And the Falkland Islands is like an independent territory, part of the UK as well. It's linked with the UK, of course. They don't want to be part of Argentina, but Donald Trump is a Javier Malay, you know, Javier Malay is a Trump MAGA bootlicker. And so that's what's going on there. And Trump, by the way, has given new military equipment, Black Hawk helicopters to Argentina. Why? In order to attack the UK, Donald Trump keeps attacking our allies, but here's Trump on the Falkland Islands.

14:51Ben Meiselas:Play this clip.

15:14I think it was a different country at that time, the UK, a little bit. But they went in and they took it over. I'm not sure they're doing that. They have a little problem with immigration. They have a little problem with energy. And they have some other problems they have to take care of. So I don't know. I don't know if they're going to be willing to travel that far. That is very far away. You're talking about weeks by phone. I don't know. I'm sure I'll be called into that potential disaster, but if they do, I'll probably be able to settle it out. But right now, you have two countries that are not happy.

15:55We're turning the fall. That's a good question.

15:58Ben Meiselas:Then a reporter asked Donald Trump, is Iran responsible for the attack on the east-west pipeline? Even though Donald Trump previously said Iran has no capabilities, he says they probably are. Here, play this clip.

16:27Ben Meiselas:the reality is it was the houthis who blew up the east west pipeline then saudi arabia didn't want to admit that because it would show further weakness that the houthis are able to so thoroughly destroy him. So these Saudis, MBS then blamed the Iraqi resistance. The Iraqi resistance said, we wish we did it. It's an honor that is not ours. It was the Houthis. The Houthis are like, we did it. And Trump's like, Iran did it. Do you see the freaking clown show that is this Trump regime? A reporter then asked Donald Trump about his complicity in genocide. And here's what Donald Trump says. You can play this for yourself.

17:02Mr.

17:07President, what do you say to some people in Ireland who say the U.S. is facilitating genocide in Gaza and also facilitating Israel around the illegal occupation of territories in the West Bank? But when you say Gaza, you know, we put out the fire and we got all the hostages back. There's very little happening right now in Gaza. That's not the place that people are talking about actually now. It's all about Gaza. We got involved and we facilitated a piece of a kind.

17:39Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump oddly says, my wife is here. He did. He went to a business event after meeting with the Taoiseach. And Trump's like, my wife is here. My wife is here. Melania isn't here. He's like, she's here in spirit, everybody. She's here in spirit. Here, play this clip. And my wife is here. My wife is here in spirit. She's watching right now. She said, say hello, because she's very friendly with these two people. I said, well, why don't you come with me? I said, she said, well, it's a seven hour trip. Maybe I'm not that friendly. Meanwhile, just take a look at, I'll do longer videos on what's going on in the BRICS meeting right now.

18:16Ben Meiselas:But take a look right here. You can see Prime Minister Modi. You can see Xi Jinping. You can see Putin. You can see South Africa President Ramaphoso. You can see President Pazeski of Iran right there. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaking with Foreign Minister Arangchi of Iran right here. Here you can see the BRICS leaders planting a banyan tree, a symbol of unity for the future, growing banyan trees together. There you have it, everybody. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Appreciate y 'all so much. Before you go, our book, WTF America, is available for pre-order now.

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From the publisher

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s turbulent visit to Ireland, where mass protests greeted his arrival in Dublin and his comments about Irish reunification sparked controversy. Meiselas breaks down Trump’s meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Trump’s latest claims about talks with the Houthis, and his appearance at the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf property. Meanwhile, BRICS leaders meet in New Delhi and advance their own diplomatic agenda as Meiselas examines America’s declining influence on the world stage under Trump.

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