Trump Gives Disaster Speech in Torn-Up Rose Garden

16 Oct 2025 · 20 min · 11 chapters

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The episode discusses a Donald Trump press event in a damaged “Rose Garden” he calls “Club Rose Garden,” framed as a Charlie Kirk memorial. The host claims Trump bragged about surviving assassination attempts, invoked Charlie Kirk while criticizing Republicans’ government shutdown stance, and reacted to sirens as “beautiful” sounds stopping crime. Key claims include Trump’s false statements about California wildfire “secret valves” and about “almost $18 trillion” in investments. It also alleges misogyny and bizarre personal remarks during questions from reporters and while traveling with Argentina’s president, including comments about “machine gun lips” and comparing his beach appearance to Biden. Notable examples cited: sniper fire claims involving ICE agents, “25,000 houses” lost to fires due to delayed water, and praise of Speaker Mike Johnson. No guests are identified in the transcript.

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Trump's Disastrous Rose Garden Speech

0:00 to 0:16

Analysis of Trump's chaotic speech in the Rose Garden.

“Summer is here, which means we all want to look and feel our best.”

Trump's Disastrous Rose Garden Speech

2:02 to 2:45

Analysis of Trump's chaotic speech in the Rose Garden.

“This event was purportedly yet another Charlie Kirk memorial event.”

Bizarre Sirens Commentary

2:45 to 3:50

Trump's strange comments on sirens during the speech.

“Then Donald Trump said that if Charlie Kirk was here, he would love the fight that the Republicans are doing on the government shutdown where they're ripping away health care for tens of millions of Americans.”

Deranged Rant About California Fires

3:50 to 5:34

Trump's unfounded claims about California fire management.

“They come from Florida to see their nation's capital.”

Trump's False Investment Claims

5:34 to 6:56

Examining Trump's exaggerated claims about investments.

“We broke in and had the water come down.”

Memorial Ceremony for Charlie Kirk

6:56 to 8:00

Trump's odd remarks during the memorial for Charlie Kirk.

“Literally everything he says here is just a complete fraud.”

Memorial Ceremony for Charlie Kirk

9:46 to 10:47

Trump's odd remarks during the memorial for Charlie Kirk.

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Trump's Comments on Left-Wing Terrorism

11:00 to 12:20

Trump's views on protests and left-wing activism.

“It must be done by Antifa terrorists, these beautiful signs, huh?”

Devil's Ideology Rhetoric

12:20 to 13:53

Analysis of Trump's rhetoric regarding Democrats.

“They've been very nice, but it surprises you who they may be.”

Trump's Bizarre Comments and Misogyny

14:01 to 15:10

Discussing Trump's strange remarks during a press conference and his misogynistic behavior.

“But I was, I made a turn at a good time.”
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Trump's Absurd Comparisons

15:10 to 17:31

Exploring Trump's outlandish comparisons to Biden and his unusual comments on appearances.

“And just watch how misogynistic Trump is here.”
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2:25Ben Meiselas:Play this clip. Law enforcement fired sniper rifles at ICE agents and me, you know. But I was I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. I turned to the right. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually. He said, how the hell did you make that turn? I said, I don't know. Then Donald Trump said that if Charlie Kirk was here, he would love the fight that the Republicans are doing on the government shutdown where they're ripping away health care for tens of millions of Americans. And he's invoking Charlie Kirk's name here. Very odd behavior. Here play this clip. What a job you're doing, Mike.

3:07What a job you're doing. And I watched you this morning and you're in there trying to say look just let the country open everything will be fine we're dealing with some radical left lunatics and i would just wish charlie was here to fight us i think the fight would have been over already he would have had a march on the capitol by people who whose average age is about 21 because there's nobody that had that relationship with young people. Right, Mike? So thank you, Mike, for being here.

3:38Ben Meiselas:House. Then as Donald Trump's giving the speech, he hears sirens in the background and like a toddler, he's like, everybody hear those sirens? That's the real deal sirens right there. Here, play this clip. Even killed. They come in from Indiana. They come in from Iowa. They come from Florida to see their nation's capital. And somebody would have to call the parents. I'm sorry, but your son or your daughter has been killed not anymore you hear those sirens going off that's good that's a good sound that means they either got the bad guy or they're going to stop the bad guy you didn't hear that sound because nobody wanted to do anything nobody listen to the beauty of that sound seriously and that's the real deal sirens they're not politically correct sirens you hear they're about three miles away that's great what a beautiful sound they're stopping crime.

4:34That's what they're doing.

4:35Ben Meiselas:Then he goes on this deranged rant again about how California didn't turn on a magical valve and that that's why the fires weren't put out and there was a secret valve that you turn on and that would have got rid of all the fires back last January. What the hell is this guy talking about? I mean, this is so deranged. Here, play this clip. I wonder why, why, why would they do it? But they're hurting our country and we're really taking it back one by one if we didn't go into los angeles early on in the administration the commissioner the chief of police los angeles said if they didn't go in we would have lost our city now they already lost 25 000 houses to fire because they wouldn't let the water come in from the pacific northwest which they should have done i said you better do it they didn't do it and we had uh 25 000 homes where they had no water in their sprinklers they had no water in the fire dihydrants.

5:30It would have been a different kind of a thing if they did what they were supposed to do. We had a break in. We broke in and had the water come down. They actually, they said for the environment, great. They lost 25 ,000 houses.

5:42Ben Meiselas:As Governor Newsom responded right away, is not having a sense of reality a symptom of dementia? The answer is yes. And I love that Governor Newsom keeps going on the offense. Then Donald Trump said, I heard about Charlie Kirk, that he liked his enemies, loved his enemies. I'm not the same. I'm not the same. Here, play this clip.

6:10Five weeks ago, our nation was robbed of this extraordinary champion. He was a champion in every way. I got to know him so well. He didn't like losing. And he was able to fight people that were enemies. And he didn't necessarily love those enemies so much. I heard he loved his enemies. And I said, wait a minute, is that the same Charlie that I know? I'm not sure, but I didn't want to get into it.

6:39Ben Meiselas:Then again, at this odd, another memorial ceremony for Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump says that we're a country with almost$18 trillion of investments coming in now. It's no, we don't. That's not happening. There's not$18 trillion of investments. Literally everything he says here is just a complete fraud. Here, play this clip. But I would not have missed this moment for anything in the world. Nothing. And it's a very important time for our country. And our country is doing so well. It's never done better. we are a country with almost now$18 trillion of investment coming in. Nobody's ever seen anything like that.

7:26Previous administration had less than a trillion for four years. We have more than 18, it'll be much more than 20 by the time the year. More than$20 trillion has never been a country in the world that had anything like that.

7:38Ben Meiselas:Then he talks about J.D. Vance going on ABC and he refers to George Stephanopoulos, a Slopadopoulos. Again, this is what you're doing in the memorial, huh? Here, play this clip. Thanks as well to Vice President J.D. Vance, who's been fantastic. J.D., thank you very much.

8:02Great. Doing a great job. did a great job on Sunday with George Slopidopoulos. I think put him away pretty good.

8:13Ben Meiselas:By the way, I'm not even sure you could have gotten worse than the previous memorial in the Arizona football stadium, but this is pretty bad. Donald Trump then says he's not going to make it to heaven. Here, play this clip. His final moments, Charlie testified to the greatness of america and to the glory of our savior with whom he now rests in heaven and he's going to make heaven i said i'm not sure i can make it but he's going to make it he's there he's looking down on us right now it's so incredible look at this how this turned out this was supposed to be so dark and cloudy not dark and cloudy is it look at that how beautiful that is there's no artist that can can capture it as beautiful as it is today wow Then Donald Trump says that Mike Johnson is a member of his cabinet.

9:03Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip. Thank you very much. Many members of my cabinet are here. Just about all of them are here. I won't go into every single one of them, but I'll announce a few of the people that have really turned this country around and helped me. Incredible people. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Where is Mike? Mike, what a job you're doing, Mike. What a job you're doing. and I watched you this morning and you're in there trying to say, look, just let the country open. Everything will be fine. We're dealing with some radical left lunatics. And I would just wish Charlie was here to fight us.

9:42I think the fight would have been over already.

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10:50Ben Meiselas:That's rocketmoney.com slash MidasTouch. rocketmoney.com slash MidasTouch. M-E-I-D-A-S-T-O-U-C-H. And then Trump obsesses over the signs that happened at the No Kings protest. He's like, these are beautiful signs. How are the signs so beautiful? It must be done by Antifa terrorists, these beautiful signs, huh? Here, play this clip. Good job. And that's why I said last month that I have directed the attorney general and the Department of Homeland Security to confront the very real threat of left wing terrorism in our country. It's a real threat. And not when you confront it, it's not because they're not brave people.

11:34In fact, they're cowards. When you confront them, they immediately fold. You have to see them fold. You have to see them crying. They fold. but it includes dismantling the networks that fund them and finance them and we're finding out who those networks are we already know quite a few of them when you see these violent incidents and then you see people holding this gorgeous sign with beautiful wood beautiful cardboard wood everything everything's perfect paint job and they're all the same there are thousands of them You know that they weren't made in the basement out of love. They were made by anarchists and in some cases wealthy.

12:20I'll probably find some of my nice friends that are up there being so nice to me, especially lately. They've been very nice, but it surprises you who they may be. And you almost wonder why, why, why would they do it? But they're hurting our country and we're really taking.

12:38Ben Meiselas:He then says that people who are Democrats are on the left, I guess. I'm not even sure what he's saying. That they have the devil's ideology. The devil's ideology. This is what you're saying at a memorial. Again, this is just an evil and weird human being. We just have, this is not a normal person. Here, play this clip. Nothing could have ever supplanted this. It's incredible the way people are talking about him. And with great love. I mean, I read so many stories about some of the enemies, but I watch the enemies, and it's hard for them to speak badly about them because they just don't. And then you do have people in the days since Charlie's killing.

13:22We've seen exactly why our country so dearly needed his example. We've watched legions of far-left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one. They know that they're failing. They have the devil's ideology and they're failing and they know it. They feel it. And they become violent. They seem to become very violent on the left. They've rammed vehicles into federal law enforcement, fired sniper rifles at ICE agents and me, you know. But I was, I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. I turned to the right.

14:08Charlie couldn't believe it, actually. He said, how the hell did you make that turn? I said, I don't know.

14:14Ben Meiselas:And then Erica Kirk remarked that, yes, Charlie Kirk did pray for his enemies, which is hard, but he did. And then Donald Trump gives this weird shit-eating grin. Here, play this clip. It's what we're called to do. Surprisingly enough, he did pray for his enemies, which is very hard, but he did. He did. He did.

14:41Ben Meiselas:No one else. I mean, I saw him do it. No, he never did it in front of anyone else, but I can attest to that. But he also loved people when it was inconvenient. And this followed Donald Trump's bizarre press conference with the president of Argentina, where the U.S. is giving Argentina$20 billion in a bailout while Trump's depriving 20 million Americans of health care,$20 billion to Argentina, 20 million Americans without health care. And then Donald Trump is asked a question from a woman reporter. And just watch how misogynistic Trump is here. I didn't cover this in my last video, but look what he says.

15:19Ben Meiselas:He goes, I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you, darling. The hell? Here, play this clip.

15:53Ben Meiselas:And then as Donald Trump was flying into DC, he referred to Caroline Levitt's lips as like, you love her lips. She's got machine gun lips. What? Here, play this clip.

16:27Do you want to elaborate on the -

16:29Ben Meiselas:And then finally, Trump talked about how he would look better at a beach with his shirt off than Biden. And this is what Trump's talking about in front of the president of Argentina. Play this clip. Would you like to visit Argentina soon? There is an invitation for that. What does that mean? Do you like to visit Argentina soon? I do, I would love to. I'm just a little busy. I would love to. I'd love to go to Argentina. I'd like to be like Biden. i'd like to go to the beach you know my legs are not quite as thin as his my legs are slightly heavier my arms are slightly larger my body is a little bit larger than his i'm not sure it would be appreciated on the beach but i'm not going to take a chance you won't see me in a bathing suit you won't see in a bathing suit sitting on a beach in argentina falling down not being able to lift a three ounce chair meant for old people to lift and he couldn't lift it so He spent too much time on a beach.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump giving a disastrous speech in the area where the Rose Garden once was and how the speech went sideways real fast as he turned yet another memorial into a bizarre event ranting about himself.

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