In short
A commentary episode arguing Donald Trump’s Las Vegas speech was a “disaster,” delivered to a very small crowd in a tiny room, arriving about 90 minutes late, and containing factual and rhetorical gaffes.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are identified in the provided transcript; it appears to be a solo host commentary.
Key claims
Trump was humiliated by the venue size; he didn’t know what a “corner store” is; he claimed he is “not a senior citizen”; he admitted the DoorDash “grandma” Oval Office stunt was embarrassing; he said inflation is “fake,” Iran is “swimmingly,” and that tariffs will return; he praised Scott Besant as calming markets; he claimed everyone is rich and gas prices won’t hit $300.
Notable examples
“DoorDash grandma” Sharon Simmons; “corner stores” line; “fake inflation” and fuel price predictions; claims about blowing up Iranian ships; attacks on a judge blocking a ballroom; insults toward Jessica Tarlov.
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Chapters
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2:45 to 4:00
Analysis of Trump's speech and its disastrous reception.
“This was an absolute disaster for Donald Trump in Las Vegas.”
Trump's Confusion Over Affordability
4:00 to 6:00
Exploring Trump's struggles with the concept of affordability.
“Then Donald Trump started ranting and raving to the crowd that he is not a senior citizen.”
Trump's Claims on War and Economy
6:00 to 8:00
Discussion on Trump's claims regarding the economy and the war.
“And it's having a huge impact on our car companies, which are expanding like never before.”
Trump's Misleading Statements
8:00 to 10:00
Reviewing Trump's misleading statements about the economy and inflation.
“We have the most powerful military anywhere in the world.”
Trump's Defense of His Presidency
10:00 to 12:20
Trump's defense of his presidency and attacks on critics.
“He then said, all of these consultants are saying that gas prices are going to be$300 a barrel.”
Trump's Social Media and Critique
12:20 to 14:01
Discussion on Trump's social media comments and responses.
“And then he goes on to say, but it's all fake news.”
Trump's Controversial Speech Highlights
14:01 to 14:55
Explore Trump's criticisms of a judge and his remarks on political adversaries.
“Then Donald Trump goes after the Republican George W.”
Transcript
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2:38Ben Meiselas:That's GoFundMe.com. GoFundMe.com. This message reflects one person's experience. This was an absolute disaster for Donald Trump in Las Vegas. He just wrapped up an awful speech before a very small crowd. He arrived about 90 minutes late. He was clearly humiliated that they put him in a really small, tiny room before a teeny, tiny crowd. Let me just show you what this room looked like before he arrived. Let's play this clip right here.
3:16Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump started speaking and he didn't know what a corner store was. I think the purpose of this speech, I guess, was to talk about affordability, something that Donald Trump has woefully failed on and defrauded Americans. But he doesn't even know what a corner store is. Let's play this clip. Probably about four or five thousand dollars. And they wanted to raise your taxes. The Great Big Beautiful Bill also slashed taxes on millions of American small businesses, including restaurants, strike cleaners, corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is, but I've never heard it described.
3:55A corner store. Who the hell wrote that, please?
3:59Ben Meiselas:And more. Then Donald Trump started ranting and raving to the crowd that he is not a senior citizen. And he was being serious. He thinks he's not a senior citizen because I'm protecting the seniors, but I'm not a senior. Here, play this clip. In addition to no tax on Social Security, over 51 million seniors now pay. Seniors are, seniors are loving me and I love them. Of course, of course, I'm not a senior. So I, you know, I cater to the seniors, but I don't happen to be a senior myself. Thank you very much. And then Donald Trump talked about that ridiculous stunt, that scam they pulled in front of the White House with the DoorDash grandma.
4:45Ben Meiselas:And even Donald Trump was like, yeah, that really wasn't believable what we tried to pull on everybody. Here, play this clip. Earlier this week at the White House, I met a wonderful woman named Sharon Simmons, a grandmother driving DoorDash to help support her husband's cancer treatment. She's got serious cancer. She's going to be OK, I think. Sharon delivered McDonald's to the Oval Office. It was a little bit of a, you know, I mean, to be honest, it was a little tacky. You know, they come up with these crazy ideas like McDonald's, although that was the biggest ever on Google, they say, number one ever in the garbage truck.
5:20I mean, we do these things in politics. They're a little embarrassing. They're a little tiny embarrassing, but we do them, and you win by landslides, you know, it's one of those. So we got to keep doing them. No, we got a knock on the Oval Office door. This does not happen. That's the first maybe in the history of the Oval Office. And it was a very beautiful woman standing there with two big bags of McDonald's hamburgers. And I say, is this really believable? But the point of it was she made.
5:48Ben Meiselas:Even Donald Trump admits that that scam failed. Remember, we did the expose on the Midas Touch Network about that scam. But then Donald Trump said the way he's going to help with affordability very soon, he's going to start increasing tariffs again, which are taxes on the American people. OK, Donald, here play this clip. Very big factor. And it's having a huge impact on our car companies, which are expanding like never before. We're selling more cars now. A lot of it has to do with tariffs. You pay no tariffs if you come here. If you don't come here, you pay a lot of tariffs. And we're raising those tariffs very soon.
6:23Not on you. It's on people from the outside that don't build their plants here. We have now hundreds of billions. We have actually$18 trillion being invested in the United States.
6:35Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump says he likes Treasury Secretary Scott Besant because when Donald Trump speaks, the markets get panicked. But when Besant speaks, the markets get soothed. Here, play this clip. More about these incredible things that are happening, I'm going to ask. Really a respected guy, a great guy too. He's difficult. this guy. He's difficult, but he's great. And you know, when he speaks, the whole market gets soothed. When I speak, the market goes a little jittery. And they say, Scott, go out there, clean it up for me, Scott. But now he's a fantastic guy. And Scott, you're going to say a few words and then we're going to hear from a few of the people.
7:17Ben Meiselas:And Donald Trump says that the war in Iran is going swimmingly. He says it's going amazing. Maybe it ends soon. Maybe it doesn't. But he said It was the perfect war. So perfect. Here, play this clip. And all over the world, they laughed at us. And they don't laugh anymore. They are not laughing. They're not laughing anymore. I don't think anybody just asked those. I don't want to be a wise guy. I don't want to speak too soon. But we do very well. You notice that we're doing very well. And I will say the war in Iran is going along swimmingly. We can do whatever we want. And it should be ending pretty soon.
7:59It was perfect. It's perfect. It was the power we have, our military. We have the most powerful military anywhere in the world. I built it four years, my first four years.
8:10Ben Meiselas:Then he goes on to say, you know, when people hear about inflation, it's fake. He says it's fake inflation. Let's play this clip. In the report released last week, core inflation was down to the lowest level in five years. and very shortly we're going to be probably eight or nine years. Don't forget we're having some fake inflation because of the fuel, the energy prices, which everybody said was going to 250. We're talking about that, Scott. They said 250,$300. I mean, today, what was it? It finished at$89 or$90, right? And that's in the, you know, we haven't settled yet. Maybe we won't, but I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised.
8:49Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump talks about why he blew up Iranian ships. And he's like, why'd we blow him up? He's like, I would have wanted to use those ships. We couldn't have turned the Iranians into American soldiers. Here, play this clip. 115. I got angry. I said, why didn't you save him? We could have used him, you know? They say we'd rather shoot him than save him. I said, what the hell? It's only money. But they were, some of them were good. They had one named the Soleimani. You know what the Soleimani? We took him out. Then Donald Trump goes on to say that every single American at every income level is rich right now.
9:22Ben Meiselas:Everyone is doing great, which we know is not the case. Play this clip. But every single American at every income level is more money in their pockets this week because of the Republican tax policies. And we got to win the midterms. If we don't, these policies are going to be taken away from you. The taxes are going to go through the roof. Then he says a year ago, the United States was an embarrassment to the entire world. The whole world laughed at us. you were in office a year ago. Let's play this clip. Our country, a year ago, our country was an embarrassment and all over the world, they laughed at us and they don't laugh anymore.
9:59They are not laughing. They're not laughing anymore.
10:02Ben Meiselas:I don't think. He then said, all of these consultants are saying that gas prices are going to be$300 a barrel. Actually, Donald, I know we're looking at the futures prices right now, and that's what we're seeing with the crew, WTI and Brent. But some of the sales, actual sales in Asia, people are buying about$280,$300 per barrel. But go on and play this clip. It's amazing. I had people, we have consultants, great guys that we both know, we see, they're very talented. Sir, if you do this, fuel is going to go to$300 a barrel, right? One guy in particular who we like a lot. but i said i don't think so i think we're going to be good we always find a way you know you got to find a way but sir don't do it sir three hundred dollars a barrel it's going to be a wild thing it's going to be horrible the depression is going to happen well not going to happen because we just hit a brand new all-time high then fuels at 89 it's actually a lot lower than that in a lot of areas so but let's not get away from you know let's see what happens over the next week or so So, you know, I think you're going to be very impressed.
11:10And if you are, vote for the Republicans in the midterms, okay?
11:16Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump says, look, everything is booming. He's like, when you talk about this war, he goes, I did this perfect war in two months. He's like, Vietnam, it lasted 17 years. I pulled it off in two months. Here, play this clip. Thanks to our cuts today, the economy is booming. Our economy is booming. You know, you don't read about it. you don't see it so much because of what's going on in Iran, which is really, you know, it's been two months. I mean, two months. You've been in other wars for 18 years, four years with me. I'm in there for a month. Well, he said he'd get out a month. Did you see where I did a list last week?
11:5517 years in Vietnam and five years in Afghanistan and more, much more than that. and all these different places. And I said, we're in there for two months. And you know what? We're going to have victory very shortly. This is not.
12:15Ben Meiselas:Well, yes, in two months, you managed to destroy American security umbrella abroad. You managed to strengthen Iran. You managed to basically destroy NATO. Great job, Donald. And then he goes on to say, but it's all fake news. You watch the fake news and they're so mean to me. Let's play this clip. No, it's all over there. There's so many, even in the fake news where they have the, you know, these different, you always want to watch the enemy a little bit. You don't want to watch too much. You want to find out where they're coming from and they come from dark places. But even there, people are saying, wow, this is really amazing.
12:50And he said,
12:50Ben Meiselas:I came to Vegas with one important message. You're welcome. You're welcome, everybody. That's the message that he said. He came to Vegas to say, you're welcome. Here, play this clip. And thanks to our tax cuts this week, thousands of Nevada waiters, waitresses, casino dealers, bartenders, bellmen, barbers, caddies. So I love those caddies. They're very good if you have the right kid. And valets receive the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives. And you see it. And I just want to say you're welcome. You're welcome. And then he said he had the best economy during his first term in office, which he didn't.
13:30It was COVID.
13:31Ben Meiselas:It was terrible. But he goes, now it's even better, and everybody is thriving. Let's play this clip. We had the best economy in the history of our country in my first term, and we're blowing it out now. We're blowing it away now. And despite our little diversion... And then as Donald Trump left, he kept on making social media posts after social media posts, like this one. I hope Hezbollah acts nicely and well during this important period of time. That's gonna show him. Just tell him to act nicely and well. Then Donald Trump goes after the Republican George W. Bush judge who once again blocked the construction of his ballroom.
14:08Ben Meiselas:A Trump hating judge for the first time in history wants Congress to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for a glorious ballroom instead of accepting donations from great American companies and citizens. This is a first. In other words, he wants taxpayers to pay for the ballroom. No, he just said, have Congress approved the private citizens. That's all he said. More attacks on the ballroom by him. He then went on to more attacks on the ballroom. And he then starts attacking Jessica Tarlov and says, I'm on Air Force One. And he goes, I don't like Jessica Tarlov. She's one of the least attractive and talented people on television.
14:44Ben Meiselas:Her voice is so grating and terrible. I had to turn her off. Everybody hit subscribe. I'm going to read more of it. 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 in Las Vegas before a tiny crowd as he lies about the economy and rambles about topics that is barely coherent.
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