Trump Has Nightmare Morning and Thinks About Dying

19 Aug 2025 · 20 min · 13 chapters

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In short

A commentary episode reacting to Donald Trump’s “Fox” interview and recent foreign-policy actions, arguing they worsen global conflict (especially Russia/Ukraine), undermine alliances (NATO), and show erratic, self-focused thinking about “going to heaven.” It also covers claims about CIA internal damage under Trump, CIA promotions tied to stopping Russia’s rapid Kyiv plan, and broader economic/trade impacts (tariffs, inflation, AI bubble fears).

Guests

No guests are interviewed in the provided transcript. The host references an upcoming/mentioned interview with Jake Sullivan (National Security Advisor) but no guest appears on-mic here.

Key claims

Trump called Putin during a European leaders meeting “to avoid disrespect,” blamed Ukraine for invasion, suggested NATO “couldn’t” happen, and posted “Stop the windmills” about New Jersey.

Notable examples

Trump says he “saved 7,000 people a week” and wants deals to “get to heaven”; claims Donbass is 79% controlled by Russia; Trump discusses Ainsley Earhardt dating Sean Hannity; Fox ends the interview abruptly.

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Chapters

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Trump's Panic and Interviews

1:09 to 2:11

Discuss Trump's alarming statements and panic following world events.

“That's about 500 ,000 people in Tel Aviv protesting the Netanyahu regime's atrocities being committed in Gaza.”

Trump's Thoughts on Heaven

2:11 to 2:41

Analyze Trump's bizarre remarks about wanting to go to heaven.

“Well, Donald Trump this morning gave a disastrous interview with state regime media known as Fox, where Donald Trump started saying, you know, I'm very low on the totem pole to go to heaven.”

Interview with Fox News

2:41 to 3:31

Explore Trump's controversial interview where he talks about his relationships with world leaders.

“But here, Donald Trump talks about he wants to make deals to help him go to heaven because he's low on the totem pole.”

Trump on Ukraine and Russia

3:31 to 4:38

Understand Trump's narrative about the Ukraine conflict and military relations.

“Trump talked about leaving the European leaders to take a call from Putin because he didn't want to be disrespectful to Putin.”

Bizarre Comments on Ainsley Earhardt

4:38 to 5:56

Listen to Trump's strange remarks about Ainsley Earhardt's relationship.

“But despite that, I maintained a very good relationship.”

Trump Denigrates NATO

10:28 to 12:08

Examine Trump's comments on NATO during his interview with Fox.

“And so they're like, so with all of the great things that you've done already, how can you ensure that Putin doesn't inch closer to Ukraine after your presidency?”

Trump's Social Media Rant

12:08 to 13:26

Review Trump's controversial social media posts during the interview.

“I don't think it's going to be a problem.”

CIA and Trump’s Influence

13:26 to 14:02

Learn about the implications of Trump’s actions on CIA operations and national security.

“Well, President Trump, we want to thank you so much for joining us this morning.”

Trump's Impact on National Security

14:02 to 14:58

Explore how Trump's actions are affecting national security and CIA operations.

“It came out last month, but it's worth mentioning right now from foreign policy.”

International Relations Update

15:02 to 15:30

Discussion on India's shifting alliances and Trump's factory promises.

“I did an interview with Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor.”
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Economic Policies and Tariffs

15:32 to 16:21

An overview of Trump's tariffs and their impact on consumer goods.

“Remember how he said he was going to bring iPhone factories to the United States.”

Trump's Unfulfilled Promises

16:23 to 17:02

A list of promises Trump has failed to deliver on during his presidency.

“Things I still haven't seen from Donald Trump, ending Russia's war on Ukraine, written documentation of trade deals with Vietnam, Japan, or the UK, lawsuits against Jay Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.”

Public Opinion on Tariffs

17:02 to 17:15

Insight into American views on tariffs amid Trump's trade war.

“And it should be noted as well that if you just look at Americans' views about Donald Trump's trade war against the world, only 31 % of Americans view tariffs as favorable.”
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1:09Ben Meiselas:That's about 500 ,000 people in Tel Aviv protesting the Netanyahu regime's atrocities being committed in Gaza. That's what's happening right now in Israel, which you're not seeing covered on corporate news. We talk about it here on the Midas Touch Network. Donald Trump is in a panic this morning, as it is very clear that he is just making things dramatically worse across the world. This from Sky News in the UK. We are further away from peace now than we were two years ago. Donald Trump's disastrous meeting in Alaska combined with his disastrous meeting with European leaders, where Donald Trump took a break during the meeting to take a phone call from Vladimir Putin.

1:55Ben Meiselas:And this morning, Donald Trump said that he didn't want to be disrespectful to Vladimir Putin. That's why he stepped out of the room to do the call away from European leaders who Donald Trump says, you know, Putin doesn't really like these European leaders. So I didn't want to disrespect Putin, of course. Well, Donald Trump this morning gave a disastrous interview with state regime media known as Fox, where Donald Trump started saying, you know, I'm very low on the totem pole to go to heaven. I really want to go to heaven. And that's why I'm trying to do a deal. And then he talks about Pakistan and India and saying that he did a peace deal there and that's going to help him get to heaven.

2:37Ben Meiselas:This is what he's thinking about. What are you even talking about? We realize how deranged this sounds, but no, Fox doesn't call him out for it. But here, Donald Trump talks about he wants to make deals to help him go to heaven because he's low on the totem pole. Maybe you're low on the totem pole because of you are an Epstein's connections also. And the fact that you have been found liable for sexual assault and the fact that you're a convicted felon and the fact that you're an overall awful human being. But anyway, here's what he said here. Play this clip. You know, if I can save 7000 people a week from being killed, I think that's a pretty I want to try and get to heaven if possible.

3:12I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I really hit the bottom of the totem pole. If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. Well, I think I saved a lot of lives with India, Pakistan. They were going at it. They were the planes were being shot down. That was going to be maybe a nuclear war if I let that go. And I did that.

3:30Ben Meiselas:Now, this was from that disastrous interview this morning where Donald Trump talked about leaving the European leaders to take a call from Putin because he didn't want to be disrespectful to Putin. Here play this clip. During the meeting yesterday, when you decided to call Vladimir Putin. What was the reaction among the other people in the room? And what was what was President Putin's reaction to like being brought into a phone call in the middle of your meeting? Well, I think they expected it. I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin. You know, I wouldn't do that because they have not had the warmest relations.

4:07Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump starts attacking the European leaders and basically saying, well, they can never have a conversation with Putin. And Putin doesn't really like them that much. But Putin likes me. You realize that's pretty much a self-own that you say Putin likes you. Yes, I don't think that Vladimir Putin is getting on the phone with European leaders to talk to them about how they should change their elections and cancel mail-in voting like he talked to you about. And then you said you're going to do an executive order after speaking with Vladimir Putin to cancel mail-in voting. Here, play this clip.

4:39Actually, President Putin wouldn't talk to the people from europe i mean that was part of the problem he they had no communication they had no communication with the white house for years as people died years with biden and and his people no communication putin told me years it was years that he that he didn't speak to anybody from the white house and it was a long time that he didn't speak to anybody from europe no it's a fractured relationship and when i came I always had, despite the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, which truly was a very dangerous thing for our country. But despite that, I maintained a very good relationship.

5:19I mean, you saw that when he got off his plane, I got off my plane. There's a warmth there that you can't, you know, there's a decent feeling. And it's a good thing, not a bad thing. People would say, oh, that's such a terrible thing. It's not a terrible thing. You know what? We've got the most nuclear weapons in the world and the most powerful. He's got second. So can you describe for us how that happened? did you just announce that you were going to go into the other room to make the phone call? And then you got up and left and then came back. I think they sort of knew I was at the end of the meeting.

5:46I was going to call President Putin and President Putin expected it. And he was there. Now, by the time I called him, it was one o 'clock in the morning in Russia. Russia is a big place. You know, they have 11 time zones, I believe nine or 11. But I think it's 11. But think of it, 11 time zones. That's a lot of time zones. So it was late. It was like one o 'clock in the morning. but he was, he picked it up very happily. Sure. He works very hard like we all do.

6:11Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump blames Ukraine for getting invaded. He goes, it's not a war that should have been started. Look, Russia's 10 times bigger than them. Why did Ukraine let this war start? Here, play this clip. Mr. President, did y 'all discuss any land swaps yesterday? Because we've talked a lot about the Donbass region and what was the feeling in the room? What did the other leaders say about this? Well, they understand. Look, everybody can play cute and this and that. But, you know, Ukraine is going to get their life back. They're going to stop having people killed all over the place and they're going to get a lot of land.

6:43But this was a war. And Russia is a powerful military nation. You know, whether people like it or not, it's a powerful nation. It's a much bigger nation. It's not a war that should have been started. You don't do that. You don't take on a nation that's 10 times your size. And, you know, military experts look. Look, if it wasn't for the greatest military equipment, we make the greatest military equipment in the world. And we gave them, you know, whatever. They took probably a lot of money, too. But they had tremendous, you know, they had the Patriot missile, which is the best in the world. All the equipment, we make the best equipment in the world by far.

7:23Everyone else is like nothing. So we gave them a lot of equipment. Now, with that said, the Ukrainian soldiers were brave as hell because it's fighting a force that's much, much bigger and much more powerful. And, you know, it's not like they've stopped. I assume you've all seen the map. You know, a big chunk of territory is taken and that territory has been taken. Now, they're talking about Donbass, but Donbass right now, as you know, is 79 percent owned and controlled by Russia. so they understand what that's what then in a bizarre moment Donald Trump starts talking about

8:01Ben Meiselas:the fact that Ainsley Earhart the morning host is in a relationship with Sean Hannity and she and then Donald Trump talks about her dating Sean Hannity I think she's engaged to Hannity now but this is what they talk about here play this clip there's a guy named Sean Hannity he might Take a very lovely young lady that he knows very, very well to dinner in Washington. And they don't have to. They don't have to. She's sitting right next to you, by the way. I don't want to get him in trouble. So I better explain exactly. We don't want any secrets here. But he's got that's the greatest relationship.

8:37I hope I'm not breaking into the news. This could be the biggest. Hey, this could be the most important thing I said. But let me tell you, those are two great Ainsley and Sean. Great people. And when they go out to dinner, I don't want to see them get mugged. Now they can go out. They can hold hands. They can walk down the street. They're both superstars. I want to know who makes more money. He's got to be making a lot. Mr. President, we're so happy for them. But but on a serious note, Mr. President, when you have those world leaders, because this is a topic of conversation for the whole world.

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10:35Ben Meiselas:And so they're like, so with all of the great things that you've done already, how can you ensure that Putin doesn't inch closer to Ukraine after your presidency? Do we need Congress to pass Article 5 like guarantees? What are you talking? Donald Trump's made things 100 times worse in Ukraine. Ram, the amount of times that we've seen attacks take place on Ukraine have increased significantly under Donald Trump. Here, let's watch this clip. Let's play it. What happens after your presidency? How can we ensure that this conflict, that Putin doesn't inch in closer or more into the Ukraine territory?

11:17Is there anything that we can do? Can our congressmen and women pass any laws that would involve Article 5? How would that be handled? All you can do is make sure you get a good president, not one of these wackos like in California that runs the worst state anybody's seen. That guy in Illinois, his family threw him out of the business because he was no good. Now he's running Illinois and he wants to run for president. He's got zero chance. Maybe Newscom has a little bit of a chance. I don't know. But it's hard to believe because his record's bad. But all you can do is hope you don't get that as president.

11:53We have a great bench, as you know that. We have great talent. And J.D. and Marco and Scott. Scott Besson's been great. And Howard. They're all I mean, we have such superstars.

12:06Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump denigrates NATO in this bizarre morning interview with Fox play this clip. I don't think it's going to be a problem. I think if a deal is made, you know, famous last words. But I think if a deal is made, I think Russia's had it. They've all had it. And for a very extended period of time, I don't think there'll be a problem. But there'll be some form of security. It can't be NATO because that was that's just not something that would ever, ever happen. He couldn't. They couldn't do that. So we want that. I mean, if you were Russia, who would want to have your your enemy, your opponent sitting on your line?

12:41You don't do that. So it was always thought that that Ukraine was sort of a buffer between Russia and the rest of Europe. And it was, it was a big, wide buffer. Everything worked out well until Biden got involved.

12:55Ben Meiselas:And while he's doing this interview with Fox, he starts posting on social media, stupid and ugly windmills are killing New Jersey. Energy prices up 28 % this year, and not enough electricity to take care of state. Stop the windmills, exclamation point. Stop the windmills. This is what we're saying here. And then I think even Fox realizes just how deranged this interview is with Donald Trump. And they basically hustle him off the air. Here, play this clip. People in government. Well, President Trump, we want to thank you so much for joining us this morning. We know that you have lots of other wars around the world that you need to end.

13:35And that's more important than anything. So we appreciate you joining us this morning. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. And Ainsley, thank you. I hope I didn't get you in trouble. No, we appreciate your support. I like this. It's a great couple. We love them. Have a good time, everybody. Congratulations for yesterday. Thank you, Mr. Trump. Thank you all very much.

13:57Ben Meiselas:The 45th and 47th president of the United States giving us some breaking news on what took place in the room there. I saw this article that came out. It came out last month, but it's worth mentioning right now from foreign policy. When the threat is inside the White House, What CIA insiders make of MAGA moles and toadies now in charge of the U.S. national security. And it just goes to talk about how Donald Trump is trying to destroy the CIA apparatus from within. Again, another thing that helps Putin's objectives. And it talks about how a lot of the people who were promoted to the top positions at the CIA before Donald Trump, like a guy named Tom Sylvester, were promoted on the basis also of they found the Russian war plans and were able to give it to Ukraine to help stop Putin from taking over Kiev in three days, as Putin said that he was going to do.

14:57Ben Meiselas:Just giving you some more foreign policy news and check back in about 90 minutes. I did an interview with Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor. Make sure you watch that. I asked him a lot of questions about India, Japan, what's going on internationally. but India's prime minister Modi has now been saying India-China relations have made steady progress as the U.S. has attacked India, has mocked India. India's moving on and finding its alliance in China right now. We're seeing that across the world. Meanwhile, and Donald Trump saying that he was going to bring these factories here to the United States.

15:35Ben Meiselas:Remember how he said he was going to bring iPhone factories to the United States. Well, Apple expands its iPhone production in India for US bound new models. Remember, Tim Cook showed up with a gold bar. He bribed Trump with a gold bar. And then now they're building factories in India, which is ultimately still going to benefit China as India's relationship with China is strengthening and weakening with the United States. Donald Trump also stunned the logistics industry by widening his steel and aluminum tariffs to include more than 400 consumer items that contain the metals such as motorcycles and tableware.

16:16Ben Meiselas:Trump widens metal tariffs to target baby gear and motorcycles, making things more expensive for you all. Things I still haven't seen from Donald Trump, ending Russia's war on Ukraine, written documentation of trade deals with Vietnam, Japan, or the UK, lawsuits against Jay Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Trump said he was filing that lawsuit. End of inflation. He's made things worse there. Replacement of Obamacare. He's taken away health care from 17 million Americans. And finally, Bloomberg's reporting fears of a bubble, an AI tech bubble are mounting as tech stocks follow a pattern that is surprisingly similar to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.

17:02Ben Meiselas:And it should be noted as well that if you just look at Americans' views about Donald Trump's trade war against the world, only 31 % of Americans view tariffs as favorable. I think it's an important data point as well for all of you. Anyway, hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thank you for watching. The truth is more important than ever. Check out our new Truth Over Lies collection at store.midastouch.com. All 100 % USA union made.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s awful morning as he contemplates dying on Fox News and saying he wants to make deals to get into heaven since he says he’s “low on the totem pole” and Meiselas outlines how Trump is having a major meltdown this morning.

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