In short
A commentary episode claiming Donald Trump delivered a “psychotic meltdown” speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee, focusing on his rhetoric about the Iran conflict and attacks on the Supreme Court.
Guest backgrounds
Scott McFarlane is mentioned as a guest/host channel (“Scott McFarlane News” on YouTube). No other guest identities are provided in the transcript.
Key claims
Trump allegedly avoided calling the Iran conflict a “war” to bypass congressional authorization; he’s portrayed as lying about Iran wanting a deal; he brags the U.S. is “the hottest country” and blames Biden/Harris for economic disaster; he allegedly screams at the Supreme Court, calling justices “criminals” and “rogue judges,” and claims a missing sentence will cost “hundreds of billions.”
Notable examples
“military operation” vs “war”; “dirty, rotten, cheaters”; “100 missiles” description; “America First Award” and chants of “Make America Great Again.”
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Meltdown Over War Speech
1:20 to 2:12
Analysis of Trump's speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“Donald Trump just had a psychotic meltdown during a speech before the National Republican Congressional Committee in Washington, D.C.”
Misleading Claims About War
2:12 to 3:20
Discussion on Trump's misleading claims regarding the war and Iran negotiations.
“You're going to want to watch this full video.”
America's Perception and Oil Prices
3:20 to 4:50
Trump's assertions about America's global standing and oil prices.
“They're just scared to make the deal because we would kill them.”
Inflation and Energy Costs
4:50 to 6:20
Trump's comments on inflation and energy costs under his administration.
“Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world.”
Trump's Attacks on the Supreme Court
6:20 to 7:40
Trump's criticisms towards the Supreme Court and its judges.
“But the cost of energy and electricity would be the highest ever, which it was prior to this administration.”
Trump's Claims of Settling Wars
11:15 to 14:01
Discussion on Trump's assertions regarding settling wars and U.S. military success.
“Let's go back to an earlier portion of the speech where he started bragging to the National Republican Congressional Committee that we settled eight wars.”
Celebrating the America First Award
14:01 to 16:05
Learn about the America First Award created to honor Donald Trump.
“likes to see our country in trouble and we're going to do something about it but I want to and then mega Mike Johnson says that great speech Donald Donald great speech we've created an award for you.”
Trump's Foreign Policy Claims
16:06 to 18:05
Discuss Trump's narrative on foreign policy and military actions.
“And we got to work in January with the mandate that the American people gave us to do just that.”
Trump's Simplistic War Description
18:06 to 18:59
Explore Trump's trivialization of war events during his speech.
“He was like, they shot 100 missiles at our thing.”
Transcript
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1:43Ben Meiselas:So we're just going to call it an operation. Then Donald Trump concluded the speech by attacking the Supreme Court and calling the right wing justices who he appointed criminals. And then he just started like screaming at the Supreme Court. He was like, you're a bunch of criminals. You're a bunch of criminals and you're costing our country hundreds of billions. It was a complete psychotic meltdown. Let me show you what went down. You're going to want to watch this full video. Also, make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel right now. We're on our way to 7 million subscribers. Also subscribe to Scott McFarlane's YouTube channel.
2:26Ben Meiselas:Search at Scott McFarlane News. An honor to have him here at the Midas Touch Network. So Donald Trump began the speech by saying, I won't use the word war because then I would need congressional authorization. He's just admitting that he's violating the Constitution with this disastrous war in Iran. Let's play this clip. But they're doing it for two reasons. Number one is they want to deflect from all of the tremendous success that we're having in this military operation. I won't use the word war because they say if you use the word war, that's maybe not a good thing to do. They don't like the word war because you're supposed to get approval.
3:07So I'll use the word military operation, which is really what it is. It's called a military decimation. But they don't like the good publicity. They don't like to see us succeed. They want to see our country fail.
3:19Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump lies and said Iran wants to make a deal so badly. They're just scared to make the deal because we would kill them. Here, play this clip like we're doing in the Middle East with Iran. And they are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly, but they're afraid to say it because they figure they'll be killed by their own people. They're also afraid they'll be killed by us. has never been a head of a country that wanted that job less than being the head of Iran.
3:56I don't want it. Well, listen to some of the things they say. We hear them very clearly. They say, I don't want it. We'd like to make you the next supreme leader. No, thank you. I don't want it.
4:09Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump says, but the good news is we've never been respected the way we are right now. We are the hottest country ever. Everybody loves the United States of America, he says, deranged. Let's play this clip. Also highly respected again. Perhaps we are now respected like never, ever before. I don't think we have ever been as respected now.
4:41You know, if you think about it, a year and a half ago, our country was viewed as a joke. We were a joke all over the world. They were laughing at us, how stupid we were, how weak, how pathetic. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. We're the hottest country in the world. King of Saudi Arabia said it.
4:56Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump says, you know, the funny thing, I thought oil prices were going to be way higher. I thought Americans were going to have to pay much more money for their gas and that the stock market would be hurt even more. I'm surprised that things are looking so good right now for the American people. Deranged. Here play this clip. So as we rebuild, it's going to come back very quickly. It's already back. I mean, it's back. It went down a little bit. I actually thought when I went on this excursion, as I call it excursion into hell excursion into a terrible place when i went on to do something that for 47 years should have been done by any of the other presidents and you heard numerous of them said they wished they did it but they didn't have the guts to do it we had no choice but i thought it be much worse.
5:52I thought that the energy prices, oil price would go up higher. I thought the stock market would go somewhat lower, but it didn't matter to me. Short term, what we had to do is get rid of the cancer.
6:05Ben Meiselas:Then he goes on to say, you know, the cost of energy and electricity would have been so bad if Biden and Kamala were still in office. Do you realize you've caused economic calamity right now? Watch what he says here. Let's play this clip. But the cost of energy and electricity would be the highest ever, which it was prior to this administration. Inflation would be soaring to country record levels. You know, we had the highest I inherited, the highest inflation in the history of our country. They say 48 years, What difference does it make? It's the highest in the history of our country. And our nation would be ravaged by rampant crime, woke lunacy and transgender for everybody.
6:53That's where we would have been. People would have been flowing into our countries at the same levels they were destroyed. They were destroyed.
7:01Ben Meiselas:And then he just starts shouting, dirty, rotten, cheaters. He goes, dirty, rotten, cheaters. Here, play this clip. At three, because 2020 was equally good, but they cheated millions of us. Dirty cheats, dirty, rotten cheaters. I'm just going to skip to this part. Then I'll go back though. I'll skip to the end of the speech because this is where it got super deranged where he starts attacking what he calls rogue judges and the Supreme Court. And he's like, the Supreme Court didn't want to put a sentence at the end of it. And they screwed me. Here, play this clip. Judges, We got rogue judges that are criminals.
7:44They're criminals. What they do to our country, the decisions that they hand down and hurt our country. And I could tell you something. I've gone through it. And the decisions that these people make. I got a decision on tariffs that's going to cost our country. Not me. I do it a different way. Different way. going to cost our country hundreds of billions potentially of refunds, giving them back to people that have been ripping off our country because the Supreme Court didn't want to put one little sentence that all money taken in up till the state doesn't have to be paid back.
8:28Ben Meiselas:He then calls these Supreme Court justices he appointed criminals. He goes, they're a bunch of criminal. I mean, this is literally deranged. That's why when I give you the title, Psychotic Meltdown. What the hell are we watching here? Play this clip. Bad courts in this country are costing us a tremendous amount of money. And the Supreme Court, that's right, of the United States, cost our country, all they needed was a sentence, our country, hundreds of billions of dollars, and they couldn't care less. They couldn't care less. And not that it matters, doesn't matter at all, but two of the people that voted for that I appointed, and they sicken me.
9:13They sicken me, because they're bad for our country.
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11:26Ben Meiselas:He goes, people forget I'm the peace guy. I've settled so many wars. Play this clip. 100 percent. But I do. We did a lot. We settled eight wars. People sort of forget. And we're winning another one. I tell you, we're winning so big. Nobody's ever seen anything like we're doing in the Middle East with Iran. And then he says that the American people don't get to see how great we're doing in the war on Iran because of all the videos about the TSA lines. It's a cover up and the media showing the TSA lines. So we're not seeing how good the war is actually going. Play this clip. Because they don't want to settle.
12:07They want chaos. As I said, so there are great military triumphs against Iran can't be displayed on television because they're displaying airports.
12:18Ben Meiselas:In fact, what we have learned from an NBC exclusive earlier this morning is that Trump's advisors, if you even want to call him that, prepare hype reels for him two minutes each day where they just show the United States bombing things in Iran. And then they say, you see how great the war is going? Everything's amazing, Donald. And that's how he's getting his news about the war. deranged. Donald Trump brags about getting trillions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. Well, guess what, Donald? They were paying you for play, pay for play, quid pro quos. Now you've got Qatar energy completely destroyed.
12:59Ben Meiselas:You've set back the growth and development of these Mideast nations that were trying to diversify away from oil and develop tourism sectors, you've gutted it. You've destroyed it. For real. Even if this war ended tomorrow, which it's not, you've destroyed the future of these nations. And that's going to have a ripple effect on not just their economies, but the world economies. These are people who invested in the United States stock market and real estate and various funds. But play this clip. King of Saudi Arabia said it. He said, sir, I was in Saudi Arabia, came back with$2 trillion for our country.
13:37I came back with$2 trillion from Saudi,$2 trillion from Qatar,$2 trillion from UAE. Oh, they're great. They're all fighting. They got hit. Nobody expected they were going to get hit. It made them angry and they came to our side immediately, all of them and others.
13:54Ben Meiselas:but then Donald Trump's like we're so hot we have the hottest party right now play this clip congratulations well we have a hot party we have a very hot party and we have a group that likes to see our country in trouble and we're going to do something about it but I want to and then mega Mike Johnson says that great speech Donald Donald great speech we've created an award for you. It's called the America First Award. Watch this. The president has done so much for the American people and we want to honor him in some small way, some token of our appreciation for his leadership. And so tonight we have created a new award.
14:36Ben Meiselas:We're going to do something we've never done before. We're going to honor him with a new award that we'll present annually from this point forward, but he is the suitable and fitting recipient of the first ever America First Award. We can think of no better title for what that is.
14:59That's this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the new golden era in America.
15:05Ben Meiselas:And we want to let you know before we bring the president out and more for Megan Mike Johnson and And Megan Mike Johnson goes, you know what? We inherited such a mess from Biden and Kamala and Donald, you fixed it. We are in a golden age right now. America is thriving. There's peace across the world. Everything is more affordable. Promises made, promises kept. Donald, we did it. If you think I'm exaggerating that craziness, let's play the clip right here.
16:05Ben Meiselas:We had to fix everything. And we got to work in January with the mandate that the American people gave us to do just that. It is all attributed to leadership. And President Donald J. Trump will go down as clearly one of the greatest, if not the greatest presidents of all time. That is no kidding.
16:26Ben Meiselas:And then, of course, it's not a Donald Trump speech unless he attacks Obama. So here he is attacking Obama. Obama gave them the absolute right title and interest, gave everything to Iran. You remember that? When Bibi Netanyahu came over and begged him not to do it, he gave Iran the right to have a nuclear weapon at the highest level within a very short period of time. And I terminated that agreement as soon as I came to office.
17:03And if I didn't terminate it, that weapon would have been used three years ago, would have been used a long time ago. And then we stopped it a second time with those beautiful B-2 bombers. They went in and they knocked the hell out of the nuclear potential. And if they didn't do that attack, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks
17:24Ben Meiselas:to four weeks after the attack. Then he says we need to start chanting, make America great again, make America great again, play this clip. The greatest phrase in the history of politics, make America great again. It really is the greatest. It's the greatest. And we probably have to start, we'll never abandon that phrase, but we'll probably have to start changing because when you say make America great again, that means it's not great. Now, we've made America great. We've rebuilt our military. You know, I rebuilt our military in the first term. I didn't think I'd use it this much. but we've used it and there's no military like it anywhere in the world.
18:04Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump describes the war in terms of what a four-year-old, no offense to four-year-olds would say. He was like, they shot 100 missiles at our thing. 100 missiles at our thing. Play this clip. But their Navy, we knocked out everything. It's amazing. We have the greatest military. We make the greatest military equipment. And now if you notice, I said, you got to make it faster. Got to make more of it because we need it. All made in America, but we make the greatest. You know, we had an attack. One hundred missiles were shot by Iran at a very important thing that we had. I won't tell you what it was for certain reasons.
18:49One hundred missiles going 2 ,000 miles an hour were coming at this element of importance. Tremendous power and importance.
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas covers Donald Trump’s disaster speech at the annual NRCC event where he addressed his war in Iran and other topics.
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