Trump Hides in Florida as Protests Erupt Everywhere

17 Aug 2025 · 16 min · 7 chapters

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In short

The host claims Trump is “hiding” in Florida while nationwide protests erupt against his administration, including alleged ICE/Border Patrol abuses and a hardline stance toward Ukraine.

Guest backgrounds

No guests are named or interviewed in the transcript.

Key claims

Trump fled to golf resorts during protests; he allegedly kneels to Vladimir Putin after a humiliating Alaska summit; he parrots Kremlin talking points by urging Ukraine to cede Donbas; he hides medical records and may have left sensitive documents behind; he will arm National Guard with AR-15–type weapons; Russia’s attacks on Ukraine have doubled since his inauguration.

Notable examples

Protests shown in Washington, D.C. (DuPont Circle to the White House; 14th & W Street checkpoint), Denver, Los Angeles, and Anchorage; Putin mocked Trump in Alaska (Lavrov in a USSR shirt); Trump allegedly gave Putin an American bald eagle desk statue.

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Trump's Retreat to Florida and Putin Meeting

0:28 to 1:44

Discussion on Trump's behavior and his recent meeting with Putin.

“You can see what Donald Trump's been doing.”

Powerful Protests in Washington, D.C.

1:44 to 2:28

Coverage of protests in D.C. and the public's response to Trump.

“This is fascism, a different form of brutal rule.”

Nationwide Protests Against the Trump Administration

2:28 to 4:19

Overview of protests across various cities including Denver and Los Angeles.

“Let me show you some of the powerful protests on the streets in Denver against the Trump regime and his ICE Gestapo.”

Trump's Cognitive Decline and Medical Secrecy

4:19 to 6:09

Discussion on Trump's cognitive abilities and his medical record transparency.

“And then over the weekend, or right before the weekend, rather, We saw those protests in Anchorage, Alaska, the people in Anchorage showing up, protesting Donald Trump and the visit from Putin.”

Implications of the Trump-Putin Meeting

6:09 to 8:05

Analyzing the consequences of Trump's meeting with Putin on global politics.

“Donald Trump's been hiding his medical records from the public.”

Trump's Militarization of Protests and Comparisons to Authoritarian Regimes

8:05 to 10:19

Discussion on Trump's military tactics and comparisons to global authoritarianism.

“Ukraine gives up basically most of Eastern Ukraine.”

Economic Concerns and Public Sentiment

10:19 to 12:04

Overview of economic challenges faced by Americans and public sentiment.

“The former ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, Professor McFaul, posts this graphic from Theresa Fallon, and it bears repeating.”
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Transcript

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0:00Danger, danger, there are fascists in the White House. It's up to us to drive them out.

0:20Ben Meiselas:Powerful protests yesterday in Washington, D.C. and across the country. I'm going to show you those protest in just a moment. But Donald Trump fled to Florida where he's been hiding in his safe spaces, golfing all day while we see Americans out there on the streets, not being covered by corporate news, but being covered here on the Midas Touch Network. You can see what Donald Trump's been doing. There he is at his golf resorts, kind of hiding in his safe space, making people clap for him. You see him golfing right there. And of course, this follows Donald Trump's disastrous meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where Putin's foreign minister showed up in a USSR shirt.

1:04Ben Meiselas:Putin and Sergei Lavrov, his foreign minister, mocked Donald Trump, mocked the United States. Trump ordered United States troops to get on their knees and roll out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin. Putin walked away with a major diplomatic win, legitimizing himself to the world at the expense of America humiliating itself before the world. And then Donald Trump's been spending the last 48 hours telling Ukraine it needs to give up Donbass, an area that it still controls, that's heavily fortified, to Vladimir Putin. Trump just saying, give up the land, give Putin the land, and Trump just parroting Putin's talking points.

1:43Ben Meiselas:Let me show you this, another scene from the Washington, D.C. protests from yesterday. Here play this clip. This is fascism, a different form of brutal rule. It cannot be. No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!

2:28Ben Meiselas:Let me show you some of the powerful protests on the streets in Denver against the Trump regime and his ICE Gestapo. Here, play this clip right here. Hot streets hydrogen rehén Hot streets!

2:50Direction reset.

3:13Ben Meiselas:And again are you seeing this anywhere else other than on the Midas Dutch network. Here we see hundreds, thousands actually packing the streets. They're walking here to the White House and they're chanting, Trump must go. Trump must go. Here, watch this.

4:00Ben Meiselas:And here are some of the photos from this incredible protest right in front of the White House. Began on DuPont Circle, marching right in front of the White House. It was incredible indeed. Indeed, remember, we've seen these protests in Los Angeles as well. Here are the protests in L.A. Let me show you these. Let's play them.

4:37Ben Meiselas:And then over the weekend, or right before the weekend, rather, We saw those protests in Anchorage, Alaska, the people in Anchorage showing up, protesting Donald Trump and the visit from Putin. The people in Alaska realize that Putin wants to take over Alaska and Russia, the USSR, considers Alaska to be part of Russia. It's one of the reasons Putin was happy to do it in Alaska. Watch some of those protesters here play this clip.

5:24Ben Meiselas:And this was Washington, D.C. last night. You'll see the protests at one of the checkpoints at 14th and W Street in D.C., where Trump sent his ICE goons and Border Patrol goons. Here, watch this.

5:48Ben Meiselas:Again, going back to Donald Trump from this disastrous meeting with Putin, you'll observe that he was unable to walk in a straight line. We've been covering in detail here Donald Trump's rapidly accelerating cognitive decline. I did a whole video on it yesterday. I've been focused on it, laser focused over the past four and a half, five years. Donald Trump's been hiding his medical records from the public. Instead, he's been out there releasing either medical records that he writes himself, as his former doctor, Dr. Bornstein, said that Trump wrote those previous records, or Donald Trump's having the doctors write things like, Donald Trump's health is demonstrated by the fact that he wins all of these golf tournaments.

6:31Ben Meiselas:I mean, so utterly pathetic. We talked about this yesterday, But it bears repeating again, NPR was reporting that documents with sensitive details, potentially classified documents about that meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were left behind at the local Alaska Anchorage hotel printer. And so one of the things we learned from looking at this was some of the specifics about what was going to take place at the meeting. And then there was a gift that Donald Trump was giving Putin, which was not made public, but now we know. Trump handed Putin an American bald eagle desk statue. So just to see Donald Trump there clapping in front of a genocidal maniac who kidnapped 40 ,000 Ukrainian kids, sex trafficked them, killed them, stole them.

7:23Ben Meiselas:I guess Donald Trump has a type when it comes to traffickers. and then all of the deaths of innocent Ukrainians that Putin caused, including during the summit Putin was having Russia attack innocent Ukrainians. And then Donald Trump just clapping, rolling out the red carpet for Putin. It was probably one of the most humiliating days in American history. As Helen Kennedy writes, what the headline should have been, the art of the kneel. It's Donald Trump kneeling to Vladimir Putin. Associated Press headline from today. The summit puts Putin back on the global stage and Trump now echoes the Kremlin position.

8:04Ben Meiselas:What is the Kremlin position? No ceasefire. Ukraine gives up basically most of Eastern Ukraine. Vladimir Putin allows Ukrainians to keep the Ukrainian language. Oh, thank you, Vladimir. Thank you. And then we see where we go from there. That's what Donald Trump's trying to force on Ukraine. Ukraine and Europe are saying, absolutely not. Zelensky will be meeting with Donald Trump at the White House tomorrow. This from the Telegraph. Putin got exactly what he wanted from Trump. After U.S. president's pampering, Russian leader will feel he has shown the world he's back where he belongs. The headlines from Dredge Report.

8:44Ben Meiselas:Trump aligns with Putin, reverses ceasefire demand. Zelensky to head to Washington. And this headline from the Kiev Independent, Ukrainians see nothing good from the Trump meeting. One of the things we're learning as well, the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported. So the National Guard that Donald Trump is sending into Washington, D.C., he'll be sending more National Guard to Washington, D.C., but he's going to start arming them with weapons of war. So they're going to be walking around the streets with the military equivalents of like your ARs, like your AR-15s. They're going to be walking around threatening, harassing, and intimidating people throughout Washington, D.C.

9:30Ben Meiselas:Let me give you a comparison about what's taking place like right now as I'm recording this in Serbia, for example, in Belgrade, Serbia. The Vucic regime there in Serbia, which is very close with Vladimir Putin the way Trump is close with Putin. So Vucic and his brother, they have their own version of ICE or their own federal agents, their own customs and border patrol. That's what Donald Trump's doing. He's building a Lukashenko, a Vucic, a Putin, a Kim Jong-un style personal military that he sends to attack people. That's what he's doing. So I'm showing you a scene in Belgrade right now. I want you to watch it.

10:10Ben Meiselas:And you'll see like their version of ice, Vucic's version of ice, attacking the protesters. That's what the streets of America will be looking like soon. Here, play this clip.

10:50Ben Meiselas:The former ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, Professor McFaul, posts this graphic from Theresa Fallon, and it bears repeating. Trump wants you to forget these inconvenient facts. Russia's attacks on Ukraine have doubled since Trump's inauguration. You see it in the graph right there. Let me just repeat that fact. Russian attacks on Ukraine have doubled since Trump's inauguration. So whenever Trump says, ah, the war would never have happened if I were president, things have gotten exponentially worse since you've been in office is what the data shows. What else does the data show? Americans have not been this gloomy about the job market since the Great Recession.

11:36Ben Meiselas:So most Americans believe that unemployment is surging, inflation is surging, and that we're in a recession. It's the same type of data we saw in the Great Recession amongst consumer confidence being so low. And that indicates that consumers are pulling back their spending. That's a big, big problem. So Donald Trump's at his safe space, golfing, taxpayer dime. That's what he's doing. Americans are out there protesting. You see them in full effect and we're covering it all on the Midas Touch Network. Thank you so much for your confidence and your trust in this network. We appreciate you so much.

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From the publisher

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump running to hide in Florida to golf in his safe space after his disastrous meeting with Putin in Alaska and as protests grow accross the nation.

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