Trump Leaves DC in Disgrace as Protests Erupt

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1:30Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump just left Washington, D.C. in disgrace. He held a bizarre press conference outside of the White House on the White House lawn where he was swatting away bees and saying the bees are very vicious. It was quite strange. But what he seemed very nervous about was the fact that protests erupting right by the White House spontaneously today on May Day with these May Day protests. We've seen protests, big protests right outside of the White House while Trump was giving this press conference. And then while Donald Trump departed from the press conference he was giving on the White House lawn, we saw protesters giving Donald Trump the middle finger as he left to go to Florida on the taxpayer dime to once again golf.

2:19Ben Meiselas:And maybe he's going to go watch that PGA tour at his Doral golf club in Miami, where no one has attended. Remember we reported yesterday that literally no one showed up. No one was at the 18th hole at Donald Trump's Doral golf club with that PGA tournament. And not many of the top players showed up either. But anyway, back to the White House. You see the protesters out here. You see them giving Donald Trump the middle finger. That's Marine One, Donald Trump's helicopter leaving, where he's going to go on Air Force One and then go to Florida. Here are some still images of Donald Trump swatting.

2:58Ben Meiselas:That's how he swats the bees with his hands right there. And he goes, these bees are very vicious. These bees are very vicious. And one of the things to note as well, with all of these bees swarming him is that Melania Trump had been touting that she built a gigantic beehive in order to basically harvest all of this honey. And so there are bees everywhere right now while he's doing the press conference and he's smacking the bees while getting protested. I'm just going to show you this moment where the bees were all over his face and he was like swatting them. And that again is related to the new bee, the new beehive initiative that they're building at the White House in order to get all of this honey.

3:38Ben Meiselas:Apparently, that's Melania's initiative. Here, just play this clip. And then on a more serious note, Donald Trump was crashing out on the White House lawn. And Donald Trump said regarding the new Iranian proposal that may or may not actually be a real thing, probably not a real thing. Remember, Barack Barack Ravid, Donald Trump's stenographer at Axios this morning, reported Iran sent Donald Trump a new proposal and he was going to be looking at it. And I was like, yep, it's market manipulation Friday. It's Donald Trump's chief outside propagandist, Barack Ravid over at Axios, doing what he does every Friday.

4:22Ben Meiselas:And so Donald Trump, I think, responds to the fake deal from Iran by saying, yeah, I don't think it's serious at all. I'm not satisfied with it. We'll see what happens. uh i'm not satisfied with their deal okay i think this is all it's like in this fictitious deranged world here play this clip so they want to make a deal but i don't i'm not satisfied with it so we'll see what happens iran wants to make a deal because they have no military left essentially and they want to make a deal but i'm not satisfied with it then donald trump claims uh very strangely that right now we don't have a munitions problem that all of our generals and all of our admirals are warning about.

5:05Ben Meiselas:All of our top military brass are saying that America has expended about 50 % of our munitions in this catastrophic war in Iran. But according to Donald Trump, the perpetual liar, we actually have double the inventory right now, double the munitions. We've magically, in the past 60 days since the wars began, we've increased our munitions. This guy lies about everything. Every word, sound, syllable, mm, ah, is all a damn lie. Sure, Donald. We've increased our munitions. Makes a lot of sense right here. Here, play this clip. There was a report this week that because of all the firepower required for Epic Fury, that there are people in the White House who are starting to worry about our inventory of Are you worried?

5:55No, no. We have more than we've ever had, actually. Because all over the world we have inventory, and we can take that if we need it. But all over the world we have tremendous amounts of inventory, the best. For instance, we're stocked and locked and loaded. Right now we have more than double what we had when this started. But, you know, we're all over the world. We're in many, many different countries, many different places, all packed up. Now, what happened is Biden came in like a stupid fool, and he gave a lot of what we had to Ukraine. And the$350 billion they spent, we don't do that. Everybody has to pay.

6:39The European Union pays us, but Biden didn't get money. He got nothing. He got nothing. But he gave a lot of the inventory away. Now, relatively speaking, it's not that, but it was a lot of inventory. He gave it to Ukraine. We filled it up, but we have inventory from all over the world.

6:58Ben Meiselas:It should be noted that everything that Donald Trump does is projection and confession, because I think the reality is that he was briefed on the fact that Iran has increased their weapons since the war began because they make it much cheaper. Their Shahid drones take$20 ,000 to make and sometimes less. They're also making lots of dummy drones. Their weapons are actually cheaper. So perhaps that's what he was talking about anyway. Back to the White House lawn where Donald Trump is getting, he's afraid of being stung by bees, apparently. Donald Trump then says regarding congressional authorization of the war, because the 60 days are basically up and he requires congressional authorization for the war.

7:39Ben Meiselas:Frankly, he required congressional authorization from the outset. Donald Trump's like, yeah, I don't really need to do that. He goes, the Strait of Hormuz is flawless right now. It's a flawless straight. a flawless straight dude what are you even talking about here play this clip

8:00mr president it's day 60 are you going to seek congressional authorization for no other country has ever uh done it it's never been in as you know most people consider it totally unconstitutional also we had a ceasefire so that gives you additional time but no other country's done it We're in the midst of a big victory. This is a victory like we haven't had since Venezuela, okay, to be honest with you. We haven't had. But, you know, we have a country that lost its way. It really lost its way. That's our country in terms of the military. Now we have a great military. We're on our way to another victory, a big victory.

8:41And I don't think that it's constitution of what they're asking for. These are not patriotic people that are asking. You know, when they say even even the losers, even the ones that say all the wrong things admit that it's been amazing what we've done. The straight is totally shut down. It's flawless. It's totally 100 percent shut down now.

9:04Ben Meiselas:Then he goes, all right, Iran, they don't have any leaders at all. There's zero leaders in Iran. They're so confused. They're leaderless. So that's why we can't make a deal. What do you mean they're leaderless? They have a new Ayatollah who's 51 or 52 years old, far younger than the old Ayatollah who you killed. The Ayatollah's son right now is also far more entrenched in power and far less likely to want to even reach any compromise. We know who their lead negotiator is, M.B. Ghala Baaf, the parliament leader. We've heard from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We know who that leadership is.

9:36Ben Meiselas:We know who their local police leadership is. We know who their foreign minister leadership is, Aragchi. The guy just lies about everything. Here, play this clip.

10:11Ben Meiselas:Then a reporter says, well, what do you make of the news that Pakistan has opened up numerous land routes for Iran to avoid your naval blockade by bringing some of the oil and supplies just through these land routes that Pakistan is offering them? But you say you love Pakistan. So how do you square this? Trump's like, yeah, whatever. Pakistan's great. Field Marshal Munir, Amazing. Amazing. Should be noted, Pakistan has given lots of money to Donald Trump's crypto endeavors, lots of money to Trump's crypto endeavors. And Pakistan has said, unlike India, Pakistan said that Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize.

10:51Ben Meiselas:And so Donald Trump, big fan of Pakistan and whether or not Pakistan's actually providing these routes to Iran, you know, one way or another, it's just an odd thing objectively that Donald Trump would be applauding away around the blockade. And he admits that it's kind of a stunning admission, right? He's like, yeah, I know they're helping me get around the blockade, but I love Field Marshal Munir of Pakistan. Great guy. Okay. Here we play this clip right here.

11:23Pakistan has opened the band's up in Iran. Did they consult you before opening it up to Iran? And are you aware of it? That was a vicious beat. I know everything about it. Yeah, I have great respect. Are you from Pakistan? I have great respect for Pakistan and for the field marshal and for the prime minister. Yeah, I know you're right.

11:49Ben Meiselas:Great for Pakistan. He goes, you guys, great for Pakistan. Then Donald Trump brags about his tariffs on Europe, new tariffs on Europe, 25%, right? We're back in the tariff loop. He's already declared the war one and now we're in tariff loop, but the war is one, but the war is also not one. It's one for the purpose of not needing congressional authorization, apparently, but the guy makes zero sense. And now we're talking about tariffs again. Here, play this clip. The tariffs on cars coming in from the European Union, because the European Union was not adhering to the trade deal we have. So based on that, now, when they build their plants, of which we're spending, they're spending over$100 billion all countries, not just the Union.

12:37And when those plants open, there won't be any tariffs. But we raise the tariffs because they were not, as usual, they were not adhering to the agreement that we have. We have a trade deal with the European Union. They were not adhering to it. So I raised the tariffs on cars and trucks to 25%. That's billions of dollars coming into the United States and it forces them to move their factory production much faster.

13:05Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump also makes another stunning admission here as well, saying that he's not happy with the Kurds of Iraq because we sent them all of these weapons and they refused to invade Iran. And that was part of Trump's plan. He goes, they just stole our weapons. So now Trump admitting that he's armed the Kurds, that will create diplomatic issues. Great, great admission. Donald, here, play this clip.

13:47I'm not happy with the delivery of the weapons. I'm not thrilled with it, but a small amount of weapons were sent and we'll see who has them. But I'm not happy with what happened with the Kurds. The Kurds did not deliver the weapons.

14:07Ben Meiselas:With respect to prices, Donald Trump says when the war ends, prices will. I know prices, You know, one, he like doesn't even acknowledge that high prices exist right now. But he's like, when the war ends, everything's going to drop. But Donald, you've said the war is ending. You said it's over. That's why you say you don't need congressional authorization now with the war powers authorization, 60 day expiration, because you said the war is over. But now you're saying the war hasn't ended. And it wasn't three weeks ago you did a deal and the Strait of Hormuz was open. Let's just realize this guy lies about every damn thing.

14:42Ben Meiselas:Play this clip. that's ever before. Outside of the gas, when the prices have come down, and I inherited that. We inherited the highest inflation in the history of our country, 48 years. In the history of our country. And prices are down. When the war ends, which shouldn't be too long, they want to make a deal so badly, but they're not there yet. They're not there, in my opinion, they're not there. When the war ends, Gasoline prices are going to tumble because there is so much right now on the seas already loaded into tankers. Tankers that can't escape the straits. There is so much like record setting.

15:27But when the war ends, gasoline prices will go down to below what they were. I think it's very important. I think it's very important.

15:37Ben Meiselas:And he loves King Charles. So he wanted to finish up before going to Florida to tell everybody King Charles is a high quality person because Donald Trump believes in like bloodlines and royal blood. And so he's a high quality person. And Donald Trump's always been infatuated with the royal family. In fact, throughout the eighties and the nineties, Donald Trump would always lie that the royal family was talking to him and would visit his properties. And the royal family would have to like respond to Trump's lies in the press back in the 80s and the 90s saying, no, we don't. We're not going to Mar-a-Lago.

16:11Ben Meiselas:We're not going to his, we don't have places in Trump Tower. He's a liar. You'll hear play this clip.

16:19What about NATO? Did the King change your mind? King Charles. King and I had a great, he's just a great person. He's a high quality person. I love the job he did in Congress. He actually got the Democrats to stand. He's a wonderful person. She's a wonderful lady, a wonderful queen, and we had a good time.

16:40Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump, of course, making more social media posts about tariffing Europe. Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Y 'all have a great one. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our sub stack at MidasPlus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski, ad-free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at MidasPlus.com.

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