Trump Looks Very Sick as He Falls Apart at WH Presser

4 Dec 2025 · 18 min · 10 chapters

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In short

The episode is a commentary on a White House press conference featuring Donald Trump, portraying him as physically unwell and politically chaotic. It claims Trump “looks sickly,” appears to hide his hands, falls asleep during remarks, and makes awkward “boot judge” sounds while MAGA allies laugh. Key claims include: affordability is “the greatest con job” tied to inflation; Trump says tariffs will pay off debt and claims “$30 billion” was found from a “tariff shelf”; he promises to release video from a second fishing-boat strike; he downplays Kremlin statements on Ukraine while praising a “reasonably good” Putin meeting involving Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff; he attacks Ilhan Omar and Somalians, urging “go back to your own country”; and he calls Jack Smith a “thug” while preferring a public deposition.

Notable examples

Marsha Blackburn speaking as Trump dozes; Ted Cruz startling him; references to Getty photos of Trump’s hand; and a question about killing survivors clinging to rafts, which the episode frames as supporting lethal action.

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Trump's Disastrous Press Conference

0:05 to 0:30

Analysis of Trump's behavior during a troubling press conference.

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Trump's Disastrous Press Conference

1:32 to 2:16

Analysis of Trump's behavior during a troubling press conference.

“What a disastrous press conference that just unfolded in the Oval Office.”

Trump's Awkward Behavior

2:16 to 3:10

Observations about Trump's behavior and responses during speeches.

“He says affordability is a massive con job.”

Trump on Affordability and Tariffs

3:10 to 4:22

Trump's controversial claims about affordability and tariffs.

“Our Nissan or VW or Toyota with the engine plant, what you see is the components that are necessary to build these cars and removing these standards and making cars more affordable.”

Trump's Stance on Ukraine

4:22 to 6:10

Discussion of Trump's comments regarding Ukraine and his past statements.

“I hope the Supreme Court, I pray that the Supreme Court understands the importance of the sensible, really, I mean, this would be country threatening if something happened with regards to that.”

Trump's Racial Comments

8:34 to 10:40

Examination of Trump's comments about Somalians and racism.

“I don't know about holding the cards, Donald, but I know you were trying to hide your hand, but here's a photo of what Trump's hand looked like right here.”

Trump on Jack Smith's Investigation

10:40 to 11:28

Trump's comments on the investigation led by Jack Smith.

“go back to your own country and figure out your Constitution.”

Trump's War Commentary

11:28 to 13:31

Analysis of Trump's statements regarding military actions and war.

“You know, I do this stuff, but I got indicted many times by a guy that they were dismissed.”

Trump's Economic Claims

13:31 to 14:02

Discussion of Trump's remarks on economic issues and affordability.

“And his cabinet members are disgusting human beings as well.”

Discussion on Trump's Leadership and Supporters

14:02 to 15:22

This segment covers a speech praising Trump's business acumen and the reactions of his supporters.

“even know this guy behind him let's have this man speak here play this clip can we uh talk about it Right here, man, come in.”
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1:54Ben Meiselas:Let's get into what went down here. Now, before I do that, I just want to remind you, please hit subscribe to this YouTube channel. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not be. And we're on our way to 6 million subscribers. As you saw earlier in this week, Trump and MAGA and Fox are attacking us. We need your help to subscribe to help us get to 6 million folks. Let's get into it right away. So one of the first things that donald trump starts to do is when anyone's speaking he starts making sounds like boot judge judge boot that judge judge and then they laugh at him as though he's like uh you know like an awkward second grader who's acting inappropriate this whole crew is so bizarre here play this clip you have to look at combustion engines biden and buddha judge actually did an analysis using Then Donald Trump goes on to attack affordability.

2:46Ben Meiselas:He says affordability is a massive con job. Let's play this. It's a con job. I think affordability is the greatest con job. They look at you and they say affordability. They don't say anything else. Everyone says, oh, their prices were so low. No, they had the worst inflation. Then as Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee, MAGA Republican is speaking, Trump falls asleep. Let's play this clip. Our Nissan or VW or Toyota with the engine plant, what you see is the components that are necessary to build these cars and removing these standards and making cars more affordable. Donald Trump doesn't realize that Senator Ted Cruz, MAGA Republican, is right over his shoulder.

3:33Ben Meiselas:And that startles him. Here, play this clip. Those results very soon. Anybody else want to say a few words? Oh, Ted, Ted. I'm easy to miss. It's very rare that I would. Go ahead. Well, Mr. President, I want to congratulate you on behalf of everyone here for the leadership that you're showing. And this is a victory today for consumers. Then Donald Trump says that he's getting all of this money from tariff shelves and he just found$30 billion from a tariff shelf. Let's play it. about the tariffs is we'll start paying off that debt. The money coming in, they're finding money in our country now that they never do exist.

4:08The other day,$30 billion. Where did it come from? I said, why don't you check the tariff show? They said, sir, that tariff hasn't started yet. It doesn't start till January. I said, no, it started two months ago. They call back, sir, you're right. It was from tariffs. No, we have a whole different country. I hope the Supreme Court, I pray that the Supreme Court understands the importance of the sensible, really, I mean, this would be country threatening if something happened with regards to that.

4:44Ben Meiselas:A reporter asked Donald Trump if he's willing to release the videotape of the second strike on the survivors of the fishing boat. And Donald Trump said that he would release it. You know, they're all trying to cover this up. Great. So release it. Let's release the footage. Let's see it. Here, play this clip. You released video of that first boat strike on September 2nd, but not the second video. Will you release video of that strike so that the American people can see for themselves what happened? I don't know what they have, but whatever they have, we'd certainly release. No problem. You know, we stopped every boat we knock out.

5:21We saved 25 ,000 American lives.

5:23Ben Meiselas:Next, a reporter follows up with Donald Trump about how Putin and the Kremlin are saying that there's no chance of peace with Ukraine unless Ukraine agrees to give up all of eastern Ukraine. So Trump is asked about that. And Trump's like, yeah, you know, I don't know. Who knows? Who knows? He goes, but I know that Kushner and Whitcoff, you know, the traitors who tried to launder the surrender plan of Russia to Ukraine. Yeah, they had a reasonably good meeting with Putin. Here play this clip. On Ukraine, Steve Wyckoff and Jared Kushner were there last night with Vladimir Putin. Can you give us an update about those talks?

5:57It sounds from what the Kremlin is saying that they're not going to compromise. Can you tell us what you've... I don't know what the Kremlin's doing. I can tell you that they had a reasonably good meeting with President Putin. We're going to find out. It's a war that should have never been started. It's a war. If I were president, we had a rigged election. If I were president, that war would have never happened. It's a terrible thing. But I thought they had a very good meeting yesterday with President Putin.

6:20Ben Meiselas:we'll see what happens it's been a reasonably good meeting with putin didn't you say there would be peace in ukraine in 24 hours to such a freaking liar such a fraud but donald trump said that when he was in office he told what putin and zelinski none of you have cards or something you don't hold the cards here play this clip you know when i was in this office and i talked about no cards i said you have no cards that was the time to settle i thought that would have been a much better time to settle. But they, in their wisdom, decided not to do that. They have a lot of things against them right now.

6:51But you have President Putin had a very good meeting yesterday with Jared Kushner and with Steve Whitcoff. What comes out of that meeting, I can't tell you, because it does take two to ten. You know, Ukraine, I think we have something pretty well worked out with them. They're very satisfied, considering. But the sad part is, if I were president, no war would have ever happened. They would have had 100 % of their territory. Nothing would have happened. It's a very sad situation.

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8:36Ben Meiselas:I don't know about holding the cards, Donald, but I know you were trying to hide your hand, but here's a photo of what Trump's hand looked like right here. Photographers from Getty got a shot of that right there. Take a look at Donald Trump's hand. Let's take a look here as Donald Trump then just goes on a random rant against Somalian people. That's his new target because he realizes he needs Latinos to vote for him for the midterm so he doesn't get impeached and thrown out. And so now he's just going after there's Somalians. And then he said, Obama let in Somalians. It's just the fact that Donald Trump attacks black people.

9:10Ben Meiselas:Like that's what's happening here, obviously, because Trump's a racist. Here play this clip. All she does is complain about this country. Without this country, she would not be in very good shape. She probably wouldn't be alive right now. So Somalia is considered by many to be the worst country on earth. I don't know. I haven't been there. I won't be there anytime soon, I hope. But what Somalia, what the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It's not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack Hussein Obama, because that's when people started coming in.

9:55And you have to have people come in that are going to love our country, cherish our country, They want to kiss our country goodnight. They talk about our country. We want them to pray for our country. This is not the people living in Minnesota. And she's a disaster. She should not be, and her friends should be allowed. Frankly, they shouldn't even be allowed to be congresspeople. They shouldn't even be allowed to be congresspeople because they don't represent the interests of our country.

10:21Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump tells Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, to go back to her own country. She's American. Here, play this clip. And the Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She's always talking about the Constitution provides me with go back to your own country and figure out your Constitution. All she does is complain about this country. Without this country, she would not be in very good shape. She probably wouldn't be alive right now. Then Donald Trump is asked about how the MAGA Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee, they want to do a secret deposition of Jack Smith, but Jack Smith wants to do it in public.

11:04Ben Meiselas:But the MAGA Republicans don't want to do it in public because they're afraid of Jack Smith. Just think about that. So Trump is asked about that. Here, play this clip. The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Jack Smith to ask about his investigation of you. I wondered for a deposition. I wondered if you'd prefer to see that as a hearing so that the American public can see the questions and the responses more easily. I'd rather see it probably at a hearing. Look, Jack Smith is a thug. He's a failed prosecutor. He's a bad man. He's a bad, he's an evil man. He hurt a lot of people. Forget about me.

11:38You know, I do this stuff, but I got indicted many times by a guy that they were dismissed. He's a bad guy. He's a sick man. There's something wrong with him, actually. I think Jack Smith is a sick man. There's something really wrong with him. I'd rather see him testify publicly because there's no way he can answer the questions.

11:58Ben Meiselas:A reporter then asked Donald Trump, well, if there were survivors who were killed clinging on to the rafts, what's your view about that? Watch what Donald Trump says. Mr. President, if a vote strike, if it is found that survivors were actually killed while clinging on to that vote, should Secretary Hegsen, Admiral Bradley or others be punished? I think you're going to find that this is war, that these people were killing our people by the millions, actually, if you look over a few years. I think last year we lost close to 300 ,000 people were killed. That's not mentioning all the families. Have you seen what happens with the families?

12:35Not only the people killed, the people that are trying to get their son or their daughter off of this poison that they've been fed. I think you're going to find that there's a very receptive ear to doing exactly what they're doing. and taking out those boats. And very soon, we're going to start doing it on land, too, because we know every route. We know every house. We know where they manufacture this crap. We know where they put it all together. And I think you're going to see it very soon on land also.

13:02Ben Meiselas:So to be clear, you support the decision to kill survivors after the - No, I support the decision to knock out the boats. And whoever is piloting those boats, most of them are gone. but whoever are piloting those boats, they're guilty of trying to kill people in our country. Yeah, please. Yeah. I mean, let's face it. Look, Donald Trump's a war criminal. I mean, he is. He's a genocidal war criminal is who he is. And he surrounds himself with war criminals in his cabinet. These are sick, disgusting people who should be in war tribunals. Let's just call it what it is. Trump is a racist. Trump is a sexual abuser.

13:35Ben Meiselas:Trump is a criminal. Trump is a disgusting human being. And his cabinet members are disgusting human beings as well. Trump attacks affordability again and calls it a con job play it it's a con job they caused the highest prices the history of our country the worst inflation in the history of our country and we're getting those prices down and they're coming down rapidly and you'll see those results very soon donald trump doesn't even know this guy behind him let's have this man speak here play this clip can we uh talk about it Right here, man, come in. Let me say hello to you. Please, go ahead.

14:14Ben Meiselas:Thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership. The thing I've admired most, you've been in business, you've been in the battles over the years, and you're helping us lead us out. Most people that are up here have no idea about business or small business. It makes a big difference. One is, number two is, I would just say, in terms of the tax stuff we're talking about, one of the things that get missed, and I'm in Florida, Sarasota region, is the ability to deduct. Most people have a small business, they'll have a lawn business, they'll have this, that, buy a new or used truck. And then you'll just see the sycophants in this room just like laughing at Donald Trump or like they're laughing to show that like, oh, we get the joke.

14:52Ben Meiselas:Just so pathetic. Here, play this clip. For the auto manufacturers, people aren't even going to believe the impact this has. You know, Mike used to come to my rallies all the time. We'd have a rally. It was like zero degrees. It was freezing everywhere. and he'd sit there without a shirt on. And I didn't need that. I didn't say it was pretty, but he would sit there in the cold and he didn't mind it at all. I said, that's one tough cookie, right? You lit it up. There you have it, folks. That's what happened. Remember to subscribe. Help us get to 6 million. We appreciate you. Love this video? Support independent media and unlock exclusive content, ad-free videos, and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the White House press conference that just took place where Donald Trump looked terrible and tried to hide his rotting hand and where his overall behavior was bizarre, despicable, and deeply concerning as he had yet another meltdown.

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