Trump Loses It All Night after No Kings Protest Sets Record

19 Oct 2025 · 17 min · 7 chapters

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In short

The episode is about the “No Kings” protests and the host’s claim that Donald Trump is reacting badly to their success. The host says over 7 million people protested nationwide, calling it the largest single day of protest in U.S. history, and argues protests stayed peaceful with no arrests in New York (NYPD: 100,000+ across five boroughs, zero protest-related arrests) and in San Diego (25,000+, no arrests). Key claims include Trump and allies posting AI intimidation memes (e.g., “King Trump” imagery and an AI jet dumping feces), and alleged dangerous military force (live ammunition over I-5).

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clips from Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Portland, San Francisco, and Pasadena signs. Guest information: no guests are identified in the transcript.

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The Impact of the No Kings Protest

2:34 to 5:56

Discussion of the No Kings protest and its significance.

“That right there was the No Kings protest in Los Angeles.”

Nationwide Participation in Protests

5:56 to 7:58

Exploring the nationwide turnout and peacefulness of the protests.

“Our friend, the main wonk, put together this compilation where you can see Philly, D.C., Chicago, New York City, San Diego, and Boston all together.”

Police Response to Protests

7:59 to 8:40

Analyzing the police response and lack of arrests during protests.

“And the NYPD made zero protest related arrests at all, which is a great thing.”

Critique of Trump's Actions

8:41 to 12:25

Critiquing Trump's military actions and their implications.

“Austin Police Department also put out this statement.”

Concerns Over Military Policy

12:26 to 14:02

Discussing the implications of Trump's military policy and its effects.

“Then finally, again, while I was at the peaceful protest, I learned this yesterday as well.”

Trump's Accusations and Consequences

14:02 to 14:55

Discussion on Trump's labeling of individuals and potential repercussions they may face.

“labeled these people narco terrorists, but they are not dangerous enough to extradite for prosecution in the United States or to put in military type camps.”

Trump's Accusations and Consequences

16:57 to 17:23

Discussion on Trump's labeling of individuals and potential repercussions they may face.

“If you booked on your own, you could be left high and dry.”
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2:34Ben Meiselas:That right there was the No Kings protest in Los Angeles. All in all, over 7 million people showed up to protest across the United States. It was the largest single day of protest in the history of the United States and Donald Trump is not handling it well at all. He is losing his mind over the success of these peaceful no kings protests. I'll play for you this B roll right here. These are real posts that Donald Trump was making late last night on his social media account. I think he thinks this is how he's going to intimidate the peaceful protesters. He posted this AI video of a King Trump fighter jet dumping feces on peaceful protesters.

3:21Ben Meiselas:And Harry Sisson was someone who was in the peaceful protest there in New York. And this is how Donald Trump thinks that the president of the United States should behave. He's also posting or reposting AI videos that J.D. Vance posted with Donald Trump putting a crown on his head and holding up a sword. I mean, this behavior is just absolutely abhorrent. It is beneath contempt. It's not funny. It's not humorous. It really is just humiliating for our country that someone in that office is behaving that way. You're not owning the libs. You just look like an idiot. You look like a petulant little three-year-old, no offense to petulant three-year-olds.

4:05Ben Meiselas:This is what they were doing all night. Donald Trump and his team posting more photos of himself wearing a crown or whatever this meme is supposed to be of himself wearing a crown. Other intimidation tactics, of course, yesterday was that the military ended up executing on that plan that we said they were going to, where they would shoot the live ammunition over the I-5 highway. The I-5 highway had to be shut down because this profoundly absurd show of force, as Governor Gavin Newsom calls it, it's dangerous to have live munitions being shot over cars. So the I-5 had to be shut down. You also have official government accounts making posts like this of cartoon images of Chuck Schumer and Leader Jeffries as female princesses.

4:58Ben Meiselas:They find that to be funny. I mean, you're ripping away the healthcare of 20 million Americans, Donald Trump and MAGA Mike Johnson and all this MAGA crew. It's not a laughing matter. Look, there are times where there could be jokes. There are times where there could be things that are humorous when you're literally killing what could be 100 ,000 people a year as a result of healthcare being taken away from people. I don't know. It's not a laughing matter when the signs in California, Southern California read live weapons over freeway be careful, live weapons over freeway. And you'll recall the Midas Touch Network broke the story about the live munitions that the Trump regime denied.

5:41Ben Meiselas:And then lots of people said, well, the Trump regime said they weren't doing it, so they must not be doing it. And we said, why are you believing the Trump regime? They lie about freaking everything. Back to the No Kings protests that are absolutely terrifying Donald Trump right now. You have the no kings protest right here in minneapolis they they showed up in minneapolis here play this clip

6:05those of you resisting ice keep resisting we see you

6:13it's not over we're just getting started i'll give you another view right here over 200 000 americans showed up in dc yesterday at the No Kings rally, the most protesters ever in the Trump era to show up at a protest in Washington,

6:33Ben Meiselas:D.C. Let's play this clip right here.

6:43Our friend, the main wonk, put together this compilation where you can see Philly, D.C., Chicago, New York City, San Diego, and Boston all together. I'll Play this clip right here. You can see just massive, massive crowds in each of these cities. And again, about seven plus a million nationwide. Here, play this clip.

7:10Now, here's the inflatable rave event at Portland Ice. Amanda Moore is doing a great job capturing these moments and posting.

7:18Ben Meiselas:A real shout out to the hard work that she's putting in. Here, play this clip.

7:31Ben Meiselas:Now, as noted, this was the single biggest day of peaceful protests in the history of the United States. And as I wanted to emphasize here, peaceful protest after all the lies that MAGA Mike Johnson and Donald Trump and MAGA were saying about these peaceful protests, no one was arrested in New York. Just think about it. NYPD posted the following. The majority, this was yesterday, we had more than 100 ,000 people across the five boroughs peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. And the NYPD made zero protest related arrests at all, which is a great thing. Also, San Diego police, over 25 ,000 people there.

8:11The San Diego Police Department also announced no one arrested. Thank you to the more than 25 ,000 people who showed up, exercised their First Amendment rights to peacefully and responsibly protest. Thank you for keeping it classy, San Diego. That from the San Diego Police Department. You know, and it is a little bit reassuring to see the police department speaking this way. I think that there's an important distinction to make between police departments and well-trained officers versus this ICE Gestapo, these untrained maniacs, you know, basically these right-wing fascists that look like the brown shirt Nazis going around with the ICE agents versus police officers, well-trained, doing their job and understanding the First Amendment and not having these clear masculinity or testosterone issues that these ICE agents have, whatever the hell happened to them in their lives where they need to take it out on migrants, sick people, these ICE agents, sick, disgusting, sick, disgusting people, these ICE agents.

9:17Really gross. Austin Police Department also put out this statement. Thank you to everyone who participated in the No Kings March today. The rally remained peaceful with no arrests reported. We're grateful for our community and event organizers for coming together. I think it's an important point. Part of policing is building trust in the community. And I think that that's an important thing. I found this ice lice have invaded the constitution at Seattle centers. No Kings protest. This was like a funny exhibit that they put on here. Play this clip.

10:01I'll show you this B-roll right here of the huge sign in San Francisco. All the protesters showed up and they made the sign with their bodies, basically. It says, no kings, yes, on Prop 50. That's the stop the unlawful rigging election by the MAGA Republicans. Just look at how many people showed up there in San Francisco. Many of you may, if you were in Pasadena, probably saw me there. Here's the Pasadena protest that I was at. I saw this individual who had the sign, Mike Grinder Johnson protects pedos. You see me right there. I met this other gentleman right here. Great sign. I met someone dressed as Princess Leia right there.

10:46Rise of the resistance. I took a lot of pictures, met a lot of great people at the event for everyone who came up to me. It was great meeting you and for everybody who I saw there. It was great seeing you as well. While we were out there peacefully protesting, I also learned, did you hear this story, that Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, just spent$172 million of our taxpayer dollars to buy herself multiple top-of-the-line Gulfstream private jets so that she can fly around in private jets, like top-of-the-line stuff, like all those private G5s or G550s or G6 private jets.

11:31She's buying herself all of these jets. So she flies around in luxury with Corey Lewandowski, whatever's going on there, while they strip the funding away from FEMA, while they take away critical resources from so many agencies. That's where they're spending their money on. And then you had this Kim Jong-un style military thing I would never think would happen in the United States. Like if they think this makes our military look strong, I mean, it to me makes it look weak. VP Vance observing an amphibious assault demonstration here, play this clip.

12:17Marines have answered the nation's call. Today, we honor that legacy. Right. That looks just straight up. Straight up North Korea crap right there. Right. Oh, my God. Then finally, again, while I was at the peaceful protest, I learned this yesterday as well. Donald Trump announced the following. Remember, there were two individuals who survived one of the recent boat strikes as Trump's engaged in all of these war crimes off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia and apparently Trinidad and Tobago. They killed people there, too. There's been like 25, 26 plus people who have been killed by the Trump regime in these war crimes, blowing up the boats.

12:56The main four-star admiral in the region quit because didn't want to be involved in war crimes one year into his 10-year, 37-year military career, just straight up quit. Unheard of. That just doesn't happen. But Donald Trump said the following in a post. He goes, two surviving terrorists are being returned to their countries of origin. These are people who were not. There were two survivors of the last strike. Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution. No U.S. forces were harmed in this strike. And as Juliette Kayyem says, generally, narco-terrorists are not repatriated unless they aren't who Trump and Hegseth say they are.

13:39Seems like we're just randomly killing people on boats. The New York Times also reported that the Trump regime decided to repatriate the two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute or hold them in military detention. I just want you to think about that. So Trump has labeled these people narco terrorists, but they are not dangerous enough to extradite for prosecution in the United States or to put in military type camps. Why? You don't want them to to speak about what actually went down. And I honestly, I think that these individuals are probably fearful of their life that when they, I mean, just what do you think is going to happen when they go into their countries?

14:34They may all of a sudden go missing. I don't think that's a gigantic leap. What likely will happen to them when they go back to those countries? They may, you know, I'm not trying to fear monger, but what do you think is going to happen when they go back to those countries. We're not stupid.

14:53Ben Meiselas:Let's hit subscribe. Thank you for watching. Help us get to 6 million subscribers. Again, thank you for everybody who we saw out there in the No Kings parade here. Thanks everybody for showing up. It's so great to be a part of this movement with you from the bottom of my heart. Thanks for watching and subscribe.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump losing his mind all night and engaging in the most bizarre behavior at night after the No Kings protest set the record to largest protest in history.

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