Trump Melts Down as Iran War Closes In

16 Aug 2026 · 16 min · 4 chapters

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In short

The episode argues that Donald Trump is behaving erratically and dangerously as Iran and other regional actors escalate threats. It claims Iranian officials (e.g., MP Abraham Azizi) mock Trump and warn him about security, using memes and Strait of Hormuz rhetoric. It also criticizes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for promoting a Pentagon course emphasizing “Western civilization and Christianity,” while alleging service members are underfed and interceptors/attack munitions are running out. The host cites CENTCOM map controversy (removing Gaza/West Bank) and says Arab nations want the U.S. out. Notable examples include Trump’s Bedminster AI memes, a “No More Changing the Clocks Act” post, and references to missile/drone attacks in Ukraine and Israel-Lebanon. No guests are named.

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Trump's Meltdown Amid Iranian Threats

2:18 to 4:39

Discussing Trump's reactions to threats from Iran and his bizarre social media posts.

“as senior Iranian officials continue to threaten his life, continue to mock him, continue to call him out in public.”

Criticism of Military Policy and Priorities

4:39 to 6:44

Analyzing the shift in military education focus and its implications.

“Why don't you maybe focus on not running out of our interceptors, you idiot?”

Trump's Distraction During Global Crises

6:44 to 10:04

Examining Trump's focus on trivial matters while global tensions rise.

“With all of the disruption and chaos it causes, finally, get it done, DJT.”

Mockery from Iranian Leadership

10:04 to 12:54

Exploring how Iran is responding to Trump's actions and the implications.

“They're like, come on, man, you're the commander in chief being somewhat normal.”
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2:17Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump was having a meltdown all last night at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, as senior Iranian officials continue to threaten his life, continue to mock him, continue to call him out in public. Senior Iranian member of parliament, Abraham Azizi, posted the following message. The U.S. president ought to worry about his own security rather than his endless bluffing regarding the Strait of Hormuz before he ends up hiding in a food truck. The whole world is literally laughing in Donald Trump's face, or our former allies are horrified at what the United States has become under Donald Trump, weak and alone.

3:00Ben Meiselas:Meanwhile, while at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, Donald Trump continued to post weird AI memes of himself and George Washington riding horses, riding letters together. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's defense secretary, Pete Hegseth was posting this last night, In God We Trust, and it linked to this article from the Associated Press. Exclusive, U.S. military-based schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity. So while our courageous sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, USS George H.W. Bush, and our other ships are not even being fed the necessary nutrition to even sustain a very basic rudimentary diet, You have Pete Hegseth, the lunatic that he is, bragging about changing U.S.

3:55Ben Meiselas:military-based schools, learning curriculum to focus on Christianity. Why don't you first and foremost focus on keeping our service members safe and fed? And then we can have a broader conversation and we can actually talk about what a lunatic you are in all other regards. Here's what Pete Hegseth was reposting. The Pentagon is introducing a Western civilization course in its military family schools that emphasizes Christianity. The move is part of Hegseth's push to make roughly 160 Pentagon-run schools more patriotic and classically oriented. Hey, idiot Hegseth. Yeah, I'm talking to you. Why don't you maybe focus on not running out of our interceptors, you idiot?

4:44Ben Meiselas:Maybe focus on not running out of attackums, idiot. It may be focused on, I don't know, keeping our service members fed. And now you've abandoned all of the bases in the Middle East as you claim, oh, we control the Strait of Hormuz. But we got to really focus on making our war fighters look more lethal by injecting them with testosterone and changing the U.S. military base school curriculum to focus on Christianity. I mean, this regime is just so utterly pathetic. Meanwhile, you had CENTCOM yesterday afternoon posting a map of the Middle East where it completely removed Gaza and the West Bank from the map where they had a photo of Israel.

5:32Ben Meiselas:And they basically showed Israel as fully controlling the sovereign area of the West Bank and Gaza. And this created an outrage amongst Arab nations saying, what are you even posting? And this was a post by CENCOM bragging that Brad Cooper, the CENCOM commander, took a visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln yesterday and frantically went around the Middle East, as we've been doing a lot of reporting here. and the Washington Post also reported and others that all these Middle East countries say we do not want the United States anywhere near our countries anymore because they make us more vulnerable and Donald Trump's erratic behavior has put us all at risk.

6:17Ben Meiselas:So while Donald Trump's out there posting more AI memes of himself and George Washington and ranting and raving about daylight savings, I'm oh yeah, this is what he posted at midnight last night. The Senate must vote on the No More Changing the Clocks Act. As soon as possible, more sun later in the day is better, including for fighting crime. But even more importantly, no more ridiculously changing clocks and watches twice yearly. With all of the disruption and chaos it causes, finally, get it done, DJT. I mean, regardless of what you think about that one way or the other, This is what he's posting at midnight while you have the world on fire.

7:00Ben Meiselas:This is what the idiot in Bedminster is posting right now. While you have Kiev facing a massive missile barrage by Russia yesterday, Kiev does not have any Patriot interceptors in order to stop Russia's ballistic missiles. So all of Russia's ballistic missiles are able to strike Kiev. On the other hand, you have Zelensky launching drones and cruise missiles at Russia. I'll show you over here. I'm going to do a whole other video on it this morning. But a gigantic column of smoke from the burning wild berries hub in the Moscow Oblast today. You can see it right over there. And this is what's happening in the world right now.

7:43Ben Meiselas:Oh, Israel was bombing southern Lebanon again, killing at least 11 people in southern Lebanon. You can hear what was going on in Lebanon over here. We've got some footage of it. Let's play it.

8:10Ben Meiselas:And while Donald Trump is hanging out with Natalie Harp and Donald Trump is hiding in food truck containers because he's scared that Iran is going to kill him. This is what Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson posted, mocking Marco Rubio and mocking Donald Trump. He used a Homer Simpson's meme where Homer Simpson goes back into the bushes and he quotes Marco Rubio saying, imagine an Iranian regime who instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorist groups and building up all these weapons, had invested that money into Iran for the people of Iran. And then he quotes Donald Trump as saying, it's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.

8:59Ben Meiselas:We have to take care of one thing, military protection. Do you see the even level of understanding of what is going on in the United States that they have in Iran. And again, while Donald Trump behaves like a complete and utter lunatic, that's the messaging coming out of Iran right now. And while Pete Hegseth is out there saying, we need to do more Christian learning. We need testosterone-fueled Christian learning at our military schools. Just take a look at the food that our service members are getting. It's no food at all. I mean, this is what our brave and courageous service members are eating barely any food to sustain themselves.

9:40Ben Meiselas:I mean, I've been speaking with the families of service members who have lost 30, 40, 50 pounds, and they're horrified, as Donald Trump said on the tarmac on Friday. I want to see those sailors and Marines aboard the Abraham Lincoln be on there even longer. They have not been out there long enough, Donald Trump said. Or they were horrified when they watched Donald Trump. They're like, come on, man, you're the commander in chief being somewhat normal. And Donald Trump's like, little girls. He's like, he's like all these little girls, they come into the white house and all the little girls tell me, you keep me safe, Donald.

10:20Ben Meiselas:You keep me safe. Here's what he says. I mean, he's really a total sicko playing this clip. No, these young, beautiful girls, these young, beautiful girls, these young, beautiful girls in the white house, you know, they come in now. I'm not supposed to say beautiful, but what the hell? These young, these gorgeous, beautiful girls, they want to be safe. And they come, Mr. President, may I speak to you? Yes. Thank you, sir. Thank you. I said, why are you thanking me? Because a year and a half ago, I was afraid to leave. I was afraid to open the door of my apartment. And now I walk to the White House every morning and I have absolutely no fear.

10:57Thank you, sir.

10:59Ben Meiselas:And here's how they try to dress this up on state regime media Fox, because it's just a propaganda network for Donald Trump. They're like, I'm not sure we've ever seen a president in the history of the United States who cares more about the military, who cares more about the well-being of our troops than Donald J. Trump. Come on. Come on. I mean, how utterly pathetic are you? Here, play this clip right here. Pretty good there. You know, in addition to Joey's statement... Well, I thought Joey did a great job. What I would add to that with none of his expertise or none of his sacrifice is somebody jumping off of an aircraft carrier into the water is not a sign of someone of rational thought.

11:43And I would suggest probably, unfortunately, that person has mental health issues. They're not doing that because the food's not good enough, because that's not a rational decision. Where are you going to swim to? What's the goal? And I think you can criticize President Trump for a ton. I think you can criticize Pete Hegseth for a ton. What I would stake everything on is I'm not sure we've ever had a president and a secretary of war who has ever cared about the health and well-being and safety of troops more than that duo. And so I trust them and their management a lot more than I do what The New York Times is going to report.

12:18Yeah. To that point, The New York Times never misses an opportunity to write something like this, especially in this timing, to dump on the president and our secretary of war. No offense, Clay. I'm just going to -

12:29Ben Meiselas:Yeah, like we're supposed to believe that. So Donald Trump hiding in Bedminster, New Jersey. The world is on fire. He's posting weird AI images of himself and George Washington. The Iranian leadership is mocking him, threatening him, viewing him as utterly weak. You have all of the Arab nations. I'll do a whole other video on this. So watch the next video that I make on this. But you have all the Arab nations saying how pathetic he is and erratic he is and how he's destroyed the US credibility in the region and throughout the world. The US had to move its super carrier, George Washington, from the Pacific now into the Middle East.

13:12Ben Meiselas:So we have no super carriers, no aircraft carriers in the Pacific, while Kim Jong-un is doing ballistic missile tests. And Donald Trump was posting photos of himself and Kim Jong-un yesterday also saying, oh, he looks like he's upset, but we really get along very well together. So pathetic. Keep checking this morning. I've got a lot of great videos that I spent a lot of time working on that I look forward to sharing with you. Get your copy of WTF America. Pre-order it now if you can. That's the book I wrote with my brothers. It's the first book we've ever written. We talk about how Midas Touch was created, why I think this community, the Midas Mighty, is the difference maker in what we can build for the future, and how we can get out of this kind of death loop of Trumpism and all of that and how we get out of it long term.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump having a complete meltdown as the war in Iran continues to threaten his life.

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