Trump Physically Decomposes in Public on Bad News

16 Jul 2025 · 20 min · 9 chapters

Ask about this episode

Ask anything about it. ChatGPT or Claude reads this page and answers with the times it was said.

Connect VO and ask about every podcast you hear, including the moments you saved. Add to ChatGPT · Add to Claude

In short

The episode argues that Donald Trump is physically deteriorating and politically failing, citing a YouGov poll (approval net -17) and alleged “alarming” signs like swollen ankles and an orange, unhealthy face. It claims Trump gave a “bizarre” Pittsburgh press conference with false numbers (e.g., “$16 trillion”), falsely said inflation is gone, and fabricated a story that his uncle at MIT taught Ted Kaczynski (Kaczynski allegedly never attended MIT). It also alleges the Trump administration ordered incineration of nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food meant for children abroad. The episode further claims Trump gave Putin a 50-day window to attack Ukraine, while sanctions were weakened. It discusses inflation rising (0.3% in June; 2.7% annual) and blames tariffs. Notable examples include tomatoes from Mexico, coffee/orange juice from Brazil, and claims about missing/undocumented trade deals.

Guests

none named in the transcript.

Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.

Chapters

Tap a time to open that second in VO

Karma and Trump's Deterioration

0:00 to 0:45

Discussion about Trump's physical decline and public perception as weak.

“Donald Trump is physically deteriorating before our eyes, and now a majority of Americans in a new YouGov poll say that Donald Trump is a very weak person.”

Bizarre Statements and Health Concerns

0:46 to 3:00

Analyzing Trump's strange press conference remarks and health signs.

“And then he told a story about how his uncle taught at MIT and the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was a student of his uncle's.”

Incineration of Food Aid

3:01 to 6:00

Revealing the Trump administration's decision to incinerate food aid.

“I mean, just horrible stuff right there.”

Trump's Actions and International Relations

6:01 to 7:30

Exploring Trump's impact on international aid and relations with Russia.

“As Donald Trump withdraws the United States from NATO, weakens us in the G7.”

Economic Implications of Trump's Policies

7:31 to 12:10

Discussion on various economic indicators and the effects of tariffs.

“That's up from 2.3 % in April and 2.4 % in May.”

Fox News and Political Rhetoric

12:11 to 14:01

Critique of Fox News' portrayal of inflation and political commentary.

“And I don't understand why it keeps going.”

Texas Gerrymandering and Political Tactics

14:01 to 14:31

Learn about the gerrymandering efforts in Texas and their implications for Democrats.

“No, they want to gerrymander Texas to get rid of the five Democratic seats right there.”

Trump's Trade Deal Illusions

14:35 to 15:42

Explore Trump's claims about trade deals with various countries and the reality behind them.

“You're going to send federal authorities to hunt you, to assist in hunting lawmakers down.”

America's Political Landscape Under MAGA

15:42 to 15:55

Discuss the implications of MAGA Republicans on U.S. governance and democracy.

“deteriorating, decaying, cognitively addled, lunatic, malignant, narcissistic dictator.”
Hear the part that matters, and keep it.Open this episode in VO. Double tap your headphones to save a moment as you listen.
Get VO free

Transcript

Automatic transcript. May contain errors.

0:00Ben Meiselas:There is karma here. Donald Trump is physically deteriorating before our eyes, and now a majority of Americans in a new YouGov poll say that Donald Trump is a very weak person. Also, his approval has a net negative right now of negative 17. before departing to Pittsburgh, Donald Trump spoke with reporters and the TV pooler zoomed in on his hand, as John Hudson explains. When you take a look at Donald Trump's hand right there, we've seen that before, but it is definitely getting worse. Now, we then saw Donald Trump give a very bizarre and deranged press conference in Pittsburgh, where he started talking about bringing in$16 trillion when it's nowhere close to that.

0:50Ben Meiselas:And then he says inflation is gone. And then he told a story about how his uncle taught at MIT and the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was a student of his uncle's. The thing is that Ted Kaczynski never went to MIT, was not a student of Donald Trump's uncle. The entire story is entirely made up a deranged, demented lie from someone who has conversations with a fictitious cannibal Hannibal Lecter as well. We showed you this photo as well from over the weekend when Donald Trump attended the FIFA Club World Cup at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. You take a look right there at his ankles, incredibly swollen right there.

1:35Ben Meiselas:And for all of the medical professionals out there, This is all very alarming health-related signs. And then, of course, you take a look at his face right there. Again, completely orange and deteriorating. A very overall, looks very unhealthy individual right there. And as I said, there's a karma here because just thinking about the amount of people the Trump regime has killed willfully, maliciously, recklessly, and negligently. But I think it was more willfully. We learned this story yesterday as well. Hat tip to The Atlantic for reporting on it first. The Trump regime has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it.

2:19Ben Meiselas:Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food, enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week, are set to expire. Rather than bring that food to feed the children who may die without it, the Trump regime is incinerating it. The story goes on to say how five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign aid programs, the Trump regime has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to the people who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food, enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week, are set to expire today, according to current and former government employees with direct knowledge of the rations.

3:00Ben Meiselas:Within weeks, two of those sources told me the food meant for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be ash. I mean, just horrible stuff right there. Now, as Donald Trump also gives Vladimir Putin a 50 day heads up for Putin to do whatever he wants to do in Kiev, which means sending Shahid drones and ballistic missiles to kill innocent Ukrainians. Ukrainians. We're seeing right now, not even 24 hours, as Jane Keeve writes, after Trump refuses to apply sanctions, but does give Putin 50 more days. Russia again's begin bombing Keeve, even while General Kellogg, Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine, is in town.

3:43Ben Meiselas:And Kellogg and Trump said that they would bring peace to Ukraine in 24 hours. Putin's forces unleashing massive assaults on Kharkiv and Kiev, rocking the city with dozens of explosions. Russian ballistic missiles also slammed into other cities. Victims reported across the country right there. And remember why I told you that Donald Trump picked 50 days versus two weeks? Because back on July 3rd, Putin told Donald Trump in the phone call, it was reported then, that it would take him about 60 days to have a successful summer offensive against Ukraine. So if you go to July 3rd and then you add the dates of Donald Trump saying 50 days, he's giving Putin actually 61 days from July 3rd.

4:30Ben Meiselas:He's actually giving Putin everything he wants. And when Donald Trump says, I'll consider imposing secondary, Trump calls it tariffs. He meant sanctions. I'll consider imposing secondary sanctions on Russia. Well, you already withdrew the sanctions on the Russian banks who are now doing business across the world and Russia's economy was suffering and you bailed them out. So your secondary sanctions will do what? You just lifted the sanctions against the banks. Now, we're seeing how the rest of the world's responding Prime Minister Mark Carney in Canada posting the following spoke with President von der Leyen, president of the European Union Commission this morning to discuss the new European Union Canada strategic partnership of the future and next steps to deepen cooperation on industrial policy, critical raw minerals, digital trade and clean technologies.

5:23Ben Meiselas:In the face of a shifting global landscape, Canada and the EU will become even stronger and more competitive through an even closer relationship. And then Prime Minister Carney spoke with the President of Mexico, the very popular President Claudia Scheinbaum there. Today, Prime Minister Carney spoke with the President of Mexico, Claudia Scheinbaum. They discussed strengthening the Canadian and Mexican economies and enhancing their global competitiveness. Details of their discussions. Do you see that there's a shifting of the world order right now? As Donald Trump fires 1 ,300 workers at the State Department, some critical diplomats getting fired.

6:00Ben Meiselas:As America withdraws USAID. As Donald Trump withdraws the United States from NATO, weakens us in the G7. Do you see that there's other alliances that are forming? You've got the Commonwealth basically forming its own kind of reforming its own very strong alliances. So you have like Australia. You've got the UK. You've got Canada. They're joining with the European Union and America's finding itself isolated there. Then you've got the BRICS nations like Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, China and Russia making inroads, significant ones into Africa, into South America, Central America. We saw Mexico meeting with Russia and China on the sidelines of the recent BRICS conference in Rio de Janeiro.

6:52Ben Meiselas:We saw Xi Jinping of China hosting South America, Central America, and Caribbean nations in Beijing recently. All of that's happening, and our corporate news isn't reporting about it here on the Midas Touch Network. But there is a massive global restructuring with the United States being weaker than ever. As I mentioned at the outset of this video, a majority of Americans now describe Trump as very weak. According to this YouGov poll, Trump's disapproval is negative 17 % approval rating, and he's underwater on issues. When it comes to crime, Trump's negative 5%. Immigration, negative 9%. Deportation, negative 11%.

7:30Ben Meiselas:Economy, negative 14%. Doge, negative 18%. Corruption, negative 18%. Medicare and Medicaid, negative 26%. Tariffs, negative 26%. Healthcare costs, negative 29%. Inflation, negative 32%. And we saw inflation rise last month. We just got that data earlier today. Tariffs are starting to raise prices. U.S. inflation rose 0.3 % in June. The annual rate climbed to 2.7%. That's up from 2.3 % in April and 2.4 % in May. Food, energy, and rent all playing a big role in the increase in June. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 2.9 % year over year in June. And you take a look where these price hikes are coming from.

8:17Ben Meiselas:Durable goods, linens, oranges, olives, cookware, audio equipment, major appliances, coffee, sports equipment, and toys. What do you recognize with all of those categories? Part of Donald Trump's trade war against the world. Look, Donald Trump recently said he was imposing a 17 % penalty or tariff on Mexico's tomatoes, Mexican tomatoes. What do you think that's going to do to the price of tomatoes? Donald Trump's saying that these massive 50 % tariffs against Brazil, what do you think that's going to do to the cost of coffee and orange juice and all these other goods that we get from Brazil? What do you think is going to happen with that?

8:53Ben Meiselas:Also, the 30-year treasury yield rose above 5 % yesterday. Again, not a good sign. Again, showing the instability of the markets, the dollar becoming less and less the world reserve currency. Let's show you what was going down on Fox. Fox tried to celebrate the inflation report as though it was a good thing, but the only prices that are going down, airfare, hotel, and motel prices, these are recession indicators, folks here play this clip tariff inflation okay so bear with me yes some items are affected by tariffs and the prices have gone up okay household furnishing being one computers being another but sean here's what fell in this report and no one's reporting this okay used cars down new cars down airline fares down.

9:47They all fell their prices. Eggs down. OK, snacks down, hotel and motel prices down, milk down, butter down, cereals down. I mean, come on. There's no tariff inflation here. I'm sorry. That hits. All right. So let me ask you about that. Energy was up a little in this report.

10:08Ben Meiselas:Also on Fox, as you have the Trump Gestapo supporting the disappearing of human beings, throwing human beings in concentration camps like Alligator Alcatraz. Fox is basically saying, and you'll see their hosts say this here, that they said, if you can call them Nazis, they say we should really, you know, like take the word Nazis and call ourselves that. Like that could be our own N-word, they say. How disgusting is this? Listen to what they were saying on Fox. This is vile trash right here, and it's used to justify also their racism. Here, play this clip. This is why the criticism doesn't matter to us when you call us Nazis.

10:45Nazi this, Nazi that. You know, I'm beginning to think they don't like us. You know what? I've said this before. We need to learn from the blacks the way they were able to remove the power from the N-word by using it. So from now on, it's what up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging my Nazi? Nazi, please. Thank God you did a hard eye there.

11:12Ben Meiselas:Let's also not forget that yesterday when Donald Trump was traveling back and forth from Pennsylvania, he said that when it comes to the Epstein case, he goes, it's boring stuff. Epstein was never a big factor in terms of life. And he goes, it's all fake news. Here's what he said yesterday. Here play this clip. I know you've urged people to move on, but I'm curious, why do you think your supporters in particular have been so interested in the Epstein story? I don't understand. I don't understand why they would be so interested. He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life.

11:51I don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is. I really don't. And the credible information has been given. Don't forget, we went through years of the Mueller witch hunt and all of the different things. The Steele dossier, which was all fake. All that information was fake. But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff. It's sorted, but it's boring. And I don't understand why it keeps going. I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going. But credible information, let them give it.

12:31Anything that's credible, I would say let them have it.

12:34Ben Meiselas:Here's where Donald Trump claimed that his uncle was an MIT professor who taught Ted Kaczynski the Unabomber, and Ted Kaczynski never went to MIT. Here, play this clip. I have to take it. I have to brag just for a second, because when I first heard about AI, you know, it's not my thing. Although my uncle was at MIT, one of the great professors, 51 years, whatever, longest serving professor in the history of MIT, three degrees in nuclear, chemical and math. That's a smart man. Kaczynski was one of his students. Do you know who Kaczynski was? There's very little difference between a madman and a genius.

13:15But Kaczynski said, what kind of a student was he, Uncle John, Dr. John Trump? He said, what kind of a student? Manny said, seriously, good. He said he'd go around correcting everybody, but it didn't work out too well for him.

13:30Ben Meiselas:Now, one of the things that's going on as well in Texas, have you been following this? In addition to the disastrous flash floods that have taken the lives of so many people, young girls at Camp Mystic, the just complete negligence. And I think malice, frankly, by the federal government and state and local governments there, in my view, is entirely unforgivable. But Texas is calling a special session not to address floods or emergency warnings. No, they want to gerrymander Texas to get rid of the five Democratic seats right there. Now, Democrats who are in the state house, they don't want to show up.

14:12Ben Meiselas:And if they don't show up, there won't be a quorum for this special session to take place. So now you have Attorney General Ken Paxton, who's running for Senate and whose wife filed for divorce last week, threatens to arrest Democratic representatives in Texas if they fail to show up for Abbott's special session. to gerrymander districts before the midterms. And he said that he will send federal authorities to hunt you down. You're going to send federal authorities to hunt you, to assist in hunting lawmakers down. Yeah. Go back to what Greg Gutfeld said. They're describing who they are. Finally, Justin Wolfer's economist at the University of Michigan makes things pretty clear here.

14:56Ben Meiselas:Trump claims to have a tariff deal with Britain, but it still hasn't been finalized. We haven't seen the deal. He announced a deal with Vietnam weeks ago, but Vietnam is yet to acknowledge it and no one has seen the text. Then earlier yesterday, he claims he has a deal with Indonesia, but no one has seen the details. Donald Trump quite literally lies about everything. Trade deals are not tweets or social media posts. They're comprehensive documents, usually hundreds of pages in length and sometimes thousands of pages in length. We haven't seen any of them. Also, the president doesn't get to unilaterally do that.

15:33Ben Meiselas:I know the United States has become a dictatorship, an authoritarian regime, but Congress is the one actually responsible for tariffs. Under the MAGA Republicans, though, they've ceded their authority and America is ruled by a deteriorating, decaying, cognitively addled, lunatic, malignant, narcissistic dictator. That's what it is in the United States. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas Plus sub stack for ad-free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now at MidasPlus.com.

From the publisher

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s physical appearance rapidly deteriorating as his presidency collapses.

Visit https://meidasplus.com for more!

Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts:

MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast

Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af

MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial

The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast

The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan

Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen

The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show

Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats

Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54

Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown

On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman

Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered

Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More from The MeidasTouch Podcast

All 2,211 episodes
Trump Physically Decomposes in Public on Bad NewsThe MeidasTouch Podcast · 20 min
Listen in VO