Trump Pushes Back Amid Kennedy Center Dispute

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2:18Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump was having a meltdown at 1 a.m. He made the construction workers outside of the Kennedy Center build a scaffolding so he can put a tarp to cover up the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center. It basically took all day. And at 1 a.m., they put this tarp to cover up the removal of Trump's name. It was in violation of the court order, which said that Trump had to take his name off that Kennedy Center. The vandalism had to end by 1159. Trump violated the court order because he was so damn cowardly. But I want to set the scene for you right now. Right as Donald Trump is about to turn 80, like his father, Fred, he's exhibiting some of those same signs, right?

3:10Ben Meiselas:Sickly, all alone, cognitively, physically declining, paranoia setting in all alone right now. And what a coward he is wanting to hide the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center. But to me, I think it makes it so much worse. It draws so much attention to it. The regime that covers up everything. They cover up the Epstein files. They cover up all of his fraud. They cover up and lie about everything, covering up the removal of the vandalism where he put his name on the Kennedy Center. And this is going on on his birthday weekend. Can I show you what was taking place right here? Let me show you as the workers were adding the curtain, obstructing the review.

3:59Ben Meiselas:And they were doing this at 1.44 a.m. of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. Let me show this to you. You didn't use a cart to put it up, you fucking cowards!

4:37Ben Meiselas:Here I'll show you as workers continue to deploy this curtain just so you can see it let's play it

5:01this truck now embarrassed about his name on this building

5:07the judge said to take it down not to cover it up take it down take it down

5:16Ben Meiselas:now i'll show you what the scene was benjamin alvarez got some video of it right at 11 p.m before the curtains went up when they were building this weird scaffolding and we were thinking what are they building that scaffolding for because when they were adding it they were using the cherry pickers to put Trump's name up. But now they seem to be building the scaffolding, so that's what they were doing. Here's what Alvarez posted. Let's play it.

5:49Ben Meiselas:But we did notice that earlier in the day, there was this double rainbow at the Kennedy Center moments after a storm hit and the court ruling confirming that Trump's name was to be taken off. Just look at that beautiful rainbow right there. And just think about how cowardly and pathetic he is. He wanted a post yesterday about his latest murder. He puts his ISIS style video and he claims he killed Nino Guerrero. He goes, the trend de Araguanita, Nino Guerrero. Knowing Trump, he probably killed a bunch of innocent people too. And I think we can't just accept his word that he killed Nino Guerrero, the infamous leader of Trendeiragua.

6:33Ben Meiselas:But here's what he wants to post to act all tough earlier in the day. But he's too cowardly to even let the public see his name get removed from the Kennedy Center. He goes, at my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift, lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Nino Guerrero, the infamous leader of Trende Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty terrorist organizations. Before I returned to office, Joe Biden, Joe Biden on, doing the Joe Biden thing. You pathetic loser, too scared that you have to cover up your name being removed from the Kennedy Center. Look at this pathetic loser also posted earlier in the day this.

7:17Ben Meiselas:Regilding of the massive Arts of War sculpture located between the Lincoln Memorial and the site of the Triumphal Arch. Yeah, we're going to tear that down also, the Triumphal Arch, and you're not going to be able to put a curtain over that. It rapidly continues. The sculptures will be fully regilded by July 3rd. Thanks, Donald, because when I speak to my fellow Americans, I say, folks, what do you want? They go, Ben, we don't want healthcare. We don't want affordable gas or affordable groceries. We don't want jobs with dignity. We don't want to be able to have good education. We don't want to be able to pay our rent.

8:00Ben Meiselas:Ben, they say to me, what we want is the re-guilding of the massive art war sculpture near a triumphal arch, they say to him. I go, I said, I know. I said, why didn't Joe Biden, why didn't he regildo scope? Being sarcastic, okay? This regime's priorities are so sick and criminal, but you know what? I know the American people have had it. I know that everyone's disgusted. in Donald Trump's post. The Sunday night during the historic Freedom 250 UFC fight at the White House, the Department of War will debut a new TV ad. Oh, really, Donald? You're going to do a new TV ad on the UFC fight? By the way, the Midas Touch exclusively reported how pilots who are landing in Reagan National Airport are now filing complaints because this UFC ring that's emitting all of these light beams in the sky are blinding the pilots who are trying to land in Reagan Airport.

9:08Ben Meiselas:Also, on the topic of things backfiring in Donald Trump's face, was he builds UFC, that reflecting pool? I've reported on this before, and I predicted this was going to happen. Algae infested already. Of course, it's going to be infested with algae. The water source is still the Potomac Basin. If you're bringing the water from the same location, that's where the algae is coming from. And it's not like you're getting the water from the drinking water. That was the issue. In 2012, they changed the water source to the Potomac Basin. And even when you have a good filtration system, when the water's that low, when you have the heat, when you're bringing in the algae, just little bits of algae can spread and grow and fester, and it's hard to stop.

9:50Ben Meiselas:And so painting it blue is only going to make the algae look worse. But let's bring in, as Donald Trump was probably crying last night and throwing ketchup everywhere, who did they bring on late last night on state regime media, which calls itself Fox? Yep, they brought in Treasury Secretary Besant. And Besant looks like a deer in headlong. I mean, Besant never looks good in these interviews, but Besant right here looks awful. Watch what he says. Let's play it. At the same time, Mr. Secretary, inflation and the cost of living is weighing on Americans. What can you tell the American people tonight about the light that is there at the end of the tunnel for them on the cost of everyday living?

10:39So, Laura, we understand this is a challenging time. And the president and the cabinet was with him. We believe that he had to take this opportunity to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. We will see maybe as soon as this weekend or Monday, we will get on the other side of this. Energy prices will come back down. The energy markets are very well supplied. Oil is already about 25 or 30 percent off the top. Gasoline has come down more than 10 percent. So I am very confident that the challenging time with gasoline will pass by. Core inflation, which is real underlying inflation, surprised on the downside, it was only 0.2%.

11:26So again, once we get on the other side of this energy pinch, and as you said, Laura, the important thing is that underneath all that, the economy is doing very well.

11:37Ben Meiselas:And then Jesse Waters tried to sue Donald Trump's ego at this point. That's as Donald Trump's just losing it. Here's what Jesse Waters had to say. Let's play this clip. Water. But listen, he is building the ballroom is an architectural masterpiece. It's it's designed in the neoclassical style, which liberals hate because that was the preferred style of the founders who modeled that style. after ancient Greek and Roman architecture. They took all of their philosophy from the ancient Greek and Romans. And so when you see these soaring columns and the noble statuary and the exquisitely designed reflecting pools, when you let that go into disrepair, you're doing that on purpose.

12:28You're purposely subverting the greatness of America, the bedrock of Western civilization. You want people to be depressed. You don't want them to feel worthy of having big, beautiful things. You want them walking around in public spaces with grime.

12:45Ben Meiselas:And folks, we remember what was going down. We called it that we were hitting tank bottom in a lot of our strategic reserve sources. The world was uniting against Donald Trump. Iran was holding its ground. And so yesterday we saw Donald Trump say, and the day before that, we've got a deal with Iran. And when we've kind of unpacked the deal, it seems like Iran got everything that they wanted. The Islamic regime is in power. They control the Strait of Ramoves. They say they will be charging tolls. We now learn that the UAE already gave them$3 billion, likely will give them another$20 to$30 billion.

13:25Ben Meiselas:The U.S. likely going to put billions into some global or into some Middle East renovation fund, which is a way to funnel money to Iran. Iran doesn't even have to talk about its nuclear file until, what, 60 days. It pushes the negotiations out. Like, I'm glad the Strait of Hormuz is open. We should never have been in this war. Let me be very clear. I'm glad there's a deal. And I'm actually glad there's this. I mean, let's get the hell out of there. Let's be very clear and stop these never-ending wars. But for Trump's braggadocious and bravado, and we're going to crush them and they're going to submit.

14:08Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump is the biggest loser. Maybe Netanyahu also is the biggest loser in this as well, because the whole regional dynamic has now shifted, forming more closer alliances with Iran and China in the region and away from the United States and Israel. But Trump, you got your UFC fight. Maybe there's expected to be storms, 90 % chance of thunderstorms on Sunday. Rainbows when Donald Trump's name gets taken off of the Kennedy Center. Thunderstorms during Donald Trump's UFC fight. Although CENTCOM did publish last night. How clownish has CENTCOM become? It's so sad to see CENTCOM become like this.

14:50Ben Meiselas:I say this as a patriotic person. I mean, it's sad to see CENTCOM become like this. CENTCOM announced that Iran launched several one-way attack drones at ships last night, transiting the Strait of Hormuz earlier this weekend. But the US forces have downed them all and traffic continues to flow unimpeded. What do you mean traffic continues? Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continues to flow unimpeded. okay, absolutely, sure, CENCOM, it flows unimpeded. How utterly ridiculous is this? I mean, look, Donald Trump can't even manage his cafeterias in the Trump properties, right? The Westchester one, the Bedminster one, all of these ones are being cited for health violations right now, one after another.

15:35Ben Meiselas:Notice that another report of one of their health violations that they've been cited for. So this is what Donald Trump is up to right now on what will be the worst birthday of his life, 80 years old, all alone, physically declining, cognitively declining, rotting away, paranoid. This is what you wanted, Donald? This is the power that you wanted? You are hated. You are the most hated president in American history, one of the most hated human beings in world history right now. The name Trump will forever live in infamy as a cancer to this world. That is the legacy you pass down to your family. And we will always remember the damage that that name Trump has caused.

16:22Ben Meiselas:And we will work generation by generation to ensure that there are never anyone ever like you ever again in a position of power. That's your legacy, the legacy of shame, the legacy of a loser, the legacy of a bankruptor on your birthday. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. 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.