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The MeidasTouch Podcast - Episode Summary
Episode Title
Trump Spirals All Night as 25th Amendment Needed!!!
Hosts
Ben, Brett, Jordy Meiselas
Release Date
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Episode Description
In this episode, Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's erratic behavior on social media, suggesting that his actions reflect the need for the 25th Amendment, which provides a mechanism for removing a president deemed incapable of performing their duties.
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Key Concepts and Discussions
- Trump's Erratic Behavior
- Social Media Meltdown: The episode opens with Ben discussing Trump's frenetic activity on social media, characterized by numerous incoherent posts that he deems "deranged."
- Allegations of Treason: Trump accuses former President Obama of treason and claims widespread electoral fraud, positing bizarre conspiracy theories involving the CIA and Chinese interference in the 2020 election.
- Rhetoric and Accusations
- Domestic Terrorism Claims: Trump labels individuals as domestic terrorists, exemplified by his comments on Alex Preti, suggesting a dangerous escalation in rhetoric.
- Attacks on Minority Communities: The discussion includes Trump's racist comments directed at various communities (e.g., Armenian and Somali), highlighting a pattern of divisive and inflammatory language.
- Political Ramifications
- Polling Data: Ben references polling data indicating Trump’s declining approval ratings, particularly among Latino voters, largely due to his aggressive deportation policies.
- Upcoming Midterm Elections: The hosts speculate on how Trump's behavior and policies may impact the Republican party's performance in the upcoming midterms.
- Comparison of Media Coverage
- Fox News vs. CNN: The episode contrasts how different media outlets report on Trump's actions, with a focus on public perception of immigration policies and economic concerns.
- Calls to Action
- Solidarity with Communities: Ben expresses solidarity with the Armenian community, encouraging listeners to resist Trump's authoritarian tendencies.
- The 25th Amendment Reference: The episode emphasizes the necessity of considering the 25th Amendment in light of Trump’s behavior, arguing for the importance of safeguarding democracy.
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Key Takeaways
- Mental Health Concerns: The hosts highlight concerns over Trump's mental fitness for office, suggesting that his behavior is increasingly erratic.
- Political Consequences: Trump's actions and rhetoric may have significant political repercussions, particularly regarding his support among minority communities.
- Urgent Call for Resistance: The episode concludes with a call for listeners to actively resist the authoritarian impulses in Trump’s regime.
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Additional Notes
- Engagement with Audience: The brothers encourage audience engagement through social media, fostering a community of listeners who identify as "MeidasMighty."
- Related Content: Listeners are encouraged to subscribe to other MeidasTouch Network podcasts for broader political discussions.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Social Media Meltdown
2:45 to 7:30
Analyze Donald Trump's erratic behavior and social media posts from last night.
“Donald Trump was having a psychotic meltdown on social media last night.”
Racism and Political Rhetoric
7:35 to 11:40
Discuss the implications of Trump's rhetoric towards various communities.
“Oz is finding this and the fraud being controlled by Russian mobsters.”
Polling Data and Political Consequences
11:41 to 14:00
Explore polling data regarding Trump's approval and potential midterm impacts.
“Every legal vote was counted and we will continue to comply with the law.”
Public Opinion on Immigration and Trump
14:00 to 15:07
Explore how public sentiment is shifting regarding Trump's immigration policies, particularly among Latino voters.
“and the republic's response to what it is seeing on its tv screens and reading about in publications and so forth, suggests that people, you know, they want the border closed.”
Decline in Trump's Approval Among Latinos
15:09 to 16:56
Learn about the significant drop in Trump's approval ratings among Latino communities and its implications for the midterms.
“Well, let's just take a look at Trump's net approval rating among Latinos.”
Trump's Distracting Priorities
16:57 to 18:28
Discuss how Trump's focus on celebrity endorsements over critical issues affects his standing with voters.
“No, no, no, is what the Latino community is saying.”
Critique of ICE and Deportation Policies
18:29 to 19:38
Examine criticisms of ICE's actions and Trump's deportation policies from right-wing commentators.
“one of the right-wing pod bros who was very supportive of Trump in the 2024 election.”
Concerns Over Political Integrity
19:39 to 20:04
Reflect on the bizarre actions of the current regime and the implications for political integrity in the U.S.
“National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, speaking on the phone.”
Transcript
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2:45Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump was having a psychotic meltdown on social media last night. He made hundreds of posts, post after post, each one more insane than the next. Let me just show you what he was doing. And earlier in the day, he sent his FBI agents and his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and her team to raid the Fulton County election office and take the 2020 ballots. Let me just show you what Donald Trump was doing all day yesterday. Here's what he was posting. He accused former President Obama of treason in social media posts. Donald Trump goes treason. Trump stuns reporters declaring Barack Obama will face justice for treason.
3:27Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump then posts that the 2020 election was stolen and that the CIA developed tools like Hammer and Scorecard, and China coordinated the entire operation with the CIA that oversaw it, and then the FBI covered it up to install Biden as a puppet? That's what the President of the United States is posting. This individual is utterly demented. Then he again accuses Alex Preti, who his Gestapo murdered, of being a domestic terrorist. Last night, Donald Trump posted that Pretti is a domestic terrorist. He reposted this account, Dave in the Desert, saying this wasn't some peaceful protester. He, referring to Alex Pretti, was a domestic terrorist.
4:15Ben Meiselas:And we've learned that Alex Pretti's family has hired a lawyer. And I hope the lawyer sues the Trump regime into oblivion for what they are doing. Remember, all the people were like, Like, oh, this is a change of tone by Donald. But two days ago, it's a change of tone. He's bringing Tom Homan in. And I said, that's not a change of tone. Donald Trump is a deranged, demented, cognitively impaired lunatic. And this is how he behaves, OK? He's a psychopath. And he'll say, on the one hand, oh, I spoke to Governor Walz. And we had a very respectful conversation. Then he'll make social media posts, like 100 of them.
4:56Ben Meiselas:I'm not making these, like, hundreds. of social media posts saying that Tim Walls hides as fraud is exposed. And then he posts, you know, I don't like cursing on this channel, but I'm repeating for just a news coverage purpose what Donald Trump's posted. So while Donald Trump's going post, post, post, post, post, post, post, and saying these deranged things and calling Alex Preti a domestic terrorist and attacking Governor Walz. Then Donald Trump goes, maybe it's time to shut the fuck up and let him cook. Maybe it's time to shut the fuck up and let him cook. The president of the United States is posting this.
5:37Ben Meiselas:And again, take a step back. Do we realize how utterly deranged and demented this is? Then yesterday, Donald Trump had Dr. Oz launch operations in Los Angeles, attacking the Armenian community in Los Angeles, the way they're attacking the Somalian community in Minnesota. And Dr. Oz went to like a popular Armenian bakery. And Dr. Oz said, this is where the fraud is committed. This is where the Russian Armenian mob is engaged in their crimes. This is, and just saying in a very racist way, basically that all Armenians are involved in fraud was basically Dr. Oz, look at their dialect, he says. This is the dialect of mobsters and mafia.
6:27Ben Meiselas:And the history here is, you should go and look at it because the Armenian community, when Dr. Oz was running for the Senate seat in Pennsylvania and when he was getting this job, you know, were basically saying that Dr. Oz was in, this was accusing him of being like an agent of Turkey, which Oz denied. And when Oz is out here saying these horrible things about the Armenian community, I mean, you saw what he was doing. They're doing the same playbook over and over again that they did with Somalian people. And Donald Trump's regurgitating it. So for any one in the Armenian community who supported Donald Trump, are you watching what he's doing?
7:09Ben Meiselas:And now, and by the way, I stand in solidarity with the Armenian community here in California. As a lawyer, I work closely with a lot of great Armenian people, and this pisses me off. It all pisses me off, but it's just horrific. He's eventually going to come for you is the point. First, he comes for this group. Then he comes. They're coming for you. So stand up and resist this fascist regime, Donald Trump goes. and now more fraud in California. Dr. Oz is finding this and the fraud being controlled by Russian mobsters. Arrests need to happen. In the Oval Office, above the photo of Donald Trump and his grandkid is a photo of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
7:51Ben Meiselas:You forfeit the right to accuse others of being in the Russian mob when you are a Russian bootlicker. You have Putin's photo of the photo of your grandchild. Here, look at this photo right here. Then Donald Trump goes probably close to 89 % of Somalians are engaged in welfare fraud in Minnesota. What the hell are you talking about? Just racist, heinous stuff. No wonder the world is taking the idea of boycotting the World Cup in the United States very, very seriously. I reported on it two months ago that a boycott was coming to the FIFA World Cup. And people are like, ah, Ben, you're being hyperbolic there, Ben.
8:36Ben Meiselas:You're being hyperbolic. Really, was I being hyperbolic back in the 2024 elections when I specifically warned that Trump was going to have a paramilitary force? He said the enemy from within, he's going to attack Americans. Was I being hyperbolic or was I accurately describing what was going to happen? And I think there's going to be a boycott of the World Cup and rightfully so. Who the hell wants to come here to have ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo brutalize you? Here's what Governor Walz had to say yesterday during an interview that he gave. And he said, when Donald Trump called him, he said Donald Trump compared the invasion of Minnesota and Minneapolis like the invasion of Venezuela.
9:15Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip. What else did he say to you other than saying you wanted to work together? I mean, what did he tell you about? What did you talk about? He told me that he doesn't understand what's wrong with Minnesota. I don't know what's wrong with you people. I said nothing's wrong with you, Mr. President. and we're one of the most effective states and one of the best places to live. And he told me that, well, look to him, we did this in New Orleans, we did it in Louisville, there's no problems. And I said, you didn't kill anybody in Louisville or New Orleans. And the operation here looks very different from that.
9:45And then he told me it was successful in Venezuela. He talked to you about Venezuela. He did, he did. I'm not sure what gave him the indication that at this point in time, what's happening to my state, that I'm interested in Venezuela. But he told me how well that went, which really was strange to me was he saw an operation in Venezuela against a foreign nation. In the same context, he saw an operation against a U.S. state and a U.S. city.
10:10Ben Meiselas:Now, yesterday, as I mentioned earlier in this video, the Fulton County Elections Office was raided. Greg Blustein, top reporter out there in the Fulton County area, said that I'm at the site of Fulton County Election Offices where FBI officials confirmed they are conducting court-authorized activity, but declined further comment for now. Trump has repeatedly threatened to open an investigation into his 2020 defeat in Georgia. Reached by phone, Fulton County clerk's chief said that a large number of federal agents were receiving boxes of ballots from the warehouse where they were stored. The FBI agents are here to get the 2020 ballots.
10:49Ben Meiselas:They're all here with trucks and everything. You see the FBI officials arriving at the Fulton County election site as Trump wants to claim the 2020 election was stolen despite every federal court disagreeing and despite the fact that Donald Trump lost by millions and millions and millions of votes across the country. Fulton County Commission Chair Rob Pitts said he was confident the ballots were safe and secure in the county's facility before it was just raided by Trump's Gestapo. Now he's worried about what happens next under federal custody after the FBI raid. Blustein reports, this was the statement from the Fulton County Commission chair.
11:26Ben Meiselas:We don't know where the ballots are being taken. We don't know what's going to happen to them. So we can no longer satisfy the citizens of Atlanta or the citizens of the world that these ballots are still secure. We did our job. We complied with the law. The 2020 election was fair. They were open. Every legal vote was counted and we will continue to comply with the law. Now, with all of Donald Trump's behavioral behavior and tactics right now, his poll numbers are an absolute disaster. This is state regime media, which calls itself Fox, saying how people are not feeling good about this economy.
12:01Ben Meiselas:This is how it's being reported on Fox. Play this clip. Yeah. One quick one on the U.S. economy. We hear from the administration about the growth and the potential growth in Q1, Q2 and what they see on the horizon. We asked, Are you better off financially than a year ago? Better 24 percent, worse 39 percent, same 36 percent. It is what we've talked about numerous times about feeling where the economy is and what that means for people at home. Yeah, as we look ahead to the midterms, Brett, people are going to be judging this election, and the president's continuing standing on the basis of how well they feel the economy is going.
12:44There are signs, and some experts say that we're going to have a booming economy this coming year, or this rest of this year, and certainly the administration certainly needs that, because while the stock market is high and employment is relatively high, people do not feel good about this economy. This poll suggests that, and they have them for some time, and it's not so far getting any better for them, which would be very dangerous for the Republicans in the midterm elections.
13:12Ben Meiselas:And also state regime media, which calls itself Fox, had to say this about Donald Trump's invasion of cities and towns across the country. Play this clip. ICE efforts to deport illegal immigrants. If we ask folks out there, too aggressive, 59%, not aggressive enough, 17%, about right, 24%. That tracks with other polls that we've seen in recent days surrounding a lot of this video that obviously has come out, and there's all kinds of people weighing in on all sides. yeah brett i think that's right it does track with the other polls and it suggests that while the administration um is within its limits its legal limits in this immigration crackdown and the dragnet that's going on particularly out in minnesota uh it has hit its political limits and the republic's response to what it is seeing on its tv screens and reading about in publications and so forth, suggests that people, you know, they want the border closed.
14:11They want criminal illegals rounded up. But they see, you know, they see these scenes in the street, particularly the two killings in Minnesota. And they see, you know, people who seem otherwise innocent, although they may be here illegally rounded up. They don't like that. We have a compassionate people. And even illegal immigrants are not beyond the scope of that compassion. And I think the administration is being seen as having gone too far on this, and the polls certainly suggest that.
14:39Ben Meiselas:Now contrast that or compare it to what was happening on CNN, where Harry Enten went through polling as well, showing that among Latinos, Donald Trump's approval has absolutely plummeted, which spells disaster for the midterms. And we talked about here how Ileana Garcia, who led Latinos for Trump, saying she's no longer with him and that Trump's going to lose the midterms. Play this clip. I'll give you a baseline. I'll just say there has been a massive backlash against the president of the United States among Latino voters, because what are we talking about here? Well, let's just take a look at Trump's net approval rating among Latinos.
15:17You know, you go back a year ago, right at the beginning of his first term. Wasn't too bad, right? About five points underwater. A lot of Republicans would really like that. But take a look where we are today. Over a 20-point decline, now down to negative 28 points. Donald Trump's net approval rating among Latinos. A much larger drop we've seen among Latinos than we have seen among the American electorate overall.
15:42Ben Meiselas:What about the deportation program, though? Yeah, okay, so what is causing this, right? There have been a lot of things in which the American people dislike Donald Trump more than they did a year ago. But among Latinos, they really, really, really... That's what's driving all this. Yeah, that is a big, big driver of what's going on here. Trump's not approving among Latinos on his deportation program. Look at this. You go back a year ago, according to the CBS News, YouGov poll, he was right at even, right? As many people approved is disapproved. Again, that's really good numbers for Republican among Latinos.
16:13But look at where we are now. 34 points underwater. There has been an over 30 point shift away, away from Donald Trump among Latinos on his deportation program. what we have seen among Latinos as a drop overall, much of which is being driven by how they are viewing his deportation program. I saw one of the founders for Latinos for Trump the other day say immigration is going to cost Republicans during the midterm elections. And when you look at numbers like this, you have to say, hey, she's coming from the numbers because the numbers agree with that. Latinos do not like what Donald Trump is doing on his deportation program.
16:49And it is driving his overall numbers down. Look at this. I mean, you rarely ever see a 35 point decline over a year, but it has happened with Trump among Latinos on his deportation program. No, no, no, is what the Latino community is saying.
17:01Ben Meiselas:But I'll tell you who was with Donald Trump and what Trump was highlighting yesterday. Was he highlighting making things more affordable? No. Was he highlighting housing crisis? No. Was he highlighting, you know, health care? No. I mean, the fact that they're ripping away healthcare? No. He had Nicki Minaj at an event and Nicki Minaj received Donald Trump's gold card, which grants her US residency because she was undocumented. Basically, she didn't have the appropriate status and she got a gold card. Okay. That's what the priorities are. Gold card for Nicki Minaj because she expressed her love for Donald Trump.
17:40Ben Meiselas:And then Trump said the following about Nicki Minaj and her nails. Play this clip. Nicki, come on up. Come on. She's been such a great supporter and a great supporter of Trump accounts.
17:58And I said, I am going to let my nails grow because I love those nails. I'm going to, I'm going to let those nails grow.
18:10She's so good. She's been MAGA. What can I say? She's been with us all the way. Right, Alex? She's been with us all the way.
18:19Ben Meiselas:Just want to thank her. I'll just show you what's going on in MAGA world right now, what these right-wing podcasters are saying about Trump and his despicable regime. Andrew Schultz, one of the right-wing pod bros, one of the right-wing pod bros who was very supportive of Trump in the 2024 election. Here's what he had to say. Let's play this clip. If you see it with your own eyes, you know exactly what happened. And there's something disgusting that's happening, not only in Minneapolis, I'm sure it's happening in other parts of the United States, where it's ICE is under the guise of security, right?
18:54Ben Meiselas:Under the guise of safety, because that's what they're doing, right? Is every time something horrific happens, they keep going, but look at the pedophiles we got. Look at the murderers we got. Look at all the violent criminals we got. I looked at the numbers. It's 5 % of the people they deported are violent criminals. Yes. There's probably more pedophiles in the Oval Office. If you bring up another fucking pedophile about deporting and you're not releasing the Epstein list, just shut the fuck up, all of you. Yes. I don't want to hear anything else about, oh, we got to deport the pedophiles. They're right here.
19:22Yeah.
19:22Ben Meiselas:They're right here. They're a list of them and you're not exposing it. I just want to stress right now, as Julian Sanchez says, how completely bizarre and unheard of it is for the director of national intelligence to be personally present for a search warrant execution. And you have US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, speaking on the phone. Like, look at her. Like, there's the inspector gadget right here, standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant. How pathetic. How pathetic is this regime?
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump losing his mind night as he exhibits behavior that the 25th Amendment was created to address by removing people with his deranged mental state.
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