Important Message from Meidas Founder…Trump’s Worst Day

By Ben Meiselas

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Yesterday was Trump’s worst day of his term so far, in my opinion.

He has the lowest approval of any president at this point in his term—including himself in his first term.

He looked weaker than ever.

Major cracks are forming in MAGA as well.

Trump’s fear tactics are not working on you. The resistance grows stronger each day.

Trump looked guilty as can be and pathetically weak at his Cabinet Meeting yesterday.

He lost it on live TV when a reporter asked him about his DOJ’s claim that the Epstein list never existed. In my opinion, Trump looked so guilty it almost seemed like a parody. The usual MAGA sycophants went mute or described how betrayed they felt by Trump for covering up the Epstein list. Trump’s DOJ then scrambled to announce they were investigating former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan to distract from the Epstein list. We all recognized Trump’s games.

Also during the Cabinet Meeting, Trump kept saying the word “skedaddle.” Trump said he didn’t know who ordered weapons be cut off from Ukraine. Trump congratulated his team for a great emergency response in Texas as the death toll rose past 100—and Trump spent the weekend golfing. Trump randomly announced he was tariffing foreign copper at 40 percent and foreign pharmaceuticals at 200 percent. Trump looked and talked like a lunatic.

I am not saying this based on some blind hope. I truly feel a vibe shift is underway in this country. I notice how Trump podcasters are now pretending to care about migrants. I notice how some cable news and media outlets are starting to actually do their job. I am seeing MAGA supporters say this is not what they voted for.

Most importantly, I am seeing you standing your ground and pushing forward. You are sharing the truth with people you know. You are supporting the protests. You are showing up to protests if you can. You always ask what more you can do to fight back against the dastardly regime.

The Trump regime hoped their displays of military power inside the United States would scare us. But it didn’t. The Trump regime thought its lawsuit against news outlets would silence us. It did not. The Trump regime thought the endless propaganda would break us or brainwash us. It didn’t.

I am so proud of you for staying in the fight and helping to build this movement stronger. I know there are days that can feel hopeless, or scary, or overwhelming. It’s normal to feel that way. But we’ve been able to regroup, collect ourselves, and grow this movement much stronger.

I see a major opportunity right now for our pro-democracy voices to take deeper root. Our data shows we aren’t preaching to the choir—although I think it’s important we fight hardest for our choir and remain loyal to our choir and make sure our choir sings the loudest. We are reaching people all over the country and the world with a simple formula: tell the truth and be relentless and fearless in our reporting.

I believe we are seeing the start of a major vibe shift in this country. We can grow it. Or we can lose it. I prefer to grow it. I think it’s an existential proposition that we need to grow it, cultivate it, and appeal to the decency and hearts and minds of the people.

Stay in the fight. Stay strong. And always know we have your back.

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Thanks as always—and stay in the fight!