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On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast: Trump goes full conspiracy theorist, posting a deranged claim that President Biden was “executed” and replaced with clones. We break down this unhinged rant, plus Trump’s shady Nippon-US Steel “deal,” his plan to use Palantir to build a massive surveillance database on Americans, and GOP Senator Joni Ernst’s callous comment dismissing healthcare concerns by noting that everyone dies anyway. Ben, Brett and Jordy also cover Trump’s weak nuclear proposal to Iran, Ukraine’s daring operation deep inside Russia, an anti-Semitic attack in Boulder, and more critical news you need to know.
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With every accusation being a confession - perhaps it is taco that was executed and replaced with a clone...
Trump's clones are his cabinet, the republican congress and SCOTUS.
Thank you, me too every time he accuses someone, every time.
Satanic evil spirts have found a home in the White Taco House Administration
Brett, they remind me of the evil soulless characters in the 1940 movie serial titled The Drums of Fu Manchu who did the evil bidding of their master. We are seeing examples of blind-to-all-else following by those whose influence is far too wide...the tide will turn, is turning...
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Trump Always Clones Ostensively
Good one!!!!!!!!!!
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Subpar and low quality, no quality check on the new version. Not recommended for purchase!
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A clone would have better hair.
I would think that would count as a robot failure. I would not want one. But I would take great pleasure from a Stephen Miller robot to serve me coffee.
I wish it was!!
Good one!
GO Ukraine!!!!! Sooooo proud of you!!!!
Chilling comments about women these days- which state wants to consider abolishing no- fault divorce so that men decide whether or not women can leave an abusive marriage?
The Fox News guy who said Schumer is like a girl and no man wants a woman leader? The bill aimed at destroying the ability for women to vote? Never mind the disgusting repeal of abortion rights. It’s getting crazy. Women are hated by magats and that means magat women are happy to lose their rights. This really needs to be analysed and reported.
Women ,in my opinion, are treated very badly by insecure men. Especially when they are smarter than them. Regardless of your color. That's the problem.
You are right I have to say.
Yes it does , faux news is not news, more like one long opinion piece. Thr opinions are awful and cruel 😢.
I agree with everything your wrote.
Trump is the one who has no soul.
He CAN’T put his hand on the Bible to take his “Oath” of office.
He CAN’T quote one single line from the Bible when prompted repeatedly to on Fox News.
He CAN’T hold the Bible upright when he’s displaying it to try to win the Bible Belt…
Trump sounds daft but his plans (probably a la Stephen Miller) are diabolical. Look into his agenda with Netanyahu. Make Americans afraid to support suffering Palestinians.. ‘Oh, they’re Hamas’. Stop Americans from voicing their concerns.. equating it to Anti-Semitism. This just promotes violence 💀
When will people recognize: All Palestinians do not = Hamas. All Jews do not = Zionists for a Greater Israel. As the man said, “Find the Peacemakers”…
His spy efforts will backfire in his face because his people will attempt to curry favor with him by spying on their partners in crime! This is laughable. Dumpty is playing a childhood favorite entitled "Mother, May I?" His people are afraid of him. Serves 'em right. They're no safer than anyone else. Just look at his failed bromances with Moscow Mitch and now Elon ("Mr. Ketamine) Musk. Disasters times two. Incidentally, are his cheapo sneakers still selling? What about his "gold" Dumpty Bucks? Dumpty Bobbleheads are also being offered. Just one mell of a hess!
He's going to have his whole cabinet trying whatever to (his phrase) "Kiss his a**." That's hilarious! Sure hope Vance remembers what almost happened to his last VP, as in "Does Vance remember the gallows?" Pure stupidity on steroids. Low IQ, Fredo Rides Again, and .. like everything else he touches, it's going to continue to crash and burn.
Note: We've yet to see Musk's fraud discoveries identified, arrested, charged, prosecuted, and sentenced. Now that he's earned Dumpty's ire, there's no telling how bad everything is going to get for the Dumpty Traveling Circus. * Popcorn @ The Ready, Ya'll *
Give me ALL THE POPCORN!!! The only thing better than #FAFO videos is the Godzilla Vs Mothra remake with Trumpzilla Vs Muskra. 🦖 🦋
Yes. good point! ✅
I expect all aspects of our military and law enforcement are going to stand up in unison to tell Mr. Dumb Dumb, “Hell, no. We’re not abandong our oath to serve and protect under the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence!”
And, when that day arrives, he’ll become what he’s been from say one—a man without a brain, a friend, or a country. His innter circle will follow the Lindsey “CindyFeller” Graham’s example of talking out of both sides of their … necks!
The problem MAGATS have today as well as going forward is they’ll be anathema anywhere they attempt to hide! They’ve got no idea of the precarious position they’re in for siding with the Trick Master. But, it will be too late for a “kiss and makeup” attempt.
I love Jewish people! I do NOT like what the leaders of Israel is doing to the people of Palestine. It is inhumane to starve them to death or shoot them when they are trying to get food!
Trump thinks it's still the 1930s.
Did you know his grandfather was an illegal immigrant to America?
Are all of you aware he is extremely mentally ill being sociopath malignant narcissist with severe delusions of grandeur with addictions and obsessive compulsive disorder and loves cruelty? He will never do what is right. He will always do what he thinks is right for him. He should be taken out of the white house for those reasons alone. Since being a felon, a swindler, tax evader, and a rapist didn't do it.
And don’t forget the last thing she said- “ I do this for my lord and savior Jesus Christ “. I’m so sick of this bullshit fakeass Christian shit coming from these murderers.
Clearly, he needs a mental health evaluation. 🫂
Trump sues CBS for billions for emotional distress. The World should sue the Trump administration for trillions for the SAME REASON!
Maybe when he is out of office we could. I sure hope it's a possibility.
LOCK THEM UP NOW TODAY
Jesus FOX is insane this is so disgusting !! Trump is a FAKE President is more believable
I am s subscriber and listen to you regularly. Your clear presentation of the truth is inspiring and stabilizing. Question: I am one of several people organizing a 6/14 No kings Rally in Brooklyn NY 11215 at Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park West from 1 to 2:30. Would you be able to post and/ or promote this on your podcast? There is of course a big event in Manhattan at Bryant Park but many of us can’t make it to the city. We are Brooklyn “Loud and Proud” with a population equivalent to the fourth largest state in our country. If any of you brothers would like to speak at our rally that would be incredible. Do you have any suggestions as to how we can get media coverage?
Thank you,
Carol
We need to raise hell about how unpopular he is, 88 days of golfing and only 14 daily briefings since he has been in office. What a lazy loser dirtbag of a President!
And the cabinet thinking that putting the daily briefings into a cartoon format will get his attention so he knows what is going on around him. Can you imagine having that job? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 What will keep his attention today? A Howdy Doody puppet? Tickle me Elmo? of course he hates Sesame Street and PBS. How about using the comics and the evil characters?
It would be the reality show he wants - writers sitting around the table trying to come up with a theme for the day and something to hold his interest. I'm intrigued. I wanna see one, too!
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I heard they were building a fake FOX news studio in the White House
I just saw something on that... so far I'm not seeing anything concrete, but I'll keep looking. What a pukey carnival ride.
I also saw something about using the Whithouse lawn as a golfing green? I just cant with this guy. Never can believe anything
He doesn't read. He only pays attention to Fox, so they feel putting on a "Fox" newscast to inform him what they want him to say and do. The man is INCOMPETENT! AMENDMENT 25 OR INPEACH!!
Yes, because if you don't add lots of colorful pictures and videso, trump wont listen to ANY briefings! So they are treating him like the toddler that he is behaving like and trying way to make easier for the poor man so he wont have to read or comprehend anything too difficult. The rest of the regime now NEED trump to remain as president, because they have dug themsleves so deep out for them and they know it. there is no way f
With the cabinet having to do that should tell every American that he is not fit to be in the WH. Everyone that thinks he's doing a good job, should really question why he doesn't read or can't read the daily briefings. That is an important part of the job. Don't people understand that?
He will be on the Apprentice again. Except ,its our Nation he is playing with.
He's not a president. He is a lying unhinged person posing as one.
He probably needs reading glasses and is too vain to wear them and cannot put in contacts or they are not recommended. He is probably far sighted so he can play golf, not that it matters because he cheats according to everyone who has played with him and spoken up about it, like Bryan Marsal and Tiger Woods. When asked why Tiger played with Trump, because trump got is optic playing with the most renown golfer in the world, Tiger was intrigued and wanted to see if the rumors of trump cheating were true.
Bryan Marsal said, "Trump doesn’t just cheat at golf. He cheats like a three-card Monte dealer. He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies. He fudges and foozles and fluffs. At Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: “Pele.”
“I played with him once,” says Bryan Marsal, longtime Winged Foot member and chair of the coming 2020 Men’s U.S. Open. “It was a Saturday morning game. We go to the first tee and he couldn’t have been nicer. But then he said, ‘You see those two guys? They cheat. See me? I cheat. And I expect you to cheat because we’re going to beat those two guys today.’… So, yes, it’s true, he’s going to cheat you. But I think Donald, in his heart of hearts, believes that you’re gonna cheat him, too. So if it’s the same, if everybody’s cheating, he doesn’t see it as really cheating.” https://golf.com/lifestyle/celebrities/how-why-president-trump-cheats-golf-playing-tiger-woods/?srsltid=AfmBOoozpEzQw1ziY7zIUsK8ZjLoNc7Qjkw6vNoyE_lQ7WsXXs2uwLg_
His whole life is just one big lie. How pathetic. What a waste of a human being.
He cheats at golf.
He cheats on his wives.
He cheats his contractors.
He cheats on his taxes.
He cheats our country.
But he can’t cheat Death.
Do we know the names of those persons who have been deported/disappeared since Trump started his deportation campaign?
You are frighteningly correct!
Trump is MIA unless he's being handed a $400 million bribe.
Don John Trump , Kim Jong-Un, Xi Jinping; what's the difference?
Since we r all gonna die anyway let's take health insurance from all senators/ & representatives. Let's take vances health insurance that we pay for. Let's take t---ps insurance since he s so rich. Let's get this movement going!!!!!! T---p us completely unhinged. Don't stop reporting it!!!!!taco trump. !!!!
Very true! I imagine if we repeal all of the congress, senate and other politicos medical insureance, we could then afford to help our greatest need citizens instead of the mega rich who can afford their own!
Time to Impeach!!!!!!!!
Alzheimer's Dementia process
Thank you for speaking about the killing in Boulder, CO.
Whoever runs against Joni Ernst in the next election should play that video clip over and over again during the campaign. What a demeaning individual.
Yep! And it should say "We're all going to die and government hand outs like Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should NOT stop your death from happening! Die the way God intended! Without medical care, without food, without shelter, and without medication!"
Isn't that what she meant? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's how I took it. She was just being a snarky bitch and using a term some people use to say the inevitable waiting for all. But she knows what she meant. They are all such rude, hypocrites, and liars
Yes.. and they are entertaining as hell and it sure is fun watching them sit in confused silence trying to hide their humiliation when they get before the Oversight Committee or the Judiciary Committee. Chris Murphy, Jamie Raskin and Jasmine Crockett make short work of these fools.
Here is one that is going in my News You Can Use post today -
Senator John Reed (D) showed that the Department of Education surely failed one student growing up - Linda McMahon. She has flunked basic math and the entire world got to see her have to sit there and take it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/06/02/russia-demands-in-ukraine-peace-talks/83996504007/
The dementia king needs to go!
We might get attacked by another country. TRUMP HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE IS DOING
I’m completely amazed it hasn’t happened yet. Get ready, people.
As far as your opening statement that T rump doesn’t accomplish anything: he has accomplished a lot—he has stolen all our private data, he has destroyed entire government departments and undermined others, he has silenced the press, he has deported innocent people without habeas corpus, he has destroyed our relationships with our NATO & other allies, he has thrown Ukraine under the bus, he has been Russia’s biggest supporter, he has committed unfathomable grift and encouraged his sycophants to do the same, he has crippled our thriving economy with his tariffs, he is about to add several trillion dollars to our debt, he has taken away women’s right to control their own bodies and tried to pass a law taking away many women’s right to vote, he is trying to drive people of color out of our universities & out of our country, he
is trying to control universities by defunding their science research, he is allowing billionaires to buy U.S. citizenship, and he is removing everyone in government who
has integrity and replacing them with incompetent loyalists.
He has accomplished more than even seems possible, unless we have been infiltrated & subverted for many years. By whom? Our military? AI? Nazis?
Taco Tuesday........LOL........
For god sake. Biden lives in his head rent free.
There are a couple of things Trump got done - destroying America's reputation and the US government.
Yes, antisemitism is horrible and violence against people of Jewish faith is abhorrent. And yes, it’s horrific the way the Palestinians have been treated for decades. The war in Gaza is beyond horrific as was the October 7th invasion. Also, you can be pro Palestinian without being antisemitic or against the existence of Israel. But in the US, if you say you are pro Palestinian then you immediately get attacked and accused of being antisemitic and a supporter of terrorism and Hamas. It has been made too difficult to talk about these issues in this country and the Trump regime has made it almost impossible and even dangerous.
I also believe this helps to feed antisemitism which is spreading and terrifying.
If Trump is going to spy on everyone, then it's probably time to take up arms - just saying.
I wish Someone would. All your prayers answered, peace.
Even if Trump is just the boy who cried wolf, we know where that will all lead - eventually.
My drug prices went up.
And they are going to go up more when the pharmaceutical tariffs kick in because a lot of our drugs come from pharmaceutical companies who left the U.S. for Ireland.
Just heard Fox host say cable rather than cabal & wondered how DHS Noem got away w/calling the Commandant (noun: com'·man·dant, meaning- commander) of the US Coast Guard command-dant? So many fools, so little coverage!
Everyone DOES die. It was not what she said that upset people, it is how she said it. Our culture is constantly analyzing, rummanating, pontificating about death. Yes dying is a normal process which will eventually happen to every living thing on earth, including trees. WHEN the sun starts running out of hydrogen which it converts to helium and in the process releases ENERGY, THE sun will either just burn out or collapse into a black hole and earth and every living thing on it will be not only destroyed but eventually shrink into a single point of infinate density at which point it will then explode and start the entire process all over again.
I would love to have just one day where all the news was good. I know that will not happen while tRump and his goonies are in office, but it would be nice. I want to feel normal again. I expect all of us are feeling the same. The good news this week was Ukraine. Thank goodness, that tRump was left out of it.
Sadly, that is not the nature of "News". "If it bleeds it leads" is an old newspaper maxim. To be fair, in these trying times it is important to stay engaged and motivated to 'do more'. I do agree, the good news needs to be celebrated, even the small wins need to be acknowledged, for certainly there are always enough frustrations and losses and if we only focus on those it is hard to maintain motivation. We must not let the depression, triggered by Trump's assault on our nation, take root, rather we must become 'happy warriors' fighting for a positive world to be rescued from the destruction Trump is attempting to inflict upon it.
As Don Henley would sing " give us your dirty laundry"
Clearly, Dump is suffering from mental disease and it’s about time everyone recognizes it!
The inmates are in charge of the asylum aka White House!
They can't go after the ones with expired visas because they've fired the federal workers that keep track of that data!
I am so glad to see you young people getting out there and fighting. This is your future, more than anyone's, that is at stake. It will affect you more than anyone as my generation is slowly dwindling. My generation lost so many young men (and would have lost thousands more) if not for the protests and push to end the Vietnam War. You guys need to hang strong and get this crappy show stopped.
He behaves like a Nazi white supremest fascist. He actually said he admires the generals of the Nazi Hitler fascist. Scary!!
Zelensky is right to ask those questions. If only Trump would see Putin for the scoundrel he is!
Why would he? I suspect that he thinks they are blood brothers.
Ms Ernst’s apology was very insincere. Makes her invitation to be a Christian uninviting!
Yeah, the "oh, I misunderstood and said something stupid, so I'm going to double down on it!" kind of shame is not real.
Karma is going to get her!
I don't consider her a Christian.
How many people have been deported under Trump? Do we know their names?
They want us to die.
I am not so sure that they actually "want us to die," but I do believe that they don't care if we do, which is antithetical to their goals in becoming richer. Without us, there is no money for them to put in their pockets.
Of course, they can sit around and trade cryptocurrency (something that doesn't actually exist and you can't touch it). Laughing all the way to the dirty bathroom and empty refrigerator because all the serfs died.
Republicans: "Survival of the fittest"
Democrats: "One for all and all for one"
Trump can't do that!! The international court stopped him because it had to go thru Congress.
trump is making China stronger. Nobody should trust America. Majority of America cannot trust America!
Love the MeidasTouch Mighty three!
Congratulations to President Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Ukraine demolished the bridge in Crimea this morning. It's so great! Trump said he didn't know anything about it. President Zelenskyy isn't stupid. He isn't going to tell Trump anything. He knows it would go straight to Putin.
This would be funny. If it wasn't so freaking scary. This person has control of the nation, and he can't even control his bowels. This needs to end now.
Now that Poland has a far right leader, will they let Putin claim Poland as part of Russia? Or does Poland not have anything Putin wants?
Putin wants everything. He wants the SOVIET UNION back to the good Ole days
These comments are good, but I suggest a forum where we can do Collaborative brainstorming, informally called crowdstorming to generate proposals for serious action to be taken. Such as:
Create an impeachment site with ALL the evidence of ALL the crimes and constitutional reasons with nothing held back, including Jan 6 (with updated info, including pardons of all of them) and point to 14th Amendment section 3... So much more, so best to get started. Include his mental unfitness as described in 25th amendment as being grounds to remove from office... Being public this site can act as a standing accusation of Trump's unfitness to hold office.
Another associated site for ALL of Trump's crimes and sins... including all of those not government related. All of his lies fact checked, all of his petty larceny and crimes in his first term (Obstruction charges as laid out in Mueller report as a for-instance)... for historians and to help people recover from the cult. Can not have either site be a fund-raising tool or it blows their credibility and discourages any who are 'Trump curious'.
Proposals for actions to be taken when in power to show we can be bold and get things done:
Bills, amendments etc... Not just to recover, not just to protect against another 'attack', but to solve the very real problems that people were so desperate about that they took a chance on a con man who at least promised major change which gave them hope something might fix the problems which they have a hard time wrapping their understanding around. Not just fiddling with the details, but large changes that will fix the broken system where every year the productivity of the workers increases (due to tech and automation and other improvements) and yet workers are getting less financially secure every year. Need to build a firewall against money in politics... Many things need fixing, we need our own project 2029.
Every decision he makes is the wrong one.
'Justice' is all i want. I normally would gladly accept $5,000 or any monies from our Federal Govt. DOGE??? I DONT WANT A FUCKIN DIME FROM THIS REGIME 💪🏾 Let's flip this Congress Blue. Impeach TACO. Hold every MAGA department head and congressman accountable to these complicit crimes to our Democratic fabric and taxpayer dollars. Americans and Persons on Our Soil are being Harmed and Dying from actions caused by this Regime💪🏾🇺🇸🦅🫶🏾🫶🏾🫂
There is not going to ever be a "doge" dividend. There is also probably never going to be a request from the WH for a recission package to reduce spending or cut agencies. Why? Because trump thinks that the federal treasury is "his" money and he isn't going to cut back the money and stop being able to freeze it, re-appropriate it for his pet projects, like the parade and the wall, or be able to use it as extortion over people he wants something from, like Harvard.
You and me who pay the taxes are not going to get any benefits from them as long as this monkey butler regime is in office.
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Deranged, unhinged, etc. have becom
Too heavily used. It’s tiresome. Everyone knows the guy now. A more newsy, fact checking style is needed with a reduction in the hyperbole IMO. Of course your very successful so my opinion may be of base
Lev Parnas' substack has a report on Trump's WH staff building a replica of a Fox newsroom in the WH. They want to give Trump reports like they are on TV because he can't pay attention to anything else.
So that’s what Doge was up to—trying establish a central bank of info on Palantir for DT’s scams against We the People!
Thanks Ben, and MeidasTouch!
As a medical professional, I would love to have a suit brought re: my HIPPA info along with my personal information! IF I’m held accountable for misuse so should this administration including each individual that had access as well as FT’s entire cabinet, WH staff, and VP and DOGE staff! They have all violated my right to privacy!
Do you remember a certain someone shouting 'The Media is Dead' ?
Do you know who will come out burnt to a crisp out of this shit-show?
All those FOX News pundits promoted to cabinet members will be perfect scapegoats:
- very easily recognizable, so when put away, there is 'appeasement';
Same with Trump. His blatant incompetence will allow the mythologization of his removal as 'America making amends' when, in fact, none of these idiots actually matters...
I can't wait til everyone goes after Steven Miller. That guy really sucks!!!
Trump's whole administration's needs to be arrested on crimes both civil and federal( not Trump)though.
They are lying, going against the Constitution!!!
Trump should be arrested on CIVIL CRIMES!! Same as JDVance!!!
Also the SpeaKer of the house for not going by our Constitution, lying to the American people and more!!!
Then have another el ction.
TACO doesn't even know what's in the Executive Orders they shove in front of him to sign. He doesn't know if he has to uphold The Constitution. He honestly doesn't know what reporters are talking about when they ask him questions on breaking events. He says I don't know, this is the first I'm hearing about this. Then he has to be led away before he stumbles into a huge marble column.
In light of Brett's comment that Trump's policies have a "communist" quality to them despite his using in a McCarthy-like fashion the label "Marxist" as one of his favorite epithets, as someone who has spent their career working on Russian/Soviet matters, I though I would share with you a related LinkedIn Post I made which was inspired into part by the Meidas Touch Network's reporting about Trump and Walmart:
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Trump, Soviet Envy, and Consumer Prices by Ethan S. Burger
Donald Trump has aggressively cultivated a “cult of personality.” He built a political brand that dominates the conversation through staged cabinet meetings and constant media presence. Trump is laser-focused on enriching himself and his supporters. This requires consolidating power and narrative control—showing the truth of Orwell's observation that, 'He who controls the past controls the present; he who controls the present controls the future.ted '
Yet, Trump cannot control prices, data will overcome his spin.
Needless to say, Trump is not a true champion of free-market capitalism, since he corruptly supports favored elites—like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen, who have outsized influence. He is a "State Capitalist" in which he owns the largest stake.
Case in point, his public threat to Walmart over pricing, telling the company to “eat the tariffs” and warning he’d be “watching.” Walmart, where ironically many in his base shops, was targeted not for economic reasons but for narrative defiance. https://lnkd.in/eQVp3EGz
Nor was Walmart unique. He also leaned on Amazon’s Jeff Bezos not to reveal how much price hikes were driven by Trump’s tariffs. Amazon can absorb those costs temporarily because of its massive scale and resources. But most businesses are price takers, not price makers. They can’t absorb such costs without cutting quality, investment, or jobs. Nixon’s failed price controls in the 1970s demonstrated that government-imposed distortions don’t last, and when market forces return, the consequences are worse.
Trump’s top-down economics echo outdated command-economy thinking. His order for drug sales at 'most-favored-nation' prices is illustrative. The pharmaceutical industry and even Republicans pushed back.
A key aspect of Trump’s weltanschauung is his aestheticization of power. Like the Soviet preference for imposing architectural scale and theatrical state rituals, he favors gold towers, parades, and lavish rallies. These spectacles are not merely promotional; they are performative assertions of dominance.
This admiration goes beyond appearances. He praises autocrats who rule by intimidation and ignore rights. His transactional view of foreign policy—eschewing alliances unless they prove profitable—mirrors the realpolitik of authoritarian regimes. He demands personal loyalty demands and has contempt for checks on power.
Trump’s governance model mimics elite authoritarian deal-making, lacking public accountability. In such systems, citizens are not stakeholders—they are spectators.
Trump’s economic ideology defies traditional capitalism. Though wrapped in populist slogans, it is a loyalty-based system consistent with state control than market competition—where obedience is rewarded, dissent punished, opponents and judges called "Marxists, "Communists" "Left-wing radical crazies," journalists labeled "enemies of the people," immigrants made scapegoats, and spectacle substitutes for policy.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7329709908839264256-Cdz9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAIk-kcBiLS7MpZJaw3RsPLH_WqLbLJBtWA
Martial Arts and the US Economy
One of the principle tenets in martial arts is that one uses the opponents energy to defeat them using passivity as a strength
China since 1982 after Mao's death began a restructuring of their approach to their economy and part of the plan was to amass gold and silver seeing that the West had decided to go the way of fiat currency allowing governments to create large amounts of fiscal debt China saw that some bimetallic standard was necessary to back their national currency, the yuan So it has gone for 4 decades of increasing both gold and silver to huge amounts now totaling 30K+ tonnes of gold
Now China is poised to open up exchanges in Saudia Arabia and Hong Kong where the yuan and gold will be interchangeable This is coupled with opening up ASEAN trade agreements
China is the second largest holder of US debt in the form of Treasuries(bonds) and they could potentially ransack the US economy by simply large swathes of their holdings But they didn't
all this to undermine the dollar as the global reserve currency....a distinct advantage to the US economy....which if lost would precipitate an economic crisis Add to this the debt trap the US is in currently with a ballooning deficit with Cheeto's tax bill for the uberwealthy But China didn't have to do anything All they did was allow the US to implode on its own and use that energy for the final destructive blow to the US economy
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They arrested an 18 year old honors student!!!!!
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mass-deporation-stephen-miller-rcna210396
Thank you!!!
Ben, you say people get it. They don’t
PS, Noem mentioned this in her commencement speech to the Coast Guard Academy graduates in my home state of CT! Made me LOL
You guys haven’t fixed the speed on your audio end yet as it’s frustrating trying to listen to the podcast.
Are you feeling ok, Ben? I know you said your back was giving you trouble.
I think Joni Ernst can kiss her seat goodbye!
I was Permenantly banned from tiktok today for sharing truth......I believe musk will be buying tiktok if for sale....
Then China will be broke. Maybe China should have a mass immigration from these third world countries. Don’t kid yourself. China, like the US, is in it for resources.
That fox news genius who mispronounced kabal will
Probably get an ambassadorship or be nominated as a judge! That’s the people he rewards.
Now that they are building Biden robots, how long until I can buy a Stephen Miller robot to serve me coffee.
Appreciate there being numerous platforms to access MeidasTouch
Flim flam man
Biden was respected around the world.
Thank you again for all the news that you are giving us, Truth & Honesty♥️🌹💙💙
It's rich how he put in a much younger picture of himself
Regarding Joni Ernest’s comments, I don’t understand what the tooth fairy has to do with anything?
“Did she mean cabal?”…Right up there with “stealth technology = invisible jets”. Each episode is better than the last. Wondering if the brothers have given The Onion a run for their money. Thanks MeidasTouch
Law suits should go out for each person that took away their life lines.
Thank you, Ben. You give me hope👍🏻
What I do not get is how can Americans be so dumb with all the evidence of a total failure Trump has been and is being as US President?
With the so called 'apology' for saying we are all going to die, no one is mentioning the dig she threw in there about 'you all must also believe in the tooth fairy' too. It was just a crappy thing to add, and totally unneccesary.
Does the Meidas Touch Network have contingency plans for moving you and your operations abroad?
You might consider Canada, Australia (Sydney), Great Britain (London), and France (Paris).
I have lived in the latter three cities. To learn more about each place, Timeout has great online guides for each.
May our worst fears not be realized.
Best,
ESB
Ernst is evil just like the rest of the republicans. They don't care for their constituents.
Why is everyone dumping on President Biden? He was always a nice man. He doesn't deserve this
When Trump got involved with Nippon steel, I felt it was nothing but lies that he was telling the steel workers. He made a "deal" that would benefit himself!
If we’re going to implement a “social credit” system similar to China, then base the score on one’s adherence to the Constitution of the United States and our system of laws, defense of our liberties and our representational democratic republic. Of course, this would disqualify the entire Trump admin. They’d get the lowest possible score of ‘T’ for Treason.
Where did Ukraine get the drones ? Did Biden have anything to do with supplying those ??? Or was it an EU ally?
What happens if tRump and his regime get really sick and there is no cure because they have cut all the services? I bet they would be on Air Force One going to another country for cures. Maybe the other countries would not let them in the air space. One can only hope.
That is the problem he is cuckoo for Cocoa puffs crazy and they make it seem normal. it was not a joke
Kinda like they are eating the Cats and dogs!! SMH~!
Great points, as usual. Check out Obama's latest video/ lecture, on Tube, connecting the assault on Harvard as an assault on Democracy.
Trump just wants to claim numbers when it comes to deportations. I heard their target number is 3,000 daily. The past couple days the number is between 600-800 of the majority being here legally. I've wondered what ever happened to the immigration bill that Trump squashed so he could run on the problem of immigration. That bill should be at the forefront now! The most positive news was Ukraine and it's successful attack on Russian military planes and then a bridge today that hampers Russian military movement!
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Clones, chickens, tacos and mass deportation. And one day maybe burning of books...
The recent successful attack launched by Ukraine upon Russia is not only historically strategic but incredibly brave! So very brave! Facing off with the Giant Red Russian Goliath without Trump plays out for all the world to see.
Joni Ernst should submit a bill eliminating the expense of government provided healthcare to Representatives and Senators, since we are all going to die anyway.
No doubt she would try to claim that her time, her service, her importance makes that an entirely different issue. After all, the Republican ethos is: If you can grab it and hold it, it is yours. Nothing should be 'given' to anyone.
This results in no public schools, no medical care unless you can pay for it (cash up front), no free weather reports, no government help in dealing with businesses, "Buyer Beware"... Laws and government largess, infrastructure... should be given to those who 'paid for it', namely their doners and lobbyists, but since those rich enough to be noticed, so their requests can be heard, are the "job creators" it is not their taxes paying for these things. No, their contribution is towards the 'smooth operation of the legislature'...
And when Trump is gone - we get JD Vance & Mike Johnson.
That is a ghastly thought, truly.
I want to think you will get a Democrat, I think you will, I recommend Jasmine Crockett, she's remarkable. My thoughts are with the American people.
Thanks, guys. Great show! My fave part was Brett talking about the GQP Zombie Apocalypse. Spot on! 🧟♂️
I know where dementia don got the idea that President Biden is a robot clone. There is a Korean show the title: I am Not a Robot. I wonder if djt isn't on Ketamine like elon, he is so easily confinced about the most absurd bs, think that lormer women getting people fired.
Amen Brett! "Definitely 25th Amendment territory!" Unfortunately for all of us, the Fox and Friends Cabinet is still gonna claim there's a scary cable (sic) at work instead of doing the jobs they're (un)qualified to do! 🤦🏻♀️
You and your moron brothers came out of the same egg. You are a living argument for castration
Seek help
You are a flaming douche bag This site is geared towards fucking morons who can not ferret out their own information,, It is spoon feeding like a loose shit. This is three day old news.. You are beginning to sound like a fucking paranoid assole. You really think Trump gives a shit about your wrinkled ass? Your fucking voice is awful and those brothers Man what a genetic mistake
Yes we are gonna die but there is a difference between dying with dignity and suffering and dying.
Ummmm…. Did anyone else realize this? No? Just me?
Kind of ridiculously coincidental don’t ya think?
MAGA is a bunch of nut jobs that need to be institutionalized!
Has anyone seen “Dissent in Bloom”. They’re talking about 750,000 votes for Trump in a Democratic area of New York and the possibility of major voting fraud.
Connect Maga dots to the Global IDU https://www.idu.org/members/Members | International Democracy Union
47 is doing exactly what Putin hired him to do.
Americans have to treat 47 as an invader not president…
Moral Clarity is exactly the point.
Trump compulsively takes advantage of anyone who acts in good faith toward him; especially those that trust or show friendship. These relationships are his exotic treats, preferred items on his menu of vengeance and betrayal. Trump feeds most voraciously on these exotic tragedies of fealty corpses. The tragedy of their fealty; expecting favorable treatment because of their good faith devotion. In stead they are cleverly robbed of everything because they exposed themselves as good faith actors towards him.
Trump’s relationships set the pathway of his vengeance and his power. He deliberately and compulsively abuses any trust that anyone places in him.
Does anyone think that Biden knew about Ukraine‘s plans since they said it was in the work for a year and a half? And is the dump regime looking into that yet?
Jony E is Sluggo
Trump's "Skynet".....
https://mymodernmet.com/ai-disregarding-human-instruction/
This is what happens when there's incompetence letting this technology run wild.
ICE are going to "safe" places where they won't get hurt. Criminals tend to fight back... hard. Something they're not equipped to handle.
Has anyone figured out that the Planatir database will initially or eventually include gun ownership data? Because how often do authoritarian regimes let their population have guns?
BS, Joni, nice try not buying your biligewater, you could of been comforting, even though your lies , people are going to die because of the big ugly bill and you know and don't care. Hopefully you just ended your career. Every opponent that runs against you will play that townhall clip and your bull shit justification for saying it.
With tRump every accusation is a confession.
You gotta watch those cables , their vicious.
Screw muskrat, he's back peddling furiously trying to save himself , let him crash and burn , muskrat is no genius he just buys right and had rich cohorts.
tRump is losing more jobs . Unemployment claims are rising. If this ugly bill goes through, even MAGA'S are going to feel more pain than they are today the townhall s are showing this to be true.
tRump lies period , he is not worth listening to except for statisticians to count the lies.
American people last .
With the tRump regime in office 🏬 and plastered Pete Hegseth in charge it figures the DOD and thus the Pentagon is being reactionary instead of anticipatory about Ukraine 🇺🇦 using drones against Russia 🇷🇺 didn't Russia start using drones against Ukraine 🇺🇦 first? Plastered Pete Hegseth should not have fired the top 20% of thinkers at the Pentagon huh?
That senator can take her apology and shove it up her ASS! That is no senator, what jobs does she do?
Is malania off safe so his regime doesn't turn on him and his half assed family, they should be proud. 🥱
miller hides like a coward!
How did they resolve this problem in Nazi Germany?
Was that Serena Joy?
These people voted for her . This is what you get when you only vote party line
https://x.com/mmpadellan/status/1929604572034609302
You guys are great!!!
The rich don’t care about anyone but themselves. The rich will only care when “the rich become the targets” and they experience the same treatment as the rich Health Insurance CEO.
I didn't know a robot could get cancer?
I’m sure he’s insane & he just totally screwed the car industry with bigger tariffs! 😂
Dear Ben, May I suggest a lumbar pillow while you are broadcasting? Posture is paramount and you probably know this but I had to share.
Thank you guys! Excellent podcast either way solid topics of interest’
So sad that 77 million Americans voted for this totally inept regime! We are paying everyday for their wasted vote for this ignorant tyrant!
"Trump’s shady Nippon-US Steel “deal,” his plan to use Palantir to build a massive surveillance database on Americans, and Trump’s weak nuclear proposal to Iran" Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
FOX, should never be addressed as “news”, that network is purely propaganda!
We all should remember that Trump the felon never took responsibility for COVID, J6, and a host of other vile things that he himself caused and tries his best to blame others!
Trump the felon never takes responsibility for anything that goes bad! He would rather blame anyone but himself! He instinctively blames President Biden for his own damn failures! His entire regime is responsible for the terror attack! Please continue to Tell it like it really is!
They go after “soft targets”, like honor students in high school!
Please pronounce Nippon (Nippon Steel) correctly. Thanks.
Love you guys. You always illustrate the truth and show the receipts. Ben makes me laugh with his impressions of Trump and others. But I am worried about Ben as he looks like he is in a lot of pain and I now see bandaids on each arm like he's had blood drawn.
It's TACO Tuesday, nothing new with him.
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Why did she feel any reference to 'the tooth fairy' as being useful, or humorous? By saying that, she actually removed any value that might have been in her message up to that point.
But then, by bringing in Christianity - my faith - as a means to allay concern that someone may have over health issues, with a promise of eternal life as being ample reason to have no fear when their Medicaid/Medicare/SNAP/etc. is gone...that is every kind of tone-deaf and then some.
What do you think is going to happen when Israeli soldiers shoot at children as they run for food?
Genocide of the poor. They want all of the poor no matter what ethnic group, color, black, brown Hispanic or white, kill the poor 😢
Thanks guys.
Art of the Con!
Felon 47 spreading conspiracy theories about Biden as a distraction. What ticks me off is NBC news thought this is important enough to report when it’s just more lies from the pathological liar. MSM really sucks that why I’ll always stick with independent media.
Ernst makes me sick.
What do they have on her? I heard the Republicans forced her into voting for Hegseth by threatening to divulge what she has been up to.
What a sanctimonious bitch!
After the awesome drone attacks by Ukraine, Trump and Vance now look pretty stupid for attacking him in White House saying “you don’t have the cards”! HAHAHA!
She did a sadistic apology on FB.
They want to weed out the herd. The old, weak, and disabled. What do they need able bodied people for?
Correct on FEMA. They were constantly lying about the efforts. Dividing is the tactic of authoritarians.
Didn’t the head of SS have to look it up. Someone mentioned Linda McMahon and A1 steak sauce.
He won’t do anything with TikTok. China won’t pull it.
It’s all vengeance. Shows what kind of a fool he is to think everyone is going to bow down.
Good for Zelenskyy!
It’s crazy they found cancer in a robot.
Yes, we switched places.
The US is a non entity and I don’t know if it can recover even if this regime is ousted.
Freedom Fighter from No. California. I have been saying that H€LL is empty bc they’re all in the white house!
He’s a PSYCHO!
He’s delusional! During the pandemic it was highly evident that he makes up his own reality.
Just heard a construction worker say he and others will be out of work because there were so many immigrants that they grabbed and they won’t have enough people to put a crew together.
KKK Karoline’s husband has a network of $6 million so they will be taken care of if it’s $4 million.
Watch #Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, a 2020 documentary. Psychological and Historical experts say he is a malignant narcissist which includes narcissism, paranoia, psychopathy sand sadism.
Trump thinks climate change will give MORE beach property. Talk about your low IQ individuals.
I worry for all the people losing Medicaid, but also I see included cuts in the Affordable Care Act. I've had Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for over 30 years. After my husband left his job, I couldn't get health insurance for about 10 years due to having a pre-existing condition. It wasn't until President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act that I was able to have health insurance again. A return to those days where a sick person can't get health insurance, well, it's abhorrent!
Thought the steele situation was suspect but didn’t know Trump lied. Some of the workers were not buying it and others were ecstatic.
His first wife said he read Hitler’s speeches regularly.
Trump believes it!
Where are all the criminals.
She said reality is optional w Delusional Donald.
ICE goes after the people who are complying with the law and who are working, contributing to our nation. They go to their workplaces and their lawful meetings and court appointments. They must be either unable to locate actual scofflaws or they are too chicken to go find them. But, hey, they can always kidnap a restaurant's entire staff to prove a ... point?
Need to fight them when they try to take away protections for preexisting conditions. It will be catastrophic. It will affect all of us. Many people will die
Congress has the power on tariffs
Elon Musk just came out against maga Taco and Mikie J. On X . Its great.
Could we put tRump in the toaster, or would we have to use a microwave?
Got enough of that, so wouldn't want to add to it.
Trump says President Biden "was executed ... in 2020." Well, to even things up how's about he gets himself to the same place in 2025? If getting "redone" is good enough for President Biden, it should be good enough for the orange Lord of the Flies.
Perhaps he should consult with somebody about a deep plane facelift, removal of his triple chins, and a 360 around the middle liposuction aka a body lift. yes? No? This time around, his clone/robot version needs to have a new head of hair and a working brain.
Singing:
If I Only Had a Brain
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I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers,
Consulting with the rain;
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts are busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
I'd unravel ev'ry riddle for my
Individdle
In trouble or in pain
With the thoughts that you'll be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain.
Oh, I, could tell you why
The oceans near the shore
I could think of things I'd never
Thunk before,
And then I'd sit down and think some more.
I would not be just a muffin',
My head all full of stuffin',
My heart all full of pain;
And perhaps I'd deserve you and be
Even worthy even you
If I only had a brain.
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg
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https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=b42e03ff43b61ad3&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS931US931&sxsrf=AE3TifMIpm0fSBYZSkPRZdTFtalcYlG79Q:1748974442228&q=lyrics+to+if+i+only+had+a+brain&si=AMgyJEvqW5sXx7gcAsA_f6v6KBatNeP4fzAb4eYmkrh1_rMA4rPG1HDoeczUiuNSqqCSet8HfIoSNyz9FqqWVkHoXugEPf7e6dCO-6nmM5NOFy75sDNIF5UUWkvQ-nURKM9XJtd1McF38wzF6QZjkNGaHEUT6FlUoAYnYMEPaAxrdVxg5c09iss%3D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihsObC7dWNAxWVCjQIHd7wIhUQjukCegQIExAC&ictx=1&biw=1920&bih=911&dpr=1
Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Good one! 😂I’ll also offer Tiptoe Through The Tulips for Mr. Diaper—adding a blindfold for extra emphasis on “Low I.Q..” He’s so dense it’s doubtful he knows what the abbreviation stands for.
A bully and a coward is who he’s always been. He’s got the nerve to attack others with hateful names. I can only imagine what he calls his Slovenian import behind closed doors! Five ‘ll get ya’ ten whatever it is—it ain’t pretty.
Trump clone with a brain? No, I prefer him stupid!!!
LOL Me too!!!!
Indeed.