Sunday Message from MeidasTouch
Hey everybody, it’s Ben Meiselas here, co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network.
Welcome to our Sunday coffee together.
As you know, these Sunday posts are my favorite posts of the week. We get to step away from the chaos for a little bit, spend some time together, and just talk.
I’ve got my usual black coffee. Nothing in it. If you ever see me carrying around a coffee cup during the day, that’s almost certainly what’s inside.
Today I want to talk about what I think are the two perfect metaphors for the Trump regime.
The Cover-Up. And the Paint-Over.
Let’s start with the Cover-Up.
This week, the Kennedy Center, which the Trump regime unlawfully renamed after Trump, was finally forced to remove Trump’s name from the building after a court ordered it.
But instead of simply complying, they put up giant scaffolding and enormous tarps so nobody could see the removal taking place.
Think about how ridiculous that is.
If Trump couldn’t keep his name on the building, apparently nobody was allowed to see anything at all.
The name Trump gets removed. The entire building gets covered up.
And when I saw that giant tarp hanging there, I couldn’t help but think: that’s the whole administration.
A cover-up.
Not a metaphorical one. An actual cover-up. It’s almost too on the nose.
Everywhere you look, there’s another cover-up. The Epstein cover-up. The cover-up of corruption. The cover-up of fraud. The cover-up of failed policies. The cover-up of broken promises.
The tarp hanging over the Kennedy Center felt like the perfect symbol of what we’ve been watching.
Now let’s move to the Paint-Over.
As many of you know, Trump became obsessed with the Reflecting Pool.
The Reflecting Pool is now what I call Ninja Turtle Green.
It’s filled with algae.
This story tells you everything you need to know about how Trump approaches governing.
For years, the pool had an algae problem. The water source had changed. There were filtration issues. Engineers were trying to address the actual causes.
It wasn’t perfect, but people were dealing with the real problem.
Trump’s solution?
Drain it. Paint the bottom bright blue. Declare victory.
That’s it.
No focus on the underlying issues. No focus on the filtration system. No focus on the water source.
Just paint it blue and tell everyone it’s fixed and better than Obama or Biden (who, by the way, were focused on more important things than incessantly talking about the Reflecting Pool).
And now the algae is back in the Reflecting Pool.
In fact, it’s more visible than ever because it’s growing on top of a blue surface.
To me, that’s Trump’s entire governing philosophy. Don’t fix the problem. Paint over it.
Debt exploding? Tell everyone you’re bringing in trillions of dollars.
Prices rising? Tell everyone inflation is defeated.
Farmers struggling? Hold a photo-op and declare they’re thriving.
A war spiraling out of control? Announce everything is going great.
Just paint over it. Just tell people it’s fixed.
But reality eventually wins.
The algae always comes back.
People eventually notice when groceries cost more. People eventually notice when their bills go up. People eventually notice when promises aren’t fulfilled.
You can cover things up for a while. You can paint over things for a while. But eventually reality shows through.
And maybe there’s a third metaphor as well...
The circus.
What we’ve seen at the White House increasingly feels like a reality show mixed with a UFC promotion mixed with a fascist reality project. No offense to actual circuses. At least circuses are honest about what they are.
Government is supposed to solve problems. Government is supposed to help people. Government is supposed to make life better.
Instead, we’re getting odd performances, stunts, distractions, and endless attempts to keep people focused on anything except what’s actually happening.
The good news is that people are seeing through it. The cover-ups aren’t working. The paint-over isn’t working. The circus isn’t working. People are asking questions. People are demanding answers. People are paying attention.
And that’s because of all of you.
You’ve stayed engaged. You’ve stayed informed. You’ve kept fighting. You haven’t given up. And that’s exactly what we need right now.
So my message this Sunday is simple.
Stay in the fight. Stay strong. Keep building. Keep growing. Keep sharing the truth. Keep supporting independent journalism.
And if you haven’t already, please subscribe to this Substack and tell others about the MeidasTouch Network.
Every person we reach matters. Every subscriber helps us grow. Every voice helps push back against the lies and the cover-ups.
Thank you for spending this Sunday coffee with me. Thank you for being part of this community. And thank you for helping us build something special together.
See you next week.
— Ben
The "covered-up" seems to be a permanent symbol of the administration.
This could not be a better explanation of the Trump week,month, year, regime…a cover up of everything, yet the algae reveals the reality of it all. Simple, fast. The Trump solution never understands or fixes the real problem.