By Ben Meiselas
What the heck was that?
This morning, Donald Trump, caked in orange makeup and and looking as unwell as ever, was wandering around the roof of the White House yelling at the press. He was making bizarre hand gestures and shouting things like, “I pay for everything!” and “I’m spending all my money!” It was completely bizarre, to say the least. And if the media did their job, they would rightfully be questioning his mental state.
I showed the clip during my report, which you can watch above. This man controls a massive political machine, is leading the GOP, and has access to nuclear codes if re-elected. And he’s behaving like a deranged game show host who wandered off set. Well, I guess that’s exactly who he is.
But the roof rant was only the beginning.
Trump also called into CNBC this morning, where the MAGA-friendly hosts treated him with kid gloves, as always. What followed was a string of lies, racist dog whistles, and utter nonsense. He claimed that undocumented immigrants are “built” for farm work and said they naturally have good backs because if they get back injuries, “they die.” Then, in a stunning moment of racism you won’t see any headlines about, he implied Black Americans aren’t good at farm labor, saying “we’ve tried” but “they don’t do it.”
Crickets from the legacy media.
Yes, this was aired on a financial news network. Instead of talking about the real economy, the corporate media gave a platform to a man spouting plantation-era garbage and acting like a lunatic.
He then raved about tariffs on medicine, randomly naming numbers like 150%, 250%, which would explode the cost of prescription drugs for every American. And when confronted with polling that shows him deep underwater (in the 30s), he just said the polls are fake and that he’s actually in the 70s. No serious pushback. No reality check.
It got worse. He claimed, out of thin air, that the European Union gave him a $600 billion “gift” to spend however he wants. No agreements. No paperwork. No details. Just, “I can spend it on anything I want.” He might as well have said he found a magic lamp.
Then he bragged that NATO leaders “do whatever I want.” And finally, he admitted that he’s trying to rig congressional maps in Texas to grab five seats from Democrats. On live TV.
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Now back to our report.
All of this would be laughable if it weren’t so terrifying. Trump is an unstable man who lies every time he opens his mouth. He’s not just a danger to himself; he’s a danger to democracy, to truth, and to every single person who believes in a functioning, sane government.
This isn’t politics and I don’t know about you, but I am sick of this being normalized.. It’s a cult leader on a national stage, raving on rooftops, babbling lies on TV, and being enabled by a media ecosystem too cowardly to say the obvious: the man is unfit.
We have to keep speaking the truth. That’s why I’m here. That’s why you’re here. Let’s keep growing this movement. Let’s blast through the lies and hold the line for reality.
