One thing I’ve found fascinating about following politics is the staggering levels of corruption I never knew existed and how the oligarchs and Washington politicians give us just enough scraps to give a damn about anything, while making sure 1/3 of the country doesn’t vote out of apathy. Voting rights are restricted and the last president won because if misinformation. Lets not get screwed again!
Yes, it is amazing that this so-called swamp has always been around and now it’s 10 times worse. Everything that that orange turd is spewed out has been nothing but a confession to his own wrongdoing. And he’s been doing this for decades, but most of the nation didn’t see it.
I agree with the ick factor 100%. But there have been people waving the flag over the corruption for years. Others just think of them as angry politicos. But they've been shouting it. The term "willful ignorance" comes to mind, and I'm not talking about YOU, I'm talking about me and the rest of us who stopped paying attention when things got somewhat comfortable. We no longer have that luxury, should things ever get comfortable again.
Most of us are not at that level of wealth, we're just living our lives and making ends meet, or not - but it's out in the open now in a way we haven't seen before, flagrant, arrogant entitled, mocking, and Hungary pushed out Orban because of it. I just saw that the health care costs are about to hit even harder, and the imbalances between the corrupt wealthy and the rest of us will be more visible and blatant. May there be a huge blue tsunami in the mid-terms!
What you have been watching, for the past 40 years Mike, is the classic authoritarian playbook (I suspect you already knew that.) Thanks to St Ronnie, the first “trickle-down” started the accumulation of wealth to the top. Each subsequent “trickle-down” following has exacerbated this situation to the current mess of income inequality you see today. The current 💩show has managed to get 2 of those poison pen trickle down bills passed in less than 10 years. Add to that approximately $12 trillion of our tax money, spent a week on a war to award the oil companies that padded his re-election coffers and I’m afraid this “administration” may be the final nail in the coffin of our middle class.
Our MSM doesn't cover 60% of the corruption and tries to "both sides" the other 40%. The only media sources telling the truth are the small independent outlets like this one. They still don't have the reach our MSM does unfortunately. Too many of our citizens are consuming misinformation, propaganda, "bothsiderism" and outright lies. The current situation is much bleaker then most folks realize. I suspect these upcoming midterms is our LAST chance to stop this fascist takeover. The participation better marvel an actual presidential election. The usual less then 20% that normally votes in midterms is not going to cut it. Unfortunately, I'm not optimistic.
The Supreme Court recently gave carte blanch to Presidents so they can commit crimes and cook the books with IMMUNITY and impunity AND SCOTUS just finished the big whack on voting rights. They do not want people who are likely vote FOR the Dems to be ABLE to vote with a chance of winning.
🙁No more gerrymander based on race, but partisan tinkering is “OK.” So, black Americans will be less likely to get a minority member into Congress thanks to the gerrymander if it is trying to ensure they have a decent chance to elect a colorful minority candidate. The tyranny of the majority is easily seen these days! Sad.
Yes, he was shunned by NYC social socialists. They knew he and his crime family were not rich, but lived off credit so they were shunned like the phony family they are.
I joined Meidas in part because I want to know that other people are angry about the lies, the corruption, and absolute lack of morality in this administration. Thanks for always showing us the receipts.
Am I the only one who thinks that by alienating our allies, destroying our military, our economy, and our institutions that the US is being prepared for a foreign invasion?
Once we've used all of our weapons for "no purpose" and we have "no fuel" the invasion will begin. T wants to destroy the US for personal revenge and to avoid going to jail. I have noticed that T is not going out of the US lately. Is that because he will be arrested by the International Criminal Court for his war crimes on Iran?
They may not be saying it now, but I have no doubt that is exactly what is happening.....and all thanks to the demented orange no-brain screwball who occupies the Oval Office.
“The International Criminal Court (ICC) can theoretically investigate U.S. personnel for war crimes committed on the territory of member states, but it cannot effectively prosecute a sitting U.S. president. As a non-member, the U.S. does not recognize the court's jurisdiction, and the U.S. government restricts cooperation, including threatening sanctions to prevent such actions.”
Currently, the US apparently doesn’t recognize the ICC, thanks to Trump who “rendered it illegitimate”, and in fact he actually imposed sanctions on the ICC by EC on 2/6/2025. “ODDLY”, one of the first things he did when he was sworn into his second term.
“I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”…
But this article in the Guardian implies that there are other means to prosecute him.
“Donald Trump is openly threatening war crimes in Iran because he apparently thinks he can get away with them. Sadly, the US supreme court has given him reason to believe in his impunity within the United States. But there are international options for prosecution that lie beyond the court’s lawless license. They are not easy to exercise, but the terrible precedent of the world’s most powerful president openly flouting international humanitarian law should compel action.
“There is no doubt that Trump is contemplating war crimes. As part of his plan to bomb Iran “back to the stone ages” and wipe out a “whole civilization”, Trump has threatened to destroy such civilian infrastructure as desalination plants, electrical-generating facilities and bridges.”
Totally agree Jeannie! My opinion from the beginning of his presidency is that he wanted to cause chaos in North America and bring down democracy in the US. I never heard him have anything good to say about the US in any interview I ever saw growing up and it didn’t matter which party was in power.
Jeanie, he is an insecure DELUSIONAL, PSYCHOPATHIC, DEMENTED, PEDOPHILE that is afraid of being hated, arrested, jailed or killed because of his persona!
My sense is that Trump’s rush to build his grotesque gilded ballroom “dome” with a massive hi tech missile proof bunker underneath is because he fears for his life. He’s made enemies across the world.
Of course he could also be back- channeling with RUSSIA RUSSIAN RUSSIA, like he did at the beginning of his first administration, and they’re possibly plotting to consolidate global control over resources, particularly oil, as well as all water access ie canals etc.
I also think he wants full control over the entire western hemisphere. He’s declared multiple times recently that CUBA IS NEXT. And I think he still has Greenland and even Canada in his crosshairs. And he’s mentioned Columbia.
Ultimately? I truly believe that he envisions himself as KING OF THE WORLD.
And we know that SCOTUS has his back.
He’s intentionally generating so much chaos that it’s nearly impossible to even keep up let alone absorb it all without immediately withdrawing into a fetal position! IT’S EXHAUSTING!
GOOD NEWS? He friggin’ old! So… have I mentioned lately that daisies are my favorite flowers? sigh…
I’m not sure that Satan can keep up because he’s so busy now with the task of adding new sub-basements that can accommodate the constant evil conduct of the devil incarnate!
I think he is planning to stay there no matter what happens in 2026 or 2028. He will probably have to be physically removed. That is why there is a rush to build it. Who builds a $400 million ballroom/bunker and then leaves?
I agree. I've been saying this since the orange fat ass was re-elected. He is not going to leave. He's going to hide in that bunker with armed guards that are loyal to him. Nobody will remove him physically because they won't be able to get to him.
Food, water, electricity, and ventilation are all needed to sustain life in the bunker. Those things are easily restricted from outside the bunker. That will chase them out. Especially since there will be massive amounts of heat generated by all the military computer equipment in the bunker that need water and air to cool.
Think about what happened to the fascist leaders at the end of WWII, the French Revolution, the Czars of Russia...They wove such a web of awful that there really was no way out for them. Not the fairy tale ending they expected. Unfortunately, too many innocent people get caught up in the mess when the leaders come to their demise.
I think you’re mostly correct…he knew once he made it back into THE PEOPLES White House he (with his string pulling puppet master, Putin) would pick the most corrupt cabinet (in history) to become the first U.S. dictator. (BTW, that’s his wet dream…) So far he’s made unbelievable progress along with his handpicked (from the Leonard Leo list of pro White Christian Nationalists) SCOTUS.
Voters should’ve done their ‘due diligence’ and spent time looking into the dismal and corrupt Trump history. Anyone that believes Hitler (Trump’s hero), Putin (another hero of his) and every ruthless, corrupt and evil leader is fine and dandy is one sick man.
I agree that the bunker disguised as a ballroom is the mark of a dictator who realizes he is losing. My worry is that as his health worsens he will become more Jim Jones-ish and feel it all has to come to an end because he is dying. But I am an Olympic-level worrier!
I don’t think Americans should worry about the US being invaded. But Cuba, Canada and Greenland are being described as socialist/Communist enemies or essential for American national security to distract from high prices, Iran and the Epstein files. 100% of Cubans and Greenlanders and 50% of Canadians think Trump will invade their country.
I think the bunker comes from his massive ego. As "Ruler of the World" of course he needs a big hidden underground headquarters he can "command" from as the whole world goes to shit.
Agree. We know that he’s a malignant narcissist. And paranoia is a common trait.
What is malignant narcissism?
This is an excellent article that describes the personality characteristics, which describes demented donny to a T -
“Malignant narcissism combines the usual symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (such as high self-importance) with paranoia, sadism, and antisocial behaviors. The condition isn’t officially recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Rather, it’s a narcissism subtype coined by social psychologist Erich Fromm and later explored as a potential psychiatric diagnosis by psychoanalyst Otto Kernberg.”
(Sorry. I’m a doctor and a nerd and I love details! 🤓)
He is now denying every saying "why do we have nukes if we don't use them," but I remember when it was reported by one of his top advisors at the time that he said it. And he didn't deny it then.
It's also been reported that his advisors are telling him the war is going better than it is. I'm wondering if that's so they can deter him from using nuclear weapons. They might actually care about their children and grandchildren.
That's also what he's hinting at when he has threatened to destroy an entire civilization.
So many lies . You don't know what is true half the time. I usually don't believe anything at first . Then research it. Unless I know MTN did it for me!
Likewise. I always fact check. Remember when Rachel Maddow used to keep a visible running board on her set that listed all of trump’s lies, but she ran out of room!?!
Drumph spoke with Putin many times when Biden won. I think drumph wants to stay in power for a third term. And he and Putin, along with other totalitarian regimes, want world domination! Drumph is a narcissistic, evil, corrupt pedophile and many powerful people are in the Epstein files or they have proof of wrongdoing in one way or another.
Agree. I believe that meeting they had in Helsinki that was not translated was when they started sharing ideas about carving up the world, and who would reign over what.
I've never really believed that Putin was blackmailing trump. I've always thought it was more likely that trump -- who has openly admitted his admiration of Putin -- sought to become Putin's apprentice, in an effort to be the Putin of America.
The tangled web of the decades-long TRUMP/PUTIN/EPSTEIN relationship/rabbit hole - the sex and drug trafficking, money laundering, by oligarchs in high places - runs SO DEEP, DARK, DANK that if or when it all comes out, the world will implode and spin on it’s axis. That’s a huge part of trump’s panic and paranoia.
“Trump, Putin, Epstein: It’s Not a Hoax”
“JEFF SCHECHTMAN 08/22/25
A decades-long trail of money and kompromat that isn’t just scandal — it’s a threat to the world order and to democracy itself.”
Seriously now would be the best time for an invasion of America , when our armies have been withdrawn from Europe ,our weapons have been depleted and our leader is so easily manipulated. Never mind that Hegseth is just itching to resume battle to fulfill his demonic desire for military engagement .
Watching him practically elbow the King and Queen of England out of the way so he could shake hands with his own cabinet ahead of the royals like he's never met his cabnet before (or like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant?) - and he jumped in front of them twice - the man has several screws loose and his brain is about to fall out through his ears or his mouth. He certainly isn't capable of making any "plans" with world powers to stay in office. He can't even figure out how to do diplomacy to stop his war. He THINKS something is "up", but he is seriously deluded and, to coin one of his favorite phrases, "everybody knows it." So who's his mastermind?
Not even close. Getting rid of all our experts on cyber spying & protection? But the U.S. is a formidable for ever w/ the subterfuge being practiced on us by our own gov't. Our chief liability is the apathy & ignorance of the populace.
I think it makes it more likely someone will do some terrorist activities. Our security is right now being directed at our own people , as well as his little" excursions "
I appreciate all you do Ben. I am 70 and I find myself crying most days for the country I grew up in, I learned to drive in, I sang played guitar at the beach and I had a good circle of friends. Most are gone now and life is empty and filled with such vile people. There are days I just stay in bed. I thought I’d retire in a good and safe way but it’s not like that with no one left. It’s just darkness and loneliness combined with a country I don’t recognize. I have my music, the best in the past 70 years but they shoulder so many memories. I wanted to thank you and bros for all you do. Been watching since e the beginning and appreciate all you’ve done. Your parents must be proud. Slainté
Stay strong Stell, I feel your pain. I’m 63 soon going on 22. And I have to because like you say, we don’t know how much longer this is going to last and so I have decided to not retire early and keep working because the elite, who are behind all this chaos are the ones feeding the diaper wearing orange clown and his kids. And they would all just like to end the social services altogether. Services that we have all paid into our entire lives. And for what so some narcissistic pedophile who’s protecting himself in the arrested, the elites from going to prison. So hang in there, it’s gonna be a long fight this year.
You can also reach out to me. I'm 60 and definitely am not in the boat I expected to be in now. I'm early forced retirement due to disability. The isolation is awful
Absolutely the best reason I do this. We are unstoppable as a crowd. We are not crazy. We are not the ones who want this shit. Stand together or fall alone.
I don't think they have won that many cases. Didn't CBS and ABC capitulate? They just want to use these high price suits to make people back down. But, now it is backfiring; like melanoma's suit against Michael Wolff when he countersued and she is now open for discovery and is hiding from him and his attorneys. They will huff and puff but the minute Meidas Touch says fine bring it on and we'll go to discovery, they will back down.
And any one who ever looked into his past knew that this has always been his MO. Thankful for people like Ben and his team to keep us informed and patriots like Marc Elias and many others fighting the Orange clown in the courts, now if we could just get him to abide by their decisions.
Thank you for what you do! I started listening to you when you were saying "let's get to 3 million subscribers" and now you've doubled and going for 7 million! So glad I found you, and this was from a suggestion of a friend.
Parker Palmer's May 1 Substack defined MAGA as Make America Grieve Again. My essay on the collective grief we are experiencing in our country and globally will be published tomorrow. The damage Trump & his Cartel have done goes deep into our psyches. Thank you, Meidas team, for the work you are doing.
That was great. They are all so smug and snarky, until they hear truth. Then it's like a switch they throw. Straight to insults, anger and then whining. That ain't winning.
One thing I’ve found fascinating about following politics is the staggering levels of corruption I never knew existed and how the oligarchs and Washington politicians give us just enough scraps to give a damn about anything, while making sure 1/3 of the country doesn’t vote out of apathy. Voting rights are restricted and the last president won because if misinformation. Lets not get screwed again!
Yes, it is amazing that this so-called swamp has always been around and now it’s 10 times worse. Everything that that orange turd is spewed out has been nothing but a confession to his own wrongdoing. And he’s been doing this for decades, but most of the nation didn’t see it.
It seems swampier than in the past. I think that it’s because the bloated felon just projects the ick factor in everything he says and does.
Well said - I like that !
Thank you , Richard 😊
I agree with the ick factor 100%. But there have been people waving the flag over the corruption for years. Others just think of them as angry politicos. But they've been shouting it. The term "willful ignorance" comes to mind, and I'm not talking about YOU, I'm talking about me and the rest of us who stopped paying attention when things got somewhat comfortable. We no longer have that luxury, should things ever get comfortable again.
Most of us are not at that level of wealth, we're just living our lives and making ends meet, or not - but it's out in the open now in a way we haven't seen before, flagrant, arrogant entitled, mocking, and Hungary pushed out Orban because of it. I just saw that the health care costs are about to hit even harder, and the imbalances between the corrupt wealthy and the rest of us will be more visible and blatant. May there be a huge blue tsunami in the mid-terms!
What you have been watching, for the past 40 years Mike, is the classic authoritarian playbook (I suspect you already knew that.) Thanks to St Ronnie, the first “trickle-down” started the accumulation of wealth to the top. Each subsequent “trickle-down” following has exacerbated this situation to the current mess of income inequality you see today. The current 💩show has managed to get 2 of those poison pen trickle down bills passed in less than 10 years. Add to that approximately $12 trillion of our tax money, spent a week on a war to award the oil companies that padded his re-election coffers and I’m afraid this “administration” may be the final nail in the coffin of our middle class.
I guess they do most of the screwing when we’re not looking!
Our MSM doesn't cover 60% of the corruption and tries to "both sides" the other 40%. The only media sources telling the truth are the small independent outlets like this one. They still don't have the reach our MSM does unfortunately. Too many of our citizens are consuming misinformation, propaganda, "bothsiderism" and outright lies. The current situation is much bleaker then most folks realize. I suspect these upcoming midterms is our LAST chance to stop this fascist takeover. The participation better marvel an actual presidential election. The usual less then 20% that normally votes in midterms is not going to cut it. Unfortunately, I'm not optimistic.
No way..we need to come in droves in every state to defeat these greedy clowns!
It's certainly been a learning experience.
The Supreme Court recently gave carte blanch to Presidents so they can commit crimes and cook the books with IMMUNITY and impunity AND SCOTUS just finished the big whack on voting rights. They do not want people who are likely vote FOR the Dems to be ABLE to vote with a chance of winning.
🙁No more gerrymander based on race, but partisan tinkering is “OK.” So, black Americans will be less likely to get a minority member into Congress thanks to the gerrymander if it is trying to ensure they have a decent chance to elect a colorful minority candidate. The tyranny of the majority is easily seen these days! Sad.
We are definitely all suckers and losers to him
Yes, he was shunned by NYC social socialists. They knew he and his crime family were not rich, but lived off credit so they were shunned like the phony family they are.
Thank you Ben 💙
I joined Meidas in part because I want to know that other people are angry about the lies, the corruption, and absolute lack of morality in this administration. Thanks for always showing us the receipts.
Yes again.
Am I the only one who thinks that by alienating our allies, destroying our military, our economy, and our institutions that the US is being prepared for a foreign invasion?
Once we've used all of our weapons for "no purpose" and we have "no fuel" the invasion will begin. T wants to destroy the US for personal revenge and to avoid going to jail. I have noticed that T is not going out of the US lately. Is that because he will be arrested by the International Criminal Court for his war crimes on Iran?
That's a strong possibility. Wouldn't that be great to see his orange fat ass arrested for war crimes?! 😃
Absolutely, Joanne! He should be hung also. Traitor that he is.
Yes!! 👏
I'll get the noose--are you ready to help me???? (Giggle, giggle, giggle! That's probably a stupid question!) (: Thanks for your reply!
I'm ALWAYS ready!! 😂 Let's go!
At what point will numerous nations say that the US is too much of a threat to the World and join together to take any of a number of stances.
I think we’re witnessing that right now in real time.
They may not be saying it now, but I have no doubt that is exactly what is happening.....and all thanks to the demented orange no-brain screwball who occupies the Oval Office.
“The International Criminal Court (ICC) can theoretically investigate U.S. personnel for war crimes committed on the territory of member states, but it cannot effectively prosecute a sitting U.S. president. As a non-member, the U.S. does not recognize the court's jurisdiction, and the U.S. government restricts cooperation, including threatening sanctions to prevent such actions.”
Currently, the US apparently doesn’t recognize the ICC, thanks to Trump who “rendered it illegitimate”, and in fact he actually imposed sanctions on the ICC by EC on 2/6/2025. “ODDLY”, one of the first things he did when he was sworn into his second term.
“I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”…
But this article in the Guardian implies that there are other means to prosecute him.
“Donald Trump is openly threatening war crimes in Iran because he apparently thinks he can get away with them. Sadly, the US supreme court has given him reason to believe in his impunity within the United States. But there are international options for prosecution that lie beyond the court’s lawless license. They are not easy to exercise, but the terrible precedent of the world’s most powerful president openly flouting international humanitarian law should compel action.
“There is no doubt that Trump is contemplating war crimes. As part of his plan to bomb Iran “back to the stone ages” and wipe out a “whole civilization”, Trump has threatened to destroy such civilian infrastructure as desalination plants, electrical-generating facilities and bridges.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/imposing-sanctions-on-the-international-criminal-court/
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/16/1093212495/the-u-s-does-not-recognize-the-jurisdiction-of-the-international-criminal-court
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/trump-iran-international-war-crimes-prosecution
Totally agree Jeannie! My opinion from the beginning of his presidency is that he wanted to cause chaos in North America and bring down democracy in the US. I never heard him have anything good to say about the US in any interview I ever saw growing up and it didn’t matter which party was in power.
Jeanie, he is an insecure DELUSIONAL, PSYCHOPATHIC, DEMENTED, PEDOPHILE that is afraid of being hated, arrested, jailed or killed because of his persona!
My sense is that Trump’s rush to build his grotesque gilded ballroom “dome” with a massive hi tech missile proof bunker underneath is because he fears for his life. He’s made enemies across the world.
Of course he could also be back- channeling with RUSSIA RUSSIAN RUSSIA, like he did at the beginning of his first administration, and they’re possibly plotting to consolidate global control over resources, particularly oil, as well as all water access ie canals etc.
I also think he wants full control over the entire western hemisphere. He’s declared multiple times recently that CUBA IS NEXT. And I think he still has Greenland and even Canada in his crosshairs. And he’s mentioned Columbia.
Ultimately? I truly believe that he envisions himself as KING OF THE WORLD.
And we know that SCOTUS has his back.
He’s intentionally generating so much chaos that it’s nearly impossible to even keep up let alone absorb it all without immediately withdrawing into a fetal position! IT’S EXHAUSTING!
GOOD NEWS? He friggin’ old! So… have I mentioned lately that daisies are my favorite flowers? sigh…
I think this is a possibility. I have been thinking about it myself. Trump wants the bunker to protect him from us when all this hits the fan.
I agree, Nancy. I've often thought that as well. He's not going to leave and he knows we'll all come for him. I can clearly see this happening.
Hit him where it hurts. Blow up Mara largo. Plow under his golf courses. Like a worm he’ll crawl out to mourn. We’ll get him then
That's a good idea, Candace. He would cry like a little baby.
At least he won't have far to travel to finally reunite with his besties, Epstein and Satan?
I’m not sure that Satan can keep up because he’s so busy now with the task of adding new sub-basements that can accommodate the constant evil conduct of the devil incarnate!
I think he is planning to stay there no matter what happens in 2026 or 2028. He will probably have to be physically removed. That is why there is a rush to build it. Who builds a $400 million ballroom/bunker and then leaves?
rump gets kick-backs and graft on every$ spent or allocated for construction- complicated and corrupt
I agree. I've been saying this since the orange fat ass was re-elected. He is not going to leave. He's going to hide in that bunker with armed guards that are loyal to him. Nobody will remove him physically because they won't be able to get to him.
Food, water, electricity, and ventilation are all needed to sustain life in the bunker. Those things are easily restricted from outside the bunker. That will chase them out. Especially since there will be massive amounts of heat generated by all the military computer equipment in the bunker that need water and air to cool.
Those are very good and valid points. I didn't think about that. You're good!
Think about what happened to the fascist leaders at the end of WWII, the French Revolution, the Czars of Russia...They wove such a web of awful that there really was no way out for them. Not the fairy tale ending they expected. Unfortunately, too many innocent people get caught up in the mess when the leaders come to their demise.
Yep. I said when he came down the escalator that we are not going to vote ourselves out of this one.
I think you’re mostly correct…he knew once he made it back into THE PEOPLES White House he (with his string pulling puppet master, Putin) would pick the most corrupt cabinet (in history) to become the first U.S. dictator. (BTW, that’s his wet dream…) So far he’s made unbelievable progress along with his handpicked (from the Leonard Leo list of pro White Christian Nationalists) SCOTUS.
Voters should’ve done their ‘due diligence’ and spent time looking into the dismal and corrupt Trump history. Anyone that believes Hitler (Trump’s hero), Putin (another hero of his) and every ruthless, corrupt and evil leader is fine and dandy is one sick man.
Exactly! That's the plan.
I suspect he will incite a second deadly insurrection and when we the people come for him he’ll run and hide in his bunker armed with his MAGA cult.
I agree that the bunker disguised as a ballroom is the mark of a dictator who realizes he is losing. My worry is that as his health worsens he will become more Jim Jones-ish and feel it all has to come to an end because he is dying. But I am an Olympic-level worrier!
I'll supply the Kool-Aid!
You took my line!! 😂
I believe that. And I think Mary Trump has said that, too. Besides being a narcissist and a sadist, I believe he's an annihilator.
And I'm not an Olympic-level worrier.
I don’t think Americans should worry about the US being invaded. But Cuba, Canada and Greenland are being described as socialist/Communist enemies or essential for American national security to distract from high prices, Iran and the Epstein files. 100% of Cubans and Greenlanders and 50% of Canadians think Trump will invade their country.
I think the bunker comes from his massive ego. As "Ruler of the World" of course he needs a big hidden underground headquarters he can "command" from as the whole world goes to shit.
Consider that he's building the bunker so that when he drops a nuke, he'll survive the retaliatory attack.
Agree. We know that he’s a malignant narcissist. And paranoia is a common trait.
What is malignant narcissism?
This is an excellent article that describes the personality characteristics, which describes demented donny to a T -
“Malignant narcissism combines the usual symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (such as high self-importance) with paranoia, sadism, and antisocial behaviors. The condition isn’t officially recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Rather, it’s a narcissism subtype coined by social psychologist Erich Fromm and later explored as a potential psychiatric diagnosis by psychoanalyst Otto Kernberg.”
(Sorry. I’m a doctor and a nerd and I love details! 🤓)
Ihttps://www.helpguide.org/mental-health/personality-disorders/malignant-narcissist
Yes. This is what I think. He will drop a muke as soon as he can escape it. That's his style
He is now denying every saying "why do we have nukes if we don't use them," but I remember when it was reported by one of his top advisors at the time that he said it. And he didn't deny it then.
It's also been reported that his advisors are telling him the war is going better than it is. I'm wondering if that's so they can deter him from using nuclear weapons. They might actually care about their children and grandchildren.
That's also what he's hinting at when he has threatened to destroy an entire civilization.
So many lies . You don't know what is true half the time. I usually don't believe anything at first . Then research it. Unless I know MTN did it for me!
Likewise. I always fact check. Remember when Rachel Maddow used to keep a visible running board on her set that listed all of trump’s lies, but she ran out of room!?!
Drumph spoke with Putin many times when Biden won. I think drumph wants to stay in power for a third term. And he and Putin, along with other totalitarian regimes, want world domination! Drumph is a narcissistic, evil, corrupt pedophile and many powerful people are in the Epstein files or they have proof of wrongdoing in one way or another.
Agree. I believe that meeting they had in Helsinki that was not translated was when they started sharing ideas about carving up the world, and who would reign over what.
I've never really believed that Putin was blackmailing trump. I've always thought it was more likely that trump -- who has openly admitted his admiration of Putin -- sought to become Putin's apprentice, in an effort to be the Putin of America.
The tangled web of the decades-long TRUMP/PUTIN/EPSTEIN relationship/rabbit hole - the sex and drug trafficking, money laundering, by oligarchs in high places - runs SO DEEP, DARK, DANK that if or when it all comes out, the world will implode and spin on it’s axis. That’s a huge part of trump’s panic and paranoia.
“Trump, Putin, Epstein: It’s Not a Hoax”
“JEFF SCHECHTMAN 08/22/25
A decades-long trail of money and kompromat that isn’t just scandal — it’s a threat to the world order and to democracy itself.”
https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/trump-putin-epstein-its-not-a-hoax/
Seriously now would be the best time for an invasion of America , when our armies have been withdrawn from Europe ,our weapons have been depleted and our leader is so easily manipulated. Never mind that Hegseth is just itching to resume battle to fulfill his demonic desire for military engagement .
Mass-murderers!
"Better Red than dead."
Better Red than Republican!
With drawing troops from Germay after Russian phone call!
Not surprising as rumps an allies of putin and a Russian assett for years! He really needs to be charged with TREASON!
Watching him practically elbow the King and Queen of England out of the way so he could shake hands with his own cabinet ahead of the royals like he's never met his cabnet before (or like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant?) - and he jumped in front of them twice - the man has several screws loose and his brain is about to fall out through his ears or his mouth. He certainly isn't capable of making any "plans" with world powers to stay in office. He can't even figure out how to do diplomacy to stop his war. He THINKS something is "up", but he is seriously deluded and, to coin one of his favorite phrases, "everybody knows it." So who's his mastermind?
Very possible
rump is a Russian asset and meets requirements for Treason charges! Come-on congress,
DO HOUR JOB
It worries me on a daily basis. Every time he alienated another ally I have thought "is he setting us up for Russia?"
You are not alone with that thinking.
Not even close. Getting rid of all our experts on cyber spying & protection? But the U.S. is a formidable for ever w/ the subterfuge being practiced on us by our own gov't. Our chief liability is the apathy & ignorance of the populace.
I think it makes it more likely someone will do some terrorist activities. Our security is right now being directed at our own people , as well as his little" excursions "
Food for thought: why invade when you can control a country from afar with bribes & whispers of sweet nothings?
Or he could be setting the stage for a Hitler-Reich style dictatorship takeover leading to WW3…
Trump has certainly long-envisioned himself as “KING OF THE WORLD” as he’s displayed several times in his NFT cards -
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elvis-bbq-chef-gold-chess-185314442.html
I'm considering learning to speak russian.
I appreciate all you do Ben. I am 70 and I find myself crying most days for the country I grew up in, I learned to drive in, I sang played guitar at the beach and I had a good circle of friends. Most are gone now and life is empty and filled with such vile people. There are days I just stay in bed. I thought I’d retire in a good and safe way but it’s not like that with no one left. It’s just darkness and loneliness combined with a country I don’t recognize. I have my music, the best in the past 70 years but they shoulder so many memories. I wanted to thank you and bros for all you do. Been watching since e the beginning and appreciate all you’ve done. Your parents must be proud. Slainté
Thank you for your thoughts, feelings—many match my own memories💝
NEVER SURRENDER! We are all in this charge!
You are not alone. Almost 75 and totally get it. ‘💗
Stay strong Stell, I feel your pain. I’m 63 soon going on 22. And I have to because like you say, we don’t know how much longer this is going to last and so I have decided to not retire early and keep working because the elite, who are behind all this chaos are the ones feeding the diaper wearing orange clown and his kids. And they would all just like to end the social services altogether. Services that we have all paid into our entire lives. And for what so some narcissistic pedophile who’s protecting himself in the arrested, the elites from going to prison. So hang in there, it’s gonna be a long fight this year.
You can also reach out to me. I'm 60 and definitely am not in the boat I expected to be in now. I'm early forced retirement due to disability. The isolation is awful
With so many like-minded people in this community, you are not alone. I feel uplifted when I read the comments. God bless you, one and all.
Absolutely the best reason I do this. We are unstoppable as a crowd. We are not crazy. We are not the ones who want this shit. Stand together or fall alone.
I was forced early retirement by Disney otherwise I would have stayed
Whenever the crooked corrupt trumps get scared, they sue.
I don't think they have won that many cases. Didn't CBS and ABC capitulate? They just want to use these high price suits to make people back down. But, now it is backfiring; like melanoma's suit against Michael Wolff when he countersued and she is now open for discovery and is hiding from him and his attorneys. They will huff and puff but the minute Meidas Touch says fine bring it on and we'll go to discovery, they will back down.
And any one who ever looked into his past knew that this has always been his MO. Thankful for people like Ben and his team to keep us informed and patriots like Marc Elias and many others fighting the Orange clown in the courts, now if we could just get him to abide by their decisions.
ABSOLUTELY!
Sea shell potus
Thank you
Thank you for what you do! I started listening to you when you were saying "let's get to 3 million subscribers" and now you've doubled and going for 7 million! So glad I found you, and this was from a suggestion of a friend.
Thank you Ben we appreciate all that you do
Congress has to stop the funds... period...
Parker Palmer's May 1 Substack defined MAGA as Make America Grieve Again. My essay on the collective grief we are experiencing in our country and globally will be published tomorrow. The damage Trump & his Cartel have done goes deep into our psyches. Thank you, Meidas team, for the work you are doing.
Again
NO TRUTH
NO FREEDOM
I will fight with my last breath
Thank you
Thank you 💙
Right on Mike!!
Adam Mockler did an excellent job on Scott Jennings. I am so tired of Scott Jennings’ sanctimonious attitude.
That was great. They are all so smug and snarky, until they hear truth. Then it's like a switch they throw. Straight to insults, anger and then whining. That ain't winning.
Thank you MTN!! We need you and rely on you!! Please keep up you diligence regarding truth, facts and information. We grow with each endeavor.
Got My Peppermint Moka.
Drag Their Treasonous Butts To The Hague! Along With Satanyahu And The Kremlin Gremlin.
And Everyother Authoritarian, Misogynistic, Supremacist Kleptocracy! Blessings And Truth For All