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Small, Pathetic, Unhinged Donald Trump looked absolutely awful as he was landing in Washington, D.C. he was spewing this bloodlust about taking over Greenland and Cuba and Colombia and Mexico. Right by his side on Air Force One was Lindsey Graham, who was also, like, foaming out the mouth. They had Howard Lutnick there foaming at the mouth. Such a bizarre scene right here. Let me show you what happened as Donald Trump was just spewing this imperialistic adventurism, but he looks so weak doing it as well. Donald Trump said he coordinated the invasion of Venezuela with all of the oil companies before and after. He said all the oil companies are aware. They're ready to get their hands on that beautiful Venezuelan oil. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
Yes, before and after. And they want to go in and they're going to do a great job for the people of Venezuela and they're going to represent us.
Host
Well, now, it shouldn't be lost on any of us that the deadline for Trump's DOJ to provide the Epstein redaction explanations and a report on the document review on the Epstein files was due yesterday. They blew that deadline. And now I guess Trump's plan to cover up the Epstein files is just invade every single country in the Western Hemisphere. Let me show you what else he talked about as well while he was on Air Force One. Donald Trump said, the oil companies from America, they're going in, we're taking back what Venezuela stole. He says, Venezuela stole all of our oil and we got to take that big, beautiful American oil in Venezuela back. Now, Venezuela didn't steal our oil. The oil in Venezuela belongs to Venezuela. Let's be very clear about that. But this is what Donald Trump is spewing. It sounds exactly like Putin. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
The oil companies are going to go in and rebuild their system. They're going to spend billions of dollars and they're going to take the oil out of the ground and we're taking back what they sold. Remember, they stole our property. It was the greatest theft in the history of America. Nobody has ever stolen our property like they have. They took our oil away from us. They took the infrastructure away. And all that infrastructure is rotted and decayed. And the oil companies are going to go in and rebuild it. We're not going to spend very much money at all, if anything. But the oil companies are going to go, we're going to take our oil back.
Host
Next, Donald Trump is asked, well, so are you going to demand that Maduro's right hand, Delsey Rodriguez, who's now the acting president, are you going to ask that she holds free and fair elections so that, that someone like Maria Machado or Edmund Gonzalez gets to run and there could be democratic elections. Trump's like, no, that's not what we're focused on. We're focused on the oil. Have you not been listening to us? We want to have our own authoritarian Marxist puppet there so we can take the oil. Don't you get that Trump's actually saying those things? Okay, I'm not being hyperbolic. I mean, listen to what the guy is saying in his own words. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
Go ahead. No, are you, are you going to demand that Delsey Rodriguez let opposition figures return or free any political prisoners? We haven't gotten to that yet. Right now what we want to do is fix up the oil, fix up the country, bring the country back and then have elections. Is it fair? We better bring the country back. Otherwise you're just going to have, you're going to have a mess that's so bad. It was really bad. It's going to get a lot worse unless we go in and fix it.
Host
So next, a reporter asked Donald Trump, so what is it that you need from Delsey Rodriguez, the current president of Venezuela? Trump says, oil. Access to oil. That's what we need. We need their oil. Have you not heard me? We need their oil. This is what he says in his own words. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
Short term, next two weeks. What do you need from Delsey Rodriguez? You've threatened total access. We need total access. We need access to the oil and to other things in their country that allow us to rebuild their country. What other things? A lot of things. Roads that aren't built. Bridges that are falling down. Yeah, bridges that are falling down. Nobody can go anywhere.
Host
Then Donald Trump says, and we're coming for Greenland next. He goes, maybe not like tomorrow, he says, but in the next two months we're taking Greenland. And he says, the European Union's gonna give it to us because they want us to have Greenland. Then Donald Trump lies and says, China and Russia, they have their boats all over green, so Greenland just needs to become America at this point. Now, I'm going to do a whole other video on this in about 90 minutes or so on the Midas Touch network. So check back. But you have all of these nations in Europe now speaking out against Donald Trump. The Prime Minister of Denmark, the Prime Minister of Greenland said, you better stop talking about that, cuz you may actually start a war right now with Greenland and Denmark and the European Union. Here's Donald Trump saying, we need Greenland. Here, play this Clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
I was talking about Greenland in 20 days. Talk so much about energy, by the way. I have to. I will say this about Greenland. We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not going to be able to do it, I can tell you.
Host
I think it's a big one.
Donald Trump (clip)
You know what Denmark did recently to boost up security in Greenland? They added one more dog sled. It's true. They thought that was a great move.
Reporter
What would the justification be for a claim to Greenland?
Donald Trump (clip)
Oh, I don't want to talk about Greenland now. I just say this. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security and the European Union needs us to have it, and they know that.
Host
Next, Donald Trump is asked about Delsey Rodriguez calling what Donald Trump did to Maduro a kidnapping. And Trump goes, yeah, I like that term. We kidnapped him. That's what we do. We kidnap leaders now in the United States of sovereign countries. Here, play this clip.
Reporter
Any kind of peacekeeping, I think Americans are very.
Donald Trump (clip)
It depends on what happens. It depends a little bit on the new administration, if you want to call it that.
Reporter
So do you see that pushback from Rodriguez and ultimately.
Donald Trump (clip)
Well, I don't think there was pushback. I think that she told it well, you know, you hear a different person.
Reporter
Than I hear, really. So you have spoken with her?
Donald Trump (clip)
We talked to them.
Reporter
Oh, you did speak.
Donald Trump (clip)
They've been very good because she called.
Reporter
It kidnapping of Maduro.
Donald Trump (clip)
So it's not a bad joke. Go ahead.
Host
Then Donald Trump is asked if American troops will be on the ground in Venezuela soon. And Donald Trump says, maybe we'll see if Delsey Rodriguez doesn't give us all of the oil. Yeah, we're going to put American boots on the ground. Absolutely. Here, play this clip.
Reporter
That's off the table now.
Donald Trump (clip)
No, it's not. If they don't behave, we will do a second show.
Reporter
The question is that the American troops, are they going to be on the ground? They're doing any kind of peacekeeping? I think Americans are going to.
Donald Trump (clip)
Depends. It depends on what happens. It depends a little bit on the new administration. Administration, if you want to call it.
Host
Then Donald Trump says, you know, we have very sick neighbors. He goes, and by the way, it's all projection. Trump's a sick guy, right? I mean, Trump's a sick, vile piece of trash of a human being, a felon, a sexual abuser. I mean, Mar a lago is Basically the hunting grounds for Jeffrey Epstein.
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In my view, Mar a Lago, in my opinion, was the crime scene where underage girls were sex trafficked, like Virginia Giuffre. And Trump says, oh, you stole my property. Right. So Donald Trump's projecting right here, but he goes, we, we have sick neighbors. He goes, venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, we're coming after them here. Play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
Successful and where the oil is allowed to freely come out because that's good, it gets the prices down. That's good for our country. We have a very sick neighbor. It's not a neighbor, but it's close to a neighbor. And that's. Venezuela is very sick. Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States. And he's not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you.
Reporter
What does that mean? He's not going to be doing it very long.
Donald Trump (clip)
He's not doing it very long. He has cocaine mills and cocaine factories. He's not going to be doing it very long.
Reporter
So there will be an operation by.
Donald Trump (clip)
The U.S. it sounds good to me. Yeah. You know why? Because they kill a lot of people. Yeah.
Host
Then you have Lindsey Graham foaming from the mouth. He goes, just you wait. Cuba, your days are numbered. I mean, what is that? You're taking like the dialogue from like corny B list movies to be like the bad guy, we're coming for you next. I mean, this is so pathetic and weak. Here, play this clip.
Lindsey Graham (clip)
Could have done it. And as to this commander in chief, he did something people talked about doing. You just wait for Cuba. Cuba is a communist dictatorship that's killed priests and nuns. They've preyed on their own people. Their days are numbered. We're going to wake up one day, I hope, in 26 in our backyard, we're going to have allies in these countries doing business with America, not narco terrorist dictators killing Americans. This is a big frigging day and everybody in the world is thinking differently than they were just a few days ago because of what you did then.
Host
Lindsey Graham says, let's be clear, this is not interventionism. He goes, this is not intervention. We're going to be more, more prosperous because of business deals. This is what it's all about, business deals. Here, play this clip.
Lindsey Graham (clip)
Here you take down the source of the problem. President Trump didn't wake up one day and say, hey, let's take Venezuela. He did what other people talked about, but didn't have the balls or the guts to do it. This is a good thing. This is not interventionism. This is this making America safer. We're going to be more prosperous because of the business deals. There are going to be Americans alive today because he shut down a narco terrorist state called Venezuela. This is a good thing, not a bad thing.
Host
Then Trump says, but this is what my voters wanted. They want war. He goes, this is what Maga wanted. When I said no war, Maga. Maga said they want war. So we're going to go to war with all of the Western hemisphere. Trump goes, that's the Don Row doctrine is what he calls it. We need to dominate, control, and go to war with everybody in the Western Hemisphere. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
The voters that voted for me. Yeah. Let me just say, the voters that voted for me are thrilled. They said, this is what we voted for.
Host
More from Lindsey Graham right now. And he's like, did you see what happened? Cuba, Maduro got his ass handed to him because he didn't listen to Trump. So Cuba, we're gonna hand you your ass or something. He likes talking about ass. Apparently. He likes talk.
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Host
I won't go there. Just play this clip.
Lindsey Graham (clip)
So if you tell people in Cuba, you need to stop being a communist dictatorship threatening America, you should go somewhere else. You better take the offer. Maduro has nobody to blame but himself. He gave him a way out. He chose to defy Trump and the US Military, and his ass is in jail where he deserves to be. And every president has said the same thing, but he did it.
Host
Then a reporter says, so are there any other companies that you've been talking about doing business deals with in Venezuela? Then Trump likes many. We're talking about putting American companies there, taking all of their resources. That's what we're gonna do. And then Howard Lutnick goes, yeah, this is what we're gonna do. We're gonna take their steel, we're gonna take their minerals. They have a. All of that's going to be ours now in the United States. We're going to steal the resources of Venezuela. And again, they sound like the bad guys in movies. I mean, again, I'm not being hyperbolic, like, I'm literally just telling you the words that they're saying. This is what Lutnick says. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
It's a disaster. We got to fix the country fast. Dealing with Venezuela. Maybe Mr. Ludley could talk about that. Are there any other corporations, entities outside many? Outside of the oil business? Well, the oil business, yes, but outside, yes. Howard, you want to. Do you have steel you have minerals, right? All the critical minerals. They have a great mining history that's gone rusty. So steel, aluminum, minerals. I mean, this is all. It's a rich. It was once upon a time one of the great economies and cultures of the world, and it was destroyed. And now President Trump is going to fix it and bring it back for the Venezuela. But it's not easy. It's really gone bad. But it's got potential. What, maybe any rare earth minerals. They have rare earth, but everybody has rare earth. Rare earth is not rare. What's rare is the processing. We're doing processing plants all over. There's no such thing is rare earth. Rare earth is everywhere. What isn't everywhere is the processing of rare earth. And we have a lot of places going up right now.
Reporter
One thing we haven't heard you specifically.
Host
React, then Trump threatens Mexico. And by the way, then President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico had to respond to Donald Trump defending the sovereignty of Mexico. And then we saw the President of Colombia respond, defending the sovereignty of Colombia. Anyway, here's what Trump says about Mexico. Play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
By the way, you have to do something with Mexico. Mexico has to get their act together because they're pouring through Mexico and we're going to have to do something. We'd love Mexico to do it. They're capable of doing it. But unfortunately, the cartels are very strong in Mexico.
Host
Then Donald Trump goes on this bizarre tangent about how he predicted 9, 11, and he told everybody, go after bin Laden. Then he turns to Lindsey Graham and he's like, you know, I warned everybody about bin Laden. There wouldn't have been a 9, 11, 11 if I was around. And Lindsey Graham's like, oh, okay, boss. Okay, boss. I guess you're right, boss. I mean, right. Like, isn't it. Isn't he the stooge next to the bad guy? You know, in like, every corny cartoon, like, I grew up with, okay, yeah, boss. I guess that's what you do. You stop. 9, 11, boss. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (clip)
By the way, you know, you mentioned something that's interesting. Lindsay mentioned bin Laden. Do you know I wrote about bin Laden one year before the attack on the World Trade center, and I said, you got to go after bin Laden. It was in my book. And very few people want to say that, but it was in my book, you know, that I think you've actually talked about it. But if they would have had, they would have listened to me. They would have taken out bin Laden and you wouldn't have had the World Trade center tragedy.
Reporter
Yeah, this is certainly going.
Donald Trump (clip)
Did you know that I predicted bin Laden?
Lindsey Graham (clip)
I learned something every day.
Donald Trump (clip)
No, but did you hear that?
Lindsey Graham (clip)
I did now.
Donald Trump (clip)
I just heard it right now. I wrote a book. It was one year before the attack.
Host
What a bunch of freaking clowns these people are. By the way, the Washington Post is reporting the following recent comments made by Donald Trump dismissing the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as the person to replace Nicolas Maduro, stating that she doesn't have the support or respect needed to become the president of Venezuela, stem from her recent decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, an award that Donald Trump craved. Two people close to the White House told the Washington Post that Machado's acceptance of the prize was an ultimate sin to Donald Trump, despite her having dedicated the award to Trump and time again having complimented Donald Trump. And she said all of the Donald Trump lies about the 2020 election. She was a Trump bootlicker because she thought that's how she was gonna get into power in Venezuela. But she accepted the Nobel Peace. And all of the sources close to Donald Trump say that's why he's supporting Maduro's right hand, Delsey Rodriguez, to be his little authoritarian pawn right now. Trading one Marxist authoritarian leader for another and not picking Machado. Quote, this is from Trump's inner circle to the Washington Post. If she had turned down that Nobel Peace Prize and said, I can't accept it because it's Donald Trump's, she'd be the president of Venezuela today. But she took that award and then Donald Trump can't handle that. It's what a multiple source sources are saying. Also, it should be noted the following. Robert Pape from the University of Chicago, one of the top professors on this topic, just stated the following as well. Venezuela is primed for resistance to US controlling the oil. Perfect terrain for insurgency. Plenty of armed groups already far worse than Iraq. Chaos is coming. And Pape is one of the greatest living experts on insurgencies, as Zaid Jelani explains. So there you have it, by the way, I mean, should also be noted as well that at least publicly, Delsey Rodriguez is out there saying that only Maduro is the real leader and Trump kidnapped him and it's illegitimate. But lots of people believe that she and Trump are. And you heard what Trump was saying too. It seems like they're having secret conversations behind the scenes as well. And that's what Trump wants. His own authoritarian pawn there. He doesn't want democracy there. He wants their oil. You heard him for yourself. And by the way. How weird did Lindsey Graham sound?
Donald Trump (clip)
Oh yeah, boss.
Host
I mean, what pathetic people. I can't believe this is the United States. I guess I can at this point, but as I've said before, this must be what it feels like to live in Putin's Russia. We the people need to stand up to this crap. We the people need to let our voices be heard. This is absolutely outrageous. By the way. See how awful Donald Trump looks? Anyway, Hit subscribe let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching. Be sure to add the Midas Touch podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts for new updates every single day.
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Episode: All Hell Breaks Loose as Trump Loses it on Air Force One
Date: January 5, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Theme: A chaotic breakdown as former President Donald Trump makes controversial statements on Air Force One, advocating for military interventions and resource seizures in Latin America and Greenland, with reactions from Lindsey Graham and Howard Lutnick.
In this explosive episode, the Meiselas brothers break down a bizarre and disturbing Air Force One press gaggle featuring Donald Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham, and financier Howard Lutnick. As the brothers play through clips from the exchange, they provide colorful commentary and incredulous reactions to Trump’s imperial rhetoric — including threats of military action across the Western Hemisphere, the seizure of foreign resources, and inflammatory statements about leaders in Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and even Mexico and Greenland. The hosts highlight both the dangerous implications of Trump's statements and the surreal, cartoonish dynamic on display between Trump and his allies.
Opening Scene ([02:58]): The hosts set the tone, calling Trump "small, pathetic, unhinged," as he lands in DC "spewing this bloodlust" for taking over Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico.
Energy & Oil Obsession: Trump openly discusses "coordinating the invasion of Venezuela" with U.S. oil companies, framing it as a mission to take back "American oil" — which the hosts debunk.
"Donald Trump said he coordinated the invasion of Venezuela with all of the oil companies before and after. He said all the oil companies are aware. They're ready to get their hands on that beautiful Venezuelan oil."
– Ben Meiselas ([03:23])
"Yes, before and after. And they want to go in and they're going to do a great job for the people of Venezuela and they're going to represent us." ([04:00])
Host Ben criticizes Trump’s revisionist claim that Venezuela "stole our oil."
"Venezuela didn’t steal our oil. The oil in Venezuela belongs to Venezuela. Let’s be very clear about that. But this is what Donald Trump is spewing. It sounds exactly like Putin."
– Ben Meiselas ([04:38])
"They took our oil away from us. They took the infrastructure away... and the oil companies are going to go in and rebuild it. We're not going to spend very much money at all, if anything. But the oil companies are going to go, we're going to take our oil back."
([05:12])
When asked about pushing for free elections in Venezuela, Trump says that’s not the focus—oil is.
"No, are you going to demand that Delsey Rodriguez let opposition figures return or free any political prisoners? We haven't gotten to that yet. Right now what we want to do is fix up the oil, fix up the country, bring the country back and then have elections."
([06:34])
The hosts highlight that Trump openly desires an "authoritarian Marxist puppet" aligned with U.S. interests over democratic reform.
"We want to have our own authoritarian Marxist puppet there so we can take the oil. Don't you get that? Trump’s actually saying those things!"
– Ben Meiselas ([06:00])
Trump jumps to Greenland as the next target, framing it as a national security necessity due to mythical Russian and Chinese naval activity.
"We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not going to be able to do it, I can tell you."
([08:36])
Host Ben notes European leaders’ sharp reactions and the volatility Trump is provoking.
"The Prime Minister of Denmark, the Prime Minister of Greenland said, you better stop talking about that, ‘cuz you may actually start a war right now with Greenland and Denmark and the European Union."
– Ben Meiselas ([07:48])
Memorable Moment:
"You know what Denmark did recently to boost up security in Greenland? They added one more dog sled. It's true. They thought that was a great move."
– Donald Trump (Clip) ([09:05])
Trump accepts the “kidnapping” of Maduro label with pride, concedes the U.S. "kidnaps" foreign leaders now.
"Yeah, I like that term. We kidnapped him. That's what we do."
([09:33])
On U.S. troops in Venezuela, Trump is explicit in his threat:
"No, it's not [off the table]. If they don't behave, we will do a second show."
([10:30])
Ben reacts with horror at the nonchalance toward military interventionism.
Trump describes Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba as "sick," makes wild claims about Colombian leadership and narco operations.
Trump audio (Clip):
"We have a very sick neighbor... Venezuela is very sick. Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine... He's not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you."
([11:23])
Host reaction:
"It’s all projection. Trump’s a sick guy, right? I mean, Trump’s a sick, vile piece of trash of a human being, a felon, a sexual abuser. I mean, Mar-a-Lago is basically the hunting grounds for Jeffrey Epstein."
– Ben Meiselas ([11:04])
Graham launches into tirades against Cuba, defending U.S. interventionism as "not intervention," but business-driven prosperity.
Lindsey Graham audio (Clip):
"You just wait for Cuba. Cuba is a communist dictatorship that's killed priests and nuns... Their days are numbered. We're going to wake up one day, I hope, in '26, in our backyard, we're going to have allies in these countries doing business with America, not narco terrorist dictators killing Americans."
([12:24])
"This is not interventionism... We're going to be more prosperous because of the business deals. There are going to be Americans alive today because he shut down a narco terrorist state called Venezuela. This is a good thing, not a bad thing."
([13:20])
Lutnick cheerleads resumption of U.S. corporate activity in Venezuela, targeting resource extraction (steel, minerals, rare earths).
"They have a great mining history that's gone rusty. So steel, aluminum, minerals... And now President Trump is going to fix it and bring it back... All of that's going to be ours now in the United States."
([15:58])
Trump claims his base "wants war" and that the U.S. should "dominate, control, and go to war with everybody in the Western Hemisphere," calling it "the Don Row doctrine."
"The voters that voted for me are thrilled. They said, this is what we voted for."
([14:18])
"Mexico has to get their act together because they're pouring through Mexico and we're going to have to do something."
([17:28])
Trump audio (Clip):
"Do you know I wrote about bin Laden one year before the attack on the World Trade Center? And I said, you got to go after bin Laden. It was in my book... If they would have listened to me, they would have taken out bin Laden and you wouldn't have had the World Trade Center tragedy."
([18:19])
Lindsey Graham:
"I learned something every day."
([18:51])
Ben reports, via Washington Post, that Trump’s animosity toward Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado stems from her acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize (which Trump is said to covet). Trump instead supports Delsey Rodriguez as “his little authoritarian pawn.”
"If she had turned down that Nobel Peace Prize and said, I can't accept it because it's Donald Trump's, she'd be the president of Venezuela today. But she took that award and then Donald Trump can't handle that."
– Ben Meiselas, quoting sources ([19:00])
University of Chicago’s Robert Pape cautions that U.S. attempts to control Venezuelan oil will lead to chaos, insurgency, and a situation “far worse than Iraq.”
"Venezuela is primed for resistance to US controlling the oil. Perfect terrain for insurgency. Plenty of armed groups already, far worse than Iraq. Chaos is coming."
– Robert Pape ([20:00] paraphrased by host)
Ben Meiselas, calling out Trump’s projection:
"Trump’s a sick, vile piece of trash of a human being, a felon, a sexual abuser. I mean, Mar-a-Lago is basically the hunting grounds for Jeffrey Epstein."
([11:04])
Lindsey Graham, ramping up aggression:
"You just wait for Cuba. Cuba is a communist dictatorship... Their days are numbered."
([12:24])
Donald Trump, justifying imperial claims:
"We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place."
([08:36])
Howard Lutnick, relishing US resource grabs:
"All of that's going to be ours now in the United States. We're going to steal the resources of Venezuela."
([15:58], paraphrased/summarized)
The episode is marked by shock, sarcasm, and deep alarm from the hosts, underlining the unprecedented nature and sheer recklessness of what Trump, Graham, and Lutnick are saying. There’s a consistent thread of incredulity as the brothers juxtapose Trump’s “strongman” schtick with the reality of global diplomacy, democracy, and peace. The episode is a rallying cry for the audience to recognize and resist rising authoritarian rhetoric and imperial ambitions.
"This must be what it feels like to live in Putin's Russia. We the people need to stand up to this crap. We the people need to let our voices be heard. This is absolutely outrageous."
– Ben Meiselas ([21:38])
Summary prepared for listeners who missed this bombshell episode. Full audio (with video) available on the MeidasTouch YouTube and podcast channels.