Furious World Leaders Announce Plan Trump Feared the Most!!!

Summary

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MeidasTouch Podcast — Episode Summary

Episode Title: Furious World Leaders Announce Plan Trump Feared the Most!!!
Release Date: January 19, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas

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Overview

This episode delves into escalating international retaliation against former President Donald Trump following his aggressive actions and rhetoric regarding Greenland and Canada. The Meiselas brothers break down urgent diplomatic and economic maneuvers being considered by U.S. allies, focusing on a potential "trade bazooka" from the European Union—a nuclear-level trade response Trump reportedly fears most. The hosts weave their signature brotherly banter with sharp political insight, covering emergency NATO exercises, shifting global alliances, and the economic fallout from Trump's confrontational foreign policy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. World Leaders Retaliate Against Trump’s Greenland Threats

[01:32 – 05:30]

• European ambassadors held a secret meeting to discuss a strong response to Trump’s threats of invading Greenland.
• The EU is preparing a "trade bazooka"—the harshest economic sanctions, possibly shutting down trade with the U.S.—as a last step before considering military action.
• Trump has shifted focus to Canada, insisting “Canada needs to be the 51st state,” according to regime-aligned media, and claiming Canada is “vulnerable to US adversaries.”

2. Canada and China Forge Strategic Alliance

[03:00 – 04:30]

• Canadian PM Carney announced military deployments to Greenland and concluded a $1 trillion trade alliance with China (including a major influx of Chinese electric vehicles and LNG deals).
• Canadian consumer boycott of U.S. goods reaches 73–75%—a “middle finger” to Trump’s administration.

3. Media Coverage & Industry Impact

[04:32 – 05:05]

• The hosts mock Fox News personalities (specifically Laura Ingraham) for accusing Canada of “trying to destroy the North American auto industry.”
• The real story, the hosts argue, is Canadian and European diversification away from the U.S., caused by Trump’s divisive policies.

Quote:

“Canada is trying to destroy the North American auto industry. No, they’re not. They’re trying to diversify trade partnerships. It’s Donald Trump who destroyed the North American auto industry.” (Host, [04:32])

4. Tariff & Trade Wars Escalate

[05:32 – 06:21]

• Trump’s threats of 10%–25% tariffs hit European countries refusing to support his Greenland agenda.
• Europe, meanwhile, expands a massive free trade agreement with South American Mercosur countries.

Quote:

“The rest of the world [is] expanding their free trade agreements while Donald Trump wakes up in the morning, threatens to invade Greenland, threatens to invade Canada. 15% tariffs, 20% tariffs. The behavior by the Trump regime is utterly absurd.” (Host, [06:15])

5. The “Trade Bazooka” Explained

[06:25 – 09:44]

• French President Macron suggests deploying the EU’s anti-coercion tool: declare the U.S. a hostile “coercive state” and effectively close European markets to American companies.
• Potential warning: European countries together hold about $8 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds—selling them could devastate the U.S. economy.

Quote:

“Just think what they could do in a moment if they wanted to unload those bonds... This is where you want to go, Donald Trump. No wonder this idiot has gone bankrupt his entire life.” (Host, [09:20])

6. NATO Arctic Defense & Military Exercises

[07:40 – 08:30]

• Denmark and NATO allies conduct the “Arctic Endurance Exercise” in Greenland, practicing for a possible U.S. invasion and defending northern Europe.
• Official statement from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK emphasizes solidarity and the defense of Arctic sovereignty.

7. U.S. Espionage & European Countermeasures

[11:42 – 15:00]

• Denmark accuses Trump’s regime of espionage attempts to gather military secrets about Greenland and Danish facilities.
• Ukraine and France caught the Trump regime transmitting fake intelligence (originally fed by them) to Russia, allegedly to benefit the Putin regime.

Quote:

“They would feed fake information… if that would then be intercepted in the Russia interceptions... turned out the Trump regime was indeed sending the fake intel... to Russia.” (Host, [13:00])

• Danish PM Mette Frederiksen:

“The Kingdom of Denmark has strong support. At the same time, it’s now even clearer that this matter extends beyond our borders. We want to cooperate and it’s not us who are seeking conflict. Europe will not be pressured.” (Frederiksen, [14:20])

8. Global Isolation of USA

[15:00 – 17:00]

• Global reaction to U.S. attempts to rally action against Iran at the UN: not even traditional allies (Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) back the U.S. anymore.
• Trump’s administration is described as isolated, distracted by questionable operations (e.g., military off Venezuela, alleged money laundering via Qatari bank accounts).

Quote:

“The rest of the world, when the US was like, Hey, come to our help, the rest of the world’s like, no, we’re not. And frankly, everywhere in the world, even Netanyahu of Israel, I might add—when you lose him, you know...” (Host, [16:10])

9. Money Laundering Accusations & Political Corruption

[16:30 – 17:30]

• Allegations that Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” is being used to solicit direct payments from foreign countries into his Qatari bank account, under the guise of rebuilding Gaza.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Trade bazooka warning:

  "French President Emmanuel Macron floated using the trade bazooka, European Union’s biggest anti coercion instrument against us... Europe thought they were going to have to use this against China. It’s the last resort. But now they’re preparing [it] against the United States." (Host, [07:55])

• Boycotts and Canadian resolve:

  “73 to 75% of Canadians now are boycotting American products, giving the appropriate middle finger to Donald Trump and his despicable regime.” (Host, [03:55])

• On US isolation:

  "There’s not a—the US is all alone on this." (Host, [15:30])

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Notable Timestamps

• [01:32] – Start of international retaliation discussion
• [03:10] – Details of Canada’s alliance with China
• [04:32] – Fox News coverage condemned
• [06:25] – “Trade bazooka” concept introduced
• [07:40] – NATO Arctic Exercise
• [11:42] – Espionage revelations & Europe’s counterintelligence operations
• [14:20] – Statement from Danish PM Frederiksen
• [15:00] – Global isolation of the U.S.
• [16:30] – Accusations of financial corruption

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Tone & Language

The hosts maintain their trademark style: passionate, direct, and intensely critical of Trump, infusing humor, exasperation, and righteous indignation. They amplify the urgency of global events while mocking right-wing media narratives and highlighting international solidarity against what they frequently call Trump’s “despicable regime.”

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Summary

The episode offers an in-depth, urgent briefing on how U.S. allies are uniting—economically, militarily, diplomatically—to contain Trump’s expansionist threats. It contextualizes the broader collapse of U.S. global influence during Trump’s resurgence, using candid language, inside information, and colorful commentary. The MeidasTouch brothers suggest Trump’s America is ever more isolated, facing coordinated pushback, and on the brink of severe economic fallout—should the world’s “trade bazooka” be deployed.

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Transcript

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One measure before an actual military fight with the United States, which Europe is now preparing for. And they will not back down. This as Donald Trump now turns his eye yet again to focus on Canada. And he's been telling everybody around him that he wants Canada, that Canada needs to be the 51st state. And he continues to mention this over and over again. As Kristen Welker reported earlier yesterday morning, Donald Trump, and this is regime media. So it's coming from Trump, folks. Donald Trump is increasingly ramping up his focus to target Canada. Donald Trump saying Canada is too vulnerable to US Adversaries and something needs to be done in Canada. Well, Prime Minister Carney has a message for you. He's considering deploying more troops to Greenland right now. And also Prime Minister Carney completed his trip to China, where he and Xi Jinping came up with a $1 trillion strategic trade alliance. Those electric vehicles from China are about to start a pouring in to Canada, which will deliver a crushing blow to the United States auto industry. And also China is going to start buying more liquefied natural gas from Canada as well as more Canadian canola and more Canadian products in general. And by the way, a recent poll that just came out from China talks about that the Boycot certain goods and services and products from the United States. Just take Booze, for example. 73 to 75% of Canadians now are boycotting American products, giving the appropriate middle finger to Donald Trump and his despicable regime. And by the way, don't you just love it when you have state regime media hosts on Fox like Laura Ingraham and others whining, you're gonna crush our industry. This is what Laura Ingraham posted. Canada is trying to destroy the North American auto industry. No, they're not. They're trying to diversify trade partnerships. It's Donald Trump who destroyed the North American auto industry, state regime, media host propagandist Laura Ingram. And by the way, over the past 2448 hours, $7 million in heroin was found on a truck trying to cross into Canada from the U.S. yet the U.S. sending more drugs into Canada than the other way around in the U.S. sending weapons, weapons into Canada and Mexico as well. I want to talk more about the bazooka trade option that Europe is talking about. I want to talk about additional emergency meetings that are going to be held at the highest levels of Europe. But I do want to share this photo with you right here. The coffins of Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan in 2007 serving in a NATO mission launched after America invoked Article 5 following the 911 attacks. Hat tip Molly Plukins for posting this right here. Denmark has lost more soldiers per capita than any country in the world after the United states invoked Article 5. After 9 11, the US is the only person who's invoked Article 5. Our allies in Canada and Europe and others rushed to our defense, especially Denmark, who lost more of its citizens than any country. All right, let's get into it a little bit more right here. Take a look right here. Orla Gelson, who lives in Nuke in Greenland after those massive protests this weekend against Donald Trump and his regime. Orla posts the following photo of some of the Danish troops who are now involved in military operations and practicing for a potential United States invasion. Soldiers at a shooting range in Greenland Shortly after the Danish army soldiers arrived in Greenland, they headed directly to the shooting range here. They had to zero in their weapons and get their first lesson lessons on how to handle their weapons in freezing temperatures, wind and snow. The soldiers will be in Greenland as part of the Arctic Endurance Exercise which will focus on defending the northern flank. A number of NATO partners have also participated in this as well. Let's take a look at a statement that was issued from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. As members of NATO, we are committed to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest. The pre coordinated Danish actors exercise Arctic Endurance conducted with allies responds to this necessity. It poses no threat to anyone. We stand in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland. Building on the process begun last week, we stand ready to engage in dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that we stand firmly behind. Now you know Donald Trump has threatened any country or pan pick certain European countries. But though if you don't support Donald Trump's invasion of Greenland, he says he's tariffing you 10% Feb1 and then starting in June another 25% tariff. And here's the joint statement says tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. We continue to stand united and coordinated in our response. We are committed to upholding our sovereignty. Now as the United States threatens tariffs here, tariffs there, you have Europe entering into a one of the biggest free trade agreements in recent history with the Mercur countries in South America, Brazil, Argentina and other 700 million consumers will be part of this free trade agreement. And again we're seeing the rest of the world expand their free trade agreements while Donald Trump wakes up in the morning, threatens to invade Greenland, threatens to invade Canada. 15% tariffs, 20% tariffs. The behavior by the Trump regime is utterly absurd. Trade bazooka. What's the trade bazooka? The European Union mulling a trade bazooka. As Donald Trump's Greenland threats continue, European Union ambassadors reached a broad agreement on January 18 that they must intensify efforts against Donald Trump and his regime. They either accelerate their trade war or they fear they will go to a real war. And they are prepared to do both. French President Emmanuel Macron floated using the trade bazooka, European Union's biggest anti coercion instrument against us. So basically, the trade bazooka, you declare a state, a coercive state, a hostile state. The original usage of trade bazooka. Europe thought they were going to have to use this against China. It's the last resort. But now they're preparing trade bazooka against the United States, meaning basically wholesale. Shut it down, close the markets to American companies. And guess what Europe holds. They're like our largest holders collectively of United States treasury bonds. Like if you add up all of the European countries together, what they hold like a total of like $8 trillion. They own like $8 trillion of bonds. Just think what they could do in a moment if they wanted to unload those bonds. Just think about what they can do and how they could screw over the entire American economy if they go nuclear with a trade bazooka, especially given the massive, massive ownership that they have of U.S. bonds. Like, this is where you want to go. Donald Trump. No wonder this idiot has gone bankrupt his entire life.

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If they gave the United States fake data, fake info, fake intelligence, if that would then be intercepted in the Russia interceptions that were done by Ukraine and France. And it turned out the Trump regime was indeed sending the fake intel that it thought was real to Russia. So France and Ukraine were using that in order to manipulate Putin and find out at the same time that Donald Trump was giving the info or the Trump regime was giving the info by Putin by giving the bad data. And then they would be able to actually find out that Russia was getting that info. But here's what we learned about in Denmark. According to an internal report from Danish Defense, Denmark's Ministry of Defense and top military leaders were increasingly concerned about reports that senior officials in the US Military have been attempting to get Danish authorities to hand over information about military installations, ports and air bases in Greenland. Officials were telling the Danish national newspaper Berlinsk experts tell officials that they should expect American espionage against Denmark, American espionage against Denmark, American espionage against Ukraine, giving the information to Putin. How utterly despicable. But let me tell you what Metta Frederickson, the prime minister of Denmark, had to say. Prime Minister Metta Frederickson said in a written response to Rizzo. The kingdom of Denmark has strong support. At the same time, it's now even clearer that this matter extends beyond our borders. Borders we want to cooperate and it's not us who are seeking conflict. I'm Pleased with the consistent message from the rest of the continent. Europe will not be pressured. Danish prime minister held the support that the European countries were giving to Denmark and Greenland and asserting themselves and stopping and pushing back forcefully against Donald Trump and the despicable regime right there. One other data point to point out as well. While all of this is taking place, China's GDP just continues to grow. Like, wasn't this whole trade war against the world and Donald Trump's demented mind part of a plan to decouple from China and hurt China? Well, that's not happening. China's economy continues to grow 5% in 2025. They've expanded their trade partners outside the U.S. it seems that everybody's trading is expanding their trade relationships other than Donald Trump and his despicable regime. And you just hear more and more and more. I mean you have Georgia Maloney, the prime minister of Italy saying how stupid it is that Donald Trump is doing this to Green. There's not a, the US Is all alone on this. And I reflect on this. Let me, let me remind you all this before we go. Do you remember last week at the United nations where you had Donald Trump's United States ambassador to the UN Try to like rally the world against Iran and to like say the US Is doing this against the Ayatollah. And by the way, I mean the ayatollah is brutal and terroristic and what the, and the killings by the Ayatollah against the protesters in Iran. It's despicable. All true. The rest of the world, when the US Was like, hey, come to our help. The rest of the world's like, no, we're not. And frankly, everywhere in the world, even Netanyahu of Israel, I might add, when you lose him, you know, but you had Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, all these countries. They were telling the United States, you can't attack Iran. Like if you attack Iran, one you're not prepared. You don't have your military there. Your military is off the coast of Venezuela. So you can shake down Delsey Rodriguez, have your right wing oligarch oil people, buy the oil, take the $500 million or billion dollars that you're getting, put it in a bank account in fricking Qatar. That is shady. And that nobody knows where the money's going. That's where your troops are. You don't even have the troops right now to attack Iran even if you wanted to do it because they're all in Venezuela as part of your money laundering or whatever you're doing with the money that you're putting in the Qatar account. By the way, you've heard about Donald Trump's Board of Peace where he's demanding countries pay him, not the United States pay Donald Trump Qatari bank account, pay Trump a billion dollars. The billion dollar goes into the Qatari bank account to be a member of the Board of Peace, which is Trump's organization that wants to rebuild Gaza is what he is. What is how they're describing it really. That's what, that's what you're going to be doing with the Board of Peace after the who else is going to be a part of that Board of Peace with the atrocities being committed there. Horrific, horrific stuff. And then the money goes to pay Donald Trump with bank accounts in Qatar. Anyway, let me know what you think Hit subscribe let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching.

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