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That was Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at the Mexico Independence Day celebration. Now, furious world leaders like you saw there with Claudia Sheinbaum strongly asserting their sovereignty, their strength, their power against a very weak and sickly Donald Trump and pathetic Trump regime. I want to show you now how furious King Charles the Third lure Donald Trump in for a trap as part of Donald Trump's visit to the United Kingdom. Now, King Charles knows how Donald Trump is so pathetically wanting to be a king and how he is in awe of the pomp and circumstance of the royal family. So here's what King Charles did as well. Then I want to talk about Mexico and Canada having a huge meeting tomorrow. I want to talk about Zelinsky. I want to talk more about Europe. I want to talk about a poll, by the way, that shows that many countries now view the United States as the biggest threat to them. And I'm talking about, like United States, former allies or allies making that. But first, watch this brilliant trap by King Charles. So he brings Trump over the pomp and circumstance. He's got the flyover, Windsor Castle, the golden carriage. By the way, Donald Trump's hand was literally rotting while it was there. It looked worse than ever. I've described it as looking like Donald Trump has put his hand into a piranha tank. But after luring Donald Trump in and making Trump dress up in, you know, the white suit suit and all the all that white tie suit, here's what King Charles did. Boom. In his speech, he looks at Donald Trump, he talks about World War I and World War II and the US and the UK's historic relationship there. And then in front of the world, King Charles brings up Ukraine and says, this is why we're uniting to defeat Russia, to defeat the forces of tyranny. As you have Donald Trump kind of sitting there like, look at his face. Zoo in on Trump's face right here, if you can, with the Still. And then King Charles is like, and here is why we defend Ukraine. That's what this whole setup was for. Watch it go down in real time. Here, play this clip.
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Our countries have the closest defense, security, and intelligence relationship ever known.
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In two world wars, we fought together.
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To defeat the forces of tyranny.
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Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe.
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We and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine to deter aggression and secure peace.
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All right, now back to Mexico for a moment. So today you have Prime Minister Carney of Canada meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. They are signing a strategic part and they are going to unite their positions as well, ahead of the Kuzma review, the Canada United States Mexico agreement review. Remember, there was NAFTA in the 90s. Then Trump slightly changed it during his first regime and called it USMCA or kuzma. It's very much like nafta, but with a few additions. And then Donald Trump, when he came in power, his regime this time basically ripped Kuzma to shreds, although he paused the tariffs on Kuzma related items. But it was always believed that Donald Trump was going to attack his own deal, rip his own deal, because Trump breaches contracts and screw over Canada and Mexico as he has done. So we have this big meeting right now between Carney and Claudia Sheinbaum, and they are planning how they're standing up against the Trump regime, uniting their positions while Donald Trump is out there saying, mexico does what we tell them, Canada does what we tell them. They obey. They submit to me. No, they don't, Donald. The world is laughing at you, you vile piece of trash. Here, play this clip.
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Now, they know it meant a lot. And Mexico does what we tell them to do and Canada does what we tell them to do. Because we had the two borders. We have the northern border, southern border. And they were both horrible. But now it's, it's. Some people say it's a miracle.
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Now, take a look right here at this chart right here. Pew Research released this in the past week. Most people in Mexico and Canada now say the United States is their country's greatest threat. So if you look at comparisons of United States, Russia, and China In Mexico, 68% say US is the biggest threat to Mexico. Only 6% say Russia. 5% say China. In Canada, 59% say US is the biggest threat. 11% say Russia. 17% say China. In Indonesia, 40% say the U.S. is their biggest threat. 3% say Russia. 19% say China. In South Africa, 35% of the population say America is their biggest threat 19% say Russia 13% say China. In Brazil, 29% say US is THE biggest threat. Russia 12% China 15% Argentina Interesting 24% U.S. russia 13% China 13% so amongst Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina, US is their biggest threat. US is tied for the top threat in Spain and Kenya between Russia and Spain. And then you look at other countries. In Australia, you have China is their top threat, but 20% still say US is their biggest threat. In Japan, 18% say US is the biggest threat, 53% say China. Interesting data right there.
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The Mayor of Las Vegas begging Mexico and Canada to resume tourism to Vegas. Vegas is getting crushed right now. I think Vegas is in a great recession Perhaps even already in a depression. So all those people who thought that they were getting no tax on tips are finding out they're not really getting tips anymore because their income is all the way down as a result of Trump's policies, his trade war against the world, his disastrous tariffs. So, Donald, when you say Mexico does what we tell them, I just want to show you again, for the first time in Mexico's history, you're going to have a woman hosting the Independence Day Day event. President Claudia Scheinbaum marked the 215th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. Let's take a look at this portion right here as well.
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By the way, I think Democratic Congressmember Moskowitz puts it really smart here where he goes, maybe, Donald, you want to treat Russia like you're treating Washington, D.C. or Canada or our allies. Maybe if you treat Russia, just treat Russia like them. Here, play this clip.
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What would you, what would you hope the president would do to place some pressure on Vladimir Putin so Lavrov doesn't feel free and Putin don't feel free to continue thumbing their nose at America?
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Well, by the way, I don't need to tell the president how to do this at all, actually. He's fully capable. I mean, maybe just treat them like you're treating Washington, D.C. or how you treated Greenland when you came into office or how you treated Canada when you came into office. Like, where is that President Trump with the Russians? It seems like he's tougher on these other things. He's tougher on Chicago than he is dealing with Putin. So maybe just take that attitude. He's got all of the tools the president does. He has the ability to do those sanctions. He can let the Senate move forward. He can send weapons to Ukraine. You know, he can really squeeze them from an economic standpoint. So the president has the tools. He just has to be willing to use them.
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Now, let me share this with you as well. This is from President Zelensky right here. Powerful post that he made about security guarantees. He goes, when we speak about security guarantees for Ukraine, there are several key elements. First, the Ukrainian army. We already agreed on what we need in the sky, at sea and on the ground. Our partners now understand the scale of these needs. But the important thing is that we are on the same page and they are ready to deliver. Second, the strength and size of the Ukrainian army itself. We know exactly what it has to be. And this requires significant funding. This is why financial support from our partners is crucial. Third, Article 5 like guarantees, we are discussing discussing this with the US and I believe we will reach bilateral decisions and finally sanctions in case Russia decides to repeat aggression again, as well as reconstruction, including the use of frozen Russian assets. To give an example, the cost of this war today is about $120 billion per year. Ukraine covers half of it from its own budget. The other half, 60 billion, must be secured. Plan A is to end the war. Plan B is to secure the cost. I think that's really said very smart. And I'm a data, I'm a data guy. So you give me the info and the data and the plan. That's what I respond to. Zelensky also goes. Russia prepared offensive operations along four main axis this year. Sumy, Novavlakia, Prosk and Zaprizia. The Sumy operation has already failed. Russia suffered heavy losses, especially in manpower, and has redeployed forces to other fronts. Ukrainian armed forces inflicted even greater losses on them there. I think we might name the exact area in the next two days. As a result, Russia is left with two operations, but it has lost so much manpower that it cannot deliver strong additional actions in the above mentioned directions. I believe that as of now, they lack the strength for large scale offensives. Now I want to show you also, as Donald Trump was kind of lured into this brilliant trap by King Charles. You see him right here again in the golden carriage again, him looking deeply, deeply sickly over there. Um, here was what Donald Trump said about being at Windsor Castle. And Trump pretended that he was the first president of the United States to ever be at the UK and Windsor Castle, which is utterly ridiculous. But okay, you know, King Charles's view is, all right, Donald, believe that. I'm gonna put you right there next to me and frickin shame you on Ukraine. Here, play this clip.
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It's a singular privilege to be the first American president welcomed here. And the, if you think about it, they said it's a lot of presidents and this was the second state visit and that's the first and maybe that's going to be the last time. I hope it is, actually. But this is truly one of the highest honors of my life. Such respect for you and such respect for your country.
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And so all the other stuff that you saw, like Trump inspecting the guard of honor with King Charles. I don't like seeing a sexual abuser, a felon, a bankrupter, a putrid human being there in the UK on our taxpayer dime, on the UK taxpayer dime. But I did want to show you what the plan was. So here he is inspecting the Guard of honor. Play this clip. Here's the Royal Air Force Red Arrows. Play this clip. And so to me, all of that was a way to help Zelensky more than anything. But then do you see how forceful Mexico, Canada, you see what's going on, right? Like you, you, you see it, huh? I wish more of corporate media in America would talk about it. This is big deal. The world order shifting folks. It's a changing and the US Weakling. Weak pathetic Trumpy like he's done with his businesses. A lot going on Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million.
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Episode: Furious World Leaders Rip Trump to Shreds in Public Shaming
Date: September 18, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
In this episode, the Meiselas brothers dive deep into a series of high-profile diplomatic rebukes of Donald Trump, examining how world leaders—from the UK to Mexico and Canada—are responding to Trump’s rhetoric and policies. The brothers analyze recent global polls showing declining international trust in the US, discuss public statements by leaders like King Charles III and President Claudia Sheinbaum, and cover strategic realignments among key allies. As always, the brothers mix sharp political commentary with their signature banter and humor, all with a focus on defending democracy.
[00:48-03:46]
King Charles III's "Trap" for Trump:
Trump’s Weak Response:
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Canada-Mexico Summit:
Trump’s Boastful Clip:
[05:30–07:10]
[08:57–10:08]
Economic Backlash:
Historic Moment for Mexico:
[10:57–12:16]
[12:16–15:01]
Direct Message from Zelensky:
Hosts’ Take:
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Trump’s Claim of Unique Honor Debunked:
Ben’s Summary:
King Charles III (on Ukraine):
“Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine to deter aggression and secure peace.” [03:37]
Congressmember Moskowitz (on Trump and Russia):
“Maybe just treat them like you’re treating Washington, D.C. ... He’s tougher on Chicago than he is dealing with Putin.” [11:32]
President Zelensky:
“Plan A is to end the war. Plan B is to secure the cost.” [13:10]
Ben (on Trump’s global standing):
“The world is laughing at you, you vile piece of trash.” [05:02]
This episode is a rapid-fire, detail-rich takedown of Trump’s international failures and the shifting global power dynamic. The Meiselas brothers use recent events, global polling, and direct quotes from world leaders to showcase how Trump's presence and policies have spurred a rare unity against him, not just among US adversaries but its closest allies. Global skepticism toward US leadership is at a high, and the episode ends on the urgent point that America’s standing—and democracy itself—hangs in the balance.