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Ben
It gives me no joy to continue to report how Russia continues to mock the United States of America after Donald Trump won in the election. Or how Vladimir Putin keeps demonstrating his dominance over Donald Trump, quite literally having his Russian state owned TV laugh at and mock Donald Trump by continuing to show nude photos of Melania on their evening broadcast. And it continues of course with Donald Trump nominating Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence who many people in the actual intelligence community believe her to be compromised by Russia and actually working in the interest of Russia. She's made numerous posts spreading dastardly lies and conspiracies about Ukraine having bio labs to justify Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine. She talks negatively about about NATO. She praises Russia consistently. She's featured on Russian TV quite frequently for her pro Russia stance on everything. I'll just, I can show you lots of clips like this, but this was back from June of 2022. Here's Tulsi Gabbard on Russian TV being highlighted here. Play this clip. Now, Russia state TV which earlier in the week was showing those nudes of Melania while the hosts were laughing and mocking Donald Trump. This is their evening broadcast. It's like their equivalent of the Hannity show. Just to give you perspective. This is their Fox News as Fox News is basically Trump state propaganda except Russia is mocking the United States now for what it did. So here's Russian tv. This was from last and they're praising all of Donald Trump's picks and they're saying you can listen to yourself and you can see the captions where they talk about how Donald Trump continues to show his love of Vladimir Putin. I'm just going to show you a minute of it, but you're probably not going to see this anywhere else. I just want you to see how they are, how our enemies are actually viewing us right now, mocking us, laughing at us. And they just, they couldn't be happier with what Trump is doing here. Play this clip.
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Ben
Now just take a look at some of these posts by Tulsi Gabber just so you can see it for yourself. I know there's a lot of hyperbolic rhetoric out there and so I know you want to see the facts. Okay, Ben, you're saying she's compromised by Russia. What do you mean by that? Well, Tulsi Gabber tweeted that Japan was America's enemy because of Pearl Harbor. Within hours of Japan giving Ukraine alone, she goes, as we remember Japan's aggression in the Pacific, we need to ask ourselves this question, is the remilitarization of Japan, which is presently underway, truly a good idea? We need to be careful that short sighted self serving leaders do not end up bringing us again face to face with a remilitarized Japan. She said that because that was the Russia talking points when Japan gave aid to Ukraine. Here again is who Donald Trump is nominating to be the Director of National Intelligence, giving her the most highly classified of information that exists which could be turned over to Vladimir Putin. Here's what she said about Ukraine. Now this is word for word the lies and disinformation spewed by Vladimir Putin about the bio labs and why they had to invade Ukraine. Everything you're going to hear is Russian propaganda and disinformation laundered through the mouth of Tulsi Gabbard who's now the Director of National Intelligence. Here, play this.
Dad
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Now I will show you one more clip of Tulsi Gabbard right here saying that Ukraine should not be able to ever join NATO.
Dad
Play this clip Presidents Putin, Zelensky and Biden. It's time to put geopolitics aside and embrace the spirit of Aloha, respect and love for the Ukrainian people by coming to an agreement that Ukraine will be a neutral country, no military alliance with NATO or Russia, and therefore alleviate the legitimate security concerns of both US And NATO countries as well as Russia. Because there'd be no Russian or NATO troops on each other's non Baltic borders. This would allow the Ukrainian people to live in peace. Aloha.
Ben
By the way, Russia TV is again, as I mentioned before, celebrating this. You saw on tv they're celebrating this on their social media platforms as well. Another post from Tulsi Gabbard. Here she goes. This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if the Biden administration and NATO had simply acknowledged Russia's legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine's becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US NATO forces right on Russia's border. In other words, she's blaming Naito and the United States for Vladimir Putin unlawfully invading Ukraine. So straight up Russian propaganda talking point right there. I've also been covering here how what's going on behind the scenes that corporate media refuses to cover about how Vladimir Putin is showing his dominance over Donald Trump, how Russia is mocking us right now, how they're treating us like one of their satellite nations, like a weak, pathetic entity as a result of Donald Trump, not the proud, great, brave country we are that should be leading the world. So just think about this, right? Donald Trump leaks to the Washington Post earlier in the week that he spoke to Putin, right? And he says that I ordered Putin not to escalate further in Ukraine. We had a great conversation. He says that was reported by Washington Post. So in international diplomatic relations, right, if you were going to show partnership, you would acknowledge the existence of that communique taking place at a bear level and then you would follow through. You would expect Putin to say something like, we've had a conversation. We take it deeply serious if there was mutual respect. But this is how Putin dis Donald Trump. Kremlin Putin. The Kremlin dismissing D.C. kremlin dismisses reports that Trump and Putin spoke in recent days. And Putin said that any insinuation that he spoke to Donald Trump about Ukraine is, quote, pure fiction. So just saying Donald Trump is delusional. So I'm not afraid of you. I'm just going to say you're a freaking liar. And so that was a message that was sent also Putin then immediately after that so called phone call escalates, sends more troops into Ukraine, he bombs a reservoir right there, causing havoc. Clear signs of escalation in Ukraine and absolutely no signs of de escalation there as well. You know, and despite the mockery, the humiliation Putin's putting the Trumps through, they just keep begging their daddy Putin for help and saying, we're going to help you, Daddy Putin. I mean, look, you have Don Jr. Making Instagram posts saying you're 38 days from losing your allowance regarding President Zelensky. And it's a photo of Zelinsky with money flying at his face. By the way, did you catch in that Russian TV segment that I shared with you where they were like mocking the fact that and the United States of America picked a TV host to be their Secretary of Defense. You pick a guy, Peter Hegseth, zero experience, who's a Fox TV weekend host to be the Defense Secretary of the United States. Of course Russia is laughing at us and rejoicing at just the idiocracy here. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. Kristi Noem killed her dog Cricket to become the Homeland Security Director. What are we talking about here? Well, they're talking about it in Parliament in the UK and here is what Ed Davey had to say when questioning the prime minister. What the UK Is going to do. You know, now this has real world consequences in a game right now, countries in Europe who need to protect their own sovereignty because Putin is going to plan on invading the other countries next, they have to now shift and say, we can't rely on NATO, we can't rely on America as an ally. We've lost our alliance with America, with the United States of America, because America is coddling the enemy right now. So here's that moment in Parliament. Let me show you a senior advisor.
Donald Trump Jr.
To President Elect Trump. Donald Trump Jr. Has shared a post on Instagram that declares that President Zelensky will soon, within the next few weeks, lose his allowance. The Trump administration does withdraw support from our brave Ukrainian allies. Will the UK And Europe step up to fill the gap? Will he seize frozen Russian assets, not just the interest, but the assets underlying that, so we can fund a huge boost to the Ukrainian forces in their fight against Putin's war machine? Mr. Speaker, as he knows, we've been resolute and strong in our support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. And I have been speaking, as he will know, in recent weeks with other leaders about how we put Ukraine in the best and strongest possible position at this time. And I'll continue those discussions. Thank you.
Ben
By the way, here is what Elizabeth Warren, Senator Warren from Massachusetts, had to say about Tulsi Gabbard. Let's play this one.
Daniel Hill
Many things I disagree with Marco Rubio on, and I haven't decided yet about voting for him. But he is qualified. He has experience. We may have differences that would cause me to say, I don't think that he should be secretary of state. And we'll go through that. We'll listen to the hearings. I want to hear very carefully from him. But what we're talking about with people like Matt Gaetz is very different from what we're talking about with people like Marco Rubio. And we just have to keep that in mind. But do understand with Matt Gaetz, and you've already made this point, he's not the only one out there who is unqualified and who raises whole questions like Tulsi Gabbard does. You really want her to have all of the secrets of the United States States and our defense intelligence agencies when she has so clearly been in Putin's pocket? That just has to be a hard no.
Ben
And here is John Bolton, the former national security adviser to Donald Trump who said that Donald Trump is a threat to NATO, a threat to our national security. And here's what John Bolton had to say. Here, play this clip.
Dad
Tulsi Gabbard, what are your thoughts this morning?
John Bolton
Well, I thought it was the worst cabinet level appointment in history until they then heard about the Matt Gaetz appointment. Really? My reaction was that this is like the legend of Caligula, the Roman emperor who wanted to nominate his horse as a Roman consul. You had to be a Roman senator at the time to be a consul. And it was intended to show how demeaned and degraded the Roman Senate had become. So now we're going to see whether the American Senate can stand up and reject two people who are totally unqualified, unfit professionally and really lacking in the immoral characteristics, the character that you need to hold these jobs. I think this vote should be 100 to nothing against both of them.
Ben
So, folks, as I said at the outset of this video, it does not bring me joy to report that our powerful nation is being mocked by Russia, that America now looks more like Hungary, the country Viktor Orban, a satellite of Russia, than the United States of America. But that's how Russia is treating us, like a clown show right now. And frankly, the clown show has come to Washington, D.C. with Gates, Christy Noem and Tulsi Gabbard and Peter Hegseth and Fox hosts more idiotic than idiocracy. We'll report on it every day, though. We'll be by your side every step of the way, Going nowhere. Hit subscribe let's get to 4 million subscribers together. Thank you so much for watching. Love this video. Make sure you stay up to date on the latest breaking news and all things Midas by signing up to the Midas touch newsletter@midastouch.com newsletter.
The MeidasTouch Podcast Episode Summary Episode Title: Putin HUMILIATES Trump in front of ENTIRE WORLD Release Date: November 16, 2024
Introduction
In this compelling episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, hosts Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas delve deep into the escalating tensions between Russia and the United States, particularly focusing on how Russian President Vladimir Putin has been publicly humiliating former President Donald Trump. The discussion is enriched with insightful analysis, evidence from various media clips, and expert opinions, providing listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the geopolitical dynamics at play.
Russia's Mockery of the United States
Ben opens the episode by expressing his frustration over Russia's continued mockery of the United States following Trump's election victory. He highlights how Russian state-owned media outlets have been ridiculing Trump by airing compromising content, such as nude photos of Melania Trump, during their evening broadcasts. Ben emphasizes the significance of these actions as Russia's way of undermining American leadership and projecting dominance on the global stage.
Notable Quote:
"It gives me no joy to continue to report how Russia continues to mock the United States of America after Donald Trump won in the election." — Ben [02:03]
Tulsi Gabbard's Nomination and Alleged Russian Ties
A significant portion of the discussion centers around Donald Trump's nomination of Tulsi Gabbard for the position of Director of National Intelligence. Ben raises serious concerns about Gabbard's loyalty and integrity, citing her frequent appearances on Russian television and her seemingly pro-Russian stances on critical issues.
Evidence Presented:
Pro-Russian Statements: Ben cites Gabbard’s tweets criticizing Japan’s aid to Ukraine and questioning the remilitarization of Japan, aligning with Russian propaganda.
Notable Quote:
"She said that because that was the Russia talking points when Japan gave aid to Ukraine." — Ben [05:43]
Media Clips: Ben plays clips from Russian TV showing Gabbard praising Russian policies and mocking NATO's actions, suggesting a deliberate attempt to undermine U.S. interests.
Congressional Concerns: The episode references statements from UK Parliament members expressing unease over U.S. political appointments, indicating a loss of trust in American alliances due to these nominations.
Notable Quote:
"She's made numerous posts spreading dastardly lies and conspiracies about Ukraine having bio labs to justify Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine." — Ben [02:03]
Critical Perspectives from Political Figures
The podcast features critical opinions from prominent political figures regarding Tulsi Gabbard's nomination:
Elizabeth Warren’s Stance: Senator Elizabeth Warren openly criticizes Gabbard, questioning her qualifications and loyalty, and labeling her alignment with Russian interests as a significant red flag.
Notable Quote:
"You really want her to have all of the secrets of the United States States and our defense intelligence agencies when she has so clearly been in Putin's pocket? That just has to be a hard no." — Elizabeth Warren [17:56]
John Bolton’s Condemnation: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton vehemently opposes Gabbard's appointment, comparing it to historical figures lacking legitimacy and emphasizing the need for qualified individuals in crucial positions.
Notable Quote:
"This vote should be 100 to nothing against both of them." — John Bolton [19:06]
Implications for NATO and Global Security
Ben discusses the broader implications of these political appointments on international alliances, particularly NATO. He argues that the U.S. is inadvertently signaling weakness, leading European allies to question the reliability of American support. This perceived vulnerability may embolden adversaries like Russia to further destabilize global peace.
Notable Quote:
"We've lost our alliance with America, with the United States of America, because America is coddling the enemy right now." — Ben [15:00] (Approximate timestamp based on transcript)
Corporate Media’s Role and Suppression of Critical Narratives
Ben criticizes corporate media for ignoring significant developments that demonstrate Russia's strategies to undermine the U.S. He accuses mainstream outlets of neglecting to report on Putin's strategic dominance and the escalating threats posed by Russian aggression.
Notable Quote:
"What's going on behind the scenes that corporate media refuses to cover about how Vladimir Putin is showing his dominance over Donald Trump..." — Ben [08:00] (Approximate timestamp)
Call to Action and Conclusion
In wrapping up the episode, Ben urges listeners to stay informed and vigilant, emphasizing the importance of supporting democratic values against foreign interference. He calls for subscribers to join the MeidasTouch community to continue receiving updates and analyses on these critical issues.
Notable Quote:
"We'll report on it every day, though. We'll be by your side every step of the way, Going nowhere. Hit subscribe let's get to 4 million subscribers together." — Ben [20:02]
Conclusion
This episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast offers a thorough examination of the strained relationship between Russia and the United States, highlighting the potential threats posed by questionable political appointments and the broader implications for global security. Through a mix of factual evidence, expert opinions, and strategic analysis, the Meiselas brothers provide listeners with a nuanced perspective on contemporary geopolitical challenges.
Key Takeaways:
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