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Kaley Cuoco
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Kaley Cuoco
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Donald Trump
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Kaley Cuoco
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Donald Trump
No, I have no concern. He's very, he's a very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that they were going to do it. I don't really follow that too much. It's, it's sort of a witch hunt. Just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama. Absol. Absolutely cold. Tulsi Gabbard. What they did to this country in 2016, starting in 2016, but going up all the way, going up to 2020 in the election. They tried to rig the election and they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that.
Kaley Cuoco
You should be focused on Obama. During this press conference, Donald Trump then tries to say that he's got all of this evidence. He goes, even more than just evidence on Obama. We, we're going after him. We're going to go after my political enemies. That's what Trump is saying in front of the president of the Philippines. I'll get to that in a moment. But here, Donald Trump attacks the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, in front of the president of the Philippines. And Donald Trump says, you know, Jerome Powell, he has these think tanks. They build buildings for people who think in their tanks. Does Donald Trump think that a think tank is actually something that builds tanks? What is he talking about here? Oh, and then Donald Trump says that Jerome Powell should raise the interest rates. I think you mean lower. But okay, it's just a bunch of cognitive mush. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
And you know, he has these think tanks and they build, they build buildings for people that think. And it's really not thinking. It's a little bit of combination of thinking, but it's, it's something you sort of have or you don't have. They don't. This, this, the job he's done is just terrible. He ought to raise interest rates. You know, we would.
Kaley Cuoco
So then Donald Trump talks about how he goes, we've found absolute evidence, even something that's better than evidence regarding Obama. We're going to get all this out. Watch what he says here. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
But what we found is even more so that we found absolute. This isn't like evidence or that this is like proof, irrefutable proof that Obama was sadatious that Obama led, was trying to lead a coup and it was with Hillary Clinton, with all these other people. But Obama headed it up. And you know, I get a kick when I hear everyone talks about people I never even heard of. It was this one. No, no, it was Obama. He headed it up. And it says so right in the papers. Got everything. Got everything. This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country. And it really goes on to even the auto pen because it all relates to the same thing. It all started the same sick minds. You have an auto pen, which is a tremendous. Well, we don't have a president. We have an auto. Pe. Signs everything. I'll bet you sign everything. You don't have what I'm doing.
Kaley Cuoco
He goes, you already said. He goes. It's sedatious. The behavior is sedatious. Then Donald Trump is asked if he supports the Department of Justice seeking to interview Ghislaine Maxwell before she is subpoenaed by Congress. And Donald Trump's like, I know nothing about that. Sure, Donald, you think we don't know that you were the one who ordered. He goes, I know nothing about it, but I think that I would be okay with that. What a liar. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Do you support the Justice Department seeking a new interview with Elaine Maxwell? George? I don't know anything about it. They're going to what, meet her? They're going to.
Kaley Cuoco
Your deputy Attorney general is reached out.
Donald Trump
To Delaney, Maxwell's attorney, asking for a new interview. Yeah, I don't know about it, but I think it's something that would be. Sounds appropriate to do. You deputy Attorney general is your former attorney would be conducting the interview? No, I have no concern. He's very, he's a very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that they were going to do it. I don't really follow that too much. It's. It's sort of a witch hunt.
Kaley Cuoco
And as you saw, maybe in the earlier report I did. The Department of Justice, Pam Bondi and Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, who is the number two at the Department of Justice, they're now saying they're going to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell right away and see what she knows. Now, this follows the Trump regime ordering thousands of FBI agents to go through The Epstein files, 300 gigabytes to flag every time that Trump's name was mentioned. Donald Trump, from this disastrous Oval Office appearance here, he says, we're going to go after Obama. I don't care what they've done to me, whether it's right or I'm going after them. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
But going up all the way, going up to 2020 and the election, they tried to rig the election and they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that. You know, when we caught Hillary Clinton, I said, you know what, let's not, let's not go too far here. It's the ex wife of a president, and I thought it was sort of terrible and I let her off the hook and I'm very happy I did. But it's time to start after what they did to me and whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Obama's been caught directly. So people say, oh, you know, a group. It's not a group, it's Obama. His orders are on the paper. The papers are signed. The papers came right out of their office. They sent everything to be highly classified. Well, the highly classified has been released. And what they did in 2016 and in 2020 is very criminal. It's criminal at the highest level. So that's really the things you should be talking about. I know nothing about the other, but I think it's appropriate that they do go.
Kaley Cuoco
More attacks on Hillary Clinton here. I mean, do you see how obviously terrified he is of the Epstein files? He's getting desperate right now. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
But that was a big thing. No, no, we caught Hillary Clinton. We caught Barack Hussein Obama. They're the ones. And then you have many, many people under them. Susan Rice. They're all there. The names are all there. And I guess they figured they're going to put this in classified information and nobody will ever see it again. But it doesn't work that way. And it's the most unbelievable thing I think I've ever read. So you ought to take a look at that and stop talking about nonsense, because this is big stuff. Never has a thing like this happened in the history of our country. And by the way, it morphed into the 2020 race. And the 2020 race was rigged. And it was. It was a rigged election. And because it was rigged, we have millions of people in our country. We have. We had inflation. We solved the inflation problem. But millions and millions of people came into our country because of that.
Kaley Cuoco
Then Trump declares Obama guilty of treason. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
It wasn't lots of people all over the place. It was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? And except for the fact that he Gets shielded by the press for his entire life. That's the one. They look, he's guilty. It's not a question. You know, I like to say, let's give it time. It's there. He's guilty. They this was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody's ever even imagined. Even in other countries, you've seen some pretty rough countries. This man has seen some pretty rough countries, but you've never seen anything like that. And we have all of the documents and from what Tulsi told me, she's got thousands of additional documents coming. So President Obama, it was his concept, his idea, but he also got it from crooked Hillary Clinton. Crooked is a three dollar bill.
Kaley Cuoco
Okay? If you think he's guilty, then arrest him. Then do it. Then do it. And if that's what you want to do, if you're going to lie about him, then just do it already. And stop the whining and stop the complaining and stop the distraction and release the Epstein file so that people can see it. Oh, then Donald Trump attacks Democratic Senator Adam Schiff. Let's play it.
Donald Trump
One more thing on Adam Schiff.
Kaley Cuoco
Director Pulte reports that Adam Schiff claims he lived in a one bedroom apartment. How does a family of four.
Donald Trump
You're a developer, very successful developer.
Kaley Cuoco
How does a family of four live in a one bedroom apartment?
Donald Trump
No, it looks like Adam Schiff really did a bad thing. They have them now. Let's see what happens. It's not up to me. It's not up to. I stay out of it purposely. But it's mortgage loan fraud. It's a big deal. He defrauded banks and insurance companies in the federal government. But it's very simple. It's mortgage loan fraud. And you're right, that's a lot of people to live in a one bedroom apartment. Right. But he put it down. But he has a lot of other things far worse than that. So no Adam Schiff. They have him 100% on mortgage fraud. Now if there's anybody else in this room except you, you would have no problem. But anybody else in this room, you'd have a problem. I'd have a problem? Yeah.
Kaley Cuoco
Please. Then he calls Jerome Powell a numbskull. Let's play it.
Donald Trump
You know what? People aren't able to buy a house because this guy is a numbskull. He keeps the rates too high and probably doing it for political reasons. The only time I remember him cutting rates. I mean, he cut the rates just before the election to try and help Kamala or whoever he was trying to help. He probably didn't know. And he's building a building. He's $2.7 billion. They have a $900 million overrun. What is it? And that was given by Biden. That was another Biden deal. And this guy is building this building that's severely overrun. And what does he need the building for? Why does he need. He needs space for more people.
Kaley Cuoco
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Donald Trump
A great family, great family legacy and highly respected in this country. I know that because I have many friends in the Philippines and there's great respect, or I couldn't say it. So congratulations. We're going to be talking.
Kaley Cuoco
Then Donald Trump announces that, I guess, why is the president of Philippines there? Donald Trump goes, we're very close to finishing a trade deal. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
It's an honor to have you. We're going to talk about trade today. And we're very close to finishing a trade deal, big trade deal, actually. And we do a lot of business with you. It's a lot of, it's a lot of interest income coming in for both, for both groups. But I was surprised to see the kind of numbers. They're very big.
Kaley Cuoco
And then Donald Trump announces the trade deal. So the tariffs against the Philippines were at 20%. And now Donald Trump has agreed to tariff the Philippines at 19%. The Philippines will have no tariffs against the United States, meaning the Philippines people won't be taxed for purchasing American goods. But on the other hand, America is going to tax America now to get goods from the Philippines. Great work. Now you think all of a sudden the people in the Philippines are going to be like, great, now we're just going to buy everything from, from America. Let's, with all of our wealth over here, let's buy all American things. What are you talking about? Donald Trump over here. This is where he says that Jerome Powell should raise interest rates, but I think he meant lower interest rates. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
He ought to raise interest rates. You know, we would, we should be at 1%. We should be leading the world.
Kaley Cuoco
And then Donald Trump says that Democrats hate our country. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
I don't understand why they would have allowed that. There's only two reasons to vote. They want voters. It's one reason. I don't think they would have done it for that, because they cheat. You know, they're so good at cheating. They don't need that, but the vote. And the second reason is they hate our country. I think they hate our country. Actually do. And it's the biggest problem. I mean, much of our time is spent with, you know, we create. We, we have the strong, strongest border anywhere in the world now, maybe even stronger than your border, if you can believe it. We have no people came in last month, zero, which is pretty amazing. I'm not even sure I can believe that. But liberals are the ones that do that calculation. So. But we had no people come in a year ago. We had hundreds of thousands of people come in. Hundreds of thousands of people. And they flowed in. And if it wasn't for the election, it would have been millions of people came in last year. So millions of people prior to election time, they allowed millions and millions of people to come into our.
Kaley Cuoco
What a completely bizarre and unhinged press conference that was again, attacking former President Obama, attacking Hillary Clinton. I mean, it's very clear that Donald Trump is distracting from the release of the Epstein list. In the Epstein file, over and over again, we see Donald Trump just, just, you know, looking terrified here and again in front of the president of the Philippines. And congrats. Now the rest of the world knows that if you basically show up and do everything that Trump wants, he'll maybe lower the tariffs by just one person, by by 1%. So I can't do a deal with this idiot. Hit subscribe let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas plus substack for ad. Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from all Ron Filipowski and more. Sign up for free now@midasplus.com this is.
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Kaley Cuoco
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Donald Trump
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Kaley Cuoco
We'll see you there.
The MeidasTouch Podcast: "Trump Blows Up on Live TV in Front of Philippines Prez"
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Episode Focus: Analysis of Donald Trump's tumultuous press conference in front of Philippine President Ferdinand "Bong Bong" Marcos Jr.
In this episode, the Meiselas brothers delve into a particularly explosive press conference featuring former President Donald Trump and Philippine President Ferdinand "Bong Bong" Marcos Jr. The event has garnered significant attention due to Trump's aggressive demeanor and numerous controversial statements.
One of the primary focuses of Trump's press conference was his vehement attack against former President Barack Obama. Trump labeled Obama's actions as "sedatious" and accused him of orchestrating a coup, stating:
Trump claims to have "absolute proof" of Obama's misconduct, branding it as "treason" and alleging election rigging from 2016 through 2020.
Expanding his accusations, Trump implicated Hillary Clinton alongside Obama, suggesting a coordinated effort to undermine his presidency:
Trump didn't spare economic institutions, specifically targeting Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. He questioned Powell's competence in managing interest rates, stating:
Trump suggested that Powell's policies are detrimental to the American economy, emphasizing the negative impact on housing affordability.
Continuing his barrage, Trump pointed fingers at Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, accusing him of mortgage loan fraud:
Trump's claims aim to discredit Schiff's integrity and legislative actions.
Addressing the highly sensitive topic of Jeffrey Epstein, Trump appeared evasive and defensive when questioned about the Department of Justice's intentions to interview Ghislaine Maxwell:
Despite his denial, the context suggests Trump's anxiety over potential revelations linking him to Epstein.
Amidst the contentious remarks, Trump touched upon economic relations with the Philippines. He announced a minor adjustment in tariffs, reducing them from 20% to 19%, and declared that the Philippines would no longer face tariffs when purchasing American goods:
However, he noted that American goods from the Philippines would continue to incur tariffs, a decision that sparked skepticism about its efficacy and long-term benefits.
Trump expressed strong anti-Democratic sentiments, linking them to immigration issues. He argued that Democrats harbor animosity toward the country, which he identifies as their primary motivation:
He contrasted this with his administration's efforts to build a robust border, claiming unprecedented success in reducing illegal immigration.
Throughout the episode, the Meiselas brothers provide critical analysis of Trump's statements. They highlight the pattern of blame-shifting, where Trump deflects responsibility for national issues by targeting former allies and adversaries alike. The hosts emphasize Trump's attempts to distract from the Epstein investigation by focusing on unrelated political figures and economic policies.
They also scrutinize the trade deal announcement, questioning its practical benefits and Trump's strategic motives behind such incremental changes. The brothers express skepticism about Trump's ability to deliver substantial economic improvements, given his track record of making grandiose yet often unfulfilled promises.
The episode underscores the chaotic nature of Trump's press conference, marked by baseless allegations and erratic behavior. The MeidasTouch Network cautions listeners to critically evaluate Trump's statements, recognizing them as part of a broader strategy to undermine opponents and avoid accountability.
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