Trump Glitches Out in Public as His Life Falls Apart

Summary

The MeidasTouch Podcast: "Trump Glitches Out in Public as His Life Falls Apart" – March 12, 2025

In this episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, the Meiselas brothers—Ben, Brett, and Jordy—delve into former President Donald Trump's recent public appearances and the broader implications of his actions on the U.S. economy and political landscape. The discussion is a blend of sharp political analysis, brotherly banter, and a steadfast commitment to democracy, characteristic of the podcast’s unique style.

1. Trump's Public Behavior and Economic Impact

Ben Meiselas opens the episode by highlighting Trump's recent antics, particularly his involvement in what appears to be a product placement for Tesla vehicles at the White House. Ben remarks at [01:28],

“Donald Trump was selling Teslas at the White House. But if you zoom in right there, he literally has the Tesla pricing for a full self-driving vehicle, the Model X.”

This orchestrated display is criticized as Trump seemingly prioritizes personal gain over the nation's economic well-being. Ben further accuses Trump of undermining Americans' financial security through erratic tariff policies that jeopardize pensions and 401(k)s.

A pivotal moment in the discussion centers around a clip of Trump speaking about Ukraine at [03:41]. Trump praises colleagues like Marco Rubio and Steve Wyckoff but then abruptly shifts to ominous remarks, stuttering into saying:

“By far, number one is death are people that aren't citizens of our country…”

Ben uses this as an example of Trump's unstable rhetoric and inability to maintain coherent communication, especially regarding critical issues like national security and economic policies.

2. Contrasting Trump's Policies with Biden’s Administration

The brothers draw a sharp contrast between Trump's handling of the economy and the current administration led by President Biden. Ben points out that under Biden, significant strides have been made:

• Inflation has been reduced to 2%.
• Interest rates are declining.
• GDP growth and employment rates have reached record highs.
• Legislation like the Infrastructure Act, Inflation Reduction Act, PACT Act, and CHIPS Act have been successfully implemented.

In juxtaposition, Ben criticizes Trump for his unfulfilled campaign promises to "fix everything," labeling them as unrealistic and unfounded.

At [06:34], Trump is quoted saying:

“So when I win, I will immediately bring prices down. Starting on day one, we will end Kamala's war on American energy. And we will drill, baby, drill.”

Ben counters this with factual evidence, referencing Wall Street Journal and Axios articles that highlighted robust economic forecasts prior to Trump’s tariff policies. He cites a recent Atlanta Federal Reserve prediction of a potential recession and even a depression, attributing this downturn directly to Trump's economic strategies:

“...we now expect negative 2.8 to negative 3% GDP contraction, meaning we're headed towards a great Recession and even potentially a depression right now because of what Trump's doing.”

3. MAGA Republicans and Government Defunding

The podcast shifts focus to the actions of MAGA Republicans, particularly their recent passage of a continuing resolution aimed at defunding the government. Ben explains at [07:23]:

“The MAGA Republicans passed their continuing resolution that they say is gonna fund the government, but it's really to defund the government. I think they're zeroing out, like, 22 programs.”

Key areas being defunded include:

• Veterans Affairs
• Education
• Law Enforcement
• Children's Healthcare

Ben criticizes these moves as harmful to working-class families while benefiting the wealthy, including figures like Elon Musk. He emphasizes the cruelty and disregard for essential services inherent in these legislative actions.

4. Disrespect in Congress and Advocacy for Decency

A significant portion of the episode addresses the disrespect shown by MAGA Republicans towards Democratic Congresswoman McBride during a recent committee hearing. Ben narrates the incident starting at [10:50], where a congressmember repeatedly misgenders Congresswoman McBride as "Mr. McBride." The exchange culminates with Ben praising Democratic Congressmember Keating for standing up to the disrespect:

“Mr. Chairman, you are out of order. Mr. Chairman, have you no decency?”

Ben uses this incident to highlight the broader issue of bullying and disrespect within the political arena, advocating for empathy and support for marginalized communities:

“As I was always taught by my family, by my parents, they were like, ben, you know what a man does? This is what they told me. You stand up for people who are being bullied. You stand up for marginalized communities. You show empathy. That's strength.”

5. The Role of Media and Propaganda

Throughout the episode, there is a critical examination of the media's role in perpetuating Trump's narrative. Ben asserts that Trump’s propaganda machine is misleading the public by spotlighting his own economic achievements while obscuring the detrimental effects of his policies. He urges listeners to seek out reliable information sources to counteract this misinformation:

“That's why it's important to get out the information. That's why it's important to get out the truth. That's why it's important to defeat this propaganda machine.”

6. Closing Remarks and Call to Action

In his concluding remarks, Ben emphasizes the urgency of countering the negative impacts of Trump and MAGA Republicans on the nation's economy and democratic institutions. He calls on listeners to stay informed and actively participate in safeguarding democracy:

“It's ridiculous stuff. Enough of that crap. You've got people like this MAGA Republican Congressmember Brandon Gill... It's actually doing things. But Donald Trump said he was going to fix everything.”

The episode closes with a reminder of the importance of maintaining decency and empathy in politics, reinforcing the podcast's mission to support democracy through informed discussion and critical analysis.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Ben Meiselas [01:28]:

  “zoom in on Donald Trump's notes right there as the market is crashing...”

• Donald Trump [05:09]:

  “Biden gave us a horrible economy, he gave us horrible inflation...”

• Congressmember McBride [11:21]:

  “Mr. Chairman, you are out of order. Mr. Chairman, have you no decency?”

• Ben Meiselas [07:23]:

  “They hate Washington D.C. police and education getting totally taken away...”

Conclusion

This episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast provides a thorough critique of Donald Trump's recent public behavior and economic policies, juxtaposed against the accomplishments of the Biden administration. The Meiselas brothers articulate a clear stance against the actions of MAGA Republicans, emphasizing the importance of empathy, decency, and informed citizenship in preserving democracy. Through detailed analysis, factual rebuttals, and poignant commentary, the podcast serves as a compelling resource for listeners seeking to understand the current political climate and its ramifications on American society.

Transcript

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[Ben]

Yeah, zoom in on Donald Trump's notes right there as the market is crashing. Donald Trump was selling Teslas at the White House. But if you zoom in right there, he literally has the Tesla pricing for a full self driving vehicle, the Model X, the ct. He's out there doing product placement for Tesla as people's pensions, retirements, 401ks are getting absolutely destroyed by Donald Trump's erratic tariff threats and tariff wars that he then pulls back and then threatens again and threatens annexation. Here's what Donald Trump was doing yesterday. He was sitting in a Tesla and he was just shocked at the way a car looked. Um, because he's hasn't driven a car in a long time and he doesn't know how to drive. Here's what we posted on the Midas touch social media accounts. Americans, we'd like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs around and not lose our retired savings. Donald Trump. The best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on earth and we're supposed to feel bad for Elon Musk as he and Donald Trump are firing our veterans attacking 9, 11 first responders sending groups of 19 to 25 year olds to get our private data, our medical records, our Social Security information, our tax records. We're supposed to feel bad for the guy who said he wants to inflict suffering on us while he enriches himself to the tune of billions of dollars? So when Trump and Musk were outside of the White House, Trump was. I want you to watch this moment. I don't think you've seen this clip before. You may have, but. So Trump is talking about Ukraine and he says, Marco Rubio, Steve Wyckoff, Michael Waltz, he's making names. And he goes, they want to see two things happen. And then he, like, loses it. He, like freezes. And then he goes, death. They want death, huh? And then he goes, I'm surprised that people who live in the country are people. What's he talking about here?

[Donald Trump]

People have done a great job. Marco Rubio's been great, Steve Witkoff's been great, Michael Waltz, They've all, every one of them, they've really stepped up. They are into it. They want to see, they want to see two things. By far, number one is death are people that aren't citizens of our country, but they're people just like you.

[Ben]

So then he talks about how he doesn't know how to drive and that he's never driven a vehicle in a long time.

[Donald Trump]

So I just wanted to make a statement. I'm going to buy one.

[Midas Touch Host]

Now.

[Donald Trump]

Here's the bad news. I'm not allowed to drive because I haven't driven a car in a long time. And I love to drive cars, but I'm going to have it at the White House and I'm going to let my staff use it.

[Ben]

All right, that's Mr. Alpha right there. Right? As a kid, can't drive a car, you know who was able to drive a car? Former President Biden. Here, take a look at this clip. When former President Biden was around. Play this clip. Sorry, I had to be slightly. I don't think it's that petty. I had to show you that clip. So then Donald Trump was asked, do you think that your tariff policies are causing economic harm and hurting people this week? Trump goes, nah, Biden's fault. Biden.

[Trump Supporter]

Mr. President, you mentioned the ups and downs in the stock market. You said, it'll go up, it'll go down. But do you and your tariff policies right now bear any responsibility for the turmoil we're seeing this week?

[Donald Trump]

Biden gave us a horrible economy, he gave us horrible inflation. And I think the market was going to go very, very bad. If anything, I have a lot of very smart people, friends of mine and great businessmen. They're now investing because of what I'm doing. Because long term, what I'm doing is making our country strong again. Financially strong, militarily strong and strong. If we want to get away, remember this, we have wars. When I left, we had no wars. We didn't have Ukraine and Russia. We didn't have October 7th. We didn't have that disaster that took place with the withdrawal from Afghanistan. And you look at what's happened there.

[Ben]

Just want to come with receipts when I do these videos because here's what Donald Trump previously promised during the campaign where he said on day one, he was going to fix everything. Like a miracle, he would get everything done. Even though with former President Biden, inflation was going down to 2%, interest rates were coming down, GDP growth was up, unemployment was down to record levels, job growth was at record levels, Infrastructure Act, Inflation Reduction Act, PACT Act, CHIPS Act. It's actually doing things. But Donald Trump said he was going to fix everything.

[Donald Trump]

So when I win, I will immediately bring prices down. Starting on day one, we will end Kamala's war on American energy. And we will drill, baby, drill. We're going to drill and I got.

[Ben]

To bring receipts like that. And then you contrast that to the kind of propaganda machine that's out there. And so as Trump is crashing our economy as people, most Americans living paycheck to paycheck don't know where that next paycheck is going to be. As Trump and Musk are cruelly ripping apart the lives of veterans and people in the military and spouses of military people in military families. And they're gutting the Department of Education right there. The recent announcement was they're firing 50% of the people who work at the Department of Education. Right. What are they saying on Fox? They saying Trump is doing this for you? He could be on a yacht with Melania. He could be on the Melania yacht.

[Trump Supporter]

And I think Trump deeply resonates with him. Trump said he's putting it all on the line. Trump said this is something that's really not good for him. President Trump chose to do something for our country. He could be on a yacht somewhere floating around with Melania. He put it all on the line as a billionaire. Elon Musk put it all on the line. And it's not self serving. They're doing it for the good of the country. So let's give them a break here as they Try to save the future.

[Ben]

All right, fact check. Donald Trump would not be on a yacht with Melania. I can tell you the yachts that Donald Trump was on. He was on yachts with little girls. Yeah, he was on yachts in the early 1990s when he would throw beauty pageants for girls. Not women, girls. And according to this article from the Guardian that was published many years ago, there would be old men, old enough to be the girls. Grandparents would grind on the little girls on the yacht. Right before Trump was on the yacht, right before Trump hosted the look of the Year competition at his property with girls. Disgusting stuff. That's the yacht that Trump was on. Caroline Levitt, Donald Trump's propagandist press secretary, she was bragging that Donald Trump was. She's got. The economy may be bad, but Trump will be on a Tesla later today.

[Trump Supporter]

And I'll see you guys later.

[Ben]

Perhaps you'll see the president in a Tesla later this afternoon. Have a good one. Now, as Keith Edwards says, this one stings. According to one of the more recent mers mirs polls, vice former Vice President Kamala Harris would trounce Donald Trump in Michigan if an election was held today. That's why it's important to get out information. It's why it's important to get out the truth. That's why it's important to defeat this propaganda machine. Right. I mean, just think about what went down yesterday. Right? The MAGA Republicans passed their continuing resolution that they say is gonna fund the government, but it's really to defund the government. I think they're zeroing out, like, 22 programs. They're stealing money from Veterans affairs, from schools, from law enforcement. They're like destroying all funds to go to Washington, D.C. like, they're crippling D.C. they hate Washington D.C. washington D.C. police and education getting totally taken away. They're stealing from children's health care to give tax cuts to the wealthiest like Elon Musk. They're harming working class families and then selling Teslas in front of the White House. And there's such a cruelty component to it. Such a cruelty component to it. I'll show you this moment yesterday in the House of Representatives at this committee hearing where a MAGA Republican Congressmember, MAGA Republican Congress member, self referred to the congresswoman from Delaware, transgender congresswoman From Delaware, Congresswoman McBride, and referred to her as Mr. McBride, to which then Congresswoman McBride called the chair, Madam Chair. And then Democratic Congress Member Keating then stood up for Democratic Congresswoman McBride. Watch this moment.

[Congressmember]

I Now, recognize the representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride.

[Trump Supporter]

Thank you, Madam Chair. Ranking Member Keating also. Wonderful.

[Congressmember McBride]

Mr. Chairman, could you repeat your introduction again, please?

[Congressmember]

Yes. We have set the standard on the floor of the House, and I'm simply.

[Congressmember McBride]

What is that standard? Mr. Chairman, would you repeat what you just said when you introduced a duly elected representative from the United States of America, please?

[Congressmember]

I will. The representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride.

[Congressmember McBride]

Mr. Chairman, you are out of order. Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I've come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent.

[Congressmember]

We will continue this.

[Congressmember McBride]

You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way.

[Congressmember]

This hearing is adjourned.

[Ben]

You know, and it's just the. It's the cruelty of it. It's like the cruelty for the sake of cruelty. Like, why. Why treat her that way? She's a human being. She's a human being. Like, who. Why bully somebody like that unless you're just an evil, despicable person? And hat tip to Democratic Congressmember Keating for standing up to Congresswoman McBride. All this talk about Al and masculine. I've said this before. People who are alpha or masculine don't refer to themselves as alpha. Masculine, kind of number one. And also like someone like J.D. vance who's like, masculinity is under attack, okay? Masculine people don't believe masculinity is under attack, okay? Like J.D. vance. So let's get that out of the way. First and foremost, JD and maga. Second off, I'll tell you how I was raised. You don't punch down and bully marginalized communities. As I was always taught by my family, by my parents, they were like, ben, you know what a man does? This is what they told me. You stand up for people who are being bullied. You stand up for marginalized communities. You show empathy. That's strength. Not punching down and bullying people who may already be suffering or who are being bullied. It's ridiculous stuff. Enough of that crap. You got people like this maga, Republican Congressmember Brandon Gill, who's like, yeah, things may be really bad right now, but we were handed bankruptcy by Biden, right?

[Republican Congressmember]

President Trump inherited an economy and a government that is bankrupt, running $2 trillion deficits every single year. Unfortunately, he also inherited an appropriations process that has been busted. And the reality is that we just don't have and haven't had the time to bring us back to regular order to run a regular appropriations process process. So what this CR does is it buys us more time as President Trump and Doge are doing their incredible work that they're doing in identifying waste, fraud and abuse.

[Ben]

Wrong. Wrong. I'll just show you all again the Wall Street Journal headline. I could show you headlines from a ton of other places. I'll show you Wall Street Journal and Axios. Why? Because Wall Street Journal is bright leaning Axios. I really don't know what leaning they are. Sometimes right, sometimes center. I don't know. But here's the Wall street journal, Murdoch owned April 14, 2024. Envy of the world US economy expected to keep powering higher. Economists lift their growth forecast in latest Wall Street Journal survey. Then July 12, 2024, Axios just right. Inflation opens the door to a Goldilocks economy, meaning it. It was just right. By the way, the Atlanta Federal Reserve just last month predicted strong GDP growth until Donald Trump started all of his tariff threats and tariff wars. And then the Atlanta Federal Reserve had to change its course and said because of Trump's policies, that's the impact. We now expect negative 2.8 to negative 3% GDP contraction, meaning we're headed towards a great Recession and even potentially a depression right now because of what Trump's doing. And while he's doing this, he has his propagandists like this guy Peter Navarro. So after Trump threatens annexation of Canada to conquer Canada, as he says that Canada should be the 51st state and Canada stands up to Donald Trump, then Peter Navarro, Trump's trade advisor, goes on TV and he's like, whoa, Canada, cool it, Canada. You need to chill your rhetoric. You're being a little mean to us.

[Congressmember]

But frankly, the premier, he's been, I mean, look, just tamp it down please, over there, okay? Just throwing down the hockey gloves. Stop that rhetoric and let's just look at what we're trying to do. We love Canada, but look, there's some big issues there and we're not going to tolerate anything but them stopping killing Americans and doing what's right with respect to things like steel and aluminum which they've been dumping into our country. And that's stopping.

[Ben]

And I show you that because it's just utterly pathetic behavior. And again, to me, this shouldn't be about even like a political party. I'm just watching that behavior and saying, pathetic, pathetic. This Trump regime, weak, weird, out of control hit. Subscribe let's get to 5 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Can't get enough Midas. Check out the Midas substack for ad Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more Sign up for.

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