Trump has Disaster G7 Presser

Summary

Podcast Summary: The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Trump has Disaster G7 Presser
Date: June 17, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (MeidasTouch Network)
Main Contributor: Ron Filipkowski (Narrating Key Segments)

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Overview

In this episode, the MeidasTouch crew (primarily Ron Filipkowski in this segment) breaks down former President Donald Trump’s chaotic and widely criticized performance at the 2026 G7 Summit. The episode analyzes Trump’s bizarre behavior, troubling statements about international policy and foreign leaders, and the alarming spectacle he created on the world stage. The hosts use audio clips and real-time reactions to highlight and mock both trivial and deeply concerning elements of Trump’s press appearances, emphasizing the disconnect between his actions and the gravity of the diplomatic moment.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump’s Bizarre Interactions with Foreign Leaders

• Trump professes “love” for Egypt's President El Sisi, describing how they “fell in love in a hotel” and he “stayed in your hotel room more than anybody thought.”
  • Quote (Trump, 05:10):
    “We met and we fell in love, deeply in love. And he didn’t even want to see Hillary. ... We had great chemistry and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to.”
• He lavishes flattery on Prime Minister Modi of India, commenting repeatedly on Modi’s looks and negotiating skills in an awkward, over-the-top manner.
  • Quote (Trump, 06:19):
    “He’s the most beautiful looking man. He looks so nice. He’s like an angel. But actually, he’s a killer. ... There’s few people like this.”

2. Physical Struggles and Embarrassing Moments

• Trump is visibly unable to operate a chair during a session and needs assistance in front of world leaders.
  • Commentary (Filipkowski, 02:13):
    “He couldn’t even figure out how to use his chair ... he was struggling just to even sit.”
• Reports of Trump nearly dozing off, possible bathroom noises, and frequent attempts to swat flies on stage—each played for comic effect by the hosts.
  • Clip (Trump, 06:56): “We ended up with the original members, but then when the election was rigged. That’s right.” (Note: Played up for a possible sound of passing gas.)

3. Disturbing Policy Statements

• Trump expresses that Iran should “keep all of their ballistic missiles,” and compares them favorably to Saudi Arabia.
  • Quote (Trump, 09:04):
    “They have to have some because other people have some. ... Missiles aren’t the problem ... They hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet.”
• Trump repeatedly downplays the content and binding nature of a new Iran deal, describes it as "just a memorandum of understanding," and says he can “go back to bombing” at any time.
  • Quote (Trump, 13:13):
    “If they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head. ... It’s a memorandum of understanding. If it doesn’t get done in 60 days, that’s all right. We go back to bombing.”

4. Absurd and Offensive Commentary

• Trump claims that when dealing with Iranians, “About a 50/50 guess [their name is] Mohammed”—a reductionist and bigoted stereotype.
  • Quote (Trump, 14:20):
    “Somebody walks in and he’s got a badge with his name on it like Mohammed something, which is about a 50/50 guess.”
• Attacks former President Obama, claiming Iranians “laughed at Obama and said he’s a stupid son of a bitch.”
  • Quote (Trump, 16:19):
    “They laughed at Obama and they said, he’s a stupid son of a bitch.”
• Brings up unrelated culture-war talking points (e.g., “no transgender mutilization of children”) during an international summit, causing awkward reactions from other leaders, especially PM Modi.
  • Clip (Trump, 19:20): “No men playing in women’s sports. ... No transgender mutilization of our children. ... That’s all we want.”

5. Dubious Economic Fixation

• Trump repeatedly insists the stock market is the “smartest thing out there,” smarter than Rubio or anyone else present.
  • Quote (Trump, 10:15):
    “The stock market is more brilliant than anybody there is, including the people on this stage other than me, of course.”
• Expresses his primary concern is avoiding being “the late, great Herbert Hoover,” fearing a stock market crash more than diplomatic failures.
  • Quote (Trump, 10:57):
    “The one president I did not want to be was the late, great Herbert Hoover. I didn’t want that ... Bad things happen.”

6. Contradictory and Confused Messaging on Iran Deal

• Reports of double-signing and confusion about the status of the Iran agreement; claims of both imminent signing and electronic signing already complete.
• Vice President J.D. Vance’s interview with Norah O’Donnell displays his own confusion about the public’s right to see the deal, blaming "diplomatic protocols" that he doesn’t “fully understand.”
  • Quote (Vance, 20:38):
    “There are some, frankly, diplomatic protocols that I don’t fully understand ... They’ve asked us not to release the full text for a little while.”

7. Evasion on Critical Questions

• When asked if Putin is responsible for Ukraine conflict, Trump refuses to comment, claiming neutrality is necessary.
  • Quote (Trump, 18:10):
    “Well, I don’t want to comment on that because I’m trying to get it settled, and that doesn’t make it easy.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Trump on El Sisi
  • “We met and we fell in love, deeply in love...” (05:10)
• Trump on Modi
  • “He’s the most beautiful looking man ... as tough as they come.” (06:19)
• Struggling with Chair
  • “He couldn’t figure out how to use his chair ...” (02:13)
• Absurd Stock Market Praise
  • “The stock market is more brilliant than anybody there is...” (10:15)
• On Iran Missiles
  • “Missiles aren’t the problem ... they don’t blow up the planet.” (09:04)
• Barely Coherent on Iran Deal
  • “It’s a memorandum of understanding...we go back to bombing.” (13:13, 18:49)
• Offensive Comment about Iranians
  • “Like Mohammed something, which is about a 50/50 guess...” (14:20)
• Attacks on Obama
  • “They laughed at Obama and said, he’s a stupid son of a bitch.” (16:19)
• Evasion on Russia/Ukraine
  • “I don’t want to comment on that because I’m trying to get it settled...” (18:10)
• J.D. Vance on Iran Deal Transparency
  • “There are some, frankly, diplomatic protocols that I don’t fully understand...” (20:38)

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Episode Structure & Tone

• The language is biting, incredulous, and frequently comedic, staying true to the Meiselas brothers’ style: a blend of rapid-fire news breakdown, liberal outrage, and sarcastic brotherly banter.
• The repeated use of actual Trump audio and immediate reactions from the host heightens the episode’s tone of ridicule and alarm.
• The podcast underscores the seriousness of the issues at stake (diplomatic relations, nuclear agreements) while maintaining an accessible, often humorous critique of Trump’s repeated blunders.

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Takeaways

• Trump’s G7 appearance, as dissected here, demonstrates not only incompetence but also alarming lapses in both decorum and policy understanding.
• The MeidasTouch hosts use Trump’s own words to emphasize how far removed from presidential norms and international coherence his behavior at the summit has become.
• The hosts invite listeners to compare expectations for global leaders—and draw attention to the dangers of normalizing such displays on the world stage.

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For listeners seeking both a breakdown of Trump’s latest global spectacle and a sharply critical, satirical take, this episode offers both in abundance.

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[Ron Filipkowski]

Donald Trump just held yet another disastrous press conference at the G7. His behavior today worse than ever. Odder than ever. He professed his love to the leader of Egypt. He talked about how they fell in love at a hotel and then he stayed at the hotel with the leader of Egypt longer than anybody expected. Then Donald met with Prime Minister Modi of India and also said, you know that I love you and you look like such a handsome, you know, nice looking man, but you're actually a really good negotiator. Then Donald Trump said in a press conference the stock market is the smartest thing out there. Smarter than Rubio, smarter than anybody in his cabinet. Trump said, I just. I can't be Herbert Hoover. I can't do that to the stock market. So my focus right now is on the stock market. Donald Trump also said that the leadership in Iran, Iran is occupied now by a bunch of great people who certainly deserve to keep all of their ballistic missiles. And Trump says, of course they should keep their ballistic missiles. Why would we try to have them get rid of those? And then Donald Trump also said, though, that this memorandum of understanding is not really a deal. He goes, and if I don't like the way it goes, In 60 days, I could just go back to bombing them. I wanna show you what went down every step of the way here. So here Donald Trump was at the working sess and he couldn't even figure out how to use his chair. And you'll see he doesn't know how to lift the chair up. And he was struggling to just even sit. And so they had to move a new chair versus just touch the handle on the bottom of the chair and lift it up. Watch for yourself what took place here. Let's play it.

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[Ron Filipkowski]

This is un.

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I'm kidding.

[Donald Trump]

I'm kidding. Remember? Oh, that's much better. So funny. Oh, that's much.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then similarly, when Donald Trump was with Sisi, the leader of Egypt, Donald Trump also really struggled to sit into the chair and to sit down. Now, why am I showing this to you? Because he really can accomplish the most basic of functions right now on the world stage, yet alone actually be involved in policy and coherent speeches. I'm going to show you what he said in a second, but just watch this.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you very much. Okay.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Then Donald Trump told the Egyptian president, El Sisi, that. Remember when we met in the hotel and we fell in love. We were. We were deeply in love with each other. And I stayed in your hotel room more than anybody thought. I'm not exaggerating what he's saying here. Just so you can hear for yourself, let's play this clip from day one.

[Donald Trump]

You know, I met him early in the campaign when Crooked Hillary and I were running against each other, right? And I was told that the president of Egypt is here. It was a big deal. It's still a big deal for me to be with the great president of Egypt, but not as big as it used to be before I ran. So he was in a hotel and I met him and we fell in love, deeply in love. And he didn't even want to see Hillary. He said, you're going to win. I don't want to meet her. You're going to win. He didn't want to see her. Remember that. So we had a good relationship right from the beginning. We met, we didn't know each other before that. We had great chemistry and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to. Took up her time. And then when it was her time, he didn't want to meet with her. But he did because he's a gentleman. But it lasted about one minute. Thank you, everybody. Thank you for asking.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Modi. Same thing. You're a beautiful looking man. You're so handsome. You look so nice and so good looking, but you're a good negotiator. Here, let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

So you look at this man. I'll give you a lesson. He's the most beautiful looking man. He looks so nice. He's like an angel. But actually he's as tough as. He's a killer. I don't want to. He's that killer. He's as tough as they come. But he looks so good. So he gets you by surprise. There's few people like this. People say he's such a nice man. I said, he's very tough. He's a tough negotiator. Traitor.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Then, while Donald Trump was ranting, he made some sound which, if you listen, it sounds like he was passing gas while he was giving this press conference. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

We ended up with the original members, but then when the election was rigged. That's right.

[Ron Filipkowski]

He spent a lot of this press conference also trying to swat flies. And he would say, I almost got that sucker. I almost got that sucker. Here, play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

It's not that they could stop us if we didn't want them to, but it'd be nice that I went to get that little sucker, but I missed. I hate missing. But we spoke to, we spoke to all of them in many countries, all over the world.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then he also talked about men walking around with no legs, men who are walking with no legs. And that 96.3% of the men walking with no legs were caused by Iran's former General Soleimani. Here, play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

Young men and in some cases women, mostly men walking around without legs, without arms, with a face that's been blown to smithereens. It's Soleimani. 95, 96.2 they say or something. 95%. That was Soleimani did it.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Then on to the press conference that Donald Trump had where after professing his love for Prime Minister Modi of India, El Sisi of Egypt, he then says the same thing about the Iranian leadership. These are incredible people. I like them. They love their country. They're strong, they're proud, they're tough men. Here, let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

So we got free reign. They didn't have their leaders, but they have a new group of leaders that I think is actually, I think they're smarter. I think they're very smart. I think they're far less radicalized. And I think they're, I think they're really good. They love their country. You know, you talk about.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then on the issue of ballistic missiles, Trump goes, I like these guys. Why should they not have ballistic missiles? Saudi Arabia has ballistic missiles. So give the Iranians ballistic missiles. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

In the history of our country. So we'll be working on a parallel effort with the Gulf nations to address non nuclear issues such as the conventional ballistic missiles, which we'll be talking about and support. I mean, they have to have some because other people have some. You got to have some. Somebody said you shouldn't give them one. And I have guys, I like some of these guys, but I don't think this, don't think this, sir, you shouldn't let them have any missile. I said, well, what am I going to do? They're going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but they can't have them. Yes, sir. Can't. Doesn't work that way. You know, it doesn't work that way. And missiles aren't the problem. Missiles are. They hurt a little location, but they don't blow up the planet. So the Gulf nations will address the non nuclear issues.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then he says, but let me tell you who's the most brilliant of all. It's the stock market. And that's what my focus is now. As Aaron Rupert says, take a look at Rubio's face when Donald Trump says, hey, Rubio, isn't the stock market smarter than you?

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[Ron Filipkowski]

Let's play this clip I know is

[Donald Trump]

every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket, rocket ship. It never went down. They didn't like it. The people, you know, the stock market is more brilliant than anybody there is, including the people on this stage other than me, of course. Let's see. I don't know. What do you think, Scott? Is the stock market more brilliant than you? No, sir. Oh, that's That's a terrible statement. All right. The stock market is quite brilliant.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Trump said, but I don't want to be the late, great Herbert Hoover, who was the president during the Great Depression. That's my biggest fear. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

Amazing. Like we're going to settle. It would go up. And every time we said something negative like, guess what, we're not going to be able to settle, it would go down very big, Peter. Very, very big. Tells you something. And you know, I've studied presidents. Some good, some bad, some great. Not too many are great, and some really bad. We had one just recently, and the one president I did not want to be was the late, great Herbert Hoover. I didn't want that. And who knows what would have happened. But bad things happen. So the past.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Donald Trump said the deal reached with Iran on Sunday will be signed shortly, tomorrow, maybe the next day. I make deals, maybe crazy deals, but that's me just doing crazy deals. Also, it should be noted there was a weird report this morning from Trump's stenographer and propagandist over at Axios, Barack Ravid, that says they may be moving up the signing of the agreement to today. But didn't they already electronically sign it on the weekend? So they're going to re sign it again today. That doesn't really make a lot of sense. They said, yeah, it may need a double signature in addition to a signing in Switzerland. None of this is making any sense. But play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

So the deal we reached with Iran on Sunday will be signed shortly, tomorrow, maybe the next day. Thank you. Subject deals all my, my whole life is all about deals. That's all I ever did is make deals. And crazy things happen with deals. I've gone into deals where it's a guarantee, no way it can not be signed and it doesn't get signed. And I've gone into deals that you have no chance of making. And they go like nothing, but we're going to most likely sign a deal. They want to sign a deal. And they've been acting very appropriately. They took a big two hits last week. Those were two very big hits.

[Ron Filipkowski]

So then Donald Trump is asked, so is this a final agreement? And Trump goes, no, it's just a memorandum of understanding. We'll go back to shooting them soon if I just don't like it. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

If they don't behave, we'll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head. Okay? Because they misbehave for 47 years. All right, but nobody could have made this deal. I mean, the JCPOA done by Obama, he handed him 1 billion 7 in cash, gave him hundreds of millions of dollars. Hundreds of, gave him billions and billions of dollars. But he gave him $1.7 billion in cash, green cash from banks into a Boeing 757 and flew it into Iran. And they stood at the plane, I have pictures of it like, oh my, look at this. Money's giving.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Trump says, the thing you need to know about the Iranians is Muhammad. Yeah, Muhammad. They have lots of Muhammad. So someone goes in 50, 50, their name's going to be Muhammad. And that's how you deal with the Iranians. That's how you do deals. You go, hey, Mohammed, right? And they may say, no, you go, well, I got a 50, 50 shot of calling you Muhammad. This is what Donald Trump is saying at the G7. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

We have Space Force cameras on every single door. Every. Well, there are no doors, have been pretty well shattered. But every area of that, if somebody walks in and he's got a badge with his name on it like Mohammed something, which is about a 50, 50 guess, Mohammed something, they can tell the name. They can give you a serial number. We can see things. You wouldn't believe the quality of the stuff that we have. That's why we've been so successful. That's why our blood.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Donald Trump again says, you know, look, let's just let people invest in Iran. Why wouldn't we let them? This is an investment that we're talking money, we're talking about stock market. You want to invest in Iran, do your investments. I don't, I don't see the big deal. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

And unlike Barack Hussein Obama, who sent Iran pallets of cash and any relief they receive under this deal, they'll have to get based on merit and it won't be from us. We don't have to give them anything. But some people may want to invest. Like, what are you going to do, say you can never ever invest in a country? I mean, it's pretty tough. I don't mind being tough, but it's pretty crazy. You can invest in a country, you can invest in any country you want, but you can't invest there.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Going back to Donald Trump with Prime Minister Modi, he was very touchy feely with him, holding his hand, touching his legs. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

India can do anything they want with us. We have the best relationship we cannot be closer than we are. Would you say that? I don't think we can be any closer, both him and I and our nations. But it really starts with the two of us. We cannot be close.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Then Donald Trump started attacking former President Obama at the G7, and he said that Iran laughed at Obama and said he was a stupid son of a bitch. How embarrassing for the President of the United States to be behaving like this on the world stage. Let me show you what he said. Let's play it like, oh, my, look

[Donald Trump]

at this money he's giving us. He tried to bribe his way out. I didn't do that. Nobody mentions that. 1.7 billion and hundreds of millions of dollars. They tried to bribe their way out of it. And you know what the Iranians did? They laughed at Obama and they said, he's a stupid son of a bitch. Okay, thank you very much, everybody.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then he was asked the following question by Doocy over at Fox. A wise man once said, In January 2020, Iran never won a war but never lost a negotiation. And as Ducey was going to finish asking, Trump said, who said that? You. That was your line. You said that. And also, if you're saying right now that the Iranians were saying that about Obama, which they weren't, what do you think they're saying about you? Here, play this clip of that Doocy exchange.

[Donald Trump]

I did just want to ask you about this. A wise man once said, In January of 2020, Iran never won a war but never lost in negotiation. That wise man. Who said that? Donald Trump. That's what I thought you were gonna say. So how do you go back to the United States and convince a skeptical American public that this deal here, they lost militarily? Okay, it's very tough because I know that no matter what, if I would go, by the way, if I'd go another three or four weeks, those same people that are critical would say, he went too long. He should have done, you know.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Trump, though, you know, at a very serious level, is asked important questions, like who is more responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Russia or Ukraine. Trump goes, I can't comment on that. Let's play this clip. And at this point, do you feel that Vladimir Putin is more responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I don't want to comment on that because I'm trying to get it settled, and that doesn't make it easy.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then Trump says, when it comes to the deal, though I did with Iran, it's very strong, but nobody knows what's in it? Bingo. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

And you can't give Iran a nuclear weapon, and they will never have a nuclear weapon. So that's very, very strong. It's a very strong deal. Nobody knows what it is, but it's very strong. And most people seem to be very happy. Who's really happy is the market.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then he goes back to, it's a memorandum of understanding. And then no one knows that it's not really binding, even though it is. Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

And it's a memorandum of understanding. If it doesn't get done in 60 days, that's all right. We go back to bombing. You know, I don't want to do that because it's so good, but we might have to, because we're never going to let them have a nuclear weapon. But they've agreed not to. And you'll see that very clearly in the agreement.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Then Modi chuckles after Donald Trump starts talking about genital mutilization. And Modi's like, dude, what am I even watching? Let's play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

No men playing in women's sports. So we want no transgender mutilization of our children. None. Those are five things that are 99%. I mean, that's all we want.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And just so you know, while this was all going on, J.D. vance was on CBS this Morning, and he told Norah o' Donnell that he doesn't really know why you can't talk about the deal or, like, why you can't release the terms. Because I don't really know why it's some diplomatic thing with Qatar and Pakistan. I just. I don't understand it. And I'll just say this. Could you imagine if former Vice President Kamala Harris went on TV and discussing a major document, was asked, like, why can't the public see it? And Kamala Harris was like, I don't know. This is beyond my expertise. Dude, you're the vice President of the United States of America. You're not, no offense to me. You're not a podcast. You're not a podcaster on YouTube. Well, why do I know more about it than you do? You're the vice president. Let's play this clip.

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[Ron Filipkowski]

Yeah. So there are some, frankly, diplomatic protocols that I don't fully understand. The Qataris and the Pakistanis, who have been helpful in mediating this agreement with the Iranians. They've asked us not to release the full text for a little while, that it'll come out at the latest on Friday. We're actually trying to push them to get it out today because we want to tell the American people what's in this deal. There you have it, folks. Let me know. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million. And thanks for watching, everybody. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber. Our [e-mail] you'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski ad free episodes of our podcast and more exclusive content only [e-mail].