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Political Commentator
Cancel contact T Mobile Donald Trump returned to Washington, D.C. he couldn't stand up straight. On Monday morning, he held a bizarre press event at the Bible Museum. Yes, Donald Trump holding an event at the Bible Museum. And this was a complete and utter disaster from the outset. Donald Trump started attacking former President Joe Biden at the Bible Museum event and said that Biden and the prior administration were mean people because, because of the things they did to J6, the things they did to the January Sixers. That that's what makes them very mean. Donald Trump says at this Bible event this morning.
Audio Producer
Here, play this clip in the Oval.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
Office, they were stone cold mean. But Joe Biden and the Biden, they were mean people. What they did to people, what they did to J6, what they did to so many people, they were mean people. These were really radical, horrible people.
Political Commentator
And he then at this Bible Museum event this morning, Donald Trump says crime is virtually eliminated in Washington, D.C. which is not the case. But then he says, and my people, they bring me these stats that show husbands beating their wives and they want to call that crime. Domestic violence shouldn't be viewed as crime. This, this is crime. What are they talking about? He says it basically like that.
Audio Producer
Listen to what he says here, play this clip now.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
It's more than 87%, virtually nothing and, and much lesser things, things that take place in the home they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something if A man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime. See? So now I can't claim 100%, but we are, we are a safe city. You can walk to a restaurant, you can walk to the White House. If you work there, you can walk to the cap. And even the Democrats, I can't believe it, but they don't want to admit it, but I can't believe it. We could do the same thing in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. We did it. We saved. We saved Los Angeles.
Political Commentator
Yes, Donald, domestic violence is a crime. When a individual beats another individual, in the example you give when a man beats a woman, I know that's hard for you to understand. That's. That's called a crime, Donald. And then speaking of that, then Donald Trump says about the mayor of Washington, D.C. who has sued Donald Trump, by the way. I mean, Washington, D.C. has sued the Trump administration for their unlawful invasion. He goes, look, Mayor Bowser of D.C. she's going to do whatever I say, and whether she likes it or not, I'm just going to do it. If she allows it, great. And if she doesn't allow it, I'm going to do it to her anyway. Yeah, this sounds exactly what Epstein's best friend would say.
Audio Producer
Donald, here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
National Guard working with the police, working with the mayor. The mayor has, you know, that's not her ideology. And now I think it maybe is her ideology. She's taking a lot of heat, too, from the radical left. You know, they don't like that she's allowing it. But look, she's going to either allow it or we'll just do it, because, you know, she understands. She understands that.
Political Commentator
Then a delusional, deranged, sickly, cognitively addled Donald Trump continues down this line that he saved Los Angeles, that the city would not exist. But for Donald Trump sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles who didn't even really have their equipment and didn't know what to do, so they basically slept on the floor for a few weeks. And he goes, that saved Los Angeles. And this is in addition to his previous remarks that he put out all of the wildfires in Los Angeles by turning on a magical faucet on the border between California and Canada, because he thinks Canada borders California. And all this northwest water whoosh put out the fires, when in fact, what he did was after the fires were 100% contained, 100% contained, he went to Northern California, emptied reservoirs that were filled with 2 billion gallons of water that farmers needed and deprived them of the water that they needed for their harvests.
Audio Producer
But anyway, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
And even the Democrats say, I can't believe it, but they don't want to admit it, but I can't believe it. We could do the same thing in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. We did it. We saved, we saved Los Angeles. We saved Los Angeles. Dan, you know that Los Angeles was a mess. If we didn't send our troops, Gavin Newscomb would have had a real problem. We sent our troops. The head police officer, the top person said, we could have never done this alone. We sent our troops right in at the beginning and we killed it. And it was nasty, but we killed it immediately. Immediately. And I don't know why Chicago isn't calling us saying, please give us help when you have over just a short period of time, 50 murders and hundreds of people shot, and then you have a governor that stands up and says how crime is just fine. It's really crazy, but we're bringing back law and order to our country.
Political Commentator
Then Donald Trump said, I'm not really sure why politicians care about the issue of transgender women playing sports. He goes, at the end of the day, just focus on it during elections. Like, this is not an issue we need to care about now or talk about when the elections come. Then let's bring it up to divide the country. I mean, he tells you what the playbook is. They don't care about anything other than manipulating Americans, dividing people to get their votes, and then to do things to screw them over.
Audio Producer
Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
And not only that, the Democrats don't want to give it up. I watched a congressman fighting like crazy this weekend for men having the right to play in women's sports. And they don't understand, but I don't want to really fight him on that. I let them, I tell all the Republicans, let them go. Let them just, just bring it up about a week before the election because you don't want to talk a matter. But they say it's an 8020 issue. I say it's, I say, Dan, it's a 97 to 3 issue.
Political Commentator
Okay, then Donald Trump brags how he gets involved in museums now, like the Smithsonian, he said, because all the Smithsonian did was talk about the problems in America, which is just not true. If you've been to the Smithsonian Museum, they're beautiful museums. And now they're turning it into regime led, regime led museums that are like going to delete references to slavery, delete references to America's past, delete references to Donald Trump's Convictions and impeachments.
Audio Producer
Anyway, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
A great job. Everybody's talking about it. It's, I got a little involved with museums, you know, because I had a little problem with the Smithsonian. We like, like a little more positivity. It was all about all the bad things in our country. I said, what about the good things we've done? So I got a little involved. I got a little involved with that. And they'll, they're making it. Honestly, they're making changes. You know, they were also told what to do by people that came before me in all fairness. But they're making changes. Big changes are being made at the Smithsonian. But I just want to thank the.
Political Commentator
Green family because then Donald Trump says that really so much progress has made in the, has been made in the last eight months. Progress like nobody's ever seen before. I wouldn't say progress, but over the past eight months, you've managed to destroy America's economy, the number one global economy and a country that was leading the free world and view generally as a leader. You managed to destroy it in record time. And now America's weaker than ever. The dollars crashing, farmers are suffering, prices are up, war in Ukraine is raging based on Russia's invasion, atrocities being committed in Gaza every day. And you go and claim that you resolve seven to 10 wars. You just make things up. You claim you brought in $17 trillion, which you didn't.
Audio Producer
Anyway, here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
That's what we're doing. We're in a golden age. We're at the very beginning of a golden age. So much progress has been made in the last eight months. Progress like nobody's ever seen before. They're writing about it, they're actually saying it. They've never seen anything like what's happened in the last eight months.
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Political Commentator
Then Donald Trump brags about extorting universities and getting settlements from universities by accusing them of being anti Semitic and anti Christian. That's. That's the sword that they use to go and attack universities.
Audio Producer
Here, play this.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
I'm also taking action against anti Semitic and anti Christian bias in our institutions of higher learning. You've been watching that play out. They're making very substantial settlements, and Leo's involved and Pam Bondi's involved. We've launched. You know, we're getting hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements. Pam And Leo called me up, sir, you can do better than that. I said, what am I gonna do? I'm gonna get one where he really likes it. But he always said, everyone else says, that's amazing, except for Leo. He says, sir, you could have got more. Oh, good. Thanks, Leo.
Political Commentator
Then he brags about removing some blue tent that was up in front of the White House area in Lafayette Park. And he talks about, oh, we got it. He goes. He goes, someone from the fake news media tipped me off about the. About the blue tent. First off, it was Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend who did it. So, yeah, it was fake media, Brian Glenn. And he said, are you going to get rid of the blue tent? Then you're like, I'm devoting our resources to get rid of the blue tent. And now you keep on talking about the blue tent. I mean, do you realize how weak you make us look internationally when you're talking about getting rid of the blue tent?
Audio Producer
Anyway, here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
Do it. We had a blue tent right on Lafayette, and they seemed to have a permit. And one of the fake news media was asking me the other day, what about the blue tent? What blue tent? Because all the tents, somehow these people were very well connected with the communist cause. And I said, there's a tent up there. Really? Yeah. And he was a friendly reporter for a change. He said, it's terrible that the tent. I said, I didn't know that. I'm surprised that I checked. And there was. And we got it down very Quickly. It's down. It's down. Wasn't easy. People chained themselves to a tree and this and that, but that's okay. They can chain themselves if they want. That was a tough one. That's been there for years. It's been there for many years. We took it down. Came down very quickly. Pam.
Political Commentator
Good job, Donald. The blue. The blue tent. The blue tent that Brian Glenn told you about. Donald Trump then says, we're in a much different world than we were a year ago. Big understatement right there.
Audio Producer
Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
I will tell you, it's a hole. We're in a much different world today than we were one year ago. This is like a different.
Political Commentator
Donald Trump said that he just left the Middle East. His Middle east trip was back in May, four or five months ago. He didn't just leave the Middle east then. He also lies and says that they gave him 5 or 6 trillion dollars in the middle east, even though he went to countries like the UAE, their entire annual GDP is like $440 billion. Qatar, their entire annual GDP is like 150 billion dollars. So, no, they didn't give you 5 trillion dollars.
Audio Producer
But play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
Leaders from all over the world, they talk to me, they say, your country's in trouble. And I just left the Middle East. King of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, uae, a lot of the big countries then I was with the heads of NATO, the NATO nations, all of them. Everyone said essentially the same thing, that a year ago your country was dead and now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world. It's true. It's true in every way.
Political Commentator
And Donald Trump says, when you have horrible killings, you have to take horrible actions. We'd love to go into Chicago and straighten it out. You have to take horrible actions. What's this guy even talking. This is what you're saying at the Bible museum.
Audio Producer
Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
End of it. And you know, when you have horrible killings, you have to take horrible actions. And the actions that we take are nothing. This cashless bail started a wave in our country where a killer kills somebody and is out on the street by the afternoon, in many cases going out and killing again. Cashless bail. And you try and reason with people, like in Chicago with the governor and the mayor, you try and reason with them, and it's like you're talking to a wall. It's just. Doesn't I assume it's just a political ideology. They're not stupid people. Must be an ideology that's just buried in their head. And you can't do a damn thing about it. And we'd love to go into Chicago and straighten it out. You know, Washington, D.C. you'll be happy to know, is a free and safe zone. It's so safe right now.
Political Commentator
And then you have his sycophants at the Bible Museum saying, oh, let's all pray for Donald, and he's brought back the Bible. Here is Donald Trump's Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Scott Turner, who leads the morning prayer. And he's like, father, we thank you for Donald Trump and for anointing him.
Audio Producer
Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Audio Clips)
Father, we thank you for our president, Donald J. Trump. Father God, who you have anointed and appointed for this time, for such a time as this. Lord, thank you that the president prioritizes prayer, Father God, that he sees the power, the importance, the priority of praying together as a people, as a country.
Political Commentator
Just so utterly pathetic right there. Oh, and then just so you can see, Brian Glenn, Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend, the one who told Donald Trump, get rid of the tent. Here he is in drag. He would dress frequently in drag when he was a failed TV host back in the day. And this is the guy who also says that liberal women are all ugly. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend is saying that, you know, liberal women are the ugliest women out there.
Audio Producer
Okay, Brian, play this clip.
Brian Glenn
Liberal women tend to be some of the ugliest women I've ever seen. And I'm serious. I mean, zero makeup. They take no pride in a. Well, they want to be men. They take no pride in their. In their. In their dress, their attire, their makeup, their haircut. Half of them look like men. Hairy armpits, hairy legs. Come on. That is not embracing what it means to be a woman.
Political Commentator
Some other news to report this morning as well. Apparently, Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant almost got into another fist fight with Donald Trump's Department of the Fair Housing Administrator Bill Pulte. At a private dinner with Trump allies last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen threatened to punch housing finance official Bill Pulte in the effing face. Politico reports Besson had heard from several people that Pulte was badmouthing him to Trump. Why the f. Are you talking to the president about me? F you. I'm going to punch you in your effing face. I'm going to effing beat your ass. Besson told a stunned Pulte. The regime right there. Pulte is the one who accuses all of Donald Trump's enemies of mortgage fraud, which they then refer to the doj. And then Donald Trump uses that to try to fire people for cause or to attack his political enemies. Meanwhile, 25% of Trump's cabinet has the same primary mortgage box checked and and Ken Paxton from Texas. And it's purely weaponized against Trump's political opponents. Well, there you have it. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. New Midas merch head to store.midastouch.com today and get yourself the best pro democracy gear and show your support. That's store.midas touch.com.
Date: September 8, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett & Jordy Meiselas
In this lively and often incredulous episode, the Meiselas brothers break down a chaotic and headline-making appearance by Donald Trump at the Bible Museum in Washington, D.C. Trump’s rambling remarks, falsehoods, and bizarre asides are dissected, while the brothers add their signature blend of political insight and sibling banter. The episode also highlights the reactions of Trump’s circle, questionable cabinet drama, and the weaponization of legal claims within his administration. The tone swings between disbelief, sharp critique, and sardonic humor, all with a strong pro-democracy message.
[00:56-04:19]
“But Joe Biden and the Biden, they were mean people. What they did to people, what they did to J6, what they did to so many people, they were mean people.”
“You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime.”
[03:02-04:19]
“She's going to either allow it or we'll just do it, because, you know, she understands.”
[04:19-07:26]
“We saved Los Angeles. We saved Los Angeles. Dan, you know that Los Angeles was a mess. If we didn’t send our troops ... we killed it immediately.”
[06:22-07:26]
“Just bring it up about a week before the election because you don’t want to talk [about it] a matter. But they say it’s an 80/20 issue. I say, Dan, it’s a 97 to 3 issue.”
[07:26-08:37]
“It was all about all the bad things in our country. I said, what about the good things we’ve done? So I got a little involved. ... But they’re making changes. Big changes are being made at the Smithsonian.”
[08:37-09:44]
“We’re in a golden age. ... So much progress has been made in the last eight months. Progress like nobody’s ever seen before.”
[10:55-11:51]
“You know, we’re getting hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.”
[11:51-13:15]
“We had a blue tent right on Lafayette ... I didn’t know that. ... And we got it down very quickly. ... People chained themselves to a tree ... but that’s okay.”
[13:37-14:38]
“Everyone said essentially the same thing, that a year ago your country was dead and now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world. It’s true.”
[14:38-15:47]
“When you have horrible killings, you have to take horrible actions. ... We’d love to go into Chicago and straighten it out.”
[15:47-16:29]
“Father, we thank you for our president, Donald J. Trump ... who you have anointed and appointed for this time ...”
[16:29-17:18]
“Liberal women tend to be some of the ugliest women I’ve ever seen. And I’m serious. ... Half of them look like men.”
[17:18-End]
[01:41] Trump on Biden:
“They were mean people. What they did to J6, what they did to so many people...”
[02:25] Trump minimizes domestic violence:
“If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime.”
[03:53] Trump on D.C. Mayor:
“She's going to either allow it or we'll just do it, because, you know, she understands.”
[05:27] Trump’s city boast:
“We saved Los Angeles. ... We killed it immediately.”
[06:58] Trump on trans athletes controversy:
“Just bring it up about a week before the election ... it’s a 97 to 3 issue.”
[08:02] Trump on Smithsonian:
“It was all about all the bad things in our country. I said, what about the good things?”
[09:26] Trump’s Golden Age:
“We’re in a golden age ... so much progress has been made in the last eight months.”
[11:11] Trump on university settlements:
“We’re getting hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.”
[12:30] Trump on the ‘blue tent’:
“There was [a blue tent]. And we got it down very quickly.”
[14:09] Trump’s Middle East fantasy:
“Now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world. It’s true.”
[14:54] Trump on “horrible actions”:
“When you have horrible killings, you have to take horrible actions.”
[16:11] Scott Turner’s prayer:
“Father, we thank you for our president, Donald J. Trump ... who you have anointed and appointed for this time ...”
[16:57] Brian Glenn on liberal women:
“Liberal women tend to be some of the ugliest women I’ve ever seen.”
(Advertisements, intros, and outros have been omitted from this summary.)