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All on America's largest 5G network. Visit your local T Mobile location or learn more@t mobile.com FamilyFreedom up to $800 per line via virtual prepaid card typically takes 15 days. Free phones via 24 monthly bill credits with finance agreement eg Apple iPhone 16128 gigabyte 82999 Eligible trade in eg iPhone 11 Pro for well qualified credits end and balance due if you pay off earlier. Cancel contact T Mobile Donald Trump just wrapped up a disastrous press conference. Now this follows earlier in the day where he was walking on the roof of the White House saying that he was building nuclear weapons on the roof of the White House. Well, this press conference that just wrapped up was supposed to be about the 2028 Olympics, but it ended up being Donald Trump being asked questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. And Donald Trump saying that the reason he sent his former criminal defense attorney who's become the number two at the Department of Justice, Todd Blanche, to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell a back for about nine hours and give her immunity was to ensure that people who were mentioned in the files would not be hurt by what she could say. Are you talking about yourself, Donald? Sounds like a confession and an admission to me. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
I just have very highly thought of person respected by everybody and I didn't talk to him about it. But I will tell you that whatever he asked would be totally appropriate and it's not an uncommon thing to do that. And I think he probably wants to make sure that, you know, people that should not be involved or aren't involved are not hurt by something that would be very, very unfortunate, very unfair to a lot of people. But I will say this, Todd Blanche is one of the most highly respected people you'll ever meet. So I know this. I didn't discuss it with him, but anything he talked about with her or the fact that he did that, not unusual. Number one and most importantly is something that would be totally above board.
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Next, Donald Trump is asked if he is aware who approved Ghislaine Maxwell moving from the prison where she was serving 20 plus years for being convicted of sex trafficking in Tallahassee to a minimum security prison in southeast Texas, Camp Brian, where she had to get a special waiver. Because at the minimum security prison in Camp Brian client in southeast Texas, they don't allow people who are convicted of sex trafficking. So she got a special exemption. Were you aware about this, Donald? And Donald goes, no, this happens all the time. This is just what takes place with the Bureau of Prisons. No, it's not. This is unprecedented. People who are convicted of sex trafficking and Ghislaine Maxwell, one of the worst sex traffickers in American history, getting sent to a minimum security prison with a special exemption from the DOJ after meeting with the number two at the doj. That's never happened before in American history because this is all part of Donald Trump's cover up of his relationship with Epstein and all part of Donald Trump's plan to deep six the Epstein files. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
President Trump, two questions for you.
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One, did you, were you aware of and did you personally approve the prison.
Donald Trump
Transfer for Ghislaine Maxwell that your Justice Department. I didn't know about it at all. No, I read about it just like you did. And do you believe that she is not a very uncommon thing.
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Do you believe that she's credible to be listening to?
Donald Trump
Your deputy attorney general sat down with her recently. Well, he's, let me tell you, he's a very talented man. His name is Todd Blanche. He's a very legitimate person, very high, just a very highly thought of person, respected by everybody. And I didn't talk to him about it, but I will tell you that whatever he asked would be totally appropriate. And it's not an uncommon thing to do that. And I think he probably wants to. Sure. That, you know, people that should not be involved or aren't involved are not hurt by something that would be very, very unfortunate, very unfair to a lot of people. But I will say this. Todd Blanche is one of the most highly respected people you'll ever meet. So I know this. I didn't discuss it with him, but anything he talked about with her or the fact that he did that, not unusual, number one and most importantly is something that would be totally above board.
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Then Donald Trump forgets the name of his homeland Secur Security secretary Kristi Noem. He calls her Kristy Kerr and then says Christy Kerr was a great golfer. But I've got Kristi Noem here. Watch his cognitive glitch. Play this clip very much.
Donald Trump
Ma'. Am, Secretary of Homeland Security Christy Kerr says. Christy Kerr, do you know who Christy Kerr, She's a friend of my great golfer Christy Noem. She's a better golfer than you. That's the only thing. But you're better at a lot of other things. But I want to thank you for being Here for doing an unbelievable job. Really an unbelievable job. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Brendan, thank you. Thank you, Brendan.
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Then Donald Trump makes the Olympic executive director or the head of it give him gold medals. And so Trump presents himself with a full set of Olympic medals. Remember how Donald Trump stole the trophy from FIFA for the club championship that he now has at the White House, and the winners had to actually get, like, a replica? Well, he's doing it again. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Don't have trophies in the Olympic movement, but as you know, 1984 hosted the.
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Olympics in Los Angeles, Right?
Donald Trump
And someone we admired, President Reagan, both of us, presided over those. And you'll preside over our games. So we have for you a full set of the 84 original medals. Can I say that I won them athletically? Yes, sir. That would be a great yes.
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So at this point, Fox, state regime media, they cut away because they're like, all right, this is just getting completely off the rails. We, we, we can't show our audience.
Donald Trump
This play this clip says has been truly extraordinary.
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All right, that was President Trump announcing the 2028 Olympic task force. When the United States hosts the games in Los Angeles, the president will be signing an executive order that will ensure his commitment to showing national pride, hospitality and economic opportunity through sports tourism.
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So then what happens? Then you have Donald Trump asked about do you support Israel annexing Gaza, reoccupying all of it? Trump goes, I don't know. I'm going to let Netanyahu do whatever Netanyahu wants to do. That's Trump's plan. Just give Netanyahu carte blanche. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Would you support Israel reoccupying all of Gaza as been has been suggested by some Israeli officials? Well, I don't know what the suggestion is. I know that we are, we are there now trying to get people fed. As you know, $60 million was given by the United States fairly recently to supply food and a lot of, lot of food, frankly, for the people of Gaza that are obviously not doing too well with the food. And I know Israel is going to help us with that in terms of distribution and also money. We also have, the Arab states are going to help us with that in terms of the money and possibly distribution. So that's what I'm focused on. As far as the, of it, I really, I really can't say. That's going to be pretty much up to Israel. Yeah, please.
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Then Donald Trump says that he may order the FBI to arrest Texas Democrats who are breaking the quorum who are now in Illinois. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Yeah.
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Two questions for you, Mr. President.
Donald Trump
Thank you.
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Texas Senator John Cornyn, Texas Senator John Cornyn is asking for your help to force Democrats back to the state and hold them accountable. Do you want the federal government and the FBI to help locate and arrest the these Texas Democrats who have left the state?
Donald Trump
Well, I think they've abandoned the state. Nobody's seen anything like it, even though they've done it twice before. And in a certain way, it almost looks like they've abandoned the state. Looks very bad. Yeah.
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Go ahead, please, get involved. Should the FBI get involved?
Donald Trump
Well, they may have to. They may have to. No, I know they want him back. Not only the attorney general, the governor wants him back. If you look, I mean, the, the governor of Texas is demanding they come back. So a lot of people are demanding they come back. You can't just sit it out. You have to go, you have to fight it out. That's what elections are all about. Yeah.
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Then Donald Trump goes on this ranting and raving like a lunatic lie, this diatribe about how he released water into Southern California and put out the fires, when that's just not true. Trump claims that he turned on a faucet in Northern California and all the water flew into Southern California and put out the fires. Just so you know, the real story, the Southern California fires were 100% contained. When Donald Trump went to kind of central Northern California and he released billions of gallons of water from reservoirs that was not connected anywhere near Southern California. So the water was released into farmland at a time when it was not needed, causing issues with the farmers right there. And that water never reached Southern California at all. But here's what he says. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Okay, Brian. Brian. Thank you, Mr. President. This has to do with the safety aspect of the Olympics. What can you do as a president to ensure that Southern California, the greater Los Angeles area, is safe from any fire danger, that the state clears away brush and state parks? Very. The reason why this last fire happened in Pacific Palisades. What can you ensure for that? Well, as you know, Brian, we have. I've been fighting with them for a long time about allowing the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest, essentially. And we actually, actually opened up that water pretty strongly. We got a lot of opposition from the governor. We opened it up anyway, and the water is coming down that we want it opened further. They have a lot of water. They send it out into the Pacific Ocean in order to protect the smelt. It's a little tiny fish that's not doing very well, especially when they don't have water, they really do badly.
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Okay, then Donald Trump claims that we're making trillions of dollars, not billions. And because we're making so much money, everybody, we may get tariff rebate checks. Remember when he was talking about Doge dividend checks? The guy is a con artist and a scammer and a fraud and a criminal. Watch him in action. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Government, our country is doing great. I think we are doing probably maybe in many ways better than we've ever done before. You know, we're taking in trillions, not, not billions. Trillions and trillions of dollars from other countries who for years took advantage of us. They took advantage of the United States like we were children. And that's not happening anymore. Now they're paying a lot of money, and they're paying hundreds of billions of dollars. Individual countries paying hundreds of billions of dollars. You're seeing what everybody else is seeing. And we have a lot of things we can do. You know, one of the questions asked of me this morning is, you're going to make a dividend to the people. And the purpose of what I'm doing is primarily to pay down debt, which will happen in very large quantity. But I think there's also a possibility that we're taking in so much money that we may very well make a dividend to the people of America. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Then Donald Trump says that he could consider the DOJ pressing charges against any man that tries to masquerade as a woman coming. What do they. I don't even know what the hell they're talking about here. What the hell are they talking about? Can you just make groceries more affordable? Can you make housing more affordable like you promise? Can you end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours like you promised? End the war in Gaza in 24 hours like you promise? You've made everything 100% worse. But play this clip.
Donald Trump
Go ahead, please.
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Thank you. On transgender athletes in the Olympics. Back to the safety, especially a female combat boxers. Will the Department of Justice considering pressing charges against any man that tries to masquerade as a woman coming into this country to beat up American athletes? And secondly, would your administration consider genetic testing so that these people can prove that they're actually women competing?
Donald Trump
Well, I think there is going to be a very strong form of testing as far as charges. I'd have to ask the attorney general about that. I don't know. But there will be a very, very strong form of testing. And if the test doesn't come out appropriately and they won't be in the Olympics. Yes, ma'. Am. Please go ahead, please.
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Then he attacks Senator Elizabeth Warren. He calls her lunatic Pocahontas jumping around everywhere. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Watch this. Lunatic Pocahontas. She's a total lunatic. I don't know what she's on. She's all jumping up and down like, I've never seen anything like it. Talking about supporting the communist mayor. And he's not a socialist. He's a communist. Okay, this is not a socialist, man. This is a communist. If you look at any of his policies and go back six months, you don't have to go back further than that. So they want to put a communist in New York. Now, the good news is we have a lot of power over that because we're the ones with the money. We send the money. We don't send the money.
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Dude, you were on the roof of the White House earlier today pointing up and talking about building nuclear weapons. On the, on the roof like, we're building nuclear weapons. We're building nuclear weapons. What the hell is even going on? Then Donald Trump hedges about whether J.D. vance could be his heir apparent. Play this clip. President Trump, nice to see you got off the roof.
Donald Trump
All right. Yeah, yeah. You said this morning that you probably won't be running for a third term this weekend. Secretary of State Rubio said that he thought J.D. vance would be a great nominee. You could clear the entire Republican field right now. Do you agree that the heir apparent to Maga is J.D. vance? Well, I think most likely, in all fairness, he's the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form. I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here. So it's too early obviously to talk about it, but certainly he's doing a great job and he would be probably favored at this point.
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Then Donald Trump says that the reason that they're redrawing their maps or that they need to unlawfully gerrymander, let's just call it what it is in Texas is he goes, well, the Democrats were going to do it anyway in California and New York, so we did it because they were going to do it anyway. So that's why we're doing it here. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
If Texas redrawing their congressional map, right, would get you five safe red seats means that California, New York, Illinois and Maryland are all going to redraw their maps to add safe. Well, they'll do it anyway. Is it worth it? Yeah, they'll do it anyway. Why? If we stop over there, they would have done it anyway.
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Now, just to show you what was going on this morning to remind you this was Donald Trump walking on the roof. Here, play this clip. Mr. President, what do you want to build? What are you trying to build.
Donald Trump
Sir? Do you approve? You're saying more missile?
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Are you building missiles?
Donald Trump
What? Come on, dad.
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The MeidasTouch Podcast Summary
Episode: "Trump Has Meltdown at Press Brief With Ugly Confession"
Release Date: August 6, 2025
In this episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, hosts Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas delve into the tumultuous press conference recently held by former President Donald Trump. The episode offers a comprehensive analysis of Trump's controversial statements, mishandled topics, and public demeanor, all while intertwining the brothers' signature humor and insightful commentary.
The episode opens with a detailed examination of Trump's recent press conference, which deviated significantly from its intended focus on the 2028 Olympics. Instead, attention was drawn to Trump's discussions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Admission of Complicity?
At [00:55], Trump addressed his relationship with Epstein by stating, "I just have a very highly thought of person respected by everybody and I didn't talk to him about it." The hosts interpret this as a veiled confession, suggesting it hints at deeper involvement or knowledge about Epstein's activities.
Special Exemptions and DOJ Involvement
Trump was questioned about Maxwell's transfer to a minimum security prison, an action requiring special DOJ approval. At [03:19], he deflects by praising Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General, claiming, "Todd Blanche is one of the most highly respected people you'll ever meet." The Meiselas brothers argue this is an unprecedented move, potentially part of a larger cover-up related to Epstein.
Trump's press conference was marred by several verbal missteps and apparent cognitive lapses, which the hosts scrutinize for underlying implications.
Misnaming Officials
At [04:42], Trump mistakenly refers to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as "Christy Kerr," highlighting possible distractions or disorganization during the briefing.
Erroneous Claims About Olympic Medals
In an attempt to bolster national pride, Trump presented himself with a set of Olympic medals, erroneously claiming athletic achievements. At [05:33], he states, "Can I say that I won them athletically? Yes, sir," which the hosts compare to his previous actions of appropriating trophies.
The podcast delves into Trump's policy positions and controversial statements made during the press conference.
Water Release and Fire Control
Trump falsely claims responsibility for extinguishing Southern California fires by releasing water from Northern California reservoirs, stating at [11:05], "we actually opened up that water pretty strongly." The MeidasTouch team refutes this, clarifying that the water never reached Southern California and instead impacted local farming.
Economic Assertions and Dividend Promises
At [12:20], Trump boasts about the U.S. economy, claiming, "We're taking in trillions, not billions," and hints at potential dividend checks to Americans. The hosts express skepticism, labeling his statements as exaggerated and lacking substantive evidence.
Transgender Athletes and DOJ Charges
Trump suggests possible legal actions against transgender athletes, advocating for genetic testing to verify women's identities in sports. At [13:43], he remarks, "there is going to be a very strong form of testing," which the podcast critiques as discriminatory and unfounded.
Trump directed personal attacks towards political opponents during the press conference, which the podcast analyzes for their impact and underlying motives.
The podcast also covers Trump's erratic behavior and contradictory statements made during the press event.
Missile Construction Claims
Trump's assertion about building nuclear weapons on the White House roof, captured at [17:25], is dissected as a bizarre and unfounded claim, raising questions about his focus and seriousness.
Heir Apparent Speculation
When discussing potential successors, Trump muses at [15:28] about J.D. Vance as a possible vice president, showcasing uncertainty and lack of a clear succession plan.
Gerrymandering Justifications
At [16:29], Trump defends Texas's redistricting efforts by claiming, "they would do it anyway," implying retaliatory or preventative motives against other states' gerrymandering practices.
Throughout the episode, the Meiselas brothers provide sharp analysis and humorous takes on Trump's statements and behavior:
Defamation and Credibility
They frequently question the validity of Trump's claims, especially those lacking substantive evidence or presenting contradictory information.
Impact on Democracy
The hosts emphasize the importance of supporting democratic institutions and holding leaders accountable, viewing Trump's actions and statements as detrimental to these values.
Humor and Satire
Utilizing their trademark comedic banter, the brothers underscore the absurdity of certain remarks, making the content engaging while conveying serious critiques.
The episode concludes with the MeidasTouch team reiterating concerns over Trump's unpredictable behavior and its implications for political discourse and democratic integrity. They advocate for informed and active citizen engagement to counteract misinformation and uphold democratic principles.
Donald Trump on Todd Blanche
"Todd Blanche is one of the most highly respected people you'll ever meet." [01:20]
Trump on Olympic Medals
"Can I say that I won them athletically? Yes, sir." [05:38]
Trump on Economic Gains
"We're taking in trillions, not billions... may very well make a dividend to the people of America." [12:20]
Trump on Transgender Athletes
"There will be a very, very strong form of testing. And if the test doesn't come out appropriately and they won't be in the Olympics." [14:06]
Trump's Misnaming of Kristi Noem
"Christy Kerr, do you know who Christy Kerr, She's a friend of my great golfer Christy Noem." [04:42]
This episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast offers a critical and entertaining exploration of Donald Trump's recent press conference, highlighting inconsistencies, controversial statements, and the broader implications for American politics. The Meiselas brothers effectively blend humor with serious analysis, providing listeners with both laughter and thought-provoking insights.
For more in-depth discussions and updates, be sure to subscribe to The MeidasTouch Podcast and join the MeidasMighty community.