Trump Has Nightmare Morning and Thinks About Dying

Summary

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Podcast Summary: MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Trump Has Nightmare Morning and Thinks About Dying

Date: August 19, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (MeidasTouch Network)

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Overview

This episode dives into Donald Trump's chaotic morning, focusing on his controversial interview with Fox News, where he makes several bizarre statements about his standing with Vladimir Putin, nuclear diplomacy, and even his hopes of going to heaven. The Meiselas brothers provide commentary and fact-checking, exposing the implications of Trump’s remarks for U.S. foreign relations and democracy. The episode is laced with the brothers’ usual mix of comedic banter and passionate political analysis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mass Protests in Tel Aviv & Lack of U.S. Media Coverage

• [01:38] Ben draws attention to massive protests in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu and the Gaza conflict, highlighting how corporate media in the U.S. isn't covering these events, but MeidasTouch is.

2. Trump's "Nightmare Morning" & Bizarre Fox News Interview

• The episode centers on Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, specifically an explosive interview with Fox where he:
  • Reflects on his legacy, expressing concern about his "place in heaven."
  • Discusses his relationship with Vladimir Putin, choosing not to "disrespect" him in front of European leaders.
  • Claims credit for preventing nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
  • Shifts blame for the Ukraine conflict onto Ukraine itself.

Notable Quotes:

• Trump on Heaven and ‘Deals’:

  "I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I really am at the bottom of the totem pole...If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. Well, I think I saved a lot of lives with India, Pakistan. They were going at it, the planes were being shot down."
  — Donald Trump, [03:34]

• Trump on Picking Up Putin’s Call:

  "I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin. You know, I wouldn't do that because they have not had the warmest relations."
  — Donald Trump, [04:28]

• Ben’s Analysis:

  "Maybe you're low on the totem pole because of your and Epstein's connections... and the fact that you have been found liable for sexual assault and the fact that you're a convicted felon and the fact that you're an overall awful human being."
  — Ben Meiselas, [03:17]

3. Trump’s Cozy Relationship with Putin & NATO Undermining

• [05:08]–[06:40] Trump boasts about his 'warmth' with Putin (“there's a decent feeling”) and reiterates the conspiracy theory that the Russia investigation hurt the country.
• He explicitly denigrates NATO and the idea of Ukraine joining it, claiming, “It can’t be NATO... If you were Russia, who would want to have your enemy sitting on your line?”

Notable Quotes:

• Trump on NATO and Ukraine:

  "It can't be Naito because that was a, that's just not something that would ever, ever happen... So it was always thought that Ukraine was sort of a buffer between Russia and the rest of Europe."
  — Donald Trump, [12:42]

4. Attempts to Blame Ukraine for Russian Invasion

• Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded, saying, “You don't take on a nation that's 10 times your size,” and misstates the Donbass situation (“79% owned and controlled by Russia”).

Notable Quotes:

• Trump on Ukraine:

  "Russia is a powerful military nation... It's not a war that should have been started. You don't do that. You don't take on a nation that's 10 times your size."
  — Donald Trump, [07:02]

5. Distracting Celebrity Gossip and Fox Flattery

• A surreal detour as Trump comments on Fox’s Ainsley Earhardt’s relationship with Sean Hannity, awkwardly joking about their romance on air:

  "There's a guy named Sean Hannity. He might take a very lovely young lady that he knows very, very well to D.C... I hope I'm not breaking any news."
  — Donald Trump, [08:45]

• Even Fox appears uncomfortable and abruptly ends the segment.

• Memorable Closing by Fox:

  "We want to thank you so much for joining us this morning. We know that you have lots of other wars around the world that you need to end and that's more important than anything."
  — Fox News Interviewer, [13:56]

6. Trump’s Anti-Windmill Rant

• During the interview Trump posts on social media about “stupid and ugly windmills” killing New Jersey, calling for them to be stopped:

  "Stop the windmills. Exclamation point. Stop the windmills."
  — Ben paraphrasing Trump, [13:25]

7. Broader Foreign Policy Consequences

• Discussion of how Trump’s actions undermine intelligence agencies and U.S. alliances.
• Reference to a Foreign Policy article, "When the Threat is Inside the White House," about CIA insiders’ fears of MAGA infiltration.
• Impact of Trump’s trade policies, including expanded tariffs on consumer goods such as baby gear and motorcycles.

Notable Quotes:

• Ben on Trump’s Tariffs:

  "Trump widens metal tariffs to target baby gear and motorcycles, making things more expensive for you. All things I still haven't seen from Donald Trump: Ending Russia's war on Ukraine... End of inflation. He's made things worse there; replacement of Obamacare."
  — Ben Meiselas, [17:10]

8. Waning Public Support & Tech Bubble Fears

• Ben highlights that only 31% of Americans now view tariffs positively.
• Bloomberg reporting on fears that a tech bubble might be forming, similar to the late 1990s.

9. Shift in Global Alliances

• India and China’s closer relations, with U.S. tech companies like Apple ramping up operations in India—contrary to Trump's promises to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Trump on Negotiating for Heaven:
  [03:34] Donald Trump: "I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I really am at the bottom of the totem pole...If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons."

• On Putin and European Leaders:
  [04:28] Donald Trump: "I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin. You know, I wouldn't do that because they have not had the warmest relations."

• Blaming Ukraine:
  [07:02] Donald Trump: "It's not a war that should have been started. You don't do that. You don't take on a nation that's 10 times your size."

• On Hannity and Earhardt:
  [08:45] Donald Trump: "There's a guy named Sean Hannity. He might take a very lovely young lady that he knows very, very well to DC...I hope I'm not breaking any news."

• Fox’s Sarcastic Send-off:
  [13:56] Fox News Interviewer: "We know that you have lots of other wars around the world that you need to end and that's more important than anything."

• Undermining NATO:
  [12:42] Donald Trump: "It can't be Naito... that's just not something that would ever, ever happen."

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Important Segments (Timestamps)

• [01:38] – Mass protests in Tel Aviv and global context
• [03:34] – Trump’s heaven comments and foreign policy brags
• [04:28] – Trump describes his call with Putin
• [07:02] – Trump blames Ukraine for its own invasion
• [08:45] – Trump awkwardly discusses Fox hosts' personal lives
• [13:25] – Trump’s anti-windmill social post
• [13:56] – Fox News abruptly ends interview with awkward sarcasm
• [17:10] – Ben’s recap of Trump’s failed promises, tariffs, and facts

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Tone and Style

The brothers’ tone alternates between incredulity, satire, and passionate advocacy for democracy. They combine forceful debunking and mockery of Trump’s statements, with contextual analysis about their implications for American credibility and policy.

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Conclusion

This episode is a showcase of how the Meiselas brothers blend humor, exasperation, and detailed fact-checking to break down what they view as Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior, the normalization of absurdity by media outlets like Fox, and the dangerous shift it causes in U.S. democracy and global alliances. The podcast punctuates serious analysis with memorable sound bites, ensuring listeners are both informed and entertained.

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Transcript

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That'S about 500,000 people in Tel Aviv protesting the Netanyahu regime's atrocities being committed in Gaza. That's what's happening right now in Israel, which you're not seeing covered on corporate news. We talk about it here on the Midas Touch Network. Donald Trump is in a panic this morning as it is very clear that he is just making things dramatically worse across the world. This from Sky News in the uk. We are further away from peace now than we were two years ago. Donald Trump's disastrous meeting in Alaska combined with his disastrous meeting with with European leaders where Donald Trump took a break during the meeting to take a phone call from Vladimir Putin. And this morning Donald Trump said that he didn't want to be disrespectful to Vladimir Putin. That's why he stepped out of the room to do the call away from European leaders who Donald Trump says, you know, Putin doesn't really like these European leaders. So I didn't want to disrespect Putin, of course. Well, Donald Trump this morning gave a disastrous interview with state regime media known as Fox, where Donald Trump started saying, you know, I'm very low on the totem pole to go to heaven. I really want to go to heaven and that's why I'm trying to do a deal. And then he talks about Pakistan and India and saying that he did a peace deal there and that's going to help him get to heaven. This is what he's thinking about. What are you even talking about? We realize how deranged this sounds, but no, Fox doesn't call him out for it. But here Donald Trump talks about he wants to make deals to help him go to heaven because he's low on the totem pole. Maybe you're low on the totem pole because of your and Epstein's connections also and the fact that you have been found liable for sexual assault and the fact that you're a convicted felon and the fact that you're an overall awful human being. But anyway, here's what he said. Here, play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

You know, if I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that's a pretty. I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I really at the bottom of the totem pole did the fight. If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. Well, I think I saved a lot of lives with India, Pakistan. They were going at it, the planes were being shot down. That was going to be maybe a nuclear war if I let that go. And I did that too.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Now this was from that disastrous interview this morning where Donald Trump talked about leaving the European leaders to take a call from Putin because he didn't want to be disrespectful to Putin. Here, play this clip.

[Fox News Interviewer]

During the meeting yesterday when you decided to call Vladimir Putin, what was the reaction among the other people in the room and what was, what was President Putin's reaction to like being brought into a phone call in the middle of your meeting?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I think they expected it. I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin. You know, I wouldn't do that because they have not had the warmest relations.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And then Donald Trump starts attacking the European leaders and basically saying, well, they can never have a conversation with Putin and Putin doesn't really like them that much. But Putin likes me. You realize that's pretty much a self own that you say Putin Likes you? Yes. I don't think that Vladimir Putin is getting on the phone with European leaders to talk to them about how they should change their elections and cancel mail in voting, like he talked to you about. And then you said you're going to do an executive order after speaking with Vladimir Putin to cancel mail in voting. Here, play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

And actually, President Putin wouldn't talk to the people from Europe. I mean, that was part of the problem. They had no communication with the White House for years as people died. Years with Biden and his people. No communication. Putin told me years. It was years that he didn't speak to anybody from the White House. And it was a long time that he didn't speak to anybody from Europe. No. It's a fractured relationship. And when I came in, I always had, despite the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, which truly was a very dangerous thing for our country. But despite that, I maintained a very good relationship. I mean, you saw that when he got off his plane, I got off my plane. There's a warmth there that you can't, you know, there's a decent feeling. And it's a good thing, not a bad thing. People would say, oh, that's such a terrible thing. It's not a terrible thing. You know what? We've got the most nuclear weapons in the world and the most powerful. He's got second.

[Fox News Interviewer]

So can you describe for us how that happened? Did you just announce that you were going to go into the other room to make the phone call and then you got up and left and then came back?

[Donald Trump]

I think they sort of knew I was at the end of the meeting, I was going to call President Putin, and President Putin expected it, and he was there. Now, by the time I called him, it was one o' clock in the morning in Russia. Russia is a big place. You know, they have 11 time zones, I believe nine or 11, but I think it's 11, 11 time zone. That's a lot of time zone. So it was late. It was like one o' clock in the morning. But he was, he picked it up very happily. Sure. He works very hard, like we all do.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And then Donald Trump blames Ukraine for getting invaded. He goes, it's not a war that should have been started. Look, Russia's 10 times bigger than them. Why did Ukraine let this war start? Here, play this clip.

[Fox News Interviewer]

Mr. President, did y' all discuss any land swaps yesterday? Because we've talked a lot about the Donbass region. And what was the feeling in the room? What did the other leaders say about this.

[Donald Trump]

Well, they understand, look, everybody can play cute and this and that, but, you know, Ukraine's going to get their life back. They're going to stop having people killed all over the place, and they're going to get a lot of land. But this was a war, and Russia is a powerful military nation. You know, whether people like it or not, it's a powerful nation. It's a much bigger nation. It's not a war that should have been started. You don't do that. You don't take. You don't take on a nation that's 10 times your size. And, you know, military experts, look, look, if it wasn't for the greatest military equipment. We make the greatest military equipment in the world. And we gave them, you know, whatever they took, probably a lot of money, too, but they, they had tremendous. You know, they had the Patriot missile, which is the best in the world, all the equipment. We make the best equipment in the world by far. Everyone else is like nothing. So we gave them a lot of equipment. Now, with that said, the Ukrainian soldiers were brave as hell because it's fighting a force that's much, much bigger and in theory, much more powerful. And, you know, it's not like they've stopped. I assume you've all seen the map. You know, a big chunk of territory is taken, and that territory has been taken. Now, they're talking about Donbass, But Donbass right now, as you know, is 79% owned and controlled by Russia. So they understand what, Mr. President, what?

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Then in a bizarre moment, Donald Trump starts talking about the fact that Ainsley Earhart, the morning host, is in a relationship with Sean Hannity, and she. And then Donald Trump talks about her dating Sean Hannity. I think she's engaged to Hannity now. But this is what they talk about here. Play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

There's a guy named Sean Hannity. He might take a very lovely young lady that he knows very, very well to D. Washington. And they don't have to. They don't have to. She's sitting right next to you, by the way. I don't want to get him in trouble, so I better explain. Exactly. We don't want any secrets here, but he's got. That's the greatest relationship. I hope I'm not breaking any news. This could be the biggest. Hey, this could be the most important thing I said. But let me tell you, those are two great. Ainsley and Sean. Great people. And when they go out to dinner, I don't want to see them get mugged. Now, they can go out, they can hold hands, they can walk down the street. They're both superstars. I want to know who makes more money because he's got to be making a lot.

[Fox News Interviewer]

Mr. President, we're so happy for them. But on A serious note, Mr. President, when you have those world leaders, because this is the topic of conversation for the whole world.

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[Midas Touch Network Host]

And then as part of the relentless propaganda campaign by state regime media known as Fox, they acted like he did a deal. And so they're like, so with all of the great things that you've done already, how can you ensure that Putin doesn't inch closer to Ukraine after your presidency? Do we need Congress to pass Article 5 like guarantees? What are you talking Donald Trump's made things 100 times worse in Ukraine. The of the amount of times that we've seen attacks take place on Ukraine have increased significantly under Donald Trump here. Let's watch this clip. Let's play it.

[Fox News Interviewer]

What happens at the after your presidency, how can we ensure that this conflict that Putin doesn't inch in closer or more into the Ukraine territory? Is there anything that we can do? Can our, can our congressmen and women pass any laws that would, that would involve Article 5? How would that be handled?

[Donald Trump]

All you can do is make sure you get a good president, not one of these wackos like in California that runs the worst state. Anybody seen, or that guy in Illinois who, his family threw him out of the business because he was no good. Now he's running Illinois and he wants to run for president. He's got zero chance. Maybe, maybe Newscom has a little bit of a chance, I don't know. But it's hard to believe because his record's bad. But, but what you, all you can do is hope you don't get that as president. We have a great bench, as you know, that we have great talent. And JD And Marco and Scott, Scott Besson's been great. And Howard, they're all, I mean, we have such superstars.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Then Donald Trump denigrates NATO in this bizarre morning interview with Fox. Play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

I don't think it's going to be a problem. I think if a deal is made, you know, famous last words, right? But I think if a deal is made, I think Russia's had it. They've all had it. And for a very extended period of time, I don't think there'll be a problem, but so there'll be some form of security. It can't be Naito because that was a, that's just not something that would ever, ever happen. He couldn't, they couldn't do that. So want that. I mean, if you were Russia, who would want to have your, your enemy, your opponent sitting on your line? You don't do that. So it was always thought that, that Ukraine was sort of a buffer between Russia and the rest of Europe. And it was, was a big, wide buffer. Everything worked out well until Biden got involved.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And while he's doing this interview with Fox, he starts posting on social media. Stupid and ugly windmills are killing New Jersey. Energy prices up 28% this year and not enough electricity to take care of state. Stop the windmills. Exclamation point. Stop the windmills. This is what we're, this is what we're saying here. And then I think even Fox realizes just how deranged this interview is with Donald Trump and they basically hustle him off the air. Here, play this clip.

[Donald Trump]

People in government.

[Fox News Interviewer]

Well, President Trump, we want to thank you so much for joining us this morning. We know that you have lots of other wars around the world that you need to end and that's more important than anything. So we appreciate you joining us this morning.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you very much.

[Fox News Interviewer]

Thank you so much.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you. And Ainsley, thank you. I hope I didn't get you in trouble with John.

[Fox News Interviewer]

We appreciate your support.

[Donald Trump]

I'll say it. You know, I like this. It's a great couple. We love them. Have a good time, everybody.

[Fox News Interviewer]

Congratulations for yesterday. Thank you, Mr. Trump.

Thank you, sir.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you all very much.

[Fox News Interviewer]

The 45th and 47th President of the United States giving us some breaking news on what took place in the room there.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

I saw this article that came out, it came out last month, but it's worth mentioning right now from foreign policy when the threat is inside the White House. What CIA insiders make of MAGA moles and toadies now in charge of the US national security. And it just goes to talk about how Donald Trump is trying to destroy the CIA apparatus from within. Again. Another thing that helps Putin's objectives. And it talks about how a lot of the people who were promoted to the top positions at the CIA before Donald Trump, like a guy named Tom Sylvester, were promoted on the basis also of they found the Russian war plans and were able to give it to Ukraine to to help stop Putin from taking over Kiev in three days, as Putin said that he was going to do. Just giving you some more foreign policy news and check back in about 90 minutes. I did an interview with Jake Sullivan, national Security adviser. Make sure you watch that. I asked him a lot of questions about India, Japan, what's going on internationally. But India's Prime Minister Modi has now been saying India, China relations have made steady progress as the US has attacked. India has mocked India. India's moving on and finding its alliance in China right now. We're seeing that across the world. Meanwhile, and Donald Trump saying that he was going to bring these factories here to the United States. Remember how he said he was going to bring iPhone factories to the United States? Well, Apple expands its iPhone production in India for US Bound new models. Remember Tim Cook showed up with a gold bar. He bribed Trump with a gold bar. And then now they're building factories in India, which is ultimately still going to benefit China. As India's relationship with China strengthening and weakening with the United States. Donald Trump also stunned the logistics industry by widening his steel and aluminum tariffs to include more than 400 consumer items that contain the metals, such as motorcycles and tableware. Trump widens metal tariffs to target baby gear and motorcycles, making things more expensive for you. All things I still haven't seen from Donald Trump. Ending Russia's war on Ukraine. Written documentation of trade deals with Vietnam, Japan or the UK Lawsuits against Jay Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Trump said he was filing that lawsuit. End of inflation. He's made things worse there replacement of Obamacare. He's taken away health care from 17 million Americans. And finally, Bloomberg's reporting Fears of a bubble and a tech bubble are mounting as tech stocks follow a pattern that is surprisingly similar to the dot com bubble of the late 1990s. And it should be noted as well that if you just look at Americans views about Donald Trump's trade war against the world, only 31% of Americans view tariffs as favorable. I think it's an important data point as well for all of you. Hit subscribe let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thank you for watching. The truth is more important than ever. Check out our new Truth over lies [e-mail] touch.com All 100% USA Union made.

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