Saturday Afternoon News Update with Ben — 6/6/26

Summary

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The MeidasTouch Podcast: Trump Has Psychotic Meltdown as Life is Collapsing!!!

Date: June 6, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior amidst a series of escalating crises—both of his own making and affecting the United States and the world. The Meiselas brothers dissect Trump’s bizarre social media activities, cover-ups, international incidents, and how world leaders and U.S. politicians are reacting to his apparent decline. The tone is irreverent, incredulous, and deeply pro-democracy, maintaining the energetic, brotherly banter the MeidasTouch audience loves.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump's Social Media Meltdown & Bizarre AI Videos

• Immediately after returning to Bedminster, NJ from Washington D.C., Trump is “making social media posts with some weird AI video that says Trump Trump Trump this as the world is literally falling apart as a result of Donald Trump’s despicable plans and his chaos.” (02:06)
• The brothers mock how Trump seems mentally unwell, referencing his posts showcasing worldwide adoration with the phrase "they love Donald, Donald Trump" and highlight that the creator of one video is now a Trump-endorsed congressional candidate.
  • Quote: “Let’s play this clip... ‘In the Middle East, they love Donald, Donald Trump... In China, they love Donald, Donald Trump.’” (03:01)

2. Revealed FBI Records on Assassination Attempt

• Newly obtained FBI records from a Judicial Watch lawsuit show a Butler County sheriff’s deputy exchanged emails with Thomas Crooks before the July 13, 2024, Trump assassination attempt.
• The FBI’s records are “entirely redacted,” but it's confirmed Crooks emailed law enforcement before the shooting (04:23).
  • Quote: “Apparently Crooks was emailing law enforcement and the FBI produced records that are entirely redacted.” (04:30)

3. Escalation of Israeli Counterintelligence Threat

• The Pentagon has raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat to its highest level, citing Mossad’s efforts to gather info on U.S. officials as Netanyahu seeks to prevent a U.S.-Iran deal.
  • Quote: “The Pentagon has raised Israel's counterintelligence threat level to its highest category … they're escalating that right now.” (05:01)

4. Screwworm Outbreak Cover-Up by Trump’s Regime

• USDA confirmed a second detection of New World Screwworm in Texas but swiftly deleted the info, raising concerns over public safety and Trump regime’s ongoing deregulation.
  • Quote: “People were warning about this, especially as the Trump regime was removing detection mechanisms and experts who could help prevent this.” (05:48)

5. Trumpworld and Foreign Entanglements – Albania Fiasco

• Trump is implicated in helping cover up a $4 billion Jared Kushner/Ivanka Trump project in Albania, which has sparked massive protests for damaging a protected ecological island.
• Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama dismisses critics, bizarrely referring to Kushner as “the son in love,” then lavishly praises him.
  • Quote (Edi Rama): “No, no, no, no, no. There is no project by the son in love. Right. He's the son in law, by the way, not the son in love … and he deserves all the love. He's a great guy.” (07:01–07:24)

6. Use (and Abuse) of D-Day for MAGA Propaganda

• Fox’s Pete Hegseth delivers a speech on Normandy beaches using WWII references to stoke fears about “dangerous ideologies” invading Europe in the present (07:24).
  • Quote (Hegseth): “Today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies... when will European capitals do something about that invasion?” (08:17)

7. Hunter Biden Becomes “MAGA Whisperer”

• Hunter Biden is lauded for his sobriety even by some in the MAGA crowd, which hosts find both “fascinating” and heartening—framing him as embodying resilience and recovery.
  • Quote: “‘Some of the kindest words have come from the people you’d least expect... It’s about every person in recovery who shows up and tries again.’” (09:16)

8. Trump's Odd Wisconsin Speech

• Trump tells Wisconsin farmers their lives are preferable to his, referencing his own “pierced ear”—a nod to the assassination attempt, layered with self-pity and a disconnect from reality.
  • Quote (Donald Trump): “‘You wouldn’t trade my life. You wouldn’t want my life. Your life is much better than my life. Your ear wasn’t little pierced over here.’” (10:01)

9. National & International Instability

• There’s escalating conflict in the Middle East: U.S. strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran responds with threats, and Russia inks a $28B nuclear deal with Iran, viewing Trump as ineffective.
  • Quote: “By all accounts, all negotiations between the United States and Iran have shut down.” (11:09)

10. Mainstream Pushback & Satire

• NY Gov. Hochul and CA Gov. Newsom mock Trump’s decline—with Hochul’s AI-generated Trump-on-$250bill meme and Newsom’s pointedly sarcastic well-wishes.
  • Quote: “Your life is much better than my life … Your ear wasn’t little pierced over here.” (10:01)
  • “Wishing our president a very restful weekend.” (Gavin Newsom; 10:58)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|----------|-------| | 02:06 | Host | “Trump is having a psychotic meltdown … He’s now in Bedminster … making social media posts with some weird AI video … as the world is literally falling apart…” | | 03:01 | AI Video | “In the Middle East, they love Donald, Donald Trump. Even in China, they love Donald, Donald Trump.” | | 04:30 | Host | “Apparently Crooks was emailing law enforcement and the FBI produced records that are entirely redacted.” | | 05:01 | Host | “The Pentagon has raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat level to its highest category … they’re escalating that right now.” | | 05:48 | Host | “People were warning about this, especially as the Trump regime was removing detection mechanisms and experts…” | | 07:01 | Edi Rama | “He’s the son in law, by the way, not the son in love … and he deserves all the love. He’s a great guy.” | | 08:17 | Hegseth | “Today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies … When will European capitals do something about that invasion?” | | 09:16 | Hunter Biden (read by host) | “Some of the kindest words have come from the people you’d least expect … It’s about every person in recovery who shows up and tries again.” | | 10:01 | Trump | “You wouldn’t trade my life. … Your ear wasn’t little pierced over here. You didn’t get pierced. You have a nice, safe, beautiful life…” |

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Trump’s AI Social Media Meltdown – 02:06–03:30
• FBI Records on Trump Shooter – 04:23–04:45
• Israel Counterintelligence Threat Escalates – 05:01–05:30
• Screwworm Outbreak Cover-Up – 05:35–05:57
• Albania/Jared Kushner Fiasco – 06:12–07:24
• D-Day Used for MAGA Rhetoric – 07:24–08:34
• Hunter Biden’s Redemption Arc – 08:34–09:47
• Trump’s Wisconsin Speech – 09:47–10:29
• Satirical Memes & Governor Reactions – 10:29–11:09
• Middle East/Russia-Iran Developments – 11:09–end

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Takeaways

• The episode paints a picture of “peak chaos”: Trump is portrayed as isolated and unstable, government malfeasance is rampant, international affairs are dangerously volatile, and Trump’s allies are either enabling or satirizing his decline.
• The hosts maintain a mix of incredulity and dark humor, frequently highlighting hypocrisy and absurdity from Trump’s camp.
• Memorable moments include the “son in love” mishap, Trump’s surreal AI videos, and the brothers’ mockery of MAGA’s D-Day revisionism.

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Transcript

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[Political Commentator]

Trump is having a psychotic meltdown on Saturday morning. He's rushed out of Washington D.C. he's now in Bedminster, his golf course in New Jersey. He's been making social media posts with some weird AI video that says Trump Trump Trump this as the world is literally falling apart as a result of Donald Trump's despicable and plans and his chaos. This is as Donald Trump is crashing the markets here in the United States and more significantly, destroying the economy for everybody here other than his right wing billionaire buddies. Let me show you what he is posting here. Let's play this clip. In the Middle east, they love Donald, Donald Trump meant some Africans. They love Donald, Donald Trump. Even in China, they love Donald, Donald Trump. And he continues to make posts like that. And I guess the individual who helped make that video, someone who Donald Trump's now endorsing for Congress, and then they're posting videos of the guy hugging a Trump statue. It's beyond bizarre. There's a lot of very serious things going on this morning, obviously, as he's having this meltdown. You know, FBI records that were just obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit reveal that a Butler county sheriff's deputy exchanged two emails with the Trump purported shooter, Thomas Crooks, before the purported July 13, 2024 assassination attempt. I'm going to do a whole video on that. But apparently Crooks was emailing law enforcement and the FBI produced records that are entirely redacted. But we can see that there were emails before the shooting by Crooks. I'm going to delve deeper into that. Also, the Pentagon has raised Israel's counterintelligence threat level to its highest category mean that Israeli intelligence are stepping up efforts to gather information on US Officials right now as Netanyahu continues to do everything he can to avoid the United States entering into a deal with Iran. I'll do a longer video on that. But you have the Israel Mossad spying on US Government. We know that they were doing that, but they're escalating that right now. The NBC News bureau is reporting also we have the Trump regime covering up right now. There was an announcement over here of this screwworm, this lethal screwworm, and they posted about it and then they tried to cover it up. Here's what Secretary Brooke Rollins, agriculture secretary, posted. USDA confirmed a second detection of New World Screwworm in a one month old calf in Zavala County, Texas, approximately 5.6 miles from the first case. People were warning about this, especially as the Trump regime was removing the detection mechanisms and the experts who could have helped prevent this. So now they're deleting this. They posted it, then they deleted it. But folks, Donald Trump is making yet another post of that video. Here's what he just posted here. Let's play it down in Mexico. They love Donald, Donald Trump flew to Italy. They love Donald. Donald Trump. Also Donald Trump apparently working right now this morning with Albania's Prime Minister, Edi Rahma to cover up that $4 billion project that Jared Kushner and Ivanka are doing, where there are mass protests right now in Albania over that project where they're taking over an island in Albania that's a protected ecological wonder and they want to turn it into some Trumpenstein weird island for right wing oligarchs. And so now the prime minister of Albania, Eddie Rama, gave another interview and here's what he just said moments ago. Let's play it.

[Edi Rama]

A lot of images that have been, that have been spread in the social media of, of projects that are not related to the project, of dying flamingos, of depressed turtles and of all this, it doesn't exist. So we have to talk about reality. When the project will be present it, of course, we'll show it and we'll show it proudly. And I'm sure it will be a project that will change a lot in how Europe understands environments in general.

[Political Commentator]

Because this day, more from Eddie Rama right here. This prime minister saying that Jared Kushner deserves all the love. He's a great guy. Yeah. I think the people in Albania would disagree with that. Let's play this clip.

[Edi Rama]

Media by being engineered by the son in love. No, no, no, no, no. There is no project by the son in love. Right. He's the son in law, by the way, not the son in love. You said the son in love. So he is also the son in love. He certainly is, very much. Yeah. So, and he's, and he deserves all the love. He's a great guy.

[Political Commentator]

But the thing also on the anniversary of D Day, you have Hegseth right now in Normandy, and Hegseth used the D speech on the beaches of Normandy to attack Europe. And he said, sadly, today, different European beaches are now being stormed by different dangerous ideologies. And he's saying that that's, that their invasion today is very different than what we did when we were there in D day. And so he's using these hollow grounds where he's giving this speech in Normandy to attack Europe, to attack our allies. Again, this is what this regime is doing here. Play this clip. Today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies.

[Donald Trump]

Beaches in Spain and Italy, Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late?

[Political Commentator]

I'm going to do a whole other video on this as well. But as Donald Trump is In Bedminster, New Jersey, you have Hunter Biden becoming the MAGA whisperer, if you will. It's fascinating as people get to know more about Hunter. He's actually bringing a lot of people together right now. Hat to Hunter, he goes, I've taken a lot of hits and I've deserved some of them. I beat myself up over them more than you can imagine. But the grace people have shown me here is truly humbling. Some of the kindest words have come from the people you'd least expect. And for that, I am so grateful. This isn't about me. It's about every person in recovery who shows up and tries again. And to everyone still in the fight tonight, you are not alone. I see you. The Daily Beast writes MAGA supporters have seemingly had a change of heart about attacking the former first son, with many now championing him for his sobriety. So checking back in with what Trump and the White House are posting this morning. They're posting this bizarre photo of Donald Trump from this event he gave yesterday in Wisconsin where he told the farmers about getting their ears pierced and how they have better life than Donald Trump because he got his ear pierced. I assume referring to the purported assassination attempt in Butler that now appears to be being covered up even more. Remember when he said that yesterday? I'll just. I'll just show you what he said here. Let's play this clip or a small business.

[Donald Trump]

Now, I saw it myself. You have a way of life that sometimes you're land rich and cash poor. Sometimes you have lots of different conditions. But people that are on farms love being on farms. You wouldn't trade my life. You wouldn't want my life. Believe me, you don't want it. Your life is much better than my life. I will tell you. Your ear wasn't little pierced over here. You didn't get pierced. You have a nice, safe, beautiful life. But I've seen.

[Political Commentator]

And while Donald Trump is in Bedminster, you have a lot of people calling him out now for his cognitive and physical decline as well. You have Governor Hochul of New York posting photos of Donald Trump on the $250bill sleeping because Donald Trump wants to put himself on the $250bill. You have an account like this, Tarquin, that here's how they show Donald Trump was really sleeping. They obviously added a little AI to raise his hands and call it weekend at Donny's Director's Cut. I'll show you the video that they made here. Play this clip of a job, an economy, a community, a family and for too long. And then Governor Newsom of California said, wishing our president a very restful weekend. You know, heading into this weekend, we saw the United States strike the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded with more strikes against Kuwait and Bahrain. Iran now threatening the US with complete and absolute closure of the Strait of Hormuz. By all accounts, all negotiations between the United States and Iran have shut down. I've showed you the videos yesterday of Mohen Reza, the main Iran former IRGC commander, now the top advisor to Ayatollah Khomeini. Huda says, we're not doing a deal unless the United States gives US sanctions relief. $24 billion. We control the Strait of Hormuz, and you're not getting any of our nuclear dust or nuclear material. In fact, Russia announced a $28 billion deal with Iran yesterday or two days ago to help Iran's nuclear facilities. It was a $28 billion Russia Iran nuclear deal because they view Donald Trump as being utterly weak. And they go, what's he gonna do? He's gonna post more about reflecting pools. Yeah, that's what he's gonna do. Panic. INS got real quiet. The White House is posting with a photo of the reflecting pool. Not fully done. Panakin's got panic. What do you mean? Pannequins got real quiet? Dude, people just want health care. They want to be able to afford their rent. They want to be able to afford homes. That's what. That's what they want to do. Hit subscribe, everybody. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching new Midas Merch Drop. Check out the latest pro democracy sticker packs, T shirts, hats, sweatshirts, and more, [e-mail] touch.com.