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Donald Trump
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Meltdown of epic proportions during a disastrous press conference at the White House. The purported purpose of this press conference was for Donald Trump to announce his bailout of farmers or who are being bankrupted because of Trump's tariffs against the world. But during this press conference, Donald Trump was asked questions which provoked him to just recklessly lash out in such a bizarre manner. Let me show you what went down when a member of the press asked Donald Trump, when are you going to release the video footage of the second strike of the survivors from the fishing boat off the coast of Venezuela on September 2 when they survived the first strike that were the war crimes. You said you would release the video video footage about five days ago. So when are you going to release it? Watch what Donald Trump says here. Play this clip.
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Mr. President, you said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd off the coast of Venezuela. Secretary Hegstad now says you said that.
Donald Trump
I didn't say that. This is ABC fake news.
Advertiser/Promoter
You said that you would have no problem releasing the full bit. Okay, well, Secretary Hegseth, whatever Hegseth wants.
Donald Trump
To do is okay with.
Advertiser/Promoter
He now says it's under review. Are you ordering the secretary to release that full video?
Donald Trump
Whatever he decides is over. Okay with me. So every boat we knock out of the water, every boat we save, 25,000American lives.
Narrator/Host
And just so we can bring out the receipts for you, here's what Donald Trump said five days ago in the Oval Office where he said he would be releasing the video footage. Play this clip.
Advertiser/Promoter
You release video of that first boat strike on September 2, but not the second video. Will you release video of that strike so that the American people can see for themselves?
Donald Trump
I don't know what they have, but whatever they have would certainly release no problem. You know, we stopped every boat we knock out. We save 25,000American lives.
Narrator/Host
Now back to today's disastrous press conference. Donald Trump said that things are much more affordable now. He basically says we don't have any affordability crisis and he says inflation has been solved. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Prices are way down. We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices. We inherited the biggest inflation in the history of our country. That means prices going up. And we brought it down very substantially. Now inflation is essentially gone. We haven't normalized and it'll go down even a little bit further. You don't want it to be deflation either. You have to be careful. But we've run our way down. We had inflation that was the highest in the history of our country. They say 48 years, but I say the history, 48 years is pretty bad too. Right.
Narrator/Host
Donald Trump is then asked about the news of 20 Republican Congress members thinking about resigning or threatening to resign because they just don't want to be part of the House under MAGA Mike Johnson and Donald Trump anymore. Trump lashes out at the reporter, starts attacking the reporter and says, you've come unprepared. It should be noted that recklessly lashing out in these unprovoked ways is also a sign of Alzheimer's. And you know our coverage here about that on the Midas Touch Network Here, play this clip.
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And I just have a quick question. There's at least 20 House Republicans who have either said they're going to retire or not run again.
Donald Trump
And Democrats also. And Democrats. Right. Do you have, why don't you mention them? How many Democrats are going to retire? How many Democrats?
Advertiser/Promoter
Well, that's what I was going to.
Donald Trump
Ask, but why don't you tell me the number of Democrats too? You tell me about concerned about the.
Advertiser/Promoter
Narrow margins and no, I'm not concerned.
Donald Trump
I think we're going to do well. We will have the greatest economy.
Advertiser/Promoter
Who you know as well is considering running for.
Donald Trump
We're going to have the greatest economy in history. How many Democrats are retiring? How come you only know the Republicans but not the Democrats?
Advertiser/Promoter
I came prepared to ask you a question about.
Donald Trump
No, no, you're unprepared because you should know the Democrats. You're totally unprepared.
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And I asked a quick follow up. I'm with New York News Day and I also have a quick follow up.
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Now as part of this press conference as well, you had people like Brooke Rollins, the Agriculture Secretary having to suck up to Donald Trump. It was so bizarre. She says, you know, you're the greatest boss in the this as Donald Trump is now having to bail out the farmers who fall under her jurisdiction because his tariffs against the world are bankrupting them. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Madam Secretary, thank you.
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To the greatest boss in the world. For a long time now, it's just an honor to be here. I'm going to keep my comments very short.
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While we're at it, folks, I just want to remind you, make sure you hit subscribe to the Midas Touch YouTube channel. As you know, we're under attack from this regime right now. They want to shut us down. They want to destroy us. So please help us get to 6 million subscribers. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not actually be subscribed. So double check and hit the subscribe button now. Donald Trump then says that it's actually very difficult to work a lawnmower right now. He says because of all of these environmental things. You now have to touch all of these buttons. And you need a 185 IQ if you want to work a lawnmower. No, you don't. I don't think you know how to work a lawnmower. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Farming equipment has gotten too exp. And a lot of the reason is because they put these environmental excesses on the equipment which don't do a damn thing except make it complicated, make it impractical. And you really have to be, in many cases, you need about 185 IQ to turn on a lawnmower.
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So then Brooke Rollins, the agriculture Secretary, says, we're so thankful that you're looking into the cause of why equipment, fertilizer and seed has gotten so much more expensive. Thank you for your leadership. I think we have an answer. It's not exactly a mystery. It's the tariffs.
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Here, Play this clip here in 2026 as we have fought to bring input costs down. You have, you have talked about, and even this weekend did an executive order sign one on looking into the reason that so much of these costs have been driven up over and over. Equipment, again, fertilizer, seed, et cetera, et cetera. We have to make sure we understand why that is. And then the continu. The additional trade deals across the world. And no longer will America be held and beholden to the regime of other countries. Tariff infrastructure. Instead, we are moving our products out across the world.
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Donald Trump then talks about giving the $12 billion to the farmers. By the way, he gave $40 billion to Argentina to then undercut our farmers by selling their soybeans to China. But Donald Trump says 12 billion, that's a lot of money. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
So we're going to use that money to provide $12 billion in economic assistance to American farmers. 12 billion is a lot of money. Meryl, what do you think? Peanuts for you, though, right?
She's a farmer of rice. This release will, this relief will provide much needed certainty to farmers as they get this year's harvest to market and look ahead to next year's crops, and it'll help them continue their efforts to lower food prices for American families.
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And again, and then Donald Trump says it's because of the tariffs that this is possible. Okay. It's because of the tariffs that you've bankrupted the farmers, not that you've had to. Then you had to bail them out. Here, play this clip.
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So thank you.
Donald Trump
Thank you. And this money would not be possible without tariffs. The tariffs are taking in, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars and we're giving some up to the farmers because they were mistreated by other countries for, I don't know, maybe right reasons, maybe wrong reasons. They weren't. They were trying to show us something and.
It'S really worked out really well. But because of the tariffs, this is possible.
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Then Brooke Rollins says, but give Donald Trump credit. Every time I'm around him, he says, how are my farmers doing here? Play this clip.
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So then you can see these, like, bizarre members. I don't even call them members of the press. I think this person works at Mike Lindell's media company or one of the companies like that. And so she asked Donald Trump, she goes, you know, everybody knows, she says, she goes, Everybody knows that January 6th was a fed direction led by the FBI to bring you down. And Donald Trump's like, yeah, I agree with that. That's a great statement. And I'm going to look into my own prosecutor for helping with the Fed shrection. Again, deranged conspiracies. But this is what's happening in the White House now. So you need to watch it. Play this clip.
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Everybody's talking about the pipe bomber over the weekend, the suspect that was taken into custody. I reported on Biden kangaroo court for four years. And I this is an important question to me. Everyone knows that J6 was a Fed's direction to set you and your supporters up. So my question is, what's your gut instinct about the new pipe bomber suspect taken into custody? Does your instinct tell you that he acted alone? And also, Mr. President, how do you feel about the lead prosecutor on the pipe armor case, Jocelyn Balanchine, is the same prosecutor that allegedly acts a J6 or to lie to frame you for J6 when you did nothing wrong? What are your thoughts?
Donald Trump
Well, thank you. I really appreciate that question. Sort of a statement, and I appreciate it very much. Jesselyn is being looked at. They all have to be looked at. What they're doing is so bad. This was a whole Democrat hoax. The whole thing was a Democrat hoax. And it's all being looked at. Appreciate that.
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Trump is then asked about Alina Haba having to resign after she was disqualified over and over again by every judge that she's appeared in front of as the United States Attorney because she's unlawfully behaving as the United States attorney. And Donald Trump's like, she's not disqualified. This is the Democrats fault. No, it's your fault for putting unqualified people in these positions. And then the federal judges, both Trump appointed judges, Biden appointed judges, Obama, Clinton, Reagan. All these judges don't extend the term of the interims. The interim United States attorneys who can also get confirmed because they're not qualified, they don't have any background being federal prosecutors. That's why this is happening. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Okay. What else?
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Yeah, Alina Hava says she's stepping down as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey after the courts disqualified her. Do you have any comment on that?
Donald Trump
Well, she's not disqualified. You've got a blue slip thing. That's horrible. It's a horrible thing. It makes it impossible to appoint a judge or a U.S. attorney. And it's a shame. And the Republicans should be ashamed of themselves that they allow this to go on. Because I can't appoint a U.S. attorney that's not a Democrat because they put a block on it. So if you appoint in Virginia or in New Jersey or In California a U.S. attorney or a judge, I mean, the judge situation is ridiculous. The only people that you can get by are Democrats.
Narrator/Host
Then Donald Trump talks about how he wants to take away more and more vaccines. And he comes up with this weird thing that we're giving children 88 shots in one big glass of stuff like that. What are you even talking about? You don't know the way these work. And it's so despicable that you've now taken away the hepatitis B or you removed recommendations for hepatitis B for newborns, which is going to lead to the deaths of so many newborns and many newborns contracting hepatitis B. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
I think we take like 88 different.
Shots all wrapped up in one. One big glass of stuff like that. And we're going to be reducing adverse substantially.
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Do you support the Paramount?
Donald Trump
It'll be safe, but we're going to be reducing it very substantially.
Narrator/Host
Then Trump says that. What? He goes, what his. It's not even a health care plan. He goes, his idea that we get rid of insurance companies altogether and give people $2,000 checks and use that to replace their health care. He goes, that's gone mega viral. It's gone mega viral. Here, play this clip.
Advertiser/Promoter
Do you support that?
Donald Trump
Go ahead.
Advertiser/Promoter
That Republican plan that you just talked about when it comes to health care, when do you expect Republicans to put that?
Donald Trump
Look at it very strongly. And we're also going to the Democrats and asking them to do it. The Democrats want to make the insurance companies rich. They're all paid off by the insurance companies. A tremendous amount of the insurance company funding goes to Democrats. Why don't you ask that question of the Democrats? Because I would love to do it. I'd love all of the money go to the people. They go to the people. You know, I put that out two weeks ago. It became number one viral. People love it. I want the money to go for health care, to go to the people and let the people buy their own health care through an account. They can buy their own health care, and everybody loves it except for the Democrats. And you know why they don't? Because they're paid off by the insurance companies. Okay, what else?
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Narrator/Host
And then he says that Xi Jinping asked him, so are your soybeans, are they actually more nutritious than other countries, or are you just making up Trump stuff? In other words, do you just lie about everything, or is this actually true that your soybeans are better? Xi Jinping was mocking Donald Trump, and Trump doesn't even realize what was taking place. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
It's the China as we speak. And I say that our soybeans, I told this to President Xi. Our soybeans are more nutritious than competitors. Somebody said, is that a Trump statement or is that real? In fact, you know who asked me that question? President Xi asked me that question. He said, really? I had never heard of it. And he was a food purchaser for a long time.
Narrator/Host
And then Donald Trump attacks former President Biden and says, he's a sleepy guy. He's a sleepy guy. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
They're so important. Unfortunately, under sleepy Joe Biden, he was a sleepy guy. Our farmers were crushed by the worst inflation in modern history and crippling restrictions on energy, water, and countless other necessities for farmers. And what they did to the farmer in terms of putting the brakes on was just absolutely unacceptable.
Narrator/Host
And then finally, you have some random farmer sitting next to Trump who says, my son says, daddy, I don't want to. I don't want Santa Claus from Christmas. I want Donald here play this clip.
Donald Trump
Story at night putting him to bed and he said daddy, I I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas.
Narrator/Host
I want President Trump.
Donald Trump
And I think Mr. Trump, I think you brought I think you brought Christmas to farmers. With this bridge payment we'll be able to farm another year. Help us get by.
It's such an honor to be here with you.
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So utterly pathetic. Let me know what you think. Make sure you subscribe. Let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching.
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Episode: Trump Has Psychotic Meltdown on Live TV at WH Presser
Date: December 9, 2025
In this episode, the Meiselas brothers (Ben, Brett, and Jordy) dissect what they describe as a "psychotic meltdown" by former President Donald Trump during a White House press conference. The press event, intended to address a financial bailout for American farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs, devolves into a display of erratic responses, deflections, and conspiracy-laden rhetoric. The brothers provide critical commentary, play numerous clips from the press conference, and highlight both the absurdity and the potential dangers of the spectacle.
Venezuela Boat Strike Video Footage
Affordability & Inflation Claims
Republican Resignations & Reporter Attack
Cabinet Praise and Loyalty Displays
Lawnmower IQ Claim
Trump announces a $12 billion bailout for farmers, blaming everyone but himself for their struggles caused by his tariffs. He claims these tariffs now enable the bailout payments.
Quote (Trump, 09:25): “We’re going to use that money to provide $12 billion in economic assistance to American farmers. 12 billion is a lot of money.”
Hosts point out the contradiction: tariffs caused the problem, now being spun as a solution.
Trump claims Americans get "88 shots all wrapped up in one" and vows to reduce vaccines, despite recent policy rolling back hepatitis B protections for newborns.
Quote (Trump, 16:23): "I think we take like 88 different shots all wrapped up in one. One big glass of stuff like that. And we're going to be reducing [them] substantially."
He floats the idea of abolishing insurance companies, giving Americans $2,000 “for health care,” and insists the proposal “became number one viral.”
Quote (Trump, 17:07): “I want the money to go for health care, to go to the people and let the people buy their own health care through an account.”
| Timestamp | Quote/Description | Speaker | |-----------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------| | 03:48 | "I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news." | Donald Trump | | 04:51 | "Prices are way down... inflation is essentially gone." | Donald Trump | | 06:36 | "No, no, you’re unprepared because you should know the Democrats." | Donald Trump | | 07:08 | "To the greatest boss in the world..." | Brooke Rollins | | 07:52 | "You need about 185 IQ to turn on a lawnmower." | Donald Trump | | 09:25 | "$12 billion is a lot of money. Meryl, what do you think?" | Donald Trump | | 14:10 | "This was a whole Democrat hoax." | Donald Trump | | 15:18 | "She’s not disqualified... it’s a horrible thing." | Donald Trump | | 16:23 | "I think we take like 88 different shots all wrapped up in one." | Donald Trump | | 17:07 | "I want the money to go for health care..." | Donald Trump | | 18:17 | "Our soybeans are more nutritious than competitors..." | Donald Trump | | 19:22 | "Daddy, I don’t want Santa Claus... I want President Trump." | Farmer at the White House |
The episode blends sharp critique, incredulity, and trademark “brotherly banter.” The Meiselas brothers are unflinching in their analysis, characterizing the press conference as not only a display of incompetence and dishonesty, but also as indicative of deeper issues—ranging from possible cognitive decline to an embrace of authoritarian and conspiratorial politics.
Listeners are left with an urgent sense of the surrealism and danger present in the current administration's public communications, and an encouragement to remain vigilant and supportive of democratic norms.
The hosts reiterate their call for listeners to subscribe to their YouTube channel, emphasizing the challenges of operating independent media under an adversarial regime and fostering solidarity with their audience, dubbed the "MeidasMighty."