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He's gone radio silent in advance of a critical meeting taking place today that was actually moved up from when it was supposed to take place today. It's between Donald Trump, President Zelensky of Ukraine and President Zelensky will have his allies on a video conference, the European Coalition of the Willing, as well as the Prime Minister of Canada and others. Donald Trump is scared. He's gone radio silent. He did not expect the resistance to the plan that he and Vladimir Putin wanted. You see, as we previously reported, Donald Trump and Putin wanted to control the Priestia nuclear power plant together. Donald Trump wanted to make Russia America's number one ally. And they were going to divvy up Ukraine together. And then Putin was going to take the rest of Europe. This is what Marco Rubio and Donald Trump meant by multipolar world. The US Controls the Western hemisphere hemisphere, Russia controls Europe and China controls Asia. This was Donald Trump's deranged authoritarian fantasy and it is coming crashing down in his face as Europe is standing up, as the American people are standing up. And Donald Trump is scared as he is all alone in Mar? A Lago before this critical meeting. And yes, Russia is lashing out. As you know, Russia engaged in a deadly strike on Kiev and other areas, leaving most of Kiev without power. Children were killed in this strike. It was a strike on civilian areas in advance of Zelensky showing up to Mar? A Lago, where Zelensky and Europe were there to propose more concessions, to call the bluff of Putin and Donald Trump. They were there to say, look, you want us to give up portions of eastern Ukraine, let's bring it to the people of Ukraine. Let's do a referendum in a free and fair election. Let's agree to a 60 to 90 day ceasefire, the war based on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and then we'll put it to the people. Let's put all the territory that's Russia's taken over as a vote to the people. America, you provide security guarantees and let's do a vote to which Putin and Trump have been lashing out at that concept. Zelinsky perfectly called the bluff of the Trump regime. Donald Trump is scared as he is all alone in Mar? A Lago with. While the American people are not buying his bs, not buying his cover up with other MAGA Republicans of a child sex trafficking ring, more documents are being discussed by the American people that Donald Trump is concealing. Have you seen this one hat tip to Julie K. Brown, an incredible reporter who's broken so many of the Epstein stories. She talks about this email right here sent within the federal prosecutorial office and she says this photo of Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell that was found on Steve Bannon cell phone should be made public. It is currently being concealed by the Trump regime's DOJ right now and fully redacted. As we wrote on the Midas Touch account, there is zero justification for this photo to be redacted. And it's my honor to follow in the tradition of people like Julie K. Brown. By the way, she's been on the Legal AF channel. You've seen her on the Midas Touch channel before. She's done interviews with Michael Popo. And I hope that we've broken some big stories or you feel that way. On the Epstein matter, we broke the story that the SDNY had 1.2 million records that was not turned over or that the DOJ had not reviewed and then the DOJ admitted 1.2 million records they found 12 hours after we reported on it at the Midas Touch Network, we reported about the Epstein Larry Nassar letter which the Trump regime is saying is now a fabricated letters. So you're prioritizing publishing fabricated letters right there. And so we keep publishing these stories. Donald Trump is scared as he is all alone at Mar a Lago. I think it's also we call out all of this regime's lies over and over again. Do not give them an inch. Because when you give this authoritarian fascist regime an inch, they take your life. So never give them an inch. And it's so critical that we all win every day. And by win, I mean the information war, getting out truth bringing receipts, showing the data against this fascist disinformation machine that has pumped billions, tens of billions and trillions of dollars to try to brainwash the people into believing what these authoritarians are selling, which they do to try to rip people off, steal their money for the right wing oligarchs. By the way, if you haven't yet subscribed to this YouTube channel, you know the Midas Touch is under attack by the Trump regime. You know the Trump DOJ is attacking the Midas Touch network. You know we're under attack from state regime media which calls itself Fox. So if you can make sure you hit, subscribe to our YouTube channel. And a big way to help if you can, go to midasplus.com, m E I D A S P L U S.com Midas+ check it out and hit subscribe there if you can. And so we're calling them out in every way, right? So when the Trump regime says ah, we've done a Christmas present, an attack on Nigeria in order to get ISIL or to get ISIS and save the Christians from the attack by isis, our corporate news in America is like Donald Trump saves the day and Christmas and attacks isis. Because there are all these attacks on Christians. The Midas Touch views it through a very critical lens. CNN did a good report in it, but they did not make the final connection. You see CNN did a report in the village of Jabo in Nigeria where the missiles by the United States hit, where there was not an ISIS presence. So the CNN report said that, well, you know, these villagers in Jabo were confused why their village was being struck by the United States. We answer the question though, why on the Midas Touch. Cuz what this is about is oil and lithium that Donald Trump wants to give for to his right wing oligarch buddies in the United States. And Trump wants a vig, he wants to then take some of that money or a lot of that money to enrich himself. That's what this is about. Nigeria, other than like Venezuela, other than like the US and a few other places like Venezuela, Nigeria, the largest oil reserves. Also Nigeria has a massive lithium as massive lithium deposits and Nigeria has cut deals with China regarding the lithium deposits. So the current government in Nigeria, which came into power a few years back, um, it's run by a Muslim, the opposition party is run by a Christian. So what the opposition party is doing is going to Trump. And we've seen this play out in Honduras and El Salvador. We've seen this play out in other places, right? The opposition party is saying, oh, this is an attack on Christians because it's led by a Christian and it is this, you know, and ISIS is attacking the Christians. Donald, come in and bomb Nigeria. What it's really about is a quid pro quo. I'm giving you my opinion, first amendment protected speech which I'm allowed to give you, right, that what this is really about is the opposition party saying get us back into power Donald, and we'll give you access to our lithium and our oil and you could bring your right wing oligarch buds in and let's use the fact that saying that ISIS is attacking Christians as the pretext because that pulls at the heartstrings of Americans. If it was really about protecting Christians, well, you may want to look at the fact that Russia is attacking Christians in Ukraine and blowing up churches. That's not what it's about at all. The area where the United States struck, which is kind of northwest Nigeria, that's not even a place where Boko Haram, which is affiliated with. With the ISIS of the west, or isis, they don't even oper in that area. They operate in kind of a different area. And also the Boko Haram strikes and the ISIS west strikes kill more Muslims than they do Christians there. And there's no, like, extra targeting of Christians in Nigeria from the terrorist group. So that's yet another lie. And it's important that we just call all of this out in each and every step of the way. Now, as I've said, Donald Trump is scared. He's all alone. People are standing up to him across the board. So have you heard this story where Chuck Red, the longtime jazz musician, renowned jazz musician, who was set to play at the Kennedy center, pulled out of the Christmas Eve performance because the Trump regime has renamed the Kennedy center the Trump Kennedy Center. And now Donald Trump's gangsters, like Richard Grinnell and others are saying, we're going to sue this guy. We're going to sue chuck red for $1 million. Rick. Rick Grinnell, who's the head of the board of the Kennedy center, which unlawfully calls itself the Trump Kennedy center, says the left is boycotting the arts because Trump is supporting the arts. But we will not let them cancel shows without consequences. The arts are for everyone, and the left is mad about it. As our editor in chief, Ron Philip Koski writes, Chuck Red pulled out after they put Trump's name on the building. So small, petty, loser Grinnell is suing him for $1 million. And musicians don't want to play in a crime scene. That's fair. In all of their contracts, there's implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing. And I'm sure in that contract as well, it said if there's crimes taking place, you can't aid and abet a crime. If you play in the Kennedy Center, I'm giving you my opinion, you are aiding and abetting a crime because it is unlawfully calling itself itself the Trump Kennedy Center. It's a crime scene. So just imagine if you were promoting vandalism, right? Imagine if there were people who were vandalizing buildings and you sang songs for them and promoted them and told other people, hey, show up here, you'd be aiding and abetting vandalism. So I don't know if that's the argument that Chuck Red's gonna make legally, but if I was his civil defense lawyer in this case, one of the arguments I would mean is I can't be supporting criminality. It's an unlawful act. By changing the name, it's vandalism. If I lend my name to it, I'm encouraging vandalism. I think it's a winning argument right there, Chuck. So if someone wants to forward this over to Chuck, just tell Chuck that legal argument. Unfortunately or fortunately, I don't practice law anymore. But that's one of the arguments that I would make if I was your civil defense lawyer. So have your team use it if they want to use it. And as I said, Trump is scared. He's all alone. I mean, just look, you have a Brago Garcia who has been released from custody, who is standing up against the Trump regime, defaming him, throwing all of their lies and hate and resources to try to crush him. So Abrego made a TikTok video of just him dancing to music or like singing, lip syncing the song, not talking about his case, not about talking, not attacking the government, just lip singing, just enjoying life. To which Benny Johnson, a MAGA Republican influencer, says Ms. 13 terrorist Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released by a rogue judge and is now making TikToks. Then Trisha McLaughlin, who's one of the senior people at Department of Homeland Security, says, so we at DHS are under a gag order by an activist judge and Kilmar Abrego Garcia is making tiktoks. American justice ceases to function when it's arbiter silence law enforcement and give megaphones to those who oppose our legal system. This Trump regime is just a bunch of whiny losers. Okay? In any case in history where the federal government prosecutes somebody and that person is entitled to a presumption of innocence under our constitution, the federal government can't go out there and make statements defaming an individual and saying they're a terrorist, they're Ms. 13. He's not even being criminally charged with terroristic threats with being a gang member from Ms. 13. The charges that back in back four years ago, he was driving with a group of people who were day laborers. And they said that he himself was here as a, you know, was here under protected status, was driving people around who shouldn't have been here. Not gang, not like trafficking, just working people, earning a living. He was never arrested when he was pulled over for a traffic stop. So now, five years later or four years later, they tried to charge him with, like, driving those people around. There's, like, no evidence for it. The Trump regime is likely going to have this case dismissed now for vindictive prosecution. And all the judge said is what happens in every case. There's not even a specific gag order in this case. It's just, you can't defame the guy. You can't lie about the guy while you're prosecuting him. You just, you can't do it. Okay? And now you have Trisha McLaughlin again violating the local rules by defaming him right there, by spreading these lies about him. And again, it's just like, just behave normal. This is not unique to the Trump regime. What is unique is the Trump regime is engaged in these despicable tactics right here. So I started this video, though, talking about Trump being scared and all alone ahead of this big meeting taking place right, between Donald Trump and Zelinsky today, a meeting that was moved up a little bit today for when it was supposed to take place. And I talked about Zelinsky meeting with his allies. Watch Zelinsky listen to Zelinsky statement. I'm grateful to Ukraine's friends. Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron, Alex Stube, the Frederick Mertz, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, Mette Fredriksen, Denmark, Donald Tusk, Poland, Dick Schoff, Swedish Prime Minister of Kristersten, the EU President Antonio Costa von der Leyen, EU Commission President, Secretary of General NATO, Mark Rutt and Jonathan Powell for their coordination and support. During our call, we discussed our current progress along the diplomatic track. We went over the most important priorities together. Ukraine values all of the support. Tomorrow, after the meeting with President Trump, we will continue our discussions. Strong positions are needed both at that front and in diplomacy to prevent Putin from manipulating and invading a real and just end to the war. The world has sufficient strength to guarantee security and peace. Zelensky says, thank you. Notice he lists his friends. Trump's not on there. Marco Rubio isn't on there, you know, because it's not. The US Isn't their friends anymore. The US Is on the side of Putin. You have a shifting of alliances, right? Shifting of a world order that Donald Trump thought that he would make Canada bend, that he would make Europe bend. But there Zelensky was. He met with Prime Minister Carney yesterday before meeting with Donald Trump today. And here's what Zelinsky had to say when he was standing next to Carney. Play this clip.
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This attack is again Russia's answer on on our peace efforts. And it's really show that Putin doesn't want peace and we want peace and he the man of war, but he afraid to speak about publicly.
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But we see these steps and while welcoming, as Mackenzie Gray explains, while welcoming President Zelensky to Halifax, Mark Carney announced that Canada would give $2.5 billion worth of economic assistance to Ukraine, which Carney says will unlock additional financing from the IMF and the World bank to help with rebuilding Ukraine. Here's what Prime Minister Carney had to say. Let's play this clip. Welcome.
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Thank you for taking this time this at a crucial moment in this process under President Zelenskyy's leadership, we have the conditions, the possibility of a just and lasting peace. But that requires a willing Russia and the barbarism that we saw overnight, the attack on Kyiv shows just how important it is that we stand with Ukraine during this difficult time and that we create the conditions for this just and lasting peace in a true reconstruction. And I want to underscore something that has happened in recent weeks is that the development of that possibility under your leadership and also the prospect of true prosperity for the Ukrainian people. I'll just finish with one point on Canada. We provided military assistance, further military assistance. We're announcing today further economic assistance for Ukraine. 2 1/2 billion dollars worth of economic assistance that helps unlock financing from the imf, from the World bank, from the European bank for Reconstruction and Development to begin this process of rebuilding. We have an important, important bilateral meeting and then a meeting virtually with our colleagues from the coalition of the Willing.
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Episode: "Trump is Alone and Scared to Death and Goes Radio Silent"
Date: December 28, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
In this intense and fast-paced episode, the Meiselas brothers dissect the current state of Donald Trump amidst mounting international and domestic pressure. They focus on Trump’s conspicuous silence ahead of a critical meeting involving Ukraine’s President Zelensky and the “European Coalition of the Willing.” The brothers unpack the global power struggle, Trump and Putin’s plans for Ukraine, attacks on the MidasTouch Network, and a range of breaking news stories from child sex trafficking cover-ups to international resource conflicts. The episode is laced with the brothers' characteristic banter and sharp, unapologetic pro-democracy analysis.
[04:00] The show kicks off with a focus on Trump’s solitude at Mar-a-Lago, highlighting his absence from public communication after an intense period of online activity and erratic social media posts.
Ben: “Donald Trump is scared. He’s all alone at Mar-a-Lago. Nobody wanted to sit next to him during Christmas. It was an utter embarrassment for him. He’s gone radio silent for the past 24 hours.” ([04:09])
[05:30] Ben outlines reporting on Trump and Putin’s ambition to control the Prystia nuclear power plant, make Russia the US's primary ally, and carve up Ukraine and Europe (“multipolar world”).
[07:20] The significance of Zelensky’s plan: offering referendums and ceasefires to expose Putin and Trump’s unwillingness for real peace, illustrating the high stakes of the diplomatic showdown.
Hat tip to investigative journalist Julie K. Brown for exposure; revelations include a redacted Trump-Ghislaine Maxwell photo found on Steve Bannon’s phone and an unreviewed trove of DOJ documents.
"There is zero justification for this photo to be redacted." ([09:50])
The brothers draw a pattern of systematic cover-ups and a refusal by Trump’s DOJ to address the Epstein scandal adequately.
“If it was really about protecting Christians, well, you may want to look at the fact that Russia is attacking Christians in Ukraine and blowing up churches. That’s not what it’s about at all.” ([14:18])
The brothers expose the misleading pretext for intervention, examining the entanglement of foreign policy with private enrichment.
“He was never arrested when he was pulled over for a traffic stop. So now, five years later... there’s like no evidence for it.” ([18:27])
Critique of government officials for violating due process and spreading defamatory narratives during ongoing prosecutions.
Zelensky ([18:40]): “This attack is again Russia’s answer on our peace efforts. And it’s really show that Putin doesn’t want peace and we want peace...”
Emphasis on Canadian aid: Prime Minister Mark Carney announces $2.5 billion in aid and unlocks broader financial support ([19:25]), stressing the need for “just and lasting peace.”
Ben:
“Donald Trump is scared. He’s all alone at Mar-a-Lago. Nobody wanted to sit next to him during Christmas. It was an utter embarrassment for him.” ([04:09])
On disinformation:
“Do not give them an inch. Because when you give this authoritarian fascist regime an inch, they take your life.” ([11:45])
On the Ukraine referendum:
“Let’s do a referendum in a free and fair election. Let’s agree to a 60 to 90 day ceasefire... then we’ll put it to the people.” ([07:22])
On right-wing ulterior motives in Nigeria:
“If it was really about protecting Christians, well, you may want to look at the fact that Russia is attacking Christians in Ukraine and blowing up churches. That’s not what it’s about at all.” ([14:18])
Zelensky:
“This attack is again Russia’s answer on our peace efforts. And it’s really show that Putin doesn’t want peace and we want peace and he the man of war, but he afraid to speak about publicly.” ([18:40])
Mark Carney:
“The barbarism that we saw overnight, the attack on Kyiev, shows just how important it is that we stand with Ukraine during this difficult time and that we create the conditions for this just and lasting peace in a true reconstruction.” ([19:43])
The Meiselas brothers blend sharp legal and political analysis with humor and familial banter. Their tone is unapologetically pro-democracy, irreverent towards Trump and MAGA politics, and punctuated with calls to action for civic engagement and media literacy.
This episode provides a comprehensive, perspective-rich breakdown of the current geopolitical situation, Trump’s waning influence, and the expanding authoritarian tactics seen at home and abroad. Listeners are encouraged to stay vigilant, support independent journalism, and keep fighting the “information war” against disinformation and corruption. The brotherly camaraderie makes for an engaging delivery of urgent and complex news.