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Ron Filipkowski
Donald Trump just left Washington, D.C. in disgrace. He held a bizarre press conference outside of the White House on the White House lawn where he was swatting away bees and saying, the bees are very vicious. It was quite strange. But what he seemed very nervous about was the fact that protest erupting right by the White House spontaneously today on, on May Day with these mayday protests. We've seen protests, big protests right outside of the White House while Trump was giving this press conference. And then while Donald Trump departed from the press conference he was giving on the White House lawn, we saw protesters giving Donald Trump the middle finger as he left to go to Florida on the taxpayer dime to once again golf. And maybe he's going to go watch that PGA Tour at his Doral Golf Club in Miami where no one has attended. Remember, we reported yesterday that literally no one showed up. No one was at the 18th hole at Donald Trump's Doral Golf Club with that PGA tournament. And not many of the top players showed up either. But anyway, back to the White House. You see the protesters out here. You see them giving Donald Trump the middle finger. That's Marine One, Donald Trump's helicopter leaving, where he's going to go on Air Force One and then go to Florida. Here are some still images of Donald Trump swatting. That's how he swats the bees with his hands right there. And he goes, these bees are very vicious. These bees are very vicious. And one of the things to note as well with all of these bees swarming him is that Melania Trump had been touting that she built a gigantic beehive in order to basically harvest all of this honey. And so there are bees everywhere right now while he's doing the press conference and he's smacking the bees while getting protested. I'm just going to show you this moment where the bees were all over his, his face and he was like swatting them. And that again, is related to the new beehive initiative that they're building at the White House in order to get all of this honey. Apparently that's Melania's initiative here. Just play this clip. And then on a more serious note, Donald Trump was crashing out on the White House salon. And Donald Trump said regarding the new Iranian proposal that that may or may not actually be a real thing. Probably not a real thing. Remember Barack Ravi, Donald Trump's stenographer at Axios, this morning reported Iran sent Donald Trump a new proposal. And he was going to be looking at it. And I was like, yep, it's market manipulation. Friday, it's Donald Trump's chief outside propagandist, Barack Ravid, over at Axios doing what he does every Friday. And so Donald Trump, I think, responds to the fake deal from Iran by saying, yeah, I don't think it's serious at all. I'm not satisfied with it. We'll see what happens. I'm not satisfied with their deal. Okay. We think it's all like, in this fictitious, deranged world. Here, play this clip.
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Iranian proposal, please.
Donald Trump
So they want to make a deal, but I don't. I'm not satisfied with it. So we'll see what happens. Iran wants to make a deal because they have no military left, essentially, and they want to make a deal, but I'm not satisfied.
Ron Filipkowski
Then Donald Trump claims, very strangely that right now we don't have a munitions problem that all of our generals and all of our admirals are warning about. Like, all of our top military brass are saying that America has expended about 50% of our munitions in this catastrophic war in Iran. But according to Donald Trump, the perpetual liar, we actually have double the inventory right now. Double the munitions. We've magically, in the past 60 days, since the wars began, we've increased our munitions. This guy lies about everything. Every word, sound, syllable is all a lie. Sure, Donald, we've increased our munitions. Makes. Makes a lot of sense. Right here. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
There was a report this week, because of all the firepower required for Epic Fury, that there are people in the White House who are starting to worry about our inventory of bombs and missiles. Are you worried? No, no. We have more than we've ever had, actually, because all over the world we have inventory, and we can take that if we need it. But all over the world, we have tremendous amounts of inventory. The best. For instance, we're stocked and locked and loaded. Right now, we have more than double what we had when this started. But, you know, we're all over the world when many, many different countries, many different places, all packed up now. What happened is Biden came in like a stupid fool and he gave a lot of what we had to Ukraine, and $350 billion they spent. We don't do that, everybody has to pay. The European Union pays us. But Biden didn't get money. He got nothing. Got nothing. But he gave a lot of the inventory away. Now, relatively speaking, it's that, but it was a lot of inventory. He gave it to Ukraine. We built it up, but we have inventory from all over the world.
Ron Filipkowski
It should be noted that everything that Donald Trump does is projection and confession, because I think the reality is that he was briefed on the fact that Iran has increased their weapons since the war began because they make it much cheaper. Their shah drones take $20,000 to make and sometimes less. They're also making lots of dummy drones. Their. Their weapons are actually cheaper. So per. That's what he was talking about. Anyway, back to the White House lawn where Donald Trump is getting. He's afraid of being stung by bees. Apparently, Donald Trump then says, regarding congressional authorization of the war, because the 60 days are basically up and he requires congressional authorization for his war. Frankly, he required congressional authorization from the outset. Donald Trump's like, yeah, I don't really need to do that. He goes, the Strait of Hormuz is flawless right now. It's a flawless straight. A flawless straight. Dude, what are you even talking about? Here? Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Excuse me, Mr. President, it's day 60. Are you going to seek congressional authorization? No other country has ever done it. It's never been, as you know, most people consider it totally unconstitutional. Also, we had a ceasefire, so that gives you additional time, but no other country's done it. We're in the mid of a big victory. This is a victory like we haven't had since Venezuela. Okay? To be honest with you, we haven't had. But, you know, we have a country that lost its way. It really lost its way. That's our country in terms of the military. Now we have a great military. We're on our way to another victory, a big victory. And I don't think that it's constitutional what they're asking for. These are not patriotic people that are asking. You know when they say even. Even the losers, even the ones that say all the wrong things, admit that it's been amazing what we've done. The strait is totally shut down. It's flawless. It's totally 100% shut down now.
Ron Filipkowski
Then he goes, all right, Iran, they don't have any leaders at all. There's zero leaders in Iran. They're so confused. They're leaderless. So that's why we can't make a deal. What do you mean they're leaderless? They have a new Ayatollah who's 51 or 52 years old, far younger than the old ayatollah who you killed. The Ayatollah Sunri now is also far more entrenched in power and far less likely to want to even reach any compromise. We know who their lead negotiator is. MB Galla Boff, the parliament leader. We've heard from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We know who that leadership is. We know who their local, you know, police leadership is. We know who their foreign minister leadership is. Iraqi. The guy just lies about everything. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
We've been dealing with Iran. They want to make a deal. They're not there. They're not with a. Not. They're sort of. They get close, and then a new group of people come in. They don't know who their leaders are. They have no idea who their leaders are, but they're very confused, and that's because of the success we've had militarily. They essentially have no military.
Ron Filipkowski
Then a reporter says, well, what do you make of the news that Pakistan has opened up numerous land routes for Iran to avoid your naval blockade by bringing some of the oil and supplies just through these land routes that Pakistan is offering them? But you say you love Pakistan, so how do you square this? Trump's like, yeah, whatever. Pakistan's great Field Marshall Munir. Amazing. Amazing. Should be noted. Pakistan has given lots of money to Donald Trump's crypto endeavors. Lots of money to Trump's crypto endeavors. And Pakistan has said, unlike India, Pakistan said that Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize. And so Donald Trump, big fan of Pakistan and whether or not Pakistan's actually providing these routes to Iran, you know, one way or another. It's just an odd thing, objectively, that Donald Trump would be applauding a way around the blockade. And he admits that it's a kind of a stunning admission, right? He's like, yeah, I know they're helping me get around the blockade, but I love Field Marshal Munira Pakistan guy. Okay, here, play this clip right here.
Donald Trump
Pakistan has opened the ban draft in with Iran.
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Did they consult you before opening it up to Iran? And are you aware of it?
Donald Trump
That is a vicious be. I. I know everything about it. Yeah. I have great. I have great respect. Are you from Pakistan? I have great respect for Pakistan, Pakistan and for the field marshal and for the Prime Minister. Yeah, I know.
Ron Filipkowski
Great for Pakistan. You're guys great for Pakistan. Then Donald Trump brags about his tariffs on Europe, new tariffs on Europe 25%. Right. That we're, we're back in the tariff loop. He's already declared the war one and now we're in tariff loop. But the war's won. But the war is also not one. It's one for the purpose of not needing congressional authorization apparently. But guy makes zero sense. And now we're talking about tariffs again. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Raised the tariffs on cars coming in from the European Union because the European Union was not adhering to the trade deal we have. So based on that now when they build their plants of which we're spending, they're spending over $100 billion. Four countries, not just the union. And when those plants hoping there won't be any tariffs. But we raised the tariffs because they were not as usual, they were not adhering to the agreement that we have. We have a trade deal with the European Union, they were not adhering to it. So I raised the tariffs on cars and trucks to 25%. That's billions of dollars coming into the United States and it forces them to move their factory production much faster.
Ron Filipkowski
Donald Trump. Trump also makes another stunning admission here as well, saying that he's not happy with the Kurds of Iraq because we sent them all of these weapons and they refused to invade Iran. And that was part of Trump's plan. He goes, they just stole our weapons. So now Trump admitting that he's armed the Kurds, that will create diplomatic issues. Great, great admission, Donald. Here, play this clip then.
Donald Trump
Mr. President, you said you send weapons to help Iranian demonstrator. Some source claim these weapons are in Suleimania in Iraqi Kurdistan. Do you confirm that? And as you said, they will pay a big price. I'm not happy with the delivery of the weapons. I'm not thrilled with it. But a small amount of weapons were sent and we'll see who has them. But I'm not happy with what happened with the Kurds. The Kurds did not deliver the weapons.
Ron Filipkowski
With respect to prices, Donald Trump says when the war ends, prices will. I know prices. You know one he like doesn't even acknowledge that high prices exist right now. But he's like when the war ends, everything's going to drop. But Donald, you've said the war is ending. You said it's over. That's why you say you don't need congressional authorization now with the war powers authorization, 60 day expiration. Cuz you said the war is over, but now you're saying the war hasn't ended and wasn't three weeks ago you did a deal and the Strait of Hormuz was open. Let's just realize this guy lies about every damn thing. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
We inherited the highest inflation in the history of our country. 48 years in the history of our country. And prices are down. When the war ends. Shouldn't be too long. They want to make a deal so badly, but they're not there yet. They're not there. In my opinion, they're not there. When the war ends, gasoline prices are going to tumble because there is so much right now on the seas already loaded into tankers, tankers that can't escape the strait. There is so much like record setting. But when the war ends, gasoline prices will go down to below what they were. I think it's very important. I think it's very important.
Ron Filipkowski
And he loves King Charles so he wanted to finish up before going to Florida to tell everybody King Charles is a high quality person because Donald Trump believes in like bloodlines and royal blood. And so he's a high quality person. And Donald Trump's always been infatuated with the royal family. In fact, throughout the 80s and the 90s, Donald Trump would always lie that the royal family was talking to him and would visit his property. And the royal family would have to like, respond to Trump's lies in the press back in the 80s and the 90s saying, no, we don't. We're not going to mar a lago. We're not going to his. We don't have places in Trump Tower. He's a liar. You'll hear. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
What about NATO? Did the king change your mind? King Charles? No, no, no. King and I had a great, he's just a great person. He's a high quality person. I love the job he did in Congress. He actually got the Democrats to stand. He' He's a wonderful person. She's a wonderful lady, a wonderful queen and we had a good time.
Ron Filipkowski
And then Donald Trump, of course, making more social media posts about tariffing Europe. Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching.
Donald Trump
Y' all.
Ron Filipkowski
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Date: May 1, 2026
In this episode, the MeidasTouch brothers (Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas) dissect former President Donald Trump’s chaotic departure from Washington, D.C. Amidst erupting May Day protests and a bizarre bee-infested press conference on the White House lawn, Trump heads off to Florida under a cloud of scandal and public disapproval. The episode offers a blend of pointed political critique, real-time analysis of Trump’s statements, and signature brotherly banter, focusing on Trump's erratic behavior, contradictions surrounding the ongoing Iran conflict, and diplomatic missteps—while tying everything back to the broader defense of democracy.
[02:56-04:00]
“You see the protesters out here... giving Donald Trump the middle finger. That’s Marine One, Donald Trump’s helicopter, leaving.”
— Ron Filipkowski [03:35]
[03:15-04:20]
“He goes, ‘These bees are very vicious. These bees are very vicious.’… That’s related to the new beehive initiative that they’re building at the White House.”
— Ron Filipkowski [03:35]
[04:21-06:05]
Quote:
“I don’t think it’s serious at all. I’m not satisfied with it. Iran wants to make a deal, but I’m not satisfied.”
— Donald Trump [06:06]
[06:21-08:25]
Quote:
“We have more than we’ve ever had, actually, because all over the world, we have inventory … We have more than double what we had when this started.”
— Donald Trump [07:10]
[08:25-10:30]
Quote:
“No other country has ever done it… These are not patriotic people who are asking [for authorization].”
— Donald Trump [09:26]
[10:30-11:37]
Quote:
“They have no idea who their leaders are, but they’re very confused, and that’s because of the success we’ve had militarily.”
— Donald Trump [11:14]
[11:37-13:15]
“Are you from Pakistan? I have great respect for Pakistan, Pakistan and for the field marshal and for the Prime Minister.”
— Donald Trump [12:59]
[13:15-14:31]
Quote:
“We raised the tariffs on cars and trucks to 25%. That’s billions of dollars coming into the United States.”
— Donald Trump [13:46]
[14:31-15:34]
Quote:
“I’m not happy with the delivery of the weapons... But a small amount of weapons were sent, and we’ll see who has them.”
— Donald Trump [14:54]
[15:34-17:03]
Quote:
“When the war ends, gasoline prices are going to tumble because there is so much right now on the seas already loaded into tankers…”
— Donald Trump [16:18]
[17:03-17:46]
Quote:
“King and I had a great—he’s just a great person. He’s a high quality person… wonderful queen and we had a good time.”
— Donald Trump [17:46]
[18:07-18:20]
True to the MeidasTouch signature, the episode is sharply critical, fast-paced, and injected with satirical humor. The brothers don’t shy from calling out Trump’s falsehoods and contradictions, while keeping the mood energetic and accessible—blending news breakdown with brotherly banter and a resolute plea for protecting democracy.
For listeners who missed the episode, this summary captures the unfolding spectacle of Trump’s latest media circus, the broader implications for US democracy and foreign policy, and the mix of serious analysis and humor fans expect from MeidasTouch.