Trump Loses It All Night after No Kings Protest Sets Record

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode Title: Trump Loses It All Night after No Kings Protest Sets Record
Date: October 19, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (MeidasTouch Network)

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the aftermath of the historic “No Kings” protests that erupted across the United States, marking the largest single day of protest in American history. The Meiselas brothers examine Trump’s unhinged response to the movement, bizarre propaganda techniques, and governmental overreach, all while emphasizing the peaceful and democratic nature of the protests. The brothers also report on concerning military and administrative developments under the Trump regime, drawing clear lines between the protestors’ message of democracy and the administration’s increasingly authoritarian conduct.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Record-Breaking 'No Kings' Protests

• 7+ Million Protesters Nationwide
  Over seven million people took to the streets in peaceful protest across the U.S.—the largest single-day demonstration in national history.
  [02:23]
• Massive Turnouts by City:
  • Over 200,000 in Washington, D.C.
  • 100,000+ in NYC
  • 25,000+ in San Diego
  • Massive crowds in Philadelphia, Chicago, NYC, San Diego, Boston, Portland, and San Francisco.
    [06:07], [06:52]
• Notable Moment:
  • Ben recounts attending the demonstration in Pasadena, meeting supporters, and seeing an attendee dressed as Princess Leia with a “Rise of the Resistance” sign.

    "I met someone dressed as Princess Leia right there. Rise of the resistance."
    [09:45]

2. Trump’s Bizarre & Hostile Reaction

• Social Media Meltdown:
  Trump posted and reposted AI-generated videos depicting himself as a king, wearing a crown and brandishing a sword, including a fighter jet dropping feces on protestors.

  “He posted this AI video of a King Trump fighter jet dumping feces on peaceful protesters... It is beneath contempt.”
  [02:54]

• Failed Intimidation:
  • Trump and JD Vance used AI memes and other imagery in a failed attempt to ridicule and intimidate protestors.
  • Government accounts circulated demeaning cartoons targeting Democratic leaders as “female princesses.”
    [03:30]
• Brothers’ Take:
  • The brothers denounce the behavior as humiliating and unpresidential.

  “You're not owning the libs. You just look like an idiot. You look like a petulant little 3-year-old.”
  [03:17]

3. Authoritarian Displays and Government Overreach

• Live Ammunition over Interstate 5
  • Military fired live rounds over the I-5 freeway in California, forcing its shutdown—a move decried by Governor Gavin Newsom and the hosts as dangerous and propagandistic.

  “The I-5 highway had to be shut down because this profoundly absurd show of force…”
  [03:44]

• ICE and Law Enforcement Responses
  • Praise for police departments (NYPD, San Diego, Austin) that maintained peaceful order and made no arrests, contrasting with aggressive actions by ICE agents.

  “Thank you to the more than 25,000 people who showed up, exercised their First Amendment rights to peacefully and responsibly protest. Thank you for keeping it classy San Diego.”
  —San Diego Police Dept, cited by host [07:56]

  • Broader critique of ICE as over-militarized and abusive.

    “Sick people. These ICE agents—sick, disgusting people. Really gross.”
    [08:35]

4. Protestor Spirit and Organizing

• Creativity and Community
  • Inflatable Rave event at Portland ICE facility; human sign spelling out “No Kings Yes on Prop 50” in San Francisco.
    [07:10], [09:12]
  • Emphasis on the protests’ peaceful, festive, and communal atmosphere.
• Recognition for Organizers & Media
  • Shout-outs to Amanda Moore and other independent reporters for live coverage.
    [06:59]

5. Corruption and Autocracy in Government

• Kristi Noem’s Gulfstream Jet Purchases
  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spent $172 million on private jets as funding was stripped from FEMA and other agencies.

  “She's buying herself all of these jets so she flies around in luxury... while they strip the funding away from FEMA.”
  [10:50]

• North Korea-Style Military Displays
  • VP JD Vance attends an amphibious assault demo reminiscent of authoritarian military parades.

  “That looks just straight up, straight up North Korea crap right there, right? Oh my God.”
  [11:44]

6. Trump’s Overseas Military Actions and War Crimes

• Deadly Boat Strikes & War Crimes
  • U.S. military strikes off South American coasts have killed 25+ people. Admiral in charge resigned in protest.

    “Blowing up the boats. The main four-star admiral in the region quit because didn’t want to be involved in war crimes.”
    [12:34]

• Suspicious Handling of Survivors
  • Two survivors repatriated to their home countries (Ecuador and Colombia), raising concerns over their safety.

    “I honestly think that these individuals are probably fearful of their life… They may all of a sudden go missing.”
    [13:50]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trump’s Online Antics:

  “You’re not owning the libs. You just look like an idiot. You look like a petulant little 3-year-old. No offense to petulant 3-year-olds.”
  — Host, [03:17]

• On the Protests’ Size:

  “Over 7 million people showed up to protest across the United States. It was the largest single day of protest in the history of the United States.”
  — Host, [02:24]

• On the Peacefulness of Protests:

  “NYPD made zero protest related arrests at all, which is a great thing.”
  — Host, [07:19]

• On Militarized Policing:

  “It is a little bit reassuring to see the police department speaking this way...I think there’s an important distinction to make between police departments and... these ICE Gestapo, right wing fascists.”
  — Host, [08:15]

• On Government Corruption:

  “Kristi Noem... just spent $172 million of our taxpayer dollars to buy herself multiple top of the line Gulfstream private jets.”
  — Host, [10:50]

• On U.S. War Crimes:

  “It’s been like 25, 26 plus people who have been killed by the Trump regime in these war crimes. Blowing up the boats.”
  — Host, [12:40]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:23] — Introduction to the “No Kings” protest, historic turnout details
• [02:54] — Trump’s AI meme outbursts and attempts at intimidation
• [03:44] — Military fires live munitions over I-5 in California
• [06:07]–[07:56] — Coverage of peaceful protests city by city, NYPD/San Diego Police statements
• [08:35] — Discussion: police vs. ICE and trust in the community
• [09:12] — Human "No Kings Yes on Prop 50" protest sign in San Francisco
• [10:50] — Kristi Noem’s jet scandal and government corruption
• [11:44] — Military parade-style events evoke North Korean comparisons
• [12:34]–[13:50] — War crimes in South America, suspicious handing over of survivors

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Tone & Takeaways

The episode is charged with passionate support for democracy and a deep concern over America’s precarious moment. The Meiselas brothers blend incisive critique, humor, and personal observations to contrast the movement's peaceful resistance against the Trump regime’s escalating threats and mismanagement.

Listeners come away with a hopeful message about the power of peaceful protest, even as they are alerted to real dangers posed by government overreach and the need for vigilance in defending democracy.

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End of summary. All times and attributions as per episode transcript.

Transcript

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That right there was the no Kings protest in Los Angeles all In all, over 7 million people showed up to protest across the United States. It was the largest single day of protest in the history of the United States. And Donald Trump, Trump is not handling it well at all. He is just losing his mind over the success of these peaceful no Kings protests. I'll play for you. This B roll right here, these are real posts that Donald Trump was making late last night on his social media account. I think he thinks this is how he's going to intimidate the peaceful protesters. He posted this AI video of a King Trump fighter jet dumping feces on peaceful protesters. And Har. Gary Sisson was someone who was in the peaceful protest there in New York. And this is how Donald Trump thinks that the President of the United States should behave. He's also posting or reposting AI videos that JD Vance posted with Donald Trump putting a crown on his head and holding up a sword. I mean, this behavior is just absolutely abhorrent. It is beneath contempt. It's not funny, it's not humorous. It really is just humiliating for our country that someone in that office is behaving that way. You're not owning the libs. You just look like an idiot. You look like a petulant little 3 year old. No offense to petulant 3 year olds. This is what they were doing all night. Donald Trump and his team posting more photos of himself wearing a crown or whatever this meme is supposed to be of himself wearing a crown. Other intimidation tactics, of course, yesterday was that the military ended up executing on that plan that we said they were going to, where they would shoot the live ammunition over the I5 highway. The I5 highway had to be shut down because this profoundly absurd show of force, as Gavin Newsom, Governor Gavin Newsom calls it, it's dangerous to have live munitions being shot over cars. So the i5 had to be shut down. You also have official government accounts making posts like this of cartoon images of Chuck Schumer and leader Jeff as female princesses. They find that to be funny. I mean, you're ripping away the healthcare of 20 million Americans, Donald Trump and MAGA, Mike Johnson and all this MAGA crew. It's not a laughing matter. Look, there are times where there could be jokes. There are times where there could be things that are humorous. When you're literally killing what could be 100,000 people a year as a result of healthcare being taken away from people. I don't know. It's not a laughing matter. When the signs in California and Southern in California read live weapons over Freeway. Be careful. Live weapons over freeway. And you'll recall the Midas Touch network broke the story about the live munitions that the Trump regime denied. And then lots of people said, well the Trump regime said they weren't doing it, so they must not be doing it. And we said why are you believing the Trump regime? They lie about fricking everything. Back to the no Kings protests that are absolutely terrifying Donald Trump right now. You have the no Kings protest right here in Minneapolis. They showed up in Minneapolis. Here, play this clip.

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I'll give you another view right here. Over 200,000Americans showed up in D.C. yesterday at the no Kings rally, the most protesters ever in the Trump era to show up at a Protest in Washington D.C. let's play this clip right here. Our friend, the main wonk put together this compilation where you can see Philly, DC, Chicago, NY City, San Diego and Boston all together. I'll play this clip right here. You can see just massive, massive crowds in each of these cities and again about seven plus million nationwide. Here, play this clip.

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Clip.

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Now here's the inflatable rave event at Portland ice. Amanda Moore is doing a great job capturing these moments and posting a real shout out to the hard work that she's putting in here. Play this clip. Now as noted, this was the single biggest day of peaceful protests in the history of the United States. And as I wanted to emphasize here, peaceful protest. After all the lies that maga, Mike Johnson and Donald Trump and MAGA were saying about these peaceful protests, no one was arrested in New York. Just think about it. NYPD posted the following. The majority, this was yesterday. We had more than 100,000 people across the five boroughs peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. And the NYPD made zero protest related arrests at all, which is a great thing. Also San Diego police, over 25,000 people there. The San Diego Police Department also announced no one arrested. Thank you to the more than 25,000 people who showed up, exercised their First Amendment rights to peacefully and responsibly protest. Thank you for keeping it classy San Diego. That from the San Diego Police Department. You know, and it is a little bit reassuring to see the police department speaking this way. I think that there's an important distinction to make between police departments and well trained officers versus this ICE Gestapo. These untrained maniacs, basically these right wing fascists that look like the brown shirt Nazis going around with the ICE agents versus police officers, well trained Doing their job and understanding the First Amendment and not having these clear masculinity or testosterone issues that these ICE agents have. Whatever the hell happened to them in their lives where they need to take it out on migrants. Sick people. These ice age and sick, disgusting, sick, disgusting people. These ICE agents. Really gross. Austin Police Department also put out this statement. Thank you to everyone who participated in the no Kings march today. The rally remained peaceful with no arrests reported. We're grateful for our community and event organizers for coming together. I think it's an important point. Part of policing is building trust in the community. And I think that that's an important thing. I found this Ice lice have invaded the Constitution at Seattle centers. No Kings protest. This was like a funny exhibit that they put on here. Play this Cl and I'll show you this B roll right here of the huge sign in San Francisco. All the protesters showed up and they made the sign with their bodies. Basically it says no Kings yes on Prop 50. That's the Stop the Unlawful Rigging election by the MAGA Republicans. Just look at how many people showed up there in San Francisco. Many of you may, if you were in Pasadena, probably saw me there. Here's the Pasadena prot That I was at. I saw this individual who had the sign, Mike Grinder Johnson protects Pedos. You see me right there. I met this other gentleman right here. Great sign. I met someone dressed as Princess Leia right there. Rise of the resistance. I took a lot of pictures, met a lot of great people at the event. For everyone who came up, to me, it was great meeting you. And for everybody who I saw there, it was great seeing you as well. While we were out there peacefully protesting, I also learned, did you hear, hear this story that Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security secretary, just spent $172 million of our taxpayer dollars to buy herself multiple top of the line Gulfstream private jets so that she can fly around in private jets. Like top of the line stuff. Like all those private G5s or G550s or G6 private jets. She's buying herself all of these jets so she flies around in luxury with Corey Lewandowski, whatever's going on there while they strip the funding away from fema, while they take away critical resources from so many agencies. That's where they're spending their money on. And then you had this Kim Jong un style military thing I would never think would happen in the United States. Like if they think this makes our military look strong, I mean it to me makes it look weak. VP Vance observing an amphibious assault demonstration. Here, play this clip. Marines have answered the nation's call today. We honor that legacy. Right? That looks just straight up, straight up North Korea crap right there, right? Oh my God. Then finally again, while I was at the peaceful protest, I learned this yesterday as well. Donald Trump announced the following. Remember there were two individuals who survived one of the recent boat strikes. As Trump's engaged in all of these war crimes off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia and apparently Trinidad and Tobago, they killed people there too. It's been like 25, 26 plus people who have been killed by the Trump regime in these war crimes. Blowing up the boats. The, the main four star admiral in the region quit because didn't want to be involved in war crimes. One year into his 10 year, 37 year military career, just straight up quit. Unheard of. That just doesn't happen. But Donald Trump said the following in a post he goes to Surviving terrorists are being returned to their countries of origin. These are people who were not. There were two survivors of the last strike, Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution. No US forces were harmed in this strike. And as Juliet Kaim says generally narco terrorists are not repatriated unless they are into Trump and Heg Sith say they are. Seems like we're just randomly killing people on boats. The New York Times also reported that the Trump regime decided to repatriate the two survivors of a deadly US Strike on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute or hold them in military detention. I just want you to think about that. So Trump has labeled these people narco terrorists, but they are not dangerous enough to extradite for prosecution in the United States or to put in military type camps. Why you don't want to, you don't want them to speak about what actually went down. And I honestly, I think that these individuals are probably fearful of their life. That when they, I mean just what do you think is going to happen when they go into their countries? They, they may all of a sudden go missing. I don't think that's a gigantic leap. What likely will happen to them when they go back to those countries? They may, you know, I'm not, I'm not trying to fear monger, but what do you think is going to happen when they go back to those countries? 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