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Donald Trump just wrapped up a disastrous press conference with Argentina's President Javier Milei. Donald Trump announcing the United States would be doing a $20 billion bailout for Argentina after all of the mismanagement by Javier Milei. Let me show you what went down at this disastrous press conference. Donald Trump just started whining and unraveling and yelling at the press. He looked at an ABC reporter and said, you're fake news. Stephanopoulos, Stop A lotus. Whatever. We're not doing questions from you. You hurt our feelings. Watch this. How embarrassing.
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Interviewer/Reporter
First of all, congratulations.
Donald Trump
Questions from ABC Fake News after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the Vice President of the United States. I don't take questions from ABC Fake News. Brian, go ahead.
Narrator/Host
Yes, sir.
Donald Trump
First of all, congratulations.
Narrator/Host
Then Donald Trump continues to attack George Stephanopoulos after that disastrous appearance by JD Vance over the weekend where JD Vance was throwing that weirdo temper tantrum. And Trump continues, oh, he slapped the police. This is what Donald Trump is doing in this bailout meeting with the President of Argentina as 20 million Americans are losing their health care. Donald Trump giving $20 billion to Argentina. Make that make sense.
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Donald Trump
Through a very friendly interview with George Sloppadopoulos, who was nice enough to pay me $16 million the last time we came. He had to pay $16 million to me, which was good. It was worth it. It was worth having somebody lie. If you get $16 million, that's good. But JD had a very nasty person interviewing him, and we can't let that happen. Just as inappropriate to cut off a highly respected Vice President of the United States mid sentence. I guess it's one way to win an argument. That was the only way he was going to win the argument. So it was pretty inappropriate, I want to tell you that.
Narrator/Host
But Donald Trump says that it's the Democrats who are getting killed on the shutdown. Donald Trump says, and he goes, we're going after all the Democrat programs, not the Republican ones. We're going after any program that a Democrat. Like, we're shutting those programs down in the government. What the hell are you even talking about? I mean, do you mean like people at the CDC who help, like stop measles and mumps and rubella outbreak, because those are the types of people you've been firing.
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Donald Trump
Chilling problems were. Is there a point where you would.
Interviewer/Reporter
Reach out to no, no parties?
Donald Trump
Honestly, can I put it in plain words for you? And you're a smart guy, so you all understand But a lot of people don't. The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown because we're closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we were opposed to. So we're being. And they're never going to come back in many cases. So we're being able to do things that we were unable to do before. So we're closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we wanted to close up or that we never wanted to happen. And now we're closing them up.
Narrator/Host
Then Donald Trump says that even though Argentina needs a bailout or else they're going to go bankrupt. And that's why the United States, for whatever reason, is giving him $20 billion. Trump goes, but the thing is, Javier Malay is on the verge of an economic miracle. Donald Trump is such a freaking fraud. And everything he says here, play this.
Donald Trump
Clip part of the campaign. And then he called me, he wanted a lot more. And I said, when does it stop? When will it stop? And it stopped with him winning and he's become very popular and he's on the verge of a breakthrough, I think, I think he's really on the verge of tremendous economic success. And I know that Scott Besant is helping and our great Scott is doing the job and he feels very strongly about it.
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By the way, this press conference was such a disaster. Argentina's stock market has been basically plummeting during real time. During that press conference, it fell over 2% amongst while this meeting was taking place. So then after Donald Trump was bragging about permanently cutting Democrat programs, whatever the hell that means, Trump says, we're not closing Republican programs.
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Donald Trump
And now we're closing them up and we're not going to let them come back. The Democrats are getting killed and we're going to have a list of them on Friday. Closing up some of the most egregious socialist, semi communists, probably not full communists, we're saving that for New York, but semi communist programs, and we're closing them up. We're not closing up Republican programs because we think they work. So the Democrats are getting killed.
Narrator/Host
Then Donald Trump goes into this weird rant about California Governor Gavin Newsom, who he's just so jealous about. And Donald Trump says, I saved California. You know, I had to turn on a valve and that put out the fires. And Governor Newsom refused to turn on the magical valve that was in the Northwest. And that was the issue. So I put out the fires. This is just some deranged, stupid lies. Like it's, it's stupidity and it's Weird. And it's unhinged. Like, what the hell are we even doing here?
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Donald Trump
You know, World Cup. I could say the same thing for the Olympics because, you know, we have events that are in different locations for the Olympics. It's based in L. A. If I thought LA was not going to be prepared properly, I would move it to another location if I had to on that one. I'd probably have to get a different kind of a permission, but we would do that. Gavin Newsom, he's got to get his act together, because had we not gone in at the beginning of my term, had we not gone in with a very strong, powerful force, they would have lost L. A. Now, you already lost 25,000 houses to fires. You got a big scar right in the middle of the city. And that should have never happened because they should have had the water flowing in from the Pacific Northwest. All they had to do is open up the valves. He didn't want to do it, and he didn't want to do it, he says, for environmental reasons. I don't believe that. But, you know, for some reason, he didn't want to do it. Lost 25,000. He had no water in the fire pumps. He had no water in the sprinkler systems, in the ceilings. There were no houses that normally the things would go on. You might not have lost. You might not have lost two houses. So if he doesn't play ball, we're gonna have to be very tough with him. He's done a bad job, you know, just to finish off on that. So when we went in, we did a phenomenal job. We went in with great force, and that was the end of it. We put it out, we extinguished that fire, which was agitation and it was a very dangerous position to be in. And we went and did a great job. But the head, the chief said we could have never done this without President Trump and without the federal government coming in. Okay, that was it. He said that.
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And Donald Trump cont. And he goes, and you know what? Los Angeles was about to be taken over if I didn't stop it. I stopped the fires by turning on the valve and I stopped it from getting taken over. It was me, dude, what are you talking about, you deranged sicko?
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Donald Trump
He said that now, two or three weeks later, he said, oh, we could have done it, but he knows he couldn't. The city was going to be taken over if I didn't go in. And you have to remember that Los Angeles was going to be taken over. And we have it where the chief said it, I believe numerous times. But that was as it was happening. That was a rough one. That was nasty. And if we saw a situation like that, yeah, we'd be forced to make a move. Boston better clean up their act. That's all I can say. Go ahead. One more question. What are you.
Producer/Assistant
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Narrator/Host
I mean, what are you talking about? Dudes making up $18 trillion. He's turning on magical valves that are putting out fires. I mean, he's like literally an insane maniac. And stop treating this idiot, this vile piece of trash, like he's some normal. Give him zero respect. You see? What, what is this behavior? I mean, for real, what is this idiotic behavior? And then he goes, but groceries are down, everybody. No, they're not.
Producer/Assistant
What are you talking about here, play this clip is.
Donald Trump
And you had the greatest inflation, the last administration had the greatest inflation in the history of our country. And now as you know, groceries are down, it's all down. Are you settling?
Narrator/Host
And then he says, regarding Javier Milei, if he doesn't win, we are not going to help Argentina. If you don't pick the candidate, I want the MAGA puppet who's bankrupting Argentina the way Trump's bankrupting the United States, then we're not going to support Argentina anymore. I wonder if that's why the markets in Argentina don't like that manipulation.
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Donald Trump
But I guess they do it for votes. So I'm with this man because his philosophy is correct and he may win and he may not win, but I think he's going to win. And if he wins, we're staying with him. And if he doesn't win, we're gone. The Argentine.
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Then Donald Trump, while boasting about Argentina, a failing country, he attacks Spain. What you should know about Spain is it is the fastest growing major economy right now in all of Europe. Spain's economy keeps growing. Why is the country doing so well? Of course, countries that do well, states that do well, people who do well, that's who Donald Trump hates. Why? He's a life long loser. He's a lifelong person who has bankrupted his own companies over and over again. And you see what he's doing right now with the United States government with this shutdown. You see why he's bankrupted most of the things he's touched. He's got the opposite of the Midas touch.
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Donald Trump
Yeah, please. Behind you, behind you. Thank you, Mr. President. Last week you said that NATO should consider expelling Spain.
Producer/Assistant
What?
Narrator/Host
You said that NATO should consider expelling Spain.
Donald Trump
Would you support that?
Interviewer/Reporter
What is NATO consider expelling Spain?
Donald Trump
Oh, chicken. I'm very unhappy with Spain. They're the only country that didn't raise up their number to 5%. Every other country in NATO raised up to 5%. And Spain is doing very well off our backs. So I'm not happy with Spain. Spain gets protection and they know, you know, look, they're sort of in the semi middle of it. So they're going to get protected automatically. Even if you don't want to protect them, you're protecting them because of the way they're located. And I think what Spain did is a very bad thing for NATO. I think it's very unfair to NATO. It wouldn't matter if you said you're not going to protect them because they're pretty much protected. You know, what are you going to do? Go through the other countries and let's go attack Spain? Right. So I think what they did is not nice. I think it's very disrespectful to NATO. In fact, I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did. And I may do that, I think, unbelievably disrespectful. Spain, the only one out of all the countries in NATO, the only one that said that is Spain. And I think that's, I think they should be punished for that. Yes.
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Then there was this weird interaction between him and Hegseth. Watch what went down.
Interviewer/Reporter
We had a chance to go along on the historic trip Middle east peace, which our generation of veterans never dreamed would be possible. So you would think that the Pentagon press corps of all press corps would be front and center across the board on wanting to give credit to the president for forging this kind of peace. And instead, what they want to talk about is a policy about them which simply says maybe the policy should look like the White House or other military installations where you have to wear a badge that identifies that you're press or you can't just roam anywhere you want. It used to be, Mr. President, the press could go anywhere, pretty much anywhere in the Pentagon.
Narrator/Host
And then here's an issue that I've been bringing up over and over again. While corporate news wanted to spike the football and act like, oh, there's now peace in the Middle east. And I'm like, what are you talking about? There is a temporary cease fire. Donald Trump brought back 20 hostages. That's good. And a cease fire is a good thing. Bringing back the hostage is a good thing. Biden brought back 140 hostages. 83% of hostages returned was former President Biden. He did not spike the football and say, give me a Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Because if you know the history of the region, you know there's been lots of starts and stops to cease fires, wars on and off. It is a delicate situation. And where Donald Trump has not addressed the issue of a two state solution or doesn't agree with one, where Hamas and Israel did not even sign the cease fire agreement or what they call a peace deal, they were not signatories to it. Where Hamas says it is not disarming, where Israel says it's about to go and attack the Hamas tunnels. Explain to me how what is a deal when the parties don't even sign it. Like, what am I missing? At the most basic levels, Israel and Hamas are not signatories. But Trump says, I spoke to Hamas. They said, yes, sir, we will disarm, sir. So I trust them, sir.
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Donald Trump
But we have told them we want disarm and they will disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm. Do you understand me?
Narrator/Host
Yes.
Donald Trump
You say because you always. Everyone says, oh, well, they won't disarm. They will disarm. And I spoke to Hamas and I said, you're going to disarm, right? Yes, sir, we're going to disarm. That's what they told me. They will disarm or we will disarm them. Got it?
Narrator/Host
Then a reporter says, how is this benefiting the United States that you're giving $20 billion to Argentina? And Trump goes, well, we're helping a great philosophy. No, he's your MAGA puppet. It's not helping America. Instead of helping 20 million Americans losing health care, you're giving $20 billion to Argentina because he's a MAGA puppet. And also, your rich friends have invested in lithium mines and other things in Argentina, and they're about to lose their money. So you're bailing out your billionaire buds.
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Donald Trump
Yes, President for Argentina. What's the benefit for United States in helping this way?
Interviewer/Reporter
Argentina.
Donald Trump
Just helping a great philosophy take over a great country. Argentina is one of the great, most beautiful countries that I've ever seen, and we want to see it succeed. Very simple. I mean, we don't have to do it. It's not going to make a big difference for our country, but it will in terms of South America. If Argentina does well, you're going to have others following, and a lot of others are following. You have countries in South America that two years ago would have never even been thought of to go as democratic democracies or as just countries that want to do fair and balanced trading. And now all. I mean, you mentioned Bolivia, but there are, there are numerous other countries that are coming our way more whining about.
Narrator/Host
Donald Trump's saying the teleprompter turned off.
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Let's play it.
Donald Trump
I met him at the United nations before I went up to speak. And then I found that he didn't have a speech because I had no teleprompter. They turned off my teleprompter. Purposely. They made it impossible for me. But it didn't silence me. I spoke without and it was a good speech. But no, think of that. You go into the United Nations. I'm speaking in front of 158 leaders and the whole world and I look at my teleprompter and it's dead. They killed my teleprompter. They wouldn't let the man that operated into the boats. Can you believe this?
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And then Donald Trump threatens Boston and other cities where the World cup games are expected to take place.
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Donald Trump
Some street takeovers that we saw. Are you. Is the may. Are you going to work with or try and work with the mayor of Boston. And then they have a World Cup. They have several World cup games. I know Argentina knows about World Cups. They have several World cup games.
Interviewer/Reporter
Could those games move to cities that do work?
Donald Trump
We could take them away. I love the people of Boston. I know the games are sold out. But your mayor is not good. There are worse than her. At least she's intelligent. Some are extremely low iq. Those bother me more. She's intelligent but she's radical left. And they're taking over parts of Boston. That's a pretty big statement, right? We could get them back in about two seconds. All she has to do is call us. We'll go in and take them back.
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Date: October 15, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett & Jordy Meiselas
Main Theme: An in-depth, often comedic breakdown of Donald Trump’s chaotic press conference with Argentina’s President Javier Milei—highlighting Trump’s erratic behavior, questionable policy moves, and bizarre claims, alongside sharp political commentary and signature brotherly banter.
This episode covers Donald Trump’s widely criticized joint press briefing with Argentina’s President, Javier Milei. The Meiselas brothers provide a play-by-play analysis, exposing Trump’s public outbursts, inaccurate statements, and the questionable rationale behind a $20 billion U.S. bailout for Argentina—all while millions of Americans face a healthcare crisis. The hosts lampoon Trump’s attacks on the press, his strange rants about U.S. policies, and his tendency to make grandiose, easily debunked claims.
"You're fake news...We're not doing questions from you. You hurt our feelings."
— Donald Trump [00:47]
"We're being able to do things that we were unable to do before...We're closing up programs that are Democrat programs...they're never going to come back."
— Donald Trump [02:43]
"Had we not gone in...they would have lost L.A...You already lost 25,000 houses to fires. All they had to do is open up the valves."
— Donald Trump [05:37]
"Groceries are down, it's all down."
— Donald Trump [10:29]
"If he wins, we're staying with him. And if he doesn't win, we're gone."
— Donald Trump [11:05]
"I think they should be punished for that [Spain and NATO]."
— Donald Trump [12:23]
"They will disarm or we will disarm them. Got it?"
— Donald Trump [15:44]
"We could take them [World Cup games] away...your mayor is not good."
— Donald Trump [18:41]
The episode is a mix of incredulity, pointed humor, and sharp political critique. The Meiselas brothers mock Trump’s fantastical storytelling and highlight the disconnect between his actions and the needs of ordinary Americans. They tie Trump’s erratic policy rollout and rhetorical style to a broader critique of anti-democratic politics.
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Listeners seeking a candid, entertaining, and critical review of major U.S. political news—with a focus on democracy, accountability, and the absurdities of modern political discourse.