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Talkspace works with most major insurers, including Tricare. Match with a licensed therapist today@talkspace.com military go to talkspace.com military to get started today. That's talkspace.com military Donald Trump is getting booed at multiple stadiums across the world on the same day. Stadiums, Plural. From London to New Jersey, Donald Trump and his despicable regime are getting booed by packed arenas. Let me take you to the O2 arena in London, where during an NBA game there, during the national anthem, the Trump regime was booed. A member of the audience said, leave Greenland alone. And then the crowd erupted into applause over Leave Greenland alone. And the people were absolutely at the playing of the national anthem. Let me show you what takes place in London as Donald Trump continues to threaten the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the world. Play this clip. Now from a packed house at the O2 arena in London. Let me bring you to a music festival in New Jersey that just took place where Bruce Springsteen spoke out against Donald Trump and his despicable regime and the ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo. Bruce Springsteen said, if you believe that America should still exist as a democracy, you shouldn't be murdered for exercising your First Amendment right to protest. Watch Springsteen speak to the PAC crowd, who all erupt in applause at Springsteen and anger against the despicable Trump regime. Play this clip. If you believe in the power of the law and that no one stands above it. If we stand against heavily armed, masked federal troops invading an American citizen.
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Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you don't deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest. Message to this president. And as the mayor of that city has said, I should get the out of Minneapolis. For you in the memory of mother of three and American citizen Renee Good. Thank you. Now, just contrast that, by the way, to a typical appearance by former President Barack Obama when he shows up at an NBA game or a college game, it's always to stay standing ovations. Donald Trump is always getting booed and Obama's always getting standing ovations. Watch this. And as I noted, Donald Trump getting booed across the world to Donald Trump was protested this weekend in Nuke in Greenland as Trump continues to threaten the sovereignty of Greenland and says he's going to invade. By the way, Donald Trump stated on his social media platform late last night, NATO has been telling Denmark for 20 years that you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland. Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time and it will be done. President Donald J. Trump. That is what an abuser sounds like. Donald Trump is a predator. Donald Trump's a sexual predator. A sexual abuser. Donald Trump is a predator in all aspects of his life. A creepy predator and a creepy regime filled of creepy predators. By the way, here was the protest at Nuke. You'll see the people right here marching to the American Consulate in Greenland. Here, play this clip. And just to hear from some of the Greenlandic people, they say we're not scared. We're united and we have great allies. And Europe has been standing up. Canada has been standing up. Other countries across the world have been standing up for Greenland saying that if you invade Donald Trump, we will go to war against you. But here is what this individual said from Greenland. Play this clip. It's a bit like a spoiled child turned old. And you think he can. And he can scare people. He can't scare Greenlanders. We're not scared. We'll fight them to the end and we will never give in.
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We have so good allies. Now here's Prime Minister Carney over the past 48 hours or so saying that if the United States invades Greenland, Article 5 will be triggered. Canada will go to war with the United States. Now Special forces are already in Greenland for Multiple European countries. I know Canada is planning on sending it as well. Anyway, let me play for you right now what the scene looked like as well. And I played for you the Carney clip. Let me play that clip. Greenland. The future of Greenland is a decision for the. For Greenland and for the Kingdom of Denmark. We are NATO partners with Denmark, and so our full partnership stands, our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, and we stand fuller square behind those. Now let me play for you what the scene looked like in Copenhagen City as the people of Denmark protested against the Trump regime there. This is again, across the world, people are booing Donald Trump. Play this clip. Just a reminder, back In February of 2024, when Canada, when there was the hockey championship, the hockey world championship with the NHL and the Canadian fans were booing the national anthem. You remember that? Back in February of 2025. Let's play this clip. And just recently, what, a few months back in October 20, during a WWE event in Australia, they are the people booed the national anthem as well. You remember this Here, play this clip. That's what the United States has become under the Trump regime. Loathe, despised Trumpy. You see why this guy bankrupted multiple casinos and a ton of his businesses. The corruption, right? Donald Trump invades Venezuela, keeps the authoritarian regime in place. Props up Delsey Rodriguez, part of the Maduro regime. Props up Diodatos Cabello, part of the Maduro regime. Trump cuts a deal with Venezuela so that his right wing oligarch buddies can buy oil from Venezuela. Then Trump takes that money, like 500 million to a billion so far, and he moves it to a bank account in Qatar for himself, not the United States Treasury. It's in a Qatari bank account. Then Donald Trump says, I'm creating a peace board and if you want to join it, you owe me a million dollars. Not America, by the way. I mean, this whole peace board idea, you know, and destroy the United Nations, I think is utterly dangerous and insane. But Donald Trump says it costs a billion dollars to give a billion dollars to Trump. Trump puts it in a Qatari bank account. And that's how you join the peace board. And you have Donald Trump reposting things like this. I predict Trump will visit a free Iran and a free Havana and a free Caracas before he leaves office. Donald Trump's just going to invade every country. Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, you name it, Donald Trump. Donald Trump apparently is invading. Can we just take a look, though, at the mayhem here inside the United States? I'll do a whole other video about Trump unle unleashing hell with his border patrol in ice gestapo. And Trump's planning on what potentially instituting the insurrection act, declaring martial law and sending in 1500 paratroopers from Alaska, from the United States army to invade Minnesota. Minneapolis, St. Paul, just this is what a Mexican, the Mexican restaurants in the twin cities look like right now. We are open, but please wait for us to unlock the door. Thank you for your understanding. And there you have more information about the labor secretary Laurie Chavez Darimer. The New York Post has been breaking some actually very good stories on her. We reported about one of them that she was under investigation for potentially these fraudulent trips. She would take trips across the country according to allegations she was involved in a like relationship with a subordinate. And then she would go to all these like la Vegas and use our taxpayer money as the labor department secretary to go on all of these lavish trips. Well now the New York Post said that more of this investigation into labor secretary Chavez Dreamer, by the way, the labor secretary like all these cabinet positions, they're the ones who are posting a lot of this Nazi imagery out there. The, like, the, like HH stuff out there, all the horrific, the, the, the Hitler quotes retranslated, the Trump photos on the buildings. But Laurie Chavez Darimur apparently has been spending our taxpayer dollars on an office boo stash and strip club visits with subordinates. This right here is Angels PDX strip club outside of Portland. And apparently there was a that taxpayers paid for. And then the labor department under Chavez Darima went to the strip club, y'. All. They went to the strip club. Everybody with our taxpayer money. Ha ha ha. This is how you roll in the Trump regime. Qatari bank accounts with oil money, strip clubs with our taxpayer money. Federal spending up. Ridiculous. Um, all prices across the board are going up like crazy. I mean, you see this right here. As the Kobasi report explains, the average price of ground beef in the U. S. Is now up $6.67 per pound. Prices have surged 72% since January 2020. Also, chicken breast prices have risen 36%. Coffee prices have surged 52%. All other food categories, sugar, sweets, fats, oil, snacks, prepared meals up 31%. But it's all good, y', all, because Lori Chavez dreamer and our government, they're at the strip clubs making our taxpayer dollars rain. That's what they're doing, folks. What a despicable regime. And what's this weird campaign they're doing with whole milk and milk mustaches? And they all put these weird milk mustache you know what I'm talking about. They're doing this weird milk mustache thing. Some weird, weird stuff. Contrast that to the first 24 hours of Governor Abigail Spanberger, the new governor of Virginia's first day on the job. Ending police cooperation with Trump's ice Passing new maps to combat Trump's gerrymandering and eliminating up to four GOP House seats Enshrining LGBTQ plus rights in the state constitution Enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution Protecting and expanding voter rights Firing Republican appointees to the University of Virginia board Reestablishing support for diversity and inclusion Accelerating a minimum wage increase Building more housing to lower rent prices the first day. So let's just do a compare and contrast. Governor Spanberger. Here she is at her inauguration speech.
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Contrast that to Donald Trump at the same time this weekend talking about right wing extremist Laura Loomer. Here, play this clip. Hi Laura. Boy you are something. What spirit you have. Laura. Laura Loomer thank you honey for being here. I appreciate it. Jesus. You know she could be a little nasty, but to me she's always nice. That's all about it. I want her to stay that way too. Well, there you have it folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. We appreciate you so much for watching. Thanks for watching. Be sure to add the Midas Touch podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcast for new updates every single day. Everyone deserves to be connected. That's why T Mobile and US Cellular are joining forces. Switch to T Mobile and save up to 20% versus Verizon by getting built in benefits they leave out. Check the math@t mobile.com switch and now T Mobile is in US cellular stores. Savings versus Comparable Verizon plans plus the cost of optional benefits plan features in Texas and fees vary. Savings with three plus lines include third line free via monthly bill credits Credit stop if you cancel any lines. Qualifying credit required. Well, the holidays have come and gone once again. But if you've forgotten to get that special someone in your life a gift, well, Mint Mobile is extending their holiday offer of half off unlimited wireless. So here's the idea. You get it now. You call it an early present for next year. What do you have to lose? Give it a try@mintmobile.com Switch limited time.
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Date: January 19, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
This episode centers around the global backlash faced by Donald Trump and his administration, highlighted by multiple public booings in major venues—from the O2 Arena in London to a New Jersey music festival. The Meiselas brothers dissect the growing public opposition to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, both at home and abroad, while contrasting his reception against other leaders like Barack Obama. The episode intermixes serious commentary with their signature banter, emphasizing the democratic values they feel are under threat and spotlighting hopeful political progress in states like Virginia.
London’s O2 Arena Incident ([01:17-03:00])
New Jersey Music Festival with Bruce Springsteen ([03:00-03:40])
Greenland Protests ([04:12-05:50])
Denmark’s Response ([06:24-07:00])
Protests Across Europe and Australia ([07:00-08:00])
Venezuela Dealings ([08:00-09:30])
"Peace Board" Pay-for-Play Scheme ([09:00-09:40])
Domestic Mayhem & ICE Tactics ([09:40-10:40])
Labor Secretary Laurie Chavez Darimer's Scandal ([11:00-13:00])
Reporting on dramatic increases in food and commodity prices under Trump's administration:
Contrast with government officials “having fun at strip clubs using taxpayer money”.
On global protests:
“It's a bit like a spoiled child turned old. And you think he can scare people. He can't scare Greenlanders. We're not scared. We'll fight them to the end and we will never give in.” (Greenland protester, paraphrased by Ben, 06:13)
On Trump’s regime:
“Donald Trump is a predator. Donald Trump’s a sexual predator. A sexual abuser. Donald Trump is a predator in all aspects of his life. A creepy predator and a creepy regime filled of creepy predators.” (Ben, 04:45)
On policy contrast:
“Contrast that to the first 24 hours of Governor Abigail Spanberger… Enshrining LGBTQ+ rights in the state constitution. Enshrining abortion rights. Protecting and expanding voter rights…The first day.” (Ben, 13:43)
On Trump’s corruption:
“Qatari bank accounts with oil money, strip clubs with our taxpayer money. Federal spending up. Ridiculous.” (Ben, 12:54)
The episode blends earnest outrage with dry, at times sarcastic, wit, maintaining the brothers' signature blend of humor and gravity. Their camaraderie keeps the conversation energetic, yet they're unapologetically critical of Trump and his allies, continually reinforcing their pro-democracy message.
This episode is a scathing review of Donald Trump’s global and domestic reception, painting the regime as increasingly isolated and embattled—from mass protests overseas to scandals and economic difficulties at home. The hosts juxtapose this with moments of hope, particularly at the state-level efforts to restore democratic values and rights, inviting listeners to stay informed and engaged in defending democracy.