Trump Loses it as his Own Team Massacres Him!!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Trump Loses it as his Own Team Massacres Him!!
Date: May 9, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Podcast Network: MeidasTouch Network

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Episode Overview

This high-energy episode spotlights the unraveling of Donald Trump’s economic messaging—exposed not primarily by his political opponents, but by voices on Fox News ("State Regime Media") and even his own administration. The Meiselas brothers use recent Fox clips to show that Trump-supportive media is now forced to acknowledge dismal economic realities for everyday Americans, despite the Trump camp’s attempts to spin them. Through sharp banter and biting criticism, the brothers emphasize the disconnect between elite economic narratives and regular Americans’ struggles, all while calling out hypocrisy and surreal distractions (like UFC fights at the White House).

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Main Theme: Trump Camp & Fox Forced to Admit Economic Harm

• The hosts open by mocking Trump’s frustration as Fox News, traditionally a strong supporter, is compelled to report negative data about the economy.

  “What’s the matter, Donald? Are you losing State Regime Media, which calls itself Fox?...the data ain’t good at all.” (03:22—Host)

2. Crumbling Economic Narrative

• Multiple Fox hosts admit that Americans are struggling:
  • Cost of living crisis: Mass consensus—even on pro-Trump media—that things have deteriorated.

    “People voted for President Trump in part to make the cost of living lower...it’s gone the wrong way in the last couple of months.” (04:38—Fox Host Clip)

  • Fox further acknowledges pain over gas prices, mortgage rates, and depleted savings.

    “Consumers are literally running out of money.” (05:38—Fox Host Clip)

  • Technicals: University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment is at a record low.

    “The number is 48.2 for May. That is a record low...a 4.5% increase over the year in inflation.” (06:20—News Reporter)

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3. Exploding Deficit & GOP Hypocrisy

• The hosts mock the lack of "deficit hawks" now that Trump is presiding over record debt increases:

  “Remember all these maggots were deficit hawks. Whenever the Democrats are in: ‘Ah, the debt!’...then they get in power and they're the ones who make it worse.” (07:17—Host)

  • Clip confirms projected $2.1 trillion deficit for 2026; most growth in defense spending. (08:06—08:39)

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4. The Economy: K-shaped, Unequal Recovery

• The hosts explain how the economic “recovery” is felt only by the ultra-rich, not ordinary Americans:

  “Why is it that we're not technically in a recession, although most Americans feel like they’re in a Great Recession?...Because the distribution of wealth is so uneven and so unfair.” (11:17—Host)

  • CEOs earn up to 10,000x more than workers; technical numbers mask mass suffering.

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5. Surreal Distractions vs. Real Problems

• Trump's team touts oddities like UFC fights at the White House, golden domes, and black granite, instead of fixing economic concerns.

  “Why are we talking about UFC fights at the White House?...Can we just talk about the American people, please?” (16:12—Host)

  • UFC fight: All 4,300 tickets are comped; hosts mock it as “the hottest ticket in town.” (16:12–17:19)

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6. Administration Gaslighting & Spin

• Energy Secretary claims they’re all about lowering energy prices—while gas is at $4.55/gallon.

  “...this is an administration...all about lowering energy prices and an incredibly successful record in doing that.” (14:45—Energy Secretary)

• Economist Kevin Hassett touts a “golden age” even as hardship prevails.

  “People still don’t have faith that the golden age is upon us, that Trump policies are working, but it keeps showing up in the data.” (15:49—Economist)

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7. Immigration & Border “Wins”

• Border czar Tom Homan claims only 60% of detainees are “criminals.”

  “At the end of the day, 60% of the people we got are criminals, 40% totally innocent. I’d say that’s a good ratio.” (19:28—Tom Homan)

• Host exposes the misleading definition of “criminal” (includes minor infractions).

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8. Notable Critiques & Sizzling Banter

• The hosts lambast the Trump administration’s gaslighting and media attempts to deflect from real issues:

  “Well done, you sickos. What a sicko regime.” (19:42—Host)

• Relentless jabs at media absurdities (“golden ballrooms,” “motorcade in the reflecting pools.”)
• Repeated, exasperated refrain: focus on the American people’s suffering—not bombast.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “People voted for President Trump in part to make the cost of living lower...it’s gone the wrong way in the last couple of months.”
  — Fox Host (04:38)
• “Consumers are literally running out of money.”
  — Fox Host (05:38)
• “The number is 48.2 for May. That is a record low...a 4.5% increase over the year in inflation.”
  — News Reporter (06:20)
• “Remember all these maggots were deficit hawks....then they get in power and they're the ones who make it worse.”
  — Host (07:17)
• “Most Americans feel we’re in serious negative GDP territory...while the rich get richer on economic steroids, everybody else is famished in a massive famine.”
  — Host (11:17)
• “Why are we talking about UFC fights at the White House?...Can we just talk about the American people, please?”
  — Host (16:12)
• “At the end of the day, 60% of the people we got are criminals, 40% totally innocent. I’d say that’s a good ratio.”
  — Tom Homan (19:28)
• “Well done, you sickos. What a sicko regime.”
  — Host (19:42)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 03:22: Show launch: Trump frustration, Fox News forced to confront bad data
• 04:38: Fox admits cost of living crisis; “gone the wrong way”
• 05:37: Discussion of Americans’ anger; echoing Heinz CEO
• 06:14: Record-low Michigan consumer sentiment and inflation
• 07:17–08:39: Deficit language, GOP hypocrisy, $2.1 trillion projection
• 09:06: “Getaway” cost shock — vacation costs now unreachable for most
• 11:17: Wealth inequality, why Americans feel recession/depression
• 13:19: Trump Agriculture Secretary dismisses farmer concerns on fertilizer
• 14:00–14:15: Sean Duffy’s reality TV road trip, surreal distractions
• 14:45–15:44: Gas prices; administration claims “successful record” lowering costs
• 15:49: Hassett’s “golden age” claims vs. economic hardship realities
• 16:12–17:19: UFC fights at the White House: all sizzle, no steak
• 19:28–19:42: Border policy, misleading criminality stats; host’s fierce takedown

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Overall Tone & Takeaway

The Meiselas brothers bring urgency, skepticism, and their trademark biting humor. They call out not only Trump’s failed economic policies and media spin, but also the surreal spectacle now being passed off as governance. Their core message is a plea for honesty and for actually helping struggling Americans—not just elite vanity projects, distractions, or crony gaslighting.

“Can we just talk about the American people, please? Can we just listen to the suffering that the American people are experiencing and deliver for them? That’s what we need to be doing right now.” (16:12—Host)

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For listeners seeking sharp analysis, furious energy, and a reality check on regime politics, this is a must-listen episode.

Transcript

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[Podcast Host]

What's the matter, Donald? Are you losing State Regime Media, which calls itself Fox, is that making you absolutely livid that they have no choice but to report the data right now as much as they don't want to? And Donald, the data ain't good at all. The consumer sentiment report for University of Michigan has the worst consumer sentiment in the entire history of the poll. The deficit continues to soar. Our debt continues to mount. For most Americans right now, this economy is in a great recession or a depression. I know that your billionaire buds don't feel that way because when they talk about the K shape, their economy's great. But for 99% of Americans, things cannot be worse right now. And that's reflected in the data. And Fox State Regime media has been calling it out. That's what's going down. I'll give you an example right here. One of the Fox hosts yesterday said, you know, people voted for Trump to bring down the cost of living to make things more affordable. It's much worse. People are struggling out there to survive.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Here, play this clip.

[Fox News Host Clip]

People voted for President Trump in part to make the cost of living lower and make making ends meet easier. And it's gone the wrong way in the last couple of months.

[Podcast Host]

Taylor and then Fox continued. A host goes on to say, I don't really think we could be ignoring how people feel right now. That seems to be what Trump and Vance and Rubio and they're all doing. I mean, we all remember what the CEO of Heinz said this past week that consumers are running out of money. They're tapping into their life savings and running out of their life savings while Donald Trump's out there talking about triumphal arcs or arches and golden ballrooms and demolishing the public golf courses in D.C. and black granite in the White House and whatever the heck he's talking about. Next, reflecting pools. Driving the motorcade in the reflecting pools.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Let's play this clip.

[Fox News Host Clip]

But to ignore the way that people feel right now about gasoline prices and mortgage rates. They're pissed off and they have every right to be upset. And as that quote from the CEO of Heinz yesterday, Kraft Heinz, consumers are literally running out of money.

[Podcast Host]

And then state regime media, which calls itself Fox, read the consumer sentiment report that I talked about. Ain't no denying what the consumer sentiment report says.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Let's play this clip.

[News Reporter]

To us, the latest read from the University of Michigan on consumer sentiment. What do we have?

[Podcast Guest or Interviewer]

Madison, bad number. The number is 48.2 for May. That is a record low. It was expected to slip down to 49.5, but 48.2. We also have some news on inflation. 4.5% increase over the year in inflation. You know, when you look at this number, 48.2, this is the third straight decline and the second record low in a row.

[Podcast Host]

And then it kept on going. Talked about how the regime is expecting a $2.1 trillion deficit for the 2026 fiscal year. That's up from 1.8 trillion the last fiscal year. Now, folks, I was a political science major in undergrad. I went to law school because, you know, I knew enough math to be dangerous. But as I look at these numbers where my deficit hawks, ha.

[Commercial Narrator]

Hawk.

[Podcast Host]

Remember all these maggots were deficit hawks. Whenever the Democrats are in, ah, the debt, the deficit is growing, then they get in power and they're the ones who make it worse. Like during Donald Trump's first term, he added more debt than any other president and most of the other presidents combined. 30, 35% of all of our debt came from Trump's term. Before former President Biden, he was recklessly printing out money. That PPP program also was basically flushing a lot of money down the toilet to rich people who didn't need the money in the first place. And you want to know what was causing inflation? What was causing it? What do you think caused it? It was Donald Trump's calamitous term the first time and he's doing it worse this time.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Play this clip.

[News Reporter]

The administration is expecting a $2.1 trillion deficit for the 2026 fiscal year, 2.1 trillion. Edward Lawrence of the White House. Okay, Edward, what does that mean for the national debt?

[Economist or Analyst]

Yeah, federal debt is going up is exactly what that means. And the government watchdog group warns that this is just unsustainable. If you look at treasury data out yesterday as well as the president's proposed budget, the fiscal year projection for 2027 is 2.1 trillion for the deficit. Now, most of the increases in defense spending, but that's up from 1.8 trillion the last fiscal year.

[Podcast Host]

But folks, it continues on from there. Another Fox host said, okay, the average one week getaway for an American right now costs $2,000. Who can afford that? I don't know. Maybe the people at Club Mar A Lago or the people in the Golden Ballrooms or the Club Rose Garden. Maybe they can. But not most Americans. Not, not, not. Pretty much everybody here.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Play this clip.

[News Commentator]

The average one week getaway for an American costs nearly two grand a person.

[Commercial Voice 2]

Wow.

[News Commentator]

The math behind it, relentless. Airfares, gas restaurants, theme park tickets, the costs are exploding. And for working families, it's, well, maybe not going to happen this year.

[Podcast Host]

So then next we have this host talk about how comments from Whirlpool executives are coming out saying they haven't seen this demand so low in since 2008.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Play this clip.

[News Reporter]

Look at Whirlpool turn up. Good morning.

[Commercial Narrator]

Good morning.

[News Reporter]

Why the dive for whirlpool does 60?

[Commercial Narrator]

So comments from executives are coming out and they're saying that they haven't seen demand this low since 2008, that this feels like recession levels to them. They're citing a number of factors. Record low consumer sentiment, the economic impact of the Iran conflict, severe weather. All of that drove what they're saying is 7% contraction in industry demand during the first quarter.

[News Reporter]

Okay, I'm interested.

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[Podcast Host]

I D A S Now as I'm just showing you the receipts of what they're saying on fox, and to their credit, they're just saying what the data shows. It's fascinating, right? Because why is it that we're not technically in a recession, although most Americans feel like they're in a great Recession or, or a depression? It's because the distribution of wealth is so uneven and so unfair that the wealthiest Americans are so damn wealthy and those corporations are making a lot of money and they're just shuffling money to and from each other while the American people suffer. That what's happening is the technical definition of a recession is to basically have back to back consecutive quarters where you have negative gdp. Most Americans feel we're in serious negative GDP territory because Americans aren't getting jobs and they can't afford rent and they're struggling because the CEO pays 3,000 or 5,000 or in some cases 10,000 times their own salary. And their health care is being ripped away. So it's being artificially propped up, basically the economy on like economic steroids, if you will, when the rich get richer. But the thing is, while you have the rich getting richer on economic steroids, probably a good example, you have everybody else basically famished in a massive famine and they're suffering, but all the weight of that wealth at the top is pulling it up. So technically it's not a recession, but it is because the American people feel we're in a depression, because that's the average experience right now. And no one talks about it like that. You know, and these Trump regime people go on FOX and they try to, you know, spin this. You have Brooke Rollins, Agriculture Secretary, dismissing the farmers concerns about fertilizer costs.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Play this clip.

[Energy Secretary or Official]

But I got 30 seconds also on that, another issue, and that is a concern about the fertilizer that has held up in the Strait of Hormuz. What's your level of concern 1 to 10.

[News Commentator]

Well, on a scale of 1 to 10, Dana, my level of concern. Listen, America, because of energy independence, we've got enough fertilizer in our country. We have fertilizer. The concern is the price. And we've implemented basically a 20 point action plan to start bringing those prices down. But for the long run, this is the President's vision. We have to re shore fertilizer.

[Podcast Host]

You've got Sean Duffy bragging on state regime media about taking a seven minute. He said for the past seven months he's been doing reality shows.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Play this clip.

[Sean Duffy]

So I wanted to lean into America's 250th birthday. Rachel and I actually met on a road trip on a reality TV show.

[News Commentator]

Right, right.

[Sean Duffy]

And so over the course of seven months, we just kind of found these moments where I might be able to do some work. I could take the kids with me, do a road trip.

[Commercial Voice 2]

Oh, yeah.

[Sean Duffy]

And our motto is to love America is to see America. And there's so much to see in this beautiful country. We did that with our family. The President kicked us off, as you're seeing right now. We went to the Oval with the kids, by the way. Who gets to do that? The kids were wildly excited and he was so generous with his time. The President was.

[Podcast Host]

You've got Energy Secretary Chris Wright talking over a Fox News graphic showing the national average gas price is 455. He's like, we're all about lowering prices here.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Play this clip.

[Energy Secretary or Official]

And what about people's concern about gas prices? Are seeing numbers that you give them some heartburn and some heartache and is hard for a lot of people to figure out how they're going to stomach this for much longer.

[Podcast Host]

It is.

[Commercial Voice 2]

And of course, it's been tough for our administration as well. This is an administration, the first Trump term and the second Trump term, all about lowering energy prices and an incredibly successful record in doing that. So when President Trump looked at the tradeoffs of going into Iran right now, he knew his sort of beautiful record of just constantly pushing down energy prices, gasoline headline prices as well. But Iran has roughly 1,000 pounds of uranium enriched to 60%, massively higher than you ever need for any commercial, commercial power production. It's actually quite close to weapons grade uranium. So they just get to this threshold where they're not far away from nuclear bombs. President Trump is absolutely unwilling to hand the next administration a nuclear armed.

[Podcast Host]

You've got Hassett saying that we're in a. The golden age is upon us.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Let's play it.

[Economist or Analyst]

Yeah. These are Two months in a row of absolutely blockbuster numbers. To put them in perspective, Bill, not that I'm counting. They have 65 economists that were polled at Bloomberg on what the numbers should be.62 came in way below 62 out of 65. The fact is that people still don't have faith that the golden age is upon us, that Trump policies are working, but it keeps showing up in the data.

[Podcast Host]

And then you've got Lara Trump with Dana White talking about the UFC fight that's going to be at the White House. And Larry Trump saw like, Dana, I hear this is going to be the hottest ticket in town. How many people are going, this is a sold out. And Dana's like, well, actually it's an event that we're just going to comp 4300 seats for the military. Oh, it's such a hot ticket. Such a hot ticket. Well, yeah, I mean, there's going to be 4300 comp. So it's going to be the. How is this a hot ticket? What do we even talk. Why is there UFC fights? Why are we talking about UFC fights at the White House? And golden frickin domes and arches and black granite and reflecting pools and getting rid of the parks. Can we just talk about the American people, please? Can we just listen to the suffering that the American people are experiencing and deliver for them? That's what we need to be doing right now. Anyway, here's what they were talking about

[Audio Clip Cue]

with the UFC fights. Let's play it.

[News Reporter]

All right.

[Podcast Guest or Interviewer]

Well, Dana White, we're so excited to have you back on the show. Thank you so much.

[Economist or Analyst]

Thanks for having me.

[Podcast Guest or Interviewer]

What a great venue as well. But the thing everyone is talking about is this Incredible UFC Freedom250 fight at the White House. Dana, I don't even know how you go about putting on a production like this.

[Podcast Host]

And also when you listen to state regime media, you hear people like this guy, this guy Webb, you know, these, these, they're like, we all know that the Strait of Hormuz has always been closed. Iran always controlled it. That's why we went to war. What are you talking about? I mean, Iran always control. They got it in the war and Trump's catastrophic. He didn't control it before the unlawful war by Trump and Netanyahu. What are you talking about? This is what they stay on. Regime media play that reality for the entire world.

[News Commentator]

That is, that is true, but that wasn't. That was the situation when the strait was open.

[Commercial Voice 2]

Prior to this fact, you are not allowed to mine international waterways and Iran's been doing that for decades. It was not open. It was constantly under their influence.

[Energy Secretary or Official]

We're outnumbered.

[Commercial Narrator]

Just a moment, stay with Mic Drop.

[Podcast Host]

And then finally, you had the end of the week, you had Tom Homan, the so called border czar, and he's saying, look, the end of the day, 60% of the people we got are criminals, 40% totally innocent. I would say that's a good ratio. First off, it's a lot more innocent than that. But even if I accepted your arguments arguendo as true, you're bragging that 40% of the people you've detained are completely innocent. And by the way, their definition, the Trump regime's definition of criminal is like traffic ticket or like, like traffic ticket or like marijuana offense from 1981. That's they include that in the criminal. But you're bragging that 40% of the people that you've thrown into concentration camps are innocent. Well done, you sickos. What a sicko regime.

[Audio Clip Cue]

Here, play this clip.

[News Reporter]

But look, we're going to arrest non criminals, even though President Trump is prioritizing public safety threats, national security threats. If you look at the numbers right now, about 60% of everybody we're arresting the criminal. The other 40% are not. I think that's a good percentage anyway.

[Podcast Host]

There you have it, folks. Let me know, let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thank you for watching. Thanks for watching.

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