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Donald Trump is having an absolutely psychotic meltdown on Christmas. He's made over 100 posts already and each post is more deranged than the next. He's calling for former President Barack Obama to be prosecuted. He continues to say the 2020 election is fake. He's saying Obamacare needs to be eliminated right away. He's saying the 2020 election results in Michigan were fraudulent. He is def Georgia election workers. You have people at ICE who he's amplifying as well. And Stephen Miller and others saying full throttle. I support Christmas deportations. ICE never sleeps. It's been post after post after post. Let me just show you what's been going down. It's messages like this. The people demand accountability. Barack Obama should be charged and prosecuted. Mind you, this isn't a request. This is a post from Donald Trump on Christmas. Donald Trump also posts a must watch. Roseanne is amazing. And it's a video of Roseanne saying that Covid came to the United States so that Democrats could use mail in ballots to steal the 2020 election. This is the type of deranged, conspiracy laden nonsense, QAnon filled hate that Donald Trump is spewing on Christmas. I mean, just contrast this to what former President Biden is posting Merry Christmas photos with his family. Former President Barack Obama Merry Christmas from his family photos with his family. This is what Donald Trump is doing and this is why I say you just have to frame him as an evil person, as a person who's been put here on this earth to cause pain and sin, suffering and we need to stand up to this evil. Donald Trump then posts attention Democrats and progressive white allies. Then it goes on to say, I've been calling out the 2020 election from the beginning while the political establishment looked the other way. I fought to overturn the 2020 election is post after post after post. Then Donald Trump goes, it's time to abolish the Barack Obama Affordable Care Act. Then it goes on to say it's textbook fraud and it says nobody is checking anything when it comes to this government handout. Nobody is checking a thing. Yeah. As Americans are terrified right now that they're about to lose their health care as the Affordable Care act subsidies have not been extended because Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans left Congress and want the American people to suffer. This is what they're posting. Then more post. Obamacare is a complete disaster. Odd posts about Gavin Newsom that's apparently on Donald Trump's this morning. And it goes, Gavin Newsom is terrified of Caroline Levitt because she calls out his bs. Yeah, I'm sure that's what Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, wakes up and says. You know who I'm terrified of? The chief propagandist at the White House, who's a clown, who will go down in history as one of the most vile and foul human beings that there are. Oh, by the way, make sure you hit subscribe to our YouTube channel. We're on our way to 6 million subscribers thanks to your support. So please make sure you hit subscribe right now. More posts from Donald Trump. I told you, it's hundreds, maybe 200 posts this morning. Just imagine if you posted that about any topic. Like, think about topics that you like, right? Whether it's sports or movies or a hobby, whatever you enjoy. Imagine posting about it 200 times. You would say, if somebody did that in your life, hey, chill out. Like, are you okay? And this is the behavior of the President of the United States state. No wonder he's destroying our country each and every day. And why? Our enemies laugh at us. And while our allies are absolutely horrified and frankly, no longer our allies anymore. More posts from Trump. The election was stolen. Trump was correct. Dominion, Serbia, voting machines. They do not get away with overthrowing the United States government. The hell is he posting? Proof that the Michigan elections are rigged. Going into the 2024 election, Michigan had 500,000 more. And it goes into these ridiculous conspiracies. Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss need to be held accountable. Defaming Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss again, who prevailed in their defamation case against Rudy Giuliani. Alert. Fulton County's 2020 election mess is back into the spotlight. Donald Trump now has directed the Justice Department to investigate Act Blue. And then of course, the message that he sends over here. Merry Christmas to all, including the radical left side scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our country, but failing badly. We no longer have open borders, men and women's sports, transgender for everyone. I mean, who talks like this? I mean, just take a step back for a second and let's talk about adult behavior, grown up behavior. There should be a basic floor in leadership positions yet alone the presidency of the United States of America. And this is what Donald Trump. I could read you more, but I think you get the point right there. And by the way, this all comes as we've learned that there's 1 million additional Epstein files that the DOJ claims they've never even looked at yet. So it's gonna take many more weeks. Despite the Epstein Transparency act, despite the fact that there are emails from 2020 referencing all these other documents. Right. The Midas Touch was the first to report. Hey, there's an email that talks about 1.2 million documents with the Southern District of New York. Hey, how about those documents? As soon as we reported it, about what, 12 hours later, guess what they said at the DOJ? We found 1.2 million documents from SDNY. You wanna know what likely really happened? SDNY said that they were gonna go public with the fact that these 1.2 million records were being concealed if the DOJ didn't confess. They all knew that we knew and that it was going to become a public issue. So I'm sure what went down is that prosecutors at the SDNY said if you don't say that you have these, we're going to leak them and we're going to go public with this. So the DOJ went public with this. A few other things I want to talk about on Christmas while Donald Trump's behave behaving that way. What is it also smokescreen for? What does it cover for? Well, he wants to distract us from the Epstein files, but we're not gonna be distracted. I'm talking about the COVID up every single day. I've done multiple videos this morning and we're going to continue to expose what's going on there and all of those files and we'll keep breaking stories. That's one. The other thing is he wants to give smoke screen to Vladimir Putin and authoritarians across the world to try to attack and invade and go after other countries. You know, because Trump is supporting authoritarians. So for example, you know, Donald Trump wants to give smokescreen and cover to Vladimir Putin on Christmas. Putin has continued to attack Kyiv and Khashan and Kharkiv and Odessa and Sumy and Donetsk and other areas. There's actually a rare bipartisan statement here from Democrats and Republicans. You have Tillis, Jackie Rosen Barrasso, Chris Coons, Angus King, Jerry Moran, Jeff Berkley, Chris Van Hollen. They released this statement. They said Russia's killing of Civilians as Christians around the world celebrate the Christmas holiday. Russia's brutal attacks on Kirchon, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv, Odessa, Sumy, Donetsk and Kriviri waged on innocent Ukrainians as they convened to mark the birth of the Prince of Peace with their loved ones and in prayer. It bears repeating that President Zelensky agreed to a Christmas truce, but Putin declined. Yet he directs soldiers to continue to commit brutal crimes of aggression on one of Christianity's holiest days. Even for countries at war, there is a long history of Christmas Eastman fires, including notably during World War I. Today's decision by Putin to launch attacks rather than hold fire is a sobering reminder for us all. Putin is a ruthless murderer who has no interest in peace and cannot be trusted. We stand with the people of Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Khershan and Donetsk marking the birth of Christ under the most challenging of circumstances. Ukrainians faith is a stronger force than the evil unleashed today by the Kremlin. And so while you have these senators condemning what Russia is doing, and rightfully so, you had Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, earlier in the week sanctioning Europe, as this one account says, Mr. Secretary, when can we expect similar sanctions against Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, Russia and El Salvador, just to name a few, that practice extreme censorship on American voters? Because Europe has a digital act that says you can't engage in consumer fraud and spread the type of disinformation that Elon Musk and certain platforms do in the United States. And they want to protect consumers and also prevent unjust advertising practices. That's what their digital act is all about. The US and all the right wings, like, you're not gonna let us spread our right wing MAGA propaganda in Europe. You're censoring us. It's like, no, just don't provide those. Don't lie and say horrific things that are intended to cause, you know, violence and intended to deceive people. Rubio goes. For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extra torial censorship. Today, the State Department will take steps to bar leading figures of the global censorship industrial complex from entering the United States. We stand ready and willing to expand the list if others do not reverse course. So the United States sanctioning Europe and sanctioning European leaders at the same time, Russian little leaders like Kirill Dmitriev and Yuri Yushakov are in the United States, the U.S. removing sanctions from Russia. Now we're sanctioning Europe. Do you see what's happening here? Do you see what's happening here? And you're going after Europe for censorship, really? And as that post pointed out, and not all of these other locations, America, this is why this French general I talked about on a prior report, you know, and why European leaders in general view the United States as systemic adversaries right now, not as allies anymore. It's a sad state. And it's a sad state too, because you've got Ukraine winning right now and pushing back and showing courage while you have Donald Trump as a Putin bootlicker or an 8 or a better or whatever you want to call it. I mean, Ukraine won the battle of Kupiansk. At the same time Putin was pointing to Kupiansk as this big military victory and we're pushing the front forward. Remember two weeks ago, Zelensky was right there and Kupiansk and now all these Z bloggers as business Ukraine Mag points out, all these Z bloggers have to acknowledge that they don't have Kupiansk. They see the Ukrainians there and they see the Ukrainian army circling around the remnants of the Russian army in Kupiansk. Russia got absolutely destroyed there, absolutely destroyed there on Christmas. You have Zelensky also issuing the following statement. We greatly value the Pope, Leo the 14th, constant attention to all diplomatic efforts aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine. And we share His Holiness's disappointment at Russia's refusal to accept the latest Christmas ceasefire proposal. Sadly, this is already the fourth wartime Christmas for the Ukrainian people during the full scale war, the largest in Europe since World War II. Moscow has not only rejected the request to end the killing, at least for this holy day. Instead, Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike against Ukraine's energy grid, causing power outages and continuous frontline assault. Regrettably, Russia continues to reject real ceasefire proposals as it has done throughout the year. Instead, it is clearly seeking ways to prolong the war and continue continue attacks. It is critical that everyone around the world speak out against this war and prevent Russia from normalizing its brutality, terror and aggression against our people. I urge all responsible leaders to support peace as the pontiff does and we appreciate every sign and showing of solidarity. Powerful words there indeed. Powerful words there indeed. I figure as a Christmas present. Also, I won't show any video clips of Donald Trump here. I could show you what he said at the Christmas event where he told an eight year old girl that she sounds cute and beautiful. Or I can show you Melania not wanting to even be around him and saying, can we just have another question? Being like 8, 10ft away from him, looking grossed out at him. I could show you Donald Trump saying, we don't want. We wanna make sure that Santa doesn't infiltrate the United States. We're doing an infiltration check, but you get the point hit subscribe let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our substack@midasplus.com you'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski ad free episodes of our podcast and more exclusive content Only available@midasplus.com.
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Date: December 25, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (The Meiselas Brothers)
Episode Theme:
A chaotic deep dive into Donald Trump’s Christmas Day social media meltdown, contrasted against mainstream political responses, new revelations around the DOJ’s Epstein files, and the international implications of Trump’s rhetoric during global crises — all tackled with the Meidas Brothers’ characteristic banter, sharp commentary, and unwavering support for democracy.
This special episode aired on Christmas Day 2025, focusing on an unhinged torrent of social media posts and conspiracy theories from Donald Trump, coinciding with exposes by the MeidasTouch network. The brothers contrast Trump’s behavior with the measured, holiday-spirited posts of Biden and Obama and connect Trump’s outbursts to both domestic turbulence (e.g., attacks on the Affordable Care Act, election conspiracies) and attempts to distract from major stories (notably, the recently unearthed Epstein files). They further link Trump’s actions to global authoritarianism, particularly Russia’s Christmas attacks against Ukraine, drawing attention to bipartisan responses and America’s shifting reputation among its allies.
[02:58] The episode opens with a detailed account of Trump’s “psychotic meltdown,” with over 100 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
Main themes of Trump’s postings:
Hosts repeatedly lament Trump’s behavior, contrasting it with the holiday messages and conduct of other political leaders.
Notable quote:
“This is the type of deranged, conspiracy laden nonsense, QAnon filled hate that Donald Trump is spewing on Christmas.” — MeidasTouch Host (Ben), [03:50].
Trump’s contentious, divisive posts are set against “Merry Christmas” family photos from Biden and Obama ([04:15]).
The hosts use this contrast to underscore Trump’s ongoing deviation from basic decorum and fitness for leadership.
Notable quote:
“There should be a basic floor in leadership positions, yet alone the presidency of the United States of America.” — MeidasTouch Host, [06:55].
Trump’s outburst is interpreted as a tactic to “give smokescreen to Vladimir Putin and authoritarians across the world.”
While bipartisan US senators release a strong statement condemning Putin’s Christmas attacks on Ukraine ([12:01]), Trump’s priorities are out of sync with democratic allies.
Notable quote:
“Putin is a ruthless murderer who has no interest in peace and cannot be trusted. We stand with the people of Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv...” — Bipartisan Senate Statement (read at [13:00]).
The episode discusses the irony of the US sanctioning European countries for “censorship,” while softening towards Russian leaders ([13:55]).
US actions cause frustration among traditional allies, with European generals increasingly viewing the US as an adversary, not a partner.
Notable quote:
“This is why European leaders in general view the United States as systemic adversaries right now, not as allies anymore. It’s a sad state.” — MeidasTouch Host (Ben), [14:40].
On Trump’s Christmas Posts:
“Just imagine if you posted that about any topic... y, chill out. Like, are you okay?” — MeidasTouch Host (Brett), [07:25].
On the State of American Leadership:
“Our allies are absolutely horrified, and frankly, no longer our allies anymore.” — Ben Meiselas, [07:55].
On the Epstein Files Breakthrough:
“As soon as we reported it...the DOJ went public with this. You want to know what likely really happened? SDNY said that they were gonna go public with the fact that these 1.2 million records were being concealed if the DOJ didn’t confess.” — Ben Meiselas, [10:30].
On Trump’s Propaganda Purpose:
“He wants to distract us from the Epstein files, but we’re not gonna be distracted.” — MeidasTouch Host, [11:29].
Ukraine’s Christmas Struggle:
“Sadly, this is already the fourth wartime Christmas for the Ukrainian people during the full-scale war, the largest in Europe since World War II.” — President Zelensky, read by MaidasTouch, [15:12].
The episode uses a mix of incredulity, sarcasm, and righteous indignation in line with the MeidasTouch brand. The hosts are unapologetically direct in their criticism of Trump while blending humor, clarity, and a persistent call to civic action.
This episode exemplifies the Meiselas Brothers’ unique blend: incisive legal and political commentary, passionate democratic advocacy, and a relatable, approachable delivery style. Through both news analysis and their own reporting successes (notably on the Epstein files), they place Trump’s Christmas conduct in a broader context of democratic decay, international instability, and the urgent need for accountability and civic vigilance — with plenty of memorable one-liners and a clear throughline of resistance.