Trump Panics and Issues Full Surrender!

Summary

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The MeidasTouch Podcast – “Trump Panics and Issues Full Surrender!”

Date: May 24, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Main Theme:
The Meiselas brothers break down Donald Trump’s controversial new deal with Iran, describing it as a complete strategic capitulation characterized by chaotic negotiations, fractured Republican responses, and a pattern that, in their view, highlights Trump’s weakness and lack of leadership. The episode also touches on Trump’s actions at home, including the purging of insurrectionist records and a HUD policy targeting emotional support animals.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump’s “Surrender” to Iran: New Deal Overview

• Deal Summary:
  • Release of $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets
  • Lifting of the U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz
  • Iran regains and maintains control of the strait
  • No discussion or limitation of Iran’s nuclear program in the current agreement; potential talks postponed 30-60 days
  • U.S. accepts all of Iran’s demands without meaningful reciprocation
  • Described as “total surrender” and far worse than Obama’s JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)
• Quote:
  • “It is a total surrender by the weak and pathetic Donald Trump and his weak and pathetic regime.” (Political Commentator 1, 02:51)
• Memorable Moment:
  • Iranian military spokesperson posts AI-generated imagery of Trump bowing to Iran’s Supreme Leader—a viral symbol of perceived humiliation (07:13).
• Timestamps:
  • Iran Deal News Recap: 02:17–08:58

2. Trump’s Public Handling & Response from Allies and Critics

• Trump’s Social Media Spin:
  • Multiple social media posts boasting about “historic” negotiations while his communications director pushes back against criticism, even from Trump’s former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.
  • Faked or misattributed praise (“Trump is the leader the world has been awaiting for centuries”) to Turkey’s Erdogan, later deleted after denial from the Turkish government (05:12).
• Quote:
  • “Trump was never a negotiator to begin with. Always a pathetic loser, his entire life—bankrupted things.” (Political Commentator 2, 05:42)
  • “Donald Trump’s negotiators say look, Trump's caving to you. He’s gonna go on social media and make up a bunch of lies.” (Political Commentator 3, 09:37)
• Infighting and Mixed Republican Reaction:
  • Mike Pompeo and Ted Cruz publicly attack the deal, suggesting Trump is empowering Iran’s worst impulses and betraying America First principles (10:54, 12:12).
  • MAGA-aligned Speaker Mike Johnson praises Trump as a diplomatic genius, standing alone among GOP voices (12:55).
  • Trump's communication director, Steven Chung, responds to Pompeo with profanity, highlighting chaotic messaging (11:26).
• Timestamps:
  • GOP Feedback & Intra-Party Chaos: 09:47–13:18

3. Comparison to Obama’s JCPOA and Historical Context

• JCPOA’s Efficacy Highlighted:
  • The hosts contrast the stringent nuclear limitations and transparency of Obama’s multilateral JCPOA with Trump’s deal, which ignores nuclear concerns and offers cash up front (13:23–14:29).
  • “It capped uranium enrichment at 3.67%, low-enriched, suitable for power plants, far below the 90% weapons grade.” (Political Commentator 3, 13:42)
• Interpretation:
  • Trump’s approach is framed as unnecessarily inflammatory, weak, and ultimately damaging to U.S. security and global standing.
• Historical Analogy:
  • Iranian officials mockingly compare the current U.S. “peace on Sasanian terms” to ancient Rome’s forced settlement with Persia—reinforcing an image of humiliating defeat (16:17).

4. Domestic Fallout: Purging of Insurrectionist Records & Policy Changes

• Clearing January 6th Insurrectionists’ Records:
  • Trump’s DOJ works to purge records and dismiss cases against the Oath Keepers and other January 6th participants (17:02–18:26).
  • “He wants to build his own army of seditious conspiracy terrorists, in my opinion.” (Political Commentator 1, 18:28)
• Attacking Disabled Tenants’ Rights:
  • HUD narrows the definition of assistance animals for disabled tenants, risking eviction for many with emotional support animals (19:02–19:47).
  • Hosts share personal stories highlighting the importance of emotional support dogs for veterans, patients, and families.
• Quote:
  • “This is how they’re using government while ripping away our health care, while launching catastrophic and unlawful wars. What a pathetic regime. What a pathetic group of losers.” (Political Commentator 1, 20:40)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Trump’s Negotiation Style:
  • “He was never a negotiator to begin with. Always, always a pathetic loser his entire life who bankrupted things.” (05:42)
• On Republican Criticism:
  • Mike Pompeo (via hosts):
    “The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman, Robert Malley, Ben Rhodes playbook… Not remotely. America First.” (10:54)
  • Chung’s Response:
    “Mike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he's talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals.” (11:23)
• On U.S. Image Post-Deal:
  • “It shows that America under Donald Trump is a paper tiger.” (15:45)
• On Domestic Policy Shifts:
  • “This loser who started Epic Fury and then had an epic loss… While taking our taxpayer dollars to engage in war crimes and genocide... This is what they’re doing as well.” (18:45–19:02)

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Key Timestamps

• [02:17] – Iran deal details and meme outrage
• [05:11] – Trump’s deleted Erdogan quote and social media blitz
• [09:04] – Iranian media's take and handling of Trump’s propaganda
• [10:54] – Pompeo, Republican backlash, and Chung’s response
• [13:23] – The JCPOA explained and contrasted
• [17:02] – DOJ purges January 6th records
• [19:02] – HUD narrows definition of assistance animal
• [20:13] – Personal story on value of emotional support animals

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

With fiery, irreverent banter, the brothers blend outrage, sarcasm, and disbelief to reinforce their view of Trump as uniquely destructive and inept—both at home and abroad. Their analysis positions Trump’s Iran deal as the antithesis of “strength through negotiation”, instead painting it as a confounding act of panic and incoherence. Layered throughout are passionate defenses of democracy, sharp-tongued assessments of Republican figures, and real-world vignettes about the human consequences of policy decisions.

For listeners seeking a rapid, critical, and deeply opinionated breakdown of the latest in U.S.-Iran relations and Trump-era governance—laced with humor and brotherly camaraderie—this episode delivers.

Transcript

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[Political Commentator 1]

Donald Trump waving the white flag of surrender to Iran. I'm sure you're seeing AI viral videos like this one circulating online.

[Political Commentator 2]

Donald Trump said he was not going to to end this catastrophic war in

[Political Commentator 1]

Iran unless there was unconditional surrender. Well, Donald Trump just got unconditional surrender. He did an unconditional surrender to Iran giving Iran everything they wanted. Donald Trump announced that there was a deal that was very close to being

[Political Commentator 2]

formed on Saturday and now that we're

[Political Commentator 1]

seeing what this deal looks like, it is a total surrender by the weak and pathetic Donald Trump and his weak and pathetic regime.

[Political Commentator 2]

It shows what a good deal former

[Political Commentator 1]

President Obama's JCPOA was. And for all the magazine Republicans who

[Political Commentator 2]

had always been attacking Obama's deal with

[Political Commentator 1]

Iran, that non nuclear deal, Trump just

[Political Commentator 2]

did a deal that is 100 times, maybe 1,000 times worse. I want to dig into what went down. You know, this weekend started with Donald Trump saying, I am not going to attend my son Don Junior's wedding.

[Political Commentator 3]

I like my son, he said.

[Political Commentator 2]

I known him for a long time, but I don't think I need to be there. Also, Donald Trump saying that he was not going to go to Bedminster this weekend to play golf. He stayed in the White House, which was unusual. And then he announced earlier yesterday that there was a deal in principle that

[Political Commentator 1]

was reached with Iran. Now you may be saying, didn't he

[Political Commentator 3]

announce this like 60 days ago or something?

[Political Commentator 2]

Yeah, but Donald Trump is a total con artist. But this time they are super serious about it. And so Donald Trump made a social media post that then lots of Donald Trump, Trump's allies in the Republican Party said, wow, this is terrible. Donald Trump's former Secretary of State Pompeo attacked it. Ted Cruz attacked it. So many people on the right wing were attacking it. Donald Trump, of course, has his MAGA troll army that was trying to push back on that. Steve Chung, Donald Trump's communication director, was making post after post last night as well as like, Donald Trump's still working, it's 8pm Donald Trump's still working, it's 9:30pm He's a one of one. Look how hard he's working. And then there was that bizarre shooting that took place at the White House while Donald Trump was getting absolutely demolished on social media and elsewhere about how bad his deal was. Then there was this shooting and There was apparently 30 shots fired at the White House. And then people like, what the heck's going on there? And then when people went back to focusing on, okay, what is going on, they said, wow, this is the worst deal ever. Also, I guess for Donald Trump to soothe himself, he posted, uh, thank you, President Erdogan, the president of Turkey.

[Political Commentator 3]

Trump is the leader of the.

[Political Commentator 2]

Trump is the leader the world has been awaiting for centuries. He doesn't just talk about strength, he embodies it. Donald Trump attributed that quote to President Erdogan of Turkey. And then Donald Trump deleted it because Erdogan's foreign minister told the United States, take that down air to one never said those words, stop making things up. And then Donald Trump back down once again.

[Political Commentator 1]

The caveman, the taco.

[Political Commentator 3]

Always chicken it out, always caving.

[Political Commentator 2]

He was never a negotiator to begin with. Always, always a pathetic loser his entire life who bankrupted things. Now, here's what Donald Trump posted yesterday.

[Political Commentator 3]

I am in the Oval Office at the White House.

[Political Commentator 1]

We had a very good call with. And then he lists all of these

[Political Commentator 3]

leaders in the Middle east, notably doesn't

[Political Commentator 1]

talk about consulting Congress.

[Political Commentator 2]

How about the House, how about the

[Political Commentator 3]

Senate, how about War Powers Authorization? So he just lists all of these Middle east leaders and princes and Middle east royalty. And then Donald Trump says, we talked about this peace deal, this memorandum of understanding pertaining to peace. An agreement has largely been negotiated subject to finalization between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the various other countries, as listed separately.

[Political Commentator 1]

I had a call with Netanyahu of

[Political Commentator 3]

Israel, which likewise went very well.

[Political Commentator 1]

You know, it didn't go very well and you know, Donald Trump lies about everything.

[Political Commentator 3]

Final aspect and details of the deal are currently being discussed and will be announced shortly. In addition to many other elements of the agreement, the straight of Hormuz will be opened. Thank you for your attention to this matter. That was Donald Trump's post. Let me show you the post of Abraham Al Fikar. He is the Iran official military spokesperson who shared this AI generated image of Donald Trump bowing before Supreme Leader Khomeini Mojaba and kissing his feet right there,

[Political Commentator 1]

or I told it, Khomeini and kissing his feet.

[Political Commentator 3]

So what is the actual deal as

[Political Commentator 1]

we know it as of now?

[Political Commentator 3]

Here's the Iranian deal so far. $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets will be released. The U.S. blockade of Iran's blockade of

[Political Commentator 1]

the Strait of Hormuz that will end.

[Political Commentator 3]

Iran will allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but remain in control of the strait. It will all be subject to its discretion. Iran's nuclear program will not in any way be part of this agreement at all. Basically, it's all of Iran's demands, each

[Political Commentator 1]

one of them Donald Trump cave to.

[Political Commentator 3]

And the issue over nuclear material. Iran says, well, let's deal with that 30 days from now or 60 days from now. But first we want that 25 billion. We want our security guarantees. Then we'll open up the Strait of Hormuz, you'll end the blockade, and then we'll maybe do a negotiation 30 to 60 days later on nuclear material. But we're not going to even make any promises there.

[Political Commentator 1]

And Donald Trump was Like bet.

[Political Commentator 3]

Let's do it right now. Now, Iran rejects Donald Trump or anybody in the Trump regime's that the Hormuz Strait will be opened, like totally opened and not under Iran's control. It's very. Iran made it very clear it will remain under Iranian management with Iran retaining exclusive permanent authority over the Strait of Hormuz. The timing, the method, the permits. Iran also confirms that the nuclear file

[Political Commentator 1]

had not been discussed at all and

[Political Commentator 3]

that will not be subject to this agreement. Maybe 30 to 60 days later it will be discussed.

[Political Commentator 1]

We learned about this from Iran's Fars News Agency.

[Political Commentator 3]

And one of the things that they said that I think was very, very

[Political Commentator 1]

notable as well is the following.

[Political Commentator 3]

They said it should be noted this

[Political Commentator 1]

is what Iran media is saying and

[Political Commentator 3]

no one in the Trump regime is

[Political Commentator 1]

contradicting this cuz it's 100% true.

[Political Commentator 3]

It should be noted that American officials

[Political Commentator 1]

have acknowledged in multiple messages to Iran

[Political Commentator 3]

that Trump's tweets are primarily for promotional

[Political Commentator 1]

purposes and media consumption within the United States.

[Political Commentator 3]

And they have recommended that no attention

[Political Commentator 1]

be paid to these statements.

[Political Commentator 3]

In other words, Donald Trump's negotiators, when they're speaking with the Iranian negotiators, say, look, here's the deal. Trump's caving to you. He's gonna go on social media and

[Political Commentator 1]

make up a bunch of lies.

[Political Commentator 3]

He's gotta work with like Barack Ravid and, and state media, CBS and state

[Political Commentator 1]

regime media, Fox and other American corporate media, like let him, he's going to do his lie.

[Political Commentator 3]

But we know at the end of the day, here are the terms, America's

[Political Commentator 1]

surrendering and that's what's going to be the end of the deal. We're going to give you $25 billion.

[Political Commentator 3]

You know, remember when they would like

[Political Commentator 1]

mock former President Obama and be like,

[Political Commentator 3]

you know, the J C P O R A, you know, it gave them a billion dollars in cash.

[Political Commentator 1]

Well, you're giving them $25 billion.

[Political Commentator 2]

Right?

[Political Commentator 3]

Right.

[Political Commentator 1]

Now, things that Iran is also saying, they told Jeremy Shah, Hill and others,

[Political Commentator 3]

is that Israel is currently undertaking its final and extent and extensive efforts, applying considerable pressure to disrupt the formation of this agreement.

[Political Commentator 1]

Now you have Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump's former Secretary of State, posted the following.

[Political Commentator 3]

The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman, Robert Malley, Ben Rhodes playbook. Pay the IRGC to build a weapon of mass destruction destruction program and terrorize the world. Not remotely. America first. It's straightforward. Open the damn straight. Deny Iran access to money, take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten

[Political Commentator 1]

our allies in the region.

[Political Commentator 3]

Overdue. Let's go.

[Political Commentator 1]

To which Stephen Chung, Donald Trump's communications director, responded to Pompeo.

[Political Commentator 3]

Mike Pompeo has no idea what the

[Political Commentator 1]

fuck he's talking about.

[Political Commentator 3]

He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He's not ready to anything that's happening. So how would he know?

[Political Commentator 1]

I don't know.

[Political Commentator 3]

Maybe because Pakistan is a mediator. All of the other Arab nations were on calls with Donald Trump and they know what the deal is and that's where this information is coming from. I don't know.

[Political Commentator 1]

Maybe that.

[Political Commentator 3]

By the way, this is Trump's communication

[Political Commentator 1]

director, this weird guy, Steven Chung.

[Political Commentator 3]

How he talks. I mean, these people are such profane

[Political Commentator 1]

fricking losers, all of them.

[Political Commentator 3]

Ted Cruz. You don't get much more MAGA Republican right now than Ted Cruz, who Donald Trump called his wife ugly and said his dad killed jfk.

[Political Commentator 1]

Here's what Ted Cruz posted.

[Political Commentator 3]

I'm deeply concerned about what we are

[Political Commentator 1]

hearing about an Iran deal being pushed by some voices in the administration.

[Political Commentator 3]

Trump's decision to strike Iran was the most consequential distribution of essential term. If the result of all of that is to be an Iranian regime still run by the Islamicists who chant death to America, now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium and develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the straight of removes, then the outcome would be a disastrous mistake. The details are still coming out and I pray the early reports are wrong. Trump believes in peace through strength. He should hold the line, defend America.

[Political Commentator 1]

Meanwhile, you have maga. Mike Johnson said the following.

[Political Commentator 3]

Trump is the only one who could have gotten Iran, the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, to the negotiating table. We are greatly encouraged to learn a peace deal in Iran is underway and look forward to learning more about the specifics. Under Donald Trump's leadership, our nation is stronger, more respected on the global stage and safer than ever before.

[Political Commentator 1]

Yeah, how about no to all of those things?

[Political Commentator 3]

Want to talk about the JCPOA?

[Political Commentator 1]

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action? That 2015 multilateral agreement that was led by former President Obama.

[Political Commentator 3]

It included United States, uk, France, Germany,

[Political Commentator 1]

Russia and China, plus the eu. It created verifiable limits on Iran's nuclear program.

[Political Commentator 3]

It capped uranium enrichment at 3.67% low enriched, suitable for power plants far below

[Political Commentator 1]

the 90% weapons grade.

[Political Commentator 3]

It reduced the stockpiles. It reduced centrifuges. It converted the 4 DOE facility into a research site. It gave unprecedented IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, access including continuous monitoring over facilities and supply chain, had core limit reduction. I mean, it actually did the hard work.

[Political Commentator 1]

Donald Trump pulled out of that.

[Political Commentator 3]

Donald Trump and Netanyahu then launched this war. And then Donald Trump gives him the straight of her moves, gives 25 billion and utterly surrenders.

[Political Commentator 1]

You don't get much more pathetic than what Donald Trump just did. And let me be very clear. I am glad that there is, that there's a possibility of no more war. You know, Netanyahu is going to push for it. And where I stood, of course, is I never wanted to see this unlawful, catastrophic war in the first place. You know, I call Donald Trump and Netanyahu war criminals. I call them out for their genocide. I call out for what they did in Manob, the slaughter of all those little girls and countless other innocent lives who they killed in Iran and elsewhere. I think we need to reflect, though, on Donald Trump acting all tough. And I'm going to do this and I'm going to do that.

[Political Commentator 3]

And then he surrenders. He surrenders when the pressure is put on him.

[Political Commentator 1]

I'm glad ultimately that this is the outcome.

[Political Commentator 3]

But we should never have been in

[Political Commentator 1]

this unlawful and catastrophic war from the

[Political Commentator 3]

outset, period, full stop.

[Political Commentator 1]

And now Trump has made us weaker.

[Political Commentator 3]

He's demonstrated that there is no United

[Political Commentator 1]

States security umbrella that exists.

[Political Commentator 3]

How do you think this is going to be viewed not just in the Middle East. How do you think it's going to

[Political Commentator 1]

be viewed in Asia and elsewhere?

[Political Commentator 3]

It shows that America under Donald Trump

[Political Commentator 1]

is a paper tiger. The US Ran out of all its munitions.

[Political Commentator 3]

You couldn't have run a war, war

[Political Commentator 1]

worse than Donald Trump did in every aspect.

[Political Commentator 3]

War is never the answer.

[Political Commentator 1]

Donald Trump is the most incompetent person at every thing that he does. He's been a loser his whole life and he's showing what a weak, pathetic loser coward that he is. And especially all those magas who would go after Obama showing what losers they are. You have Iran's foreign minister spokesperson posting the following.

[Political Commentator 3]

In the Roman mind, Rome was the

[Political Commentator 1]

undisputed center of the world. Yet the Iranians shatter that illusion when

[Political Commentator 3]

Marcus Julius Philippus Philip the Arab marched east against Persia. The campaign did not result in Roman victory.

[Political Commentator 1]

It ended in a peace established on Sasanian terms. The emperor had to come to terms. And that's what they're saying, especially as they post these images of Donald Trump bowing down to the ayatollah right there. I want to talk about this, what Gregory Bruce said. I'll show you this comment.

[Political Commentator 3]

The US did manage Ben Rhodes goes

[Political Commentator 1]

nothing was accomplished by Operation Epic Fury except putting the IRGC in charge of Iran and the Strait of Her moose. Then Gregory Brewer responds.

[Political Commentator 3]

The US did manage to kill Iran's

[Political Commentator 1]

leader, historically cautious decision maker with a healthy respect for U.S. military power and

[Political Commentator 3]

replace him with a collective leadership dominated by military figures who believe most effective means for ensuring Iran's defense is taking

[Political Commentator 1]

the global economy hostage while turning the Persian Gulf into a live fire zone. That's what he had to say. I want to also highlight something else right now, though. We know that Donald Trump surrendered. We know that he capitulated. Right? But I want to point this out as well. What other news has broke in the past 24 hours? We know that Donald Trump going through the Department of Justice website, removing all of the references to January 6th insurrectionists, some of the worst of the worst. People who sprayed bear spray and clubbed and tried to kill cops and police officers. Donald Trump purging their records Friday night when people were sleeping. Remember Donald Trump? His DOJ filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case against the Oath Keepers who are found guilty of seditious conspiracy, even though they were found guilty and Trump pardoned them.

[Political Commentator 3]

He wants the whole case dismissed so that they could be fully exonerated as

[Political Commentator 1]

he tries to push the slush fund to them. He wants to build his own army

[Political Commentator 3]

because he's not gonna wanna leave and

[Political Commentator 1]

he's paranoid and he's building his own army of seditious conspiracy terrorists, in my opinion. And then what else is he doing?

[Political Commentator 3]

Just think about what.

[Political Commentator 1]

How he uses government to inflict pain.

[Political Commentator 3]

This loser who started Epic Fury and

[Political Commentator 1]

then had an epic loss.

[Political Commentator 3]

Here's what he's using government for as well.

[Political Commentator 1]

While taking our taxpayer dollars to engage

[Political Commentator 3]

in war crimes and genocide and bombs

[Political Commentator 1]

and slaughter little girls like the sickos these Epstein class idiots are. This is what they're doing as well.

[Political Commentator 3]

The Trump administration on Friday narrowed the

[Political Commentator 1]

definition of an assistance animal animal allowed

[Political Commentator 3]

to live with disabled tenants in housing, a move that could lead to thousands

[Political Commentator 1]

of animals and their owners being evicted. This is what Donald Trump's doing with his Housing and Urban Development Department. The Trump administration on Friday narrowed the definition of an assistance animal allowed to live with disabled tenants in housing. The New York Times reports a move

[Political Commentator 3]

that could lead to thousands of animals

[Political Commentator 1]

and their owners being evicted.

[Political Commentator 3]

In an internal memo obtained by the New York Times Times, the Department of

[Political Commentator 1]

Housing and Urban Development told leaders in

[Political Commentator 3]

the spare housing office that effective immediately,

[Political Commentator 1]

the department would exclude emotional support animals and more.

[Political Commentator 3]

Strictly police.

[Political Commentator 1]

The definition of a qualified service animal when granting accommodations for disabled tenants. And then it goes on to say

[Political Commentator 3]

how the memo concluded that while requests to waive pet policies for animals trained to perform specific related disability services are presumptively reasonable, requests to waive pet policies for untrained emotional support animals are not.

[Political Commentator 1]

I want you to think about our veterans who suffer from ptsd, oftentimes people who are very sick, whether it's cancer patients or people suffering from all types of debilitating diseases. Emotional support dogs is how they live and how they survive. People who suffer from serious psychological issues, emotional distress dogs.

[Political Commentator 3]

I remember.

[Political Commentator 1]

I won't get into the details, but I remember a hospital visit where I was with a family member. And one of the most incredible aspects of it is when these emotional service dogs were there and helped this family member through. And I remember the emotional the dogs would come in and they would give us the cards of these emotional service dogs and I collected them all because every visit from the dog brought joy into the room and I believe played a major part in the healing and the recovery process. And so this is what the Trump regime is going after. This is how they're using government while ripping away our health care, while launching catastrophic and unlawful wars. What a pathetic regime. What a pathetic group of losers. Hit subscribe let's get to 7 million. Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching. Be sure to add the Midas Touch podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever

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