Trump Panics in AM and Fakes Surrender in War

Summary

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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Trump Panics in AM and Fakes Surrender in War
Date: March 7, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on Donald Trump's erratic behavior and claims during a recent event at his Doral, Florida resort with select South and Central American leaders. The Meiselas brothers use their trademark blend of analysis and humor to break down Trump's self-congratulatory, misleading, and at times incoherent commentary on foreign policy—focusing on his false pronouncements about Iran, braggadocious military threats, and bizarre interactions with Latin American officials. The episode weaves in current geopolitical events, economic news, and media gaffes, providing a critical, irreverent take on the state of the former president’s actions and the wider implications for democracy and U.S. foreign relations.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump's "Shields of America" Doral Event (00:00–13:00)

• Event Description and Attendance:
  Trump hosted an event called "Shields of America" at his Doral resort, inviting Western Hemisphere leaders, though few attended.

• Trump's Bizarre Statements About Missiles
  Trump bragged about missile capabilities with childish theatrics:

  “We’ll use missiles. If you want us to use a missile, they’re extremely accurate.” — Trump (01:02)
  “Boom. Right into the living room.” — Trump (01:04)

• False Claims of Iranian Surrender (01:05–06:40)
  Trump falsely posted that Iran had surrendered to Middle Eastern neighbors and credited himself for their “apology”—claims flatly contradicted by real-time events (Iran continuing to attack neighbors, drones striking Dubai, etc.).

  “[Reading Trump’s post] Iran, which is being beat to hell, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore.” — Ben (01:31)

  The hosts point out these assertions are entirely detached from reality, with Iran publicly rejecting surrender.

• Discussion of Iran’s Real Stance and Ongoing Conflict (05:30–06:40)
  Actual messages from Iran include warnings against U.S.-allied involvement and continued aggression toward its neighbors.

  “So again, all the president of Iran said is one, we reject surrender. It's the first thing he said.” — Ben (05:55)

• Showcasing Trump’s Exaggerated Militarism
  Trump tries to rebrand himself as a peacemaker while threatening new wars:

  “I'm the one that ended eight wars. I’m the one that... and we have another one coming.” — Trump (06:47) The brothers lampoon his contradictory logic and self-aggrandizement.

2. Trump’s Embarrassing Interactions with Latin American Leaders (07:00–12:42)

• Handshakes & Awkward Comments
  Trump’s strange handshakes and patronizing remarks to Latin representatives are highlighted.

• Misogynistic and Demeaning Remarks on Mexico’s President

  “I like the president of Mexico. She's beautiful. She's a beautiful woman, and she's got a beautiful voice... and she says, ‘No, no, no, Donald, no, no, no.’” — Trump (07:58)

  The Meiselas brothers call attention to how inappropriate and bizarre this is, mocking Trump’s fantasized dialogues and his claim about “invading Mexico.”

• Refusal to Learn Other Languages (08:38–09:19)

  “I'm not learning your damn language. I don't have time... Just give me a good interpreter.” — Trump (08:54)

  Trump’s language snobbery is recounted for its tone-deafness and insensitivity.

• Claims of a Rigged Election and Comeback (09:24–09:39) Trump repeated his election conspiracy claims:

  “Now, during the four years we had a rigged election… So it gave me four years to contemplate and to stage my comeback.” — Trump (09:24)

• Praising Officials with Contradictory Language Trump refers to Secretary Scott Besant as both “soothing” and “a killer” (09:42), illustrating his chaotically mixed messaging.

• Pete Hegseth’s “I Only Speak American” Gaffe (10:40–11:00)

  “Mr. President, I only... I only speak American.” — Pete Hegseth (10:48)

  The line is called out as jingoistic and embarrassing by the hosts.

• Introduction of the "Don Row Doctrine" (11:19–11:45) A Trump-aligned official (likely Pete Hegseth) coins the “Trump corollary of the Monroe Doctrine” dubbed the “Don Roe Doctrine,” reaffirming a return to hemispheric militarism.

• Talk of Invading Cuba (11:58–12:59) Trump claims, with little basis, that Latin American leaders have asked him to invade Cuba and promises to act “soon.”

3. Economic and Strategic Fallout (13:00–16:45)

• Soaring Gas and Diesel Prices (13:00–14:00) Analyst Patrick DeHaan is cited, describing dramatic increases in U.S. fuel prices, tying these spikes to conflict and Trump administration policies.

• Ignored Intelligence Reports on Iran (14:00–15:00) The hosts reference national security reporting, indicating the Trump administration dismissed official assessments that Iran's power structure was unlikely to collapse due to military strikes.

• International Criticism and Russia Sanctions

  • Poland’s Prime Minister criticizes Trump’s easing of Russian oil sanctions as aiding Moscow over Ukraine.
  • The U.S. intelligence community warns of increased terror threats as a result of aggressive foreign operations, but these reports are suppressed by Trump’s team.

• Economic Warnings Negative job reports, with job losses reported by The Wall Street Journal, signal recessionary pressures intensified by Trump’s wartime decisions.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Childish War Boasting:

  “Pew, pew. We kill people in America.” — Ben (00:36)
  Satirizes Trump’s war rhetoric.

• Delusional Victory Claims:

  “Iran is no longer the bully of the Middle East. They are instead the loser of the Middle east…” — Trump (paraphrased by Ben, 03:41)

• Language Arrogance:

  “I’m not learning your damn language. That much I won’t do.” — Trump (08:54)

• Embarrassing American-Only Comment:

  “Mr. President, I only... I only speak American.” — Pete Hegseth (10:48)

• Invasion Promises:

  “Could you do us a favor, take care of Cuba? I'll take care of it. Okay.” — Trump (12:42)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00–01:05 – Introduction to Trump’s Doral event and missile bragging
• 01:05–06:40 – Trump’s fabricated story about Iranian surrender, real context of events in the Middle East
• 06:47–07:58 – Trump’s claims about ending wars and bizarre handshake antics
• 07:58–08:38 – Remarks about Mexico’s president and invasive intentions
• 08:38–09:19 – Language comments and cultural insensitivity
• 09:24–09:39 – Rigged election conspiracy repeated
• 09:42–10:40 – Praising cabinet officials and segue into Pete Hegseth comments
• 10:40–11:19 – “I only speak American” moment
• 11:19–11:45 – Pronouncement of the “Don Roe Doctrine”
• 11:58–12:42 – Threats to invade Cuba
• 13:00–14:00 – Reporting on economic consequences: rising gas prices
• 14:00–16:45 – National/international criticism and warnings of terrorist threats and economic instability

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

The Meiselas brothers skillfully mix satire, outrage, and factual reporting to highlight the dangers and absurdities of Trump’s approach to foreign policy—from childish posturing to reckless international moves and dangerous domestic consequences. Their breakdown reflects deep skepticism toward Trump’s statements, with a focus on the real-world risks of misinformation, authoritarian bravado, and economic instability under his leadership.

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End of summary.

Transcript

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From unsolved mysteries to unexplained phenomena, from comedy gold to relationship fails, Amazon Music's got the most ad free top podcasts included with prime. Because the only thing that should interrupt your listening is, well, nothing. Download the Amazon music app. Today, Donald Trump is having a meltdown. On Saturday morning, he's holding an event in Doral, Florida at his resort there. Invited all of these South American, Central American and other nations in the Western hemisphere to join. Not that many nations showed up, but Donald Trump wanted to brag about how he has big missiles that go through living rooms. And he's like, pew, Pew. We kill people in America. Pew, Pew. Let me just show you what he said moments ago. Let's play this clip.

[B]

But we're working with you to do whatever we have to do. We'll use missiles. If you want us to use a missile, they're extremely accurate.

[C]

Boom.

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Right into the living room.

[A]

Now, before Donald Trump held this meeting, which he's referring to as the shields of America. Talk about that in a moment. Very early in the morning, Donald Trump posted a deranged message saying that Iran surrendered, which Iran did not surrender. And he said Iran reached out and said, thank you, Donald Trump. Thank you. And they surrender to all of the nations in the Middle East. Let me just read you what Donald Trump said. None of this is true, but I'll read it for you just so you can see how utterly deranged he is. He says Iran, which is being beat to hell, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle east neighbors and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. Just pause there. Iran currently is shooting at their Middle east neighbors and Saudi Arabia. They're trying to shoot down those drones. And in Dubai, I'll show you the video right here. Iran struck at the Dubai International Airport, almost hit the tarmac. You can see right there what took place. Bahrain is being shot at by the Iranian shahed missiles and the neighboring countries are still being attacked by Iran. All Iran said is that if you have US Interests in your country, we will be attacking you. So long as you are helping the United States against Iran, if you're not helping, we, we will no longer attack you. And their message was essentially directed at Oman and Azerbaijan, not any of the other countries. But you know, we have a massive liar who is covering up a child sex trafficking ring in the Oval Office, who's now in Doral, Florida, saying, pew, pew, Pew. I do missiles. Pew, pew, pew. Also, I'll show you in a moment. Donald Trump's like, to all the leaders I don't want to learn your language. And then Pete Hegset's like, I speak American, not your language. I kid you not. That's what went down. I will show it to you. Donald Trump goes on to say, this promise was only made by Iran because of the relentless US And Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost in thousands of years to surrounding Middle Eastern countries. They have said, thank you, President Trump. I have said, you're welcome. Iran is no longer the bully of the Middle East. They are instead the loser of the Middle east and will be for many decades until they surrender or more likely completely collapse. Today, Iran will be hit very hard. Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death because of Iran's bad behavior are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I mean, the guy is just completely deranged. In addition to some of those other attacks by Iran this morning that I've been talking about, it should also be noted that Iran says that an oil tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz was done after this oil tanker ignored naval warnings. As you know, at this point, diesel price through the roof. Your gas prices going through the roof right now. And Iran's Revolutionary Guard says they are waiting for US Forces. They dare US Forces to escort ships through the Strait of Hormoz, a strategic waterway where 90% to 95% of the ships are not getting through. 20 to 25% of of the crude and liquefied natural gas that goes out to the world goes through there. And now in response, Donald Trump and his despicable regime have, have removed a lot of the sanctions on Russia, allowing Russia to sell its oil on the market to attack Zelinsky and Ukraine with the money they make from that. While the United States is asking Zelinsky for help and how to shoot down the Iranian Shahid drones. This has been a massive gain for Putin and Russia, this disastrous war here in the United States. Iran is saying, by the way, Russia and China are helping Iran find the US Targets and they're helping Iran get the coordinates to do that. We recommend, says Iran, that before making any decisions, the Americans remember the fire of the American super taker Bridgeton in 1987. So again, all the president of Iran possessed and said is one, we reject surrender. It's the first thing he said. Let me be clear. His address is, we reject surrender. If you help the United States we will continue to attack you. If you don't help the United States, we won't attack you anymore. What his statement was. So what else was Donald Trump saying at that Shield of America's meeting? Again, they're calling it the Shield of America. What a bizarre thing to call it. Also, I think it's notable that the Shield of America's soundtrack of, like, what the. What music was playing, it was Shanae o' Connor's remake of the Prince song Nothing Compares to you, a Prince original about lingering heartbreak. And o'. Connor, Shanae o' Connor has been a very big critic of Israel and the Trump regime. So Trump's using her music. Just goes to tell you a lot about Donald Trump right there going through again, what went down at this Shields of America event that was just held moments ago. Let me show you what else was said. Donald Trump's like, people may say, oh, you're militaristic. I'm not militaristic. I solved eight wars. And maybe another one. Here, play this clip.

[B]

They'll say, oh, he's very militaristic. I'm the one that ended eight wars. I'm the one that. And we have another one coming. I think the easiest was that. And that was just. And you know, it is. You would understand this. The hatred between Putin and his counterpart is so great. Okay. It's so great.

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Also, Donald Trump started shaking the hands of a lot of these world leaders and doing that weird, like, tug thing that he does where he, like, grabs the hand as Ron Philip Koski says, who taught him this stupid thing, a war, like a tug of war handshake, which makes us all look like an utter idiot. Then when Donald Trump was speaking about Mexico, Donald Trump said, I like the president of Mexico. She's beautiful. She's a beautiful woman, and she's got a beautiful voice. And she says, no, no, no, Donald, no, no, no. I mean, how sick is he? He's like. And Donald's like, I'm saying, yes, yes, yes. And she says, no, no, no, I don't want that. Donald Trump, do not come in and invade my country. And I say, I'm going to invade your country. He's a sicko. He is a sicko. Just play the clip.

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Look, it all comes. It's coming through Mexico. And I like the president very much. She's a very good person. She's got a beautiful voice. A beautiful woman, but beautiful voice. President, President, President. I said, let me eradicate the cartels. No, no, no, please, President, we have to eradicate them. We have to knock the hell out of them because they're getting worse. They're taking over their country. The cartels are running Mexico.

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Also, Donald Trump to the Latin American leaders, he says, I'm not learning your damn language. Here, play this clip in the months ahead.

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And it's so good that we got to know so many of you. I mean, we're so many. And I'd love to get to your countries at some point. Marco loves going to your countries. He's always at one of these countries. He likes your countries the best. Okay. You know, where are you? I'm in Chile. Oh, good. How's Chile doing? Good. He likes it. He feels very calm. We all like him, right? It helps. He's got a language. He's got a language advantage over me because I'm not learning a damn language. I don't have time. I was okay with languages, but I'm not going to spend time learning your language. That much I won't do. Just give me a good interpreter. Interpreter, very important.

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Then he whines and says that there's a rigged election and everything is rigged. Here, play this clip.

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So we did eradicate isis. Now, during the four years we had a rigged election, you probably read about it, probably heard something. So it gave me four years to contemplate and to stage my comeback. I staged big comeback.

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Then Donald Trump praises Treasury Secretary Scott

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Besant as well, by Secretary's Pete Hagseth. Scott Besant. Scott, thank you very much, Scott. Oh, it has to be a big deal if you're here. Well, he controls the purse strings of the country. You know, he goes on television and he just soothes everybody. He did it yesterday. The prices were going. He got on. He's a soothing person. He's actually a killer. But I don't want to say that. No, he's a soothing person. He goes on television. Right, Pete? I think nobody better. So we could use him for war every once in a while, you know, soothe. Although we don't really want that kind of a personality for war. We want your personality for war. You're just perfect.

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Then Pete Hegsett says, I only speak American. Donald, I'm not speaking your languages. What kind of languages? I speak American. Again, just absolutely humiliating. Here, play this clip.

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Is he better in Spanish or in English? I think he's better in Spanish. It's great. Pete, please.

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Thank you, sir. Mr. President, I only. I only speak American.

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And then he keeps on, like, making these hand signals that look like, I think you know what they look like, and he's like, for far too long, our gaze. Our gaze has been on other areas of the world. Now our gaze is here. It's the Don Row Doctrine at the Department of War. Again, so embarrassing. Let's play this clip.

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It's an honor to be here and to establish in this hemisphere peace through strength. For far too long, our country's gaze was only on borders in far flung places. Not our own border, not our own hemisphere, not the Western hemisphere. President Trump has established the Trump corollary of the Monroe Doctrine, the Don Roe Doctrine, and the War Department is implementing it as fast as we can.

[A]

Then Donald Trump talks about invading Cuba. He's like, four of you said, please, please, Donald, will you invade Cuba? And I said, soon, soon I will invade Cuba. Here, play this clip.

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But for 50 years, I've been hearing, as a little boy, I'd be hearing about Cuba, you know, Cuba's a disaster, but I've been hearing so much about Cuba. But Cuba is in its last moments of life as it was. It'll have a great new life, but it's in its last moments of life the way it is. But our focus right now is on Iran, and we'll do that, I would say. What will you do? Take about two days off, Marco? No, he will. Maybe an hour. He'll take one hour off and then he'll finish up a deal on Cuba. That'll be an easy one, but it'll be the entire region that we're doing that. Many of you have come today and they say, I hope you can take care of Cuba because you've had problems with Cuba.

[A]

Right?

[B]

You mentioned. I was surprised, but four of you said, actually, could you do us a favor, take care of Cuba? I'll take care of it. Okay.

[A]

So as he sits, Patrick Dehaan, who covers gas prices, explains. The US national average price of diesel has surged past $4 and 50 cents a gallon. In a few hours, it's likely to surpass $4.55 a gallon, making it the most expensive tally since February 8, 2023. Diesel may rise to $4 and 65 cents to almost $4.95 before slowing and may even be higher than that. More news to report as well from Patrick DeHaan. Goes by the the name Gas Buddy. The increase in average US gas prices over the last seven days is now in the top 10 largest weekly increases ever recorded, a 41.6 cents a gallon gas increase right now. And we all knew all the intelligence suggested that Iran would not, like, surrender that you know, Trump and Israeli decapitation strikes would not oust Iran's regime. Washington Post reports how there was intelligence reports circulating within the White House and from the intelligence community that was ignored, outlining succession scenarios resulting from either a short or extended US Military campaign. In both cases, our intelligence community concluded the clerical and military establishment would respond to Khomeini's killing by following protocols designed to preserve continuity of power. The report says that the prospect of Iran's fragmented opposition taking control of the country is unlikely, raising doubts about Trump's declared plan to clean out Iran's leadership structure and install a ruler of his choosing. Trump, you know, spot US Spy agencies. Doubts about Iran's opposition seizing power have also been referenced in New York Times and Wall Street Journal. And the intelligence community's involvement in analysis of potential outcomes of small and large scale offensive have not been previously reported. Should also be noted that Poland's Prime Minister Tusk is saying that Donald Trump, you're just out there with your endless wars and now removing sanctions from Russia essentially to sell their oil. Who's benefiting here? You're basically helping Russia. Should also be noted that our FBI was written in our other and our FBI and our intelligence community are refusing to provide reports showing how there's a heightened risk of terrorist attacks here in the United States right now as a result of Donald Trump strikes in the Middle east because Donald Trump and Cash Patel don't want that getting out there and circulating. But it leaked anyway. And so we know should be an obvious thing that that's a possible outcome from Donald Trump's war in the Middle east right now. And as you all know on Friday there was those horrible job numbers. Front page of the Wall Street Journal talks about how February job losses signal big trouble for the economy. And labor report flashes a major warning sign right here as Donald Trump continues to cripple our economy as well while going, while doing all of these wars. You know what you think Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers and thank you all for watching. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our [e-mail] you'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski ad free episodes of our podcast and more exclusive content Only [e-mail]. To realize the future America needs. We understand what's needed from us to face each threat head on. We've earned our place in the fight for our nation's future. We are Marines. We were made for this. It's tax season. And at LifeLock, we know you're tired of numbers, but here's a big one you need to hear. Billions. That's the amount of money and refunds the IRS has flagged for possible identity fraud. Now here's another big number. 100 million. That's how many data points LifeLock monitors every second. If your identity is stolen, we'll fix it. Guaranteed. One last big number. Save up to 40% your first year. Visit lifelock.com podcast for the threats you can't control.

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