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Ben Meiselas
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Former IRS Worker
I, I thought that he was, I did support him. I was a Trump supporter. You know, when he talks about government waste and all that. Yes, I'm, I'm behind it. I believe there is a lot of stuff in the government that, that needs fixing. And that's part of the reason why I actually wanted to work for the government, actually to, to help change. Help change the things that are wrong in the world, you know, and I thought that, I thought that someone with, like, his business acumen would have come in with a fine tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people's lives for no reason.
- [02:05]
Ben Meiselas
Right? Now, this individual, you heard him say that he thought that because Donald Trump's a good businessman, that Donald Trump would go in there with a scalpel and not a chainsaw and fix things. Donald Trump was never a good businessman. We tried to tell you that here over and over again on the Midas Touch Network. He bankrupted his casinos. He bankrupted most of the companies he touched and owned. Bankruptcy after bankruptcy. And then companies that he lent his name to did horrible and many of them went out of business. Now, just look at his most recent company. Just take the most recent company, Trump media, which lost $400 million last year and only earned $3.6 million in revenue. So in terms of that guy in Philadelphia, you know, a Philly cheesesteak restaurant probably does more revenue than Trump Media in a year. I'd be willing to take a bet on that. And Trump lost $400 million last year. And by the way, when you go through Donald Trump's financials, you take a look at it. This is what he filed. This Isn't me saying this. This is what Trump filed. There's a section, because when you're a public company, you have to list all of your bankruptcies, and you have to list all of your businesses that went out of business and failed. It's a requirement if you have a publicly traded company. So here it is, February 14, 2025. Just take a read at this. I'll show you the screenshot. I'm not gonna go through the whole thing now, but it lists Trump Plaza, Trump hotels and casinos, TMTG, Chapter 11, Chapter 11, Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Then it lists all of his businesses that failed right here. This is his filing. Trump shuttles, Trump Vodka, Trump Mortgages, Trump University, Trump stakes. Just go through it. He failed in everything. All right, back to this guy right here. Here's the Trump supporter now, former IRS worker here. He talks about how he got fired and what went down. Here, play this clip. Tell me what.
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Troy Balderson
What. What happened today.
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Former IRS Worker
So, I mean, I went in at my normal time. When I arrived there, you know, everybody was in a very downtrodden mood. And when I went to my computer, you know, everybody was having some technical issues. Like, none of our computers were really loading up either the programs that we needed to. To operate or, like, teams. My. My story is the teams. You know, that's kind of how I figured out that. That we were getting fired. Today was when I went in, I logged into teams, and I sent you the photo of. Of what I saw when I went to log in. And that's when I left my cubicle, and I went around to everybody else I work with. I'm like, hey, what's. What's your teams look like? So some were having trouble. Some were able to log in. It was very, very chaotic. I mean, there was no organization to it at all. And basically, we just sat around for the rest of the day. I mean, talk about government efficiency. We literally sat there and did nothing all day long while we waited for our fate. So again, we got our email saying that we were fired after sitting around all day knowing we were fired. And then we turned in our equipment about an hour or so later, and then we were escorted out of the building.
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- [07:01]
Ben Meiselas
You know, it's interesting how, you know, these spineless Republicans also, like when they try to stand up to Trump, they then, like, get like, threatened and then they like, go back on what they say. Like this guy right here, Republican Congressman Troy Balderson, who reps an R +18 district in Ohio. So +18 Republican, he says that Trump's executive orders are getting out of control. Congress has to be the one to decide whether or not some of these agencies and departments get abolished, like the Department of Education, not the president, not, not Elon Musk. Congress must decide then obviously somebody got to his ear. After the Columbus Dispatch. Again, support your local journalism for this reason. The Columbus Dispatch wrote about it. And then Congressman Troy Balderson responded to the Columbus Dispatch. I fully support Trump's agenda to rein in bloated federal government and put America first. Now it's time for Congress to act. It's up to us on Capitol Hill to make permanent his executive actions, ensuring continuity in public policy from one administration to the next. Continuity. He's literally ripping apart America. America hates this. Right now, Donald Trump's approval is plummeting. Democrats, generic Democrats versus generic Republicans in Congress. Democrats are up like +12, +15. Right now. If an election were to be held, Elon Musk's approval is in like the low 30s when you go to Republican districts. By the way, people at these town halls, Republicans are letting their legislators, their Representatives know, what the hell are you doing? You're giving Elon Musk access to our private data. You're letting Elon Musk and these billionaires gain access to our medical files and our tax records and our Social Security information and have access to the Treasury Department's transaction payment system. And you're firing all these veterans and you're like destroying the lives of veterans. I'm doing a whole other video of disabled veterans who have just had their lives gutted by the Trump administration. People are here's a Trump voter realizing that Trump is pro Russia and regretting the decision to vote for Donald Trump. This guy goes, supporting Trump was not a popular thing that many of my friends and family members when I told my friends and family members, but I did it nevertheless. If Trump really said that Ukraine started the war, I feel deeply ashamed for my naivety. I strongly assume that most decent people feel the same way. Yes, he really did say that Ukraine was responsible and he said that he trusts Vladimir Putin and he called Zelinsky a dictator this past week. Here's another one from WTOP News. This FEMA civil servant and disabled veteran voted for Trump. Now he's out of a job. Quote, this American veteran told wtop, care of Steve Inskeep, quote, I voted for Donald Trump, but this is not what I was expecting. We didn't think they were going to take a chainsaw to a silk rug. The man said he was a Trump voter. He was fired by a White House whose officials have assumed and said in TV interviews that federal employees are almost all far left. He was dismissed as part of a widespread purge. Yet, the forum email reads, the agency finds based on your performance that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the agency would be in the public interest. The government blames his firing on him. WTOP says it reviewed his positive evaluations as a leader. The man and his wife accepted that the US Needs to save money, but assumed that as a veteran of long service, he would be safe. They're calling their reps in Congress. So he thought it would happen to other people, not him. By the way, military veterans make up, I mean, 25% of the newly hired workforce in the government. As of 2023, veterans make up somewhere between 30 plus percent of people who are in the government. Let me show you this. This is from Georgia's 7th congressional district right here. This is MAGA Republican Representative Rich McCormick comparing his own constituents who asked him tough and fair questions. He calls them 1-6-insurrections. These are Republicans in a Republican district saying, why are you giving Musk our stuff? Here, play this clip. Tyranny is rising in the White House and a man has declared himself our king. So I would like to know, rather the people would like to know what you congressmen and your fellow congressmen are going to do to rein in the megalomaniac in the White House. Thank you.
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Troy Balderson
I'm not going to give you my best Foghorn Leghorn response to that, but what I was. You can go ahead and sit down. Thank you. The when you talk about tyranny, when you talk about presidential power, I remember having the same discussion with Republicans when Biden was elected. The funny thing is. The funny thing is. The funny thing is you're sitting here and a lot of you would probably say, those January Sixes who are yelling just as loud as you, who are upset just like you.
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Ben Meiselas
More stories again of leopards eating faces, supporting Trump was not. Here's another one. Sorry, another day. Another MAGA voter betrayed by the felons she voted for. MAGA federal worker from North Virginia shocked that the fat, felonious leopard ate his face. He's also a disabled veteran. That didn't mean shit whatsoever. I'll say it again, we told you so. Trump voter, disabled military veteran, value member at fema, fired. Um, and Herb, how about this one? I didn't know my daughter in law would be targeted. A Missouri woman who voted for Trump now says she is ashamed to be an American after her daughter in law, a Mexican immigrant who had been in the US for nearly 20 years, was deported. Shirley Steagall told Associated Press that while she supported Trump's campaign promises to deport more criminal immigrants, she did not think her son's wife fell into that category. We told you so. Here's someone else who says, I voted for Trump. I don't like what's happening. My aunt also voted for Trump, but lost her government job. I'm on Social Security and I'm now nervous about that being taken away. I want a better America, but my groceries are still high and people are losing their jobs. I didn't sign up for this and I did not vote for Musk. I feel my freedom is being taken away. I'm not happy. A lot of Americans are not happy. It's why Donald Trump's approval rating is sinking. It's why people are pissed right now. America is a pressure cooker as a result of what Donald Trump has done and what a con artist and utter fraud he is. I want you to make sure you're subscribed to this network, though, because I think in the coming weeks and months especially, I think you're going to see big, growing, peaceful protests, and we'll be with you there every step of the way. So hit subscribe help us get to 5 million subscribers. We appreciate you so much. Midas Mighty. We appreciate all that local journalism as well. They did a great job digging up some of those stories, so thanks to them too. Hit subscribe here. We appreciate you can't get enough Midas. Check out the Midas substack for ad Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now@midasplus.com.