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It is not looking good for Donald Trump. His cognitive and physical health continues to rapidly deteriorate. Yesterday he was in his golf club indoor row where he could barely walk in a straight line when he showed up in the dining room area. He made people clap for him. That's what he does now. Also, he went on social media and started posting some of the most deranged images, memes and messages you could ever imagine. And that's saying something, because you can imagine the deranged stuff he posts. And this is at the same time that negotiations with Iran failed because Donald Trump and his regime tried to change the negotiating framework that they agreed to before going to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran. Then Donald Trump we are doing a blockade of all of the Persian Gulf. So Donald Trump's plan about opening up the Strait of Hormuz is to now blockade the entire Persian Gulf, where the Strait of Hormuz is located. So these are very critical times. This is life or death stuff. And while the United States is suffering, while people here are afraid, Donald Trump's been making posts about Bruce Springsteen, and he said, what happened to Bruce Springsteen? Bruce Springsteen prior to plastic surgery. And then it's a bizarre image of Bruce Springsteen, which I don't even think is a real image. Then Donald Trump post an image of a Trump building on the moon, right? So as Americans are getting their healthcare ripped away by the Trump regime, as Americans can't afford things, they can't afford gas or groceries or rent or anything, Donald Trump is posting memes of Trump hotels on the moon. Donald Trump's also posting weird images of Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, former President Biden and himself. And it says 40 years in office. 52 years in office. 50 years in office. I mean, it's post after post after post like this. I mean, all throughout the night, we're talking about posts going into like 1am he's also posting photos of himself as Jesus. I'm not sure if he's supposed to be healing Jeffrey Epstein or who that is right there. And if you also look on top of Donald Trump, it looks like there's some sort of GI Joe figure or Transformers.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
While he's depicting himself as Jesus in
Political Commentator/Narrator
an AI image, he then also posts this video right here.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
When he attended a UFC fight, which
Political Commentator/Narrator
actually had pretty low attendance, and Donald Trump was not getting any significant reception there, that audience used to like him for whatever reason, and right now, they were not giving him any applause. But at the event, remember, while you had American negotiating team, I guess, if you want to even call them that, witkoff, Kushner and J.D. vance, with no experience in this, with the top Iranian negotiators, all PhDs, and with top diplomatic experience, very nuanced understandings of nuclear capabilities. And when the Trump regime was changing the negotiating framework, Donald Trump was at a UFC fight with Marco Rubio. The Secretary of State of the United States was at a UFC fight with Donald Trump. Donald Trump posted the video of himself
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
saying, what a great night last night in Miami.
Political Commentator/Narrator
And then, so during this event, I'll show you the video of it right here. Donald Trump was flirting with the UFC fighter, with the guy fighter. As peace negotiations with Iran failed.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
Donald Trump's like, ooh, you're so muscular.
Political Commentator/Narrator
You're so strong.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
Look how strong. You're very handsome fella.
Political Commentator/Narrator
So what Donald Trump was doing. Play this clip.
UFC Fighter (Clip)
You're a beautiful guy. Great fighter. Thanks. I'll give you a hotel. You look so good. You are so quieter. Thank you.
Political Commentator/Narrator
Just to show you, this was post after post after post, Donald Trump posted this fake story which says that he
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
bought Ed McMahon's home when it was about to be in foreclosure back in 2008, and that he saved Ed McMahon from being homeless.
Political Commentator/Narrator
First off, why are you even posting this? Second off, it's all false.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
Donald Trump did not buy Ed McMahon's home. In 2008, Donald Trump publicly announced he would be buying buying Ed McMahon's home
Political Commentator/Narrator
as a publicity stunt.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
In 2008, he leaked that to the LA Times to get positive publicity. And then when Ed McMahon's family and
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real estate agent said, okay, are you
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gonna actually pay the money? Trump basically stood them up, did not pay the money at all. And then another buyer ended up buying Ed McMahon's home.
Political Commentator/Narrator
It's actually a typical Trump story, right? Where he, like, you know, engages in this despicable behavior.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
But Here he is, April 12, 2026, posting the following USA news channels never told you this, and today I am ashamed of every single one of them because they kept this truth about Trump hidden from me.
Political Commentator/Narrator
This is what Trump's posting deliberately.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
And once you find out what they never showed you, you will question everything they ever said about this man. 2008, Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's legendary sidekick. 30 years of making America, left 86 years old and facing the most humiliating ending. Imag losing his home to foreclosure. The whole world knew. Every news channel covered it. And every single one of them watched and reported and moved on. And nobody helped, nobody stepped up, nobody did anything. Except Trump, who picked up the phone quietly, without any camera invite, without any press release, without any announcement. He personally bought Ed McMahon's property and let him stay in his own home for the rest of his life. No Bill, no conditions, no expectation of anything back. Just a man who decided that an American legend should not spend his final years years losing everything he worked for. And the news channels never told you this, not once because this story does not fit the Trump they wanted you to see today. I am telling you because you deserve to know the real Trump, not the one they built for you. The real one who showed up for an 86 year old legend when the whole world looked away. Drop a heart right now if you never knew this story type. This is the real Trump. Below tag every American today who deserves
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to know the truth.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
The news channels never told them. Now Donald Trump is. This is very revealing. Donald Trump is 79. I think Donald Trump is facing the end. I think that he feels that. I'm giving you my opinion. I think for Donald Trump, the story of Ed McMahon is the most humiliating story. Losing it all at that age, that's in Donald Trump's view, like the worst thing that could possibly happen. Being alone at that age, not having anything and being foreclosed on. He's revealing what his fear is right now. And as the American people want him gone, removed, impeached, 25th Amendment, he's projecting
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Political Analyst/Co-commentator
But let's talk about the true story because we have the article August 22, 2008 here's the headline Ed McMahon sells home, not to Trump. That's literally the headline of what really happened. And what a sicko. This is what Trump is posting on April 12, 2020 20:26 While there is a war raging in Iran, Ed McMahon is on the move. A spokesperson A spokesman for the former Tonight Show Sidekick says McMahon has agreed to a deal with a private buyer for his hilltop home. McMahon spokesman Howard Bragman says the buyer isn't mogul Donald Trump, who had recently offered to buy McMahon's home and act as a landlord. Bragman says McMahon will move out of the home, which is in the same
Political Commentator/Narrator
exclusive neighborhood as Britney Spears.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
McMahon facing the prospect of the house being foreclosed on because he defaulted on a $4.8 million loan. And then you can see that Donald Trump, far from trying to keep this secret, he leaked to the LA Times that he wanted to buy this home to save McMahon. And then I'll show you what happened. April August 14, 2008 it's Donald to the rescue. Mega developer and TV personality Donald Trump has agreed to to buy Ed McMahon's Beverly Hills house for an undisclosed amount. Details are being ironed out. Quote, I don't know the man, but I grew up watching him on tv, trump said in an exclusive interview with the LA Times. Trump said he stepped in because helping McMahon would be an honor. His plan is to buy the home from the lender and lease it back to McMahon. When I was at the Wharton School of Business, trump said, I'd watch him every night. How could this happen? Now you want to know the real story? The real story, Claudia McMahon said. Of course this would all a lie. When dad was going to lose his house in Beverly Hills, Donald Trump said that he was going to buy it because he was such a fan of Dad's and he didn't want dad to lose the house. But this was all a lie. The identity of the eventual buyer remained a secret until after McMahon's death in 2009, when the Wall Street Journal reported in 2010 that Daniel Schreier, a real estate investor, had been the one to purchase the mortgage on McMahon's home. Folks, that's what Donald Trump was posting, that he bought Ed McMahon's home and saved the guy back in 2008. That's what Trump is posting, while there is this horrible war, unlawful war, that Trump started with Netanyahu in Iran. Also, Donald Trump is posting images of the UFC freedom fight for the 250th anniversary, there's gonna be a UFC fight at the White House. Donald Trump was posting attacks on Pope Leo. The 14th. Pope Leo is weak on crime, terrorists, terrible on foreign policy. Pope Leo would never have been named the Pope if it wasn't for Donald Trump, Trump says, and that he needs to get his act together, right? And then Donald Trump called up Maria Bartiroma, and you could tell that she looked deeply, deeply concerned, that she was speaking to someone who was very cognitively impaired. You can see it on her face right here, where Maria Bartiromo was like, okay, you said, hundreds of takers are headed to the Gulf of America. What can you tell us about this? And then Donald Trump starts talking about Gulf of America, and he wants to call the Persian Gulf the Trump Gulf. And watch Maria Bartiroma as she's horrified.
Political Commentator/Narrator
Play this clip.
Interviewer/Reporter
President, because you referred to a post that hundreds of supertankers are headed to the Gulf of America to buy oil and gas from the U.S. what can you tell us about that, sir?
Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)
Well, I can tell you that it used to be called the Gulf of Mexico. That's what I can tell you. Now. It's called the Gulf of America because of me. One of my little things that I did, you know, one of my little sidelines. And it's a great honor. People are so happy. You go to Louisiana, you go to Florida, you go to these states, Texas, they're so honored by it. I used to say, why? Why is that the Gulf of Mexico when we have 93% of the frontage and, you know, it fronts 93% in the United States? I said, I think I'm going to change it to the Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And I did. And I give a lot of credit to Google because once I filed the papers, I did it. And, and Google Map, once Google Map changed, you know, did it, it was a done deal. But we had. We had lawsuits, we had laws, we won everything. And it's now the Gulf of America, which I'm very. Which I'm very honored by.
Interviewer/Reporter
But but do you expect to.
Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)
I was thinking about, I must tell you, I was thinking about calling it the Gulf of Trump. And I decided not to do it. I think maybe it was a wise, I think that one maybe wouldn't have worked out. I'm not so sure. You'll have to tell me. But I was thinking about, because it's going to be called the Gulf of Trump. And then I said, you know, that's not going to play too well.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
She then asked Donald Trump if he believes the price of oil will be lower in the midterms.
Political Commentator/Narrator
Like, I don't know, who cares?
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
Play this clip.
Interviewer/Reporter
Do you so do you believe the price of oil and gas will be lower before the midterm elections?
Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)
I hope so. I mean, I think so. It could be, it could be, or the same or maybe a little bit higher, but it should be around the same.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
I think this, then she talks about this blockade in the strait and the opening up capacity in the United States. Is this going to be enough to lower gas prices? Then Donald Trump starts talking about the Dow Jones.
Political Commentator/Narrator
Play this clip.
Interviewer/Reporter
Going to be enough, the blockade in the strait, the opening up capacity in the United States. Is this going to be enough to lower the price of oil and gas, sir?
Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)
Well, it's going to be, eventually it's going to be lower. Now, it might not happen initially, but it's going to, it's going to go down when this is all over. Look, the stock market, The Dow hit 50,000. It was supposed to be in four or five years. They said it won't happen during his.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
And then Donald Trump's like, yeah, Iran is so desperate right now.
Political Commentator/Narrator
They're so desperate for everything. Play this clip.
UFC Fighter (Clip)
I think Iran is in very bad shape. I think they're very desperate. We had a meeting that lasted 21 hours. We understand this situation better than anybody. And Iran's in very bad shape. And just so you understand, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. Will not have, there is no way that they're going to get, they still want it. And they made that clear the other night. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.
Political Analyst/Co-commentator
I also think it's important to see how impaired Donald Trump is and where he's getting ideas from. Like this whole idea of Trump doing a blockade on Iran came from some like far right wing weird blog called Just News that Donald Trump reads. And Just News did a, did a story, the trump card the president holds if Iran won't bend a naval blockade. And it goes on to talk about this naval blockade like we did to Venezuela. And we need a blockade. The Gulf, the Persian Gulf. And then Donald Trump adopted this ridiculous and dangerous and escalatory move because some far right wing blog posted and Donald Trump like the sound of it. So he's like, okay, we're doing a blockade, we're doing a blockade. And then he brags about blowing up their bridges and ending their civilizations again. This is a lunatic madman.
Political Commentator/Narrator
Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)
I could take out Iran in one day. I could take out in one. In one hour I could have their entire energy, everything, every one of their plants, their electric generating plants, which is a big deal. And I hate to do it because if I do it, it takes you 10 years to rebuild. They'll never be able to rebuild it. And the other thing you take out are the bridges. I took out one just to show them because they went public with a statement that wasn't true. They admitted it. I say I'm going to take out a bridge. And I took out a bridge. And that was the end of that. Now they've been really behaving quite well, but in one half of a day, they wouldn't have one bridge standing, they wouldn't have one electric generating plant standing and they're back in the stone ages.
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Episode: 🚨Trump’s Health Collapses at Worst Time in War!!!!
Date: April 13, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
In this urgent, no-holds-barred episode, the Meiselas brothers deliver a deeply critical and often darkly comedic analysis of Donald Trump’s rapidly deteriorating physical and cognitive health—occurring at the worst possible moment as the U.S. is embroiled in a crisis with Iran. The brothers dissect Trump’s latest erratic social media posts, questionable public appearances, and dangerous war-time decision making with their trademark blend of legal insight and sibling banter. Key themes include the collapse of diplomatic negotiations, Trump’s increasingly bizarre online behavior, worries about his mental fitness, and the implications of having an unstable leader during a critical international conflict.
Trump’s physical and cognitive health is described as “rapidly deteriorating,” with direct references to how he can “barely walk in a straight line” at his Mar-a-Lago golf club.
He is now in a pattern where he demands applause upon entering any room, a behavior the hosts cast as both pitiful and troubling.
Instead of focusing on urgent diplomatic negotiations, Trump obsessively posts deranged memes late into the night—including doctored images of Bruce Springsteen (“what happened to Bruce Springsteen?”), Trump hotels on the moon, and even himself depicted as Jesus in an AI image.
As negotiations with Iran collapse due to Trump’s regime “changing the negotiating framework,” the U.S. launches a blockade of the Persian Gulf—heightening tensions and danger.
The American negotiating team includes real estate developer Steven Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Senator J.D. Vance, none of whom have diplomatic expertise. This lack of experience contrasts sharply with Iran’s “top diplomatic negotiators...very nuanced understandings of nuclear capabilities.”
Trump attends a poorly attended UFC fight in Miami instead of focusing on diplomatic crises, showing a lack of public support and further withdrawal from serious responsibilities.
He posts awkward footage flirting with fighters, clearly seeking validation.
The segment is used to highlight Trump’s need for adulation and his detachment from reality.
Trump recycles the fabricated story that he rescued Ed McMahon from foreclosure—a narrative widely debunked as a publicity stunt.
The brothers dissect the real story: the home was actually bought by a real estate investor, not Trump.
This false narrative is interpreted as Trump projecting his fear of “losing everything” and being abandoned in old age—a psychological reflection as he faces his own decline.
Trump posts attacks against global figures such as Pope Leo XIV, labeling him “weak on crime” and “terrible on foreign policy.”
He proposes a UFC fight at the White House for America’s 250th anniversary, further blurring lines between entertainment and governance.
In an interview with Maria Bartiromo, Trump claims to have renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” driven by personal egotism, and jokes about wanting to call it the “Gulf of Trump.”
Quote (Donald Trump, 14:38):
“Well, I can tell you that it used to be called the Gulf of Mexico. That's what I can tell you. Now. It's called the Gulf of America because of me. One of my little things that I did, you know, one of my little sidelines.”
Quote (Donald Trump, 15:32):
“I was thinking about, I must tell you, I was thinking about calling it the Gulf of Trump. And I decided not to do it...But I was thinking about, because it's going to be called the Gulf of Trump. And then I said, you know, that's not going to play too well.”
Trump’s policy, especially the blockade of Iran and the Persian Gulf, is tied to right-wing blog posts (not intelligence or sound military strategy).
Trump openly brags about possibly bombing Iran’s infrastructure “back to the stone ages.”
This episode is urgent and alarmed, laced with the brothers’ sardonic humor and clear anxiety over Trump’s unfitness and unpredictability during an international crisis. The hosts combine fact-checking, psychological profiling, and media criticism, all underlined by a deep concern for American democracy. The MeidasTouch crew’s overall message: the emperor truly has no clothes—and it’s never been so dangerous.
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