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Donald Trump
Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down and we will make America affordable again. We're going to make it affordable again. And inflation is back. I'm only here for two and a half weeks. That was inflation there that week. Don't think of it. Inflation's back. And they said, oh, Trump and I had nothing to do with.
Political Commentator
It's not broken promises, it's outright fraud. All of the things that Donald Trump was saying on the campaign trail were lies. We were trying to warn you. Let me show you the admission that Donald Trump made last night on Hannity where he said, folks, inflation is back. Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
We inherited. Yeah, and inflation is back. I'm only here for two and a half weeks. That was inflation there that week. Now think of it. Inflation's back. And they said, oh, Trump. And flat. I had nothing to do with it. These people.
Political Commentator
Do you remember what he said on the campaign trail as inflation was actually going down based on former President Biden's Inflation Reduction act, the inflation being caused by Donald TRUMP Adding $8 trillion to our national debt in his first administration. Here was the promise Trump made on the campaign trail. I have hundreds of clips like this. I'll just show one short clip here. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
So when I win, I will immediately bring prices down. Starting on day one, we will end Kamala's war on American energy. And we will drill, baby, drill. We're going to drill.
Political Commentator
But then let's talk about what Donald Trump is trying to do to distract you folks. He's getting rid of the penny. Ooh, the penny. He wants to get rid of that. That's what you get. No goodbye penny. Here, play this clip of Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant. And he knows, like, what am I even doing here? Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
Tonight, finally, are you definitively getting rid of the penny?
Scott Besant
Brett? I've got to say, President Trump wants to make the penny extinct. And that's part of the cost savings. Cost about $0.03 to make $0.01. And even in Washington that math doesn't work.
Donald Trump
So it's going soon.
Scott Besant
It's going soon.
Donald Trump
Okay.
Political Commentator
All right, let's go to other not broken promises, outright fraud. Remember Donald Trump's statements during the campaign that he was going to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours? He said, he said 24 hours after the election, he said not even. He wouldn't even have to be sworn in. Remember what he said Here, play this clip.
Donald Trump
End the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Yes, I do. How would you do that? I know Zelensky very well. I'll end that war between those two countries in 24 hours. It won't even take that.
Political Commentator
Well, Donald, you now sent your Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Russian delegation led by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, to what? Normalize United States Russian relations as Russia is trying to destroy the United States of America, you idiot. And you were trying to sell out Ukraine and force Ukraine to capitulate without even any plan, without bringing Ukraine to the bargaining table, without bringing Europe to the table. That was your plan. And guess what? It wasn't resolved in 24 hours. When Donald Trump was vacationing in Mar A Lago Lago yesterday as he was playing golf. Yet again, here's what Donald Trump told the press about Ukraine. Play this clip.
Donald Trump
Yeah, please.
Political Commentator
Do you have any message for Ukrainians who after three years of fighting might.
Scott Besant
Feel betrayed or disappointed at not having.
Political Commentator
A seat at these initial talks in Saudi Arabia?
Donald Trump
Well, I think I'm really disappointed in what's happened. I've been watching this for three years. It's a war that would have never happened if I was president. And I've been watching these people being killed at levels that you've rarely seen, not even close since the Second World War. And I'm very disappointed. I hear that they're upset about not having a seat. Well, they've had a seat for three years and a long time before that. This could have been settled very easily. Just a half baked negotiator could have settled this years ago without, I think without the loss of much land, very little land, without the loss of any lives and without the loss of cities that are just laying on their side. You have those magnificent golden domes that are shattered, will never be replaced. You can't replace them. Thousand year old domes that are so beautiful, you can't replace that. The whole civilization has changed because of what so when they're worried about not being seated. You mean somebody that should have gone in and made a deal a long time ago, you could have made a deal. This is one that could have made a deal. There was no talk of this during the Trump administration. Putin would have never, ever done it. And by the way, we wouldn't have had October 7th. You know that. We wouldn't have had October 7th either, in Israel. And we wouldn't have that mess that's going on over there. It's like we have great fire people here. We're putting out fires all over the world. We're putting out fires. So that wouldn't have happened. And you know what else wouldn't have happened? Inflation. Because it was caused, really, by the cost of energy going through the roof because of their bad energy policies and also their spending, their terrible spending, wasteful spending on the green new scam. It's a scam. It's a whole big scam. Yeah, please.
Political Commentator
Wow. That was his message. You've had a seat at the table for three years, Donald. You told everybody that you were going to be this great negotiator. You were going to figure it out, or were you just going to totally capitulate, as we told everybody? You were going to. So take a look at the spineless Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with the US Delegation, and they seemed giddy over the idea of normalizing economic relations with Putin and empowering Putin. Watch this. Play this clip.
Marco Rubio
Diplomatic one is one we think we hope to move pretty quickly on because this involves the treatment of our respective missions. The second one will be difficult, which is the question of Ukraine and the end of that conflict. But I think that's essential in order for the third piece to even be possible, which is our ability to work together on other geopolitical matters of common interest and, of course, some pretty unique, potentially historic economic partnerships as well. The key that unlocks the door for those opportunities, however, is the end to this conflict in terms of.
Political Commentator
All right, let me show you more. Not broken promises, but outright fraud. Remember what Donald Trump said on the campaign trail, that he said that on day One, he was going to start the largest mass deportation in history. Said it was going to happen on day one, right away, that's what was going to happen here. Play the clip of what he said.
Donald Trump
The United States is now an occupied country, but it will soon be an occupied country no longer. November 5, 2024, will be Liberation Day in America. And on day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history. We're going to get these criminals out. I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered. These towns have been conquered. You know they have been invaded and can you imagine? Just as though a foreign enemy was invading, a military was invading and probably just as vicious or more vicious and we will put these bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them out of our country. Get them the hell out of here fast.
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Political Commentator
Well, Fox tried to pump it up with propaganda on January 22, 2025. Fox said this here, play this clip.
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Political Commentator
Donald Trump said, oh, I'm just going to go after the criminals first. I'm going to prioritize the criminals folk first. Well, Donald Trump was asked about that at that press conference as well. Hey Donald, you've actually been sending a lot of people to concentration camps in Guantanamo Bay who were not part of gangs, who are not criminals you're deporting your own supporters, Venezuelans whose family members were under TPS Temporary protected Status, who are not criminals. You cut deals with the Venezuelan dictator Maduro who was voted out of power, but like the authoritarian you are is clinging to power the you want to. You're sending your Venezuelan supporters back to be killed by Maduro or throwing people who are not criminals into concentration camps. Donald Trump was asked about it and he didn't deny that he sent non criminals. He was like, oh, well, we'll, we'll move them back to their countries of origins. Here, play this clip on immigration.
Reporter
Sir, you said you would be sending the worst of the worst to Guantanamo Bay. What we're finding out is that there are a lot of low risk migrants who don't have a criminal background who are also being sent. Are you thinking about this differently now?
Donald Trump
No. They're going to be brought back to their countries and with some persuasion, every one of those countries, everyone in the, as you know, every country is taking the people back. So some of them are going to be brought back to many of them. Any of them that are low risk, as you say, are going to be brought back to their countries.
Political Commentator
And as my friend Pablo Manriquez also says, actually fact check, zero of the transferees to Guantanamo have been confirmed to have criminal records or gang ties. It should also be noted that on day one, there wasn't the largest mass deportation in history. In fact, the level of deportations are actually less than in the Biden administration significantly. Except the Biden administration deported criminals more than innocent people or people who were not engaged in crimes or while more people who Trump is deporting and sending back to countries that where they get tortured and killed are actually people who were not engaged in crimes. But, you know, they are doing their propaganda shtick, their tough guy act, because cruelty's the point. So they're sending their border czar, Tom Homan, this. I won't even go where I'm about to go with that. But anyway, he goes on the various news networks where he threatens AOC, Democratic Congresswoman AOC repeatedly because that gets to rile up the Mass A base while they lie about all the stuff that they said they were going to do. Let's just attack AOC Here, play this clip.
Tom Homan
First of all, I think she's, you know, I won't, I won't go, I won't go after Tom.
Political Commentator
Please do, please do say what's on your mind. It's a holiday.
Tom Homan
Look, she's, she's, she's the dumbest congresswoman ever listed to Congress and she proves that every day. And look, bottom line is, I can't believe any member, any member of Congress, Republican, Democrat, independent, would want to educate criminal illegal aliens who are in the country illegally been convicted of a violent crime and have been ordered removed by an immigration judge after due process at great taxpayer expense. You got a congressman or congresswoman that does not want ICE to do the job that Congress has mandated them to do and funds them to do.
Political Commentator
And then they announced what we need to do because they can't actually. Because they're incompetent and cruel. Let's do a marketing campaign. $200 million, right? Because they claim they care about government waste. $200 million will throw behind ads in English with Kristi Noem cosplaying the governor who shot her dog. Yeah, Kristi Noem cosplaying. She's now the Secretary of Homeland Security. Say, you go home illegals. You go home illegals. And then as part of this marketing campaign, the White House. This is from the official White House account. This is how ghoulish and disgusting and monstrous these people are. This is what they posted from our White House account. Shame on these goons. Here, play this. Clip.
Tom Homan
It.
Political Commentator
And while all of this is going on, it seems like every day we learn that Doge accidentally fired the people who are stopping the bird flu. Doge accidentally fired the. Accidentally fired the people working in the nuclear plants. Doge is firing FAA workers and critical workers. Not accidentally. They're getting rid of tens of thousands of government workers who we rely on. It seems like every day there's like another plane crash taking place. And it's horrific. And what does Donald Trump do? Oh, while there's devastation in terrible storms in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Donald Trump goes to NASCAR and drives around in circles in his motorcade over and over again. But hey, Donald, let me ask you this question. While 12 people or more died in Kentucky from the storms and you said nothing while posting stupid selfies of yourself from a Daytona 500 NASCAR. Hey, Donald, whatever happened to no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security? Whatever happened to capping credit card interest rates and capping credit card penalty fees? What happened to all of those promises that you made? You are a two bit snake oil salesman. Con artists, pathetic, weak fool. And America needs to know that about you because you lied. You betrayed Americans. But that was the purpose. You're a con artist. You are a fraud. You are a criminal. You are an adjudicated felon. You are despicable. Hit subscribe let's get to 5 million subscribers. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas plus substack for ad. Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now@midasplus.com.
The MeidasTouch Podcast Summary Episode: "Wow! Trump Screws Himself with Public Confession" Release Date: February 19, 2025
Introduction
In this episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, the Meiselas brothers—Ben, Brett, and Jordy—delve into former President Donald Trump's recent public statements and actions, analyzing the discrepancies between his campaign promises and his actual policies. The discussion is sharp, humorous, and deeply analytical, providing listeners with a comprehensive critique of Trump's leadership and political maneuvers.
Trump’s Public Confession on Inflation
The episode opens with a segment featuring Donald Trump’s comments on inflation. At [00:51], Trump declares:
“Inflation is back. I'm only here for two and a half weeks. That was inflation there that week. Don't think of it. Inflation's back. And they said, oh, Trump and I had nothing to do with.”
Analysis and Critique
The political commentator swiftly responds, labeling Trump's statements as “outright fraud” and highlighting the inconsistency between his campaign promises and his actions in office. At [01:20], the commentator states:
“It's not broken promises, it's outright fraud. All of the things that Donald Trump was saying on the campaign trail were lies.”
He references Trump's campaign claims about driving down prices and ending Kamala Harris's energy policies, juxtaposing them with the reality of rising inflation and increased national debt under Trump's administration.
Broken Promises: Energy and Economic Policies
Trump had vowed to “end Kamala’s war on American energy” and implement aggressive drilling policies. Playing a clip at [01:45], Trump asserts:
“So when I win, I will immediately bring prices down. Starting on day one, we will end Kamala's war on American energy. And we will drill, baby, drill. We're going to drill.”
The commentator counters this by pointing out the continued inflation and economic challenges, attributing them to Trump's energy policies and increased national debt.
Attempted Distractions: The Penny Removal
In an attempt to divert attention from economic issues, Trump considered eliminating the penny. At [02:16], he asks:
“Tonight, finally, are you definitively getting rid of the penny?”
His Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant, confirms the move:
“President Trump wants to make the penny extinct. And that's part of the cost savings.”
The commentator views this as a trivial distraction from significant economic problems, emphasizing the failure to address inflation effectively.
Ukraine War and Foreign Policy Failures
One of the most significant points of discussion is Trump's unfulfilled promise to end the war in Ukraine swiftly. Referencing a campaign promise at [03:15], Trump had pledged:
“End the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Yes, I do.”
However, the commentator highlights the ongoing conflict and Trump's ineffective foreign policy actions, such as sending Secretary of State Marco Rubio to negotiate with Russian officials without meaningful results.
At [06:36], Rubio discusses potential economic partnerships contingent on ending the Ukraine conflict:
“The key that unlocks the door for those opportunities, however, is the end to this conflict.”
The commentator criticizes Rubio's approach, suggesting it empowers Russia and neglects Ukraine's sovereignty and security.
Immigration and Deportation Policies
Trump’s aggressive immigration stance is scrutinized, particularly his unfulfilled promise to launch the largest mass deportation in history. At [07:31], Trump boldly stated:
“On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history... Get them the hell out of here fast.”
Contrary to this promise, reports indicate that many deportees under Trump's administration lack criminal backgrounds. The commentator exposes this hypocrisy:
“Zero of the transferees to Guantanamo have been confirmed to have criminal records or gang ties.”
Furthermore, Trump's handling of Venezuelan migrants is condemned for endangering lives by forcing them to return to oppressive regimes.
Media Manipulation and Propaganda
The podcast addresses Trump's use of media to project a tough image while his policies often undermine democratic values. The commentator criticizes the $200 million marketing campaign aimed at vilifying opponents like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), showcasing how Trump leverages propaganda to manipulate public perception.
A clip at [13:09] features Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, attacking AOC:
“She's the dumbest congresswoman ever listed to Congress... I can't believe any member, any member of Congress, Republican, Democrat, independent, would want to educate criminal illegal aliens...”
This segment highlights the administration’s strategy to use fear and misinformation to rally support, despite policy failures.
Government Mismanagement and Negligence
The commentator touches on broader governmental failures during Trump’s tenure, including mismanagement of critical sectors like nuclear plants and aviation. At [15:22], he lamentates:
“It seems like every day there's like another plane crash taking place. And it's horrific. And what does Donald Trump do?... he's playing golf.”
This criticism underscores the administration's negligence in addressing essential public safety and infrastructure issues, contrasting sharply with Trump's portrayal of effective leadership.
Conclusion
The Meiselas brothers conclude the episode by reinforcing the central theme: Donald Trump's administration was marked by unfulfilled promises, policy failures, and manipulative tactics that ultimately harmed American democracy and global standing. They urge listeners to critically evaluate Trump's legacy and remain vigilant in supporting democratic values.
Notable quotes throughout the episode, along with their timestamps, provide concrete examples of Trump's declarations versus his actions, offering a compelling case for the listener to question and scrutinize political rhetoric and leadership integrity.
Key Takeaways:
This episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast provides a thorough and incisive analysis of Donald Trump's presidency, highlighting the dissonance between his rhetoric and reality. For listeners seeking an informed and critical perspective on recent political developments, this episode serves as an essential resource.