Transcript of Trump Faces Political Setbacks as Rising Costs and Midterm Pressure Mount

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This episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, hosted by Ben Meiselas, argues that Donald Trump faces mounting setbacks at home and abroad before the midterm elections. Meiselas points to election losses for allies including Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vučić in Serbia, criticizes Trump's posts about Bill Maher, and questions US military claims about shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

He also covers reports of Israeli military resistance to a possible strike on Iran, a regional security summit in Tehran, and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's remarks suggesting Mississippians eat cheaper proteins amid high beef prices. Listeners get the host's strongly critical perspective along with the context he gives for each story.

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This episode's transcript on Trump's Brazil and Serbia setbacks was made with HappyScribe technology and its speech to text for recordings.

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Donald Trump is getting the karma he deserves before the midterm elections here in the United States. Not only has his approval dropped to record lows of any US president in history, Donald Trump is being loudly and resoundingly rejected across the world as his various stooges lost in their elections this past weekend. Vučić lost in Serbia. Bolsonaro lost in Brazil. Netanyahu, in my view, will lose on Tuesday. He's doing everything he can to try to provoke war with Iran, but we're learning that even the IDF chief of staff is pushing back against Netanyahu's efforts to try to invade Iran. I'll talk more about that in a moment. And then we have the midterms approaching, folks. It is right around the corner, and we're seeing a very desperate and pathetic Donald Trump flail, talk about men's asses, bring Nicki Minaj on stage. We're seeing Donald Trump make weird grunting noises, struggle to walk. Folks, the end is feeling closer and closer. And it is so critical that we hold this fascist regime accountable. And so you have the Trump regime posting deranged things on the CENTCOM account, like more oil is getting out than ever before in the Strait of Hormuz.

00:01:22

We hit an absolute milestone. Things are looking great. What milestone? That oil is hitting a new record. Record high every damn day, that people can't afford gas and diesel? Why is CENTCOM bragging about milestones in the Strait of Hormuz when more tankers have been hit this past month than any month before? In October, 27 incidents were logged in the Strait of Hormuz. That's logged by the UKMTO, and the majority of tankers that are hit are not logged. We believe the number is closer to 50 to 60, maybe even 70 tankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz But then you have Donald Trump posting this. Just look at this message that he posts. Just physically, visually look at this post. If anybody I knew made a post like this on any topic, it doesn't matter what it was. If you like football and you made a post about football like this, if you like, I don't know, golf and you made a post about golf like this, if you like birdwatching and you posted like this on social media, I would declare a doubt. Okay? I would say, uh, I don't think you're okay. But But this is what Donald Trump does all throughout the day.

00:02:35

Post, post, post, post, post. Whereas other world leaders were sending congratulations to President Lula of Brazil, or posting messages about Vučić in Serbia losing, and the incredible student list, the incredible student movement in Belgrade toppling the Vučić regime. No, Donald Trump posted this thing. He goes, let's talk about this complete and total loser, Bill Maher. Why? Why are we talking about Bill Maher? He's kind of an irrelevant guy now. Let's talk about this complete and total loser, Bill Maher. He's got a low-rated show on an equally low-rated HBO, which was once long ago a network of quality excitement, but that's all gone. It's not hot anymore. Maher's friends and business associate Chuck LaBella was also a friend. What are you even talking about? He goes on and on. 1,300 words about this. No sooner had we had the first dinner at the White House, which is a very seductive and beautiful place, especially now that I have fully renovated and fixed it in the style which it deserves. Bill wanted to come back. The gopher called me multiple times. And he says that Caroline Levitt was a guest on Bill Maher, but she was treated really unfairly.

00:03:56

Who calls the White House a seductive A seductive place. I mean, while he's out there speaking about men's asses at the speed— I'm not going to show it again because why? You've seen me play the clip 100 times. This man's ass, this guy's got a great ass, that person's got a great ass. I passed this cognitive exam, I passed that cognitive exam, this ass, that ass. What the hell is even going on? It's why our book is called WTF America. What the hell is going on here? And by the way, the Trump regime is not handling This Bolsonaro lost very well. Bolsonaro, in typical Trump MAGA fashion— that's Flávio Bolsonaro, the Trump MAGA puppet who was the son of Jair, is the son of Jair Bolsonaro, the former insurrectionist president of Brazil who's rotting in a prison cell serving 27 years for trying to launch an insurrection back in 2022 when Lula won there. Well, Lula now wiped the floor with his son Flávio. Remember that moment in the debate where Flávio is like, why do you want to release all of the prisoners? And Lula's like, I don't want to release all the prisoners, but I'm happy to have 100% of their vote.

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In fact, your dad will vote for me because you're such a pathetic son. Remember that moment right there? In any event, these Trump aides or former Trump aides like Jason Miller are apparently like working with Bolsonaro. We always knew that. Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. You know, Miller was a Trump aide. Trump world isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating same playbook Same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's freaking poison. And it's so important that we be global. That's one of the most important things of the Midas Touch Network, that we are a global pro-democracy network. With Midas Canada, we're going to expand to the UK and Europe and Australia and South America and Africa and Asia. It is so critical that the firehose of truth be international to fight these globalist authoritarian forces out there, this network of the Trumps and the Netanyahu's and people like that. Let me bring you to São Paulo, Avenida Paulista, packed last night on Sunday in celebration of Lula's victory. Let's watch it here. Play this clip. Now, as I described as well, and I'll do a whole other video on this, you have the IDF chief of staff basically saying that he will be refusing the orders of Netanyahu to invade Iran, which likely were already given, unless and until it is written in writing, so that's in writing, so that Netanyahu and others who are making the order cannot hide and they can be held accountable.

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Now, the former IDF chief of staff is the guy running against Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, whose Yishar party is now leading Netanyahu's Likud party in the polls. Netanyahu seems like he is going to lose the election on Tuesday. So pay attention. Even the IDF chief of staff of Israel is saying that Netanyahu's trying to do a false flag to get Israel to invade Iran. When the IDF chief of staff is saying that, you know that something is going on. And Trump is putting it on Netanyahu to go and do the attack on Iran. And so this is this whole network taking place right now. And all we want to do is not that. Like, we the people are like, could we not do any of this? Like the Trump-Netanyahu genocidal maniac network. Like, we all just want to live in peace. We all want to not have to pay exorbitant prices on gas. Maybe have free healthcare. That'd be very nice. And just live in peace with each other and not with the Trump and Netanyahus of the world. Donald Trump reposted another endorsement of Netanyahu yesterday, the second time he's posted this. To the people of Israel, to those who haven't seen it, I'm attaching this endorsement I gave one week ago to your Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:07:59

As everyone is aware, including the enemy, Bibi and I have a great relationship of winning together. I did the Venezuela attack, one of the most successful military operations in history. But before that, we did Operation Midnight Hammer. I know you're both genocidal maniacs. You're warmongers. You are irresponsible, despicable scum, and the people know it. And people across the world are rising up against you and your ilk, the Bolsonaros, the Vučićs, and all of your despicable ilk everywhere that scum resides. This is what Donald Trump was asked yesterday when he was in Michigan. A reporter said, so people are worried about getting food on the table and gas in the tank. What's your response. Donald Trump then said to the reporter whose name is Roop, if your name was Muhammad, I could read your name from space. And the reporter said, but my name is not Muhammad, it's, it's Roop. Here, play this clip.

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Don't forget, we have Space Force because of me. So we have Space Force, and Space Force can see everything. I could read if you had a badge on your jacket and your first name was Muhammad, I could read that name beautifully right on your jacket. So from space, it's amazing. So we have every site under watch. If there's any movement at the site, we know exactly what to do, but there won't be.

00:09:15

First name's Roop, R-O-O-P. Okay. Just so you know.

00:09:18

I thought so.

00:09:19

I wanted to ask you a question about AI data centers.

00:09:21

You're only referring to if you were over there, because the fact is, uh, we have such unbelievable equipment they can—

00:09:29

And then you have the following. MAGA Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith from Mississippi was asked by reporters, okay, so what you're telling the people in Mississippi to do with all of these high grocery Is that you want them to eat different types of meat because beef prices are so high? Your solution is just don't eat beef, to eat other types of protein. Can you clarify your statement? Watch what she says. I want to give a shout out to Scott Colombe, the Democratic candidate who's running in Mississippi, who really can pull this off. I think Scott is going to win that race. I really do. Look at what the MAGA Republicans the Trumper through and through, what Cindy Hyde-Smith had to say. Play this clip.

00:10:14

The last time you were here, I asked you a question about beef prices. And since that time, your opponent has used part of your quote in there in ads that have been widely circulated. You said that there was other proteins to choose from, and that was a small part of your answer to your question there. So I'm going to rephrase the question here. You have an extensive background in agriculture and in food processing, what can be done in the Senate and federal level to bring down some of our food prices? Because food prices continue to go high, we all eat, and it's tough.

00:10:46

Well, the comparison there is the 2 things that I hear the most about throughout Mississippi is gas prices and food prices. Gas is one item. Both of you had gas in your car to come to work today. You can't get the water hose and fill up that tank. You can't get peanut oil and fill up that tank. Gasoline, unless you want to ride the bicycle, that's your only option. The other is the food prices and the increase there. But thank goodness, when mothers want to feed their families, when you go out shopping, there are proteins, you want to feed meat, there are some cheaper prices. And that's what that statement was about, because there's nothing to replace that gasoline unless you want to ride a bicycle. And the crazy thing is the Democrats in New York are wanting to have state-owned grocery stores. Are you kidding me? What a bad, bad plan that they're going to order what they want you to buy and control that. We don't need state-owned grocery stores. We need for the free market to work as the free market.

00:11:56

And while she was saying that, Netanyahu was mocking us here in America. Well, he does that every day, genocidal maniac that he is. Netanyahu said yesterday to Israeli TV, today electricity prices around the world have skyrocketed, but that has not happened here in Israel. We understand economics here. That's why our prices are not high. Okay, I mean, the fact that Trump and Netanyahu got into this war and they're bragging that in Israel they pay lower prices than we pay here in the United States while the American people are suffering, I don't know, That's pretty sick. One other thing I want to point out as well, what's going down today as well, and this is big. Iran has confirmed that there will be a high-level security summit with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan today in Tehran. So as Trump and Netanyahu are planning to invade Iran, Iran is hosting a regional security summit. You will have Dr. Ali Baghari Kani, who is the senior diplomat. He is the Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and he's been a senior diplomat for a long time, but he's the Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Council.

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So he works very closely with Mohsen Razi, who's the top advisor to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khomeini. So the talks that will be taking place today among Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan will focus on regional security, with Iran advocating for a security framework led by regional powers, again pushing the United States out, regional cooperation without the US or Israeli interference, greater stability and security independence. Iran's Security Council Secretary Major General Mohsen Razaei will be in attendance. Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, MBS's brother, who's the defense minister, Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir, and Turkish intelligence chief Abraham Um, Ebrahim Khan. They will all be there. In fact, here is the Saudi Arabian Hercules C-130 transport aircraft landing at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport earlier today. And, uh, you take a look at what's happening over there. So that's a big development in terms of regional security because I think they realize, you know, Trump and Netanyahu really want to invade badly. And so we need to create a regional framework to, you know, to maybe stop that from happening. And so more of the U.S. regional architecture, um, you know, falling apart over there. We'll keep you posted every step of the way.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump facing major setbacks in Brazil and Serbia as he lashes out with a 1,300-word screed about Bill Maher ahead of the midterms. Meiselas also highlights Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's comments about Americans switching proteins amid rising costs, as Trump's approval sinks and the bad news piles up.

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