Donald Trump just got a rude awakening on his trip to Ireland. Massive protests took to the street in Dublin. By some estimates, over 50,000 protesters there holding up signs that Donald Trump is a war criminal, holding up signs that Donald Trump is complicit in genocide and slaughtering little children and women, holding up signs that Donald Trump has covered up the Epstein files. Now, why is Donald Trump in Ireland at all? Why is he taking this trip? Well, he did a meeting with the Taoiseach, one of the leaders of Ireland, this morning. But the real reason he's there is because of the Irish Open at his golf course. Of course, this is all one massive grift, folks. Now, Donald Trump held a press conference and he made things even worse for the standing of the United States while he was there. He continued to attack the UK. He talked about how he Wanted to see full Ireland unification. And he said that that would be a very important thing. Donald Trump then went on to basically say that the UK doesn't have the ability, uh, to even take care of the Falkland Islands anymore. This as Donald Trump is giving more military equipment to Argentina.
Donald Trump then went on to say, I think that Canada really wants to make a deal. And he lumped Canada. and Iran into the same category. He goes, Canada and Ireland are begging me. They're begging me to do a deal right now. And I'm just not sure what we're really going to— I may have to wait until after the elections. Then Donald Trump lied. What else is new? Every word, syllable, sound, utterance from this guy is a lie. And he said, the Houthis have called me and they said that they respect me. And so I have a really good understanding with them. They're going to let our ships go through. Everything's amazing with the Houthis right now. Shortly thereafter, Houthi leadership responded and said, he's making all of this up. What an absolute fool. And the leader of the Houthis made a video mocking the Saudi monarchy for Donald Trump forcing them to dance in front of him. They're like, go dance for Donald Trump, you freaking losers. Meanwhile, the Houthis continue, uh, to take more territory in Yemen. Now they're starting to move more to the east. The question is, are they going to go through Aden or are they gonna stop right now where they control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait?
So we're gonna be paying attention to that. And while all of this is taking place, it should also be noted, pay attention to what's happening in New Delhi for the BRICS summit over there. The meeting of that BRICS group, which was originally founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, but now includes numerous other countries, which has now asserted itself as a major dominant player actually in the world. As Donald Trump continues to attack NATO and Canada and all of, uh, United States traditional allies, you have Iran at these BRICS meeting, and Iran has been greeted like an absolute hero at the BRICS meeting. Uh, President Pazeshkian and the delegation from Iran has had major speaking roles.
Goals.
They're truly being treated as not just a regional power, but a global power by Xi Jinping, by Prime Minister Modi, by Putin, and by others. We're going to be paying very close attention to what's happening in BRICS. But the split screen here, the contrast of what's taking place, of Donald Trump's buffoonery, Donald Trump being protested in Ireland, and then what we're seeing in New Delhi at this BRICS meeting. To me, it is an important, uh, point of comparison here. So let's take a look at what's going down right here in Ireland. Let me show you what's going on in Dublin City with about 50,000 people on the street. Let's play this clip. You can see crowds gathering earlier in the day in Dublin to protest Trump's visit. Look at some of these balloons right here, everybody. Here, play this clip. Yep, you were seeing that right. There's Netanyahu, Epstein, Trump balloons right there. That's what's going down over there. Now let me show you another clip right here. Donald— by the way, Donald Trump claimed, I didn't see any protests at all. Again, the guy lies about everything. Here's another angle of those protests. I'll just show you a short clip, and then I'm going to show you where Donald Trump's with the Taoiseach, one of the leaders in Ireland, and Donald Trump's like, I never saw any protests at all.
But first, just another angle of that protest right here. Watch for yourself. Let's play it. So a reporter says, what do you make of all of these protests, Donald? And he goes, I don't see any of 'em. Here, play this clip. Thousands of Irish people who will be protesting today because they don't want you to come to Ireland.
I didn't know there was a protest. It can't be a very big one because we've been all over Ireland today already. It's early in the morning and we've been— we landed early and we got here and we've made a couple of visits, as you know. And we have others to make. But I haven't seen any protests. But I haven't seen any protests.
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Really? Let me show you one more angle of the protest. I'm pretty sure you could see him here. Play this clip. Right? The guy lies about everything. Then Donald Trump is asked a question about Yemen, and Trump said the Houthis called us, they don't want to fight. Here, play this clip.
Oh, wow. We've had discussions. The Houthis called us. And they don't want to fight with us. They let us know they don't want to fight with us. They don't want me to go after— they don't want us to go after them. But they've called and they've talked to us and they don't want us to. They would much prefer not having us involved. And they're letting most ships go through. There's just one country that they're not too happy with, and we'll get that straightened out.
Well, one of the Houthi leaders, Hizam al-Assad, said, quote, As usual with his clownish lies, the criminal Trump comes up with baseless claims, but reality sums him up with the old proverb: the hand you cannot break, kiss it and pray for it to break. That's what they think of him. Also, you have Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthis, absolutely roasting the Saudi monarchy, how their king and princes used to look at Donald Trump with tears in their eyes when he visited Saudi Arabia. And Donald Trump would say, dance for me, dance for me, Prince, dance for me, King, just completely mocking the United States and Saudi Arabia. But Donald Trump was also asked a question over here. He was asked, on your call, Donald, with MBS, okay, on your call with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, what is the U.S. going to do with Saudi Arabia now that these Saudi-backed forces, right? The PLC and the Saudi-backed coalition is in retreat. There's all these stories that MBS was asking you for help. You got to help us, Donald. We gave you all this money. I gave Kushner money. I gave you money.
And Donald Trump's like, yeah, I'm friends with the Houthis. And the Houthis are like, dude, this guy's crazy. So what's the plan, Donald? And Trump goes, everything's going to work out fine. Everything is amazing. Here, play this clip. Mr. President, how's your call with MBS?
And what is the U.S. willing to do? Well, I haven't had a call with MBS. He's a good friend of mine. And it's going to— I can just say everything is going to work out fine and dandy. It's going to be very good. So you don't get involved in these things. It's very nice. It's very nice being over here. But you have your own difficulties, I would imagine. All right.
No one again.
Yeah. But no, I think it's going to— it's all working out fine. I would say shortly after they had a great convention.
A reporter then asked Donald Trump, when will the war in Iran end? Let's play this clip. When will the war in Iran end, Mr. President?
I think very soon. I think it'll be probably right after the midterms. They're trying to hold out as long as they can to complicate the election. But I think people are wise to Because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It's very simple.
Very soon, everybody, after the election. Just you wait, it's all going to happen after the election. Then Donald Trump says that Canada wants to make a deal very badly. Let's play it. And he said, you'll probably see a deal with Canada, uh, very, very soon. He says, he said, Canada, Iran, they want to make a deal. You'll see, you'll see a deal with Canada very soon. Here, play this clip.
Their product and they need our product. They do all of their business almost with us and we do very little with them. But, you know, they've taken advantage of our farmers and all. So that's it. Canada wants to make a deal very badly, just like Iran wants to make a deal very badly. You know, I just don't think they're ready, but Canada wants to make a deal.
Trump then says, we very powerfully control the Strait of Hormuz. Everybody knows we powerfully, you know, control the Strait of Hormuz. And now Iran with its allies, the Houthis, totally control the Red Sea. They control the Bab el-Mandeb. Dobbs straight, you weak, pathetic loser. You're a war criminal. You cover up sex trafficking rings. You yourself are a sexual predator. You are a disgusting, vile piece of trash. The only reason you're even in Ireland is because of the Irish freaking Open, and you want to grift, and our taxpayer dollars are paying for this ridiculous grift, and you're a loser. And one of the aspects of this is you do these horrible things, and then you do the horrible things horribly because you're a freaking loser. Anyway, we played that clip, right? Then Donald Trump says, After saying he controlled the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump says, I would love to see Ireland unified. He said, I'd love to see it unified. It's going to— now, this breaks the entire tradition of all United States presidents remaining neutral on this point. By the way, even the government in Ireland's position is more nuanced than that. It would have to be done by referendum when a majority of people, you know, in Ireland would agree.
in Northern Ireland. They would have to do a referendum. And Donald Trump's like, the Taoiseach, he's going to make sure that it happens. Because Donald Trump's been on a tear right now to attack the UK over and over again. And one of the main reasons is that the UK now has a new prime minister. The new prime minister has issued fairly limited sanctions against the unlawful settlements in Palestine that are taking place by the Netanyahu regime. And so Netanyahu regime, Trump regime, are now— their plan, go after UK, try to break this new prime minister, support Falkland Islands going to Argentina or Argentina conquering the Falkland Islands. So this is all part of that. That's where this is all kind of rooted in Trump-Netanyahu's alliance. I mean, to be very clear. So this is what Trump says. I want to see them unified. And then this received a very, very, very sharp rebuke by the UK right away. Let me just play you that clip first of Trump on Ireland. Let's play it.
What's your view on Irish unification, Mr. President? What Irish what? Unification. What's your view on it? Well, I don't want to cause any problems, but I will tell you, I'd love to see it unified. I have friends on both sides. Great people. They're Irish people. How can they be bad, right? I'd love to see it unified. I think it would be great. Yeah. A great feather in everybody's cap if that happened. It's going to happen eventually.
Mr. President—
You know what? The way I look at it, it's going to happen eventually. It will happen now. We were talking about it, and you got the right man over here to get it moving. But, yeah, I'd like— I think it would be a fantastic thing. Now, the UK will have something to say about it, obviously. But I think it would be a great thing. I mean, how can it be bad?
Then Donald Trump on the Falkland Islands. You remember the Falkland Island War that the UK won and defeated Argentina? And the Falkland Islands is like an independent territory, part of the UK as well. It's linked with the UK. Of course, they don't want to be part of Argentina, but Donald Trump is a— Javier Milei, you know, well, Javier Milei is a Trump MAGA bootlicker. And so that's what's going on there. And Trump, by the way, has given new military equipment, Black Hawk helicopters to Argentina. Why? In order to attack the UK. Donald Trump keeps attacking our allies. But here's Trump on the Falkland Islands.
Play this clip.
Go ahead. How was your phone call with Prime Minister Andy Burnham last week?
Did you talk about the Falkland Islands and Argentina?
Well, the Falkland Islands is very interesting because here we go again. I remember as a young boy, pretty young boy anyway, but the Falkland Islands. And I think it was a different country at that time, the UK, a little bit. But they went in and they took it over. I'm not sure they're doing that. They have a little problem with immigration. They have a little problem with energy. And they have some other problems they have to take care of. So I don't know. You know, I don't know if they're going to be willing to travel that far. That is very far away. You know, you're talking about— Do you think there's a disaster? You're talking about weeks by boat. So I don't know. It's— I'm sure I'll be called into that potential disaster. But if they do, I'll probably be able to settle it out. But right now, you have 2 countries that are not happy concerning the Falklands. A good question.
Then a reporter asked Donald Trump, is Iran responsible for the attack on the EastWest Pipeline? Even though Donald Trump previously said Iran has no capabilities, he says they probably are. Here, play this clip.
Is Iran responsible for the attack on the EastWest Pipeline? And when do you think Saudi Arabia is going to be able to get— Well, I think they are. Probably they are. You know, they're on the balls of their feet right now, but I think they are. They've been in charge of that for a while. We've had—
The reality is it was the Houthis who blew up the East-West pipeline. Then Saudi Arabia didn't want to admit that because it would show further weakness that the Houthis are able to so thoroughly destroy them. So these Saudis, MBS, then blamed the Iraqi resistance. The Iraqi resistance said, we wish we did it. It's an honor that is not ours. It was the Houthis. The Houthis are like, we did it. And Trump's like, Iran did it. Do you see the freaking clown show that is this Trump regime? A reporter then asked Donald Trump about his complicity in genocide. And here's what Donald Trump says. You can play this for yourself.
Mr. President, what do you say to some people in Ireland who say the US is facilitating genocide in Gaza and also facilitating Israel around the illegal occupation of territories in the West Bank? Well, when you say Gaza, you know, we put out the fire and we got all the hostages back. There's very little happening right now in Gaza. That's not the place that people are talking about, actually. Now it is all about Gaza. We got involved and we facilitated a peace of, of a kind.
And then Donald Trump oddly says, my wife is here. He did. He went to a business event after meeting with the Tayyip. And Trump's like, my wife is here. My wife is here. Melania isn't here. He's like, she's here in spirit, everybody. She's here in spirit. Here, play this clip.
And my wife is here. My wife is here in spirit. She's watching right now. She said, say hello, because she's very friendly with these 2 people. I said, well, why don't you come with me? I said— she said, well, it's a 7-hour trip. Maybe I'm not that friendly.
Meanwhile, just take a look at— I'll do longer videos on what's going on in the BRICS meeting right now. But take a look right here. You can see Prime Minister Modi. You can see Xi Jinping, you can see Putin, you can see South Africa President Ramaphosa. You can see President Pashinyan of Iran right there. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaking with Foreign Minister Araghchi of Iran right here. Here you can see the BRICS leaders planting a banyan tree, a symbol of unity for the future, growing banyan trees together. There you have it, everybody. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Appreciate y'all so much. Hey, before you go, our book WTF America is available for preorder now. It's the story of how we got here and how we fight our way back. To preorder, scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this.
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s turbulent visit to Ireland, where mass protests greeted his arrival in Dublin and his comments about Irish reunification sparked controversy. Meiselas breaks down Trump’s meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Trump’s latest claims about talks with the Houthis, and his appearance at the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf property. Meanwhile, BRICS leaders meet in New Delhi and advance their own diplomatic agenda as Meiselas examines America’s declining influence on the world stage under Trump.
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