This episode examines the days after Democrats swept the midterm elections, when Donald Trump made no public remarks, his White House closed its schedule to the press, and nearly eleven hours passed without a post from him. The host reviews stock market moves, including gains in the Dow and losses at Trump Media, and plays reactions from Republicans such as Ron DeSantis.
Listeners will hear Vice President JD Vance's postmortem on the results, pollsters' findings on why some Trump voters defected, and the host's commentary on the Epstein files and Marjorie Taylor Greene's criticism of the party. The episode presents these views as claims from the people quoted, not settled facts.
In this episode Ben Meiselas
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Donald Trump has gone silent. He's MIA after Democrats had a full sweep. The House of Representatives, the Senate, state legislatures. The last post that Donald Trump made was around 11 hours ago, where he was ranting and raving like a lunatic about state regime media, Fox News, and having Bill de Blasio on as a guest. Take a look at Donald Trump's daily schedule for today. He is nowhere to be found.
You look at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., all closed to the press. Take a look right over here, the TIME Magazine cover I voted with a massive sticker over Donald Trump's face, muzzling Donald Trump. A perfect encapsulation of the massive defeat that Donald Trump experienced. Now, some of the White House staff were trying to, like, get him to post or encourage him. So the official White House account posted, "Thank you for your attention to this matter," with some, like, weird, creepy photo of Donald Trump that says, "PSA, Trump is still your president."
Okay, what are you talking about? I mean, Donald Trump has been absolutely neutralized right now in a very big way by Democrats in the House and the Senate, and that's what you're posting right now. I'll show you in a moment what Vice President J.D. Vance said, because while Donald Trump has remained silent, J.D. Vance is basically saying, look, it's the economy, it's the war, and we had just, we ran horrible campaigns, but the people are struggling. I'll show you what J.D. Vance's assessment was in just a moment.
But take a look over here of Donald Trump's personal company Trump Media stock. It's down 46% today. So Trump stock is crashing. All of Trump stock is crashing. But take a look at the actual markets right now. You know how Donald Trump said, "If Democrats win, it's going to be a bloodbath. We're going to be in a global economic depression." No. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, as of this recording, surged over 1,100 points as market opened for the first time since Democrats swept the midterm elections.
The S&P was up 1.7%. The Nasdaq is up 2%. And also, oil prices decreased significantly on the news of the Democratic sweep, because people now believe that Donald Trump's catastrophic, never-ending wars could potentially be restrained. Take a look at this. US oil prices crashed below $93 a barrel as markets reacted to the midterm election results. And, you know, whereas I don't think the stock market necessarily is what you point to in any meaningful way to actually describe the economy, I point that out because Donald Trump said we were going to have a stock market crash if Democrats won, and it's the exact opposite.
Donald Trump will huff and puff and lie, but always remember, he is a massive fraud. He is a sex predator. He is a vile piece of trash. He is a loser. And that's every sound, syllable, everything out of the guy's mouth is a lie. You stand up to him, you punch back hard, you're forceful, you speak with moral clarity, and you never give an inch. That's an important lesson that we all need to learn, and what's what we've always been talking about here at the MeidasTouch Network.
Take a look at this map right here. And as Nate Silver says, "If the remaining results go as expected, Democrats will hold governorships now in states totaling, get this, 392 electoral votes." Democrats took many state legislatures, including Texas, where Democrats control all branches of government in Texas. Also, take a look at some of the data center moratoria that were on the various referendum in different states.
So the 41 data center moratorias, Brad Carson says, across the country are going 41 to 0. In nearly every case, about 67 to 80% of people where data centers were on the ballot oppose data centers and have some form of blocking data centers from being built in the communities and cities where it was on the ballot. Folks, you have Ron DeSantis speaking out against Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.
Here's what DeSantis had to say this morning. He goes, "This was an extinction-level event for Republicans." Play this clip.
But let's just be clear about what happened last night. This is close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country, as we have seen probably in the last 100 years.
You have state regime media, Fox, saying, "This was a blue tsunami." The magnitude of the Democrat sweep cannot be understated. Here, play this clip.
Well, yeah.
Catch a wave. Yeah, it's a big blue wave. I'm characterizing it as a big blue tsunami, quite frankly. But good music to start the day. And a nice day too. Here we go. The Democrats have seized control of both the House and the Senate. They managed to flip seven Senate seats. And Texas is going to see its first Democrat governor since 1995. All right, Lauren, a lot to go at. Break it all down.
Well, the magnitude of the Democratic sweep can't be understated here. As it stands right now, Democrats have 228 seats in the House, 54 in the Senate.
Just take a look at this graphic that state regime media, Fox, aired as well. Because remember, after 2024, there was a lot of talk about Donald Trump having young male voters and having this coalition of young male voters. Well, look at this right over here. Fox just aired a graphic showing 65% of men under 30 supported Democratic candidates. And I think, look, as a man who does this podcast, it's always been very important for me to make it very clear that Donald Trump's, I mean, for everybody, but that Donald Trump is the worst role model for everybody in this country.
Let me be very clear. But as I try to mentor, you know, young men, I always say, never behave like that. Don't punch down to marginalized communities. Don't bully people. Keep your word. Be honest. Have integrity. That to me, you know, when the MAGA is like, oh, alpha, alpha this, alpha that, I said, none of that behavior is any of that. Their behavior is weak and pathetic and mean and bullying and loser behavior. And we need to stand up against it. And that's my advice generally to everybody.
But I just wanted to point that out also. On state regime media, Fox, you had another host this morning talk about what a horrible night it was. Play this clip.
And by the way, for people who are now writing the epitaph for the Republican Party, for the GOP, and that was a horrible night last night. That was a blue tsunami wrapped in a Cat 5 hurricane. I mean, to Duluth in Kansas and in South Carolina and the way they were wiped out in Texas, yeah, big cause for concern.
And on CNN, the hosts were talking about, you know, how the markets are actually reacting very favorably to Trump getting this generational, once-in-a-century shellacking. And they like it. And they actually like it. And it just goes to show you what a drag, actually, on the markets Donald Trump was, which he always boasted about. Obviously, he's been the biggest destructive force on our economy. But listen to what they said on CNN. Play this clip.
These Democrats were going to have. They expected a Democratic victory, but nothing quite like this. You can see the Dow is poised for a major, major gain today. Also, tech stocks are fueling this. The reason is that markets are priced for perfection. And when they misjudge something, they need to recalibrate. And we're seeing a recalibration.
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Now, let me show you what J.D. Vance just posted. I think it's important. Here's what he said. He goes, "One of the things," this was his kind of postmortem. "One of the things the data analyst on our side obsessed over was composition, whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story. In some states, turnout was merely okay. In other states, it was downright amazing. And in no state was it catastrophic.
There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team. Our people were showing up." So I asked the smartest data guy I know, "Does that mean we're going to shock the world?" "No," he told me, "we might do better than the polls suggest, but the data is telling us that a lot of Trump Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." "Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up." And he goes, "In Florida, for example, the electorate was nine points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple of points worse than 2024.
Undoubtedly, there were places we could have done better on turnout, but the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump and Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic message wasn't sharp enough down the stretch. I'm sure that's true, but the real reason we lost is obvious to almost anyone." Another pollster, one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday, "We'd lose the generic ballot by 13 points.
I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this." In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us, "What could cause them to come back on our team?" The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses, were, "End the war. Focus on the cost of living inflation. Put America first. Change our relationship to Israel." Our voters showed up, and the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats.
This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night, is what he's saying. The catastrophic war that your regime got into. Now, I just want to share this with you as well. Remember, heading into the midterm elections, you had Donald Trump claiming that his midterm rallies changed everything and Republicans were going to show up strong.
Remember that? Here, play this clip.
It'd be a great rally also. That was fantastic. What did you think? Did you like it? Pretty good, right? Pretty good. And we have another big one. So I think these rallies have changed everything. They've changed. A lot of things have changed. I think a lot of people that maybe were having trouble won't have so much trouble. But I feel I owe it to the Republican Party. I love the party. I love the people in the Republican Party.
Or remember MAGA Mike Johnson insisting the other day that Republicans will keep and grow their House majority? Play this clip.
Could you give me a number? How many seats are you going to have to have before?
I'm not going to prognosticate, but I'll tell you, we will keep and grow the House majority. And I've had the smallest one in US history. So any improvement is great.
No.
Or when RNC chair Joe Grutters said that, this is what he said yesterday, "We will win all seven toss-up Senate seats." Play this clip.
I think we win all seven of those toss-up Senate seats. I think we hold the Senate. I think.
Well, of course that didn't happen. These people lie about literally every single thing. Or remember when Donald Trump said that there would be an economic depression if Democrats took control of the House and the Senate? Play this clip.
If the Democrats win, you will have a 1929-style economic depression. And I don't like saying it, but they don't know what the hell they're doing. They don't know what.
Now, I also want to share this with you as well, because, you know, one of the main reasons that Marjorie Taylor Greene and some other MAGA Republicans were purged from MAGA is because they wanted the Epstein files released and Trump wanted to cover up the child sex trafficking because Trump's all over the Epstein files. Here's DeSantis talking about the Epstein files and how he's like, "I would watch these ads and it would say, you know, these Republicans didn't want to release the Epstein files." And I'm like, "How do you vote to not release the Epstein files?"
So even DeSantis is going there today against Donald Trump. And as I said, this is a major reckoning for Donald Trump. Play this clip of DeSantis.
And they were running. I mean, these congressmen, you know, I'm like watching these, I'm watching the World Series. I see the ad, you know, so-and-so voted against releasing the Epstein files. And I'm like, you know, that's a bad vote. We ran as Republicans on saying we need to do that. And then you actually have people in the Congress voting against release when the Attorney General said she had all this horrific stuff on her desk and that people were going to be held accountable. It's untenable.
And then Marjorie Taylor Greene's message that she posted was the following. "If the GOP wants any chance in the future, it will have to kick Donald Trump out of the party. He's absolutely destroyed it. And the current state of the GOP is warmongering, corrupt, corporate-focused entity that does not at all reflect the conservative values of its voters. It's a lie. But I highly doubt they will do it. Many elected Republicans only won because of his endorsement. And those in his administration are going to defend him and stay loyal in hopes for pardons.
They will probably blame everyone and everything else and continue to worsen Trump. And if that remains their course, Republicans won't be able to win nationally for decades." I should also note, MAGA Mike Johnson said he's stepping down from leadership. I will do another video of that as the next video this morning that MAGA Mike has effectively quit. There you have it. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Get your copy of WTF America, The Way Out of This Hell, and Back to Democracy. Also, check out the Blue Wave merch.
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump going silent after a midterm wipeout for Republicans. The White House closed off press access, Trump made no public remarks, and nearly 11 hours passed without a post from him. Meiselas breaks down what Vice President JD Vance and others are saying in Trump’s silence and how markets responded to the election results.
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