The MeidasTouch Podcast - Fed Up World Leaders Destroy Trump as He Runs from Them

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on world leaders from France to Germany to other nations who all stayed for the second day of the G7 Summit mocking Donald Trump for running away after the first day. Head over to HappiestBaby.com/MEIDAS and use code MEIDAS to get 20% off these and other smart sleep solutions today. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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India on Tuesday, or to meet with the President of Mexico, Claudia Scheinbaum on Tuesday. Donald Trump fled and ran back to the United States. And Donald Trump said the reason he did that is because he doesn't like phones. And he says that he needs to be back at the US because he hates using phone devices. Take a look at this photo right here and just look at this image. All of the world leaders, the immediate G7,

as well as the other nations as well, who joined for the kind of cooperation part of the summit. Look, nowhere is the United States. Normally you would see the US right there in the center, but you see in the center, Prime Minister Carney of Canada, French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Kier Starmer right there. All the way on the left you

have Friedrich Merz of Germany. Next to him you have Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia. Look all the way, all the way in the back left right there. Do you see who that is? That's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who would used to live in the pink Barbie Malibu mansion in Charleston, South Carolina. And did you notice they put him all the way on the left in the back row. Take a look right here Olga Nesterova. She does an incredible job. Take a look at two days ago what the G7 leader table looked like. You see over there Donald Trump seated on the right. All right on the screen.

You see next to him Prime Minister Carney and next to him French President Emmanuel Macron. Look at day two. They gave Zelensky Donald Trump's chair. The real leader of the free world right now, President Zelensky taking Trump's chair, the real leader of the free world right now, President Zelensky taking Trump's chair. No doubt they did that on purpose. Now, I'll show you this clip right here.

This was pretty much the last thing that happened before Donald Trump left the G7 early on Monday and was not there with the working group of the other nations. Take a look right here of Italy's prime minister turning to French president Emmanuel Macron and just look at the eye roll at Donald Trump and look at Donald Trump from Monday,

just how uncomfortable he looks there, how awkward and out of place he looks there because he doesn't belong to be there. Let's play this clip. Now, again, as Olga Nesterova posts, the G7 working group is beginning on Tuesday. World Bank is also attending. Mexico is represented there. Although Claudia Scheinbaum was there, they had a foreign minister attending. Mexico is represented there, although Claudia Scheinbaum was there. They had a foreign minister attending. Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, said, welcome everybody to the most

important session of the summit. That was clearly directed at Donald Trump for missing the most important session of the summit. French President Emmanuel Macron posted this, his meeting with Zelensky on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron showing what adults, how adults behave. He writes, with President Zelensky at the G7, we stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people after last night's massive Russian strikes.

We are determined to increase pressure on Russia to accept the immediate and unconditional ceasefire that Ukraine is ready for. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz posts the following. Good to meet you here at the G7 Zelensky. You can be sure we will continue our military support to your country. We see the terrible images of Russia's massive strikes and stand in solidarity with your people. We will increase our pressure on Russia. This war has to end." And German's Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, gave an interview where he pushed back strongly at Donald Trump,

saying that Putin should be a member of the G7, that Russia should join, and it should be the G8, and it should never have become the G7. Frederick Merz, in this powerful interview, says, "'We don't let barbarian warmongers into the G7.' There's a reason Putin was removed, Donald. Putin was removed because he was starting wars with allies of the G7, when it was the G8. That's why we kicked him out.

Here's Frederick Mertz saying that we've translated it with the AI for you so you can hear what he said. Back then it was unchanged for true. We do not sit here in this format with warlords and not with war criminals. with warlords and not with war criminals. And that's why it remains that Putin has no place at this table here. And again, we had world leaders meeting with each other, Prime Minister Carney, welcoming Mexico's very popular

president, Claudia Scheinbaum, right there. While all of that was taking place, you had Donald Trump making this post yesterday. It is my great honor to announce that I will be putting up two beautiful flagpoles on both sides of the White House, North and South Lawns. It is a gift from me of something which was always missing from this magnificent place.

And he goes, there will be the most magnificent poles ever made. That's what a little petulant child baby is doing. No offense to petulant child babies who behave more mature than Donald Trump. Here's what Zelensky posts. President Zelensky, who was at the working session, says, I met with the World Bank Group president, A.J. Banga, to discuss continued assistance in assessing the damage inflicted on Ukraine and preparing the relevant reports I share that Russia's attacks are becoming increasingly brutal and

which makes it vital to intensify efforts in pooling global resources in support of Ukraine. We paid particular attention to the development of Ukraine's energy sector and reconstruction projects. President Zelenskyy posted this photo as well. Addressing the G7 summit, I emphasize that Russia is ignoring every diplomatic offer made by the international community. Diplomacy is in crisis. There is one clear reason Putin has openly rejected every peace initiative. Look at

that table. Donald Trump, of course, is not at that table. President Zelensky goes on to say, today we have concrete decisions on increased military support, new tranches of aid funded by frozen Russian assets, and additional sanctions targeted what fuels Russia's war. It is important that partners are ready not only to support our defense now, but also to rebuild Ukraine together after the war ends. I thank everyone who is helping us stand against Russian aggression, and who together with Ukraine

is building a robust security architecture for the future. Again, that photo posted where Donald Trump is not there, but his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent is. President Zelensky goes on to post the following. Last night, Russia carried out one of the largest combined attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of this war. The targets were our cities, meeting ordinary people, ordinary families in their homes.

There were 440 drones, most of them Shahid drones, and 32 missiles of various types, including ballistic ones and those with cluster warheads. One ballistic missile hit a residential building and went through from the top floor down to the basement. Rescue operations are still ongoing. People are being searched for under the rubble. In Kiva alone, there were about 30 locations where either missiles struck or debris

fell. Nearly 150 residential buildings were damaged in Keev alone. As of now, we know that 131 people were injured. 15 people were killed. Among the dead is a citizen of the United States. Our air defense systems were active across almost the entire country. Many drones and missiles were intercepted thanks largely to the support from your countries. This is a matter of life and death. We must continue getting air defense systems and missiles and move toward localized production in Ukraine. It's an urgent need to save lives.

We must also take into account the cooperation between Russia and Iran on one side and Russia and North Korea on the other side. Russia upgrading Iranian Shaheed drones and then transferring their production upgraded versions to North Korea. This is a threat not only to Ukraine. We are working now to develop and deploy interception drones to protect our cities from the Shaheed's. Our cities and therefore yours.

We need additional financing to produce them. These new interceptors are important for Europe, for the Indo-Pacific and for Japan and Canada and the United States. By the way, speaking of Japan, Prime Minister Aishiba was there and did not have any productive discussions with Donald Trump before Donald Trump fled the G7 to run back to Washington, D.C. Also, the European Union did not enter into any trade deals with the United States despite Donald Trump confusing the EU for the UK and telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer that a great deal was just done with your country, the European Union.

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Russia continues to carry out terrorist attacks and offensive actions. Together we must continue urging Trump to use the influence he really has to force Putin to end this war. It was the US and Trump who proposed a ceasefire, the resumption of diplomacy, but Russia blocked every effort. The war continues because of Russia. From the start, it has been an unprovoked criminal war of aggression. We must not forget that.

We must continue applying pressure in every direction, diplomatic, economic, military, to finally bring peace. And here's what a real leader, Prime Minister Carney, had to say with President Zelensky by his side. Play this clip. I would like to start by condemning, in the strongest terms, the latest outrage, barbarism from Russia, and express my deep condolences.

And those are the Canadian people to the families in Kyiv who were affected. This underscores the importance of standing in total solidarity with Ukraine, with the Ukrainian people. And we had a discussion last night among the G7 leaders. The president and I will discuss more, and then of course we'll have the direct discussion in a moment together. But we underscored the importance of using maximum pressure against Russia, who has refused to come to the table. The president has led, unconditionally, to come to the table in search of peace.

And maximum pressure includes financial pressure, and Canada is announcing today several measures. Sanctions, first and foremost, against a number of individuals in Russia, against over 40 entities in Russia and beyond that are trying to contribute to the evasion of sanctions, the sanctioning of over 200 vessels in the shadow fleet that Russia is using again to try to evade these sanctions. That's the first thing. The second is we are providing additional military assistance, drones, helicopters, broader munitions, over $2 billion worth of assistance directly to Ukraine. And thirdly, we are dispersing the next charge of the loan based on the frozen Russian assets over $2 billion as well.

This is our contribution. We'll be working with our European and other allies for their contributions to provide the support. And to be absolutely clear, the support will be unwavering until we get a just peace for Ukraine and Ukrainian people. And here you have Prime Minister Carney answering questions at the press conference after Donald Trump fled. What Canada is doing moving forward in multiple respects with measures to support Ukraine and its struggle in Russia's unjustified and barbaric war.

With our international partners, we're launching a major new package of sanctions on individuals, on companies, on vessels, the shadow fleet to exert maximum pressure on Russia. We're also sending over $2 billion in funding for drones, ammunition, armored vehicles, to help Ukrainians defend their territory, as well as a $2.3 billion loan

to help rebuild the infrastructure in that country. And take a moment to reiterate our condolences given the barbarism witnessed overnight in Kiev caused by Russia. G7 leaders also reiterated our commitment to the pursuit of peace and stability in the Middle East, make clear that Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror. And here Prime Minister Carney is again, let's play it.

Hi, Mr. Carney, JP Tasker from CBC News, how are you? I'm great. Okay, good. Thank you, JP. President- How are you, JP? I'm just fine. That's good. Couldn't be better, really. Yeah.

President Trump says- That was, sorry, that was your question. No. That's good. Couldn't be better. Yeah. President Trump says that. Sorry, that was your question. No. Not so fast. President Trump says tariffs are simple, and what you're proposing to resolve the trade dispute is complex. What's he talking about?

What have you pitched that's complex? Complexity is in the eye of the beholder sometimes. And look, we have mutual interests in security, border security, and military security, and in commercial prosperity. And we have a variety of paths of those discussions. The government of Canada is going to agree only to those things that are fundamentally in the interest of Canada. In many cases, there's alignment with the United States. And just so you see what a normal diplomatic interaction is, unlike Donald Trump who shows up and is like,

would you be the G.A.? Putin, I hate American cities. Democratic cities are the worst. Newscum, Pritzker, I don't like America. That's Donald Trump. Let me just show you a normal diplomat, you like my impression, normal diplomatic interaction. President Claudia Scheinbaum

with Prime Minister Carney here playing. It is a great honor to welcome President Scheinbaum to the G7. You know, it was immediately clear from our first discussion in the other room the enduring value of the President's leadership and the importance of Mexico being at the center of international cooperation. And if I may, Madam President, I'm going to quote you that there is no progress unless it's shared. And this is the spirit that the President brings, that Mexico brings,

and that Canada shares with you. Thank you. Muchas gracias, Primer Ministro. Thank you so much, Prime Minister, for this invitation. It has been very important for us. We value the relationship with Canada very much. We highly value the relationship with Canada. It has been very important for us. There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think.

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