The MeidasTouch Podcast - Fox News Loses Control on Live TV as Trump Goes Nuts

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Fox News losing control on air as Republican politicians and influencers turn against it as Fox pushes for war and regime change against Iran and as Donald Trump goes nuts with his reckless thirst for war with no plan or strategy. Get 40% off your first order of Sundays. Go to https://sundaysfordogs.com/MEIDAS or use code MEIDAS at checkout. 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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Maybe, maybe not. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson, and all this MAGA media is out there. Matt Gaetz, they're saying Fox is state regime media. Fox is propaganda media. It's coming from Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz here. Watch this, play this clip. We've watched for decades, propaganda news. I'll call out Fox News and the New York Post. They're known to be the neocon network news. We have propaganda news on our side, just like the left does. And the American people have been brainwashed into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars

in order for us to survive. And it's absolutely not true. And then the day before you had Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon calling Fox, quote, news, state regime media and propaganda. And then Tucker Carlson even does my Mark Levin impression. That's my impression, Tucker. I did the Mark Levin first here, play this clip. So what is that?

That's not by popular acclaim. That's not like their viewer surveys. Like, you know, we need a lot more Mark Levin, less Jesse Waters, more Mark Levin. What they're doing is what they always do, which is just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make them submit. And by the way, on state regime media known as Fox, their guests are talking about how many views the Midas Touch Network is getting on YouTube. Yeah, they're talking about Midas Touch on Fox

and the guests are saying, California Governor Gavin Newsom is out maneuvering you. Fox's guests are saying that you're being out maneuvered by Newsom because he goes on Midas Touch who gets 22 million views every other day. Play this clip. What's interesting about what he's doing

is not just what he's saying, but where he is saying it. He had an exclusive on the Midas Touch Network with his address to the nation this clip. Democrats didn't do enough to communicate more to independent media, which I think is exciting. Wow. And then here's Mark Levin on Hannity last night. Then they really had their kind of neocon warmongering. This looked just like the lead up to the war in Iraq. And they're doing it again. They're bringing out the same cast of characters. Mark Levin was on Sean Hannity.

And here's what he has to say. Play this clip. Gee, and we have morons, fools running around the country. This isn't Magna. This isn't Magna. This isn't what I voted for. Donald Trump is a forever war president. How so? He's going to do what every president before him since Carter didn't have the guts to do. He's going to put an end to this damn thing. And that's what needs to happen. That's not a warmonger.

That's a peacemaker. That is a man who's going to make sure this generation and future generations are protected from nuclear missiles coming out of the Middle East from barbarian primitives from the seventh century. That's what he wants to do. Then earlier in the day, you had Larry Kudlow. This is why they're called state regime. Larry Kudlow worked in the first Trump regime

and the first administration. And here you have Larry Kudlow and Tommy Tuberville. And they're not even reporting the news. I mean, you just have Kudlow on Fox saying, Donald Trump is the greatest person Fox saying Donald Trump is the greatest person ever. Donald Trump is so amazing. Donald Trump is so powerful. He's got all of the cards. You've got all of the cards Donald. I mean this is the most, how is this even real-life TV? Play this clip. Senator you know what Trump

right now, Donald Trump is the most dominant figure on the world stage. Far greater than anybody else, you know what, in decades. It's not Putin, it's not Xi Jinping, it's Trump. Trump holds the cards in his hands and he knows how to play them. That's what's happening here. I've pretty much, I've been around a long time, you've been around a long time, never seen anything like it. He is utterly dominant, Senator in Sarbraville.

By the way, that's what they were then doing the whole day. You then have Senator Haggerty, who goes on Fox and he goes, look, whatever Trump says is right, just listen to him. Shut up. Trump is always right. He's three steps ahead. Here, play this clip. He doesn't want us to engage in more of these endless wars. So whatever President Trump does, and I know that he's three steps ahead of everybody else here,

whatever he does, it's going to be putting America's interests first. It's going to be bringing Iran to a point where they do not have a nuclear weapon. That's the stated objective, and it's going to have to happen very, very quickly. I mean, Trump is literally the biggest moron in the world. I mean, the guy is the biggest idiot. I mean when you see these MAGA Republican men and women, but these like men who are like, Donald Trump is my hero, Donald Trump is so smart, and you see what an idiot this guy is and all of the disasters he's causing. It's like, is your mind just become full MAGA mush? Here you had Fox with Ted Cruz, remember, Donald Trump called Ted Cruz's wife

Incredibly ugly and Donald Trump said that Ted Cruz's dad killed the JFK But here he's the main guest promoting Trump last night Fox now displaying Educational graphics on how bombs work to their audience encouraging the USB to bombers to hit Iran. And here Ted Cruz says, if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are high that we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City. Again, now this is the same language that they used about Iraq. Play this clip. You need an ICBM to get to America. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon,

I think the odds are unacceptably high that we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City or Los Angeles or Tel Aviv and Israel. No, let me be very clear where I stand. I believe Iran should never ever have a nuclear weapon. I believe Iran is led by an extremist Ayatollah regime. I think that Iran would be far better off with a regime that focused of course on democracy, on the people, and those images that you saw before the revolution in the late 1970s, you know,

the images of, of Iran being a major metropolitan center with women's rights and, and, and human rights. I would love to see that. Okay. I just think it is important that we have a clear delineated plan about what we are doing. War powers are the province of our Congress, not dictators. And I don't want to see a protracted war. Call me naive. I don't want to see a protracted war in the

Middle East that will result in the deaths of thousands or tens of thousands of American troops like we saw happen in Iraq. I don't want to see that happen in Iran. Okay, you topple the Ayatollah. What happens next? You're going to have groups that are allied with the Shah come back in. You're going to have groups that are allied with far-right, terroristic extremist groups. And I think you'll have a civil war. It's not like Iran's going to be like, oh, hey, Benjamin Netanyahu. Hey, you tell us who should lead Iran. We want Benjamin Netanyahu's pick.

That ain't going to happen in Iran. You think that's going to happen in Iran? So what happens after you topple the regime? What happens next? By the way, speaking of flipping the script on Fox and its guests, then you had Tucker bring Ted Cruz on the Tucker show. Watch Ted Cruz get obliterated on Iran by Tucker play this clip.

How many people live around, by the way? I don't know the population at all. No, I don't know the population. You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple. How many people live around 92 million? OK. Yeah. How could you not know that? I don't sit around memorizing population tables.

Well, it's kind of relevant because you're calling for the overthrow of the government. Why is it relevant whether it will be 90 million or 80 million or 100 million? What? Why is that? Well, I don't know anything about the country. I didn't say I don't know anything about. OK, what's the ethnic mix of Iran? They are Persians and predominantly Shia. OK, this is not you don't know anything about Iran. So I am not the Tucker Carlson expert on Iran. You're a senator who's calling

the government. You're the one who claims you're at the country. No, you don't know anything about the country. You're the one who claims they're not trying to murder Donald Trump. You know, I'm not saying that. You can't figure out if it was a good idea to kill General Soleimani. You said it was bad. They're trying to murder Trump.. You know, I'm not saying that who can't figure out a single good idea to kill General Soleimani. You said it was bad. They're trying to murder Trump. Yes, I guess you're not calling for military strikes against them in retaliation. And if you really believe that carrying out military strikes today,

you said Israel was right with our help. I've said we Israel is leading them, but we're supporting them. Well, this you're breaking news here because the US government last night denied the National Security Council spokesman Alex Pfeiffer denied on behalf of Trump that we were acting on Israel's behalf in any offensive capacity. We're not bombing them. Israel's bombing them. You just said we were.

We are supporting Israel. Is it high stakes? You're a senator. If you're saying the United States government is at war with Iran right now, people are listening. My dogs, Taquito and Chiquito, are the happiest dogs ever. You know why? Because I give them Sundays for Dogs, which is, let's face it, the best dog food ever.

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slash Midas or use code MIDAS at checkout. My doggies, Taquito and Chiquito, tell me that your doggies will love Sundays also. While that was taking place, you had Fox propagandist Jesse Waters fantasizing about a massive penetrator, as our editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski says. Justin, this is from Jesse Waters. Trump says the Ayatollah can run, but he can't hide. Israel is begging the U.S. to drop the massive penetrator on Iran's nuclear site. Then you have this Fox guest basically saying, just let Israeli troops on the ground. That's in the interest of Iran. Here, play this clip.

But the best is if the Iranians capitulate and access is immediately assured for the Israelis to put boots on the ground, verify what's in there, and then destroy everything that they see at this site. You think the people of Iran are going to over 90 million people? They're going to welcome Israeli troops in Iran? Like, we think this thing out a little bit. So then what? Are we going to send American troops in there?

How do you think that's going to go down? Then don't you think that could spread and cause a regional war? What do you think happens in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Jordan? What do you think in Lebanon? What do you think happens after that? Then you have Brian Kilmeade and Fox and Yu Yuat literally bringing the exact cast of characters who told us about WMDs in Iraq. So here we have Yu Yuat saying that, nope, the War Powers Act of Congress is unconstitutional. Go for it, Donald. Be a dictator.

That's what they were promoting. Play this clip. So what role should Congress play in this? None. I'm very disappointed to see my senator, Tim Kaine, I'm a Virginian, demonstrate constitutional literacy about the document that Tom, that James Madison drafted, which vested all commander in chief power in the President of the United States. I'm aware of the War Powers Resolution Act, it's unconstitutional in my view. In any event, it's been honored in the breach

by people like President Obama, President Biden, who have both committed forces and withdrawn forces without congressional approval. There's usually a little bit of a dance that a president does and sends them a notice that they've done something, but it's simply ridiculous. The president is the commander in chief. If he orders the B-2s to fly from Diego Garcia

or wherever to strike Fordo, it's within his complete authority to do so. And Mr. Massey is not a Republican. He's an irritant and he should not be held up as representing anyone in the Republican party. I doubt you'll find one Republican other than him who denies the president's power to do this if he chooses to do so. Then you, you had talks about, we have also sent nuclear sniffing aircraft in the event radioactive material is released, but Donald Trump is the greatest peacemaker in history.

Okay, play this clip. Do you think the president has decided already to strike Iran? I hope so. I think all the signals indicate that his last meeting in the Situation Room was a confirming meeting that he will join Israel in striking at least Fordow as well as any other parts of the nuclear program in Iran that cannot be reached by Israeli munitions. I believe the B-2s can get there. We also

have sent the nuclear sniffing aircraft over there in the event that there's any release of radioactive material from Fordow after its bomb. I hope he does. I think it will secure his place in history as a peacemaker because after the nuclear program is dismantled and he has said for 10 years, they may not have a nuke. He said it last night.

He said it 10 years ago when he came down the escalator. He'd been consistent. They may not have a nuke. After it's destroyed, he'll go into the history books as a great peacemaker. Then Fox has Lindsey Graham talking about regime change. Let's play this clip right here. Arabia would like to see the theocracy gone.

I know the Emirates would, and many other Arab states as well. But then there's the question of what happens if there's a power vacuum there. We saw all too well what happened in Iraq. We saw what happened in Afghanistan But then there's the question of what happens if there's a power vacuum there. We saw all too well what happened in Iraq. We saw what happened in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in literally a matter of hours.

You've got competing factions as well who would vie to take over Iran. On the one side, you've got the crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, who would like to go in as an interim leader. On the other side of that fence, you've got the NCRI, the National Council for Resistance in Iran, which used to be the MEK, which a lot of people in Iran say would be worse than the Ayatollah. So what steps into the vacuum if the regime falls? Well, I think what will happen is the Iranian people will know freedom for the first time since 1979. You know, people probably asked that about Hitler in the 30s. What would happen in Germany if we took him out in the mid 30s?

Well, I wish we had because we know what happened when they let him stay in power. And here's what I can say. Taking the Ayatollah's regime down is a good thing, not a bad thing. And I'm willing to risk what happens next because I know what's gonna happen if they stay in power. Pivoting to some other topics, you have another Fox host, Tim Kaine. Here he talks about how they are, he attacks the Democratic Comptroller from New York

who was arrested by ICE here playing this clip. The video shows Lander linking arms with a suspect as he's being detained by ICE, demanding to be shown the judicial warrant for his arrest, something he has absolutely no right to do as he interferes there and repeatedly tells the agents that he has a right to see a judicial warrant.

Now, the Lander was then allegedly assaulting law enforcement subsequently and impeding a federal officer. Moments ago, New York governor Kathy Hokel announcing to her knowledge, no charges have been brought against Brad Lander and he quote, walks out today a free man. Sorry, the guy's name is Will Kane, not Tim Kane. Sorry, sorry, Tim Kane. Will Kane. Here you have the Department of Homeland Security spokesperson McLaughlin, who again attacks the New York City Comptroller for getting arrested by ICE and getting attacked and brutalized by ICE. You're playing this clip. Brian, if you lay hands on a law enforcement officer or pede their enforcement actions,

you will be arrested as just as we saw here. But Brian, even more than that, we're seeing an epidemic of Democrat politicians who are seeking higher office, much like the mayor of New York, who went and crashed Delaney Hall and tried to get into secure facility. Then earlier this week, we saw Senator Padilla, a sitting U.S. senator, go and crash Secretary Noem's press conference and aggressively approach her. I mean, this is just the third one in a row. These guys want their 15 minutes of fame and they want to do it off the backs of our ICE law enforcement officers.

And we won't stand for in this administration. Our law enforcement officers, their safety comes first. And so does the American citizens as well. Then I'll leave you with this. This is Langone. This is the Home Depot founder. And here he is talking about some of the issues that he's seeing with our economy to Brett Baer, you know, this guy's a big Republican donor. And when he tells you that there are issues in our bond market and in

our currency listen up here play this clip there are some folks up on Capitol Hill have a problem with it especially from a debt perspective yeah I mean what how do you see it four weeks ago we couldn't float a 20-year bond we had because they weren't buyers that's a dangerous signal that's the beginning that that should make you say wait a minute when the integrity of our debt is Subject to question the next thing is your currency and The thing we want to make sure we do is preserve the foreign reserve currency status

By the way, you mentioned Scott. I know, well, good man, good man. Seem to be ascendant inside the Trump administration. Well, yeah, I hope he hasn't sold out. I hope it doesn't take offense to my saying that. But I do believe that that we've got to make sure that the Fed remains independent. That's the best hope we have of people saying the integrity of the dollar is being maintained by virtue of the independence of the Fed. There you have it folks. State regime media known as Fox on full display. Tell me what you think. Hit subscribe. We're on our way to 5 million subscribers and thanks for watching.

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