The MeidasTouch Podcast - Furious Zelenskyy Strikes Back as Trump’s Plan Backfires!!!!

Episode Date: April 1, 2026

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how Donald Trump’s plan to help Russia and force Zelenskyy into submission has backfired as Zelenskyy has helped unite Europe and provide a security umbrella for the Middle East that Trump has failed to provide. Check out the Popok Firm: https://thepopokfirm.com 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 Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When West Jet first took flight in 1996, the vibes were a bit different. People thought denim on denim was peak fashion, inline skates were everywhere, and two out of three women rocked, the Rachel. While those things stayed in the 90s, one thing that hasn't is that fuzzy feeling you get when WestJet welcomes you on board. Here's to Westjetting since 96. Travel back in time with us and actually travel with us at westjet.com slash 30 years. A very furious Ukrainian president Zelensky is striking back hard. and checkmating Donald Trump in public as Donald Trump removed sanctions against Russian oil.

And then just yesterday, Trump removed additional sanctions against Russian shipping vessels. As Donald Trump continues to attack NATO and say that after this war is over, Donald Trump's catastrophic war against Iran, we're going to pull out of NATO or we'll see what we're going to do about NATO. Zelensky is uniting Europe and making it very clear, not only is, Ukraine part of Europe, but Ukraine is going to be a leader in Europe when it is welcomed into the European Union eventually, and it should have already happened already, in my humble opinion, but that Ukraine is providing the security umbrella for Europe and that a strong European security umbrella could allow Europe to become a leader of the free world. And by the way, I wouldn't be

shocked if that aligns with kind of the Canadian military interests as well. And then some of the interests in Asia that Mark Carney is helping to unite. And I think Zelensky is a critical and pivotal player in that. Let me just show you what went down over the past 12 to 24 hours as well. I mean, just one of the things that Zelensky's been repeating, though, is he goes, you know, what do you think about Donald Trump liking you or does he like you? Zolensky goes, look, I'm not a box of chocolate or a car to be liked or not liked. What matters is I serve my people and fulfill my duties. And then yesterday, President Zelensky gave this powerful speech and said, you know, when I toured the Middle East, when I met with the leaders of Qatar and UAE and Saudi Arabia and

Jordan and Kuwait, and they were asking for Ukrainians help in building a security umbrella there that the United States could not do as they were asking for our drone interceptor technology, our drone surveillance technology, our affirmative drone offensive capabilities, our unmanned vessel capabilities and unmanned vessel interceptor technology. What was obvious to these Arab nations is that Ukraine is Europe, Europe is Ukraine, and Ukraine is a leader in providing security throughout for its allies. what he said yesterday, powerful speech indeed. Here play this clip. In the Middle East and the Gulf, when countries turn to Ukraine for support, they see Ukraine

as Europe. They see it as working with Europe. No one there doubts that Ukraine is Europe. Ukraine's contribution to global stability is seen as Europe's contribution by everyone in the world. So why in some key issues is Ukraine still limited as a part of Europe? Ukraine's EU membership is a security guarantee for us and for Europe. Our potential, human, technological, military is Europe's potential. Russia understands this, sometimes better than some, some in Europe. That is why Russia does everything to stop Ukraine from joining the EU and that is why we are doing everything to make it happen. But then Zelensky also reflected about how the U.S. keeps on saying, well, we're not really

interested in talking about Russia's invasion of Ukraine anymore. We're too busy dealing with Iran. So, yeah, you know, we're going to let up the sanctions on Russia and let them sell their oil and make billions of dollars a day. You know, we're going to invite the Russians. Russian Duma leaders to the Capitol, to Capitol Hill. And we're going to then also release Russian sanctions or remove Russian sanctions on certain vessels. But we're just, we're just too busy to deal with that. We're focused on Iran right now. What are you focused on doing there? Donald Trump doing press conferences where he just lies every day here, play this clip. We have such risks, of course, because American side, it's not a secret there. We're very open

with this, that their focus is Iran, that Ukraine is not the first priority. They shared this message with my team and my team said that, look, but in any way we have such big, they said, yes, it's very important for us, the situation in Ukraine, the situation with the war, Russia against Ukraine, but you have to know this our army is in Iran. That's why our focus is on Middle East. We hope that in the closest future, the war will end, and we will come back to yours. And then Zelensky, in this very revealing moment, says, I'll tell you what the United States has been repeating over and over again, that Donald Trump and Marco Rubio in the U.S., they keep on saying, withdraw from Donbos, get out of Donbos, and then we could try to make a deal. Just give up your territory.

give up the Donbos region. And Zelensi's like, I'm not going to give up Donbos. Like, what are you talking about? Here, play this clip. You have to withdraw and we will give you security guarantees. And it doesn't matter what way I heard it not once. So it's understandable for us and it's understandable for Russians. And it's very understandable for American side.

It's true. But it's not about just America, American side. It's the ultimate. from Russia. For today, American side can't change the ultimatum of Russia. I think they can. I think that President Trump has enough power for this. He demonstrated it, not once. He has this to change Russian these narratives. And it's notable because in the past 12 hours as well, Russia has repeated its public demand. Zelensky, Ukraine, withdraw from Donbos immediately.

You have two months to withdraw or we are going to seize it by force. You've been trying to seize it by force. You want Donald Trump to extort Zelensky or to help hand over territory to you through coercion and other means that which you can obtain on the battlefield through your invasion. of Ukraine, and that's what Russia views as a peace deal. They want Donbos, then they're going to go into Kiev. They're just going to keep taking, taking, taking. That is who they are. I mean, no doubt that is who they are. Going back to Zelensky here for a moment as well, during this speech also, he said, look, you know, we've always tried to have the backs of the people in Iran.

And despite the fact that there's so much disinformation in the United States right now, we've still believe that the American hearts have not grown so cold. And again, this is a clear reference to Donald Trump here, played this clip. We also see that many Iranians around the world respect Ukraine and are grateful that we did not stay silent about their pain and their desire to end dictatorship and live freely. And we all should act to help them, of course. And we feel that despite all the disinformation American hearts have not grown cool. They support those who fight for freedom and they support us

in defending ourselves against Russian aggression. It's very important. Hey, everybody, Ben Myceles here from the Midas Touch Network. I wanted to let you know about my podcast partner, Michael Popak's new law firm. It's called the Popak firm. Michael Popak's pursuing his dream of starting his own law firm, really based on the popular demand by all the Midas, Mighty, and Legal A. Fers who were approaching Michael Popak with their cases and saying, can you help us? And at that time, Popak was not able to. So he went out on his own. He started the Popak firm where he is now handling catastrophic injury cases like car accident cases, trucking cases, malpractice cases, big negligence cases, wrongful death cases. So if you or someone you know have a case like this the consultation with popock's firm is free give him a call see if you

have a case it's the popock firm dot com the popock firm dot com or you can call 877 popock a fp opok a f. p o k a f so 1-877 p o k a f give michael popok a call and i'm really proud of you poppok thanks for all the hard work you're putting in now An official account of the Polish armed forces also refuted Russia's disinformation campaign aimed at convincing audiences that Ukraine is using Polish airspace for strikes on Russian territory. You had the following Polish armed forces statement. In connection with false information appearing in the public domain, I firmly emphasize

claims about the alleged provision of Polish airspace for offensive operations against the Russian Federation are completely false. false and have no basis in fact. Also, Russia is turning up its disinformation campaign and trying to help Victor Orban, who is far behind in the election, which is set to take place in less than two weeks in Hungary where we expect a pro-democracy coalition to beat Victor Orban, but we also expect there to be a huge amount of tampering in that election by Putin and by Trump who are trying to prop Orban up. As I mentioned in the past 24 to 48 hours, the United States, the United States removing sanctions against Russian vessels. They already remove sanctions against

Russian oil, but now they're removing sanctions against Russian vessels themselves as well. The United States has removed sanctions from three Russian vessels, according to an update from the U.S. Treasury's Office of foreign assets control. The ships affected are the container vessels, and I'll list who they are. Ship tracking data shows that these vessels are currently throughout various locations with sanctions lifted. The vessels can once again access ports, insurance, financial transactions, and international maritime services that had previously been restricted under U.S. sanctions. So, folks, as Russia is materially helping Iran, and they're saying it publicly,

both the Iranian president, Pasekian, and Putin, they're saying it publicly, as they're helping to arm Iran attack American military, bases with precision attack American soldiers. As that is taking place, Donald Trump keeps lifting sanctions and keeps on helping Putin over and over and over again. Now, one thing that Zelensky is doing, though, as Donald Trump is lifting the sanctions, and I highlighted this in a report that I did yesterday,

Zelensky has been very successful in attacking all of the Russian bases of their oil exports, all of their oil export centers. Russia's seaborne oil exports collapsed the wake of Ukraine's strikes on various Russian ports with only 22 tankers for the whole of last week down 45%. And as this Kiev independent story explains, hundreds of kilometers inside Russia, oil refineries burst into flames. Like 40% of the oil refineries in Russia have now been taken out, between 40 and 50% by Ukraine. And the sky above airfields and weapon factories are

filled with thick black smoke. The data shows Ukraine is systematically targeting Russian air defense systems to open gaps in coverage and reach critical infrastructure like weapons factories deep inside the territory. Also, in terms of Ukraine's ability to strike down these FPV drones, ballistic missiles, and Shahi drones, take a look at Ukraine's interception rate as it continues to improve. In October 2025, 79%, 84% of November, 81% of December, percent in December in 2026 in January, 83% interception rate, 87% interception rate in February, a 90% interception rate in March. No wonder all of these nations want to cut deals with Ukraine to help stop the Iranian ballistic missile Shaheen drones and FPV drones as well.

Finally, Zelensky posted the message about his conversations with the Chancellor. of Germany, Friedrich Mertz. During my conversation with the Chancellor of Germany, I informed him about my visit to countries in the Middle East and the protection systems we are offering to partners. I am grateful for the high assessment of our contribution to strengthening the protection of lives. Ukraine is ready for similar cooperation with European countries for the security of our continent. Friedrich updated me on his diplomatic contacts. We discussed in detail the negotiation process, aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine, as well as our communication with the American side. Thank you for your principled position.

Ukraine has never been and will never be an obstacle to peace. We are preparing contacts with partners in a broader format to coordinate positions and develop joint steps. Next month, we'll also see extensive bilateral work with Germany. Thank you. And then in this message that Zelensky made also in the past 12 hours, he said, look, we're ready for any ceasefire. An Easter ceasefire, a 30-day ceasefire, a 60-day ceasefire,

we are not the barrier to ceasefires and peace. We're trying to have peace. Russia is the bad guy. It's pretty obvious, right? The problem is that Trump is the bad guy and has turned the U.S. into Putin boot liquor right now. And we all need to pay attention to what's taking place before our very eyes. The Russian Duma going to the capital last week, meeting with the State Department, the top Russian Duma leaders, basically like they're senator.

Donald Trump removing Russian oil sanctions, Donald Trump removing sanctions from Russian vessels, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio and his regime claiming that Russia isn't providing support to Iran and they don't know about it while Iran targets American military bases. We have 13 military bases in the Middle East that have now been evacuated as a result of Iran being able to strike them with basically with impunity, right? You had the big strike in Saudi Arabia and Riyadh. Who do you think is giving them this information? It's the Russians. We all know it's the Russians.

Oh, yeah. And by the way, Donald Trump letting the Russian ship bring the oil into Cuba, which, by the way, it's a war crime that Donald Trump was committing against Cuba. The embargo is a crime against humanity. Regardless of your views of the Cuban regime, what Donald Trump was doing was a crime against humanity of the Cuban people, in my humble opinion. But Donald Trump was acting all tough. I did this embargo.

Nobody can get through. Nobody can go to Cuba. And the Russian ship just went right into Cuba. and Donald Trump's like, of course you can come in. But Mexico, you can't, Colombia, you can't, none of our allies can. Just Russia can help Cuba. Why, to set a base in Cuba right now?

To more strongly cement Russian influence over Cuba right off the coast of Florida. Like, what are we doing here? What are we doing here? Anyway, hit subscribe, help me get to seven million subscribers. Let's hit seven million together. I think we'll get there. Thanks for watching and have a good one.

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