The MeidasTouch Podcast - Melania’s Real Past with Trump Is Back to Haunt Family

Episode Date: July 20, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Melania’s real past history that she and Trump have tried to cover up but now the house of cards is falling down for all the crooked Trumps. Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/meidas for your personalized ED treatment options. 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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What do I mean by she's trying to cash in? So yesterday she posted an advertisement for her book,ania that came out a little while ago, and she posted the chapter How I Met Donald Trump. And it's actually very disturbing when you read it, because there are a lot of massive question marks in Melania's past. And well, Melania, since you want to volunteer this to grift off of Donald Trump's cover-up of his Epstein connections and the Epstein list, let's delve into it. Like I think we should delve into, Melania, how you advertised falsely that you went to certain colleges that you never went to.

I think you have a very suspicious background from Slovenia. And I think we should explore that. Look, even when you read what Melania posts from her autobiography called Melania, How I Met Donald, it's deeply disturbing. I mean, she talks about how in 1998 she went to this club in Manhattan called the KitKat Club. You've seen and heard me report on the KitKat Club before, right? That is where the wealthy Manhattan men met young Eastern European women. There was a specific individual named Paolo Zampoli who ran a modeling agency for young Eastern European women. He'd bring them to the KitKat Club and they would throw these parties.

And Donald Trump was one of the wealthy Manhattan businessmen who showed up, and that's where he met Melania. He was with another young girl or woman when he went to the KitKat Club that night and met Melania. And she tells that story in this specific chapter. So let's just go through her background. Let's go through the chapter. You're going to be shocked by some of the stuff

I'm going to tell you, right? Because this was right around the time, too too when Donald Trump was like best friends with Epstein, when he was palling around with Epstein, when Ghislaine Maxwell was working with Donald Trump to bring him young women. And this was talked about in the London Sunday Mirror, talked about how Ghislaine Maxwell in 1997, before any of the information about Epstein would get out, it would talk about how Ghislaine Maxwell would bring these young, beautiful women to Trump

and these businessmen. And they refer to Ghislaine as madame. Madame Maxwell is how they refer to her. So just take a look at some of the photos of what Melania looked like when she was in Slovenia photos here photos there You see her right there now. Let's take a look at Melania's fake college degree. You probably forgot this story, right? CBS reported July 29 2016 Melania Trump's website taken down after her degree claim is Debunked Melania Trump's website that had incorrectly claimed

she had received a college degree has been removed and the address now redirects visitors to the Trump Organization's website. The website's removal was first noticed on Wednesday by the Huffington Post. In a tweet Wednesday, she said that the website in question created in 2012 had been removed because it does not accurately reflect my current business

and professional interests, or maybe because it was false and fraudulent. The website had claimed that she had received a college degree before becoming a skin care entrepreneur and philanthropist. CBS News confirmed during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last week in 2016 that her claim that she earned a degree in design and architecture at a university in Slovenia was false. Not true. The convention program read, after obtaining a degree in design and architecture at the University of Slovenia, Melania was jetting between photo shoots in Paris and Milan, finally

settling in New York in 1996. This was a direct quote from the website. CBS News checked the official public records of the university and Melania Trump is not listed as having graduated there with a degree. Also, she plagiarized her entire speech from Michelle Obama's speech at the convention. So take a look at how she describes meeting Donald Trump. And again, this was the time when Trump was as close as can be with Epstein. Hi, I'm Donald Trump, chapter 5. On a Friday night in September 1998, as I settled into the comfort of my New York City apartment

after a whirlwind trip to Paris. My phone rang. It was a friend of mine. My boyfriend is throwing a party at the Kit Kat Club tomorrow night. She said, Please come. We haven't seen each other in so long. I just got back from Paris. I said, Please, it will be fun. A lot of people will be there.

We'll pick you up. While I was tired and jet lagged, I loved the idea that my weekend was about to be filled with the company of friends. I have always been selective in how I choose to spend my time and where I put my energy. A late night party at the club was not my top choice for a Saturday evening." Just pause there. You were taking a lot of nudes at this time. That's what you were doing, which you've since posted about.

You said you loved your nude modeling career. Currently, Russian state regime media is posting a lot of those nude modeling photos. And these weren't like the nude modeling photos that go into like the high art type of magazines. These were like the nude photos that go into the other type of magazines, if you know what I'm talking about. So then she goes, I didn't want to shy away from social gatherings I accepted the invitation anyway after all it was fashion week a time of glamour and sophistication like everything She says it's such BS, right? I was actually looking forward to mingling with industry insiders and trendsetters

When I stepped into the sleek black limo my friend arrived I felt like a celebrity in route to a gala. As we arrived at the KitKat club, the energy of the crowd and dazzling lights greeted us. The KitKat club was not that type of club. It wasn't like a beautiful gala. It was kind of like a sleazy club. Inside the dark crowded space, buzzed with models, photographers, editors, and designers mingling on this Fashion Week Saturday night, I settled upstairs at a table in the VIP section where the atmosphere was one of sophistication and camaraderie.

Oh, the Kit Kat Club. Oh, it resonates. A sophistication and camaraderie. Some guests danced while others engaged in lively conversations and we're all enjoying ourselves. I saw my friend wave at someone behind me. When I turned around, I noticed a man and an attractive blonde woman approaching us.

Hi, I'm Donald Trump, the man said when he reached my table, nice to meet you. I recognized the name and I knew he was a businessman or celebrity, but not much else. He put his hand out to shake mine. Hello, I replied, I'm Melania. His eyes filled with curiosity and interest and seizing the opportunity, he took the seat next to mine and started a conversation

He asked me about my time in New York my Slovenian home and my world travels It was a moment of connection a brief encounter that left a lasting impression. It was nice to make a new acquaintance He was accompanied by a beautiful date So I initially dismissed our conversation as mere pleasantries exchanged at an industry event. The music was loud and the crowd boisterous, making it difficult to truly connect with someone. From the moment our conversation I began began, I was captivated by his charm and easy going nature. So in other words, Trump was there with another young woman. He saw Melania. That's how they met at the Kit Kat Club. It was not a place of

You saw Melania, that's how they met at the KitKat club. It was not a place of sophistication. She starts dating him. She gets an Einstein visa in 2001. They get married and get and her visa gets expedited. Snoring, hogging the covers, tossing and turning. These are problems in the bedroom that hems can help you with. But when it comes to performance issues between the sheets like ED, hems has you covered through hims.

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show that she was paid for 10 modeling assignments between September 10th and October 15th during a time when her visa allowed her generally to be in the US and look for work, but not perform paid work in the country. The documents examined by the AP indicate that the modeling assignments would have been outside the bounds of her visa, which means, of course, that the story she has been telling for years is a fable, an imaginary tale as false of the word she spoke at the Republican

convention. Work visas. Trump World has never produced any documents or proven Melania ever had a work visa prior to her getting her green card in 2001. Her on-camera description of her returning to her home country to get her visa stamped every few months does not describe any work visa offered by the US government. It suggests she was working in the US on a tourist visa, a common thing for many models to this day, but not legal.

If Melania lied about her early messy path into the US on her green card and citizenship application, she almost certainly committed what could potentially be the types of immigration crimes, potentially, potentially, if this is the case, I'm only saying, that Donald Trump is going after other immigrants for right now The Washington Post piece does a very good job explaining why Melania story about her early work in the u.s Is hard to believe green card questions remain about how Melania received her green card a Trump family lawyer said in an on-camera interview with Univision that she received her green card through marriage in the recent letter from her lawyer Which this new AP story now confirms was full of

falsehoods, Melania claims for the first time ever to have received an extraordinary ability green card, aka the Einstein visa. Few experts believe this is impossible, few experts believe it's possible given that she was never a terribly successful model. It remains my opinion that until we see her actual green card and application we should assume she received her green card through marriage. It is the only option that makes sense as her own lawyers eliminated the other likely possibilities. And imagine that Donald Trump's wife received a green card

usually reserved for Nobel laureates and he never once bragged about it in public, nor did she ever mention it in an interview or include it in her bio. Now, one of the things I want to show you is during the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump said that in two weeks or three weeks, he would hold a press conference with Melania to talk about her status, her immigration status, which he never did here play this clip. They said my wife, Melania, might have come in illegally. Can you believe that one? No, no, no. They said headlines.

Maybe she came in illegally. Maybe. Let me tell you one thing. She has got it so documented. So she's going to have a little news conference over the next couple of weeks. That's good. That's good. I love it. I love it. They said, Melania Trump may have come into our country illegally, and how would that be

for Donald Trump to be talking? He's the only problem. She came in totally legally. I mean, you know, that's what I'm gonna say. All right, but you'll see it in a little while. I said to her, no, no, let it simmer for a little while. Let them go wild, let it simmer, and then let's have a little news conference and have some fun So she ultimately never addressed her green card status

She got married to Donald Trump and she brought her family into the United States And as I mentioned they met at the KitKat Club Paulo Zampoli Helped her exped, according to the story, expedite her visa and the rest is history. So now Melania Trump sold a documentary on, you know, she sold her story that I just read you, and there's more in her book I suppose, to Amazon for 40 million dollars. Jeff Bezos acquired the rights to that a few months back. I'm not sure who the hell would ever want to Watch that but she spent her time grifting, you know off of the Trump related packs her stylist her hair dressers

We're getting tens of thousands of dollars a month from the Trump supporters She would get speaking fees when she would speak at Trump related events to the tune of significant six-figure fees Whenever she would do interviews she would demand that she gets paid like when she demanded that CNN paid her $250,000 I don't think they ever did that if they wanted to if they wanted to hear her talk here By the way is Melania with you can see Melania literally just plagiarizing Michelle Obama's convention speech. Let me play this for you right here. Let's play it. The values that you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond.

That you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect. You know, when I give credit to Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett for bringing up Melania's background here, play this clip. And since we're talking about integrity, I'm confused as to why my Republican colleagues aren't talking about the lack of integrity when it comes to the president's family's visas. Let me remind y'all that Melania, the first lady, a model. And when I say model, I'm not talking about Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford, or Naomi Campbell

level applied for and was given an EB-1 visa. And what that stands for is an Einstein visa. Now, y'all that don't know, let me tell you how you receive an Einstein visa. You're supposed to have some sort of significant achievement like being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer, being an Olympic medalist or having other sustained

extraordinary abilities and success in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics. Last time I checked, the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt. It doesn't take an Einstein to see that the math ain't math in here. I think about Melania selling the mean coin, which has lost like 98% of its value. I think about Melania selling like symbols of America in like bracelets for, you know, hundreds of dollars, you know, to people like, how tacky can you be? And even though she's not selling this, this just leaves personally a bad taste in my mouth. You know, where the federal government failed Texas. The flash floods could have been dealt with so much

better than how it was dealt with. And now they want to pretend they did a great job in Texas. But you know, Melania and Donald Trump go out there and this is what she posts and she goes, forever love Mystic. This bracelet will forever hold a sacred place in my heart a quiet shining thread To the young souls who now watch over us from heaven each charm carries the weight of their memory The warmth of their presence and will forever symbolize their love mystic is per as permanently bound through the joyous time Spent together and the remembrance of their shared laughter. I mean, look, to me, the sentiments of remembering these young girls who died is so important. And my heart goes out to everyone who lost their family member.

It is one of the most tragic events. But there's more that we should be doing as a country than posting bracelets and charm bracelets and things like that. Like, you know, when Donald Trump says you're an evil person, if you ask what went wrong, and as you have Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary, say what happened in Texas was perfect and they want to do that in other states, I'm like, just stop it. That's not what we need. I'm sick and tired of the thoughts and prayers. Look at our like like let's take action government needs to work. What are we doing here?

Like let's actually help the people by trying to save their lives in the first place and taking accountability when things go wrong How about we do that? Anyway, that's the background of Melania a deeper dive than you probably ever thought. Let me know what you think. And again, she's, she's boasting about how she met Donald Trump at the Kit Kat club when he was with another girl at the club. Hell, play the, thanks for watching and subscribe. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas Plus sub stack for ad free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now at MidasPlus.com.