The MeidasTouch Podcast - Sickly Trump Put In His Place by Newsom after Protests

Episode Date: October 19, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s masterclass of going on the offense against Donald Trump and putting him in his place.    Right now, MEIDAS listeners can save 30% on their first order! Just head to https://cornbreadhemp.com/MEIDAS and 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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California Governor Gavin Newsom, after these successful protests, said the following. Today, Californians joined millions nationwide to say it loud and clear. No to authoritarianism. no to assaulting our democracy, no to censorship and fear, no to hate and division, no to corruption and cruelty, no to kings. Yes, to a government by and for the people. How did Donald Trump respond to that by posting videos and AI images of himself as a fighter pilot defecating, relieving himself on the protesters? That's right. the President of the United States posting videos of himself like shitting on human beings.

That's what he finds funny in Manhattan. That's what Donald Trump was posting. Back to California Governor Gavin Newsom. He says the following about Caroline Levitt, about the Trump regime, about these despicable, vile humans. Governor Newsom says the following. Spreading hatred is the only thing the Trump administration seems to be able to accomplish. The government is shut down. Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care.

Our troops are not going to be paid, and they are busy trashing Democrats on TV. It's pathetic, and it's un-American. You know, and here's the thing. Like, I like a good joke. I have a sense of humor. I like to believe. I just don't find it funny when the United States government is giving $40 billion to bail out Argentina while ripping away the health care of $20 million.

in Americans, that the president of the United States is posting videos of himself, taking shits on protesters. I don't find that funny. I don't. I mean, there's a time and place for things that it could be humorous, but that's not the way the president of the United States is supposed to behave. It just, it's not normal behavior, and we should never normalize it. Governor Newsom then post the following as well.

J.D. Vance couldn't deliver Indiana for Trump. Trump is now personally begging state legislators to rig the elections. He's so desperate he conducted an anonymous poll at the end of a call, pathetic. The people of Indiana don't want their elections rigged. Give up. And Governor Newsom posted the following article. Trump pushes Indiana lawmakers to redraw state maps. A call Friday morning by the president to Republican state senators is part of an escalating

pressure campaign by the White House as it gets more and more desperate. Governor Newsom then had this message. We'll throw the B-roll up, folks, of what's going on here for J.D. Vance, who arrived in California to do that Kim Jong-un-like stunt right by Camp Pendleton in Southern California, where they had to shut down the I-5, as we reported they were going to do earlier this week, because the Trump regime was shooting live munitions from howitzers. over the highway, over the cars, into Cam Pendleton. Governor Newsom posted this video of a couch.

This is J.D. Vance's type right here, couches that look like this. This is how J.D. likes them. J.D., welcome to California. We made sure you feel right at home and you see that couch. J.D. Vance is into that. Governor Newsom then posts the following from San Francisco's No King's protest. This is at the beach.

right there, and you'll see tens of thousands of people. They all form the shape of no kings. And then it says yes on 50, Prop 50, which is the proposition coming up in this November's election. To counteract the election rigging by Donald Trump in Texas, it's to allow the maps in California to change slightly and for a temporary period of time. I think it's through 2031, to eliminate certain Republican seats in response to Texas eliminating the Democratic seats. It's just Texas did this, so California has to respond appropriately with force, with moral

clarity, with moral authority, if you will. Governor Newsom, then he posted the following video of himself right here, talking about Donald Trump's behavior, grossly illegal and moral, delusional, Trump's unhinged, listless, and decline cognitively and physically. I mean, you have the president of the United States posting videos of himself, like fecesing on people, like, like throwing his feces on humans. I mean, like, the hell is going, yeah, you're right, Governor Newsom. Yes, Donald Trump is unhinged. And he's a sick, he's a sick, vile human being, like a disgusting human. And he surrounds himself with freaking disgusting people. Like, there's no way around it. These are freaking grotesque humans.

Anyway, here to play this clip of Governor Newsom. His latest assertion that he was going to come to San Francisco on what basis? He didn't even claim there's no pretext anymore. Let's disabuse ourselves that there has to be a pretext with Donald Trump, that there's anything that would justify that. There's no existing protest at a federal building. There's no operation that's being impeded. I guess it's just a training ground for the President of the United States.

It is grossly illegal. It's immoral. It's rather delusional, and increasingly, this president appears unhinged, unmoored by reality and facts. Seems listless. He seems, dare I say, in decline, cognitively and, dare I say, forgive me, perhaps unfair, physically. And these are just rantings of someone that needs an intervention. Needs some help. Needs to be stabilized.

And then Governor Newsom mocks Joe Rogan for being too afraid to allow Newsom to come on the Rogan show. Rogan's afraid of Newsom, afraid to debate Newsom. And then Governor Newsom goes, bach, mock, mock, joe Rogan, mock, Joe Rogan. Enjoy that. Life's been a little crazy lately. I mean, we could all agree on that, right? And one thing that helps me unwind, cornbread hemp's CBD gummies. CBD might be just what you need to level up your daily routine.

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Just head to cornbreadhemp.com slash Midas and use code Midas at checkout. That's cornbreadhemp.com slash Midas and use code Midas. That's M-E-I-D-A-S to get 30% off your first order. him earlier in the day yesterday after it was determined that the Trump regime lied. Remember, Midas Touch is involved in this story, right? We were the first to report. Our sourcing said that the Trump regime was going to launch missiles from the Pacific Ocean over the I-5 highway as a show of force while cars were driving into Camp Pendleton, which would be very dangerous. The Trump regime denied it. We got like all these facts.

checks against us like Snopes and all these guys, Midas Touch, rage bait, oh, they're wrong. And then I got comments from people like, like, oh, Midas Touch, you disappointed me. Why would you report that? Trump and the Marines say, I'm like, guys, Trump and the Marines say, Trump lies about everything. Why? Why is Snopes taking what Trump and the Marine say over what Midas Touch says based on our sourcing? So I had to deal with them. I mean, I had to deal with it. Whatever it is what it is. I'm a big boy. I could handle it. But for like two days, people are like, oh, might as touch. You're lying.

You're lying. And then it turned out our reporting was absolutely true. And the Trump regime was just lying. Shocker. Shocker. And they launched the missiles over the I-5. Like, that's what their plans to do. So the I-5 had to be shut down. Governor Newsom goes, this is a profoundly absurd show of force

that could put Californians directly in harm's way. Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong. It's dangerous. The New York Times article, which doesn't credit might as touch, says, military plans to fire artillery over California freeway on Saturday.

Governor Newsom then posts, Using our military to intimidate people you disagree with politically, does it make you look strong? It makes you look weak. It's reckless. It's disrespectful. And yet another action beneath the office of the presidency. And for those who are like,

but man, but might as touch, this was regularly scheduled. The military always fires howitzers and missiles over highways. This was regular. First off, the Marines anniversary was not yesterday. Okay, it's like November 10th. This event was not planned significantly in advance. The first time it was ever even mentioned was on Friday. Okay.

And even as Grock, which is used by the Pentagon, as a Pentagon approved AI tool, says no. firing artillery over the I-5 isn't routine for Camp Pendleton's standard training ranges, which are typically contained within base boundaries away from public highways. Governor Newsom says earlier this week, the White House denied the freeway near Camp Pendleton would need to be closed due to live munitions being fired over the freeway. But today, despite the White House claims and lack of transparency, California traffic and public expert safety, experts have recommended temporarily closing the freeway to best protect the public. And now the White House is being fact-checked by GROC, the latest Pentagon AI tool.

Then I know people were like, but Newsom had to shut down the I-5, not Trump. If you're shooting missiles over the highway, you probably need to shut the highway down, right? So we reported what was going down yesterday. And then Governor Newsom, this is this was the. response by Trump's team. New scum is lying. He closed the highway. Not only did nobody at the White House or the Marines ask him to do so, the Marines repeatedly said there are no public safety concerns with today's exercise. So what, Snopes, you want to, you want to just take what rapid response 47 says, new scum, you want to use that as your authoritative source? It's just, it's very

unfortunate when you focus on those things versus like Donald Trump lying. about $20 trillion being brought in as the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of the United States and the world is being perpetrated. You're like, well, rapid response 47 says Nuscombe is a liar. So we're going to just print what Trump says and say, that's one side. Just use common sense, please. This is a regime that is invading blue states, okay, in blue cities. This is a regime that's disappearing people to concentration camps, okay?

this is a regime who's led by an individual who's posting photographs of himself like having diarrhea on humans okay like on protesters okay like cool could we reflect on who the hell we're freaking dealing with here before you a cite that cite them as like they lie about everything okay they're full of shit governor newsom's office says the CHP and highway safety experts are saying what any person with common sense knows it is not safe for people to drive on a major freeway at high speeds directly under live munitions. White House not communicating, endangering the public, and then trying to blame the governor for doing the right thing,

keeping people out of harm's way, yet another day living in Trump's authoritarian America. Governor Newsom says, well done San Diego in response to their belief chief, saying that out of the 25,000 plus protesters who showed up, all peaceful, thanks for your, thanks for being peaceful. Once again, no one was arrested. Thank you for keeping it classy, San Diego. Governor Newsom writes, civil rights and freedom, pluralism, and nonviolent protest.

The values Americans cherish are under assault by Donald Trump. This is the United States of America, and California will keep peacefully pushing back against the Trump administration's authoritarian takeover. Governor Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, writes, there are those who want this day to turn violent. Please, California, don't give them what they want. Stand shoulder to shoulder and lead with peace. Fear is their language and control is their goal.

But love of truth of freedom and of one another will always speak louder. Governor Newsom writes, As Californians take to the streets today to stand up against Trump's authoritarian playbook, I urge everyone to stay safe and demonstrate peacefully. Don't give in to his provocations. Our strength is in our unity and our peace. And then Governor Newsom has this message to the military. California celebrates the history and achievements of our men and women in uniform,

and this states huge contributions to defend democracy. But the scaled-up live munitions being fired over a major freeway is a public safety risk. Due to the extreme life safety risk and distraction to drivers, including sudden, unexpected, and loud explosions, a section of I-Fi will have to be closed on October 18th. This decision comes at the recommendation of traffic safety experts at the California Highway Patrol. Just think about if they didn't do it.

I'll wear my lawyer cap for a second with liability. Okay? Let's say the state is put on notice that this is going to take place. The state does not shut down I-5. while somebody's driving live munitions are shot boom it makes a loud noise so a driver gets scared they swerve they hit and kill somebody okay it's a tragic death that could be avoided and it would create liability for the state because you knew and you could have shut down the highway now you've created a dangerous condition on your road which is one of the things that it seemed the trump regime

wanted to do so any public safety expert will say if they're doing that it's not just that a stray missile will hit the highway it's that the sound the distraction if you're driving in a missile flies over your head you may swerve and what if not what if dozens of people get killed on the highway we've heard about you know pile-ups where trucks at this car and that car and you didn't shut it down could you imagine the grief right you know that the governor and and the highway patrol would get for not protecting the people. And Trump would probably be, oh, you should have shut it down. You should have turned on the faucet.

It's all your fault, New Scum. Come on, you know exactly what they're going to do. In conclusion, Governor Newsom is leading by example. He's leading with moral clarity, with integrity, with authority, standing up to this Trump regime, and you see in contrast to the behavior of Donald Trump. But judge for yourself. Judge for yourself. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks for watching.

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