The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Crashes Out as Pakistan Meeting Backfires

Episode Date: April 21, 2026

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump losing it as his plans for a meeting with Iran in Pakistan backfires and it’s unclear if Iran will even show up. 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 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

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And we don't just want to be there with Whitkoff and Kushner. You've got to send J.D. Vance. And so right now it's unclear if Iran's even going to show up. All of the leaks that we're hearing to the media right now is the Trump regime's going to be showing up in Islamabad for talks that may take place as early as tomorrow. And still, as of this recording, we're hearing from Iran, unless Donald Trump agrees to the preconditions, there's no point of doing this. And, I mean, you have Iran's president, Pazeshkien making posts like this. You have Iran's foreign minister, Rajji, making statements

like this, the leader of their parliament, M.B. Ghalibov making statements like this. So I just want to share with you, here are the statements Donald Trump is making. here are the statements that the Iranian leaders are making. Donald Trump is sending people to Islamabad. As of right now, Iran is making public statements still that they don't want to do that until the preconditions are agreed to and that they don't see any utility in just Donald Trump ranting and raiding like Lundik. So judge for yourself using just these statements. But let's just go through what's happening right here. So what we heard is that senior Pakistani government sources have told Reuters, Pakistan is, Pakistan is confident. It can get Iran to attend talks with the United States, but Trump is trying to lean hard on field marshal Munir in Iran to try to get Iran to show up.

Then Donald Trump's just posting things like this. I mean, it's ridiculous. Here's Trump's post. I'm winning a war by a lot. Things are going very well. Our military has been amazing. But if you read the fake news like the failing New York Times, you would actually think that we're losing the war.

The enemy is confused because they get the same media. reports, and yet they realize their Navy has been wiped out. So Trump says, the real issue here is Iran reads the New York Times, so they're confused about what's happening. I mean, how ridiculous of a statement is. Then Donald Trump's like, their former leaders are mostly gone. This has been in addition to everything else. regime change, exclamation point. So Donald Trump's claiming that the fact that the Islamic regime is still in power, that that is regime change. And then Trump's like the anti-America fake news media is rooting for Iran to win, but it's not going to happen. No one is rooting for them to win. I think what we're asking for is that there be no war crimes committed, no genocide committed,

period, especially in the name of the United States. And that there be truthful data about what the hell is really happening here. And that Americans know what is actually going on because there's the largest oil supply shock in history and the largest supply shock of a lot of other things. It's going to cause massive economic pain, and it already is. Then Donald Trump writes, the Iranian leadership has forced hundreds of ships towards the United States, mostly Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska to get their oil. Thank you very much, Donald J. Trump. And what are you even talking about? Iran has forced ships to the United States? I mean, are you saying that the U.S. exports a lot of oil? And then there's a lot of drilling in the U.S.

Actually, on a drilling basis year over year, drilling is actually down slightly now from under former President Biden. But regardless, no one doubts that the United States exports and has a lot of oil, a lot of crude. I mean, nobody doubts that. The issue is, is that oil is connected to an international market. And when there's a supply shock, it impacts WTI crude and brand crude. It has an effect. That's why our gas prices are right. So again, just give us the facts. Tell us the truth. I mean, again, just deranged statements by him. And then he goes, the Democrats are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong position we are on we are in with respect to iran despite world war one lasting four years in three months and 14 days world war two lasting six years in one day the korean

war lasting three years one month two days and the vietnam war lasting 19 years five months and 29 days trams like this is going faster than all of those wars you know why don't you just pay attention to the details and stop talking about the length of this war and that war just tell us us what the real objectives are. Explain it. Stop contradicting yourself every day and just behave like a freaking grownup. I think that's what everybody's saying and stop committing war crimes and stop committing genocide. I mean, I think it's basically that simple. Then Donald Trump's like, I read the fake news saying that I'm under pressure to make a deal. This is not true. I'm under no pressure whatsoever, although it will all happen relatively quickly. Well, if you're not under pressure,

then why are you sending J.D. Vance, Whitkoff, and Cushner, to Iran and having to Pakistan and having Iran, having Pakistan basically beg the Iranian leaders to show up in Pakistan. Why wouldn't you be playing hard to get? If you were in a really great negotiating position, why would you say, all right, Iran, we're not going to negotiate until you agree to our conditions. Here are our conditions. But it's the opposite way. Iran is saying, we're not going to agree to show up unless you agree to our conditions and our framework. So if you were in a great negotiating position, why are you adopting their framework?

I mean, you posted it publicly that you agreed to Iran's 10-point framework. And now you claim, oh, I didn't mean that. I meant my framework. I just reposted their foreign minister's framework just because, ha, ha, ha, that's how cunning I am. I mean, it's just stupid stuff. More posts from Donald Trump saying the deal that we are making with Iran will be far better than the JCPOA, commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal. They actually gave Iran $1.7 billion in green cash loaded into a Boeing 7.57. and flown to Iran. But if a deal happens under Trump, it will guarantee peace, security, safety,

not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for Europe, America, and everywhere else. It will be something that the entire world will be proud of. At most right now, you're talking about a weaker version of the JCPOA where Iran controls the Strait of Ramos, which they didn't before this unlawful and catastrophic war. And then Donald Trump just misrepresents everything. I mean, Obama in securing a multilateral, JCPOA deal, which had buy-in from the rest of the world and mechanisms for inspecting Iran that the entire world bought in on. Iran didn't control these trade of Hamoos then. And there wasn't $1.7 billion in green cash loaded. First off, and that's not what happened. I mean,

Obama gave certain amounts of money as part of a settlement agreement that preceded any of the JCPo talks that dealt with a settlement for the Islamic Revolution that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard was claiming that they should be paid. But regardless, it wasn't even green cash. It had to be converted into Swiss francs and into other currency. And in any event, it was $1.7 billion. If you even want to say it was tied to the event, go ahead and say it. But you've already given Iran way more in sanctions relief than $1.7 billion. You removed the sanctions on Iranian oil. and they controlled the strait of her moves and they were able to sell all of the soil. And now you're blockading the Persian Gulf.

You already gave her on way more money than Obama ever did by far. And he secured a multilateral deal, even though the payment wasn't tied to the JCPOA, even if it was tied. It secured a massive deal and America was safer and the whole world bought in. And so what's better? That or you and Kushner and your whole family grifting to the tune of tens of billions of dollars from Middle East nations. So where else are we at right now? As I mentioned, you have the senior Pakistani government officials saying, we're trying to get Iran to show up. We're trying to get Iran to

show up. Iran is saying we ain't going to show up unless our preconditions are met and J.D. Vance needs to be there because we don't trust Whitkoff and Kushner. We don't trust Vans either, but at least Vance has publicly spoken out against the war before, so we're good with Vance. You have Foreign Minister Arachee of Iran calling up Russia right now, updating Russia on the situation, and Araghi told his counterpart Lavrov that Iran will monitor U.S. behavior and take the appropriate decisions to protect his interest in national security. He goes on to tell his Russian counterpart Lavrov that illegal behavior and contradictory positions of the U.S. are incompatible with diplomacy. And he also goes on to say that the U.S.'s continued violations of the ceasefire are a major obstacle

and continuation of diplomatic processes. So those are the statements there. the statements from Iranian state media are as follows. Iran's decision not to attend the negotiations has not changed up to this moment. Trump had also said yesterday in similar remarks that the American negotiating team is on its way to Islamabad. Pause there. Do you remember that Donald Trump said that there were going to be negotiations last Thursday in Islamabad? I just want to remind you, they pulled the same thing last week also. Iranian media then says information received by the Tasnam reporter indicates that the issue of the maritime blockade is a very fundamental obstacle in negotiations. The U.S. blockade of the Persian Gulf is a threshold negotiating issue. And this matter

has been announced through the Pakistani intermediary, who also stated today that he raised the issue with Trump. In other words, Muir, the field marshal in Pakistan. He's the top guy there. He's their military leader, but he basically is the main person who runs Pakistan, rather. He told Donald Trump, you can't have a negotiation while you keep this blockade on. However, in addition to the issues of the naval blockade, there are other excessive demands from the Americans in exchange messages that do not present a bright horizon for the upcoming negotiations. Therefore, the Iranian delegation believes that as long as the United States does not look

at the issues realistically and continues to hold the same misguided calculations that led to its heavy defeat on the military front, its approach to the negotiating table will merely be a waste of time and Iran will not have. accompany the United States in this process of wasting time, accordingly, until some fundamental obstacles are removed and a clear horizon emerges for reaching an agreement acceptable to Iran, Iran has no basis for participating in American theater. Iran also takes into account the scenario of the possibility that the media shows about negotiations are deceptive and that is prepared for military confrontation and the renewed punishment of America. So in other words,

Iran is saying that they don't believe that. They don't believe. the U.S. is agreeing to negotiate in good faith. And it's possible that either one, Donald Trump just is contradicting himself and he's ranting and raving like a lunatic. Or this is intentional media deception in order to prepare for ground forces. But Iran doesn't trust the United States. So Iran says, agree to our preconditions. So as Donald Trump says, I'm not panicking, I'm not begging, I'm not doing anything. Iran's setting the preconditions yet again while you're out there calling up the New York Post and calling up Reuters and calling up the Hill and calling up, you know, any reporter who you want to talk to and saying, oh, we're going to do it. Iran wants to make a deal so badly. Iran's going to make a deal. I mean, obviously to manipulate the market. You have President Poseshkian of Iran. He posted the following message. He writes, honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue. Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward the U.S. government conduct.

remains, while unconstructive and contradictory signals from American officials carry a bitter message. They seek Iran's surrender. Iranians do not submit to force. And so Iran's saying, we're not going to respond to your social media posts, all caps saying, we're going to surrender, we're going to pound them into the ground, we're going to obliterate you, we're going to destroy your bridges. Iran is saying, that doesn't work with us. That's not an effective strategy in dealing with us. and Donald Trump says it's highly unlikely he'll extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran without a deal, and the straight of her moves will stay blocked until an agreement is reached. A U.S. officials also leaking to Axios.

Trump doesn't want to fight anymore, but he will if he feels he has to. And then the GOP social media accounts in the United States are now just posting, trust Trump, no to panachins. Trust Trump, no to panicans. Also worth noting what's going on in Lebanon is the ceasefire holding in Lebanon. It isn't. We're learning about Israeli strikes near a coffee shop in southern Lebanon injuring six. Israel's claiming Hezbollah is attacking them.

In Lebanon, they're claiming Israel's striking coffee shops and innocent civilians as well. So I don't believe there's a ceasefire that's really holding in Lebanon right now. And one other thing to point out, you know, yesterday the United States reported, that two of its officials in Mexico had died in a car accident. And we talked about how suspicious that was and then it was probably CIA operations taking place. Well, now, Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum said on Monday, she was not aware U.S. Embassy officials were working with the northern state of Chihuahua to combat drug cartels and said her government would review whether national security law was broken after officials died in a car crash. Two U.S. officials and two Mexican

state officials were killed in a car crash on Sunday, purportedly, where they had been working to destroy clandestine drug laboratories. Speaking at her daily morning press conference, Scheinbaum said she would ask the U.S. ambassador to meet with foreign minister of Mexico to discuss the incident. The role of the U.S. personnel and anti-cartel missions is highly sensitive in Mexico, and Scheinbaum has repeatedly said, while intelligent, sharing and security cooperation are essential to fighting organized crime. Mexico will not accept U.S. boots on the ground. And the Mexican officials killed in the accident where the director of the state's investigation agency and an officer, state authority said on Sunday. And that's what Reuters is reporting right now. So it does seem like

it was a cartel operation that was not being told to shine Baum, although we'll learn more and we'll report more here on the Midas Touch network. So that's where we're at right now. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. Hit subscribe. Help us get to 7 million subscribers. And thanks everybody for watching.