The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Gives In to Iran and Awards Himself Golf Trophies

Episode Date: August 2, 2026

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump blinking first and backing down to Iran again and then throwing himself a golf tournament and awarding himself 2 trophies. Go to https://Ground.News/MTN to cut through misinformation, critically analyze the news shaping our lives and hold the media accountable. Save 40% off unlimited access to Ground News with my link or scan the QR code on screen. Pre-order the new book from MeidasTouch, WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy, today: https://bit.ly/wtfamericayoutube 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

Donald Trump just threw himself a golf tournament at his golf course in Benminster, New Jersey, and then proceeded to award himself first place in the senior division and in the regular club division, and he threw a trophy ceremony for himself. This follows Donald Trump surrendering to Iran last night after threatening that he was going to rain down terror on Iran. He made up late last night that the Iranians' reimbled. reached out to him to want to do a deal, so he's holding off the strikes and instead he threw himself a golf tournament and awarded himself trophies. This would be the 43rd club championship that Donald Trump won at his own course. Watch as he awards himself two trophies for the senior

division and the regular division. Does it get any more pathetic than this? Let's play this clip. Please join me and congratulate the President of the United States on winning the Super Senior and the senior division degree for he won seven. He won both. That's amazing. And then Donald Trump proceeded to post articles from March. Let me show you this article that he posted in March from the Wall Street Journal. Why is he, what is going on?

Trump's energy triumph. He prepared the U.S. and its allies for the current troubles in the Persian Gulf. And it's a Wall Street Journal opinion piece. An opinion piece I vehemently disagree. with, but take a look at the date of it. March 12th, 2026. That's what he's posting on August 2nd. Everything about Donald Trump is a fraud, is a lie, is a scam. Then he posts the following this morning. Mexico's problem. Okay, I click the link. It's an article written by Bill O'Reilly, March 11th, 2026. And this is what Trump is reposting. Mexican is not. Mexico is a

not a friend to the United States. Its government has been corrupt for decades, and that has led to the rise in murder and international drug trafficking. They are not a friend. So after Trump posted at 11 p.m. last night that the U.S. is prepared with, quote, levels of military terror, not seen since World War II, but we've been asked by Iran to hold off on striking them. this is what he's posting this morning. Now, what's Iran saying? Per their media, which is called Fars, F-A-R-S, Iran directly rejects Donald Trump's claim that Iran asked for a deal and seeks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran says there is no agreement. We're not speaking to them. We're not opening up the Strait of Hormuz, adding the U.S. back Qatari proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is false, and Israeli Channel 12's claim that Iran's foreign minister Araghi accepted the deal is also completely false. In other words, Iran is saying that the Middle East nations desperately want to see a deal, as does Donald Trump, because they know that Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles and drones and could destroy all of the infrastructure in the Arab nation neighbors, as it's shown its capability.

to do if Trump escalates. So Trump and Qatar, remember Qatar gave Trump the Jed, went to Iran with a U.S. Qatari proposal. And Iran said, no, we don't want to do that. We're not doing that. Just get the hell out of here. That's your option at this point. Iran says the straight of Hormuz remains fully closed under any circumstances with passage only through the designated route with IRGC Navy permission. No changes have been made to Iran's policy that Donald Trump is simply trying to manipulate the markets. Iran adds that every U.S. threat is treated as real, with Iran not backing down and instead using Trump's ceasefire period to raise combat readiness and strengthen its deterrence ability. Iran also directly rejects Trump's new claim that Iran agreed to end its nuclear program and

open the Strait of Hamoos as a complete lie. It's yet another desperate attempt to manipulate the market. That's what another Iranian military official told their other media outlet in Iran called Mair News. So with all of this taking place, you have the MAGA Stooges doing the various Sunday news programs. By the way, shout out to Jack Kuchrella for the Sunday show on the Midas Touchnow, or the only real Sunday show out there. So you have MAGA Republican Senator John Kemp.

He goes on Meet the Press and he's like, I don't really know about what Donald Trump's doing here with this whole reflecting pool thing. We all know. We all know that Donald Trump grows anxious when he has unexpressed thoughts. He grows anxious. What are you describing right? This is supposed to be the president of the United States. I mean, you're describing someone who is psychologically ill and which Trump is. I mean, he's also deserves all of.

of the accountability in the world and deserves to be tried in war crimes, but he's also definitely psychologically ill and none of this is normal. Why can't we just admit that, why do you have these Magu Republican senators like, I don't know, maybe this is all part of his political messaging that he fabricated charges against a guy

and he has unexpressed thoughts? This is the president of the United States people. This is serious stuff. This is as serious as it gets. Here, play this clip. Well, the whole thing is a multiple vehicle pile up. Let me start with. the president. The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know whether he really believes

that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud. You and I both know the president well. He exists loudly and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I'm not saying he doesn't really believe it. I just don't know. Now the stakes are a lot higher for U.S. Attorney Piro. You can't lie to a federal judge. If she can't prove her case, she was right to pull back. Because if you fool around

with a federal judge, you will find out. When I was in private practice one time, I put my briefcase on a brand new conference table bought by a federal judge. And he got so mad, I'll never forget. I thought I was going to get to spend overnight with Bubba in central lockup that federal judges will not tolerate.

And so if I don't know why she filed a suit without having, without doing a full investigation, she says she relied on the Department of Interior, but she was smart to pull it back. And then Senator Kennedy's like, but look, if it turns out that the Iranians are behind these attacks on, certain water systems here in the United States. We need to eat them up and spit their bones out on the floor. Eat them up and spit their bones out. Who talks like it? Eat them up and spit their bones out? The hell is wrong with all of these people.

Here, play this clip. Well, we've got cyber experts hit them back. Iran's done this before. I'm not saying it's not Iran, but it could be North Korea. We do it to each other all the time. And I'm sorry it happened. I'm glad we caught it. But if Iran's going to start this foolishness, I would hit them back.

I'd, you know, just like we've done with the military strikes, I'd eat them up and spit the bones on the floor. All right. Let me ask you about what's happening on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, while Trump and Maga are talking about eating Iran up and spitting their bones out on the floor, while every other day backing down to Iran, surrendering to Iran. Again, in the most humiliating of ways, I'll be clear we shouldn't be involved in this catastrophic war at all. But the humiliation ritual Trump puts the United States through is absolutely insane. We're going to bomb the effing S out of them, he says.

And then he's like, actually, actually, actually, they want to do a deal. Like, we've done this literally a hundred times. A hundred times. It is absolutely demented. This is why, though, he's bankrupted. company he's touched. He's a sicko. He's a loser. It's like sicko loser behavior. Meanwhile, Iran's armed forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Akraminia says, look, we made the most of the agreement and the ceasefire. We utilized every moment. During this period, the import of new

equipment, the repair and reconstruction of damaged systems, and the production of new systems were prioritized. The new drones that we have recently used are also a result of taking advantage of the opportunities created during the ceasefire. That's what Iran was doing while Donald Trump was out there. I don't know, threatening Greenland while Donald Trump was out there. I don't know what, working with the king of Morocco to release Moroccan migrants into Sieta in northern Africa by Spain, which isn't connected to the mainland Spain in order to create a false flag. So Trump could say, you see in the midterms, that's what the U.S. is. gonna look like if you elected Democrats. I mean, look at what Trump posted this morning. Thank you

to the highly respected Muhammad Six, the King of Morocco. Such a great honor. I look forward to traveling the entire length of this great highway someday. Hopefully soon, Donald J. Trump, like they're making them name highways after Donald Trump in Morocco when the King of Morocco released the migrants into Spain, which Spain very quickly were able to bring the migrants back to Morocco, but that was used as like the right-wing talking point when it was so obvious. It was an op that was done by Trump and Morocco and Netanyahu, and we were calling it out. And so, look, the American people know that Donald Trump has destroyed our economy, that he is manipulating the markets on a daily basis.

So what does right-wing media need to do? They always need their boogeyman. You can't turn on any type of right-wing media news without their attacks on Mamdani, Mamdani, momdani, and they also want to like draw, you know, Democrats and others into like having these like debates. Mamdani, Hassan Piker, Hassan. It's like, guys, guys, this is an existential moment in our country, okay? Let's talk about what's actually happening right now.

Donald Trump is a fascist. He's a wannabe fascist, but he behaves as he's running this country into the ground as an authoritarian. He is currently taking over the methods and means of production of companies, and he is currently lying about everything. Every single thing out of his mouth is a lie while the American people suffer to enrich himself and a small group of right-wing oligarchs who have made billions, some over a trillion, while the American people suffer.

So I was just looking at this story this morning. Business group votes to sue New York City over mom-dome. Money stores. This is what the right wing's pushing. Notice no one on the left is covering it, no one from the center, but this is being pushed by all of this right wing media. I use blind spot to determine media bias when I do my reports, because I want to know. With everything that's happening right now with our country, with Trump destroying the economy, with this never-ending war, with this constant humiliation ritual of fake deals, getting busted for a fabricated reflecting pool, a criminal case against David Herne at two.

Two-time Olympics, like, what are they even talking about on the right wing? They're getting people angry about Mamdani. I use a blind spot feature on Ground News, and Ground News helps me prepare these videos every morning. So Ground News is an app and a website that pulls in thousands of articles from around the world and organizes them by story to show you how the left, center, and right are framing the story differently. For every story, they have a color-coded layout, making it easy to see the political bias of each source. And I can also filter large media conglomerates with corporate interests versus independently owned. I can see with the left, right. The center is reporting on as I just

did there with the Mamdani story. That blind spot feature is a personal favor of mine. Look, I believe in ground news so much. It's a resource that I use to prepare for my videos. We're going to offer you 40% off the same vantage plan. That's what it's called the vantage plan that I use for my research. So just go click the link in the description or go to ground. dot news slash mtn or scan the QR code up here. It's one of the biggest discounts they've ever offered. If you want to support this channel and get a cleaner and clearer and clearer understanding of the world, try out ground news.

One more time, go to ground. com slash mtn or scan the QR code. So what else are they trying to push out to cause rage and division amongst the people? There's Mom Donnie and then they're talking about Dr. Fauci, Dr. Fauci, as though they want to distract from the Epstein files by doing a catastrophic war and then distract from the catastrophic war and the horrible economy by bringing up the pandemic in 2020 and talking about Fauci all of the time who was just trying to help. But that's what they want to talk about right now. Okay. So they bring in, RFK Jr. did his rounds on the morning shows and he was just yelling at like, like Dana Bash.

Again, as Aaron Rupar says, he sounded like a rabid dog barking. Let me show this to you, let's play it. All you know how to do is repeat things that people told you and say, trust the experts. That's what you do during COVID. Now we know that Andy Fauci, who was the expert, was lying about everything, about mass,

about social distancing, about natural immunity, about the transmission from the vaccine, about the source of COVID. He was lying and you were punitive, punishing people for not trusting the experts. And now you're rolling out the experts again to talk about something that you have no personal knowledge of. Okay. Well, guess what? That is my job to talk to people. Your job is to talk. Am I allowed to talk? Yes. Yes. And my job is to get as much information as I can. And what we were doing, what we were doing in COVID and still, with regard to these

vaccines is getting the best information, the best science that we can, and putting it out there. And, sir, what you are doing is causing information to be out there that is not accurate. Who is lying to you? The National Academy of Sciences, which you just cited in November, said, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism. This is the National Academy of Sciences that you just talked about. Look at the National Academy of Science most recent report. And you'll see.

I want to ask. And then Dana Bash says, look, there's one of the biggest measles outbreaks in history, in recent history right now. You're out there questioning the efficacy of vaccines. Do you accept responsibility for the current outbreak? Here, let's play it. Were you listening to this? Actually, were you reading the science yourself?

The measles cases in the U.S. just reached a 35-year high. The second record-breaking U.S., year in a row, 93% of these cases are among the unvaccinated. The outbreak is happening on your watch. And even before becoming HHS Secretary for years, you've been one of the leading voices questioning the efficacy of vaccines. Do you accept some responsibility for this measles outbreak?

Absolutely not. First of all, this is an international outbreak. So, and we're doing better at handling it than any country in the world. And then also with news that Maga Republican Congress member, Max Miller, engaged in heinous, heinous conduct with his former wife and that he's engaged in heinous conduct in general towards women with all those allegations out there. Some of the worst things imaginable. Mike Turner, who tries to present himself as like a MAGA Republic, like, I'm more of a centrist guy. I'm not so MAGA.

I'm more of like a centrist guy. Who he really isn't. He's an enabler of all of this. Watch what happens as he's asked about Max Miller and the heinous things that Max Miller did. Here, play this clip. I want to get to a bit of politics out in Ohio, your colleague, Max Miller.

According to the latest court filing, he's been accused of domestic abuse. The court filing says he shoved his then wife, held a gun to her head, poured hot water on her, and had concerns he may have broken their two-year-old daughter's collarbone, according to both police reports, and court documents that were filed. He just went live in a social media stream

and denied these allegations within the past hour. My question's not about his marriage or his personal life, but I'm asking you about the politics here and the party. Should there be an ethics probe to look into this? Well, Margaret, what you just said when you began this question is that this is a matter of litigation, this is best handled in a courtroom and not in a TV studio. And this is, you know, that's,

type of speculation is better for TMZ than CBS? Well, we've covered with other lawmakers, including in the other party, the Democratic Party, credible allegations against people running for office. We take those allegations seriously. When it comes to Mr. Miller, he was previously accused in 2021 by President Trump's former spokesperson of abusing her when they dated.

So given these two instances, is it at least something Republican leadership should look into? Well, again, this is an issue? that is currently part of a divorce and part of litigation that's in a courtroom. And the court should be handling this, which is clearly ongoing. And then you've got Jim Jordan, Maga Republican Jim Jordan, who this past week said, I'm not even a lawyer. I went to law school, but I'm not actually licensed, so I don't know what I'm talking about.

Just think about that for a second. Okay, I mean, we know that. I've said that before about him. But of all of the people, all of the people that Maga can put, to chair the Judiciary Committee in the House, the Judiciary Committee. They choose someone who's not a licensed lawyer and who says, I'm not a real lawyer, to chair the judiciary committee. Now, let me be very clear, as a licensed lawyer, as someone who's passed the bar exam, 16 years ago, someone who's litigated, just because you're a lawyer doesn't make you smarter,

just because you pass the bar doesn't actually far from it, right? sometimes makes you the opposite. But for the House Judiciary Committee, you kind of want someone to be licensed, right? The same way, if you're having issues where you need a heart specialist, you don't want someone who doesn't consider themselves a doctor, yet alone a cardiovascular doctor.

Right? So it's like, what are we talking? I mean, a most basic level, it goes beyond for me, Democrat, Republican, that an independent. It's like these people just are, they're bad humans in this Maga Party. They're bad humans. And they're just, they're not qualified humans. They're bad. They don't try to even learn things.

And all they want to do is spread lies. I mean, they're, they're here. They're demons, right? They're here to cause harm. Like, that's it. That's their role. To divide and cause harm. That's sick to me.

That's really sick. Here, let me play this for you. Let's play it. Before I let you go, last week you sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department for former special counsel Jack Smith for making what you allege to be false statements during a congressional deposition last year. Todd Blanche was President Trump's defense attorney during that Smith investigation. Should he recuse himself, even as acting attorney general, from any prosecutorial decisions involving Smith? No, of course not. Why? He just followed the facts.

He should keep doing the great work because he's attorney general of the United States. But he was the president's personal attorney. He lied to us. He lied to us. As the well, that has nothing to do with it. Jack Smith is supposed to tell us the truth. We ask him, did you get the contents of any communications of United States members of the United States Congress? And he said, no, he did it?

When, in fact, he did. I mean, did Jack Smith not know? Was he that ridiculous? I mean, he's supposed to be the smartest guy in the world. He's supposed to be as smart as Anthony Fauci, for goodness sake. He did not know that? You can't set under oath and tell us you did not get the contents of communications

of members of Congress when, in fact, you did. And that's pretty clear. So if Todd wants, if the Justice Department wants to prosecute him, that's up to them. He should not recuse himself. Well, that's what that's his view, that Todd Blanche has no conflict of interest. Real sick stuff. And with all of this taking place,

remember we saw Treasury Secretary Bessent had a handwritten note about bailing out Japan. Well, as Reuters reported this morning, Japan is expected to announce on Monday that it coordinated with the U.S. to intervene in currency markets, to support the yen after it fell to a 40-year low. The joint yen buying operation comes after Japan is estimated

to have spent nearly $59 billion in intervention, and that didn't work. So let's just throw more money into it. And if you notice what Besson did on Friday, he wrote a note, like basically like buy the yen, and then he had a reporter photograph it. I believe this was all part of an operation to manipulate the markets

and to signal to people what was going to happen and so he wrote it on a notepad he had a reporter post it and then they're going to announce it on monday to me it's just an obvious market manipulation scheme the move aims to stabilize the currency and prevent broader financial market disruption while signaling close coordination between Tokyo and washington that's great it's great i'm being sarcastic bailing out argentina bailing out bailing out every just bail out bail out bale out donald bail out Donald while the American people suffer while housing is unaffordable

while people can't afford gas or groceries but we're bailing out Argentina and Japan so there you get to hit subscribe let's get to 7 million subscribers thanks for watching get your copy of WTF America the book I wrote with my brothers pre-order it now thanks everybody before you go our book WTF America is available for pre-order now

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