The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Has Bad Meltdown and Threatens Nuclear War

Episode Date: June 23, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s morning meltdown as threatens nuclear war with Russia and begs oil companies to stop raising prices. Head to https://Smalls.com/MEIDAS and use promo code MEIDAS at checkout for 60% off your first order PLUS free shipping! 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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nuclear! And saying that he and other countries would supply nuclear warheads to Iran? Did he really say that? Or is it just a figment of my imagination? If he did say that, and if confirmed, please let me know immediately." And Donald Trump puts immediately in all caps. The N-word should not be treated so casually. I guess that's why Putin's the boss.

And he puts that in caps. By the way, if anyone thinks our hardware, and he puts that in quotes hardware was great over the weekend, far and away the strongest and best equipment we have. 20 years advanced over the pack is our nuclear submarines. They are the most powerful and lethal weapons ever built, and just launched the 30 Tomahawks. All 30 hit their mark perfectly so in addition to our great fighter pilots Thank you to the captain and crew Exclamation point these are the rantings and ravings of an absolute lunatic who this morning is threatening nuclear war is

Calling it the n-word and is saying did I hear former Russian President? and is saying, did I hear former Russian president Medvedev say that he was going to use the N-word and that he was going to supply Iran with nuclear warheads? This is what Donald Trump is talking about this morning. This is what he's posting on social media. He was also panic posting the following this morning as well. This is all in caps. Everyone, keep oil prices down. I'm watching exclamation point. You're playing right into the hands of the enemy. Don't do it exclamation point.

That's what you're posting in the morning? You sound like a panicked lunatic. He then posts the following as well. Straight from the central planning department of the Trump regime to the Department of Energy. Drill baby drill, drill baby drill, and I mean now exclamation point. Does he think the Department of Energy does the drilling? Drill baby drill, Department of Energy. Oh, and then he also attacked Republican Congress member Thomas Massey of Kentucky. Get this bum out of office ASAP.

Get this bum out of office ASAP! Exclamation point. Now, oil prices are surging, which you're going to feel at the pump soon as inflation continues to rise, as unemployment continues to rise, as GDP continues to contract. Oil prices are surging in the wake of U.S. strikes in Iran. The U.S. oil futures jumped 3.6% Sunday to about $76.47 per barrel and it seems that it's only going to be getting higher with rhetoric like Donald Trump is using this morning. One of the main issues is whether or not Iran will shut down the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz passes right by Iran and Oman. At least two supertankers made U-turns at the Strait of Hormuz following the US military strikes in Iran. Ship tracking data shows as more than a week of violence in the region is prompting vessels to speed, pause, or alter their journeys. Also the United States State Department sent out a notice to all Americans in Qatar to shelter in place that their lives are in jeopardy as a result of potentially being targeted following the United States' strikes on Iran.

George Conway posted the following, gosh, I'm shocked that the verbally and mathematically-subliterate quote businessman who cheated to get into Penn, bankrupted so many of his businesses, and pissed away so much of his real estate fortune his father created doesn't have a clue about the law of supply and demand. That's in response to Donald Trump's post this morning. Everyone, keep oil prices down, you're going to fall right into the enemy's hands. Keep oil prices down. George Perks writes, it turns out creating a situation where 25% of global petroleum

liquids might go offline at any minute has an impact on oil prices. Who could have guessed that? Meanwhile, Iran's military Central Command spokesperson issued the following statement, Mr. Trump the gambler, you may start this war, but we will be the ones who end it. As we look at some of the high resolution satellite imagery of the Fordow nuclear facility, it does not appear that the facility was completely destroyed. It does appear it was damaged. But we do see here if you look at this photo and you zoom in, you'll see 16 cargo trucks were entering tunnels at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility shortly before the US-Israeli strike,

raising concerns that Tehran may have secretly relocated enriched uranium or critical nuclear minerals ahead of the bombing. Lots of people were also saying that as a result of Donald Trump's social media posts and Trump's behavior and his statements like, oh, we're planning something far bigger than a ceasefire, far bigger than a ceasefire, that Donald Trump also tipped off Iran for what was going to happen so that they were able to limit the damage that was actually being caused. I think Jake Breaux makes a good point here when he shows this photo of former presidents giving speeches to the

American people at the White House and contrasts it with Donald Trump. Jake goes, I have never seen a US president that was so weak and so scared about talking military action That he needed his yes-men entourage to keep him company at the podium in the cross hall Donald Trump came out there with JD Vance Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth Versus in the past commanders-in-chief addressing the American people directly from the New York Times over the past 24 hours Trump's incessant tweets gave away his war plans and convinced the Iranians to hide a ton of Uranium nice job Donald and who do we have right now? As running counterterrorism in the United States this guy guy, Thomas Fugate, 22 year old,

he was a grocery store clerk, and that's what he was doing, but he was a big MAGA person, and that's ultimately why, I was reading what the meme actually says, but he was a grocery store clerk, and that's why he was a big MAGA supporter, ultimately picked by Trump because he was a big MAGA fan, has no counterterrorism experience before.

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Pat Ryan, a veteran who served two combat tours in Iraq, says the following, Trump is claiming his strikes on Iran made the American people safer. He is dangerously wrong. I served two combat tours in Iraq and am now in the Armed Service Committee. His actions were not only unconstitutional, they have made America less safe, not more. Here's why. Within hours of strikes, Trump said the nuclear facilities were completely and totally obliterated. This was literally impossible to know. A battle damage assessment takes days or even weeks, especially given the secretive and fortified nature of all three targets. This morning, Chairman Kaine made it clear it was far too

soon to know whether Iran's nuclear program was destroyed. I hope and pray the strike was successful, but there's a real chance the operation wasn't fully effective. If so, the risk to the US is dramatically higher. Iran now has every motivation to break out and develop nuclear weapon as quickly as possible. Given the lack of clear rationale for why this preventative strike was needed, and what exactly it was capable of achieving, this is an incredibly dangerous amount of risk to take on. I know Trump said he now wants peace, I share that gold. The problem is that, as Secretary Mattis always says, in war, the enemy gets a vote. We have 40,000 troops in theater, the risk of an Iranian or proxy counterattack is much higher. I'm praying for their safety

It's not just conventional attacks from Iran ballistic missiles drones. I'm worried about its asymmetric escalation cyber Closing the Strait of Hormuz militant groups in Iraq deciding they have nothing to lose. It's God forbid a strike on the homeland I love our country I proudly put my life on the line to keep the American people safe. And I'm under no illusions about the Iranian regime. It's evil. But war is hell and Trump just introduced an incredible amount of risk and volatility into the global order. For a guy who ran on keeping us out of war, this is a total 180, and he did it without ever making the case to the American people or involving Congress, or even getting on the same page as his own director of national intelligence. That's deeply wrong and un-American.

We need to have an honest conversation as a country about what comes next, and we cannot repeat our approach from 2001 and 2002. The answer cannot be, we'll figure it out as we go. I lost too many friends because of that logic. Meanwhile, you have MAGA Republican Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa. She says, this is not a war. We're not actually in a war. This was just a strike.

This is not a war. Here's what she says, play this clip. They do not want to see a war. This is not a war. This was a strike on a threat to the United States of America. I would say as well, this is retribution, Harris, for the thousands of American lives that have been taken by Iran through direct strikes from Iran as well as their terrorist proxies.

Meanwhile, you've got MAGA Republican Congressmember Pat Harrington on Fox saying, we're trying to lower the temperature by raising Marco Rubio is exactly right. It would be Iran's worst decision possible to this point. They've made a lot of bad decisions up till this juncture to come back and attack America or American troops. I genuinely hope that they don't do that, but we'll just have to wait and see here. Then you had MAGA Republican Congress member Keith Self threatening to bomb downtown Tehran.

Play this clip. I don't think they'll go big because if the president has promised if they go big with major missile strikes against our assets, we'll go back downtown Tehran probably. But yes, it is time for them to come to the table to come to the table to negotiate the peace that we have demonstrated. The president is serious when he says the US will demonstrate peace through strength. We did that.

Now it's time for Iran to come back to the table and make a deal with the president. All right, we will be watching very closely. Of course, Texas. And then moments ago in front of the White House, you had Donald Trump's faith office praying and speaking in tongues at the White House. Play this clip. And this is the time. And so we declare right now from the capital of our nation that America

will come back to God. We will come back to God. Nothing will stop this nation. And we speak right now by the authority of— That's what's going on in the White House right now. Donald Trump threatening nuclear war against Russia and calling it the N-word. I'm Ben Mycelis. This is the Midas Touch Network. Hit subscribe. Help us get to 6 million subscribers. The truth is more important than ever.

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