The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Has Disaster Flight to Asia as Saturday Falls Apart

Episode Date: October 25, 2025

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basically sneaking on to Air Force One and flying to Asia for a trip where 24 days into the government shutdown and Donald Trump's decision is to leave the country this is the first president in U.S. history to leave the country during an active government shutdown a government shutdown that Donald Trump has caused. This while food lines are being seen throughout the United States,

according to CNN, about 1.4 million federal employees in the United States are now either on unpaid leave or still working without pay because of the Trump government shutdown. And we're seeing massive lines for free food across the United States with federal workers and others who are making up these food lines right now during this economy where Donald Trump has helped the billionaires but has destroyed the lives of 99% of Americans. This is Trump's America. Food lines like we saw in COVID are back. Hunger in America is on page one of multiple news outlets from Indianapolis, Boston, Milwaukee to Tennessee. at the Knoxville News Sentinel, 690,000 individuals from Tennessee could see their SNAP benefits

lapse. What about hunger payings? This right here, food pantries are low on food. A snap lapse could make it worse. That's from the Indy Star. How about in Boston where the governor says that food aid is at risk there for one million in that state? Or we can go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. where 700,000 in the state fear the loss of food assistance. Food share funding is running out as the federal shutdown continues. And while Donald Trump is taking this trip to Malaysia, as Donald Trump is out there saying that Ronald Reagan was a lover of tariffs or whatever the hell he's saying on the plane,

the Trump administration is saying that it won't go into any emergency funds or take any immediate action to pay food aid. So the more than 42 million people in this country who rely on supplemental nutrition assistance program may starve to death. Let me repeat that. 42 million people may starve to death because Donald Trump also wants to rip away the health care

of 20 million Americans while giving a $40 billion bailout to Argentina, which basically has already been in. eviscerated because the Argentine peso is still crashing. And then Donald Trump ups the ante and says, you know what, American cattle ranchers, we're going to screw you also. We're going to get our beef now from Argentina. Screw you.

The tariffs are already causing you real serious problems as your costs go up. Now we're getting our beef from Argentina. But Donald Trump says, look, he's got a plan. He says this really wealthy guy gave him. $130 million to help fund the military, a private individual contributing $130-plus million to the U.S. military? What the hell is that even mean? And by the way, the military budget for payroll in a given year is about $170 billion for active duty reserve for the payroll. So that comes to about $14 billion a month or $3.3 billion a week or $466 million a day. So somebody paying $130 million

that covers about 6.7 hours of pay for our troops, 6.7 hours or 4% for a single week. And so what's that money really going to? I did a video earlier that I wonder if that money's going to the bunker that they're constructing where the east wing one stood. As I mentioned, the presidential emergency operation center, the bunker, right, that's supposed to be able to withstand a nuclear attack, that was underneath the east wing of the White House. According to all the reporting that's out there, though this is not being prominently reported, except here on the Midas Touch network, that bunker is now under renovation as well.

and what are the private donors paying for the bunker or the taxpayers paying for bunker boys renovations to his bunker? We got some additional details about who this individual was who gave the $130 million. By the way, is that fully tax deductible? I mean, is it viewed as a charitable contribution? At what point does paying for the military by billionaires paying for things like that just becomes mercenaries? I mean, where is Congress? Is Congress Article 1 is your job? You're just good with billionaires writing $130 million checks.

And then what to fund $6.7 hours? So what the hell is really going on there? And also, can we not be in this government check? Can we just extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies so Americans' health care costs don't go up like $20,000 a year per family? Who can afford an additional $20,000 a year? for health care? What couple making $60,000 to $80,000 or even more can afford an additional $20,000 that they're going to have to pay for health care costs? This is Trump's America. The individual who paid the $130 million, New York Times is reporting, is Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire

and major financial backer of Donald Trump. This is, they go, he will help pay the troops for 6.7 hours. What are we even doing here? Now, we've got some of, audio of Donald Trump on Air Force One, and Donald Trump was asked about the farmers and the ranchers and what's your, like, what are you doing there? And Trump's like, oh, the ranchers have never been happier. He's like, we're going to have to subsidize everybody. We'll subsidize them all. They don't want to be something. They want to be able to sell their produce to markets that are now shut down because of you. They want to be able to do their job and not be fully subsidized to have their work just get destroyed and then just get paid by the government. And by the way,

isn't this just a form of communism, price fixing or social? I mean, you're going to pay them not to make products over and over again? What a disaster. This was Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Here, just play this clip. If you don't get it, what will you do for U.S. farmers who are being impacted by the soil? We're going to subsidize them. We'll give them some money because it's not their fault. They've been doing very well. They did very well under me. Even if you look at the ranchers, the ranchers for the first time in years have made some money, but the V prices are up a little bit. So we'll have to make a determination. But the ranchers are very happy because, you know, for many years they suffer. Now they're making a little money. They're making some money.

And that's a good thing. You know, I'm happy about that. So we'll see. But we'll see. Beyond that point, we'll see. That was Trump on Air Force one, not in the Oval Office. Let me go to, I want to share this with you as well, because when Donald Trump is spreading all of this disinformation, I think it's important that we have like accurate news sites right now and that we get accurate information. So I want to just share this with you, for example, this story, pay for Trump and Congress continues in shutdown unless they ask it to be held. So the fact that Trump and Congress, they're getting paid, they're doing well. and while there are food lines taking place, it's just fascinating to me

that on the left, 87% are covering this. And on the right, only about 13% of the coverage of this is coming from the right wing. Of all of the coverage, 13% of the coverage is coming from right-wing media sources about Congress continuing to pay itself

as Maga Mike Johnson and Donald Trump send them all on vacation. And by the way, it's why a lot of people ask people, how do you do your research in the morning? Ben, like, how do you prepare these videos? Well, the most helpful research tool for me and how I stay up to date on all my news. My go-to news source is ground news.

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you're also supporting our work here on this youtube channel so go to g r o undd dot news slash mtn and we've pinned the link to purchase your subscription below one more time go to ground dot news slash MTN to get 40% off the ground news vantage plant that I use every morning. All right. Back to the Air Force 1 here. And I'll tell you what Donald Trump was also saying after talking about subsidizing all of the farmers. He was asked, how did you find someone who was going to pay the troops during the shutdown?

But as I just broke down for you, they're not paying the troops during the shutdown. It's 6.7 hours. By the way, is it fully tax deductible? and let's see the money. Let's be transparent. That money, what, just enters the Treasury? And is the Treasury Department just hand it over to the military? Do they write a check Department of Defense? I mean, we should be able to see where's this money going to? Is it being taken as a deduction? Is it going to the bunker? Here, play this clip. How did you manage to find somebody to pay for our troops during the shutdown? He's a great gentleman. He's a great patriot. He's obviously a man. very substantial man and he contributed $130 million toward the military in order to make up any difference so he wanted to see the military get paid so did I and he's a wonderful man and he

doesn't want publicity he doesn't you know he'd prefer I think that his name not be mentioned which is pretty unusual in the world they come from and in the world of politics you want your name mentioned he doesn't he's a great patriot he really is he put up 130 million dollars in order to make sure the that's a lot of money in order to make sure that the military got paid and he's and he's a big and he's a big supporter of mine is an american citizen it is great american citizen and then more kind of ranting and raving by donald trump on air force one saying canada lied Canada put out this ad Canada used AI that wasn't really what Reagan said Donald Trump's like Ronald Reagan loved tariffs.

He hated free trade. He loved tariffs. Everybody knows that about Reagan. Look, the ad that was taken out by the province of Ontario by Premier Doug Ford and a $75 million ad by. Some of those ads ran on the World Series and the American League Championship game. You may have seen those ads. I've shown him here on the Midas Touch Network. It uses the direct words of Ronald Reagan from Reagan's 1987 speech on a lot of,

free trade. There are multiple speeches of Ronald Reagan saying how much he despises tariffs and how tariffs only in the most extreme circumstances. And then they should only be used very sparingly. And if you use them, you should try to get rid of him right away because Reagan says, tariffs cause the depression. That's what Reagan says in the speech. Tariffs cause the depression. And tariffs are horrible for the well-being of the country. But Trump now says that's fake. That's AI. Ronald Reagan loved. Ronald Reagan love tariffs. And an important thing to note is the Reagan Foundation is no longer like the Reagan family.

The Reagan Foundation has been taken over by MAGA and Trumpers and people in the Trump administration. So the Reagan Foundation posts like Eric Trump loves Elon Musk and stuff like that now. And they just parrot what Donald Trump says. It's been fully captured by MAGA. I want you to know that about the Reagan Foundation. Here play this clip right here of what he says. What's your view on what Canada needs to do to get things back on track? Canada lied. I mean, what they did was terrible. They made up a fake statement by President Reagan.

Reagan was a big supporter of tariffs when needed, and we need tariffs for national security, and they totally turned it around because they're getting hurt by tariffs, and we're gaining by tariffs. They've used tariffs on us when we had different presidents very successfully, and they've taken a lot of money out of our country, and now we're taking it all back. And so they went out and they made a fake commercial. The Reagan Foundation went crazy when they saw it because it was, you know, the opposite.

It was the opposite of what Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan liked tariffs, and when necessary, he would use tariffs. And it's made us a very rich country. It's also made us when they were used against us. It was not good for us. but we've used it very successfully. We have the highest stock market we've ever had.

We have great national security. I've settled wars because of tariffs, and a president has the right to use tariffs, especially when it comes to national security. And we need it for national security, even including our own wealth and paying down debt and all of the other things. So, you know, we're in very good shape of that.

But they took a commercial saying the exact opposite Canada. So I'm very disappointed in Canada. They lied. I mean, it was a fraud, but they did. Just interesting, too, you know, I subscribe to Donald Trump's email so you don't have to so I could see kind of these desperate, frantic, cult-like emails that he sends to his supporters. So just over the course of a 24 to 48-hour period, he's sending one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, about eight emails in that period.

And, you know, it'll say like, only one Patriot has ever won this award. Hey, Ben, you're such a great Patriot. I'm giving you this award. Click the link. Then you have to, like, give him money. And then it's like, lies, lies, lies. All the Democrats do is lie about me. And then it's like, I'm sorry, this is your final chance to join this secret club.

And it's like, Ben, I am Donald Trump. And to thank you, I'm giving you this award. It's all about giving people awards. Like, and I love you. I'm giving you this award. I'm giving you that award. Just such a ridiculous thing. But he's always asking for money.

He's always grifting. That's the Trump way right there. And then there's not a show. shock to me that in all of the latest aggregate polling data, as G. Eliot Morris compiles, I mean, Trump's approval is plummeting. I mean, it's his approval amongst the Latino community is like 27% right now. Amongst 18 to 29-year-olds, it's like negative 40% a net approval. I mean, as bad as he's ever, as bad as has ever been for him or any president at this time, He's not popular.

He's despised and detested and reviled here in this country. Yet we have a corporate news apparatus and billionaires who support this guy because he's enriching them by stealing from the rest of us. That's what he's doing. That's what's taking place. Anyway, hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. We're in this together.

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