The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Has Meltdown at Press Brief With Ugly Confession
Episode Date: August 6, 2025MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disaster press conference which was supposed to be about the 2028 Olympics but quickly turned into Donald Trump having a meltdown and making i...ncriminating confessions. Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/meidas for your personalized ED treatment options. 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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disastrous press conference. Now, this follows earlier in the day where he was walking on the
roof of the White House saying that he was building nuclear weapons on the roof of the White House.
Well, this press conference that just wrapped up was supposed to be about the 2028 Olympics,
but it ended up being Donald Trump being asked questions about Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell
and Donald Trump saying that the reason he sent his former criminal defense attorney who's
become the number two at the Department of Justice Todd Blanche to meet with Geelain Maxwell,
a few weeks back for about nine hours and give her immunity was to ensure that people who were
mentioned in the files would not be hurt by what she could say. Are you talking about yourself,
Donald? Sounds like a confession and an admission to me. Play this clip. I just have very highly thought
of person, respected by everybody. And I didn't talk to him about it, but I will tell you that
whatever he has would be totally appropriate and it's not an uncommon thing to do that and I think
he probably wants to make sure that you know people that should not be involved or aren't involved
or not hurt by something that would be very very unfortunate very unfair to a lot of people but I will
say this Todd Blanche is one of the most highly respected people you'll ever meet so I know this I
didn't discuss it with him but anything he talked about with her or the fact that he did that
not unusual number one and most importantly is something that would be totally above board next
donald trump is asked if he is aware um who approved gilane maxwell moving from the prison where
she was serving 20 plus years for being convicted of sex trafficking in tallahassee to a minimum
security prison in southeast texas camp brian where she had to get a special waiver because at the
minimum security prison in Camp Bryant in Southeast Texas, they don't allow people who are convicted
of sex trafficking. So she got a special exemption. Were you aware about this, Donald? And Donald goes,
no, this happens all the time. This is just what takes place with the Bureau of Prisons. No, it's not.
This is unprecedented. People who are convicted of sex trafficking and Geline Maxwell, one of the worst
sex traffickers in American history, getting sent to a minimum security prison.
with a special exemption from the DOJ after meeting with the number two at the DOJ,
that's never happened before in American history because this is all part of Donald Trump's
cover up of his relationship with Epstein and all part of Donald Trump's plan to deep six the
Epstein files. Here, play this clip.
President Trump, two questions for you.
One, did you, were you aware of and did you personally approve the prison transfer for
Galane Maxwell that your Justice Department?
I didn't know about it at all.
No.
I read about it just like you did.
And do you believe that she's not a very uncommon thing?
Do you believe that she's credible to be listening to?
Your Deputy Attorney General sat down with her recently.
Well, let me tell you, he's a very talented man.
His name is Todd Blanche.
She's a very legitimate person, very high,
I just have very highly thought of person, respected by everybody.
And I didn't talk to him about it,
but I will tell you that whatever he asks would be totally appropriate,
and it's not an uncommon thing to do that.
And I think he probably wants to make sure that, you know,
people that should not be involved or aren't involved
or not hurt by something that would be very, very unfortunate,
very unfair to a lot of people.
But I will say this.
Todd Blanche is one of the most highly respected people you'll ever meet.
So I know this.
I didn't discuss it with him,
but anything he talked about with her
or the fact that he did that,
not unusual, number one,
and most importantly, is something
that would be totally above board.
Then Donald Trump forgets the name of his Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Knoem.
He calls her Christy Kerr and then says Christy Kerr was a great golfer, but I've got
Christy Knoem.
Here, watch his cognitive glitch play this clip.
Very much, ma'am.
Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Kerr, says, Christy Kerr.
Do you know who Christy Kerr?
She's a friend of my great golfer.
Christine Noam, she's a better golfer than you.
That's the only thing, but you're better at a lot of other things.
But I want to thank you for being here for doing an unbelievable job, really an unbelievable job.
FCC chairman, Brendan Carr.
Brendan, thank you.
Thank you, Brendan.
Then Donald Trump makes the Olympic executive director or the head of it give him gold medals.
And so Trump presents himself with a full set of Olympic medals.
Remember how Donald Trump stole the trophy from FIFA for the club championship that he now has at the White House and the winners had to actually get like a replica?
Well, he's doing it again. Play this clip.
We don't have trophies in the Olympic movement, but as you know, 1984, host of the Olympics in Los Angeles and someone we admire President Reagan, both of us, presided over those.
And you will preside over our games.
So we have for you a full set of the 84.
for original medals.
Wow.
Can I say that I won them athletically?
Yes, sir.
That would be a great idea.
So at this point, Fox, state regime media,
they cut away because they're like,
all right, this is just getting completely off the rails.
We can't show our audience this, play this clip.
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So then what happens?
Then you have Donald Trump asked about,
do you support Israel annexing Gaza,
reoccupying all of it?
Trump goes, I don't know.
I'm going to let Netanyahu do whatever Netanyahu wants.
wants to do. That's Trump's plan. Just give Netanyahu carte blanche. Play this clip.
Would you support Israel reoccupying all of Gaza as been, has been suggested by some Israeli
officials? Well, I don't know what the suggestion is. I know that we are there now trying to
get people fed. As you know, $60 million was given by the United States fairly recently to
supply food and a lot of food, frankly, for the people of Gaza that are obviously not
doing too well with the food. And I know Israel is going to help us with that in terms of distribution
and also money. We also have the Arab states are going to help us with that in terms of the
money and possibly distribution. So that's what I'm focused on. As far as the rest of it,
I really, I really can't say that's going to be pretty much up to Israel. Yeah, please.
Then Donald Trump says that he may order the FBI to arrest Texas Democrats who are breaking
the quorum, who are now in Illinois, play this clip.
Yeah.
Two questions for you.
Mr. President, thank you.
Texas Senator John Cornyn, Texas Senator John Cornyn is asking for your help to force Democrats
back to the state and hold them accountable.
Do you want the federal government and the FBI to help locate and arrest these Texas
Democrats who have left the state?
Well, I think they've abandoned the state.
Nobody's seen anything like it, even though they've done it twice before.
and in a certain way, it almost looks like they've abandoned the state.
It looks very bad.
Yeah, go ahead, please.
Does the FBI get involved?
Should the FBI get involved?
Well, they may have to.
They may have to.
No, I know they want them back.
Not only the attorney general, the governor wants them back.
If you look, I mean, the governor of Texas is demanding they come back.
So a lot of people are demanding they come back.
You can't just sit it out.
You have to go back.
You have to fight it out.
That's what elections are all about.
Yeah.
Then Donald Trump goes on this ranting.
raving like a lunatic lie, this diatribe about how he released water into Southern California
and put out the fires when that's just not true. Trump claims that he turned on a faucet in
Northern California and all the water flew into Southern California and put out the fires.
Just so you know the real story, the Southern California fires were 100% contained
when Donald Trump went to kind of central Northern California and he released.
billions of gallons of water from reservoirs that was not connected anywhere near Southern
California. So the water was released into farmland at a time when it was not needed, causing
issues with the farmers right there. And that water never reached Southern California at all.
But here's what he says. Play this clip. Okay. Brian. Thank you, Mr. President. This has to do
with the safety aspect of the Olympics. What can you do as a president to ensure
that southern California, the greater Los Angeles area, is safe from any fire danger that the state clears
away, brush in state parks, the reason why this last fire happened in Pacific Palisades.
What can you ensure for that?
Well, as you know, Brian, we have, I've been fighting with them for a long time about allowing the
water to come down from the Pacific Northwest, essentially, and we actually opened up that water
pretty strongly.
We got a lot of opposition from the governor, and we opened it up anyway, and the water.
is coming down, that we want it opened further.
They have a lot of water.
They send it out into the Pacific Ocean in order to protect the smelt.
It's a little tiny fish that's not doing very well, especially when they don't have water.
They really do badly, okay?
Then Donald Trump claims that we're making trillions of dollars, not billions.
And because we're making so much money, everybody, we may get tariff rebate checks.
Remember when he was talking about Doge dividend checks?
the guy is a con artist and a scammer and a fraud and a criminal watch him in action play this
clip government our country is doing great i think we are doing probably maybe in many ways
better than we've ever done before you know we're taking in trillions not billions
trillions and trillions of dollars from other countries who for years took advantage of us they
took advantage of the united states like we were children and that's not happening anymore now
they're paying a lot of money and they're paying hundreds of billions of dollars individual countries
paying hundreds of billions of dollars you're seeing what everybody else is seeing and uh we have a lot of
things we can do you know one of the questions asked to me this morning is are you going to make a
dividend to the people and the purpose of what i'm doing is primarily to pay down debt which will
happen in very large quantity but i think there's also a possibility that we're taking in so much
money that we may very well make a dividend to the people of America. Thank you all very much.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Then Donald Trump says that he could consider the DOJ pressing
charges against any man that tries to masquerade as a woman coming. I didn't even know what the
hell they're talking about here. What the hell are they talking about? Can you just make groceries
more affordable? Can you make housing more affordable like you promise? Can you end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours
like you promised, and the war in Gaza in 24 hours like you promised. You've made everything 100%
worse, but play this clip. Go ahead, please. Thank you. On transgender athletes in the Olympics,
back to the safety, especially of female combat boxers, will the Department of Justice
considering pressing charges against any man that tries to masquerade as a woman coming into
this country to beat up American athletes? And secondly, would your administration consider
genetic testing so that these people can prove that they're actually women competing?
Well, I think there is going to be a very strong form of testing as far as charges.
I'd have to ask the Attorney General about that.
I don't know.
But there will be a very, very strong form of testing.
And if the test doesn't come out appropriately, they won't be in the Olympics.
Yes, ma'am, please.
Go ahead, please.
Then he attacks Senator Elizabeth Warren.
He calls her lunatic Pocahontas jumping around everywhere.
Here, play this clip.
Watch this lunatic Pocahontas.
She's a total lunatic.
I don't know what she's on.
She's all jumping up and down.
Like, I've never seen anything like it.
Talking about supporting the communist mayor.
And he's not a socialist.
He's a communist, okay?
This is not a socialist, man.
This is a communist.
If you look at any of his policies and go back six months,
you don't have to go back further than that.
So they want to put a communist in New York.
Now, the good news is we have a lot of power over that
because we're the ones with the money.
We send the money.
We don't send the money.
Dude, you were on the roof of the White House earlier today pointing up and talking about building nuclear weapons on the roof.
Like, we're building nuclear weapons.
We're building nuclear weapons.
What the hell is even going on?
Then Donald Trump hedges about whether J.D. Vance could be his heir apparent.
Play this clip.
Thank you very much, President Trump.
Nice to see you got off the roof all right.
Yeah, yeah.
You said this morning that you probably won't be running for a third term.
This weekend, Secretary of State Rubio said that he thought J.D. Vance would be a great nominee.
You could clear the entire Republican field right now.
Do you agree that the heir apparent to MAGA is J.D. Vance?
Well, I think most likely, in all fairness, he's the vice president.
I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with J.D. in some form.
I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here.
So it's too early, obviously, to talk.
about it, but certainly he's doing a great job and he would be probably favored at this point.
Then Donald Trump says that the reason that they're redrawing their maps or that they need to
unlawfully gerrymand, let's just call it what it is in Texas.
He goes, well, the Democrats were going to do it anyway in California and New York.
So we did it because they were going to do it anyway.
So that's why we're doing it.
Here, play this clip.
If Texas redrawing their congressional map would get you.
five safe red seats means that California, New York, Illinois, and Maryland are all going to
redraw their maps to add safe. Well, they'll do it anyway. Is it worth it? Yeah, they'll do it
anyway. Why, if we stop over there, they would have done it anyway. Now, just to show you what was
going on this morning to remind you, this was Donald Trump walking on the roof. Here, play this
clip.
Mr. President, what do you want to build?
What he tried to build?
Sir, you say, you approve?
You say more missiles?
Are you building missiles?
What?
Come on, Dad.
Did you say missiles?
Taking over all of Gaza, sir.
I'm not sure if you heard what he said there,
but he said that he was building nuclear weapons on the roof.
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