Ben Meiselas (host)

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1,511 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 2 Jun

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The MeidasTouch Podcast · GOP Leaders Implode on Sunday Shows as Trump Tanks Party · 8 Dec 2025 podcast

The president seems to be acknowledging that grocery prices or at least beef prices are a challenge because he put out this order just yesterday saying they're going to investigate corporate price gouging for high beef prices.

Isn't suing the food companies the same thing the Biden administration did and it didn't really work?

Well, nothing the Biden administration did worked.

So why are you doing that?

Because this isn't the same thing.

If they had done this, if they'd done it properly, we'd be in a different spot.

And beef is one component.

Thanksgiving turkey was down 16%.

So next, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson's asked, so if everything's great, if everything's fine with farmers and you're saying things are great, why is it that you need to bail out farmers right now?

Why do you have to give them what you're calling a bridge payment, which is a bailout?

to the farmers right now.

And he goes, well, because you need to help them with the financing now because next year is going to be so great.

Here, play this clip.

Why, if everything's fine, then why do farmers need a bridge payment from the agricultural department?

Sorry?

Why would farmers need a bridge payment from the agriculture department then?

Because these prices haven't come in because the Chinese actually used our soybean farmers as pawns in the trade negotiations.

And we are going to create this bridge because, again, agriculture is all about the future.

You've got to start financing for planting next year when things will be very good.

Ever have one of those moments where your body reminds you it's not 25 anymore?

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