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The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 5/26/26

26 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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It's Memorial Day, folks. We'll talk about Donald Trump's disgusting and despicable behavior today.

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Chapter 2: What chaos did Donald Trump create during recent Iran negotiations?

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We'll talk about Donald Trump trying to blow up what appeared to be an Iran peace deal that was taking shape. Donald Trump demanding that Arab nations enter into

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alliances with israel if the united states is going to reach a resolution with iran and trump is saying this is going to be a mandatory condition for united states peace with iran we'll talk about that donald trump's polling is tanking at record lows we'll talk about a new generation of democratic leadership the

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Most recently embodied in some of the speeches we've seen from Georgia, Senator Ossoff and main Senate candidate Graham Plattner will talk about Republicans revolting against the truly revolting Donald Trump. You have Republican Congress member Fitzpatrick introducing legislation to block Donald Trump's $1.8 billion bill. slush fund to insurrectionists.

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Today, Donald Trump was focused on the pillars of the White House. He wants to tear down those pillars and replace them with Corinthian pillars. Do you all remember when former President Obama gave that speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner, where he was mocking what Donald Trump was going to turn the White House into?

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Well, when you look at what Donald Trump is doing now with the UFC stadium being built in the White House, he wants to rip down the pillars, a golden ballroom.

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It looks a lot like what Obama was mocking Donald Trump for wanting to do, and it's really embarrassing for our country right now, especially while the American people are suffering more than ever under this regime's horrific policies, plans, and utter destruction.

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I also want to talk about the shooting that took place at the White House on Saturday evening, what we've learned about the shooter who has since been killed, Apparently, he was someone who was known to Trump's TOJ, someone who had been arrested before.

Chapter 3: How did Trump's Memorial Day message impact public perception?

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He had a failure to appear at prior court appearances. And to me, I just find it interesting, would be putting it lightly, that while the Trump regime is focused on kidnapping all of these migrants and finding Abuelo and Abuela, hardworking people who are paying their taxes here in the United States.

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Actual people who had previously threatened the White House were permitted just to kind of walk around Washington, D.C. I mean, Jeanine Pirro was the federal prosecutor who would be kind of overseeing the prosecutions of people like this. And so let's talk about that. And of course, Donald Trump immediately used the shooting to say, look, another assassination attempt. I need my golden ballroom.

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I need my golden ballroom. And of course, we need to talk about what's going on in Ukraine right now. Donald Trump promised that on day one, he was going to end the war from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, things are getting much worse there.

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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Trump's bizarre court filing?

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Russia launching some of its most aggressive and deadly missile strikes on Kyiv as Zelensky has been able to send his drones and Ukrainian drones to attack Ukraine. oil depots in Moscow. While all of this is taking place, the Trump regime pausing military aid to Taiwan, one of the deliverables it seems he promised Xi Jinping.

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Today, we also have the Pakistani prime minister meeting with Xi Jinping, and that follows Putin meeting with Xi Jinping last week. And they all got the same type of welcome that Trump got, except they've actually made joint statements and showed actual alliances while Donald Trump looked like a fool and accepted Xi Jinping saying the United States is in decline.

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We'll talk about this and more on this episode of the Midas Touch Network. Brett and Jordi, it's great to see you both. I just want to start out with our post on the Midas Touch Network on Memorial Day. Memorial Day asks something simple of us. Remember the service members who lost their lives, the families who carry that loss every day.

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and the responsibility we all share to never treat that sacrifice lightly. This shouldn't be about left versus right or political divisions. Honoring those who gave their lives for this country should be something that brings us together. And you contrast that to Donald Trump's post today.

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Happy Memorial Day to all, including the Democrats who have disrespected our military and all the tremendous success that it has had over the last year, he says. Brett and Jordy, good to see you both.

Chapter 5: How is the shooting near the White House being politicized?

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I mean, this is what we've come to expect from this lunatic.

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It's what we've come to expect, but also it's something that I, you know, just don't want anyone to ever get numb to, you know? And I feel like so many people, and we've seen reporters literally say this in recent weeks, oh, why would we report on that? Trump always does that. Well, that's a way that you let him get away with this sort of behavior.

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Here at the Midas Touch Network, I never want to normalize this sort of behavior. I want to still call it out. When we see even people in Donald Trump's administration, like a Steve Chung, Donald Trump's communication guy, like throwing around F-bombs and cursing at other people who are just being lightly critical of their disastrous war effort. It's just like, can you guys grow up, okay?

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Can you please grow up? We'll get to that more in a second. First, I want to thank everybody for joining us on this Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a lot of things, right? Memorial Day, you know, it's a day for people to get together. A lot of barbecues on Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer.

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But I want to make sure that we center this day in what it's really about, and that's honoring our fallen soldiers. And to the point of the message that we posted on social media, this should never be a partisan issue.

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you right whether you're democrat republican independent non-party affiliated we should all be able to come together on this day um and acknowledge that sacrifice without throwing all this name calling and all this other garbage that we keep seeing from uh donald trump and all these folks like the to use it to go democrats uh you know attack biden attack obama it's like can you grow up for one single day i know i'm asking far too much

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from people who are essentially professional trolls at this point. But I just want to make my point here clear. But thanks again for spending this day. I know, you know, a lot of people have off today and I appreciate you spending this time with us. Jordy, what's the latest?

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Brothers, might as mighty, honor to be here.

Chapter 6: What are the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?

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Excited to get into tonight's show. Donald Trump is such a piece of shit, man. I mean, yeah, state the obvious at the onset. Like, that's just such a ridiculous message that will, without a doubt, get sanitized by corporate media. So I just want to call it out here, like at the upfront.

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It's just so frustrating, Brett, to your point, how so many in the corporate media landscape and so many of these reporters out there that they've just become so numb to this that they won't call that out. Right. Donald Trump in his in his Memorial Day message once again decides to divide the entire country. I mean, you know, talking about the Democrats, I'm like, it's not even funny.

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also it just assumes that no one who's ever fought bravely and died for this country was a democrat like it is so beneath the level the behavior is so beneath the level of the office that it's just so frustrating to see play out because it just embarrasses us anyway a lot more to talk about a lot more things we'll probably be embarrassed about quite frankly as we go through this episode so benji with that where we starting off today

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just think about if anybody else did this i mean he basically was mocking our service members who made the ultimate sacrifice during the speech he gave at the white house today uh he was uh saying that there are you know no he goes you know interestingly at arlington cemetery i don't see a lot of donalds there i don't see a lot of donalds i mean he's making it about himself It's not funny.

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I mean, this is a very solemn and serious day, and we expect people to exhibit leadership on this day and not try to, like, crack weird jokes. Here, play this clip.

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This was a Union soldier by the name of Private Christman, Private William Henry Christman of Pennsylvania, who died as 19 years old. He was...

Chapter 7: How is Trump's approval rating affecting the upcoming elections?

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A great young man, they say. Beside him are more than 18,000 other young men named William, over 20,000 named John, over 13,000 named James, joined over time by Isaac, Elijah, Earls, Hanks, Helens, Wands, Margaret's, Marius, Donald's. Not too many. and others whose names tell the true story of American greatness and greatness it is.

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And then he starts again, making it about himself. He talks about the United States invasion of Venezuela and Iran. And he seems to be like bragging, look, only 13 people have died in Iran and lots more people have died in other wars. Look how successful we are.

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He doesn't read the name of the lost service members, you know, who frankly died as a result of the negligence of the Trump regime, not notifying our service members of what was actually going on in the region, leaving them vulnerable to drone strikes and, uh, and other missile attacks, and then also kind of covering it up. I mean, we know with the KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed over Iraq.

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Remember the Trump regime tried to say, oh, it was just friendly skies, and we don't know how that happened. And it seems that what was happening was it was not friendly skies, that there was Iraqi militia groups that were supported by Iran And that's what led to these evasive maneuvers by the Strato tanker that led to deaths there. And so it's lie after lie from this regime.

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But here's what he says. Let's play this clip.

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In two wars recently, we've lost a total of 13 service members in Venezuela, which was a complete and total victory where we're working very closely with the Venezuela government right now.

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we took that over in one day and we lost no one in operation epic fury we lost 13 wonderful souls wonderful special people these incredible men and women gave their lives to ensure that the world's number one state sponsor of terror will never have a nuclear weapon oh and they won't they will never have a nuclear weapon i'm sure you i'm sure you know that

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We'll talk about what's going on in a moment there, where under the current framework of negotiations and discussions, the nuclear file discussing the nuclear material will be deferred 30 to 60 days. We'll talk about that in a little bit. But then Donald Trump starts falling asleep when Hegseth was giving his speech. I'll show you this. Let's play it.

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This day began as decoration day when widows and orphans and other mourners placed flowers and ribbons on some 20,000 graves. They were soldiers.

Chapter 8: What demands did Trump make regarding the Abraham Accords?

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And we know that he has his doctor's visit in Walter Reed coming up in the next 24 hours or so. He says he's also getting another dental check at Walter Reed after getting a dental check in early May. And after getting a dental check in early January, and then another dental check before then when there was a dental operatory in the White House, lots of red flags there.

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And then Donald Trump struggles to read the word hallowed and just calls it howl. I'll show you this. Let's play it.

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Today here at Arlington, a very special place that howl.

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Burial grounds, battlefields across the country. Because Donald Trump would not acknowledge by name the service members who lost their lives in this catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran. We can just show you who they are right now. I read off their names as well earlier. Major

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John Kleiner, Captain Arianna Savino, Tech Sergeant Ashley Pruitt, Captain Seth Koval, Captain Curtis Angst, Tech Sergeant Tyler Simmons, Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, Chief Foreign Officer Robert Marzon, Major Jeffrey O'Brien, Sergeant Declan Cody, Sergeant First Class Nicole Amer, Sergeant First Class Noah Teichens, Captain Cody Cork right there.

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After Donald Trump gave the speech, you could see him examining the pillars at the White House, and he was looking at these pillars. And then we learned that, you know, if you went back, I think Washington Post wrote a story about this two months back. He wants to rip these pillars out and replace them with Corinthian pillars, as he says. They're much nicer.

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So he's going to try to rip these apart soon. We saw today also the Trump regime setting up for this UFC fight. They said there was going to be 20, that would be the hottest ticket in town, 20, 30,000 people showing up.

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it seems that what they're actually going to be doing is just using our members of the military as props it's going to be about 4 000 service members who are going to be kind of put there to watch the fight to make it look like there's a crowd and it's going to be during a very hot period of time in washington dc as well I think that event's going to be another disaster.

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And I just want to remind you as well, as we're talking about Donald Trump's disastrous Memorial Day speeches, this was the speech that Donald Trump gave last year when he was bragging about grocery prices down, gas prices down. This was his speech one year ago to this day. Let's play it.

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