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Trump GOES MISSING for 72 Hours as TROOPS WOUNDED in WAR!!

30 May 2026

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Chapter 1: Why has Donald Trump gone missing for 72 hours?

0.031 - 27.827 Ben Meiselas

Donald Trump has gone missing for 72 hours. He has made zero public appearances. They are now releasing old interviews that he did earlier this week on state regime media, which calls itself Fox News. He had Treasury Secretary Scott Besant hold a press conference instead of Trump doing the press conference. This of course follows Donald Trump's very suspicious physical exam at Walter Reed.

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27.968 - 53.565 Ben Meiselas

I covered all of the red flags in the medical report that was released on Friday evening at 11 p.m. And this all comes at a time when we have learned that five Americans were injured in connection with this ongoing catastrophic and unlawful war by the United States and Israel in Iran, which the Trump regime through CENTCOM is trying to cover up.

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53.966 - 80.46 Ben Meiselas

They're also trying to cover up the fact that three MQ-9 Reaper drones were destroyed, targeted, shot down. And they now are displaying it on a video on Iranian regime media right now. And CENTCOM says no planes were shot down, trying to draw a distinction between a plane like an F-35 and the MQ-9 Reaper drones. Sure, I guess.

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80.44 - 101.379 Ben Meiselas

But there have been multiple drones shot down, these $30 million, $50 million drones in the past 72 hours. And the cover-up continues as Donald Trump continues to lie about, oh, there's going to be a deal, we're about to make a deal. manipulating the markets for his oligarchs while the American people suffer.

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101.98 - 130.748 Ben Meiselas

As we reported earlier, an Iranian ballistic missile strike on a Kuwaiti air base on May 30th injured several Americans, at least five and maybe more, and it also severely damaged two MQ-9 Reaper drones on the 30th and then also the day before one MQ-9 Reaper drone was destroyed as well. This is how it was being reported in Kuwait. Hat tip to Bloomberg for getting the scoop.

130.728 - 157.839 Ben Meiselas

falling debris from the intercepted Fatah 110 missile hit Ali al-Salam Air Base, causing minor injuries to about five U.S. personnel and contractors. Remember that Donald Trump refers to traumatic brain injuries as headaches and minor injuries, and he's done that consistently. So I just want to flag that right there. And then it talks about these MQ-9 Reaper drones that were destroyed.

158.36 - 181.288 Ben Meiselas

Iran has been showing what these MQ-9 Reapers look like after they've been destroyed and they've been shot down. Iran has been releasing the footage of their radar, locking in and shooting down the Reaper drones and also showing that if they wanted to, they could shoot down an F-35 as well. You know, here's what was going down again over the past 24 hours. There's lots of people who believed

181.268 - 208.018 Ben Meiselas

that one of the reasons Trump was missing is the U.S. was also planning another major strike, a major offensive in the Strait of Hormuz. You had U.S. Navy Central Command and UKMTO, the kind of maritime authority in the U.K., issued a critical warning yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz that major U.S. military operations will soon be conducted.

207.998 - 237.303 Ben Meiselas

citing Iran's, quote, dangerous and illegal mining with US forces on high alert for Iranian attack. Any vessels obstructing the operation or supporting mine laying activities will be targeted by US forces. It was the same UK MTO warning that was issued on June 11th, 2025, before the so-called Operation Midnight Hammer. But after that, we then learned that once the U.S.

Chapter 2: What are the implications of Trump's absence during the Iran conflict?

237.724 - 263.405 Ben Meiselas

hit originally, remember, the U.S. breached the ceasefire and the U.S. struck an area in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran retaliated, hit this Kuwaiti air base. and were able to successfully target these five Americans there, service members, contractors. And again, it's probably more than five, so we'll just say between five to 15. We don't know the number yet.

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263.685 - 287.717 Ben Meiselas

We know the Trump regime is covering this up. But Iran was able to target it, and then the U.S. kind of pulled back again. And so as Hamrejeza Azizi explains, the state of affairs over the past week, From the morning to the evening, the deal is almost done. It's just awaiting Trump's signature. Evening to the morning, Iran and the U.S. exchange fire around the Strait of Hormuz.

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287.737 - 308.25 Ben Meiselas

I mean, as of this recording, I mean, a few hours back, Iran reports air defenses are being activated over Kashem Island. in the Persian Gulf. This was what Central Command put out claim. Iran State TV claimed Iranian forces down to U.S. aircraft near Bashir. False. Truth. No U.S. aircraft were shot down. All U.S.

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308.31 - 330.341 Ben Meiselas

air assets are accounted for, I guess, except the three MQ-9 Reapers and five Americans who are now injured as a result of the U.S. breach of the ceasefire and then Iran retaliating by hitting this base. And then the soldiers were injured with so-called falling debris. That's what they always use in the Middle East. It was falling debris that hit our buildings, not the underlying drones.

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330.861 - 349.043 Ben Meiselas

So, Maga Mike Johnson rushed to state regime media. He rushed on Fox with Kayleigh McEnany, who was Donald Trump's former press secretary. And he said, and she even asked him, she said, so Bloomberg reports there were Iranian missile strikes that injured several Americans. Like, what's going on, Maga Mike? Play this clip.

349.023 - 367.69 Kayleigh McEnany

Bloomberg is reporting that there were Iranian missile strikes that injured several Americans at a Kuwaiti air base. We know the president was in the Situation Room for about two hours yesterday. He's been very clear, no dust, no deal. There could also be votes about Iran next week, war powers votes. Where do you think things stand?

369.61 - 388.51 Mike Johnson

Well, I talked to the president most recently last night about all of this, and you're right. He has dialed in on it. We've got to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, and we've got to get this to a situation where there's no kinetic conflict. The Iranians, you know, there's a bunch of avowed jihadis over there, right? And the new leadership, I think, wants to bring an end to this conflict.

388.59 - 389.712 Mike Johnson

I certainly hope they do.

389.692 - 403.452 Ben Meiselas

And then of course they need to pivot. Okay, what are we gonna talk about now? All right, let's just bring up religion randomly and go, so are you still praying in the congressional chapel that you took me to, Maga Mike? Let's play this clip.

Chapter 3: How are U.S. troops affected by the ongoing war in Iran?

472.393 - 476.721 Ben Meiselas

I mean, have you seen anybody more spineless than this guy play this clip?

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477.081 - 489.544 Mike Johnson

The War Powers Act on the House floor is being forced. They're going around the Speaker with a discharge to bring that to the floor. I don't believe it'll pass, and I hope it doesn't, because we don't need to take the authority away from the Commander-in-Chief and the Pentagon right now.

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489.524 - 512.983 Mike Johnson

at this critical moment the operation epic fury has long since ended we're now in a new phase of this trying to bring calm and peace to the situation we need our international partners to help out i'm very optimistic about that the president is as well but it's it's difficult sometimes to deal with people there when we've had a total change in leadership and they're still trying to get their bearings on who's in charge so we're praying that this resolves quickly i believe it will

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512.963 - 536.674 Ben Meiselas

Then as I noted, state regime media, which calls itself Fox, in lieu of Donald Trump not making public appearances following his Walter Reed exam, they're playing old footage of Donald Trump from earlier in this week, like an interview that Lara Trump did on like Monday of the week, that they're still like... playing clips right now. And just think about it.

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537.134 - 557.494 Ben Meiselas

Lara Trump, Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, she knows about his physical and cognitive decline about more than just about anybody, but we all see it though, obviously, right? And so you have the daughter-in-law interviewing the authoritarian. As we said on the Midas Touch Network, if you saw this in another country, you would be like, how utterly humiliating is this?

557.955 - 561.398 Ben Meiselas

And so this is what they're showing while Donald Trump has gone missing. Let's play this clip.

561.445 - 572.343 Unknown

Will be the entrance into the ballroom. The ballroom will be right here. This is a glass, beautiful glass tunnel. Beautiful tunnel that goes right into the ballroom. Ballroom's right there. Pretty good, right?

572.764 - 574.767 Lara Trump

You've had so much fun, I feel like, designing this.

574.928 - 589.413 Unknown

Well, I did. It's going to be one of the greatest. I would say it will be the greatest facility of its kind ever built. By far. There'll never be anything like it. And we're ahead of schedule. We're right on budget. And it's a gift from me and from great patriots.

Chapter 4: What details were revealed about the injuries sustained by U.S. personnel?

595.684 - 621.456 Ben Meiselas

They play that clip. Then she's on state regime media this morning with the wife of... Duffy, the transportation secretary's wife, is the host of Rachel Campos. Duffy is the host of a Fox show interviewing Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, who is another host on Fox, about the interview with the dictator, with the Fuhrer.

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621.436 - 651.223 Lara Trump

and here's what they talk about the ballroom the ballroom here play this clue long before the president said um you know the ballroom would have been a solution to what had happened at the white house correspondence center i had been on the floor and waiting for sean to come back and my husband sean to come back into the he knew he was going to come back to get me after he was taken out and i waited and he came back and his um his details said to me if we had a ballroom this would have never happened and

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651.203 - 670.375 Ben Meiselas

And then as part of that interview between Lara Trump and Donald Trump that they play, Lara Trump's like, so having a conflict right before the midterms, not great. And then Trump's like, well, I guess we have a very short window. As our editor in chief, Ron Filipkowski, writes, kind of hurts your negotiating leverage when your opponent knows you have to get a deal done well before the midterms.

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670.776 - 674.983 Ben Meiselas

Just in case Iran didn't already know, they know it. Art of the deal, man. Here, play this clip.

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675.048 - 682.463 Lara Trump

I'd imagine if you could have timed things perfectly, having a conflict just in front of the midterm elections at a time like this isn't ideal.

682.564 - 699.477 Unknown

So if you wanted to play that game, then you would wait till the midterms are over, and then the following hour, you'll attack Iran because they cannot have a nuclear weapon. Most people agree with me on that. But then it gets maybe carried into, you know, the next election, whether it's a midterm or not. So you have a very short window.

699.938 - 711.298 Ben Meiselas

And while Trump has gone missing, you had Pete Hegseth in Singapore. And here's what he claims that we control the Strait of Hormuz. Let's play this clip.

711.278 - 724.791 Pete Hegseth

The wait has been an American effort, especially on the blockade, which has been ironclad and frankly has put the real pressure on Iran. They want to say that they control the Strait, but we do.

Chapter 5: How is the U.S. government covering up military operations?

725.451 - 732.498 Pete Hegseth

And everything behind the scenes shows that we are in control when it comes to that, including how the dynamics of the negotiation are coming together.

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732.678 - 739.024 Ben Meiselas

And then he claims, look, the blockade is doing amazing. The blockade is very much in place. Let's play it.

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739.493 - 760.399 Pete Hegseth

Did you discuss that with them? And is that blockade still in place? The blockade is very much still in place. And the Strait of Hormuz came up relatively often. And usually once we talked through it, countries were reassured that the American perspective accounted for that, which it did from the beginning. And that also our view toward energy, I think, will reshape the global map.

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760.479 - 768.049 Pete Hegseth

And the president has talked about whether it's Texas or Venezuela or energy production, how the future in energy is actually an American future.

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768.029 - 789.204 Ben Meiselas

But while all of this is taking place, I don't want you to forget the corruption, the criminality, the grift that's happening in plain sight. We've done so many videos on Donald Trump's stock trades, right? 3,800 trades in the first quarter of all of these companies involved in the war and that meet with him. You know that UFC fight that Donald Trump keeps talking about?

789.224 - 813.713 Ben Meiselas

We're doing a UFC fight on the White House lawn. It's going to be so big. I'm going to do a whole report on the UFC fight as well. But Trump bought up to $50,000 worth of stock in TKO Group Holdings, UFC's parent company, shortly before heavily promoting the UFC event. So Trump bought the stock in TKO. Also, the Trump administration talks to give equity debt funding to U.S. drone companies.

813.693 - 840.072 Ben Meiselas

It's part of the Pentagon's $1.1 billion drone dominance program, targeting 300,000 low-cost drones by the end of 2027. By the way, good. That's where technology is going. That makes a lot more sense than doing $50 billion, $35 billion battleships, Trump battleships. Stocks in these drone companies surge. But guess what? Trump Jr.

840.192 - 859.596 Ben Meiselas

is an advisor and shareholder in Unusual Machines, one of these drone companies. He's helped other companies get close to billion-dollar loans, and he's making massive, massive amounts of money. And you know what Donald Trump was fined for all of the failure to disclose his stock trades? You wanna know what the fine was?

860.42 - 883.761 Ben Meiselas

$200 for failure to disclose stock trades worth tens of millions of dollars within the required 45-day reporting period deadline. How utterly despicable. Thanks for watching, everybody. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks, everybody. New Midas merch drop. Check out the latest pro-democracy sticker packs, t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, and more all at store.midastouch.com.

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