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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Trump Panics as Putin’s Message Scares Him

20 May 2026

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Chapter 1: Why is Donald Trump in panic mode over Putin and Xi Jinping?

0.031 - 17.905 Ben Meiselas

Donald Trump is panicking as Putin's trip to China is clearly scaring him. Donald Trump left China with nothing but some rose seeds that was Xi Jinping's gift to Donald Trump. In contrast, Vladimir Putin got a much bigger welcome than Donald Trump.

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and then as a parting gift xi jinping displayed the unbreakable friendship of great nations strategic partnership of great powers exhibit at the premises of the great hall of the people in beijing And this exhibit featured gigantic photos of Xi Jinping next to Vladimir Putin. And the theme of this exhibit was Unbreakable Alliance.

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And clearly you have Xi Jinping and Putin sending a message to Donald Trump about how weak and pathetic he is. Putin and Xi Jinping also signed numerous documents announcing a multipolar world order. Again, another jab at Donald Trump. And then Xi Jinping gave Putin a much bigger welcome than even Donald Trump got right after Trump showed up.

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Chapter 2: What message are Putin and Xi Jinping sending to Trump?

70.793 - 89.491 Ben Meiselas

So just think about this. Right before Donald Trump shows up in China, who's there? Iran's foreign minister, Araghchi. Then Trump shows up and says, oh, you're so strong and you're so powerful. Xi Jinping gives Donald Trump some rose seeds to leave, knowing that the rose garden was destroyed by Donald Trump and Melania.

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Then Putin shows up immediately, and then Xi Jinping builds out this entire exhibit called Unbreakable Alliance. So Donald Trump was asked about it. What do you make of Xi Jinping's meeting with Putin that just took place? And Donald Trump was on the tarmac earlier today. Here's what he had to say.

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Chapter 3: How did Trump respond to Xi Jinping's meeting with Putin?

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Let's play this clip.

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110.731 - 127.368 Donald Trump

What do you make of President Xi meeting with Putin this week? Well, he told me he was going to. I think it's good. I get along with both of them. But I think it's good. I don't know if the ceremony was quite as brilliant as mine. I watched. I think we topped him. I think we topped him.

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Chapter 4: What market manipulation occurred following Trump's reactions?

127.948 - 135.456 Donald Trump

Good team. But no, I like — I get along with Putin. I get along with — I get along with everybody but your husband and a few others.

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136.972 - 148.824 Ben Meiselas

And then Donald Trump said, but look, folks, I'm 99% approval in Israel. So after being president in the United States, I think I'm going to run for prime minister of Israel. Here, play this clip.

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148.844 - 158.874 Donald Trump

I'm right now at 99% in Israel. I could run for prime minister. So maybe after I do this, I'll go to Israel, run for prime minister. I had a poll this morning.

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Chapter 5: What implications does the US-Iran peace agreement have for oil prices?

158.914 - 162.097 Donald Trump

I'm 99%. So that's good.

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162.217 - 184.9 Ben Meiselas

now donald trump is scared about a lot of things this morning and so we saw a major market manipulation uh take place today it takes place every day under this regime but this one was fairly flagrant and blatant let me show you what went down so we learned earlier this morning as joe weisenthal and others reported the u.s strategic petroleum reserve just saw its largest

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one week drawdown in history, both on an absolute basis and on a percentage basis. This is not good. US crude oil inventories fell by 17.7 million barrels last week. Again, that's the largest drawdown in history. And this drop was announced 15 minutes after an anonymous Pakistani report talked about an imminent United States and Iran peace agreement.

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And again, this appears to be coordinated market manipulation.

Chapter 6: What are the latest developments regarding Trump's stance on military funding?

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This kind of Pakistani-linked source to a media outlet called Al-Hadath said the following and then it got picked up on the various news wires and this brought down the price of oil at the time that we learned of this historic and devastating drawdown of petroleum reserves this is what we learned this was this is what the wire headline read

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possible washington tehran deal nears finalization work is underway to finalize the text of a washington tehran agreement according to al-hadath sources with negotiations reportedly advancing in earnest sources say a final deal could be announced within hours if pakistan's army chief does not travel to iran suggesting key diplomatic steps are nearing completion. And what did that do?

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You see U.S. oil prices fall about 7% to 10% to about $97 per barrel as you have that announcement and Donald Trump's like, we're moving closer, we're moving closer, but let's look at what's actually happening, right?

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take a look at what's happening in iran their parliament leader their lead negotiator mb galibaf just said the following this morning enemy movements both overt and covert and covert indicate that they are seeking a new round of war the people should be assured that our military forces have used the ceasefire opportunity in the best possible way to rebuild and strengthen their capabilities we will make the enemy regret any renewed aggression against iran

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Also, Goluboff says, he quotes here J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, chapter 11, quote, "'We felt trapped in two unwinnable wars "'and a disproportionate share of fighters "'came from our neighborhood.'"

Chapter 7: How is Trump's relationship with Netanyahu affecting US-Israel coordination?

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And then Goluboff says, "'Hillbilly II, incoming! "'America's poor and forgotten "'will foot the bill for the Broligarchs, "'Diamond, the Demon, and the Beltway War Merchants.'" Donald Trump on the tarmac again moments ago. He goes, I'm in no hurry when it comes to this war. I'm in no hurry. Oh, the midterms, I'm in no hurry. Here, play this clip right here.

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On the Iran deal, would you be open to a limited deal that just covered the Strait of Hormuz?

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360.414 - 361.054 Donald Trump

What does that mean?

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On Iran, just a limited deal just for a longer ceasefire?

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Chapter 8: What are the potential consequences of Trump's tax settlement agreement?

364.498 - 382.231 Donald Trump

We'd have to open the Strait. That would open immediately. So we're going to give this one shot. I'm in no hurry. You never think, oh, the midterms, I'm in a hurry. I'm in no hurry. I just, ideally, I'd like to see a few people killed as opposed to a lot. We can do it either way, but I'd like to see a few people killed.

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382.251 - 390.944 Donald Trump

I just wonder whether or not they have the good of the people because some of the things they're doing to me means they don't have the good of the people and they have to have the good of the people.

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391.745 - 411.654 Ben Meiselas

Now, one of the things that we also learned took place late last night is that Donald Trump and Netanyahu held a phone call Israel's News 12 described it as lengthy and dramatic. Donald Trump then told the press that he would allow two to three days for negotiations to play out earlier this week.

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And then today on the tarmac, Donald Trump was asked about that conversation with Netanyahu, and Donald Trump's like, he's fine, he'll do whatever I want. The US and Israel are obviously coordinating this hour by hour about what's taking place. Here, play this clip.

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What have you said to Prime Minister Netanyahu about Iran and how long to hold off on strikes?

431.664 - 444.943 Donald Trump

He's fine. He'll do whatever I want him to do. He's a very good man. He'll do whatever I want him to do. And he's a great guy. To me, he's a great guy. Don't forget, he was a wartime prime minister.

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Then a reporter asked Donald Trump, are you worried about any of, I know big priority for you right now is the ballroom funding. And we see a lot of MAGA Republican supporting it. But we also see some Republicans who are a little bit worried in the Senate about giving all this ballroom money. What do you make of it? And Donald Trump's like,

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you know look this is for our military the ballroom is for our military it's a strong military position for our people that we do this ballroom a strong military position come on what are we even talking about here folks there's so many people here in the united states who are struggling and suffering and you have all of this taking place let's play this clip some of them don't know how to win i know how to win i think i've proven that haven't i

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Are you worried about the ballroom funding, Mr. President? You're speculating that could be... The President Trump No, I'm building it.

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