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Trump SPIRALS on Sunday AS DAMAGE CONTROL BACKFIRES MeidasTouch 5.57M subscribers Nov 16, 2025 The MeidasTouch Podcast MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s Sunday from hell, as his damage-control effort backfires in his face spectacularly. Go to https://Ground.News/MTN to cut through misinformation, critically analyze the news shaping our lives and hold the media accountable. Save 40% off unlimited access to Ground News with my link or scan the QR code on screen. MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s Sunday from hell as his damage contour backfires in his face. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network: / meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: / meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: / meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: / meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: / meidastouch Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess Transcript 0:00 Donald Trump is spiraling out of control on Sunday from the official White House account. They're posting photos of Donald Trump with Melania that say America's power couple. Do you think that's going to make us forget that you're covering up a child sex trafficking ring like that? We're just going to go, 'Oh, Donald Trump's name wasn't all over those Epstein emails that were just released because Donald and Melania, they're America's power couple.' Meanwhile, Donald Trump's been posting post after post after post. Now he's attacking Indiana because they refuse to go along with his gerrymandering scheme. There he goes. Very disappointed at Indiana State Senate Republicans led by Rhino Senators Rod Bray and Greg Good for not wanting to redistrict their state, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats. The Democrats have done redistricting for years. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. By the way, that's why it was such a power move for 1:01 California Governor Gavin Newsome to 1:03 assert his moral and formal authority in 1:06 California with Prop 50 because it sent 1:09 a message to the rest of the country. If 1:12 you do this, blue states are going to do 1:14 this. If red states scheme, blue states 1:17 are going to respond with force. And we 1:20 saw it there as well. It should also be 1:22 noted right now that Donald Trump is 1:24 waking up to this map. 23 US states 1:28 currently in a recession. 11 are on the 1:31 brink of recession and Michigan is the 1:34 latest to tip into a contraction mode. 1:38 According to Moody's, this is deeply 1:40 problematic and Donald Trump continues 1:43 to spiral. It should also be noted that 1:45 Marjgerie Taylor Green was making her 1:47 rounds on the morning shows this 1:49 morning. Marjorie Taylor Green was asked 1:52 about Donald Trump's betrayal of the 1:54 MAGA movement and she says, 'I don't 1:56 know. I mean, he's promoting H1B visas 1:59 to replace American jobs, bringing in 2:01 600,000 Chinese students, to replace 2:04 American students, saying that foreign 2:06 workers are better than American 2:07 workers.' Here's what Marjgerie Taylor 2:09 Green has to say. Let's play this clip. 2:11 Sounds like you're saying that he is not 2:14 representing the MAGA movement that he 2:15 started right now. 2:19 I can say that um promoting H-1B visas 2:23 to to replace American jobs um bringing 2:28 in 600,000 Chinese students to replace 2:32 American students opportunities and 2:34 American colleges and universities. 2:36 Those are not America first positions. 2:39 And continuing to um really travel all 2:43 over the world doesn't help Americans 2:45 back at home. I I really and I said this 2:48 uh to him and I and I will say it out 2:51 loud. I would love to see Air Force One 2:53 be parked and stay home and there be 2:56 nothing but a constant focus in the 2:58 White House on a domestic agenda that 3:00 helps the American people once and for 3:02 all. 3:02 Congresswoman 3:03 Marjgerie Taylor Green also says that 3:06 she disagrees with Donald Trump bringing 3:08 in the former leader of al-Qaeda and 3:10 spraying him with perfume and cologne in 3:12 the Oval Office. She goes, 'That's 3:15 probably a bad look to do on the Marines 3:18 250th anniversary.' This is what Donald 3:20 Trump is waking up to as well. Play this 3:22 clip. made. And I can disagree with the 3:25 president at times, especially 3:26 particularly this past Monday on the 3:29 Marines 250th anniversary when he 3:32 honored the new Syrian president who is 3:35 an al-Qaeda terrorist and was wanted by 3:39 our government for years with a $10 3:41 million bounty up until March of this 3:44 year. I very much am against that. I 3:46 think that was um very hurtful to the 3:50 great men and women who served over in 3:52 the Middle East and were sent there and 3:54 many of them that were killed and and 3:56 injured and live with PTSD to this day 3:59 from fighting al-Qaeda. So there's 4:00 things I disagree with and I am allowed 4:02 to do so. Well, you 4:03 So we've done a video this morning on 4:06 the MAGAs leaving Donald Trump. I guess 4:08 former MAGA at this point because of 4:10 Trump's behavior. Now, Donald Trump is 4:13 stuck with people like this, Nick Adams. 4:15 And Nick Adams is this really weird dude 4:17 from Australia who would make all of 4:20 these videos saying that like I'm the 4:22 most alpha man ever. He's like on 4:24 Valentine's Day, I go to Hooters and 4:26 that's like, okay, like he's like the 4:28 weirdest guy. Trump made this such weird 4:30 stuff. Trump made this guy the 4:33 ambassador to Malaysia. Um, and he's out 4:36 there posting things like this. You're 4:38 either with Trump or you're against 4:40 America. to which Governor Nuomo 4:41 responds, 'We're pro-America and pro 4:44 people with critical thinking skills.' 4:48 By the way, you have this news drop. So, 4:50 one of the things that people were 4:51 saying is, 'So, Donald Trump just um 4:54 reduced some of the tariffs on uh 4:57 Switzerland. How did that come about?' 4:59 Well, to negotiate a trade deal with 5:01 Donald Trump, the Swiss government 5:03 arrived with a special Rolex desktop 5:07 clock valued at hundreds of thousands of 5:10 dollars and a 1 kilogram personalized 5:14 gold bar, which the Trump regime 5:17 spokesperson said they even topped Tim 5:20 Cook from Apple, whose gold bar was not 5:24 as big as the Swiss gold bar. You can't 5:27 make this stuff up. So on the morning 5:30 shows, they brought in people like this, 5:32 Senator John Baraso and asked him about 5:35 the Epstein files because the House is 5:38 going to be taking a vote on it this 5:41 week and the House is going to 5:42 overwhelmingly say release the files. So 5:45 Baraso, what's the Senate going to do 5:47 here? Play this clip. 5:49 But Senator, very quickly, four months 5:51 ago, the Justice Department said there 5:53 was nothing to investigate. And then 5:55 hours after President Trump called for 5:57 an investigation, Pam Bondi said she was 6:00 opening an investigation. Is that 6:01 appropriate from your perspective? 6:05 I think there's a lot more important 6:06 things to talk about right now to get 6:08 the country back on track to lower 6:10 prices for the American people. And 6:12 that's what we need to do is make life 6:13 more affordable. The president and the 6:15 Senate and the House need to be 6:17 functioning and and working on that, not 6:19 on what's happened to a convicted sex 6:21 offender who is now dead. Senator. 6:23 And here's Baraso again. Let's play this 6:26 clip. 6:26 If the Epstein measure passes the House, 6:28 will it get a vote in the Senate? 6:32 It'll come to the Senate. We'll take a 6:33 look at it. If it passes the House, 6:35 we'll see what it says. And we all want 6:37 accountability and and transparency. But 6:40 to me, this is not about truth. It's not 6:42 about uh justice. This is about an 6:45 attempt by the Democrats to make 6:47 President Trump a lame duck president. 6:49 And I'm not going to aid and abet them 6:51 in their efforts. commit to a vote, 6:53 Senator, you don't commit to holding a 6:55 vote if the Epstein measure passes in 6:57 the House. Just very quickly, we're 6:59 almost out of time. 7:00 Well, the 7:02 what I've said in what what Senate 7:04 leader Thun has said is we'll look at 7:06 it. We'll look at what's come over. I 7:07 don't even know that it's going to pass 7:08 the House. The the Senate will make a 7:10 decision. We'll have a discussion about 7:12 it and make a decision from there. Now, 7:14 let's hear from actually a courageous 7:16 Republican by the name of Thomas Massie 7:20 who worked with Democratic Congress 7:22 member Ro Kana to release these Epstein 7:24 files. Massie wants to remind his 7:27 Republican colleagues of something. 7:29 Here, play this clip happen. I would 7:31 remind my Republican colleagues who are 7:33 deciding how to vote. Donald Trump can 7:35 protect you in red districts right now 7:37 by giving you an endorsement, but in 7:39 2030, he's not going to be the 7:41 president, and you will have voted to 7:43 protect pedophiles if you don't vote to 7:46 release these files. And the president 7:48 can't protect you then. This this vote, 7:50 the record of this vote will last longer 7:52 than Donald Trump. 7:53 And then with respect to Donald Trump 7:55 saying, 'Oh, everything Epstein is a 7:56 hoax. This is a hoax.' Here is what 7:58 Massie had to say. Let's play this clip 8:01 right here. 8:01 Congressman Massie, thank you for being 8:03 here. President Trump fought long and 8:05 hard to prevent your discharge petition 8:08 from going through. You won that battle. 8:11 Now, what happens? How many Republicans 8:14 in the House follow your lead and defy 8:17 the president on this? 8:20 I think we could have a deluge of 8:21 Republicans. There could be a hundred or 8:23 more. I'm hoping to get a veto proof 8:25 majority on this legislation when it 8:27 comes up for a vote. And you know, the 8:30 president's been saying this is a hoax. 8:32 He's been saying that for months. Well, 8:34 he's just now decided to investigate a 8:36 hoax if it's a hoax. And I have another 8:39 concern about these investigations that 8:41 he's announced. If they have ongoing 8:44 investigations in certain areas, those 8:46 documents can't be released. So, this 8:48 might be a big smoke screen, these 8:50 investigations, to open a bunch of them 8:52 to as a lastditch effort to prevent the 8:55 release of the Epstein files. I mean, it 8:58 is extraordinary to hear him demand an 8:59 investigation and only mention Democrat. 9:02 Now, I just find it interesting as well 9:04 that Donald, just take a look at this 9:07 headline. Trump's Republican party 9:09 insists there's no affordability crisis 9:12 and dismisses election losses. Just 9:15 think about that. Like, you have Trump 9:17 posting, 'We're in a golden age. 9:19 Everything is amazing.' Now, I just 9:22 wanted to analyze like is this news 9:25 getting to right-wing audiences. What I 9:27 found interesting, like all of these 9:29 articles about how the Republican insist 9:31 that there is no affordability crisis 9:33 and everybody's like living their best 9:36 lives in a golden age now, which we all 9:38 know is false. The coverage of this is 9:40 that um out of 100% pie of coverage of 9:43 this, left media 44%, center 49%, right 9:48 covered this story 7%. So, the right 9:51 barely covered this story at all, which 9:53 I just find fascinating. And I think 9:55 it's so important that we have a media 9:58 diet filled with accurate news. Um, and 10:01 I think this is the the the awakening 10:04 that we're seeing amongst amongst 10:06 Trump's MAGA base is that they've been 10:08 lied to by their media so much and now 10:10 they're just going out and they're like, 10:12 I'm not living a golden age. Why are you 10:13 hiding this stuff from me? I want the 10:15 truth. So, the way I stay up to date on 10:17 the news all the time in order to do 10:19 this podcast, my go-to news source is 10:22 something called Ground News. It's a 10:24 subscriberfunded app and news site, and 10:26 every day they pull in thousands of 10:28 articles from around the world and 10:30 organize them by story and then show you 10:32 what the right's reporting, what the 10:33 center is reporting, and what the left 10:35 is reporting. It's a gamecher as active, 10:37 responsible citizens. And as the host of 10:39 a major podcast, I think it's important 10:42 that I get my news and you get your news 10:44 from reliable sources. That's why I use 10:46 ground news every day. They also tell 10:49 you, did a media conglomerate do this? 10:51 Did an independent media source do it? 10:53 They have a feature that talks about the 10:56 um reliability of the the level of 10:59 factuality rather of the article and the 11:02 news source. I think that's important. 11:04 And it seems to me independent news has 11:06 a higher factuality than even 11:08 conglomerates, at least in my view of 11:10 it. Um, I use their Vantage subscription 11:13 plan and they have what's called a blind 11:15 spot feed, which highlight stories that 11:17 are disproportionately covered by one 11:20 side of the political spectrum, like the 11:22 one I just showed you about Republicans 11:25 insisting there's no affordability 11:26 crisis. left and center media are 11:29 covering that disproportionately more 11:31 than the right-wing media is covering 11:34 that. So join us by going to 11:36 ground.newsn. 11:39 Get 40% off the ground news vantage plan 11:41 that I use every morning. They are 11:44 subscriberfunded and by subscribing 11:46 you're not only getting a tool we all 11:48 need today, you're also supporting our 11:50 work here on this YouTube channel. 11:52 That's gd.news/mtn. 11:56 We pinned a link to purchase your 11:59 subscription below. Check it out. 12:01 Ground.newsn. 12:05 Going through some of the morning news 12:07 as well. I just found it interesting to 12:09 talking about getting accurate media 12:11 information. On CNN this morning at 12:13 least, we saw Trump and the Epstein 12:15 files. NBC talked about Trump and the 12:17 Epstein files. ABC talks about Trump and 12:19 the Epstein files. But on State Regime 12:22 Media Fox, their big story this morning, 12:24 Taco Bell items rum rumored to be 12:27 removed from the menu. All potato items, 12:31 loaded grillers, seven layer burrito on 12:35 state regime media. They also had Maria 12:38 Bard Roma interviewing Treasury 12:40 Secretary Scott Bessant who was 12:43 insistent that um they have a plan to 12:46 deal with affordability. and they go, 12:48 'Not only will tariffs come off of 12:50 things like coffee, cocoa, bananas, 12:53 that's a result of the great work of the 12:56 Trump regime.' Okay, you put the tariffs 12:59 on and raised the prices. Now you want 13:01 to get credit for removing tariffs on 13:04 the things as you've caused the prices 13:06 to surge. I mean, are these the the 13:09 biggest liars in the world? Here, play 13:11 this clip right here. So, not only will 13:14 the tariffs come off some of the things 13:16 you just listed like coffee, like the 13:19 cocoa, uh many other bananas, many other 13:22 items, that's a result of the trade 13:24 deals going through and then we will see 13:27 this go down and you know, we're also 13:29 seeing uh the car the import barriers 13:34 for the other countries come through. So 13:36 like th this is a complete trade policy 13:39 and now we are going to see it affect 13:41 the prices. 13:43 Secretary 13:43 here's more from Treasury Secretary 13:45 Scott Bessant. Um and and he's like the 13:49 Supreme Court better not rule against us 13:51 on Donald Trump's uh trade war against 13:54 the world because it's Trump's signature 13:57 issue and he stopped wars because of 13:59 this. He stop he stopped the fentinol. 14:02 He's like makeup stuff. And the Supreme 14:05 Court should go along with him because 14:07 this is his because he has an unlawful 14:09 signature issue that's crippled our 14:12 economy. Seriously. Here, play this clip 14:14 right here. 14:15 Real quick, uh, Secretary, what are you 14:17 expecting from the Supreme Court? 14:19 Tariffs have already brought you what, 14:21 $200 billion or so. If the Supreme Court 14:24 goes against you in this upcoming uh 14:26 decision, are you going to have to pay 14:28 back the US government will have to pay 14:30 back $200 billion in tariff revenue 14:32 already collected? What's the backup 14:34 plan? 14:34 Well, Maria, I want to say this in the 14:36 strongest possible terms. I think that 14:38 there are three points here is one, this 14:41 is one of President Trump's signature 14:43 policies. Signature policies and 14:45 traditionally this Supreme Court does 14:47 not interfere with a president's 14:50 signature policy. Two, this is an 14:53 emergency authority which is AIPA. 14:55 President Trump has successfully used 14:57 that the one to as we talked about 15:01 earlier, you know, on the rare earth 15:03 problem, he threatened substantial 15:04 tariffs on China and that made the rare 15:07 earth flow. Two, uh, several numerous of 15:11 the peace deals that he's negotiated, he 15:13 threatened to put tariffs on the 15:15 countries and that got us to the peace 15:17 deal. Three, when we're talking about 15:19 fentanyl, we had fentanyl tariffs. And 15:22 what is more of an emergency than 15:24 hundreds of thousands of Americans dying 15:26 dying every year? No one had been able 15:29 to get the Chinese to the table with 15:31 these precursor drugs. And then three, I 15:34 would push this back onto the Supreme 15:36 Court. I don't think this ruling is 15:38 going to go against us. But if it does, 15:40 what's their plan for refunds? Because 15:42 how is this going to get to consumers? 15:44 Are they just going to h hand the some 15:47 of these importers uh big windfalls? What what if the exporters have given big discounts already and then you're going to give a refund on the tariff? So, they'd be making it on both sides. 16:00 So, I don't think the Supreme Court wants to wade into a mess like that. Yep. Also, we've seen again, Donald Trump's been spending the weekend on the taxpayer dime. He's been hanging out with Lindsey Graham. He's been attacking Marjgerie Taylor Green. His nickname for her now is lightweight Marjorie Taylor Brown. That's what he's calling her. It's a stupid name, but that's what um he's calling her. Um that feud has increased. And again, just more photos of Donald Trump and Melania. Here is Candace Owens uh talking about uh talking about Trump at this point. Here, play this clip. But what I will say is that he's been a chronic disappointment and um I feel embarrassed because this wasn't going to happen and it is happening. Uh but I I I just think that the picture of politics in America is going to look very differently because of his actions. So um I don't know where we go from here. I really don't. But I this is not the candidate that I voted for. 17:00 Also, our hearts go out to everybody in uh North Carolina right now. the Trump regime uh is invading uh North Carolina, Meckllinmberg County, Charlotte area. They put in all of their uh Gustapo forces there. You have Greg Bevino, the border uh patrol head over there, terrorizing people in shopping centers and uh and stores and um going through peaceful neighborhoods, you know, in their military fatigues and gear um causing a great deal of terror and trauma in Charlotte. But Charlotte's standing up and Charlotte's resisting here in Los Angeles. We know what it's like like in in Oregon, in Chicago, and lots of other uh cities and states across the country. The Trump regime's targeting them. We'll keep you posted every step of the way, folks, here on the Minus Touch Network. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million. We appreciate you. New Midas merch drop. 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