NIGHTMARE: Trump dealt GLOBAL HUMILIATION

So, major news today is that the Belgian. soccer team is busy trolling Donald. Trump online. And uh the the meltdown, I. think, is going to be imminent from. that. But somebody who knows full well. about contending with Donald Trump's. meltdowns is my guest here, Jim Aosta. Jim, thank you so much for taking the. time. >> You got it, Brian. Absolutely. >> So, I want to talk to you about uh what. the Belgian team has done in the. aftermath of beating the US 4 to1 in the. World Cup match. First off, can I have. your reaction uh to to the post that.

they made of them doing the YMCA dance. and then of course posting online. overturn this? >> I you know I wish I had done one of. those dances during a press conference. maybe or something like that um after he. wouldn't answer one of my questions. No, I mean I I think that um it was the. perfect troll for Donald Trump. he. should have never gotten involved in. this. Uh for him to try to intervene and. change the outcome of the World Cup is. is typical Trump. You know, you know, it's like the old Rick Wilson saying,

everything he touches dies. And you. know, the thing I I've been thinking. about this because, you know, I get into. the World Cup every four years. I think. it's a fantastic sporting event. You. know, if Trump had just stayed out of. it, I wonder what might have been. You. know, the US team was really pissed. Americans were really pissed that uh. that this player had been, you know, booted out of the game um for for the. next game against Belgium. And I just. wonder if the if the rest of the US team. would have gone out there with a chip on. their shoulder, pissed off, fired up,

you know, wanting to prove that they can. win without uh this player being, you. know, wrongfully red carded. I mean, when you watch it, it's obvious he. shouldn't have been red carded. It was. ridiculous call. >> Yeah. Um, but you just kind of wonder if. he had if Trump had not gotten in the. middle of it, maybe the outcome would. have been different. I know it was four. to one and so, you know, Belgium was. looking pretty strong. There's no. question about it. But you just never. know because you just don't know what. the outcome of the game was going to be. had it been a different situation. But I. just think it it taints the entire World.

Cup that FIFA would buckle. I think this. was the first time what since like the. 1960s that they reversed a decision. Look, I mean, you know, special. deference, special deference has to be. paid for the inaugural winner of the. FIFA Peace Prize. I mean, this isn't. just anybody calling up uh uh Infantino. This is uh this is Donald Trump, the the. the you know, the. >> um. >> he's our Infantino. >> Yeah, our Infantino. That's right. Yeah. Our our our [laughter]. globally reviled corrupt figure at the.

top of a criminal enterprise. Yeah. Our. infantino. Well, you know, you had. mentioned what it would have been like. for the US team to go out feeling like, okay, Now we really have to be at the. top of our game because we've lost our. star striker in what a lot of people. believed was was um you know an unfair. red card. And I agree that I think it. was an unfair red card. But the flip. side is think about how the Belgium team. feels when they watch our president just. be able to engage in corruption in broad. daylight. I mean, they like you you can.

make the argument just as easily that. they came in extra fired up because now. they feel like they're not just. contending with unfair practices, but. like basically a deck stacked against. them because all it takes is for Donald. Trump to make a phone call and all of a. sudden, you know, FIFA bends to their. will. And so I'm sure that this not only. took the wind out of the sales of the. US's team, but lit a fire under the ass. of the Belgian players who now feel like. they're not just, you know, fighting to. to stay in this World Cup tournament,

but also fighting to overcome such. blatant corruption that everybody's. contending with. >> Yeah. And and I also thought about what. it was like to be Bagan in that. situation, you know, to have uh you. know, I mean, the other thing that we. should mention is is that this was kind. of a an endorsement for birthright. citizenship. you know, Valan, you know, born in this country kind of by. accident, by fate, um, that his parents. just happened to be here and and. couldn't travel back to, I think it was. London at the time or something like. that. And so he was born in the US,

became a citizen. Just an amazing story. It's again another example of amazing. things happen when we open our doors, uh, you know, to people from all around. the world. Um, but you know, I just I. just think that yeah, if you're Belgium, you're certainly going to come in there. fired up and pissed off and ready to. prove something if Donald Trump is going. to put his finger on the scale. And so, of course, they're going to go out there. and troll him and do the Trump YMCA. dance or whatever it is, you know, after. they after they pull it off. And so, yeah, I it's just like everything else,

you know, tearing down the east wing of. the White House, painting the reflecting. pool, his ridiculous state fair down on. the National Mall, you know, he's doing. things that presidents of the United. States don't typically do uh in and. trying to make everything about them and. and how he makes it all about himself. And he's just ruining one thing after. another. And it just goes to show you. that he does not have anybody in that. inner circle right now who has the. ability to control him. And that just.

makes him so much more dangerous and. unstable. It seems to me. >> I mean that's why he's composed the. inner circle of the people he composed. this with because they are subservient. because they're obsequious because they. won't stand up to him or offer him uh. offer any good advice like hey maybe. don't make the World Cup about you. because you know this this thing has. been successful because it's about. unity. It's about sports which are a. joyous thing and he doesn't he doesn't. operate on that level. That's not one of. the channels that that that plays uh on. that on this TV show. Like it's only.

hate, division and and uh you know. xenophobia, racism, bigotry a and and. frankly just consolidating attention. onto himself. And it really is amazing. to see like everybody is enjoying this. World Cup which again uh is owed in. large part to to you know a diversity of. countries coming together and playing. this game. And of of course we're in a. situation now where Donald Trump figures. out a way to make it about himself. Runs. a uh uh a victory lap after getting.

Infantino to agree to his terms. And and. then all of a sudden the US, which was. which which is a great host and you have. people all around the world who are. talking about how great it is to eat. like Waffle House and Taco Bell and like. the rest of the disgusting fast food. that we offer. But like everybody's. having a great time. Everybody's talking. about how nice people are in these host. cities and like that's a huge boon to. the US especially at a time where. tourism is is in the toilet because. everybody's afraid of getting plucked.

off the street by roving ICE agents and. and of you know and then that gets that. gets undermined because now we're. suddenly not the underdog. Now you know. this is the team that gets unfair. advantages because we have a president. that is so quick to just wield the. levers of power and abuse uh the US. government. so that he can get what he. wants uh whether it's fair or not. >> No, it's so true. And I mean and you. never know. I mean, maybe the the folks. at FIFA, the officials at FIFA might. have taken a a second look at this.

without Donald Trump getting involved, without the White House getting involved. and said, you know what, this was a. boneheaded call. This was a terrible. call. Let's let's reverse this. Let's, you know, it's rare, yes, but let's go. and reverse it. And, you know, as you. said, he just has this tendency these. days to just all over everything. It's just what he does right now. And. >> it it it's it's a really it's it's a big. shame. And I you know I think you're. absolutely right. This was a moment. where America could have repaired some.

of the damage that's been done uh to our. standing in the world by Donald Trump. The way he has thrown his weight around. when it comes to NATO and Greenland and. my god, you name it. The way the rest of. the world looks at this country right. now as it relates to ICE. as you said, so many people don't even want to travel. to the US right now because they might. get thrown into a detention center uh or. get roughed up by federal agents. And. here was this moment where people were. coming together in this incredible way. and celebrating, you know, this this,

you know, power of sports to to bring. people together. And he just he couldn't. help himself. He had to go in there and. and botch the whole thing. Yeah. >> And I you know, and I I don't root. against America. I I you know I cheer. for my country every time they get out. there on the world stage. Um but you. just have to think that there were. probably a lot of people around the. world who said well they got what they. got they had coming to them and it's. just I hate that. I hate that that that. he put this country in that position and.

you just have but again does this. penetrate is this one of the things that. will you know uh crack that uh. impenetrable armor that he has around. him in conservative media. I saw people. on social media saying, "Oh, I'm so glad. he did this." You know, and you know, thank goodness. Or why would have. anybody have any problems with this? And. of course, if a Democratic president had. done this, they'd be trashing a. Democratic president for doing. >> right. Well, I should note in terms of. bringing people together. Uh Jim, you. and I will be on stage together in. Washington DC on July 14th um at 6th and.

I uh there are going to be tickets. available. We're going to talk about my. new book, The Day After. We're going to. talk about politics more broadly. Um. going to be a great conversation. And so. for those who live in or around. Washington DC, if you have friends, family, co-workers, whatever it may be. that are going to be in DC and want to. see us live, there are still tickets. available. So I'm going to put a link to. to the DC spot uh uh stop of the book. tour right here on the screen and also. in the post description of this video. You can also go to. brianttellercohen.com/book.

and scroll down to the book tour section. and grab tickets there. But we would. love to see you in person. And uh and if. you haven't grabbed those tickets yet. and are around DC, please make sure to. come. Uh Jim, to that end, I want to I. want to ask you about a little bit of a. different topic in terms of, you know, a. lot of Trump's uh uh supporters coming. to his aid in the aftermath of, you. know, some boneheaded decision that he. makes. You know, we have seen this. financial disclosure come out in just. the last few days. This 927page. financial disclosure that shows Trump.

was the beneficiary of a windfall, like. a ton of money from crypto, from. selling his own merch. Uh his family. benefited from government contracts. Um, and so do you think that this is going. to have some uh some potency in terms of. reaching people in Trump's own audience. who voted for him, supported for him, uh, supported him or even voted for. Republicans more broadly on this idea. that this would finally be an. administration and a political party. that was going to focus on the little.

guy. Uh, and instead all of the. conditions that Trump exploited to get. elected have gotten worse. And. meanwhile, Trump is adding, you know, plenty of zeros to his own bank account. So, do you think that's going to have. some impact on on a potential. realignment of the electorate? I mean, I. I a potential realignment of the the. electorate. We'll have to wait and see. I do think that this is penetrating in. this moment. And I think that this has. the potential to be uh the scandal of. this summer. Last year, it was their. attempt to sweep the Epstein files under.

the rug. Uh that didn't work. That blew. up into a massive scandal for Donald. Trump. And it was one of those moments. that said to his base, "This guy's a. fraud." He, you know, he and the people. around him said that they were going to. open up the Epstein files and get it out. there to the public because there was. this Democratic cabal that was involved. in all of this. And it turns out he was. in there 38,000 times. I think. similarly, uh, they tried to put out. this financial disclosure form and yes, there were some eyepopping numbers in. there. I, you know, I put disclosure in. quotation marks because I mean, that's.

that's what he's disclosing. Do we know? Do we really have our our our arms. around the full picture here? I don't. know. I mean, you look at the um uh the. UAE and the contribution, the. multiundred million dollar contribution. they made uh to World Liberty Financial. in all of this. I mean, that is an. eyepopping figure. The the you look at. the the raw numbers. Um Steve Ratner was. putting this stuff out on social media. It was just brilliant showing just it. was almost the exact amount of money.

that investors put in. Trump and his. family took out and made. And I do think. that this does penetrate. I I do think. that people can understand dollars and. cents in particular when they're paying. higher grocery prices, uh paying higher. prices at the pump. Uh you name it. Um. they're not benefiting benefiting from. this. And when Trump was asked about. this the other day, you know, he said, "Well, we're all making money right now. Don't aren't you in the stock market? Don't you have a 401k?" Well, like 59%. of Americans have 401ks in this country,

but there's about four 40% of the. country that does not. Um, and he and. those are the people that show up at his. rallies. I used to run into them all the. time at his events. They were the ones. who would, you know, you know, stare at. him all googly eyed and while, you know, hating my guts. And, you know, I think. they had it exactly backwards. I think a. lot of his supporters have tragically. had it exactly backwards. Donald Trump. is not looking out for the uh well-being. of his supporters. He has milked them.

He has fleeced them. He has taken them. for a ride. He has taken this country. for a ride. And I think that it is all. starting to come home to roost. All of. these things that, you know, he went out. to the American people and said that, you know, he was against forever wars, that he was going to open up the Epstein. files, that he was going to bring down. high prices, and that he was going to. look at look, you know, look out for the. little guy. He's done the exact opposite. of all of those things. You know, he. talked about the Biden crime family and. Hillary Clinton and all this other. stuff. Lock her up and whatnot and and.

you know, and then he decides to go on. this uh cryptocorruption spree the likes. of which we've never seen in this. country before. I mean, he he is. undoubtedly going to go down as the most. corrupt president in our nation's. history. And so, I you know, I do think. over time it leads to a realignment. I. think that I think that what is going to. take place in the fall, Brian, not to. belabor, this is going to be fueled in. large part because there's there I think. there's going to be a real backlash to. this. I really do. And I think it's. because people are starting to figure. out that they got stiffed by the.

ultimate con man. >> I think what he also doesn't have going. for him is, you know, you had mentioned. Hunter Biden. Like this is a Republican. electorate. I mean, hell, it's an. American electorate that has been. groomed to detest the idea of the. president and his family benefiting from. their position in office. And so, like, Trump created the conditions for people. to be particularly perceptive to what's. going on. It wouldn't have happened. without Trump and wouldn't happen.

without Republicans wailing about Hunter. Biden on on a daily basis. I mean, for. Hunter Biden, we're talking about like. what was it? $50,000 payments from. Berisma. I mean, Don Jr. just got. granted a $620 million defense uh. department loan for a company that he, >> you know, invested in five minutes. earlier. Vulcan Elements, I think it. was. And I mean, that's that's just one. of a raft of these companies. I mean, Don Jr. and Eric are also co-founders of. World Liberty Financial, which is all. mixed up with Qatar and UAE. And then.

the US government is heaping benefits. and and tax breaks and tariff cutouts to. companies that then invest in Trump's. meme coins or crypto coins or stable. coins or invest some money in World. Liberty Financial in some way. And so. the corruption is so egregious, but. again, we are now contending with an. American electorate that's particularly. perceptive to this because of Trump and. Republicans themselves. >> Yeah, there's no question about it. I. mean it it's that old adage about every.

accusation being um a confession being. projection. And you know I I I recently. I it was just today I did an interview. with Hunter Biden and Hunter has some. very choice words for Trump and his. family about this in particular Don Jr. and Eric about this and he's he's he's. not holding back anymore as you know. Yeah. >> Um and and he if anybody out there. deserves to have their their say at this. point it's Hunter Biden. I mean, I. remember going out to the Trump rallies. where he would say, "Where's Hunter? Where's Hunter?" And they they pedled.

this line for years that Hunter was at. the center of this Biden crime family. And has any has any of that ever been. proven? Have we seen anybody go to jail. over this? Have there been any charges? I mean, it's all a croc of Yeah. >> And and here you have uh Trump and his. sons and his and his family. >> just totally taking this country for a. ride. And it is ne we've never seen. anything of this magnitude before in the. history of this country. Um you know I.

interviewed Norm Eisen about this the. other day. He talks about how you know. when he was the Obama ethics are I mean. they they were you know reluctant to. have free coffees with with people. [laughter] you know I mean that was the. kind of stuff. >> What a quaint uh what a quaint. controversy to be worried about. >> Yeah. I mean I think he was he was uh. you know advising the Obamas on their. mortgages and how to steer clear of any. trouble on on any of that. And. presidents have had their assets in. blind trust. Jimmy Carter put his peanut. farm famously in a blind trust. And I. think I I saw a New York Times article.

the other day that said that he had made. like $800,000 one year as president. >> Um and so it it's a far cry from what. we're seeing now. But Trump has, >> you know, put a for sale sign in front. of the White House. Um he is treating. the White House like it's a wh house and. it's absolutely disgusting and. disgraceful. And you know, I do think. over time all of this comes out. I think. he that is why he is so afraid of these. midterms coming up in November, he will. do anything in his power to prevent the.

Democrats from coming into office. I. think it takes us into a very dangerous. phase for our democracy, not unlike that. we saw in late 2020, early 2021. And so. we're just all going to have to fasten. our seat belts and do our part uh to. hang on to this democracy because he is. trying to avoid accountability. He is. trying to avoid what is at the subject. of your book, the aftermath of what. comes after Donald Trump because he. knows uh he knows what he's done and he. knows that there are going to be people. out there, lots of people on all sides. of the spectrum who are going to want to.

see accountability. >> Well, I am very much looking forward to. watching your interview with Hunter. Biden. Uh for folks who are watching. right now, where can they see and hear. more from you and watch that interview. interview? >> Yeah, it's going to be on the Jim Aosta. show on YouTube, Substack. Uh we'll even. have a little bit of of it on X uh. wherever you get your podcasts and uh. you know just check it out. I it's going. to be an eye opener. He we we sat down. with him for like two hours. I mean it. was it was unreal. He really wanted to. >> um be candid. Um you might say he let it.

all hang out so to speak. Um and so you. know but but as I said if anybody. deserves to be able to respond to the. just the vitriol and the nonsense that's. been thrown at anybody in this country. it's Hunter Biden. So, appreciate that. Appreciate that plug. >> I'm going to put a link to uh to your. YouTube channel right here on the screen. and also in the post description. For. those who are watching right now, please. help support Independent Media. Subscribe to Jim's channel. Doesn't cost. you anything to do so, but it's a great. way to elevate his voice in the. ecosystem. And again, for those who are.

looking to show up uh and see Jim and I. speak in person in Washington DC on July. 14th, I'm going to put the link to both. pre-order the book and grab tickets for. the tour. And even if you can't make DC, there's also New York and LA stops. Uh, all of that is at one link. I'm going to. put that in the screen and also in the. post description as well. Jim, >> as always, thanks so much for the time. Looking forward to speaking with you. next week. >> Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Can't. wait. Thanks, Brian. Good to talk to. you. >> Thanks. [music].