LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 11/12/26

We've got a lot to go over on this. episode of the Midas Touch podcast. The. collapse of the Trump regime continues. to accelerate. Seeing Donald Trump throw. tantrum after tantrum is a sight to. behold. We'll go over what went down. today. I mean, just from the very early. morning hours into the evening, it's. post post post. It's like everything the. American people rebuked and rejected. He's just like doubling and tripling. down on, which that's what you want to.

do. Go for it. I mean, there's now a. co-equal branch of government that's. about to take power. So, okay, we will. we'll see how that goes. A big win for. Democrats in Mississippi. Scott Colom. did what no one thought was possible. except people in Mississippi. And Scott. Colom, congratulations. Democratic. Senator Elect Scott Cologne, we'll talk. about that. It was great to have him on. His first interview was with the Midas. Touch Network back in September 2025. You've got Trump sending dumb and.

dumber. Witoff and Kushner were in. Moscow with Putin giving Putin a big. propaganda win over there. And then they. headed to Ireland where there was a. European Union uh council meeting right. now and they were there uh standing next. to Zalinsky and you could see how like. just infuriated Zalinsky looked at them. as well. We'll talk about uh more. tankers being struck by Iran in the. straight of Hormuz. A lot to discuss, so. we'll just get into it right away. Brett. and Jordy, it's uh it's good to see it's.

good to see you guys. It's good to see. you, too. How about Mississippi, everybody? Mississippi. I said they were. counted. One Mississippi, two. Mississippi went from red Mississippi to. blue Mississippi. What a win for Scott. Colom, everybody. I mean, this was. really a historic historic election and. the blue wave rolls on. We still got. Alaska that should be coming in and. we're looking at 56 seats for the. Democrats. Something I think nobody. thought was possible. Heading towards. 260 seats in the House of.

Representatives. I got to say, Ben, watching you on your live shows over the. past week, got a new pep in your step. I'm going to say you got you got an. energy about you, and I think the. audience uh I think the audience could. feel that. What do you think? I I agree. there, Brad. I I I totally agree. Are. you done? She is my turn. Okay, wonderful. I I thought. >> I [clears throat] thought you were going. to do your whole sequence in like a. rhyming scheme. I like the one. Mississippi, two Mississippi, red. Mississippi, blue Mississippi. >> I didn't prepare for that.

>> Yeah. Well, you should have cuz. >> I should have. I should have. >> Yeah. Hey, I'm really excited for. today's show. Uh I think the vibes just. keep on vibing, right? I think the. momentum is palpable at this point and. it's up to now the leaders who have been. elected to lead right there's going to. be a lot of opposing forces against them. obviously Donald Trump and Mr. Veto. himself. We'll see how they sort of. combat that era that we're about to. approach on. But I have confidence. I. have confidence. I'm glad that we now.

officially could say that we have a. majority of leaders in this country who. are actually going to put their best. foot forward to work on behalf of the. American people and not exactly just. line their pockets. So, hey, I'm. excited. Like I said, like I'm not a. very political person, as as funny as. that might sound, like I'm not a. Democrat because I like the color blue. I just think I think this group of. people here that have now been elected. are actually going to get done. as. uh the governor in the great. commonwealth of Pennsylvania likes to. say, GSD. We we've elected some GSD. officials. So, we'll we'll see what.

happens. Benji, where are we starting. off today? Big problem. >> Look, the American people want to see. leaders who get things done, who behave. like grown-ups, who demonstrate empathy. and respect, right? the bare minimum. adult behavior, who can be decisive, who. make tough decisions, who communicate. well with the American people, who try. to bring people together and not divide. That's what this election showed. In. many ways, it was the least political.

political election, which is why I think. you've seen such a historic result. across the country. And yes, the country. looks very, very blue right now, but. it's just the American people saying. that this regime doesn't represent our. values and principles and that we want. to give the Democrats who actually. campaigned very well, some great. candidates in the Senate and the House. in local races who really addressed the. issues that the communities were talking. about, listened, held town halls, and I.

think that's what this election is. about. And Donald Trump hasn't learned a. single lesson. Donald Trump's Donald. Trump, right? I mean, the guy has always. been a fraud, a bankruptor, a sexual. predator, a coward, you name it. I mean, he's a horrible, horrible person. And. so, you know, there was a day or two. where he looked defeated and deflated. Then he went back to election denialism. and ah, it's rigged. It's rigged. It's. unfair. Nobody believes it. And then. he's just back to like the blame. It's. the Democrats are responsible for the.

reasons why I can't balance a budget. It's the Democrat's fault that there's. now a a caravan. He's doing the caravans. again. There's a caravan. >> The caravan caravan should be late this. year after the election. >> We're about to be invaded. Dude, you're. the president still. So, >> no surprise there. >> There there's a caravan coming while. he's in office. Like. >> before the election and and you're not. supposed to be president when the. caravan comes. I'm sure you're getting. this all mixed up there, Donnie. >> Yeah, because that's how he wants to. attack the new governor of Texas. He's. like, "So now they're coming because.

they perceive that they can get in and d. Well, you mean you're still the. commanderin-chief sadly? So it's kind of. an indictment on yourself, but you know, he's doing that and uh you know, all of. the problems right now are from the. Democrats. It's just excuse after. excuse. And by the way, this is what. he's going to be for the next two years, right? Um it'll just be excuse, excuse. excuse. Then we'll now be a Democratic. trifecta, which I think will take place. He'll have a Democratic president. and. the Democratic president has to make the. tough decisions and extricate us from.

this catastrophic war in Iran and deal. with the fallout from the fact that you. know the war in Ukraine is escalating. the inflation may be as high as 7% by. the time maybe even more by the time. there's a Democrat in office if it keeps. going in this way while the Trump regime. doesn't even publish the year-over-year. numbers then you're going to have Trump. and MAGA they're going to pretend to be. China hawks fiscal hawks and deficit. hawks and and no, you did this, you did.

this, you did this. So that's why I say. right now, November 12th, uh, 2026, we. have to fortify our minds and be aware. of what their plan is going to be. November 12th, 2029. Okay, we have a. 2028, what their plan's going to be in. 20 January 2029. What their plan is. going to be 2030. We have to think like. that because that's what they're gearing. up to. And we can't have this kind of. seessaw and go back to this.

authoritarianism where the arsonists. claim that they're going to fix it by. blaming the people who are trying to fix. it for the problems that the arsonists. created while they take advantage of the. kind of algorithmic manipulation, the. social media chaos, how busy and complex. people's lives are in modernity. That's. what they're looking for, Brett. Right. >> 100%. And and that's why it's important, as we say in our book, WTF America, that. we're always combating the fire hose of.

lies with a fire hose of truth. And so. when we see him start to make these. ridiculous claims, as insane as they. seem, like that all of a sudden the. Democrats are now responsible that he. ran up the debt and the deficit to. record numbers. Like, what the hell are. you talking about, dude? You're going to. blame states and cities run by Democrats. for your budget? That that doesn't even. make sense. You're gonna try the caravan. scheme post election? What the hell are. you even talking about, dude? He's going. to keep flooding the zone with lies. And.

as we know from Donald Trump's history, I think you could call him, we could. have a nickname for Donald Trump, double. down Donald, because all he does is. double down on his stupidity. We saw it. even in one of the biggest crises ever. to face the United States of America. when we had a global pandemic hit with. CO 19. Did Donald Trump ever reverse. course and say, "Oh, I'm going to listen. to the scientists and we're going to get. out of this because we're going to do. this right." I misjudged it at first and. I had downplayed it at first, but now. I'm going to take this seriously. No, he.

doubled down. He kept lying. He kept. blaming other people. And that's the. thing that Trump does also, right? Blame, blame, blame, blame, blame. There's this problem, there's that. problem. I created these 10 other. problems. Whose fault is it? It can't be. my fault. Whose responsibility is it? Does the buck stop with me, the. president? No. It's Chuck Schumer's. fault. It's Abdul Aladed's fault. It's. Fouch's fault. It's He's going to. constantly be finding a bad guy to try. to pawn everything off of. And as he.

kind of psychologically gets against the. wall, he's going to be more and more. dangerous and he's going to really have. these spirals that we saw today. That's. why he's bringing up in his in his post. earlier today that he wants to prosecute. the Democrats who told uh the soldiers. to make sure that they are always. following the law. He wants to prosecute. people like Senator Mark Kelly and and. others. He's going back to all this. stuff because he's doubled down Donald. He can't control himself. He's doing.

exactly what the American people. rebuked, repudiated, rejected in the. 2026 election. And he's free to do that. if he wants. I I honestly welcome it. He. thinks it makes him look strong. I think. it makes him look weak. I think it makes. him look pathetic. I think it makes it. look cowardly. And I think it makes it. looks him looks so small. And the. American people are all watching it. right now. And I bet they're like, "Yeah, we made a freaking good decision. Bye-bye. Good riddance, Donald. We don't. need you. See you later. Keep ranting.

into the ether. Be my guest.". >> The double down Donald moniker is. excellent, Brad. It's also horrifying. considering he's bankrupted casinos, right? Usually you double down at a. casino, you're hoping maybe you hit big. Double down. Donald has always found a. way to to always lose his double downs. as you so perfectly put it and explained. there, you know, with co like a magic. like a miracle will just disappear. You. just what are you doing? And then when. the science comes out and more. information comes out, what does he do? He doubles down. And then what does he.

do? He blames Fouchy. What? It's so. reminiscent of Trump 2.0 you know, of. how he's starting to blame Jerome Pal. for inflation and and all of that. And. rather than acknowledge that there is a. problem in this country, what does. Donald Trump do even further? Once. again, he doubles down. He doesn't. address the root cause of the issue or. make any headway. What does he do? He. tells you to put your head in the sand. and just say how great it is living in. the golden age as he parties it up with. the 0.001% of Mara Lago. Yeah, they're. all having a great time. Their 401ks. look awesome. Their investments look.

look great. They're getting some great. information. I don't how could they be. getting all this wonderful information. about their stocks and where to put. their money? I don't know what is it. It. is so bizarre seeing this all play out. and just understanding the fact that. Donald Trump also learned absolutely. nothing from the shellacking that MAGA. that himself that the entire Republican. party just took during these midterms. What does he do again, Brett? He doubles. down. Let me start off with the crazy. post. Let me say I'm gonna investigate.

the Democrats. let me say uh blah blah. It It is unbelievable. But what do they. always say, folks? Never interrupt your. opponent as they're making a mistake. So, Donald, please proceed because once. again, you're putting on display exactly. why the American people voted the way. they did last weekend. We'll just keep. marching forward. Benji, >> you know, the only thing is he's causing. so much harm, pain, suffering, destruction, though here in the United. States and abroad. I mean, I think about. the family members of our brave sailors.

and marines who are aboard these US. aircraft carriers. Ms. Now did a good. story about the family members who met. in Norfolk, Virginia, who had family who. had service members and their family, sailors and marines aboard the USS. George HW Bush. and they were just told. that their loved ones who are on the. aircraft carrier and that strike group, which also includes other ships that. surrounded about 7,000 to about 8,000 of. our service members, they're going to be. there indefinitely. They're not coming. home in the holidays. They left March.

31st. They did one port stop October 4th. or 5th, and they've just been there. And. like the family members are like, "Well, what are they even doing there? What's. the goals? What's the objectives? What. are we trying to do? Oh, we're trying to. force Iran to negotiate." and the family. members like that's not going to happen. Trump's just making up fake deals and. fake terms and he doesn't know what he's. doing and um like we we we we need. defined goals and so what's what are we. trying to do here? And then like the. acting secretary of the Navy, Hunga is.

his name. He would say, "Well, look, they've been at war with us. We didn't. start this war." And the family members. of our sailors and marines like, "Don't. start that with us. Just stop it. We This isn't like one of the stupid. Trump rallies, okay? We know that Trump. Netanyahu launched this war. You know, our loved ones shouldn't be there. What. do you have them doing? He and then like. hung the Navy secret like, "But they. helped out 3,000 tankers leave the. straight of Hormuz." Like they do that, you know? And the family members are. like, "That's not the job of the Navy. The Navy is war fighters. They're not.

there to help direct half the amount of. oil getting out of the straight of. Hormuz than before the catastrophic war. started. That's not what the Navy's. built to do. So, just stop giving us. that BS. We're learning more about how. aboard the USS George HW Bush, there's. been additional suicide attempts taking. place. The morale is at an all-time low. And again, we previously reported here. about other ships, right? The Gerald. Ford, the Abraham Lincoln, same things. Now, these other two ships have been out. way longer than they should be out.

there. And so, you're now seeing the. same problems, you know, over there. while Donald Trump's just so cavalerly. like, "All right, we're going to maybe I. go back to war. We're winning the war. The Iranian regime's collapsing." And. it's like, they're not like, "Why are. you like why are you saying this?" And. Jordy, you know, you mentioned Jerome. Powell. That was during Trump's first. year when the tariffs backfired. It was. all Jerome Powell's fault, right? Jerome. Powell, Jerome Powell is an interest. rate dove, meaning he's someone who was. inclined to cut interest rates. Then.

Donald Trump brought in the new chairman. of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Walsh, who's had to increase the interest rates. already once, and it's almost guaranteed. there will be at least one more interest. rate hike because inflation's through. the roof. We'll probably have at least. two or three, maybe more interest rate. hikes. The issue is not if, it will. happen. Is it 25 basis points? Is it 50. basis points? By the end of this year, are we going to see a 100 basis points? What's going to happen over there? It's. definitely going to be an increase. So. then Trump blames it on Democrats. It's.

the Democrat board. It's not the guy I. appointed, Kevin Wars. It's your tariffs. against the world. It's your. catastrophic war. That's what's causing. it. And while all of this is taking. place, you talk about the stock trading, Jordy, that Trump and his oligarchs are. doing. I mean, look, when we talk about. Nvidia and Jensen Wang, uh, the former. CEO of Nvidia who had to resign after. being entangled and tangled, I mean, having sex with a Chinese spy and having. an affair on his wife. And then it's.

like the Tiger Woods, like every day. there's like a new woman. There's like. more people he's having affairs with. And then there's a bigger issue about. all of these Nvidia chips that seem to. perhaps be reflected on the books as. going to Singapore and Malaysia, but. were really being diverted to China to. the tune of billions and billions of. dollars and all material. misrepresentations that were made to the. American people. And is this a broader. issue in the semiconductor industry that. all of our kind of top secret and. high-powered semiconductors, these GPUs.

were going to were going to China? Um, you know, Donald Trump really screwed up. what Biden did with the chips act. Biden's chips act had very strict export. controls preventing the exactly what was. happening here. It had a very kind of. carrot and stick approach incentivizing. chip companies to grow but to grow. steadily so you could have sustainable. growth, not just like a big burst and. then have the bubble burst, which is. what Trump tried to basically encourage.

And then Donald Trump like the communist. authoritarian that he is, he perverted. the chip acts incentives and the goals. and benchmarks into Trump seizing. control of the companies like the. communist authoritarian and taking US. interest in the companies and doing. deals where oh Jensen Wang I see you're. making a lot of money by sending our. chips to China. We want a cut of that. The US will get 20%. Oh Intel, we want a. cut of this. This company a cut of this.

this company got kind of and Trump was. trading in my view on his inside. information. Well, he was definitely. trading. Was he trading on his he knew. all of this and he was to be making the. trades while all of this was taking. place. I mean I could show you he's. literally trading 50,000 times like. 50,000 trades like in a year like a. crazy number. And then when it comes to. Nvidia well well look at when he traded. Nvidia stock. August of this past summer. when Donald Trump knew that Jensen Wang. was involved in this and at some point.

this stock was going to tank, Donald. Trump sold his Nvidia stock, millions of. dollars worth of Nvidia stock. Now. Nvidia stock is in a lot of people's. 401ks. It's in a lot of people's. portfolio. So since August, Nvidia's. gone down 29%. Donald Trump got out at. one of the high points who are Nvidia. and other people who carried Nvidia. stock. by the way, including kids in. those Trump accounts, you know, that he. talks about. This was all part of his. big scam with the Trump accounts, too.

People lost 29% on their Nvidia stock. while Trump got out because Trump knew. what was going to happen. And Lutnik was. covering it up as well. You have even. MAGA Republican senators calling for. investigations into Lutnik right now. Brett and Jordy. >> Yeah, the Lutnik thing. I would watch. that. and and and Lutnik um you know. he's this guy who in every kind of. controversy from the Trump regime from. Epstein to this has been at the center. of it and the fact that this guy is. still in his position I mean we could. say this about everybody in the Trump. regime right they're all incompetent. they're all corrupt but Lutnik in.

particular has been at the center at the. epicenter of all of these scandals the. fact that he is still around um and I've. actually noticed some interesting. comments uh even from Senator John. Kennedy Republican uh earlier today uh. saying something about uh about him in. terms of that uh you know it doesn't. look too good what his involvement was. in this Nvidia thing in allowing these. ships to be sold to China and now. Democrats are launching an investigation. into this. Uh our Scott McFarland might. touch network reports that congressional.

Democrats are launching a probe of the. Trump administration's handling of. Nvidia alleging that the administration. sought to take a cut of Nvidia chip. sales to Chinese companies. Quote. despite reportedly learning of Mr. Pong's comprising relationship. compromising relationship. Last fall, Trump granted Nvidia permission to sell. its AI. Ron Widen, uh, the senator says. that Trump and Lutnik allegedly knew. former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a. relationship with a Chinese spy. Rep.

Richard Neil and I are investigating why. they bent over backwards to help Nvidia. sell advanced chips to shady Chinese. companies. We need answers now. And so. you see the investigative process. starting to work. And the more I kind of. watch this play out, the more I wonder, and I'm not defending Jensen Wang here. by any means, but I wonder if he is a. bit of a fall guy for a deeper scheme. involving Donald Trump, Howard Lutnik, Marco Rubio, and the entire Trump regime.

where they were using this affair almost. as a blackmail scheme. This is my, you. know, my a theory that is just one of. many in my head to in order to make sure. that this money continues to flow, that. this Nvidia issue does not blow up, does. not crash the stock market so that Trump. could keep getting a cut from the chip. sales to China. And so Trump knowing. about this, not saying anything, selling. his stock, um, but continuing to prop up. Jensen Hong and invite him to China and.

continue to sell these chips the way. that they did. It raises a lot of. questions for me and it seems like a. much deeper scandal. And as I said in. the last episode, you shouldn't view. this as some sort of, you know, sex. scandal or which it is, right? or or or. some sort of improper relationship. between a guy, an executive and his. employees or or or management. But this. is actually a much deeper geopolitical. issue um that's at play here that really. exposes the entire kind of security. landscape of the United States uh to a.

lot of issues and it feels like very. much so that Trump Lutnik Rubio and. these people were at the center of it. >> and it all comes down to me like Trump. surrounds himself by the wor with the. worst people like his cabinet is just. truly made up of the worst people. Maybe. maybe you could make an argument that. Trump 1.0 0 with that cabinet that there. were some serious people in there. potentially. I'll have that conversation. with you. Trump 2.0 this time around. These like the Lutnik of the world, his. entire makeup of this cabinet, all they.

want to do is glaze Donald Trump and. appease him so they could start lining. their pockets in my opinion. And I think. we've seen that continue to play out. Like these people are are gross. They're. gross because they don't care about this. country. Like they don't care about what. their roles are actually are or how. they're supposed to use their position. of power to help the American people. In. my opinion, what they're trying to do is. just figure out how best to use their. positions of power to enrich themselves, enrich their families, and that's. straight up disgusting. I hate that. That should be nowhere near government.

But it is all over Trump 2.0 and Trump. regime in general. And for me, the. American people, again, last week, they've made up their minds. They're. sick of this. Like absolutely sick of. this. And when you see folks in the. Republican party now starting to, you. know, maybe get some courage, maybe get. a little bit of backbone, the writing is. on the wall. MAGA is a dying movement. This Trump regime right now where. they're taking this country, people have. had enough of it, running it straight.

into the ground, running it like one of. Donald Trump's failed casinos, his. failed state business, his failed. airlines. It's absolutely disgusting. where Donald Trump, his cabinet, his. entire regime is taking the direction of. this country. dream people have had. enough. >> Most of Trump's cabinet members are now. living in bunkers. You know that Jordy. and Brett and Midas Mighty. >> You mean they're not living then? I'm. sorry. They're not living in their. Malibu Barbie dream houses anymore. They're somewhere else at the moment. >> No, they're scared that Iran is going to. kill them because that's what Netanyahu. is telling them. And so after Treasury.

Secretary Bessant, who lived in a Malibu. Dreamhouse pink in Charleston, South. Carolina, we may have sold that one. Like. >> we're not making that up. Google it. We've showed it on the show multiple. times. the house goo he lived he lived. in a Malibu Barbie dream it's like a. replica right Ben. >> yeah I mean he lived in it's like pink. and it's goddy and you know it's. whatever but anyway he said Iran he's. like and he acts like he's like a farmer. right he does like these like weird. stories where he like pretends that he's. a farmer because he has like private. equity investments like you know back in. the farm when we would see a snake we.

would chop the head off of the snake and. that's what we're going to do with Iran. operation economic outcast operation. Iron Fist operation Iron Gate, Operation. this, we're coming for you. We're going. to starve. You know, they would say. things like this and then it's like. they're living in a bunker, right? You. have Rubio lives in a bunker, a military. compound. Bessent lives in a bunker in a. military compound. You have Todd Blanch. in a military bunker compound. Steven. Miller, that's not normal for them to. do. Like, and it shows how scared and.

terrified they are. Um, when we come. back, we'll talk more about, you know, this this escalation of the war in Iran, what's going on there. We'll give you. developments there. But that's where the. Trump cabinet members are. And they're. actually very weak and scared and and. pathetic human beings. And it's just. sad. They're all con artists, every. single one of them. Although we. shouldn't call them artists because that. implies some form of art or creativity. They're just a bunch of fraud and cons. All right, let's take our first break of. the show. Store.midestouch.com. Check out the new Midas merch. Jord's.

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chat, but in the comments say that when. I wave it, you don't like it. Can you. clear that up? you like. >> I love when you I love when you wave. Everything about your presentation. [laughter] to me is is just is. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You know, I as I as I think about. Nvidia, as I think about all of these. major kind of corporate scandals that. are going to percolate, I I think back. to like Enron or Lehman Brothers, right, with the mortgage back security.

portfolio or Enron with the different. sets of books. And I think about in a. Trump regime, Donald Trump would. basically be co-conspirators with the. Enrons and with the Lehman Brothers, right? And what would have happened was. the problem, the contagion would spread. or it would compound and get worse. You. know, I think about Bernie Maidoff. Bernie Maidoff would probably be a Trump. cabinet member. Let's be very real. >> Oh, 1,000 Nick's replacement. Yeah.

Yeah, because Ben, it wouldn't it. wouldn't be you better not do that. It. would be you better not do that without. me, Donald. Well, and there would be a. way to cover up the Ponzi scheme by, I. don't know, like converting the debt on. data centers into rent and then having. Nvidia come in and then do like a. broaderou. deal that then brought in outside debt.

financing. you know, the the way they. deal with all of it is basically deal. with all of these like debt financing. and then then call in the Qataris or. call in Saudi Arabia or call in UAE, Abu. Dhabi and then have them do it over here. and and they they just elevated the. ability to, you know, in my opinion. escalate the ponzies and just kind of. keep it going. I mean, I remember seeing. a year ago when you would see it kind of.

mapped out the whole kind of AI universe. and the and the chat GP the open AIS and. the anthro, you know, the way all of. these kind of lived and seeing the kind. of circular financing that was taking. place and how they'd all make. announcements and they would all. basically be the same kind of pool of. money would be kind of sifting, you. know, through all of this. you looked at. it, you're like, that looks deeply. problematic. And to me, it was what we. saw in the past, but like on steroids.

and and and it was being ratified by the. full faith and credit of the United. States, which was dissolving the full. faith and credit of the United States, which is why you see our bond market. right now completely tarnished. That's. why when you still look at the remember. we should still talk about the 10 the 20. the 30-year Treasury yields that it that. they are just that they are in bad shape. right now which means that you know the. 30-year fixed mortgages are super high.

The ability right now for people for. regular folks in order to take out a. mortgage or take out a car loan or to do. is it's very very difficult right now. And so this is now trickling down to. hurt everybody while these insiders are. trading off all of this uh trading off. this information. >> It's it's why you need common sense. regulations, right? You don't want. regulations because nobody wants to hold. like business back, right? Nobody's goal. is like I want this company to suffer.

because I don't think businesses should. succeed and so we need to just make. regulations so tough on them that they. can't even do business. Nope. Nobody. wants that. That's what Republicans like. to pretend. And uh do regulations. sometimes go a little too far? Certainly. But there's a reason we have. regulations so these companies can't run. a muck and can't create a situation. where they get too far where they go too. far down the road and break the entire. system, screw everybody, send the entire. country into bankruptcy and cause a.

financial crisis. And typically what. happens unfortunately is we have to. learn from previous disasters what we. need to fix. Like after the 2008 2009. crash, we needed to implement some new. regulations in order to try to stave off. another one of those financial crises. Now Donald Trump's philosophy is just. like, let these people do whatever the. hell they want, however they want to do. it. I'm going to look the other way. And.

in fact, if they're going down a road. where they're going to get in trouble, I. will continue to prop them up and. pretend like it didn't happen. And that. might seem good for him or the market in. the short term, but eventually the truth. comes out. Eventually, you find out and. then next thing you know, the Nvidia. stock is down 26%. And that could. happen. I'm not trying to scare anybody, but that theoretically that could happen. to the entire economy if you reach a. certain breaking point. And that's why. you need smart regulations. That's why. you need smart policy makers who are.

looking at the long-term view of all of. this and are not just trying to get that. short-term sugar high that Donald Trump. tries to get every day. >> It's his entire leadership strategy. Leadership very very loosely there with. COVID like a miracle. It's just going to. disappear. Hey, stop testing and we. won't have any cases. Just don't test. the Iran war. I'm going to that's that's. done everyone. That's done. He's got no. actual strategy, no planning, no nothing. other than how can I leverage the.

situations once again to grift off of. the American people. Brett, let them. continue to do their let them continue. to do their malpractice and what however. they're going to continue to prop up. their stocks and their position. I'm. going to be a part of it, right? Don't. don't cut me out and then we'll just. keep going until the wheels fall off. The issue is eventually the wheels fall. off. And who's left holding the bag at. that point? The American people. COVID. didn't just magically disappear. Bodies. kept dropping. Hundreds of thousands of.

millions of B like we all saw it play. out because there was a lack of. leadership at that time that was willing. to figure out how to get to a solve. And. once again here with inflation, with the. economy, Donald Trump can just spike the. football and say he scored a touchdown. and we're living in the golden age all. he wants. But the reality is the. American people feel it. They feel the. consequences of his failed leadership at. the pump, at the grocery store, and. there's no end in sight that he's going. to try and work on behalf of the. American people to make it any better.

Yeah. I mean, he calls into you, one of. these right-wing propagandists on. something called the Salem News Channel, whatever the hell that is. And then. Donald Trump's like. >> just making up channels now. >> Making up channels, right? Salem witch. trial channels. Um, and then uh Donald. Trump's like, "The Iranian regime is. collapsing. They're in collapse right. now." Here, play this clip. We got that one. I think it's the. Iranian regime is collapsing.

>> They're willing to stick with the. blockade, even if it takes 26 months to. collapse that regime. >> No. No. Well, the the regime is. collapsing. And their press is much. different than the fact, you know, they'll always make these harsh. statements about we are doing well. We. will fight back. We will the. >> Oh yeah. >> Uh they are not doing well. They have. 301% inflation. Their economy is gone. They're not paying their soldiers. I. >> mean, you've been saying that now. forever, right? I mean, they're about to.

collapse. Three more days. They're about. to collapse. They they they really. aren't. You know, there is this blockade. that the US has with two aircraft. carriers that are 1500 kilometers away. from Iran, but look, I think Iran is. still able to get out gas and oil in. some shipto- ship transfers that are. happening that are being disguised. I. think that, you know, there's all of. like look at Iran on a map. Just take a. look at it how big their border is.

That's not the straight of Hormuz. There's Pakistan. There's Afghanistan, there's Turk Menistan, there's the. Caspian Sea, there's Turkey, there's. Iraq. Um, and so you have a lot of. countries that do lots of trade with. Iran in general for gas and oil and for. other supplies. You know, Iran has, you. know, they're they're able to uh, you. know, get around the straight of Hormuz.

blockade through land routes. Again, not. as efficient, not ideal, but they can do. it that way. We've seen over the past. few weeks Iran announcing major deals. with Russia. You have Iran's top adviser. to the Ayatollah Mojaba K Mosh Razi. He's met with Putin. We have other top. Iranian adviserss meeting with the. foreign minister of China, Wang Yi. We've seen a lot of Middle East. countries basically meeting uh with Iran.

as mediated by Wang Yi of China. Seen a. lot of cooperation happening over there. We've seen Russia announcing railway. deals, gas pipeline deals, nuclear deals. very publicly uh with Iran uh in. addition to the Busher nuclear plant, other nuclear plants as well. same. thing, China announcing new deals uh. with Iran. And so I mean, and Iran. holding these meetings with a lot of. kind of Arab nations, you know, in in.

the region as well. So we we we're we're. seeing we're seeing all of that take. place. Far from Operation Economic. Outcast. Um. so that's what you got going on over. there. I mean, also you have this, you. know, continued escalation of the war in. Ukraine that Donald Trump promised he. would end in 24 hours. She said, "I'm. going to do it in 2024. I've got magic. words. Don't worry, I'll figure it out.". And it's like, "What's what's the. solution there?" He sends Kushner and. Whit to Moscow. I mean, first they first.

they host what they say is a trilateral. in Abu Dhabi. And then after Abu Dhabi, they go to Moscow. We're showing here. for our audio listeners. You can see. right now for those watching, Carill. Demetri, who runs Russian sovereign. wealth fund greeting WhitF, greeting. Kushner. Woodco is Donald Trump's. scumbag real estate friend from. Manhattan. Again, not confirmed by the. Senate. He doesn't work for our. government. I'm like, who is this guy? Um, you have Jared Kushner, his. son-in-law. Looks like he's at.

Disneyland. >> They They couldn't be happier. Yeah, kid. It's like a kid meeting Mickey. Mouse, and just it's the best time of. his life. We're like seeing an old. friend from school for the first time. Like you these people have never looked. happier. >> Never looked happier. I mean, Woodoff. and Kushner are enamored by this guy. He's wearing like a weird jacket. You. know, it's like the whole thing is a. propaganda, you know, big propaganda. victory for Russia to show Witoff and. Kushner like that. You know, >> Kushner doesn't have an official role in.

the administration, too. Can we just. like acknowledge that for a second? That's just his this his son-in-law. He's just sending his son-in-law on. trips on the taxpayer dime. What are we. doing? WTF? >> Right. I mean, if anything, like I I. despise Rubio, but that's where a. foreign minister in the US, a secretary. of state, that's what the job is. You. show up, you negotiate on behalf of the. US. But Rubio isn't, you know, Rubio. isn't there. Rubio's too busy doing like. speeches in front of like the Acropolis.

in like Greece or like uh where was he. recently? Um you know, just you know, self- aggrandizing things that Rubio was. doing. But you have them there and then. they're in Abu Dhabi while Russia's lead. negotiator Madinski is talking all of. this trash about Europe and they're not. letting Europe participate in the. negotiations that were unfolding in Abu. Dhabi. And then you have like Witoff. bragging after meeting with Putin that's.

some major accomplishment that they. agreed to more more meetings and more. negotiations and more discussions while. Russia what Russia wants to do here. Russia wants to talk about all of. Europe's security architecture. They. want to fold that into discussions. because for Russia Ukraine isn't a real. country. Eastern Europe isn't a thing. That that belongs to the Soviet Union. that's part of Russia. So when Russia. talks about security architecture in.

Europe, what they mean is e the the. Eastern Europe to Russia is a fiction. and it encroaches on what Russia views. its security architecture in the region. is. And so what Putin will say, you have. to listen to what his speech I listen to. this stuff, right? What Putin will say. is in 2021 I sent a letter to Biden and. I said the security architecture of NATO. of Eastern Europe it is encroaching on. Russia and this is a threat that's why. we have to invade Ukraine. The way.

Russia views Ukraine and Madinsky said. it, you know, at this trilateral at Abu. Dhabi is that you have like uh like an. ulcer like that Eastern Europe is this. ulcer that's growing and growing and. growing. Uh and that you have the absess. with the pus that popped is Ukraine. And. so Russia needs to fix the pus in the. abs that is Ukraine. and then basically.

remove the ulcer and bring it back into. Russian culture. That's Russia's view. So Russia's not there to discuss a. ceasefire of Ukraine because that's not. what it's interested in all of Eastern. It says as it says that and what. Zalinski wants is Ukraine is a sovereign. country. Ukraine wants a ceasefire and. wants security guarantees. And Trump. said that he would get the war ended in. 24 hours. But now you have Dumb and.

Dumber Witoff and Kushner talking about. security architecture of Europe when. Trump couldn't even get done the the P. not that's it' be hard to do it but a. peace deal in Ukraine which is what. Trump promised. So now you couldn't do. but it's a big deal to get a peace deal. done if you can do it. But now it's like. we can't do that deal. So now let's talk. about security architecture for all of. Europe in Abu Dhabi which is a business. partner in Abu Dhabi. It's part of the. United Arab Emirates with Kushner,

right? They invest a lot of money in. Kushner. They invest a lot of money in. Witoff and Donald Trump. World Liberty. Financial gets all of that Abu Dhabi. money and Dubai money and UAE money and. all that and all that other money as. well. and let's talk about all of Europe. now, but let's not invite Europe. Europe. can't talk. But we're going to do a talk. with Trump, with the the regime, with. Witoff and Kushner, with Ukraine, and. with um and have Russia there. And.

Europe's not allowed to be there, but. we're going to talk about European. security architecture. I just want to. let people know how deeply unserious. these discussions are. So Europe's like, "No, we're not talk like you're not. talking about you. We don't want to talk. about European security ar. We're. supposed to talk about Ukraine. And. Zalinsk's point is well, let's just. freeze the borders where it is. Russia. has occupied a lot of areas in Donbas in. the east. And Zalinsk's position is. look, we'll freeze the borders right. there. Do a ceasefire. We we can end the.

war. We don't want to give you more of. Donbas because if we give you more, you're going to take areas you couldn't. in the war. And then you'll use that as. a straight shot in order to take Kev and. other other major cities. That's we're. we're blocking you from doing that. You're not going to stop once you have. that. The same way once you annex. Crimea, you didn't stop because Russia. and Putin's view is that Ukraine doesn't. exist. Eastern Europe doesn't exist. And. so Dumb and Dumber are out there. I. mean, do we have any video just so you.

can see of like Kushner? just show. anyone of Kushner at like the table and. he's like just talking about like well I. think that we're making some real good. pro it looks like a kid who didn't study. for his book report like bullshitting. and I'm like what are we even watching. here here let's play this clip. >> we we've seen a big change with the. Europeans and we think there's a very. strong momentum and desire uh to engage. together uh and we're very confident. that if we move to a multilateral format. uh that we'll continue to make progress.

to resolve the issues and we believe. that will help us end the war. >> It's so embarrassing to watch like so. embarrass like humiliating to watch. that. >> And a reminder after you heard him say. that they're not including Europe in. these conversations [laughter]. which is the biggest FU to Europe on the. planet. And you have people like the. vice president of the European Union. Commission speaking out and saying. nothing happens with Ukraine and Putin. without without Europe's involvement. here. You can't the United States just.

cut out Ukraine, cut out Europe, and go. to Putin to make whatever deals you. want. While, by the way, clearly you. have Witoff and Kushner, they are not. the most ethical people to be doing. these deals because they stand to profit. in many ways from many of the other. things that they're doing uh in the. region. They're not exactly fair actors. to be there and they're related or good. friends with Donald Trump directly. They. don't have actual skills in this area. and they have put it upon themselves or.

Donald Trump has put it upon them to. quite literally try to sell off pieces. of Ukraine to Putin. I I mean the fact. that we even see uh those sorts of. tweets from K Carill Demetri is like. disgraceful to me. And when you see the. tone and tenor and the words that people. are saying about uh this Trump regime. and who's saying them, I think it tells. you a lot, right? What do you see Carill. Demetri of with that tweet where you see. uh Kushner and Witco gushing like they. just saw Mickey Mouse, the one I was.

showing you earlier and then you see the. vice president of the European Union. Commission. And she is not as happy. about this trip, right? Those two. things, the dichotomy of those two. things, it tells you a lot about what's. going on. And we've seen from Trump's. actions, just like he's willing to look. the other way when he finds out bad. behavior with Nvidia, he's willing to do. the same thing with anybody who he wants. to prop up. So in this case, it's. Vladimir Putin, right? You have all this. stuff going on. You have uh Putin daily.

bombing civilians in Ukraine, bombing. towns, bombing villages, bombing cities, uh hitting the electrical grid uh in in. Ukraine. You have Ukraine responding. Who does Donald Trump get mad at? He. gets mad at Zalinski. He gets m not He. doesn't get mad at Putin. It's like. Putin never did anything or he just. goes, "Well, both of them do it, so both. of them do it." That's what he does. He. just buries who what if there's somebody. who he wants to prop up because he. thinks it's better for him, he is going.

to let them get away with whatever bad. behavior uh they want. Even, you know, I'm just thinking about the line which. reveals his psychology, what he said. about Jensen Huang um the other day when. it was uh coming out about the stuff. about Chinese spy and and the infidelity. and uh you know that he cheated on his. wife with this uh woman who worked at. this Chinese company and then also to. employees. And Trump's response was. something like I mean I'm paraphrasing. but it was pretty damn close. It was.

something like, "Well, I'm sure he had a. good reason to.". What? What do you mean you're sure he. had a good reason to cheat on his wife. with three people? What does that mean? But it really shows you that he is fine. with people getting away with bad. behavior because he's engaged in bad. behavior like that his entire life. because he views that the ends justify. the means. Right? If he could prop up. that 401k that people have for just a. few more days, doesn't matter what. Jensen Hang is doing. Doesn't matter. what's happening to our our our biggest.

secrets in the country. Doesn't matter. The ends justify the means with Trump. Even if the far away ends are a disaster. for everybody. >> Yeah. And meanwhile, Trump and Musk are. at it again. They're throttling Starlink. and Star Shield. So with respect to. Zalinsk's use of drones, so the drones. that go to actually strike inside Russia. and the drone interceptors that stop. Russian strikes of Ukraine, it's being. throttled at about what is it like 145.

or 150 kilometers an hour or 100 miles. per hour? 161 kilometers an hour. And so. these drones like the Russian drones go. 450 kilometers an hour, right? And so. we're talking about the Garin 4. The. Garin 5 is like a hybrid. So Zalinski is. being throttled where he can't stop. those drones. So I mean you have lots of. people getting killed because once again. Starlink and Star Shields being alleged. So it's throttling uh Zalinsk's ability.

to stop these drones. You have that. going on right now and it's being timed. with these discussions in order to try. to extort in my view or threaten. Zalinsky into a surrender. I mean, that's what's happening right now. And. as I've said, you know, before, I'll say. it again. You know, the first Trump. impeachment regarding the shakedown of. Zalinski, that happens every day before. 9:00 a.m. Okay. In terms of whether or. not he should be impeached, that's the. least that should happen. I mean, he.

should go in front of a war tribunal. He's a war criminal. He has so much. blood on his hands, so much death on his. hands. So does Pete Heget. So does Marco. Rubio. So does J. D. Vance. So does this. entire criminal cartel. They've engaged. in war crimes daily. They've engaged in. massive crime. Before 9:00 a.m. they do. like 10 impeachable things. And so it is. important that the Democrats forcefully. push back. They investigate all of these. things. The Democrats are not scared. They're not backing down. You have.

Trump's White House lawyer, this guy. Sharf, he's sending letters threatening. Democratic Congressman Garcia. You have. a United States attorney in Texas, a. Republican threatening what? Senator. Blumenthal. And Senator Bloomville's. like, "I'm not scared of you." You've. got Todd Blanch continues to threaten. Democrats on Capitol Hill. We're going. to come after you. You're about to cross. the line. We're coming after you. And. Democrats like, "We're not scared. We're. a co-equal branch of government. Our. mandate is oversight. We're not afraid. of you." And so, you have that going. down right now. And so, you know, look,

Donald Trump is going to invoke every. privilege, executive privilege, delivery. of process privilege, and he's going to. try to shut down his government from. investigations. Democrats are going to. go to court to enforce these subpoenas. But what you're going to start to see is. a lot of corporations, a lot of. companies are seeing a future where the. American people rebuke this Trump era. and they're going to, and we see it. already, reaching out to Democratic.

Congress members and the lawyers of. these committees and saying, "Let's how. can we help? We want to turn ourselves. in. Let us be whistleblowers. Let us be. witnesses. Let let us confess. Here's. what we want. Be lenient on us." We're. seeing that at a mass scale. And Trump. has been so entangled with all of this. corporate greed that a lot of this is. going to shed light on what the Trump. regime is doing. So buckle up because. beginning in January when Democrats take. control of the House and take control of. the Senate, it's going to be relentless.

It's going to be ruthless and it's going. to be every damn day. And I think that. what what we're going to uncover is. going to shock the conscience so so damn. much. We still got a lot of show. Um, reminder store.midistouch.com is our. where we have our gear, our merch, our. blue wave gear. Brett's wearing that. Jordy's wearing some of the MTN gear. right there as well. We also have. lawyerup gear. Check that out. Um, take. a look at. >> You're not doing a good merch plug. You're not the You're not doing a good. merch plug. We worked really hard on. this merch. We revamped our merch. Uh,

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guy's fearless, you know what I mean? >> I love this guy. >> We've known Oetta, by the way, since. like we started years ago, six years. ago. Yeah. He's he's been running for a. while and and to see him in there, this. guy is a dog, you know? He's he's a. fighter. This is expect fireworks is all. I'm going to say. >> No doubt. And then you have uh Dr. Abdul. Elsed gave this great interview with NPR. where he was like, "Let me just show you. how you have to handle a bully. Let me. show you how you have to punch back.". And you know, I just really appreciate.

kind of the fearlessness. And this has. actually been our approach here at the. Midas Touch Network, which is you can't. show any weakness. You can't you just. have to go one direction. You punch back. because bullies take pleasure in the. suffering of others and you have to. confront the bully. Let me show you what. Dr. Abdul Elsa said. Let's let's play. it. Now, if he wants to start being. serious and doing things for the. American public, great. He is the. president of the United States. And in.

the interim, I am not going to play. around and pretend that somehow this man. is intelligent. I'm not going to play. around and somehow pretend that this man. has any strategy or that this man is. somehow brilliant. I. >> Yeah, I'll show you. We have a few other. clips of him as well. Let's play this. next one. Just play the next one, Brett. We'll get in my way to do that. >> The way a lot of people have dealt with. the president is through flattery. Um uh. appealing to him, maybe to his egoism. approach. I mean, no, that's not what. I'm saying. But I'm saying, >> but that's that's actually exactly what.

you're saying, right? Like you're not. using those words. He's a narcissist. And the way you manipulate a narcissist. is to flatter them because in his mind. the only thing that matters is how much. praise he's getting at any given moment. >> Now you're doing the opposite. You. recently called President Trump the. dumbest effing guy who ever was. president. >> True. >> On a podcast. Um you've also said. Democrats should drop the decorum and. treat the president as the unserious. fool that he is. >> True. >> Why are you taking that approach? >> Because he's a bully alongside being a. narcissist. And the only way you deal with bullies.

is to stand up to them. Because here's. the thing about it. Bullies don't bully. you because they necessarily care for. the thing you have. They bully you. because they like to bully you because. it makes them feel strong. And the way. you take on a bully is to bully back. Because then they learn that this does. not make them feel strong. It makes them. feel weak and they don't like to feel. weak. So they back off. And the more you. let a bully get away with bullying, the. more they signal to everybody else that.

this person cannot be stood up to. And. so I think it's important for us to. stand up to him. Now, if he wants to. start being serious and doing things for. the American public, great. He is the. president of the United States. And in. the interim, I am not going to play. around and pretend that somehow this man. is intelligent. I'm not going to play. around and somehow pretend that this man. has any strategy or that this man is. somehow brilliant. I think, you know, if. he has a neat trick, it's that he has. fully succumbed to his narcissism and is.

very good at getting attention. So, the. good news about that though is that. because he's very good at getting. attention, what he says gets attention, which means every day he tees off on me, he gives me more attention. So, >> yeah, I think that's a perfect analysis, right? Like it is what we've always been. saying here. >> And remember, he's a brilliant guy. Dr. Abdul say, not Trump. He's he's he's a. brilliant he's a road scholar, you know. And if you saw, we posted a few weeks. ago. Um the the valadictorian speech. that that he gave at the University of.

Michigan where Bill Clinton was the. commencement speaker and Dr. Abdul sayed. spoke and then Bill Clinton spoke after. him and Bill Clinton like pointed out. like I want you to like look at this. guy. This is a very special, you know, individual right there. And I want you. to follow him because he's a he's a. really bright guy. And I think even, you. know, understanding his background and. just how how bright he is and how smart. he is at analyzing the situation. sometimes gets lost in the political. back and forth of it all. But to play.

off what u Abdul say was saying in the. beginning of that clip, playing to. Donald Trump's narcissism, he did just. that today. And I thought in a in a. brilliant way going viral for this post. right here which I'll pull up which you. could see right here. He wrote this is a. message for Donald Trump. Donald this is. on the table. Guarantee healthc care for. every American from cradle to grave. And. he posted for those listening. It's a. gold shiny gold card that says Trump.

Care on it. And the Trump Care card. gives you Medicare for all. free health. care, free dental care, free vision. care, and you could have your own Trump. card and Donald Trump gets to have his. name on it. This is exactly what he was. speaking about in the beginning of that. clip and he's putting that into action. here. And, you know, I think this is. something that Jordy said on, you know, a few episodes ago, right? Just start. naming things after Trump, but put it as. the policies that you want to see get. done. Play to his narcissism and see.

what happens. Will D will he probably. reject this stuff? Probably. this might. be your best chance to to to do it. And. then let him veto it, right? Let him. veto universal prek. Let him veto health. care for everybody. Let him veto the. stuff if that's what he wants to do. But. it's a very funny uh way to to play with. him right here. And it shows you the way. that Abdul is thinking. >> Yeah. You think about though how Trump. and MAGA have doubled down on [snorts]. the worst of the worst. I mean, you have. Jim Jordan. Think about the developments.

this week. Jim Jordan's the minority. leader right now. I mean, think about. how much people hate Jim Jordan. I mean, a guy who covered up um sexual assault. at a university, a guy who's just a. notorious liar. Like, you look at Jim. Jordan and he just oozes grossness. Like, Magga Mike is terrible. Jim Jordan. is worse. So, like they're doing that. You've got Donald Trump seeming to, you.

know, wrap his arm around the lutnicks, wrap his arm around the hexits, you. know, and look, you know, I think that, you know, I understand a lot of these. like 11 Democrats who didn't make the. vote were like, I was stuck in traffic. I was this and that. Maggamike did a. procedural maneuver. It's like, okay, everybody knew this vote was going to. happen on the Hexith impeachment. Like, you know, I feel like the most important. thing you're going to do is vote if you. know that's coming. I understand that. Magga Mike did like a procedural thing. and then close the vote right away. I.

still think, you know, you gotta be. there and you gotta be around and and. just anticipate that that's going to. happen. Even if that means being in the. office longer than you want to and not. knowing when it's going to happen. But. like the thing that Trump is bragging. about is what? that Trump and the MAGA. cartel are protecting Hegsith who the. entire country hates like the guy the. country still doesn't want this guy. there and in again in a normal. functioning governing system after a.

shellacking like that in an election. You have snap elections and you have an. entirely new executive branch is what. normally would happen. Our system is. different here where you have the. president's term is still another two. years. But you know even like when. George W. Bush got a shellacking which. wasn't as bad as this one. This one's. historical because it was at every level. too, right? It was judge level, local. level. It was at um you know school. board level, Congress, governor's races.

everywhere. But George Bush got rid of. Rumsfeld. Like you're supposed to have. some self-awareness and fire some. people. Not promote Steven Miller. not. promote Hegsid and and double down. It's. just infuriating the American people, you know, even more. And these people. are gonna have to testify. I mean, Hegit's going to have to show up in the. 120th Congress. Admiral Brad Cooper, Mr. Podcaster now, is going to have to show. up. A lot of these three and four star.

admirals who have stayed, you know, who. have either been promoted while our top. three and four stars have been pushed. out, these people are going to have to. show up and they're going to testify in. front of, you know, a very animated um. Cong, you know, a very aggressive. Democratic oversight Congress right now. And we're going to see a lot of. hearings, a lot of oversight. And if. Trump's position is we're not doing. oversight, we're not going to have that. happen again. In 2028, what do we have? 21 or 20 Senate seats up for reelection.

A lot of Republican seats are up for. reelection there. And it's possible if. it keeps going this way, Democrats will. win like every one of those races. I was. going to say we could be honestly headed. and I'm not going to put the cart before. the horse. We you could be headed at. this point like you're on track for a. possibility of a Democratic. supermajority. you know, something. rarely rarely that could happen, right? And I I want to remind everybody this. was the hard election. All elections are. hard. Vote every election. But this was.

supposed to be the impossible election. for Democrats when all the analysts were. speaking about this election two years. ago. They wrote off the Senate. They. said it's going to be impossible. You. know, Democrats will probably, you know, might be able to win by slim margins in. the House. We'll see. But the deck is. very stacked against them in the Senate. You know, it's the states that are up. You know, it's you got Texas, you got. Mississippi, you got all these states, you know, a lot of these swing states. that just went to Trump. Gonna be. really, really, really hard to get those. to flip to Democrats. And Democrats had.

a historic showing with 56 seats. And. now we're going to go to the elections. where we're going into friendlier. territory uh for Democrats. And so, you. know, the results could it could just. keep going in this direction if, you. know, the people in power play their. cards right and if the voters do their. job. >> Yeah. And then if the the people on the. other side of the coin, the Republican. party, MAGA, Donald Trump, continue to. do exactly what they're doing, right? That's going to continue to drive the. country further to the left uh to to. Democrats. And that's just simply. because of their lack of leadership,

right? What are they going to do the. first the first thing they did after. after the shellacking was elevate Steven. Miller, was elevate Jim Jordan within. their party? Well, these are like widely. detested people like across the country. that like go beyond like a a political. junkie who's following the dayto-day. The Republican party and Donald Trump. have learned absolutely nothing. And not. only that, you know, the theme of the. episode, they have doubled down in their. stupidity, their own self stupidity and.

their own hatred and bigotry to elevate. leaders that I believe again will not. work on behalf of the American people, but only to pass their own personal. agendas, which again, the American. people widely rejected at these midterm. elections. And Brett, to your point, this was supposed to be the hard one, right? Vote in every election. Absolutely. This was supposed to be the. difficult one. And what we're seeing. now, if this continues to play out, Donald Trump, he's in for another. shellacking.

>> Have you seen some of what these. corporate oligarchs are saying? They're. doing these interviews and they're like. extra woke right now. They're like, "Well, woke man, I've always been a. progressive man. I've always been a. Democrat.". >> My pronouns are in my bio, bro. >> What are you What are you What are you. What are you talking about? You see the. Palunteer CEO, Alex Karp. He's like, "I've basically been a progressive man. What are you even talking about? I don't. support Trump." Let's listen to what. this guy says here. play. >> is of common interest with Democrats in. Congress. >> I mean, I've been a Democrat my whole. life. I grew up in a far-left. environment. I I know more about being a.

progressive than almost anybody on the. planet. And I absolutely believe our I. pounder all of our products are. essentially progressive. Okay, that's good. The one thing I got. to say is Trump really Trump really. exposed these people like genuinely, you. know, because people like that like Alex. Karp rely heavily on government. contracts and Donald Trump is the most. vindictive person to ever hold the. presidency and he dangled those.

government contracts and that's why he. made people like Alex Karp bend the. knee. And I don't dispute that, you. know, Alex Carpin has passed, you know, maybe grew up a Democrat and was. progressive back in the day, but he made. a very sharp veer to the Trumpist right. um to the pro-fascist Trumpist right um. the second Donald Trump won that. election and he realized that he needed. to get on Donald Trump's good side in. order for his company to be successful. >> Yeah, I'll show you over here as well. You have Senator Kennedy, MAGA,

Republican from Louisiana. He was asked, "Should Howard Lutnik lose his job over. what's been going on with Jensen Wang. and still, I guess, supporting the. licenses to Mega Speed and Speed Matrix, the Alice Wang, the potential Chinese. spies relationship with Jensen." I mean, Lutnik knew about it. Lutnik was. covering it up, you know, by the way. I. mean, Lutnick's the guy who claims that. he never hung out with Epstein, then he. was on the island with his kids. He. brought his kids to Epstein Island and.

he's like, "Yeah, you you brought your. kids." He's like, "I know. I said that I. wasn't there. I brought my kiddies. Is. there something wrong with that?" Yeah, it's worse if you brought your kids to. the island where kids sex trafficking. takes place. That makes it worse, man. That makes it worse. And then you lied. about it. And then remember he refused. to be under oath. He refused to do it on. camera like when he was testifying. Anyway, here's what Senator Kennedy. said. Let's play it. Should Howard. Lutnik, the commerce secretary, lose his. job over this? >> Well, I don't know yet. If I were the.

secretary, I would have called a press. conference already. Now, he I know he's. he's got to talk to his mates and his. lawyers and all that, but but I would. have already called a press conference. and and and told the the American people. through the media, look, I'll be here as. long as you want. I'm prepared to answer. all questions. And he hasn't done that. uh that maybe he has a good reason not. to, but um he's going to be called to. testify in front of Congress and and I.

want I understand u the Secretary of. Treasury uh has some concerns about. this. I want to hear from Scott Bess. >> This is this is serious as an aneurysm. I mean, this is not just a it's easy to. make fun of because it it's so it's so. extraterrestrial, but but it's serious. Well, these hearings are going to be. very interesting. Democrats control the. time. They control the procedure. Now,

they're able to, you know, control who. gets subpoenaed. They prep with. depositions before. You know how when. the MAGA Republicans would hold. hearings, they would basically have like. five minutes. They time's up, times up. Democrats can go as long as they want. Go as long as they want. And uh these. hearings are going to be, I think, eyeopening. We're going to be covering. them all here on the Midas Touch. Network. And we're just going to keep. the updates over and over. As I've said. before, I I'll leave with this. For what. we do here at the Midas Touch Network,

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