LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 7/6/26

We've got a lot to discuss on today's. episode of the Midas Touch podcast. Donald Trump held a lunch with banks and. billionaires and other oligarchs. He. proclaimed that Nicki Minaj ran the. Small Business Association and he said, "Everybody in America is experiencing a. golden age and people are as rich as. they've ever wanted to be. Their dreams. have all come true." Except that's not. true at all. Meanwhile, not only are.

people suffering here on the domestic. front, internationally, the world has. never been more dangerous and more. chaotic, at least in recent history. China and North Korea testing nuclear. capable missiles. No comment at all from. the Trump regime. No comment at all from. Hegsith or Marco Rubio. You have Russia. escalating in Kev, striking Kev with. ballistic missiles as Zalinsky and.

Ukraine no longer have the necessary. Patriot interceptors to stop the. ballistic missiles. both because the. Trump regime is withholding it and as a. result of the Trump regime and. Netanyahu's catastrophic war in Iran. which depleted those Patriot. interceptors. You do have Zalinsky. striking back with a drone swarm at AMS. which is Russia's largest fuel refinery. over there that's about 2500 to 3,000.

kilometers away. So that's a significant. development. Meanwhile in Iran uh in. Thrron as well as K you have massive. massive attendance of Ayatollah K&A's. funeral. This may be the biggest. gathering of human beings like in. history together in one place. It's the. biggest funeral in world history and you.

have somewhere between 10 and 15 million. people who are attending this funeral. procession there. Financial Times has. also confirmed those numbers. And we've. been sharing this footage just because. it is a historic event in in human. history to see this many people. And I. think it also makes us all reflect on. what Trump and Netanyahu said were was. going to happen on the ground. When you.

see all those people here, I think to. myself, that's the place you wanted to. launch a ground invasion against. That's. the place where you said that Trump and. Netanyahu would show up and be greeted. as as heroes and that they would be. welcomed there with open arms. I mean, you see all of those signs going after. Trump and Netanyahu and and also. America, although you hear people on the. ground there saying it's the American. government that we're talking about here. and not necessarily the American people, but their signs are there will be blood. and go after Trump and kill Trump and.

and and things like that. Um, meanwhile, Donald Trump was out there making. derange social media posts. And just to. show you how in a media cycle, the press. just lets Donald Trump get away with. basically anything. He posted that he. wanted to get a restraining order. against Georgia Maloney, the prime. minister of Italy. And it doesn't even. register as like a story anywhere, right? The president of the United. States harassing a female prime.

minister, a female leader of Italy, a. NATO country, basically saying she's. stalking me, right? which is why I need. a restraining order against you know. that was the implication of that. It. won't even be a story that's covered and. I can say well can you imagine if former. president you can't you can't and it. should not be normalized and I think I. could show you him posting about Macau. Kulkin or him posting weird photos of. himself and Mike Tyson or post with.

former President Obama and Michelle. Obama on an AI Air Force One uh where it. you know says you know black lives. matter in graffiti and it has you know. Islamic scripture and and all of these. things, you know, obviously hor. horrifying. It's just the very idea of. saying that you want to get a. restraining order because a female prime. minister in another country that's. integral to our national security here. uh is is like stalking you uh from. somebody who's been found civily liable.

of sexual assault here in the United. States. It's it's it's it's horrific. And we shouldn't forget also and I'll. bring it up here at the outset, Donald. Trump's. financial disclosures or the portion. that he revealed which showed that there. were billions of dollars uh that he made. in 21,000 stock trades and crypto. schemes which over the weekend and. throughout the day the Trump regime's. propaganda say ah it may be unsemly but.

it's just like what Hunter Biden did or. you know the way it's they try to frame. it uh and the Wall Street Journal, the. New York Post in order to both sides. that is we weren't good when Hunter did. it, so we shouldn't be good about it. when uh Donald Trump and his kids do it. It's like not even in the close universe. of similarities like that at all. And. I've been covering that here as well. And then Donald Trump is railing on. communists. We're going to go after the. communists at the bizarre July 4th. But. that's their theme heading into the. midterms. We're going after the.

communists. We're going after the. communists. And that July 4th event was. the disaster we all thought it was going. to be. The fireworks show became like a. smoke show. Like literally smoke. Like. you couldn't even see the fireworks. because they just blew up all the. fireworks all at once. So they can say. they set the Guinness Book of Records of. the most fireworks polluted the air. You. couldn't even see the fireworks. I mean. just objectively. And then the event was. had a very weak attendance when Donald. Trump spoke and they tried to oh 415,000.

people attended everybody. It was. 415,000 but actually then 150,000 just. it's enough is enough is enough. And let. me bring in Brett and Jordy. We got a. lot to discuss and I I I think I start. with this disclaimer because it's true. The next 100 days are among the most. important 100 days as everybody gets. closer to the midterm elections. And to. me, this is the peak moment we've been. warning about where exhaustion really.

starts to set in. It's like running a. marathon, right? You're really good. Maybe early on you're like, should I run. this marathon? What am I doing? What am. I doing? I train for it, but what do I. do? Then mile five to 10, you're like, I'm good. I'm good. Then you get into. mile 15, I'm pretty good. Then 20 and. it's hot and you're like, whoa, what am. I doing here? Am I gonna, you know, and. that's when lots of people break and. that's kind of where we're at right now. And I know there's exhaustion that.

really sets in. This stuff starts to. overwhelm you and feel like this is. never going to end and we're never going. to get out of this period. But that's. when in the marathon, you got to trust. your training. And here you got to trust. your values and principles and you gota. you got to move forward and you got to. rally each other and you got to stay. united during very difficult times. Brett and Jordy, how are you? >> Got to stay focused. Got to got to keep. putting in the reps, right? Every single. day got to keep putting in the reps. It's good to be here. Ben, good to be. here. Jordy, good to be here. Midas.

Mighty. I hope everybody had a happy. Fourth of July. Hope you're able to get. a little bit of relaxation, spend a. little bit of time with friends and. family. I know it always feels, you. know, a little weird when it's Fourth of. July as we are witnessing these. incredible attacks on our democracy and. as we see the most corrupt individual we. have ever seen uh in the presidency. right now. But, you know, I I I think. that's really what America is all about. I think America is about criticizing. those in power who are acting corrupt. I. think it is about constantly fighting.

for a more perfect union. And I think. that's what we all are collectively uh. trying to do here every single day. Uh. Jordy, I got to say, man, looking a lot. better this episode. Last episode I saw. there were a lot of people worried about. you because Jordy was a victim of this. heatwave on the east coast and uh Jordy. was he was sweating. He was drenched. Your face was red only because it was. incredibly hot in your house over there. And uh folks were concerned even though. you told them the only reason I look. like this right now is because it's.

incredibly hot in my house and I don't. have AC on right now. So Joy, how you. feeling? You're looking fresh. You're. looking good. >> Oh, there's money. I I'm feeling great. If you are an audio listener, I know. we've been pushing people to download. the audio version of the show, and. please still do that wherever you get. your podcast. It is helping. If you are. only an audio listener, you just you. should go back to last Thursday's. episode just to get a I mean know it's. it's incredible that the brothers even. let me on air looking the way I looked. It was gastly. That's that's all I could. say. I am looking and feeling great this. episode. I'm excited to get in. I did. just want to take a moment and sincerely.

thank everyone for the birthday wishes. last week. I know I I was talking to a. lot of folks in the chat, but I didn't. say so on the stream. So, I just wanted. to say thank you guys. Meant so much. The mightest mighty community is truly. just like the greatest community that's. quite frankly ever existed. I know I. might be biased, but I'm being sincere. Benji, where are we going? No, >> I think the most important tool that a. reporter has is where you focus your. lens on. And it is always very notable.

to me where that lens is being pointed. and where it's not being pointed as I. reflect on the downfall of corporate. news which frankly traces the downfall. of our democracy which I believe is. worth saving and can be saved. And one. of the ways we have to do that is by. building independent news. And so that's. why at the outset I say we should never. normalize the fact that the president of. the United States is saying he wants a. restraining order against the prime.

minister of Italy by making up that she. like is so obsessed with him and wants. photos with him so badly that you know. he needs a restraining order and just to. post that mockery of her. She's a far. right-wing politician in Italy. there. should actually be a natural alignment. between her and Donald Trump. And in. fact, she was allied with him and. pushing when lots of other European. countries were saying you shouldn't be.

supporting him anymore. She was one of. the room the voices in the room saying. let's you know let's let's be patient. and things like that. And that's who. Donald Trump goes Donald Trump goes. after her. And you don't hear a peep. about that. And this is heading into the. Ankora NATO conference that's taking. place in Turkey. And it is notable as. well and not surprising to me um. although perhaps surprising to my dogs. that you hear in the background but not. not surprising to me that as we approach.

this Ankora um event, you have Putin. out, you have certain things that are. happening around this NATO trip that are. very predictable that we've been talking. about for a very long time, right? You. have Russia escalating in Ukraine. And. if you notice what's happening there, Russia is using a lot more ballistic. missiles and a lot less drones. Why? Because Ukraine is capable of knocking. out 90 to 100% of the Russian drones at. this point, which by the way, the US.

could have studied how you did that in. the security umbrella in the Middle. East, considering that the Russian. drones are Iranian drones are the Shahed. drones. Um, but Ukraine's able to strike. those. But Ukraine doesn't have the. ballistic interceptors right now. So, what's Russia doing? Obviously, they're. using ballistic missile strikes over and. over and over again. And Ukraine just. doesn't have the interceptor. So, just. think about it like if you're Ukraine, you know, if you had the weapon, you.

could stop the ballistic missile, but. you don't have it. So you literally just. have to watch as the ballistic missiles. strike your cities whether it's Cricia. or Kev or Kashan or you know any any of. these areas while Donald Trump remains. entirely silent about it. Now I mention. that the outset that Sinsky has been. able to strike back at AMS, Russia's. largest fuel refinery over there with. drones and if you follow the route that.

it seems these Ukrainian drones took, they actually reached about 3,500. kilometers. Now the ALMS fuel refinery. was about 2500, but they took the drones. through a very route to evade the. Russian drone interceptors. And so you. you you have that development. And I. reflect on Donald Trump promising on day. one he was going to bring peace after. Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I know. them so well. It would be very easy to.

do peace. That's why you have and we. should have zero uh faith. I wouldn't. even want to use the word faith when it. comes to Donald Trump in the same. sentence that this memorandum of. understanding with Iran is actually. going to result in anything durable. because look what he promised on day one. or before day one with Ukraine. It'd be. easy. I'm going to get a deal. And. instead he started wars all across the. world and he hasn't been able to resolve.

wars. And he just makes up that he's. solved this war and that war and this. war and that war, you know, which which. he has. And it also doesn't shock me as. we get closer to this NATO summit where. in Ankura in Turkey, you have Israel. under Netanyahu and the Netanyahu regime. escalating its attacks on Turkey saying. they shouldn't get any F-35s. The. security umbrella should be Israel. controlling all of the major military. weaponry in the Middle East. And.

regardless of what your perspective is. on whether Turkey should or should not. get F-35s, what you can deny is that. Netanyahu is escalating this rhetoric to. affirmatively cause problems at the NATO. summit that's going to take place on. Tuesday. That's that's one of the goals. of what Netanyahu is doing and and. trying trying to derail uh derail that. We shouldn't ignore the fact that you.

have in southern Lebanon and in Gaza. Netanyahu continuing uh to attack over. and over and over and over again in. violation of the memorandum of. understanding as it relates to southern. Lebanon and the purported ceasefire as a. result as it uh results in Gaza as it. relates to Gaza rather. So you have that. going on. Um and we still have thousands. of innocent people getting killed.

Mothers, children, elderly people. That's not Hamas. That's not His bowl. I. mean those are el those are elderly. mother women um over there. And then. again what's not being covered. That's. how I want to I want to start at the. outset. What's not being like what's not. being covered? You know, I actually did. see for the first time today coverage of. what's going on in Tyrron at Ayatollah. K&A's funeral. Um, I saw CNN had a crew. BBC was kind of early on having a crew.

We focused on it on day one and I'm not. suggesting we're the only people who. focused on it, but now I am seeing some. coverage of this. And you know, it's. interesting as I see some of the. criticism of covering it. Oh, you're. propagandist for having a team embedded. there to show what's happening and d I. mean I don't think that's being a. propagandist for the Iranian regime. Uh. the picture that you all that that that. that was painted by Trump and Netanyahu.

and Neocon Warhawks and others was that. this would be the scene right here after. Trump and Netanyahu invaded. you. They. promised that. after the invasion and clearly that did. not happen. We shouldn't forget. Netanyahu and Trump beam hacked on. hacked into Iranian TV. They beamed. themselves as though the Iranian people. would be greeting them as, "Oh, we saw.

what you did in Gaza. We saw the. genocide there. We saw the genocide that. you do in Lebanon. Yes, come on in. We. want that here in Iran. But that's what. was sold, right? That's what Trump and. Netanyahu said was going to happen. That. did not happen. And now what's. undeniable. is these images and what we're seeing. And we can discern for ourselves. what's happening. That doesn't mean that.

we are supportive of the Iranian regime. by showing you the footage. I think that. it's hard to watch that and not. accurately reflect on the size, scale, and scope and the and the meaning of. that that there are so many people out. there who are mourning and showing. solidarity and support for this regime. And then people go, "Well, Ben, there's. just a small First off, that's not a. small group of people. They're being.

paid. Clearly, this is a propaganda. operation. Okay. But didn't you all say. that Iran doesn't have money and they're. bankrupt and they're on their knees and. you've destroyed their navy and they're. begging for a deal and they don't have. any money at all and they're basically. bankrupt. So they're bankrupt, but then. they've also paid tens of millions of. people to show up and coordinate the. largest public gathering in history. So. that I start with that the things that. we'll get to all the other stuff, what's. happening in the Oval Office, but I.

think we start the show with here's. what's not being covered. Those are your. stories that should lead the news. Here's the thing. You shouldn't be mad. at the people who are reporting on this. I mean, it's ridiculous. You should be. mad at the people who've been lying to. you about the realities of this war and. about the Iranian regime and about the. people in Iran. Uh you should be furious. at that quite frankly. And you know, as. we look at all these problems, all those. stories to me that Ben was just. discussing have a pretty consistent. throughine that we have a a.

narcissistic, psychopathic, a lying. commander-in-chief. And that really. permeates through everything, whether. it's Ukraine, Russia, whether it's uh. the war in Iran, anything, every. domestic issue, it's all lies and fraud. all the way through. And we're seeing. the consequences of this um break out. worldwide and here at home. I've been. watching this commentary um and Ben was. touching on a little bit, but from these.

MAGA commentators and these Netanyahu. aligned commentators and the things that. they are saying just sound way too. familiar to me and I bet they sound very. familiar to you as well, right? What are. the things that we've been hearing? Those crowds, they're AI. They're using. AI. They're fake crowds. They're just. there to make sure that he's really dead. because they actually hate him. They're. crying. Those are fake tears. They're. busing people in. They're busing him in. actually. And they're paying the. protesters. They're actually there. I'm. not protesters. They're paying the. people to be there. They're paying them.

They're paying them. Doesn't this all. sound like the exact same stuff that. Donald Trump says about the No Kings. rallies? Doesn't it sound like the exact. same things that Donald Trump said about. Kla Harris's rally when she had massive. crowds there? Isn't it kind of similar. to what Donald Trump's been saying about. vandals and the reflecting pool and all. this crap? So, the problem is he lies. about all of this stuff. Far too often. there is a a complacent compliant media. who is willing to parrot those things. because it fits with a certain dynamic.

But that's not the facts. And the issue. at hand is people need to understand the. facts and understand the war that we are. getting into. Especially if somebody. like Donald Trump is going to send our. troops, the brave men and women in our. armed forces into harm's way on false. pretenses. That's the thing that should. piss you off. Not people showing you. what's actually going on. And so I think. this is incredibly revealing when you. see this. And yes, there are a lot of. people of course in Iran who are very. against this regime. And we've covered.

that. We've covered the pro-democracy. protests across Iran. And Donald Trump. gave those people a lot of false hope. Remember back in the day in February. when he said, "Take to the streets. I. will have your back." And then he did. not have their back. But just like in. all countries, right, there are people. who who don't like the I mean, think. about our country, right? Think about. the United States. There are people who. don't like their government and there. are people who do like the government. And there's versions of that dynamic. that exist throughout everywhere. And so.

if you are just getting one side of the. story here, if you are just being fed. one narrative, you are not being told. the truth. And so I think this really. breaks through that BS and breaks. through. And I even saw a lot of MAGA. people today saying, "Wow, I feel lied. to. I feel lied to." I'm looking at. these crowds in Tyrron and this is not. what I was told about the Iranian. regime. I was told we were going to be. able to overthrow this regime in a. night. I was told we were going to be. able to walk in and it was going to be. done. But no, it's a country of what? 90.

million people, I believe. And they had. something like 15 million people out. there protesting, but out there I guess. they were protesting Donald Trump with. those signs. Uh very graphic signs about. Donald Trump and JD Vance and they had. signs about Laura Loomer. Like when you. see the signs about Laura Loomer, I'm. like, "Oh, they're very read up. They're. paying attention." It's not not that's. not someone I would say would be a. household name if you ask people even in. our country, but you're like, "Oh, they're deep in it. They're educated on.

on on what's going on in the United. States here." It's just eye opening. And. as you see also the stuff that Donald. Trump was posting about Maloney in. Italy, the Italian prime minister. Like. Ben said, that's somebody who Donald. Trump should be best friends with, right? Some they share a lot of. ideology. Uh, you know, a lot of people. don't like Maloney because she has a lot. of these kind of MAGA-esque beliefs, but. Donald Trump is attacking her and he's. attacking her on a on a personal basis. because she didn't want to uh, I guess,

get involved in Donald Trump's war and. she had a stern talking to him. We all. saw that footage um, at the G7 a couple. weeks back. And so Donald Trump wants to. act like she's obsessed with me. She's. obsessed. She can't get enough of me. sick and it's very predatory by the way. from somebody who is an adjudicated. sexual predator and you could see the. way that he acts as a predator um even. on female leaders across the country but. I think it gives you some more insight. into Donald Trump insight which you. probably know and that's that Donald.

Trump even though he does have this uh. you know very horrific ideology and that. is toxic and and fills the political. landscape both here and abroad at the. end of the day Donald Trump is a selfish. human being and everything to him is. personal. Doesn't even matter if you. align with him on nine out of 10 things. If you make him look bad or you go. against him on one thing, he will go. after you the same way that he has. gotten rid of all these other people in. Congress who decided to uh vote to.

release the Epstein files even though. they voted with him 99.9%. of the time. They became his public. enemy number one because to Donald Trump. it's all about you must respect me or. you must uh you know flatter me, you. have to constantly stroke my ego 100% of. the time and you fall out of line. I am. coming for you. And that's the message. that he's sending to Maloney and frankly. other world leaders uh while he's doing. this. But that's really where it comes. from. this very selfish, narcissistic,

sociopathic, and psychopathic mindset of. Donald Trump where he just has to. attack, attack, attack when he feels. threatened, even if it's something. incredibly reasonable or just a. disagreement. >> Absolutely. Look, the biggest reckoning. in our lifetime, mightest mighty. brothers, uh is going to be this idea of. championing truth as a society again and. not allowing yourselves to get played, not allowing yourselves to be lied to, and then not being willing participants.

to uh make the lies even louder. What's. so frustrating, I think, for so many as. Donald Trump has lied to his base so. often and so many times and so loudly. now that they're finally starting to. wake up is just this whole idea that the. Trump regime just it doesn't deal in. reality, right? Why for the Trump regime. would you acknowledge that there are. that many people, you know, attending. the the funeral for the Ayatollah? Don't. don't acknowledge it. Then then it won't.

exist. Why for the Trump regime should. he acknowledge that China and North. Korea have been testing nuclear weapons? Don't acknowledge it. It doesn't make it. real. Just don't acknowledge it. It's. the same reason why Trump wouldn't sign. the housing act in my opinion. That. would make the affordability crisis very. much real. But if he doesn't sign it, doesn't acknowledge it not real. He. lives in his own MAGA reality that he's. crafted by by putting all these yes. people around him, right? Well, why not. test for CO in 2020? that would make it.

real. Donald Trump is all about just. keeping his whole MAGA universe so. pristine and pure. His MAGA universe the. golden age for Donald Trump and his. regime and the people of Mara Lago. It. might be the golden age for them but not. for the American people. It is so. obvious to me that his refusal to. acknowledge that that these things are. existing is so intentional because then. he has to try and address it. Then he. has to answer for it. then it becomes. his problem and he's the laziest person. in the world. He doesn't want to do the. work. He he doesn't care about the.

American people. That's not that's not. why he's president. He became president. to stay out of jail and now he's using. the office of the presidency to continue. to grift and line his pockets with. money. That is what he's doing. That is. what he cares about. That's why last. year he walked away with 1.4 billion in. crypto earnings. Why? Because he doesn't. care about you. He doesn't This isn't. the point. Is is you the MAGA base? You. the American person. He could care less. It's all about how can I use this office. and this power to benefit himself, his.

family, and those around him. If he. doesn't acknowledge these things are. happening, it doesn't exist in the MAGA. reality. Ben and Brett, >> yeah. And he uses the same tricks. And. so, we'll talk about this when we come. back from our first break, but his post, he goes back to the Walmart trick, right? Remember during Thanksgiving when. prices were significantly higher? And he. says, "Walmart 25% down under Donald. Trump versus Joe Biden." And then he. calls him sleepy crooked Joe Biden. And. we all know that for Thanksgiving that. was not the case. But he just goes back.

to it right now. Walmart bringing down. the price of beef at least 15%. Other. prices going down 25%. Everybody else. time to join. What did he say two weeks. ago? Freedom Gas Centers. I never heard. of these in Eastern Philadelphia. Freedom Gas Centers. Everybody, they. brought down their prices 25%. It's going to be great for you. We all. know inflation is rising and it's rising. at an alarming rate. Not only is. inflation rising at an alarming rate,

you have jobs being lost at an alarming. rate. So, you have both aspects of. what's called the dual mandate of the. Fed under attack. You're losing jobs. right now while you're having inflation. rise. And that's a very, very serious. issue that's taking place right now. That's the reality of what's happening. out there. While Donald Trump says we're. in a golden age, right, let's take our. first quick break of the show. A. reminder, as Jordy said at the outset, and we'll keep on reiterating, subscribe.

to the Midas Touch audio. It really is. an important initiative that we're. pushing right now. Um, we're trying to. rise up those audio charts again and we. need your help. So just wherever you get. your audio podcast from or if you don't. just go find out where you have audio. podcasts available and then just find. Midas touch subscribe and uh we'd. appreciate that and leave a fivestar. review. All right, let's take our first. quick break of the show. We'll be right. back after this quick break.

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right away. But I'll just bring it up. one more time that you know Donald Trump. posting great news everybody. I've just. been informed that one of the biggest, best, smartest retailers in America, Walmart, will be lowering its prices to. celebrate America's 250th. They're going. to reduce the price of a pound of ground. beef by almost 15% amongst many other. products. This is a huge deal for the. many millions of Americans who smartly. shop at Walmart, which is a truly.

patriotic company. What are you trying. to pump up their stock like you did with. Dell today? Right? You had Michael Dell. standing behind him today. Dell's stock. rose. You know, I'll have to check what. it is. I wasn't following it all day, but while Trump was there, the stock. rose where the guy probably made quite. literally billions and billions of. dollars to then say, how many times has. he announced that he's doing this now? It ended around like 4.43% up and hit. like 8% up right after Trump said that. And it should be, you know, in Trump's.

financial disclosures that he himself. released by law. Uh he has what over a. million dollars in Dell stock. And this. is not the first time that Trump has. done this before we even knew that the. financial uh that was on the financial. disclosure. remember a few months back. when Donald Trump was giving I think he. made made it in the rose garden or the. uh whatever it is now with the concrete. slab uh in the where the rose garden. used to be or he was outside somewhere. and he made a comment uh you know buy. Dell now is a good time buy Dell buy. Dell and then it was revealed that he. had all this Dell stock I mean the cor.

the corruption that's happening is just. mindblowing. >> by the way I I'll go back I think it was. over the same announcement. >> yeah yeah yeah it was about the account. >> it was about the Trump investment funds. that he's call it's literally the same. He he and it goes back to my Walmart. point, right? Which is he did the. Walmart announcement Thanksgiving. He. just brings back the Walmart. announcement. I don't even know how many. times Dell has been in the Oval Office. where they've talked about a. philanthropic investment by Dell where. he's putting in X amount of dollars into.

the Trump investment account. So, it's. going to be a tax write off at a. corporate level, maybe even individually. for for for Dell, depending on how it's. structured. The so-called Trump. investment accounts by S&P and NASDAQ. ETFs, exchange traded funds, so companies like. SpaceX when they were applied to the. exchangeraded fund because they got them. to like wave the 100 day requirement,

you know. So, so the companies are. putting money into accounts that invest. in exchangeraded funds automatically for. kids that then pump up the market for. the companies. You see what they're. doing there? Because when they invest in. these exchange traded funds, those funds. then have to buy the companies that are. at the top of the exchanges and then. that pumps up the company. So, it's like. Micron gave 250. So, they get a. deduction and they're putting it in.

something that should boost their own. stock price down the line. That that. that's part of the uh situation that's. going on. You know, it's a thousand. bucks. I I I I don't think like I want. to be clear. I would like to see and. make sure first off, it shouldn't be. called Trump accounts. I I'd be. interested to actually see how young. people and babies can make more money um. or get money and and and be able to. thrive and live. But I if if you talk. about some of the major issues right now.

facing the American people, I don't. think it's babies investing in the stock. market right now, I mean, I think it's. homes and affordability and dealing with. the crises that most Americans are. confronted with. That isn't for me to. say. I can hold a complex thought and. think to myself how, you know, are there. smart investments that you can be doing. for children that grow over time so when. they're adults that they can, you know, also participate in the market. potentially. I I want to know more.

about, but I think about what's needed. right now. And I also think about the. market manipulation taking place before. our eyes. But then you have the Walmart. announcement. Here's what's going to. happen. You know, Walmart bringing down. its prices. And then you know it's like. what he says with um drug prices, right? You know that they're down 800%. It's. the same it's the same shtick. They're. down 800%. Okay. So the drug companies are paying. you $800 if the product's $1. Most. favored nations. That's not happening.

You're telling me that the drug. companies are now reducing their prices. so it's as cheap as the cheapest price. of that same drug in a foreign country? That's just not happening. Like he could. keep on saying we're doing most favor. nations because most people don't know. what that even means. Most favor nations. means the same price as the lowest price. that drug gets charged in another. country. That's not h objectively that's. just not happening here. And over and. over again I can go and talk about you. know each one of these schemes that he. runs and it just it's just lies. So you.

see that you get your hopes up and like. the manufacturing boom is taking place. here. manufacturing boom isn't taking. place is at quite the contrary. Crazy. thing is when you look at these charts. and remember I. >> I remember you know we were uh reporting. on the manufacturing boom that it was. actually happening under the Biden. administration um and all the. investments and if you remember those. charts I don't have one on me right now. but like it was like a steep increase in. manufacturing investment under Biden and. Donald Trump just reversed all of it. like just just like shut it all down and.

now he tries to claim some sort of. victory uh o over that and tries to. claim manufacturing gains when there. really aren't right now the entire. economy like all the economic growth is. basically what like hospitality and or. or medical I think it's a medical right. it's. >> hospitality is losing. >> they're losing it's basically just. medical medical health care which is. probably a result of you know having a. lot of older people uh you know in in. the country right now and so that's it's. a lot of private equity investing in.

health care companies that that actually. then charge the government uh for. Medicare and Medicaid related services. and Interestingly, where you want to. know where the waste, sorry, Brett to. interrupt you, but where the waste, fraud, and abuse in these systems come. from is not at the individual level of. people getting the treatment. It's. oftentime private equity firms and. people like um like Rick Scott's company. uh who's now he's now the senator of.

Florida that would send and submit. incorrect statements to the government. for reimbursements in order to make all. this money is where actually a lot of it. and that's one of the areas where where. you know where anyway. >> yeah Rick Scott's Medicare fraud was. something like $1.7 billion in fraud. just a massive massive number. And so. you should remember that as people like. Trump and and these Republicans work to. remove coverage of Medicare and Medicaid.

and and Social Security and all these. services from people and they try to. claim, "Oh, we just got rid of it for. those illegal immigrants. It's not you. It's not you. We're just taking care of. the fraud." Like even if that were true, and let me reiterate, that is not true. That's a lie to cover from stealing. healthcare from human beings. But even. if that were, it pales in comparison to. what the Rick Scots of the world are. doing, the people who actually own these. conglomerates who are quite literally. stealing from you. But that's the. oligarch class, right? That's the class.

of people who they are working to. protect. And I think that's a a big. issue that I have with so many of the. things Trump does because I truthfully. personally I don't have an issue with. the Trump account stuff honestly like. really at all. It it kind of stems from. an idea that was actually put forward by. if you go back like Cy Booker and and. Senator Bob Casey had a similar idea. Like it's not a it's not a bad idea in. and of itself. But one issue is is that. what which what Trump ends up doing is. he always picks winners and losers. And. so on the one hand you have these.

Republicans who are trying to uh you. know put forward and you know just. capitalism is amazing and and and we. need unfettered capitalism because. that's what makes prosperity. On the. other hand, they're not actually they. don't actually don't want that at all. They actually want crony capitalism. They want a capitalism that is just they. essentially want socialism, but. socialism for their rich buddies. And so. you have Donald Trump constantly picking. and choosing winners, trying to hurt and. come after companies that he doesn't. want to s to succeed. and then striking.

all these deals and and and and corrupt. deals and and and doing all these make. making all these efforts to pump up. companies that he does like like in that. Walmart post, this great incredible. company, you got to go to Walmart. This. is how business is done. Same way he. treats everybody, right? Because going. back to the Maloney example, what does. Donald Trump want? He just wants people. constantly to be praising him like a. dictator, like people do in these. regimes across the world. That's what. Trump wants. That's the energy he wants. and he doesn't want anybody to do.

anything else. So, Dell, go buy a Dell, go to Walmart, go get your I don't know. what whatever these other MAGA companies. are. I'm not going to give him free. advert advertising. >> Can I just say this though, Brett, because I think you're on to something. I think at the baseline, like the Trump. accounts thing, it could be a good. thing, but I just think anything that. Donald Trump touches and brands himself, you just have to be highly skeptical of. it. Also, you know, what does every good. Ponzi scheme need to keep going? It. needs more suckers. And unfortunately, these suckers are sucking on their.

pacifiers and thumbs and aren't really. willing participants in this as their. parents opt them in. So again, I am. highly skeptical of anything Trump does. even if it seems like it's a good thing. and all of a sudden now he's starting to. prop up all these other companies. around. Why is he doing that? Like you. just have to investigate. I give you I. don't mean to drop but let me give you. the answer. It's what I said before. So. what he's now encouraging these. companies that many are worried are in a. bubble, right? >> The semiconductor AI, you know, and lots.

of these companies that are propping up. the market. Take some of your money and. do a philanthropic investment into these. so-called Trump accounts, right? So it. will be a write a tax write off for you. or a deduction for you depending on how. it is classified. you put them into. these accounts. The accounts then in are. forced to invest in the S&P 500 to which. you're listed on. So then those accounts.

then put those $1,000 or whatever into. the market and then these exchangeraded. funds, these ETFs that buy the market. then buy your company and when you do it. at scale it props up the market. So that. to me is one of the the schemes behind. it. And one of your kind of latestage. capitalism red flags if you will is that. a lot of these companies. got a lot of American investment in it.

from the chips act which was a Biden. initiative seeing that our semiconductor. industry was good was basically. non-existent compared to what was taking. place in Taiwan and other places. So. what was it? 40 to50 billion dollars. were invested in these companies. If. they hit certain metrics, they would get. lots of money. Like look at a company. like Micron, which just gave $250. million as a philanthropic investment to. a so-called Trump account. It's gotten.

subsidized to the tune of three to five. I have to go back and look at what the. number is, but like $3 billion of. taxpayer money went to them, which. helped the company go from 60 billion. market cap to like over a trillion like. market cap. Go look at my It's like, you. know, and where do you think that those. years came from? In my opinion, it was. Chipsack investment, which by the way. could be good if you have the. semiconductor industry, you know, actually being sustainable and doing the. right thing. But then I think they do.

these Trump account things to focus on. pumping up the stock versus pumping up. the company itself to begin with. So. anyway, that that that's what I think is. also behind it, Jordy, in my opinion. That's what I got for you. >> There you There you have it, Jordy. Any. any [laughter]. >> I thought you were about to go to break. Uh I I I think that aligns exactly with. kind of exact what I'm saying here, right? like there it just feels like. there are more shady pretenses around.

this and again something that could be. good anytime Trump touches something it. turns to So I think just anybody. has to be highly skeptical of of what. this looks like. Well I I I'll this is a. segue then we'll go to the break because. I don't want to I don't want to I don't. want to belabor this you know this point. because look obviously as an American I. still root for team USA. Okay. My my my. wife's family is from Mexico, so I would. root for Mexico um as well and and they. they live here obviously now and they're. al they're citizens here in the United.

States, but they're were born in Mexico. and um and so it was a disappointing. loss obviously to England, although. England played great and I'm enjoying. the World Cup. I I enjoy watching it. I. hate when the politics are infused into. it. I don't like the I want to just. watch sports, you know, and not make it. weird. And you know when Donald Trump. did the all of the bad comes from like. the peace prize and the weirdness and. the personal aggra, but if you just let. sports fans be sports fans, people want.

to form bonds and be together. Like I. hated when you had Mark Wayne Mullen, Homeland Security Secretary said, "I was. dancing around when Iran lost in the. world." Like why were you dancing. around? And why did you treat the team. that way? Why did you treat all of those. teams that way when they when they. arrived here? But, you know, when Donald. Trump has so overly politicized this and. then he calls up Giani Infantino. and you know and then tries to put his. finger on the scale, you see the outrage.

internationally with Flo Ballagan um. being um you know you know being allowed. to play after the red card. was the. first time by the way I don't think it. was a good call to begin with but it was. reviewed on instant replay but you now. but because everything Trump touches he. infects with that and then they were. bragging about it today and like. laughing about it and Ted Cruz like. thank you for doing that Donald thank. you for doing that and and you see why. the rest of the world is absolutely.

livid and I'll just say obviously if it. happened in another country to against. us and we saw. >> it be I got to My the only thing I'm. going to say is I think it's very. interesting that Donald Trump has spent. his entire term railing against. birthright citizenship only to uh call. up the head of FIFA in order to help out. the guy who is only on the USA team. right now and only a citizen due to. birthright citizenship. So, thank you. Donald Trump for your endorsement of. birthright citizenship. Glad that we.

could clear that up. >> And by the way, for the record, too, I. am stoked Flo is playing in the game. I. think it gives us a huge advantage to. win. That's not the point of this though. is is just Donald Trump's his own. corruption. It just knows no bounds and. it just gives us as you said he gets a. stank all over. >> It get it gives us this kind of stank. like internationally. I do want to say. though anyway can I say something. positive though just to go off I I do. think I think the World Cup has been. incredible though and I and and I I love. these international events where.

everybody has tuned in because I think. you know sports and whatever even take. away like all that stuff just the idea. of people from all over the world all. kind of focused on one thing and I think. it's I think it's very special actually. and it's it's one of the reasons I love. the Olympics no matter where the. Olympics is and I I think we you really. actually see the best of humanity. That's why I hate all the stuff that Ben. was saying with the Ted Cruz and all. these obnoxious people and Trump getting. all their stank all over this. But but I. think it's really cool and I think it's.

also cool that uh you know there are all. these people from all the all these. countries all over the world right now. who are in the United States who are in. Mexico who who are in Canada and and are. getting to experience you know things. that they never had before. And there. you see these videos online of them, you. know, being amazed by things that we. take for granted, right? And and things. that are kind of quintessentially. American even though if we joke about. them and write them off like fast food. places or Costco or or things like that.

And so I think it actually is like. incredibly uh you know special and and. and a unifying experience. And to me, it's been one of the kind of bright. spots um in in a very a dark time quite. frankly, >> you know, which is why when we come. back, I want to add this one thing. Sports are the ultimate unifier. Sport, there's nothing like sport in this. country. There's nothing like sport in. the world. The fact that these things. exist are incredible. Also, Flo should. never have had the red card to begin. with. I'm stoked he's playing. Let's go. USA. Well, okay. And and it reminds me.

though of how perverted Donald I think. that's the right word, the perversion of. the July 4th celebration, which you know, he ruined. I mean, he. ruined America's 250. I mean, every. aspect of it was odd and weird and the. rallying against communism. I mean, you. had the so-called Great American State. Fair, which wasn't great, and it wasn't. even a state fair. And then the the the. heat exhaustion, the bizarre fireworks. just to set a Guinness book of records.

and to blow them all up at once without. any rhythm or patterns or colors, right? It was just all white and just blowing. stuff up, you know, which is probably a. parable for the Trump regime itself. um. you know while talking about vandals and. reflecting pool and tearing things and. it just it you know it it turned. something that could have been actually. very unifying into something that was. you know gh you know and so there you. have it. All right let's take our last. quick break of the show. A reminder.

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mentioned at the outset about these. stories that are not getting the. coverage they deserve. We should also be. focusing on what's happening in. Venezuela. Obviously few weeks back now, two weeks back or so, the back-to back. earthquakes there, the four quake and. then the main quake, you know, so rare. to have those happen, you know, right. after each other that way. Uh, and then. I think a very slow search and rescue. operation that was held back by the. authoritarian regime there of Deli.

Rodriguez and Dest Cabo and lots of. people on the ground were trying to, you. know, get their loved ones or uh, be. able to actually, you know, do work. The. United States said it brought in $100. million or $150 million and they made. that the big announcement, $150 million. for search and rescue. But again, it's. like like when we talk about Micron. giving $250 million to these so-called. Trump investment accounts after getting. billions of dollars in subsidies from.

the taxpayers, you know, it's also like. how much money did Venezuela give to. these opaque accounts that Donald Trump. has opened up regarding Venezuelan oil? Billions of dollars, right, that we've. taken or Donald Trump's has taken. I'm. not really sure where the money is, right? But we know they've taken. billions of dollars in Venezuelan oil. and then it's like we'll give you $150. million but we took billions of dollars. Why wouldn't we rush billions of dollars. of resources there and marshall.

everybody? And it seemed that what was. most focused on by Deli Rodriguez and. Dest Cabo was the show. And I think the. people in Venezuela know this that a lot. of the attention was like giving this. was the other day they gave medals to. the American search and rescue team you. know because they know that Donald Trump. likes medals and so you literally had. Deli Rodriguez and Destado Cabo who are. in the Maduro regime and the Trump. regime labeled the Maduro regime narot.

terrorists and that the leaders of the. narot terrorist ring this is what they. said about them were Elsie and Diaz Dado. Cabo. I mean, we have a most wanted. sign, Dasado Cabo, $25 million. He was. labeled this by the Trump regime. This. is how they labeled him and the Biden. administration. And this guy and her were given medals. while there's still tens of th What are. you celebrating? Even if you think that the search and. rescue team did a valiant job or a.

valiant effort, there are tens of. thousands of people who are unaccounted. for. over 3,000 dead, tens of thousand. injured, and when the death toll is. counted, I mean, it could be in the tens. of thousands potentially. I also think. an investigation is needed into some of. the underlying causes of the earthquake. And again, I don't want to veer into a. conspiratorial area, so I'm very careful. with, you know, it's a natural disaster.

I do want to say that drilling activity, fracking activity, increasing that has. been known to increase or enhance. seismic activity. That link has been. proven before. I don't have the data to. suggest, and I'll be very clear, a cause. and effect here. Although I will say it. is very rare to have a four quake and. then an earthquake backto back like. that. But regardless, why are you doing, you know, there are tens of thousands of.

people likely dead. We know 3,000 are. dead. This is a time of mourning and. you're out there giving medals like it's. the FIFA. or like it's, you know, like the. Olympics like what what what and then DS. do is and obviously why is Deli having. DSto do it? because it legitimizes the. leadership in Venezuela when you have. the basically the US ambassador now to. Venezuela there and Dios do is doing it.

So think about how difficult it would be. now what you're going to bring a. criminal case against DS do in the. future when your own ambassador is right. there as part of the award ceremony with. DSto. So, do do you see how that was a. move by Deli and Dasado to also insulate. themselves from prosecution in the. future or from any accountability there? And meanwhile, you have the Trump regime.

saying Maria Machado. is doing some grotesque PR stunt and. that she's trying just to show up there. and they're they've basically prevented. her from getting a visa. They stopped. her. I think she she traveled somewhere. to then stop there and then fly into. Venezuela and she was stopped from doing. that. So I think that that's again that. story is not getting enough attention. which is why I'm covering it. Also say. break up I was going to say you know add. Maria Machado to the list of people who.

put their trust in Donald Trump and. ended up getting screwed over by it. Maria Machado if you know you remember. she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Donald. Trump was bitter about it and and. remember I mean she's a very impressive. individual who. >> Yeah. And unfortunately she really sold. out all of her credibility. Um and she. took a big gamble um which I think. clearly has not paid off um on kind of. just going to suck up with Trump and and.

let's I'll give you my Nobel Peace Prize. and all these things. At the end of the. day, she ended up just humiliating. herself. And now as she tries to see if. she could even go back to Venezuela and. have some sort of impact or do anything, now she's just getting iced out uh by. the Trump regime who's just like, "Nah, we're cool with the Maduro regime now. Like, we're tight. We're in business. together. We're hanging out. We're we're. having fun. We're friends." I mean, that. that just shows you, you know, again, what Donald Trump values more, you know, than anything. Donald Trump will screw.

you the second he gets the chance to as. long as he thinks that it's going to be. better for him personally, not better. for the Venezuelan people, not better. for the American people. And it's why I. we were sounding the alarms when, you. know, the people were pushing those. images of Venezuelans celebrating in the. street after Chavez's ouster and they. were like, "Look, they're so happy. How. could you be upset? Look how happy they. are." And I said, "Because I know how. this ends. I know how this ends with. people. I know what Donald Trump is. going to do here." And now if you look. at all those polls, the people who were. dancing in the streets, they're not so.

happy anymore. They feel oppressed. They. are uh very disgruntled with their. government right now. The Maduro regime, the same oppressive regime that. >> Trump regime, right? It's a puppet. It's. Trump runs it now basically. >> Yeah. They're Trump puppets. And so. they're they're now furious. A lot of. them are furious at Donald Trump. This. is building resentment. And in my. opinion, this is a powder keg that will. explode in the future. You know, there's. always a reaction to an action, right? There's always something that is going. to happen. There's a butterfly effect, so to speak. Uh, and when Donald Trump.

does these things, you may not see it. right away, but down the road, you are. going to see a lot of unarrest, and. you're going to see a lot stemming from. this. I mean, because what what more of. a humiliation is there for a country. than for you to let your country become. a total puppet of the United States of. America? You don't think that's going to. build some opposition? You don't think. that's going to enrage people against. the United States, against leadership, and we're already seeing uh more more. than the seeds now. We're seeing that. already starting to grow.

>> Brett, you just said something right. there. I don't know how you didn't just. belt out laughing. Well, I guess I do. know because of how serious the topic, but you go, she as a macha won the Nobel. Peace Prize and Trump was bitter about. it. Like that was verbatim what you just. said. I mean, what an insane freaking. timeline that we're living in that that. could be a true statement. She won a. Nobel Peace Prize, so Donald Trump got. super super mad at her because he. thought the Nobel Peace Prize should. have went to him. I mean, just out of. this world bonkers that we've just. >> at least Trump got the FIFA Peace Prize.

We know that organization's on the up. and up. So, >> you know, like [laughter]. I I think look, Donald Trump is a. dystopian reality TV president or. dictator. And what happens in reality TV. shows, outcomes happen fast. There's. like a challenge, there's an outcome. It. looks it appears to be real, but it's. fake, right? It's usually scripted by. the producers in advance, but it has the. trappings of reality and something. happens. And so when we when we talk. about the cause and effect, Brett, where. you actually play something out to its.

logical conclusion, maybe it doesn't. happen that day, but in Trump's reality. show, that episode is over. We move on. to the next episode, but the world. hasn't moved on to the next episode, right? like we're now a year and maybe. more out from Trump's so-called. liberation day. And yes, the inflation. didn't surge on day one right after the. disastrous announcement, but now we're experiencing it because. things in the in real world, not reality.

TV, in real world, they they take time. to develop. And that lag is often what. MAGA has kind of used to attack the. other. I mean, if you think about the. most significant example is that a lot. of the impact of COVID financially, economically hit when Donald Trump left, right? He destroyed the economy. The PPP. program where they printed all of this. money and they gave it out to mostly.

rich people. the way supply chains were. destroyed and of course the deaths. taking place when you had to reopen the. economy with all of that and you had to. take the bandage off. It turned out it. was gross. It was ugly and there was a. lot of inflation and that's why lots of. people predicted great recession and it. was tough for Biden and Biden was old. school and he really couldn't message. it. you know, he was about uniting and. let's get past it and d and and while he.

was taking the steps to fix, then he was. being blamed as the firefighter for what. the arsonists were actually doing. The. same thing here, Brett. You look at. Venezuela, okay? On day one, yes, Trump. did the invasion. He put Deli in, but. now we're feeling the systemic impacts. and the consequences of what's actually. happening. And that's going to be felt. long term. And outside of Venezuela, what it has enabled, going back to what.

we talked about, is the law of the. jungle, the law of the strong, where. China feels a certain way about Taiwan. now in a different posture. And China's. doing nuclearcapable ballistic missile. tests where Russia feels completely free. to say, "Okay, we'll do whatever." I. mean, you're just inv you're invading. Venezuela. We got this. North Korea. feels a certain way. Other countries, you know, feel a certain way. We're not. even talking about I mean, look at the. what they're now rebranding as the. African Corp that's in Mali right now. I. know people don't give a lot of.

attention to the developments in Africa, but Russia has a lot of troops in Africa. right now where it's out there, you. know, working with go. I mean, you you. have to think more globally and. geostrategically. about these things that, you know, about. these these things that are happening. A. few other points I'll mention, though. You know, it's interesting as you also. see these MAGA Republican Congress. members from Southern Florida. Many of. them come from families that are Cuban. and they're there and they've been.

basically saying we need Machado. Why, you know, Deli Rodriguez needs to go and. it's like you're out there pumping up. Trump. Like where where do you think. this is coming from right now? I mean, obviously that's where it's coming from. It's your guy in in in Donald Trump. And. then to make the episode go full circle. because I know my dogs want the episode. to go full circle as well. You think. about Machado and Machado thought, okay, the way to endear myself is I'll give. him the Nobel Prize. I'll suck up to.

him. My path is through obsequiousness. to Trump. And what she saw is nope, he'll just take and take and take more. from you when you do that. Like that's. not the way to whatever. The same thing. we saw with NATO. NATO appeased Donald. Trump for the first year and what did he. do? Betrayed NATO every step of the way. And you look at someone like Georgia. Maloney also as well. And how and and. you you can make these parallels. everywhere. So if you're Iran, which.

model do you follow? North Korea? Do you. follow China? Do you follow those models. if you're Iran? Or do you look and. you're like, "Oh yeah, I'll make a deal. with him. It'll be great." It's. interesting because you have Witoff and. Kushner who are saying to Iran, "Look, look, look, you're going to be super. rich. You just can't do tolls in the. straight of Hormuz. Just trust me. You. don't want to just give up control over. the straight and things will be great.". And Iran's like, "You killed our leader,

the Ayatollah. you every time we've been. in negotiations, you've blown you've. literally started invasions during. negotiations. Not only do we not trust you, we we're. not even in the same universe of even. thinking about trust. What are you. talking about? You know, and then you. start to read and research your history. about Iran. I've done videos on this. over the weekend. And you start to also. look at incidents that probably don't. get enough attention anymore like Iran.

Airflight 655 in 1988 when a United. States tanker that was in the straight. of Hormuz during the Iran and Iraq war. This tanker, the Vincenzi, shot Iran. flight 655, killed 290 passengers, innocent Iranians aboard, and then just. deny like blame the pilots when we just. blew up an Iranian flight in the. straight of Hormuz. And I bring that up. because I'm sure a lot of us don't even. know, but of course they know. What do.

you think? They they know that in Iran. that happened on July 3rd, 1988 as well. And so they don't trust. And when it's. like just trust us, man. We'll be good. We'll be good. Why? Why? I I just want. us all and I'll throw it to you, Brett. Just to have a realistic understanding. of the world and here to be better. informed about everything. That's the. goal that I want to empower everybody to. do here with this network is to be. informed about everything. Brent, you. need a you need nuance perspectives on.

things on on everything. Even things. that may seem simple. often times when. you look below the surface, they're a. lot more complicated. And what Trump. tries to do is he tries to simplify. everything into these catchphrases and. to Ben's point, these reality TV kind of. moments that he thinks sounds good and. he knows are easy to propagandize the. people but aren't actually good and they. don't actually work. And that's why. things keep falling apart. You think. it's by accident that the al that the. pool turned green? No. We told you that.

it was going to turn green weeks before. the thing turned green. It's not because. we're psychic. It's because when we. analyze the situation, when we spoke to. scientists, they told us the pool is. going to turn green due to the. conditions that Trump is creating. It. doesn't make us brilliant or. clairvoyant. But Donald Trump tries to. package these things in these statements. and then he just knows that he could. just lie about it after the fact and go, "Oh, it was vandals who did it. It was. vandals." He does this about everything. the fireworks show. When we heard about. this fireworks show for July 4th, which.

are actually like a July 5th fireworks. because Trump rambled on for so long and. ended up speaking to a nearly uh empty. crowd despite Trump claiming that there. were over 150,000 people there. We did. reports, we showed you the footage, we. showed you the receipts of all the empty. seats there because people had to return. back through security after they. evacuated uh the premises. But during. that fireworks show, the July 5th. fireworks show, um it was a disaster and. we knew it was going to be a disaster. because we knew Trump's plan was just to.

blow a bunch of stuff up all at once and. that it would look ridiculous. It would. look ridiculous. You wouldn't be able to. see anything. I'll play you this short. clip of the fireworks first, which also, by the way, resulted in the air in. Washington DC being more toxic the next. day than like anywhere in the entire. world. But watch how just stupid this. looks. This is idiocracy in real life. You can't see it, I guess, right here.

It's ridiculous. Abs, absolutely. ridiculous. And I've already given you a. few examples, but here's another example. of Donald Trump trying to say things in. platitudes and not taking a nuanced. approach to anything or trusting. experts. I mean, this was like day. backtoback days, okay, where Donald. Trump one day his energy secretary was. bragging about getting rid of renewable. energy. I don't know how this is a brag. How is it a brag that you are making.

things more expensive for people? But he. proudly posted energy secretary Chris. Wright wrote, "As we approach peak. electricity demand in the 13 state. Mid-Atlantic region at 7 a.m. this. morning, less than 6% of electricity. generation was coming from renewables. Over 91% of generation is coming from. gas, nuclear, and coal. Keeping our air. conditionings blasting. Our air. conditioners blast. Keep them blasting, folks. Keep them blasting. We don't have. any of that silly renewable energy. We.

took that away. You got gas and oil. Keep those keep those ACs blasting. This. is the worst messaging. It obviously. flies in the face of science. So they. post that one day, then literally the. next day. Oh, by the way, and then he. was specifically he showed a chart of uh. the PJM uh energy grid which powers uh. this these 13 states uh energy. And the. following day, literally the next day, the Trump administration had to alert.

PJM to cut their electricity use because. outages, overloaded transmission lines, and extreme heat were pushing the system. towards blackouts. And so, as a result, Reuters reported that PJM escalated. their emergency actions as a result. I. mean, that's a direct cause and effect. right there of the Trump regime saying, "We don't need that stinking renewable. energy. We're getting rid of it.". Proudly, essentially saying that they're.

raising your bills and and relying on. non-renewable energy. And then the next. day, the next day, a federal alert, we. need to conserve. And by the way, remember they were saying every day um. they were going on about uh Manny's uh. repeating the same request that is made. in every single state and city virtually. across the country to keep your ACs at. 78 degrees to conserve energy and then. but when the Trump administration does. it all suddenly it's not socialism but. it was socialism and communism when.

Mamani was urging people to conserve. Like I I don't understand mean and. meanwhile you know who gets screwed the. American people because they're paying. higher bills and also the United States. of America as a country as a global. power because Trump continues to lie to. people also about what other countries. are doing in this space. Trump tries to. pretend he goes oh uh China learned long. ago that they don't shouldn't do. anything with wind. They they don't do. anything with wind. It's not even.

remotely true. China is the world's. largest wind power producer. Over. 220,000 wind turbines in operation. Yet, Donald Trump says, this is an exact. quote, China makes almost all the. windmills, and yet I haven't been able. to find any wind farms in China. Do you. ever think of that? No, they actually do. use them. They use them much more than. the United States. They also use solar. China has installed thousands and. thousands and thousands of Heliostat. mirrors across an 8.61 61 million square.

foot field at the world's highest solar. thermal plant and duo Tusho scheduled to. commence operating in October. That's. just one solar project out of many solar. projects that they've been doing because. China understands even from a selfish. level that this is going to make our. energy grid stronger. This is going to. make us less reliant on non-renewable. energy. It's actually a tool to have in. our arsenal. It's going to allow us to. provide a better quality of life for our. people, make us less reliant on the.

Middle East with all these disruptions. with wars in the Middle East and. everything that's going on takes that. off the table when you have this there. So, Donald Trump's attack on this and. the fact that they like brag about it. They brag about the idiocracy of it all. as they're hurting people and they get. the MAGA people to cheer them on. Yes, my bills are going to be more expensive. Thank you, Secret Energy Secretary. Wright. Thank you for taking away. renewable energy. The it's it's just you. got to point it out and you got to.

really just explain to people what's. actually going on here. And when you. look the thread between so many of these. things is that it's all to enrich the. oligarch class. It's all to enrich this. Epstein class. And you see this. coordinated effort across all of Donald. Trump's schemes to get people distracted. on lies and kind of branding and his con. his cons while he pickpockets them and. gives the money to the wealthiest. Americans. You're seeing wealth.

distribution quite directly from the. people who need it the most to the. people who need it the least. I mean, even when you look at Donald Trump's. stock and crypto uh earnings, right, it. was literally like almost a direct. onetoone line between the amount Donald. Trump made off his memecoin and the. billions of dollars that people lost. investing in Donald Trump's memecoin. I. don't think I've ever quite seen it uh. wealth transfers appear that direct uh.

to the American people. Um but yeah, that that's uh it's crazy crazy stuff. Crazy. >> Absolutely. Look, and I'll just end with. this. We just celebrated our 250th. anniversary as this country. If we want. 250 more, heck, if we want 50 more, we. have to do exactly what Brett just said. there. And again, that's this reckoning. within our lifetime about uh propping up. people who tell truth, who use facts and. data to assert their arguments and get. the the these lies and these liars and.

these grifters just just out of here, man. It just it just cannot be the way. of the future if we ever expect to. continue this great experiment that. we're all living through right now. I. know there's a trillion dollar. propaganda operation out there that is, you know, infecting our loved ones and. our neighbors and the people of our. communities. And it's very hard to get. them out of this zombification that. they're all kind of going through. But I. just think it is so necessary that we as. a community, we as the mightest mighty.

and just people who love this country, these pro-democracy folks out there. champion and truly truly champion truth, honesty, integrity. These should always. be the qualities that we look to instill. in in the next generation within. ourselves as we go forward here because. again, we just celebrated the 250. If we. want 50, if we want 20, if we want 15, five more, those are the qualities that. we're going to need together as a. country in order to make sure that that. happens. >> Everybody, it's been an honor to be here.

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