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The Trump White House in full panic. mode. So much so they had to rush out. Melania Trump. The Ponzi scheme that is. the Trump regime that is Bessant and. Lutnik. By the way, where is Lutnik? And. this entire cast of despicable. characters. The Ponzi scheme is now. obvious for all to see. And you've got. Treasury Secretary Besson saying, "I'm. not really even sure why the gas prices. are so high right now." You're not sure. why the prices are so high? Let me.

explain it to you. Donald Trump launched. a trade war against the world, then. launched a catastrophic and unlawful war. against Iran. Iran controls the straight. of Hermuz despite Donald Trump posting. deranged AI memes of hot dogs running. around the White House or himself uh. controlling ships like a pirate in the. straight of Hormuz. The fact remains the. US lost this catastrophic war. It's. evident for all to see. The US security. architecture and umbrella in the Middle.

East, in Asia, and throughout the world. has utterly crumbled. America has never. been weaker. That's why the Treasury. yields are reaching record highs. And. your schemes to try to manipulate the. market on a day-to-day basis are now. utterly smoked out, though they should. have been a while ago. And we are in. dire time. So, let's just bring out. Melania. Let's just bring out Melania. We'll talk about that and more. As. noted, the catastrophic war continues. Earlier this week, Donald Trump said. that his strategy was going to be to do.

nothing, just kind of disengage and that. Iran was going to just crash on its own. Didn't we hear that before from the. Trump regime? Although, didn't you claim. you won and that they wanted to make a. deal or whatever. And now he's saying. economic D-Day. We're going to launch. the most brutal economic campaign on. Iran ever. Okay. So, what does that mean? We're. gonna go after anyone who does business. with Iran. Okay. So, what are you gonna. do about China? I don't know. What are. you gonna do about North Korea? You mean.

my friend Kim Jong-un? I like that guy. What are you gonna do about Russia? I. don't know. What are you going to do. about anyone who actually does business. with I don't know. I'm just going to. post in all caps and that'll be my. solution. Talk about that. And uh big. election week. People need to pay. attention to what's going on in another. special election. This time, Jordy, your. home state, the Commonwealth of. Pennsylvania in their House state. district 12 Democratic candidate there. outperforming by plus 19 in a plus 18.

Trump district. We saw yet another 19. point swing. We've been seeing this in. special election after special. elections. Republicans have not won, get. this, a single special election like. this for the entire last 18 months or. so. and Democrats overperforming. consistently and also Trump endorsed. candidates in Florida and elsewhere not. winning. Talk about that and more on. this episode. Brett and Jordy, great to. see you, brothers. Great to see you,

too. You know who doesn't want to talk. about all that and more. Donald Trump, who always tries to deny that he uh. actually endorsed the person after they. lose, like with Corey Mills, uh Donald. Trump, who enthusiastically had endorsed. Corey Mills recently, went all in for. Corey Mills with his endorsement. Uh, all of a sudden, Corey Mills loses his. primary. What does Donald Trump say? Oh, I actually told him that he should get. out of the race. That's what I was. actually telling him the whole time. So, it actually doesn't count towards my. endorsement record. So freaking.

pathetic. And man, oh man, did John Oaf. get in Donald Trump's head that they had. to wheel out Melania today in the public. after she was not seen for more than 30. days. this whole story comes into the f. into focus. All of a sudden, Melania. Trump, hello everybody. Remember me? I'm. back. Okay. Interesting timing is all. I'm going to say. Very interesting. timing. Curious, one might say. Anyway, good to see you, Ben. Good to see you, Jordy. Good to see you, Midas. Mighty.

Jordy, what's the latest on your end, >> brothers? Mighty, it's great to be here. First thing I want to say first is. Melania. Ben, uh, if I remember. correctly, you've done a couple of. stories about her disappearance. like. where the heck has she been? So, those. have gone quite viral, those videos as. well that you've made if if I'm not. mistaken. So, just just just putting. that out. I'm not saying the two are. connected that now she's starting to. resurface, but I'm I'm just saying that. that that that's the cadence of events. here. The other thing I want to say,

folks, is yes, for those who don't know, I am your resident Pennsylvania, proud. Yinszer over here in Pittsburgh. Abs. freakingutely. Uh the energy here has. shifted and I'm not just saying that to. provide opium. I'm just telling you what. I'm sensing here on the ground for my. own personal uh day-to-day uh. interacting with the people out here. The energy out here has shifted in a. great, you know, in a great positive. way. Uh I'm excited to see what that. leads to. >> When we want to know what's going on in.

the country, we go, Jordy, what's going. on? Jordy sticks his puts finger in his. mouth, sticks it up, sees which way. Oh, I see what's going on in Pennsylvania. >> Energy shift. I see. >> Shift. >> Vibe shift alert. >> Exactly. Exactly. But I'm being I I But. all kidding aside, I'm being very. sincere. I'm excited to see what you. know this this means as we go forward. Benji, >> where we want to start today, big bro? >> You see, look, the Natalie Harp story. isn't interesting because she's. a minute and people have suspicions of. what's really going on and she's.

referred to as a human printer and she. writes the letters to him. It's that's. not the issue. This is not a story of. punching down or sideways. It's exactly. the way Senator Osaf delivered this, which is Donald Trump doesn't care about. governing. Donald Trump doesn't care. about the American people. While the. American people are suffering, while the. American people are paying record high. prices right now for regular gas, for. diesel, as the crack spread on diesels,

$102 a barrel, price of diesel. approaching $200 a barrel, over $5.50. a gallon for diesel, over $4 a gallon. for regular gas. Much higher than that. in a lot of states, like in California. As the American people have their health. care ripped away, as the American people. are struggling to get a job, to afford. rent, certainly can't afford to buy a. home right now for most Americans. As. Americans with kids or grandkids or just.

in general look at future generations. having very little hope, what is Donald. Trump doing? That's the story. You're. running around in catering containers. that you're hiding in with Natalie Harp. and you're out there in Bedminster. throwing yourself golf tournaments where. you're awarding yourself the senior. trophy and the regular club trophy when. we know you didn't win. But it's just. this bizarre behavior focused on golden. ballrooms and signing your name on. helipads and uh putting your face on.

money and taking statues that are bronze. and painting them gold and then focusing. on all of that and Natalie while the. American people are like you're the guy. who promised you were going to make. electricity 50% less than it was before. you took office and you were going to do. that on day one. You promised gas would. be $2 a gallon right away and it's at. record highs right now. You promised. that you were going to make things more. affordable and make things not as.

expensive. And right now you claim you. don't even know what affordability is. and that it's a madeup word. And so. that's the story. It's the juxiposition. It's the contrast. And that's why it. resonates. And it's just fascinating as. I watch corporate news go, "Oh my god, they're talking about Natalie. Natalie, Natalie." First off, she has a. government position. I know that. according to some of the recent. reporting, uh she didn't want to get a. security clearance for at least the.

first year. She just declined to. apparently. But regardless of the. threats and the dangers that may or may. not exist, I mean, she's someone who's. around him while he's destroying the. country and she's a gatekeeper. She has. an important role, like it or not. Not. is the way I view it a lot. Not not. But. these are people who are in positions of. power who are punching down at the. American people. So to me, it's actually. punching up to criticize the power. structure that's abusing their power and.

she's included in that. It's like the. way Donald Trump refers to his his. children, Don Jr. and Eric, as though. they're little kids and Ivanka, my. daughter, my kids. like McKenzie, these. are these are grown ass humans who are. out there engaged in horrible, horrible. behavior. And the moment you call these. MAGAs out, they go right into this. victimhood cocoon and they're like, "Oh, you can't talk about us like that. You. can't say things like that." And then. they go out there and engage in the most.

egregious and disgusting behavior. I. mean, Donald Trump is literally a sexual. predator. He's been found civily liable. for sexual assault. And you've got. people in the Trump regimes like, "Oh, you can't mention Natalie's name like. that." Really? I mean, Donald Trump's an. actual sexual predator. It's been found. civily liable in a by a federal jury. And his own Supreme Court rejected his. petition for Sir Shiari. He's on audio. tape, bragging that he grabs women by. their genitals because he's rich and you. get away with it. He's bragging about. sexual assault on tape. So, plea, and we.

have, of course, all of the footage of. him attacking women reporters and. calling women reporters piggy and all of. these things, but let's state the. obvious. Let's state the undisputed. fact, as we would say in a summary. judgment motion when I was a lawyer. Trump is undisputedly a sexual predator. And whether, oh, that's what happened. He was it happened in a jury, a federal. jury. Okay, so let's just be real. Oh, the victimhood, the victimhood, you. know, and then as you have our economy.

suffering right now and all of the. schemes that they've been running, right? You know, what was it a week and. a half ago? You had Bessence Japanese. yen scheme, right? Ridiculous schemes. And so we swapped euros for Japanese yen. so we wouldn't have to use dollars in. the swap. kind of screwed over the. European Central Bank because we didn't. give them any notice of it. It. temporarily propped up the yen, but then. the yen started to crash again. As we've.

said before on the Midas Touch Network, using the reflecting pool as the. metaphor here, you can paint it blue for. a little, but the algae always comes. back. The algae always comes back. What's the scheme this week? The bond. buyback scheme. And when you read the. language of what Bessant was doing, I. mean, the whole thing sounded like a. complete sham. So, I had Justin Wolfers, our chief economist, go over it with us. And the scheme was they were going to. buy back the long-term 30-year bonds and.

they were going to sell more short-term. bonds to buy the long bonds and they. would try to then take out some of the. longer bonds out of the supply to. decrease the price. But you would only. do four billion of it. So you would. signal to the market that Bessant got. you back and then hopefully the market. would then say, "Got it. We feel better. about this if we know that four. billion's just the appetizer and he's. going to protect us." But what happened. 24 hours later? Those treasury yields. went up even higher than they were the. day before. Nobody was buying quite.

literally. Nobody was buying what. Bessant was selling the bonds quite. literally. And so you see this and this. looks like and I and I think that there. was a meme of it today of all of the. schemes that he's engaged in like which. manipulation is he going to do today? Is. it going to be the Treasury notes? Is it. going to be the Japanese yen? Is it. going to be the energy market? And the. meme has him kind of swatting all of. these things. And what we look like is a. kind of corrupt developing nation right.

now where you would have these. authoritarians engage in all of this. behavior. And this is the type of stuff. that we as the United States used to. look down upon and we used to be the. beacon of predictability and reliability. and that's been completely shattered. right now. So let me pause there because. I want to show different clips. We'll go. through all of this but I think that's. the perfect intro Brett and Jordy that. kind of situates where we are and then. when these Trump bootlicking cabinet.

members like how did we get here? I. don't even know. That's what best I. don't even know. It's like, yeah, I. could tell you it's very easy when you. declare a trade war against the world. and then lose a catastrophic war and. pretend that we won it even though we. lost it and every day gets worse and. then you have all of Donald Trump's. other horrific policies. It's a very. obvious thing that has happened. Brett. Jordy, I mean, what do they call it? Uh, put putting band-aids on a bullet wound. I mean, that's what it feels like right. here, right? we have this massive gash.

right now that's self-inflicted caused. by Donald Trump and every single day he. seems to do more and more things uh to. put more stress on the economy on. geopolitics like you name it you look at. a sector of literally anything Donald. Trump has screwed it up and so then. people need to get in there and they. need to try to surgically fix the. problem uh but we don't exactly have the. best surgeons uh right now who are there. to fix the problem we got people like. Scott Bessant and so they do a patch. here but that patch here. I think it was.

Justin Wolfers uh who the Midas chief. economist who who did an incredible. segment with Ben that's by it's on our. Substack Midasplus.com. You should check. it out. Um incredible segment breaking. this down. I I think the phrase he used. was that there's no such thing as a free. lunch when it comes to this stuff. So. when Bessant does one thing that then. causes a problem in another sector in. another way and then he then has to fix. that problem. And so what the Trump. administration, the Trump regime right. now has been kind of devolved to is. fixing all of these little problems of. their own creation and then they create.

new problems and then they have to fix. those problems. And then when they're. asked about it, when they're actually, you know, given a little heat by the. media about it, they have no actual real. answers to the people, which is why they. then fall back to, oh, it was all. Biden's fault. Oh, it was the media's. fault. It was this person's fault. It. was that person's fault. I or the new. one that Scott Bessant deployed today, which is the one Ben just said, was I. don't know how how did oil get like. this? This is this is bizarre. How did. this happen? I I don't know. You got to. tell me. What are you What are you.

talking? Are you kidding me? Are. you kidding me right now? These people, the gaslighting is just so unbelievable. But this is how they get through the. day. You know, I had somebody uh ask, you know, me uh earlier, they were like, "How long are they going to be blaming. Biden for this stuff?" I was like, "Forever. for it could be 2027, you. know, and and they'll still be blaming. Biden for this stuff. They're not going. to stop. This is this is what they do. The debt just passed $40 trillion. $40 trillion. And Donald Trump himself.

is personally responsible for about 25%. of that. All the debt. All of it. Going. back to the beginning of the United. States of America. Yet he takes 0% of. the responsibility. Well, the reality is. and and well said be is that. incompetence is encouraged under the. Trump regime. There's no other way to to. talk about that. I mean, when you see. Bassin, h how could this happen? You. know, it's like that meme. And people. are going to get mad at me because I. know this is like a cult following show, but I don't know it. It it's the one. with the uh the guy in the the hot dog. suit. How how could this happen, Bess?

Because of you, dude. Because of your. sheer incompetence. Because of the. entire Trump's regime's sheer. incompetence. day after day after day. and don't play like you did this. intention like this this was intentional. you know that all the decisions that. have led up to this moment have have led. to that absolutely can we just pause for. a second too and just talk about how. utterly weird like the Trump regime is. like can brothers mighty do you guys. remember uh Biden's version of a Natalie.

Harp Oh no you don't because it didn't. exist what about Obama Obama's though. Obama's Natalie Harp you guys know. remember her right Oh, what? Okay. D. George W. Bush's No, it's never ex like. the the reality is is this regime, the. Trump regime, is made up of the. strangest cartoon reality star. characters, and I use star very loosely. there, obviously, characters that have. ever existed. Now, they just exist.

within our government. And not not the. phone again. Benji, over to you. >> I know it's happening for for the for. the sketch comedy fans out there. I got. to say I think you should leave with Tim. Robinson. It was the show Jord was. referencing. >> I I only mildly judge the Trump and. Natalie relationship on the terms of the. Trump Natalie relationship. I purely. view the issue as uh this is what. they're doing while the American people. are suffering. And I think that's uh how. we how you know how how we need to take.

the the perspective of it. You know. what's interesting too though is to see. how world leaders are responding to. Donald Trump's threats. And I think. President Lee of South Korea typifies. what's happening right now, which we've. seen in Canada and elsewhere, where. Donald Trump will threaten now. I'll. threaten. I'll threaten. I'll threaten. Um, we're going to remove our troops. We're not going to help you. And the. response is, "Okay, good. [laughter]. Do it. We we we we actually don't want. you." Um, so we appreciate it and uh.

we'll see you later and if you want to. be a peacemaker, good luck. So, as you. now know, Donald Trump has been on a. tear in his own mind threatening South. Korea and praising Kim Jong-un and. saying it's so hostile that the United. States would do joint military exercises. with South Korea. Well, North Korea's. been such a model international citizen. They've been so great. Right. I mean, meanwhile, you have like North Korea, number one, helping Iran against Donald.

Trump. If Donald Trump is trying to go. after Iran, I mean, you may want to. understand some of the connections here. North Korea helping Russia, North Korea, helping China, North Korea um in in as. part of a broader alliance. That's at. least what our commanders have actually. uh have actually said. But you have. North Korea launching all of these. ballistic missile tests, bragging about. their nuclear weapons, overtly. threatening the United States if you. listen to what Kim Jong-un saying. And. then Donald Trump again makes up in his.

own mind that he's having conversations. with Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-un's sister. came out with a public statement. She's. like one of the top officials there in. South Korea, which you know is kind of. like the way Trump runs things like. Ivanka and Jared Kushner. So that's the. way these authoritarian dictatorships. are. But in any event, Kim Jong-un's. sister's like, "Yeah, we're not talking. to him. We have no clue what he's even. saying." Like, it's humiliating. And can. I can I quote what she said because I. feel like the exact words of what she. said were even more humiliating than.

that. She said that Donald Trump's. comments were quote not even worth. commenting on. and she said, quote, "They were completely uninteresting and. that she's completely unaware of any. contact between Kim Jong-un and Donald. Trump." I mean, how freaking pathetic. And you know, like you were saying, in. the one breath you have Donald Trump. again tweeting all caps, you know, economic D-Day against Iran and if. you're helping Iran or you're trading. with Iran or doing anything whether. militarily or economically, we're going.

to come after you. And then you think. like, okay, so who who are those people? And as you said, it's North Korea, it's. Russia, it's China, it's all the people. that Donald Trump praises endlessly. And. so if you're not going to go after them, and Donald Trump ain't he ain't going to. go after them, trust me, then he's got. nobody to go after. I mean, who who who. else of the major players even is there. to go after? And so it's just another. one of Donald Trump's empty threats. What are you going to do? More. sanctions? I think Iran is like. sanctioned to death right now. You they. have they're they got a lot of sanctions. on them right now. Like the the problems.

are never really thought out. They're. just another all caps kind of threat. tweet. And again, it makes Donald Trump. look that much weaker. In the same way. Iran's been following us and they've. been looking at oil dwindling here and. us digging more and more into our. strategic petroleum reserves, they're. also looking at the debt spiking over. here. They're looking at the economy. over here going down the tubes. And so. when Donald Trump calls for an economic. D-Day, it seems like the only economic. D-Day is the one that's coming to the. United States, the one that's here in.

the United States. But I do got to give. it to Donald Trump. If there's anyone. who knows how to destroy an economy, it. is Donald Trump. I will give him that. >> I think it's also a big reason why, too, Donald Trump starts to point his fingers. at our allies and starts to attack our. allies because he's not getting, I. guess, the emotional uh gratitude when. he goes after the these, you know, other. other leaders like like the King J. Like. he's not he's not satisfied with their. responses and that they they push it. It's so bizarre to me to see them the. pivot to attack our allies. Well, it's.

just like if when he's a loser in. litigation, he's a loser in everything. in life, right? So, what does he do when. he loses the case? He attacks the judge. It's so unfair. What does he do when he. doesn't like the fact that the Treasury. yields are rising or he doesn't like the. fact that interest rates will probably. have to increase? He attacks the Fed and. goes after them and just screams at. them. And it's like, dude, it is you. You're the loser. Everybody knew that. tariffs would increase inflation. And. when you run a trade war against the.

world, they're going to respond. And. it's also going to cause the consumers. here in the United States to pay more. money. And it's going to be bad. When. you invoke a 1930s. tariff statute that has not been used. since 1930, maybe the reason is because. that's what led to the Great Depression. or accelerated the Great Depression. And. the Smooth Holly Tariff Act is not. something you want to rekindle in 2026. But in any event, you have President Lee.

of South Korea. Who'd he meet with. today? And who is he meeting with in the. next 48 hours? Wang Yi of China. That's. China's foreign minister. South Korea is. going to turn to China and say, "Got it. Well, we're not with the US anymore. under that security umbrella. So, we're. going to have to look elsewhere and. we'll look to China and we'll have to. improve our relations there. And. President Lee in his post, this is what. he says, and this is obviously mocking. Donald Trump. He goes, I have carefully.

reviewed the recent SNS messages and. photos posted by President Trump. SNS. are the social network messages. Those. are, he's saying, I've re I've closely. reviewed Trump's social media messages. And then he goes on to say that that. this message from Trump feels like a. significant decision deeply infused with. deliberations aimed at transcending. hostility and confrontation on the. Korean Peninsula to create peace. And. it's Donald Trump's meme of Kim Jong-un.

saying, "Hey, Donald, we cool, right?". They're mocking I want you all to. realize what President Lee of South. Korea did. He's mocking Donald Trump and. saying that this is deliberation infused. with great amount of thinking. And then. he goes and then he and then he goes, "Okay, you want to be peacemaker? Good. luck. We wish you the best." And what. did Kim Jong-un do in the past 12 hours? I could go back 48 hours. Past 12 hours. Ballistic missile test. 10 ballistic.

missiles or so. 10 short range. ballistics the guy shot after Donald. Trump saying it. And then that's what. Kim Jong-un did. And so, President Lee. of South Korea is like, I've seen first. the messages on social media. And he's. mocking Donald Trump for not like you're. not going to go through commanders, you're not going to go through the. military, you're not going to go through. your ambassadors. But that's how the. world views the United States right now. >> You know, I I feel like every kind of uh. major power right now in the world is. employing the same strategy against.

Donald Trump. And that's the famous. never interrupt your opponent while he's. making a mistake. And I think Iran's. doing a version of that, right? Like, you know, all the, you know, assassination threats, this, that, it's. like, as Ben has has said on the show. many, many times, like, why would they. even want to do anything to Donald. Trump? He's destroying everything on his. own. He He is their weapon of mass. destruction, so let him destruct. I. think Canada's handling things the same. exact way. I think you see China just. stepping back. Okay. Uh, America, retreat. Okay, retreat. Okay, see you.

See you later. All right, South Korea. Hey, what's up, guys? you you you you're. doing good. You're doing good. Let's. want to hang out. Want to hang out? I. know that guy was crazy. So, let's let's. chill, man. Let's chill. Let's hang out. And so, you're seeing all these. countries right now take this. opportunity. And and all they have to do. is nothing. Nothing. Like like Seinfeld, it's a show about nothing. It's it's a. geopolitical war where all they have to. do is nothing. They just have to sit. back and and let it all happen. >> You know, they're like uh the first year. they were kind of feeling it out, right?

You think about like a boxing match, right? And you kind of feel it out. you. feel it out. Even where you are a quote. unquote inferior power, you're still a. heavyweight, right? I mean, countries. usually still know what they're doing, right? If you're in the World Cup, you. may not be Spain or Argentina, but. you're still in the World Cup for a. reason. You could still play, right? You. know what I mean? And so, you're feeling. it out. You usually have the smartest. people, top people around you, experts. So, you're feeling it out. You're like, "Okay, this person, this entity, the.

United States, they have the reputation. of being the best, the strongest, the. power, they created the game." Okay, we. got to respect the game. Even if it's a. crazy person, and then it's like in a. boxing match, you know, like what if the. boxer who's, you know, the the. undisputed heavyweight starts just like. going like this, like going crazy. It's. like, all right, that's a little weird. That's a little weird, but like maybe. that's part of the plan. And then we're. going to get like sucker punched. And so. like even though they're doing that, it's not I never seen that boxing. strategy. That's a little freaking. crazy. All right, let's let's wait a.

little bit. Then round two, they do it. again. All right, it's a little bit. weird. And then you start to jab jab. And then the and then the big boxer. keeps Okay, are they going to punch. back? Oh, then they go, I'm going to. punch you really hard. I'm going to. punch you really hard. Okay, pop pop. right back at you. And the big. heavyweight still like doing that. Okay, this is getting Could could this person. actually fight? Like what are they do? What are they doing? And then they keep. seeing the person and they're and then. the person starts punching themselves in. the face and that's what drums do like. they starts punching himself and then so.

these countries are like oh oh it's like. that like like you dumb dumb [laughter]. like like oh got it I this is the g okay. and then Trump's like what you want you. want this you want this you [laughter]. you think you can handle this and then. these countries are watching him like. [laughter]. okay okay for the audio listeners, Ben. is punching himself. >> And on that, >> yeah, this is a very physical bit. >> It's very physical. >> That's why you got to make sure you. subscribe to our YouTube channel and.

check right now. Make sure you subscribe. to. >> That may not translate at all for any. audio listeners. [laughter]. >> There was so many action things. >> There's so many actions and and for the. audio listeners, they're going to be. like, "What are we doing here?" You you. >> Ben is taking off his shirt right now. Ben, you don't have to get into this. bit. Ben, [laughter]. >> easy. All right, let's take our first. quick break of the show. WTF America is. the name of the book that I wrote with. my brothers. It comes out uh in October. 20th. Pre-order WTF America right now.

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Home Chef. Obviously, everyone loves. them. Uh, real quick before we move. forward, just want to say uh the bit. with the my my phone over here earlier, not planned. For those who listened to. the show on Tuesday, watched it Monday. night. I had a lot of noises going on. I. I I did not force a phone call here. I. saw some comments saying I did that on. purpose. Did not do that on purpose. And. Ben, great physical podcasting today so. far. I'm really happy. you know, like. physical comedy, like the guys that you. like on SNL back in the day with Ben's a.

physical podcaster tonight. >> Fantastic. And speaking of physical. comedy and audio comedy, I want to. remind everyone, make sure you're also. uh that you subscribe to the Midas Touch. podcast on audio. We did get some emails. from people saying that they were having. trouble playing the episodes on the. feed. So, just go to the Midas Touch. podcast feed like Apple podcast or. wherever you listen. Play the episodes, make sure it's working for you. Let us. know in the comments. All right, Ben, what's next? >> Look, I think I approached this. I know. I hope I approach this. or you feel I. do. This isn't coming like the. Democratic perspective, the independent.

perspective, Republican perspective or. whatever. I mean, using the World Cup. football analogy or soccer in the United. States, you want your best players out. there, right? You don't want to send out. a JV team to play against other teams. that have the best from their countries. You can't underestimate it. And the. Trump regime always underestimates while. putting out the worst people. And it's. led by the worst possible captain in. Donald Trump, who is not a leader at.

all, who is a bankrupter, who's been a. lifelong failure and a lifelong fraud, who's put out a team of JV fraud. Not. even good fraud. They're like JV frauds. And you watch them all head out, do. their state regime media propaganda bits. today. And I'll tell you today more than. ever and this was deeply concerning and. Brett and Jordy you tell me if you feel. this way also. amongst really bad propaganda today kind.

of seemed the worst I've seen it w with. them. Like they all just kind of didn't. even have their heart in the fraud. anymore. Like [laughter]. they they all just kind of were like. yeah want to talk about the Grand Prix. race. It's like no we don't want you. don't but but we're doing a great race. Uh, and the cars, they're going to go. zoom zoom zoom in Washington DC. Uh, do. you like that? People are like, "Dude, what are you talking about? We're still. doing America 250. It's freaking August.

We're still doing this bit.". Yeah. >> We We've reached, you know, we're in the. bread and circuses phase of the Trump. regime right now, but they forgot the. bread. Like, people can't eat. So, it's. just these bizarre circuses while people. are going hungry and while people can't. afford things. So they're like, "Hey, you see the race we're doing at the You. see that UFC fight? That was pretty. cool. Now, wasn't last week? You see. what we did in uh Ohio when they did. their Hunger Games? Why they do it?" I. did a video on it and I, you know, I. really couldn't keep.

>> I don't think, by the way, I don't think. anyone saw what they did in Ohio other. than the people who watch your three. [laughter]. >> I did a video on it and I was reading. the comments as I watched these. individuals who were purported to be the. best high school athletes. And so it's. called the Patriot Games. I did a whole. bit on it. I won't spend that much time. on it right now, but the Trump regime. put out a notice to Christian schools, particularly Christian private schools, that you send an essay in a video of. yourself to join the Patriot Games. And. then they say if you qualify, like it's.

not it's not even like I don't want to. offend even though these kids are. probably like MAGA families. I don't. really want to offend the kids. Like I. wasn't trying to mock the kids, but. they're not the best athletes. They. weren't really even good athletes. They. were mostly all white kids. There was. like a few people who were not white in. it. It was so it was just like Trump's. video. >> Someone's got to make a meme of Ben like. the MJ meme. The them kids. [laughter]. >> I know. I was very care I was very. careful in how I presented it. But they. don't make that meme. Don't do that. >> They basically had these like white.

Christian kids run around like like you. know those dog races that that they do. I But I'm not even joking, Jordy. I'm. You go watch it. They had them do the. dog obstacle course and they run around. and these kids are out of shape mostly. and they and they're trying really hard, you know, but you know, I'm 41. It would. look like me doing it, right? It's. [laughter] like, you know, and they're. like, "These are the best athletes in. the country." So, the whole thing was. utterly deranged. I'm not even sure why. I'm even bringing this up. But the point.

is is that we're doing America 250. That. was last week. They want to talk about. Grand Prix this week. And the American. people, going back to the way Senator. Osaf does it, which I think is the right. way you have these discussions, it's. like, no, no, no, no, no. You, you. promised us on day one that groceries. would be incredibly cheap and that you. would decrease inflation. Inflation has. increased. You promised electricity. would be half. You promised us gas. prices would have a two in front of it. Would be two bucks. Now it's the highest.

nationwide ever in the history of the. United States. You promised us no never-. ending wars or no wars. You promised you. would resolve Russia's invasion of. Ukraine. You've lied about everything. and now you're doing Grand Prix. Now. you're doing this with Natalie. Now. you're doing golf tournaments and. ballrooms and anything like what the. hell's going on? So the Trump regime. brings out Brooke Rollins. Brooke. Rollins, agriculture secretary, goes on Newsmax.

Pretty safe channel. It's regime media. they say. So, is food affordability. becoming a test on whether the Trump. administration can deliver on its. economic promise? Is affordability. becoming a test here at PlaySt? >> With the midterms approaching, how do. you see this playing out? Is food. affordability really becoming a test of. whether the Trump administration can. deliver on its economic promises? >> No. Well, affordability uh you know I. think continues to be a a key. conversation as it should be. But I.

think we have to put this all into. context and certainly on the food side. uh which is what we look are looking at. at USDA protecting the food supply. number one but affordability as well. Under Joe Biden the cost of food went up. almost 25%. I mean this is what we're battling. against right now. Under Trump we are. right at the 20-year average which is. around 2 to 3%. >> Blame Biden. Blame Biden. blame Biden. But here's the thing. Even though it. wasn't Biden, but whatever. Just except. for the sake of argument. Just except.

for the sake of argument. Biden didn't. run. Biden dropped out of the race. So. by that logic, Trump should drop out, you know, or Trump should, you know, y'all hated Biden. I mean, them being. the Trump regime. So you're comparing. the two. Okay. So even if that's your. comparison, Trump promised he would make. things better. He's actually made things. worse by far. And also when they talk. about, you know, they always bring up. Biden's like first year or second year. And using my sports example, it's like. analyzing the game in the second quarter.

versus the fourth quarter, you know, it's like after the team wins the game. and goes through fourth quarters, it'd. be like saying, "But did you see the. second quarter?" It's like, okay, yeah, we were down in the second quarter, but. but they won the game at the end. We can. look at the totality and say, >> let let me sharpen that analogy for you. there. It it's as if it's a complete. rebuild. when when when President Biden. had taken over, he was rebuilding what. Trump had destroyed. It's like when new. ownership and a new coach actually comes. in and tries to get things back on track. and by the way starts to make progress. there and then all of a sudden, you.

know, it happens when it happens and now. the bad coach is back. >> And they do it in the inverse, too, right? Like they're always cherrypicking. data and they're always trying to find. like what was the sliver of time we. could point to where things were okay. And you see that with the way they speak. about Donald Trump's first term, which. uh by the way was also a uh headed for. of disaster in manufacturing before. COVID happened. Uh but what did you hear. Donald Trump and what do you hear all. these people say? Well, we were doing. great. We were doing really great but. then oh something happened and you just.

you can't actually count that last year. Uh you know you can't count the year. before either. Like you could actually. only count this this tiny little period. and that's how we should be judged upon. And it's like that's that's not how it. works, especially when you're the guy. who's mishandling all the crises when. it's your job to manage the crisis. I. >> I also can't get over the fact of of how. unvady so many people in the Trump. regime truly are. Like that clip right. there is super pathetic. First off, for. the audio viewer, she's on Newsmax. She's on Newsmax and she just had a.

layup of a question and all of a sudden. her her MAGA uh brain rotted brain just. couldn't answer a simple afford. Yes, affordability is a huge crisis. We're. we're we're doing our best to correct. the Just give any of that. But instead, it's no, it's Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden. I mean I. mean, honestly, they they they have. Biden derangement syndrome. Everyone in. his cabinet, including Donald Trump, suffers from deep deeply disturbed Biden. derangement syndrome. >> Yeah. And Biden Donald promised on day. one that he was going to make it better.

He that was his whole pitch. I mean, his. whole pitch was day one, day one, and. then they said, "Ah, give us another. quarter. Ah, give us another quarter. Ah, beginning of 2026. Ah, give us till. the end of 26. Ah, give us over here. And it's like I just think the American. people are like, "Time's up." Like the. Ponzi scheme, the Ponzi scheme is over. And look, that's why his approval right. now is the lowest in modern presidential. history. Period. Since 1953, it's it's. the lowest. I know for our international.

viewers and people here in the United. States, it's still like, wait, 33% of. people still That's still a high number, man. like how does 33% still support. him? But, you know, I think you have to. realize that there has been decades and. decades and decades of very kind of. tribal. behavior and right-wing media propaganda. that basically has told people in some. of these, you know, red states or. whatever that the worst thing in life is.

being a Democrat, that they're the enemy. from within, that they're really. horrible people, and that, you know, and. and this has been generationally passed. down. And it didn't just happen. Although I do think people are waking. up. And I think people are waking up not. to say, "Oh, I really love Democrats and. the donkey logo and I love I love. political party." I don't think people. really like politics. I think they. realize that Trump and MAGA have. weaponized politics to divide us and to. hurt them. So now people are looking for.

a politics of accountability and a. politics of humanity and empathy that. protects people. seeing how politics was. weaponized by these con artists and. losers to inflict pain and suffering. upon us. Speaking about con artists, losers, here's Treasury Secretary. Bessant. This guy's the Treasury. Secretary. Okay. Uh and he's asked a. very basic question about today's spike. in oil. And we all knew this was coming.

We all it because it's been happening. for a while. And they've been. manipulating the markets for a very long. time. But as I said in the first segment. and we say in WTF America, the. reflecting pool metaphor holds. You can. paint it blue for a little bit. You can. try to cover up your problems. You can. come up with a catchy slogan. You can. blame others. You can defraud. But guess. what? The algae always comes back. The. gas prices are going to do what market.

forces do when you have supply and. demand issues. When you blow things up, both in terms of a trade war and in. terms of actual war, when you blow it. up, guess what? There's less things. When there's less things, there's less. supply of it. When there's less supply. of it and there's more scarcity, the. prices go up. It's not a hard thing to. realize. We don't control the straight. of Hormuz. Okay? And the Houthis also. control the Red Sea and they're only.

enforcing their blockade against the. Saudi tankers right now. But that is a. major issue also. Also, Trump didn't. resolve Russia's invasion of Ukraine on. day one. And now you have Russia. striking hard in Ukraine and you have. Ukraine striking hard in Russia, destroying lots of refineries over. there. And so we have a massive massive. issue when it comes to oil, when it. comes to crude, and we're seeing that. reflected. And by the way, when Donald. Trump's like, "It's not like the price.

of gas is $200 a barrel." It is. It is. I I understand, Donald, you're an idiot. And you don't understand the difference. between the paper price of crude, WTI, and Brent, which is now in the '9s. You. don't understand that. But at the. refinery, the crack spread, we're. talking about $102 for diesel. Talking. about the price of diesel per barrel, close to $200 per barrel when you.

actually this when you actually have to. buy it from the refinery what the price. of diesel is. Okay. So, it is at those. levels. It is. And the fact that Bessant. is like, we don't know. No, we we very. much know. Let's play Bessant. Let's. play it. >> Declining. We got a spike in oil prices. today that I don't really understand. You know, our announcement is for uh. economic. uh action and I think that the economic. action will mean that oil prices will.

come down sooner. >> I mean, Brett and Jordy, I I just don't. understand the uh our market. manipulation was supposed to work, but. it didn't today. I I just don't get. what's going on. It it's like it's such. a crazy thing to say. Um, obviously it's. all related to Donald Trump and his war. It's all related to the fact that the. war is still ongoing, that the straight. of Hormuz is still closed, that their. ships being struck uh in the Baba Mandab. Strait, that there's chaos in the. region, that Ukraine and Russia are. still at war. That's that's why Scott.

Bessant, it's it's it's all of those. things that all those things that Donald. Trump said he would either fix or never. start in the first place. That is the. cause of it. And literally, if Donald. Trump went into office and hid in a. catering cart and stood in that catering. cart and ate McDonald's and KFC all day. or Taco Bell or whatever he does, the. economy would be better now than without. him. By the way, even the stock market, which has been doing quite well, would. be better if Donald Trump was in a uh. catering cart uh than what he is doing. right now with his market manipulation,

all the volatility. It just it just. would be. I mean, when you look. internationally, you see other markets. have been doing uh not all of them, but. markets have been doing better than the. United States. Um and so Donald Trump is. a destructive force. And for Scott. Besson to play dumb, for Brooke Rollins. to play dumb about all of this, like it. all traces back uh to one person, but. also to you because you all are. responsible for actually holding this. person uh responsible, giving them the. information. And frankly, I think this.

is why the Natalie Harp story actually. takes on more importance because. remember what her supposed job actually. is. It's giving Donald Trump fake data. is essentially her gig. Why is she. called the human printer? Because she. prints out flattering articles or fake. news articles or memes or whatever. And. she shows things that Donald Trump wants. to see, not the actual facts. And so. sometimes you don't even know is Trump. seeing the truth about X Y or Z because. if he's just watching things like, you.

know, Fox or propaganda like that and. he's just being handed things by. Natalie, then you actually like you're. like, what is this guy even basing his. decisions on if he's not even living in. reality? And so that is also part of the. problem and it's why this is uh, you. know, also worth further investigating. and it's why the fact that you didn't. have security clearance uh is such a. major issue. And to Ben's point, I think. all of this chaos is why we're seeing uh. such an erosion of Donald Trump support. all over the place. I mean, I I saw this. truly truly wild uh exit poll from CNN.

And Jordy, I think this was in uh your. Commonwealth over there, Pennsylvania, uh exit polls from from the state over. there from the elections the other. night. Trump was plus 34 points amongst. white workingclass voters in the 2024. election. And the exit polls taken this. week have him at -4 points among white. workingclass voters. I mean that is. theoretically Donald Trump's base. That.

is essentially the reason why Donald. Trump is president. And to see a 38. point swing in this category is unheard. of. And I saw pollsters speaking about. it like they have never seen something. like this happen so quickly. And it is. uh all a testament to what Trump is. doing every day. >> You know, you could only pull the rug. under people from under people so many. times before I think they finally hit. their heads and wake up and say, "Hey, what you're doing right now seems to. only be helping you, your kids, and the.

top 01% who hang out with you at Mara. Lago." And not me, the working class. Not me, the person that wants to put. food on the table. Not me that needs. healthcare. Not me that needs to be able. to afford my house. not me that it it is. so truly despicable what the Trump. regime h has been doing. Couple points. here. First with Besson and Brooke. Rollins. Again, I want to say this very. clear. Incompetence is encouraged under. the Trump regime. And what I mean by. that is they have one obligation. That's.

all they care about. And that is singly. protecting Donald Trump. They do not. care about making your life better as an. American person. They do not care about. making your housing more affordable. All. they care about is how in this TV hit, when the press asks me questions, when I. have to do reports, how can I continue. to run cover for Donald Trump, a. failing, aging, grotesqually evil and. ugly president that is just hurting. Americans day in and day out? Back to. the Nally Harp situation very quickly, too. I wanted to say this because I know. I fairly, you know, made light of it uh.

a little bit earlier on the show just. talking about how utterly bizarre and. weird it is. Well, it is, but it is also. incredibly dangerous for the points that. my brothers have laid out here. mainly. the fact again that she didn't have. clearance. She didn't do security. clearance. Since when is that like an. okay thing to be the person that's. hanging around the president of the. United States and not going through the. proper channels that everyone else has. ever had to go through to be that close. to the nuclear football at all times and. not be properly clear is absolutely. banana land to me, man. And again, I.

it's a testament here to this community, this pro-democracy community who. continues to call this stuff out and. make those types of points because it is. it is only with a community like this. and and people who deeply care about. this country that we can start to to. build back something that could be. better than this hopefully one day. >> Did you say did did you say build did. build back better? >> What if I just what if that was my new. bit? just kept dropping like Biden puns. like throughout the like throughout. >> I'm I'm having PTSD from from hearing.

those words said said in that order. Thanks Joe Mansion. And. >> I'll give you another three letters. there. WTF that's the name of the book. that my brothers and I wrote. WTF. America that just went on. >> because when we wake up in the morning. sometimes we just say what the I look at. my phone. They say never a good idea to. look at it right away but that's what I. do. So, you know, turn it. Look, I go, "What the f did he do today? He did. this. He did this. He did this." And uh. pre-order it right now. A lot of.

momentum around the pre-orders. I did an. interview with Mooch Scaramucci. I. co-hosted Scaramucci's podcast. >> Uh check you could check that out as. well. Um we got a lot to discuss when we. come back. I want to talk a little bit. more Brett about the Pennsylvania. results. Kevin McCarthy freaking out. MAGAR Republican disgraced speaker. saying MAGA Mike Johnson has no plan. When Kevin McCarthy is saying MAGA Mike. has no plan, that is a Russian nesting. doll of destruction right there. Let's.

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or use code midas at checkout. >> Let's go. Shout out to our sponsors. Links in description both the YouTube. and the audio. Use the links, use the. codes. If there's an exit survey, let. them know we sent you. Benji, where's. your next big bro? >> You know, when I say I really do my best. to approach this even not as this party. or that. I I when I try to just give you. the analysis, I just try to give you. just the facts, the objective damn. facts, and I think about something like,

what's Donald Trump doing with a steam. catapult? What? What? That doesn't make. any sense. Donald Trump doesn't like. that on aircraft carriers there were. electromagnetic. uh launch pads because that's the. current best technology. And then Donald. Trump says, "I don't like that." Okay. What do you mean you don't like that? Who are you to judge that? You don't. know what you're talking about. He goes, "I like steam catapults.".

What do you mean you like stink? Okay. I. I I like chocolate chip cookies. Should. I just start eating chocolate chip. cookies when I'm doing this podcast? Like I mean, a lot of things I like, it's a very strange, you know, if I. start eating chocolate chip cookies. while doing this show, I'm not going to. be able to speak because I'm going to. have cookies in my mouth just because I. but I want them. cookie monster. Um, that's like a. version. It's like, what are you what. are you doing? Donald Trump likes the. way battleships look between 1920 and. 1940. Likes the aesthetic. Doesn't like.

stealth. Doesn't like aircraft carriers. Doesn't like the drone technology. He. really likes back to the basics is what. they're calling it right now at the. Defense Department. So, they fired their. top four stars or pushed them out like. Randy George of the Army. They pushed. out their head of Southcom who didn't. want to commit war crimes. They pushed. out another general Donnu, top army. general. Um he was known as the last.

soldier in Afghanistan. They pushed out. CQ Brown Jr. the chairman of the joint. So many more incredible top military. people were pushed out and they bring in. sycopants who say we got to get back to. the basics. you know, one of the issues, you know, if you study World War II, as. as you reflect on, you know, with the US. kind of security umbrella in Asia, um, collapsing, I think about Bushidto and. the Bushidto code and like almost like. the kind of samurai code in Japan, if. you will, and the warrior spirit as lots.

of other countries were advancing in. certain types of technology and the. world is moving in a certain direction. This idea of US going back to basics is. a bit like what are you talking about? Like wars are fought today with drones, uh, drone interceptors, unmanned submersives, the FPVs, variations of what Iran is producing in. the Shaheds. There's they're called. different things here. Um, yes, ballistics, you need your interceptors,

you need an arsenal of these things. Like that's how modern warfare exists. And when the US runs its military. simulations and did exercises with. Ukraine, Ukraine kicked the US. military's ass where the US had to. respawn like a video game in the. simulation over and over and over again. in the war exercises. Like within. minutes, Ukraine's drone swarms. destroyed the entire United States. military. Now, China is learning the.

lessons of modern warfare and they're. working with Iran. They're working with. Russia. It's not a secret. Okay. They. could say we we we know and and North. Korea, they're working together. And. bricks block nations are cooperating as. well. The US and Trump, Trump likes. battleships. Trump likes steam. Trump no. like drone. Trump like testosterone, you know. And then they have, you know, people who, you know, look very low tea.

But pretend this is what a man looks. like. like a headset or whatever. And. he's too scared to even be around the. media. So, he has to kick out all the. media from what he's doing. By the way, hat tip to those defense uh reporters. They're the they're still doing great. work at New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Financial, the Defense. Reporters who have been kicked out of. the Pentagon are awesome. Ms. Now, they're they are really doing a very. very good job. I I I almost feel like. they it lit a fire under them in like a. weird way like like you know Trump.

because for you know those who may not. understand the context you know Trump. kicked out all the real reporters from. the Pentagon and replace them with all. these right-wing hacks who aren't. reporters and the the Pentagon reporters. are really freaking good. Really really. talented. like I I I commend them and. they're really good once they're able to. kind of lock in and hone in and and. start getting their sources and and. poking here and poking there and trying. to uncover what's actually going on. And.

they've realized pretty quickly like we. don't actually have to be in the. building to do that. And there are a lot. of people in this Pentagon who want to. talk to us outside of this building. anyway. And so they've been getting just. like some incred incredible scoops. Um, you know, I I feel like the kind of line. in the Trump administration uh for the. second term in the beginning, people. were like, "Oh, there are a lot fewer. leaks going on." Well, I I I think if. you thought if you thought that earlier. on, those days are certainly over. I. mean, this thing is leaking like a civ.

You know, everybody's talking because. every move seems like to be made with. such disdain towards the people who are. working and all in order to support. Donald Trump in the weirdest, most. cultish ways. Um, even like when you. look at one of the things that CNN was. reporting on earlier today, uh, that the. Trump regime is considering renaming the. USS Doris Miller, which is an aircraft. carrier that honors a black sailor who. celebrated for his heroism at Pearl. Harbor. Uh, they're considering renaming.

it after Donald Trump. And that's a a. real story in the mix of a lot of. stories that's happened today and this. week, right? And so this is a real. thing. They don't know who they're who. they may rename it after, but they want. to take this ship that's named after. this historic black sailor. They want to. rename it after somebody. And Donald. Trump's name is in contention is. basically what the story says. And this. we're dealing with like a sick like like. sick people. Like this is sick sick sick. sick stuff. And and and so you know when. you're dealing with that I think as a.

reporter you have to understand that. you're dealing with sick people. Um, you. have to understand that the people, especially at the top, the Trumps, the. HEGs, those people are going to. constantly lie to you. So, you have to. actually get to the people who. understand what's going on, who actually. maybe understand strategy, how weapon. systems are supposed to work, understand. the needs of the military or the. soldiers aboard the USS Lincoln, you. know, like our Aaron Parnes here at. Midas Touch has been speaking with the. families, you know, on those ships, which is finally, you know, back home.

Um, but we we're we're seeing all this. every single day and it really paints a. picture of of tumult and and turmoil. >> Absolutely. And like I'm not saying this. to throw shade although it may sound. like it. It's just it's amazing the. reporting that could be done when you're. not worried about access constantly. We're not worried about having that. access on Air Force One or access. It's. it it's amazing the type of work that. can actually be done. Feels freeing. Benji, >> I want to go bring back the World Cup. analogy. International football, US. soccer. So, the US had the undisputed.

best team in the world by far. Like, imagine a team who who are some of the. best players in this tournament? Messi, Holland, Bellingham, whoever, right? You. you you name the players. Who did we. have as our generals? We had the joint. chiefs chairman. We had CQ Brown Jr., the Army Chief of Staff. You had Randy. George. beloved, cutting edge four star. and people loved his wife Patty. They.

were like the morale booster of like the. military and Randy George was like, you. know, he w he was like the Holland. He. was like the most popular person also. And then we had another guy, uh, General. Donnu, who was a four-star general, widely known for being the last American. soldier to leave Afghanistan during the. 2021 evacuation, Christopher Donnu. And. he wasn't even responsible for the.

evacuation. He was just he went there to. help and help the situation. And he's a. beloved individual as well. And so what. did Hegette do? Imagine a team is. stacked with the best players, right? He. got rid of the best players. He got rid. of them. He pushed them all out and he. replaced them with people who aren't. really that good who are like, "Let's go. back to the basics. Let's go back to the. basics, everybody. And let's let's let's. do what we did in World War II to fight.

wars in 2026." And to me, that should. infuriate you. Whether you're a. Democrat, whether you're a Republican, whether you're an independent, whether. you're not political, that's just it's a. competence issue. It's a leadership. issue. It is a just basic running. operations issue. And that to me is. where a lot of my criticism comes from. I mean, when you look at this uh Darlene. Graham debate that a lot of people are. talking about, and rightfully so, where. she was asked a question, well, what's.

your view about Taiwan? What should the. US do about Taiwan as it relates to. China? What's your perspective? And her. response is, I don't know anything about. it. I don't I don't know much about it. And um and then she tried to justify it. by basically saying, you know, at the. end of the day, I don't know national. security. I don't know anything about. any of this. And so I just um I just. wanted to be honest with the people at. the end of the day. And so I care about.

domestic issues, but I just don't know. anything about national security. And. that's like her line. It's like, you're. currently a United States senator. these. national security issues relate directly. to domestic issues. As we talked about. before, the reason why prices are what. the prices are is because there's a. world and there's trade in the world and. Trump's policies are having an impact. here. So, let me show you what happens. when she goes and speaks at an event and. she's asked about that answer in a very.

MAGA crowd. Let's play this clip. >> because there are votes that go toward. funding wars or declaring wars. And if. you're a deciding vote in that factor, how can we trust as constituents that. you'll make the right decision if you're. not informed on national security issues. at this moment in time? >> That's a fair question, right? But you. know, I answered it honestly because I'm. not a national security expert. Lindsay. was, right? Because he talked a lot. about national security. You know why? He spent 33 years in the Air Force. He.

had a military background, [music] so he. had a lot of foreign relations and that. was his focus. To me, as I walked around. this room and I've asked people, "Are. y'all concerned about Taiwan?" You know. what they said? No. They're concerned. about the price of groceries, the price. of gas, rising health care cost. Is. national security important? Absolutely. Can I learn? I'm smart. Yes, I'll learn. I'll become informed. Everybody has a.

first day on the job. President Trump, was he a politician? Has he done a good job? >> Yes, he has. So So. that's my answer. So, but I will always. be honest. >> Yeah. >> Be honest. >> Listen is encouraged. >> Well, well, because here's the thing. And then they're saying it out loud, Jordy, right? because you see uh who. who's running against her? Is it Ralph.

Norman running against her in the. primary? I think it's. >> Yeah. Yeah. Norman. >> And so one of the things that you can. kind of continue to hear um Trump world. say is, you know, they're like, "Well, what's wrong with Ralph Norman, right? He's a guy like he's a guy who's been in. the House of Representatives. Like he's. a very right-wing guy. Like what's your. issue?" And they're like, "He's not for. Trump. He's he's not all in on Trump.". And the whole thing is not about. competence. The whole thing is are you. all in on Trump and everything is judged. by that. You could be Darling Graham.

with zero experience and not understand. foreign policy even one iota and but if. you're all in for Trump then that's. okay. That's all that matters in the in. the MAGA cult. >> Ralph Norman's response may have. actually been worse. I mean she said she. didn't know. And then Ralph Norman's. response is why do you think China's so. scared of us right now? Why do you think. it's like why do you think China's so. scared of what world are you object like. what world are you living in? America's. security objectively America has no.

security umbrella in Asia. Our last. super carrier is gone. We have no. security umbrella anywhere anymore. We're all alone. Idiot psycho lunatic. flag pole boy Donald Trump is talking. about being friends with Kim Jong-un. Like what world are you living in? And. this is not Brett, Jordy, Midas mighty. This is not like the I'm not giving you. this is a democratic position. I'm just. like y'all are the most dangerous. freaking psychotic humans imaginable.

that you can see the world we're in now. with all of the suffering happening here. with America's object. This isn't a. talking point. This isn't an effing. game. This is real life. And you're out. there saying you think Xi Jinping is. scared of Donald Trump. Xi Jinping could. not be happier. Like and the craziest. thing with these psycho humans who are. like, "Oh, I'm a China hawk. This is. what we wanted. You wanted to be this. weak." Like, we we couldn't be weaker. Dude, freaking Elbridge KBY, the number. two at the Defense Department, who's Mr.

I'm going to decouple from China. He is. begging Xi Jinping for a visit to. Beijing. And Xiinping's like, "Nah, get. the hell out. Weren't you the decouple. boy? Weren't you the guy who said you. were going to harm us and you saw what. we did with rare earths in two minutes?". and made you bow to Xi Jinping. You. didn't see that. We You think we want. you to visit us? I mean, do we realize, well, it's so obvious what's happening. And again, this isn't like, oh, Midas, you're reflecting. I'm just telling you. the facts. Like, this is the reality.

What you choose to do with the facts, choose. But that's what's happening, right? >> Yeah. It's like, uh, have you heard of. like beer goggles? I feel like all these. people wear MAGA goggles and they put. them on and all of a sudden it's like a. bunch of transgender people running. around trying to play sports, trying to. turn your kids as it's Donald Trump full. of muscles running around, you know, with a AK-47 and Iran going, "Oh, Sarah, just I'm Jordy." In any event, Jordy, what do you want? I'm just [laughter]. joking, right?

It's like it's it's it's nuts. It's it's. it's the craziest thing. You know, there. were there was another clip of Darling. Grandma on Fox uh that was abs that was. crazy also where she was like, uh, you. know what? I don't think my constituents. care so much about this national. security stuff. I'll learn that. But you. know what? People are really concerned. about transgenders and sports. I was. like, really? That's that's what people. not even a thing in South Carolina and. at all. And again, you're going after. this marginalized community because.

you're a bigot for no reason. and an. issue that is not an issue. You're. trying to make it an issue while you're. diminishing national security, which has. major implications on every single thing. in our lives, as you could see right now. from the disaster of the Iran war, how. it's affecting people's pocketbooks, how. it's affecting everything. And so, you. know, it's it's one thing if you're a. random person on the street, right? I I. mean, I don't expect people to know. foreign policy. kind of, [laughter] you. know, but if you're but if you're a. United States senator, I I at least hope.

that you have a rudimentary knowledge um. of these things before becoming a. senator and before deciding to then uh. rerun for the Senate or or or whatever. I mean, the the whole thing's crazy. People's lives are in your hands at the. end of the day. Your decisions affect. people's lives to then and I I want to. clarify something I said before just in. case I wasn't clear uh about the USS. Lincoln uh which was it was finally uh. relieved they were relieved of duty. finally today. the USS George Washington. uh took over uh that deployment, made.

its way to the Middle East, and so the. USS Lincoln uh finally uh relieved from. that deployment and should be making its. way back. Uh hopefully they get back. safely and soon. And hopefully they get. to uh some better uh conditions because. we all know uh how how much of a. disaster that was and and and all of our. you know service members who are out. there, you know, wishing them all the. best. That brings us to your. Commonwealth, buddy. Were you saying. that? >> That brings us to Pennsylvania where. >> Hold on. I just want to say this one. quick thing is that Darlene Graham is.

the world's worst sequel that absolutely. nobody asked for that never needed to. happen. But here we are watching this. all unfold and like it's it's it's like. a train wreck watching every single. interview she does live. Man, it's. crazy. It's crazy how uninformed she is. running for this seat. Sorry. I thought. I really needed to add that to the show. She goes, "Well, Donald Trump didn't. know much about foreign policy, and how. good is this? >> Worked out great for everybody. It's the. golden age. No wars. Everything is. great. It's working.".

>> I mean, but that's the part where like. you go like, "What? What, you know, and. and that's I think what you're seeing in. a Pennsylvania where you have a plus 18. Trump district. It's Butler. It's where. Donald Trump won't release the medical. records where he claimed he was shot in. the face by an AR-15, but miraculously. the AR-15 bullet was injured, not him. And for those unfamiliar, Butler count, like I need you to think of the most.

magist. wherever you exist. Times that by 10 and. that's Butler, >> right? So in Butler, Butler County, Donald Trump plus 18 2024. And now right. now the Democratic candidate Brandon. Dukes won that by one point. So it was a. 19point swing in favor of a Democrat. What did Brandon Dukes run on? He ran on.

kitchen table issues. Let's talk about. the economy. Let's talk about the roads. Let's talk about education. Let's talk. about things are too expensive. Let's. talk about what we can do for people in. Pennsylvania. Let's let's let's get. stuff done, right? It's Governor. Shapiro, the get stuff done governor. says like let's get it done. Like like. we we we work we're working for the. people. Like we're not we're not doing. culture war stuff. We're not we're we're. we're getting stuff done, right? And. what was his MAGA opponent running on?

Transgender hate bathrooms. WNBA. Donald Trump's amazing. ballrooms. Isn't the big beautiful bill amazing? No, it's not. People don't like that. It's a disaster. It's a disaster. And no. one and people weren't buying it. People. weren't falling for it there. It was. also plus 18, but in the prior state. house race, it was a plus30 Republican. as well. So, it is a, you know, massive.

swing, but this is what we've seen over. and over again in these special. elections. We've seen a 12 and a half to. 13 point Democratic overperformance in. these special elections over and over. again. And it frankly started pretty. early on late January. We were covering. it in Iowa and Pennsylvania and. elsewhere where you would have these. major flips taking place. And so I I'll.

leave everybody with this. This is Kevin. McCarthy uh talking about how he's very. concerned. And let's play the clip of. Kevin McCarthy if we got it. >> How do you size up the midterms right. now? >> The midterms right now, I'm worried. because the generic ballots over six. So. that's advantage to the Democrats. I'm. worried that I'm not seeing the clear. message from Republicans. What is the. plan of why you should stay in the. majority? What is your economic plan. going forward? What are you touting as. the successes that you've had already? I'm worried about certain states. I'm.

I'm going to watch Iowa. >> I think that governor's race is very. cold. Ashley Henson is the best Senate. candidate probably in the country. I. think she ends up winning, but we've got. four congressional seats there. When I. first came in, we only had one. Republican one. They're going to be some. Pennsylvania is going to be a swing. state. Democrats have a very good. governor that'll probably try to run the. tickets up because he wants to run for. president. I'm worried about Arizona. because I don't think this Republican. nominee we have bigs can could actually. move out could cut across get get. moderates and others and we picked up. seats from Democrats to win the.

majority. If he underperforms he could. cost us Congress as a majority. >> Brad Jordy I I don't even understand. like why even put Kevin McCarthy on TV? He was like a failed speaker ousted from. his job. Like what political insights. does he have? He cowtoed to Donald Trump. the same way that Magamike is cowtoing. to Donald Trump. he'd probably be doing. the same exact thing right now. He now. gets to be out of that bubble. And so he. gets to act like, "Oh, I could be the. critical one and I'll be the moderate. thinker here." And I'll say, "Oh, we. need actually more normal people and.

perhaps we should be focusing on the. issues that matter for people." Like. come on. Like. >> feel free to flame me for this, but like. I I thought it was pretty astute. analysis right there by Mart. Like I I. actually think that that's probably a. much better role when he's able to act. It actually sounded like he had some. soul in his chest. That's that's my. point though because he's a shape. shifter, right? Totally. All I'm saying. is he's an actor and he um he was ousted. from Congress for doing the opposite of. the advice that he's saying right now. He if he was in the position he'd be.

doing exactly what Manga Mike is doing. and you cannot convince me other%. You. you you think he'd be going and I'm not. saying you Jordy, you public you think. he'd be going against Donald Trump right. now? He'd be doing the same exact thing. and then there'd be some other guy going. on TV, I don't know, some other former. speaker or someone who was ousted who'd. be saying, "Well, I just think uh Kevin. McCarthy and these Republicans aren't. understanding people's issues or it's. just the cycle. It's what they do. It's. these this talking head BS. It's this. cable news BS. Kevin McCarthy is a hack.

He's a hack hack hack. He was ousted. from his job because he was shitty at it. and he had an opportunity to show some. spine, but he ended up cowtowing to. Donald Trump and being a pathetic little. weasel like the rest of them. So, you. know, >> anytime they're in positions of power, they all cow. They they're all weasels. and they're all pathetic. I mean, that. that's what's proven. But it's. interesting when it they can freely. speak or, you know, they they don't have. the pressure of the mean Donald Trump. tweet. That's all I'm saying there is. really 100% 100% and and like like you.

know objectively unless you're looking. at things through MAGA goggles. objectively when you look at the data. right now for Republicans I mean it's. it's very grim for them. It's a very. it's a it's a very rough environment for. them kind of. >> Yeah. I don't think he was going out on. a ledge. Like I don't think he was like. like I have some brave stance I'm going. to take. I mean I think we're. >> Let me tell you something you don't. know. Yeah. But hey for a Fox audience. you know maybe maybe they aren't hearing. that. So. >> yeah. Exactly. Great show, brothers. >> Great show. Did a lot of sports. analogies. I did some physicality that.

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