LIVE: Trump CATASTROPHIC UN TRIP with WORLD AT WAR… 9/22/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Marcelis. This is your breaking news. Donald Trump utterly be clowning. himself, his entire regime, and sadly. the United States. At the United Nations. 81st session of the General Assembly, the general debate began today. Donald. Trump addressed the United Nations. General Assembly and he started talking. about war crimes. He started saying how. he wants to change the name of AI to.

super intelligence and I hereby declare. it as such. So you all need to call it. that. He bragged about to the victor. goes the spoils about conquering. Venezuela and stealing their resources. He claims that he brought peace to Gaza. and that everything's just amazing right. now. There was one weird point where in. and dangerous point where he said that. Melania Trump is responsible for you. reuniting all of these children that.

were taken by both the Ukrainians who. stole Russian children and Russia who. stole Ukrainian children. Just both. sidesing uh the issue. Then Donald Trump. continued to say, you know, we're going. to blow up the Iranian civilization as. we know it. They're done. They're over. uh you know it was just oh he attacked. the international criminal court and. said that I want everybody here in the. United Nations to leave the. international criminal court at once. He.

attacked other United Nations entities. like UNESCO and said that it's globalist. and the globalist scum. speaking at a. global organization that in theory is. dedicated to peace and diplomacy that's. located in New York because the. postworld war II global order was shaped. by the United States, an order that. Donald Trump has now destroyed. And as I.

kind of reflect upon this disastrous. appearance at the United Nations, it. really kind of feels like um you know. the the the end. I mean there will be. the beginning of a new chapter here. But. as we've been reporting on the Midas. Touch Network about the close of a prior. post World 2 global order, this kind of. feels like it cemented it and it was, you know, the end the end of this.

version. And then we move on, I mean, to. a place where I think the US will be far. more isolated, which we already are. I. think there's a broader reflection at. this United Nations from the speeches. given by other leaders that the United. States will never be a reliable ally. again regardless of what happens in. future elections. You get rid of Trump, I think the general view internationally. is you brought this guy in twice. So you.

get rid of him, you're going to bring in. somebody else like him what, eight years. from now? How could we do deals with. you? how could we trust you on anything. if ultimately you're just going to bring. a guy like this in? So, I want to show. you what went down there. Um, you know, meanwhile, I think it's also important. to pay attention to that, you know, Iran's foreign minister has been holding. meetings on the sidelines with just. about everybody. I mean from the vice. president of the European Commission. Kaha Kalas to the foreign minister of.

Qar, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Bellarus. Um you know these major meetings have. taken place. They're not economic. outcasted by any means. uh one of their. main trading partners, China, is about. to get a massive uh welcome by Donald. Trump uh when Xi Jinping visits the. White House uh in the next 48 hours or. so. And so I think the US looks weaker.

I think the US looks weird. Um it looks. like a loser country. And you know, seeing this here domestically. um is certainly shameful, but when you. see this play out on the world stage, I. I guess a example could almost be like. imagine. um you know for the World Cup, the. United States puts on the field um a.

volleyball team to to compete against. other nations in the World Cup and they. start playing volleyball. and everybody's looking at you like, "Dude, what the hell are you even. doing?" Like, you know, this is football. or soccer. We don't know what you're. even like, "What what game are you. playing?" Um and you see this you know. especially I mean the the example I just. gave isn't really apt though in the. sense that you know the US was before. known as a global superpower.

and now to basically be you know the you. know thinking about it you know kind of. the the smelly weird kid you know and. then and the bully all wrapped into one. you know is a strange uh is a strange. thing to see the United States, you. know, in in this in this position. This. bullying, this but this utter weakness. combined with the weirdness is is what I. think you've seen all day. And you know,

from the perspective of our adversaries, I mean, they they must love this um from. our former allies. Why do you think. they're meeting with Iran? Why why do. you think they're holding these meetings. with Foreign Minister Arachi? I think. they realize um you know as we heard. Prime Minister Althani of Qatar say the. other day at the Qatar Economic Forum, you know, we have to understand a new. regional dynamic where Iran um is a. nation that we need to cooperate with.

and we have to recognize uh Iran in a. way that you know they they didn't think. they had to before. Um, it should also. be noted, and Trump said this during his. meeting with Zalinski, uh, that there. were long conversations that had taken. place earlier in the day between the. United States and Iran. So, people were. trying to understand what that even was. We're learning some details about that. It was a meeting by Steve Witco, Donald.

Trump's scumbag real estate friend who. has no diplomatic experience and who's. absolutely horrible at what he does. I. don't even know what he's doing. And I. think the one thing that unites Putin. and Zalinski is they each look at Witoff. as just being completely inept and. someone who shouldn't be handling this. I don't maybe that's the plan. It really. isn't though. Um, but in any event, apparently Whitito met with Foreign. Minister Aragi. It's like I don't even.

know how to describe what that meeting. is like. Um, and Iran responded after. the meeting and they said, "Here's what. happened. The state news agency for Iran. reported the reason for accepting. Witoff's request for this meeting was. the communication of Iran's conditions. for reopening the Strait of Hormuse. Iran's firm positions were conveyed to. the US representatives during this. meeting. Immediate lifting of the. maritime blockade, immediate payment of.

all frozen Iranian assets, and an end to. the war on all fronts of the resistance. are among Iran's conditions for. reopening the Strait of Hormuz. In other. words, the memorandum of understanding. And Iran said, "We're fine to meet if. you want to meet with us, but we're. going to be very clear what we are. conveying. What we are conveying is. abide by the memorandum of understanding. or there's no deal." And Iran has been.

making these very terms very clear. Whether you like the terms or not, it's. not about liking or not liking. Right? Since March, Iran has been saying these. things consistently over and over and. over again. If you actually do your due. diligence on Foreign Minister Arachi, Iran's foreign minister, you will learn. that he actually wrote one of the.

preeminent, if not the preeminent. treatise on international negotiations. that lots of foreign ministers read. And. one of his principles there is just a. consistent. restatement of a term over and over and. over again. And you don't ever move from. that position where you have your. non-negotiables because when you waver a. little bit, you then show that you're.

not a reliable negotiating adversary. you can potentially threaten to escalate. your negotiating terms, but you don't, you know, do what Donald Trump does and. say, "Ah, we're we're making great. progress. We're not we're going to. obliterate you." That's the worst thing. that you can do. And so, to be clear, what Iran said is that they are. reiterating their position that they. previously stated. Donald Trump wants to. cast that as a victory to try to. manipulate the oil markets. um which is.

basically all the United States has just. like Donald Trump's fraud business. practices in the past. This is how he. runs the United States into the ground. We also heard from the IRGC. spokesperson. And just so you understand. the dynamic, I know we've talked about. this, but sometimes we talk about IRGC, right? The Iranian uh guard and. sometimes we talk the the Iranian. Revolutionary Guard Corps. And then we. talk about the army and then we talk. about this kind of group the al-Qatai.

group that kind of sits on top of it. So. there's like their sencom which kind of. coordinates between their IRGC and their. army and the IRGC and army are distinct. entities. Um but in any event, the IRGC. um did a joint the joint chief of staff. and the IRGC. um this came from their central command. and this was a statement that they. issued after Donald Trump gave his.

speech where he threatened Iran and this. is what they said. They said the hostile. statements and repeated threats by the. US president against Iran which are. being used to justify aggression, create. insecurity and engage in looting on a. global scale scale are merely a tool for. domestic propaganda and are not based on. real world facts. These statements. demonstrate a strategic impass for the. United States in its aggression against. the Iranian nation. The repetition of. baseless claims and threats given the.

aging of the US military is not a sign. of strength but rather a sign of their. strategic desperation. And when he says. the aging of the US military, he means. that you know every day those aircraft. carriers are there on the blockade with. the damaged logistics that exist because. Iran was able to successfully strike US. military bases in the region and destroy. most of them including Bahrain. It puts. more and more strain on the aircraft.

carriers. The same issue we were seeing. with the USS Abraham Lincoln and before. that the USS Gerald Ford and other. troops in the region. Also, the US. doesn't have all that many troops in the. region right now. Not a little bit, but. I mean about 50,000 troops in the region. or so. And the US has run out of a lot. of its weapons, a lot of interceptors, the Patriots and the THADs. Iran knows. that. And Iran's actually able to test. when the United States escalates the.

catastrophic war like we saw about two. weeks ago. Remember the US struck that. wedding in Sira County. Iran responded, struck the US base in Jordan. You're. able to see how the Jordanian. government is able to use the remaining. US interceptors. And what you can see is. that um during the first wave of Iranian. ballistic missiles, there were indeed. interceptors that were still functioning. at that Jordanian base. But then as the. second and third wave hit, you started.

seeing less. And by the third wave, Iran. was able to strike those US bases pretty. hard. And Iran's able to study that. And. I'm sure they're also getting assistance. from Russia and China. I don't think. that's really that much of a secret. I. think the world kind of gets that and. knows that. So, they're able to really. kind of see these things um in a in a. way that's not just uh satellite. footage, but they can test it out. In. any event, they go on to say, "The. Islamic Republic of Iran has always been.

a source of security in the region, especially for free and international. trade. In contrast, the United States. with its illegitimate, illegal, and. aggressive presence in the Middle East. is a source of threat, insecurity, and. instability. To compensate for its. repeated failures in aggressive actions. against Iran and maritime piracy, it has. taken the global economy hostage. The. rhetoric of the US president does not. change the power dynamic. And we will. never compensate for this country's. declining position in the new world.

order, nor will it make up for the. humiliating defeat suffered by the. United States in the war against Iran. and the resistance front. So, pause. there. when they're talking about the. resistance front, just so you know, they're talking about Ansarala, the. Houthis uh in Yemen and Ansarala has. been able to make these major advances, taking control of all of Western Yemen, Al-Ma, and then moving east as the. Saudibbacked PLC forces um are in. retreat. So, we see that there also.

they're talking about the Iraqi. resistance. They're also talking about. Hamas and they're also talking about. Hzbollah. That's what they mean by the. resistance front. The powerful and. capable armed forces of the Islamic. Republic of Iran, which draw on the. experience of the 8-year sacred defense. in the second and third imposed wars, are fully prepared to deliver even more. severe, devastating, and unpredictable. blows to the aggressors and the leaders. of the United States and the Zionist. regime in response to the lies and.

threats of the murderer of the imam, the. martyed leader of the nation, and the. innocent and oppressed children of the. schools in Manab and La Mer and other. esteemed martyrs of the country. God. willing, the respected president of the. Islamic Republic of Iran will convey the. message of the brave nation, the heroic. armed forces, the power of invincibility. of Iran in the world at the United. Nations General Assembly. And I'm not. reading that to you to show you, okay, here's what Iran's propaganda is, everybody. You need to believe every.

word that they say. I think it's. important though that we understand the. perspectives that are being shared. generally so we have a clear. understanding like what's going on. Does. Iran really feel like they're desperate. and they're on the ropes? Are they. begging for a deal? And of course. they're not. They view themselves not. just because of those words, but you. take the totality of circumstances. They. view themselves as in a much stronger. position than even when theou was.

signed. Okay? They're following the. news. They know what's going on here. They're aware of the surging price of. diesel, the surging price of gas, how. this is crippling our economy here. They. are very aware of what's happening. And. yeah, Donald Trump can try to say we've. brought all these barrels through the. straight of Hormuz and everything's. amazing and the Venezuelan oil is going. into our strategic reserves, which it. isn't. And we're bringing all these oil.

27 ships, he said 31 ships have gotten. out. You know, he could say all of these. things, but it's just not true. And I. mean, it may for a little bit manipulate. the market. I think the market. recognizes, although the market still. gets manipulated by the stuff a little. bit now. I don't know really why or how. other than I think the understanding is. it's the oligarchy that is involved in a. lot of the manipulation of that but they. can't hold it back you know for forever. and I think you you'll see slight dips.

that appear nonsensical but over. overwhelmingly. we're seeing the trend of um the prices. going way way up for the price of crude. it's not just crude there's a lot of. other stuff that comes through the. straight of Hormuz but Iran sees what's. going on they're They're very much aware. of this. And you know, you can see. weakness everywhere too, not just there. I mean, there was another story today. I'm not sure if you caught it, but a. cyber crime group called the Shiny. Hunters said it breached the FBI and.

stole all the data on current and former. FBI employees, including agents and job. applicants. The group claimed it. accessed information on almost all FBI. agents, and release samples as proof. I. mean, just think about that. I mean, that's what happens when the FBI puts in. charge of counterterrorism like an. intern who was like 23 years old, this. Thomas Fugate III, and you have Cash. Patel running it. I mean, we have real. incompetent, dumb, and evil people in.

charge, and they're behaving like. incompetent, dumb, and evil people. And. with all of this kind of underestimating. the opponent and acting like Iran is. incapable of engaging in tactical. military moves, it's like it's it's such. a massive blunder. Iran is a very. sophisticated and smart civilization. Think about them what you want to think. about it. But to underestimate the. intelligence and the fact that, you.

know, we're talking about top level PhDs. that understand. engineering and, you know, all of these, you know, dynamics at levels that are. deeply advanced. I mean, you. underestimate that at your own peril. And that's one of the things that we, you know, are seeing here with Donald. Trump and, you know, in this regime of. kind of just con artists and fraudsters. and predators and we're seeing that play. out in a dynamic on an international. scale like we've never seen before. It.

just doesn't it feel like when we're. watching what took place at the UN. today, it just feels like we put the. worst team out there, right? And you. really can feel it, I think, extra when. you see other world leaders speaking, whether it's Prime Minister Carney or. you name the world leader. We have the. worst team. And it's and it should be. embarrassing, not just as like a. Democrat or an independent or a. Republican, but as an American having. the worst team, these evil people say.

these horrible things. And you know, you think about his speech. last year at the UN and you think about. his speech this year, it it's just it. progressively gets worse and worse and. worse. And so, um, I'll show you over. here. Um, first, this is when he was. heading into the United Nations. Just. think about this. You know, he's banned. members of the press in the United. States from covering him. So, CNN, MS. Now, Politico are banned, right? And so.

he sees Caitlyn Collins as though he. thinks that because she's banned, she. can't report from the United Nations and. ask him questions. But this is how it. starts out with him saying, "You should. not be here covering me. You're not. allowed to cover me." What do you mean. you're not allowed to cover me? Again, this is loser behavior right here. Let's. play this clip. >> Mr. President, twothirds of Americans. twothirds of Americans don't think the. US is winning the war with Iran. When. will we win?

It's an honor to be here. I'm surprised. that CNN is here covering me. You should. >> The United Nations allowed us in. Sir, >> you should not be here covering me. You. said you weren't going to cover me. You. shouldn't be covering. >> Two-thirds of Americans don't think that. the US is winning the war with Iran. When will it end? >> We're making a lot of progress. Our. country is doing really, really well. Thank you very much. >> AMERICANS don't think the United States. is winning the. >> says our nation is doing really, really. well. And then he just walks away. And. then how pathetic is it saying to. Caitlyn Collins, you shouldn't be here.

You shouldn't be Why shouldn't she be. here and covering you? Um Donald Trump. then addresses the UN and he says, here's my decision. Again, he's at the. UN which is about diplomacy and peace. and that's what it's supposed to be. about, right? And he's addressing the. general assembly. Like you're not in the. security council, which this rhetoric is. not appropriate for. You're addressing. the general assembly. And I mean, it's. it's like having and giving you my.

opinion. It's like having a Hitler in. there. It's like it's like hearing a. Hitler speech. I don't know how else to. describe it, so I'm not going to mince. my words, but that's the closest. historical example I could imagine. It's. like watching Hitler give a speech, but. this guy is in the doing it in the name. of the United States despite his record. low approval. I mean, 32% from Reuters, 29% from America Research Group. I mean, the American people hate this guy by and. large now. But this, like, what is this?

I'm going to annihilate the Islamic. Republic? Do I drive them into hell with. no chance of survival? I mean, what the. hell is this? Here, play this clip. >> Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic. and do it quickly, never giving them a. chance to kill and destroy people and. countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance. of survival and no hope of future. greatness or generations? But I believe we'll make a deal right.

after the election because it doesn't. make sense for them not to. They're. waiting to see how I do in the do I. drive them into hell for all future. generations. So he's not talking about. the regime in Iran. He's talking about. the people. It's clear to everybody. He's talking about the people of Iran. and that he wants to destroy generations. of Iranian civilization. I mean, again, he's talking about mass genocide. He's.

saying it on the world stage. He's. aiding and abetting Netanyahu's genocide. on the world stage. And you know, you watch that and you go, I don't care what political party you're. from. The hell is that? What the hell is. that? It's sick. Then here's what he. says about Cuba, causing the Cuban. delegation to walk out of the speech. Let's play this clip. >> Enemies of humanity. My administration. is also seeking a fundamental change in.

the situation in Cuba where the. communist regime is under great. pressure, the biggest pressure they've. ever been under. It's an absolutely. failed. state. It's failing like never before. And it. will fall. Marco Rubio is handling a. negotiation. He's deep into negotiations. with Cuba. >> Now, if they're a failed state, then why. do you need to do an embargo? If they're. failed,

why do you need something that targets. the people? And and and this is something that we. see with this Trump regime over and over. again. I mean, their latest action. against Iran is what? To prevent. civilian airplanes from uh taking off to. destroy the Iranian airline industry, which impacts people. I mean, think. about where the Trump regime is now. spending its time striking Iranian.

civilian cargo vessels, tankers, preventing supplies and medicine from. getting into there, preventing medicine. and supplies from getting into Cuba. And again, this is a it's a predator. mindset. I mean, Trump is a sex. predator, right? So his view is if I. torture you and I engage in all of this. horrific conduct, then you'll eventually. say yes. And that's how he treats it,

right? I mean, he's someone who's been. found liable for sex assault in a civil. case. This he's a sick he's a sick. human. And here he is. He brags about. the boat strikes of these fishing boats. off the coast of Venezuela where he's. killed hundreds of fishermen and without. providing any evidence that they're. narco terrorists. And even if they were. even if they had drugs on them, first. off, which drugs? And even if there were. drugs, why do you have the right to kill.

them? And also, how is just killing. potential smugglers addressing the issue. when you're pardoning the drug lords and. you're enabling the drug lords like. we've seen? Oh, and pardoning them. I. mean, how how is that? By the way, did. you see that for a brief period of time. today, the Trump regime removed the. pardon list from the Department of. Justice website? It just went down. It. just went down. Anyway, here's what he. says about Venezuelan boat chips that.

just disappear. Let's play it. >> They should be killed, exiled, or. detained as enemy combatants without the. possibility of release, which is what. we're doing. To that end, the United. States has carried out dozens of strikes. on cartel drug boats, destroying 97% of. the drugs coming into. the ocean and sea. You've seen it. They. disappear very quickly. And we're down. 90%. They're down 97%.

Nobody thought that was possible. It was. a big source of delivery. >> Now again, imagine if Kim Jong-un gave a. speech like that or Putin gave a speech. like that, right? I mean, they're not going to go up there and. give a speech where they brag about. disappearing people even when they do. it. I mean, set aside our allies. I. mean, just think about who who in the. world would potentially, you know, like. you try to think about it. Kim Jong-un.

is not going to give a speech bragging. about mass murdering people in South. Korea. because he knows it's also against the. national interest to do that at the. United Nations. You're not going to do. that at the UN, right? I mean, when. Putin goes to the UN and if you look at. his speeches, he's not out there. basically saying, you know, the quiet. part out loud. He's saying, you know, and I'm not suggesting that Trump should.

not that that that what should really be. happening is just you don't say it and. you hide it. I just am saying that he's. engaged in these war crimes and then. he's bragging about it because he wants. to look tough in front of these people, in front of these world leaders, and he. looks weak and he looks like a like a. Hitler. He looks like a sicko Hitler and. and and weak and pathetic. And so it's. not about national interest even. It's.

about he feels inadequate, so he goes up. there and brags about killing people in. the United Nations to the general. assembly. And talk about shattering US credibility. when you see that even even when even if. and when Democrats take control of the. House and the Senate, which looks. increasingly likely, or they take. control of the White House in 2028, who's going to who's going to look at us. and be like, "Oh, okay. We we fell for.

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Welcome back to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben Marcelis. This is your breaking. news. We're zooming in on what went down. at that disastrous speech that Donald. Trump gave before the General Assembly. at the United Nations. But it just. wasn't that. It was also what took place. on the sidelines, which we'll talk about. also. So, right, you have the general. assembly speech itself that the world. leaders all have an opportunity to. address the general assembly. Tomorrow, Iran's president's going to do that.

Like also today we heard from French. President Emanuel Mcronone. We heard. from a number of world leaders as well. which we've which we've covered. Um but. you also have the meetings on the. sidelines, right? So we talked about. earlier Iran's foreign minister having a. lot of sideline meetings and the fact. that you have the European Commission. vice president Kaha Kalas who is the. former president of Estonia um meeting. with the foreign minister of Iran, foreign minister Iraqi. That's a big.

deal, right? But also the fact that you. have Norway's foreign minister and Italy. and Qatar and uh Bellarus also after. Donald Trump was bragging right about. the podash deal, right? Nothing says. superpower like the president of the. United States bragging about a podash. deal with um Bellarus, an ally of. Russia. We we we did a list um at the. Midas Touch Network and I talked about.

it in the video I did this morning, so. you can check it out. Like the Trump. regime, you know, praising scarcity as a. result of their horrific policies. Like. little girls should only have one doll, two dolls. We shouldn't be eating. beef anymore if it's too expensive. Let's just make sure we eat chicken and. let's eat fish. If beef is too. expensive, we should only have two, three pencils max, right? We should brag.

about the amount of soybeans that China. is buying when it's half the amount they. were buying under former President. Biden. Let's brag about Let's brag about. 13 million metric tonses of soybeans. when under Biden it was 26 million. metric tonses. And now we have found the. best supplier of potach. everybody the. best supplier Bellarus you know could be. like Canada's right there with a lot of.

pash we don't like Canada anymore. according to Trump we're against why do. we talk about our best ally they're mean. to us they're mean talking be a bunch of. losers I mean just the idea that the. could you imagine former President Obama. or even former President Biden making a. post bragging about Bellarus Pesach. I. Come on. What are we talking about? What. are we talking about here? You know, and. then you have Steve Witoff and Jared.

Kushner just Dumb and Dumber like. running around. It's It would be a. parody of like a horrific straight to. tape or straight to DVD movie. They. don't do those anymore. Um, of these two. idiots like going around acting like. they're diplomats and screwing. everything up even worse wherever they. go. They're like the least respected. people. They're self-interested. By the. way, whether it's Witoff's World liberty. financial crypto dealings where he's,

you know, made, you know, whatever he's. made, you know, you've got Jared. Kushner, you know, doing his fund, making billions of dollars off of Middle. East countries. And then the Middle East. countries don't get these security. guarantees that they're promised. But. there was a meeting that was just held. of Donald Trump and some of the Gulf. states like you had Turkey there and. Syria and Pakistan. um and and a few other uh nations that. were at this meeting. The UAE notably.

wasn't there. I think they kind of like. divided it like if you're part of the. Abraham Accords, you're not in this. This is the non-Abraham Accords meeting. Then there's another one that's like the. allied with Israel meeting. So it's. fascinating dynamic to think about. Um, but I read you earlier these statements. from the Iran state TV and from the IRGC. about Witito reaching out to Iran at the. UN and Wititov begging for a meeting and.

Iran's foreign minister taking the. meeting, but Iran very quickly posted. knowing that it would be misconstrued, not misconstrued, that Trump would lie. about it and say, "Here were our. non-negotiables. Basically, we're. reiterating theou. So, at this meeting. that Trump just held, he says Kushner. and Whit, the Iranians respect them both. very much. This is what Trump says. Let's play it. >> Where are you, Mike? Good. Good job, Mike. Jared Kushner, who's between Steve.

and Jared, we have two very smart people. and they're doing a job and I think. they're going to get this thing ended. They have a lot of respect on both. sides. They respect him. The Iranians. respect them both very much. And I think. it's important, but I think we're going. to get it done. And CEO of the US. International. >> I think we're going to get them done. We're going to get them done. Iran. respects him. But here's the thing. What. What intentionality? Why? Why? Iran.

doesn't. And so when you say that and. it's so false, Iran looks at you like a. clown. And if you're trying to show like. dominance or whatever, whatever false. bravado you're also putting on, why is. that a strategically significant thing. for you to say as well as though they've. earned the respect of Iran? I mean, just.

a fasc like like it's just it's just. word vomit out of the guy's mouth. And. if you're Iran, you look at that and go, "Got it. They're weak. They're pathetic. We don't respect him. They they he's. going to pretend that we respect Wickoff. and Kushner. And the whole world knows. Witoff and Kushner are clowns. But. that's what he that's how he behaves. So. here's what Donald Trump says at the UN. on um while he's giving a speech about. Venezuela. Here's how he refers to the.

US taking over Venezuela. You can hear. for yourself. Let's play this clip. >> And the numbers are absolutely. incredible. When you add the United. States and Venezuela together, we have. more than 60% of the oil in the world. So, it's perhaps the biggest deal. It. was a war, but it's perhaps the biggest. deal ever made. To the victor belong to. spoils. You've all heard that our. actions in Venezuela are pro.

>> Okay. Well, gas and diesel are at record. highs. So, if there's all this. Venezuelan oil that's flowing into the. United States, where is it? If the United States is releasing, unleashing. all of these resources, where is it? Where is it? I previously showed you. when Congress came back into session for. basically half a day and Treasury. Secretary Bessant was cross-examined, he.

was asked by a uh Congress member, I. believe it was Kassen, okay, Donald. Trump says, "We brought in 13 or 12. billion dollars from Venezuela oil. Who's the we? Where's the money?" to. which Bessant flipped through the book. that he had in front of him so he could. filibuster because with Republicans. controlling Congress, they limit the. amount of time a witness has to answer. questions from any particular Congress.

member. So, they're filibustering. And. he goes through the and he goes, "I'm. not allowed to say, okay, you can't tell. me where the money is or how much. money?" No, I can't tell you. What we do. know is that Trump set up a Qatari bank. account for himself. Just think about. this. We know about the Qatari jet. There's a Qatari bank account where. apparently money from Venezuela is. going. Is that Trump's account? Is Trump. the signatory on the account? Why isn't.

this First off, we shouldn't take over. Venezuela and take their resources? Let. me be very clear about that. The idea. that a president of the United States. deranged lunatic going to the victor. goes the spoils to the victor goes I. mean what a horrific and heinous thing. to even observe take place in the name. of the United States but then also. where's the money oh it's in a bank. account and then Besson's like but it's. being audited okay have you seen the. audit the audit hasn't happened yet okay.

so it's being hypothetically a you're. just using the word audit because it's a. big word And you want us to be, oh, I. guess it's being audited. I guess that. solves the issue. Well, where's the. audit? And why aren't the American. people seeing the audit on a daily. basis? You know, this oil belongs to. Venezuela. Let's be very clear. The. resources belong to Venezuela. Obama. could have taken over Venezuela if he. wanted to. Okay? Biden could have taken. over Venezuela if he wanted to. Okay?

But the idea from the perspective of the. US place in the world is that that is. not what the US should do because then. it encourages. essentially the destruction of any. rules-based order which would then have. a domino effect of wars everywhere and. wars increasingly targeting civilians. When the US just goes to the victor goes. to spoils and we're going to take over. Venezuela. the message gets sent to.

Putin or to whoever that this is okay. This is how it we're allowed to behave. because the US isn't uh supporting any. rules-based order. So, if they're out. there doing it, why shouldn't we just. say, "Well, you're doing it. We're doing. it." And having a moral authority to. speak from, I think, is important. Did. you see the video I did this morning? If. not, go and look at it where it was an. interview at the LBJ center with retired.

Admiral William McCraven, fourstar. admiral. He led US special command. He. was in charge in 2011 of the raid by the. Navy Seals that ended up leading to the. capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. and he spoke at length at the LBJ uh. center at the library over there about. how the US has lost its moral authority. in the world, what that means. And when.

you watch this deeply serious person, retired Admiral McCraven, I don't know. what political party he's from. I don't. care if he's a Democrat, if he's a. Republican, if he's an independent. The. point is, he's sharp as hell. He's a. leader. He's behaving with a level of. seriousness that we should expect of. leaders. That's it. To me, we have lost the plot. is an understatement in the purpose of.

governance. And treating all of this as. a gamified horse race or a reality show. leads the dystopian reality show guy to. ultimately be the person who became the. president. And now we the people no. longer are we the people. We're treated. as non-consensual extras in this. dystopian reality show that we don't. want to be a part of where Donald Trump.

posts memes in the morning of himself. learing over the globe like the sex. predator that he is and it says his. hemisphere. That's sick. That's sick behavior. And. again, I approach this not as Democrat. Ben or independent Ben or Republic. This. is just this should be basic stuff that. we should be uh discussing and. describing. Now, show you what else went. down. You know, Donald Trump when he.

gives this speech, he's like, "America. is back and our country is greater today. than ever before." And like nobody. collapsed. Here, play this clip. We've got this. I can report to you with. pride that America is back and our. country is stronger today than ever. before. Our economy is the envy of the world. The hell is that? Now, I want to share. this with you as well because I want to.

switch gears just for a moment because I. don't want to hear more of him at the. UN. Now, I I want to switch gears, though, and talk a little bit about what. Abdul Elsa said. I'll show you what he. said recently. I want to show you what. was going down um when he was in front. of a gas station, showing how high the. prices were in Michigan to show the. consequences. um of of what went down. And so, let's. just play this first one right here if. we've got it. Let's play that one.

Salty, >> you say you're a capitalist. What do you. mean? Capitalism is the process by which. we enable supply and demand to allocate. capital so that it's the most productive. in an economy. We are not in a situation. where we have capitalism. We have. corporatism. >> Yeah. And I would go a step further. I. would say we have a form of communism. right now under the I know people are. uncomfortable saying that but right now. there is a form of communism led by the.

Trump regime of stateowned. you name it with this kind of. corporatism. right and Trump owns stakes and. companies the defense department has an. oil company that does business with Deli. Rodriguez. but it But it also doesn't give free. health care. So it's it's that version. of authoritarian communism without. healthcare where Trump takes your loaf. of bread then he dangles breadcrumbs in.

front of you and then he never gives you. the breadcrumbs when you had the loaf to. begin with and then he tries to berate. you and wear you down to make you beg. for the breadcrumbs and he doesn't even. give you the breadcrumbs. That's the. system that he has. That's what he's. That's what he does every damn day. So, let me show you this other clip right. here of Abdul Elsad from earlier today. I think can I say this about him? A lot. of things, but I think he is.

demonstrating that he is also an. incredible campaigner because he's a. smart guy and he speaks from the heart. and he is very his his his ideas are. very well thought out. Like I did a. video where I shared one of his answers. It was nine minutes. One answer was nine. minutes where a young lady who just. graduated to become a teacher. She was. going to become an elementary school. teacher and she went to a Dr. Abdul Elsa.

event and she started crying and she. said I'm crying because I want to be a. teacher but I also know that by going. into this profession I'm not going to be. able to afford a home in Michigan. I am going to struggle to pay rent. And. I look at the life that I've chosen. going into a noble profession of. teaching and I see really hard times.

ahead where I don't know if I can. survive by being a teacher. And Dr. Abdul Elsed talks about how. our education system is under attack. how we need to have a uh uh to set a. guaranteed. wage with dignity for teachers that can. allow teachers to afford homes and be. treated with respect and how we can. actually make a functioning public.

education. It was an incredible answer. um and a complic and a complex answer. with layers and well thought that's what. I like that's what I like to hear. So, and and the way he's campaigning in. front of the gas station today, I. thought that was just A+ because. everybody's feeling it, right? Whether. you are a Trump supporter or whether you. are a Dem, whatever, everyone, this is. painful. And Trump specifically ran on. $2 a gallon. Electricity prices would be.

cut in half. No more neverending wars. He would end the war in Ukraine 24 hours. after the election. And it's been lie. after lie like he's done his entire damn. life. So watch what Dr. Abdul Elsa said. here in front of the gas station. Let's. play it. >> Opponent primarily because initially he. supported Donald Trump and the war in. Iran that has caused gas prices and. really everything else to go up. >> But how do you get. >> but do you think about this? Well, you.

actually apply your thought to the. problem, not drapes in a ballroom. So. when you're the president of the United. States and people are struggling with. gas, you don't sit there and talk about. your new helipad or your drapes in a. ballroom. You actually go and do your. damn job. You say, "That's what it's. about. Do your damn job. Stop talking. about golden ballrooms and helipads and. that you're going to turn triumphal. arches into sniper positions with drones. everywhere." And what are you even.

talking about? How is this behavior even. not called out for being the most. lunatic disqualifying thing imaginable? Right? How did we get here? And we got. here because we turned politics into. reality TV into games, Mets versus. Yankees, Celtics versus Lakers, Cowboys. versus whatever the you know, you name. the dynamic, right? Um Cowboys versus. Giants. Pick the teams. And that's not.

what it should be. We should be on team. America together and we should want to. elect leaders who have demonstrated. exceptional character and exceptional. results. Not someone who's been found. civily liable for sex assault, who's on. audio bragging about it. Someone who we. clearly would have known would cover up. the Epstein files because he was friends. with Epstein. That's what he rol he. rolled with Epstein's crew. It wasn't. just Epste. It was all of them. It was.

Epstein and Jean Luke Brunell and this. part. They were all friends. That was. their crew. That's what they What do you. think? What do you think was going on? And he bankrupted everything. All of his. casinos. And now you have Treasury. Secretary Best. That's like, I'm the. House now. That's the problem with. Trump. The House lost. The House went. bankrupt. So stop bragging about being. the House under Donald Trump. Under. Trump, the House went bankrupt. Not. once, not twice, not three times, not.

how do you bankrupt it four times? You. know, you shouldn't bankrupt it the. first time, but you do it over and over. and over again. It's the definition of. insanity. And then you pretend that. you're it's all great. It's not my. fault. It's this person's fault. It's. that person's fault. It's Dr. Fouch's. fault. It's by this one, that one. The. whininess. Enough. Right. Let's take our last quick. break of the show. A reminder, our. book's called WTF America. I wrote it. with my brothers. It's out October 20th, but get your copy today. You can.

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anecdotal information and then compare. that with the polls. Anecdotally, you'll. hear people in red states saying the. Trump flags are down, Trump bumper. stickers are removed, no one seeing the. red MAGA hats anymore. And we're also. hearing stories every damn day of former. Trump supporters, three-time Trump. voters, and they're saying the same. thing. You betrayed us. You said America.

first. You said that you were going to. lower prices. You said you would not be. involved in these never-ending wars. It. seems that you're putting Netanyahu's. agenda over the United States agenda or. you're putting the agenda of other. countries over the United States. Um, you've screwed over farmers, you've. screwed over ranchers. You can't just be. like, I love you. You know, it's it's. enough. We we we fell for that before. We're not going to fall for that again. The maha people are like you support all.

of these herbicides like glyphosate in. food. Not only did you not do any maja. agenda, but you've pursued the most. pro-chemical pro- herbicide agenda. imaginable. And it seems like every. other day there's a major recall that's. happening of some food product or. something um that's going on there. I. mean, yeah. And then Trump's constant. focus on ballrooms and helipads and.

Qatari jets and the weirdness with. Natalie Harp and hiding in catering. containers um when you're on a NATO trip. and the constant attacking of NATO. allies. It's just, you know, so you have. the anecdotal, right? Statements, what. you're seeing in red states, the videos. that three-time Trump voters, but you. don't want to buy into all of that. We've seen that story before, right? But. then we have to look at the polling data. and, you know, you take a look at the.

latest Marist polling data from inside. Iowa, for example, where they're the. Democratic S Senate candidate Josh Turk. And I know Josh's sister's also a big. fan of the Midas Touch Network. So, uh, we always want to say what's up to her. Um, and she's an incredibly courageous. and and wonderful person. So, I just. wanted to I wanted to say that. But Josh. is up 50% to Ashley Henson's 42%. And. what we increasingly see is MAGA.

extremists like MAGA extremist. Congresswoman Ashley Henson, she is now. running ads that are like, I want to do. compromises with the Democrats. Really? Because you supported Trump's trade war. against the world, his tariffs against. Canada, his never-ending wars, his. disastrous budget bill. You're. responsible for the pain and suffering. that the people in Iowa are facing. You. see that also against Dr. Abdul Sed's uh. opponent as well. It's like I want to.

now do we we understand that the price. at the pump is hurting you. So here's my. solution. We're going to do bans of. diesel exports and here's what we're. It's like you caused the problem. It's. you and your support of Trump. Like you. were you people know that you caused the. problem. I I want to say this about this. diesel export ban as well. Um, I think. in theory it sounds like appealing. I. think we have to uh be thoughtful about.

it though because it could end up. backfiring and raising the prices pretty. quickly because we do produce a lot of. diesel in the United States. So if you. do an export ban to say that the diesel. will only be used in the United States, a lot of states still import a lot of. diesel from outside. So what you will be. doing because there is a global market. by doing a diesel export ban which you. have to really guard against is it will. cause the overall price of uh crude to.

go up, the overall price of diesel uh to. go up um because you're going to be. adding to the shortage, the supply shock. that exists. And so it could actually. backfire on you uh if one of the biggest. exporters of diesel is no longer. exporting it in global markets. So I. just want to point that out and again. this is where I think debates should. have happened not the debates and it.

shouldn't happen now but in normal. political times and it shouldn't be. about you know export bans because it. clearly demonstrates that we're in a. catastrophic supply shock situation. So, I'll be clear there. But, you know, where we should be talking is over. Okay. Well, here's how I think we can do. better or here's how I think we can do. better. Can we reach a compromise or. here's this approach? Oh, wait a minute. That's not working. Let's test this. This is a let's figure out the best. solutions versus whatever deranged.

lunatic behavior we're seeing from this. Trump. Not the the the the issues to me. are being cast as political when in. reality we have a psychotic lunatic sex. predator that's in charge of the United. States who's behaving as such here and. abroad. And it's like well actually. what's the Democrat messaging the. messaging shouldn't be a Democrat. It. should be this guy's a freaking lunatic. This guy's actually psychotic. And what.

we're seeing happen on the world stage. is psychotic behavior. Not like, oh, the. Democrats are this or that. What is. notable though as well is when you look. at just issues right now beyond the. polling, I talked about Reuters, Donald. Trump's approval is at uh 32%, America. Research Group, Trump's approval is at. 29%. But when you look on these specific. issues, so if you look at taxing. billionaires, very popular, plus 34, DACA for young arrivals, helping.

immigrants, uh, plus 20, Medicare for. all plus 17, and then it goes deporting. undocumented plus six. An Obama. endorsement plus six. Trump's tax bill. polls at a net negative six. Abolish ICE. -18. DSA policies negative19. Trump. endorsement is a net negative22. The $5,000 GOP checks that Trump. promised, which is just more fraud, is a.

net negative 25. Sending weapons to. Israel is a net negative30. And the war. in Iran is a net negative 33. And where. we've seen a lot of the recent rapid. decline in Trump's approval, he dropped. nine points in one week amongst. Republicans where his approval now on. the issue of cost of living for. Republicans. He is underwater. More. Republicans disapprove of Trump handling.

cost of living. And that's a pretty big. freaking deal because living and the. cost of it is pretty much the main thing. on voters mind right now. And he's. underwater on that issue in the. Republican party. And so we're even. seeing people like MAGA Republican. extremist Congress member Byron Donald's. from Florida who's running for governor. there. He's removed the references to. Donald Trump from his campaign website. It's so phony bologoney stuff. Like.

stand on business, dude. You were MAGA. You support Trump. You supported all. this stuff. So now you're going to just. remove him from the website and hide. that you supported the disastrous budget. bill, ICE and Border Patrol, Gustapo. terrorizing people, uh the disastrous. trade wars against the world, the. catastrophic war in Iran. You do stand. on business. You supported this crap and. it resulted in bad things happening. Just admit it. stop with this phony. But that's the MAGA Republicans.

for you right there. Um, I want to go. back to just a few other quick points of. of what went down though at the UN. This. was a notable derange moment that I. think deserves more attention and I want. to explain what the dynamic of what's. going on here. And I call it out a lot, but I want to cue you into it because it. may not be getting the attention it. deserves elsewhere or with the right. context of what's really happening here. So Melania was there with Trump. Natalie. Harp was there too, but Melania was. there. And so, you know, it's. interesting how Donald Trump also.

utilizes kind of Melania's presence. And. so, what and this is a dynamic I think. we've seen go back to a lot of the. questions over their charities before he. was in office and all of the stuff that. was I think deeply problematic before. So, one of the this is how they work. hand inand you know you know with each. other. So Melania has been claiming that. she does these reunifications of. children between uh uh reunifying.

children that she says that Ukraine took. from Russia that Ukraine stole Russian. children and bringing these children. back to Russia and that Russia stole. Ukrainian children which we believe took. place and that she's returning the. children back to Ukraine. So, she treats. it as a both sides issue, as though. Ukraine stolen children, Russia stolen. children, and she's done a reunification. of the both sides issue that both. countries are stealing. We never really. get to see who these kids are. We never.

really hear the stories. There's never a. deep dive into the background of what we. just hear a number. She's done her fifth. reunification or her sixth. reunification. And at the same time, I've been doing reports and not just me, but everyone. I mean other people you. know I think I cover it a lot here on. the minus touch network more than any. than lots of other places though you can. see the children being killed in the. catastrophic war. So what I see is mass. death of children and women in Ukraine.

Russia in u but especially in Ukraine in. especially in Gaza um in Lebanon. And so. to me, this idea of these, you know, it's like, look, we we we're showing. that that diplomacy is working between. Russia and Ukraine and it's children, so. it pulls at your heartstrings. So it. makes you feel better about the situ. That's what this is about. And I just. have I don't know. So I'm just sharing.

with you my opinion protected by the. first amendment of the constitution. But. I have a lot of questions about all this. program, who these children are. If. she's saying both sides, which Ukrainian. wh when did the Ukrainians steal Russian. children? Because she says it's. happening. I'm I'm doing swaps. So what. what does that look like? I mean, and. why aren't we getting the detail? You. could try to answer for yourself, but. here, play this clip. I also want to recognize the.

extraordinary work of our great first. lady who has secured the safe return of. many displaced Ukrainian and Russian. children back home to their families. So. many. Thank you very much, first lady. Thank you very much. Where is our first. lady? Where is she? She's around here. someplace. I can you imagine? I can't. see the first lady. Thank you very much, first lady.

Yeah. I mean, what displaced both and. Thank you, first lady. And then people, what are we watching? The hell are we. watching over there? Um, I'll show you. Then Trump meets with Zinski and it's. always a both sides issue. He goes, "Both Putin and Zalinski want to see the. war end." Now, if you watch the Midas. Touch Network, I try every morning or at. least every other morning to show you. what's happening in the war. It is.

escalating. far more on a daily basis. And I also. have showed you what's going on in. Europe, what's going on in Estonia and. Lithuania and in Poland where they are. on red alert with the view that Russia. is going to be launching hybrid warfare. into Europe. And I talked to you about. um I was looking at Estonia in an area. in East Estonia that has a lot of. Russian links and Russian heritage. And.

I was wondering and positing, might. Russia do what they did in Crimea, or. might they do what they did in some of. these other areas in East Ukraine and. try to claim, well, look, based on the. Russian links, that area of Estonia is. going to be annexed or we're going to. take over certain cultural centers over. there and then test NATO's article four, article 5. as I've been trying to read. between the lines about what these CIA. meetings were and what I've observed.

happening po over Polish airspace over. Estonian airspace in Romania. I kind of. come back to that as my working theory. Estonia, the the links of East Estonia. to Russia, certain cultural centers. So. I but I I look I'm I'm I'm just positing. that. But also then you have Putin. saying, "Well, we think that, you know, this is being done to further escalate. and to justify the strikes deeper in. Russia as we see Zalinsky being able to. successfully target refineries and.

prochemical facilities in Moscow and and. elsewhere. So here is what uh Trump said. uh that I think both Putin and Zalinsky. want to see the world end." Let's play. it. He's willing to meet. He's willing. He'd like to see the war ended. >> Would both you and. >> I think they both want to see the war. ended to be honest with you. It's time. A lot of people being killed and they. don't want that. But I think they both. want to see the war ended. >> You know, and Zolinsky has to just sit. there and be like, really? This is um.

he's asked, "Well, talk to us about. Barus and the Pash uh deal. Bellarus obviously allied with Russia. So by buying podash from Bellarus and. attacking Canada, doesn't that. ultimately help Putin's war in Ukraine? Is that is that the goal? I mean, it. seems like not inflammatory. That just. seems what the outcome is. So what's. your response to that? Let's play this. clip.

>> Mr. President Trump, are you Mr. President, how does the deal look. between with the Bel president over. potach? And if that goes through, are. you concerned that the money for that. deal would strengthen Russia's hand at. all in the world? >> No, not at all. But the Barus has a lot. of pesh and our farmers need good prices. and we want to get a lower price than. Canada. >> and we'll continue to go with Canada, but but Barus would like to sell it for. a much lower price. >> He said there's not much left. >> Also, Lucas Shenko in Barus previously.

said they're out of pod ash for the rest. of the year. It's all been committed to. Asia. pesky thing called facts. But. regardless, why is the president of the United. States talking about pottish pesh? I. mean, the hell what's going on? Um, Salty, in in that first stack, there's. also Donald Trump saying that we have. munitions and that we're not out of. munitions and anybody who says we're out. of munitions is, you know, not telling.

you the truth. And this is, you know, one of the things that he says uh uh in. this speech. Cowards and traders would. love to say the United States is low on. munitions. Do we have this clip? If we. do, let's play that one. Cowards and traders would love to say. the US is out of munitions. Let's Let's. Yeah, I know you're finding that one. And I want to play this clip. specifically because. you're the United States of America. Okay. If you have to address whether or.

not you have munitions. also in front of the United Nations, which is a global body that focuses on. diplomacy and you're bragging that you. have munitions. Isn't that also the. ultimate weakness that you have to brag? Like I want Pesh, I want munitions. We're at him. We're we have a lot of. munitions. Okay, you're the we're the. United States. We should have munitions. that that the fact that you are talking. about it clearly calls into question. what you're saying here. Let's play this.

clip. >> The cowards and traders would love to. say the United States is low on. munitions, but that's not true. We have. more munitions than we could ever. possibly even think of using, and we're. building them at levels that we have. never done before. We are adding to our. stock piles faster than we have ever. been able to do before. Top of the line. stuff. In add. >> again, you know, you're bragging.

because you think that makes you look. tough to the United Nations General. Assembly. And again, I don't care what political. party you're from. That's weak. That's. weak sauce. We shouldn't like that. That doesn't. make our nation look strong. And we're. also not that strong anymore right now. because we're out of weapons and we're. out of munitions and they've so. recklessly operated a war that we.

shouldn't have been involved in at all. that we ran out of weapons. But what. else would you expect with Trump and. Hexith? Of course, that's going to be. the consequence of it. I'll show you two. two final things. First, a guy by the. name of Robbie Smither always would vote. Republican and he goes, "I'm gonna tell. you why in the first time in my life I'm. voting Democrat. Why I'm going to vote. David Jolly in Florida over Byron. Donald's." And let's listen to what he.

has to say. Let's play it. I'm a Republican, but you know what. pisses me off more than anything is when. the people that I vote for sell me out. for globalists on the other side of the. world who want to have global police. state and use our resources, our men and. women of our military and our wealth to. fund it. This right here is a direct. result of bad policy that was put in.

place by Republicans that I voted for. That's shameful for me to say. And I. hope that uh like me, you remember in. November who did this. And I've been. seeing a lot of videos like that as well. of people recording themselves by the. gas pump as they're paying record prices. for gas when Trump's promise was no more. neverending wars and the war in Ukraine.

in 24 hours, half the price of. electricity, everything would be. cheaper. And this is what we're seeing. By the way, did you see that post about. what Matt Gates said in response? Doesn't this perfectly encapsulate the. MAGA Republican party? He's like, "Bro, we need your vote. I hate the war, too, but the Democrats want want to trans. your kids. The Democrats want to trans. your kids. The hell are you talking to. me? The Democrats? What does it even. mean? They want to trans your kids?" You.

know, and and and so much of the. discussion. about the, you know, that that how it's. it's not a trans issue. I want to be. very clear like it's the trans issue. It's a culture war issue. Sometimes we. fall into the trap of saying it. Transgender people are people. Okay? This is about respecting people's. dignity and the value of their life. And before you proceed and you want to.

talk about sports and men and women, all. of that, what is very obvious is that it. is used as a tool to divide and to bully. and to dehumanize. human beings. And so again, to me, it. shouldn't be viewed as an issue, a. political, how are we going to message this? You. know how you message it? If you respect. people's basic decency and humanity, you. start with that. You go, I stand with.

the trans community because they are. people and we deserve to treat all. people with respect and appreciate the. value of their life. And that what the. MAGAS want to do is they want to post. photographs. of transgender people and then mock the. photographs. That's what they want to do. because they think that that is a wedge. issue to divide us as people. And I just.

think we have to start with the core. principle of. human beings and let's treat people. We're gonna they're going to trans our. kids. What are you talking about? What a. what a sick what a what a strange thing. to even say. Anyway, I I want I wanted. to make that point at at the outset. because so much is it's an issue. It's a. this. It's a culture war. It's this. It's a that. They're people, human. beings, people's lives, beautiful, incredible people. So, stop it. Stop it.

And finally, I'll leave you with this. This is what JD Vance um said, and it's. always projection. It's always telling. on themselves. Here, play this clip. I. struggle to understand the mindset and. the psychology of a person who makes. billions of dollars in the greatest. country in the history of the world and. decides to use that money not to maybe. provide health care to people who need. it, but to ensure that we're unable to. check the eligibility criteria for. programs that American people depend on. It's just a sick sick use of charitable.

dollars. What a what a scandal that is. And thank you guys for fighting it in. court and getting back to a point where. we can do the common sense thing which. is check whether the people who get your. tax dollars actually are entitled to get. them. Mary Mar. >> And again, they're just always telling. on themselves, right? They're always. telling on themselves. And this is again. why. I think, you know, and I talk about this. in the book, the way out of this hell is.

we have to look beyond the gamified. politics of this team versus that team. When you treat politics like again Mets. versus Yankees or Celtics versus Lakers, I say it like this. Just think about. what sports team do you really like, right? Let's just say for the sake of. growing up in New York, right? A Mets. fan, right? And so when you're a Mets. fan versus a Yankees fan, could you ever. see yourself ever becoming a Yankees fan.

if you are a Mets fan? Right. It's you. can never see it. So what if all of a. sudden even the Mets start like you know. making fun of you or being rude to you. and you think to yourself, man, the. Mets, they just became dicks. Like what. the hell happened? Why Why are the Mets. such a The Mets happen to torture your. childhood if you're a Mets fan, but I. won't go there right now. Like why are. they being ru Why why are they be But.

would you still be like I'm going to. join the Yankees, right? So think about. that example, but now pull back and. think about something that's even more. deeply and core rooted than Mets versus. Yankees. But you think about in the. context of Democrats and Republicans, your very core identity of how you've of. how your parents told you to live, how. you've lived, and how intrinsic that is. And then you wonder, well, how could.

there still be 29% approval or 32%. approval? And the divisions and the. tribalism of the political parties, it's. gotten so much worse. uh especially as. you've had you know you know I think a. lot of right-wing propaganda operations. launching postNixon in order to how do. we help in the future future Nixons and.

that's what Roger Als's memo was about. actually you know in the declining days. of Nixon to Nixon and so to me what we. have to recognize is that very framing. of the Democrat Republican. tribal fight is a gamified way that will. always lead to a seessaw of destruction. of a Biden, Trump, you name the next.

person, you know, whether it's, you. know, who who do you think it's going to. be? Whether it's a Assaf or AOC or a. Gavin or a Buddha Judge or a Kelly or a. you know, you name you name whoever the. person is. I'm not trying to exclude. people. I just don't want to list the. whole thing. So you you have your. person. But then who does it go to next? Does it go to like a Dantis or a Rubio. and then the pendulum swings this way? The pendulum swing. That's bad. Even if. you get whoever you want next, that.

pendulum. is a bad. So we have to look beyond. that. And that's why I keep on stressing. on these episodes. We have to talk about. values and principles and what makes us. American and what that means and not. chase personalities but have them chase. these values and principles. And then. once you have these values and. principles, you find connections like we. do here at the Midas Touch Network with. Midas Canada, like we then do in Europe.

and Australia and South America and. Mexico and Africa and Asia. And we start. to build bridges in the Middle East. we. start to then build bridges and. understand our shared humanity. And that. to me, I know it sounds corny, but it. just isn't talked about. And I think it. needs to be talked about. And I think as. leaders, we need to focus on that. And. that's something we need to um spend a. lot of time and and that's what we'll. continue to discuss here a lot at the.

Midas Touch Network. So, I want to I. wanted to say that before we go, especially when we see the insanity of. what happens. I'm going to report on it. I'm a journalist. I'm a reporter. I have. to tell you, here's what happened. Here's what they said. Here's what. happened. Let's talk about it. Play the. clip to me is based on being a trial. lawyer. When I would say, "Let's pull up. exhibit A. What is exhibit B? What does. exhibit C? What does exhibit D say?". Right? I have to show it to you. We have. to know, but then we have to have these. discussions at the end of it. Why? And.

the why just can't be why we want to. win. It can't just be why and the answer. can't be because we want to win. But. what are we trying to win for? We should. try to win because we want a better. world because we respect ourselves and. our neighbors and our country and the. world. And we want a better world for. future generations. When we win, it's. not just to win to beat the other team. That gamifies it. We want to win to make. the world a better place. And that's not.

corny. That's why we should be that's. what we should be doing and we should. take enjoyment out of life together and. and talk about shared humanity. Anyway, I'll leave you with that. Thanks. everybody for watching. Get your copy of. WTF America. I talk about things like. that in WTF America. Pre-order it right. now. We got to keep that momentum going. The book comes out October 20th, 2026, but you can pre-order it right now. If. you're planning on getting it, can you. do the pre-order because that helps us. plan what we're going to be doing. Are.

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