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This is the Midas Touch Podcast Labor. Day edition. We'll celebrate Labor Day. with you. We'll focus our attention to. the labor movement as we should on Labor. Day and that this country was built on. labor. Labor supporting the middle. class, labor supporting the American. dream. Of course, that's under attack by. the Trump regime. Now, every Labor Day. with the Trump regime, we're used to. Donald Trump making a deranged post in. the morning. He did that again. In fact,

over the past 24 hours, he has made. hundreds of deranged posts. Now, I'm not. exaggerating the number. Quite. literally, hundreds of posts from. attacks on Canada to changing the name. of New Mexico to New America. Weird. images of himself appearing to be on. like the throne in Game of Thrones or. being in like some sort of dystopian. Terminator movie. And that's how he. feels tough attacking Iran via memes as.

he's lost this catastrophic war against. Iran that the United States should never. have been involved in to begin with. We'll cover all of that. But we don't. just cover Donald Trump made psychotic. posts just to call it out that he's a. lunatic. We all know he's a lunatic. But. we need to look at what he's doing in. contrast to what's happening throughout. the world and here in the United States. and the pain and suffering and. destruction that the Trump regime is.

causing. I mean, you take a look at the. unappointed, unelected, illegitimate. so-called special envoy Steve Whit and. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow and then. they went to Ukraine. We'll cover that. But probably the most humiliating, shameful trip that we've ever seen. someone represent the United States on. in history. And that's saying a lot. I. mean, it's probably close, of course, to. what Donald Trump does every damn day. But how damn shameful was that? We'll.

cover that. Donald Trump wants to. distract from the Netanyahu regime, further escalating their slaughter of. people in southern Lebanon and in Gaza. We've seen uh the Netanyahu regime. further escalate in the past 48 hours, blowing up hospitals, targeting school. children. It has been a horrific site. indeed. We'll cover that. You have Kim. Jong-un and North Korea taunting Donald.

Trump, taunting the United States, talking about the delivery of new weapon. systems that they have here with massive. nuclear capabilities. While Donald Trump. and corporate news here in the United. States remains silent as Donald Trump. tried to escalate the catastrophic war. against Iran last week, pretty much just. focusing on striking a wedding with. people who were attending in a. residential area in Sir County, killing.

at least four, injuring about 90, and. amongst the people who were killed, women and children. Well, Iran. responded, striking tankers in the. straight of Hormuz. Then the US. destroyed three Iranian tankers. Iran. then hit six ships, including tankers. and other vessels that they say are. associated with the US. And Iran is. rolling out new anti-ship ballistic.

missile capabilities and other new. ballistic missiles referred to as the. Castle Breaker. uh that has only. enhanced their capabilities both in. terms of the quantity of their shahed. drones and ballistic missiles and the. quality the speed of the drones and the. maneuverability of the ballistic. missiles. Iran has enhanced its. capabilities while the United States has. run out of weapons and as the Trump.

regime has frankly pummeled our own. service members who suffer from some of. the lowest morale ever. And families of. our service members who were killed in. action aren't even getting the benefits. that they're entitled to during wartime. because Donald Trump claims this is. quote small potatoes and is not even a. war. And with all of this going on, midterms are right around the corner. You have the Trump regime and MAGA. Republicans in full panic mode right.

now. They're about to head to their. so-called Trumpooa midterm Republican. convention in Dallas. 90% of Republican. Congress members and senators will not. be speaking or attending at this. convention. I think it's like 17 House. members will be speaking. four or five. Republican senators will be speaking. They have you have the MAGA Republicans. scrubbing their websites of references. to Trump as though them being Trump's.

sickopantic bootlickers is somehow what. the American people are going to have. the Men in Black wand and just like. forget about it and go, "Oh, I guess you. didn't just support him destroying our. country." So, in other words, we've got. a lot to cover on this episode on Labor. Day. Brett and Jordy, great to see you. both. And Jordy, big news on your part. as well. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. I'll start with. Brett. I'll start with Brett. We We'll. keep the cadence we normally do. >> Keep the cadence.

>> Well, I got to say I'm I'm really. excited to have Jordy back. And I'll. just say, you know, for those who are. watching us live Thursday or who listen. to the podcast when it hit the audio. feeds Friday morning, you know that the. show was just me and Ben. And that was. because Jordy had a power outage. And we. weren't lying. We weren't making it up. Jordy had a power outage. And that's why. he wasn't here. A lot of people were. asking, "Is this it? Is he having the. baby?" And we said, "No, it's it's it's. legitimately a power outage. Jordy. froze." And uh literally he couldn't go. live with us. So, here we are. Now, that. just so coincidentally.

happened to be the same night that Jordy. ended up going to the hospital uh to. welcome his baby to the world. And man, you know, I woke up actually uh you. know, in the middle of the night knowing. that Jordy was there at that point to an. incredible text from Jordy uh with a. picture of of mom and baby, everybody. happy and healthy. And it really just. warmed my heart. And with all the chaos. of all the stories that Ben was reading, like I I can't, you know, those of you. who have family members who have kids.

and have kids, you know, I'm I'm sure. you all, you know, feel the same way. But there's something just so incredibly. special about, you know, seeing your. brothers be dads and and seeing those. pictures, it really warms my heart. And. at a time when there is so much, you. know, chaos and negativity, uh, you. know, it really reminds you of kind of. the important things, uh, in life. And. and Jordy, I I'll let you share, you. know, any additional things you want to. share before we get in, but congrats, man. I'm so I'm so proud of you and Lex. and the whole fam. >> Thanks, brothers. Might as you're going. to make me cry. Everyone knows I'm the. emotional brother here. I I very very.

emotional. Um, thank you guys. Thank you. to uh everyone in the chat, everyone. online, the entire Midas Mighty's entire. prodemocracy community. I've seen all. the messages. Thank y'all so much. It. means the world. Mom and baby are doing. fantastic. Uh my mom's in town. Uh Midas. mom, she's in town, so I felt that I. could go off and do the show and let. everyone know all things are good. We. are so happy, fortunate, and just, you. know, ready to march forward as a as a.

twochild family now, y'all. Just. absolutely wild. The last thing I'll. say, it is crazy how the world works. because to Brett and Ben's point, I was. on the show Thursday night up until we. were getting ready to go live. Crazy. storm knocked out the power at my. in-laws where y'all know I've been. recording. So, I I couldn't even go home. right away because the storm was so bad. But I did end up going home probably. about 10 minutes earlier than I than I. would have if we had done the show. And. right when I get home, my wife's like, "Hey, we got to go. I think it's I think. it's happening." We're like, "All right,

let's get it." It is just so crazy. She. is the absolute best. My daughter is so. beautiful and the absolute best. And my. son has just been so uh happy and. excited to finally meet baby sister. And. so it's been it's been amazing. And. again, thank you guys so much for asking. and sending all your well wishes. We are. super excited with that. Benji, where do. we even get started? So, like up front, I've been a little bit disconnected from. the news cycle as you could imagine. And. just when you rattle off that list, man, and and you are even just a little bit.

out of sync with the day-to-day, it is. the craziest thing ever. Like when you. when you were posting the Trump memes. that you were flashing from his own post. that he's putting up here. I mean, like. I know we say it and I know we know this. guy's a maniac, but this guy's a maniac. New new he wanted to rename New Mexico. New America. I know we're going to get. into it all. Benji, where are we getting. started today, Big Bro? >> Well, I think we get started where we. are right now. At this exact time, we. are 57 days away from the midterm.

elections on November 3rd, 2026. But get. this as well, we're 792. days away from the 2028 presidential. election on Tuesday, November 7th, 2028. When you hear it like this, it makes it. feel pretty damn tangible. But Jordy, as. you see those posts right there that. Donald Trump made. His Labor Day posts. kind of reveals the strategy if you pay. close attention or just even a little.

bit of attention to what he's saying. Donald Trump posted the following this. morning. And we're going to contrast it. to what former President Biden also. posted. But Trump posted the following. Happy Labor Day to all, including the. radical left lunatics, communists, and. democrats who will do anything possible. to destroy our country. These deranged. people, after fighting for 10 years, should finally acknowledge that your. favorite president, me, he puts in.

parentheses exclamation point, knows how. to win, that's in caps and exclamation. point. They should be exhausted by now. But sadly, they're not. They're going to. give it one last shot at ruining. America. But we're not going to let that. happen. We're going to win the midterms. big and save America. Donald J. Trump. And it's right there where you can see. what the strategy is. It is to exhaust.

all of us to throw so much at us that it. is overwhelming and we'll just tap out. and give up or say, you know what, all. of politics is so horrible or why even. fight this lunatic? He's just going to. come back with more. Let's just give up. Or it's just going to be too difficult. for us and too painful to fight and too. annoying to fight. So, let's just give. in. That's the plan. That's always been. the plan. That's what Project 2025 was.

all about. Bulldozing over institutions. with overwhelming. shock and awe, rapid force in order to. impose a fascist vision of this country. And guess what? Sadly, a lot of. institutions bent the knee. A lot of. people that we once respected or looked. to for guidance or trusted bent the. knee. But you know who didn't? We the.

people, you watching this did not bend. the knee. And that has him worried. That. has the MAGA Republicans worried that. you that we that this community are not. exhausted and have not given up. And I. want you to know that in the next 57. days, Donald Trump and these desperate. MAGA bootlickers are gonna try to throw.

everything your way. Everything our way. They are not going to stop. And we have. to stand strong. We've done it for. nearly 18 19 months at this point. and. we're gonna keep on doing it together. over the next 57 days. But take a look. at Trump's post. Now contrast it to a. normal post from former President Biden. standing with um union workers and labor. leaders. Biden posts, I've said it my.

entire career, the middle class built. America and unions built the middle. class. To every worker who's ever. punched a clock, worked a double or. walked a line for fair wages. And to. everyone who stands up for them at the. bargaining table in the state house or. on the shop floor, thank you. This. country runs in large part because of. you. And that is so true. Now, on this. Labor Day, September 7th, 2026, 57 days.

out from the midterm, what do. workingclass people feel about Donald. Trump? How do workers feel about him. right now? For reasons that were deeply. frustrating and disconcerting to me back. in 2024, Donald Trump led amongst that cohort. amongst workingclass people as compared. to former Vice President Kla Harris. But. there's been over a 60 point seismic.

shift right now as the consequences of. Donald Trump's fraud and lies and deceit. have now become fully realized. Sadly, that is. Take a listen to what Harry. Hinton said earlier this morning about. the latest polling data about how. workingclass [clears throat] Americans. feel about Donald Trump. Let's play it. Let's take a look at how the president. is doing on the economy when it comes to.

those who are employed full-time. And. it's just a complete 180. Look, this was. a major strength for him back in 2024. when it came to the economy. Look at. this. Employed voters trump the economy. versus Harris. He was trusted more than. Harris by 20 points on the economy. But. look at his net approval rating now. amongst those who are employed. full-time. It is 41 points underwater. Way down there we go down into the. Hudson River. We're talking about a. switcheroo in the wrong direction of 61.

points on this Labor Day. We're talking. about those fully employed and how they. view Trump in the economy. It is not a. happy Labor Day indeed for President. Trump when it comes to how those who are. employed view him on. So a big switch. there. So, Donald Trump went from. promising everybody, I'm going to lower your electricity. prices in half. Gas prices, I promise. you. I promise. $2 a gallon. I promise you, two,

remember what Donald Trump said in the. past few weeks. So for you to pay a tiny. little bit more for your gasoline, just. remember you're doing it so that a very. evil country cannot have a country. really. It's the number one state. sponsor of terror in the world. We don't. want them to have a nuclear weapon. So. remember everyone that when you have to. pay a little bit more, you're at $4 a. gallon right now. It's okay. I'll never. apologize. I did the right thing. And if.

you're like, Ben, did he really actually. say that? I remember him saying. something like that. Do we have the clip. of him saying that recently when he was. speaking in Nassau County, Long Island? And if so, let's play it. >> Let me let me see if I could find that. one. But go to the other one. >> Don't worry about it. But let me toss it. over to you, Brett and Jordy. >> Yeah. No, I mean, it's a it's a complete. slap in the face to everybody. And you. could see why the Republicans are. running away right now uh in the midterm. elections, and they don't want to be. anywhere near Donald Trump. Honestly, I. don't really understand the strategy.

like you've been tying your, you know, you've been anchored to him all this. time. You think you could really fool. people by not standing next to him on a. stage or being in the same room as him? Like I don't even understand the. calculus. I get that they want to say. like, "Look, I'm I'm independent." Like. they're taking their uh Trump's name and. picture and all the stuff off their. website, but like people people know. people [laughter] know. And so I. honestly don't even understand the point. of them skipping the event ultimately. Uh because to me, I'm just from like a. cynical like kind of political calculus.

I feel like all that's going to do is. piss piss off the the few, you know, Trump people who are going to be there. and no one else is going to buy your. crap. And I think the headlines that are. coming out of this event are really, really, really telling. Like this one. that just dropped earlier today uh that. says the following. Republicans blast. free tickets offer to save Trump from. Dallas convention embarrassment. The. Texas spectacle later this week could. prove to be a misstep for the president. if he doesn't get the crowds he wants. This an article in the independent and.

as our editor-inchief here at the Midas. touch network said they are begging. people to go at this point and I think. you know even beyond the headlines and. the news about this event the ver the. mere fact that out of all the places. they could have held this convention you. think they want to hold it in some sort. of battleground right try to build some. excitement for the candidates in hard to. win races they're holding this event in. Texas which I think shows you that Texas. is a battleground in this election. And. they should not be fearing Texas right.

now. They should not be fearing the race. between James Terico and uh and what's. his name? >> Paxton. And and Ken Paxton. But the fact. is they put Ken Paxton there instead of. John Cornin because of Donald Trump. Now. it's a sinking ship over there. And now. the Republicans have to worry about. Texas. The whole thing is just so. revealing as to what's going on. And you. just simply in normal times you don't. see poll swings of 60 points in a year.

or two. I mean that is absolutely crazy. and anybody who is associated with Trump. should be looking that at that and be. absolutely terrified of what's to come. >> Trump is political poison at this point. and he's he's always been to certain. levels but especially now like now more. than ever he is absolutely political. poison. His I I didn't get to talk about. this last week. his quote unquote. endorsement of Paxton, by the way, that. was like the most pathetic, odd. endorsement I've ever heard. You might. not like this guy. You might hate this. guy, but you got to vote for him because.

he's not a Democrat. Like, that's their. that's their messaging running into this. stuff. Not on the economy, not on, you. know, fixing health care, not on making. sure people are getting jobs, not on. making sure that everyone actually could. afford to live in this country. No, no, no, no. It It's Don't vote for them. They're the Democrats. You can't vote. for them because of that. So, vote for. the guy you hate, even though you hate. him. it so stupid. A and no real. strategy does Donald Trump or the. Republican party or the Trump regime. have going going into this because it's. not about them as Donald Trump kind of.

views things. It's never been about the. party. It's about how can Donald Trump. use the party to benefit him to make him. look good to line his pockets with money. and everyone and everything around him. is totally and completely dispensable. Very easy for him to wash his hands and. just move on to the next scam, the next. grift. How is he gonna make his next. billion at the expense of the American. person? That's what we're witnessing day. in and day out. And so I get Brett, to. your point, why they're having it in. Texas, this convention here, is because.

they are scared that all of a sudden. Texas is a tossup. Texas is a tossup. And look, Puerto Rico has been running a. great campaign and and all of that, but. but I think it speaks beyond that that. they are fearful that Texas is really. gonna go blue this time around and that. they're trying to do everything that. they can to stop it. So, they're holding. the convention in Texas, not any other. battleground state, but Texas. Blows my. mind. Benji, >> now let me show you the clip that Ben. wanted to play before I I have it right.

here, just so you could hear it for. yourself. Here's the clip. >> [applause]. >> So I just say this. So for you to pay a tiny little bit more. for your gasoline, just remember you're. doing it so that a very evil country. cannot have a country really it's the. number one state sponsor of terror in. the world. We don't want to have them. have a nuclear weapon. So remember that. when you have to pay a little bit more, you're at $4. It's okay. I mean, it's.

I'm not I'm not I'll never apologize. cuz I did the right thing. But you. could, you know, if you didn't. [cheering] have, [applause]. >> you know, every time he speaks, he. sounds like a snake oil salesman. But. also specifically in in that clip, I. mean, like I I I'm viewing the. infomercial, so you have to pay a light. a little tiny bit more over here for. your gasoline. Again, this is never. about the American person or how can. Donald Trump use his power to help the. American person, but how can Donald. Trump push forward his agenda at the. expense of the American person?

Look, I want to take our first quick. break of the show. When we come back, I. want to talk about what's going on. internationally. I want to touch upon. this horrific visit uh by Witoff and. Kushner, first to Russia, then to. Ukraine, and then Witoff announced very. successful. We discussed the possibility. of potentially doing a trilateral. discussion in the future to potentially. discuss a framework. that's what we're.

going to be discussing. And it's like, what? What did you do? All I saw was you. show up in the Kremlin and tell Putin. that when you retire that you Yuri. Yusakov, who's you know, one of the top. advisers to Putin, Caril Demetri, who's. the envoy to the US from the Kremlin and. who runs the sovereign wealth fund over. there, that you and Jared Kushner and. Ushakov and Dmitri, you will always have. these memories when you retire. It'll be. so amazing for all of you. Thank you,

Vladimir Putin. We appreciate you. That's what they said to the guy. I. mean, we got to talk about what else is. going on in the world as the US has. never been weaker because, you know, outside of Donald Trump's dwindling base. here in the United States and, you know, state regime media Fox and some of these. other right-wing propaganda channels who. are too deep in to really reverse. course. I mean, the rest of the world. looks at this and goes, "Man, loser." It it it like this guy's a. loser. The US has become a loser.

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house is very loud and so I had to put a. noise reducer on it to block out all the. loud noise so that people could actually. hear me speaking. It's not a new. microphone. It's not a. >> It's over. That's over Ben and I's head. We don't We [laughter] don't get it. We. don't laughing at me at the break. >> Hi everybody. Brett Myelis here. [laughter]. I was like who is that? Those are very. whose voice is that? In any event, uh [laughter]. Jordy, you talked about, you know, Trump, the snake oil salesman. You know,

look, the snake, you know, he's the. snake that America let in once and the. world was horrified and they let America. let him in twice and the world was like, "Got it." Like, we're we're done with is. kind of where we're at right now. I'll. remind everybody heading into the 2024. election, the message that Donald Trump. was pushing out and that corporate news. would ignore the fact that he was a. sexual predator, a convicted felon, that. he was a bankrupter, that he was um in.

office the first time and and completely. botched the handling of COVID. um that. he was one of the people who were. encouraged the January 6th. insurrectionists and he was out there um. trying to overthrow the election. I. mean, like, okay, really, you're going. to just ignore all of these things and. treat this as like a normal candidate. But let's remember what he kept on. saying over and over again, and Trump. doesn't want people to see this clip.

before the midterm election. Here, let's. play this clip. Under the Trump economic. plan, we will cut your energy prices in. half within mark it down with and you. can get very angry at me if we don't do. it. Within 12 months, your energy prices. will be cut in half. My plan will cut. energy prices in half or more than that. Within 12 months of taking office. Number one, your energy bill within 12. months will be cut in half. And that's. my pledge all over the country. beyond.

farmers. That's my pledge all over the. country. >> If you vote for me, I will cut your. energy and electricity prices in half. within 12 months. >> Well, how about gasoline? Did he make. any pledges or promises regarding. gasoline right before the 2024 election? Let's see what this con artist, snake, loser, predator, felon, what was he. telling the people? Pretty much. consistent with those qualities and. attributes. Let's play this clip.

>> My plan will cut energy prices in half. or more than that within 12 months of. taking office. It will be an economic revival of our. country like no one has ever seen. before. Energy was what caused our problem. initially. Energy is going to bring us back. That. means we're going down and getting. gasoline below $2 a gallon. Bring down.

the price of everything from electricity. rates to groceries, airfares, and. housing costs. >> $2 a gallon. Interesting. Because right. now, gas and diesel are at all-time. highs. And guess what? It ain't going. down anytime soon. It's going to get. much worse. You want to see why Donald. Trump bankrupted most of his companies? Because, and go back, I talked about. this in 2024,

before that as well. Trump has the worst. instincts and he's a fraud. So, when you. make an error or you screw up, lots of. people reflect and try to fix it. Not. Donald. He then tries to cover it up and. he digs deeper. And the law of holes is. stop digging. Well, Donald Trump's. entire life story is digging the hole. deeper and deeper and deeper, bringing. his entities into catastrophe and then. trying to uh basically loot and pillage.

the people around him while he's. crashing his entities. So, he makes a. problem even worse and then he makes it. into a bigger disaster and a catastrophe. and it keeps on spiraling. I mean, just. look at this catastrophic war against. Iran. should never have happened in the. first place. One of the main reasons. that Netanyahu and Trump engaged in this. war without the rest of the world, this. catastrophic war we shouldn't have been. involved in. I mean, one, Netanyahu is a. genocidal maniac, but also Donald Trump. was getting increasingly worried about.

the release of the Epstein file. So, it. was to distract from the child sex. trafficking ring that Donald Trump was. covering up. And then every day, they. made it worse and worse and worse. I. mean, horrifically slaughtering little. girls in Manab, little children in in a. in a lame Mered um and continuing to. engage in horrific conducts. I mean, most recently killing people at a. wedding in Sir County. I mean, just. horrific atrocities being committed. You. had the memorandum of understanding.

which could have at least potentially. been an out got us out of this. But no, Donald Trump is such an egoomaniac, such. a malignant narcissist, such a psycho. that he can't stick to any deal. He's. never done that his whole life. He's. always been a destroyer of deals. He's. not a builder. He's a breacher of. contracts. That's what he does. Then he. just sues everybody and destroys things. and and try. But when you're going. against countries that have a national. interest, they stand up to that. And. that's what we've seen happen over and. over. And so the situation's getting.

worse. And now we have this purported. blockade that's in Iran um kind of right. outside the Arabian Sea. Um, and when. Donald Trump escalates, Iran escalates. even more. And then Donald Trump kind of. backs down, then Trump decides to. escalate and Iran escalates more. There. is no coherent strategy right now about. how to extricate oursel from this. catastrophic uh war in Iran and it's. only going to lead to higher oil prices, higher diesel prices, more death and.

destruction, putting our service members. more in harm way, more death and. destruction in the region and the whole. world moving further and further away. from the United States. And this is why. we see um countries selling off their. Treasury bond holdings, removing their. gold holdings from the United States. They don't view the United States as a. predictable, reliable entity to invest. in anymore. And so there is a massive.

move away from the US, which leads to. higher treasury yields, which then leads. to higher borrowing costs in the United. States, which increases our debt. And. then there's all the supply shock issues. as well regarding the lack of oil that's. out there because the straight of Hermuz. remains closed. And Donald Trump can. post all he wants that there were 18. million barrels a day that are leaving. But that's just false. That's just. false. I mean, even Donald Trump's. energy secretary said over the weekend. it was 9 million barrels a day, but.

that's probably a high estimate. It's. probably more like five to six. But in. any event, it's like a 40% decrease or. 50% decrease to what existed before. Donald Trump launched this unlawful and. catastrophic war. And also, we're just. talking here about oil, but we could. also be talking about a lot of other. things get transported out of these. straight horm. that stuff isn't getting out also. And. so you have supply shocks there. So this. situation is only going to get worse and.

worse. So what does Donald Trump do? He. tries to do more distractions and so. it's attacking Canada. Let's do the. escalate the trade war against Canada. And then Donald Trump sends out his. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant and his. whole regime who say the most heinous. things about the ally to the United. States, our closest ally, you know, Canada. And you have these Trump regime. sickens cabinet members out there saying. horrific like the most horrific things.

And and here's the thing. Americans by. and large overwhelmingly support Canada. retaliating against the United States. Most Americans stand with Carney. [clears throat] retaliating against us. even though it hurts us over Donald. Trump escalating this trade war that. nobody wants against Canada in the first. place. Then that doesn't work. So then. Trump's like, "Okay, okay, okay. The. Lake Ontario gimmick that that one. didn't work. Changing that to Lake of.

America. All right, I'm gonna go. domestic. I'm gonna rename New Mexico to. New America. That'll shock people. And. people like, "No, we know it. We know. you're an idiot. You're a lunatic. We're. not. We don't care. Stop this. What we. care about is that you've ripped away. our healthcare. You've made everything. more expensive. You got us involved in. these catastrophic and unlawful wars. You're covering up a child sex. trafficking ring with the Epstein files. That's what we care about. And all this. other behavior just shows that you think. we're stupid and we're just going to. bite, the bait, and fall for this. stuff." Yeah, maybe corporate news does.

that. Maybe other We don't fall for this. crap. The people get what's going on. right now. And by the way, that's not. some glowing endorsement of the. Democratic party either. It's that we. want fighters out there who will conduct. robust oversight who will hold these. literal criminals and traders and. treasonous people accountable. And so. when Democrats win in the midterms, which they're expected to, I think. they'll take both the House and the. Senate, they better engage in the most. robust oversight. But with people like. Congress member Rascin and Congress.

member Garcia and their teams, I think. they're ready to meet the challenge, but. they got to meet that challenge. They. know they've got to meet that challenge. Just watch what Treasury Secretary. Besson said this past weekend about. Canada. This is the despicable language. from this Trump regime. Here, play this. clip. You know, Laura, the uh I had a. German Shepherd and the there was a. dachshund that used to antagonize her at. the play at at the playground and it. kind of reminds me of that. It kind of. kind of kind of reminds me of that. And.

the this little little yippy dog, the uh. used to just like bark away and you. know, for for a long time, 110 pound. German Shepherd was it was ignoring uh. the dachshund and then one day she'd had. enough. And unfortunately, Prime. Minister Carney did walk away. They were. given a the opportunity for a great. trade deal and they didn't want it. And. it looks like it's for political. reasons, but that the US it is the.

>> sicko. I mean, real predator language. right there. What about energy secretary. Chris Wright? Are we moving any closer. to a nuclear deal with Iran? I mean, what's what's the latest there? energy. secretary, right? Listen to what he has. to say. Let's play this clip. >> Well, let's talk about gas prices. Right. now, the average is $410. a gallon. A year ago, the Labor Day. average was $316. a gallon. Diesel prices are also.

soaring. Just a few weeks ago, you. mentioned President Trump. He dismissed. the increase in gas prices as just a. tiny bit. Let's play this for you. for you to pay a tiny little bit more. for your gasoline. Just remember, you're. doing it so that a very evil country. cannot have a country really. It's the. number one state sponsor of terror in. the world. We don't want to have them. have a nuclear weapon. So remember that. when you have to pay a little bit more,

you're at $4. It's okay. I mean, it's. I'm not I'm not I'll never apologize. I. did the right thing. >> Okay. It's been more than six months of. paying higher prices. And there is also. no sign of a nuclear agreement. You talk. about that. President talk Trump talks. about that. But where's the sign that. they're going to have a nuclear. agreement? There may not be a nuclear agreement. It. may be simply destroying their. capabilities to do it. An agreement may. await a next administration in Iran. We.

simply don't know that. But I think what. the president was communicating there is. how critically important this is. If. Iran has nuclear weapons, the Middle. East, the world is a wildly different. place. >> Brett and Jordy, I mean, these are. clearly a group of lunatics right here. I mean, each one of them are just. they're lunatics. They're liars. They're. the biggest fraud. Every word, sound, utterance, noise that they make is a. lie. And the way they treat us all like.

we're the dumbest people. Like that's. how they think about it. They think that. we're all just the dumbest people. Yeah, it's it's absolutely outrageous. that none of these people have any. spines. And when you really dig down on. it, the one common theme, the one common. thread throughout all of them is that. they're con artists. And, you know, not. even good con artists. But, you know, the fact that they can't even kind of. take a step back for a second and even. just level with the American people for. a second and say, "All right, you know, we tried this strategy. It didn't work. Here's our new plan of action that we're.

going to go ahead with." No, they don't. do that. Of course, they just try to. find the next lie and the next lie and. the next lie. You know, we said at the. very beginning of this war that it had a. lot of these similarities to CO with the. constant lies, the constant date. setting, right? We're going to be out of. this by July. We're going to be out of. this by Easter. All remember all those. comments during COVID. And we've seen. the same sort of things from the Trump. regime now during this war. Oh, the. economy it's going to be literally. Donald Trump said the economy it's going. to bounce back by Labor Day. By Labor.

Day, it's going to be booming. Right. Well, it's Labor Day right now and. things are worse than ever. And you. know, one of the things that we try to. do here at the Midas Touch Network is. keep receipts um on what all these. people are saying. And you know, sadly, you know that when they make a promise. or when they make some sort of emphatic. statement about something that is going. to happen or something that they are. going to do, you could tell with. 99.99999%. certainty that what they say is BS, that. what they say is a lie. So, I'll just.

pull up like a list we made here with. Scott Besson because we were just. talking about Besson. And here's a list. that we put together for those watching. of Scott Besson's wrong predictions. andor his promises that have not. happened. I'll just I don't need to read. the full list, but I'll just read a few. of them for you so you get a sense of. this list uh if you're listening. February 5th, 2025, he said that. long-term interest rates would come down. as Trump's economic policies took. effect. How's that working out for you? Spring 2025, the federal deficit is. going to move toward 3% of GDP.

Spring 2025, Trump's policies will. produce roughly 3% sustained real GDP. growth. July 8th, 2025, the US will. collect well over $300 billion in tariff. revenue in 2025. September 1st, 2025, the Supreme Court. will uphold Donald Trump's emergency. tariffs. And then it goes on and on. You. know, they constantly are kind of. dangling these carrots in front of. people. Oh, okay. Things aren't that. good now, but you know, come quarter. four, the economy is going to be. roaring. It's going to be a golden age.

That is really when you're going to feel. the effects of this Trump economy. This. was just all laying the foundation. And. then this little excursion got in the. way. That whole Iran thing, but you you. wait. Once all this comes together, you. are going to be so rich. Then they just. continue the con. They just keep it. going. They keep it going and then they. keep it going some more to the detriment. of the American people and to everybody. else. And really, it seems like Trump. and his entire regime are just kind of. like daring people. Like, what are you. gonna do about it, right? Seems like. everything that they are doing is just.

kind of designed to piss the maximum. amount of people off uh at as possible. And it is just absolutely a disgrace. And it's not even like a oh well this is. my opinion here. Like this is it's it's. objectively these are lies. Objectively, everything they said here is false. And. they are continuing to lie to people. And anybody carrying water for this to. me is just like a bad human being at. this point. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Look, they they. just keep moving the goalpost and. inevitably like what's the next.

iteration of the stupidness, right? So. in theory, let's just play this out. Democrats, you know, regain the House. Let's just say say if they do, what are. they going to say? The economy was going. to be so good, but those dang Democrats, they'll call them worse names than that. Those dang Democrats, they took they. took power. Now we can't get anything. done. And it's all their fault. How. could they do this? I mean, that like. that's exactly what's gonna happen. Maybe with not that like emphasis, but. that's exactly what's gonna happen. because Besson again, he can't move his. face, so he's gonna always talk the way. he he's talking. Also, can can I just.

say this, Brett? One common theme in in. addition to them all being con artists, they're all so creepy with dogs. like. Besson's analogy. Not only did he. compare. uh Canada to to a little yipping dog, but he ends the story, if I heard it. correctly, with his dog murdering that. dachshun. I mean, listen to it back. I'm. not even like being funny. The story is. like a really dark, weird story, but.

what do you expect? These people are. weirdos. These people are freaks. And I. don't feel bad saying that and neither. should you because I think and I I I. know the more and more Americans that. have come to this realization that these. freaks are only in it for themselves. then we are sooner going to free. ourselves from said freaks and I am. looking forward to that day. But for. right now, when you see Besson up there, when you see Trump, when you see all of. them, all all the folks who carry water.

for this regime, you're like, "Oh, yeah. No wonder why it's a sinking ship. because they got to run on right now. They're absolutely lost in the sauce and. they don't know what to do next." Well, Jordy, to your point, they all have a. loser arc where they found this MAGA. community of other losers and they've. convinced. uh you know, corporate news and all of. these people to treat them normally and. their loser behavior and their wrecking.

ball conduct kind of serves as this. shield and this WMD, weapon of mass. distraction for the very moneyed class. in the United States for the oligarchs. to keep ripping people off because the. idea is, you know, basically the. blocking and tackling is done by the. various tiers of these losers who are. out there lying, you know, and trying to. look over here. Look over here, look. over here. While these oligarchs put. data centers in your backyard, while.

they did all of the tax cuts for. themselves, while they cut your health. care, while they ripped away lunch money. for children and said that the kids are. the ones involved in waste, fraud, and. abuse, while they're the ones doing the. waste, fraud, and abuse at the highest. level, stealing our tax dollars, taking. our money, screwing you over, and making. themselves richer because 10 mansions. and four private jets does not satiate. their their desire for more and more and.

more. It has to also make sure that you. suffer even more. And this is again, Brett, to your point, it's not political. messaging. I'm not trying to make a. political point. That's objectively. what's occurred. That's what's taken. place. And I think as we approach the. midterms right now for a lot of people. who maybe haven't been so focused on. politics, who are now saying, "Whoa, this is right around the corner. Wait a. minute. I was promised this, that, and. the other. I think we're seeing right.

now even more of an acceleration of the. rejection of these MAGA mutants because. the obviousness of their fraud is on. display. Now, the alarming part is your. point, Jordy, though, because and Brett, as you make this comparison to COVID, what happened in 2020, the elections. were held essentially 57 days from now. at the presidential level. And when. Biden won, Biden became the target for. all of these screw-ups that Trump had.

been accumulating. All of that was put. on Biden's shoulder. And old school. kumbayal, let's bring the country. together and heal when there was this. venomous mutant MAGA class that wanted. to destroy and rip to shreds. And Biden. was a vessel for them to just throw all. of the Trump baggage and destruction and. say this was you who did it when he was. trying to fix it. And by the way, by the. end of the Biden term, not to say rahrh,

spike the football, he fixed it. But you. did have inflation going down to 3% and. on target to hit 2%. You did have this. investment in American manufacturing and. you saw it taking place. You did see the. chips act and all these other things. starting to finally turn the corner. You. can literally see it all on the graphs. You know what Trump was doing when Biden. tried to fix it. And then you see in the. opposite direction or depending on which.

chart you look when it comes to. inflation, the direction going up under. Trump, how Trump then took the healing. and turned it into more damage. But the. whole way they're going to be taking. this is Jord's point. What Trump and. MAGA are gonna now say is, "Ah, we had. the plan. It was perfect. We were. They're already teeing it up." You. already hear what they're saying. Um, and then the Democrats won, and then. that screwed it over. The communists and. the socialists destroyed everything. Meanwhile, you want to talk about.

communism or socialism for the. billionaires. It's exactly what MAGA has. been doing right now. It's their exact. behavior. creating a Trump oil company. within the defense department because. private business didn't want to do deals. with Deli Rodriguez in Venezuela. So we. have a Trump private oil company do a. deal with the Deli Rodriguez regime, the. Chavistas. And what what's one of the. main staples of it? The whole thing is. fake and phony also. We're going to get. all these barrels of oil and we're going.

to fill up the strategic reserves. No, we're not. That's not true. You're. lying. That type of oil doesn't even go. into our salt caverns. and it doesn't. Meanwhile, our salt caverns are hitting. tank bottom. They could literally. implode and collapse because they're so. damn low. Treasury yields continue to. rise. The straight of removes continues. to be closed. Iran is developing new. ballistic weapons and they're developing. um new capabilities in the region as. well with their access of resistance. They're getting stronger. So, yes, you.

can have hexit go. We're going to boost. morale by doing more flyovers. Oh, I'm. going to polygraph examine all of the uh. people who work at the Pentagon who I. think were leakers of the fact that we. have low munitions right now or we've. run out of munitions. And meanwhile, Iran has their own national interest. They're building up their ballistic. arsenal. Iran has a plan as well where. they're saying in the future coming up. if ships come into the Gulf of Oman even.

before where the straight of Hormuz is. we're going to consider those ships. subject to sanctions and we reserve the. right to strike that. So Iran's going to. go up the escalatory ladder. They've. demonstrated over the past few days that. they have that capability. And by the. way, not only does Iran have the. capability, look at the testing ground. of Iran's ballistic capabilities being. used by the Houthis against the. Saudibacked forces. What you're actually. seeing in real time are some of these.

new weapons, whether they're the castle. breakers or the quesm weapons, these new. ballistics from Iran. The Houthis have. been making major advances in Yemen. right now, taking over areas that were. previously controlled by the Saudi back. forces. But what the Houthis are. releasing, and this is a message to the. international community and the Trump. regime, but the Trump regime is too dumb. and malicious to even take note that. their ballistics are striking with an. incredible amount of precision these.

Saudi backed forces right now in Yemen. And Iran has those capabilities. Um this. guy Moshi Raz who Moshin Raz who's like. one of the main adviserss on the. military side right now to the. Ayatollah. He's out there basically. saying look we could destroy the US. aircraft carriers right now. We have the. ability to do that. We've done warning. shots to show them that we can unleash. hell. The issue is is that he says is. that when we hit the aircraft carrier, we're going to hit two we're going to. kill 200 to 300 US service members and.

that could change the way the US now. views the war because the US has been so. propagandized that if all of a sudden. Iran strikes a aircraft carrier that. could potentially rally the US people. around Trump and you know or around the. war and now more people like all right. let's escalate the war. So Iran's like, "We can strike your aircraft carriers.". And I think, this is my theory, my. opinion, that Trump wants them to strike.

our aircraft carriers, and Iran knows. that. I think we're keeping these. aircraft carriers there in the worst, most horrid conditions possible for our. service members, and they're in an area. where we know Iran can strike because. Trump wants Iran to strike them. So he. can then say, "Ah, you see, now we're. going to go and further strike Iran.". And Iran realizes that. So now you have. this game, if you will, but it's a g. it's a war where Trump strikes tankers, Iran strikes more tankers, back and. forth, but all the while the straight of.

Hormuz is closed. And that's why the. price of oil and diesel is hitting. record highs right now. And then you. have Whit and Kushner who head to Russia. and Ukraine and further demonstrate how. pathetic this country has become under. this Trump. Where's Marco Rubio? you're. the secretary of state. Who are these. unelected, unappointed, illegitimate? You know, not that I'm a big Rubio fan, but that's the job of the Secretary of. State. And when we come back, what I. want to talk about as well is this is by.

design by Putin. Putin picked Witoff. You all know that, right? Putin picked. Witoff and Putin said he's happy with. Kushner. Even if you listen to what. Putin said, he's like, "We feel very. comfortable with you, too." Yeah. Because it's the like the Jim Carrey. Dumb and Dumber movie. It is a weapon of. mass destruction. Remember I said weapon. of mass destruction. They are a. manifestation of a weapon of mass. destruction to the United States. credibility. Dumb and Dumber shows up. there. It's out of like a bad what would.

be like the those movies where it's. always like the two guys who show up and. like look at these zany two people doing. crazy but it's real life and it's and. the whole world looks at these people. like Wit Cop Trump's scumbag real estate. friend from Manhattan, you know, and. then his son-in-law and they're out. there just making fools of the. everything that was built in the United. States history. These two idiots go. around like a bunch of idiots. It's. crazy. and they're treasonous and. traitorous in my opinion as well. So, let's take our last quick break of the. show. We'll come right back. Reminder,

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it's like the same thing I say every. episode, but I just it just escaped me. Just if you like those products, check. them out. And I made fun of Brett. earlier with the voice because it was. the fourth Midas brother doing the. reads. I can make fun of myself now too. I mean looking I I pre-recorded all my. ad reads for this month in like early. like September late August for all of. September just in case. Never know. what's going to happen obviously. Looking back I mean I haven't shaved in. three days. I haven't barely slept and. it's just um I. >> You got a grace period though. You got a.

grace period of. >> I I see people commenting on I promise. I'm going to shave next episode. just I. I got a lot going on. And again, on a. more serious note, thank you all so much. for the kind words. For those just. tuning in, mama and baby are doing. amazing, and we really appreciate all. your support. And it's just been awesome. to hear all the very nice words. Benji, where to next big brother? >> This is what Witoff, the unelected, unappointed, illegitimate special envoy. representing the United States, posted. earlier today about his visit to Moscow.

and Ukraine. He said substantive. progress was made including movement on. [clears throat] what? Wait for it. Wait. for it. Movement on scheduling. additional trilateral talks. Trump is. working hard to stop the killing and. work towards a lasting and durable. peace. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. No. No. No. No. No. Witoff. Donald Trump promised in.

addition to no more neverending wars. that he was such a good dealmaker and. such a good negotiator. It would take 24. hours for him to do a deal with Putin. and Zalinski because of Trump's. negotiating skills. That was his sale. By the way, he was such a good. negotiator. He said he wouldn't even. have to wait until he was sworn in. We. didn't even have to wait until. inauguration. The 24 hours would be the. 24 hours after the election. But nope,

that didn't happen. Nope, it didn't. happen after inauguration. Nope, it. didn't happen now. Not going to happen. Do you know why? Because he's a freaking. loser and he's a fraud and he's a liar. and they're all liars and they lie about. everything and they're malicious and. they are losers and he can't do a deal. dude couldn't do a deal regarding Trump. water or Trump stake or Trump the game. or whatever the board game. You think. that dude can do a deal between Putin.

and do a deal with with Zalinski? You. think that that's going to be possible? And it was just demonstrated again how. humiliating that we've had literally. dumb and dumber go around the world. saying they're envoys to the US, right, and behave this way. Behave this way. It. is the most absurd thing. Zalinsky says. the war will likely continue into the. winter. That that was Zinsk's take. The.

war is going to continue into the. winter. And all of the intelligence that. comes out of these meetings is that. Putin has left emboldened. Putin saw. John Rat, at least Ratcliffe. I'm no. Ratcliffe fan. Ratcliffe. But he's at. least a little bit more of a serious. dude than these guys. I mean, Ratcliffe. to me is still not qualified to be the. CIA director, but at least that guy, you. know, carries himself with a little bit. of at least a cintilla. But don't get me.

wrong. I'm no Ratcliffe fan. But when. Ratcliffe took that visit to Moscow, what was it? Two weeks ago, all the. intelligence was Putin's like, "Got it. I can strike more in Ukraine." You're. nervous. You are terrified right now. about Russia's capabilities and about. what we're building and you're out of. weapons and so you're coming here out of. a sign of weakness. That's how Putin saw. it and that's how Putin saw this as. well. I don't know how else you can look. at it. I mean, first let me show you. what Steve Whitopov said when he was in.

Ukraine and then I'll show you what he. said when he was in Moscow. First in. Ukraine, Whit says, "I've made, I guess, about eight visits to Moscow to meet. with Putin and his team. Jared and I. have made at least three. We've always. been treated respectfully by Putin.". What? You're saying this in Kee? You've. been treated respectfully, but How are. you? How do you think you've been. treated respect? He acted nice to you. when you were in person. Are you that. dumb? You are. You are that dumb. While.

he blew. off, buddy. Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy. Buddy. [snorts] He blew up the airport in Kev. where you were supposed to land. You. stupid idiot. You're dumb dumb, huh? Like, you're that dumb. He blew up your. airport. book that that's him being. while you were there, Russia was. striking throughout Ukraine, killing a. lot of innocent people that very day. while you were there. Is that how he was.

nice to you? Nice to you? What do you. think this even is? You think you're. part of his club? He knows you're a. loser, scumbag Manhattan scummy landlord. guy. That's who you are. You're not. You're not in You're not in that club, you idiot. I mean, these people are. crazy. These are crazy people. Watch. what Wickov says here. Play this clip. >> You know, President I' I've made, I. guess, about eight visits to uh to.

Moscow to meet with President Putin and. his team. And Jared and I together have. made uh at least three, right? We've. always been treated respectfully by. President Putin and his team. Relationships are critical in terms of. uh solving conflicts like this. And if. you don't have relationships with both. with both sides then and you have poor. communication, then you probably have. very very little chance of uh of getting. to a peaceful resolution. We um we came.

to see President Putin first. We needed. to hear where he stood. We had good. concrete conversation with him which we. advise President Zilinski and his team. about both sides have to come to a. resolution here and my job with and and. Jared's job together is to bring the. parties together to narrow the issues. between them to create good. communication channels and hopefully uh. we began that process uh constructively.

in the last 48 hours and we're confident. that there'll be a good resolution here. Oh, my job was to uh create these. circumstances in the past 48 hours. [laughter] That's not No, no, no, Witco. We ain't stupid. You are. Okay. You. promised two years ago after the. election that Donald Trump would do it. in a day. Not that we were going to. start a framework process of this and.

that. And your job, what do you think. your job is? You know, it's interesting. when you listen to what the European. Union, they're like, "We can't be. mediators. We're not neutral. So, what. what do you want us to do?" What what do. you think your job is? You know, your. job is to run around the world like, you. know, like what what was that movie? It. was like a 007 parody and I forget the. guy's name, but OJ Simpson was in one of. the movies and it was like uh you know, our our chat will know it. It's just. these are like just goofy losers, you.

know, who are running around. Did you. see The Naked Gun. >> like it's like Naked Gun meets Dumb and. Dumber. I don't even know the pl the. plot of this movie would be so. fantasted. This would be some crazy stuff. I mean, I watched that movie the last night with. Keano Reeves as the angel who changed. the people's, you know, bodies. I. believe that plot more than this plot. that we're freaking living right now. This is Wickoff. This is representing. the United States. Even though we Why? Where's Rubio? where Zor he shows up and.

he's he talks about when I retire when I. retire this this day will be something. that Yuri and Kel Dimmitra we're going. to talk about this dude Putin's looking. at you like. we like what they're looking at you like. you're the weakest thing ever what are. you doing here play this clip. >> so first of all President Putin thank. you thank you so much for having us.

We were um sitting outside just now, me, Jared, and Carol, and then Yuri joined. us. And we were all talking about uh. when we retire, we'll have all these. incredible stories and incredible. memories, and yours will be right at the. top of it all.

If you ever wanted just to know in the. choose your own adventure novel what. would happen if a scumbag Manhattan real. estate guy who would like negotiate. scammy air rights deals. How how they would look in a negotiation. with Vladimir Putin. Okay. How they. would look. You've got uh you've got. your answer. But what about the. son-in-law? Huh? What about the. son-in-law? I mean, you did have I I'll.

give credit to some of the um some of. the reporters who were asking good. questions right there, like Richard. Angel, I think, asked this question to. Jared Kushner. Um like you've done. horrible negotiation. angle [laughter] like angle's like so. you guys are awful and you haven't done. a single deal and there's still a. genocide in Gaza. Southern Lebanon is. still being bombed daily and that's only. increased by the Netanyahu regime. You.

didn't do a deal in Iran. So like you. have the worst record. So why now? It. was a great it's a great question and. Kushner is like Richard Richard is. Richard Hangles the reporter. Richard. great question. Uh, I think it is. Great. to meet you. Great to meet you, Richard. Well, I should say I'm not really here. in my own capacity. It kind of throws. Trump under the bus. I'm just here. saying what Donald wants me to say. That. that's how he And by the way, the way he. says that also also tells you that.

Jared's focused on Jared. He's focused. on his own private equity fund. That's. what this is all about for him. And and. for Trump, it's about Trump thinking. about business deals with Putin. And. I'll prove that to you in a second as. well. But watch this exchange between. Richard Angel and Kushner here. Plus, >> you have been involved in numerous. negotiations around the world. Why. should people have any confidence in. your capacity to succeed here? You were. involved in the Gaza negotiations, but.

Gaza remains a wasteland. There's been. real no progress there. Iran. You were. involved in those negotiations. The war. is still going on. You've been involved. in several rounds of negotiations in. this conflict. It's only getting more. intense. So, you're relaunching. negotiations now. What's the likelihood. they will succeed when other. negotiations you've been involved in. have not? >> So, Richard, I I first of all, it's nice. to actually see you in person. I've seen. you on television for years, but I guess.

we're usually more domestic, so don't. see you in the flesh. um the uh so first. of all you know I I think these are some. of the hardest problem sets in the world. you know and I think that um you have to. try and you have to bring to it um. obviously uh Steve and I bring different. approaches to these things but we work. very well together as partners but we're. not bringing our approaches we're really. representing President Trump and we're. doing it the way that he wants to see. these things done and working uh with. President Trump um you know the first. term obviously we achieved a lot of.

unthinkable things whether it was. achieving the Abraham Accords which. nobody thought was possible. We achieved. um the USMCA, the biggest trade deal in. history, made a great deal with China, and and the list just goes on and on. We. just celebrated the World Cup in. America. That was a deal that I led on. President Trump's behalf uh to win for. America. Uh the same thing with the. Olympics that'll be coming up. So, you. know, you have to take on hard things. >> Brad, I'm going to turn this over to. you, but if you just listen to that word. salad, whatever the hell that was, we. have different approaches. I have an.

approach. Steve has an approach. But our. approaches don't matter because we're. not bringing our approaches. Okay. Why. would you say that? I'm bringing Donald. Trump's approach. Okay. What what what. is that approach? We've done unthinkable. things. Unthinkable like what? Doing a. trade deal with I I could think about. that thing because it existed before the. USMCA. It was called NAFTA. So it is. actually a thinkable thing. You called. NAFTA the USMCA and you upgraded a. little bit. you didn't do it, but this. was negotiated between Canada and Trump.

and Mexico. And that unthinkable thing. has completely fallen apart because. literally Trump attacks Canada and has. breached the USMCA or Koozas as it's. called the Canadian US Mexico agreement. So that's your shiny object koozma as. what you did and then you take credit. for the World Cup and we did the World. Cup. [laughter]. These are the biggest losers. Like these. people are losers. Who is this guy? Richard. Richard, it's great to see in. the flesh, you know, usually more in the.

domestic. What words are you what you're. just saying? Words. I don't even know. what you're even talking about. >> He he couldn't have picked worse. examples. I mean, you're picking the. thing like famously everything is going. great between the United States and. Canada right now. So, bang bangup job. Jared and Middle East that that whole. problem was solved. Peace there. Nothing's going wrong there. So, two for. two, Jared. It's it's almost like asking. like a baseball player who's like. literally batting zero. Like you've been. batting zero this whole time. You. whiffed on your last pitch. The pitch. after that you swung the bat and hit.

yourself in the balls. What makes you. think this next one is going to be a. grand slam? You keep saying you're going. to hit a grand slam. What? [laughter]. >> Like no. Like dude, you're terrible. You're batting you're batting zero and. worse than that. Like everything is. actually everything that you've touched. seems to actually be like a disaster, a. complete catastrophe. The fact that. you're working on this on behalf of. Donald Trump and his edicts is also. shows why this is a disaster. I mean I. mean I I guess you know he he wants to.

separate himself from it a little bit. and kind of be like hey if I was doing. this on my own I might be able to figure. it out but I'm I'm working with this. madman over here. But you know you got. to take the blame for all this too. right? I mean everywhere you look it's. complete catastrophe. We shouldn't have. Jared Kushner there. We shouldn't have. Steve Woodco here. It's one of the. reasons why like I I actually despise. that Marco Rubio meme that people post. online where it's like, "Oh, that host. was fired. Marco Rubio has a new job.

Oh, this person got fired from their. job. Marco Rubio has a new job. The. Ayatollah was killed. Looks like Marco. Rubio has a new job." Have you seen. those memes where they like dress him up. in the in the Oval Office like wearing. different outfits and the joke is that. he has a billion jobs? Well, maybe he is. assigned to a billion different things, but I don't actually see the guy doing. much of every anything except like. threatening Cuba and and Venezuela and. stuff all the time. Anywhere where he is. actually supposed to be in the room. doing the work of diplomacy, which is. the job of a secretary of state, the guy.

is MIA. So, okay, get cutesy with your. memes. He's doing this job. He's doing. that job. He's not doing the job that he. was hired to do. And that should be the. base level. If he's not doing that, he. shouldn't be assigned to all these other. things. But Trump just wants his. lackeyis. He wants his son-in-law. He. wants his real estate buddies involved. in all this. And it's one of the reasons. why nothing is getting done because we. have these incompetent people. If that's. what Woodco is saying while cameras are. in the room, and let me just say, I get.

being respectful even to a horrific. person if they're inviting you in the. room with them that it's probably not. the best to go, "Motherfucker, you blah. blah blah." But whatever the heck that. was, uh, I don't think you got to do. that. I don't think you need to be. graveling over the guy and be like, "Oh, these memories going to last a lifetime. When on my deathbed, I'm going to be. thinking of this day with you, Vladimir. It's going to be great." And by the way, I can assure you, Whit, that Putin's. fond memories in the future are not. going to be of his meeting with Steve. Whit and Jared freaking Kushner.

>> Perfectly said, B. Perfectly said. I. like that you're mad at the Rubio memes. because they give him too much credit. They're like, "Oh, no. He's doing No, he's not doing anything. Actually, he's. not doing a single thing." And I want to. take your baseball analogy just like a. little bit further. It's that baseball. player that's hitting zero. He goes up. there, you know, to the mics and stuff. He's like, "Yeah, I'm 0 for 10." I'm not. doing my approach, though. I'm doing I'm. doing Who's the Mets manager? I'm doing. Andy Green's approach. He starts blaming. the manager. It's like at at some level. you would think for like Jared trying to.

save face just a little bit. Like he. would grow a spine and he would at least. try and do good work in these positions, but they can't help themselves. They are. all egoogmaniacs and Jared's just been. to your point looking out for Jared and. he's trying to figure out what comes. next for him and his life and his. billions of dollars and his net worth. going up and up and up again all while. the American people suffer. And I think. that's just kind of the overarching. theme here of the entire Trump regime. and everyone in Trump's orbit and all. those 0001enters that hang out at Mara.

Lago is they don't like you. They don't. like the Republican party in the sense. like they don't like the constituency. that actually goes and and votes for. Trump. They think those people are dirt. They wouldn't invite them to their. parties. They wouldn't piss on them if. they were on fire. They just absolutely. wouldn't. But what they do like is this. party, this MAGA party, this Republican. party has so closely aligned themselves. with the Trump grift and promoting that. that they're all reaping the benefits. And so, yes, they'll go on their merry. way, increase their portfolios again,

all at the expense of the American. people. And we witness it play out. And. then we get clips like that. We get. clips like Kushner. up there with Putin. And Putin's just. like like laughing like he's sitting. back. I I really, if you are just an. audio listener, first off, thank you. And to all the video watchers, please. download and subscribe to the audio. version of the Midas Touch podcast. wherever you get podcasts. But if you. are just an audio listener, please go to. the YouTube channel and watch that 10. seconds that we were playing before. Putin is sitting in that chair laughing.

like, man, America has fallen a far far. way. And like I don't blame him. I'm. watching that. I'm like, this is really. pathetic stuff that we're witnessing. here. Look, I'm no fan of Keith Kellogg, uh, who was the former, was he a top. military guy. He was originally the. envoy to Russia and Ukraine. Putin said, "I don't want to deal with Kellogg." By.

the way, I mean, I think Kellogg's a. traditional neocon, and there's a lot of. issues with with Kellogg. Um, but. Kellogg is at least someone with a. modiccom of there. There are some people. who like view him as having experience. to actually and has a position, but. Putin made it clear I I'm not going to. speak with Kellogg. So, and then Kellogg. got demoted and then pushed out. And. then you may recall there was that. famous foreign policy meeting that. Kellogg was out and he was asked a. question. So, Trump said 24 hours you.

would resolve this war. Um, and it's. been that that point when he was asked. it was likeund and something days. and. he goes, "Trup never said which 24 hours. it was going to be in." It's like, "All. right, nonsense." And you know, and like. that Keith Kellogg threw his entire. career away very very um easily. Here's. the thing. There are levels to this. game, too. Like even beyond the Kellogg. level, you know, foreign minister is a. big position, right? like we may not. like sir.

we may not like Sergey Lavrov you know. the foreign minister of Russia but what. you can't dispute is that Sergey Lavrov. is someone who has a great deal of. experience and is someone at the highest. levels who deals with international. issues same thing Iran's foreign. minister Aragi you know is a is someone. who is a known own commodity at the high. level international.

uh level of of foreign ministry. discourse. You know there are levels to. this right? You know I mean the US used. to have people like John Kerry or former. senator or Hillary Clinton. I mean you. know deeply serious people. I mean, you. look at the UK, you know, Ed. Millibbrand, you know, still a deeply. serious, no matter what your politics. are, you look at these people as these. are deeply serious people with a ton of. experience in these areas. I mean, to. see Kushner and to see Witoff there,

again, this humiliation experience is. part of Putin's plan. It's part of his. asymmetrical warfare against the United. States is to have these idiots Dumb and. Dumber there and behave that way because. it brings such irreparable and. historical disgrace to the US. And Putin. knows that when the world sees them. there and their behavior, it also sends. a message to the world. You you got to.

pull your money out of the US bond. market. Like you got to you got to take. your gold out. I mean, right, we saw the. Netherlands take go billions of dollars. worth of gold out of the US. Norway. recently took billions of dollars of. their um sold billions of dollars of. bonds. We're seeing a global selloff of. US bonds. That's why when the Treasury. Department holds these bond auctions, you're seeing that what the Treasury. Department has to do to entice foreign. buyers or corporate buyers of US bonds,

they have to now promise higher interest. rate, higher payments, guaranteed. payments back in order to even sell. these bonds in the first place, which. again creates a huge obligation for the. Treasury Department in terms of paying. off the debt now is such a um big part. of the US uh budget that it's you know. something that leads to our debt out of. control and somebody's got to fix this.

and they're going to dump it on the lap. of someone else and then blame that. person and to Jord's point they're going. to say ah we were so close we were so. close all right around the corner year. one we set the stage year two was the. appetizer or the banquet we were getting. ready and and the Democrats won the. midterms and they screwed it all. That's. where they're going with all of this. It's pretty damn obvious that that's. where they're going with all this. But I. want to leave you with this before we. go, which is to me of all of the.

ridiculous things that Kushner has been. saying and doing, take a listen to this. Jared Kushner's there and here's his. view about Ukraine. Trump comes from the. business world, which in the business. world, you think about things in the. context of win-win. This is what Kushner. says here. Let's play that clip. the. best outcome could be and what benefits. all people. You know, President Trump uh. comes from the business world, which in. the business world, you think about. things in the context of win-win. You. know, how do you create opportunities. for both sides to do what's in their.

interest uh war is negative some, you. know, everyone loses from war. Uh. whereas, you know, business and and. peace is positive sum and hopefully you. can find big benefits from that in a big. way. So, >> interestingly, only when it comes to. Putin does Donald Trump view business as. a win-win. Go read the art of the deal. He's never viewed it as a win-win before. in any other context. By the way, it's a. win. We could do a win-win for Putin, a. win-win for you. And by the way, international diplomacy is not a. business transaction. And this has been.

one of the big issues. Certainly, if it. is having the biggest loser in business. and Donald Trump, the guy who's. bankrupted casinos and all of his other. lots of other companies, that's not the. person you want to view things through a. business lens. But also international. diplomacy is also necessarily rooted in. national interest. And one of the major. issues is that Trump and Kushner and. Witoff and all these scumbags who are. part of the US cabinet and losers don't. understand and don't care about national.

interest. They care about their. self-interest. So they're doing policies. that enrich them personally and screw. over the American people. It's very easy. to be able to manipulate people whose. sole view is to work against the. national interests that they're supposed. to represent. That's what Putin clearly. sees. It is obvious to him. Iran sees. that US is not pursuing a policy of.

national interest. They're pursuing a. policy of Trump interest. And that's why. it's a recipe from the very outset for. disaster. I'll leave you with this. Ro. Kana spoke with Jack Kacharella over at. the Sunday show on here in the Midas. Touch Network. MAGA Republicans leaving. Congress early. Roana saying, let's talk. about why they're leaving early. Let's. talk about what they want to avoid. Let's play Democratic Congress member. Roana. I think it sums it up nicely.

Let's play it. reasons. He does not want. a vote on the Epstein issue of releasing. the rest of the files and he does not. want a vote on ending the war in Iran. You know, Jack, uh I was shocked by. seeing a poll that GBAO did. According. to them, independent voters are voting. this midterm. Most of the voters, the. issue that they care most about more. than health care costs, more than cost. of living are the Epstein files. And the.

reason they care about it is because it. goes to the corruption in this. government and they are sick of that. corruption. Johnson's seen the same. polls. He doesn't want Epstein becoming. the issue heading into the midterms and. he doesn't want votes on the Iran war. becoming the issue heading into the. midterms. And of course, Thomas Massie. and I have done both of those things. We. introduced the first war powers. resolution uh to prevent us from getting. into Iran. And then soon after that, we. introduced the Epstein Transparency Act.

Brett and Jordy. Sorry, my computer is acting all funky. I think that uh I think it sums it all. up. You know, they're trying to hide. from really everything that Donald Trump. has uh thrown onto the American people. over these past few years. Trump made a. lot of promises that we have we as we. showed you in the beginning of this. episode. um you know, promising under $2. gas, promising that the economy was. going to be going crazy. And everything. he said has been proven wrong. And it's.

not just proven wrong by external. factors, right? It's not just like, oh, this thing happened in this part of the. world and it was unexpected and. therefore, you know, you can't blame the. president. No, every all the instability. right now that we're seeing in the world. is due to Donald Trump. The reason that. we're fighting in Canada, it's not just. happen stance. Because Donald Trump. decided to pick a fight with Canada, who's the stereotype about Canadians. always, at least in the United States, was that Canadians are nice. Like that. that that was the joke about Canadians,

that they're so nice, that they're so. incredibly nice. And so for Trump to. pick a fight with Canada and to try to. pretend like they're our enemies, for. Trump to pick these fights with. Greenland, for Trump to pick for Trump. to pick a fight with all of our allies. or I guess former allies at this point, it just shows you the rot of what we're. dealing with. And it's all coming from. the top and it trickles down to all. these other people who we see who are. all responsible. Everyone else we've. showed you in this episode, whether it's. Scott Besson, whether it's Steve Witco, whether it's Jared Kushner, all of them,

energy secretary Chris Wright, they are. all to blame for this equally as much as. Donald Trump. Even a Marco Rubio, right? Marco Rubio thinks he could get out of. this and he'll be in presidential uh, you know, he'll be a presidential. contender if he just kind of lays low. and stays quiet. Uh-uh. Marco Rubio is. also to blame for this. JD Vance also to. blame for this. And you have to remember. all of these things that we're speaking. about now as we head to the midterms and. as we head to the 2028 elections because. there was going to be a movement by a.

lot of these people in the Trump regime. who are going to say, "Oh yeah, okay. I. was just doing the bidding of the. president. That was my job. Of course, we had our disagreements and I uh in my. in my opinion, I wouldn't have done X, Y, or Z." They're going to try to. distance themselves, but you know, like. these Republicans who are now deciding, I'm not going to go to that midterm. convention. I ain't going anywhere near. Texas. I'm not doing that at all. Uh, you know, you can't let them escape from. and evade responsibility that easily. You always have to be reminding folks.

about what they're supporting and about. what they're propping up. >> Absolutely. And especially as we are 57. days away, or if you're listening to. this on Tuesday, 56 days away from this. election, we can expect a lot more. mischief, a lot more chicainery, a lot. more criminality from the Trump regime. as they get a lot more desperate because. that's what they've got. Rigging and. cheating and lying and deceiving and. pitting us against each other. And we.

have to recognize especially on a day. like today Labor Day, right? Where they. were able to in 2024 create fights. amongst labor within each other by doing. culture war this and culture war that. Like we have to remember that we're. Americans and we should want leaders who. are fighting for America and America's. interest. Donald Trump's the ultimate. fraud. He knows that people want that. That's why his whole big scam is America.

first this, make America. He is the. opposite. He is do it for Trump. I think. that's pretty clear to everybody right. now. We need to remember what's really. at stake right here. And we should look. to our neighbors. Look at our community. Look at our country and recognize that. it truly is we the people versus this. Trump MAGA authoritarian class that. hates us. They hate our troops. They. hate our service members. They hate the. United States. They hate all of the.

things that actually made America strong. and proud. They hate us. And we need to. unite together and fight back against. them. We've got a shot right here, not. just to make big change, but to make. generational change. And that's what. we're going to do together every single. damn day. We're going to keep on. fighting together. So, pre-order WTF. American now. We put a lot of those. ideas in this book that comes out. October 20th. Pre-order if you're going. to wait until October. It's more helpful. if you pre-order it right now. We'll. also put a link in the description.

Also, subscribe to our YouTube channel. Let's keep the momentum going, folks. Jordy, congratulations. We love you, bro. Such an incredible thing that you. welcomed yet another Myelis into your. beautiful family and we love you and we. love all the mightest mighty. Thanks for. sending all of your incredible wishes to. Jordy. And thanks for always being with. us. We're really grateful for you. We. know this isn't possible without you. Jordy, take it away. >> Shout out to the mightest mighty. The. mightest. mightest standing [music] strong.

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