Justin Wolfers on Trump's Economy as Pressure Mounts

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.9 • 56.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Bessent losing control and running the economy into the ground and Meiselas speaks with MeidasTouch Chief Economist and Platypus Economics founder Justin Wolfers about the latest economic developments. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.6	Donald Trump is crashing the United States economy as he further escalates his catastrophic war in Iran.
1:07.8	In the real world, not in Donald Trump's fraudulent criminal world. The United States has
1:14.1	not brought in $19.2 trillion. If we brought in $19.2 trillion, then why is the debt going up over
1:24.0	$3.5 trillion in this year alone? Why has the total debt and I know a lot of people
1:30.4	are talking about this anymore because they just want to cover up for Donald Trump and MAGA,
1:35.4	but the national debt is approaching $40 trillion. Donald Trump has added basically 30% in his
1:43.8	presidencies to the overall national debt.
1:47.7	Let's just take a look at charts, not Donald Trump's fraud, to talk about what's really happening in the economy.
1:54.8	And you know what's happening in your economy, in your home, in your apartment, you know the struggle to pay rent,
2:03.7	you know that housing is not affordable, groceries are not affordable, gas prices are going back up
2:10.0	right now. Let's just talk about the data because that's what we do here at the Midas Touch Network.
2:15.9	You want to take a look at the traffic in the straight of Hormuz.
2:19.4	You know how Donald Trump says, never before have we had such good traffic? It's like never before
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