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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Trump Gets Rude Awakening as Fired Workers Go Public

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.956.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on disabled veterans who worked for the federal government and were fired by Donald Trump who are speaking out about his cruel and unusual treatment of them. Hiya: Go to https://hiyahealth.com/MEIDAS and get your kids the full-body nourishment they need to grow into healthy adults. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! 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 The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Donald Trump has been firing thousands of federal workers every day.

0:05.0

Tens of thousands of workers have been fired, and now these workers are speaking out in public.

0:12.0

A lot of them are disabled veterans.

0:15.0

Veterans make up about 30 to 40% of our federal workforce after sacrificing on the battlefield and across the country

0:24.8

for our military, oftentimes our veterans get work within the federal government to serve

0:31.6

for their lifetime. Donald Trump is tearing their lives apart, firing them, and treating them like absolute trash.

0:40.3

They're now speaking out about it.

0:42.3

Let me share some of these stories with you.

0:44.3

And as you'll see, at the end of the video, some individuals were even Trump supporters

0:49.3

and didn't think this was going to happen.

0:52.3

But let's just show you at first some disabled veterans

0:55.9

who have lost their jobs. For example, here's a disabled veteran who lost his job with the Salt Lake

1:03.2

Veterans Affairs Department. This is from Fox 13 News in Utah play this clip.

1:09.3

Some federal workers may tell you a job with the government takes on a higher meaning.

1:14.4

We joined it because we want to serve our nation's veterans, to serve our schools, our park

1:19.6

goers, you know, everywhere that the federal government touches.

1:23.8

For Navy veteran Greg House, he wanted to continue helping others who have spent time in the military.

1:29.7

I get almost all of my care at the VA hospital. That is a huge part of my identity. And I want to

1:36.4

serve them. So he jumped at the chance to join the Veterans Affairs team in Salt Lake City last year.

1:43.3

And all indicators told him he was thriving in the role.

1:47.0

Because I had only received top marks on my most recent performance evaluation.

1:52.0

But on February 13th, House discovered that the VA cut 1,000 probationary employees.

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