Trump Has Meltdown at WH Presser on DC Takeover

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous White House press conference where he was announcing that he has commanded the National Guard to take over Washington DC by force but then he actually spent a ton of time praising Putin and attacking Zelenskyy and saying that Alaska is part of Russia. Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to https://fatty15.com/MEIDAS and using code MEIDAS at checkout. 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	Wow, Donald Trump just finished a disastrous press conference in the White House.
0:04.0	The, I guess, purpose of this press conference was to talk about how he was going to be sending
0:08.4	the National Guard into Washington, D.C., and other military forces based on the lie that crime
0:15.5	is through the roof in Washington, D.C., when violent crime is actually weighed down.
0:19.9	But Donald Trump then started
0:21.4	talking about his meeting with Putin on Friday in Alaska, and Donald Trump kept on saying
0:27.5	that Alaska is Russia, and Trump kept saying, I am meeting Putin in Russia during this press
0:35.0	conference. Watch him say that. Here, play this clip. See, this is a tragic
0:39.0	emergency. And it's embarrassing for me to be up here. You know, I'm going to see Putin. I'm going
0:44.8	to Russia on Friday. I don't like being up here talking about how unsafe and how dirty and
0:51.0	disgusting this once beautiful Capitol was with graffiti all over the walls.
0:57.5	It's another part of it.
0:58.6	And here again, Donald Trump says that this will be a big thing.
1:02.8	I am going to be seeing Putin in Russia.
1:05.9	Donald, Alaska is part of the United States.
1:08.7	Or are you going to be giving Alaska to Putin? Here
1:12.8	play this clip.
1:13.7	So look, look, let's just do this. Let's do this. It's going to be a big thing. We're
1:20.5	going to Russia. That's going to be a big deal. I think it's also just important for you all
1:24.7	to know that in Russian schools, it's often taught that Alaska
1:28.3	is still part of Russia. So the fact that Donald Trump is kind of pushing that tells you a lot.
1:35.4	Then Donald Trump starts attacking California governor Gavin Newsom calls him new scum. And then
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