Trump Has Thursday Meltdown as His Shutdown Is Backfiring

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s meltdown on Thursday as Americans blame him for his shutdown and Americans want their ACA subsidies extended so they don’t go bankrupt and Meiselas highlights the Trump and the Republicans ongoing campaign of lies. Use code MEIDAS to get 10% OFF your next order at https://Bookshop.org/meidas 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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0:29.7	Donald Trump is panicking this morning as the Donald Trump government shutdown continues to blow
0:35.8	up in his face as we're getting more data out about who the
0:39.5	American people are blaming by overwhelming amounts they're blaming Donald Trump and the Republicans.
0:45.4	A Washington Post flash poll just taken of 110 people find that 47% blame Trump and Republicans
0:53.4	for the shutdown.
0:55.2	30% say Democrats in Congress.
0:57.7	And when you go through the cross tabs, 71% of Americans say federal health insurance subsidies should be extended.
1:05.0	And yes, by a 17% point margin, the poll found more people saying Trump and Republicans are to blame. And that number
1:11.9	right there, 71% of Americans say federal health insurance subsidies should be extended. That is
1:17.8	basically what Democrats are entirely fighting for here. And so the more Democrats can emphasize that,
1:24.3	I think further support will be garnered by Democrats for trying to ensure that
1:30.1	Americans' health insurance is protected. Now, Donald Trump just posted this moments ago because
1:35.7	Donald Trump's talking about inflicting pain on Americans and specifically targeting Democrats.
1:42.3	Donald Trump goes, I have a meeting today.
1:44.4	This is what he posted.
1:45.3	I have a meeting today with Russ Vote.
1:48.0	He of Project 2025 fame to determine which of the many Democrat agencies,
1:54.1	most of which are a political scam, he recommends to be cut.
1:58.0	And whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent i cannot believe
2:02.9	the radical left democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity they are not stupid people so
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