Trump Makes Shock Admission on Shutdown in Disaster Presser

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous press conference in the Oval Office where he admits he wants to use the government shutdown to medically hurt the American people and he makes other shocking and incriminating claims. Brain.fm: Unlock your brain's full potential! Try brain.fm FREE for 30 days when you go to https://brain.fm/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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0:29.8	Donald Trump just made numerous stunning admissions about the government shutdown that's about
0:35.4	to take place when he held a press conference in the Oval
0:38.1	office. Donald Trump stated that he intends to use the government shutdown in order to harm
0:45.6	people medically and destroy the lives of people in the government. It's in his own words.
0:52.1	Let me play the clip for you right now here. Let's play it.
0:55.0	I told you, we have $17 trillion being invested. So the last person that wants to shut down
0:59.4	is us now. With that being said, we can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible,
1:06.6	that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out,
1:11.8	cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like.
1:15.1	And you all know, you all know Russell, though he's become very popular recently,
1:20.1	because he can trim the budget to a level that you couldn't do any other way.
1:24.2	So they're taking a risk by having a shutdown because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other way. So they're taking a risk by having a shutdown because because of the shutdown,
1:28.1	we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits. We can cut large numbers of people.
1:36.2	We don't want to do that, but we don't want fraud, waste, and abuse. And, you know, we're cutting
1:42.1	that. But they now the Democrats all showed up to the House of
1:46.7	Representatives today you see right here in the House chambers all Democrats notably
1:52.1	missing right here all Republicans no Republicans showed up to the House of
1:58.0	Representatives on the day before a government shutdown because Donald
2:02.1	Trump and Maga Mike ordered that these Republicans not show up. Horrific. Democrats are there to work.
2:10.2	Then Donald Trump is asked a question by a reporter who finally pushes back. And the reporter says,
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