Trump LOSES IT at MIDNIGHT as Life IS COLLAPSING

What this episode is about

Donald Trump exhibited erratic behavior and contradictory statements in response to international protests and tensions with Iran, calling himself "Mr. Tariff" while shifting from a strong stance against the Ayatollah to expressing respect for his leadership. This inconsistency highlights the chaos surrounding his administration and the perceived threat to America's global reputation amid domestic unrest.

Key takeaways

• Trump's 'Tariff King' persona: an odd title for someone who's all talk and no action.
• From protecting Iranian protesters to praising the Ayatollah—Trump's contradictions rival a reality show plot twist.
• Inflation solution: one piece of chicken and a tortilla! Who knew budgeting could be so gourmet?
• Pardoning the corrupt? Trump plays Robin Hood, but he’s robbing from the public trust to feed his cronies.
• While touting peace, Trump cozies up to Venezuelan oligarchs, proving profit trumps principle in his playbook.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Unknown Host (Host) · 9 min speaking
• Donald Trump (Guest) · 2 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tariff King, Brook Rollins, The Wall Street Journal
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Venezuela, Nick Scott, John Ratcliffe, Ken Vogle
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Tariff King, Southern Boulevard, Wanda Vasquez, Mark Rini
4. 9:00 – 11:12: Tariff King, Southern Boulevard

Notable quotes from "Trump LOSES IT at MIDNIGHT as Life IS COLLAPSING"

• Guns ablazing and the United States would attack the Ayatollah and protect the protesters. Well, now Donald Trump has a different message. He greatly respects the Ayatollah. He…

  about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei · at 0:41

• Of chicken, one tortilla, one piece of broccoli, and one other thing. That's how it was referred to by Donald Trump's agriculture secretary, Brook Rollins, or one other thing.…

  about Brook Rollins · at 2:30

• Ratcliffe, hanging out with Deli Rodriguez, the authoritarian leader of Venezuela, who Donald Trump has as his puppet, setting up Qatari bank accounts.

  about Venezuela · at 3:25

• Doing right now. How do you expect to have any moral or formal authority when just this week Ken Vogle from the New York Times reported this. He's a great reporter at the Times…

  about Ken Vogle · at 5:34

• California. Wanda Vasquez, the ex-P Puerto Rico governor, plead guilty in a bribery case. Mark Rini, ex FBI agent, plead guilty in Vasquez's case. Karen Piser, ex-CEO…

  about Mark Rini · at 6:21

• And then Donald Trump had this cognitive glitch where he started calling the southern border the southern boulevard.

  about Southern Boulevard · at 8:42

• Then he finished it off by saying that he's the tariff king. He's like me tariff king. I the tariff king. Here, play this clip.

  about Tariff King · at 10:20

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — Person · Referenced figure · 2 mentions · first at 0:33
  Referenced as the Iranian leader Trump allegedly threatened and later praised, used to highlight Trump's reversal and foreign-policy inconsistency.
• John Ratcliffe — Person · Referenced official · 1 mention · first at 3:21
  Presented as Trump's CIA director allegedly 'hanging out' with Venezuelan leadership and linked to Qatari bank accounts, supporting the corruption narrative.
  Deeply offensive. And by the way, you want to talk about deeply offensive, you have Donald Trump's CIA director, John Ratcliffe, hanging out with Deli Rodriguez, the…
• Brook Rollins — Person · Referenced official · 1 mention · first at 2:36
  Identified as Trump's agriculture secretary and tied to the episode's critique of an 'inflation' message about minimal meals ('one piece of chicken...').
• Maria Karina Machado — Person · Referenced opposition figure · 1 mention · first at 4:02
  Described as a Venezuelan opposition leader pushed aside by Trump; used to frame U.S. alignment with authoritarian actors over democratic opposition.
  Pushed aside, as Maria Karina Machado. He's taken her Nobel Peace Prize as the opposition leader who stood up for democracy before she had to kiss the gangster ring and I think…
• Ken Vogle — Person · Referenced journalist · 1 mention · first at 5:38
  Cited as the New York Times reporter who reported on Trump pardons allegedly linked to donations and corruption, anchoring the episode's claims with media sourcing.
• Nick Scott — Person · Referenced political figure · 2 mentions · first at 4:43
  Used as a foil in the critique: the speaker attacks his credibility while noting his comments about Venezuelan regime figures.
  And Rick Scott's Let him go. Let him go, Rick. Rick, first off, you were involved in the largest Medicaid, Medicare fraud, like in American history at the time. Billions of dollars. You are fraud, waste, and abuse. But that's.
• Wanda Vasquez — Person · Referenced subject of pardon discussion · 1 mention · first at 6:21
  Listed among individuals discussed in the context of Trump pardons and bribery allegations, supporting the episode's 'waste, fraud, and abuse' theme.
  To 5 months for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across Southern California. Wanda Vasquez, the ex-P Puerto Rico governor, plead guilty in a bribery case. Mark Rini, ex…
• Mark Rini — Person · Referenced subject of pardon discussion · 1 mention · first at 6:26
  Named as an ex-FBI agent who pleaded guilty in the Wanda Vasquez case, included in the broader critique of pardons and corruption.

Concepts & topics

• Tariff King — Concept · Core topic · 5 mentions · first at 0:07
  A recurring label Trump applies to himself in posts and remarks; used by the speaker to frame Trump as unstable and obsessed with tariffs.
• Southern Boulevard — Concept · Referenced gaffe · 2 mentions · first at 8:45
  A verbal slip by Trump (intended 'southern border') used by the speaker to argue cognitive decline and unseriousness.

Places & events

• Venezuela — Place · Core topic (foreign corruption allegation setting) · 2 mentions · first at 3:30
  Presented as the locus of alleged authoritarianism and a purported scheme involving oil proceeds and Qatari bank accounts.

Media & podcasts

• The Wall Street Journal — Media · Referenced media outlet · 1 mention · first at 2:41
  Cited as having tested/assessed the 'one piece of chicken' inflation messaging, providing external validation for the critique.
  Know, get that piece of chicken, the piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing in the Wall Street Journal, hit the grocery stores to test the theory out, and you…
• The New York Times — Media · Referenced media outlet · 1 mention · first at 5:38
  Referenced as the outlet for reporting on Trump pardons and donation links (attributed to Ken Vogle), supporting the episode's claims.
  Doing right now. How do you expect to have any moral or formal authority when just this week Ken Vogle from the New York Times reported this. He's a great reporter at the Times…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Donald Trump was having a psychotic meltdown all last night. He kept on making post after post of photos of himself with the words tariff king, Mr. Tariff. Then he went on the White House account and posted Mr. Tariff. He was posting photos of himself referring to himself as tariff king all last night. Then he was posting this as well. Remember how he promised the people of Iran that if they went out in protest and fought back against the Ayatollah that Donald Trump would have their back? Donald Trump said that if the Ayatollah killed a single protester that Donald Trump said the United States would go in guns ablazing and the United States would attack the Ayatollah and protect the protesters. Well, now Donald Trump has a different message. He greatly respects the Ayatollah. He says, he goes, "I greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings which were to take place yesterday over 800 of them

1:02 have been cancelled by the leadership of Iran. Thank you. Thank you." Ayatollah signed Donald J. Trump. So Donald Trump went from we will kill the Ayatollah. We will attack this Iranian regime if they dare kill a single protester. Iran slaughtered thousands. thousands of protesters. We don't know if it's in the low thousands or tens of thousands because there's an internet blackout. But Trump said, "I've got your back, protesters. If you go out there, we got you." And now Donald Trump saying, "You know what? We've what I've done. I've been able to stop 800 hangings. Thank you, Ayatollah. We greatly respect you."

1:45 The hell is going on? These are deeply serious times right now. And we have a deeply unserious human being, a dangerous human being, someone who's currently involved in invasions against American cities, specifically blue states and blue cities. And it is someone who's making a mess of America standing in the world, destroying America's standing in the world. While all of that's taking place, the Trump regime is telling we the people what we deserve, one pencil, one doll. Why would we want more than that? And when it comes to food, the Trump regime's recent recommendation is we don't have to worry about inflation if we just got one piece of chicken, one tortilla, one piece of broccoli, and one other thing. That's how it was referred to by Donald Trump's agriculture secretary, Brook Rollins, or one other thing. Well, the Wall Street Journal did a report on this and they said, you know, it can cost around $3 in

2:48 a meal. some inflation busting plan. You know, get that piece of chicken, the piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing in the Wall Street Journal, hit the grocery stores to test the theory out, and you could, if you just get one piece of each, you may be able to get it for under three bucks. That's what the regime is trying to tell the people. That's their plan to stop inflation. Do we know how utterly offensive all of that is? It is so deeply offensive. And by the way, you want to talk about deeply offensive, you have Donald Trump's CIA director, John Ratcliffe, hanging out with Deli Rodriguez, the authoritarian leader of Venezuela, who Donald Trump has as his puppet, setting up Qatari bank accounts.

3:37 So, while Donald Trump sells Venezuelan oil to Donald Trump's right-wing oligarch buddies, the proceeds from that sale doesn't go to the Treasury, doesn't go to the United States banks. It goes to bank accounts in Qatar with very little accountability. I wonder what those bank accounts in Qatar are going to be used for. So, Donald Trump has pushed aside, as you know, Maria Karina Machado. He's taken her Nobel Peace Prize as the opposition leader who stood up for democracy before she had to kiss the gangster ring and I think embarrass herself. I guess I understand why she feels she needs to do it, but it's been grotesque to watch her give the Nobel Prize. I don't like it one bit. I'm not going to tell people though who feel a certain way how they should feel. I'll just share my opinion there briefly. But then Donald Trump is out there CIA director with Deli with with Diodos Cabo the enforcer of

4:43 Maduro. Even Rick Scott MAGA Republican senator is talking about how Diastado Cabo that was Maduro's enforcer who's now still in charge, right? you know, him and Deli are in charge, kidnapping all of these people. The proppposition uh daughters-in-law, sons-in-laws are still being tortured in Venezuelan prisons. And Rick Scott's like, "Let him go. Let him go, Rick. Rick, first off, you were involved in the largest Medicaid, Medicare fraud, like in American history at the time. Billions of dollars. You are fraud, waste, and abuse. But that's how you got your money in a golden parachute after invoking the fifth amendment many times and after your company was criminally convicted of the Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

5:32 But look at what the gangster regime is doing right now. How do you expect to have any moral or formal authority when just this week Ken Vogle from the New York Times reported this. He's a great reporter at the Times that Donald Trump pardoned several people this week, including a banker implicated in a bribery scheme whose daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump's pack. A woman who was freed from prison by a Trump commutation in 2021 and was convicted in an unrelated case in 2024. I think she was selling counterfeit 5hour energy drinks the first time she was convicted. Trump pardoned a portaotti magnet named Ari Eric D Jung III who was sentenced in federal prison to 5 months for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across Southern California. Wanda Vasquez, the ex-P Puerto Rico governor, plead guilty in a bribery case. Mark Rini, ex FBI agent, plead guilty in Vasquez's case. Karen

6:32 Piser, ex-CEO, convicted of insider trading in order to pay $18 million, which will likely be wiped away. And there are so so many more people who were pardoned this week alone. I'll do a whole video on this with Harry Litman. But Trump is pardoning the people who are convicted of waste, fraud, and abuse. Folks, the American people hate this. A majority of the country say that Donald Trump's first year was an utter failure. And as CNN explained, they did a good job aggregating this. They're like, there's no positive data out there for Trump at all. Here, play this clip.

7:08 You really have to squint hard to find even a small piece of good news for the president in this poll. A majority of the country, 58% say President Trump's first year has been a failure. That includes twothirds of independent voters. Now, why is that? Across the board, Americans disapprove of how the president is handling every major issue. He's at 39% on the economy, 42% on immigration. Those are two of the biggest reasons that voters say they sent him back to the White House. The economy is far and away America's top concern and has been for years. Right now, twothirds of voters say the president is focused on the wrong things. And maybe even more importantly, twoth3s say they don't think he cares about people like them.

7:58 And again, as I talk about these deeply serious times that we're in, I mean, what? Donald Trump was holding a press conference at one of his golf courses in Florida and Palm Beach where he was like, "All right, we have to go. There's a wedding coming in." Because his home and where he holds the press conferences is a wedding venue. That's deeply weird. Here, play this clip right here.

8:23 Thank you. Thank you all very much. You know, we have a wedding here now. So, they said, "Sir, is there any way you can move it quickly?" I said, "I'm not moving it quickly." Wait a minute. And the people getting married are outside and they said, "Take your time, sir. This is an honor." So, it's sort of cute. Have a good time. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. And then Donald Trump had this cognitive glitch where he started calling the southern border the southern boulevard. I'll do a whole video on Donald Trump's deteriorating health. I mean again he posts tariff king. Mr. Tariff, Mr.

8:56 Tariff, tariff king. Like we realize Anyway, just play the clip of him talking about Southern Boulevard here. Play this clip.

9:04 Better than they've ever done before. They're up 78% in many cases. But starting on day one, we fully secured our southern boulevard and stopped the and think of it as we were securing Southern Boulevard, making Florida great. We're also securing a thing called the southern border and making that great and we stopped the invasion of our country. So Florida's been ahead of our time. Florida was ahead. It led the way, but we stopped the this was an invasion. And then of course earlier in the day he said that he was going to tariff any country that doesn't allow America to invade Greenland. Play this clip. After

9:44 another I called Germany. No, no, no. We will not do that. They said no. We're going to put a 25% tariff which is by the way about seven times more than they would have to pay by raising their drug. Like seven times. This wasn't like a little bit more. Seven times more. And and I may do that for Greenland, too. I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security. So, I may do that. I'll give you a little I'll talk about I'll take you out of that. In fact, that'll end up being the story.

10:14 But actually, this is a much bigger story because we're reducing healthcare by numbers that you haven't seen.

10:20 Then he finished it off by saying that he's the tariff king. He's like me tariff king. I the tariff king. Here, play this clip.

10:29 Understood how to deal with him. And uh I'm the tariff king. and the tariff king has done a great job and I hope we win the Supreme Court case because if we don't uh be a shame for our country, be a shame. We have we folks, we'll keep you posted every step of the way here on the Midas Touch Network. Just keeping you apprised of these developments. We've got a lot of programming over the course of this weekend. Keep checking back every 90 minutes or so for a new video. Thanks for watching and have a wonderful day. Thanks for watching. Be sure to add the Midas Touch podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast for new updates every single day.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Trump LOSES IT at MIDNIGHT as Life IS COLLAPSING"?

Unknown Host (Host), Donald Trump (Guest).

What is "Trump LOSES IT at MIDNIGHT as Life IS COLLAPSING" about?

Donald Trump exhibited erratic behavior and contradictory statements in response to international protests and tensions with Iran, calling himself "Mr. Tariff" while shifting from a strong stance against the Ayatollah to expressing respect for his leadership. This inconsistency highlights the chaos surrounding his administration and the perceived threat to America's global reputation amid…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

13 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Tariff King, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Venezuela, John Ratcliffe, Brook Rollins, Maria Karina Machado. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Trump LOSES IT at MIDNIGHT as Life IS COLLAPSING"?

The episode runs 11 min; the transcript is about 1,839 words in 17 timestamped sections.

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