Trump PANICS and ABRUPTLY KICKS OUT PRESS from Cabinet Meeting

What this episode is about

During a chaotic cabinet meeting, Donald Trump abruptly expelled the press, canceling a planned Q&A session amidst a morning filled with erratic social media rants. His outbursts included attacks on various figures, expressions of frustration with interest rate policies, and unsettling reports of secretive meetings aimed at encouraging Alberta's potential secession from Canada.

Key takeaways

• When the press gets kicked out, it’s less a cabinet meeting and more a reality show audition.
• Trump’s attempts to inspire Alberta secession reveal more jealousy than geopolitical strategy—Canada’s handling of China outshines his isolationism.
• In a jobs recession, corporate layoffs soar while CEOs cash in—proving that capitalism can be more of a circus than a system.
• Hman’s bloodshed warning is a classic case of victim-blaming—when you can't face accountability, just shift the narrative.
• While Treasury Secretary's breakfast secrets stir memes, millions are struggling to afford one decent meal—a stark indictment of priorities.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Donald Trump (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Melania Trump (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Scott Bessant (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Chris Wright (Guest) · 1 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Donald Trump, Tom Holman, Jerome Powell, Cydney Powell
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Donald Trump, Amazon, Alex Jeffrey Prey, Minneapolis
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Dupe.com, Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Donald Trump, Curtis Wayne Wright, Washington Post

Notable quotes from "Trump PANICS and ABRUPTLY KICKS OUT PRESS from Cabinet Meeting"

• By his border patrol Gustapo. He's also been making social media posts attacking Jerome Powell. He writes, Jerome Tulate Powell again refused to cut interest rates even though…

  about Jerome Powell · at 0:58

• He refers to Prime Minister Carney now as Governor Carney. Donald Trump is absolutely jealous that Prime Minister Carney has been able to unite a lot of the world and make great deals with China and Europe and elsewhere while.

  about Donald Trump · at 1:48

• Lies, steals, cheats, commits crimes, tampers with things, and manipulates things. So, the Trump regime sent Tom Hman into Minnesota to replace Greg Bevino. Greg Bavino was the former leader of the Border Patrol, Gustapo.

  about Tom Holman · at 2:45

• Well, all of that's going on. more US companies are announcing layoffs. We previously reported massive layoffs from Amazon while they fund also Melania's movie. They give her $70 million, but slash6,000 jobs. lots of other companies have.

  about Amazon · at 4:48

• Online you're This is it. I found my dream couch. And then you see the price and immediately close the tab. I'm talking rugs that cost more than a car.

  about Dupe.com · at 6:17

• Talking about there? Then going to state regime media which calls itself Fox. You have Melania Trump, I guess, on there every hour now promoting the Melania movie which nobody…

  about Melania Trump · at 7:34

• Representatives are in contact with Vladimir Putin right now. And this, as we know, Donald Trump is displaying Vladimir Putin's photo with Trump in the Oval Office very prominently. Here's what Melania says there. Let's play it.

  about Vladimir Putin · at 8:26

• American lives cuz power went down, heating went out. the Trump administration, we've saved 17 gigawatts of coal plants to keep them open.

  about Curtis Wayne Wright · at 9:54

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Primary referenced political figure (subject of critique) · 10 mentions · first at 0:02
  Central figure in the episode; the host attributes multiple actions/policies and media behavior to Trump and his administration.
• Tom Holman — Person · Referenced government official (immigration enforcement) · 1 mention · first at 2:51
  Presented as being moved into a leadership role in Minnesota replacing Greg Bevino; quoted giving a speech about rhetoric against ICE and 'bloodshed'.
• Melania Trump — Person · Referenced public figure (media appearance / promotion) · 2 mentions · first at 7:38
  Discussed in relation to media appearances and claims about communications involving Vladimir Putin; also tied to a promoted 'Melania movie' mentioned in the episode.
• Jerome Powell — Person · Referenced economic policymaker · 1 mention · first at 1:01
  Mentioned as the target of Trump's criticism regarding interest rates; used to illustrate Trump's social media behavior and economic commentary.
• Curtis Wayne Wright — Person · Referenced cabinet official / spokesperson on energy policy · 2 mentions · first at 9:02
  Quoted making claims about coal plants saving lives during winter storms; used as an example of administration messaging/propaganda per the host.
• Ed Martin — Person · Referenced DOJ official (as described in episode) · 1 mention · first at 2:03
  Cited as a senior DOJ official posting photos with Cydney Powell; used to support the host's narrative about politicization and election-related conspiracies.
  China and Europe and elsewhere while Donald Trump has now isolated the United States. Also, you have a senior DOJ official Ed Martin posting photos with Cydney Powell, one of…
• Cydney Powell — Person · Referenced political lawyer / election conspiracies figure (likely mis-typed) · 1 mention · first at 2:10
  Mentioned as a 'top conspiracy theorist' who denied the 2020 election results; likely refers to Sidney Powell (common spelling), but transcript spells 'Cydney'.
  Donald Trump has now isolated the United States. Also, you have a senior DOJ official Ed Martin posting photos with Cydney Powell, one of Trump's top conspiracy theorists who…
• Vladimir Putin — Person · Referenced foreign leader · 1 mention · first at 8:28
  Mentioned in connection with Melania Trump claiming communications via representatives and a letter; also referenced as having his photo displayed with Trump in the Oval Office (per host).
• Alex Jeffrey Prey — Person · Referenced victim (identity unclear from transcript) · 2 mentions · first at 0:54
  The host claims Trump attacked/defamed 'Alex Prey' on social media and states the person was murdered; however, the transcript provides insufficient corroborating identifiers and the name may be mis-transcribed.
  And as I noted, Donald Trump's been ranting like a lunatic all morning. He's been making social media posts attacking and defaming Alex Prey who was murdered by his border…
• Greg Bevino — Person · Referenced former Border Patrol leader (identity unclear from transcript) · 1 mention · first at 2:54
  Described as the former leader of Border Patrol who was removed/demoted and replaced by Tom Hman; the name may be mis-transcribed and is not clearly identifiable from transcript alone.
  Things. So, the Trump regime sent Tom Hman into Minnesota to replace Greg Bevino. Greg Bavino was the former leader of the Border Patrol, Gustapo.

Companies & orgs

• Amazon — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 4:56
  Mentioned in the context of layoffs and corporate behavior.
• Washington Post — Company · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at 10:17
  Cited as a source for reporting on Trump's dealings.
  Donald Trump's shady oil dealings with Venezuela because all of this is a grift to enrich Donald Trump. The Washington Post reports that Trump officials who were awarded…

Places & events

• Fulton County — Place · Setting · 1 mention · first at 2:20
  Mentioned in the context of election interference.
  Raiding the Fulton County election offices and warehouses that have all of the ballots stored from 2020. And the Trump FBI raided it, took all of the 2020 ballots. And now the…
• Minneapolis — Place · Setting · 1 mention · first at 3:42
  Mentioned in the context of a speech by a border official.
  In horrific atrocities against humanity and crimes against humanity in my opinion. Hman shows up in Minnesota today and in Minneapolis. He gives his first speech and he says he…
• Stern School of Business — Place · Setting · 1 mention · first at 8:17
  Mentioned in the context of Melania Trump's son's education.
  He's incredible young man. and we are very proud of him. Second year in Stern School of Business.

Sponsors

• Dupe.com — Product · Sponsor · 3 mentions · first at 6:21
  Promoted as a tool for finding affordable alternatives to expensive products.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 A very bizarre moment just unfolded this morning in Donald Trump's cabinet meeting. He had the press there and he was supposed to take questions and he just abruptly kicked out the press. He's been panicking all morning. He's been ranting and raving like a lunatic on social media. Again, this cabinet meeting was supposed to be open to the press. He was supposed to take questions, but then they just shut it down. They kicked out the press. Let me show you what happened moments ago here. Play this clip.

0:25 Thank you very much, everybody. Mr. President, why don't you guys go start moving? Thank you, press. Keep moving. Thank you, guys.

0:50 And as I noted, Donald Trump's been ranting like a lunatic all morning. He's been making social media posts attacking and defaming Alex Prey who was murdered by his border patrol Gustapo. He's also been making social media posts attacking Jerome Powell. He writes, "Jerome Tulate Powell again refused to cut interest rates even though he has absolutely no reason to keep them so high. He is hurting our country and it's national security." He goes on to rant and rave like a lunatic in that social media post for a longer paragraph. No need to read it. It's just uh the rantings and ravings of an insane person. Also, we're learning that the Trump regime has been holding more secret meetings with uh separatist fringe groups in Canada to try to convince Alberta to secede from Canada and potentially become part of the United States. Again, this is Donald Trump's attack on Canada, which he continues to refer to as the 51st state.

1:48 He refers to Prime Minister Carney now as Governor Carney. Donald Trump is absolutely jealous that Prime Minister Carney has been able to unite a lot of the world and make great deals with China and Europe and elsewhere while Donald Trump has now isolated the United States. Also, you have a senior DOJ official Ed Martin posting photos with Cydney Powell, one of Trump's top conspiracy theorists who denied the results of the 2020 election. This follows Donald Trump's FBI Gestapo raiding the Fulton County election offices and warehouses that have all of the ballots stored from 2020. And the Trump FBI raided it, took all of the 2020 ballots. And now the people in Fulton County say that the Trump regime is likely going to tamper with it. and they can no longer uh actually say that there is a proper chain of custody anymore given that the Trump regime lies, steals, cheats, commits crimes, tampers with things, and manipulates

2:51 things. So, the Trump regime sent Tom Hman into Minnesota uh to replace Greg Bevino. Greg Bavino was the former leader of the Border Patrol, Gustapo. And so Bevino was removed and demoted and who knows what he's doing now, but Tom Hman was moved in. Tom Hman, of course, is the uh border zar as he's called. Um he's the guy who allegedly took uh money in a cava bag uh as a quidd proquo, which was investigated by the the FBI, but then Trump's FBI looked the other way, and Homeman refuses to speak about what happened with money being handed to him in a cava bag. But anyway, Homeman, who's really no better at all than Bevino. I mean, they're both horrible human beings who have engaged in horrific atrocities against humanity and crimes against humanity in my opinion. Hman shows up in Minnesota today and in Minneapolis. He gives his first speech and he says he basically blames the people who criticized ISIS's

3:54 invasion for the reason that people died. People were murdered by Donald Trump's ICE and Border Patrol. Gestapo Hman says, "I warned there would be bloodshed if the rhetoric against ICE didn't stop and there has now been bloodshed." Here, play this clip.

4:16 I begged for the last two months on TV for the ric to stop. I said in March, if the reic didn't stop, there's going to be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die. not officers, not members of the community, and not the targets of our operations.

4:48 Well, all of that's going on. Uh, more US companies are announcing layoffs. We previously reported massive layoffs from Amazon while they fund also Melania's movie. They give her $70 million, but slash6,000 jobs. Uh lots of other companies have announced uh massive job cuts and layoffs. As I've said before, we are in a jobs recession. Uh right now, uh people can't people can't get jobs. People who have jobs um are unable to uh make wages with dignity or get wages with dignity. Um this is the Trump era of corporate cost cutting as they're describing it, which is actually the CEOs making uh,000 3,000 5,000x with their employees work. while firing their employees. But take a look at how various state regime media is dealing with it this morning. CBS News, which shouldn't even be called news anymore, as I saw that one comedian say uh at the Golden Globes, it stands for CBS, it's all BS that comes out of them, but

5:51 they're state regime media now, they brought on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant, and you know, they're asking him the tough questions like, "Tell it tell me about something unusual that you drink or eat in the morning." here. Play this clip.

6:04 My deep dark secret is I have a Dr. Pepper for breakfast. Not allowed to do it in the house with the children.

6:09 That's your That's your breakfast secretary. Breaking news. Don't tell Bobby Kennedy.

6:15 Don't tell Bobby Kennedy. Have you ever wanted something so badly online you're like, "This is it. I found my dream couch." And then you see the price and immediately close the tab. I'm talking rugs that cost more than a car. Lamps that apparently require a second mortgage. That was me until dupe.com. Seriously, I'm kind of obsessed. I had my eye on one of those ridiculously expensive cloud couches that influencers are always flopping onto. $6,000. $6,000. I ran it through dupe.com and boom. Same look, same plush vibe for a fraction of the price. It felt kind of illegal. And it's stupid easy. You just go to dupe.com, paste in a product link or upload a photo, and it instantly finds lookalikes that don't wreck your bank account. And these aren't sketchy knockoffs. Half the time they are coming from the same factories, just without the terrifying price tag. And it's not just furniture. Dupe works for fashion,

7:04 shoes, jewelry, basically anything where you've got expensive taste and a very unexpensive budget. Using dupe.com is insanely simple. Just go to dup.com and paste any product URL or even upload a photo and it will instantly show you similar items for way less. There's also an app and a browser extension if you want to make it even easier. No account needed, totally free. Start saving money with dupe.com today. What are we even talking about there? Then going to state regime media which calls itself Fox. You have Melania Trump, I guess, on there every hour now promoting the Melania movie which nobody wants to see. And she says that uh you know as a parent you have to be there for your little children. And she Baron, who's 19 years old, she describes as like her little child. This is what they're doing on state regime media. Play this clip.

7:57 Tell us about that. The challenge of being uh the first lady of the greatest country in the world. Everyone's pulling at you, but you also have your priority of your family.

8:08 It's very important. You need to be there for a child uh non-stop, especially when they need you, especially at that age that Baron is. He's incredible young man. and we are very proud of him. Second year in Stern School of Business.

8:24 She also talks about that her representatives are in contact with Vladimir Putin right now. And this, as we know, Donald Trump is displaying Vladimir Putin's photo with Trump in the Oval Office very prominently. Here's what Melania says there. Let's play it.

8:38 In Russia, you sent Vladimir Putin a note. Did he get back to you? Tell me about that.

8:45 He did. He did. He wrote a letter back to me. Um my representative is in contact with them and we are still working uh reuniting more children. I hope soon we will have a great success again. It's great to

9:02 Energy Secretary Chris Wright. This is part of the new Trump propaganda push this morning. They're saying as a result of Donald Trump bringing back coal and getting rid of solar and wind energy, hundreds of lives were saved in the winter storm. Hundreds of people would have died, he said, if Biden was in office. But we saved your life by bringing back coal. That's the propaganda the regime is spewing this morning. Let's play this clip right here.

9:30 Yeah. Not just the sto the storm, but the cold temperatures, Dana, they drive up demand for electricity to the to often the annual peak. And I will tell you, coal and President Trump's effort to keep coal plants open has in the last few days has likely saved hundreds of American lives. We had a much smaller coal front uh during the Biden administration. We lost over 200 American lives cuz power went down, heating went out. Uh the Trump administration, we've saved 17 gigawatts of coal plants to keep them open. Natural gas, coal, and nuclear in that order have been the key workh horses to keep the lights on at these peak demand times.

10:11 Excellent. And now we're also learning more about Donald Trump's shady oil dealings with Venezuela because all of this is a grift to enrich Donald Trump. The Washington Post reports that Trump officials who were awarded Venezuela oil sales contracts um have uh done that with firms tied to bribery. Two trading houses with a history of bribery and corruption won the $500 million deals. Court records show they were previously hunted down by the US Department of Justice. But that does not seem to matter to the current regime. Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with Trump uh this month to sell Venezuelan oil and then put the money in Qatari bank account were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere. A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump's 2024 election campaign. Isn't that what this is all about, folks? At the end of the day, Donald Trump enriching himself

11:11 through this uh through this utter uh utter grift. Um and then finally, the United States moving closer to war with Iran. Iran says that it is um engaging in war games right now off the uh straight of Hermuse where they're going to be doing live firing exercises, potentially disrupting traffic through that waterway. Um, America has its Abraham Lincoln uh uh tanker group that's heading that's in the area right now. Um, it seems that there could be another war imminent uh with Iran and we will be keeping you posted every step of the way as we watch for that. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million. And thank you everybody for watching. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Philipski, add free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at midasplus.com.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Trump PANICS and ABRUPTLY KICKS OUT PRESS from Cabinet Meeting"?

Donald Trump (Guest), Melania Trump (Guest), Scott Bessant (Guest), Chris Wright (Guest).

What is "Trump PANICS and ABRUPTLY KICKS OUT PRESS from Cabinet Meeting" about?

During a chaotic cabinet meeting, Donald Trump abruptly expelled the press, canceling a planned Q&A session amidst a morning filled with erratic social media rants. His outbursts included attacks on various figures, expressions of frustration with interest rate policies, and unsettling reports of secretive meetings aimed at encouraging Alberta's potential secession from Canada.

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

16 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Donald Trump, Tom Holman, Melania Trump, Jerome Powell, Curtis Wayne Wright, Ed Martin. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Trump PANICS and ABRUPTLY KICKS OUT PRESS from Cabinet Meeting"?

The episode runs 12 min; the transcript is about 1,964 words in 22 timestamped sections.

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