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5 min readThe Twelve-Year-Old President
Donald Trump began last week by assuring the public that a deal with Iran would be reached within 48 hours. By Sunday, he told Axios he was "low-keying" negotiations and might do "semi negotiations" while letting things "run its natural course." Iran, meanwhile, has not changed its demands since March: unfrozen funds, Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, US bases removed from the region, $300 billion in reparations, and the right to maintain ballistic missiles and a nuclear program. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, with Iran striking one or two tankers daily. Brent and WTI crude jumped about 5 percent in response to Trump's latest erratic posture. The entire episode, as the hosts frame it, embodies what they call the "everyone is 12 now" theory of American reality: Trump responding to a serious geopolitical crisis with the petulance and impulsiveness of a middle schooler.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Episode Open & Iran War Update** - Hosts recap Trump’s broken promises on an Iran deal and detail the latest escalation.
- 2 (01:51) **Trump’s Deranged Oval Office Press Conference** - Trump spreads medical disinformation on child vaccines, mixing conspiracy with policy.
- 3 (02:27) **Golden Age Propaganda vs. Military Reality** - Regime officials tout a “golden age” while service members suffer on deployed supercarriers.
- 4 (04:12) **Trump’s Record-Low Approval** - Polling shows Trump’s approval before the midterms is the worst since 1953.
- 5 (05:16) **The “Everyone Is 12 Now” Theory** - A viral meme frames Trump’s decision-making as that of a 12-year-old.
- 6 (06:38) **Iran War: Consistency vs. Incompetence** - Iran’s demands have been unchanged since March; Trump acts surprised and flails.
- 7 (08:55) **Cruelty at Home: National Parks and Healthcare** - The regime’s cruelty extends to bulldozing Big Bend National Park and stripping healthcare.
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Show Notes
On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, Ben, Jordy, and Brett dissect Trump's rambling and dangerous Oval Office event on childhood vaccines, including bizarre claims about "vats" of vaccine being "pumped into your child's body" and moments where he visibly struggles to stay awake on camera. They dig into the U.S.-Iran standoff grinding into its fifth month with the Strait of Hormuz still closed, Iran's defiant new list of demands, and a Pentagon scrambling to resupply weapons stocks depleted by the war. The guys also cover mounting economic warning signs at home — soaring gas prices, a Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a 43-year low, and even Republican pollsters sounding alarms ahead of the midterms — plus reports of military families confronting Navy leadership over grim conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. Ben, Brett, and Jordy go through all this and more!
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