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5 min read“Things aren’t looking good,” Donald Trump wrote to his email list late on September 30, with the subject line “Holy Cow, [insert month and date].” That late-night meltdown is the entry point for a dense, multi-front episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast that tracks a regime under compounding pressure: economic indicators flashing red, geopolitical humiliation, a Treasury Secretary whose temper is making headlines, and an administration whose military posture in the Middle East is drawing bipartisan criticism. The throughline is that the Trump administration’s own policies—on Iran, oil, and trade—are producing the crises they claim to be solving, while the president and his top officials appear increasingly erratic and isolated.
The Oil Price Spiral and the Strait of Hormuz
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:09) **Trump's Late-Night Panic Email** - Trump sends a "soul crushing" mass email about poor polling numbers and rants about Jack Smith
- 2 (02:55) **"Orange Plague" Statue in European Parliament** - A gold-plated naked statue of Trump is unveiled in the EU Parliament building, mocking him as a plague
- 3 (04:13) **Trump's Iran Nuclear "Joke" Exposed** - Host contrasts Trump's casual suggestion that Iran nuking LA and San Diego would be "a small price to pay" with his claims of having obliterated Iran's nuclear capability
- 4 (05:00) **Oil Prices Soaring Under Trump** - EIA raises 2026 Brent forecast to $98/barrel as Strait of Hormuz disruptions and tanker shortages create a massive energy crisis
- 5 (08:36) **Iran's Parliament Leader Mocks Treasury Secretary** - Iran's parliament speaker posts a ghost image mocking Bessant as treasury yields approach 6% and foreign countries dump US bonds
- 6 (09:32) **Bessant's Unstable Behavior Exposed** - Wall Street Journal reveals Treasury Secretary threw his briefing book at a wall, has profanity-laced tirades, and stormed out of a restaurant spitting food
- 7 (12:22) **Iran's Global Isolation Strategy Fails** - Despite Trump's "economic D-Day" promises, Iran is meeting with Putin at the CIS summit and has major roles at BRICS and SCO
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s late-night meltdown as his own fundraising email describes the numbers as “soul-crushing.” Meiselas breaks down Trump’s overnight ranting, the economic pain facing Americans, and the consequences of his policies unfolding around the world.
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