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Trump Has Midnight Meltdown Over It

October 1, 2026

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Trump Has Midnight Meltdown Over It

Donald Trump posted late into the night on his social media platform, and the host of the MeidasTouch Podcast walks through each post in real time, treating the stream of consciousness as evidence of a presidency in crisis. The central argument is that Trump's economic policies—particularly his trade wars and military escalation against Iran—are directly causing the very problems he claims to be solving, and that the administration is now manipulating data to hide the damage.

The Economic Contradiction

The host points to a specific mechanism: Trump's tariffs and the Iran conflict have driven up diesel prices, which in turn raises the cost of nearly everything because diesel fuels transportation and agriculture. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate is approaching 8%, and the 10-year Treasury yield is nearing 5.6%. The host claims the administration quietly changed the formula for calculating PCE inflation, reducing the reported number by 30 to 40 basis points, to create the appearance of disinflation. "They changed the freaking formula for calculating inflation," the host says, calling it what "fraudulent regimes do."

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Opening Monologue: Trump’s Midnight Meltdown** - The host launches into a rapid-fire critique of Donald Trump’s late-night social media posts, framing them as evidence of a spiraling, dishonest regime.
  • 2 (04:10) **Trump’s “Blow Them Up” Genocidal Rhetoric** - The host highlights Trump’s Oval Office statement about dealing with Iran by suggesting to “blow them up,” and accuses him of projecting his own craziness onto others.
  • 3 (06:54) **Trump Posts Mark Levin Clip Blaming the Public** - The host analyzes a Mark Levin clip that Trump reposted, where Levin scolds Americans for complaining about high gas and diesel prices, framing it as the regime’s contempt for the people.
  • 4 (08:07) **Trump Sleeping and Calling for Arrest of Jerome Powell** - The host shows footage of Trump dozing off during meetings and then shifts to Trump’s demand to “arrest Jerome Powell,” blaming the Federal Reserve chair for high interest rates.
  • 5 (10:27) **Debunking Trump’s Venezuela Oil Claim** - The host debunks Trump’s claim that Venezuelan oil will fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, explaining it’s the wrong type of oil and will take decades to refine, while the US is drawing down another 40 million barrels.
  • 6 (12:13) **Pete Hegseth’s Religious Division in the Military** - The host attacks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for creating a new “Office of Religious Affairs” and purging 20% of top military leaders, calling it a “regime of religious fanatic extremists.”
  • 7 (14:10) **Trump’s Grifting Emails and Paranoia** - The host reads a Trump campaign email asking for money, framing it as a pathetic grift, and notes Trump’s paranoid posts asking “Did you block me?” to his own followers.

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Show Notes

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s late-night posting spree after a disastrous day that included falling asleep during meetings, as Trump insists everything is going great while the problems have spiraled out of control.

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