The MidasTouch podcast highlights a pivotal shift in American politics as a large, energized freshman class of Democrats enters Congress, signaling a departure from the previous MAGA-led era. This new wave of elected officials is portrayed as genuinely committed to serving the public and demanding accountability, directly countering the perceived chaos and deception of the Trump administration. A major flashpoint is the impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegsith, introduced by Representative Thomas Massey over alleged war crimes and violations of U.S. war powers, especially in Iran. Trump’s response—denying election integrity, making bizarre press comments, and appointing Dana White as press secretary—reveals desperation and a lack of leadership, further eroding public trust. Simultaneously, geopolitical tensions escalate with Iran attacking tankers and military infrastructure in the Strait of Hormuz, while China and Russia strengthen regional alliances, signaling a realignment of global power. The podcast also exposes serious national security concerns, such as the alleged routing of advanced Nvidia chips to China via shell companies, raising questions about corporate ethics and U.S. oversight. The episode underscores a growing public fatigue with Trump’s rhetoric and policies, emphasizing that accountability, transparency, and real policy action are now central to democratic renewal. With Democrats gaining ground in both the Senate and House, and the American public rejecting years of unaccountable governance, the new Congress is seen as a critical opportunity to deliver genuine reform and restore trust in government. This moment represents a turning point in the political landscape, where the people’s demand for truth and responsibility is finally being met.
Welcome to the MidasTouch podcast. A lot to discuss brothers in Midas. Mighty Congress is finally back in session We saw some of the new members in the Senate and the House who will be sworn in for the 120th congressional session That will be taking place in January But they were there today for orientation You had magamite panicking in the halls and saying why the voters do this? Why the voters do this? You also have the Trump regime panicking as even during this lame duck session You're having Congress pursue impeachment against Trump cabinet officials Republican Congressmember Thomas Massey introduced articles of impeachment against Pete Hegsith We'll talk about what went down and we'll show you some clips from Massey's press conference after he introduced the articles of impeachment on the House floor It was actually quite entertaining and really actually standing up to Donald Trump and becoming Trump in Hegsith worst nightmare in his final days in Congress Meanwhile, Iran continues to strike tankers and the straight of Hormuz nearly a dozen tankers have been hit over the past several days And Iran struck US military equipment in an island that belongs to Oman near that southern route area in the straight of Hormuz We'll talk about what went down there This Trump and Nvidia scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Wong continues to grow It involves an affair that Jensen Wong was having with an alleged Chinese spy and how America's top GPU, those graphic processing units and my conductors, may have been routed It seems they were to China when the H200 chip was one of the most advanced chips it no longer is but at a time it was We now have the black well and others It seems that that chip was being sent to Alice Wong the Chinese spies companies which were basically these storefronts with nothing in them in Malaysia and Singapore And then the chips were working their way to China There's been a massive shareholder class action against Nvidia And this is the largest company by valuation in the United States And Donald Trump's like I don't think it's a big deal I'm not going to tell you what I knew about it It may have come across my desk When did he know it? When did Lutnik know it? When did Rubio know it? What's the cover up? Is this why? They then made those H200 chips legal to be sent to China And of course China barely bought any of them in January 2026 thereafter When it was made to be legal why wouldn't they buy it if this was an advantage? Maybe they had it already and maybe this was all done to cover up what had taken place before We'll go over that and a lot more news to cover of course Here on the Midas touch podcast Todd Blanche Threatening that he's going to go after Democrats for doing oversight and Trump post this weekend You got to go after them for oversight It's illegal. It's a crime. Go after him Oh and Lauren Bowboard officially lost her seat in Colorado's fourth congressional district I guess she's in Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice And then she lost that race and she moved to that district or ran in that district Because it was supposed to be even more Trumpy and Maga and she lost in that district So a lot to discuss folks I got a smile on my face right now I got a smile on my face too And apparently they're counting the votes in Mississippi like one Mississippi Two Mississippi, three Mississippi Because we still don't have the final results there but Scott Cologne continues to have a lead of over 2000 votes And we expect him to win, you know, it's pretty wild You know, nobody expected I think this best case scenario to actually happen here Which is Democrats securing around 56 seats in the Senate over 250 seats in the United States House And it looks like we're heading there. We're already there in the House. We're at 54 officially in the US Senate And I got to say just seeing that new energy, that new blood in the US capital today Lots of freshmen members, I don't remember a freshman class this large and it's funny when you say a freshman class It does kind of remind you when you see the photos and the orientation It gives the first day a school vibes, you know, in my opinion, right? And there are a lot of folks who like legitimately don't even know anything about Congress Which I think is actually charming and a good thing I saw one representative be like, yeah, I didn't even know how much the job paid until I won I didn't expect to win and I looked it up I like that we have normal people go into Congress and seeing these images of the new Democratic Senators walking in Seeing the images of James Taloriko in there and Roy Cooper in there Seeing the House members, seeing our very own Fred Welman of the Midas Touch Network over there Taking his seat in the orientation to learn the ropes a little bit This is a huge sea change and, you know, Republicans don't know how to handle it at the moment And so you do see this panic, you see the panic from officials, you see the panic from Trump He doesn't know how to handle it right now Mike Johnson, he's like literally running away from the press Saying the voters made the wrong decision, it was their fault, why would they do this to us? It's like, it's really pathetic But hopefully we can get some accountability, hopefully you know, this just shifts the entire dynamic And I'm looking forward to seeing what goes down first, you know, we got to check in With Jordy, Jordy, what's the latest? Brothers, Midas Mighty, I am so excited for today's show You know, when you see those photos for the audio listeners, Brett was showing the incoming class The freshman class, if you will, of them walking through halls of Congress, so excited They're like genuinely excited to be there, and why that makes me so happy too is because I am hopeful That these people, that these elected officials, that they're actually going to want to work What was it, something like 18 or 24 days, I don't want to give them the benefit of the doubt here That the Republican Congress actually decided to show up to work this past year What Donald Trump and Maga Mike Johnson are terrified about is accountability Is actual people elected officials working on behalf of the American people And that's what's terrifying them right now, is that you have people in there that want to work That want to, that want accountability, that want to actually help And that goes directly opposite of the Maga Trump agenda Benji, so excited for today's show of Big Bro Where we start It's going to burst through the imaginary boogie man bubble that the Maga Republicans created, Allah, Kim Jong-un in North Korea And what they would say about South Korea, it's the worst place They're going to eat your children, they're terrible, it's all these horrible things, right? And then you see that people actually show up and they roll up their sleeves And it's like they just want to work and actually deliver services to you And it actually turns out the Maga Republicans were the ones who were like stealing from you Causing you all of the pain and suffering that you're feeling And so there's actually a real opportunity here to deliver some real generational change That we talk about in WTF America And that we talk about all the time on the show You know, my wife said she's not a very political person But she just said, you know, Ben, it's so awesome seeing all of these new members show up I said, really, you're watching She goes, yeah, they just look like such good people Like they look nice and bred to your point and journey your point They're excited to be there and it's like the good guys and gals are actually in the building It's like it's just really enjoyable to watch that And it was great to get kind of her temperature check on that Because the fact that that's the kind of perception I think even outside of, you know, people who have been following the race With the minutia we have I think that's what the country is seeing in this Trump spell This manipulation, this bending of reality, you know, is fading away and fading away And you see him going to his desperate tricks. I mean this weekend He admitted it in the press conference that he gave today Was to basically say, Dana White is the press secretary Oh, I'm going to post that Dana White who runs the UFC He's going to be the press secretary And he's going to have all of his fighters beat up the press And as I always say, I mean, we can walk and chew gum at the same time Like, I don't want to ignore that he said that but I want to contextualize it in This is the distraction, this is the play, this is how he wants to create some story In order to distract from the fact that his regime is in full collapse That Hegsith is getting impeached, that investigations are coming So that's why I pointed out I don't make the whole story Dana White, but you pointed out and say here's what their tactics are And it looks so weak and feeble and desperate And the American people see it for what it is So why don't we go through what went down first? I'll show you Maga Mike Johnson running away from members of the press Who are asking him, "Hey man, you think you need to recalibrate During this lame duck session and maybe be responsive to the American people?" What do you make about the impeachment of Pete Hegsith? The articles of which were introduced by Thomas Messy on the House floor Watch what Maga Mike Johnson says, let's play it The President, of course, correct after Tuesday Of course, correct, I mean he changed course You know, he names Stephen Miller, he's sticking by Pete Hegsith Should he change his approach in any way? I'm not going to tell the President how to do his job We have an incredible record of the first two years of his term And I expect more success in the next two years Sorry, the voters made the wrong choice I really do believe that this next two years is going to be a bit of a circus It's going to be chaos and I hate to say that But I think that's where the Democrats are going to lead
the House. And that's a great tragedy. It really is because if we had kept the majority, it would stay on course to continue delivering for the people. And I just don't know how that's going to work going forward, so we're going to give the votes. Now you're going to table the massing resolution. In impeaching a cabinet secretary right now, especially the Department of War in the middle of hostilities broad, it would be a terrible, terrible look, a terrible thing for our allies and our enemies to see that. And we don't impeach cabinet secretaries for political gain or for cheap tricks. And I think that's what this is. And I think everybody knows what it goes to kill it. Do you have the votes to kill it? Do you tell you what a terrible look is, a terrible look is getting involved in a catastrophic war with Netanyahu that we should never be in and then losing a catastrophic look is Donald Trump threatening war crimes every day and actually engaging in such a terrible look is Donald Trump having imaginary deals with people doing a deal, doing a deal. Things are really good. But I may have to blow up the 38 bridges. That's the terrible look. Accountability is getting rid of the war criminals. Then at the beginning, their mega mic is like, course correct. Well, then I wish we would have stayed the core act like you didn't know what the word course corrected means because he's a total absolute phony. And then he goes and says, and we had an incredible record. And the real problem were the voters. That was the tragedy. So the voters were misled versus your record was horrible and you've destroyed the economy. And perhaps if you acknowledged how bad you made things and had a realistic approach to actually fixing things versus engaging in a perpetual Ponzi scheme fraud, we could have actually addressed systemic problems, but no, the fraud continues with these fraudsters. This is just in their DNA. As I've said before, these are demonic sick people and they lie until the very end. Now, I mean, mega mic, particularly as part of that group of sick offense. I do think though we will see Republicans in the house increasingly turn against this regime in the lame duck session. So pay attention to that. So you had mega mic Johnson there. Then you had Donald Trump do a surprise press conference in the White House. Surprise. I'm here again. And he feels that he's getting crushed in the press. Of course he is, but it's not in the press. It's amongst the people who want him to hell out of there. Impeachment is like the least thing. It's important. But I believe he should be tried in a war tribunal. He's a war criminal in healthy functioning democracies when you have such a seismic shift in the election like this one. The government goes away and there's snap elections and you have a new government. That's truly what the American people want. Our system still makes it. So there's two more years of this completely denounced regime at this point. So he does his own press conference. He brings in Dana White. Why? Because he wants the distraction, the circus, the dystopian reality show that the American people freaking hate and despise. And so he starts giving this press conference and he's like impeaching exit. Why don't we impeach Vietnam? Impeach the Vietnam people. What are you talking about? It's 2012. We impeach the Vietnam people. It's 2026 right now. There's a catastrophic war. There are obligations right now. You want to relitigate whether in Vietnam there should have been an impeachment. I'll tell you though what happened with Richard Nixon though before that there was that Richard Nixon was somebody who actually resigned and Republicans did their duty when they were pushing him out and actually did what they were supposed to do over there. Although you want to rejuvenate Nixon's legacy, because you were a million times even worse than Nixon. But here's what Trump says about the Vietnam more. Let's play it. This petex has won two wars. Oh, let's impeach him. What about impeaching the gentleman from Biden, his person that just appeared for two weeks and nobody had any idea where he was. What about impeaching the people that ran the Vietnam war? What about impeaching that went that ran Iraq and Afghanistan? And all of these other wars where thousands of lives have been what about what about an autosid to you Brett? But like let's just even assume that those people should have. What's your point that you're as bad as the people who you won out? Even if you accept his premise, you're there now and people want accountability for you. And it's always a what about is what about Biden? What about Vietnam? How are you talking about? You launched a catastrophic war, slaughtered little girls. We're living in the present moment right now. You continue to lie about it. We know you're lying about the war. People want justice now. It's a very simple fact, Brett, join me. You know, it's interesting because the American people are happy to be very forgiving people. I would say. And I know Mike Johnson pretends not to know what course correct means. But if this Trump regime actually wanted to course correct and these Republicans wanted to course correct, they still could honestly. Like the American people would be open to that. If they said, "Oh, look, I guess they learned their lesson." They're working with the Democrats. Trump isn't being crazy anymore. They seem chilled out. They seem like they actually want to try to pass policies to help the people. Like if they want to end the war, you name. They did that. Like you could theoretically do that. And you'd actually probably win back a large chunk of the people. It would be good for the country. And it frankly would be good for the Republican Party. But these people have one mode. And it's just lie. And it's to dig their own holes deeper. And Trump, you know, he's not going to change his spots. You know what I mean? He's going to continue to be Donald Trump. And he's going to be that same guy. And so, you know, it's like I said, if you expect to go into this new Congress and Trump is like this changed man. And he's going to all of a sudden be like, "Let me work with the Democrats to pass Medicare for all." And all of a sudden, like that ain't happening. You see right now between all of these people, they are just digging their heels in to these failed policies, to this failed rhetoric. And the American people rebuked it in the strongest terms. They said, I am absolutely sick of these people. These people are unserious. They are disgusting. They are depraved. They are absolutely vile. Everything we hear out of them is just the same stick. And people are done with the Trump show. Absolutely. Look, it's so obvious. Maga Mike, Donald Trump, the Republican Party in general has learned absolutely nothing from the midterms. Like, let's start with Maga Mike. We had an incredible record. And it was, who do you do it? It's the voters fault. They voted for the wrong thing. Maga Mike, the voters voted based off of your record. There is an affordability crisis in this country. People are being kidnapped off our streets. We are in this asinine war of choice by Donald Trump. As our troops continue to die. And the fact that you just can't reflect on what is so obvious that the American people rejected the Maga agenda as you guys controlled all three branches of government for two years. Your record's amazing. What I really hope to reporter, I really hope to reporter followed up and asked, well, what is your record? What are you proud of? Because they truly have absolutely nothing to be proud of. They just took an absolute lacking. And then you have Dana White show up at this press conference with Donald Trump. I mean, Dana, like, what an absolute chill. How embarrassing. Like, you're Dana White. You have all the FU money in the world. You're just gonna chill for Trump. Like, that is humil, you will never Dana White be ever able to get that Trump and Maga stench off of you. It is embarrassing. There is a war going on. Our troops are actively dying. There is no clear plan on how to get them home. How to stop this. And you're making jokes about being the next White House press secretary. What is wrong with you? Donald Trump is up there talking about, oh, well, what if we impeach the people behind the Vietnam war? Up is down, down is up. Maga has absolutely no idea how to handle this moment. And that's why to me, it's also a bit of a moment where it's very dangerous. Like, they are not taking this and reflecting in words of how can we now as Maga, as Donald Trump, who's the president. How can we actually work across Alec? Because Brett, to your point, he's never going to be that person. And so I just implore all of these fresh faced Congress people, senators entering, please, what the American people need most of all to heal from all this is accountability on day one. As soon as y'all are in those seats, it's accountability, accountability, accountability. Because that's what the people voted for. They detested the Maga agenda. They detested the Trump agenda. And it's time to show the American people what true accountability looks like that. It's very clear why Donald Trump bankrupted so many companies. And if there was a Guinness book of records for bankruptcies, before he went into politics, he'd probably be around the top or at the top in my opinion. Normally, what a leader would do is actually course correct. You see something going bad. You go, got it. Made a mistake. I admit it. Let me course correct. You see it going very bad. Course correct. Made a mistake. Change leadership up. Make changes. Address the problem, right? Or try to figure it out. Not Donald Trump. He turns an error into a disaster, a disaster into a catastrophe, a catastrophe into like a five alarm fire, catastrophe, then just a bankruptcy and obliteration. It almost seems, and it probably is the goal to create the utter anarchy and the catastrophe, because that's when he goes and blames.
That's when he tries to find his Fauci or his Biden or his Zalinsky and points the fingers here, there and the other, but what he hasn't accounted for though now as well as with independent media, with people taking back the power from these corporate oligarchs. We're able to get out the information and point out, okay, here are the tricks, here's what they're doing, here's how they're trying to conceal and deceive, and that's a big deal that people get at. People see what's happening. And I think one of the interesting things that we see with Trump also is that he likes to tell different audiences different things, and he tries to present a different image to different people. We saw this during the campaign. He'd go to Dearborn, Michigan, he'd say one thing, he'd go to Jewish communities, he'd say another thing, Donald Trump divides and conquers and he tries to just, he lies. He lies to every, different community, every different audience. And so one of the things, you know, I think that we have to do collectively here is to call out those lies. And one of the things, for example, was when Trump was on 60 minutes yesterday, and what was Trump trying to pretend to be in that 60 minute interview, he was trying to act like he was moderating. He was trying to act like, he learned some of the results from the election. Oh, yeah, actually, maybe we went a little bit too far with the immigration, with the mass deportations. Maybe we should have a path so that people who have been here for a while are able to get some form of citizenship. And I was like, oh, that's interesting. Okay, that's interesting. Wait for it. Three, two, one. No, no, amnesty, no, I would never say that. I would never say that because he says that knowing that it's going out to a CBS audience. And then he'll say something completely different when he's talking to a right wing reporter or when he gets pressed on it by his own people. Trump even admitted during this CBS during the 60 minutes piece, Trump admitted that he's basically at the whims of the far right of his party of the most radical wing of his party. And he admitted, he said, yeah, they, you know, he was kind of like, they made me do it, right? You know, they wanted that stuff a day later, not even a day later. Trump is feeling the pressure from those same people and he reverses course completely. And that's one of the issues with Trump, right? What's good for him and this ever dwindling mega base is bad for him and the rest of the country. But he is so beholden to that 30%, 25%, 22% of mega people and coming down that he cannot actually work for the majority of people because he's too busy at trying to appease these nuts. Yeah. And he has zero leadership ability at all. He just knows how to threaten and intimidate and coerce. We'll talk about when we come back from the break part of that 60 minutes interview that he gave. He said, and I got information from the DOJ about this AI leader. And so I told the AI leader, kiss your wife goodbye or do you want to be nice to me? And then he started saying, sir, yes, sir, I'll be nice to you, sir, and then the problems just went away. He told that story to brag on 60 minutes, but that's how he's been using the mafia protection racket. That is the DOJ to get dirt on people and then basically shake them down. And we've seen that over and over again, but he doesn't know how to actually lead. And then, you know, from one day to the next, from one hour to the next, from one minute to the next, he'll say this and he'll say that and he'll say, yes, then he'll say no, then he'll say, deal, then he'll say no deal, then he'll say this and that. Nobody knows what the hell he's even talking about at all. And so the ultimate projection and confession when the Trump regime says, we don't know in Iran who we're even talking to. We have no clue who the leaders are. That's been the biggest issue. It's projection and confession. The mediators from Qatar, from Pakistan, from Oman, and elsewhere in the region. And even the Iranian officials don't know who are they speaking to. Is it Trump? Is it JD Vans? Is it Marco Rubio? Is it Hegsip? Is it Admiral Cooper? Is it somebody else? I mean, this was the message posted by motion Razai, the top adviser to Ayatollah Mojtaba Komenay. You're posted this earlier today. The war in Iran has already wrecked the US government, but Washington flails like a desperate gambler. Fold your hand. Stop manufacturing fake news about imaginary talks. Stop denying the West Asian new order and he puts that in caps. Time to surrender to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out. If you've been watching the takes I've been doing, usually in the morning, but I do them throughout the day as well, I've been talking about this new West Asian order that China is leading regional powers taking back their power with China and Russia serving as guaranteed guarantors in the region and pushing out the United States. We'll talk more about that when we get back, but there have been major movements in that way with motion Razai meeting with Putin talking about gas pipelines to Russia railway to Russia, Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister, big economic cooperation there. And of course, that also ties in to what's happening within video because if you look at some of the parts that are in these Iranian weapons and Russian weapons, a lot of US semi-conductor chips find their way in those weapons and they seem to be routed through these Singaporean and Malaysian cutouts and then passed on to China and then Russia and I'm not suggesting that this is the only way it took place, but there's been a lot of this actually happening that the Trump regime has turned to blind eye to. So when we think about, wow, how did Russia go from these Shaheed drones to the guarantor and guarant five jet powered drones so quickly and it's like, we'll open them up. Look at the parts. Those are US semi-conductors in there. How are they getting there so quickly? Oh, wait a minute. We don't have national security safeguards anymore that we did underpighted. How do you think they're getting these weapons right now? These advanced capabilities with the US stuff inside it. 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That's when we're like, I'm like, yeah, but we've got this huge platform here, what, they're like, just trust us. And so they pitched us to all of the top, like people that people usually do on the book tours, and I love our publisher, they do a great job. But then they went silent, and then I was like, huh, then afterwards I was telling Brett, I'm like, you know, they all basically rejected us, all of the shows. I said, that's why we haven't heard from it, and then afterwards, once we were number two in the New York Times best seller, I said, that was the reason why I have to be honest with us, we got thick skin, everybody really. You didn't want to hurt our feelings, everybody was rejecting us, and go, yeah, it was like, oh, we got the minus my deal. - We got the minus my deal. But I told, that's what I was saying. And I said, we don't need to go on those shows. I didn't want to go on the shows anyway. Brett, did you two appearances that I missed now, though, Ferrari and Nicole Walsh? - Shout out to them, I had to get to them. - That was great. - That was worth it too, that was the reason. So I want to give them, okay. Donald Trump keeps whining that the elections were rigged. It took him about three days to get to that position. Again, that's what we spent in the other segment, which is he's always a lunatic, right? Like, obviously the American people are rejecting all of this and just stop lying about elections, then just annoying. And as I've talked about in WTF America, America, this is part of the authoritarian, globalist network where they all just attack elections. 'Cause if they could attack the foundation of election, that's the foundation of democracy. And then people don't believe in elections and that allows the authoritarian to say, well, that's why I should stay in power forever because all elections are rigged. That's what they do across the world. I mean, look at Bolsonaro right now. He's in Miami over the weekend. He was at Mar-a-Lago getting the Trump mafia protection over there saying it was rigged in Brazil. It was rigged in Brazil. Then you have President Lula in Brazil saying, how pathetic was it that you fled? You ran away? It goes, I would never run away from this country. He ran away. So here's what Donald Trump was posting this morning. Does anybody really believe that this election was honest? Yeah, we do. We all believe it was like, we need to talk everybody. How could the polls be so wrong? It actually weren't that wrong. Some early voting dumps. He's doing the dumps thing. Dumps were so large that it was impossible to win. Okay, that's because a lot of people voted early. What's the argument there? So, and by the way, Trump did as well. Trump voted early. No matter how many people went to vote. Yeah, as it was an overwhelming shalacking of you, your regime and your stooges across the country. It's all about the machines. What does that even mean? It's all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter exclamation point. So he's posting a bunch of crap like that over and over and over again. And then during his press conference, he was asked by a member of the press. So, are you saying the midterms were rigged? Is that like, is that your point now that you're trying to say? You're doing that loser again? Let loser stuff here, play this clip. In fact, by two, yeah, please. You believe the midterms are rigged? Well, I think the numbers were terrible in terms of those early votes. You look at all those early votes. And look at another one. I'm watching Alaska. So you have a guy named Dan Sullivan. And this is what he always, Alaska. He just word vomit things. And the reporter was looking at him for those listening in audio. Like, dude, what the hell are you even saying? And I'm giving his supporters a little bit too much credit in the brain department here. But when you hear him say stuff like this with an election that is so overwhelming and so obvious, doesn't it make you question a little bit all the other fake bullshit claims that he said over the past few years, when he's spewing this crap? I thought the dumps were supposed to come in at 3 a.m. Now, now they have early dumps. - Early dumps. - Early dumps. I thought the dumps were later. Now it's early dumps when people vote early. It's just, it's such loser behavior. And if anything, the polls were wrong in underestimating democratic support. I remember what Trump was saying leading up to the election. He was threatening to sue the pollsters because the polls look so good for the Democrats. He was going to New York Times, fake polls. They have the Democrats up. I'm going to sue him. Prosecut him, prosecute him, prosecute him. And now he's saying that the polls were fake as if they were showing that like Republicans were going to win. If anything, they underestimated that Talleriko was going to win by 12 points in Texas. And Roy Cooper was going to have such a dominant victory. And Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed was going to win and Annie Andrews and all these people. So just shut up with this loser stuff enough. Like people are so sick of this crap. - It is just so whiny. It truly is. I don't have anything truly profound to say here other than to- - That's what we do for a living, but sure. - Agree with your point on their breath. Take it easy, take it easy. - It was simply too big to rig. It was too big to rig. And then you see Donald Trump up there. Just whiny, whiny, whiny, whiny. It was rigged the morning dumps, the evening dumps, the afternoon dumps at a certain point. The dumps are just the votes, buddy. And you just got to eat that, that you and the Magah agenda just lost out because of the chaos that you instilled on the American people. On the world, quite frankly, right? We didn't want to be a part of this chaos. We were all unwilling participants in this trauma of people literally being pulled off the streets and killed. We watched that. Now I couldn't imagine being the families of those people. Oh my goodness. But to be a witness to that as a concerned citizen, as all of this stuff had played out with ICE and now with this war, it is so incredible to see him up there again with this election denialism. Just trying to stoke feuds amongst the people of the society. It's really infuriating. If you expect more from our leaders, you expect more from the president. I hope you expect a little bit more from Donald Trump when he's up there. But the fact that he's doubling down again, again, in the election denialism, it's pathetic. - What you said was profound to me, Jordy. And you still have ICE and Border Patrol, Gestapo, terrorizing people. So I recently here in LA blocking access to emergency room hospitals. And they're still attacking communities and instilling terror and fear. We still have the catastrophic war going. You still have Donald Trump saying, "Oh, it's gonna be a deal. Don't worry, don't worry." I mean, you still have all of that. But by the way, to me, one of the most obvious data points heading into this election that I kept on talking about, that everybody was overlooking. What was I always saying? I said, "Look at the special election results from January 2025 until a few months ago. Every one of them, the Democrats won in those state and how Senate reeds seats at the local level, at the state level, right?" And would always be like, "This person won the Iowa House District that Trump won by like plus 30 and this person won by 12, a 42 point shift." Jordy, I know Governor Shapiro have wanted to correct the way I say, Lancaster, so I'll always say it, right? But now that's a time, don't worry. You won't be put on a slank. And Lancaster, and he's like reposting it all over my mispronunciation of Lancaster. Yeah, because in California, we have spelled the exact same way. It's a Lancaster. I don't want to hear your excuses. I want to hear it. Yeah, Governor Shapiro put you on blast on social media. Thank Governor Shapiro keeps like, yeah, he's trying to, like, dude, you already won in Lancaster. He won in Lancaster. So people know what I'm talking about. Ben interviewed Governor Shapiro. Great interview. Check it out in the Midas Touch podcast. Audio feed on our site. And Ben said Lancaster, the way we say it in California, Lancaster. And Governor Shapiro corrected him, not only corrected him during the live interview, but then posted a clip of the correction onto his social media platforms to shame Ben publicly, which I thought was an effective move by the government. So you see the people of Lancaster. I got you back. Look what I did. I dunked on him. I was like, I think, by the way, I really met a move here in how you know we're all brothers. This is kind of an abstract thing. But I was having a conversation some here locally. I live in Pittsburgh, as you all know. There's an area called Monroeville. I was pronouncing it Monroeville. This was two days before your whole Shapiro fiasco, Ben. And so me watching that clip was like that whole conversation that I had 48 hours earlier, just I was, I lost it. Like I was laugh out loud when I was going down. The point was that a Democrat had it one day like the trail. The point was that a Democrat had it one in Lancaster since 1892. And it was like a plus 40 Trump state district where a Democrat who like, I never even heard it. Like I couldn't even find a single video with the guy. I found like one zoom video of the guy with like one of those weird backgrounds when I was reporting on his victory. And he won in a plus 40 Trump district. And so to me, those were some of the biggest signs. That's what I kept on telling you. I said, pay attention to those special election results because every time we report, shock result, it stops being a shock. It starts being a trend. Anyway, I digress Governor Shapiro. Thank you for mocking me that way. I appreciate it. This was the press conference that Donald Trump was giving. He was asked, so did you watch Thomas Massey lay out the articles of impeachment? First, I'll show you what Trump said where he attacks Massey. And then I'll show you the articles of the. impeachment that were laid out. And what Massey said afterwards, I thought was very funny and very powerful. But first, here's what Trump said. Let's play it. Did you watch Senator Thomas Massey lay out his articles of impeachment this time? No, I don't watch Massey. Look, Massey's a loser. He shouldn't be taking up the time of Congress or the Senate or anything that he's doing. He's actually going to get supported on a bipartisan basis. He hates Massey because Massey joined forces with Rokana for the Epstein Transparency Act, where Donald Trump told Marjorie Taylor Green, "You can't sign on to that. You're going to hurt me and my friends. We're trying to cover this up." And even Marjorie Taylor Green, as Maga as you got, was purged from Maga because she was like, "Wait a minute. You want to cover up the child sex trafficking ring?" And you're just telling me that very candidly that I'm supposed to be on that team. You're out. You're out. And do you remember in these very small, if you even want to call them rallies, that Donald Trump was giving, most of the protesters were just saying, "Release the Epstein Files." And then they'd have shirts that would say, "Release the Epstein Files," or they'd have, like, Virginia Dufreis name on it, or something, they would say, "Do it for Virginia." And that's who the crowd would attack. Like, they would attack the people who were just saying, "Release the Epstein Files." And like, "You sicko. You get out of here." It's like, "Oh, they're saying this." They would assault the people saying, "Release the Epstein Files." Yeah, quite the, you know, split screen between the folks in the beginning of the Trump regime holding up those fake binders that said Epstein Files release. And Flash cut to the Trump supporters in the arenas, a sucker punching people calling for the release of the Epstein Files. And I will say, and I think Representative Massey has made this point himself that if Donald Trump actually did listen to Thomas Massey about things like the war, the Epstein Files, he probably have a much higher approval rating right now. And he probably wouldn't have had as much of a blowout during his midterms, I would say. I'll show you this is from the House floor earlier today. Representative Thomas Massey reintroducing the articles of impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hexet then. I'll show you the press conference he held afterwards. But first, let's show you him introducing the articles of impeachment. Let's play the resolution is as follows. Impeaching Peter Brian Hexet, Secretary of Defense for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, resolved that Peter Brian Hexet, Secretary of Defense also referred to as Secretary of War by the administration, is impeached for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate, articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Peter Brian Hexet, Secretary of Defense, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Article one, waging war and contravention of the war powers resolution of 1973, section two, C. Yeah, and the articles involve the war crimes, where Hexet and the Trump regime slaughtered children at the elementary school in Minab, in Iran at the beginning of the war. Trump regime slaughtering little children at the lamired sports hall during volleyball practice where the Trump regime tested these new tungsten pellet weapons and spray these pellets all over the children and killed them all while they were in volleyball practice and in other areas. Also, it involves Hexet firing top military leaders, the war crimes, and Venezuela, and other issues as well. I did a whole video where I showed the introduction of the articles of impeachment. I showed the full speech of "Massie" if you want to go and watch the full articles being introduced, all eight of them, but then Massie was asked during this press conference he held after about what do you think Hexet is going to do in response, and Massie says, "Well, I hope he addresses the eight articles, but I'm sure he'll just call people fat or just start attacking people." Here, let's play this clip and solve it. And I suspect since we saw the Secretary of Schedule his own press conference that they're going to let him deliver a re-bottle. And to that point, I hope he addresses the eight articles and doesn't get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and, you know, call everybody fat and gay like for being for this impeachment. Like, I may have just given you half his speech, I don't know, but I would like to see him go through the eight articles of impeachment. It just make the argument from a podium, you can use notes, get the lawyers to help you, tell us why you are not guilty of each of these eight articles of impeachment. I hope that's what he does. And so that's my answer to your question. When do I suspect? It's going to be, I suspect it's not going to be tonight or tomorrow before that, before the Secretary speaks. He's right, though, more from that press conference. That's the maturity level of the Trump regime that we're dealing with. I mean, Hexethe right now is furiously rewriting his speech, damn it, how did he know? Yeah, and Massey was asked, so do you think this will work? Sorry, just, I mean, I know I'm interrupting the phone. The Colin Joes Hexethe on SNL is very good. I assume Colin's a listener of the show, of course. Yeah, shout out Colin Joes friend of the show. Congressman Massey was asked, so will this work, do you think he'll be impeached here? Let's play. The Secretary Hexethe called you a disgruntled defeated congressman said your plan will not work, which is response to that. Well, he's right about one thing. I'm a defeated congressman. I'm not disgruntled. And we'll see if the plan works. I mean, he should, look, I'm being polite here. What is an impeachment? An impeachment is just firing somebody, really. You don't go to prison. You don't go to jail. You're not, you don't pay a fine. Okay, when the Democrats get in charge, they are going to be very vicious. The one thing that I wasn't able to compel with my articles of impeachment, which is why we don't want to refer it to a committee, because they won't have hearings, but the Democrats are going to have hearings. They won't have just eight articles of impeachment. I suspect if Pete Hexethe doesn't leave, and this is the answer to your question, will it work? I hope for his sake, it does work, because the Democrats are going to bring people in here who have served under him and with him, give them protection. They'll be able to say what he's actually done. The things that he has ignored, the things that he did that caused civilian casualties, the way he's ignored the laws, and then they'll be a full robust trial over in the Senate. And it's not a certain thing that he would survive the Senate, even though they don't have what would you call it, an impeachment proof majority. In the Senate, the Democrats don't. You have Republicans who are going to be compelled once there's more testimony and more hearings and more trials. And so if working is getting him to leave a day earlier, then he already otherwise would have, I think it's probably worked. Absolutely. All right. We've still got a lot to cover on this episode. 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I was wearing more of the kind of sweatshirt, zip up kind of shirts. Right. It's back to kind of summer weather out here. So we'll see how long that lasts. You rubbing the warm weather in my face? No, warm. Do you and Governor Shapiro, I'm sure, will have a great time in Lancaster. Go, I'm sure. You and him can have a great time. You guys have to understand, Ben is one of the most confident people that I look up to him because I know he has all of this confidence, and it's awesome. The one thing he is maybe not as confident is sometimes when he pronunciates names and places. And so I know that specifically, that gets Ben right to the core. I say a lot of words in the day, I know if I see the comments sometimes, like, it frustrates me when you say frustrated or frustrate, it's like when you say made up words like pronunciate. It's not a lot of words, you say a lot of words in a day, you know, it's just me recording all day. So I'll do better, Lancaster. But here you have Donald Trump and Dana White, not really a smooth transition, whereas Jordy would say not a profound observation. You have Dana White in the Oval Office over here being asked, "Did you tell the president no to the press secretary job?" I can't say no to him, he's the press stupid. I'll just show you a short clip of it, then just move on here, play this. Just to confirm, did you tell the president no to the press secretary job? I don't tell the president no to anything, I know, I didn't say no. I literally, everybody, every media outlet was calling me, and I didn't want to be disrespectful and say anything until he said something first. Oh my God. What do you want to say? No. No funny is this, look, there's a time, place, and manner for humor. I'm all for you. You want to be funny. There are times to be funny. Just so happens, like during the White House correspondence, you're supposed to be funny. That's when he's not funny at all and just absolutely terrible. And there are times where you can show humor. I'm not just this humorless person. I get it. Like a good sense of humor. You know, I'm into comedy, I get it, but you're in the White House. This is very serious stuff. These are real serious times, okay? There's a story today about the top US company by valuations, CEO, potentially caught in a scandal involving a Chinese spy with these massive implications for the entire US economy. The catastrophic war in Iran continues, people are still suffering right now. And Donald Trump basically is admitted, you know, it was a bad news day I was having. So that's why I announced it. Ha, ha, ha. And so, you know, you're a clown, Data White. I mean, you're allowing yourself to be used and you know what you're doing as the distraction of the day to distract from cover up of child sex trafficking rings with the Epstein files, catastrophic wars, the American people suffering in this horrible Trump economy. And you think people are stupid like, there's a reason also, Dana White, why young men in particular who are, I mean, it's all, let's be clear, it's the demographics that one, we're not not only trying to get hat tip to young men right here, I'm just making a link right here to UFC, which is your demo shifted overwhelmingly in this election to the Democrats by massive amounts. We're demo because they see this corny ash, you know, this, this shit, they're like, what is this? Like, there's not funny, there's isn't cool. This is weird behavior. We don't want to bully. Like, what are we doing here? Like, I'll just a bunch of weirdos. And frankly, that's what you've kind of turned the UFC into lately also where people look at like, we don't want this thing to become a political thing. Can we just watch? Like, why are you being weird like this? And it's actually impacting all of it as well. So you have that. So when you, but a point here and I'll connect it, Jordy, I'll do something profound for you over here because you have that. And then look at the next question. The next question is about the catastrophic war in Ukraine, that Trump promised he would resolve in 24 hours and how Putin keeps on playing him. So you're going from how funny is this to you're talking about a massive war right now in Ukraine, that Trump promised to solve, watches Donald Trump is asked by an MSNOW reporter. So you know, Putin keeps on ignoring you, so like, when are you going to admit that here play this clip? We've given Vladimir Putin multiple deadlines from the last 22 months to enter into a ceasefire, but also to meet directly with the load near Zelensky. He has repeatedly ignored your demands, yet you have provided, he has been fighting this in the war. And he's been fighting this in the war. Yeah, let me ask you this question. Who are you with? Who are you with? With MSNOW. What? MSNOW. I think that's what it is. It's the worst ratings in their history, used to be MSDNC, it's one of the worst, uh, you're a fake dead guy. Yeah, that's pathetic behavior by Donald Trump right there. Doesn't answer the question, the question was a fair question, attack the reporter, "Oh, MSNOW, you're fake news," say valid question. You keep on saying this deadline, that deadline, you said that Putin's going to do this, he never does it. So when are you going to finally, "Oh, you're MSNOW, you're fake news," Donald, you promised you would end the war in 24 hours. This isn't a Democrat position or Republican position or an independent, you told the voters in 2024 that you had a secret formula that was going to result in the end of that war. And you found, and you keep on lying over and over again, then you got the United States involved in another never-ending war, a catastrophic war in Iran, yes, by the way, Putin is fighting the United States. You don't realize it. But he is, I mean, Moshen Rozai, the top adviser to Ayatollah Mojtabakul-Mineh, was just in Russia. And they're talking about military cooperation. Iran has ballistic missiles, Iran has cruise missiles, Iran has drones. They have improved their technology as well, which I'll talk about in a little bit as also related to them getting their hands on semi-conductor technology. Is it all in video?
is it all Texas instruments is it all all of these we do know that they have a lot of American semi-conductor technology in the Russian upgraded drones and in the Iranian drones but it's not a secret when we see Iran's top people meeting with Russia's top people and they announce major deal packages together same thing that we're observing I report on every day top Iranian people top middle least country leaders meeting with Wang Yi China's foreign minister announcing major deals there if you looked at the statement that I showed earlier of motion rosy the top advisor to iatola moj topa komein a the language he uses the language that i've been talking about now for a really long time a west asian new order what that means is a new regional security architecture the us gone and then china and russia stepping in the us military bases in the region of indestroy the main logistical us hub in balk rain has been destroyed we're using a hub now in de ego garcia thousands of miles away which makes it unsustainable to actually even do a war in Iran at this point and a west asian new order is what's being talked about and they're saying it out loud you sound like a desperate gambler just stop like they're saying just stop stop with the fake news about imaginary talks and here's the thing i don't want to have to acknowledge what he's saying as true you think as an american i want to look at that statement and go you know what motion rosy the top advisor to iatola moj topa komein a he's saying accurate that he's saying that you're having imaginary talks and everybody in america except your remaining cult followers we know you're having imaginary talks you make it up you make up fake deals and it's really weird so we read that and i'm like what the hell he's right he's right you know and then you know it's like i'm i'm not trying to promote what they're saying he's just saying you're making fake deals it's embarrassing then you have the foreign ministry spokesperson of iran mocking sent com admiral brad kouper for doing podcasts what are you going to do teenage mutant ninja turtles next they said you're going to do an episode of teenage mutant ninja turtles that's what they're saying in iran that's what they're saying in iran it's the it's the other guy it's the foreign ministry spokesperson but they're saying you know you know what after after your first job where you slaughtered little children and minabin lamered now you're doing a new job in becoming a podcaster and we all here in the united states like why is the sent com commander trying to do like a pod bro like podcast where he talks about eating french fries and drinking beer on the beach like we don't need to see that it's it's it's it's crazy behavior and then donald trump threatening an invasion of cuba i'll show you this here let's play this clip actually but we'll see what happens cuba is going to be interesting i would imagine it will fall fairly soon it's going to fall fairly soon iran's going to fall fairly soon there's going to be a deal with iran fairly soon there's going to be a deal between russia and you crane fairly soon it's going to fall fairly soon if we just torture the people more with more of a blockade in cuba and iran that'll do the trick if we just extorts the linsky more and lie to him more that'll do the trick that's just i mean that's the trump regime plan with everything just do evil and just hope people surrender and when they don't donald trump doesn't know what to do when he actually faces resistance he doesn't know how to handle it because he's always been a lifelong loser his whole life is one big bluff he's a liar i should not be a fraud a gigantic criminal fraud his entire damn life and let's talk about this jensen long story for a moment as well he's the CEO of nvidia by market cap it had or has depending on where the hell this company is going at this point the highest market cap valuation of any company i'm talking bigger than apple when they talk about the mag seven the magnificent seven nvidia is like number one it's like leading all of these ai stocks and all these tech stocks and the whole ai architecture is also built around nvidia it's like four point five trillion dollar market cap though by the end of today it's probably significantly less and it's CEO jensen wong would take these trips to typay in tywan and he'd meet with this lady Alice wong who's the real name is actually wongly she used to work for the chinese government no relation would say it's a no relation and it's no related yet no relation to each other that's why i said also name is wangli that no relation to each other and we right after these meetings that took place in late twenty twenty four all of a sudden or she had this company mega speed and speed matrix and they all flowed from this chinese company and there was a subsidiary mega speed which spun off another company speed matrix one was based in singapore mega speed speed matrix was based in malaysia and it was this kind of this whole opaque network that basically funneled the key nvidia chips back to china and there were these export controls where the us was not sending these h two hundred gps graphic processing units these very advanced semiconductor chips would not be allowed to go to china but unlimited bases they'd be able to go to singapore and malaysia and so china spun off these companies to basically get that chip and one of the ways there's other ways they did and it's not just in video i think we're going to learn that this has been happening across the entire industry sadly in my view but one of the ways they did this is that Alice wong created this company that really was just a like a blank store front like it wasn't like there was no building and went from having nothing on its balance sheet to billions of dollars and doing all of these transactions within video and so people started to get suspicious like what the hell is mega speed what the hell is speed matrix and then the commerce department found out in 2025 the Biden administration warned the trump regime about it they ignored those warnings in 2025 the commerce department knew that this was actually happening and no steps were taken at all that were aware of and they just let it basically happen apparently trump knew about it in 2025 he spoke to jensen wong about it and didn't do anything there was nothing that actually you know you know happened you know trump in this interview he gave with 60 minutes i don't know if this is jensen or if this is somebody else but trump basically describes this conversation with a big AI tech person about how the doj told him that he's in a lot of trouble and trump told this big AI exact kiss your wife goodbye unless you help me out and then the guy started saying sir thank you sir but trump wouldn't say what company it was i don't know if that's jensen or not who knows but we do it does seem to be the case that china was getting a lot of these chips through this path of the jensen alice wong singapore and malaysian you know route and so i've seen people comment bend you don't get it though the age 200s old that that's not a big deal why i know it's old the whole point was that now the chips have advanced right and video's got a blackwell they even got a chip like vera which is even more than the blackwell but china got access at that these things are advancing very quickly but china got access to the eight to 100 at a critical time when that was one of the most advanced chips sure there's more advanced chips now but they could build that and then build off of that and so back in january of twenty twenty six you may remember the commerce department howard lotnik ebstein island howard lotnik gave a license that allowed jensen wong to sell the age 200s to china provided that and video would give a twenty percent big fee to the united states the into twenty percent numbers fascinating to me also because there are some allegations allegations at least could it be that in videos like twenty percent of its bottom line was actually south east asia gpu transactions that funneled these things through this route through china that was looking the way is that how trump got the twenty percent number um but there's this broader issue of the commerce department new the license was given and then china didn't buy any h two hundreds you would think this would be in high demand right why didn't they buy it because they probably already had it that that's why and it's not like you need a lot of them once they have one they can then have their domestic gpu makers copy it and then figure out how to build from it and once they got their hands in my view of it in twenty twenty five it needed in twenty twenty six so it was in a relevant deal so then why would we even do this in the first place was it i'm i'm asking questions now i don't have the answer but this is what my spidey sense as a former litigator who handled massive kind of corporate cases like this tells me was the was this whole deal done with china in january twenty twenty six to basically give cover to the fact that this conduct had taken place before so it was kind of like a post remedial measure of well now it was allowed anyway so why was it a big deal if it happened then if we're giving it to china anyway and the commerce department has allowed it to place because then video is the most valuable company and so was it protecting them and trump invests it in video and trump sport folio has a lot of exchange traded funds and other funds that buy in video it's a major part of these funds that he's trading in as well so then there's just one more layer of it which is national security why do we have export controls to begin with because there's a fear that these chips end up in the hands of adrival.
series who could use it against the United States. I mean, there's alliance, I know that Trump wants to attack all of the US allies, Canada, and NATO, and elsewhere, but these other alliances and blocks, they trade with each other. They share information. And so one of the things that I've been doing a lot of reporting on lately is these Russian drones, these Garen-4 and Garen-5 upgraded drones that Ukraine struggles to shoot down the Iskender ballistic missiles, the cruise missiles Russia uses, the great technology and engineering from Iran. When you actually go through what's in a lot of their upgraded weapons, it has these high-powered chips, and I'm not saying they're all in video or in videos, whatever, but there's a lot of American semi-conductor chips. I did a report on this several months back. I brought lawyers in who filed these massive class actions against all of these semi-conductor companies in the US for turning a blind eye to the fact that their semi-conductor, their chips, were finding their way to Russia and finding their way to Iran and elsewhere. And that was actually being used to kill American troops in the catastrophic war in Iran. And then being used to kill Ukrainians in Russia's war against Ukraine. And so the broader question, though, is, too, it's not just Nvidia, Donald Trump with all of these AI oligarchs and all of these big tech people who are there. We have no regulatory controls. Trump gave all of these top chips, by the way. He gave the blackwell chip to the UAE, like even the more advanced chip, Trump's been giving these chips out. And UAE has a great relationship with China. And there's all these alliances there as well. So when people have been warning, you got to stop giving all of these chips to your Middle East friends who you have business deals with, this technology that the US had a monopoly on is now no longer in the US hands, and it's all over the world. There used to be a black market for it. Now it's a Trump market for it. And this stuff has spread everywhere. And if you're wondering, well, how the hell are these weapons advancing so quickly across the world? It seems like everybody is able to now match, you know, what the US capabilities were. And it's every day the advancement, so rapid, rapid, rapid, rapid. And they all have access to these semiconductor chips. And you know, the question is, is it through espionage, is it through deals with Trump? And how much has this hurt America's national security generationally? So I know that was a long-winded explanation. And I don't have all of the final pieces here. But I can tell you as a former litigator who handled these big cases, these are the exact areas I would at least be looking at. Yeah, the mistake I think in analyzing what's going on here is hearing like the salacious parts that people try to lead with, right? When you hear, oh, a fair, I've seen headlines, sex, espionage, and you know, all the sort of stuff. That's the stuff where, you know, I think Jensen Huang wants it to be more of a story about that than all the other stuff that Ben was speaking about. And so he was quick to admit, yeah, you know, I was unfaithful to my wife. I apologize. This is between us, you know, we're going to have to work this out. But the fact is it's not. This goes so much deeper than that. And there's such a concentration of strategic power within Nvidia, with that company being the kind of main choke point for these advanced AI chips. And the fact that US intelligence had flagged all of this a long time ago, yet the Trump regime still decided to loosen those H-200 restrictions and to, there was even a moment where Jensen Huang wasn't going to be going on the trip to China with Donald Trump. Remember when he got all those AI execs to go there? And the rumors that are going around right now is that that was because this intelligence had come through that he was having an affair with this Chinese asset, with this Chinese spy, rather. But Trump found out that Jensen Huang was not on this guest list to go along with Trump. And he made sure that Jensen Huang came. And so, decisions like that now have to be put under a lot greater scrutiny. I think you see the markets reacting like this. You had every other tech stock, it's tech stock basically up today except for Nvidia because of this. I think this is the tip of the iceberg of what we're going to learn. And it's so far reaching into all these aspects of our society, military, every, the economy, you know, the fact that there could be upwards of 20% of these chips that were actually, that Nvidia was getting their income from China through these intermediaries and stuff. And this could be a major scandal. I'm also curious to see, you know, when we see Donald Trump stock reports, you know, he probably knew the story was coming out. Did Trump sell any Nvidia stock in advance of this report coming out? Like, I'm, we have to watch for everything right now. And I think this is the tip of the iceberg with this scandal. I want you to stay on top of it. Yeah. Lauren Bobert lost her seat. Senator Tillis. Bobo. Senator Tillis, Republican senator from North Carolina, who was pushed out by Trump and then Democrats took over that seat with Senator Cooper, who we've had here a few times. Tillis says he will be voting yes, on conviction of Hegsiff. And so I expect there to be a lot of senators to actually vote to convict, not just to impeach. And, you know, it's very, very possible that Hegsiff actually gets convicted, you know, which will be, you know, a major, major thing like he'll be impeached. The issue becomes conviction and wouldn't that be Massey's ultimate revenge. But rather than view it as a story of revenge or this or that, it's the right decision. It's the right thing to happen because Hegsiff has been so damn damaging to our country right as whole regime has. And I said it before, you know, as I start to cover international news and draw the connections in such a deeper way over the past, you know, several years than I had before. And you study the ways other governments work, how coalition governments work and how snap elections work and all of these things that are deeply important. You know, like in Canada, for example, if their governing party does not pass a budget, if there's a coalition government, they don't pass a budget, the government dissolves. And there's a new election. That's how they have to work together, right? You know, and so after a repudiation like this in the election, that's why in other systems, the government goes. And a new government comes in because there's a mandate for that. And so clearly right now, we see there's a mandate that these demonic sick people who have engaged in these war crimes and cover up the episode that they need to go. They need to leave. That's where the American people are right now. That's the energy we've seen from these younger Democrats who are arriving. You know, and I hope that message is really received aloud and clear because that is where the American people are right now. Donald Trump ain't going to change. If this episode showed you anything, you didn't need this episode to show you that profound observation. But he ain't, he ain't change. He's, he's demented. He's a sicko. This is who he is. His whole light. He's been a sex predator. He's been coddled, right? He needs to be put in his place. That's what needs to happen. And that's what we the people did. So we need people in leadership who understand that that's what we the people want and we demand because we want to get out of this era. We want to get out of this hell. We want to get back to democracy and compassion, empathy, love, norm, you know, so many people come up to me when they see me at the book signings and they go, Ben, I'm not a political person. I don't even consider myself a Democrat or a Democrat. I don't, I just consider myself like someone who wants just people to be nice and people just to like love each other and not hate and start with these lies and this crazy being. That's the number one thing I hear when people approach me is that why are they so mean? Can we just go back to nice people and we'll end this episode where we began with my wife, Tommy, Ben, these people who are showing up on Capitol Hill, these new young Democrats, they look nice. They look happy and they look like they want to actually work for the people and it looked great to see that. It felt great to see all these people and it really did. It feels really good, but let's turn that good feeling into good results, good outcomes that make generational change. So that's what we talked about in WTF America, the way out of this hell and back to democracy, get your copy, hardcover, ebook or audio, get all three. Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel. Right now we've been seeing major growth in the YouTube channel. So let's hit seven million subscribers. Please subscribe today if you can double check. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not be actually subscribed. 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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
A large freshman class of new Democrats has entered Congress, bringing fresh energy and a desire for accountability that contrasts with the previous Republican-led administration.
Representative Thomas Massey introduced impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegsith over alleged war crimes, including civilian deaths in Iran and improper military actions, sparking strong public and political reaction.
Donald Trump and his allies are displaying panic and desperation, with Trump making absurd claims about election rigging and appointing UFC promoter Dana White as press secretary to distract from ongoing investigations.
The Trump regime is under mounting pressure as investigations into war crimes, national security failures, and corporate misconduct—such as the alleged Nvidia chip routing to China—gain traction and public scrutiny.
The U.S. is witnessing a shift in public trust, with voters rejecting the MAGA agenda and demanding accountability, leading to a realignment in Congress and a decline in Republican credibility.
Iran continues targeting tankers and military assets in the Strait of Hormuz, while regional powers like China and Russia are strengthening ties, signaling a broader shift in global power dynamics.
The Trump administration’s record is being critically examined, with its failure to course-correct, lack of transparency, and reliance on deception undermining its legitimacy.
The new Congress, especially the incoming Democrats, is seen as a potential turning point for real accountability, transparency, and meaningful reform in government.
Summary:
The MidasTouch podcast highlights a pivotal shift in American politics as a large, energized freshman class of Democrats enters Congress, signaling a departure from the previous MAGA-led era. This new wave of elected officials is portrayed as genuinely committed to serving the public and demanding accountability, directly countering the perceived chaos and deception of the Trump administration. S.
war powers, especially in Iran. Trump’s response—denying election integrity, making bizarre press comments, and appointing Dana White as press secretary—reveals desperation and a lack of leadership, further eroding public trust. Simultaneously, geopolitical tensions escalate with Iran attacking tankers and military infrastructure in the Strait of Hormuz, while China and Russia strengthen regional alliances, signaling a realignment of global power.
S. oversight. The episode underscores a growing public fatigue with Trump’s rhetoric and policies, emphasizing that accountability, transparency, and real policy action are now central to democratic renewal.
With Democrats gaining ground in both the Senate and House, and the American public rejecting years of unaccountable governance, the new Congress is seen as a critical opportunity to deliver genuine reform and restore trust in government. This moment represents a turning point in the political landscape, where the people’s demand for truth and responsibility is finally being met.
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Representative Thomas Massey introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegsith, accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors including waging war in violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, launching attacks on children during volleyball practices in Iran, and firing top military leaders in violation of war crimes laws.
It represents a direct challenge to the Trump administration's conduct in foreign policy and military operations, particularly regarding alleged war crimes in Iran, and signals a shift toward accountability in a new Congress that is less aligned with the Trump regime.
Democrats have gained significant ground, securing around 56 seats in the Senate and 250 in the U.S. House, marking a major shift in power and signaling a strong rejection of the previous MAGA agenda and Trump administration policies.
Trump and Republican officials, including Mike Johnson, have expressed denial and deflection, with Trump claiming the election was rigged and blaming voters, while Johnson claims the impeachment is a 'terrible look' and that the voters made the wrong choice.
Concerns have been raised that advanced Nvidia H200 chips were routed through Malaysian and Singaporean intermediaries to China, raising questions about national security and whether the U.S. government allowed such exports to bypass safeguards.
Trump announced Dana White, the UFC promoter, as his new press secretary to distract from the impeachment of cabinet officials and to generate a distraction, which critics see as a desperate move to deflect from political accountability and policy failures.
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