MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Democrats hitting the weekend shows ready to take on Trump and MAGA Mike, while Republicans flail during their live TV appearances. Thanks to Square! Get up to $200 OFF Square hardware when you sign up at https://square.com/go/meidas #squarepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are Democrats doing to counter Trump?
Democrats came to fight and finally they're going gloves off, calling out these MAGA Republican leaders. Let me show you what went down on the weekend shows so you can see the dynamic here. I want to see more of this from the Democratic leaders pushing back and punching back. Like here, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.
Chapter 2: What did Senator Murphy say about Trump's foreign trips?
Here's how he described Donald Trump's trip of grift and bribes to three Middle East nations and what an absolute disgrace it was. Take it away, Senator Murphy. Let's play it.
Chapter 3: How does Trump's budget impact the deficit?
In which I asked him about that 400 million dollar jet that Qatar is offering to the president to the United States. President Trump said it would be quote stupid not to take it. What is your response to that argument that the US deserves the biggest plane and President Trump says it's actually going to ultimately save the US money?
Chapter 4: What are the implications of Moody's credit downgrade?
So why did he choose these three countries to go to for his first major foreign trip? It's not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world. It's because these are the three countries willing to pay him off. Every single one of these countries is giving Trump money. The plane from Qatar, an investment in Das ist ein Kryptowährungs-Scam von der UAE.
Chapter 5: How are MAGA Republicans affecting the economy?
Und sie fragen für nationale Sicherheitskonzessionen im Rückgang. Das ist die Definition von Korruption. Außergewöhnliche Regierungen, die Geld in den Präsidenten-Pocket legen. Und in den Vereinigten Staaten geben sie nationale Sicherheitskonzessionen, die unsere eigene Sicherheit schaden. By the way, the plane is not a gift to the American people, as the Secretary said.
Chapter 6: What is the argument against the current budget bill?
Und Senator Murphy macht es auch sehr klar, dass...
Chapter 7: What does Secretary Besant say about tariffs?
During Trump's first administration, he added more to the deficit than any president ever. By a lot. 25 to 30 percent of our deficit was caused by Donald Trump. Now, with their horrible budget bill, where they're going to cut Medicaid, cut SNAP, Das ist ein Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Sie werden Unterstützung für Low Income Menschen, die Häuser haben, so dass sie Tax Cuts für Billionäre geben können. Wir sprechen von mindestens 6 Trillionen. Ich erwarte, dass es mehr als 15 bis 20 Trillionen Dollar sein wird, die zum Defizit gelegt werden. Hier, spiel diesen Clip.
Ich glaube, es ist wichtig zu erinnern, dass einige der wichtigsten legislativen Erfolge während der Präsidentschaft von Joe Biden in einem Weg gemacht wurden, der den Defizit reduziert hat.
Im Faktum, der Inflation Reduction Act. ...which made massive investments in renewable energy, reduced prescription drug costs, was done in a way that drove down the deficit, not driving the deficit up. Most of the deficit was added under Joe Biden's presidency, was in those early days when we were still recovering from the pandemic. Und dann Senator Murphy.
Again, I like, this is how you gotta fight. Senator Murphy says, look...
We're trying, the Democrats, to stop these MAGA Republicans from basically transferring the remainder of the money that low-income and middle-class Americans have so that the billionaires, the Mar-a-Lago billionaire class, can literally steal your money. That's what's going on here.
Play this clip. Secretary Besson argues it will create hundreds of billions of dollars in economic growth. You obviously are one of the Democrats who opposes this bill. Are Democrats standing in the way of the economic growth that Secretary Besant was just arguing?
Well, what we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country. This budget bill is an absolute disaster. It is going to kick over 10 million people off of their healthcare. Medicaid covers about a quarter of all Americans. in order to pass along a new trillion dollar tax cut for the richest 1%.
Nobody in this country is asking for that. And in addition, it's going to dramatically drive up the deficit. I heard the Treasury Secretary say that who cares about the downgrading of our credit rating for Moody's? That is a big deal. That means that we are likely headed for a recession.
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