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Trump Regime Calls Shooting Fourth Assassination Attempt to Justify Ballroom

MeidasTouch · MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 5/26/26 · May 26, 2026
Trump Regime Calls Shooting Fourth Assassination Attempt to Justify Ballroom
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MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 5/26/26
"This was the second assassination attempt on the president within a single month, referring to the White House correspondence as an assassination attempt and this as an assassination attempt."
The Trump DOJ filed court documents characterizing the White House perimeter shooting as the fourth assassination attempt against Trump, using the incident to argue a federal judge should revoke an injunction blocking the $1 billion Golden Ballroom construction. The shooter never got close to the White House and was killed on the outer perimeter by Secret Service. Trump posted about the ballroom within hours of the shooting.

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On this Memorial Day episode of the Midas Touch Network, hosts Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, and Jordy Meiselas condemned Donald Trump's behavior during Memorial Day commemorations and examined the collapsing Iran peace negotiations. Trump used the solemn holiday to attack Democrats on social media, fell asleep during Pete Hegseth's speech, and failed to read the names of the 13 service members killed in his Iran war. The hosts revealed that Trump has now conditioned any U.S.-Iran peace deal on Arab nations joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel—a demand that reportedly led to dead silence on a conference call with Middle Eastern leaders. Senator Chris Murphy stated publicly that America emerges humiliated from the negotiations, accepting Iran's terms just to end a disastrous war. The episode also scrutinized the White House shooting on Saturday involving Nasir Best, a schizophrenic 21-year-old who had been prosecuted by Trump's U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for threatening the White House but was never pursued after failing to appear in court. Trump immediately weaponized the shooting to justify his controversial Golden Ballroom construction, with the DOJ calling it the fourth assassination attempt. The hosts contrasted Trump's focus on ballrooms, UFC stadiums, and White House pillars with the economic suffering of Americans, citing record-low consumer sentiment and Trump's tanking approval ratings. The episode featured speeches from rising Democratic leaders Senator Jon Ossoff and Maine Senate candidate Graham Plattner, who centered their messaging on working Americans rather than political games. Throughout, the hosts emphasized that Trump's leadership has severely weakened America's global standing while enriching his MAGA oligarchy.

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