The MeidasTouch Podcast

Trump Panics after Shock Finding in Unredacted Files

22 min
Feb 11, 20264 months ago
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Summary

The MeidasTouch Podcast analyzes the White House's response to the release of Epstein files, where Trump's name appears over 1 million times in unredacted documents. The episode covers press conference clips from White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt addressing questions about potential pardons, Secretary Lutnik's ties to Epstein, and various policy controversies including infrastructure and trade decisions.

Insights
  • White House communications strategy relies on deflection and avoidance when pressed on serious allegations, refusing direct yes/no answers on pardon considerations
  • Significant discrepancies exist between Trump's public statements about Epstein knowledge and documented evidence from 2006 police reports
  • High-ranking officials including Treasury Secretary Lutnik have documented connections to Epstein that create credibility and ethical concerns
  • Administration is using policy announcements and infrastructure disputes to shift media focus away from Epstein file revelations
  • Social media management issues at the White House suggest either deliberate controversial posting or significant operational dysfunction
Trends
Political leadership distancing strategies when facing document-based evidence of past associationsUse of press conference deflection tactics to avoid accountability on sensitive topicsMedia narrative management through policy announcements during crisis periodsInconsistency between historical public statements and newly released documentary evidenceSocial media as a liability for political communications with repeated post-and-delete incidentsInternational trade disputes being leveraged as distraction mechanismsAppointment of officials with documented controversial associations despite public scrutiny
Topics
Epstein Files Release and Trump ConnectionWhite House Press Conference CommunicationsPotential Presidential PardonsTreasury Secretary Lutnik Epstein TiesSocial Media Management CrisisGordy Howe Bridge Trade DisputePenn Station and Dulles Airport RenamingArmenian Genocide Recognition ReversalBeef Import Policy and Rancher ImpactGateway Tunnel Infrastructure FundingJob Report Expectations and Immigration PolicyDemocratic Governor Exclusion from White House DinnerPolitical Accountability and Document EvidencePress Secretary Deflection TacticsExecutive Branch Credibility Issues
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People
Donald Trump
Central figure in Epstein files controversy; name appears 1M+ times in unredacted documents
Caroline Levitt
White House Press Secretary fielding questions about Epstein files, pardons, and policy controversies
Jamie Raskin
Ranking member of House Judiciary Committee who disclosed information about unredacted Epstein files
Howard Lutnik
Treasury Secretary whose documented visits to Epstein's island with family raise ethical concerns
Ghislaine Maxwell
Convicted child sex trafficker whose potential pardon is being considered by Trump administration
Jeffrey Epstein
Deceased financier whose files contain 1M+ references to Trump and connections to administration officials
JD Vance
Vice President whose social media posts about Armenian genocide were deleted under pressure
Mike Johnson
Republican leader who avoided questions about Howard Lutnik's Epstein connections
Peter Navarro
Administration official discussing revised job report expectations due to immigration policy changes
Chuck Schumer
Senate Democratic leader approached by Trump about renaming Penn Station and Dulles Airport
Quotes
"Donald Trump's name appears over one million times in the unredacted files"
HostEarly in episode
"I don't even really want to talk about that. We're not even thinking about that right now."
Caroline LevittPress conference segment
"President Trump cut off his relationship with Jeff Epstein and was honest and transparent about that for years and years."
Caroline LevittPress conference response
"This is the Epstein class. First the rest of everybody else in the United States. They are predators."
HostCommentary segment
"Why not? It was something the president floated in his conversation with Schumer"
Caroline LevittPenn Station renaming question
Full Transcript
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That in the unredicted files, which have not been released yet by the Trump regime. There's millions of more files that haven't been released. Donald Trump's name appears over one million times. That's not hyperbolic from the redacted files that have been produced. Trump's name appears 38,000 times in the other batch. It is one million times. Just think about the sheer number right there. So how are they reacting in the White House right now? Well, there was a press conference that was held moments ago. Donald Trump's chief propagandist Caroline Levit does what propaganda is do. They're going to propaganda. Here's what she does when she's asked by a reporter is Trump going to rule out a pardon of Gilae Maxwell. She goes, I don't even really want to talk about that. We're not even thinking about that right now. So you can't just say no that he's not going to pardon a convicted child sex trafficker. Play the clip. And if they don't want to, that's their loss. And I'm going to max well is the president going to rule out a pardon for her in her testimony. Yeah, that position yesterday her legal team seems to be making a case again for a pardon from the president. Again, this is not something I've discussed with the president recently because frankly, it's not a priority. He's focused on many of the issues that the American people are dealing with and providing solutions to those issues. So I haven't spoken with him recently. Last time we did speak about it, you said it's not something he's considering or thinking about. And then a reporter asked Caroline Levit. What do you think about Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? Levit? The secretary of Levitnik today was testifying on the Hill and he said that he had visited Epstein's island in 2012 with his wife and children. And that's after he said that he had cut ties with Epstein and does his department documents show that he was in contact with Epstein through 2018 over messages. So does the White House stand behind Secretary Levitnik right now or given what he has said today has there been any shift in how the White House is viewing Secretary Levitnik's moments? No. Secretary Levitnik remains a very important member of President Trump's team and the president fully supports the secretary. I will just point out that there are a lot of wins in the news this week that people in this room have not asked about because you continue to ask questions about the same subjects. So let me point them out for you. Next another reporter asked Caroline Levit. Donald Trump had previously stated that he had no knowledge at all that Epstein was having sex with under was raping underage girls. That he had no knowledge of what was taking place. He wasn't aware of anything that Epstein was doing. But now there are police reports where Donald Trump was saying back in 2006 that he was aware and that he lanes an evil person. So then why if that was the case, would he be moving Elaine to a club fed in Texas and why is he what is going on Caroline Levit? Can you explain that because it seems to just be more lies from this dastardly regime here play this clip? Several days again regarding a separate topic Epstein files. According to movie release files, the president had a conversation with the Palm Beach police chief in the early 2000s according to the police in 2019. The president had gone record before he's told reporters that he said that Jeff Reyes had a no idea about Jeff Reyes's crimes. During this conversation with Sleash Chief however, he did say according to this recounting of it, thank goodness you're stopping him. You also called Elaine Maxwell. My two questions are did that conversation with Palm Beach police chief happen and can you explain to this girl? What I will say is that the president has always remained consistent and that he kicked Jeff Reyesstein out of his club at Mara Lago because frankly Jeff Reyesstein was a creep and unlike many other people who are named in these files. President Trump cut off his relationship with Jeff Reyesstein and was honest and transparent about that for years and years. I think what the president has said all along has always remained true and the release of more than three million documents related to Jeff Reyesstein and his heinous disgusting crimes just shows the level of transparency that this president and administration has committed to and bringing these files to light. Did he call the chief? No, it was a phone call that may or may not have happened in 2006. I don't know the answer to that question. What I'm telling you is that what president Trump has always said is that he kicked Jeff Reyesstein out of his Mara Lago club because Jeff Reyesstein was a creep and that remains true. And this call if it did happen corroborates exactly what president Trump has said from the beginning and I'm sure many of you when you read that that alleged FBI report probably thought to yourself, wow, this really cracks our narrative that we've been trying to push about this president for many years. We're moving on from that Reagan. And the next you have Caroline Levin asked questions about another topic. So the governor's association conference said to take place and now it has to be canceled because Donald Trump has not invited any democratic governors. This is normally a bipartisan event. And now he's saying only Republican governors can show up. Let's play this clip. Sure, Tamara. Thank you. The National Governor's Association is removing a meeting with President Trump from his agenda because only Republicans were invited. Is the White House reconsidering inviting Democrats or do you think Republicans are still going to show up? Where does that stand now? No, look, I just spoke with the president about this. It is a dinner at the White House. It's the people's house. It's also the president's home. And so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House. I believe governor Moore was invited last year and he did not show up to the dinner last year. Nobody reported on it. But again, the president has the discretion to invite whomever he wants to the White House and he welcomes all those who received an invitation to come. And if they don't want to, that's their loss. And again, you can call it the people's house, but it's now become the peto house. Or that's what it's been since Donald Trump moved in. The heart of the cabal is right there in the oval. That's the core of where the predators fester. Moore from this disastrous press conference, a reporter asked Caroline levied about Trump threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Ontario. What do you make of that Caroline here? Play this clip. Thanks a lot, Caroline. Yesterday, the president on social media threatened to block the new Gordy How Bridge, which would connect Detroit to Canada. This is a bridge that was fully paid for by Canada. It used American labor to construct it. It used American steel to construct that bridge. The president in 2017 was actually in favor of this bridge part of a joint statement that he put out when he met with the Canadian Prime Minister. Why has the president changed his mind as it relates to this bridge? I think the president was very clear and direct in his truth, John, but just to reiterate the fact that Canada will control what crosses the Gordy How Bridge and owns the land on both sides is unacceptable to the president. It's also unacceptable that more of this bridge is being built with more American made materials, even more so than what president Barack Obama committed to with the Canadians at the time at the start of the project. He also believes that the US should own at least half of the bridge have shared authority over what passes across it and participate in the economic benefits generated by its use. This is just another example of President Trump putting America's interests first. And so he made that very clear in his call with Prime Minister Karney earlier today. You better come correct with the facts because Canada paid for the entire bridge. It's actually partially owned by Michigan as well as Canada. And this is important to the economic development both for Michigan and Canada. So what do you make of that Caroline Levin? And then Caroline Levin is asked, can you explain why Donald Trump is asking Schumer to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after Trump in order to get money to fund critical infrastructure projects where thousands of New Yorkers are now losing their jobs. And this will cost New York and New Jersey and the tri-state area billions of dollars in economic damages because of what Trump's doing. Play this clip. Can you explain why President Trump asked Schumer to help him rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport after himself? Why is he interested in having his name on those two buildings? And why are the Gateway Tunnel funds to proper point of pressure to get that tax? To your first question about the redaming, why not? It was something the president floated in his conversation with Schumer as for the funding the president has addressed that separately. It's all a game to them. This is what the Epstein class does. This is the Epstein class. First the rest of everybody else in the United States. They are predators. We're seeing their behaving as such right here. The Epstein class. Are you looking for something simple and delicious to add to your wellness routine, especially during the winter months when everyone's trying to stay healthy? 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Carole, you think they have a, of course they have a posting problem. They're maniacs. And by the way, in Trump's post with Canada, he said that China's going to take away ice hockey. It's like we just accept that this guy makes psychopathic posts every day. Anyway, play this clip. Really himself Danny. Today, the Vice President's account posted and then deleted a tweet about the Armenian genocide. And then last week President Trump's truth social account posted and then deleted a recent video about the Obama's. And the White House again blamed that on staffer wanted to ask you, does the White House have a social media problem? Do you have an auto posting problem that's leading to these mistakes? No, as for the Armenian tweet that you're referring to, I would just refer you back to the White House's message that was issued on Armenian Remembrance Day. And there's been no change of policy at this time. Mary. Thanks Caroline. Caroline Leibbrand says beef prices are coming down. That's not true. And this is why she's going to screw over American farmers and now start drastically importing from Argentina farmers. Play this clip. So some public and lawmakers from Nebraska have said they're worried that the Argentinian beef executive order will sideline some American ranchers. How will the administration make sure prices go down before consumers about harming those ranchers? Of course. Well, both things can happen at the same time. That's the president's belief. He wants to see prices come down. In fact, I just overheard him on the phone with Secretary Rollins. They were talking about something different, but he's always saying we got to make sure that prices continue to come down. As you know, Secretary Rollins successfully did that with respect to ice egg prices cattle beef prices are coming down slightly. And the president wants to see that continue. He believes that a minor import to the country with cattle might be a short term solution with respect to bringing down prices. But of course protecting our American cattle and rancher industry is a priority for the president. And he's in touch with those stakeholders. We've had them here at the White House a few times in the in recent months to discuss this issue directly. John does it with such a smug Epstein class face right that's like I called the Epstein class face right is her Treasury Secretary. Best in okay, okay, Howard Lutnik. The Epstein class face speaking of Peter Navarro went on state regime media before as well. You guys we're going to get he doesn't think with his hands to we're going to get really bad job reports, but they're really good. They're bad in a good way. The new reality is we're just going to do 50,000 jobs. That's what we're do. That's the new reality because of immigrants. The hell are you talking about here play this clip. One thing I want to note the jobs reports kind of come out tomorrow. Yeah, we have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job numbers should look like when we were letting in 2 million illegal aliens. They're coming in coming. We had to produce 200,000 jobs a month for steady state. And by the way, all of the jobs that we were creating in Biden years were going to legal Americans were going to the unemployment lines. That's totally reverse and now 50,000 a month is going to be more like what we need. So all street when this stuff comes out they can't they can't rain on that parade. They have to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegal. That's a good and then you have magamaik Johnson running away when he's asked about Howard Lutnik now admitting that he went on Epstein's island with his little children after knowing Epstein was a grotesque sex trafficker and magamaics like it's okay, man. That's just what we do. That's what we do here now in the Republican party. Pro sex trafficking. That's your agenda. Okay. There are a bunch of sickos here play this clip. This is bigger in the heart. Lutnik had said that he had cut out ties with Jeffrey F.D. in 2005. The documents that came out on the big fat Democrats and Thomas Mansies, Alicia resigned. Do you think that Howard Lutnik should result? Of course not. So sir Howard Lutnik is a great comber secretary and an external Jeffery country. How is Mansies just that? Do you have any concerns about Lutnik's ties with this? So anything about that, I know Howard is an individual and I trust his word on it. I mean, I don't know of the timing and all that. I'm not sure you have to ask other questions. At least in the New York Times, every front page story is on Epstein right now. Look at this. Epstein Epstein has at least seven or eight stories on Epstein. That's good. So what they should be focused on, they should be focused on the truth. 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