Snapshot · The MeidasTouch Podcast
A Reuters story profiled a woman who put her entire $40,000 life savings into the Trump meme coin, only to lose it all — yet she blamed Democrats for shorting it.
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In the episode's most personal segment, Meiselas steps back from data and into moral territory. He describes speaking with Governor Shapiro about the impact of the Trump era on their children — young people who have known no other version of American politics, for whom Trump-style behavior is simply 'how presidents act.' [1] — Ben Meiselas "Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro told Meiselas that one of the hardest parts of the Trump era — stretching back to 2015 — is explaining t…" 1:08:12 Meiselas recalls visiting the Reagan Library near his wedding venue and being struck, despite his strong policy disagreements with Reagan, by the evident attempt to project dignity and shared values — something wholly absent from the Trump presidency. He confesses that he would now take a George W. Bush presidency over Trump, a statement he acknowledges is nearly impossible to imagine saying. The segment closes with a direct address to MAGA supporters: this isn't a political argument, these are objective facts, Trump is literally destroying your life and you appear to enjoy it. The tone is exasperated but not dismissive — Meiselas describes encountering a seemingly nice woman at the Great American State Fair who sought medical help in a baptism pool and still seemed to find it all fun. He processes this with genuine bewilderment about what it means to reach people who are in a psychologically resistant state.
A Reuters story profiled a woman who put her entire $40,000 life savings into the Trump meme coin, lost everything, and concluded Democrats must have shorted it. This is the incentive structure of the grift: as long as victims blame the enemy, the scammer faces no accountability.
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