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Trump Crashes Out on WH Lawn during Press Event

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump crashing out on the White House lawn during a disaster press event. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Trump Gets His Karma as FIFA World Cup Collapses!!!!

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the World Cup, which is being hosted by the United States, is collapsing as the rest of the world doesn’t want to travel to the United States and people across the world are boycotting it based on Trump’s involvement. Visit https://meidasp ...  Show more

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