DeepSummary
The podcast episode begins with Ben Meiselas discussing the accusation from Donald Trump and his allies that President Biden is taking performance-enhancing drugs like Provigil and Adderall to improve his debate performance against Trump. Meiselas plays clips of Trump's former White House physician Ronny Jackson claiming Biden is being medicated for cognitive issues and will likely be given a cocktail of drugs before the debate.
Meiselas then provides background on Jackson, alleging that he ran a 'pill mill' at the White House and was demoted after an investigation found him potentially drunk on the job and over-prescribing medication. Meiselas accuses Jackson of projecting his own actions onto Biden, suggesting Jackson likely did the same for Trump.
The episode continues with more clips of Trump and his allies making claims about Biden being on drugs, with Meiselas arguing they are laying the groundwork to discredit Biden's debate performance or provide an excuse if Trump does poorly. Meiselas expresses skepticism that such accusations would be made about a skilled debater being on performance enhancers.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Donald Trump and allies are accusing President Biden of taking performance-enhancing drugs before their upcoming debate.
- Trump's former White House physician Ronny Jackson is a major pusher of these accusations against Biden.
- Meiselas alleges these claims are projections from Jackson enabling Trump's own drug abuse while president.
- Trump and Jackson are likely trying to discredit Biden's debate performance in advance or make excuses if Trump struggles.
- There are questions around whether Trump will actually debate Biden or use these accusations as a pretext to back out.
- The accusations seem bizarre for a skilled debater and appear to be confessions of Trump's own shortcomings.
- Meiselas sees the claims as part of Trump's pattern of constantly making accusations and then confessing to those very accusations himself.
- The severity of the claims foreshadows an intense pre-debate rhetorical battle from Trump's camp against Biden.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “I think they've got an uphill battle here, but I think that they're going to have to do something to try to wake him up and make him perform a little better during the debate.“ by Ronny Jackson
- “Because they want to get him good and strong. So a little before debate time, he gets a shot in the ass. And that's, they want to strengthen him up so he comes out. He'll come out okay. I say he'll come out all jacked up, right? All jacked up.“ by Donald Trump
- “Every republican accusation tends to be a confession. As we said, world class projection.“ by Ben Meiselas
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Network
6/24/24