Shadowing Practice: This ENDS Mike's Majority - Learn English Speaking with Video

Donald Trump has effectively killed the Republican Party and his entire MAGA movement, and it is because they are permanently tied to him.

There is no ability for MAGA to create space between themselves and Donald Trump.

It is why these midterms are going to be a wipeout, and it is why Mike Johnson is going to be losing his job.

And considering how unpopular he is within his own caucus in MAGA, I don't think he'll ever have it again.

And that is just hilarious to me.

But that was before what Donald Trump said today.

That reality that exists for Mike Johnson, it has only gotten worse after a shock admission from Donald Trump

that I just cannot believe he made and continues to make.

And it is also all made worse by the fact

that there is a faction of MAGA or former MAGA trying to seize on this moment.

That is what Marjorie Taylor Greene is doing right now.

It's where I want to start before we get to Donald Trump.

completely screwing Mike Johnson.

Explaining to you guys how this is actually going to work.

26 midterms and the 28 presidential race is not going to be anything like 2024, where there was so much support for MAGA.

The coalition came in and got behind Trump.

And here's why.

When the president started telling his own supporters that he didn't want their support, remember that Truth Social post where he said,

my past supporters, and he was calling the Epstein files a hoax.

Yeah, these were women that were talking about

and telling their stories about being raped by these elite rich men when they were 14 and 16 years old.

And then the president fought me and Thomas Massey and all of us who were trying to release the Epstein files, and he called it a Democrat hoax.

Yeah, that's going to be a problem in the midterms.

You know what another problem in the midterms is going to be that is totally broken the entire coalition.

It's calling affordability a hoax.

Yeah, remember when the president called affordability a Democrat hoax?

Same word he used to describe raping girls when they're 14 and 16 years old.

Affordability is not a hoax.

And it's not something that you shame young people like Gen Z, shame them for their work habits and shame them and tell them They need to,

you know, pull themselves up by the bootstraps because it's a lot different for young people today than it was for, say, my generation and the baby boomer generation.

The dollar actually had value 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago.

Now the dollar isn't worth shit.

And that's because Congress won't stop spending the money.

And that's because we have leaders like President Trump who's gone full neocon and just can't back away from war, just can't back away from it.

And that's the third issue there, folks.

You want to know why 26 and 28 is going to be different?

Because Donald Trump broke his big,

big campaign promise of no more foreign wars and actually has got us embroiled in a war with Iran,

a war that should not be happening and he's not backing off of it and it will probably get worse.

So that has fed the affordability crisis.

That's why people can't afford gasoline.

That's why people's bills keep going up.

Food prices are still going up.

Beef is at all times high.

It's ridiculous.

And you don't lecture the people that got you in office.

You don't lecture them and tell them the things they care about as a hoax.

You don't lecture them and call them names like panicans

and tell them that they better come in and pull the coalition together and stop the Democrats.

No. You know what you should have done?

You should have stuck to your campaign promises and you should have delivered for the people that put you in office, not the ones writing you the big fat checks.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is right that MAGA is dead.

And of course, she's saying that because in my mind, and this is just the truth, she is a political opportunist who wants to seize this moment to say

that she should take over the mantle of the real MAGA party

and that Donald Trump has abandoned his values and MAGA would work if it had someone who actually believed it.

Now, of course, this is bullshit.

Donald Trump has run this same playbook he did in 2015.

He did in 2024.

Like, Donald Trump has done this a lot.

This is what you always see with conservatives or wannabe authoritarians.

We just need to go back to an older time when everything was good, wasn't it?

Nostalgia doesn't really paint a full picture.

But that's what Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to do because she is a political opportunist.

But Donald Trump has given her countless opportunities to rag on her old party.

And the latest one might be the stupidest yet.

What Donald Trump had to say about one of the most unpopular issues out there, and that's data centers.

There are several Republicans who are running for midterms this year who are starting to come out against AI data centers.

Why do you think they're taking a different approach than you are?

Well, who are they?

Do you know?

The Senate race in Ohio is one example where it's become a very hot topic.

Well, the data center subject to me is a pretty simple one.

If you pick the right location, and it's got to be not every location is perfect for it, but you pick the right location,

what it means for a community is jobs and lots of money and lower taxes.

And the data centers now are mandated by me that they build their own electricity, so they're not taking it from the grid.

It's going to lower the electric cost because they're building electricity.

And the extra, as an example, we talked about this once.

I'm very proud of it.

It was my idea.

They're going to build their own electric producing facility.

And that electricity that they have left over is going to the grid.

It's going to lower the cost of electricity.

So if I were a community, I would want the data center.

It means jobs, it means income, and it means lower taxes.

Do you want Republican candidates to take the same AI to take the same message on data centers that you are?

No, I want them to do what they want.

Some people feel differently.

I really want them.

If a Republican is against the data center, that's okay with me.

I'm only saying that if I ran a community, now there are different types of communities, but generally speaking, if I ran a community,

if I was a mayor or if I was a governor in the state, I would want to have the data centers because they bring tremendous income.

They're clean.

They produce their own energy.

The new ones are producing their own energy.

I would want to have data centers.

Donald Trump coming out in support of data centers is maybe just the biggest mistake possible right now.

I cannot think of many more things more unpopular than AI,

data centers, flat cameras, all of which Donald Trump is completely on board with.

And I think there was a kind of a reorganization of MAGA against the tech elite

100

that have now come into bed with Donald Trump and his administration that is playing out right now, right?

101

For the longest time, MAGA was, you know, anti the surveillance state, or at least again, they claim to be.

102

They were anti big tech.

103

They didn't want them to have their data, you know, to stay out of my life, you know, the big government, all those things.

104

That was their message.

105

Now they're doing complete data surveillance.

106

The Palantir guy picked the vice president and tells Trump what to do.

107

And he's going full data center.

108

This is insanity.

109

Why?

110

It's because Larry Ellison has given him lots of money.

111

He bought CBS for him.

112

He bought TikTok.

113

Larry Ellison is doing everything he can to help Donald Trump.

114

And Oracle has benefited tremendously by these data centers.

115

And so are the rest of the oligarchs.

116

And so Donald Trump is endorsing data centers.

117

Maybe the most unpopular thing right now.

118

And that is just driving a stake into Mike Johnson

119

and any effort that Republicans could have at this point to keep the House.

120

It's just not going to happen.

121

If Donald Trump is aligning himself on the side of like the most unpopular thing right now, it's really done for them.

122

Like this is an admission that kills.

123

This is this is like you could call it a gaffe.

124

But like Donald Trump is a walking gaffe.

125

All he says is stupid.

126

But if I was a Democrat, I would run that again and again and again.

127

I would want a data center, says Donald Trump, who doesn't have a data center by Mar-a-Lago.

128

And he doesn't have a data center by the White House.

129

And he doesn't have a data center in New York nowhere

130

that Donald Trump goes or will go has a data center near it.

131

And he doesn't care about electric costs because he stole $3.2 billion during the presidency.

132

So that is a clip as a Democrat that I would run over and over and over and over again.

133

And you know it's bad because Republicans are trying to run away from the data centers, at least publicly, but they're getting caught.

134

And Abdul Al-Sayed exposed his opponent, Mike Rogers, in his lies.

135

This is what our party should be doing.

136

Opponent Republican Mike Rogers is calling for a one year moratorium.

137

This is new.

138

What do you think?

139

Tell us about for people who are just tuning into this race

140

and trying to understand how this issue is playing in states across the country.

141

How is that going to sit with the people of Michigan?

142

Where do you stand on it?

143

How are how are Michigan voters digesting this issue?

144

You know, let me just step back and set this up.

145

This comes just a couple of days after there was some really embarrassing reporting in Lever News about the fact

146

that this guy and his wife are knee deep in investments in the AI industry.

147

And the article was specifically about how much money they might

148

make from a data center bonanza with this no holds barred approach that we've got right now.

149

And so he's at this press conference where he's touting all eight Democrats who support him in somebody's front yard

150

and he gets asked by a really smart, enterprising local reporter, Craig Mogher, from the Detroit News about his position on data centers.

151

And the man clearly hasn't actually thought about his position on data centers

152

because he does whatever Donald Trump or the corporations tell him to do.

153

And he's like, I think we should take a pause.

154

And then his team trying to make up for the fact

155

that he just made policy from the hip because he hasn't taken the time to think about it, issue a press release calling for a statewide moratorium.

156

But guess what?

157

He's running for U.S.

158

Senate, meaning he can't actually do anything at the state level.

159

These aren't serious people.

160

These are corporate shills who are bought off by the companies who stand to benefit at our loss.

161

And he's stuck, again, between what the voters actually want and what Donald Trump and the corporations who control him want.

162

And so he's shooting from the hip because, for him, he'd rather not actually answer questions.

163

This is what happens when he doesn't dodge.

164

He took one question and it ended up in, like, policy turmoil.

165

So this clown car of a campaign trying to tout their

166

support from Democrats gets caught not having an actual position Proposes a position they can't actually do anything about

167

which is Contrapositive to what he actually has said his entire campaign

168

and we benefits from So all of that is to say

169

that at the end of the day

170

if we're not serious about getting money out of politics We're not going to be serious about solving real problems.

171

I've been clear from the jump I believe in a terms of engagement We need to make sure

172

that any data center proposed at any level in any place follows the following terms that they use union labor,

173

all union labor, that there is no increase in our utility rates, that they don't touch our water supplies,

174

that the money that is taken by utility is invested in improving our reliability,

175

and that there is a clear community benefits agreement so that every local community gets made rich if, in fact, they choose to include one of these in their community.

176

That's real policy, unlike the clown car shoot from the hip public policy from corrupted Mike Rogers.

177

That's why you need a debate.

178

He's not going to pull punches.

179

Like, I think Abdul wants to get in the pads and, like, run an Oklahoma drill with this guy.

180

He fucking hates him.

181

And I love that because he's a bad person who has worked for the pharmaceutical companies in and out of Congress.

182

He moved to Florida.

183

He's not a Michigan guy.

184

And of course, he's going to let the data centers pop up all over your community

185

because he doesn't give a shit and it will only help him and his rich friends.

186

So, yeah, this is the issue that Democrats should obviously be running on.

187

And the fact that Donald Trump is team data center is not a surprise, but it probably is to Mike

188

He's probably not happy about it because again Republicans can't escape Donald Trump Republicans are Donald Trump.

189

Nobody can argue against that And so our party needs to tie these things together

190

Every single person with an art of their name should be tied to Donald Trump.

191

They should be tied data centers They should be tied to the files They should be tied to the war

192

and that's gonna tie him down and they're gonna lose

193

and that's beautiful to me and that's that's That's a career ending for Mike Johnson.

194

So we are going to keep on calling it out on this show.

195

If you want to support that, as always, you can hit that subscribe button, leave a like on this video.

196

If you stuck around at the end, drop a blue heart in the comments.

197

Keep on fighting, y'all.

198

Don't let them silence you.

199

And until next time, I'll see you soon.

📺 Same Channel

✨ Recommend Video

146 sentences

Trump REVERSES course, tells Republicans to vote by mail now

Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students

98 sentences

Trump’s MAGA Civil War Just EXPLODED On Camera

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults

398 sentences

Five things you need to know for the 2026 midterms | America, Actually

Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students

405 sentences

The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 10/5/26 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News Today October 5, 2026

Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students

128 sentences

Friendly Trump interview goes south INSTANTLY amid disaster answer

Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students

18 sentences

Rep. Jeffries on California Voting Conspiracies

IELTS PrepDaily ConversationUniversity Students

283 sentences

Cocky MAGA Kid Can't DEFEND Trump's Actions and RUNS AWAY

Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students

181 sentences

Sen. Tillis warns that without checks and balances, U.S. democracy is at risk | 60 Minutes

Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students

378 sentences

Trump's Trade War With Canada FAILS Miserably As Canada Flirts With EU 'Associate Membership'

Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students

187 sentences

Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson Address Viral "Muslim" Comment and Attacks Over Opinions on Islam

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “This ENDS Mike's Majority”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Trump, center, Donald, Maga. This video has 199 sentences and 2481 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:31. The speaker talks fast, about 184 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
hoax noun	/hoʊks/	Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
midterm adjective	/ˈmɪdˌtɚm/	Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
unpopular adjective		Lacking popularity.
affordability noun		The extent or degree to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay.
lecture noun	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
gaffe noun	/ɡæf/	A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
moratorium noun	/ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/	An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
opportunist noun	/ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈtjuːnɪst/	Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
tout verb	/taʊt/	To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
seize verb	/ˈsiːz/	To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
clown noun	/ˈklaʊ̯n/	A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly…
supporter noun	/səˈpɔɹ.tɚ/	A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
voter noun	/ˈvoʊtɚ/	Someone who votes or is entitled to vote.
admission noun	/ədˈmɪʃən/	The act or practice of admitting.
surveillance noun	/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/	Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go up verb	To move upwards.
buy off verb	To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
come out in verb	to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body)
get behind verb	To come to believe or support something.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.
play out verb	To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
pop up verb	To come up with a "pop" sound.
run away from verb	To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

You know what you should have done?
Why do you think they're taking a different approach than you are?
I'm very proud of it.
What do you think?
Where do you stand on it?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if I were a community, I would want · if I was a Democrat, I would run
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has only gotten · has fed · has abandoned
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	being raped · are mandated · are bought
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	someone who actually · people who are · person who has

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 47 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, doesn't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: admission /ədˈmɪʃən/, faction /ˈfæk.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: moratorium /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/, opportunist /ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈtjuːnɪst/, authoritarian /əˌθɑ.ɹəˈtɛɹ.i.ən/, insanity /ɪnˈsænɪti/, pharmaceutical /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hoax, midterm, unpopular.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →

Shadowing Practice: This ENDS Mike's Majority - Learn English Speaking with Video

He’s getting impeached…

Trump Shuts Down Airport In Total Humiliation

Marjorie Post Ends Trump Love Affair

It Just Got WORSE For Natalie Harp

Trump Shuts Down Senate Overturn Election

Melania Finally Ends It

Trump Caught In Fatal Lie On This Call

Furious Female Trump Staffer Just Resigned

Natalie Harp Just Got What She Deserves...

Holy Sh*t Everyone Just Quit On Trump

I Can’t Believe This Happened

Melania Dark Secret Sparks Deportation Calls

Trump REVERSES course, tells Republicans to vote by mail now

Trump’s MAGA Civil War Just EXPLODED On Camera

Five things you need to know for the 2026 midterms | America, Actually

The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 10/5/26 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News Today October 5, 2026

Friendly Trump interview goes south INSTANTLY amid disaster answer

Rep. Jeffries on California Voting Conspiracies

Cocky MAGA Kid Can't DEFEND Trump's Actions and RUNS AWAY

Sen. Tillis warns that without checks and balances, U.S. democracy is at risk | 60 Minutes

Trump's Trade War With Canada FAILS Miserably As Canada Flirts With EU 'Associate Membership'

Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson Address Viral "Muslim" Comment and Attacks Over Opinions on Islam

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?