July 16, 2025 • 51 mins
SEGMENT 1: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RESCISSIONS PACKAGE NEARS THE FINISH LINE
SEGMENT 2: PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS HALT FENTANYL ACT INTO LAW
SEGMENT 3: YOUR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION OF THE DAY
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All right, let's get it right into today's top stories.
President Trump addresses concerns about the Epstein List, calling it
a hoax brought on by Democrats. While some are calling
for full transparency, other want to move on to other
more pressing issues. So what do you the American people
think about all of this? Plus, the Senate could vote
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on President Trump's recisions package as soon as today. I
had a tax expert joins US to discuss what cutting
more than nine billion dollars in federal spending means for you,
the taxpayer. And then later President Trump secures another round
of investments for America, paving the way for American energy
dominance coming out the latest from Tuesday's High Powered Energy
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and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First, though, do the
dollars being spent on USAID and PBS makes sense? Happening
right now? The US Senate is debating President Trump's more
than nine billion dollar recisions package aimed at rolling back
wasteful government spending. However, after three Senate Republicans voted against
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the measure getting out of committee, Vice President JB. Vance
had to step in Tuesday night and break the fifty
to fifty tie. The proposal claus back billions of dollars
in previously appropriated funding to the aforementioned agencies and more.
A marathon session of amendments and votes is expected to
happen throughout the day, plus the measure has to make
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it to the House by Friday. Here with me discuss
this is Congressman Rudy Yackham of Indiana's second congressional District Congressman,
good to see you. Appreciate you taking out some time
from your busy schedule to join us.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Terrence, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Of course, always a pleasure. So I'm curious what your
expectation is in terms of what you and your colleagues
are going to get back from the US Senate as
they're working their way through this Decisions package.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Well, from my perspective, the most ideal scenario is that
the Senate passes the package as his and it goes straight.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
To the President's desk.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Of course, if they make any amendments to that package,
you will have to come back to the House. We
will then absolutely pass that package and send it to
the President's desk.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So we will get this Recisions package done.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Because let's be clear, the nine billion dollars that is
in this package is not an insignificant amount of money.
It's a lot of the money to the Hoosiers that
I represent back in Indiana Second District. Most Americans feel
that the federal government is actually too big and we
need to scale back the size and the scope of
the federal government. And this Recisions package is first one
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that President Trump sent.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
It does just that this Recisions package. While it makes
some real cuts, do you see it as being more
symbolic really kind of laying out a groundwork for future
cuts and for really making sure that you and your
colleagues and the government are more responsible stewards of the
American taxpayer dollar.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Well, we need to be responsible stewards of the American
taxpayer dollar, because, as I've said many times before, the
only money that we have in the federal government is
money that we take from the American people by force
to the tax code.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
We take their money, and so we have to be
responsible for we have to spend it wisely.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
This first nine billion dollars, which is ninety billion over
the course of the ten year budget window, is a
lot of money.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
And what the.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
President's and clear on is if he wants to see
us pass this very first recisions package, and then they
will send more recisions packages down to the House.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
So this first one is a bit of a test.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
We've got to get it done over there in the Senate,
and then if they change it, we will pass it
here in the House, and then.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Our hope is that the President will send us another
package here soon.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Okay, say this this does pass, which I think most
of us expect it will What do you think a
second package might look like? Will we be talking more savings?
Would it be about the same And I get I'm
asking you to look into your crystal ball, but I'm curious.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Well, of course, on these things, the crystal balls can
tend to be a little bit cloudy.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
But my hope would be that we go even bigger
than the first nine million dollars. There's a lot of waste.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Fraud, and abuse inside of the federal government that just
shouldn't be here. So of course there's a lot of
dose cuts that need to be codified. This is the
official legal process that we use to codify the DOGE cuts.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
It is the recisions process.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
And so my hope would be that when we get
this first nine billion dollars through, we take an even
bigger swing on the second package.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
All right, I understand you've had a pretty busy day
already that you actually introduced a new bill today that
would protect unemployment benefits for those who are truly without work.
Explain that to us a little bit and what motivated it.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Well, what this particular bill does is it says that
for Americans who go on strike, and this is happening
in some of these liberal states where liberal states are
allowing Americans who go on strike to collect unemployment benefits.
Hoosiers that I represent, they shouldn't have to pay for
another worker in a liberal state who goes on strike.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
They shouldn't have collect unemployment benefits.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
And so what this bill does is called the Shield
Act HR forty four to twenty four. It says that
Americans who go on strike shouldn't be able to collect
unemployment benefits. You're welcome to go on strike, that's fine,
but you can't collect unemployment benefits while you're on strike.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I suspect that's probably not going to go over well
with the unions. With the reunions.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Well, again, labor unions are okay going on strike, but
again in states like these liberal states, particularly like Washington
and Oregon, who they've actually passed a law that says
that if you go on strike, you can collect unemployment benefits.
Working Americans should not have to pay for other Americans
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who go on strike. They shouldn't have to pay for
their unemployment benefits while they're on strike. I don't think
it should be controversial. I just think it's common sense.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
No, it sounds common sense to me, we'll see what
kind of tracks your bill gets. Appreciate you filing that.
Before I let you go, I've got to ask you
about the Epstein files. It's been big news. You've probably
heard by now. President Trump kind of called it a hoax,
if you will your take.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah, My general take is that Americans deserve transparency. I'm
a big fan of transparency at all levels of the
federal government, and so if it were up to me,
I released the files. We should have transparency along the way.
I'm a big believe in that. And you know, whatever's
in there is in there, let's just let it out
and see what you know, see what comes of it
from there. But I just generally believe that Americans deserve
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transparency and accountability. That's the way I've always ran my
own life. It's just the way that I think that
we should all operate.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Are you buying the d OJ's argument that there's nothing
in there, that it's just time to move on?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
You know, I don't know yet.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I don't know that it's time to fully move on yet.
But again, I just think that we should have transparency.
That's what I ran on. That's what a number of
my colleagues ran on, it's just why I believe, you know,
let's just be transparent, let's be accountable. Americans deserve and
want a government that's transparent and accountable, and that's what
we should bring.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
You know, when we should shine lights on.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Things where there's a lack of clarity, where things are opaque, we.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Should just you know, again, just be transparent. That's what
I'm about.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Congressman Yackam. We appreciate your time. Thanks so much for
being here with us this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Thank you, Darreuch for having me on.
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your tax issues for you. Time to take a break
when we come back. President Trump making headlines today, as
we just said, for calling the Epstein file situation a
scam and a hoax. Hear his thoughts for yourself. That's
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after this break. Salt Lake City, Utah. Good afternoon to
those of you tuning in from there. President Trump lays
down his truth when it comes to the Epstein Files,
both on True Social and later in person before reporters
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in the Oval Office, the Commander in Chief calling the
situation a hoax. It's being pushed by Democrats and fueled
by weak Republicans.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
It's been run by the Democrats for four years. You
had Christopher Ray and these characters and call me before him,
and it's a bad group. It started actually at the
Steele Dussier that turned out to be a total hoax.
The fifty one Agency intelligence so called intelligence agents, was
a hoax. It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated
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by the Democrats, and some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans
fall into the net, and so they try and do
the Democrats work. The Democrats are good for nothing other
than these oaks, as they're bad for policy.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
However, the President is in support of Attorney General Pam
Bondi releasing what he calls credible files on the case.
Here with me to discuss is the executive executive editor,
excuse me, of the Washington Examiner magazine, Jim Ansell. Jim,
good afternoon, Good to be here with you. All right,
So what do you make of the President's assertion there
that this is all a hoax?
Speaker 5 (10:48):
Well, certainly he hasn't had very good experiences with the FBI,
with intelligence, with intelligence gathering in previous administrations, and even
in his own first term. I'm not really sure that
this messaging is going to work, at least not with
the supporters of his who are most concerned about the
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Epstein files and most want to see them released, because
the very big difference between Trump Russia and Epstein is
that a lot of the people who really want these
files and are convinced that there's something being hidden by
the government and by powerful people are long term and
pretty strong Trump supporters, and the Trump campaign, certainly people
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in the president's orbit, made it sound like until a
week ago, that some type of release, some type of
additional information was on the way, and they'd been promising
it for quite some time, and now there's been a
sudden change of tune in the president himself.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Jim, I've got to interrupt that. Jim, I've got to interrupt.
I apologize. But President Trump is actually coming out to
speak right now, so we want to listen into what
he has to say.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Well, thank you very much, Please, it's an honor to
be with you. We're making a lot of progress in
our country. Generally too. But this is a very special
time because we've worked very hard to put ourselves in
this position. Today, we strike a righteous blow to the
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drug dealers, narcotic traffickers, and criminal cartels that we've all
been hearing so much about for so many years, and
very little has been done, and we take a historic
step toward justice for every family touched by the fentanyl
scourge as we sign the Halt Fentanyl Act into law.
Speaker 6 (13:15):
Good job, good job, well guy, we'll go.
Speaker 7 (13:32):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
With this bill, we are officially and permanently classifying all
fentyl or related substances as Schedule one narcotics, which is
actually a very big deal. It doesn't sound like much.
It's a big deal, as they will tell you, meaning
anyone caught trafficking these illicit poisons will be punished with
a mandatory ten year minimum sentence in prison. Will be
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getting the drug dealers, pushers, and peddlers off our street.
And we will not rest until we have ended the
drug overdose epidemic. And it's been getting a little bit better,
but it's horrible. It's horrible. We're gonna end it once
and for all, and we're pleased to be joined on
this occasion by my future DEA administrator. He is going
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to be a very important position. Terry Cole, where's Terry?
Speaker 7 (14:27):
Call? Hello, Terry Call.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
I hope you're as good as they say, Terry, I
hope you're as good as Glenn Younkin says, because it
was his recommendation that got.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
You this job, you better do a good job.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
I'm blaming Glenn, Glenn, I'm gonna blame you if he's
no good, and who the hell knows, but I have
a feeling he's going to be great.
Speaker 7 (14:48):
Is he that good? A right? Good? You're better be good?
Speaker 4 (14:55):
But it was really Glenn has had tremendous experience with Terry,
and he said he's fantastic.
Speaker 7 (15:00):
I think he did the job like nobody that you've seen.
And we take your word for it. Thank you very much, Glynn.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Also with us as secretary christin home who's doing a
fantastic job.
Speaker 7 (15:11):
Where it's Christy, where are you Christy?
Speaker 8 (15:14):
Hi?
Speaker 7 (15:15):
Christy?
Speaker 4 (15:18):
She has done doing a great job with Tom Holman,
who's fantastic. He's also central casting. He does serve the
central casting role too, and he's a great guy. Special
Envoys Steve Whitcoff, Steve, thank you very much, Thank you.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
Good job, and we have.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Some good news on Gaza and good news on a
couple of things that we're working on at a very
high level.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
But you've done a fantastic job. Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
My nominee to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy,
Sarah Carter, Sarah, great reporter too. She's a very tough
and good reporter. And you've done a fantastic job. So
now you'll be able to put all that experience to work.
No more criticizing or anything else. You've got to do
it yourself, and you're going to do a great job,
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you know, as reporters do on occasion.
Speaker 7 (16:10):
Thank you very much, Thanks sir, Good luck.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Governors Glenn Younkin, Jeff Landry, and Kelly Armstrong, where are
you stand up?
Speaker 7 (16:20):
Thank Greg? Hi, Fellas Hi, how are we?
Speaker 8 (16:22):
Will?
Speaker 7 (16:27):
And great friends of ours.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Senators Chuck Grassley, Chuck fantastic.
Speaker 7 (16:32):
You look fantastic. Looks like he's forty four years old.
You look great, Chuck. We're proud of you.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
Jim Banks, Jim, thank you, Jim, good job, good job.
Ron Johnson, Ron good We've got that bill passed. Run
we got it passed. Thank you for all your help too.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
Ashley Moody, Ashley, thank you very much. Jim rish Thank you, Jim.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
And you're doing a great job with the committees and
you're getting them through the people that we need right.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
I appreciate it Jim very much.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I urged him, like, good Jim, you gotta get going now.
Jim's been fantastic. Bill Cassidy, thank you, Bill very much,
Thank you very much. And Roger Marshall. Roger, thank you.
Speaker 7 (17:25):
And by the way, I have to say, John Thune called,
he said, can you get my senators back?
Speaker 4 (17:30):
We're taking a vote, so we're going to go as
quickly as you can, and if you feel like the urge,
just get out. And we got to get all these
bills signed, a lot of them related to what we're doing,
so I don't have the urge to stay. I won't
be insulted if you walk out. But he just called,
he said, could you get him back as soon as possible.
Representatives Morgan Griffin, Brett Guthrie, Andy Biggs, Andy Barr, Buddy Order,
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Addison McDowell, Troy Boulderson, Hi Hi, Troy, Randy Feinstra, Thanks,
thank you, Randy Scott, Franklin, Tony Gonzalez, John Joyce, Dan Muser,
Mike Carrey, Scott Fitzgerald, Diana Harshberger, Bob Ladder. That's a
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good group of people, Hal Rodgers, Mike Rowley, and Nick Langworthy.
Speaker 7 (18:39):
Thank you. You've got a lot of great people. That's
a lot of political talent. We have a lot of
political talent. Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Thanks as well to state attorneys General Brenda Bird. Thank
you Brenda, wherever you may be, because you know Brenda,
she was the first one in that state to endure Trump.
Speaker 7 (19:00):
Thank you. I don't forget those things, even though this
is non political.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Today, Okay, Alan Wilson, Chris Carr, and Marty Jacklie.
Speaker 7 (19:10):
Thank you all very much. Thank you. So six months
ago we came into.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Office and inherited the worst drug crisis in American history
by far.
Speaker 7 (19:23):
They did nothing for four long years.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Joe Biden surrendered our borders to the most evil and
vicious traffickers, networks, and everything else on the planet Earth,
allowing foreign drug cartels to carve out a massive footprint
on American So we were doing nothing. This open Border's
nightmare flooded our country with fentanyl, and with people that
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shouldn't be here, some of the worst people on earth
and illicit drugs decimated American communities and left us with
the largest law enforcement challenge in our country's history and
hopefully will always be the largest. I can't imagine anything
being worse. They allowed millions and millions of criminals into
our country, eleven eight hundred and eighty eight murders, fifty
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percent of whom murdered more than one person.
Speaker 7 (20:18):
On Day one of the Trump administration.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
We declared an all out war on the dealers, smugglers, traffickers,
and cartels. Within moments of taking office, I deployed the
US military to our border and unleashed the patriots of
Ice and Border Patrol to defend our country from an invasion.
This was an invasion. This wasn't people coming in. This
was an invasion of our country allowed to happen by
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people either that didn't care or were just stupid people.
Speaker 7 (20:48):
Stupid people.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
I also designated the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorists organizations,
and within a few short weeks, believe it or not,
if you remember now, we've even surpassed that, but we
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achieved the most secure border in US history. And last
month we had the lowest number of illegal border crossings
ever recorded.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
We had in June.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
The number was actually zero. Now even I don't believe that,
but we're going to take it. How can you go
from hundreds of thousands to zero, But that's what they say.
Speaker 7 (21:32):
And these are very liberal.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
These are very liberal people that do the recording. So
I think we're going to have to take it. But
the number was zero in June. Can't get much better
than that. Right on day one, I signed executive orders
to create new Homeland Security task forces, marshaling the full
power of federal law enforcement to eradicate trans national criminal
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networks and traffickers from our soil. We wanted them out.
Two weeks ago we secured the resources necessary to achieve
that mission when I signed the one big, beautiful bill
into law. And I want to thank you all. I
want to thank you. I want to thank you all.
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You did a great job. And you could go point
after point how good it is. You know, they have
a just a hit against that. It's one of the
great biggest tax cuts in history, biggest, really the biggest
everything in history. Biggest we have things in terms of security,
in terms of securing our country, taking care of our
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police officers, law enforcement, or ice and border patrol. Patriots.
I call them patriots because that's what they are. These
are strong people, tough people that love our country. If
they weren't tough, they wouldn't survive. But we do more
for the country. And that bill, I think than just
about any bill that's been passed. And we're going to
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have to start speaking about it because the Democrats use it.
Speaker 7 (23:05):
They say it represents death. How effective is that? Right?
That's pretty good. It represents that. That's all they have.
They only have lies. It's the only thing they have.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
They don't have policy, They can't get people elected, they
don't have good candidates.
Speaker 7 (23:21):
They don't have anything. But they do have two things.
They stick together.
Speaker 4 (23:25):
They stick together like glue, and they always come up
with a good little tagline. This tagline is death and
the death is them. Were the ones that are giving life.
We're giving life with that bill. And there's so many
good things, whether it's no tax on tips, think of that,
no tax on social Security, no tax on overtime. If
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you buy a car, you want to buy a car,
you get a deduction of interest on your mortgage, or
think of that things that were never even a possibility,
and then so much else in terms of health, in
terms of providing care. It's really just a fantastic bill,
and it's about time that we're going to start and
we'll start talking about it. But once we do, I
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think we're going to have the greatest midterm that you've
ever seen, because this thing really is amazing, and I
want to thank all of the Senators in particular for
getting it done. For getting it done, it also makes
the largest investment in the US Coast Guard since World
War Two, ensuring that we have assets and all of
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the assets needed to vanquish the cartels from the waterways
of North America.
Speaker 7 (24:34):
We're building a lot.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Of Coastguard ships that go very speedily along the water
and they're very lethal, they're very powerful, and that's what
we need because a lot of it comes in. As
we block up the border, they start using the water.
That's a good run I could use that they block
up the border, we start using the water, and that's
what happens. They start using the water. Who would think
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they even actually developed small submarines that right, small submarines
to get the drugs in and it's incredible, but we've
stopped them. I've also directed the Department of Justice to
seek maximum sentences for fentanyl traffickers.
Speaker 7 (25:14):
Who're going to absolutely do the maximum.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Since my inauguration, the DOJ has seized over four five
hundred pounds of fentanyl, which is a record, including with
the enormous Sineloa cartel bust in May, one of the
toughest cartels out there, the largest fentanyl bust ever in
the United States history, And now with the signing of
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the Halt Fentanyl Act in just a few moments, we
are delivering another defeat for the savage drug smugglers and
criminals and the cartels who have a tremendous amount to
say about Mexico.
Speaker 7 (25:50):
If you want to be nice about it, I'm trying
to be nice about it.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
They have very strong controls of a Mexico and we
have to do something about that. Can't let that happen.
The Mexican authorities are petrified. They're petrified to show up
at their office, they're petrified to go to work because
the cartols cartels have a tremendous grip on Mexico and
the politicians and the people that get elected. For years,
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the Monsters who manufacture illicit fentanyl have sought to skirt
legal restrictions by making minor variations of the chemical compound,
and in the process, they've developed even more toxic versions
of the drug. One common variant, known as car fentanyl,
is a very it's becoming more and more common. It's
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one hundred times more potent than the original version of fentanyl.
Can you imagine look at what you have to suffer
with the original. I mean, this is one hundred times
more potent. And it's happening stronger, stronger.
Speaker 7 (26:56):
More and more and more and more dangerous as you know.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
And I have a very good relationship with Presidency of China,
but I imposed a twenty percent tariff on China because
of the fentanyl, and I call it a penalty. It's
a penalty because China delivers much of the fentanyl.
Speaker 7 (27:15):
Some people would say all of it.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
They deliver it into Mexico and even into our own country.
We have a twenty percent, so they pay billions of
dollars and billions of dollars and damages for what they've done.
And I think we're going to work it out so
that China is going to end up going from that
to giving the death penalty to the people that create
this fentanyl and send it into our country, whether it's
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through other countries or directly.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
I believe that we would have had that deal long
time ago.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
I shook hands with him, and then we had a
rigged election and we had somebody else come in and
they didn't know anything about a deal for the death penalty.
The death penalty is going to be imposed on people
from China that make fentanyl and send it into our country.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
I believe that's going to happen soon.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
But as if today, all fentanyl related substances will be
banned forever and those who traffic in these deadly poisons
will be put behind.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Bars for a very long period of time.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
Were joined today by just a few of the millions
of families ravaged by this scorge, including Greg Swan from Michigan,
who carries with him the heartbreaking loss of his beautiful
son Drew. Drew became addicted to opioids after being prescribed
painkillers following a sports injury.
Speaker 7 (28:35):
Got injured and this is happening so much.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
Got injured in sports and ends up you leave the
hospital a week later and you're addicted. But he fought
through it and got himself clean. Then one day Drew
took a pill laced with fentanyl.
Speaker 7 (28:50):
He took it just.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
Casually, thought it would be okay. Took a chance and
he said he'd be okay, and it didn't work out.
Then he tragically lost his life. And I'd like you
to come forward and if you could just say a
few words about your wonderful, wonderful son.
Speaker 7 (29:06):
Please, thank you, mister President.
Speaker 9 (29:10):
Honor of my life. Thank you very much, thank you,
thank you so much, mister President. I will be brief.
It's the honor of my life to be here. And
Drew was the happiest day of my life was when
he was born, and he always called me his hero.
To the day he died and his passing ruined, I
thought my life and every parent back here that I
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meet and in the audience, so some of my friends,
their life is gutted when they lose a kid. There's
despair and there's hopelessness. But we've been able to find
some repose in going out and advocating. And we want
to hit every school in America. There's twenty six, seven
hundred and twenty seven of them. We want to go
into everyone the kids are silent when they hear we
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lost somebody to this, and we tell our story and
they leave unequivocally ready to run away from fentanyl. I
would just like to say thank you, mister President, for
stopping the border crossings. Full stop, mic drop. I'll step back,
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and but I just it was amazing what you did.
We were being gas lit and you came and lit
a fire to that story, and we're a lot safer
for it. Thank you so much, thank you, thank.
Speaker 10 (30:29):
You, thank you.
Speaker 9 (30:34):
Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you.
Speaker 7 (30:38):
That's tough stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
We're also grateful to be joined by California native Anne Fundner,
who lost her beautiful eldest son Weston Defend it All
when he was just fifteen years old, exactly one year
ago today, and delivered a moving tribute to Western at
the Republican National Convention. People that saw it have not
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forgotten it. And then I'd like you to please come
up and say a few words about you. A wonderful boy.
Speaker 7 (31:10):
Thank you, please, that's an honor.
Speaker 8 (31:19):
Good afternoon, mister President, and distinguished guests. My name is
Anne Fundner. I'm going to hope, thank you, and I'm
an angel parent. One year ago today on July sixteenth,
I stood in front of America and told the story
of my son weston the RNC and about how he
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was a beautiful, loving had a wonderful life. We did
everything right, but one pill, one mistake given by a
friend under peer pressure, took his life.
Speaker 10 (31:56):
In the last four.
Speaker 8 (31:57):
Years, Fenton al became the number one killer Americans. Ages
fifteen to forty eight and children under fourteen are the
fastest growing demographic. President Trump, for four years, we felt ignored.
But you've changed that. We appreciate that so much. You've
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closed the borders, sanctioned cartels, imposed tariffs, closed shipping loopholes.
Most people don't know about that. That was a big
one dealt with countries where it's coming from. You mobilize Treasury,
Justice Apartment, Homeland Security, lawmakers, legislators, and today the signing
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of the Fentanyl Act, bipartisan and overwhelmingly supported by everybody,
making fentanyl a schedule when drugged, to strengthen the criminalization
and prosecution of people who peddle this. It is a
life line for families across America and keeping our family safe.
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And that's all you always want to keep America safe.
And thank you so much. Thank you for keeping America
safe and for our children. And this is what we
voted for, mister President. God bless you, God bless our
angel families who are all here with us today, and
all of you sitting up here with us, and God
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bless America.
Speaker 5 (33:22):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (33:28):
You can have that, would you like that?
Speaker 11 (33:31):
I would love to get pet me.
Speaker 4 (33:34):
Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. It's just
crazy that we have to even be doing this. It's
so sad, should be so unnecessary that we stand.
Speaker 7 (33:52):
Here for years and years doing the same thing over
and over.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
It's terrible.
Speaker 7 (33:59):
A friend of mine, long.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Time friend of mine, is Jackie Siegel and her beautiful children.
Speaker 7 (34:05):
Her husband David just passed away.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
David Siegel is a great developer, great great developer, great guy,
friend of mine. But her children, Jordan, Jacqueline and Drew
come from Florida. Jackie lost her beautiful daughter Victoria to
drugs when Victoria was just eighteen years old, a beautiful person.
And this April, Jackie lost her sister Jessica to fentanyl
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and her daughter's honor. Jackie founded Victoria's Voice, And I'd
like to ask Jackie to come up and say a
few words about her daughter, her husband or family. She's
comes from a great family and they've been fighting this
scourge for a long time.
Speaker 11 (34:48):
Thank you very much, Jackie, Thank you, mister President's an
honor to be here today on behalf of our family,
my late husband, and all of the other affected families
for this important signing on this bipartisan issue. Ten years
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ago when our daughter eighteen years old passed, Victoria, she
was eighteen, she passed away of a drug overdose. We
formed the Victoria's Boys Foundation, and the Trump administration was
very helpful in passing the Kara Act, which saved many
lives back then bringing out the narcan and we are
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so honored. Well, actually after when my husband passed away,
thank you for the phone call and your love and support.
Our family loves you, mister President. That day, when my
sister found out of my husband's passing, she did a
line of cocaine that she thought was cocaine and it
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was fentanyl. So I lost both of them in the
same day. And it's been a very rough time, but
it's turned me into more of a fighter to carry
on my husband's legacy and the other family's legacies of
saving lives, and so I'm turning my pain into passion.
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And also on top of this, with the signing of
this important the act that you're doing, we are joining
with Victoria's Voice, is joining with Founding Fathers, and we're
going to start the Angel Army. So we're even growing
even more under this Trump administration and we're going to
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spend the rest of our lives doing this. Thank you,
mister President.
Speaker 7 (36:46):
Thank you very expecting.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
That army will be very effective. Knowing jack so thank
you very much, Jackie. Everyone knows someone touched by the
incredible crisis that we've all been watching.
Speaker 7 (37:10):
All over the world.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
They're watching and other countries have the problem, but I
don't think there are too many that have it more
seriously than us. They come here, they rip us. They
rip us so badly, the cartels and all of the others,
because we're sort of a rich country and that's where
the money is.
Speaker 7 (37:30):
So it happens. People say, why is it so much?
Speaker 4 (37:33):
Because we have money, we're richer than other countries, So
they come here more. They take the money like taking
candy from a baby. So did they in behalf of
all Americans who have lost a loved one to opioids.
We renew our vow to liberate America from this horrible plague.
Speaker 7 (37:51):
And I hope you're going to do a fantastic job.
You have no idea how important you are. You have,
like maybe the most important job just about out in government.
Speaker 4 (38:01):
There's nothing more important than what you're doing. So I
wish you a lot of luck and we'll be there
to help you all the way along. Okay, what's you
going to want to thank Congress for passing this important
bill or for all the work you've done over.
Speaker 7 (38:13):
The last two weeks, all of you, What a job
you've all done.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
It's uh, it was the congressmen and women and the
Senate has been unbelievable. And i'd like to ask if
you want stand right up here while I signed the bill,
and then we're going to get you right back so
you can keep passing other bills and.
Speaker 7 (38:32):
Make America great again. Right, Okay, thank you very much.
It's great to have you.
Speaker 8 (38:51):
Upset.
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Ok I.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
Want to make sure it's not people behind you.
Speaker 7 (39:08):
And this is not an auto pen, right, that's for sure.
Speaker 4 (39:13):
That's great, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (39:30):
That's a.
Speaker 7 (39:40):
You can't stand out. You'll give some to the back to.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Tell you what you spec Thank you very much everybody.
Speaker 4 (39:50):
It's really an honor, very important, one of the more
important things.
Speaker 2 (39:54):
That will ever sign.
Speaker 7 (39:55):
I suspect, and thank you all for the great spend.
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (40:10):
The President Trump. They're signing a new bill cracking down
on the use of fentanyl in this country. Of course,
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as you can see, surrounded by lawmakers both from the
House and Senate. Those senators, many of them are going
to have to go back to Capitol Hill though, as
they are still discussing the recisions planned the President Trump
sent them. They're still ongoing debate on that issue, so
they'll be heading back. But again President Trump cracking down
on the use of fentanyl and the distribution of fentanyl.
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Also having a number of family members speak there doing
the ceremony who have been affected by the use of fentanyl,
that deadly drug that of course has become a scourge
across the country. Will of course continue to have coverage
on this as we move on throughout the day here
on Real America's Voice. In the meantime, a future with
financial stability is an important value for many Americans, and
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with the fluctuating state of taxes, stock markets, and general
economic conditions, one can be left wondering what the future holds,
not only for the American dollar, but also for their retirement.
And that's where the Birch Gold Group comes in to
help customers invest in gold, which is an asset with
the high economic future that takes the guesswork out of
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financial woes, especially in the future. Joining me now is
Precious Metal Specialists for the Birch Gold Group, Philip Patrick. Philip,
good to see you, my friend. As always, good to
see you in Terrence. So let's talk about the overall economy.
There's been so much happening, from bricks recently meeting trying
to destabilize the US dollar, to President Trump's tariffs, which
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quite honestly is bringing some uncertainty to the very markets
around the country. How important is it rooling oneself if
you will, in gold in these times of uncertainty?
Speaker 10 (42:09):
I mean, I would say it's more important today than
it's been in our lifetimes. And you know, you mentioned
a few things, but it's almost the perfect storm right
now for precious metals. We're seeing global volatility, not just
financial markets here in the US, but across the world.
Inflation and debt persistent issues and of course, as you mentioned,
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the bricks actively dedollarizing. President Lula in Rio came out
and said that they were committed to de dollarizing and
that they would move peace by peace until it was consolidated.
So this is the broader economic picture, a lot of volatility,
and gold precious metals in general really suit that climate.
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It's why central banks have set another record for gold
purchasing in the first half of this year, and it's
why gold's up almost in the last twelve months. We
expect it to continue.
Speaker 1 (43:04):
What are the economic consequences of, as you call it,
d dollarising.
Speaker 10 (43:09):
Listen, you know global reserve currency status. I think it's
okay for now, but longer term it's it's at risk, right,
And the more people dedollarize it does a number of things.
First of all, it devalues the dollar and it fuels
inflation domestically for us, the bigger issue is it puts
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a real squeeze on the debt as well. The less
demand there is for our debt, the higher interest we
have to pay on that debt, and obviously interest payments
are already the second biggest item in the federal budget.
So given debt and everything else, we need demand for
the dollar to remain globally to give President Trump the
chance he needs to grow the economy out of the
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situation we're in, but he needs time.
Speaker 1 (43:55):
I have to say, it's almost inconceivable to me, just
as a that the dollar would not be the world's
reserve currency. Yes, there is a move towards that. We
understand that, we realize that there are countries out there
seeking to destabilize the US dollar, but it almost feels
like from the outside looking in that it's wishful thinking
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on their part that there's no way they will be successful.
And you mentioned over time, like what kind of time
period are we talking about in which this potentially could happen.
Speaker 10 (44:27):
That's the key, Listen, there isn't any other currency ready
to dethrone the dollar is global reserve in terms of
death liquidity of the dollar market. There's nothing there that
combats it. But there's a couple of things to look at.
Number one, central bank gold buying, Ricks nations and others
are using gold as a means to de dollarize. Essentially,
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they're dumping US dollars and buying gold that gives them
the stability that they need for currency. So when we
talk time frames. I believe that dollar's position as global
reserve is not under threat short to medium term, next
three to five years, I don't see a challenge. Longer term,
next five to ten or beyond, I do start to
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see challenges. However, the dollar doesn't have to lose global
reserve currency status to lose value. What I think will happen,
and by the way it's happening already, is we start
to move into a more multi polar world. You know,
different countries signing bilateral trade agreements that circumvent the dollar.
Dollar demand over a longer period of time starts to wane.
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And as that happens, you know, I think the argument
for the dollar as global reserve will start to wane
longer term. So again I don't see this shorter term
at all. But the trend now is concerning lots and
lots of bilateral trade agreements already signed circumventing the dollar.
I saw, just as a quick point on this, Nicholas Taleb,
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who's the author of black Swan, he was on Bloomberg
the other day. He said to the presenter, in no
uncertain terms, the dollar is losing global reserve currency status,
and the presenter sort of looked back and said, what
evidence do you have for that? And he said, look
at central bank gold buying and look at gold's performance,
and it shows you the direction they're heading.
Speaker 1 (46:16):
Take into account all of the circumstances you just described.
Does that strengthen President Trump's argument to drown power that
he needs to drop interest rates in order to not
only support the US economy, but potentially also the value
of the US dollar. Potentially that could help.
Speaker 10 (46:33):
Look, lowering interest rates should weaken the value of the dollar,
not strengthen, right, Keeping rates should strengthen. Look, there is
an argument for the Fed to lower rates now. Right
up until yesterday's CPI number, inflation was coming down. We
saw a first quarter of negative GDP growth. There was
a strong argument to do it. The Fed are showing
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themselves to be a little political, right if they're saying, hey,
inflation isn't cooling, we need to keep it rates up.
They should have done that under Biden, but they didn't,
So it feels like there's a political element here. There
is a strong argument to lower rates to stimulate economic growth.
The big reason President Trump wants to lower rates is
to ease the debt burden. Right, it's interest rates stay high,
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interest rates on the debt stay high, so there's an
argument to do it. But I think yesterday's CPI numbers
we saw a spike in inflation. That may be the
catalyst for power to hold firm a little longer.
Speaker 1 (47:28):
So it seems to me the lesson to be learned
in all of this is to look out for oneself
as a consumer, and the best way to do that
is to invest in gold.
Speaker 10 (47:37):
Listen, I am banking on President Trump pulling this off, right,
I am a Trump guy. I have been shouting from
the rooftops for the last four years. However, people have
to understand if Trump pulls it off from where we
are today, he will do what nobody in world history
has managed to do. So for me personally, I'm banking.
I'm hoping. I'm praying President Trump can pull it off.
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Hedging my exposure as well, gold is the best way
to do that. What I would tell everyone, take what
I say with a pinch of salt. If central banks
around the world for three and a half years have
set consecutive records, by the way, first half of this
year will be the single biggest half year in history.
Speaker 1 (48:17):
Follow suit.
Speaker 10 (48:18):
They know currency better than anyone else.
Speaker 1 (48:21):
Philip Patrick, it's always a pleasure to talk to you,
always very informative. Good to see you, you too, Thank
you all right, Well, folks, don't wait. If you want
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Do so today and get your free gold information kit
from the Birch Gold Group. We're going to take a
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pre lod can't speak. We're going to take a quick break.
When we come back, we'll have a story that reminds
us of just how wonderful America is. Plus, we'll have
your answers to our America's Voice question of the day.
There it is on your screen. Do you think that
the Epstein files will go public? Why or why not?
Looking forward to your thoughts. We are back with what
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makes America Wonderful. It's a segment we do every single
day in hopes of having you leave our show with
a smile on your face. Today's story comes to us
from the Great State of Georgia, where a teacher's mission
to help students in need succeeds and carried on even
in the afterlife. Elementary school teacher Tammy Waddell unfortunately lost
her battle to cancer and tragically passed away at fifty
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eight years old. Her students and colleagues described her as
a great teacher with a strong sense of devotion towards
her profession. Just two weeks before her passing, though, she
discussed her final wishes with her son, and in a
display of genuine affection and desire to serve her students,
Tammy asked that instead of flowers being brought to her funeral,
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the guests should bring backpacks filled with school supplies to
donate to students who couldn't afford them. The guests honored
that request, and over one hundred and fifty backpacks filled
with general school supplies were acquired and delivered to Tammy's school.
When one finds a cause to devote to entirely and
can also bring with it a sense of accomplishment, but
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to carry that devotion on even in death certainly admirable
and also indicative of one of the many things that
makes America wonderful. All right, folks, let's end with America's
Voice question of the day. Here it is, do you
think that the Epstein files will go public, Why or
why not. Debrelyn Anseio writes, I'm not sure, but I
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know this. Maxwell is going to take advantage of this
to get out, and Kim Spielman Howard writes, well, I
think the American people want to see what kind of
scumbags we are dealing with. Interesting perspective there, Jane May.
We also want to thank you for chiming in writing no,
too many wealthy people from around the world, and Billy
Holloway ads yes, Maxwell's little black book that lives in
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an evidence locker and all the incriminating video as well.
I know it will be harsh, there will be some
difficult realities, but for the health of our nation, it
must be done. Maybe even turn his island into a
new Alcatraz after it's bulldozed. Kent Gallagher writes, No, like
the Kennedy files, they'll be kept under wraps for national
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security purpose or whatever reason they use. And finally, Katie
Conley writes, I do not I think they have international
implications and would crumble our elected officials, and that's why
this is happening. She writes, thanks to each and every
one of you for chiming in. We really appreciate you.
Being part of the show and letting us know what
you think. We also want to thank you for tuning
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in today. We'll see you back here first thing tomorrow,
same time, same place. Take care of everyone, have a
great afternoon.
America's Voice Live.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
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take a stand for God and country. Let's feel goodness.
America's Voice Live starts now. Welcome to America's Voice Live.
I'm Terrence bateson for Steve Gruber. It is what is today?
Today is Wednesday the sixteenth, So good to see you.
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All right, let's get it right into today's top stories.
President Trump addresses concerns about the Epstein List, calling it
a hoax brought on by Democrats. While some are calling
for full transparency, other want to move on to other
more pressing issues. So what do you the American people
think about all of this? Plus, the Senate could vote
(01:09):
on President Trump's recisions package as soon as today. I
had a tax expert joins US to discuss what cutting
more than nine billion dollars in federal spending means for you,
the taxpayer. And then later President Trump secures another round
of investments for America, paving the way for American energy
dominance coming out the latest from Tuesday's High Powered Energy
(01:30):
and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First, though, do the
dollars being spent on USAID and PBS makes sense? Happening
right now? The US Senate is debating President Trump's more
than nine billion dollar recisions package aimed at rolling back
wasteful government spending. However, after three Senate Republicans voted against
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the measure getting out of committee, Vice President JB. Vance
had to step in Tuesday night and break the fifty
to fifty tie. The proposal claus back billions of dollars
in previously appropriated funding to the aforementioned agencies and more.
A marathon session of amendments and votes is expected to
happen throughout the day, plus the measure has to make
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it to the House by Friday. Here with me discuss
this is Congressman Rudy Yackham of Indiana's second congressional District Congressman,
good to see you. Appreciate you taking out some time
from your busy schedule to join us.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Terrence, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Of course, always a pleasure. So I'm curious what your
expectation is in terms of what you and your colleagues
are going to get back from the US Senate as
they're working their way through this Decisions package.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Well, from my perspective, the most ideal scenario is that
the Senate passes the package as his and it goes straight.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
To the President's desk.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Of course, if they make any amendments to that package,
you will have to come back to the House. We
will then absolutely pass that package and send it to
the President's desk.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So we will get this Recisions package done.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Because let's be clear, the nine billion dollars that is
in this package is not an insignificant amount of money.
It's a lot of the money to the Hoosiers that
I represent back in Indiana Second District. Most Americans feel
that the federal government is actually too big and we
need to scale back the size and the scope of
the federal government. And this Recisions package is first one
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that President Trump sent.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
It does just that this Recisions package. While it makes
some real cuts, do you see it as being more
symbolic really kind of laying out a groundwork for future
cuts and for really making sure that you and your
colleagues and the government are more responsible stewards of the
American taxpayer dollar.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Well, we need to be responsible stewards of the American
taxpayer dollar, because, as I've said many times before, the
only money that we have in the federal government is
money that we take from the American people by force
to the tax code.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
We take their money, and so we have to be
responsible for we have to spend it wisely.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
This first nine billion dollars, which is ninety billion over
the course of the ten year budget window, is a
lot of money.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
And what the.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
President's and clear on is if he wants to see
us pass this very first recisions package, and then they
will send more recisions packages down to the House.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
So this first one is a bit of a test.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
We've got to get it done over there in the Senate,
and then if they change it, we will pass it
here in the House, and then.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Our hope is that the President will send us another
package here soon.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Okay, say this this does pass, which I think most
of us expect it will What do you think a
second package might look like? Will we be talking more savings?
Would it be about the same And I get I'm
asking you to look into your crystal ball, but I'm curious.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Well, of course, on these things, the crystal balls can
tend to be a little bit cloudy.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
But my hope would be that we go even bigger
than the first nine million dollars. There's a lot of waste.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Fraud, and abuse inside of the federal government that just
shouldn't be here. So of course there's a lot of
dose cuts that need to be codified. This is the
official legal process that we use to codify the DOGE cuts.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
It is the recisions process.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
And so my hope would be that when we get
this first nine billion dollars through, we take an even
bigger swing on the second package.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
All right, I understand you've had a pretty busy day
already that you actually introduced a new bill today that
would protect unemployment benefits for those who are truly without work.
Explain that to us a little bit and what motivated it.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Well, what this particular bill does is it says that
for Americans who go on strike, and this is happening
in some of these liberal states where liberal states are
allowing Americans who go on strike to collect unemployment benefits.
Hoosiers that I represent, they shouldn't have to pay for
another worker in a liberal state who goes on strike.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
They shouldn't have collect unemployment benefits.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
And so what this bill does is called the Shield
Act HR forty four to twenty four. It says that
Americans who go on strike shouldn't be able to collect
unemployment benefits. You're welcome to go on strike, that's fine,
but you can't collect unemployment benefits while you're on strike.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I suspect that's probably not going to go over well
with the unions. With the reunions.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Well, again, labor unions are okay going on strike, but
again in states like these liberal states, particularly like Washington
and Oregon, who they've actually passed a law that says
that if you go on strike, you can collect unemployment benefits.
Working Americans should not have to pay for other Americans
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who go on strike. They shouldn't have to pay for
their unemployment benefits while they're on strike. I don't think
it should be controversial. I just think it's common sense.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
No, it sounds common sense to me, we'll see what
kind of tracks your bill gets. Appreciate you filing that.
Before I let you go, I've got to ask you
about the Epstein files. It's been big news. You've probably
heard by now. President Trump kind of called it a hoax,
if you will your take.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah, My general take is that Americans deserve transparency. I'm
a big fan of transparency at all levels of the
federal government, and so if it were up to me,
I released the files. We should have transparency along the way.
I'm a big believe in that. And you know, whatever's
in there is in there, let's just let it out
and see what you know, see what comes of it
from there. But I just generally believe that Americans deserve
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transparency and accountability. That's the way I've always ran my
own life. It's just the way that I think that
we should all operate.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Are you buying the d OJ's argument that there's nothing
in there, that it's just time to move on?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
You know, I don't know yet.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I don't know that it's time to fully move on yet.
But again, I just think that we should have transparency.
That's what I ran on. That's what a number of
my colleagues ran on, it's just why I believe, you know,
let's just be transparent, let's be accountable. Americans deserve and
want a government that's transparent and accountable, and that's what
we should bring.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
You know, when we should shine lights on.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Things where there's a lack of clarity, where things are opaque, we.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Should just you know, again, just be transparent. That's what
I'm about.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Congressman Yackam. We appreciate your time. Thanks so much for
being here with us this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Thank you, Darreuch for having me on.
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when we come back. President Trump making headlines today, as
we just said, for calling the Epstein file situation a
scam and a hoax. Hear his thoughts for yourself. That's
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after this break. Salt Lake City, Utah. Good afternoon to
those of you tuning in from there. President Trump lays
down his truth when it comes to the Epstein Files,
both on True Social and later in person before reporters
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in the Oval Office, the Commander in Chief calling the
situation a hoax. It's being pushed by Democrats and fueled
by weak Republicans.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
It's been run by the Democrats for four years. You
had Christopher Ray and these characters and call me before him,
and it's a bad group. It started actually at the
Steele Dussier that turned out to be a total hoax.
The fifty one Agency intelligence so called intelligence agents, was
a hoax. It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated
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by the Democrats, and some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans
fall into the net, and so they try and do
the Democrats work. The Democrats are good for nothing other
than these oaks, as they're bad for policy.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
However, the President is in support of Attorney General Pam
Bondi releasing what he calls credible files on the case.
Here with me to discuss is the executive executive editor,
excuse me, of the Washington Examiner magazine, Jim Ansell. Jim,
good afternoon, Good to be here with you. All right,
So what do you make of the President's assertion there
that this is all a hoax?
Speaker 5 (10:48):
Well, certainly he hasn't had very good experiences with the FBI,
with intelligence, with intelligence gathering in previous administrations, and even
in his own first term. I'm not really sure that
this messaging is going to work, at least not with
the supporters of his who are most concerned about the
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Epstein files and most want to see them released, because
the very big difference between Trump Russia and Epstein is
that a lot of the people who really want these
files and are convinced that there's something being hidden by
the government and by powerful people are long term and
pretty strong Trump supporters, and the Trump campaign, certainly people
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in the president's orbit, made it sound like until a
week ago, that some type of release, some type of
additional information was on the way, and they'd been promising
it for quite some time, and now there's been a
sudden change of tune in the president himself.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Jim, I've got to interrupt that. Jim, I've got to interrupt.
I apologize. But President Trump is actually coming out to
speak right now, so we want to listen into what
he has to say.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Well, thank you very much, Please, it's an honor to
be with you. We're making a lot of progress in
our country. Generally too. But this is a very special
time because we've worked very hard to put ourselves in
this position. Today, we strike a righteous blow to the
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drug dealers, narcotic traffickers, and criminal cartels that we've all
been hearing so much about for so many years, and
very little has been done, and we take a historic
step toward justice for every family touched by the fentanyl
scourge as we sign the Halt Fentanyl Act into law.
Speaker 6 (13:15):
Good job, good job, well guy, we'll go.
Speaker 7 (13:32):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
With this bill, we are officially and permanently classifying all
fentyl or related substances as Schedule one narcotics, which is
actually a very big deal. It doesn't sound like much.
It's a big deal, as they will tell you, meaning
anyone caught trafficking these illicit poisons will be punished with
a mandatory ten year minimum sentence in prison. Will be
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getting the drug dealers, pushers, and peddlers off our street.
And we will not rest until we have ended the
drug overdose epidemic. And it's been getting a little bit better,
but it's horrible. It's horrible. We're gonna end it once
and for all, and we're pleased to be joined on
this occasion by my future DEA administrator. He is going
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to be a very important position. Terry Cole, where's Terry?
Speaker 7 (14:27):
Call? Hello, Terry Call.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
I hope you're as good as they say, Terry, I
hope you're as good as Glenn Younkin says, because it
was his recommendation that got.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
You this job, you better do a good job.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
I'm blaming Glenn, Glenn, I'm gonna blame you if he's
no good, and who the hell knows, but I have
a feeling he's going to be great.
Speaker 7 (14:48):
Is he that good? A right? Good? You're better be good?
Speaker 4 (14:55):
But it was really Glenn has had tremendous experience with Terry,
and he said he's fantastic.
Speaker 7 (15:00):
I think he did the job like nobody that you've seen.
And we take your word for it. Thank you very much, Glynn.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Also with us as secretary christin home who's doing a
fantastic job.
Speaker 7 (15:11):
Where it's Christy, where are you Christy?
Speaker 8 (15:14):
Hi?
Speaker 7 (15:15):
Christy?
Speaker 4 (15:18):
She has done doing a great job with Tom Holman,
who's fantastic. He's also central casting. He does serve the
central casting role too, and he's a great guy. Special
Envoys Steve Whitcoff, Steve, thank you very much, Thank you.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
Good job, and we have.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Some good news on Gaza and good news on a
couple of things that we're working on at a very
high level.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
But you've done a fantastic job. Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
My nominee to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy,
Sarah Carter, Sarah, great reporter too. She's a very tough
and good reporter. And you've done a fantastic job. So
now you'll be able to put all that experience to work.
No more criticizing or anything else. You've got to do
it yourself, and you're going to do a great job,
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you know, as reporters do on occasion.
Speaker 7 (16:10):
Thank you very much, Thanks sir, Good luck.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Governors Glenn Younkin, Jeff Landry, and Kelly Armstrong, where are
you stand up?
Speaker 7 (16:20):
Thank Greg? Hi, Fellas Hi, how are we?
Speaker 8 (16:22):
Will?
Speaker 7 (16:27):
And great friends of ours.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Senators Chuck Grassley, Chuck fantastic.
Speaker 7 (16:32):
You look fantastic. Looks like he's forty four years old.
You look great, Chuck. We're proud of you.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
Jim Banks, Jim, thank you, Jim, good job, good job.
Ron Johnson, Ron good We've got that bill passed. Run
we got it passed. Thank you for all your help too.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
Ashley Moody, Ashley, thank you very much. Jim rish Thank you, Jim.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
And you're doing a great job with the committees and
you're getting them through the people that we need right.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
I appreciate it Jim very much.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I urged him, like, good Jim, you gotta get going now.
Jim's been fantastic. Bill Cassidy, thank you, Bill very much,
Thank you very much. And Roger Marshall. Roger, thank you.
Speaker 7 (17:25):
And by the way, I have to say, John Thune called,
he said, can you get my senators back?
Speaker 4 (17:30):
We're taking a vote, so we're going to go as
quickly as you can, and if you feel like the urge,
just get out. And we got to get all these
bills signed, a lot of them related to what we're doing,
so I don't have the urge to stay. I won't
be insulted if you walk out. But he just called,
he said, could you get him back as soon as possible.
Representatives Morgan Griffin, Brett Guthrie, Andy Biggs, Andy Barr, Buddy Order,
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Addison McDowell, Troy Boulderson, Hi Hi, Troy, Randy Feinstra, Thanks,
thank you, Randy Scott, Franklin, Tony Gonzalez, John Joyce, Dan Muser,
Mike Carrey, Scott Fitzgerald, Diana Harshberger, Bob Ladder. That's a
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good group of people, Hal Rodgers, Mike Rowley, and Nick Langworthy.
Speaker 7 (18:39):
Thank you. You've got a lot of great people. That's
a lot of political talent. We have a lot of
political talent. Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Thanks as well to state attorneys General Brenda Bird. Thank
you Brenda, wherever you may be, because you know Brenda,
she was the first one in that state to endure Trump.
Speaker 7 (19:00):
Thank you. I don't forget those things, even though this
is non political.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Today, Okay, Alan Wilson, Chris Carr, and Marty Jacklie.
Speaker 7 (19:10):
Thank you all very much. Thank you. So six months
ago we came into.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Office and inherited the worst drug crisis in American history
by far.
Speaker 7 (19:23):
They did nothing for four long years.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Joe Biden surrendered our borders to the most evil and
vicious traffickers, networks, and everything else on the planet Earth,
allowing foreign drug cartels to carve out a massive footprint
on American So we were doing nothing. This open Border's
nightmare flooded our country with fentanyl, and with people that
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shouldn't be here, some of the worst people on earth
and illicit drugs decimated American communities and left us with
the largest law enforcement challenge in our country's history and
hopefully will always be the largest. I can't imagine anything
being worse. They allowed millions and millions of criminals into
our country, eleven eight hundred and eighty eight murders, fifty
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percent of whom murdered more than one person.
Speaker 7 (20:18):
On Day one of the Trump administration.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
We declared an all out war on the dealers, smugglers, traffickers,
and cartels. Within moments of taking office, I deployed the
US military to our border and unleashed the patriots of
Ice and Border Patrol to defend our country from an invasion.
This was an invasion. This wasn't people coming in. This
was an invasion of our country allowed to happen by
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people either that didn't care or were just stupid people.
Speaker 7 (20:48):
Stupid people.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
I also designated the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorists organizations,
and within a few short weeks, believe it or not,
if you remember now, we've even surpassed that, but we
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achieved the most secure border in US history. And last
month we had the lowest number of illegal border crossings
ever recorded.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
We had in June.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
The number was actually zero. Now even I don't believe that,
but we're going to take it. How can you go
from hundreds of thousands to zero, But that's what they say.
Speaker 7 (21:32):
And these are very liberal.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
These are very liberal people that do the recording. So
I think we're going to have to take it. But
the number was zero in June. Can't get much better
than that. Right on day one, I signed executive orders
to create new Homeland Security task forces, marshaling the full
power of federal law enforcement to eradicate trans national criminal
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networks and traffickers from our soil. We wanted them out.
Two weeks ago we secured the resources necessary to achieve
that mission when I signed the one big, beautiful bill
into law. And I want to thank you all. I
want to thank you. I want to thank you all.
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You did a great job. And you could go point
after point how good it is. You know, they have
a just a hit against that. It's one of the
great biggest tax cuts in history, biggest, really the biggest
everything in history. Biggest we have things in terms of security,
in terms of securing our country, taking care of our
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police officers, law enforcement, or ice and border patrol. Patriots.
I call them patriots because that's what they are. These
are strong people, tough people that love our country. If
they weren't tough, they wouldn't survive. But we do more
for the country. And that bill, I think than just
about any bill that's been passed. And we're going to
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have to start speaking about it because the Democrats use it.
Speaker 7 (23:05):
They say it represents death. How effective is that? Right?
That's pretty good. It represents that. That's all they have.
They only have lies. It's the only thing they have.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
They don't have policy, They can't get people elected, they
don't have good candidates.
Speaker 7 (23:21):
They don't have anything. But they do have two things.
They stick together.
Speaker 4 (23:25):
They stick together like glue, and they always come up
with a good little tagline. This tagline is death and
the death is them. Were the ones that are giving life.
We're giving life with that bill. And there's so many
good things, whether it's no tax on tips, think of that,
no tax on social Security, no tax on overtime. If
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you buy a car, you want to buy a car,
you get a deduction of interest on your mortgage, or
think of that things that were never even a possibility,
and then so much else in terms of health, in
terms of providing care. It's really just a fantastic bill,
and it's about time that we're going to start and
we'll start talking about it. But once we do, I
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think we're going to have the greatest midterm that you've
ever seen, because this thing really is amazing, and I
want to thank all of the Senators in particular for
getting it done. For getting it done, it also makes
the largest investment in the US Coast Guard since World
War Two, ensuring that we have assets and all of
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the assets needed to vanquish the cartels from the waterways
of North America.
Speaker 7 (24:34):
We're building a lot.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Of Coastguard ships that go very speedily along the water
and they're very lethal, they're very powerful, and that's what
we need because a lot of it comes in. As
we block up the border, they start using the water.
That's a good run I could use that they block
up the border, we start using the water, and that's
what happens. They start using the water. Who would think
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they even actually developed small submarines that right, small submarines
to get the drugs in and it's incredible, but we've
stopped them. I've also directed the Department of Justice to
seek maximum sentences for fentanyl traffickers.
Speaker 7 (25:14):
Who're going to absolutely do the maximum.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Since my inauguration, the DOJ has seized over four five
hundred pounds of fentanyl, which is a record, including with
the enormous Sineloa cartel bust in May, one of the
toughest cartels out there, the largest fentanyl bust ever in
the United States history, And now with the signing of
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the Halt Fentanyl Act in just a few moments, we
are delivering another defeat for the savage drug smugglers and
criminals and the cartels who have a tremendous amount to
say about Mexico.
Speaker 7 (25:50):
If you want to be nice about it, I'm trying
to be nice about it.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
They have very strong controls of a Mexico and we
have to do something about that. Can't let that happen.
The Mexican authorities are petrified. They're petrified to show up
at their office, they're petrified to go to work because
the cartols cartels have a tremendous grip on Mexico and
the politicians and the people that get elected. For years,
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the Monsters who manufacture illicit fentanyl have sought to skirt
legal restrictions by making minor variations of the chemical compound,
and in the process, they've developed even more toxic versions
of the drug. One common variant, known as car fentanyl,
is a very it's becoming more and more common. It's
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one hundred times more potent than the original version of fentanyl.
Can you imagine look at what you have to suffer
with the original. I mean, this is one hundred times
more potent. And it's happening stronger, stronger.
Speaker 7 (26:56):
More and more and more and more dangerous as you know.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
And I have a very good relationship with Presidency of China,
but I imposed a twenty percent tariff on China because
of the fentanyl, and I call it a penalty. It's
a penalty because China delivers much of the fentanyl.
Speaker 7 (27:15):
Some people would say all of it.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
They deliver it into Mexico and even into our own country.
We have a twenty percent, so they pay billions of
dollars and billions of dollars and damages for what they've done.
And I think we're going to work it out so
that China is going to end up going from that
to giving the death penalty to the people that create
this fentanyl and send it into our country, whether it's
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through other countries or directly.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
I believe that we would have had that deal long
time ago.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
I shook hands with him, and then we had a
rigged election and we had somebody else come in and
they didn't know anything about a deal for the death penalty.
The death penalty is going to be imposed on people
from China that make fentanyl and send it into our country.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
I believe that's going to happen soon.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
But as if today, all fentanyl related substances will be
banned forever and those who traffic in these deadly poisons
will be put behind.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Bars for a very long period of time.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
Were joined today by just a few of the millions
of families ravaged by this scorge, including Greg Swan from Michigan,
who carries with him the heartbreaking loss of his beautiful
son Drew. Drew became addicted to opioids after being prescribed
painkillers following a sports injury.
Speaker 7 (28:35):
Got injured and this is happening so much.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
Got injured in sports and ends up you leave the
hospital a week later and you're addicted. But he fought
through it and got himself clean. Then one day Drew
took a pill laced with fentanyl.
Speaker 7 (28:50):
He took it just.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
Casually, thought it would be okay. Took a chance and
he said he'd be okay, and it didn't work out.
Then he tragically lost his life. And I'd like you
to come forward and if you could just say a
few words about your wonderful, wonderful son.
Speaker 7 (29:06):
Please, thank you, mister President.
Speaker 9 (29:10):
Honor of my life. Thank you very much, thank you,
thank you so much, mister President. I will be brief.
It's the honor of my life to be here. And
Drew was the happiest day of my life was when
he was born, and he always called me his hero.
To the day he died and his passing ruined, I
thought my life and every parent back here that I
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meet and in the audience, so some of my friends,
their life is gutted when they lose a kid. There's
despair and there's hopelessness. But we've been able to find
some repose in going out and advocating. And we want
to hit every school in America. There's twenty six, seven
hundred and twenty seven of them. We want to go
into everyone the kids are silent when they hear we
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lost somebody to this, and we tell our story and
they leave unequivocally ready to run away from fentanyl. I
would just like to say thank you, mister President, for
stopping the border crossings. Full stop, mic drop. I'll step back,
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and but I just it was amazing what you did.
We were being gas lit and you came and lit
a fire to that story, and we're a lot safer
for it. Thank you so much, thank you, thank.
Speaker 10 (30:29):
You, thank you.
Speaker 9 (30:34):
Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you.
Speaker 7 (30:38):
That's tough stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
We're also grateful to be joined by California native Anne Fundner,
who lost her beautiful eldest son Weston Defend it All
when he was just fifteen years old, exactly one year
ago today, and delivered a moving tribute to Western at
the Republican National Convention. People that saw it have not
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forgotten it. And then I'd like you to please come
up and say a few words about you. A wonderful boy.
Speaker 7 (31:10):
Thank you, please, that's an honor.
Speaker 8 (31:19):
Good afternoon, mister President, and distinguished guests. My name is
Anne Fundner. I'm going to hope, thank you, and I'm
an angel parent. One year ago today on July sixteenth,
I stood in front of America and told the story
of my son weston the RNC and about how he
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was a beautiful, loving had a wonderful life. We did
everything right, but one pill, one mistake given by a
friend under peer pressure, took his life.
Speaker 10 (31:56):
In the last four.
Speaker 8 (31:57):
Years, Fenton al became the number one killer Americans. Ages
fifteen to forty eight and children under fourteen are the
fastest growing demographic. President Trump, for four years, we felt ignored.
But you've changed that. We appreciate that so much. You've
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closed the borders, sanctioned cartels, imposed tariffs, closed shipping loopholes.
Most people don't know about that. That was a big
one dealt with countries where it's coming from. You mobilize Treasury,
Justice Apartment, Homeland Security, lawmakers, legislators, and today the signing
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of the Fentanyl Act, bipartisan and overwhelmingly supported by everybody,
making fentanyl a schedule when drugged, to strengthen the criminalization
and prosecution of people who peddle this. It is a
life line for families across America and keeping our family safe.
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And that's all you always want to keep America safe.
And thank you so much. Thank you for keeping America
safe and for our children. And this is what we
voted for, mister President. God bless you, God bless our
angel families who are all here with us today, and
all of you sitting up here with us, and God
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bless America.
Speaker 5 (33:22):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (33:28):
You can have that, would you like that?
Speaker 11 (33:31):
I would love to get pet me.
Speaker 4 (33:34):
Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. It's just
crazy that we have to even be doing this. It's
so sad, should be so unnecessary that we stand.
Speaker 7 (33:52):
Here for years and years doing the same thing over
and over.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
It's terrible.
Speaker 7 (33:59):
A friend of mine, long.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Time friend of mine, is Jackie Siegel and her beautiful children.
Speaker 7 (34:05):
Her husband David just passed away.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
David Siegel is a great developer, great great developer, great guy,
friend of mine. But her children, Jordan, Jacqueline and Drew
come from Florida. Jackie lost her beautiful daughter Victoria to
drugs when Victoria was just eighteen years old, a beautiful person.
And this April, Jackie lost her sister Jessica to fentanyl
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and her daughter's honor. Jackie founded Victoria's Voice, And I'd
like to ask Jackie to come up and say a
few words about her daughter, her husband or family. She's
comes from a great family and they've been fighting this
scourge for a long time.
Speaker 11 (34:48):
Thank you very much, Jackie, Thank you, mister President's an
honor to be here today on behalf of our family,
my late husband, and all of the other affected families
for this important signing on this bipartisan issue. Ten years
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ago when our daughter eighteen years old passed, Victoria, she
was eighteen, she passed away of a drug overdose. We
formed the Victoria's Boys Foundation, and the Trump administration was
very helpful in passing the Kara Act, which saved many
lives back then bringing out the narcan and we are
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so honored. Well, actually after when my husband passed away,
thank you for the phone call and your love and support.
Our family loves you, mister President. That day, when my
sister found out of my husband's passing, she did a
line of cocaine that she thought was cocaine and it
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was fentanyl. So I lost both of them in the
same day. And it's been a very rough time, but
it's turned me into more of a fighter to carry
on my husband's legacy and the other family's legacies of
saving lives, and so I'm turning my pain into passion.
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And also on top of this, with the signing of
this important the act that you're doing, we are joining
with Victoria's Voice, is joining with Founding Fathers, and we're
going to start the Angel Army. So we're even growing
even more under this Trump administration and we're going to
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spend the rest of our lives doing this. Thank you,
mister President.
Speaker 7 (36:46):
Thank you very expecting.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
That army will be very effective. Knowing jack so thank
you very much, Jackie. Everyone knows someone touched by the
incredible crisis that we've all been watching.
Speaker 7 (37:10):
All over the world.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
They're watching and other countries have the problem, but I
don't think there are too many that have it more
seriously than us. They come here, they rip us. They
rip us so badly, the cartels and all of the others,
because we're sort of a rich country and that's where
the money is.
Speaker 7 (37:30):
So it happens. People say, why is it so much?
Speaker 4 (37:33):
Because we have money, we're richer than other countries, So
they come here more. They take the money like taking
candy from a baby. So did they in behalf of
all Americans who have lost a loved one to opioids.
We renew our vow to liberate America from this horrible plague.
Speaker 7 (37:51):
And I hope you're going to do a fantastic job.
You have no idea how important you are. You have,
like maybe the most important job just about out in government.
Speaker 4 (38:01):
There's nothing more important than what you're doing. So I
wish you a lot of luck and we'll be there
to help you all the way along. Okay, what's you
going to want to thank Congress for passing this important
bill or for all the work you've done over.
Speaker 7 (38:13):
The last two weeks, all of you, What a job
you've all done.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
It's uh, it was the congressmen and women and the
Senate has been unbelievable. And i'd like to ask if
you want stand right up here while I signed the bill,
and then we're going to get you right back so
you can keep passing other bills and.
Speaker 7 (38:32):
Make America great again. Right, Okay, thank you very much.
It's great to have you.
Speaker 8 (38:51):
Upset.
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Ok I.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
Want to make sure it's not people behind you.
Speaker 7 (39:08):
And this is not an auto pen, right, that's for sure.
Speaker 4 (39:13):
That's great, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (39:30):
That's a.
Speaker 7 (39:40):
You can't stand out. You'll give some to the back to.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Tell you what you spec Thank you very much everybody.
Speaker 4 (39:50):
It's really an honor, very important, one of the more
important things.
Speaker 2 (39:54):
That will ever sign.
Speaker 7 (39:55):
I suspect, and thank you all for the great spend.
Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (40:10):
The President Trump. They're signing a new bill cracking down
on the use of fentanyl in this country. Of course,
(40:32):
as you can see, surrounded by lawmakers both from the
House and Senate. Those senators, many of them are going
to have to go back to Capitol Hill though, as
they are still discussing the recisions planned the President Trump
sent them. They're still ongoing debate on that issue, so
they'll be heading back. But again President Trump cracking down
on the use of fentanyl and the distribution of fentanyl.
(40:53):
Also having a number of family members speak there doing
the ceremony who have been affected by the use of fentanyl,
that deadly drug that of course has become a scourge
across the country. Will of course continue to have coverage
on this as we move on throughout the day here
on Real America's Voice. In the meantime, a future with
financial stability is an important value for many Americans, and
(41:14):
with the fluctuating state of taxes, stock markets, and general
economic conditions, one can be left wondering what the future holds,
not only for the American dollar, but also for their retirement.
And that's where the Birch Gold Group comes in to
help customers invest in gold, which is an asset with
the high economic future that takes the guesswork out of
(41:34):
financial woes, especially in the future. Joining me now is
Precious Metal Specialists for the Birch Gold Group, Philip Patrick. Philip,
good to see you, my friend. As always, good to
see you in Terrence. So let's talk about the overall economy.
There's been so much happening, from bricks recently meeting trying
to destabilize the US dollar, to President Trump's tariffs, which
(41:56):
quite honestly is bringing some uncertainty to the very markets
around the country. How important is it rooling oneself if
you will, in gold in these times of uncertainty?
Speaker 10 (42:09):
I mean, I would say it's more important today than
it's been in our lifetimes. And you know, you mentioned
a few things, but it's almost the perfect storm right
now for precious metals. We're seeing global volatility, not just
financial markets here in the US, but across the world.
Inflation and debt persistent issues and of course, as you mentioned,
(42:31):
the bricks actively dedollarizing. President Lula in Rio came out
and said that they were committed to de dollarizing and
that they would move peace by peace until it was consolidated.
So this is the broader economic picture, a lot of volatility,
and gold precious metals in general really suit that climate.
(42:52):
It's why central banks have set another record for gold
purchasing in the first half of this year, and it's
why gold's up almost in the last twelve months. We
expect it to continue.
Speaker 1 (43:04):
What are the economic consequences of, as you call it,
d dollarising.
Speaker 10 (43:09):
Listen, you know global reserve currency status. I think it's
okay for now, but longer term it's it's at risk, right,
And the more people dedollarize it does a number of things.
First of all, it devalues the dollar and it fuels
inflation domestically for us, the bigger issue is it puts
(43:30):
a real squeeze on the debt as well. The less
demand there is for our debt, the higher interest we
have to pay on that debt, and obviously interest payments
are already the second biggest item in the federal budget.
So given debt and everything else, we need demand for
the dollar to remain globally to give President Trump the
chance he needs to grow the economy out of the
(43:52):
situation we're in, but he needs time.
Speaker 1 (43:55):
I have to say, it's almost inconceivable to me, just
as a that the dollar would not be the world's
reserve currency. Yes, there is a move towards that. We
understand that, we realize that there are countries out there
seeking to destabilize the US dollar, but it almost feels
like from the outside looking in that it's wishful thinking
(44:17):
on their part that there's no way they will be successful.
And you mentioned over time, like what kind of time
period are we talking about in which this potentially could happen.
Speaker 10 (44:27):
That's the key, Listen, there isn't any other currency ready
to dethrone the dollar is global reserve in terms of
death liquidity of the dollar market. There's nothing there that
combats it. But there's a couple of things to look at.
Number one, central bank gold buying, Ricks nations and others
are using gold as a means to de dollarize. Essentially,
(44:50):
they're dumping US dollars and buying gold that gives them
the stability that they need for currency. So when we
talk time frames. I believe that dollar's position as global
reserve is not under threat short to medium term, next
three to five years, I don't see a challenge. Longer term,
next five to ten or beyond, I do start to
(45:11):
see challenges. However, the dollar doesn't have to lose global
reserve currency status to lose value. What I think will happen,
and by the way it's happening already, is we start
to move into a more multi polar world. You know,
different countries signing bilateral trade agreements that circumvent the dollar.
Dollar demand over a longer period of time starts to wane.
(45:34):
And as that happens, you know, I think the argument
for the dollar as global reserve will start to wane
longer term. So again I don't see this shorter term
at all. But the trend now is concerning lots and
lots of bilateral trade agreements already signed circumventing the dollar.
I saw, just as a quick point on this, Nicholas Taleb,
(45:56):
who's the author of black Swan, he was on Bloomberg
the other day. He said to the presenter, in no
uncertain terms, the dollar is losing global reserve currency status,
and the presenter sort of looked back and said, what
evidence do you have for that? And he said, look
at central bank gold buying and look at gold's performance,
and it shows you the direction they're heading.
Speaker 1 (46:16):
Take into account all of the circumstances you just described.
Does that strengthen President Trump's argument to drown power that
he needs to drop interest rates in order to not
only support the US economy, but potentially also the value
of the US dollar. Potentially that could help.
Speaker 10 (46:33):
Look, lowering interest rates should weaken the value of the dollar,
not strengthen, right, Keeping rates should strengthen. Look, there is
an argument for the Fed to lower rates now. Right
up until yesterday's CPI number, inflation was coming down. We
saw a first quarter of negative GDP growth. There was
a strong argument to do it. The Fed are showing
(46:53):
themselves to be a little political, right if they're saying, hey,
inflation isn't cooling, we need to keep it rates up.
They should have done that under Biden, but they didn't,
So it feels like there's a political element here. There
is a strong argument to lower rates to stimulate economic growth.
The big reason President Trump wants to lower rates is
to ease the debt burden. Right, it's interest rates stay high,
(47:16):
interest rates on the debt stay high, so there's an
argument to do it. But I think yesterday's CPI numbers
we saw a spike in inflation. That may be the
catalyst for power to hold firm a little longer.
Speaker 1 (47:28):
So it seems to me the lesson to be learned
in all of this is to look out for oneself
as a consumer, and the best way to do that
is to invest in gold.
Speaker 10 (47:37):
Listen, I am banking on President Trump pulling this off, right,
I am a Trump guy. I have been shouting from
the rooftops for the last four years. However, people have
to understand if Trump pulls it off from where we
are today, he will do what nobody in world history
has managed to do. So for me personally, I'm banking.
I'm hoping. I'm praying President Trump can pull it off.
(48:00):
Hedging my exposure as well, gold is the best way
to do that. What I would tell everyone, take what
I say with a pinch of salt. If central banks
around the world for three and a half years have
set consecutive records, by the way, first half of this
year will be the single biggest half year in history.
Speaker 1 (48:17):
Follow suit.
Speaker 10 (48:18):
They know currency better than anyone else.
Speaker 1 (48:21):
Philip Patrick, it's always a pleasure to talk to you,
always very informative. Good to see you, you too, Thank
you all right, Well, folks, don't wait. If you want
to learn how to diversify your savings with gold, text
the word America to the number ninety eight ninety eight.
Do so today and get your free gold information kit
from the Birch Gold Group. We're going to take a
(48:41):
pre lod can't speak. We're going to take a quick break.
When we come back, we'll have a story that reminds
us of just how wonderful America is. Plus, we'll have
your answers to our America's Voice question of the day.
There it is on your screen. Do you think that
the Epstein files will go public? Why or why not?
Looking forward to your thoughts. We are back with what
(49:10):
makes America Wonderful. It's a segment we do every single
day in hopes of having you leave our show with
a smile on your face. Today's story comes to us
from the Great State of Georgia, where a teacher's mission
to help students in need succeeds and carried on even
in the afterlife. Elementary school teacher Tammy Waddell unfortunately lost
her battle to cancer and tragically passed away at fifty
(49:34):
eight years old. Her students and colleagues described her as
a great teacher with a strong sense of devotion towards
her profession. Just two weeks before her passing, though, she
discussed her final wishes with her son, and in a
display of genuine affection and desire to serve her students,
Tammy asked that instead of flowers being brought to her funeral,
(49:54):
the guests should bring backpacks filled with school supplies to
donate to students who couldn't afford them. The guests honored
that request, and over one hundred and fifty backpacks filled
with general school supplies were acquired and delivered to Tammy's school.
When one finds a cause to devote to entirely and
can also bring with it a sense of accomplishment, but
(50:15):
to carry that devotion on even in death certainly admirable
and also indicative of one of the many things that
makes America wonderful. All right, folks, let's end with America's
Voice question of the day. Here it is, do you
think that the Epstein files will go public, Why or
why not. Debrelyn Anseio writes, I'm not sure, but I
(50:38):
know this. Maxwell is going to take advantage of this
to get out, and Kim Spielman Howard writes, well, I
think the American people want to see what kind of
scumbags we are dealing with. Interesting perspective there, Jane May.
We also want to thank you for chiming in writing no,
too many wealthy people from around the world, and Billy
Holloway ads yes, Maxwell's little black book that lives in
(51:02):
an evidence locker and all the incriminating video as well.
I know it will be harsh, there will be some
difficult realities, but for the health of our nation, it
must be done. Maybe even turn his island into a
new Alcatraz after it's bulldozed. Kent Gallagher writes, No, like
the Kennedy files, they'll be kept under wraps for national
(51:23):
security purpose or whatever reason they use. And finally, Katie
Conley writes, I do not I think they have international
implications and would crumble our elected officials, and that's why
this is happening. She writes, thanks to each and every
one of you for chiming in. We really appreciate you.
Being part of the show and letting us know what
you think. We also want to thank you for tuning
(51:45):
in today. We'll see you back here first thing tomorrow,
same time, same place. Take care of everyone, have a
great afternoon.
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