November 18, 2025 • 36 mins
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Democratic Party Civil War
- Longtime leaders like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are portrayed as vulnerable to primary challenges from younger, more progressive figures.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is highlighted as a rising star, with speculation about her future Senate run or even a presidential bid.
- Calls for “new leadership” from figures like Cory Booker and other progressives are emphasized.
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Rise of the Radical Left
- The narrative suggests the Democratic Party is moving rapidly toward socialism and Marxism.
- Mentions Chi Osse, a 27-year-old New York City council member, filing paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries in a Democratic primary.
- References to Democratic Socialists of America and progressive insurgents challenging establishment figures nationwide.
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Electoral and Strategic Implications
- Polling data cited shows AOC with a significant favorability advantage over Schumer among New York Democrats.
- Concerns that Democrats are prioritizing social media-driven extremism over centrist policies that appeal to swing voters.
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Contrast with Trump’s Economic Agenda
- The latter part of the document shifts to praising Donald Trump’s second-term economic performance.
- Claims include:
- Inflation reduction from Biden-era highs.
- Wage growth and price declines in key categories.
- Massive investments and tariff-driven reshoring of jobs.
- Tax cuts and deregulation benefiting American families.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Democrats are experiencing a falling out in the aftermath of
the government shut down. It's now turning into what is
an essence, a civil war.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
How bad is it?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Well, here's one headline from the Hill, is this the
end of Chuck Schumer. Democrats have generally been unable to
agree on much over the past year, but now they
seemingly agree on one thing. That is, it's time to
get rid of the old guard and they must go
with the socialist, Communists and Marxist leaders of their future.
(00:35):
That is exactly what is happening. Is the fight is
continuing on Capitol Hill. Schumer's leadership position is increasingly unattainable
as he comes under fire from both moderates and his
left crazies that have been allowed to exist in the
Democratic Party and now in essence, they've taken over the Hill.
(00:55):
Putting it this way, as they described exactly how bad
it's gotten for Chuck Schumer, who is one of the
most liberal members in the Senate's history, but he's not
liberal enough anymore for the Marxists, the socialists in the Communists.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Well, AOC challenge the most powerful Senate Democrat. It's become
a favorite topic of Washington political chatter as Senemateorder leader
Chuck Schumer faces an onslaught of attacks over his handling
of the government shutdown. It comes as the profile of
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez continues to rise, and that's leading to
speculation that the two New Yorkers could.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Be heading for a showdown in twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
That's when Schumer is up for reelection, and there are
growing signs the five term senator could be vulnerable in
a Democratic primary in the Empire State. Schumer will be
seventy seven years old on election day twenty twenty eight,
and eighty four by the time the term ends. This
at a time when many Democrats are pressing for new
blood in the party, and Schumer has been the target
of rage from many Democrats after eight members of his
(01:57):
Senate caucus broke ranks this week to end government shut
down without securing concessions the party sought aoc is a
darling of the progressive left.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Her reach on social media is.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Vast, Her rallies draw large crowds, and she secured a
big victory last week when her allies or Hanmomdani, was
elected mayor of New York City. Notably, Schumer did not
endorse in the race. For his part, Schumer has not
announced his.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Intentions for twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Many Democrats believe he will eventually bow out. Others say
he remains a well like figure among New York Democrats
and his seniority in the party will play a role
in the calculus heading into twenty twenty eight. There's also
this some believe AOC star has grown so bright that
she could brush aside a Senate run and instead seek
the presidency.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I want you to think about what you just heard.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
AOC could just move past a Senate run goes straight
to the presidency. Is that crazy talk? The answer is no.
When you have a Democrat that is a five term
Senate right, six times five is what do the math
on that? And a nine term representative is underscoring just
(03:08):
how precarious Schumer's position actually is. You have these eight
Democrats that broke with their party to reopen the government.
By the way, Schumer voted to keep the government closed,
and yet they're still angry at Schumer, and now they
have a simple demand, you must resign. He was also
accused of try to quote screw over the party I'm
(03:29):
not joking. Schumer was also held up as another example
of why we need quote new leadership. And that's just
what Democrats in Congress had to say. None of what
I just quoted you from there was from outside of
elected members of Congress. Now, the Wall Street Journal is
now reporting that at least eleven House Democrats, eleven progressive nonprofits,
(03:54):
and six Democratic Senate candidates have called on mister Schumer
to step away officially as the minority leader. In other words,
Schumer has literally managed to alienate virtually everyone in his
own party. Progressives are blaming him for not being quote
strong enough to rein in the defectors, while moderates are
(04:18):
angry with Schumer and saying he engineered the longest shutdown
ever for literally nothing because Democrats got nothing in return.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
So this is where Schumer is.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
He's literally caught between the extreme radical left, the Marxist,
the socialists, and the communists, and then the moderates of
his party. You are saying, what the hell were you doing? Man,
like you put us in a bad spot going into
reelection and you had to shut down. And we have
nothing to show for anything here with this shutdown. So
they're angry too. How do you get out of that?
(04:50):
I don't know now courting by the way to see
an end with He now has a minus four point
favorability among Democratic voters. Schumer is the least popular Democratic
Senate leader since the polling began asking the question all
(05:11):
the way back in nineteen eighty five. Just to put
in perspective for you now, the same poll also suggests
that if Schumer were up for election today, and this
is obviously where Nancy Pelosi and AOC and all these
are fighting over this, the same poll suggests that if
Schumer were up for election today, he would likely suffer
(05:35):
a quote historic defeat in a primary against AOC, who
is clearly preparing a Senate run. All right, that's what
everyone is talking about right now the Democratic Party.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Here's the other thing that's interesting. Among New York Democrats.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
AOC's net favorability is significantly higher. In fact, it is
thirty points higher than Schumer. It is a US forty
six points versus plus sixteen. So that confirms the results
of a pullback in May that showed that AOC was
(06:09):
clearly winning a matchup by twenty one points to be
fifty four to thirty three among likely Democratic voters in
a primary. Now, I ever wins the primary, he's going
to win the general. We all know that because it's
New York and so Schumer is not up for reelection,
and this is good for him. Until twenty twenty eight,
he'll likely be He'll be like week shy. I think
(06:32):
of his seventy eighth birthday, and now he's got to
deal with a primary challenge, and there's a good chance
he may lose his power in the Senate as the
leader of the Democratic Party there as well. How did
we get to this point, I'll tell you exactly how
because of the radical left in the Democrats, and the
(06:53):
Democrats did not police them.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
They have now taken over center.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Booker, by the way, is also now calling for new
leadership in the Democratic Party. Here's part of that conversation
on Fox News Channel as they were describing what is
now at civil war.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
So in terms of who will be leading the Democrats,
there's a good chance it might not be Chuck Schumer
in the Senate because Corey Booker seems to be leading
the charge in terms of wanting new leadership. Listen to
what he said.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Chuck Schumer's generation, Nancy Pelosi's generation, John Lewis's generation. They
have so much to be proud of. It is time, though,
for new leadership the other generations ex. Millennials, Zee, It's
time for us to step up. The stage is waiting
for us to lead, not just the party but the
nation right now.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
It time.
Speaker 7 (07:44):
I think the Democrats are fishing in the wrong well here.
It's not an issue of age, just not an issue
of generation. It's an issue of the party being way
too far left. What the election told us last week
is that the economy may be better under the Trump
administration that it was under the Biden administration, but it's
not good enough. Democrats have a lane right here. But
(08:06):
what they're doing is they're going to the far left
because that's where the.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Social media influencers are.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
Social media loves conflict, it loves anger, it loves extremism.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
But that's not where voters are.
Speaker 7 (08:16):
Seventy percent of American voters are either conservative or moderate,
and there is a lane here. There is an opportunity
for Democrats to go after those voters, those swing voters
that make the difference in the national elections coming up.
We haven't seen national Virginia New Jersey, New York. They
were not national elections. You take this progressive socialist show
on the road nationally, it's not going to work. If
Democrats move to the political center, that's where that's where
(08:38):
the sweet part is for them. But they can't do
that because they are addicted to the social media left break.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
And when you think about who are the loudest voices
in the Democratic Party, it's alexandri or Cassio Kortez, it's
Jasmin Crockett, it's Bernie Sanders.
Speaker 8 (08:50):
But when asked.
Speaker 5 (08:51):
About who the future leaders of the Democratic Party are,
listen to what roconnaissanis.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
We have dynamic, young new leaders where some of it.
Chris Murphy is a top leader. Cory Booker is a
dynamic leader. Brian Schatz is a dynamic leader. Do you
think Democrats around the country think that Chuck Schumer should
be the face of the future of the Democratic Party?
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Of course, not interesting that there was not a mention
of AOC, Jasbin Krockett or any of the people on
the far left.
Speaker 8 (09:16):
Chris Murphy was about as far as you got.
Speaker 10 (09:19):
Well, I think Julian had exactly right and that Democrats
are far too worried right now about pronouns as opposed
to paychecks or issues that Americans are really concerned about.
But I don't think that the solution is the fact
that Corey Booker looked around and Senator Spartacus let everyone
know that he might be the best person to step
up and lead. The fact of the matter is right
now is Democrats have two real problems. Number one, not
(09:40):
just the ideology, but they don't have a specific set
of issues or ideas to tackle those issues that they
can lead with. The second thing is when they talk
about leaders, Chris Murphy is like watching paint dry. He
is very boring. Until Democrats actually have some leaders who
can step up, no one's going to grab the attention
we're able to command any sort of audience. Now that said,
(10:00):
regardless to the fact of how left the Democrats have
gone so far, whoever the Democrats do put forward in
twenty eight will be formidable. The country is very much
right down the middle, very divided, and so it will
be a tough battle. But I don't think Democrats know
who they want yet.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Yeah the bump, I love how they say there. I
don't think they know who they want yet. Like That's
the part here that I think is so frustrating is
for them, as they're like, yeah, of course they do.
They know exactly who they want, you know who they want.
They want radical socialist Marxist communists, and they want them
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Let me also just get to another point that I
think is very interesting, and that is how fast the
Democratic Party is actually moving to the radical left. You
got Mundani that gets elected full blown communists is in
Socialist is in New York City.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Cheosay remember that name, all right?
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Chi Osay It's probably the first time you've ever heard it,
but it's a name that you're going to want to remember.
Because Chiosay has now filed paperwork to challenge Akeem Jeffries
from the left. This is again how crazy the left
has become. Now this story gets just insane because you
have this New York City council member that filed the
(13:03):
paperwork this week to run against the House Minority Leader
Hakeem Jeffries. Now, let's be clear, six months ago, Hakeem
Jeffries was like AOC of the left. Now apparently he's
not left enough for this Brooklyn based congressional seat that
just also gave you Mundani. So this is what this
dude's saying. All right, and again it's New York City
(13:25):
council member. We know they're extreme there.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Quote.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
The Democratic Party's leadership is not only failing to effectively
fight back against Donald Trump, they have also failed to
deliver a vision that we can all believe in Osi,
who recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
So it's another socialist set.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
In a statement to Axios, these failures are some of
the many reasons why I'm currently exploring a potential run
for New York's eighth congressional district.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Again, this is a Keem Jeffries district.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
This is no longer a Democratic party, that's a socialist party.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
This is a twenty seven year old, all right.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
He's also an ally of the New York Mayor Mandani
and is known as a left wing voice in the
New York City Council. OSEI was considering the bid against Jeffries,
and now he's saying, well, because the government shutdown, I
just got to do it. He filed the Federal Election
Commission on Monday to run in the Democratic primary for
the New York's eighth district, which covers parts of South
(14:19):
and East Brooklyn. His team also set up an Act
Blue page they're the radical left organization for him to
begin fundraising for his run. Jeffries campaign spokesman is not
responding yet. Asked by Axios in October about a possible
primary challenge from this city council member, Jeffries replied, if
you ask me a serious question, I'll give you a
(14:40):
serious answer. And you know what's not a serious question
based on everything coming out of Brooklyn. So he's basically like,
this guy's beneath me. Well, guess what, you just got
a socialist elected to the mayor's office. There's a very
good chance that this kid, twenty seven year old socialists
could win against the leader of the Democratic Party in
the who was an extreme leftist when they elected him. Now,
(15:04):
Jeffreys campaign spokesman also said, asked again last week if
he had a comment on the reports New York Times
in the New York Posts that Osay was planned to run,
Jeffries responded simply no. Despite being a high profile supporter
mandani OSEI will likely run without the incoming mayor's support,
at least for now, we're being told, and that may
not matter. When you can say, hey, I'm just like
(15:25):
the mayor, that'll probably help. When you say you're a socialist,
that helps. And when you say you want to give
away free stuff that helps. Is this on brand for
New York in the Bronx at Brooklyn area, Yes, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
All right.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
This is also interesting because this run would be a
part of a broader nationwide effort my younger and more
progressive Democrats to Alison comments that they say as just
too old or to establishment oriented in the Democratic Party.
Many of those insurgent candidates declined to comment on whether
(15:59):
they would even vote or commit to vote for Jeffries
as a leader or even a speaker, And many of
them said, you know what, no, in general, we would
not do this. So this is again enraged Democrats. And
I'm going to go to another headline here, and I'm
going to read you this headline, and this is what
it says, quote enraged Democratic candidates turn on their own leaders.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
When I tell you this, in all how civil war
it is.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Democratic congressional candidates nationwide, feeding off voter fury, are raging
against their leadership and vowing to be ruthless. Quote I'm
not a When they go low, we go high person.
I'm not that kind of girl. That is what Texas
State Representative Jones, who's running in a November special election
(16:47):
for a safely Democratic US House seat, said to Axios
dealing with Republicans, saying, quote, if they go low, I'm
going to the gutter. So that is now the mantra
of the Democratic Party. Axios interviewed dozen of Democratic congressional candidates,
some challenging longtime Democrat incumbents and others running in open
primaries in blue or purple seats. What was consistent across
(17:10):
many of those interviews, Axio says, was a notion that
the Democratic Party establishment has not been met or has
not met, I should say, the moment since President Trump
re entered the White House in January. So they're saying
you got to be even more extreme to go up
against Trump. And this echoes, by the way, what Democratic
elective officials have heard for their constituents, particularly in their
(17:33):
liberal grass roots, for the last nine months. It also
signles a massive headache for Democratic leadership, which may have
to grapple with its own version of the Tea Party
wave and retavoc on the GOP leadership back in the day.
So here's what you got to know. They left the
radical left, the socialist left of the Democratic Party says, Look,
(17:55):
this is what the American people want.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
They want to be.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Part of a movement that fights back, they say, for
their rights. That's what a former Houston City councilwoman Aman Edwards,
another leading Canada the Texas special election set Then you
got Donald Trump.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
What do they say about Trump?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
She said, quote Trump is willing to go as far
as he can possibly go and has no limitations. At
what point are we going to be in a position
where we are ready to fight back and have a strategy.
So she's demanding massive change within the Democratic Party. Now
there's also a prominent progressive influencer running in Illinois told
Axios his name is Kat. You need to show the
(18:32):
people that you're angry, and not just that you're angry,
that you're going to do something about it.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
We're on the.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Brink of a authoritarian coup, is what a former tech
entrepreneur in Progressive Operative challenging former Speaker in Nancy Pelosi
had to say. A week before Pelosi said I'm not
going to war run for re election, she said people
want to see legislators actually showing up at these courthouses
and confronting Ice, something she says Nancy Pelosi didn't do.
(18:59):
And now we know Nancy Pelosi is not going to
run for re election. Now dozens of Democratic candidates for
the US House are refusing to commit or outright declining
to vote for House Minority Leader at Keem Jeffries, a
speaker or leader.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
That is again the newest report that's coming out.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Democratic leadership has to take a much stronger stand against
the Trump administration. Is what the Evanstound Mayor Daniel Biss,
another one of the leading candidates in one of those races,
said as well. This added, we can't be afraid to
use our leverage to fight back, and we have to
speak out clearly and forcefully about the damaged Trump is
doing to our communities. People are angry, they're frustrated, and
(19:40):
they're deeply dismayed by what they're seeing, of course by
the Trump administration, but honestly, a lot of it is
profound disappointment with the Democrats. That is what an attorney
by the name of Patrick Roth, a primary challenger to
Representative Stephen Lynch, a Democrat mass Chuseus, said in another interview.
So if you look away for just moment and you
(20:00):
zoom out from these local races, here's what the takeaway is.
Number One, many of the leading Democratic candidates and key
battleground primaries are Jeffrey loyalists or recruits. It may take
only a handful of renegades to frustrate the leadership if
he wins a small majority next year. The nearly dozen
House Democratics that are retiring or seeking higher off as
(20:24):
this cycle have left a slew of crowded Democratic primaries
in their wake that leadership are going to have virtually
no control over trying to control the situation, right, They
would love to hand pick people that ain't gonna happen now.
That is in addition to the ten older House Democrats
who are facing well funded primary challengers as well. And
(20:48):
this is another way that Jones, the House Ken in
Texas said it this way quote, I just think that
the days of following a playbook are over. There's no
way I'm following rules when other people aren't. If you
grew up in the hood like me, that's the fastest
way literally to be killed. My brother was murdered, my
aunt was murdered, my cousin was murdered. My dad blew
(21:10):
his brains out. So I come from a different world
where everything isn't so pretty like the Democrats want. Sometimes
blank is ugly, and you've got to be able to
fight ugly. So there's a candidate for the Democratic Party
saying I'm fighting ugly. I'll go as low as I
need to go. The Democrats are now eating their own
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and the people that used to be the extreme of
the Democratic Party literally in the last six months, have
become not extreme enough for the Democratic Party.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
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what America looked like before he became president the second time,
and also reminding you what Democrats want to do this
country economically, and reminding you about what all has already
been accomplished.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
In the last nine months.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
As the President described it, we're making big progress on prices,
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President making it clear at a summit revolving around McDonald's
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Trump not only inherited an economic mass when he took office,
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Speaker 2 (25:30):
Now.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
President Trump had to tame Biden's inflation and under Biden,
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it fueled by radical left, out of control government spending.
In President Trump's second term, inflation has dropped to an
(25:52):
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(26:19):
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purchasing power, meaning inflation rose faster than wages. In President
Trump's second term, even after accounting for higher prices, America's
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seen the lowest average gas price in more than four years,
and we're on track to spend the lowest amount of
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their disposable income on gas in the last two decades.
As President Trump's energy dominance vision continues to come to
fruition energy prices, they say we'll fall even further, igniting
another price decline that will help all Americans. Now, if
you're not happy with the price of the pump, let's
(27:45):
talk about Grocery prices and housing prices are trending also
in the right directions for American workers. Prices for everyday
staples are starting to see declines finally under Donald Trump.
Prices for eggs, ice cream, fresh fruit, cereal, fish, seafood, rice, pasta,
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and ham have all seen declines, and more help is
on the way. Housing costs are also moderating under Biden.
Mortgage rates at their highest in decades. In President Trump's
second term, the average thirty year fixed rate mortgage was
six point one seven percent at the end of October,
twelve percent lower than when he took office that according
(28:31):
to the Consumer Price Index. In fact, the twelve months
change in overall shelter costs is at its lowest level
in four years as well. Now there are other efforts
to continue driving prices down. The President talked about it tonight,
ramping up take home pay and strengthening our economy. President
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Trump's deregulatory efforts are also saving Americans a collective one
hundred and eighty billion. What does that mean for you?
Two thousand and one undred dollars per family of four?
For example, President Trump halted Burdens and Biden air efficiency
standards that jacked up the price of everyday appliances. And
President Trump signed into law the largest tax cut in
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American history. This includes no tax on tips, no tax
on overtime, and no tax on Social Security, all of
which will save Americans money in their tax returns. The
landmark legislation will raise America's take home pay by as
much as thirteen thousand, three hundred and wages by as
(29:37):
much as eleven thousand, six hundred. So the President decided
to take the stage to talk about exactly where we are.
And I want you to hear what the President had
to say.
Speaker 11 (29:48):
While Democrats wanted to give Americans the largest tax syke
in history, in July, I proudbly gave you the largest
tax cuts in American history and signed the one big
beautiful bill.
Speaker 8 (29:58):
I caught the great, big utiful built into.
Speaker 11 (30:01):
Law that includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime,
and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.
Speaker 8 (30:09):
That is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
It's amazing what the President's accomplished already this year. But
the President says I'm not done there, and made a
pledge to the American families, no matter if you're rich
or poor, conservative or liberal, black or white, or anything
else in between. Here's what the present pledged to you.
Speaker 11 (30:29):
In my first term, we built the greatest economy in
the history of the world.
Speaker 8 (30:33):
And now we're doing it again.
Speaker 11 (30:35):
But this time it really is, as I said, much stronger,
much better. I think it's going to be something that
nobody has ever seen before. My pledge to every family
and every small businesses that I will not rest until
you are rich or stronger, more successful, happier, till you've
gotten a piece of the American dream. Some of you
(30:56):
in this room have really gotten a piece of it
because you made a great decision to go with a great,
great company years ago. And it's really pretty amazing. And
that begins with making America.
Speaker 8 (31:08):
We have to do.
Speaker 11 (31:09):
The word is affordable, and affordable should be our word,
not theirs, because the Democrats got up and took affordability,
afford and they don't say that they had the worst
inflation in history, the highest energy prices in history.
Speaker 8 (31:23):
Everything was the worst.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
President Trump is bringing jobs and investments back to the
US as part of his plan to expand America's economy
and facts. Since President Trump took office, companies have invested trillions,
I want to say that word again, trillions of dollars
into their US based operations, on shoring and creating hundreds
of thousands of new jobs for Americans. President Trump is
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also reducing the deficit. A combination of spending cuts, interest savings,
economic growth, and tariff revenues are expected to reduce the
deficit by trillions of dollars, resulting in higher take on
pay lower interest rates in a much stronger American economy.
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In fact, one point nine million more American born workers
are employed today than when President Trump took office. That's
one point nine million Americans who are now happily at
work with a job right now. The US has more
people working now than at any time in the history
of our country. And the Trump administration, he says, will
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not rest until the high prices that resulted from democratic
policies are fully rained in. He said, We're making progress,
and the best, he says, is yet to come.
Speaker 8 (32:45):
We're making tremendous progress.
Speaker 11 (32:47):
One point nine million more American born workers are employed
today than when I took off. To think of that,
one point nine million more today, and these are American
born workers. Nobody thought that was possible. And we have
the strongest borders in the history of our country. Nobody
comes in unless they come in legally. You see the numbers.
(33:09):
Everyone thinks it's impossible a year ago, millions of people
with storming our borders. Today they only come in if
they come in legally, and wages for hourly workers arising
at the fastest pace in sixty years now.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
The President also made it clear that there's a lot
when it comes to trade deals. We're seeing trade deals
with Switzerland that have just been announced, and we're modifying
tariffs for certain agricultural products. In fact, on Friday, President
Trump signed an executive order exempting certain qualifying agricultural products
from the reciprocal tariffs that he first announced on April.
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The second exemptions are accordingly set to be granted following
a spat of new trade deals being inked with some
of our biggest allies in the Western Hemisphere, in addition
to deals that President Trump has already secured with the EU, Japan,
the UK, and other major trading partners.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
What will this do well.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
It will give substantial progress in making sure that American
workers are able to export at the same level that
we're importing. And Donald Trump also made it clear that
there are major investments coming into this country and the
tariff money is being used to help American workers, something
that the left and the media said was impossible.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Take a listen about that.
Speaker 11 (34:29):
And to your leader, who when we met, I said,
how are you doing with racist prices are coming down?
He said, we were up forty percent because of Biden
and inflation, and they're coming down, and they're coming down rapidly.
So I hope that all continues to go. But we're
really doing well as the country. Most importantly, however, I
will take big picture. We have over seventeen trillion dollars
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being invested in our country in nine months. It's now
just about ready to crack eighteen. And by the end
of one year, we will have about twenty to twenty
one trillion dollars invested in our country. That's more by
ten times, the highest amount ever invested in any country
ever before. And it's largely because of tariffs, and I
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think November fifth election, but it's the largest amount. As
an example, so if we have twenty or twenty one
in one year, twenty one trillion, think of.
Speaker 8 (35:25):
What that is.
Speaker 11 (35:27):
That's car factories, that's AI, it's everything. They're all coming
back because of the tariffs. They're all coming back because
they don't want to pay fifteen twenty thirty one hundred
percent tariff. It wasn't that complicated. People are saying, you know,
Trump was right. It really wasn't that complicated. But it's
been amazing. As an example, if you take me at
twenty for one year, sleepy Joe Biden, you know what,
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he was less than one for four years and if
they got elected, they would have been at minus ten
because people were moving out of the country in record numbers.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
So I hope you'll take the info that I gave
you today, and I hope you'll share it wherever you
can on social media, share this podcast and text messages
with family and friends, because this is the reality of
what's happening, and it's the complete opposite of what the
left and the media are selling the American people.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
They believe that they are successful.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Right now in convincing most Americans that somehow the economy
is a disaster because of Donald Trump and that things
aren't getting better. In fact, they're getting worse. But if
you look at the facts, that's just not the truth.
Thank goodness, because of President Donald Trump, it is incredible leadership.
Don't forget to share this podcast, by the way, with
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your family and your friends on social media, wherever you
can hit that subscribe or auto download button, and I'll
talk to you again tomorrow.
Democrats are experiencing a falling out in the aftermath of
the government shut down. It's now turning into what is
an essence, a civil war.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
How bad is it?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Well, here's one headline from the Hill, is this the
end of Chuck Schumer. Democrats have generally been unable to
agree on much over the past year, but now they
seemingly agree on one thing. That is, it's time to
get rid of the old guard and they must go
with the socialist, Communists and Marxist leaders of their future.
(00:35):
That is exactly what is happening. Is the fight is
continuing on Capitol Hill. Schumer's leadership position is increasingly unattainable
as he comes under fire from both moderates and his
left crazies that have been allowed to exist in the
Democratic Party and now in essence, they've taken over the Hill.
(00:55):
Putting it this way, as they described exactly how bad
it's gotten for Chuck Schumer, who is one of the
most liberal members in the Senate's history, but he's not
liberal enough anymore for the Marxists, the socialists in the Communists.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Well, AOC challenge the most powerful Senate Democrat. It's become
a favorite topic of Washington political chatter as Senemateorder leader
Chuck Schumer faces an onslaught of attacks over his handling
of the government shutdown. It comes as the profile of
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez continues to rise, and that's leading to
speculation that the two New Yorkers could.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Be heading for a showdown in twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
That's when Schumer is up for reelection, and there are
growing signs the five term senator could be vulnerable in
a Democratic primary in the Empire State. Schumer will be
seventy seven years old on election day twenty twenty eight,
and eighty four by the time the term ends. This
at a time when many Democrats are pressing for new
blood in the party, and Schumer has been the target
of rage from many Democrats after eight members of his
(01:57):
Senate caucus broke ranks this week to end government shut
down without securing concessions the party sought aoc is a
darling of the progressive left.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Her reach on social media is.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Vast, Her rallies draw large crowds, and she secured a
big victory last week when her allies or Hanmomdani, was
elected mayor of New York City. Notably, Schumer did not
endorse in the race. For his part, Schumer has not
announced his.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Intentions for twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Many Democrats believe he will eventually bow out. Others say
he remains a well like figure among New York Democrats
and his seniority in the party will play a role
in the calculus heading into twenty twenty eight. There's also
this some believe AOC star has grown so bright that
she could brush aside a Senate run and instead seek
the presidency.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I want you to think about what you just heard.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
AOC could just move past a Senate run goes straight
to the presidency. Is that crazy talk? The answer is no.
When you have a Democrat that is a five term
Senate right, six times five is what do the math
on that? And a nine term representative is underscoring just
(03:08):
how precarious Schumer's position actually is. You have these eight
Democrats that broke with their party to reopen the government.
By the way, Schumer voted to keep the government closed,
and yet they're still angry at Schumer, and now they
have a simple demand, you must resign. He was also
accused of try to quote screw over the party I'm
(03:29):
not joking. Schumer was also held up as another example
of why we need quote new leadership. And that's just
what Democrats in Congress had to say. None of what
I just quoted you from there was from outside of
elected members of Congress. Now, the Wall Street Journal is
now reporting that at least eleven House Democrats, eleven progressive nonprofits,
(03:54):
and six Democratic Senate candidates have called on mister Schumer
to step away officially as the minority leader. In other words,
Schumer has literally managed to alienate virtually everyone in his
own party. Progressives are blaming him for not being quote
strong enough to rein in the defectors, while moderates are
(04:18):
angry with Schumer and saying he engineered the longest shutdown
ever for literally nothing because Democrats got nothing in return.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
So this is where Schumer is.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
He's literally caught between the extreme radical left, the Marxist,
the socialists, and the communists, and then the moderates of
his party. You are saying, what the hell were you doing? Man,
like you put us in a bad spot going into
reelection and you had to shut down. And we have
nothing to show for anything here with this shutdown. So
they're angry too. How do you get out of that?
(04:50):
I don't know now courting by the way to see
an end with He now has a minus four point
favorability among Democratic voters. Schumer is the least popular Democratic
Senate leader since the polling began asking the question all
(05:11):
the way back in nineteen eighty five. Just to put
in perspective for you now, the same poll also suggests
that if Schumer were up for election today, and this
is obviously where Nancy Pelosi and AOC and all these
are fighting over this, the same poll suggests that if
Schumer were up for election today, he would likely suffer
(05:35):
a quote historic defeat in a primary against AOC, who
is clearly preparing a Senate run. All right, that's what
everyone is talking about right now the Democratic Party.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Here's the other thing that's interesting. Among New York Democrats.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
AOC's net favorability is significantly higher. In fact, it is
thirty points higher than Schumer. It is a US forty
six points versus plus sixteen. So that confirms the results
of a pullback in May that showed that AOC was
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clearly winning a matchup by twenty one points to be
fifty four to thirty three among likely Democratic voters in
a primary. Now, I ever wins the primary, he's going
to win the general. We all know that because it's
New York and so Schumer is not up for reelection,
and this is good for him. Until twenty twenty eight,
he'll likely be He'll be like week shy. I think
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of his seventy eighth birthday, and now he's got to
deal with a primary challenge, and there's a good chance
he may lose his power in the Senate as the
leader of the Democratic Party there as well. How did
we get to this point, I'll tell you exactly how
because of the radical left in the Democrats, and the
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Democrats did not police them.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
They have now taken over center.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Booker, by the way, is also now calling for new
leadership in the Democratic Party. Here's part of that conversation
on Fox News Channel as they were describing what is
now at civil war.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
So in terms of who will be leading the Democrats,
there's a good chance it might not be Chuck Schumer
in the Senate because Corey Booker seems to be leading
the charge in terms of wanting new leadership. Listen to
what he said.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Chuck Schumer's generation, Nancy Pelosi's generation, John Lewis's generation. They
have so much to be proud of. It is time, though,
for new leadership the other generations ex. Millennials, Zee, It's
time for us to step up. The stage is waiting
for us to lead, not just the party but the
nation right now.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
It time.
Speaker 7 (07:44):
I think the Democrats are fishing in the wrong well here.
It's not an issue of age, just not an issue
of generation. It's an issue of the party being way
too far left. What the election told us last week
is that the economy may be better under the Trump
administration that it was under the Biden administration, but it's
not good enough. Democrats have a lane right here. But
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what they're doing is they're going to the far left
because that's where the.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Social media influencers are.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
Social media loves conflict, it loves anger, it loves extremism.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
But that's not where voters are.
Speaker 7 (08:16):
Seventy percent of American voters are either conservative or moderate,
and there is a lane here. There is an opportunity
for Democrats to go after those voters, those swing voters
that make the difference in the national elections coming up.
We haven't seen national Virginia New Jersey, New York. They
were not national elections. You take this progressive socialist show
on the road nationally, it's not going to work. If
Democrats move to the political center, that's where that's where
(08:38):
the sweet part is for them. But they can't do
that because they are addicted to the social media left break.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
And when you think about who are the loudest voices
in the Democratic Party, it's alexandri or Cassio Kortez, it's
Jasmin Crockett, it's Bernie Sanders.
Speaker 8 (08:50):
But when asked.
Speaker 5 (08:51):
About who the future leaders of the Democratic Party are,
listen to what roconnaissanis.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
We have dynamic, young new leaders where some of it.
Chris Murphy is a top leader. Cory Booker is a
dynamic leader. Brian Schatz is a dynamic leader. Do you
think Democrats around the country think that Chuck Schumer should
be the face of the future of the Democratic Party?
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Of course, not interesting that there was not a mention
of AOC, Jasbin Krockett or any of the people on
the far left.
Speaker 8 (09:16):
Chris Murphy was about as far as you got.
Speaker 10 (09:19):
Well, I think Julian had exactly right and that Democrats
are far too worried right now about pronouns as opposed
to paychecks or issues that Americans are really concerned about.
But I don't think that the solution is the fact
that Corey Booker looked around and Senator Spartacus let everyone
know that he might be the best person to step
up and lead. The fact of the matter is right
now is Democrats have two real problems. Number one, not
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just the ideology, but they don't have a specific set
of issues or ideas to tackle those issues that they
can lead with. The second thing is when they talk
about leaders, Chris Murphy is like watching paint dry. He
is very boring. Until Democrats actually have some leaders who
can step up, no one's going to grab the attention
we're able to command any sort of audience. Now that said,
(10:00):
regardless to the fact of how left the Democrats have
gone so far, whoever the Democrats do put forward in
twenty eight will be formidable. The country is very much
right down the middle, very divided, and so it will
be a tough battle. But I don't think Democrats know
who they want yet.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Yeah the bump, I love how they say there. I
don't think they know who they want yet. Like That's
the part here that I think is so frustrating is
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They know exactly who they want, you know who they want.
They want radical socialist Marxist communists, and they want them
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about a civil war that is happening in the Democratic Party.
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Let me also just get to another point that I
think is very interesting, and that is how fast the
Democratic Party is actually moving to the radical left. You
got Mundani that gets elected full blown communists is in
Socialist is in New York City.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Cheosay remember that name, all right?
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Chi Osay It's probably the first time you've ever heard it,
but it's a name that you're going to want to remember.
Because Chiosay has now filed paperwork to challenge Akeem Jeffries
from the left. This is again how crazy the left
has become. Now this story gets just insane because you
have this New York City council member that filed the
(13:03):
paperwork this week to run against the House Minority Leader
Hakeem Jeffries. Now, let's be clear, six months ago, Hakeem
Jeffries was like AOC of the left. Now apparently he's
not left enough for this Brooklyn based congressional seat that
just also gave you Mundani. So this is what this
dude's saying. All right, and again it's New York City
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council member. We know they're extreme there.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Quote.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
The Democratic Party's leadership is not only failing to effectively
fight back against Donald Trump, they have also failed to
deliver a vision that we can all believe in Osi,
who recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
So it's another socialist set.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
In a statement to Axios, these failures are some of
the many reasons why I'm currently exploring a potential run
for New York's eighth congressional district.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Again, this is a Keem Jeffries district.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
This is no longer a Democratic party, that's a socialist party.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
This is a twenty seven year old, all right.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
He's also an ally of the New York Mayor Mandani
and is known as a left wing voice in the
New York City Council. OSEI was considering the bid against Jeffries,
and now he's saying, well, because the government shutdown, I
just got to do it. He filed the Federal Election
Commission on Monday to run in the Democratic primary for
the New York's eighth district, which covers parts of South
(14:19):
and East Brooklyn. His team also set up an Act
Blue page they're the radical left organization for him to
begin fundraising for his run. Jeffries campaign spokesman is not
responding yet. Asked by Axios in October about a possible
primary challenge from this city council member, Jeffries replied, if
you ask me a serious question, I'll give you a
(14:40):
serious answer. And you know what's not a serious question
based on everything coming out of Brooklyn. So he's basically like,
this guy's beneath me. Well, guess what, you just got
a socialist elected to the mayor's office. There's a very
good chance that this kid, twenty seven year old socialists
could win against the leader of the Democratic Party in
the who was an extreme leftist when they elected him. Now,
(15:04):
Jeffreys campaign spokesman also said, asked again last week if
he had a comment on the reports New York Times
in the New York Posts that Osay was planned to run,
Jeffries responded simply no. Despite being a high profile supporter
mandani OSEI will likely run without the incoming mayor's support,
at least for now, we're being told, and that may
not matter. When you can say, hey, I'm just like
(15:25):
the mayor, that'll probably help. When you say you're a socialist,
that helps. And when you say you want to give
away free stuff that helps. Is this on brand for
New York in the Bronx at Brooklyn area, Yes, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
All right.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
This is also interesting because this run would be a
part of a broader nationwide effort my younger and more
progressive Democrats to Alison comments that they say as just
too old or to establishment oriented in the Democratic Party.
Many of those insurgent candidates declined to comment on whether
(15:59):
they would even vote or commit to vote for Jeffries
as a leader or even a speaker, And many of
them said, you know what, no, in general, we would
not do this. So this is again enraged Democrats. And
I'm going to go to another headline here, and I'm
going to read you this headline, and this is what
it says, quote enraged Democratic candidates turn on their own leaders.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
When I tell you this, in all how civil war
it is.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Democratic congressional candidates nationwide, feeding off voter fury, are raging
against their leadership and vowing to be ruthless. Quote I'm
not a When they go low, we go high person.
I'm not that kind of girl. That is what Texas
State Representative Jones, who's running in a November special election
(16:47):
for a safely Democratic US House seat, said to Axios
dealing with Republicans, saying, quote, if they go low, I'm
going to the gutter. So that is now the mantra
of the Democratic Party. Axios interviewed dozen of Democratic congressional candidates,
some challenging longtime Democrat incumbents and others running in open
primaries in blue or purple seats. What was consistent across
(17:10):
many of those interviews, Axio says, was a notion that
the Democratic Party establishment has not been met or has
not met, I should say, the moment since President Trump
re entered the White House in January. So they're saying
you got to be even more extreme to go up
against Trump. And this echoes, by the way, what Democratic
elective officials have heard for their constituents, particularly in their
(17:33):
liberal grass roots, for the last nine months. It also
signles a massive headache for Democratic leadership, which may have
to grapple with its own version of the Tea Party
wave and retavoc on the GOP leadership back in the day.
So here's what you got to know. They left the
radical left, the socialist left of the Democratic Party says, Look,
(17:55):
this is what the American people want.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
They want to be.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Part of a movement that fights back, they say, for
their rights. That's what a former Houston City councilwoman Aman Edwards,
another leading Canada the Texas special election set Then you
got Donald Trump.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
What do they say about Trump?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
She said, quote Trump is willing to go as far
as he can possibly go and has no limitations. At
what point are we going to be in a position
where we are ready to fight back and have a strategy.
So she's demanding massive change within the Democratic Party. Now
there's also a prominent progressive influencer running in Illinois told
Axios his name is Kat. You need to show the
(18:32):
people that you're angry, and not just that you're angry,
that you're going to do something about it.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
We're on the.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Brink of a authoritarian coup, is what a former tech
entrepreneur in Progressive Operative challenging former Speaker in Nancy Pelosi
had to say. A week before Pelosi said I'm not
going to war run for re election, she said people
want to see legislators actually showing up at these courthouses
and confronting Ice, something she says Nancy Pelosi didn't do.
(18:59):
And now we know Nancy Pelosi is not going to
run for re election. Now dozens of Democratic candidates for
the US House are refusing to commit or outright declining
to vote for House Minority Leader at Keem Jeffries, a
speaker or leader.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
That is again the newest report that's coming out.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Democratic leadership has to take a much stronger stand against
the Trump administration. Is what the Evanstound Mayor Daniel Biss,
another one of the leading candidates in one of those races,
said as well. This added, we can't be afraid to
use our leverage to fight back, and we have to
speak out clearly and forcefully about the damaged Trump is
doing to our communities. People are angry, they're frustrated, and
(19:40):
they're deeply dismayed by what they're seeing, of course by
the Trump administration, but honestly, a lot of it is
profound disappointment with the Democrats. That is what an attorney
by the name of Patrick Roth, a primary challenger to
Representative Stephen Lynch, a Democrat mass Chuseus, said in another interview.
So if you look away for just moment and you
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zoom out from these local races, here's what the takeaway is.
Number One, many of the leading Democratic candidates and key
battleground primaries are Jeffrey loyalists or recruits. It may take
only a handful of renegades to frustrate the leadership if
he wins a small majority next year. The nearly dozen
House Democratics that are retiring or seeking higher off as
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this cycle have left a slew of crowded Democratic primaries
in their wake that leadership are going to have virtually
no control over trying to control the situation, right, They
would love to hand pick people that ain't gonna happen now.
That is in addition to the ten older House Democrats
who are facing well funded primary challengers as well. And
(20:48):
this is another way that Jones, the House Ken in
Texas said it this way quote, I just think that
the days of following a playbook are over. There's no
way I'm following rules when other people aren't. If you
grew up in the hood like me, that's the fastest
way literally to be killed. My brother was murdered, my
aunt was murdered, my cousin was murdered. My dad blew
(21:10):
his brains out. So I come from a different world
where everything isn't so pretty like the Democrats want. Sometimes
blank is ugly, and you've got to be able to
fight ugly. So there's a candidate for the Democratic Party
saying I'm fighting ugly. I'll go as low as I
need to go. The Democrats are now eating their own
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and the people that used to be the extreme of
the Democratic Party literally in the last six months, have
become not extreme enough for the Democratic Party.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
This is truly insane.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
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President Trump going on offense, reminding the American people of
what America looked like before he became president the second time,
and also reminding you what Democrats want to do this
country economically, and reminding you about what all has already
been accomplished.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
In the last nine months.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
As the President described it, we're making big progress on prices,
and we'll keep working to make sure everyone benefits. The
President making it clear at a summit revolving around McDonald's
where one in eight Americans have actually worked that Donald
Trump not only inherited an economic mass when he took office,
but that was because of years of mismanagement under Joe Biden,
(24:43):
his incompetent administration, and Democrats in Congress who also spent
years insisting and lying to you claiming that inflation was
quote transitory, and then they decided to go out trillions
and new spinning and dramatic upscale our government side. This
brought the country to the brink of economic ruin, which
(25:07):
is mainly why Donald Trump was elected. Now, since day one,
the Trump administration has been on a mission to tame
Biden's inflation crisis, stop the sky high Biden price increases,
and lower costs for everyday families. While it can't happen overnight,
the White House says, there is clear evidence that shows
(25:28):
the trend is in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Now.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
President Trump had to tame Biden's inflation and under Biden,
inflation average nearly five percent and hitting nine point one
percent during the worst inflation crisis in decades, all of
it fueled by radical left, out of control government spending.
In President Trump's second term, inflation has dropped to an
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average of just two point seven percent, significantly lower than
the four year average of five percent under Biden, in
nine point one percent of it's all time high, the
critical first step in reversing the Democrats' cost of living disaster.
In fact, under President Trump, Americans have even seen the
first overall price declines since twenty twenty in several different categories. Now,
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Americans have made real wage gains as well, and there's
still work to do, the White House says as well,
but let's remind you about where we were. Under Biden,
workers lost more than two thousand, nine hundred dollars in
purchasing power, meaning inflation rose faster than wages. In President
Trump's second term, even after accounting for higher prices, America's
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real wages have grown by nearly seven hundred dollars and
are on track to increase by nearly one thy two
hundred after his first full year in office. And then
there's the major prices that we deal with every day.
Gas price is a great example. Under Biden, the average
gas price was the highest it had ever been during
(27:04):
a presidential term, reaching its highest ever price even after
he drained our strategic oil reserves to artificially decrease pricing
before election day and President Trump's second term, Americans have
seen the lowest average gas price in more than four years,
and we're on track to spend the lowest amount of
(27:25):
their disposable income on gas in the last two decades.
As President Trump's energy dominance vision continues to come to
fruition energy prices, they say we'll fall even further, igniting
another price decline that will help all Americans. Now, if
you're not happy with the price of the pump, let's
(27:45):
talk about Grocery prices and housing prices are trending also
in the right directions for American workers. Prices for everyday
staples are starting to see declines finally under Donald Trump.
Prices for eggs, ice cream, fresh fruit, cereal, fish, seafood, rice, pasta,
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and ham have all seen declines, and more help is
on the way. Housing costs are also moderating under Biden.
Mortgage rates at their highest in decades. In President Trump's
second term, the average thirty year fixed rate mortgage was
six point one seven percent at the end of October,
twelve percent lower than when he took office that according
(28:31):
to the Consumer Price Index. In fact, the twelve months
change in overall shelter costs is at its lowest level
in four years as well. Now there are other efforts
to continue driving prices down. The President talked about it tonight,
ramping up take home pay and strengthening our economy. President
(28:51):
Trump's deregulatory efforts are also saving Americans a collective one
hundred and eighty billion. What does that mean for you?
Two thousand and one undred dollars per family of four?
For example, President Trump halted Burdens and Biden air efficiency
standards that jacked up the price of everyday appliances. And
President Trump signed into law the largest tax cut in
(29:14):
American history. This includes no tax on tips, no tax
on overtime, and no tax on Social Security, all of
which will save Americans money in their tax returns. The
landmark legislation will raise America's take home pay by as
much as thirteen thousand, three hundred and wages by as
(29:37):
much as eleven thousand, six hundred. So the President decided
to take the stage to talk about exactly where we are.
And I want you to hear what the President had
to say.
Speaker 11 (29:48):
While Democrats wanted to give Americans the largest tax syke
in history, in July, I proudbly gave you the largest
tax cuts in American history and signed the one big
beautiful bill.
Speaker 8 (29:58):
I caught the great, big utiful built into.
Speaker 11 (30:01):
Law that includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime,
and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.
Speaker 8 (30:09):
That is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
It's amazing what the President's accomplished already this year. But
the President says I'm not done there, and made a
pledge to the American families, no matter if you're rich
or poor, conservative or liberal, black or white, or anything
else in between. Here's what the present pledged to you.
Speaker 11 (30:29):
In my first term, we built the greatest economy in
the history of the world.
Speaker 8 (30:33):
And now we're doing it again.
Speaker 11 (30:35):
But this time it really is, as I said, much stronger,
much better. I think it's going to be something that
nobody has ever seen before. My pledge to every family
and every small businesses that I will not rest until
you are rich or stronger, more successful, happier, till you've
gotten a piece of the American dream. Some of you
(30:56):
in this room have really gotten a piece of it
because you made a great decision to go with a great,
great company years ago. And it's really pretty amazing. And
that begins with making America.
Speaker 8 (31:08):
We have to do.
Speaker 11 (31:09):
The word is affordable, and affordable should be our word,
not theirs, because the Democrats got up and took affordability,
afford and they don't say that they had the worst
inflation in history, the highest energy prices in history.
Speaker 8 (31:23):
Everything was the worst.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
President Trump is bringing jobs and investments back to the
US as part of his plan to expand America's economy
and facts. Since President Trump took office, companies have invested trillions,
I want to say that word again, trillions of dollars
into their US based operations, on shoring and creating hundreds
of thousands of new jobs for Americans. President Trump is
(31:49):
also reducing the deficit. A combination of spending cuts, interest savings,
economic growth, and tariff revenues are expected to reduce the
deficit by trillions of dollars, resulting in higher take on
pay lower interest rates in a much stronger American economy.
(32:09):
In fact, one point nine million more American born workers
are employed today than when President Trump took office. That's
one point nine million Americans who are now happily at
work with a job right now. The US has more
people working now than at any time in the history
of our country. And the Trump administration, he says, will
(32:33):
not rest until the high prices that resulted from democratic
policies are fully rained in. He said, We're making progress,
and the best, he says, is yet to come.
Speaker 8 (32:45):
We're making tremendous progress.
Speaker 11 (32:47):
One point nine million more American born workers are employed
today than when I took off. To think of that,
one point nine million more today, and these are American
born workers. Nobody thought that was possible. And we have
the strongest borders in the history of our country. Nobody
comes in unless they come in legally. You see the numbers.
(33:09):
Everyone thinks it's impossible a year ago, millions of people
with storming our borders. Today they only come in if
they come in legally, and wages for hourly workers arising
at the fastest pace in sixty years now.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
The President also made it clear that there's a lot
when it comes to trade deals. We're seeing trade deals
with Switzerland that have just been announced, and we're modifying
tariffs for certain agricultural products. In fact, on Friday, President
Trump signed an executive order exempting certain qualifying agricultural products
from the reciprocal tariffs that he first announced on April.
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The second exemptions are accordingly set to be granted following
a spat of new trade deals being inked with some
of our biggest allies in the Western Hemisphere, in addition
to deals that President Trump has already secured with the EU, Japan,
the UK, and other major trading partners.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
What will this do well.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
It will give substantial progress in making sure that American
workers are able to export at the same level that
we're importing. And Donald Trump also made it clear that
there are major investments coming into this country and the
tariff money is being used to help American workers, something
that the left and the media said was impossible.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Take a listen about that.
Speaker 11 (34:29):
And to your leader, who when we met, I said,
how are you doing with racist prices are coming down?
He said, we were up forty percent because of Biden
and inflation, and they're coming down, and they're coming down rapidly.
So I hope that all continues to go. But we're
really doing well as the country. Most importantly, however, I
will take big picture. We have over seventeen trillion dollars
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being invested in our country in nine months. It's now
just about ready to crack eighteen. And by the end
of one year, we will have about twenty to twenty
one trillion dollars invested in our country. That's more by
ten times, the highest amount ever invested in any country
ever before. And it's largely because of tariffs, and I
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think November fifth election, but it's the largest amount. As
an example, so if we have twenty or twenty one
in one year, twenty one trillion, think of.
Speaker 8 (35:25):
What that is.
Speaker 11 (35:27):
That's car factories, that's AI, it's everything. They're all coming
back because of the tariffs. They're all coming back because
they don't want to pay fifteen twenty thirty one hundred
percent tariff. It wasn't that complicated. People are saying, you know,
Trump was right. It really wasn't that complicated. But it's
been amazing. As an example, if you take me at
twenty for one year, sleepy Joe Biden, you know what,
(35:50):
he was less than one for four years and if
they got elected, they would have been at minus ten
because people were moving out of the country in record numbers.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
So I hope you'll take the info that I gave
you today, and I hope you'll share it wherever you
can on social media, share this podcast and text messages
with family and friends, because this is the reality of
what's happening, and it's the complete opposite of what the
left and the media are selling the American people.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
They believe that they are successful.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Right now in convincing most Americans that somehow the economy
is a disaster because of Donald Trump and that things
aren't getting better. In fact, they're getting worse. But if
you look at the facts, that's just not the truth.
Thank goodness, because of President Donald Trump, it is incredible leadership.
Don't forget to share this podcast, by the way, with
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your family and your friends on social media, wherever you
can hit that subscribe or auto download button, and I'll
talk to you again tomorrow.
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