June 8, 2026 • 31 mins
1. U.S. Economic Narrative
- Job growth (172,000 in May; revised 179,000 in April)
- Stable unemployment (~4.3%)
- Growth driven by private sector jobs (not government jobs)
- Expansion in:
- Manufacturing (+7,000 jobs)
- Construction (+17,000 jobs)
- Massive claimed foreign investment ($18 trillion in 11 months)
- New industrial investments (e.g., rare earths, construction projects)
- Focus on:
- Deregulation
- Domestic manufacturing
- “America First” economic policy
2. Political Messaging
- Midterm election strategy
- Support for candidates aligned with “America First”
- Criticism of:
- Previous administrations (especially Obama)
- Economists and media
3. Middle East Conflict (Iran–Israel)
Recent Escalation
- Iran launching missile attacks on Israel
- Israeli retaliation and regional instability
- Risk of a broader Middle East conflict
U.S. Strategy (as described)
- Maximum pressure on Iran
- Sanctions
- Military weakening
- Diplomatic negotiation
- Attempting to finalize a nuclear agreement
- Preventing regional war
4. Nuclear Deal Stance
- Strong rejection of the Obama-era nuclear deal (JCPOA)
- Claim that it would have allowed Iran to obtain nuclear weapons
- Demand that:
- Iran’s enriched uranium be eliminated or neutralized
- Assertion that negotiations are “very close” but require stricter conditions
5. Military Situation
- Iran’s military capacity has been heavily degraded
- Only ~20–22% of missile capability remains
- U.S. and allies have strong intelligence on Iranian assets
It also addresses:
- Limited U.S. troop involvement
- Comparisons to past wars (e.g., Vietnam) to argue current conflict is smaller
6. U.S.–Israel Relations
- Trump reportedly urged Israel not to retaliate further
- Emphasis on preventing escalation that could derail diplomacy
- Acknowledgment of Israel’s right to self-defense
- Supporting Israel
- Avoiding regional war
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Donald Trump coming out firing on the economy and the economists,
they all got it wrong. Not only did the US
at one hundred and seventy two thousand jobs in May,
beating every economists forecast, with unemployment holding steady at four
point three percent, April's jobs numbers were then revised upward,
(00:21):
not down, upward, to one hundred and seventy nine thousand,
meaning that the two month combined total was ninety three
thousand jobs higher than first reported. Now here's the part
that's really important for you to understand. These are not
government jobs. These are private sector jobs. And the President
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(00:44):
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about farmers in America at a roundtable set America's economy.
We brought in eighteen trillion coming into the US in
eleven months. The previous administration in four years had much
(02:52):
less and one trillion come in. Again prioritizing now government jobs,
the private sector having the build to hire how they
need to.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
We added seven thousand new manufacturing jobs and seventeen thousand
new construction jobs, and we're building more plans.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
And at any time in the history.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Of our country, we have eighteen trillion dollars coming into
the United States. As an example, the previous administration in
four years, think of this, had less much less than
one trillion come in.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
We have eighteen trillion.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Dollars from countries and people all over the world in
eleven months, not even the one year.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
So that's some difference.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
You listen to present there and it's very clear he's
giving your mid term strategy for you. He's backing candidates
and advocating for candidates that are putting America first. That's
obviously very important, American workers first, and the economic well,
massive gains and jobs is coming because of the President's strategy.
(03:55):
That's what really matters here. Not only do you look
at the two months and the combined of ninety three
thousand jobs higher than first reported, but paycheck data is
also now confirming a trend. We have had three consecutive
months of accelerating small business hiring. This also happening while
(04:16):
USA Rare Earth announced a one point two billion dollar
investment in a new magnet factory in South Carolina, bringing
critical supply chains home to American soil. The President excited
about that as he also talked about how America, well
we need to leave on AI that can be job
(04:36):
creation and also deals with national security. And the administration
is also protecting American jobs, putting American citizens before legal immigrants,
cracking down hard on illegal immigration, and making sure that
Americans are put first not last. This all happening while
the President United States of America is touting even more savings,
(05:00):
lowering prescription drug costs for American patients with a direct
push to cut prices and increase transparency. The President also
signing a new directive strengthening accountability across the federal workforce,
ensuring that people paid by taxpayers. Well, they're actually working
for the tax payers. Now, this is all happening because
(05:23):
the President understands something you need to have national security
be at the front of your priorities. That includes AI.
You also have a president understands that you need to
have increase accountability. So we're not having welfare jobs in
our government and just putting people on a payroll for
a working job in the government for no reason. He
(05:46):
understands the private sector is a key to actual stability
of a great economy and allowing Americans to be able
to take care of themselves and then their families. Now
all of this is coming around the backdrop of America's
one hundred and fiftieth birthday, the President having a clear
message on the anniversary of this country, the two hundred
(06:07):
and fiftieth anniversary, and that is we must have pride
in our country. We must protect American workers, we must
advocate for small businesses, and we must do whatever we
can to get investment back in the United States of America. Now,
you look at major investments announcements just this past week,
(06:29):
General Dynamic two hundred million, USG one billion, Merrill Brothers
sixteen and a half million. You have US rare Earth
at one point two billion. These are just some of
the highlights. And this week's new investments total three point
four billion dollars. That is incredible, all because the President's
(06:52):
saying America's open for business. We're getting read of the
ridiculous regulations that are holding Americans back. That is what
this is all about. Let me just give you an
update of where we are right now when it comes
to what's happening in the Middle East. And I say
the Middle East because things have gotten really complicated the
(07:16):
Middle East. And I'm not just saying Iran, I'm not
just saying the US, I'm not just saying Israel. But
the Middle East is once again on edge. This all
happened after Iran launched new missile attacks against Israel over
the weekend, marking the most serious escalation in weeks. And
then also it's now threatening to derail what President Trump
says a potential nuclear agreement that is quote very close
(07:40):
to being completed. Now what's fascinating is that President Trump
is trying to walk two tracks simultaneously, and that is
very hard to do. Let's be clear, the President is
trying to get a deal done, but also understanding that
you look at what's happening with Iran and you can't
trust them. You have to make sure they never get
(08:03):
a nuclear weapon. Now, on one, I guess you could
say railroad track. What the President's trying to do is
keep maximum pressure on Iran. On the other, he's aggressively
pushing diplomacy and trying to prevent a wider regional war.
That is important. Now, the President did an interesting conversation
(08:26):
with Meet the Press, and it was one of those
interviews where, of course the left wanted to become the story.
To Meet the Press wanted to become the story, and
they were able to do that. As a president into
the interview and said I'm out of here because it
was so absurd. But there was some things that came
out of all of this. Here's part of what the
President had to say on Iran. Take a listen.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Their leaders are gun. Do you know.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Where all of Iran's nuclear material is?
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Would you unfreeze any Iranian assets or lift any says
up front as a part of any so that would
come after they the.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Material.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Unlike Obama. Obama flew a Boeing seven fifty seven a plane.
I know very well, they took the seats out and
they loaded it up with one point seven billion dollars
in cash from the banks in Maryland and Virginia and DC.
They've emptied at the banks and they gave them one
point seven in green and they gave them tens of
(09:31):
billions of dollars, just kept giving them money and it
didn't work.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Would any again, But again, mister president, you promised that
you were going to negotiate a better deal. You do
you You've done it in.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Your face now you listened the president there, he's reminding
people of the failed policy of Iran that the prior
administrations have had. Now the president's also being queer with
one of our allies that he needs them to be cautious.
President Trump publicly warned Israel against retaliating against Iran's latest
(10:07):
missile attack. According to multiple reports, Trump personally called the
Israeli Prime Minister net in Yahoo and urge restraint, arguing
the negotiations with Iran are close enough that neither side
should do anything that could blow up the talks. Now,
Trump's message appears to be straightforward. Give diplomacy one more chance,
(10:29):
the President is repeatedly said in recent days the United
States is quote very close to a deal with Iran,
but he's demanding tougher conditions before signing it.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
The biggest sticking point also remains Iran's enriched uranium. Trump
has made it clear that he will not accept the
situation where Ran keeps enough highly enriched uranium to eventually
build a nuclear weapon. Today, he reiterated that Iran's uranium
stockpile must ultimately be destroyed or neutralized without a final agreement,
(11:04):
meaning we're going to get that no matter what. The
President also was asked about one other very interesting issue,
and that was war in general. Overall. The President said
it was clear that he didn't want to get us
into more wars, right, it's something he doesn't like. But
(11:24):
even the President talked about Vietnam and the ridiculous timeline
that the media has put him under to wrap up
this war with Iran, and here's what he had to say.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
They would have had a nuclear weapon five years ago.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
But mister President, I'm curious because when you were campaigning,
you said you would rip up the around nuclear deal
but negotiate a better deal. I didn't negotiate a better
deal at the time, because after it was ripped their guardrails,
and they escalated their production of enriched uration.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Use me, it takes years to do these things.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
These people have been fighting for forty seven years.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
They've been killing Americans.
Speaker 5 (12:03):
They've been taking off their legs and their arms, and
their faces have been hurt so badly and so horribly.
I'm moving very fast. I'm into three months. You know,
Vietnam less than nineteen years. I'm into my third month.
And all I do is say, well, what are you
going to win? If I were a Democrat, nobody would
be talking that way. But it doesn't matter to me.
I have gotten so used to it. Look, we have
(12:26):
totally destroyed their military. They have some missiles left, they
have some drones left. They know how, yes, exactly how many.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
I don't want to tell you. Can you give me
to have left? No? But I know almost to the number.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
And we know where they are too, And we know
where their drones are, and we know where their drone
factories are. Most of the drone factories have been knocked out,
most of the launching pads have been knocked out, and
most of the missile manufacturing areas have been knocked out.
But they still have capacity they have some missiles to
have some drones. I would say the percentage was maybe
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twenty one to twenty two percent of their missiles. It's
a lot of missiles, but it's not what it was
when we first attext.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
So you're saying they have twenty one twenty two percent
of their missiles left.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Correct. Yes, let's talk.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
About what specifically you are demanding.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
By the way, isn't it interesting howbsess they are with
this timeline, the president going back saying Vietnam last nineteen years,
we've totally destroyed their military. We're talking about three months.
Yet again putting it into perspective. Now, I want to
go back to the Israel part of this conversation for
a moment. And I also think this is something that's
(13:40):
really interesting about this president. When he disagrees with net Yahoo,
he picked up the phone and tells net Yahoo what
he expects.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Well.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Donald Trump is reportedly now moving to rein in Israel's
Prime minister following Israel launching a strike at Lebanon after
hesblostruck northern Israel. In a post on x a global
affairs correspondent for Axios shared that Trump told him he
was going to call net Nahu and tell now who
not to strike back. Trump's comments come after Ran retaliated
(14:13):
with a missile strike on Israel after Israel struck by
Route in response to an attack from Hesblat. Axios also
reported that the Israeli Defense Forces knows the IDF had
sirens sounded in northern Israel as four missiles were launched
from Iran. Iranian state media report a third wave of
missiles had been launched, but Israeli officials said all had
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so far been intercepted. President Trump also told Axios that
he would not only call the Israeli Prime Minister, but
he would urge him not to retaliate for Iran's missile attack.
An IDF spokesman stated that the IDF was working on
military plans and will continue striking as blood targets in Beirut.
(14:56):
According to Israeli officials, Israel had struck by Roots southern
suburb after Heswail launched a missile attack on Israel. This
they said they're not going to back down from One
United States official, along with two other sources, also told
the outlet that Israel had notified the Trump administration before
the strike on Beirut. Another US official also told the
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outlet that the US supports Israel's right to self defense
and stands with the legitimate government of Lebanon as it
works to deliver a better future for its citizens. Now,
I think we can all agree what we're listening to
right now is a very very tense and also complicated moment.
(15:41):
You have a president of the United States of America
that's trying to get a deal with Iran, make sure
they don't get nuclear weapons, and also make sure that
Israel can defend and protect itself. That is a lot
if you think about all of that. I just said,
President being clear he's working on all of it at
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the same time. Now, President Trump was also asked about
Obama's deal with Iran, and the President made it clear
I had no choice but to terminate that deal. Why
listen to President and they didn't.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
You have been saying for months, mister President, that Iran
is begging to make a deal. True, they are so
desperate to make a deal. Why haven't they made a
deal with you?
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Because they it's a very hard thing for them. They've
had great independence, they've dealt with very weak and ineffective
leadership on behalf of the United States and other countries.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Frankly, that allowed them to get away with murder.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
And I think they can't believe they're in the situation
where they've been virtually decapitated.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
But if they're so desperate, mister President, why haven't they
said yes.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
To the They're proud. There are things they never thought
they'd be doing that they're going to have to do.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
They've got no choice. And it takes a little while.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
You know, you're talking about forty seven years of getting
away with whatever they wanted. I mean, we should this
should have been done long ago. This should have been
done by other presidents or other countries. Doesn't have to
be US, other countries. But they were very close to
having a nuclear weapon twice. That was when I terminated
the Around Nuclear Deal, which was a path that deal,
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the jc POA. That deal was tantamount to giving them
a nuclear weapon. It was a horrible deal, given by
Barack Obama and really penned by him.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
It was a horrible deal.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
It was you know, what expired long ago had I
I terminated it, but had I not terminated it, it
expired longer. Though it was a short term deal, it
was a road to a nuclear weapon. They would have
had a nuclear weapon five years ago.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
But mister President, I'm curious because when you were campaigning,
you said you would rip up there on nuclear deal.
No negotiate a bit.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I love how the media refuses to accept the president
of the United States of America and what he's trying
to accomplish. They want this to be a failure. You
can hear it there in the voice of the anchor
I meet the press. She wants this to be a failure.
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Donald Trump, by the way, also saying on Iran's new leader,
he believes that militarily.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Are you talking about the son of the Supreme Well,
he has not been seen in public, what its status?
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Have you believed him?
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I do believe they have great respect for him. I
see it.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
I mean they want to get his concurrence. They've said
to me, they've said to others that they're looking for approval,
and he is part of the approval process.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
Have you spoken to him directly? He said, do you
want to meet with Oh?
Speaker 5 (18:56):
I would if he'd like to, But I am not
spoken to him directly.
Speaker 4 (19:01):
Do you know where he is, how he is.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
They do pay homage to him. I would tell you
if they didn't.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
They seem to based on what I see, they seem
to respect him a great deal.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Do you know where he is? Do you know how
he is doing physically?
Speaker 5 (19:17):
I don't want to say whether or not I know
where he is, but there's a good probability.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
That I do. Is he insider on I'd rather not
say that.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Okay, he is the son of the last Supreme leader
who was obviously hardliner. Is this younger Komeny any better
for the United States than his father was?
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Younger? I think, more rational?
Speaker 5 (19:40):
Injured, it's pretty badly injured, So there's a certain bravery.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
There, and a lot of people, if they were injured.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
That badly, they wouldn't be talking about, you know, how
we're doing with.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
The United States?
Speaker 5 (19:51):
Set up other things on their mind, So there's a
certain bravery there. But he is very seriously injured young.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
The status of talks exactly in this moment. How close
are you to making a deal? Are we talking about?
Speaker 3 (20:06):
You?
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Notice they're obsessed with the deal. Everything's bad, everything's a failure,
everything's terrible. It's a quagmire. In three weeks or three days,
and now we're at three months, the President United States
America making sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon.
They want you to believe that this is somehow a disaster.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
The President was also asked about what a restart of
the war could look like. Would that happen. Of course
they're going to frame this is another disaster, right, keep listening.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Reference to thirteen Americans who were killed. And I want
to know what your red line is, what would trigger
you to restart military action. Would it be Iran killing
more American citizens?
Speaker 5 (20:58):
Certainly that would be something that would think about very seriously.
But my red line would be if I think I
wasn't going to make a deal, or if I wasn't
going to make a deal fast enough.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
So we're having very good.
Speaker 5 (21:09):
Negotiations with the people that are leading the country.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Now.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
It's the third group that we've been dealing with, and
they are different, and you.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Could say it's regime change.
Speaker 5 (21:19):
Actually, because these are very different people, I found it'd
be more rational, very smart.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Who is that who's leading?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
Well the country names, but you know who they are.
I mean, they are leaders, they're respected, respected by the
people that have to respect them.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
They are calling the shots.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
We know that because we see it through various tests
that we've given. It's a little bit strange because you
have leaders that have been there for a long time
and they get wiped out. Then you have leaders that
you also know the second tier and they get wiped
out all of a sudden.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
We're dealing with different people. But no, I think that.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
We'll either have something done fairly quickly or we'll finish
it out.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Are you talking about the son of the Supreme Well.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
I go back to playing the end of that. There
is nothing that the president can say at this point
that is going to be looked at as good news.
There is nothing that can happen at this point that
this administer that this media will say, Wow, the president
really did a good job. Even if it deals with
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national security, even if it deals with dealing with terrorists,
even if it deals with dealing with cartels, even if
it deals with FETANL. There is nothing that this president
can do that these guys will not criticize and say
this is a disaster, that it's a quagmire. And all
this goes back to the other basic issue. There's a
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midterm election coming and President Trump is doing everything he
can to make sure that not only the enemy is
doing great gas prices come back down, that we end
the war with Iran as fast as we can without
giving up the red line issues. Right, the red line issues?
(23:12):
What are those? The red line issues are pretty simple.
You can't have nuclear weapons. You can't have anything that
gets you close to a nuclear weapon. That shouldn't be controversial, right,
It just really shouldn't be. Trump was asked about sending
the troops home. If there's no war, right, why aren't
(23:34):
you sending them home? Everything's doom and gloom and listen
to how the present responds to that.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
But if you're not specifically calling it a war, would
you consider sending some of the troops who are stationed there,
who were sent because of operation of security at home? No,
would you consider sending them home? If it's not technically
a war.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
We don't need as many troops. I think it's just
like it's on the car on the side of.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
We have.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
A lot of people there. They're very safe. You know,
if you think we beat Venezuela, we lost nobody who
took over the whole country. We lost nobody. We have
a great relationship by the way, with Venezuela, and Venezuela
is doing very well. But we lost nobody. We've lost
thirteen people here, and that's a lot. Thirteen people too many.
But if you look at Vietnam, where hundreds of thousands
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of people were killed, if you look at any one
of the last seven or eight wars where many many
people were killed, we lost thirteen.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
And again, thirteen is too many.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
I don't want to lose any but thirteen is less
than anybody's ever even envisioned.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
I think we're doing a great job.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
But so are you saying you would consider sending some
of the troops home, sir, some of the fifty thousand
troops who were sent there.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Notice the obsession here, but would you do this? Would
you do this? Would you do that? Nothing here? We
could get a deal tomorrow, and they will somehow say
that the the president conceded something, or it really isn't
a great deal, or it wasn't what the President promised,
and then they'll move on to the next issue of
attacking the president on something else. This will be a
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failure in the eyes of the media no matter what happens.
And the reason why I say it now and get
ahead of it is because I'm telling you where this
is going. Be ready for it. This isn't a journalist,
This is pure democratic propaganda. Also real quick, and this
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is outside of a ram, but I do want to
bring it up because I had on my notes of
important things to talk to you about. And it's the
twenty I can't even believe we're almost there. Twenty twenty
eight presidential election is coming, and it's coming very quickly.
There is new pulling that is out and I want
to give you the headline here. The front runner of
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the Republican Party. And this isn't a surprise by any means.
Most people would expect this to be what we were
going to see is jd Vance Right, he's vice president,
He's close to the president United States of America. That's
not shocking. Most people think that if he runs, he
would get the presidential endorsement, and so then it would
just be a quasi continuation coronation, right, that's what the
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traditional political wisdom is. Now. I don't think it's going
to be.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
That.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I think they're going to have a grand debate in
the Republican field, and I think that's important. I think
we should have that. But let me just also tell
you how interesting and how crazy things are right now.
With the Democratic Party. Former Vice President Kama Harris is
still dominating the polls with her own party. Among the
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twenty twenty eight candidates, I want to go through this
for you. Harris is still at thirty seven percent. Second
place is Gavin Newsom seventeen percent. Mayor Pete, but j
Edge is at eight percent, AOC is rising at seven percent,
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Kelly is at five percent, Shapiro three percent, all right,
and Basher is at three percent. Now you look at
the on the Republican side in this new poll, it's
interesting you advance at thirty eight, Rubio at eighteen, and
and this goes back to kind of the MAGA mentality.
You have Don Junior at ten percent. I don't think
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that's real. The Santus nine percent, RFK Junior at nine percent. Now,
those numbers are numbers that are interesting. I don't think
they are like real. And and let me explain what
I mean by real. I don't think anybody's really looking
for Don Junior to run, Okay, I think people say
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that in a poll when they're asked, just to make
the media mad and Democrats mad. I think it's just trolling.
I don't think Don Junior is actually at ten percent.
I don't think Don Junior, by the way, is going
to run for president United States of America. And I
think even if he did run and the president back then,
I don't think it would go the way that some
would want it to go. Just to be fully like
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honest with you, all right, Now, what I do think
is very interesting is I actually think that Marco Rubio
is probably much higher than this in the poll. But
I think a lot of people would just easily say
what they say. Now, let's go back to Harris, all right,
She lost to Trump, said she might run president again
in twenty twenty eight, and according to the Race to
the White House polling averages, Harris in February held at
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twenty seven point five percent support among potential Democratic primary voters,
ahead of Gavenusom, who at the time was at twenty
two point seven, and then AOC stood at nine percent,
Then Mayor Pete was at eight point seven percent, and
then Josh Shapiro the Pennsylvania government's at four point nine,
and then Jad Pritzker was actually at three point four. Now,
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AOC recently claimed her ambition is way bigger than running
for president in twenty twenty eight, but they say that
it's pretty clear that she is moving towards a run
the media. She's doing, the way she's talking, the way
she's saying things, it's a little different than what you
normally see with AOC. Now you're also gonna ask yourself
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this question, why is Gavin Newsom going backwards instead of
moving and getting bigger numbers. I think a lot of
it has to do with affordability. I think a lot
of it has to do with corruption in California. I
think a lot of it has to do with the
waste fraud abuse that we've seen with Medicare and Medicaid
and hospice in California. And I think a lot of
it has to do honestly nationwide with the Ala mayor's
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race that is happening and how it's really exposing the
massive amount of corruption, all right, And I think that's
a huge part of this, the massive amount of corruption
that you've got in the Democratic Party right now in
that state, and no one wants to talk about it
in the Democratic Party, but it is huge. I mean,
(29:58):
the corruption issue is just astronomical. And when you look
at it in LA and the mismanagement in LA and
the wildfires in LA and then you look at the
state and you look at it. I think that's actually
hurt him nationwide because there's been so much talk about
California politics and the governor's race right now that's happening.
(30:21):
Having a Republican and Steve Hilton, who's actually running at
the top right now, has really hurt Gavin Newsom. Now nationwide,
people are paying attention to that race, and they're seeing
the debate and they're seeing what is the only way
you can describe it is total mismanagement by Gavin Newsom
that I do believe is hurting him more than anything else.
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Now you look at LA and what's happening in LA
that is not helping him in any way. So I
think these numbers are very very interesting. To tell you
one thing, the Democrats, if they're best candidate right now,
their default candidate who they're going back to is Kamala Harris.
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We're in good shape. Do I think Republicans have really
good candidates? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Do.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
I think that's a coronation of you know, jd Vance
at this point. No, I don't. I think Marco Rubio
is someone that clearly a lot of people really, really
really really like, so there's multiple people here that are
gonna be in the Republican side, and I think Republicans
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are going to want a grand debate, and I think
that's probably what you're going to get based on the
data that we're seeing right now, I think we're setting
ourselves up for exactly that.
Donald Trump coming out firing on the economy and the economists,
they all got it wrong. Not only did the US
at one hundred and seventy two thousand jobs in May,
beating every economists forecast, with unemployment holding steady at four
point three percent, April's jobs numbers were then revised upward,
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meaning that the two month combined total was ninety three
thousand jobs higher than first reported. Now here's the part
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about farmers in America at a roundtable set America's economy.
We brought in eighteen trillion coming into the US in
eleven months. The previous administration in four years had much
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less and one trillion come in. Again prioritizing now government jobs,
the private sector having the build to hire how they
need to.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
We added seven thousand new manufacturing jobs and seventeen thousand
new construction jobs, and we're building more plans.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
And at any time in the history.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Of our country, we have eighteen trillion dollars coming into
the United States. As an example, the previous administration in
four years, think of this, had less much less than
one trillion come in.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
We have eighteen trillion.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Dollars from countries and people all over the world in
eleven months, not even the one year.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
So that's some difference.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
You listen to present there and it's very clear he's
giving your mid term strategy for you. He's backing candidates
and advocating for candidates that are putting America first. That's
obviously very important, American workers first, and the economic well,
massive gains and jobs is coming because of the President's strategy.
(03:55):
That's what really matters here. Not only do you look
at the two months and the combined of ninety three
thousand jobs higher than first reported, but paycheck data is
also now confirming a trend. We have had three consecutive
months of accelerating small business hiring. This also happening while
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USA Rare Earth announced a one point two billion dollar
investment in a new magnet factory in South Carolina, bringing
critical supply chains home to American soil. The President excited
about that as he also talked about how America, well
we need to leave on AI that can be job
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creation and also deals with national security. And the administration
is also protecting American jobs, putting American citizens before legal immigrants,
cracking down hard on illegal immigration, and making sure that
Americans are put first not last. This all happening while
the President United States of America is touting even more savings,
(05:00):
lowering prescription drug costs for American patients with a direct
push to cut prices and increase transparency. The President also
signing a new directive strengthening accountability across the federal workforce,
ensuring that people paid by taxpayers. Well, they're actually working
for the tax payers. Now, this is all happening because
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the President understands something you need to have national security
be at the front of your priorities. That includes AI.
You also have a president understands that you need to
have increase accountability. So we're not having welfare jobs in
our government and just putting people on a payroll for
a working job in the government for no reason. He
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understands the private sector is a key to actual stability
of a great economy and allowing Americans to be able
to take care of themselves and then their families. Now
all of this is coming around the backdrop of America's
one hundred and fiftieth birthday, the President having a clear
message on the anniversary of this country, the two hundred
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and fiftieth anniversary, and that is we must have pride
in our country. We must protect American workers, we must
advocate for small businesses, and we must do whatever we
can to get investment back in the United States of America. Now,
you look at major investments announcements just this past week,
(06:29):
General Dynamic two hundred million, USG one billion, Merrill Brothers
sixteen and a half million. You have US rare Earth
at one point two billion. These are just some of
the highlights. And this week's new investments total three point
four billion dollars. That is incredible, all because the President's
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saying America's open for business. We're getting read of the
ridiculous regulations that are holding Americans back. That is what
this is all about. Let me just give you an
update of where we are right now when it comes
to what's happening in the Middle East. And I say
the Middle East because things have gotten really complicated the
(07:16):
Middle East. And I'm not just saying Iran, I'm not
just saying the US, I'm not just saying Israel. But
the Middle East is once again on edge. This all
happened after Iran launched new missile attacks against Israel over
the weekend, marking the most serious escalation in weeks. And
then also it's now threatening to derail what President Trump
says a potential nuclear agreement that is quote very close
(07:40):
to being completed. Now what's fascinating is that President Trump
is trying to walk two tracks simultaneously, and that is
very hard to do. Let's be clear, the President is
trying to get a deal done, but also understanding that
you look at what's happening with Iran and you can't
trust them. You have to make sure they never get
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a nuclear weapon. Now, on one, I guess you could
say railroad track. What the President's trying to do is
keep maximum pressure on Iran. On the other, he's aggressively
pushing diplomacy and trying to prevent a wider regional war.
That is important. Now, the President did an interesting conversation
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with Meet the Press, and it was one of those
interviews where, of course the left wanted to become the story.
To Meet the Press wanted to become the story, and
they were able to do that. As a president into
the interview and said I'm out of here because it
was so absurd. But there was some things that came
out of all of this. Here's part of what the
President had to say on Iran. Take a listen.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Their leaders are gun. Do you know.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Where all of Iran's nuclear material is?
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Would you unfreeze any Iranian assets or lift any says
up front as a part of any so that would
come after they the.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Material.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Unlike Obama. Obama flew a Boeing seven fifty seven a plane.
I know very well, they took the seats out and
they loaded it up with one point seven billion dollars
in cash from the banks in Maryland and Virginia and DC.
They've emptied at the banks and they gave them one
point seven in green and they gave them tens of
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billions of dollars, just kept giving them money and it
didn't work.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Would any again, But again, mister president, you promised that
you were going to negotiate a better deal. You do
you You've done it in.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Your face now you listened the president there, he's reminding
people of the failed policy of Iran that the prior
administrations have had. Now the president's also being queer with
one of our allies that he needs them to be cautious.
President Trump publicly warned Israel against retaliating against Iran's latest
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missile attack. According to multiple reports, Trump personally called the
Israeli Prime Minister net in Yahoo and urge restraint, arguing
the negotiations with Iran are close enough that neither side
should do anything that could blow up the talks. Now,
Trump's message appears to be straightforward. Give diplomacy one more chance,
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the President is repeatedly said in recent days the United
States is quote very close to a deal with Iran,
but he's demanding tougher conditions before signing it.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
The biggest sticking point also remains Iran's enriched uranium. Trump
has made it clear that he will not accept the
situation where Ran keeps enough highly enriched uranium to eventually
build a nuclear weapon. Today, he reiterated that Iran's uranium
stockpile must ultimately be destroyed or neutralized without a final agreement,
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meaning we're going to get that no matter what. The
President also was asked about one other very interesting issue,
and that was war in general. Overall. The President said
it was clear that he didn't want to get us
into more wars, right, it's something he doesn't like. But
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even the President talked about Vietnam and the ridiculous timeline
that the media has put him under to wrap up
this war with Iran, and here's what he had to say.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
They would have had a nuclear weapon five years ago.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
But mister President, I'm curious because when you were campaigning,
you said you would rip up the around nuclear deal
but negotiate a better deal. I didn't negotiate a better
deal at the time, because after it was ripped their guardrails,
and they escalated their production of enriched uration.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Use me, it takes years to do these things.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
These people have been fighting for forty seven years.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
They've been killing Americans.
Speaker 5 (12:03):
They've been taking off their legs and their arms, and
their faces have been hurt so badly and so horribly.
I'm moving very fast. I'm into three months. You know,
Vietnam less than nineteen years. I'm into my third month.
And all I do is say, well, what are you
going to win? If I were a Democrat, nobody would
be talking that way. But it doesn't matter to me.
I have gotten so used to it. Look, we have
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totally destroyed their military. They have some missiles left, they
have some drones left. They know how, yes, exactly how many.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
I don't want to tell you. Can you give me
to have left? No? But I know almost to the number.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
And we know where they are too, And we know
where their drones are, and we know where their drone
factories are. Most of the drone factories have been knocked out,
most of the launching pads have been knocked out, and
most of the missile manufacturing areas have been knocked out.
But they still have capacity they have some missiles to
have some drones. I would say the percentage was maybe
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twenty one to twenty two percent of their missiles. It's
a lot of missiles, but it's not what it was
when we first attext.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
So you're saying they have twenty one twenty two percent
of their missiles left.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Correct. Yes, let's talk.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
About what specifically you are demanding.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
By the way, isn't it interesting howbsess they are with
this timeline, the president going back saying Vietnam last nineteen years,
we've totally destroyed their military. We're talking about three months.
Yet again putting it into perspective. Now, I want to
go back to the Israel part of this conversation for
a moment. And I also think this is something that's
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really interesting about this president. When he disagrees with net Yahoo,
he picked up the phone and tells net Yahoo what
he expects.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Well.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Donald Trump is reportedly now moving to rein in Israel's
Prime minister following Israel launching a strike at Lebanon after
hesblostruck northern Israel. In a post on x a global
affairs correspondent for Axios shared that Trump told him he
was going to call net Nahu and tell now who
not to strike back. Trump's comments come after Ran retaliated
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with a missile strike on Israel after Israel struck by
Route in response to an attack from Hesblat. Axios also
reported that the Israeli Defense Forces knows the IDF had
sirens sounded in northern Israel as four missiles were launched
from Iran. Iranian state media report a third wave of
missiles had been launched, but Israeli officials said all had
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so far been intercepted. President Trump also told Axios that
he would not only call the Israeli Prime Minister, but
he would urge him not to retaliate for Iran's missile attack.
An IDF spokesman stated that the IDF was working on
military plans and will continue striking as blood targets in Beirut.
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According to Israeli officials, Israel had struck by Roots southern
suburb after Heswail launched a missile attack on Israel. This
they said they're not going to back down from One
United States official, along with two other sources, also told
the outlet that Israel had notified the Trump administration before
the strike on Beirut. Another US official also told the
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outlet that the US supports Israel's right to self defense
and stands with the legitimate government of Lebanon as it
works to deliver a better future for its citizens. Now,
I think we can all agree what we're listening to
right now is a very very tense and also complicated moment.
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You have a president of the United States of America
that's trying to get a deal with Iran, make sure
they don't get nuclear weapons, and also make sure that
Israel can defend and protect itself. That is a lot
if you think about all of that. I just said,
President being clear he's working on all of it at
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the same time. Now, President Trump was also asked about
Obama's deal with Iran, and the President made it clear
I had no choice but to terminate that deal. Why
listen to President and they didn't.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
You have been saying for months, mister President, that Iran
is begging to make a deal. True, they are so
desperate to make a deal. Why haven't they made a
deal with you?
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Because they it's a very hard thing for them. They've
had great independence, they've dealt with very weak and ineffective
leadership on behalf of the United States and other countries.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Frankly, that allowed them to get away with murder.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
And I think they can't believe they're in the situation
where they've been virtually decapitated.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
But if they're so desperate, mister President, why haven't they
said yes.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
To the They're proud. There are things they never thought
they'd be doing that they're going to have to do.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
They've got no choice. And it takes a little while.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
You know, you're talking about forty seven years of getting
away with whatever they wanted. I mean, we should this
should have been done long ago. This should have been
done by other presidents or other countries. Doesn't have to
be US, other countries. But they were very close to
having a nuclear weapon twice. That was when I terminated
the Around Nuclear Deal, which was a path that deal,
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the jc POA. That deal was tantamount to giving them
a nuclear weapon. It was a horrible deal, given by
Barack Obama and really penned by him.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
It was a horrible deal.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
It was you know, what expired long ago had I
I terminated it, but had I not terminated it, it
expired longer. Though it was a short term deal, it
was a road to a nuclear weapon. They would have
had a nuclear weapon five years ago.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
But mister President, I'm curious because when you were campaigning,
you said you would rip up there on nuclear deal.
No negotiate a bit.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I love how the media refuses to accept the president
of the United States of America and what he's trying
to accomplish. They want this to be a failure. You
can hear it there in the voice of the anchor
I meet the press. She wants this to be a failure.
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Donald Trump, by the way, also saying on Iran's new leader,
he believes that militarily.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Are you talking about the son of the Supreme Well,
he has not been seen in public, what its status?
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Have you believed him?
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I do believe they have great respect for him. I
see it.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
I mean they want to get his concurrence. They've said
to me, they've said to others that they're looking for approval,
and he is part of the approval process.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
Have you spoken to him directly? He said, do you
want to meet with Oh?
Speaker 5 (18:56):
I would if he'd like to, But I am not
spoken to him directly.
Speaker 4 (19:01):
Do you know where he is, how he is.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
They do pay homage to him. I would tell you
if they didn't.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
They seem to based on what I see, they seem
to respect him a great deal.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Do you know where he is? Do you know how
he is doing physically?
Speaker 5 (19:17):
I don't want to say whether or not I know
where he is, but there's a good probability.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
That I do. Is he insider on I'd rather not
say that.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Okay, he is the son of the last Supreme leader
who was obviously hardliner. Is this younger Komeny any better
for the United States than his father was?
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Younger? I think, more rational?
Speaker 5 (19:40):
Injured, it's pretty badly injured, So there's a certain bravery.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
There, and a lot of people, if they were injured.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
That badly, they wouldn't be talking about, you know, how
we're doing with.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
The United States?
Speaker 5 (19:51):
Set up other things on their mind, So there's a
certain bravery there. But he is very seriously injured young.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
The status of talks exactly in this moment. How close
are you to making a deal? Are we talking about?
Speaker 3 (20:06):
You?
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Notice they're obsessed with the deal. Everything's bad, everything's a failure,
everything's terrible. It's a quagmire. In three weeks or three days,
and now we're at three months, the President United States
America making sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon.
They want you to believe that this is somehow a disaster.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
The President was also asked about what a restart of
the war could look like. Would that happen. Of course
they're going to frame this is another disaster, right, keep listening.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Reference to thirteen Americans who were killed. And I want
to know what your red line is, what would trigger
you to restart military action. Would it be Iran killing
more American citizens?
Speaker 5 (20:58):
Certainly that would be something that would think about very seriously.
But my red line would be if I think I
wasn't going to make a deal, or if I wasn't
going to make a deal fast enough.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
So we're having very good.
Speaker 5 (21:09):
Negotiations with the people that are leading the country.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Now.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
It's the third group that we've been dealing with, and
they are different, and you.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Could say it's regime change.
Speaker 5 (21:19):
Actually, because these are very different people, I found it'd
be more rational, very smart.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Who is that who's leading?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
Well the country names, but you know who they are.
I mean, they are leaders, they're respected, respected by the
people that have to respect them.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
They are calling the shots.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
We know that because we see it through various tests
that we've given. It's a little bit strange because you
have leaders that have been there for a long time
and they get wiped out. Then you have leaders that
you also know the second tier and they get wiped
out all of a sudden.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
We're dealing with different people. But no, I think that.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
We'll either have something done fairly quickly or we'll finish
it out.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Are you talking about the son of the Supreme Well.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
I go back to playing the end of that. There
is nothing that the president can say at this point
that is going to be looked at as good news.
There is nothing that can happen at this point that
this administer that this media will say, Wow, the president
really did a good job. Even if it deals with
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national security, even if it deals with dealing with terrorists,
even if it deals with dealing with cartels, even if
it deals with FETANL. There is nothing that this president
can do that these guys will not criticize and say
this is a disaster, that it's a quagmire. And all
this goes back to the other basic issue. There's a
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midterm election coming and President Trump is doing everything he
can to make sure that not only the enemy is
doing great gas prices come back down, that we end
the war with Iran as fast as we can without
giving up the red line issues. Right, the red line issues?
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What are those? The red line issues are pretty simple.
You can't have nuclear weapons. You can't have anything that
gets you close to a nuclear weapon. That shouldn't be controversial, right,
It just really shouldn't be. Trump was asked about sending
the troops home. If there's no war, right, why aren't
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you sending them home? Everything's doom and gloom and listen
to how the present responds to that.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
But if you're not specifically calling it a war, would
you consider sending some of the troops who are stationed there,
who were sent because of operation of security at home? No,
would you consider sending them home? If it's not technically
a war.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
We don't need as many troops. I think it's just
like it's on the car on the side of.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
We have.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
A lot of people there. They're very safe. You know,
if you think we beat Venezuela, we lost nobody who
took over the whole country. We lost nobody. We have
a great relationship by the way, with Venezuela, and Venezuela
is doing very well. But we lost nobody. We've lost
thirteen people here, and that's a lot. Thirteen people too many.
But if you look at Vietnam, where hundreds of thousands
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of people were killed, if you look at any one
of the last seven or eight wars where many many
people were killed, we lost thirteen.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
And again, thirteen is too many.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
I don't want to lose any but thirteen is less
than anybody's ever even envisioned.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
I think we're doing a great job.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
But so are you saying you would consider sending some
of the troops home, sir, some of the fifty thousand
troops who were sent there.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Notice the obsession here, but would you do this? Would
you do this? Would you do that? Nothing here? We
could get a deal tomorrow, and they will somehow say
that the the president conceded something, or it really isn't
a great deal, or it wasn't what the President promised,
and then they'll move on to the next issue of
attacking the president on something else. This will be a
(25:12):
failure in the eyes of the media no matter what happens.
And the reason why I say it now and get
ahead of it is because I'm telling you where this
is going. Be ready for it. This isn't a journalist,
This is pure democratic propaganda. Also real quick, and this
(25:32):
is outside of a ram, but I do want to
bring it up because I had on my notes of
important things to talk to you about. And it's the
twenty I can't even believe we're almost there. Twenty twenty
eight presidential election is coming, and it's coming very quickly.
There is new pulling that is out and I want
to give you the headline here. The front runner of
(25:53):
the Republican Party. And this isn't a surprise by any means.
Most people would expect this to be what we were
going to see is jd Vance Right, he's vice president,
He's close to the president United States of America. That's
not shocking. Most people think that if he runs, he
would get the presidential endorsement, and so then it would
just be a quasi continuation coronation, right, that's what the
(26:15):
traditional political wisdom is. Now. I don't think it's going
to be.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
That.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I think they're going to have a grand debate in
the Republican field, and I think that's important. I think
we should have that. But let me just also tell
you how interesting and how crazy things are right now.
With the Democratic Party. Former Vice President Kama Harris is
still dominating the polls with her own party. Among the
(26:43):
twenty twenty eight candidates, I want to go through this
for you. Harris is still at thirty seven percent. Second
place is Gavin Newsom seventeen percent. Mayor Pete, but j
Edge is at eight percent, AOC is rising at seven percent,
(27:04):
Kelly is at five percent, Shapiro three percent, all right,
and Basher is at three percent. Now you look at
the on the Republican side in this new poll, it's
interesting you advance at thirty eight, Rubio at eighteen, and
and this goes back to kind of the MAGA mentality.
You have Don Junior at ten percent. I don't think
(27:25):
that's real. The Santus nine percent, RFK Junior at nine percent. Now,
those numbers are numbers that are interesting. I don't think
they are like real. And and let me explain what
I mean by real. I don't think anybody's really looking
for Don Junior to run, Okay, I think people say
(27:45):
that in a poll when they're asked, just to make
the media mad and Democrats mad. I think it's just trolling.
I don't think Don Junior is actually at ten percent.
I don't think Don Junior, by the way, is going
to run for president United States of America. And I
think even if he did run and the president back then,
I don't think it would go the way that some
would want it to go. Just to be fully like
(28:06):
honest with you, all right, Now, what I do think
is very interesting is I actually think that Marco Rubio
is probably much higher than this in the poll. But
I think a lot of people would just easily say
what they say. Now, let's go back to Harris, all right,
She lost to Trump, said she might run president again
in twenty twenty eight, and according to the Race to
the White House polling averages, Harris in February held at
(28:30):
twenty seven point five percent support among potential Democratic primary voters,
ahead of Gavenusom, who at the time was at twenty
two point seven, and then AOC stood at nine percent,
Then Mayor Pete was at eight point seven percent, and
then Josh Shapiro the Pennsylvania government's at four point nine,
and then Jad Pritzker was actually at three point four. Now,
(28:51):
AOC recently claimed her ambition is way bigger than running
for president in twenty twenty eight, but they say that
it's pretty clear that she is moving towards a run
the media. She's doing, the way she's talking, the way
she's saying things, it's a little different than what you
normally see with AOC. Now you're also gonna ask yourself
(29:14):
this question, why is Gavin Newsom going backwards instead of
moving and getting bigger numbers. I think a lot of
it has to do with affordability. I think a lot
of it has to do with corruption in California. I
think a lot of it has to do with the
waste fraud abuse that we've seen with Medicare and Medicaid
and hospice in California. And I think a lot of
it has to do honestly nationwide with the Ala mayor's
(29:36):
race that is happening and how it's really exposing the
massive amount of corruption, all right, And I think that's
a huge part of this, the massive amount of corruption
that you've got in the Democratic Party right now in
that state, and no one wants to talk about it
in the Democratic Party, but it is huge. I mean,
(29:58):
the corruption issue is just astronomical. And when you look
at it in LA and the mismanagement in LA and
the wildfires in LA and then you look at the
state and you look at it. I think that's actually
hurt him nationwide because there's been so much talk about
California politics and the governor's race right now that's happening.
(30:21):
Having a Republican and Steve Hilton, who's actually running at
the top right now, has really hurt Gavin Newsom. Now nationwide,
people are paying attention to that race, and they're seeing
the debate and they're seeing what is the only way
you can describe it is total mismanagement by Gavin Newsom
that I do believe is hurting him more than anything else.
(30:43):
Now you look at LA and what's happening in LA
that is not helping him in any way. So I
think these numbers are very very interesting. To tell you
one thing, the Democrats, if they're best candidate right now,
their default candidate who they're going back to is Kamala Harris.
(31:04):
We're in good shape. Do I think Republicans have really
good candidates? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Do.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
I think that's a coronation of you know, jd Vance
at this point. No, I don't. I think Marco Rubio
is someone that clearly a lot of people really, really
really really like, so there's multiple people here that are
gonna be in the Republican side, and I think Republicans
(31:31):
are going to want a grand debate, and I think
that's probably what you're going to get based on the
data that we're seeing right now, I think we're setting
ourselves up for exactly that.
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