June 6, 2025 • 32 mins
1. Conflict Between Donald Trump and Elon Musk
- The episode opens by addressing a public disagreement between former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
- The author argues that both men are "not wrong" and that their infighting only benefits liberal opponents.
- Trump is portrayed as a realist who understands the corruption in Congress, while Musk is seen as an idealist frustrated by inefficiency and waste.
- The piece calls for reconciliation between the two, emphasizing their shared contributions to conservative causes.
2. Praise for Elon Musk
- Musk is lauded for his acquisition of Twitter (now X), which the author claims saved free speech.
- He is credited with exposing government corruption, censorship, and inefficiencies.
- The author insists Musk is not the enemy, but rather a key ally in the fight against liberal overreach.
3. Trump’s New Travel Ban
- The document details a new travel ban signed by Trump, targeting 12 countries and placing partial restrictions on 7 others.
- The ban is justified on national security grounds, citing terrorism, poor vetting processes, and visa overstays.
- Critics of the ban are accused of prioritizing illegal immigrants over American safety.
4. Crackdown on Anti-Semitism in Universities
- Columbia University is singled out for allowing anti-Semitic protests and harboring individuals with alleged terrorist ties.
- The Trump administration is described as taking aggressive action, including:
- Investigating visa statuses of foreign students.
- Threatening to revoke federal funding.
- Reorganizing Columbia’s Middle Eastern Studies department.
- The administration is praised for defending Jewish students and combating campus extremism.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, let's just go ahead and address the elephant in
the room. There is a back and forth it has
taking place by the most powerful man in the world,
the President, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in
the world, Elon Musk. There is a lot to say
about this, but I'm going to actually keep it pretty short.
(00:22):
And the reason why is this isn't good for any
of our conservative values to have a in infighting at
this level. This is a gift to the liberals. It
is a gift to the liberal media. It is a
gift to the left because they're getting exactly what they want.
They want Elon Musk and Donald Trump to not get along.
(00:44):
I put out a statement earlier today and I'm going
to read it to you.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Trump is not wrong. Elon Musk is not wrong.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Elon is working under the assumption, unfortunately, that Congress actually
he wants to do the job and wants to save
our country. Elon Musk is honestly where my head would
have been twenty years ago. But I've seen too much
of these sausage it's being made. He has an assumption
(01:14):
that it can't be this corrupt, that Congress should actually
want to work and do its job. For the American people.
That is why Elon Musk is so angry about the big,
beautiful bill with good reason. Then there is Donald Trump,
who's working under the reality that these people are absolutely
(01:36):
scum in Congress, by the way, many of them Republicans,
and you cannot get anything perfect pass through the current
legislation or legislators that we currently have in Washington. Now,
Donald Trump understands what it means to actually drain the swamp.
He understands how many swamp creatures are still there. He
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understands how many swamp creatures are within the Republican Party.
And that's why I say Trump isn't working under the
reality that these people in Washington are absolute scum, and
he knows that he cannot get a perfect bill pass
with this many scumbags in Congress. Now, let me also
talk about the things that Elon Musk is also, by
(02:19):
the way, right about. I think we can all agree
that we would love a bill that eliminates the entire
corrupt irs. We would love a bill that gets rid
of all the government ways fraud and abuse. We would
love to have some of these agencies completely gutted and
have an administrative state that disappears the way it's being run.
(02:41):
If we had that bill, there's also the other reality,
it probably wouldn't even get twenty votes in the House
of Representatives because there is so many swamp creatures there.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yes, many of them have the R next to their name.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Now, the bill on the floor, Donald Trump understands is
probably about as good as it's going to get with
the current crap that we have in Congress.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Represent the people, and.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Elon Musk is absolutely right to be angry about what's
in this bill. There are things in this bill that
I would love to get rid of. But I also
know that I'd rather have this bill than have no
deal done at all and have taxes skyrocket and hurt
Americans and have liberals in essence win. So I go
(03:31):
back to what I said a moment ago. Elon is
not wrong. Donald Trump is also not wrong. But I
want to say this clearly. I do not believe that
Elon is our enemy. I believe that AOC and the
Biden crime family, and the Obama family, and the Clinton family,
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and the mainstream media and the corrupt individuals at PBS
and NPR, they are the enemy.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Elon Musk is not the enemy.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
I think America should forever be grateful, forever be indebted
to Elon Musk for doing what he did, saving free
speech by buying Twitter, exposing the corruption in the silencing
and censoring of conservatives that were on Twitter, exposing the
corruption in social media that has changed drastically since he
(04:27):
bought Twitter and turned it into X. He risked everything
to save free speech in this country. We now know
how big of an impact he's had on free speech.
Things that you used to not be able to say
on social media you can now say again.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Things that used to get.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
You kicked off of social media because you were a
conservative and you wanted to expose waste fraud, abuse or
ask questions about a vaccine used to get you silenced.
Let's be clear, social media would not be what it
is right now if it wasn't for Elon Musk fighting back.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
There's also something else.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
That Elon has done that I will forever be grateful for.
He exposed the level of waste, fraud and abuse that
we have within our government. This will pay dividends for
years to come, because now the majority of Americans realize
that the government is not working for them, It is
(05:25):
stealing from them and then hooking up their friends and
family members and donors with ridiculous amounts of money. He
also exposed the level of waste in overseas transactions and
just pure corruption. He has shown us exactly how broken
our government is. So I go back to what I
(05:46):
said a moment ago. Elon is not wrong, and he's
also not our enemy.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Now.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
The final thing I'll say is this, I genuinely hope
that Donald Trump and Elon Musk can stop having this war.
I hope that they will go back to talking like
men to one another behind closed doors. I think both
men have done amazing things for this country, and I
think both men are playing into the trap right now
(06:15):
that the left and the liberal media have been wanting
to happen since day one. Elon Musk is going to
go back to his private life and the work that
he's done. I do not want it to be undone
because of this war. I also want to be clear,
Donald Trump is working under the reality of the situation
that Washington is broken, that there are a lot of
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scumbag politicians, including Republicans, and you cannot get anything perfect
pass through the current legislators that we have in Washington.
So as I wrap this point up, I want to
say this, I am hoping for a very quick reconciliation
between these two brilliant minds. I'm hoping that they can
at least be civil, because of civil war between these
(07:00):
two men only helps the radical left. By the way,
I'm not the only one that looks at this this way.
I want you to hear Sean Hannity and Senator Cruz
on Hanndity's show on Fox and what they had to
say about this. I spent actually last night and the
day before was Sean Handity done in Florida. It was
(07:22):
a really a fun time as many of us in
the radio industry were having an event down there with Premiere,
the company that syndicates us and iHeartMedia that does this
show in others, and none of us. I think it's
pretty clear wanted this to happen with this type of war,
and I think we all have the same feeling. Elon
Musk has done incredible things, and Donald Trump's done incredible things,
(07:43):
and we need to make sure that this doesn't turn
into the best gift in history for the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Take a listen to what they said about it. Godig
Party Senator let me get your take.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
What's your take on you know, when you have two
very powerful men, Elon Musk Donald Trump, they have a
policy disagreement. It was less than a week ago. They
had the nicest goodbye you get ever want. So I'm
not exactly sure what happened. Not surprising in a way
because but I hope it gets settled.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
What's your thoughts?
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Yeah, Look, I think it's incredibly unfortunate. You and I
are both good friends with President Trump, and we're both
good friends with Elon Musk. They're both extraordinary men, and
they've both done extraordinary things for our country. Elon is
an incredible inventor and business leader. His buying Twitter was
massively important. His leadership of Doze for President Trump was
(08:34):
massively important. President Trump is doing phenomenal work every single day.
His victory pulled this country back from the abyss. I'll
tell you, Sean, I was in the Oval Office with
the President when this back and forth began. And it's
really unfortunate. They are both I think American heroes. They're
both incredibly strong leaders. And listen, it's obvious they're both
(08:57):
pissed off right now. I hope that that both of
them come back together, because when the two of them
are working together, we'll get a lot more done for
America than when they're at cross purposes. And I got
to say, on the merits, I think both of them
are right. President Trump is absolutely right we have to
get this one big, beautiful bill pass, and we're going to.
(09:17):
But Elon is absolutely right that we need to make
the bill better, and I think the Senate is going
to we need to cut more spending, and I think
the Senate is going to I was in the Oval
Office laying out multiple spending cuts that we could include
to make this bill better. That's the outcome I hope
we end up because that's the outcome that really delivers
for the American people.
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or nine seven to two Patriot. I want to move
into another issue now that's very important, and that is this.
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reinstating a travel band
that restricts entry into the United States for citizens of
twelve countries wine. The President citing national security concerns. Now
(11:54):
the policy is set to take effect very quickly on
June the ninth. There are twelve country treason are listed,
and the President had this to say about it is
he announced it from the Oval Office.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado has underscored the
extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of
foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as
those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
We don't want them.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
In the twenty first century, we've seen one terror attack
after another carried out by foreign visa overstairs from dangerous
places all over the world, and thanks to Biden's open
door policies, today there are millions and millions of these
illegals who should not be in our country. In my
first term, my powerful travel restrictions were one of our
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most successful policies, and they were a key part of
preventing major foreign terror attacks on American soil. We will
not let what happened in Europe happen to America. That's
why on my first stay back in office, I directed
the Secretary of State to perform a security review of
high risk regions and make recommendations for where restrictions should
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be imposed. Among the national security threats their analysis considered
are the large scale presence of terrorists, failure to cooperate
on visa security, inability to verify travelers' identities, inadequate record
keeping of criminal histories, and persistently high rates of illegal
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visa overstays, and other things. Very simply, we cannot have
open migration from any country where we cannot safely and
reliably vet and screen those who seek to enter the
United States. That is why today I am signing a
new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya,
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and numerous others. The strength of the restrictions we're applying
depends on the severity of the threat post The list
is subject to revision based on whether material improvements are made,
and likewise, new countries can be added as threats everge
around the world.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
But we will not.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Allow people to enter our country who wish to do
us harm. And nothing will stop us from keeping America
saying thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
The President going through that list again, Afghanistan, Burma, Chad,
the Republic of the Congo, Hecreatorial Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
and Yemen. There are also partial restrictions on seven different
countries Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sirira, Leone, Togo, Turns, Megistan, and Venezuela.
(14:55):
The partial restrictions involve limitations on immigrant and certain non
immigran visas, but some temporary visas may still be granted
with those quote partial restrictions on the seven countries I
just listed now. As President Trump stated, the ban aims
to protect the United States from individuals who may pose
threats to national security, citing concerns over terrorism, inadequate vetting processes,
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and high visa overstay rates in the US. He referenced
a recent attack in Boulder allegedly perpetrated by an Egyptian
national and a catalyst for the new policy. Now, the
administration also pointed to deficiencies and information sharing and an
identity management protocols and effected countries which hinder effective screening
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and vetting of travelers. The travel band has already faced criticism.
Don't worry from the left, as they will do anything
to stand up for illegal immigrants and even those that
are committing atrostes against Americans. It is very clear there's
two ways of things on this issue. The conservative way,
the Trump way, is to protect American citizens, and the
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left is to advocate and protect the illegal immigrants, even
those that are on terrifts watch lists. Now Donald Trump
isn't the only one saying that this is exactly what
needed to happen. Senator Tom Cotton, a man that served
as country overseas in many parts of the world where
these travel bands are happening, went on Fox and Friends
and had this to say.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
So. President Trump banning travel from twelve countries and placing
restrictions on seven others in the wake of national security
concerns related to the Boulder terror attack.
Speaker 5 (16:36):
The strength of the restrictions were applying depends on the
severity of the threat posts. The list is subject to
revision based on whether material improvements are made, and likewise,
new countries can be added as threats emerge around the world.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
And in a separate proclamation, he moved to officially block
new foreign students from getting visas to attend Harvard University,
urging his administrator to consider revoking current visas as well,
and keep in mind those over one hundred thousand Chinese students.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Here.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
Here to discuss is Arkansas Center Center and Harvard grad Center.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Tom Cotton the Center.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
First off, on the ban of those nations, how do
you feel about it?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
I command the President for implementing this badly needed and
overdue ban on countries where we really can't vet anyone.
Countries have a history of known violence and terrorism. Take
for instance, Haiti and Somalia. You have gang violence that
is basically controlling all of Haiti. You have Islamic terrorism
across Somalia. And what does it even mean to vet
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someone from those countries? There's no governing institutions there that
can do background checks. This has long been a lie
from the left wing about how we're going to do
background checks on illegal immigrants or people coming from dangerous countries.
It's simply not possible. I mean, consider what we do
for young Americans who want to go in the military
or the law enforcement. You know, they have to say
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where they've You call up the police department, you call
the state police, you do background checks, you make sure
they're suited for the job. There are no institutions in
many of these countries where you can do these things.
So this is another common sense victory for President Trump
and America Safety.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
Sentaer Congressman Dan Goldman says, it's because they're not white.
That's why Trump is looking to ban and limit them.
Speaker 7 (18:21):
Now, it's because they're dangerous and they could get us killed.
We's all over the weekend in Boulder, Colorado. The danger
of having foreign nationals come into this country without being
properly vetted. In many countries they can't be properly vetted.
We shouldn't allow people in from those countries if they're
going to pose a risk to Americans.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
So one thing is for sure on this travel band.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
The left is going to tell you that this is
racist and big ed, and this is banning people based
on the color of their skin.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
They are going to play the race card, so be
ready for it.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
The second thing is this is absolutely the right thing
to do by the President of United States of America.
We've actually we had travel bands on these countries before,
and I'm telling you, this is what the left and
the media are going to do. They're going to say
that this is racist. What the President's clearly trying to
do is protect American citizens and also make sure that
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there is proper vetting. There is not proper vetting for
many of the countries that were listed at all. We
don't know exactly what these people may have done in
their countries before they're coming to America. We should know
a lot more before we allow them in. And then
there's the.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Third aspect of this.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Many of the people that come from these countries deliberately
overstay their welcome in the US.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
They overstay their visas.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So why would we keep giving visas out to people
from certain countries that abuse the system the way that
it's being abused.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
You look at all of this.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
And what the President is simply trying to do is
make sure that we don't have more of the situations
that we just had in Colorado. We also have another
reason why the travel band should be put in place
and you should support it, and that is this, we
have far too many people in this country illegally right now.
We have far too many people from many of these
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nations that we're talking about that are in this country
that are overstaying their visas right now. We must clean
up the mess in this country. Instead of bringing in
more people, we have to clean up our mess that
we allowed to happen under the last administration. There are
millions and millions of illegal immigrants in this country. Many
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of them are threats to our national security. We have
ICE that is working around the clock to try to
take the worst of them out of this country and
to port them. We have a broken system, even with
a border now that's very secure. We must fix the
problem before we allow so many more people to keep
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coming in at a high rate of visa overstay. So
I got to say this is a smart move by
the president. I actually think this is something that's overdue.
It's sad that it took the terrorist attack in Colorado
to get us to the point we could do this again.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
But I'm glad that we're doing it now.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
And for anyone that criticized the President for doing this,
I got to ask you the question, whose side are
you on the safety of the American people? Are the
side of the terrorists that are coming into this country
and exploiting our system. The Trump administration is very upset
right now with many American universities who are allowing anti
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Semitism to explode on college campuses. Columbia is a perfect
example of this. We're a protester and self proclaimed Jew
hater we now have learned had direct links to Hamas terracel.
This coming from disturbing phone records. As the DOJ is
revealing all of this. A Jew hater quote unquote who
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protested against Israel on Colombia University's campus and contemplated we
now have learned setting a student on fire allegedly had
a direct link to the Hamas Deadly al Casom Brigade
militant group. The post is now revealing the man is
now a wedding trial after being indicted on three federal
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hate crimes against Jewish people. He was a member of
a chat group that received regular updates from the terrorist
organization as well, and the accusation is the first evidence
of an agitator receiving information directly from Hamas and taking
action during protests on the University of Colombia campus.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Now, the individual was twenty.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
I want to be clear, he was not a Columbia student,
but he was on the campus protesting. He frequently wore
the green headband used by Hamas terras and boasted to
friends about having relatives overseas who were actually a part
of the terror group. This all coming from the DOJ
court filing. While on Columbia's campus during protests in April
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of last year, the individual allegedly Texas palse saying he
lit a flare and considered lighting someone on fire, but
that there was quote too many people around him to
take on otherwise he would have hurt them. A Columbia
university said has quote no record of the man being
on campus and wanted to quote be clear that this
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individual is not affiliated with our university in any way.
All right, so why did you allow him to protest
on your campus? The university added that the school quote
strongly condemns anti Semitism and violence, and we are horrified
by the violence and hate crimes described in the incident. Well,
you can say that all you want, but the reality
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is Columbia University has allowed this hate to grow on
its campus, which brings me to the second part of
the story. The Trump administration is now escalating pressure on
Columbia as the Education Department is questioning the university's accreditation altogether.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Here's more of the story from Fox News.
Speaker 8 (24:21):
The Trump administration is not backing down as it continues
its crackdown on campus anti semitism. The State Department is
vowing to investigate the visa status of anti Israel protesters
who are arrested after storming the school library this week.
Speaker 9 (24:35):
The nature of our promise that people who are in
this country with the visa angelaus or affect the nature
of what's important to our country when it comes to
our foreign policy and national security, will be acted on
in that regard. And yes, he said it, and I
believe them, And that's the word you can take for it.
Speaker 8 (24:55):
Let's bring in Ellie Kohanum, senior fellow at the Independent
Women's Forum and former US Deputy Special Envoy to combat
Anti Semitism. Ellie, this turmoil at Columbia has been going
on for quite a while. Now, how would you assess
the administrations, the Columbia administration's efforts to try to squelch
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anti Semitism on campus.
Speaker 10 (25:20):
John, We are now nineteen months into this despicable, violent
and pro terror movement that's taking place all across our
campuses and at Columbia University, which is my own shameful
alma mater, and I would tell you that, yes, what
we saw at Butler Library was ultimately eighty arrests were made.
And any movement that we're seeing that's progress towards shutting
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down this anti Semitic movement is because there's a new
sheriff in town. Because we've got President Donald J.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Trump back in.
Speaker 10 (25:49):
The White House and his administration has taken forceful steps
as he promised us on the campaign trail. So what
we are seeing right now is, yes, the promise that
there are foreign elements in our country that are here
to undermine our society, and so foreign students who are
here on visa they will be deported for supporting a
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pro terror movement on our soil. They are not welcome here,
as Secretary Ruby on the President have said. But the
other element here is, of course, the power of the purse.
And what we're seeing is a Trump administration letting the
universities know that they will be cutting federal funds. In
the case of Columbia University that's already four hundred million dollars.
If they are unnoticed that they're about they are losing,
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and there are talks taking place with Columbia University between
the Trump administration and the university. And so I think
the only reason we're seeing some progress at Columbia is
because they understand that they are about to lose not
only four hundred million dollars in federal grants, but also
they have the possibility of losing billions of dollars in
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federal funding.
Speaker 8 (26:54):
John congress Woman Elise Stefanik says that schools like Columbia
just aren't paying attention here listen to what she has
to say.
Speaker 11 (27:03):
And the fact that these universities have allowed that to
perpetuate shows that they have been incapable of showing strong
leadership to allow safety for students, and they've allowed this
anti semitism to continue to rise. The US taxpayers do
not want their dollars to prop up institutions that are
unsafe for Jewish students, and that has been the case
at places like Columbia.
Speaker 8 (27:25):
Would you agree with what the congresswoman has to say?
You said you yourself are a Columbia.
Speaker 10 (27:29):
Graduate, exactly right. Well, I couldn't agree with representatives stefanic More.
The American taxpayer is not interested in funding universities that
have become hotbeds of anti Semitism and frankly anti Americanism.
The student group that organize this Butler Library takeover has
issued manifest those where they are literally calling for violence
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and literally supporting terror movements that the United States has
designated as foreign terrorist organizations. And so we cannot have
any tolerance for this, for this violent movement, everything that
we're seeing stands against American values. And I want to
tell you something, John, Ironically, May is Jewish American Heritage Month.
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President Trump issued a proclamation back in May twenty twenty
noting the month and celebrating Jewish Americans. And so I
really encourage everyone to take a look at Jewish American
Heritage dot org learn about how Jewish Americans have contributed
to our country and have helped to make our country
a great place for all of our citizens. But again,
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you know, we're going to see the Trump administration, I think,
continue to take very forceful action hold the universities accountable.
In the case of Columbia, not only is it the
risk of students, the foreign students being deported, the risk
of losing federal funding, but also the administration has told
Columbia they want to put the Middle East Department under receivership,
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which is very bold action and necess because what we're
finding out from students themselves is that in the classroom
they are actually being indoctrinated to hate America and to
hate the Jewish state of Israel. And so all of
this action is very welcomed, I think by all Americans
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who want to finally see an end to this anti semitism.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
One thing's for sure, the Trump administration isn't screwing around
with anti semitism on college campuses, and they're going to
make it hurt for universities that refuse to rein it
in Now, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights
has sent an official notice to the accrediting body that
audience Columbia University, notifying that the Ivy League school is
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currently failing to meet its standards for accreditation. The Middle
States Commission on Higher Education, which is a recognize a
credit body for degree granting higher education institutions across the
Mid Atlantic, ensures that it's members schools such as Columbia
meet established standards of academic quality, integrity, institutional effectiveness, and
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more well, they are one of several accredit institutions across
the country that the Department of Education deems reliable. Now,
only institutions accredited by the Department of Education recognize that
creditors are eligible to participate in Title nine federal financial
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aid programs such as PEL grants and federal work study
or student loan programs as well. So this notice is
marking the latest escalation the Trump administration's efforts to hold
Columbia accountable for number one, failing to tamp down anti
semitism on its campuses. And they're making it clear you
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want to be investigated, fine, we will do it. They
launched an investigation to Columbia in February, and the Trump
administration opted to cancel four hundred dred million and federal
grants over the university's failure to protect Jewish students from
anti Semitic harassment. And that is a direct quote. Now Subsequently,
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Columbia agreed to make changes they claim in an effort
to prevent funds from being canceled. The school quote took
steps to overhaul its policies around protests, around safety and security,
while also reorganizing its Middle Eastern Studies department. Now, the
changes also include adopting a new campus wide definition of
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anti semitism. And the fact that that we're even having
to do this in twenty twenty five is just totally
insane now. Also last month, Columbia said it would be
cutting around one hundred and eighty staff members in an
effort to preserve the university's financial flexibility. So you wonder
how blow to these campuses are and how much money
(31:54):
they're wasting of your tax dollars. That should tell you
also everything you need to know. So well done to
the Trump administration for doing this. They're not holding back
and they're stopping anti semitism, especially when your tax dollars
are going to these universities that have been looking the
other way for far too long. Make sure you share
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Speaker 2 (32:21):
Every day. We'll see you back here tomorrow.
Well, let's just go ahead and address the elephant in
the room. There is a back and forth it has
taking place by the most powerful man in the world,
the President, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in
the world, Elon Musk. There is a lot to say
about this, but I'm going to actually keep it pretty short.
(00:22):
And the reason why is this isn't good for any
of our conservative values to have a in infighting at
this level. This is a gift to the liberals. It
is a gift to the liberal media. It is a
gift to the left because they're getting exactly what they want.
They want Elon Musk and Donald Trump to not get along.
(00:44):
I put out a statement earlier today and I'm going
to read it to you.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Trump is not wrong. Elon Musk is not wrong.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Elon is working under the assumption, unfortunately, that Congress actually
he wants to do the job and wants to save
our country. Elon Musk is honestly where my head would
have been twenty years ago. But I've seen too much
of these sausage it's being made. He has an assumption
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that it can't be this corrupt, that Congress should actually
want to work and do its job. For the American people.
That is why Elon Musk is so angry about the big,
beautiful bill with good reason. Then there is Donald Trump,
who's working under the reality that these people are absolutely
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scum in Congress, by the way, many of them Republicans,
and you cannot get anything perfect pass through the current
legislation or legislators that we currently have in Washington. Now,
Donald Trump understands what it means to actually drain the swamp.
He understands how many swamp creatures are still there. He
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understands how many swamp creatures are within the Republican Party.
And that's why I say Trump isn't working under the
reality that these people in Washington are absolute scum, and
he knows that he cannot get a perfect bill pass
with this many scumbags in Congress. Now, let me also
talk about the things that Elon Musk is also, by
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the way, right about. I think we can all agree
that we would love a bill that eliminates the entire
corrupt irs. We would love a bill that gets rid
of all the government ways fraud and abuse. We would
love to have some of these agencies completely gutted and
have an administrative state that disappears the way it's being run.
(02:41):
If we had that bill, there's also the other reality,
it probably wouldn't even get twenty votes in the House
of Representatives because there is so many swamp creatures there.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yes, many of them have the R next to their name.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Now, the bill on the floor, Donald Trump understands is
probably about as good as it's going to get with
the current crap that we have in Congress.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Represent the people, and.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Elon Musk is absolutely right to be angry about what's
in this bill. There are things in this bill that
I would love to get rid of. But I also
know that I'd rather have this bill than have no
deal done at all and have taxes skyrocket and hurt
Americans and have liberals in essence win. So I go
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back to what I said a moment ago. Elon is
not wrong. Donald Trump is also not wrong. But I
want to say this clearly. I do not believe that
Elon is our enemy. I believe that AOC and the
Biden crime family, and the Obama family, and the Clinton family,
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and the mainstream media and the corrupt individuals at PBS
and NPR, they are the enemy.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Elon Musk is not the enemy.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
I think America should forever be grateful, forever be indebted
to Elon Musk for doing what he did, saving free
speech by buying Twitter, exposing the corruption in the silencing
and censoring of conservatives that were on Twitter, exposing the
corruption in social media that has changed drastically since he
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bought Twitter and turned it into X. He risked everything
to save free speech in this country. We now know
how big of an impact he's had on free speech.
Things that you used to not be able to say
on social media you can now say again.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Things that used to get.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
You kicked off of social media because you were a
conservative and you wanted to expose waste fraud, abuse or
ask questions about a vaccine used to get you silenced.
Let's be clear, social media would not be what it
is right now if it wasn't for Elon Musk fighting back.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
There's also something else.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
That Elon has done that I will forever be grateful for.
He exposed the level of waste, fraud and abuse that
we have within our government. This will pay dividends for
years to come, because now the majority of Americans realize
that the government is not working for them, It is
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stealing from them and then hooking up their friends and
family members and donors with ridiculous amounts of money. He
also exposed the level of waste in overseas transactions and
just pure corruption. He has shown us exactly how broken
our government is. So I go back to what I
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said a moment ago. Elon is not wrong, and he's
also not our enemy.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Now.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
The final thing I'll say is this, I genuinely hope
that Donald Trump and Elon Musk can stop having this war.
I hope that they will go back to talking like
men to one another behind closed doors. I think both
men have done amazing things for this country, and I
think both men are playing into the trap right now
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that the left and the liberal media have been wanting
to happen since day one. Elon Musk is going to
go back to his private life and the work that
he's done. I do not want it to be undone
because of this war. I also want to be clear,
Donald Trump is working under the reality of the situation
that Washington is broken, that there are a lot of
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scumbag politicians, including Republicans, and you cannot get anything perfect
pass through the current legislators that we have in Washington.
So as I wrap this point up, I want to
say this, I am hoping for a very quick reconciliation
between these two brilliant minds. I'm hoping that they can
at least be civil, because of civil war between these
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two men only helps the radical left. By the way,
I'm not the only one that looks at this this way.
I want you to hear Sean Hannity and Senator Cruz
on Hanndity's show on Fox and what they had to
say about this. I spent actually last night and the
day before was Sean Handity done in Florida. It was
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a really a fun time as many of us in
the radio industry were having an event down there with Premiere,
the company that syndicates us and iHeartMedia that does this
show in others, and none of us. I think it's
pretty clear wanted this to happen with this type of war,
and I think we all have the same feeling. Elon
Musk has done incredible things, and Donald Trump's done incredible things,
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and we need to make sure that this doesn't turn
into the best gift in history for the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Take a listen to what they said about it. Godig
Party Senator let me get your take.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
What's your take on you know, when you have two
very powerful men, Elon Musk Donald Trump, they have a
policy disagreement. It was less than a week ago. They
had the nicest goodbye you get ever want. So I'm
not exactly sure what happened. Not surprising in a way
because but I hope it gets settled.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
What's your thoughts?
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Yeah, Look, I think it's incredibly unfortunate. You and I
are both good friends with President Trump, and we're both
good friends with Elon Musk. They're both extraordinary men, and
they've both done extraordinary things for our country. Elon is
an incredible inventor and business leader. His buying Twitter was
massively important. His leadership of Doze for President Trump was
(08:34):
massively important. President Trump is doing phenomenal work every single day.
His victory pulled this country back from the abyss. I'll
tell you, Sean, I was in the Oval Office with
the President when this back and forth began. And it's
really unfortunate. They are both I think American heroes. They're
both incredibly strong leaders. And listen, it's obvious they're both
(08:57):
pissed off right now. I hope that that both of
them come back together, because when the two of them
are working together, we'll get a lot more done for
America than when they're at cross purposes. And I got
to say, on the merits, I think both of them
are right. President Trump is absolutely right we have to
get this one big, beautiful bill pass, and we're going to.
(09:17):
But Elon is absolutely right that we need to make
the bill better, and I think the Senate is going
to we need to cut more spending, and I think
the Senate is going to I was in the Oval
Office laying out multiple spending cuts that we could include
to make this bill better. That's the outcome I hope
we end up because that's the outcome that really delivers
for the American people.
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or nine seven to two Patriot. I want to move
into another issue now that's very important, and that is this.
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reinstating a travel band
that restricts entry into the United States for citizens of
twelve countries wine. The President citing national security concerns. Now
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the policy is set to take effect very quickly on
June the ninth. There are twelve country treason are listed,
and the President had this to say about it is
he announced it from the Oval Office.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado has underscored the
extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of
foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as
those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
We don't want them.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
In the twenty first century, we've seen one terror attack
after another carried out by foreign visa overstairs from dangerous
places all over the world, and thanks to Biden's open
door policies, today there are millions and millions of these
illegals who should not be in our country. In my
first term, my powerful travel restrictions were one of our
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most successful policies, and they were a key part of
preventing major foreign terror attacks on American soil. We will
not let what happened in Europe happen to America. That's
why on my first stay back in office, I directed
the Secretary of State to perform a security review of
high risk regions and make recommendations for where restrictions should
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be imposed. Among the national security threats their analysis considered
are the large scale presence of terrorists, failure to cooperate
on visa security, inability to verify travelers' identities, inadequate record
keeping of criminal histories, and persistently high rates of illegal
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visa overstays, and other things. Very simply, we cannot have
open migration from any country where we cannot safely and
reliably vet and screen those who seek to enter the
United States. That is why today I am signing a
new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya,
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and numerous others. The strength of the restrictions we're applying
depends on the severity of the threat post The list
is subject to revision based on whether material improvements are made,
and likewise, new countries can be added as threats everge
around the world.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
But we will not.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Allow people to enter our country who wish to do
us harm. And nothing will stop us from keeping America
saying thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
The President going through that list again, Afghanistan, Burma, Chad,
the Republic of the Congo, Hecreatorial Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
and Yemen. There are also partial restrictions on seven different
countries Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sirira, Leone, Togo, Turns, Megistan, and Venezuela.
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The partial restrictions involve limitations on immigrant and certain non
immigran visas, but some temporary visas may still be granted
with those quote partial restrictions on the seven countries I
just listed now. As President Trump stated, the ban aims
to protect the United States from individuals who may pose
threats to national security, citing concerns over terrorism, inadequate vetting processes,
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and high visa overstay rates in the US. He referenced
a recent attack in Boulder allegedly perpetrated by an Egyptian
national and a catalyst for the new policy. Now, the
administration also pointed to deficiencies and information sharing and an
identity management protocols and effected countries which hinder effective screening
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and vetting of travelers. The travel band has already faced criticism.
Don't worry from the left, as they will do anything
to stand up for illegal immigrants and even those that
are committing atrostes against Americans. It is very clear there's
two ways of things on this issue. The conservative way,
the Trump way, is to protect American citizens, and the
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left is to advocate and protect the illegal immigrants, even
those that are on terrifts watch lists. Now Donald Trump
isn't the only one saying that this is exactly what
needed to happen. Senator Tom Cotton, a man that served
as country overseas in many parts of the world where
these travel bands are happening, went on Fox and Friends
and had this to say.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
So. President Trump banning travel from twelve countries and placing
restrictions on seven others in the wake of national security
concerns related to the Boulder terror attack.
Speaker 5 (16:36):
The strength of the restrictions were applying depends on the
severity of the threat posts. The list is subject to
revision based on whether material improvements are made, and likewise,
new countries can be added as threats emerge around the world.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
And in a separate proclamation, he moved to officially block
new foreign students from getting visas to attend Harvard University,
urging his administrator to consider revoking current visas as well,
and keep in mind those over one hundred thousand Chinese students.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Here.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
Here to discuss is Arkansas Center Center and Harvard grad Center.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Tom Cotton the Center.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
First off, on the ban of those nations, how do
you feel about it?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
I command the President for implementing this badly needed and
overdue ban on countries where we really can't vet anyone.
Countries have a history of known violence and terrorism. Take
for instance, Haiti and Somalia. You have gang violence that
is basically controlling all of Haiti. You have Islamic terrorism
across Somalia. And what does it even mean to vet
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someone from those countries? There's no governing institutions there that
can do background checks. This has long been a lie
from the left wing about how we're going to do
background checks on illegal immigrants or people coming from dangerous countries.
It's simply not possible. I mean, consider what we do
for young Americans who want to go in the military
or the law enforcement. You know, they have to say
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where they've You call up the police department, you call
the state police, you do background checks, you make sure
they're suited for the job. There are no institutions in
many of these countries where you can do these things.
So this is another common sense victory for President Trump
and America Safety.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
Sentaer Congressman Dan Goldman says, it's because they're not white.
That's why Trump is looking to ban and limit them.
Speaker 7 (18:21):
Now, it's because they're dangerous and they could get us killed.
We's all over the weekend in Boulder, Colorado. The danger
of having foreign nationals come into this country without being
properly vetted. In many countries they can't be properly vetted.
We shouldn't allow people in from those countries if they're
going to pose a risk to Americans.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
So one thing is for sure on this travel band.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
The left is going to tell you that this is
racist and big ed, and this is banning people based
on the color of their skin.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
They are going to play the race card, so be
ready for it.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
The second thing is this is absolutely the right thing
to do by the President of United States of America.
We've actually we had travel bands on these countries before,
and I'm telling you, this is what the left and
the media are going to do. They're going to say
that this is racist. What the President's clearly trying to
do is protect American citizens and also make sure that
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there is proper vetting. There is not proper vetting for
many of the countries that were listed at all. We
don't know exactly what these people may have done in
their countries before they're coming to America. We should know
a lot more before we allow them in. And then
there's the.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Third aspect of this.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Many of the people that come from these countries deliberately
overstay their welcome in the US.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
They overstay their visas.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So why would we keep giving visas out to people
from certain countries that abuse the system the way that
it's being abused.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
You look at all of this.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
And what the President is simply trying to do is
make sure that we don't have more of the situations
that we just had in Colorado. We also have another
reason why the travel band should be put in place
and you should support it, and that is this, we
have far too many people in this country illegally right now.
We have far too many people from many of these
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nations that we're talking about that are in this country
that are overstaying their visas right now. We must clean
up the mess in this country. Instead of bringing in
more people, we have to clean up our mess that
we allowed to happen under the last administration. There are
millions and millions of illegal immigrants in this country. Many
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of them are threats to our national security. We have
ICE that is working around the clock to try to
take the worst of them out of this country and
to port them. We have a broken system, even with
a border now that's very secure. We must fix the
problem before we allow so many more people to keep
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coming in at a high rate of visa overstay. So
I got to say this is a smart move by
the president. I actually think this is something that's overdue.
It's sad that it took the terrorist attack in Colorado
to get us to the point we could do this again.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
But I'm glad that we're doing it now.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
And for anyone that criticized the President for doing this,
I got to ask you the question, whose side are
you on the safety of the American people? Are the
side of the terrorists that are coming into this country
and exploiting our system. The Trump administration is very upset
right now with many American universities who are allowing anti
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Semitism to explode on college campuses. Columbia is a perfect
example of this. We're a protester and self proclaimed Jew
hater we now have learned had direct links to Hamas terracel.
This coming from disturbing phone records. As the DOJ is
revealing all of this. A Jew hater quote unquote who
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protested against Israel on Colombia University's campus and contemplated we
now have learned setting a student on fire allegedly had
a direct link to the Hamas Deadly al Casom Brigade
militant group. The post is now revealing the man is
now a wedding trial after being indicted on three federal
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hate crimes against Jewish people. He was a member of
a chat group that received regular updates from the terrorist
organization as well, and the accusation is the first evidence
of an agitator receiving information directly from Hamas and taking
action during protests on the University of Colombia campus.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Now, the individual was twenty.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
I want to be clear, he was not a Columbia student,
but he was on the campus protesting. He frequently wore
the green headband used by Hamas terras and boasted to
friends about having relatives overseas who were actually a part
of the terror group. This all coming from the DOJ
court filing. While on Columbia's campus during protests in April
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of last year, the individual allegedly Texas palse saying he
lit a flare and considered lighting someone on fire, but
that there was quote too many people around him to
take on otherwise he would have hurt them. A Columbia
university said has quote no record of the man being
on campus and wanted to quote be clear that this
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individual is not affiliated with our university in any way.
All right, so why did you allow him to protest
on your campus? The university added that the school quote
strongly condemns anti Semitism and violence, and we are horrified
by the violence and hate crimes described in the incident. Well,
you can say that all you want, but the reality
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is Columbia University has allowed this hate to grow on
its campus, which brings me to the second part of
the story. The Trump administration is now escalating pressure on
Columbia as the Education Department is questioning the university's accreditation altogether.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Here's more of the story from Fox News.
Speaker 8 (24:21):
The Trump administration is not backing down as it continues
its crackdown on campus anti semitism. The State Department is
vowing to investigate the visa status of anti Israel protesters
who are arrested after storming the school library this week.
Speaker 9 (24:35):
The nature of our promise that people who are in
this country with the visa angelaus or affect the nature
of what's important to our country when it comes to
our foreign policy and national security, will be acted on
in that regard. And yes, he said it, and I
believe them, And that's the word you can take for it.
Speaker 8 (24:55):
Let's bring in Ellie Kohanum, senior fellow at the Independent
Women's Forum and former US Deputy Special Envoy to combat
Anti Semitism. Ellie, this turmoil at Columbia has been going
on for quite a while. Now, how would you assess
the administrations, the Columbia administration's efforts to try to squelch
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anti Semitism on campus.
Speaker 10 (25:20):
John, We are now nineteen months into this despicable, violent
and pro terror movement that's taking place all across our
campuses and at Columbia University, which is my own shameful
alma mater, and I would tell you that, yes, what
we saw at Butler Library was ultimately eighty arrests were made.
And any movement that we're seeing that's progress towards shutting
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down this anti Semitic movement is because there's a new
sheriff in town. Because we've got President Donald J.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Trump back in.
Speaker 10 (25:49):
The White House and his administration has taken forceful steps
as he promised us on the campaign trail. So what
we are seeing right now is, yes, the promise that
there are foreign elements in our country that are here
to undermine our society, and so foreign students who are
here on visa they will be deported for supporting a
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pro terror movement on our soil. They are not welcome here,
as Secretary Ruby on the President have said. But the
other element here is, of course, the power of the purse.
And what we're seeing is a Trump administration letting the
universities know that they will be cutting federal funds. In
the case of Columbia University that's already four hundred million dollars.
If they are unnoticed that they're about they are losing,
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and there are talks taking place with Columbia University between
the Trump administration and the university. And so I think
the only reason we're seeing some progress at Columbia is
because they understand that they are about to lose not
only four hundred million dollars in federal grants, but also
they have the possibility of losing billions of dollars in
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federal funding.
Speaker 8 (26:54):
John congress Woman Elise Stefanik says that schools like Columbia
just aren't paying attention here listen to what she has
to say.
Speaker 11 (27:03):
And the fact that these universities have allowed that to
perpetuate shows that they have been incapable of showing strong
leadership to allow safety for students, and they've allowed this
anti semitism to continue to rise. The US taxpayers do
not want their dollars to prop up institutions that are
unsafe for Jewish students, and that has been the case
at places like Columbia.
Speaker 8 (27:25):
Would you agree with what the congresswoman has to say?
You said you yourself are a Columbia.
Speaker 10 (27:29):
Graduate, exactly right. Well, I couldn't agree with representatives stefanic More.
The American taxpayer is not interested in funding universities that
have become hotbeds of anti Semitism and frankly anti Americanism.
The student group that organize this Butler Library takeover has
issued manifest those where they are literally calling for violence
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and literally supporting terror movements that the United States has
designated as foreign terrorist organizations. And so we cannot have
any tolerance for this, for this violent movement, everything that
we're seeing stands against American values. And I want to
tell you something, John, Ironically, May is Jewish American Heritage Month.
(28:14):
President Trump issued a proclamation back in May twenty twenty
noting the month and celebrating Jewish Americans. And so I
really encourage everyone to take a look at Jewish American
Heritage dot org learn about how Jewish Americans have contributed
to our country and have helped to make our country
a great place for all of our citizens. But again,
(28:36):
you know, we're going to see the Trump administration, I think,
continue to take very forceful action hold the universities accountable.
In the case of Columbia, not only is it the
risk of students, the foreign students being deported, the risk
of losing federal funding, but also the administration has told
Columbia they want to put the Middle East Department under receivership,
(28:57):
which is very bold action and necess because what we're
finding out from students themselves is that in the classroom
they are actually being indoctrinated to hate America and to
hate the Jewish state of Israel. And so all of
this action is very welcomed, I think by all Americans
(29:17):
who want to finally see an end to this anti semitism.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
One thing's for sure, the Trump administration isn't screwing around
with anti semitism on college campuses, and they're going to
make it hurt for universities that refuse to rein it
in Now, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights
has sent an official notice to the accrediting body that
audience Columbia University, notifying that the Ivy League school is
(29:44):
currently failing to meet its standards for accreditation. The Middle
States Commission on Higher Education, which is a recognize a
credit body for degree granting higher education institutions across the
Mid Atlantic, ensures that it's members schools such as Columbia
meet established standards of academic quality, integrity, institutional effectiveness, and
(30:07):
more well, they are one of several accredit institutions across
the country that the Department of Education deems reliable. Now,
only institutions accredited by the Department of Education recognize that
creditors are eligible to participate in Title nine federal financial
(30:27):
aid programs such as PEL grants and federal work study
or student loan programs as well. So this notice is
marking the latest escalation the Trump administration's efforts to hold
Columbia accountable for number one, failing to tamp down anti
semitism on its campuses. And they're making it clear you
(30:50):
want to be investigated, fine, we will do it. They
launched an investigation to Columbia in February, and the Trump
administration opted to cancel four hundred dred million and federal
grants over the university's failure to protect Jewish students from
anti Semitic harassment. And that is a direct quote. Now Subsequently,
(31:11):
Columbia agreed to make changes they claim in an effort
to prevent funds from being canceled. The school quote took
steps to overhaul its policies around protests, around safety and security,
while also reorganizing its Middle Eastern Studies department. Now, the
changes also include adopting a new campus wide definition of
(31:34):
anti semitism. And the fact that that we're even having
to do this in twenty twenty five is just totally
insane now. Also last month, Columbia said it would be
cutting around one hundred and eighty staff members in an
effort to preserve the university's financial flexibility. So you wonder
how blow to these campuses are and how much money
(31:54):
they're wasting of your tax dollars. That should tell you
also everything you need to know. So well done to
the Trump administration for doing this. They're not holding back
and they're stopping anti semitism, especially when your tax dollars
are going to these universities that have been looking the
other way for far too long. Make sure you share
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this podcast with your family and friends, put it up
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Speaker 2 (32:21):
Every day. We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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