June 10, 2025 • 6 mins
Jon Decker joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the Army’s 250th anniversary this Saturday and the military parade that will be happening in Washington D.C.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right now, let's get out to John Decker wor White
House corresponded, also the Washington Correspondent, and John, good morning
to you. First of all, but you have to be
pretty excited about the military parade this weekend. It's going
to be quite a show.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
If you like military parades. I was just telling Natalie,
if you love military parades, Washington is the place to
be on Saturday, because I think one of the best
military parades that you will ever see will be in Washington,
DC on Saturday. It's the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary,
the birthday of this founding of the United States Army.
That's the reason for this parade. And I honestly believe
(00:37):
the president got this idea because in his first term
he was invited by French President Emmanuel Maccron to witness
the military parade associated with Bastille Day. And I've been
there for that twice and that is an awesome sight
to see. But the difference being that in France, their
tanks never see sand, they never see mudanks have actually
(01:00):
fought and they've seen sand and mud. And I think
that's what makes our our parade, and we'll make our
parade so much more special?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Are you going?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
I will not be in town. I'm going to be
I think you know this, Larry. I've been nominated for
an Emmy Awards. So the Emmy Awards Awards ceremony is Saturday.
I'll be out of town and I'm excited about that,
but I'm disappointed that I'll miss the parade.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Oh, that's wonderful. What are you nominated for?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I'm not nominated for a story that I think that
you're well familiar with. It's my profile of a D
Day veteran that aired last year marking the eightieth anniversary
of D Day, and it's really a special story that
I'm very proud of.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Oh, that's wonderful. That's wonderful. Congratulations. Hope you win. We'll
be rooting for you. I'd love to talk to you
next week and be able to call you Emmy Award
winning day.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I hope, so we'll see. It's an honor to be nominated,
as you know, so all good.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I think people know it's better to win, by the way,
I think, I think people know that you were a
constitutional attorney Again and Gavin Newsom is now going to
sue Donald Trump saying he didn't have the constitutional authority
to send in federal troops. Does he have a case?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I don't think so. I think that the President Donald
Trump is on firm legal ground in terms of the
actions that he's taken thus far, federalizing the National Guard,
mobilizing and deploying the Marines as well. You know, the president,
the executive branch is in charge of immigration policy. It
is not individual states. And although the reason that Gavin
(02:42):
Newsom cited for bringing this lawsuit, he believes that the
state sovereignty of California was impeded upon when you're talking
about something like enforcing the nation's immigration laws. That rests
with the presidency. That rests with President Trump. And I
think that Gavin Newsom is going to lose this case.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah, And they've been very careful. I think you can
tell me if I'm wrong on this, but they've been
very careful. It seems like of just protecting federal properties
right now and not getting involved with the police on
the streets of Los Angeles. I haven't seen them out there.
I've just seen them around the building. That they're on
firm ground.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
There right well, they are. And as for the Marines,
it's not clear what they are going to be doing. Ultimately,
they're not going to be involved in law enforcement, so
I think they're going to be augmenting what we see
in place in terms of protecting those federal assets like
the Federal Building in Los Angeles. And of course, you know,
(03:40):
look there's a substantial law enforcement presence in Los Angeles
as well, so it's not just the National Guard that
is on the streets of Los Angeles making certain that
people are safe and making certain that property is safe
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I'm watching video as you speak of what's going
on in Los Angeles with the looting and the police
having to deal with them shooting fireworks at them on
the highways, which many of which are shut down right now.
They have their hands full right now. I can't imagine
that some of those police officers wouldn't love the National
Guard to help out at this point. The politicians don't,
(04:18):
but I would think the police officers might.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah, and the community as well. You know, these types
of situations, We've seen this before where you have a
group of people I would describe them as anarchists and
they go to where the problem is to create problems,
and they may not even agree with anything that protesters,
you know, initially were protesting about they just want to
(04:42):
create problems. And we saw that, you know, a few
years ago in Minneapolis. You know, we've seen this in
other places as well, and now we're seeing it in
Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Great point. I'll tell you what. That's all we talked
about last week was the breakup of the bromance between
President Trump and Elon Musk. The story seems to have
just gone away. What happened?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, I think this is President Trump, you know, he's
very savvy and he knows how to change what it
is that the media is following, what it is that
people are talking about. And you're right, on Thursday, on Friday,
throughout the weekend, the focus was on the breakup of
this as you call it, romance between Donald Trump and
(05:27):
Elon Musk. But as soon as the President activated deployed
two thousand National guardsmen and women to Los Angeles, people
were not talking about Elon Musk that often or that much.
And I think that's one of the great skills of
President Trump is there. He knows how to change very
(05:49):
quickly what it is that the news cycle is talking
about and following.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Hey, just really quick, how is the big beautiful bill
doing in the Senate. Is it going to pass?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Well, I don't think the bill that passed out of
the House of Representatives will pass the Senate. I've never
maintained that. I think that, you know, you need to
win over Republican senators, and the way to do it
is to to make some changes to the bill that
came out of the House. Do I think a bill
will emerge out of the Senate ultimately, I do, It's
just not going to be the same bill that passed
(06:23):
by just one vote in the House of Representatives.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Well, we're all looking in this area at the salt deductions.
We'll see if they survived.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
John, Yeah, that's a big deal for New York in.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
New Jersey too, John Decker, W R. White House and
Washington Correspondence
Right now, let's get out to John Decker wor White
House corresponded, also the Washington Correspondent, and John, good morning
to you. First of all, but you have to be
pretty excited about the military parade this weekend. It's going
to be quite a show.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
If you like military parades. I was just telling Natalie,
if you love military parades, Washington is the place to
be on Saturday, because I think one of the best
military parades that you will ever see will be in Washington,
DC on Saturday. It's the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary,
the birthday of this founding of the United States Army.
That's the reason for this parade. And I honestly believe
(00:37):
the president got this idea because in his first term
he was invited by French President Emmanuel Maccron to witness
the military parade associated with Bastille Day. And I've been
there for that twice and that is an awesome sight
to see. But the difference being that in France, their
tanks never see sand, they never see mudanks have actually
(01:00):
fought and they've seen sand and mud. And I think
that's what makes our our parade, and we'll make our
parade so much more special?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Are you going?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
I will not be in town. I'm going to be
I think you know this, Larry. I've been nominated for
an Emmy Awards. So the Emmy Awards Awards ceremony is Saturday.
I'll be out of town and I'm excited about that,
but I'm disappointed that I'll miss the parade.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Oh, that's wonderful. What are you nominated for?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I'm not nominated for a story that I think that
you're well familiar with. It's my profile of a D
Day veteran that aired last year marking the eightieth anniversary
of D Day, and it's really a special story that
I'm very proud of.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Oh, that's wonderful. That's wonderful. Congratulations. Hope you win. We'll
be rooting for you. I'd love to talk to you
next week and be able to call you Emmy Award
winning day.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I hope, so we'll see. It's an honor to be nominated,
as you know, so all good.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I think people know it's better to win, by the way,
I think, I think people know that you were a
constitutional attorney Again and Gavin Newsom is now going to
sue Donald Trump saying he didn't have the constitutional authority
to send in federal troops. Does he have a case?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I don't think so. I think that the President Donald
Trump is on firm legal ground in terms of the
actions that he's taken thus far, federalizing the National Guard,
mobilizing and deploying the Marines as well. You know, the president,
the executive branch is in charge of immigration policy. It
is not individual states. And although the reason that Gavin
(02:42):
Newsom cited for bringing this lawsuit, he believes that the
state sovereignty of California was impeded upon when you're talking
about something like enforcing the nation's immigration laws. That rests
with the presidency. That rests with President Trump. And I
think that Gavin Newsom is going to lose this case.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah, And they've been very careful. I think you can
tell me if I'm wrong on this, but they've been
very careful. It seems like of just protecting federal properties
right now and not getting involved with the police on
the streets of Los Angeles. I haven't seen them out there.
I've just seen them around the building. That they're on
firm ground.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
There right well, they are. And as for the Marines,
it's not clear what they are going to be doing. Ultimately,
they're not going to be involved in law enforcement, so
I think they're going to be augmenting what we see
in place in terms of protecting those federal assets like
the Federal Building in Los Angeles. And of course, you know,
(03:40):
look there's a substantial law enforcement presence in Los Angeles
as well, so it's not just the National Guard that
is on the streets of Los Angeles making certain that
people are safe and making certain that property is safe
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I'm watching video as you speak of what's going
on in Los Angeles with the looting and the police
having to deal with them shooting fireworks at them on
the highways, which many of which are shut down right now.
They have their hands full right now. I can't imagine
that some of those police officers wouldn't love the National
Guard to help out at this point. The politicians don't,
(04:18):
but I would think the police officers might.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah, and the community as well. You know, these types
of situations, We've seen this before where you have a
group of people I would describe them as anarchists and
they go to where the problem is to create problems,
and they may not even agree with anything that protesters,
you know, initially were protesting about they just want to
(04:42):
create problems. And we saw that, you know, a few
years ago in Minneapolis. You know, we've seen this in
other places as well, and now we're seeing it in
Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Great point. I'll tell you what. That's all we talked
about last week was the breakup of the bromance between
President Trump and Elon Musk. The story seems to have
just gone away. What happened?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, I think this is President Trump, you know, he's
very savvy and he knows how to change what it
is that the media is following, what it is that
people are talking about. And you're right, on Thursday, on Friday,
throughout the weekend, the focus was on the breakup of
this as you call it, romance between Donald Trump and
(05:27):
Elon Musk. But as soon as the President activated deployed
two thousand National guardsmen and women to Los Angeles, people
were not talking about Elon Musk that often or that much.
And I think that's one of the great skills of
President Trump is there. He knows how to change very
(05:49):
quickly what it is that the news cycle is talking
about and following.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Hey, just really quick, how is the big beautiful bill
doing in the Senate. Is it going to pass?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Well, I don't think the bill that passed out of
the House of Representatives will pass the Senate. I've never
maintained that. I think that, you know, you need to
win over Republican senators, and the way to do it
is to to make some changes to the bill that
came out of the House. Do I think a bill
will emerge out of the Senate ultimately, I do, It's
just not going to be the same bill that passed
(06:23):
by just one vote in the House of Representatives.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Well, we're all looking in this area at the salt deductions.
We'll see if they survived.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
John, Yeah, that's a big deal for New York in.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
New Jersey too, John Decker, W R. White House and
Washington Correspondence
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