June 6, 2025 • 6 mins
Rob Astorino joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Rob Astorino is up now host of The Rob Astorino
Show on WR from Saturday is from four to five pm.
He's host of Saturday Agenda from one to three on
Newsmax and former Westchester County executive.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Good Morning Rob.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Good Morning Larry.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
What do you tell me what you think about this
feud between Elon and Donald Trump? Because we got several
people that have left messages that we played as talkbacks,
and every single one of them thinks this isn't real,
this is all for show.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
What do you think?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
I think it probably started off that way and then,
like any fight between people who were friends, it can
get really bad. But there's got to be a stop
point here. I mean it is. It's sad, it's ridiculous,
and it's so counterproductive. These are two men who have
(00:58):
done so much for this country. They are doing so
much for this country, and you know, for them to
be a part instead of together, I mean, it would
would be detrimental because Elon Musk deserves a ton of
credit for DOGE and I know he's frustrated. I am too,
quite frankly, there's not enough cuts. But the reality is
(01:20):
trying to get it through a house with a razor
thin majority trying to get it through the Senate, where
you've got some Republicans who don't want to cut anything.
It's just not the reality. So you take the good
and don't let it destroy the perfect. And Elon Musk
wanted the perfect, and you just don't have that right now.
And I think Donald Trump gets a enormous credit because
(01:43):
he is moving. He's moving that rock up the hill,
and they both deserve a ton of credit. Do I
think that they'll kiss and make up at some point,
I do. I just hope it doesn't become irreparable harm
between the two of them after these kind of nasty fights.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
He put out an interesting today on on X asking
if we really need a third party in this country,
if we need something. He claims it's eighty percent who
aren't really a Republican or Democrat. It's probably something like
less than twenty percent. But do you think he has
he wants to start a third party? I know he
(02:19):
can't run, but maybe he.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Loves somebody else good luck.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I mean it's been tried a million times. Michael Bloomberg
spent you know, tens of millions of dollars to try
to run as a third party candidate or study that
to run for president. And he told me, he said,
you know, I could win votes. I could never win
one single electoral college vote. And it's just been tried
(02:44):
for decades now, I mean, go back to when John
Anderson ran in nineteen eighty as an independent. You know,
it just the country forever reason is right left, Republican,
a Democrat. And yes, I'm sure there is frustration people
would like to vote independent at times have another choice,
but I just don't. The reality is I don't see
it happening anytime soon.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Let's talk about the mayoral debate.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
This this Zorin Mamdani saying that he will not acknowledge
Israel as a Jewish state, seems to have some legs.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
It's carried on now a couple of days.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well, but you know what, any Jew that would consider
voting him for the last since, you know, since he
was introduced to the public should have their head examined.
This guy is frightening, but he is a he is an.
I don't think he's socialist. I think he's even beyond socialist.
But he has caught fire, you know, in a very
crowded race with a key component of the Democratic Party
(03:43):
that votes, and that is a frightening thing. And I said,
months and months ago, I said on my show, I said,
on your show, this is the guy to watch because
he presents well. He can raise a ton of money,
which he did small dollar donors, and he caught fire
at the right time, and that scares That is scaring Cuomo.
(04:04):
Excuse me, Clomo. Clomo looked like, I don't know, he
looked pathetic, like he wanted nothing to do with the debate,
wanted nothing to do with this race. He was just
I don't it was not the Andrew Clomo I debated
in twenty fourteen when we went head to head and
like ready to punch each other in the face. He
just looked like he checked out already, you know. And
(04:26):
I don't think it's because I just think his heart's
not in this race, because he just he wasn't even
answering questions. And by the way, NBC and their quote
moderators were pathetic. The only one that was really good
was Melissa Russo. She actually pushed Cuomo. But the other ones,
I mean, the Telemundo questioner, she was a she's an activist.
(04:49):
What will you do to prevent Ice from from arresting everybody?
Does he come on?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That was an excellent, excellent interpret you know what you did?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Impersonation? That was really really good. But the problem they
had with that is the format was awful. It was awful.
What did they have thirty seconds to answer? What do
you learn in thirty seconds? You don't learn anything from
an ad and and they'd cut them off constantly. As
a matter of fact, every time something was starting to
get good, they cut it off. They said they had
(05:23):
to move on. I don't know what they were doing.
It was You're right, everything was awful about that debate
except the candidates because they actually went at it a
few times. I thought it was yeah, and I thought
it was more exciting than I thought it was going
to be.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Oh yeah, no it was. It was exciting. If you know,
you don't learn much. But and then I switched over.
I don't know how many other people did you know
at eight o'clock and watch the rest of it online.
But I mean, this was perfect to Cuomo's advantage, right,
only an hour on TV eight other people, so everyone
only gets thirty seconds. He didn't He literally did not
(05:56):
answer questions period on bail reform on these other things.
He didn't even answer them, and he wasn't pushed back
to make sure he did, so he got away with everything.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah, I will say this when you talked about the
Jewish vote, of course he wasn't get the Jewish vote,
but now Jewish voters in the city might get more
involved in this campaign to try to keep him out
in office. And that could mean some money. Not that
Cuomo needs any more money, but it could mean some money.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Rob Astorino, host of The rab Astorino Show on WOR
Saturdays from four to five pm.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
What do you have coming up this weekend?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Now? I'm going to break down that debate because I
was in a debate with Cuomo, so I want to
take it from the perspective of these other candidates and
what he was going through. And then of course the
X stuff, I mean the Twitter stuff with this is great,
It's gonna get even better today.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Thanks a lot. He's also hosted Saturday Agenda. You can
watch him on Newsmax from one to.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Three and of course he's the former Westchester County executive.
Thanks a lot, Rob, Thank you, Larry
Rob Astorino is up now host of The Rob Astorino
Show on WR from Saturday is from four to five pm.
He's host of Saturday Agenda from one to three on
Newsmax and former Westchester County executive.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Good Morning Rob.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Good Morning Larry.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
What do you tell me what you think about this
feud between Elon and Donald Trump? Because we got several
people that have left messages that we played as talkbacks,
and every single one of them thinks this isn't real,
this is all for show.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
What do you think?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
I think it probably started off that way and then,
like any fight between people who were friends, it can
get really bad. But there's got to be a stop
point here. I mean it is. It's sad, it's ridiculous,
and it's so counterproductive. These are two men who have
(00:58):
done so much for this country. They are doing so
much for this country, and you know, for them to
be a part instead of together, I mean, it would
would be detrimental because Elon Musk deserves a ton of
credit for DOGE and I know he's frustrated. I am too,
quite frankly, there's not enough cuts. But the reality is
(01:20):
trying to get it through a house with a razor
thin majority trying to get it through the Senate, where
you've got some Republicans who don't want to cut anything.
It's just not the reality. So you take the good
and don't let it destroy the perfect. And Elon Musk
wanted the perfect, and you just don't have that right now.
And I think Donald Trump gets a enormous credit because
(01:43):
he is moving. He's moving that rock up the hill,
and they both deserve a ton of credit. Do I
think that they'll kiss and make up at some point,
I do. I just hope it doesn't become irreparable harm
between the two of them after these kind of nasty fights.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
He put out an interesting today on on X asking
if we really need a third party in this country,
if we need something. He claims it's eighty percent who
aren't really a Republican or Democrat. It's probably something like
less than twenty percent. But do you think he has
he wants to start a third party? I know he
(02:19):
can't run, but maybe he.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Loves somebody else good luck.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I mean it's been tried a million times. Michael Bloomberg
spent you know, tens of millions of dollars to try
to run as a third party candidate or study that
to run for president. And he told me, he said,
you know, I could win votes. I could never win
one single electoral college vote. And it's just been tried
(02:44):
for decades now, I mean, go back to when John
Anderson ran in nineteen eighty as an independent. You know,
it just the country forever reason is right left, Republican,
a Democrat. And yes, I'm sure there is frustration people
would like to vote independent at times have another choice,
but I just don't. The reality is I don't see
it happening anytime soon.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Let's talk about the mayoral debate.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
This this Zorin Mamdani saying that he will not acknowledge
Israel as a Jewish state, seems to have some legs.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
It's carried on now a couple of days.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well, but you know what, any Jew that would consider
voting him for the last since, you know, since he
was introduced to the public should have their head examined.
This guy is frightening, but he is a he is an.
I don't think he's socialist. I think he's even beyond socialist.
But he has caught fire, you know, in a very
crowded race with a key component of the Democratic Party
(03:43):
that votes, and that is a frightening thing. And I said,
months and months ago, I said on my show, I said,
on your show, this is the guy to watch because
he presents well. He can raise a ton of money,
which he did small dollar donors, and he caught fire
at the right time, and that scares That is scaring Cuomo.
(04:04):
Excuse me, Clomo. Clomo looked like, I don't know, he
looked pathetic, like he wanted nothing to do with the debate,
wanted nothing to do with this race. He was just
I don't it was not the Andrew Clomo I debated
in twenty fourteen when we went head to head and
like ready to punch each other in the face. He
just looked like he checked out already, you know. And
(04:26):
I don't think it's because I just think his heart's
not in this race, because he just he wasn't even
answering questions. And by the way, NBC and their quote
moderators were pathetic. The only one that was really good
was Melissa Russo. She actually pushed Cuomo. But the other ones,
I mean, the Telemundo questioner, she was a she's an activist.
(04:49):
What will you do to prevent Ice from from arresting everybody?
Does he come on?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That was an excellent, excellent interpret you know what you did?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Impersonation? That was really really good. But the problem they
had with that is the format was awful. It was awful.
What did they have thirty seconds to answer? What do
you learn in thirty seconds? You don't learn anything from
an ad and and they'd cut them off constantly. As
a matter of fact, every time something was starting to
get good, they cut it off. They said they had
(05:23):
to move on. I don't know what they were doing.
It was You're right, everything was awful about that debate
except the candidates because they actually went at it a
few times. I thought it was yeah, and I thought
it was more exciting than I thought it was going
to be.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Oh yeah, no it was. It was exciting. If you know,
you don't learn much. But and then I switched over.
I don't know how many other people did you know
at eight o'clock and watch the rest of it online.
But I mean, this was perfect to Cuomo's advantage, right,
only an hour on TV eight other people, so everyone
only gets thirty seconds. He didn't He literally did not
(05:56):
answer questions period on bail reform on these other things.
He didn't even answer them, and he wasn't pushed back
to make sure he did, so he got away with everything.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah, I will say this when you talked about the
Jewish vote, of course he wasn't get the Jewish vote,
but now Jewish voters in the city might get more
involved in this campaign to try to keep him out
in office. And that could mean some money. Not that
Cuomo needs any more money, but it could mean some money.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Rob Astorino, host of The rab Astorino Show on WOR
Saturdays from four to five pm.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
What do you have coming up this weekend?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Now? I'm going to break down that debate because I
was in a debate with Cuomo, so I want to
take it from the perspective of these other candidates and
what he was going through. And then of course the
X stuff, I mean the Twitter stuff with this is great,
It's gonna get even better today.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Thanks a lot. He's also hosted Saturday Agenda. You can
watch him on Newsmax from one to.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Three and of course he's the former Westchester County executive.
Thanks a lot, Rob, Thank you, Larry
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