July 28, 2025 • 10 mins
Jon floated the idea of President Trump possibly giving out Tariff rebate checks to American's because of how much the USA is making with it. President Trump complimented Jon Decker on his question about the Rebate Checks.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So John Decker had an interesting weekend. John Decker waw
R White House and Washington correspondent, host of the new
podcast The White House Briefing Room with John Decker, which
of course can be found on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good Morning John, Hey, Good morning to you. Larry. I
did have an interesting weekend, and that was because of
a number of questions I asked the President on Friday
that made a ton of news, and so as a result,
you know, I'm getting a lot of calls and speaking
to a lot of stations. One of the questions I
asked the President making a lot of news, Larry, had
(00:36):
to do with a suggestion that I made the President,
and that is, with the tens and tens of billions
of dollars of tariff revenue coming into the US treasury,
had the President ever thought about providing a tariff rebate
check to American taxpayers? And you, Larry could see the
light bulb above his head when I posted that question
(00:57):
to the President. He loved the idea, and in fact,
I love at The White House Press Secretary came up
to me after I asked that question and she said,
that's a brilliant idea. We're doing it, and so we'll
see whether indeed that he does administration policy.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Wow, you are quickly becoming the president's pet. He really
does like you, you know, like the teacher's pet. He
really does like you a lot. As a matter of fact,
I was getting all these notifications about you over the weekend,
and it was because of a back and forth you
had with the President that I'm going to play right
now that it's hard to heal her, but try to
(01:33):
make it out and then we'll explain what happened. I
went to Penn and working, so I'm not do you
understand how you did go depend in order to get
what I mean?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
You're a smarter guy than I even thought. And I
know you're smart.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
You're a smarter guy than I even thought. And I
know you're smart. And that's because you told him you
went to Penn and you went to Wharton, which is
where he went. And so that's of course why he
thinks you're so small. Uh did things? You said you
got a few questions in? Was that before or after?
(02:05):
You got a few questions in?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, that was the first question. So I asked Larry
the question to the president, is he concerned about the
decline and the value of the US dollar. And he
was explaining to me, Larry, why he believes a weaker dollar.
He said, is in America's best national interest. And then
he said to me, do you understand? And I said, yes,
mister President, I went to Wharton just like you.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Oh what a suck up?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Smart?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It was smart, it was smart. I'm sure the other
reporters are like the other correspondents are like rolling their eyes.
Oh great, great, yeah, yeah, But I'll tell you what,
whatever works, he's gonna he's definitely gonna always remember you, now,
just from that moment, like you're gonna remember him. That's right,
But great idea. So what were your other questions?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, I asked the President that the two questions that
we just referenced, and then in addition to that, you
know that Tulsea Gabbert has sent to the Department of
Justice essentially a recommendation for charges being brought against former
President Barack Obama other aids to Barack Obama related to
(03:18):
the Russia investigation. And I asked the President about the
Supreme Court last year weighing in on presidential immunity and
how he believes that may impact potential charges against Barack Obama,
and he gave me a very honest answer. He said,
this provides immunity for Barack Obama. He said that, and
he said he said to me as well, that Barack
(03:42):
Obama owes me that those were his words as it
relates to that Supreme Court decision handed down July of
twenty twenty four, So that immunity decision is not absolute immunity,
but it does provide immunity for official acts. And the
President acknowledged that Barack Obama will not go to jail.
(04:03):
Barack Obama will not be charged with any aspect of
what it is that the DOJ will be investigating.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Let's talk about a couple of the big stories. By
the way, the Epstein thing's not going away, and I
know the President is frustrated by it, but it's not
going away. And it sounds like most of the Republicans
have now accepted the fact that Congress is going to
look into this as well.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Well, that's right. That's what members of Congress who are
in leadership have said, is that when Congress comes back
from its August recess in September, this will be on
the agenda. And in fact, as you know late last
week the House oversche Committee voting to subpoena those Department
of Justice documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. So
(04:54):
that will be something that the House Oversite Committee, we
know for sure, is going to look into.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Adding now all of these bulletins, is Donald Trump speaking
this morning, because apparently he has said yeah, okay, and
then you heard the news that he said he's getting
fed up with Russia and he's not going to give
them their fifty days. He's going to shorten that. It
seems to me, it seems to me that he's always
(05:20):
been losing patients with Putin and he's come out all said.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
And that goes back to a question that I asked
the President that got that angered him. Actually, just about
a week or so ago, I asked the President, why
are you giving fifty days to Vladimir Putin to prosecute
his war against Ukraine. He didn't like that question, But
now I think, you know, you see the results of
a lot of criticism being leveled against that decision to
(05:46):
give an additional fifty days to President Putin in Russia.
And you know that fifty days would have taken us
up to September the second, Larry. Now, obviously the President's
going to make a decision as it relates to Russia
a lot sooner than that, right.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
But we have no idea how soon, and we have
no idea what happens next, that's the more important question.
So it runs out, then.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
What do you do exactly exactly, Well, he's spoken about
this idea of at the end of fifty days, if
there's no peace deal, applying stiffer sanctions to Russia, one
hundred percent trade tariffs on Russia as well as secondary tariffs,
meaning any country that purchases Russia oil would also face
(06:28):
those one hundred percent tariffs. And we know some of
those countries quite well, India, Brazil, China, those countries would
be impacted if the President goes ahead and implements that
threat that he had made just about a week and
a half ago.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Do all of his policies date back to one of
your questions, because it seems.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Like that yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So you're feeling yourself right now and I kind of
understand it. I get it. Congratulations to you, by the way.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah, it's an interesting, interesting time that we live in. Right.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Here's another Bolton that just came across. Trump says his
priority is to ensure Gazans are getting fed. He doesn't
go into any details on that, but I'm sure he's
not happy with Benjamin net Yahoo or what's happening in Gazo,
or the lack of a ceasefire.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Well, he's not and with good reason. You know, the
President is pushed for a ceasefire between Israel and Amas
pretty much from the day he was sworn in in January.
And obviously he's not happy also with the fact that
you know, there are Palestinians living in Gaza that are
(07:42):
not getting humanitarian assistants, are not getting food, medicine, water
on a regular basis. And the President has expressed that frustration,
not only publicly, more importantly, he's expressed that frustration to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Real quick on these tears. That was a big signing
over the weekend in Scotland with the EU. Now we
have a few days before August. First, the President said
something about three or four other countries that he's talking
to and maybe close Do we know what those countries are?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, you know, if I had a guess, i'd guess
one of them is South Korea. He still hasn't struck
a trade deal with South Korea. That's one of the
few trade agreements that he reached in his first term
in office. And I know that those conversations have been
moving along quite well. So we'll have to wait and see.
One other thing I asked the President. Did we touch
upon the trade tariff rebate check idea? That was a
(08:39):
question that I post to the President on Friday. I
asked the President, with the tens and tens of billions
of dollars of tariff revenue coming into the country, had
he ever given thoughts to providing a rebate check to
American taxpayers? And you could see Larry the light bulb
going off over his head when I proposed that idea.
(08:59):
He likes it a lot, and in fact, the White
House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said to me afterwards, that's
a brilliant idea. We're doing it. I'm talking to Stephen Miller,
the White House Deputy chief of staff, about putting that
in motion. And also on Friday, after the President gave
that answer to my question, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri,
(09:21):
a Republican from Missouri, said he's going to introduce legislation
along those lines when the Senate comes back from its
August recess in September. So that's another example, just my
policy idea intromentedary by this administration. Pretty remarkable.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Oh, we're going to lose you. You're going to be
part of the policy team pretty soon.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
No, no, sir, I want to take that job.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
You wouldn't take the job. All right, Let's see what
happens when it's offered. All right, John Decker, W O. R.
White House and Washington Correspondent. He'll be back with us
tomorrow at seven oh five. Thanks a lot, John, Congratulations, Sorry,
by bye. That's really wonderful.
So John Decker had an interesting weekend. John Decker waw
R White House and Washington correspondent, host of the new
podcast The White House Briefing Room with John Decker, which
of course can be found on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good Morning John, Hey, Good morning to you. Larry. I
did have an interesting weekend, and that was because of
a number of questions I asked the President on Friday
that made a ton of news, and so as a result,
you know, I'm getting a lot of calls and speaking
to a lot of stations. One of the questions I
asked the President making a lot of news, Larry, had
(00:36):
to do with a suggestion that I made the President,
and that is, with the tens and tens of billions
of dollars of tariff revenue coming into the US treasury,
had the President ever thought about providing a tariff rebate
check to American taxpayers? And you, Larry could see the
light bulb above his head when I posted that question
(00:57):
to the President. He loved the idea, and in fact,
I love at The White House Press Secretary came up
to me after I asked that question and she said,
that's a brilliant idea. We're doing it, and so we'll
see whether indeed that he does administration policy.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Wow, you are quickly becoming the president's pet. He really
does like you, you know, like the teacher's pet. He
really does like you a lot. As a matter of fact,
I was getting all these notifications about you over the weekend,
and it was because of a back and forth you
had with the President that I'm going to play right
now that it's hard to heal her, but try to
(01:33):
make it out and then we'll explain what happened. I
went to Penn and working, so I'm not do you
understand how you did go depend in order to get
what I mean?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
You're a smarter guy than I even thought. And I
know you're smart.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
You're a smarter guy than I even thought. And I
know you're smart. And that's because you told him you
went to Penn and you went to Wharton, which is
where he went. And so that's of course why he
thinks you're so small. Uh did things? You said you
got a few questions in? Was that before or after?
(02:05):
You got a few questions in?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, that was the first question. So I asked Larry
the question to the president, is he concerned about the
decline and the value of the US dollar. And he
was explaining to me, Larry, why he believes a weaker dollar.
He said, is in America's best national interest. And then
he said to me, do you understand? And I said, yes,
mister President, I went to Wharton just like you.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Oh what a suck up?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Smart?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It was smart, it was smart. I'm sure the other
reporters are like the other correspondents are like rolling their eyes.
Oh great, great, yeah, yeah, But I'll tell you what,
whatever works, he's gonna he's definitely gonna always remember you, now,
just from that moment, like you're gonna remember him. That's right,
But great idea. So what were your other questions?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, I asked the President that the two questions that
we just referenced, and then in addition to that, you
know that Tulsea Gabbert has sent to the Department of
Justice essentially a recommendation for charges being brought against former
President Barack Obama other aids to Barack Obama related to
(03:18):
the Russia investigation. And I asked the President about the
Supreme Court last year weighing in on presidential immunity and
how he believes that may impact potential charges against Barack Obama,
and he gave me a very honest answer. He said,
this provides immunity for Barack Obama. He said that, and
he said he said to me as well, that Barack
(03:42):
Obama owes me that those were his words as it
relates to that Supreme Court decision handed down July of
twenty twenty four, So that immunity decision is not absolute immunity,
but it does provide immunity for official acts. And the
President acknowledged that Barack Obama will not go to jail.
(04:03):
Barack Obama will not be charged with any aspect of
what it is that the DOJ will be investigating.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Let's talk about a couple of the big stories. By
the way, the Epstein thing's not going away, and I
know the President is frustrated by it, but it's not
going away. And it sounds like most of the Republicans
have now accepted the fact that Congress is going to
look into this as well.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Well, that's right. That's what members of Congress who are
in leadership have said, is that when Congress comes back
from its August recess in September, this will be on
the agenda. And in fact, as you know late last
week the House oversche Committee voting to subpoena those Department
of Justice documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. So
(04:54):
that will be something that the House Oversite Committee, we
know for sure, is going to look into.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Adding now all of these bulletins, is Donald Trump speaking
this morning, because apparently he has said yeah, okay, and
then you heard the news that he said he's getting
fed up with Russia and he's not going to give
them their fifty days. He's going to shorten that. It
seems to me, it seems to me that he's always
(05:20):
been losing patients with Putin and he's come out all said.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
And that goes back to a question that I asked
the President that got that angered him. Actually, just about
a week or so ago, I asked the President, why
are you giving fifty days to Vladimir Putin to prosecute
his war against Ukraine. He didn't like that question, But
now I think, you know, you see the results of
a lot of criticism being leveled against that decision to
(05:46):
give an additional fifty days to President Putin in Russia.
And you know that fifty days would have taken us
up to September the second, Larry. Now, obviously the President's
going to make a decision as it relates to Russia
a lot sooner than that, right.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
But we have no idea how soon, and we have
no idea what happens next, that's the more important question.
So it runs out, then.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
What do you do exactly exactly, Well, he's spoken about
this idea of at the end of fifty days, if
there's no peace deal, applying stiffer sanctions to Russia, one
hundred percent trade tariffs on Russia as well as secondary tariffs,
meaning any country that purchases Russia oil would also face
(06:28):
those one hundred percent tariffs. And we know some of
those countries quite well, India, Brazil, China, those countries would
be impacted if the President goes ahead and implements that
threat that he had made just about a week and
a half ago.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Do all of his policies date back to one of
your questions, because it seems.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Like that yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So you're feeling yourself right now and I kind of
understand it. I get it. Congratulations to you, by the way.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah, it's an interesting, interesting time that we live in. Right.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Here's another Bolton that just came across. Trump says his
priority is to ensure Gazans are getting fed. He doesn't
go into any details on that, but I'm sure he's
not happy with Benjamin net Yahoo or what's happening in Gazo,
or the lack of a ceasefire.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Well, he's not and with good reason. You know, the
President is pushed for a ceasefire between Israel and Amas
pretty much from the day he was sworn in in January.
And obviously he's not happy also with the fact that
you know, there are Palestinians living in Gaza that are
(07:42):
not getting humanitarian assistants, are not getting food, medicine, water
on a regular basis. And the President has expressed that frustration,
not only publicly, more importantly, he's expressed that frustration to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Real quick on these tears. That was a big signing
over the weekend in Scotland with the EU. Now we
have a few days before August. First, the President said
something about three or four other countries that he's talking
to and maybe close Do we know what those countries are?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, you know, if I had a guess, i'd guess
one of them is South Korea. He still hasn't struck
a trade deal with South Korea. That's one of the
few trade agreements that he reached in his first term
in office. And I know that those conversations have been
moving along quite well. So we'll have to wait and see.
One other thing I asked the President. Did we touch
upon the trade tariff rebate check idea? That was a
(08:39):
question that I post to the President on Friday. I
asked the President, with the tens and tens of billions
of dollars of tariff revenue coming into the country, had
he ever given thoughts to providing a rebate check to
American taxpayers? And you could see Larry the light bulb
going off over his head when I proposed that idea.
(08:59):
He likes it a lot, and in fact, the White
House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said to me afterwards, that's
a brilliant idea. We're doing it. I'm talking to Stephen Miller,
the White House Deputy chief of staff, about putting that
in motion. And also on Friday, after the President gave
that answer to my question, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri,
(09:21):
a Republican from Missouri, said he's going to introduce legislation
along those lines when the Senate comes back from its
August recess in September. So that's another example, just my
policy idea intromentedary by this administration. Pretty remarkable.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Oh, we're going to lose you. You're going to be
part of the policy team pretty soon.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
No, no, sir, I want to take that job.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
You wouldn't take the job. All right, Let's see what
happens when it's offered. All right, John Decker, W O. R.
White House and Washington Correspondent. He'll be back with us
tomorrow at seven oh five. Thanks a lot, John, Congratulations, Sorry,
by bye. That's really wonderful.
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