May 27, 2025 • 36 mins
This week on Power Hour, Macron’s shocking moment with wife caught on camera, Trump “not happy” with Putin over Ukraine, Kamala says she’s “unemployed,” CNN roasted over Tapper book coverage, and Harry & Meghan’s new “royal” court in Montecito.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Zines Power Hour with Gabriella Power.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hello and welcome to Power Aura. I'm Gabriella Power. Thank
you for your company. US President Donald Trump has delivered
a powerful address marking Memorial Day honoring the fallen American
heroes at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
And warriors have left behind the blessings of home and
family to answer their nation's call. They've offered all that
they had within them and given their last breaths to
each and every one of us, that we might live
safe and breathe free. This morning, we pay tribute to
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their immortal deeds. We share in the sorrow of their
beloved families, and as one nation, we give thanks for
the ultimate gift they have so selflessly given to all
of us warriors. And that's what they are as great,
great warriors.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
The President was joined by Vice President JD. Vance and
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the leaders spent time with
gold Star families and service members, and the President later
wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. But it
was Vice President Jade Vance's speech that, in my opinion,
I thought was exceptional. His tribute was heartfelt and deeply moving,
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and as he spoke about honoring the courageous men and
women of the US military who sacrificed their lives, he
warned that going forward, leaders must treat the lives of
troops as the most precious resource, and we must be
very cautious about going to war.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
The very best way to honor the fallen is to
only ask the next generation to make the ultimate sacrifice
when they absolutely must. We must be cautious in sending
our people to war.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Joining us now is Hillary Fordwich, president and founder of Strollmak. Hillary,
it's great to see you. Dady Vance has warned against
endless wars in his Memorial Day speech, and while he
was honoring fallen soldiers, he was sending a clear message
to future leaders about putting the lives of troops above
political ambition. Here's a bit more from his speech.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I try to honor the fallen is to commit ourselves
to being worthy of their sacrifice. If you're a husband,
be the best husband you can be. If you're a mom,
be the best mom that you can be. If you're
a citizen, be the very best citizen that you can be,
Because together, let us build a better country. A more
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perfect union, and strive to be the kind of nation
worthy of the sacrifice of the people that we honor
today on this memorial day, let.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Us remember that we have been.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Given a great gift, often by people none of.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Us ever met.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Let us cherish that gift and make ourselves worthy of
it so powerful.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
What's your reaction to dati Vance's remarks, Well.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Pleasure to be back with you again, Gabriella, And I
will say it sounded rather presidential to me.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
It was a very unifying message as well, because I
think he.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Really addressed everyone, whether you're a mother, you're a husband,
you're running. I thought it was just very you know, inclusive,
and the Republicans don't stand for that sort of inclusivity,
but that's what it really did. Also, very importantly, I
think when he made the point that we have to
be grateful to people that we've never met. I had
two great uncles that died in the Battle of the Somme.
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Obviously they went there from England, but I think that
that's so important. People don't realize that all of us
that live in under peace in the world have done
so from those that have fought that will never meet.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
So I think he made a very good point.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Absolutely well, Let's look at one of the biggest conflicts
that's going on in the world right now, the conflict
between Russia and Ukraine, and Donald Trump has blasted a
Russian leader of Vladimir Putin, saying he's not happy with him.
Let's take a listen.
Speaker 7 (04:05):
Yeah, I'll give you an update.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
I'm not happy with what Putin's doing.
Speaker 7 (04:09):
He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know
what the hell happened to Putin.
Speaker 8 (04:12):
I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him.
Speaker 7 (04:16):
But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and
I don't like it at all. Okay, we're in the
middle of talking and he's shooting rockets into Kiev and
other cities. I don't like it at all. Ratherient, what
do you want to do about I'm surprised. I'm very surprised.
We'll see what we're going to do. What am I
going to tell you? You're the fake news, aren't you?
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You're totally faked. Now.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
This comes after Russia launched a record number of drones
against Ukraine, killing more than a dozen people. We know
that Donald Trump has expressed admiration for Putin in the past,
but he's showing growing frustration in recent weeks as truce
negotiations appear to be deadlocked. Trump also posted on x
that Putin has gone crazy. I mean, Hillary, what's yours
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tsessment of this development? President Trump is considering sanctions against Moscow? Now,
how likely is that will?
Speaker 5 (05:08):
That's really there is the next step, because what's the
last resort? The last resort is something that most of
us don't want across the world.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
But I think that.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
The sanctions they could actually implement would cripple the Russian economy.
He actually said that he fears and has always thought
that Putin wants all of Ukraine, and President Trump has.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
Said that will be the end of Russia.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
I think that economically, there are levers that should have
been pulled, in my humble opinion, a long time ago,
to put a.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Far greater amount of pressure on Putin.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Don't forget also, the price of oil has really funded
this entire war. I think there's a lot that could
have been done from day one of this administration. And
let's hope that that starts now. Because there were ten
You mentioned that bombardment yesterday, there were ten killed in Kiev,
and it's one of the greatest bombardments and drone attack
since the war began.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Has responded, claiming that Donald Trump was showing signs of
emotional overload after he called Prutin absolutely crazy. Look, it's
going to be probably embarrassing for Donald Trump if he's
not able to bring this war to an end.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Well.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
Yes, actually you're very correct there, Gabriella, because one of
the things he had said on the campaign trail was
I will end this war on day one, which was
obviously something very measurable and something that certainly hasn't happened.
I think it was far more complex than he or
anyone on his team and staff recognized, a very complex
chew and I don't think that there's any end of
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this in any.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
Term.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
I think it's only the sanctions that could actually start
to move the needle.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Hilary will return to speaking about other conflicts that are
taking place around the world, but I have to get
to this story about mccron because it is absolutely shocking.
French President of Mannie mccron has been assaulted by his wife, first,
Lady Bridget mccron. Now the incident where Bridget appears to
slap her husband has been caught on camera as their
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plane was about to disembark to Vietnam. This is the vision.
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Look a Mannie mccron is dismissing the video that has
going viral, saying they were just joking, they were just
play fighting. But Hillary Bridget mccron is a seventy two
year old first lady. That makes her a leader, the
eyes of the world on her. It's absolutely not okay.
And I don't think anyone is buying this spin from
Macron that he is saying it was just a joke.
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What's your reaction.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Well, if it had been just the joke, then they
would have been giggling and holding hands and laughing down
the steps all the way down there the gangway, but
they weren't. It was frigid, it was icy. She did
not take his hand, he did not take hers. What
I think is interesting is the way that there was
the slap, or the attempted slap, and he looked at ghast,
he looked horrified, and then he quickly immediately put.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
On this fake camera ready smile.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
The moment that he saw all the photographers down at
the end of that step. So I think that tells everything.
The way they came down with an icy steps there.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Absolutely. Look I'm in shock watching that vision. I think
Bridget mccron needs to address the incident, possibly apologize. But
returning to the US, Donald Trump has delayed the fifty
percent tariff on the EU from June first to July
nine after a call with the President of the European Commission. Now,
this is to buy more time for negotiations.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
We had a very nice call and I agreed to movement.
I believe June night would be July ninth would be
the day. Is the date you requested? Could we move
it from June first in July ninth?
Speaker 8 (09:04):
And I agreed to do that, and that she said,
we will rapidly get together and see if we could
work something out.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Hillary, Is Donald Trump being fair here? He's of course
always criticized for being pretty chaotic. But is this part
of his strategy?
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Well, yes, because don't forget, the EU has ten percent
tariffs on everything coming in from the US, whereas the
US only has two point five percent tariffs.
Speaker 6 (09:27):
So that's why there's this massive trade deficit.
Speaker 5 (09:31):
Gabriella, the US imports forty three point one billion in
products from the EU, and the EU only imports and
returns six billion, so massive trade deficit.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
It's never been fair.
Speaker 5 (09:43):
The EU really has always thrived on regulations, whereas, of
course the US thrives on innovation. And while the EU
is always griping that they don't have the Google, so
they don't have all the high tach they don't have
all the entrepreneurs. Well, it's because of all the regulations, Gabriella.
They don't have that kind ofnovation over there, so they
don't have the same There's no way they're going to
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be able to have all those products over there. What
this comes down to is that the EU is really
having sort of a collective action issue a problem because
you've got the German car manufacturers and the French produce
such as French wine. They're pressuring fon Delayan. There is
no such thing as one United EU. It is twenty
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seven different countries with different agendas. And I think what
you're seeing is the reason that she has she at
places called she wants this to be delayed is because
she knows she has to do some negotiating Veruly.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Now, okay, let's look at the situation in the Middle
East and Trump Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff claims that Terra
Grewpermus tried to pull a bait and switch on the
latest ceasefire deal by altering the terms of the proposal.
It's reported that Hermas claimed it had been presented with
a new US proposal that would say a seventy day
ceasefire and the release of five living hostages on the
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first and final days of the truth, but a disappointed
Steve Whitcoff has blasted her Mass, claiming that the terms
of the deal he'd actually sent to them were very different,
and that included the release of ten living hostages and
nineteen hostages that are now dead in return for forty
five to sixty days of a ceasefire and the release
of Palestinian prisoners. Now, just reading this, it's heartbreaking. It
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shows how difficult the situation is that you know, the
United States is trying to deal and negotiate with a
terror group, and of course Israel is constantly being criticized
for it strikes against Gaza. But the fact is the
reality is that her Mass refuses to release the hostages
that option is available to them. You know, Hillary, there
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was hope a few months ago, and we were seeing
hostages return back to their families, that maybe this war
and this conflict could come to an end. It's still ongoing,
still awful to see that we are still in this situation.
Where is this heading?
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Well, Gabriella, that is a very good question.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
I don't know who knows the answer to that, because
what I would say is, obviously Netanyahu and the Israelis
what they want is they basically want to see, you know,
the Palestinians and mas Hamas obliterated because they fear another
October seventh, and why not obviously, And I think that
what's really sad about the global dialogue is people aren't
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talking about and the global media isn't really talking about
October seventh, what Hamas did. What I have heard and
read is that the Palestinian people are very sick and
tired of Hamas because the mass is taking any relief,
any aid that comes in, They're just taking it for themselves.
Now back to the agreement, I just would say simply,
there has been conflict, there have been wars, There has
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been all of.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
This happening in the Middle East since the beginning of time.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
I don't see it anytime ending anytime soon, and I
think the Israelis are diametrically opposed to any kind of negotiation,
and mass isn't to be trusted.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Let's talk about the talks between Donald Trump and Iran.
Donald Trump said that US negotiators had a very good
talk with Iran within Iranian delegation over the weekend as
he seeks a deal to prevent Turan from developing a
nuclear weapon.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
Talks with Iran yesterday and today, and let's see what happens.
But I think we could have some good news on
the Iran front. Likewise, with Hamas on the on Gaza,
we want to see if we can stop that. And Israel,
we've been talking to them and we want to see
if we can stop that.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Now, since returning to office, Donald Trump has revived his
maximum pressure campaign on Iran, backing talks but warning of
military action if diplomacy fails. But now after model rounds
of nuclear talks, is an agreement actually close.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
I think it's closer than it has been. I think
this is what the Uranians want, don't forget. They don't
want their economy crippled. They have been isolated global, so
I do think this is something that is closer than
certainly some of the other conflicts or anything else that
we've been talking about. So I think that there is
hope on this front, although what they don't want to
do is the very thing that Trump, President Trump wants,
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which is no nuclear development, no further nuclear development. That
has to come to an end, and of course that
is a sticking point. If they'll concede on that, do
you think we'll see some progress?
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Yes, Hilly forward to it. President and founder of Strema,
Thank you so much for your time and joining us
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Speaker 9 (14:30):
Pleasure Gabriella, it's time for media meltdowns.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Well, CNN anchor and co author of Original Sin Jake
Tapper still doesn't get it. He's been out promoting his
new Tell Old book on CNN, of course, where he's
putting a lot of spin on why people should pay
for his book and claiming he wasn't really part of
the big Biden cover up. According to Jake Tapper, no,
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he didn't scrutinize the issue of Biden's health at the
time because he was just too polite.
Speaker 10 (15:09):
How has writing this important book investigating the Biden presidency,
Jake informed you about how to cover the current president?
Speaker 11 (15:18):
Well, I just think in general, not Trump's specific, but
in general, I think that the press corps and I'm
certainly including myself, needs to worry less about politeness when
it comes to these health issues and needs to be
even more aggressive when it comes to demanding transparency on
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health issues when it comes to the president. President Trump,
while he appears healthy, he has not been transparent about
his health records, and I think that that's something that
the American people have a right to.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Of course, the conversation quickly shifts away from Joe Biden's
cognitive decline, and there are now suggestions coming from CNN
that Donald Trump be hiding something and we should all
be worried about that. But Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
have been doing the media rounds and more sane and
colleagues have been putting the tough questions to the authors
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whether it was really fair that the book is now
getting some backlash.
Speaker 12 (16:17):
Obviously, as you know, there has been quite a bit
of criticism and a little bit of backlash to this
book just because some people are saying, well, you know,
how much did you know?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
When did you know it?
Speaker 12 (16:27):
Should you have been more forthcoming just given your figure
given what you do from a living should you have
been more forthcoming for the public about what you knew
about Biden's decline? Jake, is that criticism fair? Just give
us your take on that.
Speaker 11 (16:39):
Well, everything I knew about Biden's condition I shared in
real time. I didn't know anything more than most other
reporters in Washington. I saw Alex doing some aggressive reporting
from the White House, and I booked him on my show,
and I urged CNN to hire him. And I'm not
going to take I'm not going to take all responsibility
or credit for him becoming scene and commentator, but at
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some of it I deserve. But sure, look, I mean, I,
along with most members of the legacy media, did not
cover this sufficiently.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
But the interview didn't stop there. And this scene and
anchor while she's giggling and laughing, praises Jake Tapper for
the timeline of his book.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
After the election, I sent him a proposal of like
two or three pages. He said he was in and
then we got to work and it was.
Speaker 12 (17:30):
A very fast timeline.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
It's very fast. It's very fast.
Speaker 11 (17:34):
It was you know, we took time off in that period.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Amazing fast timeline. This book has been published five years
too late. Someone needs to remind scene and that the
American people are not falling for this, not this time.
This is a network that live repeatedly and its stalin
journalist is now profiting from telling you something that hosts
on Skyny's Australia We're telling You for years. Joining us
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now is Alex Stein, comedian and host of Primetime with
Alex Stein. Alex, it's great to see you. It is
just wild to say how much time Jake Tapper has
been spending promoting his book, which is essentially old news
and he needs a new angle to make it interesting.
So it's oh, I'm a polite guy, which is why
I didn't tell you the truth. And also Donald Trump
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could be hiding a health issue from all of us.
I mean, what do you make of this?
Speaker 13 (18:33):
Well, I mean, how dishonest was he for the past
four years and now we want to trust him? So,
I mean, it's ridiculous that he's on some sort of
credibility tour when he has no credibility whatsoever. And you know,
let's be honest, like you look at the mainstream media
and I consider CNN and MSNBC, they should be so
happy right now that Donald Trump is in office because
they don't have to defend a walking corpse as a president,
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so they should be really celebrating this presidency. But of
course now they're trying to go back and change history
and kind of write a different story that wasn't the
case at the time when they were in office, and
they didn't call out any of Joe Biden's you know,
cognitive disabilities and we.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Have the receipts.
Speaker 7 (19:13):
Well.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Australia. She
was a headline speaker at the Australasian at Real Estate
conference on the Gold Coast, where she was reportedly paid
half a million dollars to essentially chuckle on stage and
make jokes about being unemployed.
Speaker 8 (19:31):
As I said, I think your best work is a
interview for sure, onered percent.
Speaker 6 (19:36):
Your hand unemployed right now?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
The pictures, Oh she's a comedian. Kamala Harris was introduced
on stage is one of the most successful women in
history and as we heard in that clip, her best
work is ahead of her. I mean, do you agree
with that?
Speaker 13 (20:03):
Well, you know she can't do any worse in spending
a billion dollars on her presidential campaign and somehow ending
up one hundred million dollars in debt. And good for
her going to you know, the Gold Coast. But let's
be real. I just checked GROWK. I had to fact
check it. She didn't go to Australia once. Well, she
was vice president. So now she goes over there. I
wonder why. I wonder why she's over there. I know
why she's over there. She's there for the money. So
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Kamala Harris is not having very good job prospects or
many offers here in America that are that great.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
So you know, what is she going to do. She's
gonna go to Australia. So good for her for.
Speaker 13 (20:35):
Going over there, but you know, it's a little less
important when she's not the vice president anymore.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, and speaking at a real estate conference when she
knows nothing about real estate, getting paid hundreds of thousands
of dollars and then laughing about being unemployed. I mean,
that is Kamala Harris. It appears though that Democrats want
Jasmine Crockett to lead the Democratic Party. Let's take a
listen to this.
Speaker 14 (21:00):
Jasmine is frankly the type of leader that we're really
looking to support. In some senses, right, somebody who is
out there that frankly doesn't give a damn with the
other side. At least the elected Republicans in Congress say
that say what they believe in, and at least you know,
even if you don't agree with her, you know what
she stands for, because she makes it very clear. And
people are really craving that right now. They don't want
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more politicians that say talking points that it doesn't even
feel like they believe, or you don't even really know
what they mean. They want somebody who's out there that
says what they believe and doesn't care what somebody else
thinks about it. They want that authenticity.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
And in case we forgot how brilliant Jasmine Crockett is here,
she is earlier in the claiming that it's not a
crime to enter the US illegally.
Speaker 15 (21:41):
It is not a criminal violation to enter the country illegally.
Speaker 6 (21:46):
It's not a criminal.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
It's a crime.
Speaker 6 (21:49):
It's not a crime, which is why they're.
Speaker 15 (21:51):
So frustrating, because they really want our local law enforcement
to go out and round up people when they could
be looking out for the murderers and the sexual abuse
as well as the robbers. They want them to go
and round people up on civil accusations.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
And what has she been saying recently, Well, she's pushing
this fake news narrative that also the hosts of the
View have been pushing, and that is that Donald Trump
is a new Joe Biden.
Speaker 16 (22:17):
Seeing as the world leaders that we historically have been.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
The world deserves better.
Speaker 16 (22:22):
It is time for Republicans to start calling him out
and start questioning his mental acuity and whether or not
he is equipped to serve. Mentally, we know when it
comes down to his criminality, he is not qualified to serve.
But this is just absolutely deplorable.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
You cannot make this stuff up, alex is this he
should be leading the Democrats.
Speaker 13 (22:45):
You know, honestly, she should be leading the Democrats because
you're going to lead him off a cliff in my
personal opinion, And I live here in Dallas and I
have an office in her district. And let me tell
you some Jasmine Crockett is a phony Bologney criminal defense attorney.
And what do criminal defense attorneys do. They defend their
clients even when they know they're guilty. So she's perfect
for politics because she even knows what she's saying is
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a lie, but she'll still defend it because she's trained
to do so.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
So Jasmine Crockett. A lot of her affect that.
Speaker 13 (23:11):
She's put on since she's made it to Congress is
different than when she was a Texas representative, where she
acted a little more demure and a little more dare
I say normal. Now that she's gotten to one of
the most powerful positions in Congress, she's kind of leaned
into being a little more urban and being a little
more gangster to get attention. And I'll be honest, it's working.
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But at the same time, she's a phony, she's a fraud.
She's going to lead them right off a cliff. So
if they want to anoint her or AOC as their leader,
go ahead. They can have tweedled the and tweedled dumb.
That'll make it a lot easier for the people that
actually care about this country.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah, good luck to them. Former FBI Director James Comey
has called the Republican Party white supremacists while appearing on MSNBC.
Let's listen to what he said.
Speaker 17 (23:59):
Do you think there's so I mean, one of the
things that is happening now is that the Trump administration
of course, testing the system in ways it hasn't been
tested before. In the law enforcement sense, do you think
there are laws that should be put in place that
would help better manage this that aren't in place now?
I mean, are we equipped? Is the law enforcement system
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and the legal system equipped to deal with what we're
seeing now?
Speaker 10 (24:23):
Probably there could be changes at the margins, but in
the main we have the tools. There are cultural impediments
to doing this work. Let's say you work in the FBI.
You know that one of the two political parties is,
let me put it nicely, white supremacist adjacent at a minimum,
and so why would you want to throw your career
on that side of the line and be summoned to
Capitol Hill to be asked why are you pursuing these
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innocent groups? And so we have a cultural impediment to
working it effectively. That should get more intention than it does.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
James Karmie has previously accused on a Trump of stewarring racism,
so these comments really comm no surprise. But they also
come after James Comey posted a picture on Instagram eighty
six forty seven and then claimed he had no idea
that that might imply a threat with eighty six generally
understood to me and get rid of, and forty seven,
of course, being a clear reference to Donald Trump, the
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forty seventh president. Why is MSNBC still giving James Comy
air time.
Speaker 13 (25:22):
Because they like James Comy even though it was him
bringing up Hillary's emails that basically cost Hillary the twenty
sixteen election. But James Comy is a big bird looking idiot.
The guy has about two brain cells, considering that he
was in charge of the FBI. But he's going to
go around and say that he doesn't know what eighty
seven forty six I mean, excuse me, eighty six forty
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seven would even mean?
Speaker 1 (25:44):
That's ridiculous. He knows eighty seven would you mean.
Speaker 13 (25:46):
Kick somebody out or take somebody out, or even kill
somebody if we're talking about it, and you know, a
more serious term. And he knows what forty seven means
with the president. So he's playing dumb. He's an idiot.
He's got a book that nobody wants to buy or read.
So you know, I hope that run into James Comby
one day and I can call him out for, you know,
being against the American people.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
And of course it's always.
Speaker 13 (26:05):
A white guy complaining about racism, like anybody's ever been
racist to him in his entire life. Maybe they're racist,
you know, taught them because he's too tall or something.
You know, he doesn't fit in a car, doesn't fit
their airplanes heat. But other than that, he's never faced
one ounce of racism. So give me a break, James Comy.
It's just always the perpetual victim of these people.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Yeah. Absolutely. Donald Trump has blasted Harvard University and criticized
foreign countries for paying nothing towards the education of their
citizens who attends these elite universities. Trump says that there
are too many foreign students at Harvard and has announced
plans to revoke the university's ability to enroll them. This
is what Trump has had to say.
Speaker 7 (26:44):
But they are thirty one percent, but they refuse to
tell us who the people are. We want to know
who the people.
Speaker 10 (26:50):
Now.
Speaker 8 (26:50):
A lot of the foreign students.
Speaker 7 (26:51):
We wouldn't have a problem with.
Speaker 8 (26:52):
I'm not going to have a problem with foreign students.
Speaker 7 (26:55):
But it shouldn't be thirty one percent. It's too much
because we have Americans that want to go there and
to the places, and they can't go there.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
This issue is causing controversy here in Australia. What's the
reaction to it in the US?
Speaker 13 (27:10):
Well, I mean, it's absolutely ridiculous that we're even giving
Harvard billions of dollars, because if you think about it,
that any student that get into Harvard can go to
any other university of public university, probably on a full
right scholarship.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
But some we're giving them billions of dollars.
Speaker 13 (27:23):
And Donald Trump on true Social said that he wants
to reallocate those funds for trade schools. And I think
that'd be great because I'm in Texas and it's starting
to get hot and my AC's acting up, and we
can barely get an HVAC guy to come out.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Of here and fix it.
Speaker 13 (27:34):
So we need more h back people and less Harvard snobs.
So you know, I love it. I can't believe that
we subsidize so much for Harvard. You would just think
that they could be able to afford their own students,
considering their endowment I believe is fifty billion dollars. So
it's ridiculous. I'm happy that we're not giving Harvard so
much money. Forget about them basically being terrorists adjacent. I
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don't even care about that as much as I care
about actually helping American taxpayer that need those resources more
than the poor students at Harvard.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Give me a break.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Alex Stein, host of Primetime with Alex Stein, thank you
so much for joining us on Power Hour. Great to
talk to you.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Time to check in on all the royal news and
joining us is News Court columnist Angela Mollard Angelo. It's
great to see you. To see you too. King Charles
is set to become the first one art since nineteen
at seventy seven to open Canada's Parliament. He'll be just
the second one ark in Britain's history to participate in
the ritual, after late Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Tour nearly
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half a century ago. Now all eyes will of course
be on the King.
Speaker 18 (28:42):
What can we expect, Well, look will obviously this isn't
a very important moment. He's got to be very careful,
of course, because he needs to be impartial, as politically impartial,
so he'll give this address. But this is hugely significant.
This is a real act of soft diplomacy because we
know that he has linked into meeting with Trump, invited
Trump back to the UK, and of course Donald Trump
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is suggesting that Canada become another state of America, so
to show sovereignty and to support the sovereignty of the Canadians.
His role there, I think it's really smart of him
to have to go there. But there's a secondary element
as well, which is that the popularity the royals is
waning in Canada and they are now in the face
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of this attack from Trump seeing the monarchy as you know,
having their spines. So it's actually a smart move for
the monarchy for the King and Queen to be there
as well, because it shures up their reputation and the
relationship between them and Canada.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
And their relevance. Yes, let's talk about Meghan Markle, because
her popularity in Britain has reached a record low. Her
favorability rating has dropped to just twenty percent, meaning it's
only Prince Andrew who's more disliked than her. This is
according to a Yugov poll which found the public perception
of Megan Markle was now at its worst since it
started tracking the data back in twenty seventeen. So despite
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you know, the Netflix shows, the podcasts, you know, Brits
rather to start buying it.
Speaker 18 (30:08):
That's absolutely right, and I think it's really noticeable whenever
I'm in the UK, or whenever I'm speaking to a
friend I used to work there for a decade, speaking
to British journalists, they just have no time for her
at all. And I think it's that element of the
fact that she rejected the monarchy and they take that,
taking that pretty hard. In Australia, I think we have
a more balanced view of her. We're curious of her,
and certainly there's a different approach between younger and older people.
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Younger people see her more favorably. Older people have no
time for her at all. But as you say, twenty seventeen,
when she first came on the scene, we loved her.
You know, she came down to Australia, they could do
no wrong. She was this new brand of princess that
we were all excited about. And now for her to
be seen this unfavorably, I mean, if you think about it,
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when mex had happened and she left the royal family,
her favorability was at fifty five percent there then, So
to slip even so much in these five years is.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary, And now Prince Harry and Megan Markle
have reportedly created their own Royal household royal staffing structure
to make it more of a hierarchical system. So, according
to The Daily Mail, Meredith Kendall Mains will be at
the helm of a team of eleven operating out of
what Desito in the UK. And this comes as the
couple continue pursuing their professional lives separately. Now they've been
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slammed for this new royal structure after they spent so
much time rubbishing the royal family. But what do you
make of this move and what does it tell us?
Speaker 18 (31:33):
Look, it's really interesting. What it tells us is that
everything that's gone beforehand has failed. But I don't necessarily
think it's just the structure. And what I think is
interesting about this is we're moving from a montecito model
to a monarchy model. This is very much how the
Royal family run it. But central to any relationship is
how you actually relate and communicate. And now unless that
has changed, I can't see this model working for them.
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That said, there are great people, There are people who
have worked. I mean, as you say, Meredith Mains at
the top there, and look it is more hierarchical, so
she's above all those other people. So you're hoping that
there'll be some level of sort of leadership within it
that will work for them. But the fact is that
that they cannot keep staff, so they have to do
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something differently. They don't just have to hire differently. But
I think the point you make about the hypocrisy that's
seen is that Harry, of course has had criticized the
courtiers the way the monarchy works at length, and now
he's finally recognizing that that model does actually work. And
we're looking at you know, people like Sir Clive Alderton
who work for the King and Queen. You know, they
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are so brilliant at their job.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Mark Boland, who was the.
Speaker 18 (32:41):
PR, the comms expert who saw Camilla reintroduced to the
royal family after Diana's death and for her to be
where she is now in public imaginations say, compared to
Megan's ratings, shows the work that a good PR can do.
So hopefully it'll work for them because they need to
get ahead, you know, not just on branding, but on
how they are seen globally.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Yeah, and it's hard to see them actually getting ahead
because it's just getting worse them, just as we reported
on with the popularity, but turning our attention to the
far more popular royals, Prince William and Princess Catherine have
welcome some adorable new additions to the family. Their pet
dog Ala has given birth to four puppies. Very exciting
news for the family. Do you know if the puppies
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are here to stay? Well, who knows if they'll keep one.
Speaker 18 (33:24):
I think they'll keep one of them. They all A
is the dog that they got from Catherine's brother. His
dog Ella had puppies and all it was one of them,
and James Middleton, Catherine's brother, has spoken a lot about
how the dogs and the pets help them with their
mental health. Look, I can imagine those three kids in
the out of winds up making a hard play for
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a second puppy in that house. I don't mean, who
can deny a little kid a puppy.
Speaker 6 (33:51):
But I don't know if that'd be keeping all.
Speaker 18 (33:53):
Four that would be I mean, it's not the biggest
house that they live in.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
They've only got a four bedroom house.
Speaker 18 (33:58):
But I'd love to know who they bred this dog,
because it's not like I've been out into the park
like everyone else do they and I read it with
whoever comes along this would be well.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
Dogs, absolutely and yeah, I'm sure there'll be a bit
of pressure coming from the children, but we'll see what
they do. Now. Finally, the story that everyone is talking
about the Beckhams. There are concerns that David and Victoria
Beckham fear that they might not be there may be
no way back at this point between them and their
son Brooklyn. This is after Brooklyn shared a pretty pointed
message on Instagram. Brooklyn and his wife Nicola understood to
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be at the heart of this fallout with the family.
Speaker 10 (34:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
Brooklyn seemed to make his feelings clear on an Instagram
video where he claimed that he would always choose his
wife Nikola because a sad situation, but it certainly appears
that it's not getting better anytime soon.
Speaker 18 (34:44):
No, And I think one of the hardest things is
that the optics on this have always been at the
Beckhams are such a close knit family. We know from
watching that amazing series on that but I loved that,
you know, and it showed the closeness of the family
in Victorian David are very much about seeing to be
unity harmony that they are you know that they all
love each other? Now, this is really problematic, But what
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I think is also interestingly about it is that a
mirror's obviously the Royal family what's happened with Harry, but
it also is highly relatable for other families. People are
always falling out with families. Brooklyn Beckham as twenty six
as you say, he's put up this Instagram post saying
I'll always be, you know, on your side or what
did he say? I will always choose you baby. You
know what, twenty six year olds are not the same
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as thirty six year olds. He'll be making different decisions
in a decade's time.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
And there I'm concerned that their.
Speaker 18 (35:32):
Ability to not find a way to repair speaks volumes
about how they might not be able to repair with
each other should any falling out. You know, when people
hold the ground like that and don't have that ability
to communicate their way out of it, it means that
the rest of their relationships don't usually flourish either.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
Yeah, no, that's a very valid point. Angela and Mullard,
thank you so much for joining us. Some power our
great to talk to you too, and that is power.
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Zines Power Hour with Gabriella Power.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hello and welcome to Power Aura. I'm Gabriella Power. Thank
you for your company. US President Donald Trump has delivered
a powerful address marking Memorial Day honoring the fallen American
heroes at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
And warriors have left behind the blessings of home and
family to answer their nation's call. They've offered all that
they had within them and given their last breaths to
each and every one of us, that we might live
safe and breathe free. This morning, we pay tribute to
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their immortal deeds. We share in the sorrow of their
beloved families, and as one nation, we give thanks for
the ultimate gift they have so selflessly given to all
of us warriors. And that's what they are as great,
great warriors.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
The President was joined by Vice President JD. Vance and
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the leaders spent time with
gold Star families and service members, and the President later
wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. But it
was Vice President Jade Vance's speech that, in my opinion,
I thought was exceptional. His tribute was heartfelt and deeply moving,
(01:24):
and as he spoke about honoring the courageous men and
women of the US military who sacrificed their lives, he
warned that going forward, leaders must treat the lives of
troops as the most precious resource, and we must be
very cautious about going to war.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
The very best way to honor the fallen is to
only ask the next generation to make the ultimate sacrifice
when they absolutely must. We must be cautious in sending
our people to war.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Joining us now is Hillary Fordwich, president and founder of Strollmak. Hillary,
it's great to see you. Dady Vance has warned against
endless wars in his Memorial Day speech, and while he
was honoring fallen soldiers, he was sending a clear message
to future leaders about putting the lives of troops above
political ambition. Here's a bit more from his speech.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I try to honor the fallen is to commit ourselves
to being worthy of their sacrifice. If you're a husband,
be the best husband you can be. If you're a mom,
be the best mom that you can be. If you're
a citizen, be the very best citizen that you can be,
Because together, let us build a better country. A more
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perfect union, and strive to be the kind of nation
worthy of the sacrifice of the people that we honor
today on this memorial day, let.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Us remember that we have been.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Given a great gift, often by people none of.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Us ever met.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Let us cherish that gift and make ourselves worthy of
it so powerful.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
What's your reaction to dati Vance's remarks, Well.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Pleasure to be back with you again, Gabriella, And I
will say it sounded rather presidential to me.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
It was a very unifying message as well, because I
think he.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Really addressed everyone, whether you're a mother, you're a husband,
you're running. I thought it was just very you know, inclusive,
and the Republicans don't stand for that sort of inclusivity,
but that's what it really did. Also, very importantly, I
think when he made the point that we have to
be grateful to people that we've never met. I had
two great uncles that died in the Battle of the Somme.
(03:38):
Obviously they went there from England, but I think that
that's so important. People don't realize that all of us
that live in under peace in the world have done
so from those that have fought that will never meet.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
So I think he made a very good point.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Absolutely well, Let's look at one of the biggest conflicts
that's going on in the world right now, the conflict
between Russia and Ukraine, and Donald Trump has blasted a
Russian leader of Vladimir Putin, saying he's not happy with him.
Let's take a listen.
Speaker 7 (04:05):
Yeah, I'll give you an update.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
I'm not happy with what Putin's doing.
Speaker 7 (04:09):
He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know
what the hell happened to Putin.
Speaker 8 (04:12):
I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him.
Speaker 7 (04:16):
But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and
I don't like it at all. Okay, we're in the
middle of talking and he's shooting rockets into Kiev and
other cities. I don't like it at all. Ratherient, what
do you want to do about I'm surprised. I'm very surprised.
We'll see what we're going to do. What am I
going to tell you? You're the fake news, aren't you?
(04:36):
You're totally faked. Now.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
This comes after Russia launched a record number of drones
against Ukraine, killing more than a dozen people. We know
that Donald Trump has expressed admiration for Putin in the past,
but he's showing growing frustration in recent weeks as truce
negotiations appear to be deadlocked. Trump also posted on x
that Putin has gone crazy. I mean, Hillary, what's yours
(05:00):
tsessment of this development? President Trump is considering sanctions against Moscow? Now,
how likely is that will?
Speaker 5 (05:08):
That's really there is the next step, because what's the
last resort? The last resort is something that most of
us don't want across the world.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
But I think that.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
The sanctions they could actually implement would cripple the Russian economy.
He actually said that he fears and has always thought
that Putin wants all of Ukraine, and President Trump has.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
Said that will be the end of Russia.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
I think that economically, there are levers that should have
been pulled, in my humble opinion, a long time ago,
to put a.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Far greater amount of pressure on Putin.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Don't forget also, the price of oil has really funded
this entire war. I think there's a lot that could
have been done from day one of this administration. And
let's hope that that starts now. Because there were ten
You mentioned that bombardment yesterday, there were ten killed in Kiev,
and it's one of the greatest bombardments and drone attack
since the war began.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Has responded, claiming that Donald Trump was showing signs of
emotional overload after he called Prutin absolutely crazy. Look, it's
going to be probably embarrassing for Donald Trump if he's
not able to bring this war to an end.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Well.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
Yes, actually you're very correct there, Gabriella, because one of
the things he had said on the campaign trail was
I will end this war on day one, which was
obviously something very measurable and something that certainly hasn't happened.
I think it was far more complex than he or
anyone on his team and staff recognized, a very complex
chew and I don't think that there's any end of
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this in any.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
Term.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
I think it's only the sanctions that could actually start
to move the needle.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Hilary will return to speaking about other conflicts that are
taking place around the world, but I have to get
to this story about mccron because it is absolutely shocking.
French President of Mannie mccron has been assaulted by his wife, first,
Lady Bridget mccron. Now the incident where Bridget appears to
slap her husband has been caught on camera as their
(07:03):
plane was about to disembark to Vietnam. This is the vision.
(07:36):
Look a Mannie mccron is dismissing the video that has
going viral, saying they were just joking, they were just
play fighting. But Hillary Bridget mccron is a seventy two
year old first lady. That makes her a leader, the
eyes of the world on her. It's absolutely not okay.
And I don't think anyone is buying this spin from
Macron that he is saying it was just a joke.
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What's your reaction.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Well, if it had been just the joke, then they
would have been giggling and holding hands and laughing down
the steps all the way down there the gangway, but
they weren't. It was frigid, it was icy. She did
not take his hand, he did not take hers. What
I think is interesting is the way that there was
the slap, or the attempted slap, and he looked at ghast,
he looked horrified, and then he quickly immediately put.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
On this fake camera ready smile.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
The moment that he saw all the photographers down at
the end of that step. So I think that tells everything.
The way they came down with an icy steps there.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Absolutely. Look I'm in shock watching that vision. I think
Bridget mccron needs to address the incident, possibly apologize. But
returning to the US, Donald Trump has delayed the fifty
percent tariff on the EU from June first to July
nine after a call with the President of the European Commission. Now,
this is to buy more time for negotiations.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
We had a very nice call and I agreed to movement.
I believe June night would be July ninth would be
the day. Is the date you requested? Could we move
it from June first in July ninth?
Speaker 8 (09:04):
And I agreed to do that, and that she said,
we will rapidly get together and see if we could
work something out.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Hillary, Is Donald Trump being fair here? He's of course
always criticized for being pretty chaotic. But is this part
of his strategy?
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Well, yes, because don't forget, the EU has ten percent
tariffs on everything coming in from the US, whereas the
US only has two point five percent tariffs.
Speaker 6 (09:27):
So that's why there's this massive trade deficit.
Speaker 5 (09:31):
Gabriella, the US imports forty three point one billion in
products from the EU, and the EU only imports and
returns six billion, so massive trade deficit.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
It's never been fair.
Speaker 5 (09:43):
The EU really has always thrived on regulations, whereas, of
course the US thrives on innovation. And while the EU
is always griping that they don't have the Google, so
they don't have all the high tach they don't have
all the entrepreneurs. Well, it's because of all the regulations, Gabriella.
They don't have that kind ofnovation over there, so they
don't have the same There's no way they're going to
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be able to have all those products over there. What
this comes down to is that the EU is really
having sort of a collective action issue a problem because
you've got the German car manufacturers and the French produce
such as French wine. They're pressuring fon Delayan. There is
no such thing as one United EU. It is twenty
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seven different countries with different agendas. And I think what
you're seeing is the reason that she has she at
places called she wants this to be delayed is because
she knows she has to do some negotiating Veruly.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Now, okay, let's look at the situation in the Middle
East and Trump Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff claims that Terra
Grewpermus tried to pull a bait and switch on the
latest ceasefire deal by altering the terms of the proposal.
It's reported that Hermas claimed it had been presented with
a new US proposal that would say a seventy day
ceasefire and the release of five living hostages on the
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first and final days of the truth, but a disappointed
Steve Whitcoff has blasted her Mass, claiming that the terms
of the deal he'd actually sent to them were very different,
and that included the release of ten living hostages and
nineteen hostages that are now dead in return for forty
five to sixty days of a ceasefire and the release
of Palestinian prisoners. Now, just reading this, it's heartbreaking. It
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shows how difficult the situation is that you know, the
United States is trying to deal and negotiate with a
terror group, and of course Israel is constantly being criticized
for it strikes against Gaza. But the fact is the
reality is that her Mass refuses to release the hostages
that option is available to them. You know, Hillary, there
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was hope a few months ago, and we were seeing
hostages return back to their families, that maybe this war
and this conflict could come to an end. It's still ongoing,
still awful to see that we are still in this situation.
Where is this heading?
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Well, Gabriella, that is a very good question.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
I don't know who knows the answer to that, because
what I would say is, obviously Netanyahu and the Israelis
what they want is they basically want to see, you know,
the Palestinians and mas Hamas obliterated because they fear another
October seventh, and why not obviously, And I think that
what's really sad about the global dialogue is people aren't
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talking about and the global media isn't really talking about
October seventh, what Hamas did. What I have heard and
read is that the Palestinian people are very sick and
tired of Hamas because the mass is taking any relief,
any aid that comes in, They're just taking it for themselves.
Now back to the agreement, I just would say simply,
there has been conflict, there have been wars, There has
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been all of.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
This happening in the Middle East since the beginning of time.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
I don't see it anytime ending anytime soon, and I
think the Israelis are diametrically opposed to any kind of negotiation,
and mass isn't to be trusted.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Let's talk about the talks between Donald Trump and Iran.
Donald Trump said that US negotiators had a very good
talk with Iran within Iranian delegation over the weekend as
he seeks a deal to prevent Turan from developing a
nuclear weapon.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
Talks with Iran yesterday and today, and let's see what happens.
But I think we could have some good news on
the Iran front. Likewise, with Hamas on the on Gaza,
we want to see if we can stop that. And Israel,
we've been talking to them and we want to see
if we can stop that.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Now, since returning to office, Donald Trump has revived his
maximum pressure campaign on Iran, backing talks but warning of
military action if diplomacy fails. But now after model rounds
of nuclear talks, is an agreement actually close.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
I think it's closer than it has been. I think
this is what the Uranians want, don't forget. They don't
want their economy crippled. They have been isolated global, so
I do think this is something that is closer than
certainly some of the other conflicts or anything else that
we've been talking about. So I think that there is
hope on this front, although what they don't want to
do is the very thing that Trump, President Trump wants,
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which is no nuclear development, no further nuclear development. That
has to come to an end, and of course that
is a sticking point. If they'll concede on that, do
you think we'll see some progress?
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Yes, Hilly forward to it. President and founder of Strema,
Thank you so much for your time and joining us
on Power Hour.
Speaker 9 (14:30):
Pleasure Gabriella, it's time for media meltdowns.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Well, CNN anchor and co author of Original Sin Jake
Tapper still doesn't get it. He's been out promoting his
new Tell Old book on CNN, of course, where he's
putting a lot of spin on why people should pay
for his book and claiming he wasn't really part of
the big Biden cover up. According to Jake Tapper, no,
(15:03):
he didn't scrutinize the issue of Biden's health at the
time because he was just too polite.
Speaker 10 (15:09):
How has writing this important book investigating the Biden presidency,
Jake informed you about how to cover the current president?
Speaker 11 (15:18):
Well, I just think in general, not Trump's specific, but
in general, I think that the press corps and I'm
certainly including myself, needs to worry less about politeness when
it comes to these health issues and needs to be
even more aggressive when it comes to demanding transparency on
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health issues when it comes to the president. President Trump,
while he appears healthy, he has not been transparent about
his health records, and I think that that's something that
the American people have a right to.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Of course, the conversation quickly shifts away from Joe Biden's
cognitive decline, and there are now suggestions coming from CNN
that Donald Trump be hiding something and we should all
be worried about that. But Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
have been doing the media rounds and more sane and
colleagues have been putting the tough questions to the authors
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whether it was really fair that the book is now
getting some backlash.
Speaker 12 (16:17):
Obviously, as you know, there has been quite a bit
of criticism and a little bit of backlash to this
book just because some people are saying, well, you know,
how much did you know?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
When did you know it?
Speaker 12 (16:27):
Should you have been more forthcoming just given your figure
given what you do from a living should you have
been more forthcoming for the public about what you knew
about Biden's decline? Jake, is that criticism fair? Just give
us your take on that.
Speaker 11 (16:39):
Well, everything I knew about Biden's condition I shared in
real time. I didn't know anything more than most other
reporters in Washington. I saw Alex doing some aggressive reporting
from the White House, and I booked him on my show,
and I urged CNN to hire him. And I'm not
going to take I'm not going to take all responsibility
or credit for him becoming scene and commentator, but at
(17:01):
some of it I deserve. But sure, look, I mean, I,
along with most members of the legacy media, did not
cover this sufficiently.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
But the interview didn't stop there. And this scene and
anchor while she's giggling and laughing, praises Jake Tapper for
the timeline of his book.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
After the election, I sent him a proposal of like
two or three pages. He said he was in and
then we got to work and it was.
Speaker 12 (17:30):
A very fast timeline.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
It's very fast. It's very fast.
Speaker 11 (17:34):
It was you know, we took time off in that period.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Amazing fast timeline. This book has been published five years
too late. Someone needs to remind scene and that the
American people are not falling for this, not this time.
This is a network that live repeatedly and its stalin
journalist is now profiting from telling you something that hosts
on Skyny's Australia We're telling You for years. Joining us
(18:05):
now is Alex Stein, comedian and host of Primetime with
Alex Stein. Alex, it's great to see you. It is
just wild to say how much time Jake Tapper has
been spending promoting his book, which is essentially old news
and he needs a new angle to make it interesting.
So it's oh, I'm a polite guy, which is why
I didn't tell you the truth. And also Donald Trump
(18:28):
could be hiding a health issue from all of us.
I mean, what do you make of this?
Speaker 13 (18:33):
Well, I mean, how dishonest was he for the past
four years and now we want to trust him? So,
I mean, it's ridiculous that he's on some sort of
credibility tour when he has no credibility whatsoever. And you know,
let's be honest, like you look at the mainstream media
and I consider CNN and MSNBC, they should be so
happy right now that Donald Trump is in office because
they don't have to defend a walking corpse as a president,
(18:55):
so they should be really celebrating this presidency. But of
course now they're trying to go back and change history
and kind of write a different story that wasn't the
case at the time when they were in office, and
they didn't call out any of Joe Biden's you know,
cognitive disabilities and we.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Have the receipts.
Speaker 7 (19:13):
Well.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Australia. She
was a headline speaker at the Australasian at Real Estate
conference on the Gold Coast, where she was reportedly paid
half a million dollars to essentially chuckle on stage and
make jokes about being unemployed.
Speaker 8 (19:31):
As I said, I think your best work is a
interview for sure, onered percent.
Speaker 6 (19:36):
Your hand unemployed right now?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
The pictures, Oh she's a comedian. Kamala Harris was introduced
on stage is one of the most successful women in
history and as we heard in that clip, her best
work is ahead of her. I mean, do you agree
with that?
Speaker 13 (20:03):
Well, you know she can't do any worse in spending
a billion dollars on her presidential campaign and somehow ending
up one hundred million dollars in debt. And good for
her going to you know, the Gold Coast. But let's
be real. I just checked GROWK. I had to fact
check it. She didn't go to Australia once. Well, she
was vice president. So now she goes over there. I
wonder why. I wonder why she's over there. I know
why she's over there. She's there for the money. So
(20:25):
Kamala Harris is not having very good job prospects or
many offers here in America that are that great.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
So you know, what is she going to do. She's
gonna go to Australia. So good for her for.
Speaker 13 (20:35):
Going over there, but you know, it's a little less
important when she's not the vice president anymore.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, and speaking at a real estate conference when she
knows nothing about real estate, getting paid hundreds of thousands
of dollars and then laughing about being unemployed. I mean,
that is Kamala Harris. It appears though that Democrats want
Jasmine Crockett to lead the Democratic Party. Let's take a
listen to this.
Speaker 14 (21:00):
Jasmine is frankly the type of leader that we're really
looking to support. In some senses, right, somebody who is
out there that frankly doesn't give a damn with the
other side. At least the elected Republicans in Congress say
that say what they believe in, and at least you know,
even if you don't agree with her, you know what
she stands for, because she makes it very clear. And
people are really craving that right now. They don't want
(21:21):
more politicians that say talking points that it doesn't even
feel like they believe, or you don't even really know
what they mean. They want somebody who's out there that
says what they believe and doesn't care what somebody else
thinks about it. They want that authenticity.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
And in case we forgot how brilliant Jasmine Crockett is here,
she is earlier in the claiming that it's not a
crime to enter the US illegally.
Speaker 15 (21:41):
It is not a criminal violation to enter the country illegally.
Speaker 6 (21:46):
It's not a criminal.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
It's a crime.
Speaker 6 (21:49):
It's not a crime, which is why they're.
Speaker 15 (21:51):
So frustrating, because they really want our local law enforcement
to go out and round up people when they could
be looking out for the murderers and the sexual abuse
as well as the robbers. They want them to go
and round people up on civil accusations.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
And what has she been saying recently, Well, she's pushing
this fake news narrative that also the hosts of the
View have been pushing, and that is that Donald Trump
is a new Joe Biden.
Speaker 16 (22:17):
Seeing as the world leaders that we historically have been.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
The world deserves better.
Speaker 16 (22:22):
It is time for Republicans to start calling him out
and start questioning his mental acuity and whether or not
he is equipped to serve. Mentally, we know when it
comes down to his criminality, he is not qualified to serve.
But this is just absolutely deplorable.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
You cannot make this stuff up, alex is this he
should be leading the Democrats.
Speaker 13 (22:45):
You know, honestly, she should be leading the Democrats because
you're going to lead him off a cliff in my
personal opinion, And I live here in Dallas and I
have an office in her district. And let me tell
you some Jasmine Crockett is a phony Bologney criminal defense attorney.
And what do criminal defense attorneys do. They defend their
clients even when they know they're guilty. So she's perfect
for politics because she even knows what she's saying is
(23:05):
a lie, but she'll still defend it because she's trained
to do so.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
So Jasmine Crockett. A lot of her affect that.
Speaker 13 (23:11):
She's put on since she's made it to Congress is
different than when she was a Texas representative, where she
acted a little more demure and a little more dare
I say normal. Now that she's gotten to one of
the most powerful positions in Congress, she's kind of leaned
into being a little more urban and being a little
more gangster to get attention. And I'll be honest, it's working.
(23:33):
But at the same time, she's a phony, she's a fraud.
She's going to lead them right off a cliff. So
if they want to anoint her or AOC as their leader,
go ahead. They can have tweedled the and tweedled dumb.
That'll make it a lot easier for the people that
actually care about this country.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah, good luck to them. Former FBI Director James Comey
has called the Republican Party white supremacists while appearing on MSNBC.
Let's listen to what he said.
Speaker 17 (23:59):
Do you think there's so I mean, one of the
things that is happening now is that the Trump administration
of course, testing the system in ways it hasn't been
tested before. In the law enforcement sense, do you think
there are laws that should be put in place that
would help better manage this that aren't in place now?
I mean, are we equipped? Is the law enforcement system
(24:19):
and the legal system equipped to deal with what we're
seeing now?
Speaker 10 (24:23):
Probably there could be changes at the margins, but in
the main we have the tools. There are cultural impediments
to doing this work. Let's say you work in the FBI.
You know that one of the two political parties is,
let me put it nicely, white supremacist adjacent at a minimum,
and so why would you want to throw your career
on that side of the line and be summoned to
Capitol Hill to be asked why are you pursuing these
(24:46):
innocent groups? And so we have a cultural impediment to
working it effectively. That should get more intention than it does.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
James Karmie has previously accused on a Trump of stewarring racism,
so these comments really comm no surprise. But they also
come after James Comey posted a picture on Instagram eighty
six forty seven and then claimed he had no idea
that that might imply a threat with eighty six generally
understood to me and get rid of, and forty seven,
of course, being a clear reference to Donald Trump, the
(25:16):
forty seventh president. Why is MSNBC still giving James Comy
air time.
Speaker 13 (25:22):
Because they like James Comy even though it was him
bringing up Hillary's emails that basically cost Hillary the twenty
sixteen election. But James Comy is a big bird looking idiot.
The guy has about two brain cells, considering that he
was in charge of the FBI. But he's going to
go around and say that he doesn't know what eighty
seven forty six I mean, excuse me, eighty six forty
(25:42):
seven would even mean?
Speaker 1 (25:44):
That's ridiculous. He knows eighty seven would you mean.
Speaker 13 (25:46):
Kick somebody out or take somebody out, or even kill
somebody if we're talking about it, and you know, a
more serious term. And he knows what forty seven means
with the president. So he's playing dumb. He's an idiot.
He's got a book that nobody wants to buy or read.
So you know, I hope that run into James Comby
one day and I can call him out for, you know,
being against the American people.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
And of course it's always.
Speaker 13 (26:05):
A white guy complaining about racism, like anybody's ever been
racist to him in his entire life. Maybe they're racist,
you know, taught them because he's too tall or something.
You know, he doesn't fit in a car, doesn't fit
their airplanes heat. But other than that, he's never faced
one ounce of racism. So give me a break, James Comy.
It's just always the perpetual victim of these people.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Yeah. Absolutely. Donald Trump has blasted Harvard University and criticized
foreign countries for paying nothing towards the education of their
citizens who attends these elite universities. Trump says that there
are too many foreign students at Harvard and has announced
plans to revoke the university's ability to enroll them. This
is what Trump has had to say.
Speaker 7 (26:44):
But they are thirty one percent, but they refuse to
tell us who the people are. We want to know
who the people.
Speaker 10 (26:50):
Now.
Speaker 8 (26:50):
A lot of the foreign students.
Speaker 7 (26:51):
We wouldn't have a problem with.
Speaker 8 (26:52):
I'm not going to have a problem with foreign students.
Speaker 7 (26:55):
But it shouldn't be thirty one percent. It's too much
because we have Americans that want to go there and
to the places, and they can't go there.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
This issue is causing controversy here in Australia. What's the
reaction to it in the US?
Speaker 13 (27:10):
Well, I mean, it's absolutely ridiculous that we're even giving
Harvard billions of dollars, because if you think about it,
that any student that get into Harvard can go to
any other university of public university, probably on a full
right scholarship.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
But some we're giving them billions of dollars.
Speaker 13 (27:23):
And Donald Trump on true Social said that he wants
to reallocate those funds for trade schools. And I think
that'd be great because I'm in Texas and it's starting
to get hot and my AC's acting up, and we
can barely get an HVAC guy to come out.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Of here and fix it.
Speaker 13 (27:34):
So we need more h back people and less Harvard snobs.
So you know, I love it. I can't believe that
we subsidize so much for Harvard. You would just think
that they could be able to afford their own students,
considering their endowment I believe is fifty billion dollars. So
it's ridiculous. I'm happy that we're not giving Harvard so
much money. Forget about them basically being terrorists adjacent. I
(27:56):
don't even care about that as much as I care
about actually helping American taxpayer that need those resources more
than the poor students at Harvard.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Give me a break.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Alex Stein, host of Primetime with Alex Stein, thank you
so much for joining us on Power Hour. Great to
talk to you.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Time to check in on all the royal news and
joining us is News Court columnist Angela Mollard Angelo. It's
great to see you. To see you too. King Charles
is set to become the first one art since nineteen
at seventy seven to open Canada's Parliament. He'll be just
the second one ark in Britain's history to participate in
the ritual, after late Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Tour nearly
(28:38):
half a century ago. Now all eyes will of course
be on the King.
Speaker 18 (28:42):
What can we expect, Well, look will obviously this isn't
a very important moment. He's got to be very careful,
of course, because he needs to be impartial, as politically impartial,
so he'll give this address. But this is hugely significant.
This is a real act of soft diplomacy because we
know that he has linked into meeting with Trump, invited
Trump back to the UK, and of course Donald Trump
(29:05):
is suggesting that Canada become another state of America, so
to show sovereignty and to support the sovereignty of the Canadians.
His role there, I think it's really smart of him
to have to go there. But there's a secondary element
as well, which is that the popularity the royals is
waning in Canada and they are now in the face
(29:26):
of this attack from Trump seeing the monarchy as you know,
having their spines. So it's actually a smart move for
the monarchy for the King and Queen to be there
as well, because it shures up their reputation and the
relationship between them and Canada.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
And their relevance. Yes, let's talk about Meghan Markle, because
her popularity in Britain has reached a record low. Her
favorability rating has dropped to just twenty percent, meaning it's
only Prince Andrew who's more disliked than her. This is
according to a Yugov poll which found the public perception
of Megan Markle was now at its worst since it
started tracking the data back in twenty seventeen. So despite
(30:03):
you know, the Netflix shows, the podcasts, you know, Brits
rather to start buying it.
Speaker 18 (30:08):
That's absolutely right, and I think it's really noticeable whenever
I'm in the UK, or whenever I'm speaking to a
friend I used to work there for a decade, speaking
to British journalists, they just have no time for her
at all. And I think it's that element of the
fact that she rejected the monarchy and they take that,
taking that pretty hard. In Australia, I think we have
a more balanced view of her. We're curious of her,
and certainly there's a different approach between younger and older people.
(30:31):
Younger people see her more favorably. Older people have no
time for her at all. But as you say, twenty seventeen,
when she first came on the scene, we loved her.
You know, she came down to Australia, they could do
no wrong. She was this new brand of princess that
we were all excited about. And now for her to
be seen this unfavorably, I mean, if you think about it,
(30:51):
when mex had happened and she left the royal family,
her favorability was at fifty five percent there then, So
to slip even so much in these five years is.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary, And now Prince Harry and Megan Markle
have reportedly created their own Royal household royal staffing structure
to make it more of a hierarchical system. So, according
to The Daily Mail, Meredith Kendall Mains will be at
the helm of a team of eleven operating out of
what Desito in the UK. And this comes as the
couple continue pursuing their professional lives separately. Now they've been
(31:24):
slammed for this new royal structure after they spent so
much time rubbishing the royal family. But what do you
make of this move and what does it tell us?
Speaker 18 (31:33):
Look, it's really interesting. What it tells us is that
everything that's gone beforehand has failed. But I don't necessarily
think it's just the structure. And what I think is
interesting about this is we're moving from a montecito model
to a monarchy model. This is very much how the
Royal family run it. But central to any relationship is
how you actually relate and communicate. And now unless that
has changed, I can't see this model working for them.
(31:55):
That said, there are great people, There are people who
have worked. I mean, as you say, Meredith Mains at
the top there, and look it is more hierarchical, so
she's above all those other people. So you're hoping that
there'll be some level of sort of leadership within it
that will work for them. But the fact is that
that they cannot keep staff, so they have to do
(32:16):
something differently. They don't just have to hire differently. But
I think the point you make about the hypocrisy that's
seen is that Harry, of course has had criticized the
courtiers the way the monarchy works at length, and now
he's finally recognizing that that model does actually work. And
we're looking at you know, people like Sir Clive Alderton
who work for the King and Queen. You know, they
(32:36):
are so brilliant at their job.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Mark Boland, who was the.
Speaker 18 (32:41):
PR, the comms expert who saw Camilla reintroduced to the
royal family after Diana's death and for her to be
where she is now in public imaginations say, compared to
Megan's ratings, shows the work that a good PR can do.
So hopefully it'll work for them because they need to
get ahead, you know, not just on branding, but on
how they are seen globally.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Yeah, and it's hard to see them actually getting ahead
because it's just getting worse them, just as we reported
on with the popularity, but turning our attention to the
far more popular royals, Prince William and Princess Catherine have
welcome some adorable new additions to the family. Their pet
dog Ala has given birth to four puppies. Very exciting
news for the family. Do you know if the puppies
(33:22):
are here to stay? Well, who knows if they'll keep one.
Speaker 18 (33:24):
I think they'll keep one of them. They all A
is the dog that they got from Catherine's brother. His
dog Ella had puppies and all it was one of them,
and James Middleton, Catherine's brother, has spoken a lot about
how the dogs and the pets help them with their
mental health. Look, I can imagine those three kids in
the out of winds up making a hard play for
(33:47):
a second puppy in that house. I don't mean, who
can deny a little kid a puppy.
Speaker 6 (33:51):
But I don't know if that'd be keeping all.
Speaker 18 (33:53):
Four that would be I mean, it's not the biggest
house that they live in.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
They've only got a four bedroom house.
Speaker 18 (33:58):
But I'd love to know who they bred this dog,
because it's not like I've been out into the park
like everyone else do they and I read it with
whoever comes along this would be well.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
Dogs, absolutely and yeah, I'm sure there'll be a bit
of pressure coming from the children, but we'll see what
they do. Now. Finally, the story that everyone is talking
about the Beckhams. There are concerns that David and Victoria
Beckham fear that they might not be there may be
no way back at this point between them and their
son Brooklyn. This is after Brooklyn shared a pretty pointed
message on Instagram. Brooklyn and his wife Nicola understood to
(34:29):
be at the heart of this fallout with the family.
Speaker 10 (34:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
Brooklyn seemed to make his feelings clear on an Instagram
video where he claimed that he would always choose his
wife Nikola because a sad situation, but it certainly appears
that it's not getting better anytime soon.
Speaker 18 (34:44):
No, And I think one of the hardest things is
that the optics on this have always been at the
Beckhams are such a close knit family. We know from
watching that amazing series on that but I loved that,
you know, and it showed the closeness of the family
in Victorian David are very much about seeing to be
unity harmony that they are you know that they all
love each other? Now, this is really problematic, But what
(35:06):
I think is also interestingly about it is that a
mirror's obviously the Royal family what's happened with Harry, but
it also is highly relatable for other families. People are
always falling out with families. Brooklyn Beckham as twenty six
as you say, he's put up this Instagram post saying
I'll always be, you know, on your side or what
did he say? I will always choose you baby. You
know what, twenty six year olds are not the same
(35:26):
as thirty six year olds. He'll be making different decisions
in a decade's time.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
And there I'm concerned that their.
Speaker 18 (35:32):
Ability to not find a way to repair speaks volumes
about how they might not be able to repair with
each other should any falling out. You know, when people
hold the ground like that and don't have that ability
to communicate their way out of it, it means that
the rest of their relationships don't usually flourish either.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
Yeah, no, that's a very valid point. Angela and Mullard,
thank you so much for joining us. Some power our
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