February 11, 2025 • 39 mins
Join us as we discuss how Hamas is already reneging on it's deal to release more Israeli hostages now that they have returned to the Gaza strip. We analyze what this means for the roader war and how President Trump has given Hamas an ultimatum: Return all Hostages by Saturday, or "all hell is going to break loose."
We revisit Trump's announcement that the U.S. might take over Gaza and explore whether it's a strategic ruse to pressure Hamas. We then talk about how to sell a ruse, you must show that you are willing to follow through with other promises. We dive into how Trump is doing just that, most recently by forcing Venezuela to repatriate its citizens who entered the U.S. illegally—at Venezuela's expense. Plus, we uncover shocking new details about USAID funneling millions to organizations tied to terrorist groups.
Finally, in "This Day in History," we explore the origins of gerrymandering and its lasting impact on American politics.
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome back here to the full story on WYAB 103.9 as we get into this Tuesday.
Second day of the week. Hope everybody is now fully recovered from the Super Bowl.
Even though you may not be fully recovered.
And I'm not from that halftime show.
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Best thing to hear, nor there.
As the world turns once again.
As things are getting moving and shaking up.
Especially now as the Hamas ceasefire seems to have its days numbered.
Didn't last too long.
Didn't last too long.
But as Hamas is threatening to withhold hostages.
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We're going to cover that.
What Hamas has said. What Israel said.
And what Donald Trump has said.
Because Donald Trump has drawn a line in the sand.
We're going to play that for you.
But as we'll also show.
We'll also talk about.
Is that Trump is not someone to be messed with.
Because he has kept all of his promises.
We talked about the tariffs yesterday.
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We're going to talk about today.
How there is movement now.
Other countries sending planes.
To take our illegal immigrants back to where they belong.
Again something that Trump has pressured other countries to do.
So we're going to talk about that as well.
We also want to talk a little bit.
To revisit the US aid story.
Which we haven't talked about in a few days.
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As we're getting more and more information.
That's what's coming from there.
Including now information that.
There was actual terrorist organizations.
That were getting money from USAID.
That's right. We were funding your taxpayer dollars.
You know all that money that comes out of your check.
When you see all those little things that come out of your check.
Every paycheck.
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That was going to pay in some terrorist organizations.
So we're going to talk about that as well.
So you can see exactly just how corrupt that organization is.
And this idea of.
This is what happens also too when you have this idea of forced charity.
Which we've talked about here before.
So we're going to talk about that as well.
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Alright welcome back ladies and gentlemen.
I'm sorry again for the annoying bagpipes there.
That they tend to throw in you know every other week or so.
Just to wake you up.
You know just the piercing ear bleeding sound.
Of the worst instrument ever made.
But let's continue on.
Because we're talking about very very bad things.
Let's talk about Hamas.
So of course Hamas in Israel we talked at length.
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And Hamas has had a very I would say teetering on the edge.
Of a ceasefire for the last few weeks.
Where they have seen just a few Israeli hostages.
Released for dozens and dozens and dozens of Palestinians.
And now Hamas is running to renege on the deal.
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As a delay to the next planned release of Israeli hostages.
From the Gaza Strip.
Which has jolted the fragile ceasefire.
That is going to probably flare up the war once again.
So it as of course there are still 17 hostages.
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Yet to be released from Gaza under this phase of the ceasefire.
So what they promised they would do.
They say oh we're going to hold them up.
And again how surprising is this.
It's like did we really really think that Hamas.
The terrorist organization that says Israel should be wiped off the planet.
Of the earth would really go forward with it.
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I mean is this really that surprising.
That they didn't follow through on their deal.
I mean I think it's like is the sky blue.
I mean did we actually think this was ever going to work.
So the next handover of the three hostages.
So three more hostages were planned to be handed over on Saturday.
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And that is now that's what the Palestinians says.
We think we'll hold off on that.
So Israel is having a security cabinet meeting this morning.
And it has been moved up in response to Hamas's announcement.
And the developments have also led to near fear in Gaza.
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New fear in Gaza where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
Have surged to what remains of their homes in the territory.
And of course again they think about all right.
They allowed you to come in.
And the people that you want in there Hamas is reneged on their deal.
It's like who do you think is to blame for that Palestinians.
I mean how much longer are you going to follow these people in.
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The uncertainty which is just over halfway into the ceasefires six week first phase.
Complicates talks on the second phase which again was never really put in place.
It's like we got to figure out the second phase as the first phase goes on.
Which what I said a couple weeks ago is that well that means the second phase is never going to happen.
And that's what looks like it's going to play out.
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It's like we're never going to have a second phase.
So this is probably also going to this also going to jeopardize the humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Which again why are you guys you know this is something this is a problem that you have caused.
So Hamas has accused Israel of not holding up to its in the deal by initially delaying the return of Palestinians.
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To northern Gaza over an earlier dispute.
So Israel didn't do that because Hamas still wasn't living up to its deal.
And they also said they're carrying out strikes across the country and hindering the entry of humanitarian aid.
Now what they're hindering is the entry of your weapons.
The militant group because Hamas quickly reasserted control of Gaza when the ceasefire began on January 19th.
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And said the next hostage release would be delayed until further notice.
So as soon as we as soon as Israel lifted the ceasefire started Hamas immediately took over again.
And the Gaza Strip and again if that's the case you can never you're never going to have peace.
As long as they're in control you will never ever have peace.
So again they'll agree to give away a few hostages just so they get back to their strongholds.
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Which they did and now they're going to now once they're back in there it's all of a sudden.
We're not going to give you any more. I think we've given you enough now.
We're back. We're back to where we need to be. Thanks for that you idiots.
We're going to we're going to enjoy we're going to enjoy our time here and we're not going to give over any more hostages.
That's essentially that's essentially how it played out.
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Which again is it really that is it really that is it really that surprising honestly like in the end of the day.
No that's not surprising even in the least bit. So Israeli defense minister Israel Katz.
That's right the Israeli defense minister his first name is Israel.
That's a that's a that's brilliant by the way.
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That's like that's like it's like having a president whose name is America.
His first name is America. I guess America would be a female name.
So if we had a if we had a female president her first name be America.
Anyway Israeli defense minister Israel Katz called the delay a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement.
And he instructed the military to be on highest alert.
The prime minister's coordinator for hostages said the government intends to live up to its end of the deal.
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A later Hamas statement called the postponement a warning signal to Israel and noted that five days remain for mediators.
Which includes the United States Qatar and Egypt to pressure Israel to act.
They said the door remains open for the exchange to proceed as planned if Israel abides by its obligations.
Sure. And again it's all Israel has to act. Israel has to do what they need to do.
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Israel has to do this. But not the terrorist organization.
No they do whatever they want. Right. It's the it's the one who it was the ones who got attacked.
It was the one with the superior military with the superior military capabilities.
They're the ones who have to be pressured to do something.
Something doesn't make much sense to me on that.
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And there has been no so there has been no public reach from the mediators except for Donald Trump who has said all hell will break loose.
So let me play for let me play for you what Donald Trump has said on the matter.
This is going to be a way that sir should ceasefire.
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Well I would say this and I'm going to let that because that's Israel's decision.
But as far as I'm concerned if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 o'clock I think it's an appropriate time.
I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out.
I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock on Saturday and if they're not returned all of them not in drips and drabs not two and one and three and four and two.
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Saturday at 12 o'clock and after that I would say all hell is going to break out and I don't think they're going to do it.
I think a lot of them are dead. I think a lot of the hostages are dead.
I think it's a great it's a great human tragedy what's what's happened how people can be that mean to do.
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Mr. President when you say all hell is going to break loose are you speaking about retaliation from you'll find out and they'll find out to Hamas will find out what I mean.
Mr. President they're going to find out what I mean.
These are sick people and they'll find out what I mean Saturday at 12 but no involvement.
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All right. What do you mean by all hell is going to break loose.
They're going to find out. I just love that answer.
I just love that answer. They'll find you'll find out soon too.
They're going to find out what all hell breaks loose means.
And I think that that means is is that we're going to say Israel have fun.
Right. We're just going to say do what you need to do Israel and we'll we'll have we'll just we'll just watch an amusement as you completely obliterate Hamas and finally wipe them off the planet of the earth because there's anybody who can wipe anybody off the planet of the earth.
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It's Israel wiping Hamas off. That's really the only answer to any of this.
So again so these so so far they have only released 33 hostages over the last of the first three weeks.
Right. That's all they've released.
And and we've getting these back.
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They've been talking about just how bleak and dangerous the conditions are for these hostages.
So relatives of the newly released hostages have described people being chained or held underground for months and eating a half piece of PETA per day and freed hostages have described going months without showering.
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So they're treating these people like trash.
And you know in certain points it's again how many of these are how many of them are still how many of them are still alive is is still a is still a you know an out kind of a question that is still out there.
But you know how can you you know you see how they treat these people how they've treat these hostages how can you be any kind of nice to them.
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You know you know it kind of reminds me you know back in Vietnam we had all the all of our service members being tortured.
And it's a little bit different there because those were actual soldiers.
These are civilians that were taken which is so much is even worse.
But these soldiers you know that were just tortured in Vietnam and we just let them sit there.
Right. We never actually went to try to get them.
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We finally had a hostage we finally had an exchange in the in the in the early 1970s when some have been there for eight or nine years.
It was just absolutely pitiful from our government and finally you know it took it took Richard Nixon a Republican to finally get those guys out of there.
But the Democrats just let those guys sit there.
And the same thing here is like you know what.
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At a certain point it's like look we just can't we just can't we can't allow them to do that. We may lose some hostages along the way.
But what kind of life are they living anyway.
They're going to be killed regardless by Hamas.
So it's about time we just you know we just go in there hard and loud or Israel goes in there hard and loud I should say.
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And just completely obliterate them and go into all of their little holes and and then and then absolutely kill every single one of them and just exterminate them.
That's the only way that you can do it.
And as I said here you know as soon as they just just like we just like I said when this ceasefire first happened all the ceasefire does is prolong the inevitable.
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It's just going to allow Hamas to regroup and rearm.
And that's exactly what they've done.
I mean literally just moments after the after the after the ceasefire started Israel pulled out Hamas moved back in.
They've moved right back in power.
And again I don't know you know they said I've talked about about approval ratings of Hamas from the Palestinian people which is you know as of about a year ago when the war still wars ramping up it was still like 80 percent.
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And that point's like you guys are just idiots.
You know if you're going to I mean that's like a Democrat voter honestly you keep you keep you keep voting in the area so you want these people that are doing that if that's true right.
Because part of me is like well what if you know what if those what if the Palestinians those Palestinians are just forced by this terrorist group right.
Which again as I said before is that you know ridding the Gaza Strip of Hamas would be nothing but beneficial to those people.
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But this also comes talking about those Palestinian people as Trump says has continued on with saying that the Gaza Strip could be used for the United States as a real estate as a real estate development for the future.
And reiterated for the United States to have a long term ownership and the Gaza Strip at some point in the future he said with an exclusive interview with Bret Baer Fox News' Bret Baer.
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Yesterday Trump said that the great people in the Middle East could potentially fund the reconstruction process inside the war torn enclave after Israel ends its war with Hamas.
Which again all started when they killed 1200 people and took 250 hostages like never forget that number because those are civilians you know these are people going to a concert just living their lives.
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So never forget like I said think about that if that's if that's you know if that's if that's your country right if someone just went into your hometown and killed 1200 people in your hometown and took 250 of your people's hostages.
Would you just sit back would you say oh man let's negotiate with them or would you say no let's all get arms and let's go obliterate these guys right.
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You got it we got to show them that you can't do this to us and if you do this to us there will be severe and dire consequences and there's nothing that will hold us back.
That's how we are as Americans right you know after you know it turned into something much worse and later on the down line but right after 9-11 right like people were arming themselves up they're joining the army in groves and say hey let's let's go let's go take these let's go take these SOBs out.
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Right you attack us we'll see how that will show you how this works right and that's that's that's what I've said with Israel's just let them take their revenge right let's let them let them take and it's not just about revenge right.
You know revenge is is is a nice is a sweet piece of it right it's a part that feels good.
It feels good for the soldiers and it feels good for the people but it's also like you said it's for the betterment of the area you know you know unlike with us right with our invasions of Iraq and everything else which were you know not the not the best.
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We kind of took it too far in that we didn't really we weren't really getting revenge on the people who who planned 9-11 at a certain point it it took it took a weird turn but also you know again the whole problem we've always had is the killing part has always come easy.
It's the what do we do after we destroy them part that becomes hard and especially in the Middle East and we weren't the only ones Russia had the same or Soviet Union had the same problem in Afghanistan too when they tried to do it.
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But you know we've tried to institute governments and they just don't understand over there and it's just not their culture and we can't expect them to live to our culture and therefore it fails and we spend years and years and years have people get killed on things that will never last.
So that was kind of the problem we had over there but Israel doesn't quite have that problem because their country is already there right Gaza Strip is a very small piece of territory that's already within their territory so it's not like and it's not so it's not like they have to go you know manage or govern a foreign territory.
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It's literally within their country right that's that would be like that would be like not even that'd be like you know one city for us right like you know like if if if if if it's it's it's small so it's like it's even it's even you know you take it you know you take something like let's just say that should say the strip of Gulf Coast in Mississippi right Mississippi is a country you get just a strip of Gulf Coast is is is taken away.
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It wouldn't be that hard for us you know if Mississippi was a country to say all right we're going to we're going to just to we're going to take over the strip of the Gulf Coast right that's essentially what it is it's the same you know types of people so it's it's wouldn't be it's not like it'd be that difficult for Israel to not only destroy them but to then govern that area.
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So when asked when when Donald Trump was asked whether Palestinians would have a right to return to Gaza he answered that the that the people of Gaza wouldn't because they will have much better.
He said I'm talking about building a permanent place for them.
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So a key issue was relocating those Palestinians to neighboring countries where reconstruction is ongoing.
So in the two places will major place that he talked about is Egypt and Egypt announced over the weekend that will host an emergency Arab summit in Cairo at the end of the month to address the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue.
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According to the statement released by the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Trump said he he believes he can ultimately make a deal with Egypt and Jordan, because the United States gives them billions of dollars in aid.
And that's what I've talked about we I mean we do we give a lot, especially to Egypt we give billions and billions of dollars to Egypt. It's kind of crazy Egypt is one of the biggest countries that are recipients of our of our foreign aid and assistance a lot of it I mean a big big chunk of it goes to Egypt.
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I think even more than Ukraine believe it or not.
And let me while I'm talking about that let me look up the exact number as we talk.
But it is.
It is. It's crazy like I said when you have that, that means that you have a, you have something to.
You have something to have over them right.
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So, let's see here.
This is a Reuters report. So just last year we gave Egypt $1.3 billion in in in in military aid to Egypt and that was just that was just last year.
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And, and that that's the Biden administration of the time overrode human rights conditions on military aid so the originally they had, hey, we'll give you this aid if you treat your people better and then the Biden ministers like you know what, we'll take that away, we'll just give you the money regardless.
And that's a typical Biden thing right we'll just give everybody money, no conditions whatsoever. As long as I get a payback right as long as I get my, as long as I get my kickback I'm good.
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I don't care how you treat your people.
So, so that is something that we've been doing with Israel and what Donald Trump says is that hey, you got this money.
Unless you want that money to stop, you're going to do what we say because guess what we're going to have heavy conditions on that money, or you cannot take it, it's up to you.
Right.
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And that's one thing, again, a big difference between a big difference between how how that stuff is how that stuff is is is happening.
Yeah, so one point, Egypt was actually the third largest country to get to how much, how much aid they're getting Israel, Israel being first at 3.3 billion total.
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Sorry, that's military total aid would go to Ukraine which is $17 billion that's just crazy $17 billion we give into Ukraine.
That's a that's a whole different story whatsoever but like I said, that was just that was just $1.3 billion in military aid that we gave them last year.
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So, that's just absolutely. Again, that's why we're doing that I mean I understand how make sure we have allies in the area.
But if we're not getting anything from that, if we're not getting an ally in the area if we're just giving it to them just to give it to them, and then they can tell us we don't want to do what you say, then, no, no, no, all of our money comes with conditions right and again I'm not against.
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I'm not totally against giving other people money again as long as we get something out of it right as long as that's an investment is Donald Trump talks about as long as there's a return on investment in that money, then, then I'm okay with that right if us giving $1.5 billion to Egypt
is that we have essentially a base of operations in in the Middle East and northern Africa, then I'm all for that I think that's a fair deal but you can't us give you money and you say we're not going to do what you want.
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That's not how it works my friend. That's not how money works. That's not how humans work. We give you money, you do what we say, you know, you know, so like so like a prostitute, you know, poor, you know, Egypt.
So, you know, we're going to you I give you money you do what I tell you to do right it's real simple. That's essentially that's essentially how that works and that's how you have to essentially how you have to treat them.
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So what, what Donald Trump said he says we will build beautiful communities for the 1.9 million people safe communities, it could be five six could be to be safe committees a little bit away from where they are.
So, we got we got a call coming in here we'll see we'll see who that is.
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Hello.
Good morning. Good morning. So, take a trip down the rabbit hole with me real quick. Okay, what's the quickest way to get the right answer.
The quickest way to get to the right answer I don't know what is it by posting the wrong answer online. So what if Donald Trump gives the worst option for the United States to take over guys a strip, forcing the hand of the Arab nations to come together
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to figure out their own answer because they don't want us in their backyard.
Therefore, Donald Trump gets the answer he wants, we don't put boots on the ground and we force the Arab nations to solve a problem that they created.
Yeah, no that's that's that's that's an interesting point you know we've talked about that with Donald Trump before on essentially using psyops or, you know, saying something, you know, aggressive like that to get people to move that's an interesting take and I think it's, you know,
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it's a good thing to do within Donald Trump's wheelhouse for sure.
Exactly.
Yes, friendly thought. You have a great shot of a blessed day. Yeah, you too. Thank you.
That is that is an interesting point we talked about that I think just, just last week on with with Donald Trump and because Donald Trump, you know he says he says because one thing, because you've got stuff like that to work.
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You know, you've got to go through. Right. And so, for instance, Donald Trump saying, I'm gonna put a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, because like oh he's crazy you won't do it and then he actually does it.
So when he says other things, right like crap, you know he's he'll actually do these things. So, you know that that kind of builds up your, your idea that hey I'm gonna, I'm gonna pressure people by saying, hey, we're gonna we're gonna do this.
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And they're like, man, he's actually crazy enough to do it. But again, not actually planning to do it, but to use it as a, but to use it again as a kind of psy ops opportunity, which is I think a, you know, a unique, a unique way of handling things.
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And it's something that's, it's something that he is definitely within is definitely within his, his wheelhouse for sure.
So let's, let's go ahead and take our next break right here when we get back. I want to talk about some of the US aid that has been going to designated terrorist groups. Pretty crazy story. If you want to call under the right number 601-879-0002 but keep it tuned here to the full story on WIAB 103.9.
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All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back here to the full story on WIAB 103.9. And just to follow up one thing with that, with the callers that we actually talked about that exact issue last week about how Trump is using the idea of taking over Gaza as a, as a ruse or essentially a psy ops operation.
We have a video called reality or ruse regarding Trump's announcement, because I do think that again, that's a excellent way to kind of get people scared in their britches a little bit to think that, Hey, the, the, the, the United States may come up in here and start, start taking over.
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And again, you have to, if you do that, if you're going to have a bluff though, you have to be able to have, as I talked about in that video, you have to be able to have the actual cards every so often. And so, and so far, right.
We've talked about the two planes that Trump has said he has followed through with, and that includes most this most recent one, which is when he said that other people will take their, their illegal migrants back. And so this now comes as Venezuela is now sending planes to take over to take hundreds of their own illegal migrants back to their own country.
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The United States of Venezuela returned home Monday with nearly 200 Venezuelans who were in the US illegally as part of President Trump's mass deportation plans.
The report, which shows more than 90 illegal immigrants returned to Venezuela signals a possible ease and tensions between the two longtime adversaries and a win for the Trump administration, as it seeks to have countries take back their citizens found in the US without operation.
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The airline flights arrived in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas from Fort Bliss, which is in El Paso, Texas.
And so, Donald Trump, who is a former Venezuelan, who oversaw the deportations wrote on X, quote, two planes of illegal immigrants left for left El Paso today, headed for headed to Venezuela paid for by the Venezuelans.
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So again, it's Donald Trump following through with a promise that he had had from his from his campaign.
The Venezuelans are arriving to the southern border in 2021, you know when Kamala Harris was borders are and are still among the nationalities with the most people entering the US illegally, which has made Venezuela's refusal to accept the return a major hurdle.
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But that all changed after Grinnell visited Caracas just a few weeks ago.
President Nicolas Maduro said this is the world we want a world of peace, understanding dialogue and and cooperation.
The Venezuelan government confirmed the flights earlier on Monday, criticizing in a statement the ill intention and false narrative surrounding the presence of gang members in the US.
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But again, they are taking exactly what Donald Trump said they would but that's only 200 we got, you know, a couple million more.
So we don't worry about what it's a good start right it's it shows that change of of how people are handling the Trump administration you have the Venezuelan guys I want to take in anybody to Donald Trump says yeah you are and you're going to pay for it.
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And that's exactly what has happened. And they said that is what that's what bolsters this idea when Trump says, hey, I'll take over Gaza that says maybe he will do it right that gives them that that impression and that's what you have to have to have successful
cooperation to have successful utilizing those types of those types of techniques. You have to every once in a while.
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Go follow through and so far Trump has followed through on everything. So that really really scares them. And I do think though his announcement earlier that talked about we pretty much said hey all the hostage returned by noon on Saturday or all hell will break loose.
And I think that that is that's not a bluff. That is very much of we're going to step aside for Israel and let them completely destroy you.
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But also to the next story I want to talk about goes to again this idea of with Donald Trump stopping Donald Trump actually looking at the federal government looking at what our spending is you know sending Doge in and again, a big one has been USA which we talked about last week.
You know, Democrats have been all up in arms. They've tried to stop. They've had federal courts try to force Donald Trump to give money or force the federal government to give money to USA which legally.
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I don't see how they can do that because again, the, the, the executive branch can controls how the spending is done. Congress tells them how much they can spend and then the federal government then determines how to spend it.
Again, you can see that with with the Biden administration during his term right just refusing to honor border security laws and just not doing it.
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Not not not doing the money as they should down there.
So again, it's very typical. It's not that unusual but of course you know they are all up in arms and all up in arms about it.
But now we've been learned that designated terrorist extremist groups have been raking in millions from USAID according to a multi year study.
So United States Agency for International Development again USAID provided millions of dollars in funding to extremist groups tied to designated terrorist organizations and their allies.
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According to a report published by the Middle East Forum, which is a US think tank.
The think tank rodents report published on February 4th.
Quotes that they uncovered $164 million of approved grants to radical organizations with at least 122 million going to groups aligned with designated terrorists and their supporters.
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They said billions more of federal dollars have been given to leading American aid charities which have consistently failed to vet their terror tied local partners and show little interest in improving their practices to the apparent indifference of the federal government.
The Middle East Forum's report focuses specifically on funds from USAID and the State Department that wound up in the hands of radical groups and organizations tied to terror to terrorism.
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The think tank reported that among its top findings USAID was found to have given more than $900,000 to a Gaza based terror charity called Bayadur Association for Environment and Development.
The funding began in 2016 and its most recent allocation was made just days before Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023.
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Bayadur describes itself as a non-governmental organization that works to build a civil society on the Gaza Strip.
They were founded in 2007 shortly after Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip and operates in close cooperation with the Hamas regime.
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Its 2021 Annual Report notes coordination and meetings with Hamas' Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture.
So exactly linked to Hamas and we were given millions of dollars to this group that was linked to Hamas who then eventually had the October 7th attack.
And that's your money, ladies and gentlemen. That's money from your paycheck. All that big money that comes out went to this organization.
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And this is just one that we just mentioned that we found.
So USAID coordinates directly with Bayadur and officials have praised Bayadur's work on social media and even visited their offices where one senior USAID official named Jonathan Kamen received an award from the terror linked charity.
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Can't make this up. The report also found that USAID approved a $12.5 million grant in 2024 to the American Near East Refugee Agency which is also a long-standing partner of Bayadur.
So not only giving money to them directly but giving money to organizations that are associated with them. So indirectly giving them money as well.
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So the report found that staffers with the NGO have repeatedly and publicly posted violent ideas without apparent censure from top charity officials.
The comments on social media posted by employees include calling on God to erase the Jews, expressing support for the brave prisoners in Israeli jails during the Hamas and Israel war, and describing October 7th, 2023 as quote, a beautiful morning.
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That's exactly where these people are coming from. Again, this is your tax laws. As we're starting to look at USAID, right?
And this is just some examples that we're having. You're just coming more and more and more.
And I've talked about before, I'm all for charity as much as the next person. But this idea of forced charity, this is exactly what happens.
It's that you don't know where your money's going. If you want to give to charity, you should be able to give to charity that you want to give to.
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And you can look up, do your own research to make sure that charity group that you're giving to is a legitimate charity that they're spending money on the cause that's supposed to be spent on and they're not run by extremist groups.
That should be a baseline. But when it's forced charity, when it's going, there's no accountability for these people.
And they just go ahead and spend this money, have fun, do acts that are against the United States and against our interests and against our allies.
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And there's nothing that you can do about it because if you don't pay your taxes, you get fined and everything else.
So the days of that are numbered. The days of that are soon to be over as Donald Trump has take over, just as he promised.
All right, we're going to take our last break right here. We get back. We'll do this day in history, but keep it tuned to the full story on W.I.B. 103.9.
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All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back here to the full story on W.I.B. 103.9 as we get to this day in history.
So on this day, February 11th, 1812, Jerry Mondering was born. So Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Jerry oversaw the passage by the state legislature of a new map of state Senate districts.
Jerry was opposed to the new highly partisan district in scream, but signed the bill anyway.
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A journalist soon caught wind of the arrangement and compared the shape of one of the districts to that of a salamander, how they're kind of, you know, shaped,
S shaped, according to term Jerry from Elbridge, Jerry Mander from Salamander, Jerry Mander.
Jerry lost his reelection race partially as a result of the negative coverage.
But partisan redistricting has been called Jerry Mander ever since.
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And it still goes on to this day. In fact, we were just discussing that with the local Republican Party on this weird district in the supervisor districts, which really has the one of the districts wrap around Rijlund.
It's a really crazy district, literally clearly a Jerry Mander district.
So I saw that and made me of that as we had just discussed that at that meeting.
All right, guys, that's all I have for you guys today. We will not be in tomorrow.
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I have to go up to Washington, D.C. for 24 hours and back.
Always fun to go up to D.C. But after that, we will be back here on Thursday, bright and early.
As always, you can find our past shows and regulators productions dot com. But until then, my name is Matthew Bishop and you've heard the full story.
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome back here to the full story on WYAB 103.9 as we get into this Tuesday.
Second day of the week. Hope everybody is now fully recovered from the Super Bowl.
Even though you may not be fully recovered.
And I'm not from that halftime show.
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Best thing to hear, nor there.
As the world turns once again.
As things are getting moving and shaking up.
Especially now as the Hamas ceasefire seems to have its days numbered.
Didn't last too long.
Didn't last too long.
But as Hamas is threatening to withhold hostages.
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We're going to cover that.
What Hamas has said. What Israel said.
And what Donald Trump has said.
Because Donald Trump has drawn a line in the sand.
We're going to play that for you.
But as we'll also show.
We'll also talk about.
Is that Trump is not someone to be messed with.
Because he has kept all of his promises.
We talked about the tariffs yesterday.
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We're going to talk about today.
How there is movement now.
Other countries sending planes.
To take our illegal immigrants back to where they belong.
Again something that Trump has pressured other countries to do.
So we're going to talk about that as well.
We also want to talk a little bit.
To revisit the US aid story.
Which we haven't talked about in a few days.
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As we're getting more and more information.
That's what's coming from there.
Including now information that.
There was actual terrorist organizations.
That were getting money from USAID.
That's right. We were funding your taxpayer dollars.
You know all that money that comes out of your check.
When you see all those little things that come out of your check.
Every paycheck.
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That was going to pay in some terrorist organizations.
So we're going to talk about that as well.
So you can see exactly just how corrupt that organization is.
And this idea of.
This is what happens also too when you have this idea of forced charity.
Which we've talked about here before.
So we're going to talk about that as well.
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Alright welcome back ladies and gentlemen.
I'm sorry again for the annoying bagpipes there.
That they tend to throw in you know every other week or so.
Just to wake you up.
You know just the piercing ear bleeding sound.
Of the worst instrument ever made.
But let's continue on.
Because we're talking about very very bad things.
Let's talk about Hamas.
So of course Hamas in Israel we talked at length.
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And Hamas has had a very I would say teetering on the edge.
Of a ceasefire for the last few weeks.
Where they have seen just a few Israeli hostages.
Released for dozens and dozens and dozens of Palestinians.
And now Hamas is running to renege on the deal.
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As a delay to the next planned release of Israeli hostages.
From the Gaza Strip.
Which has jolted the fragile ceasefire.
That is going to probably flare up the war once again.
So it as of course there are still 17 hostages.
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Yet to be released from Gaza under this phase of the ceasefire.
So what they promised they would do.
They say oh we're going to hold them up.
And again how surprising is this.
It's like did we really really think that Hamas.
The terrorist organization that says Israel should be wiped off the planet.
Of the earth would really go forward with it.
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I mean is this really that surprising.
That they didn't follow through on their deal.
I mean I think it's like is the sky blue.
I mean did we actually think this was ever going to work.
So the next handover of the three hostages.
So three more hostages were planned to be handed over on Saturday.
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And that is now that's what the Palestinians says.
We think we'll hold off on that.
So Israel is having a security cabinet meeting this morning.
And it has been moved up in response to Hamas's announcement.
And the developments have also led to near fear in Gaza.
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New fear in Gaza where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
Have surged to what remains of their homes in the territory.
And of course again they think about all right.
They allowed you to come in.
And the people that you want in there Hamas is reneged on their deal.
It's like who do you think is to blame for that Palestinians.
I mean how much longer are you going to follow these people in.
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The uncertainty which is just over halfway into the ceasefires six week first phase.
Complicates talks on the second phase which again was never really put in place.
It's like we got to figure out the second phase as the first phase goes on.
Which what I said a couple weeks ago is that well that means the second phase is never going to happen.
And that's what looks like it's going to play out.
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It's like we're never going to have a second phase.
So this is probably also going to this also going to jeopardize the humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Which again why are you guys you know this is something this is a problem that you have caused.
So Hamas has accused Israel of not holding up to its in the deal by initially delaying the return of Palestinians.
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To northern Gaza over an earlier dispute.
So Israel didn't do that because Hamas still wasn't living up to its deal.
And they also said they're carrying out strikes across the country and hindering the entry of humanitarian aid.
Now what they're hindering is the entry of your weapons.
The militant group because Hamas quickly reasserted control of Gaza when the ceasefire began on January 19th.
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And said the next hostage release would be delayed until further notice.
So as soon as we as soon as Israel lifted the ceasefire started Hamas immediately took over again.
And the Gaza Strip and again if that's the case you can never you're never going to have peace.
As long as they're in control you will never ever have peace.
So again they'll agree to give away a few hostages just so they get back to their strongholds.
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Which they did and now they're going to now once they're back in there it's all of a sudden.
We're not going to give you any more. I think we've given you enough now.
We're back. We're back to where we need to be. Thanks for that you idiots.
We're going to we're going to enjoy we're going to enjoy our time here and we're not going to give over any more hostages.
That's essentially that's essentially how it played out.
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Which again is it really that is it really that is it really that surprising honestly like in the end of the day.
No that's not surprising even in the least bit. So Israeli defense minister Israel Katz.
That's right the Israeli defense minister his first name is Israel.
That's a that's a that's brilliant by the way.
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That's like that's like it's like having a president whose name is America.
His first name is America. I guess America would be a female name.
So if we had a if we had a female president her first name be America.
Anyway Israeli defense minister Israel Katz called the delay a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement.
And he instructed the military to be on highest alert.
The prime minister's coordinator for hostages said the government intends to live up to its end of the deal.
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A later Hamas statement called the postponement a warning signal to Israel and noted that five days remain for mediators.
Which includes the United States Qatar and Egypt to pressure Israel to act.
They said the door remains open for the exchange to proceed as planned if Israel abides by its obligations.
Sure. And again it's all Israel has to act. Israel has to do what they need to do.
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Israel has to do this. But not the terrorist organization.
No they do whatever they want. Right. It's the it's the one who it was the ones who got attacked.
It was the one with the superior military with the superior military capabilities.
They're the ones who have to be pressured to do something.
Something doesn't make much sense to me on that.
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And there has been no so there has been no public reach from the mediators except for Donald Trump who has said all hell will break loose.
So let me play for let me play for you what Donald Trump has said on the matter.
This is going to be a way that sir should ceasefire.
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Well I would say this and I'm going to let that because that's Israel's decision.
But as far as I'm concerned if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 o'clock I think it's an appropriate time.
I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out.
I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock on Saturday and if they're not returned all of them not in drips and drabs not two and one and three and four and two.
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Saturday at 12 o'clock and after that I would say all hell is going to break out and I don't think they're going to do it.
I think a lot of them are dead. I think a lot of the hostages are dead.
I think it's a great it's a great human tragedy what's what's happened how people can be that mean to do.
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Mr. President when you say all hell is going to break loose are you speaking about retaliation from you'll find out and they'll find out to Hamas will find out what I mean.
Mr. President they're going to find out what I mean.
These are sick people and they'll find out what I mean Saturday at 12 but no involvement.
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All right. What do you mean by all hell is going to break loose.
They're going to find out. I just love that answer.
I just love that answer. They'll find you'll find out soon too.
They're going to find out what all hell breaks loose means.
And I think that that means is is that we're going to say Israel have fun.
Right. We're just going to say do what you need to do Israel and we'll we'll have we'll just we'll just watch an amusement as you completely obliterate Hamas and finally wipe them off the planet of the earth because there's anybody who can wipe anybody off the planet of the earth.
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It's Israel wiping Hamas off. That's really the only answer to any of this.
So again so these so so far they have only released 33 hostages over the last of the first three weeks.
Right. That's all they've released.
And and we've getting these back.
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They've been talking about just how bleak and dangerous the conditions are for these hostages.
So relatives of the newly released hostages have described people being chained or held underground for months and eating a half piece of PETA per day and freed hostages have described going months without showering.
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So they're treating these people like trash.
And you know in certain points it's again how many of these are how many of them are still how many of them are still alive is is still a is still a you know an out kind of a question that is still out there.
But you know how can you you know you see how they treat these people how they've treat these hostages how can you be any kind of nice to them.
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You know you know it kind of reminds me you know back in Vietnam we had all the all of our service members being tortured.
And it's a little bit different there because those were actual soldiers.
These are civilians that were taken which is so much is even worse.
But these soldiers you know that were just tortured in Vietnam and we just let them sit there.
Right. We never actually went to try to get them.
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We finally had a hostage we finally had an exchange in the in the in the early 1970s when some have been there for eight or nine years.
It was just absolutely pitiful from our government and finally you know it took it took Richard Nixon a Republican to finally get those guys out of there.
But the Democrats just let those guys sit there.
And the same thing here is like you know what.
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At a certain point it's like look we just can't we just can't we can't allow them to do that. We may lose some hostages along the way.
But what kind of life are they living anyway.
They're going to be killed regardless by Hamas.
So it's about time we just you know we just go in there hard and loud or Israel goes in there hard and loud I should say.
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And just completely obliterate them and go into all of their little holes and and then and then absolutely kill every single one of them and just exterminate them.
That's the only way that you can do it.
And as I said here you know as soon as they just just like we just like I said when this ceasefire first happened all the ceasefire does is prolong the inevitable.
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It's just going to allow Hamas to regroup and rearm.
And that's exactly what they've done.
I mean literally just moments after the after the after the ceasefire started Israel pulled out Hamas moved back in.
They've moved right back in power.
And again I don't know you know they said I've talked about about approval ratings of Hamas from the Palestinian people which is you know as of about a year ago when the war still wars ramping up it was still like 80 percent.
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And that point's like you guys are just idiots.
You know if you're going to I mean that's like a Democrat voter honestly you keep you keep you keep voting in the area so you want these people that are doing that if that's true right.
Because part of me is like well what if you know what if those what if the Palestinians those Palestinians are just forced by this terrorist group right.
Which again as I said before is that you know ridding the Gaza Strip of Hamas would be nothing but beneficial to those people.
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But this also comes talking about those Palestinian people as Trump says has continued on with saying that the Gaza Strip could be used for the United States as a real estate as a real estate development for the future.
And reiterated for the United States to have a long term ownership and the Gaza Strip at some point in the future he said with an exclusive interview with Bret Baer Fox News' Bret Baer.
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Yesterday Trump said that the great people in the Middle East could potentially fund the reconstruction process inside the war torn enclave after Israel ends its war with Hamas.
Which again all started when they killed 1200 people and took 250 hostages like never forget that number because those are civilians you know these are people going to a concert just living their lives.
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So never forget like I said think about that if that's if that's you know if that's if that's your country right if someone just went into your hometown and killed 1200 people in your hometown and took 250 of your people's hostages.
Would you just sit back would you say oh man let's negotiate with them or would you say no let's all get arms and let's go obliterate these guys right.
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You got it we got to show them that you can't do this to us and if you do this to us there will be severe and dire consequences and there's nothing that will hold us back.
That's how we are as Americans right you know after you know it turned into something much worse and later on the down line but right after 9-11 right like people were arming themselves up they're joining the army in groves and say hey let's let's go let's go take these let's go take these SOBs out.
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Right you attack us we'll see how that will show you how this works right and that's that's that's what I've said with Israel's just let them take their revenge right let's let them let them take and it's not just about revenge right.
You know revenge is is is a nice is a sweet piece of it right it's a part that feels good.
It feels good for the soldiers and it feels good for the people but it's also like you said it's for the betterment of the area you know you know unlike with us right with our invasions of Iraq and everything else which were you know not the not the best.
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We kind of took it too far in that we didn't really we weren't really getting revenge on the people who who planned 9-11 at a certain point it it took it took a weird turn but also you know again the whole problem we've always had is the killing part has always come easy.
It's the what do we do after we destroy them part that becomes hard and especially in the Middle East and we weren't the only ones Russia had the same or Soviet Union had the same problem in Afghanistan too when they tried to do it.
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But you know we've tried to institute governments and they just don't understand over there and it's just not their culture and we can't expect them to live to our culture and therefore it fails and we spend years and years and years have people get killed on things that will never last.
So that was kind of the problem we had over there but Israel doesn't quite have that problem because their country is already there right Gaza Strip is a very small piece of territory that's already within their territory so it's not like and it's not so it's not like they have to go you know manage or govern a foreign territory.
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It's literally within their country right that's that would be like that would be like not even that'd be like you know one city for us right like you know like if if if if if it's it's it's small so it's like it's even it's even you know you take it you know you take something like let's just say that should say the strip of Gulf Coast in Mississippi right Mississippi is a country you get just a strip of Gulf Coast is is is taken away.
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It wouldn't be that hard for us you know if Mississippi was a country to say all right we're going to we're going to just to we're going to take over the strip of the Gulf Coast right that's essentially what it is it's the same you know types of people so it's it's wouldn't be it's not like it'd be that difficult for Israel to not only destroy them but to then govern that area.
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So when asked when when Donald Trump was asked whether Palestinians would have a right to return to Gaza he answered that the that the people of Gaza wouldn't because they will have much better.
He said I'm talking about building a permanent place for them.
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So a key issue was relocating those Palestinians to neighboring countries where reconstruction is ongoing.
So in the two places will major place that he talked about is Egypt and Egypt announced over the weekend that will host an emergency Arab summit in Cairo at the end of the month to address the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue.
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According to the statement released by the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Trump said he he believes he can ultimately make a deal with Egypt and Jordan, because the United States gives them billions of dollars in aid.
And that's what I've talked about we I mean we do we give a lot, especially to Egypt we give billions and billions of dollars to Egypt. It's kind of crazy Egypt is one of the biggest countries that are recipients of our of our foreign aid and assistance a lot of it I mean a big big chunk of it goes to Egypt.
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I think even more than Ukraine believe it or not.
And let me while I'm talking about that let me look up the exact number as we talk.
But it is.
It is. It's crazy like I said when you have that, that means that you have a, you have something to.
You have something to have over them right.
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So, let's see here.
This is a Reuters report. So just last year we gave Egypt $1.3 billion in in in in military aid to Egypt and that was just that was just last year.
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And, and that that's the Biden administration of the time overrode human rights conditions on military aid so the originally they had, hey, we'll give you this aid if you treat your people better and then the Biden ministers like you know what, we'll take that away, we'll just give you the money regardless.
And that's a typical Biden thing right we'll just give everybody money, no conditions whatsoever. As long as I get a payback right as long as I get my, as long as I get my kickback I'm good.
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I don't care how you treat your people.
So, so that is something that we've been doing with Israel and what Donald Trump says is that hey, you got this money.
Unless you want that money to stop, you're going to do what we say because guess what we're going to have heavy conditions on that money, or you cannot take it, it's up to you.
Right.
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And that's one thing, again, a big difference between a big difference between how how that stuff is how that stuff is is is happening.
Yeah, so one point, Egypt was actually the third largest country to get to how much, how much aid they're getting Israel, Israel being first at 3.3 billion total.
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Sorry, that's military total aid would go to Ukraine which is $17 billion that's just crazy $17 billion we give into Ukraine.
That's a that's a whole different story whatsoever but like I said, that was just that was just $1.3 billion in military aid that we gave them last year.
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So, that's just absolutely. Again, that's why we're doing that I mean I understand how make sure we have allies in the area.
But if we're not getting anything from that, if we're not getting an ally in the area if we're just giving it to them just to give it to them, and then they can tell us we don't want to do what you say, then, no, no, no, all of our money comes with conditions right and again I'm not against.
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I'm not totally against giving other people money again as long as we get something out of it right as long as that's an investment is Donald Trump talks about as long as there's a return on investment in that money, then, then I'm okay with that right if us giving $1.5 billion to Egypt
is that we have essentially a base of operations in in the Middle East and northern Africa, then I'm all for that I think that's a fair deal but you can't us give you money and you say we're not going to do what you want.
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That's not how it works my friend. That's not how money works. That's not how humans work. We give you money, you do what we say, you know, you know, so like so like a prostitute, you know, poor, you know, Egypt.
So, you know, we're going to you I give you money you do what I tell you to do right it's real simple. That's essentially that's essentially how that works and that's how you have to essentially how you have to treat them.
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So what, what Donald Trump said he says we will build beautiful communities for the 1.9 million people safe communities, it could be five six could be to be safe committees a little bit away from where they are.
So, we got we got a call coming in here we'll see we'll see who that is.
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Hello.
Good morning. Good morning. So, take a trip down the rabbit hole with me real quick. Okay, what's the quickest way to get the right answer.
The quickest way to get to the right answer I don't know what is it by posting the wrong answer online. So what if Donald Trump gives the worst option for the United States to take over guys a strip, forcing the hand of the Arab nations to come together
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to figure out their own answer because they don't want us in their backyard.
Therefore, Donald Trump gets the answer he wants, we don't put boots on the ground and we force the Arab nations to solve a problem that they created.
Yeah, no that's that's that's that's an interesting point you know we've talked about that with Donald Trump before on essentially using psyops or, you know, saying something, you know, aggressive like that to get people to move that's an interesting take and I think it's, you know,
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it's a good thing to do within Donald Trump's wheelhouse for sure.
Exactly.
Yes, friendly thought. You have a great shot of a blessed day. Yeah, you too. Thank you.
That is that is an interesting point we talked about that I think just, just last week on with with Donald Trump and because Donald Trump, you know he says he says because one thing, because you've got stuff like that to work.
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You know, you've got to go through. Right. And so, for instance, Donald Trump saying, I'm gonna put a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, because like oh he's crazy you won't do it and then he actually does it.
So when he says other things, right like crap, you know he's he'll actually do these things. So, you know that that kind of builds up your, your idea that hey I'm gonna, I'm gonna pressure people by saying, hey, we're gonna we're gonna do this.
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And they're like, man, he's actually crazy enough to do it. But again, not actually planning to do it, but to use it as a, but to use it again as a kind of psy ops opportunity, which is I think a, you know, a unique, a unique way of handling things.
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And it's something that's, it's something that he is definitely within is definitely within his, his wheelhouse for sure.
So let's, let's go ahead and take our next break right here when we get back. I want to talk about some of the US aid that has been going to designated terrorist groups. Pretty crazy story. If you want to call under the right number 601-879-0002 but keep it tuned here to the full story on WIAB 103.9.
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All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back here to the full story on WIAB 103.9. And just to follow up one thing with that, with the callers that we actually talked about that exact issue last week about how Trump is using the idea of taking over Gaza as a, as a ruse or essentially a psy ops operation.
We have a video called reality or ruse regarding Trump's announcement, because I do think that again, that's a excellent way to kind of get people scared in their britches a little bit to think that, Hey, the, the, the, the United States may come up in here and start, start taking over.
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And again, you have to, if you do that, if you're going to have a bluff though, you have to be able to have, as I talked about in that video, you have to be able to have the actual cards every so often. And so, and so far, right.
We've talked about the two planes that Trump has said he has followed through with, and that includes most this most recent one, which is when he said that other people will take their, their illegal migrants back. And so this now comes as Venezuela is now sending planes to take over to take hundreds of their own illegal migrants back to their own country.
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The United States of Venezuela returned home Monday with nearly 200 Venezuelans who were in the US illegally as part of President Trump's mass deportation plans.
The report, which shows more than 90 illegal immigrants returned to Venezuela signals a possible ease and tensions between the two longtime adversaries and a win for the Trump administration, as it seeks to have countries take back their citizens found in the US without operation.
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The airline flights arrived in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas from Fort Bliss, which is in El Paso, Texas.
And so, Donald Trump, who is a former Venezuelan, who oversaw the deportations wrote on X, quote, two planes of illegal immigrants left for left El Paso today, headed for headed to Venezuela paid for by the Venezuelans.
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So again, it's Donald Trump following through with a promise that he had had from his from his campaign.
The Venezuelans are arriving to the southern border in 2021, you know when Kamala Harris was borders are and are still among the nationalities with the most people entering the US illegally, which has made Venezuela's refusal to accept the return a major hurdle.
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But that all changed after Grinnell visited Caracas just a few weeks ago.
President Nicolas Maduro said this is the world we want a world of peace, understanding dialogue and and cooperation.
The Venezuelan government confirmed the flights earlier on Monday, criticizing in a statement the ill intention and false narrative surrounding the presence of gang members in the US.
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But again, they are taking exactly what Donald Trump said they would but that's only 200 we got, you know, a couple million more.
So we don't worry about what it's a good start right it's it shows that change of of how people are handling the Trump administration you have the Venezuelan guys I want to take in anybody to Donald Trump says yeah you are and you're going to pay for it.
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And that's exactly what has happened. And they said that is what that's what bolsters this idea when Trump says, hey, I'll take over Gaza that says maybe he will do it right that gives them that that impression and that's what you have to have to have successful
cooperation to have successful utilizing those types of those types of techniques. You have to every once in a while.
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Go follow through and so far Trump has followed through on everything. So that really really scares them. And I do think though his announcement earlier that talked about we pretty much said hey all the hostage returned by noon on Saturday or all hell will break loose.
And I think that that is that's not a bluff. That is very much of we're going to step aside for Israel and let them completely destroy you.
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But also to the next story I want to talk about goes to again this idea of with Donald Trump stopping Donald Trump actually looking at the federal government looking at what our spending is you know sending Doge in and again, a big one has been USA which we talked about last week.
You know, Democrats have been all up in arms. They've tried to stop. They've had federal courts try to force Donald Trump to give money or force the federal government to give money to USA which legally.
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I don't see how they can do that because again, the, the, the executive branch can controls how the spending is done. Congress tells them how much they can spend and then the federal government then determines how to spend it.
Again, you can see that with with the Biden administration during his term right just refusing to honor border security laws and just not doing it.
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Not not not doing the money as they should down there.
So again, it's very typical. It's not that unusual but of course you know they are all up in arms and all up in arms about it.
But now we've been learned that designated terrorist extremist groups have been raking in millions from USAID according to a multi year study.
So United States Agency for International Development again USAID provided millions of dollars in funding to extremist groups tied to designated terrorist organizations and their allies.
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According to a report published by the Middle East Forum, which is a US think tank.
The think tank rodents report published on February 4th.
Quotes that they uncovered $164 million of approved grants to radical organizations with at least 122 million going to groups aligned with designated terrorists and their supporters.
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They said billions more of federal dollars have been given to leading American aid charities which have consistently failed to vet their terror tied local partners and show little interest in improving their practices to the apparent indifference of the federal government.
The Middle East Forum's report focuses specifically on funds from USAID and the State Department that wound up in the hands of radical groups and organizations tied to terror to terrorism.
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The think tank reported that among its top findings USAID was found to have given more than $900,000 to a Gaza based terror charity called Bayadur Association for Environment and Development.
The funding began in 2016 and its most recent allocation was made just days before Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023.
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Bayadur describes itself as a non-governmental organization that works to build a civil society on the Gaza Strip.
They were founded in 2007 shortly after Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip and operates in close cooperation with the Hamas regime.
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Its 2021 Annual Report notes coordination and meetings with Hamas' Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture.
So exactly linked to Hamas and we were given millions of dollars to this group that was linked to Hamas who then eventually had the October 7th attack.
And that's your money, ladies and gentlemen. That's money from your paycheck. All that big money that comes out went to this organization.
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And this is just one that we just mentioned that we found.
So USAID coordinates directly with Bayadur and officials have praised Bayadur's work on social media and even visited their offices where one senior USAID official named Jonathan Kamen received an award from the terror linked charity.
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Can't make this up. The report also found that USAID approved a $12.5 million grant in 2024 to the American Near East Refugee Agency which is also a long-standing partner of Bayadur.
So not only giving money to them directly but giving money to organizations that are associated with them. So indirectly giving them money as well.
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So the report found that staffers with the NGO have repeatedly and publicly posted violent ideas without apparent censure from top charity officials.
The comments on social media posted by employees include calling on God to erase the Jews, expressing support for the brave prisoners in Israeli jails during the Hamas and Israel war, and describing October 7th, 2023 as quote, a beautiful morning.
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That's exactly where these people are coming from. Again, this is your tax laws. As we're starting to look at USAID, right?
And this is just some examples that we're having. You're just coming more and more and more.
And I've talked about before, I'm all for charity as much as the next person. But this idea of forced charity, this is exactly what happens.
It's that you don't know where your money's going. If you want to give to charity, you should be able to give to charity that you want to give to.
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And you can look up, do your own research to make sure that charity group that you're giving to is a legitimate charity that they're spending money on the cause that's supposed to be spent on and they're not run by extremist groups.
That should be a baseline. But when it's forced charity, when it's going, there's no accountability for these people.
And they just go ahead and spend this money, have fun, do acts that are against the United States and against our interests and against our allies.
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And there's nothing that you can do about it because if you don't pay your taxes, you get fined and everything else.
So the days of that are numbered. The days of that are soon to be over as Donald Trump has take over, just as he promised.
All right, we're going to take our last break right here. We get back. We'll do this day in history, but keep it tuned to the full story on W.I.B. 103.9.
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All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back here to the full story on W.I.B. 103.9 as we get to this day in history.
So on this day, February 11th, 1812, Jerry Mondering was born. So Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Jerry oversaw the passage by the state legislature of a new map of state Senate districts.
Jerry was opposed to the new highly partisan district in scream, but signed the bill anyway.
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A journalist soon caught wind of the arrangement and compared the shape of one of the districts to that of a salamander, how they're kind of, you know, shaped,
S shaped, according to term Jerry from Elbridge, Jerry Mander from Salamander, Jerry Mander.
Jerry lost his reelection race partially as a result of the negative coverage.
But partisan redistricting has been called Jerry Mander ever since.
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And it still goes on to this day. In fact, we were just discussing that with the local Republican Party on this weird district in the supervisor districts, which really has the one of the districts wrap around Rijlund.
It's a really crazy district, literally clearly a Jerry Mander district.
So I saw that and made me of that as we had just discussed that at that meeting.
All right, guys, that's all I have for you guys today. We will not be in tomorrow.
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I have to go up to Washington, D.C. for 24 hours and back.
Always fun to go up to D.C. But after that, we will be back here on Thursday, bright and early.
As always, you can find our past shows and regulators productions dot com. But until then, my name is Matthew Bishop and you've heard the full story.
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