April 3, 2025 • 31 mins
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Transgender Athletes in Women's Sports:
- We discuss the refusal of Maine school officials to comply with the Trump administration's agreement to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports.
- The conflict between federal and state laws, with Maine officials choosing to follow state law and the Maine Human Rights Act instead of the federal directive.
- The controversy includes a specific incident at Greeley High School, where a transgender student won a girls' track competition, sparking debate and viral video coverage.
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Federal Contracts and Spending:
- We mention the cancellation of several federal contracts related to educating transgender and queer farmers, studying menstrual cycles of transgender men, and promoting diversity in pest management.
- We argue against using taxpayer dollars for these initiatives, labeling them as nonsensical.
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Feminist Movement:
- There is a discussion on the perceived lack of support from feminists for protecting women from the impact of transgender athletes in sports.
- Why feminists are not more vocal in opposing policies that allow men to compete in women's sports.
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Economic Policies:
- Trump's trade policies, including the imposition of reciprocal tariffs on other countries to protect American industries.
- We include statements from various industry associations supporting Trump's trade actions and their positive impact on American workers.
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Legal and Judicial Issues:
- We discuss the role of activist judges in obstructing Trump's agenda and the influence of non-governmental organizations on these judges.
- A recent court ruling allowing Trump to fire leaders of independent federal agencies, which is seen as a victory for his administration.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Main school officials saying they will not comply with the
Trump administration's agreement to bar transgender athletes. You want to
know what anarchy looks like. These are the same people
that say.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Our democracy is under attack.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
They're the ones that refuse to comply with the laws
in this country, whether it's deporting I legal immigrants or
abiding by the federal laws. When it comes to this
issue of protecting women in the sports and the locker
rooms and the bathrooms.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
This coming from the Associated Press.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
School officials in Maine said Thursday they will not comply
with a proposed agreement from President Donald Trump's administration that
would bar transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports. The
US Health and Human Services said earlier this month that
the Main Department of Education, MAINS Principles Association, and a
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high school are each in violation Title nine because of
the participation of transgender athletes. The federal investigation came after
a public spat between Donald Trump and the Democratic government
Maine Governor Jenet Mills about the subject.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The Health Department.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Gave the institutions ten days to comply with a voluntary
agreement to settle the issue by banning the athletes. The
Principals Association, which oversees high school sports in the state,
and School Administrative District fifty one, which includes Greeley High
School where the controversy was erupting, both said they will
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not comply with the agreement. The Federal Health Department cited
Greeley High School in the Portland suburb of Cumberland because
of a report that a transgender student won a girls
track competition, and.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
There was obviously video of it going viral.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
The district set in a letter to the community on
Thursday that it is not complying because it will instead
con you to follow state law and the main Human
Rights Act quote unquote, in other.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Words, screw you to the federal government.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
The district statement also said, quote to our students, thank
you for your maturity, perseverance, and dedication to learning through
these distractions. Please continue to lead the way. I'd love
for them to make that statement, but just change a
little bit saying Hey, to women, we're really sorry that
we're forcing you to be in the same locker room
with men showing their dinglings to you, and hey, we're
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really sorry that we're allowing men to beat the crap
out of you in sports, and hey, we're really sorry
that we're taking away the chance for you to actually
get college scholarships and win national titles or state titles
or sectional titles, because we're allowing dudes to claim they're
a chick to beat the crap out of you, and
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that would be a nice statement. Of course, they're not
going to do that in Maine because they're woke now,
these Marxist socialists and communists, and the Main Principles Association
said in a statement it is also quote bound by
the law, including the Main Human Rights Act, which our
participation policy reflects. A spokesman for the Main Department of
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Education referred the matter to the state Attorney General's office,
which did not respond to the AP for a request
for comment.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
The US Department of Health and Human Services also did
not respond to a request for comment. The department said
in a statement earlier this month this we hope the
Main Department of Education, the Main's Main Principal Association, and
the Greeley High School will work with us to come
to an agreement that resource fairness in women's sports. Nils
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and Trump, you may remember, sparred over the subject last
month during a meeting of the Governors of the White House.
During that meeting, Trump made it clear that he would
pull federal funding from Maine if the state does not
comply with his executive order barring transittered athletes.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
That is again, I don't even like to call it that.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I just say it's dude acting like chicks from women's sports.
Mills responded, we'll see you in court, and Donald Trump
said great. The US Education Department has since concluded that
Maine violated the Title nine anti discrimination law and could
face Justice Department prosecution.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Now, let me just talk about the strategy here when
it comes to this one.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I am all in favor of the law being followed
and the DOJ doing their job to when it comes
to this issue of the law, like I can't, I'm
all in favor of it. I think there are far
too many liberals out there that say, I don't have
to comply with the law. But if Republicans did this,
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like you would be arrested. I'm not in favor of
law fare. That's probably a better way of saying it. Okay,
Like I'm not. What I am in favor of is
following the law. And you look at another.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Example of this happened a couple of days ago.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
You had Secretary Rawlings saying this in a cabinet meeting
with Donald Trump, and here's what she said on this
other issue of transgender Listen, let.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Me just add to that and thank you. We just
had a wonderful cabinet meeting. I'm all aligned on, certainly
the effort to realign the government. But even at the
US Department of Agriculture, we've canceled three hundred thousand dollars
contract educating on food justice for queer and transgender farmers
in San Francisco. A similar contract we canceled in New
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York again educating transgender and queer farmers on food justice
and food equality. I'm not even sure what that means,
but apparently the last administration wanted to put our taxpayer
dollars towards that. We canceled a six hundred thousand dollars
contract in out of Louisiana that was studying the menstrual
cycles of transgender men, a six hundred thousand dollars contract.
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We canceled another contract out of a university in the
middle of the country that focused on getting more diversity, equity,
and inclusion into our pest management industry. Again, these are nonsensical.
It makes zero sense to use taxpayer dollars to fund these.
I know, these are just a few examples of the
hundreds in the hundreds.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
That we have found.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Well, I got to tell you, like canceling a contract
in New York, education and educating transiend and queer farmers
on food justice and food equality. If you explain this
to the American people the way that Secretary Rawlins just did,
the majority of Americans are going to say, yeah, we
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stand with you on this, we get it, we understand it,
we stand with you on we support you on it,
and we're not.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Going to be bullied anymore. To believe that.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
We have to believe that a man can be a woman.
We absolutely have to protect women. I still don't understand.
I really don't.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I don't understand.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Where are all the quote feminists, like, where are they?
How are there not more feminists out there that are
protecting women from men destroying their dreams?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I mean, I mean this, it's incredible.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Donald Trump, by the way, was asked a question it
was supposed to be one of those quote I got
you questions in the White House, and he was taking
questions yet again in the Oval office, and there was
a reporter that was there then asked the president a
question about women and men, right the transgender issue.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
What is a woman? You ready for this? Here's the
President in his own words.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Early, since Democrats seem to struggle answering this question, I
wanted to ask you what is a woman?
Speaker 5 (08:04):
And why is it important that we understand the differenstween
men and men. Well, it's sort of easy to answer
for me, because a woman is somebody that can have
a baby under certain circumstances.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
She has a quality.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
A woman is a person who's much smarter than a man.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I've always had.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
A woman is a person that doesn't give a man
even a chance of success. And a woman is a
person that in many cases has been treated very badly.
Because I think that what happens.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
With this crazy, this crazy issue of.
Speaker 5 (08:36):
Men being able to play in women's sports is just
ridiculous and very unfair to women and very demeaning to women.
And that's got to be about a ninety four percent.
I read today it was a ninety four percent issue,
and I watched the other day I watched Congressman, a
Democrat congressman fighting for the fact that men should be
allowed to compete essentially in women's sports, And I say,
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I hope they keep that going because they'll never win
another election.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
That's a big deal.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
But women are basically incredible people do so much for
our country, and we love we love our women, and
we're going to take care of our women.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Yeah, how is it if you're a feminist and you
hear that from Donald Trump? How on earth could you
not be in favor of that? Like, what is there
for you to be angry about? How could you be angry?
I listened to that, I'm like the feminists would be like,
okay and get behind that. I can totally get behind that.
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And the president saying it's easy. He's standing up for women.
And I never thought i'd see a day where the
Democratic Party would be the one saying that no, women
were going to screw you over, like.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
The feminist movement.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
You would have thought they would have been the first
one say go men, get the hell out of our
locker rooms, get the hell out of our sports.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
You would have thought that that's where this would have gone.
But for some reason, like no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
We're going to have a radical, crazy world where women
are going to be screwed by men acting like women,
and their lives are going to be changed and their
success is going to be changed.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
In sports, I've said this before.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I don't know if I've said it filling in for
Mark or not, but Martina Avertelova, I played tennis in college,
so that's like a I know a lot about obviously
that sport.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
And Martina Nevertulovo was a pimier.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
She was one of the first, I think maybe the
first like woman to really come out and be like,
I'm a lesbian, and it certainly was going to affect
her career, and she knew it because when she came out,
like it was a long time ago and it was
gonna cost her money, it was going to cost her endorsements,
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and she was gonna be ridiculed, Like she knew what
was going to happen, and it was not gonna be good,
all right, Like it was gonna be bad, and there
was a lot of people that like this was but
she did it and she's come out and now the
LGBTQ world has turned on her because she stood up
and said that it's totally insane to allow men to
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act like women and compete with women. By the way,
if you want to have a transgender league, I don't care. Okay,
that's that's one of the things. My actually giving a
crap now level is like really low. If you want
to have a transgendered NBA, cool, I'm not gonna watch it.
Maybe other people want too. Fine, you want to have
a transgendered tennis tour. Sure, you want to have a
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transgender golf tour. Sure you want to have a transgender
any tour. I don't care, Like do it like like
please do it, like knock yourself out. I really don't
give a crap, Like I don't care, Okay, I don't,
But don't change women's sports to take away from women.
And that is the point that she made, like it
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is unfair to have men in women's sports. Whether it's swimming.
We've seen this with Riley Gaines, whether it's volleyball. We've
seen this with with people whose lives have been I mean,
Donald Trump had one of them at the you know
it's joint address to Congress recently, you know, as say
the Union, where there was a woman that he talked
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about whose life was altered forever after she had an
actual brain injury from a man acting like a dude,
hitting her in the face with a violent way, with
the speed okay, with the speed of a of a
man spiking a ball. Not able to play after that,
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this is what happens. Women are going to also get hurt.
It's not just it's it's not just what happened with
men taking away scholarships. Women are going to get hurt too.
Democrats are saying we're not going to comply. Maine school
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officials won't comply with the Trump administration's agreement to bar
transgender athletes. Maine's Governor Jennis Janet Mills speaking of the
press this week, saying we're.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Not budging at all.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
One eight seven seven three, eight to one thirty eight eleven.
Let me get to your phone calls now, we'll go
to Danny Welcome. You are on the Markleven Show. Ben
Ferguson filly in for the Great One.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
How are you, sir?
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Hey, Ben, thank you for taking my call. I've got
one thing to say for the transgender debucle that they
have going on with women's sports. If you're not good
enough to play with the boys, get better. But if
that's not going to be the case. Why do we
even have women's sports to begin with? And you mentioned something,
and I want to drop a few points for you
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to expand upon later, because I know you're probably up
against the wall the social security issue. In two years,
I'll be able to collect claim it along with god
knows how many other hundreds of millions of baby boomers.
If it's not there, there is going to be some
serious violence. I am not a proponent of it. I'm
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just saying, oh, this isn't going to turn out well
with Boseburg and him going against Trump. Speaker Johnson came
out and said, listen, first of all, we're not a democracy.
We're a constitutional republic. And he came right out and said, listen,
we can dissolve the Supreme Court if we want to.
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It only takes the executive and the legislative branch to
do so because there's only one Supreme Court. The rest
are inferior. I don't know where this guy Boseberg gets
off telling the President that he needs to comply with
his wishes and so on and so forth. I mean,
he always wanted to respect judge, but in this case,
I don't think.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
So look, I want to fight all of these things
like to the fullest, not out of not out of arrogance,
not even out of like the issue principle. It's because
I think we're gonna win.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
But for me, like yeah, but I mean that it's
that For me, it's just that's the issue, like it's
it's it's actually that simple. And I think this administration
is well prepared for this. This administration is not going
to back down. This administration understands what law air looks like.
They're they're in the middle of it yet again here
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and they're not gonna concede. They're not gonna concede because
they won an election and the American people have spoken.
And if you want to know how little the left
respects you as a voter, look at what they're doing
to try to destroy your vote. That's what people need
to understand. Let's talk about the lawfair real quick. What
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has been the Democrats move to try to stop all this.
It has been lawfare. You have a lot of activist
judges that are out there doing everything they can to
obstruct the present's agenda, not respecting the president or the
will of the people who voted him in overwhelmingly winning
the popular vote as well in every swing state in America.
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And that's exactly what has happened with these judges. Now, Unfortunately,
there is a consistent theme in almost all of this,
follow the money. It's almost every single time the same thing,
follow the money. Nearly every activist federal judge obstructing the
present's agenda, Doade says, has one thing in common.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
What is it?
Speaker 4 (16:54):
Are you surprised at some of the legal efforts and
some of the judges that have way down. There's about
eight or ten now of these cases that are at
least temporary holds. They're being challenged by the DOJ. Are
you surprised by that pushback?
Speaker 7 (17:11):
Well, it's the DC circuit is notorious for having a
very far left blias. And when you look at the
people close to some of these judges, who are where
are they working? Are they working at these NGOs they're
getting the other ones getting this money? Does that seem
like a system that lacks corruption? It sounds like corruption
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to me.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
I mean, you listen to Elon must say that, and
he's just so matter of fact about it. You want
to know why these activists federal judges are obstructing the
President's agenda because they got a spouse or child that's
drawing a major paycheck from a democratic line non governmental agency,
an NNGO, a non governmental office. And so what Donald
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Trump has done is this policy have directly undercut these NGOs,
creating a glaring conflict of interest. Now there is some
good news finally on this The appeals court has just
cleared the way for Trump to fire leaders of the
independent federal agencies. The ruling is a major victory quote
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unquote for Trump's effort to control regulatory bodies that Congress
intended to operate with some independence. Politico reporting at this
hour that a federal Appier's court has cleared the way
for the president to fire members of the executive branch
boards that oversee federal employee grievances and labor disputes across
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the nation. The ruling today is a victory for Trump's
efforts to exert control over the regulatory agencies that, in
my opinion, are clearly been out of control for far
too long that Congress intended to operate with some degree
of independence from the president. Federal laws limit the present's
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ability to remove the board members who oversee those agencies.
But the Trump administration has argue those limits are quote unconstitutional.
I'm going to put it this way. Hell, yes they are.
And now we have a court system that's agreeing. President
Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed a chart detailing the reciprocal
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tariffs that he will impose on other countries, wanting to
make it very clear to the American people that these
countries are charging us first, so now we are going
to charge them back. China sixty seven percent tariffs charged
to the US, including currency manipulation and trade barriers, was
a perfect example of what Donald Trump was talking about,
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and that is exactly why he announced his trade policies
on what he has deemed Liberation Day. Here's the President
in his own words at the White House.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
We have some very very good news today and a
lot of good things are happening for our country. Please
sit down, my fellow Americans. This is Liberation Day waiting
for a long time. April second, twenty twenty five will
forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn,
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the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that
we began to make America wealthy again.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
Going to make it.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Wealthy, good and wealthy.
Speaker 5 (20:31):
For decades, our country has been looted, pillage, raped, and
plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike.
American steel workers, auto workers, farmers, and skilled craftsmen, we
have a lot of them here with us today. They
really suffered gravely. They watched in anguish as foreign leaders
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have stolen our jobs. Foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories,
and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once beautiful American dream.
We had an American dream that you don't hear so
much about. You did four years ago, and you are now,
but you know too often, and for many years and
decades even you didn't hear too much about. Our country
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and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than
fifty years. But it is not going to happen anymore.
It's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
The President also making it clear he knows how the
media is going to play this doom and gloom. But
the reality is there's quite a few important groups in
this country that are backing the President's plan, and that
is exactly why the President made it clear to the
world that the day of economics surrender are over who
is behind the president well. The Coalition for a Prosperous
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America chairman put out a statement saying, this a permanent,
universal baseline tariff resets the global trade environment and finally
addresses the destructive legacy of decades of misguided free trade policies.
President Trump's decision to implement a baseline tariff is a
game changing shift that prioritizes American manufacturing, protects working class jobs,
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and safeguards our economic security from adversaries like China. This
is exactly the type of bold action American needs to
restore its industrial leadership. Today's actions will deliver lasting benefits
the US economy and working class Americans, submitting President Trump's
legacy as the one that ushered in a new golden
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age of American industrialization and prosperity. The National Cattleman's Beef
Association put out a statement as well, saying, quote, for
too long, America's family farmers and ranchers have been mistreated
by certain trading partners around the world. President Trump is
taking action to address numerous trade barriers that prevent consumers
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overseas from enjoying high quality, wholesome American beef. The NCBA
will continue engaging with the White House to ensure fair
treatment for America's cattle producers around the world and optimize opportunities.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
For exports abroad.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
The Steel Manufacturers Association also praising Trump, and again, you
will not be hearing these statements from the media, and
that's why I'm giving them to you right now. The
Steel Manufacturers said this, President Trump is a champion of
the domestic steel industry and his America First trade policy
is designed to fight the unfair trade that has harmed
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American workers and weakened manufacturing in the United States. The
recently reinvigorated two three two steel tariffs have already started
creating American jobs and bolstering the domestic steel industry. President
Trump is working to turn America into a manufacturing powerhouse,
and the steel tariffs are driving that movement. The Alliance
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for American Manufacturing also putting out a statement talking about
this is a game changer for American workers, saying today's
trade action prioritizes domestic manufacturers and the American workers. These
hard working men and women have seen unfair trade cut
the ground from beneath their feet for decades. They deserve
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a fighting chance Our workers can out compete anyone in
the world, but they need a level playing field to
do it. This trade reset is a necessary step in
the right direction. The National Electrical Contractors Association CEO also
saying this, President Trump has consistently prioritized policies that put
the electrical industry as a priority, and we recognize as
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commitment to strengthening our nation's economy. As these new tariffs
take effect, we look forward to working with the administration
to ensure that electrical contractors in the entire electrical industry
can continue powering a America efficiently while navigating potential costs
and supply chain challenges. These are just some of the
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major industries that are backing the President's move. Now, of course,
the media is going to tell you this is a disaster,
that it's going to hurt our economy, that it's starting
a trade war. The President of the United States of
America making it very clear I am here to stand
up for the American worker.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
In a few moments, I will sign a historic executive
order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. Reciprocal
that means they do it to us, and we do
it to them very simple. Can't get any simpler than that.
This is one of the most important days, in my opinion,
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in American history. It's our declaration of economic independence. For years,
hard working American citizens were forced to sit on the
sideline as other nations got rich and powerful, much of
it at our expense. But now it's our turn to
prosper and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of
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dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt.
And it'll all happen very quickly. With today's action, we
are finally going to be able to make America great again,
greater than ever before.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
President Trump wasn't the only one excited about what this
can do for the country, Speaker Mike Johnson saying President
Trump is sending a clear message with Liberation Day that
America will not be exploited by unfair trade practices anymore.
These tariffs restore fair and reciprocal trade and level the
playing field for American workers and innovators. The President understands
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that free trade only works when it's fair. Governor Jeff
Landry of Louisiana, a very important state when it comes
to shipping. This it's pro jobs, pro business, and pro America.
Senator Jim Banks saying the decision by President Trump today
to impose reciprocal tariffs will be so good for Indiana.
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Those are the manufacturing jobs that President Trump is bringing
back from overseas. Senator Bill Cassidy saying the President's Trade
a Jenna can pave the way for stronger trade deals,
fairer rules, and real results. I'm excited to work with
President Trump to make it happen. Louisiana workers and families
deserve it, nothing less. And the President wasn't done there.
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He also had this to say about the reciprocal tariffs
and why it is working the way that he is
doing it.
Speaker 5 (27:41):
The tariffs will be not a full reciprocal I could
have done that, yes, but it would have been tough
for a lot of countries. We didn't want to do that.
I'd like to see the chart. If you have it,
could you bring it up, Howard. This is a great
Secretary of Commerce, Howard Neck. Thanks ally. So if you
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look at that China first row, China, sixty seven percent,
that's tariffs charged to the USA, including currency manipulation and
trade barriers, So sixty seven percent. I think you can
for the most part see it those with good eyes
with bad eyes. We didn't want to bring it's very
windy out here. We didn't want to bring out the
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big charts because it had no chance of standing. Fortunately,
we came armed with a little smaller charge, so sixty
seven percent. So we're going to be charging a discounted
reciprocal tariff of thirty four percent. I think. In other words,
they charge us, we charge them, we charge them less.
So how can anybody be upset? They will be because
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we never charge anybody anything. But now we're going to
charge European Union. They're very tough, very very tough traders.
You know, you think of European Union, very friendly. They
rip us off. It's so sad to see. It's so pathetic.
Thirty nine percent. We're gonna charge them twenty percent, So
we charge you them potentially have Vietnam, great negotiators, great people.
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They like me. I like them. The problem is they
charge us ninety percent. We're gonna charge them forty six
percent tariff. Taiwan where they make. They took all of
our computer chips and semiconductors. We used to be the
king right with everything. We had all of it now,
we have almost none of it, except the biggest company
is coming in. They're gonna have We're gonna end up
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with almost forty percent. Lee Z Elden's working to get
their approvals and it's an amazing company, mister way of
one of the great companies of the world. Actually, they're
coming in from Taiwan and they're gonna build one of
the biggest plants in the world, maybe the biggest for that,
but sixty four percent, we're gonna charge them thirty two percent.
Japan very very tough, great people, and again I don't
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blame the people for doing it. It's I think they're
very smart in to it. And I blame the people that
sat right in that Oval office right over there, right
behind the resolute desk. Whichever deak they chose. Japan forty
six percent, they would charge us forty six percent and
much higher for certain items like cars, you know, little
items like cars, forty six percent. We're charging him twenty
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four percent. India very very tough, very very tough. The
Prime Minister just left. He's a great friend of mine,
But I said, you're a friend of mine, but you're
not treating us right. They charged us fifty two percent.
You have to understand, we charge them almost nothing for
years and years and decades, and it was only seven
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years ago when I came in. We started with China
charged it. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars
from China in tariffs, and they understood. Honestly, Presidency understood.
He said, look, I understand, and the other countries and
they all understand. We're gonna have to go through a
little tough love maybe, but they all understand they're ripping
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us off and they understood it.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
So the big takeaway from the President of the United
States of America is this, these are countries that are
doing this to us first and have been doing it
at a much higher rate. We are not going back
with the same number that they're putting on our goods
and services. And this is a time for us to
have free and fair trade where America is not being
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taken advantage of. There is no doubt that the media
is going to use this moment to attack the president.
But remember the people that I told you about earlier
in their statements, real American workers organizations saying it is
long overdue and this is going to be good for
America long term. That is exactly why the President's calling
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it Liberation Day and why so many American workers are
celebrating this big win. Make sure you share this podcast
wherever you can on social media, and I will see
you back here tomorrow
Main school officials saying they will not comply with the
Trump administration's agreement to bar transgender athletes. You want to
know what anarchy looks like. These are the same people
that say.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Our democracy is under attack.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
They're the ones that refuse to comply with the laws
in this country, whether it's deporting I legal immigrants or
abiding by the federal laws. When it comes to this
issue of protecting women in the sports and the locker
rooms and the bathrooms.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
This coming from the Associated Press.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
School officials in Maine said Thursday they will not comply
with a proposed agreement from President Donald Trump's administration that
would bar transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports. The
US Health and Human Services said earlier this month that
the Main Department of Education, MAINS Principles Association, and a
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high school are each in violation Title nine because of
the participation of transgender athletes. The federal investigation came after
a public spat between Donald Trump and the Democratic government
Maine Governor Jenet Mills about the subject.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The Health Department.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Gave the institutions ten days to comply with a voluntary
agreement to settle the issue by banning the athletes. The
Principals Association, which oversees high school sports in the state,
and School Administrative District fifty one, which includes Greeley High
School where the controversy was erupting, both said they will
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not comply with the agreement. The Federal Health Department cited
Greeley High School in the Portland suburb of Cumberland because
of a report that a transgender student won a girls
track competition, and.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
There was obviously video of it going viral.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
The district set in a letter to the community on
Thursday that it is not complying because it will instead
con you to follow state law and the main Human
Rights Act quote unquote, in other.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Words, screw you to the federal government.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
The district statement also said, quote to our students, thank
you for your maturity, perseverance, and dedication to learning through
these distractions. Please continue to lead the way. I'd love
for them to make that statement, but just change a
little bit saying Hey, to women, we're really sorry that
we're forcing you to be in the same locker room
with men showing their dinglings to you, and hey, we're
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really sorry that we're allowing men to beat the crap
out of you in sports, and hey, we're really sorry
that we're taking away the chance for you to actually
get college scholarships and win national titles or state titles
or sectional titles, because we're allowing dudes to claim they're
a chick to beat the crap out of you, and
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that would be a nice statement. Of course, they're not
going to do that in Maine because they're woke now,
these Marxist socialists and communists, and the Main Principles Association
said in a statement it is also quote bound by
the law, including the Main Human Rights Act, which our
participation policy reflects. A spokesman for the Main Department of
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Education referred the matter to the state Attorney General's office,
which did not respond to the AP for a request
for comment.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
The US Department of Health and Human Services also did
not respond to a request for comment. The department said
in a statement earlier this month this we hope the
Main Department of Education, the Main's Main Principal Association, and
the Greeley High School will work with us to come
to an agreement that resource fairness in women's sports. Nils
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and Trump, you may remember, sparred over the subject last
month during a meeting of the Governors of the White House.
During that meeting, Trump made it clear that he would
pull federal funding from Maine if the state does not
comply with his executive order barring transittered athletes.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
That is again, I don't even like to call it that.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I just say it's dude acting like chicks from women's sports.
Mills responded, we'll see you in court, and Donald Trump
said great. The US Education Department has since concluded that
Maine violated the Title nine anti discrimination law and could
face Justice Department prosecution.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Now, let me just talk about the strategy here when
it comes to this one.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I am all in favor of the law being followed
and the DOJ doing their job to when it comes
to this issue of the law, like I can't, I'm
all in favor of it. I think there are far
too many liberals out there that say, I don't have
to comply with the law. But if Republicans did this,
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like you would be arrested. I'm not in favor of
law fare. That's probably a better way of saying it. Okay,
Like I'm not. What I am in favor of is
following the law. And you look at another.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Example of this happened a couple of days ago.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
You had Secretary Rawlings saying this in a cabinet meeting
with Donald Trump, and here's what she said on this
other issue of transgender Listen, let.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Me just add to that and thank you. We just
had a wonderful cabinet meeting. I'm all aligned on, certainly
the effort to realign the government. But even at the
US Department of Agriculture, we've canceled three hundred thousand dollars
contract educating on food justice for queer and transgender farmers
in San Francisco. A similar contract we canceled in New
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York again educating transgender and queer farmers on food justice
and food equality. I'm not even sure what that means,
but apparently the last administration wanted to put our taxpayer
dollars towards that. We canceled a six hundred thousand dollars
contract in out of Louisiana that was studying the menstrual
cycles of transgender men, a six hundred thousand dollars contract.
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We canceled another contract out of a university in the
middle of the country that focused on getting more diversity, equity,
and inclusion into our pest management industry. Again, these are nonsensical.
It makes zero sense to use taxpayer dollars to fund these.
I know, these are just a few examples of the
hundreds in the hundreds.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
That we have found.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Well, I got to tell you, like canceling a contract
in New York, education and educating transiend and queer farmers
on food justice and food equality. If you explain this
to the American people the way that Secretary Rawlins just did,
the majority of Americans are going to say, yeah, we
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stand with you on this, we get it, we understand it,
we stand with you on we support you on it,
and we're not.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Going to be bullied anymore. To believe that.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
We have to believe that a man can be a woman.
We absolutely have to protect women. I still don't understand.
I really don't.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I don't understand.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Where are all the quote feminists, like, where are they?
How are there not more feminists out there that are
protecting women from men destroying their dreams?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I mean, I mean this, it's incredible.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Donald Trump, by the way, was asked a question it
was supposed to be one of those quote I got
you questions in the White House, and he was taking
questions yet again in the Oval office, and there was
a reporter that was there then asked the president a
question about women and men, right the transgender issue.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
What is a woman? You ready for this? Here's the
President in his own words.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Early, since Democrats seem to struggle answering this question, I
wanted to ask you what is a woman?
Speaker 5 (08:04):
And why is it important that we understand the differenstween
men and men. Well, it's sort of easy to answer
for me, because a woman is somebody that can have
a baby under certain circumstances.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
She has a quality.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
A woman is a person who's much smarter than a man.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I've always had.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
A woman is a person that doesn't give a man
even a chance of success. And a woman is a
person that in many cases has been treated very badly.
Because I think that what happens.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
With this crazy, this crazy issue of.
Speaker 5 (08:36):
Men being able to play in women's sports is just
ridiculous and very unfair to women and very demeaning to women.
And that's got to be about a ninety four percent.
I read today it was a ninety four percent issue,
and I watched the other day I watched Congressman, a
Democrat congressman fighting for the fact that men should be
allowed to compete essentially in women's sports, And I say,
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I hope they keep that going because they'll never win
another election.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
That's a big deal.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
But women are basically incredible people do so much for
our country, and we love we love our women, and
we're going to take care of our women.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Yeah, how is it if you're a feminist and you
hear that from Donald Trump? How on earth could you
not be in favor of that? Like, what is there
for you to be angry about? How could you be angry?
I listened to that, I'm like the feminists would be like,
okay and get behind that. I can totally get behind that.
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And the president saying it's easy. He's standing up for women.
And I never thought i'd see a day where the
Democratic Party would be the one saying that no, women
were going to screw you over, like.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
The feminist movement.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
You would have thought they would have been the first
one say go men, get the hell out of our
locker rooms, get the hell out of our sports.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
You would have thought that that's where this would have gone.
But for some reason, like no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
We're going to have a radical, crazy world where women
are going to be screwed by men acting like women,
and their lives are going to be changed and their
success is going to be changed.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
In sports, I've said this before.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I don't know if I've said it filling in for
Mark or not, but Martina Avertelova, I played tennis in college,
so that's like a I know a lot about obviously
that sport.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
And Martina Nevertulovo was a pimier.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
She was one of the first, I think maybe the
first like woman to really come out and be like,
I'm a lesbian, and it certainly was going to affect
her career, and she knew it because when she came out,
like it was a long time ago and it was
gonna cost her money, it was going to cost her endorsements,
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and she was gonna be ridiculed, Like she knew what
was going to happen, and it was not gonna be good,
all right, Like it was gonna be bad, and there
was a lot of people that like this was but
she did it and she's come out and now the
LGBTQ world has turned on her because she stood up
and said that it's totally insane to allow men to
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act like women and compete with women. By the way,
if you want to have a transgender league, I don't care. Okay,
that's that's one of the things. My actually giving a
crap now level is like really low. If you want
to have a transgendered NBA, cool, I'm not gonna watch it.
Maybe other people want too. Fine, you want to have
a transgendered tennis tour. Sure, you want to have a
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transgender golf tour. Sure you want to have a transgender
any tour. I don't care, Like do it like like
please do it, like knock yourself out. I really don't
give a crap, Like I don't care, Okay, I don't,
But don't change women's sports to take away from women.
And that is the point that she made, like it
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is unfair to have men in women's sports. Whether it's swimming.
We've seen this with Riley Gaines, whether it's volleyball. We've
seen this with with people whose lives have been I mean,
Donald Trump had one of them at the you know
it's joint address to Congress recently, you know, as say
the Union, where there was a woman that he talked
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about whose life was altered forever after she had an
actual brain injury from a man acting like a dude,
hitting her in the face with a violent way, with
the speed okay, with the speed of a of a
man spiking a ball. Not able to play after that,
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this is what happens. Women are going to also get hurt.
It's not just it's it's not just what happened with
men taking away scholarships. Women are going to get hurt too.
Democrats are saying we're not going to comply. Maine school
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officials won't comply with the Trump administration's agreement to bar
transgender athletes. Maine's Governor Jennis Janet Mills speaking of the
press this week, saying we're.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Not budging at all.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
One eight seven seven three, eight to one thirty eight eleven.
Let me get to your phone calls now, we'll go
to Danny Welcome. You are on the Markleven Show. Ben
Ferguson filly in for the Great One.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
How are you, sir?
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Hey, Ben, thank you for taking my call. I've got
one thing to say for the transgender debucle that they
have going on with women's sports. If you're not good
enough to play with the boys, get better. But if
that's not going to be the case. Why do we
even have women's sports to begin with? And you mentioned something,
and I want to drop a few points for you
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to expand upon later, because I know you're probably up
against the wall the social security issue. In two years,
I'll be able to collect claim it along with god
knows how many other hundreds of millions of baby boomers.
If it's not there, there is going to be some
serious violence. I am not a proponent of it. I'm
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just saying, oh, this isn't going to turn out well
with Boseburg and him going against Trump. Speaker Johnson came
out and said, listen, first of all, we're not a democracy.
We're a constitutional republic. And he came right out and said, listen,
we can dissolve the Supreme Court if we want to.
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It only takes the executive and the legislative branch to
do so because there's only one Supreme Court. The rest
are inferior. I don't know where this guy Boseberg gets
off telling the President that he needs to comply with
his wishes and so on and so forth. I mean,
he always wanted to respect judge, but in this case,
I don't think.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
So look, I want to fight all of these things
like to the fullest, not out of not out of arrogance,
not even out of like the issue principle. It's because
I think we're gonna win.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
But for me, like yeah, but I mean that it's
that For me, it's just that's the issue, like it's
it's it's actually that simple. And I think this administration
is well prepared for this. This administration is not going
to back down. This administration understands what law air looks like.
They're they're in the middle of it yet again here
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and they're not gonna concede. They're not gonna concede because
they won an election and the American people have spoken.
And if you want to know how little the left
respects you as a voter, look at what they're doing
to try to destroy your vote. That's what people need
to understand. Let's talk about the lawfair real quick. What
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has been the Democrats move to try to stop all this.
It has been lawfare. You have a lot of activist
judges that are out there doing everything they can to
obstruct the present's agenda, not respecting the president or the
will of the people who voted him in overwhelmingly winning
the popular vote as well in every swing state in America.
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And that's exactly what has happened with these judges. Now, Unfortunately,
there is a consistent theme in almost all of this,
follow the money. It's almost every single time the same thing,
follow the money. Nearly every activist federal judge obstructing the
present's agenda, Doade says, has one thing in common.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
What is it?
Speaker 4 (16:54):
Are you surprised at some of the legal efforts and
some of the judges that have way down. There's about
eight or ten now of these cases that are at
least temporary holds. They're being challenged by the DOJ. Are
you surprised by that pushback?
Speaker 7 (17:11):
Well, it's the DC circuit is notorious for having a
very far left blias. And when you look at the
people close to some of these judges, who are where
are they working? Are they working at these NGOs they're
getting the other ones getting this money? Does that seem
like a system that lacks corruption? It sounds like corruption
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to me.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
I mean, you listen to Elon must say that, and
he's just so matter of fact about it. You want
to know why these activists federal judges are obstructing the
President's agenda because they got a spouse or child that's
drawing a major paycheck from a democratic line non governmental agency,
an NNGO, a non governmental office. And so what Donald
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Trump has done is this policy have directly undercut these NGOs,
creating a glaring conflict of interest. Now there is some
good news finally on this The appeals court has just
cleared the way for Trump to fire leaders of the
independent federal agencies. The ruling is a major victory quote
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unquote for Trump's effort to control regulatory bodies that Congress
intended to operate with some independence. Politico reporting at this
hour that a federal Appier's court has cleared the way
for the president to fire members of the executive branch
boards that oversee federal employee grievances and labor disputes across
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the nation. The ruling today is a victory for Trump's
efforts to exert control over the regulatory agencies that, in
my opinion, are clearly been out of control for far
too long that Congress intended to operate with some degree
of independence from the president. Federal laws limit the present's
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ability to remove the board members who oversee those agencies.
But the Trump administration has argue those limits are quote unconstitutional.
I'm going to put it this way. Hell, yes they are.
And now we have a court system that's agreeing. President
Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed a chart detailing the reciprocal
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tariffs that he will impose on other countries, wanting to
make it very clear to the American people that these
countries are charging us first, so now we are going
to charge them back. China sixty seven percent tariffs charged
to the US, including currency manipulation and trade barriers, was
a perfect example of what Donald Trump was talking about,
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and that is exactly why he announced his trade policies
on what he has deemed Liberation Day. Here's the President
in his own words at the White House.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
We have some very very good news today and a
lot of good things are happening for our country. Please
sit down, my fellow Americans. This is Liberation Day waiting
for a long time. April second, twenty twenty five will
forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn,
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the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that
we began to make America wealthy again.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
Going to make it.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Wealthy, good and wealthy.
Speaker 5 (20:31):
For decades, our country has been looted, pillage, raped, and
plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike.
American steel workers, auto workers, farmers, and skilled craftsmen, we
have a lot of them here with us today. They
really suffered gravely. They watched in anguish as foreign leaders
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have stolen our jobs. Foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories,
and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once beautiful American dream.
We had an American dream that you don't hear so
much about. You did four years ago, and you are now,
but you know too often, and for many years and
decades even you didn't hear too much about. Our country
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and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than
fifty years. But it is not going to happen anymore.
It's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
The President also making it clear he knows how the
media is going to play this doom and gloom. But
the reality is there's quite a few important groups in
this country that are backing the President's plan, and that
is exactly why the President made it clear to the
world that the day of economics surrender are over who
is behind the president well. The Coalition for a Prosperous
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America chairman put out a statement saying, this a permanent,
universal baseline tariff resets the global trade environment and finally
addresses the destructive legacy of decades of misguided free trade policies.
President Trump's decision to implement a baseline tariff is a
game changing shift that prioritizes American manufacturing, protects working class jobs,
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and safeguards our economic security from adversaries like China. This
is exactly the type of bold action American needs to
restore its industrial leadership. Today's actions will deliver lasting benefits
the US economy and working class Americans, submitting President Trump's
legacy as the one that ushered in a new golden
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age of American industrialization and prosperity. The National Cattleman's Beef
Association put out a statement as well, saying, quote, for
too long, America's family farmers and ranchers have been mistreated
by certain trading partners around the world. President Trump is
taking action to address numerous trade barriers that prevent consumers
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overseas from enjoying high quality, wholesome American beef. The NCBA
will continue engaging with the White House to ensure fair
treatment for America's cattle producers around the world and optimize opportunities.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
For exports abroad.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
The Steel Manufacturers Association also praising Trump, and again, you
will not be hearing these statements from the media, and
that's why I'm giving them to you right now. The
Steel Manufacturers said this, President Trump is a champion of
the domestic steel industry and his America First trade policy
is designed to fight the unfair trade that has harmed
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American workers and weakened manufacturing in the United States. The
recently reinvigorated two three two steel tariffs have already started
creating American jobs and bolstering the domestic steel industry. President
Trump is working to turn America into a manufacturing powerhouse,
and the steel tariffs are driving that movement. The Alliance
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for American Manufacturing also putting out a statement talking about
this is a game changer for American workers, saying today's
trade action prioritizes domestic manufacturers and the American workers. These
hard working men and women have seen unfair trade cut
the ground from beneath their feet for decades. They deserve
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a fighting chance Our workers can out compete anyone in
the world, but they need a level playing field to
do it. This trade reset is a necessary step in
the right direction. The National Electrical Contractors Association CEO also
saying this, President Trump has consistently prioritized policies that put
the electrical industry as a priority, and we recognize as
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commitment to strengthening our nation's economy. As these new tariffs
take effect, we look forward to working with the administration
to ensure that electrical contractors in the entire electrical industry
can continue powering a America efficiently while navigating potential costs
and supply chain challenges. These are just some of the
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major industries that are backing the President's move. Now, of course,
the media is going to tell you this is a disaster,
that it's going to hurt our economy, that it's starting
a trade war. The President of the United States of
America making it very clear I am here to stand
up for the American worker.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
In a few moments, I will sign a historic executive
order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. Reciprocal
that means they do it to us, and we do
it to them very simple. Can't get any simpler than that.
This is one of the most important days, in my opinion,
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in American history. It's our declaration of economic independence. For years,
hard working American citizens were forced to sit on the
sideline as other nations got rich and powerful, much of
it at our expense. But now it's our turn to
prosper and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of
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dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt.
And it'll all happen very quickly. With today's action, we
are finally going to be able to make America great again,
greater than ever before.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
President Trump wasn't the only one excited about what this
can do for the country, Speaker Mike Johnson saying President
Trump is sending a clear message with Liberation Day that
America will not be exploited by unfair trade practices anymore.
These tariffs restore fair and reciprocal trade and level the
playing field for American workers and innovators. The President understands
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that free trade only works when it's fair. Governor Jeff
Landry of Louisiana, a very important state when it comes
to shipping. This it's pro jobs, pro business, and pro America.
Senator Jim Banks saying the decision by President Trump today
to impose reciprocal tariffs will be so good for Indiana.
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Those are the manufacturing jobs that President Trump is bringing
back from overseas. Senator Bill Cassidy saying the President's Trade
a Jenna can pave the way for stronger trade deals,
fairer rules, and real results. I'm excited to work with
President Trump to make it happen. Louisiana workers and families
deserve it, nothing less. And the President wasn't done there.
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He also had this to say about the reciprocal tariffs
and why it is working the way that he is
doing it.
Speaker 5 (27:41):
The tariffs will be not a full reciprocal I could
have done that, yes, but it would have been tough
for a lot of countries. We didn't want to do that.
I'd like to see the chart. If you have it,
could you bring it up, Howard. This is a great
Secretary of Commerce, Howard Neck. Thanks ally. So if you
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look at that China first row, China, sixty seven percent,
that's tariffs charged to the USA, including currency manipulation and
trade barriers, So sixty seven percent. I think you can
for the most part see it those with good eyes
with bad eyes. We didn't want to bring it's very
windy out here. We didn't want to bring out the
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big charts because it had no chance of standing. Fortunately,
we came armed with a little smaller charge, so sixty
seven percent. So we're going to be charging a discounted
reciprocal tariff of thirty four percent. I think. In other words,
they charge us, we charge them, we charge them less.
So how can anybody be upset? They will be because
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we never charge anybody anything. But now we're going to
charge European Union. They're very tough, very very tough traders.
You know, you think of European Union, very friendly. They
rip us off. It's so sad to see. It's so pathetic.
Thirty nine percent. We're gonna charge them twenty percent, So
we charge you them potentially have Vietnam, great negotiators, great people.
(29:12):
They like me. I like them. The problem is they
charge us ninety percent. We're gonna charge them forty six
percent tariff. Taiwan where they make. They took all of
our computer chips and semiconductors. We used to be the
king right with everything. We had all of it now,
we have almost none of it, except the biggest company
is coming in. They're gonna have We're gonna end up
(29:33):
with almost forty percent. Lee Z Elden's working to get
their approvals and it's an amazing company, mister way of
one of the great companies of the world. Actually, they're
coming in from Taiwan and they're gonna build one of
the biggest plants in the world, maybe the biggest for that,
but sixty four percent, we're gonna charge them thirty two percent.
Japan very very tough, great people, and again I don't
(29:57):
blame the people for doing it. It's I think they're
very smart in to it. And I blame the people that
sat right in that Oval office right over there, right
behind the resolute desk. Whichever deak they chose. Japan forty
six percent, they would charge us forty six percent and
much higher for certain items like cars, you know, little
items like cars, forty six percent. We're charging him twenty
(30:20):
four percent. India very very tough, very very tough. The
Prime Minister just left. He's a great friend of mine,
But I said, you're a friend of mine, but you're
not treating us right. They charged us fifty two percent.
You have to understand, we charge them almost nothing for
years and years and decades, and it was only seven
(30:40):
years ago when I came in. We started with China
charged it. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars
from China in tariffs, and they understood. Honestly, Presidency understood.
He said, look, I understand, and the other countries and
they all understand. We're gonna have to go through a
little tough love maybe, but they all understand they're ripping
(31:02):
us off and they understood it.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
So the big takeaway from the President of the United
States of America is this, these are countries that are
doing this to us first and have been doing it
at a much higher rate. We are not going back
with the same number that they're putting on our goods
and services. And this is a time for us to
have free and fair trade where America is not being
(31:24):
taken advantage of. There is no doubt that the media
is going to use this moment to attack the president.
But remember the people that I told you about earlier
in their statements, real American workers organizations saying it is
long overdue and this is going to be good for
America long term. That is exactly why the President's calling
(31:45):
it Liberation Day and why so many American workers are
celebrating this big win. Make sure you share this podcast
wherever you can on social media, and I will see
you back here tomorrow
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