April 17, 2025 • 31 mins
Trade Tensions and Tariffs
- Trump Administration's Tariffs: We highlight the Trump administration's imposition of a 245% tariff on Chinese imports as a retaliatory measure against China's actions. This move has significant implications for global markets, American supply chains, and Chinese exporters.
- China's Response: China appointed Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator, signaling a potential shift in negotiation style. Lee's background includes significant roles in the World Trade Organization and other international organizations, suggesting a more open-minded approach to free trade.
Negotiations and Global Impact
- Trade Negotiations: We mention ongoing negotiations with 130 countries, aiming to reduce tariffs and improve trade relations. This includes discussions with major economies like Japan, Korea, and India.
- Exemptions on Electronic Devices: Certain electronic products, including smartphones and computers, are exempt from the tariffs, reflecting the administration's efforts to balance national security concerns with economic needs.
Political and Legal Developments
- MS-13 Gang Member Deportation: We detail a controversial case involving the deportation of an MS-13 gang member to El Salvador. It includes a discussion on the legal and political ramifications, highlighting the administration's stance on immigration and national security.
- Supreme Court Ruling: The Supreme Court's unanimous decision against a district court ruling that attempted to compel the return of the deported gang member is emphasized, showcasing the administration's legal victories.
Environmental Policies
- EPA Deregulation: Wed outline significant deregulatory actions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Administrator Lee Zelden. These actions aim to reduce government waste, fraud, and abuse, while promoting economic growth and energy dominance.
Political Violence
- Incidents of Political Violence: We touch on instances of political violence, including threats against public figures and the normalization of such behavior. It calls for zero tolerance and leadership in addressing these issues.
Media and Public Perception
- Media Bias: We criticize media outlets like CNN for their perceived bias and misinformation, particularly in relation to the administration's policies and actions.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You may have seen the headline, and the headline is
one that was shocking to the world and it was
done on purpose by the Trump administration.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
When it comes to China, China.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Is now facing up to a two and forty five
percent Trump tariff. Now, there's a lot that has happened
in the last twenty four hours. Not only did the
White House say China's facing this two hundred and forty
five percent tariff on imports the US, but they said
it was because of a result of its retaliatory actions
from China against US. Now this is going back and
(00:33):
forth at a rapid pace. Why does this matter Because
the trade war is obviously rattling global markets. Cutting off
Chinese imports is complicating American supply chain, and it is
also hurting Chinese exporters all but losing the US market
is quote a severe blow. And now they are putting
(00:55):
pressure on their own government to get a deal done.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
So here's what we know.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Now there has been movement from China quietly.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
China has now.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Appointed a new trade negotiator. China appointed a man by
the name of Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator
on Wednesday, in the midst of its terrifiight with the US.
Now this is a significant move that signals a change
in the style of their negotiations or lack thereof from Beijing. Now,
(01:27):
let me tell you more about Lee that you will
hear nowhere else. Prior to this new appointment, Lee spent
about four and a half years as China's ambassador to
the World Trade Organization that is, the body that governs
global commerce into which Beijing has appealed in its tariff
dispute with the US. Lee has also had permanent representative
(01:50):
status to the Chinese delegation to the UN Office in Geneva,
as well as other international organizations in Switzerland. We also
know that Lee participated in negotiating China's ascension to the
WTO known as the World Trade Organization more than twenty
years ago. This means there is real movement now, and movement,
(02:13):
as it was described by one as saying this quote,
there might be another style of negotiations from China. Lee
is an open minded person and supports free trade. That
is with the dean of the China Institute for WTO
Studies at the University of International Business and Economic Sideness
statement to the press, So what are people saying about
(02:34):
this in China, well, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said
there is no winner in tariff wars and trade wars,
the first time signaling that they may be willing to
do a deal. And China, he went on to say,
does not want to fight. Let me say that again.
China does not want to fight, but it is by
no means afraid to fight again, a major change in
(02:57):
the rhetoric coming out of Beijing. President Trump also wrote
on True Social nobody is getting off the hook for
the unfair trade balances and non monetary tariff barriers that
other countries have used against us, especially not China, which
by far treats us the worst. That's what Trump said
on True Social on the thirteenth, he said, we are
(03:20):
taking a look at semiconductors and the whole electronic supply
chain in the upcoming national security tariff investigations. What has
been exposed is that we need to make products in
the US and that we will not be held hostage
by other countries, especially hostile trading nations like China, which
will do everything within its power to disrespect the American people.
(03:44):
Which brings us now to the newest headline. As I
said a moment ago, things are moving rapidly and this
is good news for Americans as well. Trump's tariff update
tonight reads like this. Let me say this again, three
two one line reads like this. China is now signaling
a quote readiness to talk if US shows respect amid
(04:08):
the numbers game. Again, this is very different than what
they were saying just twenty four hours ago. China is
now expressing openness into trade talks with the US under
certain conditions, even after the White House clarified that China
now faces up to a two hundred and forty five
percent tariff.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
On imports to the US.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
This goes back to what Donald Trump said all along,
I'm not flinching on countries that are taking advantage of
the American workers, the American people. He also said it
was going to be a national security issue, which you
just heard them mentioned yet again, and the President said,
I'm more than willing to sit down to get a
fair deal for the American people. And with China pointing
(04:50):
Lee as its new trade negotiator, it signals a major
potential shift in the approach to trade discussions, and that
is not only good for Americans, but also for the
entire world. You may remember the other day there was
reports out that there were fifty countries that had lined
up to negotiate their terrors to the Trump administration. Then
(05:13):
that number went to seventy, and that is when the
media started getting quiet on the story. We now have
a new number, and the Trump administration has told us
that they are now negotiating with one hundred and thirty
countries on tariffs. Now, I want you to hear this
back and forth with liberal Jake Tapper over at CNN
(05:35):
on say of the Union talking with the National Economic
Council Director Kevin Hassett. And here is what Jake Tapper
tried to say when he was baiting him into.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
A false narrative. Take a listen.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
What do you say to small business owners or even
big business owners who say they're having difficulty making long
term business decisions because the country scenes right now to
be run by capricious whim.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Oh i'd think it at all. It's run by Capricia's whim.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
The way that I would think about it is that
in the previous administration, you can sort of say, if
you're thinking about it into football analogy is that they
were running out the clock and what's going on now,
and the Trump administration is across a wide array of
policy areas.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
We're in a two.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
Minute offense, and the two minute offense is pushing, as
you've seen the reconciliation build through, so that we get
tax relief for America people, deregulation, and of course trade policy. Now,
in the trade policy, the whole point of the trade
policy is to address the national emergency that we're too
dependent on foreign products in the US, especially if we
(06:37):
were at a time of conflict, and we're doing something
about that. And the Reciprocal Act was basically, guys, if
you come to the table and negotiate us with us
and treat us the same way we treat you, then
we'll get your rate really low. And so right now
one hundred and thirty countries, one hundred and thirty countries
have responded and we're negotiating with them, and they've got
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their rate down to ten percent.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Really, it's kind of almost a two world system.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
There's a process about China and that's very very nascent,
if at all, and then the process for everybody else.
So the process for everybody else is orderly. It's clear
people are coming to town with great offers. We've got
japanned Korea, India. I was just talking to the Foreign
Minister of India and everything is moving forward very quickly,
(07:25):
and so I guess the bottom line is that the
small business owner has experienced over the last few weeks
the start of a process that's settling down really quite quickly.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Gave one hundred and thirty countries are at ten percent now.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
So if you want to know if the administration is
working hard to get these deals done, the answer is yes.
And are there people that are coming to the table.
The answer is yes. And are there a few no?
Are there some?
Speaker 6 (07:48):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Are there a lot?
Speaker 7 (07:49):
Men?
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Maybe you could go even beyond that, as I quote
the administration. So right now there are one hundred and
thirty countries. One hundred and thirty countries have responded and
we're negotiating with them, and they've got their rate down
to ten percent. So really it's almost a two world system.
There's a process that they said about countries that are
(08:11):
not willing to come to the table, places like China,
and those are going to be tough, but everyone else
they seem to be wanting the best deal they can
get with the American government, and that means it's an
amazing deal for the American people. So don't buy into
the fear mongering. Look at the actual results, and it's
clear that there's one hundred and thirty countries that are
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dying to get a deal done with a Trump administration
who is putting American workers and businesses first instead of last.
Now that's not the only piece of good news. The
President is also listening to his advisors, and now we
know that there is going to be some exemptions on
some important products that do affect Americans. Right now, smartphones, computers,
(08:57):
and electronic devices are being exempt from the Trump administration's
tariffs on China. The administration announcing that various electronic devices
such as smartphones and computers will have the exemption from
the tariffs that have been imposed on China. In a
bulletin that was posted late Friday night by the US
Customs and Border Protection Agency, it was revealed that certain
(09:20):
products quote would be exempted from the tariffs. The tariff
exemptions on certain products apply retroactively to April to fifth.
According to Axios, the products would be exempt from recent
applied tariffs, while other pre April second tariffs would still apply.
The White House Press Secretary Caroline Levin explained in a statement,
(09:42):
the President Donald Trump has made it clear that the
United States cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies semiconductors, chips, smartphones,
and laptops, saying President Trump has made it clear America
cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies such as
(10:03):
those semiconductors, chips, smartphones, and laptops, and that's why the
President has secured trillions of dollars in US investments from
the largest tech companies in the world, including Apple, TSMC,
and Navidio. CNBC also reported that the guidance for the
USCBP includes exclusions for other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors,
(10:29):
solar cells, flat panel TV display, flash drives, and memory cards.
The White House Deputy Press Secretary explained that quote companies
are hustling to onshore their manufacturing the United States as
soon as possible. The outlet explained that the top twenty
product categories listed in the CBP guidelines are apparently exempt
(10:52):
from the one hundred and twenty five percent tariffs that
Trump is imposed on Chinese imports. The twenty product cagories
listed in the CBP guidelines are apparently exempt from the
one to twenty five tariffs and the ten percent baseline
tariff on imports from other countries. A twenty percent tariff
on all Chinese goods remains in effect quote unquote and
(11:15):
a presidential memorandum. Trump explained in the Executive Order fourteen
two fifty seven that regulations imports with a reciprocal tariff
to rectified trade practices that contribute to large and persistent
annual United States good trade deficits. I declare national emergency
arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual US
(11:39):
goods trade deficits, and imposed additional ad belorum duties as
I deem necessary and appropriate to deal with the unusual
and extraordinary threat, which has its source and whole are
substantial part outside of the US. The national security and
economic of the United States of America is what is
(12:00):
stated in this Executive order.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Now here's what we know.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
The President's being clear that he's not going to allow
China to get away with much of what they've been doing,
But there are certain things that America does need in
the near term as we start manufacturing in this country.
This is also another example of the President listening to
those around him and listening to the American people and industry.
(12:25):
They are saying, we love that you're fighting for us,
but there may be some certain things will need some
help on in the short term, and this is proof
that the President is obviously putting Americans first. Yet again,
it is amazing what Democrats will say and do just
to be against Donald Trump and the American people. We
(12:46):
had an election and it was very clear the American
people said they wanted a secure border. We had an
election and it was very clear the voters said they
wanted to start locking up violent criminals, especially those that
are in MS thirteen gangs and other gangs from around
the world. We also know that the president had a
mandate to clean up everything that had been broken by
(13:08):
the open border policies of the Biden administration. We'll fast
forward just a few months in to his second term
in office, and now Democrats are actually in a position
I didn't even think they were dumb enough to put themselves.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
In, Yet here we are.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Democrats are now going together, standing and demanding the return
of deported MS thirteen gang members. One senator in particular
is leading the charge Senator Chris van Holland. He's a
Democrat from Maryland, and he is now requesting a meeting
(13:44):
with Al Salvador's president, who was in the Oval office
on Monday, to demand the return of an individual that
is known as an MS thirteen gang member who was
deported to El Salvador. Now, this is the best audio
I've heard in a long time to explain just how
radical the left has become. And also our media as
(14:07):
they're trying to spend a story to their advantage, saying
that an individual that left America should immediately be returned,
someone who broke into this country, and also someone who
is an MS thirteen gang member. I want you to
listen carefully to Pambondi in the President of the United States
of America dismantle the media's narrative as the El Salvador
(14:31):
president not only refused to return the deported resident, but
explained that he was happy to take even more.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
Turn the man who your administration says was mistaken the
man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Speaker 7 (14:45):
Well, let me ask Pam, would you list to answer.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
That question, Sir President, First and foremost, he was illegally
in our country. He had been illegally in our country.
And in twenty nineteen, two courts, an immigration court and
an a immigration court ruled that he was a member
of MS thirteen and he was illegally in our country
right now. It was a paperwork, it was additional paperwork
(15:11):
had needed to be done. That's up to El Salvador
if they want to return him, that's not up to us.
The Supreme Court rule President that if as El Salvador
wants to return him, this is international matters, foreign affairs.
If they wanted to return him, we would facilitate it,
meaning provide a plane.
Speaker 7 (15:32):
And if you are doing a great job, and you
just also respond to that question because you know it's
asked by CNN, and they always ask it with a
slant because they're totally slanting because they don't know what's happening.
That's why nobody's watching them. But would you answer that
question also.
Speaker 9 (15:49):
Yes, gladly. So, as Pam mentioned, there's the illegal alien
from El Salvador. So with respect to you, he's a
citizen of El Salvador. So it's very arrogant, even for
American media to suggest that we would even tell El
Salvador how to handle their own citizens as a starting point,
as two immigration courts found that he was a member
(16:10):
of MS thirteen. When President Trump declared MS thirteen to
be a foreign terrorist organization, that meant that he was
no longer eligible under federal law, which I'm sure you
know you're very familiar with the iona that he was
no longer eligible for any form of immigration or relief
in the United States. So we had a deportation order
that was valid, which meant that under our law he's
not even allowed to be present in the United States
(16:32):
and had to be returned because of the foreign terrorist designation.
This issue was then by a district court judge completely inverted,
and a district court judge tried to tell the administration
that they had to kidnap a citizen of El Salvador
and fly him back here. That issue was raised at
the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court said the district
court order was unlawful and its main components were reversed
(16:56):
nine zero, unanimously stating clearly that neither Secretary of State
nor the President could be compelled by anybody to forcibly
retrieve a citizen of El Salvador. From Al Salvador, who
again is a member of MS thirteen, which is I'm
sure you understand, rapes, little girls, murder's woman, murder's children,
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is engaged in the most barbaric activities in the world.
And I can promise you if he was your neighbor,
you would move right away, So.
Speaker 8 (17:21):
You don't plan the Supreme Court.
Speaker 7 (17:25):
In the Supreme Court sieve, was it nine to nothing?
Speaker 9 (17:27):
Yes, there's a nine zero in our favor against the
district court ruling saying that no district court has the
power to compel the foreign policy function of the United States.
As Pam said, the ruling solely stated that if this
individual at El Salvador sole discretion was set back to
our country, that we could deport him a second time. Well,
(17:48):
no version of this legally ends up with him ever
living here because he is a citizen of El Salvador,
that is the president at El Salvador. Your questions about it,
per the court, can only.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
Be directed to him as.
Speaker 8 (18:02):
This, do you plan to return him?
Speaker 4 (18:04):
Well?
Speaker 10 (18:05):
Yeah, and post your guys suggested that I smuggle the
terrorists in today United States?
Speaker 11 (18:09):
Right?
Speaker 10 (18:11):
How can I smuggle?
Speaker 12 (18:12):
How can I return him today?
Speaker 10 (18:13):
United It's like I smuggled him into the United.
Speaker 12 (18:16):
States or whether you of course I'm not going to
do it. It's like, let mean that the question is preposterous.
How can I smuggle the terrorists in today United States?
I don't have the power to return him to the
United States.
Speaker 10 (18:28):
You can release inside of but I'm not releasing I mean,
we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country.
We just turned the murder capital of the world to
the safest country of the Western hemisphere, and he want
us to go back into the releasing criminals so they
can go back to being the murder capital of the world.
Speaker 12 (18:43):
And that's that's not kind.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
But they'd love to have a criminal you know, h schedule.
Speaker 12 (18:47):
I mean, I mean there's a fac they would love it.
Speaker 7 (18:50):
Yeah, shick piece of shick people.
Speaker 11 (18:53):
Mar Yeah, I mean Steve and Iland. I don't understand
what the confusion is. This individual is a citizen of
He was illegally in the United States and was returned
to his country. That's where you deport people back to
their country of origin. Except for Venezuela that wasn't refusing
to take people back of places like that. I can
tell you this, mister President no, the foreign policy of
the United States is conducted by the President of the
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United States.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Not by a court, and no court in the United
States has a right to.
Speaker 11 (19:20):
Conduct the foreign policy of the United States.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
It's that simple.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
This may be one of the best clips I have
ever seen come out of the White House, and the
beat down for Caitlin Collins at CNN is truly incredible.
So make sure you make a liberal angry share this
audio wherever you can share it on social media, because
this was a glorious takedown with the facts of the
(19:44):
bias media and the Democrat machine advocating for bringing a
terrorist back into the United States of America. Now let
me also just say one other thing about this interaction here.
Not only did you have the President using facts, so
had the Attorney General Pambondi. You had the White House
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Stephen
(20:05):
Miller in there. You had the Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
and you had the Salvadorian president all look at the media,
specifically Caitlyn Collins at CNN and took her to task
on the facts. This is how we win this battle
when they put out lies that this is someone an
American that we wrongfully sent somewhere else, and then they
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turned this into a news cycle, which is exactly what
you could hear Caitlyn Collins doing there.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
You just had the most.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Brilliant beatdown with the facts from a foreign leader, the
president and his top people in his administration. By the way,
it's also sad that this is what it takes. But
speaking after Bondi, who noted that two immigration courts ruled
that this individual was an MS thirteen gang member, Miller
made another great point there, and he made the point
(20:57):
that it is very arrogant, even for American media, suggests
that we would even tell El Salvador how to handle
their own citizens as a starting point. And then you
also heard the president of El Salvador say, you're implying
CNN that I should be smuggling a terrorist out of
my country and putting them back in the United States
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of America. We're gonna have a lot more battles like this.
We're gonna have to do everything we can to fight
back when this happens. But when Trump also underscored the
nine to zero unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court, and
Miller emphasized there's no scenario that results in this guy
legally living in the United States of America. And he said,
as Pam said, is El Salvador sole direction we sent
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him back to their country. We could deport him a
second time if they brought him back, but he said,
quote no version of this legally ends up with him
ever living here in America because.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Why he is a citizen of Al Salvador.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
This is how we have to fight them, and it's
sad that this is our level of like our burden
of proof to win these arguments. But when we do
win them, we've got to make sure everyone hears it
because this is an incredibly important point that was made.
It was an embarrassment to Caitlyn Collins at CNN, as
it should have been. And this was a huge victory
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for the rule of law by the President and everyone
else in his cabinet.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Saving you money.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
It is a promise that Donald Trump said he was
going to make good on when it came to government waste,
fraud and abuse. We know what Doge has been doing,
but we now have found out other ways that the
President is helping make Americans more money. And this is
coming from the EPA Administrator Lee Zelden. He said in
an interview that he is quote shocked by how much
(22:43):
money we are able to save with quote the largest
deregulatory action ever, slashing quote trillions of dollars in deregulation.
The Environmental Protection Agency chief Zelden spoke during a roundtable
with Breitbart News editoring chief about what all is happening
and the agency's efforts to slash government waste, fraud, and abuse.
(23:06):
The EPA administrator, a former congressman, has now moved to
cancel over twenty two billion in contracts as part of
President Donald Trump's initiative to eliminate diversity, equity and Inclusion
policies known as DEI. He also has said that they
are canceling environmental justice grants and canceling other government spending
(23:31):
that is basically just straight up waste and fraud. Zelden
emphasized the degree to which the administration has been able
to make significant.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Savings by cutting.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Zelden said the agency's annual operating budget is ten billion dollars,
while they have been able to cut twenty two billion
in grants alone. Yes, twenty two billion in grants now.
The leader of the agency said quote one month ago.
That amounts to the largest deregulatory action in the history
(24:03):
of the United States of America. One agency will do
more deregulation in twenty twenty five than entire federal government
wide deregulatory efforts ever of any administration. He went on
to say, We're going to have trillions of dollars of
deregulation just in the EPA, just in twenty twenty five.
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We're going to do all this while creating jobs, including
in the auto sector. We're going to make it easier
to buy a home, make it easier to be able
to heat your home. This is the mandate, this is
the term mandate. This is what people voted for last November,
and we're going to follow through to get it done.
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He went on to say, So, if you're asking what
is the future of these terms like environmental justice or
climate change, We're going back to the basics, to the
core mission at EPA. It is protecting human health and
the environment, and we are going to power the great
American comeback now. Zelden announced in mid March that he
(25:08):
would move to clear hundreds of backlog cases to clean air,
saying that the Biden administration focused on partisan ideological pursuits
rather than the agency's core mission, saying we're going to
go back to those basics, and the core mission at
the EPA is protecting you the environment, and we're going
to make sure that we do that. Pillarwani said is
(25:31):
clean air and water for all Americans, to unleash energy dominance.
He said, it's important that we make sure that the
American people understand that the government is on their side.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Zelden also made it.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Clear that the total goal of his job and his
department is to make it easier for Americans to succeed
in business while also giving us protection for the basics
at the core of the EPA, not a partisan political
green ideology or green religion. And this is exactly what
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the American people voted for when they said we want
Donald Trump back in the White House, and now they're
getting it now.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Zelden also is getting in on the other.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Major issue today, and that is political violence that has
been mainstreamed against conservatives. You may not remember this, but
Zelden was actually a victim of political violence when he
was running for office in New York. He spoke with
Laura Ingram about exactly how bad it's gotten in this
country because of the Democrats that are advocating for this.
Speaker 8 (26:37):
And that's the angle joining me now, EPA Administrator Lee Zelden.
He's also been the target of political violence in recent years.
In twenty twenty two, during his own New York Group
natorial campaign, a man with a sharp object climbed up
on stage while Zelden was speaking, and Lee quickly grabbed
his arm and others jumped in to subdue the man.
(26:58):
Fortunately no one was hurt. It's a close call, and
last November, a pipe bomb threat was sent to his
home with a pro Palestinian themed message, Mister administrator, it's
good to see you tonight. Your reaction to the ramp
up of this violence, and we should say tonight that
(27:18):
we're learning that Congressoman Nancy Mace was threatened by another
man arrested for threatening the president. Sean Monper of Butler, Pennsylvania,
allegedly said he wanted to put a bullet in her skull.
Your reaction to all this tonight.
Speaker 13 (27:34):
This needs to be treated as the fringe. And there
are people who are in politics who have individuals across
the country who follow them, and these people in the
office have been following those people instead of leading them.
This comes from the fringe. It needs to be treated
from the fringe, and it needs to be treated with
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your tolerance. There's a lot of clickbait. You played the
clip by Taylor Lorenz, and maybe she gets more following.
People who might be followers of this assassin might now
start following Taylor Lorenz, so she feeds into it and
it normalizes it. And we shouldn't be trying to make
assassinations great again in this country. It should be something
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that's identified as a ten crazy on the matrix. And
whether it's coming from the right or the left, if
you're a leader in government, if you're a leader at all,
you should be leading those people who follow you, as
opposed to being led by them. And the last thing
I would say on this is there's an attempt right
now to try to figure out how to oppose President
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Trump and the right, the people who are out of
power right now, and they're flailing. They can't figure out
the right names to call, the right tactics to use,
and they're getting more and more extreme. There's not a
more important moment than right now for these democrats who
are out of power to be sending that message that
this is from the fringe, zero tolerance, it won't be normalized.
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And if you are following me, that leader, you make
it very clear that this is not welcome in this
society in this moment. They need to find a tactic
where we are debating ideas instead of promoting political violence.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Well, you listen to Zelden there, and he's absolutely right.
He said, we shouldn't be trying to make assassinations great
again in this country. This is fringe behavior and it
needs to be treated with zero tolerance. You look it
out radical the left has become. They're now actually getting
together to go and stand up for illegal immigrants that
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are members of terrorist organizations. I wish I was joking,
Unfortunately I'm not. And when you hear the President of
the United States of America talking about how important it
is for us to go back to the basics, that
is also something that leads Elden is advocating for. Here
he is talking and saying it with a clear voice
as a individual that has been a victim of political violence,
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and he's saying, where are the Democrats now? Why are
they not standing up? Why are they not telling their
followers that this is wrong, and I'm going to answer
the question because they don't believe that they're crossing any line.
These are the same democrats that called Donald Trump Adolf Hitler.
These are the same democrats that advocate for Jewish students
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to be attacked on college campuses. These are the same
democrats that backed the cities that were under the summer
of rage with Black Lives Matter. These are the same
democrats that when you were burning down police stations and
killing innocent people, they were advocating for those that were
arrested to bail them out, and we're telling you please
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give more. That is the Democratic Party today and what
leaves Elden is saying there, and it's unfortunate, but the
media has mainstreamed this.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
The political violence is normal.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
The political violence is something that we should all be
just standing here and say, yeah, we have no problem with,
you know, get not getting your way and then deciding
that we're going to do these types of political violence
and anarchy.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
It's wrong and it's.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Going to cost people their lives because Democrats refuse to
stop and act like statesmen, and instead what they're doing
is they're advocating for the craziest among us to act out.
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Speaker 2 (31:41):
I'll see you back here tomorrow.
You may have seen the headline, and the headline is
one that was shocking to the world and it was
done on purpose by the Trump administration.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
When it comes to China, China.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Is now facing up to a two and forty five
percent Trump tariff. Now, there's a lot that has happened
in the last twenty four hours. Not only did the
White House say China's facing this two hundred and forty
five percent tariff on imports the US, but they said
it was because of a result of its retaliatory actions
from China against US. Now this is going back and
(00:33):
forth at a rapid pace. Why does this matter Because
the trade war is obviously rattling global markets. Cutting off
Chinese imports is complicating American supply chain, and it is
also hurting Chinese exporters all but losing the US market
is quote a severe blow. And now they are putting
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pressure on their own government to get a deal done.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
So here's what we know.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Now there has been movement from China quietly.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
China has now.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Appointed a new trade negotiator. China appointed a man by
the name of Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator
on Wednesday, in the midst of its terrifiight with the US.
Now this is a significant move that signals a change
in the style of their negotiations or lack thereof from Beijing. Now,
(01:27):
let me tell you more about Lee that you will
hear nowhere else. Prior to this new appointment, Lee spent
about four and a half years as China's ambassador to
the World Trade Organization that is, the body that governs
global commerce into which Beijing has appealed in its tariff
dispute with the US. Lee has also had permanent representative
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status to the Chinese delegation to the UN Office in Geneva,
as well as other international organizations in Switzerland. We also
know that Lee participated in negotiating China's ascension to the
WTO known as the World Trade Organization more than twenty
years ago. This means there is real movement now, and movement,
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as it was described by one as saying this quote,
there might be another style of negotiations from China. Lee
is an open minded person and supports free trade. That
is with the dean of the China Institute for WTO
Studies at the University of International Business and Economic Sideness
statement to the press, So what are people saying about
(02:34):
this in China, well, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said
there is no winner in tariff wars and trade wars,
the first time signaling that they may be willing to
do a deal. And China, he went on to say,
does not want to fight. Let me say that again.
China does not want to fight, but it is by
no means afraid to fight again, a major change in
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the rhetoric coming out of Beijing. President Trump also wrote
on True Social nobody is getting off the hook for
the unfair trade balances and non monetary tariff barriers that
other countries have used against us, especially not China, which
by far treats us the worst. That's what Trump said
on True Social on the thirteenth, he said, we are
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taking a look at semiconductors and the whole electronic supply
chain in the upcoming national security tariff investigations. What has
been exposed is that we need to make products in
the US and that we will not be held hostage
by other countries, especially hostile trading nations like China, which
will do everything within its power to disrespect the American people.
(03:44):
Which brings us now to the newest headline. As I
said a moment ago, things are moving rapidly and this
is good news for Americans as well. Trump's tariff update
tonight reads like this. Let me say this again, three
two one line reads like this. China is now signaling
a quote readiness to talk if US shows respect amid
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the numbers game. Again, this is very different than what
they were saying just twenty four hours ago. China is
now expressing openness into trade talks with the US under
certain conditions, even after the White House clarified that China
now faces up to a two hundred and forty five
percent tariff.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
On imports to the US.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
This goes back to what Donald Trump said all along,
I'm not flinching on countries that are taking advantage of
the American workers, the American people. He also said it
was going to be a national security issue, which you
just heard them mentioned yet again, and the President said,
I'm more than willing to sit down to get a
fair deal for the American people. And with China pointing
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Lee as its new trade negotiator, it signals a major
potential shift in the approach to trade discussions, and that
is not only good for Americans, but also for the
entire world. You may remember the other day there was
reports out that there were fifty countries that had lined
up to negotiate their terrors to the Trump administration. Then
(05:13):
that number went to seventy, and that is when the
media started getting quiet on the story. We now have
a new number, and the Trump administration has told us
that they are now negotiating with one hundred and thirty
countries on tariffs. Now, I want you to hear this
back and forth with liberal Jake Tapper over at CNN
(05:35):
on say of the Union talking with the National Economic
Council Director Kevin Hassett. And here is what Jake Tapper
tried to say when he was baiting him into.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
A false narrative. Take a listen.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
What do you say to small business owners or even
big business owners who say they're having difficulty making long
term business decisions because the country scenes right now to
be run by capricious whim.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Oh i'd think it at all. It's run by Capricia's whim.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
The way that I would think about it is that
in the previous administration, you can sort of say, if
you're thinking about it into football analogy is that they
were running out the clock and what's going on now,
and the Trump administration is across a wide array of
policy areas.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
We're in a two.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
Minute offense, and the two minute offense is pushing, as
you've seen the reconciliation build through, so that we get
tax relief for America people, deregulation, and of course trade policy. Now,
in the trade policy, the whole point of the trade
policy is to address the national emergency that we're too
dependent on foreign products in the US, especially if we
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were at a time of conflict, and we're doing something
about that. And the Reciprocal Act was basically, guys, if
you come to the table and negotiate us with us
and treat us the same way we treat you, then
we'll get your rate really low. And so right now
one hundred and thirty countries, one hundred and thirty countries
have responded and we're negotiating with them, and they've got
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their rate down to ten percent.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Really, it's kind of almost a two world system.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
There's a process about China and that's very very nascent,
if at all, and then the process for everybody else.
So the process for everybody else is orderly. It's clear
people are coming to town with great offers. We've got
japanned Korea, India. I was just talking to the Foreign
Minister of India and everything is moving forward very quickly,
(07:25):
and so I guess the bottom line is that the
small business owner has experienced over the last few weeks
the start of a process that's settling down really quite quickly.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Gave one hundred and thirty countries are at ten percent now.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
So if you want to know if the administration is
working hard to get these deals done, the answer is yes.
And are there people that are coming to the table.
The answer is yes. And are there a few no?
Are there some?
Speaker 6 (07:48):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Are there a lot?
Speaker 7 (07:49):
Men?
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Maybe you could go even beyond that, as I quote
the administration. So right now there are one hundred and
thirty countries. One hundred and thirty countries have responded and
we're negotiating with them, and they've got their rate down
to ten percent. So really it's almost a two world system.
There's a process that they said about countries that are
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not willing to come to the table, places like China,
and those are going to be tough, but everyone else
they seem to be wanting the best deal they can
get with the American government, and that means it's an
amazing deal for the American people. So don't buy into
the fear mongering. Look at the actual results, and it's
clear that there's one hundred and thirty countries that are
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dying to get a deal done with a Trump administration
who is putting American workers and businesses first instead of last.
Now that's not the only piece of good news. The
President is also listening to his advisors, and now we
know that there is going to be some exemptions on
some important products that do affect Americans. Right now, smartphones, computers,
(08:57):
and electronic devices are being exempt from the Trump administration's
tariffs on China. The administration announcing that various electronic devices
such as smartphones and computers will have the exemption from
the tariffs that have been imposed on China. In a
bulletin that was posted late Friday night by the US
Customs and Border Protection Agency, it was revealed that certain
(09:20):
products quote would be exempted from the tariffs. The tariff
exemptions on certain products apply retroactively to April to fifth.
According to Axios, the products would be exempt from recent
applied tariffs, while other pre April second tariffs would still apply.
The White House Press Secretary Caroline Levin explained in a statement,
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the President Donald Trump has made it clear that the
United States cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies semiconductors, chips, smartphones,
and laptops, saying President Trump has made it clear America
cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies such as
(10:03):
those semiconductors, chips, smartphones, and laptops, and that's why the
President has secured trillions of dollars in US investments from
the largest tech companies in the world, including Apple, TSMC,
and Navidio. CNBC also reported that the guidance for the
USCBP includes exclusions for other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors,
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solar cells, flat panel TV display, flash drives, and memory cards.
The White House Deputy Press Secretary explained that quote companies
are hustling to onshore their manufacturing the United States as
soon as possible. The outlet explained that the top twenty
product categories listed in the CBP guidelines are apparently exempt
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from the one hundred and twenty five percent tariffs that
Trump is imposed on Chinese imports. The twenty product cagories
listed in the CBP guidelines are apparently exempt from the
one to twenty five tariffs and the ten percent baseline
tariff on imports from other countries. A twenty percent tariff
on all Chinese goods remains in effect quote unquote and
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a presidential memorandum. Trump explained in the Executive Order fourteen
two fifty seven that regulations imports with a reciprocal tariff
to rectified trade practices that contribute to large and persistent
annual United States good trade deficits. I declare national emergency
arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual US
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goods trade deficits, and imposed additional ad belorum duties as
I deem necessary and appropriate to deal with the unusual
and extraordinary threat, which has its source and whole are
substantial part outside of the US. The national security and
economic of the United States of America is what is
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stated in this Executive order.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Now here's what we know.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
The President's being clear that he's not going to allow
China to get away with much of what they've been doing,
But there are certain things that America does need in
the near term as we start manufacturing in this country.
This is also another example of the President listening to
those around him and listening to the American people and industry.
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They are saying, we love that you're fighting for us,
but there may be some certain things will need some
help on in the short term, and this is proof
that the President is obviously putting Americans first. Yet again,
it is amazing what Democrats will say and do just
to be against Donald Trump and the American people. We
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had an election and it was very clear the American
people said they wanted a secure border. We had an
election and it was very clear the voters said they
wanted to start locking up violent criminals, especially those that
are in MS thirteen gangs and other gangs from around
the world. We also know that the president had a
mandate to clean up everything that had been broken by
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the open border policies of the Biden administration. We'll fast
forward just a few months in to his second term
in office, and now Democrats are actually in a position
I didn't even think they were dumb enough to put themselves.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
In, Yet here we are.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Democrats are now going together, standing and demanding the return
of deported MS thirteen gang members. One senator in particular
is leading the charge Senator Chris van Holland. He's a
Democrat from Maryland, and he is now requesting a meeting
(13:44):
with Al Salvador's president, who was in the Oval office
on Monday, to demand the return of an individual that
is known as an MS thirteen gang member who was
deported to El Salvador. Now, this is the best audio
I've heard in a long time to explain just how
radical the left has become. And also our media as
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they're trying to spend a story to their advantage, saying
that an individual that left America should immediately be returned,
someone who broke into this country, and also someone who
is an MS thirteen gang member. I want you to
listen carefully to Pambondi in the President of the United States
of America dismantle the media's narrative as the El Salvador
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president not only refused to return the deported resident, but
explained that he was happy to take even more.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
Turn the man who your administration says was mistaken the
man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Speaker 7 (14:45):
Well, let me ask Pam, would you list to answer.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
That question, Sir President, First and foremost, he was illegally
in our country. He had been illegally in our country.
And in twenty nineteen, two courts, an immigration court and
an a immigration court ruled that he was a member
of MS thirteen and he was illegally in our country
right now. It was a paperwork, it was additional paperwork
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had needed to be done. That's up to El Salvador
if they want to return him, that's not up to us.
The Supreme Court rule President that if as El Salvador
wants to return him, this is international matters, foreign affairs.
If they wanted to return him, we would facilitate it,
meaning provide a plane.
Speaker 7 (15:32):
And if you are doing a great job, and you
just also respond to that question because you know it's
asked by CNN, and they always ask it with a
slant because they're totally slanting because they don't know what's happening.
That's why nobody's watching them. But would you answer that
question also.
Speaker 9 (15:49):
Yes, gladly. So, as Pam mentioned, there's the illegal alien
from El Salvador. So with respect to you, he's a
citizen of El Salvador. So it's very arrogant, even for
American media to suggest that we would even tell El
Salvador how to handle their own citizens as a starting point,
as two immigration courts found that he was a member
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of MS thirteen. When President Trump declared MS thirteen to
be a foreign terrorist organization, that meant that he was
no longer eligible under federal law, which I'm sure you
know you're very familiar with the iona that he was
no longer eligible for any form of immigration or relief
in the United States. So we had a deportation order
that was valid, which meant that under our law he's
not even allowed to be present in the United States
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and had to be returned because of the foreign terrorist designation.
This issue was then by a district court judge completely inverted,
and a district court judge tried to tell the administration
that they had to kidnap a citizen of El Salvador
and fly him back here. That issue was raised at
the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court said the district
court order was unlawful and its main components were reversed
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nine zero, unanimously stating clearly that neither Secretary of State
nor the President could be compelled by anybody to forcibly
retrieve a citizen of El Salvador. From Al Salvador, who
again is a member of MS thirteen, which is I'm
sure you understand, rapes, little girls, murder's woman, murder's children,
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is engaged in the most barbaric activities in the world.
And I can promise you if he was your neighbor,
you would move right away, So.
Speaker 8 (17:21):
You don't plan the Supreme Court.
Speaker 7 (17:25):
In the Supreme Court sieve, was it nine to nothing?
Speaker 9 (17:27):
Yes, there's a nine zero in our favor against the
district court ruling saying that no district court has the
power to compel the foreign policy function of the United States.
As Pam said, the ruling solely stated that if this
individual at El Salvador sole discretion was set back to
our country, that we could deport him a second time. Well,
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no version of this legally ends up with him ever
living here because he is a citizen of El Salvador,
that is the president at El Salvador. Your questions about it,
per the court, can only.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
Be directed to him as.
Speaker 8 (18:02):
This, do you plan to return him?
Speaker 4 (18:04):
Well?
Speaker 10 (18:05):
Yeah, and post your guys suggested that I smuggle the
terrorists in today United States?
Speaker 11 (18:09):
Right?
Speaker 10 (18:11):
How can I smuggle?
Speaker 12 (18:12):
How can I return him today?
Speaker 10 (18:13):
United It's like I smuggled him into the United.
Speaker 12 (18:16):
States or whether you of course I'm not going to
do it. It's like, let mean that the question is preposterous.
How can I smuggle the terrorists in today United States?
I don't have the power to return him to the
United States.
Speaker 10 (18:28):
You can release inside of but I'm not releasing I mean,
we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country.
We just turned the murder capital of the world to
the safest country of the Western hemisphere, and he want
us to go back into the releasing criminals so they
can go back to being the murder capital of the world.
Speaker 12 (18:43):
And that's that's not kind.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
But they'd love to have a criminal you know, h schedule.
Speaker 12 (18:47):
I mean, I mean there's a fac they would love it.
Speaker 7 (18:50):
Yeah, shick piece of shick people.
Speaker 11 (18:53):
Mar Yeah, I mean Steve and Iland. I don't understand
what the confusion is. This individual is a citizen of
He was illegally in the United States and was returned
to his country. That's where you deport people back to
their country of origin. Except for Venezuela that wasn't refusing
to take people back of places like that. I can
tell you this, mister President no, the foreign policy of
the United States is conducted by the President of the
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United States.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Not by a court, and no court in the United
States has a right to.
Speaker 11 (19:20):
Conduct the foreign policy of the United States.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
It's that simple.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
This may be one of the best clips I have
ever seen come out of the White House, and the
beat down for Caitlin Collins at CNN is truly incredible.
So make sure you make a liberal angry share this
audio wherever you can share it on social media, because
this was a glorious takedown with the facts of the
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bias media and the Democrat machine advocating for bringing a
terrorist back into the United States of America. Now let
me also just say one other thing about this interaction here.
Not only did you have the President using facts, so
had the Attorney General Pambondi. You had the White House
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Stephen
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Miller in there. You had the Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
and you had the Salvadorian president all look at the media,
specifically Caitlyn Collins at CNN and took her to task
on the facts. This is how we win this battle
when they put out lies that this is someone an
American that we wrongfully sent somewhere else, and then they
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turned this into a news cycle, which is exactly what
you could hear Caitlyn Collins doing there.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
You just had the most.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Brilliant beatdown with the facts from a foreign leader, the
president and his top people in his administration. By the way,
it's also sad that this is what it takes. But
speaking after Bondi, who noted that two immigration courts ruled
that this individual was an MS thirteen gang member, Miller
made another great point there, and he made the point
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that it is very arrogant, even for American media, suggests
that we would even tell El Salvador how to handle
their own citizens as a starting point. And then you
also heard the president of El Salvador say, you're implying
CNN that I should be smuggling a terrorist out of
my country and putting them back in the United States
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of America. We're gonna have a lot more battles like this.
We're gonna have to do everything we can to fight
back when this happens. But when Trump also underscored the
nine to zero unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court, and
Miller emphasized there's no scenario that results in this guy
legally living in the United States of America. And he said,
as Pam said, is El Salvador sole direction we sent
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him back to their country. We could deport him a
second time if they brought him back, but he said,
quote no version of this legally ends up with him
ever living here in America because.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Why he is a citizen of Al Salvador.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
This is how we have to fight them, and it's
sad that this is our level of like our burden
of proof to win these arguments. But when we do
win them, we've got to make sure everyone hears it
because this is an incredibly important point that was made.
It was an embarrassment to Caitlyn Collins at CNN, as
it should have been. And this was a huge victory
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for the rule of law by the President and everyone
else in his cabinet.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Saving you money.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
It is a promise that Donald Trump said he was
going to make good on when it came to government waste,
fraud and abuse. We know what Doge has been doing,
but we now have found out other ways that the
President is helping make Americans more money. And this is
coming from the EPA Administrator Lee Zelden. He said in
an interview that he is quote shocked by how much
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money we are able to save with quote the largest
deregulatory action ever, slashing quote trillions of dollars in deregulation.
The Environmental Protection Agency chief Zelden spoke during a roundtable
with Breitbart News editoring chief about what all is happening
and the agency's efforts to slash government waste, fraud, and abuse.
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The EPA administrator, a former congressman, has now moved to
cancel over twenty two billion in contracts as part of
President Donald Trump's initiative to eliminate diversity, equity and Inclusion
policies known as DEI. He also has said that they
are canceling environmental justice grants and canceling other government spending
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that is basically just straight up waste and fraud. Zelden
emphasized the degree to which the administration has been able
to make significant.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Savings by cutting.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Zelden said the agency's annual operating budget is ten billion dollars,
while they have been able to cut twenty two billion
in grants alone. Yes, twenty two billion in grants now.
The leader of the agency said quote one month ago.
That amounts to the largest deregulatory action in the history
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of the United States of America. One agency will do
more deregulation in twenty twenty five than entire federal government
wide deregulatory efforts ever of any administration. He went on
to say, We're going to have trillions of dollars of
deregulation just in the EPA, just in twenty twenty five.
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We're going to do all this while creating jobs, including
in the auto sector. We're going to make it easier
to buy a home, make it easier to be able
to heat your home. This is the mandate, this is
the term mandate. This is what people voted for last November,
and we're going to follow through to get it done.
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He went on to say, So, if you're asking what
is the future of these terms like environmental justice or
climate change, We're going back to the basics, to the
core mission at EPA. It is protecting human health and
the environment, and we are going to power the great
American comeback now. Zelden announced in mid March that he
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would move to clear hundreds of backlog cases to clean air,
saying that the Biden administration focused on partisan ideological pursuits
rather than the agency's core mission, saying we're going to
go back to those basics, and the core mission at
the EPA is protecting you the environment, and we're going
to make sure that we do that. Pillarwani said is
(25:31):
clean air and water for all Americans, to unleash energy dominance.
He said, it's important that we make sure that the
American people understand that the government is on their side.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Zelden also made it.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Clear that the total goal of his job and his
department is to make it easier for Americans to succeed
in business while also giving us protection for the basics
at the core of the EPA, not a partisan political
green ideology or green religion. And this is exactly what
(26:05):
the American people voted for when they said we want
Donald Trump back in the White House, and now they're
getting it now.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Zelden also is getting in on the other.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Major issue today, and that is political violence that has
been mainstreamed against conservatives. You may not remember this, but
Zelden was actually a victim of political violence when he
was running for office in New York. He spoke with
Laura Ingram about exactly how bad it's gotten in this
country because of the Democrats that are advocating for this.
Speaker 8 (26:37):
And that's the angle joining me now, EPA Administrator Lee Zelden.
He's also been the target of political violence in recent years.
In twenty twenty two, during his own New York Group
natorial campaign, a man with a sharp object climbed up
on stage while Zelden was speaking, and Lee quickly grabbed
his arm and others jumped in to subdue the man.
(26:58):
Fortunately no one was hurt. It's a close call, and
last November, a pipe bomb threat was sent to his
home with a pro Palestinian themed message, Mister administrator, it's
good to see you tonight. Your reaction to the ramp
up of this violence, and we should say tonight that
(27:18):
we're learning that Congressoman Nancy Mace was threatened by another
man arrested for threatening the president. Sean Monper of Butler, Pennsylvania,
allegedly said he wanted to put a bullet in her skull.
Your reaction to all this tonight.
Speaker 13 (27:34):
This needs to be treated as the fringe. And there
are people who are in politics who have individuals across
the country who follow them, and these people in the
office have been following those people instead of leading them.
This comes from the fringe. It needs to be treated
from the fringe, and it needs to be treated with
(27:55):
your tolerance. There's a lot of clickbait. You played the
clip by Taylor Lorenz, and maybe she gets more following.
People who might be followers of this assassin might now
start following Taylor Lorenz, so she feeds into it and
it normalizes it. And we shouldn't be trying to make
assassinations great again in this country. It should be something
(28:18):
that's identified as a ten crazy on the matrix. And
whether it's coming from the right or the left, if
you're a leader in government, if you're a leader at all,
you should be leading those people who follow you, as
opposed to being led by them. And the last thing
I would say on this is there's an attempt right
now to try to figure out how to oppose President
(28:39):
Trump and the right, the people who are out of
power right now, and they're flailing. They can't figure out
the right names to call, the right tactics to use,
and they're getting more and more extreme. There's not a
more important moment than right now for these democrats who
are out of power to be sending that message that
this is from the fringe, zero tolerance, it won't be normalized.
(29:00):
And if you are following me, that leader, you make
it very clear that this is not welcome in this
society in this moment. They need to find a tactic
where we are debating ideas instead of promoting political violence.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Well, you listen to Zelden there, and he's absolutely right.
He said, we shouldn't be trying to make assassinations great
again in this country. This is fringe behavior and it
needs to be treated with zero tolerance. You look it
out radical the left has become. They're now actually getting
together to go and stand up for illegal immigrants that
(29:35):
are members of terrorist organizations. I wish I was joking,
Unfortunately I'm not. And when you hear the President of
the United States of America talking about how important it
is for us to go back to the basics, that
is also something that leads Elden is advocating for. Here
he is talking and saying it with a clear voice
as a individual that has been a victim of political violence,
(30:00):
and he's saying, where are the Democrats now? Why are
they not standing up? Why are they not telling their
followers that this is wrong, and I'm going to answer
the question because they don't believe that they're crossing any line.
These are the same democrats that called Donald Trump Adolf Hitler.
These are the same democrats that advocate for Jewish students
(30:22):
to be attacked on college campuses. These are the same
democrats that backed the cities that were under the summer
of rage with Black Lives Matter. These are the same
democrats that when you were burning down police stations and
killing innocent people, they were advocating for those that were
arrested to bail them out, and we're telling you please
(30:43):
give more. That is the Democratic Party today and what
leaves Elden is saying there, and it's unfortunate, but the
media has mainstreamed this.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
The political violence is normal.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
The political violence is something that we should all be
just standing here and say, yeah, we have no problem with,
you know, get not getting your way and then deciding
that we're going to do these types of political violence
and anarchy.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
It's wrong and it's.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Going to cost people their lives because Democrats refuse to
stop and act like statesmen, and instead what they're doing
is they're advocating for the craziest among us to act out.
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