November 19, 2025 • 5 mins
Lou in Queens, NY, called Mark to talk about an Israeli story he saw in the newspaper that is causing a water issue in Iran. Rob in Franklin Square, NY, doesn't think it was a good call to speak with Saudi Arabia's leader in the Oval Office.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now more. Mark simonea on seventeen.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
To that.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
I guess I have to just accept that it's the holiday. See,
I like, I think it's still the end of summer,
it's still early fall. I guess I have to accept
it's Thanksgiving, it's Christmas season out in the hall, this's
Christmas trees, this Christmas music, got a Christmas buffet. I
just have to accept it. I know, I know. Let's
go to let's take some calls. Let's go to Mike
(00:27):
and Florida. Mike, how you doing. Good morning, Mark, Yes, Mike.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
That SoundBite you played from the press conference is really
underscores the problem that Trump has, not only with the media,
but with the Republican Party, who just cower every time
they have a chance to get somebody's you know, watching advice.
They fall back on, well, it's not technically illegal, so
(00:52):
they won't centure that congress woman who's texting with Epstein
during the during the hearings, you know, because it wasn't
technically illegal. And meanwhile they then they fall back on, well,
Trump should release everything. But you know, if Trump releases
all this Epstein stuff, they'll drag him in front of
the court, and they say he jeopardized the lives of
the accused and the and the victims, and then that
(01:16):
will become a UNO watch show.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, it's calling.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Well, the bigger problem is once he releases everything, they'll
claim it's not everything. And you may have seen these
Jeffrey Eckstein victims. It's about a dozen women holding this
press conference. The Democratic consultants have got ahold of these
women staging these press conferences where they go on and
on and on. But you'll notice there's a dozen victims.
(01:40):
Not one of them, not one of them, has ever
seen Donald Trump or mentioned Donald Trump or that's a
that's the problem with this Epstein stuff. It's going to
implicate some Democrats. Larry Summers has already had his public
life destroyed by the handful of texts and emails that
came out. Wait till it all comes out, You're going
to see a lot of major Democrats. They're owners their cabinet.
(02:02):
A lot of these people are going to be ruined
when this stuff comes out. Let's go to Lou and Queens.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Lou, how you doing, Hey, Mark, you said it, be
careful about opening up Pandora's box. That's what this is
going to turn into But I wanted to draw your
attention to a fascinating story in the journal.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Well, we'll be the judge of that. If it's in
the Wall Street Journal, how fascinating can it be. That's
usually that thing. That paper has news from like three
weeks ago all the time.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, this is old news. It's about during the Shah
of Iran. I didn't know it. The Israelis and the
Iranians were working together to put together their whole water system,
you know, their water supply and everything else, and it
was working perfectly. That of course, the Iatola came to power,
the Iranian engineers, along with the Israelis all went to Israel.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, they're having a big water crisis in Iran. In fact,
it's so bad they this is to believe they may
have to evacuate Iran. Uh, they've already moved people into
concentrated areas where they'd still have some water. But there's
a tremendous water shortage occurring in Iran. I said, this
is what I mean about the Wall Street Journal. This
(03:15):
is this story from two weeks ago that's just in there. Now,
let's go to Rob in Franklin Square. Rob, how you doing.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Hi, good morning, Mark. Yeah, you know, I don't think
it was a good call for the President to have
that press conference with the Crown Prince with the because
you know, you know, with this culple building and death
of Koshalgi, he should have known that they were gonna
he was gonna be asked questions about him. You know,
maybe he's been better off not having you know.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Well, that's taken the easy way, in the smart way.
He never does that. He likes to whatever the toughest
way to do it is. That's the way he always
likes to do it. Yeah. No, he never hides from
anything or anybody. Probably, you know, if you get somebody
who's out of line like that, you should probably just
ban them for two weeks. Put him in the box.
No ABC News allowed in the White House for two weeks.
(04:04):
Just try that. Maybe they'll learn how to behave a
little better. Let's go to Joe in Long Island.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Joe, how you doing, Hey, Mark, You're the best as always.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Just two quick things. I think I've heard that Trump
was actually an FBI and forman in two thousand and
nine against Epstein.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
And no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
No, no, not true, not true.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Yeah no, And then, but he actually did give them
some information.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Tr not true. You saw that on some website, right,
not true? Okay, not true. Uh yeah, the FBI of
two thousand and nine, that was Camian Company and that
big Trump fans. Yeah. Now Trump broke up with him
twenty one years ago, had nothing to do with him since.
But he was very close to Democrats now he was.
I didn't know him that well. I don't know what
(04:47):
his politics were, but he was in the middle of
the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the circles he
traveled in it was mostly Democrats in those circles. Had
there been more Republicans around, well maybe he would have
known more republic looks. But you know, when you're trying
to immerse yourself in the world of politics in New
York City, you're gonna end up knowing a lot more
Democrats than Republicans. Hey, when we come back, I want
(05:11):
to talk to this guy. He's an assemblyman from New
York actually from Oyster Bay, Jake Blumenkrantz. He served with
Mam Donnie in the Assembly. He's a Republican, but you know,
he can give us some insight into Mam Donnie and
maybe he can explain to us what the hell's going
on with this socialism and mom Donnie. This could be interesting.
We'll get to this next on seven to ten wor
Now more. Mark simonea on seventeen.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
To that.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
I guess I have to just accept that it's the holiday. See,
I like, I think it's still the end of summer,
it's still early fall. I guess I have to accept
it's Thanksgiving, it's Christmas season out in the hall, this's
Christmas trees, this Christmas music, got a Christmas buffet. I
just have to accept it. I know, I know. Let's
go to let's take some calls. Let's go to Mike
(00:27):
and Florida. Mike, how you doing. Good morning, Mark, Yes, Mike.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
That SoundBite you played from the press conference is really
underscores the problem that Trump has, not only with the media,
but with the Republican Party, who just cower every time
they have a chance to get somebody's you know, watching advice.
They fall back on, well, it's not technically illegal, so
(00:52):
they won't centure that congress woman who's texting with Epstein
during the during the hearings, you know, because it wasn't
technically illegal. And meanwhile they then they fall back on, well,
Trump should release everything. But you know, if Trump releases
all this Epstein stuff, they'll drag him in front of
the court, and they say he jeopardized the lives of
the accused and the and the victims, and then that
(01:16):
will become a UNO watch show.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, it's calling.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Well, the bigger problem is once he releases everything, they'll
claim it's not everything. And you may have seen these
Jeffrey Eckstein victims. It's about a dozen women holding this
press conference. The Democratic consultants have got ahold of these
women staging these press conferences where they go on and
on and on. But you'll notice there's a dozen victims.
(01:40):
Not one of them, not one of them, has ever
seen Donald Trump or mentioned Donald Trump or that's a
that's the problem with this Epstein stuff. It's going to
implicate some Democrats. Larry Summers has already had his public
life destroyed by the handful of texts and emails that
came out. Wait till it all comes out, You're going
to see a lot of major Democrats. They're owners their cabinet.
(02:02):
A lot of these people are going to be ruined
when this stuff comes out. Let's go to Lou and Queens.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Lou, how you doing, Hey, Mark, you said it, be
careful about opening up Pandora's box. That's what this is
going to turn into But I wanted to draw your
attention to a fascinating story in the journal.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Well, we'll be the judge of that. If it's in
the Wall Street Journal, how fascinating can it be. That's
usually that thing. That paper has news from like three
weeks ago all the time.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, this is old news. It's about during the Shah
of Iran. I didn't know it. The Israelis and the
Iranians were working together to put together their whole water system,
you know, their water supply and everything else, and it
was working perfectly. That of course, the Iatola came to power,
the Iranian engineers, along with the Israelis all went to Israel.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, they're having a big water crisis in Iran. In fact,
it's so bad they this is to believe they may
have to evacuate Iran. Uh, they've already moved people into
concentrated areas where they'd still have some water. But there's
a tremendous water shortage occurring in Iran. I said, this
is what I mean about the Wall Street Journal. This
(03:15):
is this story from two weeks ago that's just in there. Now,
let's go to Rob in Franklin Square. Rob, how you doing.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Hi, good morning, Mark. Yeah, you know, I don't think
it was a good call for the President to have
that press conference with the Crown Prince with the because
you know, you know, with this culple building and death
of Koshalgi, he should have known that they were gonna
he was gonna be asked questions about him. You know,
maybe he's been better off not having you know.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Well, that's taken the easy way, in the smart way.
He never does that. He likes to whatever the toughest
way to do it is. That's the way he always
likes to do it. Yeah. No, he never hides from
anything or anybody. Probably, you know, if you get somebody
who's out of line like that, you should probably just
ban them for two weeks. Put him in the box.
No ABC News allowed in the White House for two weeks.
(04:04):
Just try that. Maybe they'll learn how to behave a
little better. Let's go to Joe in Long Island.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Joe, how you doing, Hey, Mark, You're the best as always.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Just two quick things. I think I've heard that Trump
was actually an FBI and forman in two thousand and
nine against Epstein.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
And no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
No, no, not true, not true.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Yeah no, And then, but he actually did give them
some information.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Tr not true. You saw that on some website, right,
not true? Okay, not true. Uh yeah, the FBI of
two thousand and nine, that was Camian Company and that
big Trump fans. Yeah. Now Trump broke up with him
twenty one years ago, had nothing to do with him since.
But he was very close to Democrats now he was.
I didn't know him that well. I don't know what
(04:47):
his politics were, but he was in the middle of
the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the circles he
traveled in it was mostly Democrats in those circles. Had
there been more Republicans around, well maybe he would have
known more republic looks. But you know, when you're trying
to immerse yourself in the world of politics in New
York City, you're gonna end up knowing a lot more
Democrats than Republicans. Hey, when we come back, I want
(05:11):
to talk to this guy. He's an assemblyman from New
York actually from Oyster Bay, Jake Blumenkrantz. He served with
Mam Donnie in the Assembly. He's a Republican, but you know,
he can give us some insight into Mam Donnie and
maybe he can explain to us what the hell's going
on with this socialism and mom Donnie. This could be interesting.
We'll get to this next on seven to ten wor
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