August 16, 2025 • 34 mins
Sean broadcasts from Anchorage with Governor Mike Dunleavy, highlighting Alaska’s strategic location, outsized resources, and even a few “Life Below Zero”-style realities. They cover the Permanent Fund dividend, resource development, and why Alaska is a fitting backdrop for peace talks between Trump and Putin. Later, Sean speaks with Nick Begich on using U.S. energy and economic pressure to drive negotiations—and what success could look like for Ukraine, Russia, and Europe. Practical facts, local color, and big-picture geopolitics collide in America’s 49th state.
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the program, as we come to you. We are in Anchorage,
we are in Alaska. We are here for President Trump's
summit with Vladimir Putin. So much, so many fun facts
when it comes to Alaska. It's five ninety one thousand
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square miles, twice the size of Texas, home of all
three species of North American bears, black bears, grizzly bears,
polar bears. I think I prefer to pick one the
black bear anyway. And then you look at the history
of when it was purchased, it's really fascinating. It was
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purchased by the United States from Russia on March thirtieth,
nineteen sixty seven. And a fun fact about this Alaska.
You know, this purchase was to offset the debt of
their current war. This had to do with the struggling
with debt that was accrued during the disastrous Crimean War.
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How ironic this is where we are today. On October eighteenth,
eighteen sixty seven, the US purchased Alaska for two cents
an acre. And then the person respond to this guy Seward,
you know, was mocked for it ends up being one
of the greatest deals ever in the history of real estate,
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probably the greatest deal considering all the natural resources that
are in this great state, and it has officially the
lowest population density in the nation. Its constitution was adopted
in nineteen fifty six, became effective in nineteen fifty nine.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
It became the forty ninth state.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
It has seventeen of the twenty highest peaks in the US.
They're all located here in Alaska. And you know, I
can just keep going, but I mean, it's natural resources
or second to none. I've yet to try the reindeer.
I noticed when I went to a great, great breakfast
place this morning they had reindeer on the menu. I
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looked at it, but I wasn't sure if I wanted.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
To try it.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Anyway, joining us now is the great Governor of the
Great State of Alaska. Governor Mike Dunleavy is with us, sir.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
How are you.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I'm sure you're excited, and the people of Alaska here
are excited about having the summit in your home state. Oh.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Absolutely, all eyes are in Alaska, sean, and you really
should try the reindeer. It's actually pretty good. So anyway,
welcome to the Great State of Alaska.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
All right, So tell me what's the difference between between
beef and reindeer.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Well, I mean, it's there's a slight difference, right, but
I think I think what you'd be looking at is
reindeer sausage, which a lot of us have for practice
in Alaska. It's it's it's it tastes really good, actually,
and the best thing to do is just give it
a shot yourself, and you could be the expert on
the airwaves as to how good Alaska reindeer is. I
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bet it's better than any other reindeer in the country.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Shun listen. I'm not afraid to try anything.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I'll do anything now that you've given me that challenge
before I leave Alaska. I'm I'm definitely gonna try it.
Have you talked to the President about the summit, just.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Briefly talk to his people. We're gonna we're gonna get
together briefly early in the morning, and you know, my
focus is going to be mostly on what's happening here
in Alaska, the things that he's helping us with, including
the large national gas line and our work on anwar
and pra critical mindles, that sort of thing, and I'm
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just gonna wish them nothing but the best, and that
Alaska is here to help, and the red carp will
be rolled out for anybody that wants to work with
the President and secure some some great piece and issues
in the world.
Speaker 7 (05:18):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Look, the only downside to Alaska that I see, and
I live in the warm, free state of Florida, is
the weather. Although the weather in Anchorage is really not
that bad.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I mean I have the annual.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
You know, temperatures, it's really you know, overall, for example,
in January February the low is fourteen, seventeen and twenty
if you go into March, and the highest twenty five,
twenty nine, thirty five, And it's you know, on a
yearly basis, you know, the average temperature high temperatures forty six.
That's a little bit cold for me, but it doesn't
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seem to bother anybody here.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
No, you know, Alaska is a very interesting state. And
for example, in the winter time, you could be in Juno,
where in a January day it could be forty five
degrees above zero. The same day in Anchorage it could
be twenty degrees above zero, and the same day in Fairbanks, Alaska,
it could be sixty degrees below zero. It's a big state,
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lots of climates, lots of areas. But you know, I
came up in eighty three from Pennsylvania, Sean and I
never looked back. It's just been a great state. I'd
have to live eight lifetimes to see everything and do
everything in this large, terrific, unique state. And so I
would say the coal doesn't bother most Alaskans, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
When you look at, for example, more fun facts, Alaska
is over three thousand rivers, three million lakes, It has
an estimated one hundred thousand glaciers, more than one hundred volcanoes.
In terms of wildlife, it's the most diverse by far
in the entire country. Then you have the phenomenon of
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northern lights, which from everything that I have heard and
everything I've seen on television, is amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
And you know, Alaska.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Does hold the record for the lowest recorded temperature, which
is minus eighty degrees fahrenheit. I've been telling this audience,
I've been obsessed with the state of Alaska.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Now I've been to all the other forty nine states.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
This is the last state that I had to get to,
and it took this summit to get me here. But
now that I'm here, I'm thinking maybe next summer, when
you're in your warmer part of you know, the mid sixties,
which is considered Colton, Florida, that I would like to
come back and really enjoy the outdoors here because there's
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so much to do.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Well, we'd love for you to come back and Sean.
What's also interesting is the highest recorded temperature in Hawaii
is one hundred degrees. That's pretty hot. The highest recorded
temperature in Alaska is also one hundred degrees. We've gotten
into the nineties and summer's up here eighties or not
unheard of, usually seventies. But we have the same high
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temperature record as Hawaiian, which a lot of people find interesting.
It's also, you know, I always tell people this, we're
you know, we're an Arctic state where a western Pacific state,
and our placement on the globe is fascinating. We're a
thousand miles closer to California excuse me, to Australia than
California is. It's kind of a mine bender for people.
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We used to have four time zones in this large state.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
That that actually is a mind ben.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I wouldn't have thought that because most people that I
know that have traveled to either New Zealand or Australia.
They usually go through California.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Well, yeah, because that's you're going to have volume in
terms of passenger traffic. But we have direct flights, for example,
from Anchors to Hawaii if five hours, and then you
can hop from Hawaii to almost anywhere else in the Pacific.
But our distance on the globe is very unique. We're
nine hours to every industrialized place in the Northern Hemisphere.
We are two hours closer to Moscow than Moscow is
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to Washington, DC. And I think that's one of the
reasons why they they put this summit here. But our
position on the globe is second to none. We are
we're at the center of the center of the world.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Yeah, I would not be shocked if Vladimir Putin brings
up any chance you want to sell us Alaska back.
If I was hit, I'd want it back for sure.
Let me ask you this question, because I think this
is pretty amazing. When I have been obsessed with all
these shows. I've been saying it all day on this program,
like Life Below Zero, and I watched shows, you know,
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the Deadliest Catch. I don't know if you've watched that.
Mic Rod narrates such show and he's a friend of mine.
And when I find so amazing about this, the fact
that people live in the most dire conditions in the
winter time, and they're living off the grid and there's
no help anywhere, you know, with you know, hundreds of
miles away, and there are a lot of people that
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live that way and live that way successfully. I'm in
awe of they what they are able to do, accomplished, survive,
and they love that way of life. I'm just fascinated
at how they pull off all the challenges they face
every day.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well, you know, it's a unique state, and I'd say
there's unique people here, a lot of unique people. I
spent almost twenty years.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
If you think there are unique people here, let me
tell you it's nothing compared to New York. There are
some very unique people in New York City, very unique
people in our nation's capital, DC.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
But that's another story for another day.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Yeah, that's a different type of unique Sean. We can
talk about that for some time, but.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
I think that's one way to put it for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
No, what I was gonna say was I spent almost
twenty years in rural Alaska as we call it, which
some people would say is in the middle of nowhere
out in northwestern Alaska. And I just enjoyed that so much.
I mean, it's got a wholesome, great, great memories for myself.
But you know, a lot of those folks you see
in those oh, I mean a lot of Alaskans know
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those folks, so they're they're for the most part, they're
real Alaskans. And it does give an insight, I think,
to the rest of the country how unique Alaska is.
And yeah, you do have to know what you're doing
up here. You can get yourself in trouble, but we
all enjoy those shows. Sean.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
The other thing that I'd love about your state is
the fact that there's no state income tax. I don't know,
you don't even have a sales tax. I don't think here.
You certainly don't have a state estate tax. And you
actually pay full time residents money because you you share
in the wealth of resources, which is the revenue that
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the state takes in. What do you take in usually
on an annual basis, and how much what is the
average check that you'll cut the average Alaskan every year?
Speaker 3 (11:51):
So you're talking about our permanent fund, which is also
unique to Alaska. Its value right now is about eighty
four billion dollars with a bee, so it makes us
the second largest sovereign wealth fund in the world after
Norway per capita. Because of our small population, every year
there's a calculation to deliver a Permanent Fund dividend check
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as we call it, to about six hundred and sixty
six hundred and seventy thousand eligible Alaskans. The highest dividend
that was cut in recent years was just a few
years ago of thirty two hundred dollars a person, and
this past year it's roughly one thousand dollars a little
more than one thousand dollars per person. But again it's
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a combination of calculated by a formula, but also appropriation
consent by the legislature, and so there is no income tax.
You're absolutely right, and currently we don't have a statewide
sales tax, and we do distribute a dividend. So again,
another aspect that makes the state unique and something that
the people of Alaska truly, truly love is the Permanent
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Fund for obvious reasons, So what do you have.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
To do to qualify for that? If I moved to Alaska?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
How soon would it be before you guys started cutting
me a check. By the way, I'm doing more for
tourism right now, I should get a percentage of that. Well,
you know, we know we're on seven hundred and sixty
stations now around the country, and I'm I'm creating a
huge demand for visit, for visitors to come to this
great state.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
You're doing a great job, Sean. We'd like to have
you actually and actually run your show out of Alaska
because I think you would do a great job in
putting us on the spotlight. But one year to be
eligible for the Permanent Fund Dividend and you'd have to
saw it an application like everyone else does, but we
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would We would love to give you an honorary honorary
PFD certificate and kind of a thank you, know for
coming up to Alaska to report on this amazing summit.
But we need you back here again in the summer.
This is your first time. See people always save, they
say they save the best for last, Sean, So I
hope that's how you feel about coming to Alaska.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
I think it's been great.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I'm glad that people have an opportunity to take a
look at your state.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
We appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Governor, thank you so much for being with us, Thank
you for your hospitality.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
We love the people here.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
As we continue from Anchorage eight hundred and ninety four
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Speaker 2 (16:03):
As we continue from Anchorage, Alaska, we say hi to
Dana Is in North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Dan, how are you glad you called Star?
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (16:12):
Nice, Johan, I keep taking my call. I'd leave to
talk about tomorrow's meeting and the previous discussions that Trump
and Putin had. Trump trusted Putin. That's gone now, and
I think that's the game changer. The glove's going to
come off, and I think that Trump is going to
be the people in the room. He's going to take control,
total control of the meeting, and it's going to be
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very aggressive. And I believe he's also going to call
Putin for his lives, his past lives before they talk
about anything about peace. What do you what do you
think of that?
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Listen?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
I think, look, if you really break this down, the
biggest beneficiary in if the president is successful, it's not
going to be the United States. The biggest beneficiary is
going to be the world. It's going to be Europe,
It's going to be Ukraine. It's going to be Russia.
The death will stop. Hopefully you replace war with economic partnerships.
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And at the end of the day, I mean that
just makes for a better, safer world and less chance
of a broadening conflict.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
So it's a noble goal.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
I really appreciate the fact that no other politician would
expend all this political capital. That's what delineates Donald Trump
from everybody else. So we're gonna wait, watch and see.
All right, we'll get to more of your calls coming
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Speaker 1 (18:17):
We are in beautiful.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
We're in Anchorage, Alaska, and it really is nice. People
are nice, had the great They have the best country
breakfast places you'd ever want to go to. I didn't
try the Reindeer, but I'm open to it. They have
reindeer sausage. We'll get to it anyway. Congressman Nick Begich's
with us and he has a lot of thoughts on
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the upcoming summer. Tomorrow we will have the first interview
with President Trump post summit with Vladimir Putin. Congressman, how
are you great to be in your great state? You know,
I've been to all forty nine states except for Alaska,
and now I've been to all fifty states, and I've
been a big fan of Alaska, obsessed even because of
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the rugged individualism. I'm obsessed with shows like Light Below
Zero and I love The Great Deadliest Catch and stuff
like that. Anyway, it's a beautiful state, and when I
find out we paid two cents an acre, I like
it even more.
Speaker 6 (19:18):
You save the best for last Sean and for folks
out there listening. If you haven't been to Alaska, put
it on the list. Our state is an incredible place
to visit. We've got incredible mountains and scenery. Of course,
we've got great fishing. You know. Mount McKinley is up here.
Come check it out. It's a great place to be,
but it's also a great place to host peace talks.
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As most folks know Alaska was actually purchased from Russia
in the eighteen hundreds. But what a lot of folks
don't realize is it was purchased from Russia because Russia
was in debt from a war and that war's location
modern day Ukraine. This is not a news story that
we're dealing with. More time adventurism of Russia has put
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it in precarious positions before. So it's appropriate that we're
having this opportunity for peace, these dialogue opportunities here in Alaska.
And I'm encouraged that President Trump is leading that the
world's best negotiator.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
They called it at the time, Seward's folly. And meanwhile
he only paid two cents an acre. And if you
look at the actual size of Alaska, it's five hundred
and ninety one thousand square miles, which is twice the
size of Texas.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
And then when you factor in.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
All of the you know, gold and minerals and oil
and energy and natural resources. What I love about Texas,
what I love about Alaska is the people of Alaska.
They don't pay a state income tax, No, they get
a check. If you're a full time resident in Alaska,
you got a check based on how much money the
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state government will make off the natural resources. Like, for example,
what is the average check for every Alaskan citizen going
to be this year?
Speaker 6 (21:02):
Well, it's about one thousand bucks. This year, it's been
as high as three thousand dollars per person, that's man, woman,
and child. And it was structured that way because in Alaska,
we recognize that the wealth beneath our feet is a
resource that's owned by the people, and so we have
been able to save quite a bit of that money
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coming from oil and gas and mineral resources in the state.
We've invested it. We've got what we call the Permanent Fund.
It's our own version of a sovereign wealth fund, and
it prevents us from having a state sales tax and
a state income tax, and the excess cash flows coming
from those investments are actually distributed to the people. So
it's a unique model here in Alaska. But it really
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makes every citizen a shareholder in the activity that happens
in our state.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
All right, let's talk a little bit.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
I'm sure it's meaningful to everybody in Alaska that there's
some that is taking place tomorrow. The president as man expectations,
but he's cautiously optimistic, I think, as he should be,
and Vladimir Putin seemed to be complementary coming into it.
On the other hand, there's been other things happening. Vladimir
Putin has gotten more aggressive, so of the Ukrainians for
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that matter, in terms of ratcheting up their war efforts.
But what Donald Trump has been doing, I think is
even more interesting. He got as part of the European
Union trade deal, he got commitments for a trillion dollars
in energy purchases by the European Union of American oil.
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That's right out of Putin's pocket, and that's money that
he was otherwise using to fund his war. I think
that one of the second most important things he did
that got Putin's attention was he pledged that he would
sell the Ukrainians and Zelensky all the weapons they wanted,
very different from Joe Biden who was giving them away.
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And I think lastly, I think the fifth percent tariff
on India if they continue to import Russian oil and
Russian energy, had a huge that that is a huge
part of the economy of Russia. As a matter of fact,
it is the economy of Russia which has been faltering.
So I think there's been posturing on both sides. But
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I think the reason Putin decided to sit down is
Donald Trumps serious.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Now.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
If this does not go well, the President he actually
used the number I've been using. He thinks there's a
twenty five percent chances doesn't work. But if it doesn't work,
I would argue that means Donald Trump's going to war
with Vladimir Putin. And I'm not talking about a military war.
He will ensure that anybody in the world that wants
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to do business with Russia and buy their energy is
making a big mistake and will pay a big price.
Speaker 6 (23:54):
But he got to use the tools that you've got
in the toolbox. President Trump has proven that he's an
expert negotiator, world's best. He's been able to cut really
incredible trade deals for the people of America. And he
recognizes that the United States is the world's largest market.
And so there's a lot of incentive for Russia directly
and indirectly through agreements with other nations and pressure on
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other nations to make sure that should we not be
able to achieve peace, that there is a real threat
of economic pressure that gets exerted to help bring people
back to the table. You've got to have dialogue if
you're going to have peace. This is the first step. Yes,
it's wise to temper expectations, but we all recognize the
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President Trump when he puts his mind to things, when
he puts his effort into things, when he brings the
expertise of his administration to resolve challenges and problems, They've
been very successful. These first six seven months have been
incredible for the United States of America, and we are
dislodging challenges that have plagued the United States for years
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in a very brief period of time because of Trump
and the people that he's brought in. So I'm encouraged
that he's engaging in this dialogue. But you're absolutely right, Sean.
He has some some capacity, some capabilities in his back pocket,
and he's prepared to use those if that's what's necessary
to bring peace to that region.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Well, he has seven piece deals that he's played a
role in, and I've been listening to them every single day,
and I'm hoping this is number eight. When you see
innocent women and children dead, like we've been seeing images
coming out of Ukraine, especially in recent weeks and months,
I certainly don't see an upside. I don't think you know,
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it's ironic. And what makes Trump different is there any
European leader leader that you can think of, because they
all Europe now wants to weigh in on what the
deal ought to be. They're not negotiating tomorrow a deal.
They're negotiating a path forward. But it's inevitable that there's
going to be land swaps. There's inevitable probably the Donbass region,
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which is eighty percent Russian national that's likely going to putin.
And I'm sure from the Ukrainian standpoint, what they're looking
for the most is they want security guarantees, and that
means that they can do business with the United States
by our weaponry. I think the European Union and Western
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European countries have failed miserably.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
It's their continent, it's not our continent.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
And there really isn't that big an upside for the
United States except that the president knows that it's well,
it's morally right to protect human life if at all possible.
And number two, the world will be better off if
we're doing business deals and not you know, not engaging
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in wars with each other.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
Absolutely true. You know at the end of the day
that this is a common threat among all people in
all places. We want peace. We want an environment where
we can raise our kids in peace. We want to
make sure that they have opportunities that they receive a
better world than we received. I mean, that's part of
the generational promise and generational responsibility that we have as adults,
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is to make sure that we leave the world a
better place. And so these folks in Ukrainie and these
folks in Russia quite frankly, look, they're ready for peace.
We saw just this last week polling from Gallup saying
that sixty nine percent of Ukrainians are ready for a
negotiated settlement, and that is reversed over the last three years.
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Three years ago, less than a quarter of Ukrainians wanted
a negotiated settlement. People are tired of war, people are
seeking peace, and it's time for the leaders of these
countries to listen to their people and get to a
place where the war fighting stops.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Well, we hope that that's going to happen. I'm sure
the people of Anchorage and the people of Alaska, uh
and rightly so, feel honored that this has taking place
at their home, and we appreciate you, Congressman, what you
do and taking the time to be with us today.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Thank you, Thank you, Sean.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
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All right, Let's go to Phil. He is in the
Great State of Alaska. Phil, Hi, how are you? I
saved the best for last. I've now been to all
fifty states, and it's great to be an anchorage and
love the people here and love the hospitality, and I
love the food.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Food's been great.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
Oh well, it's a great honor to have you here, Sean.
And you know, I'm a first time caller, but a
twenty plus year listener and watcher of your show. And
it's just a great honor to have you here, a
great honor to speak with you. And and uh, you
know what Trump is doing here and having you here
in Alaska.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
This is awesome.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
This is great for the country and we couldn't have
asked for anything better. And we're all super honored. And yeah,
food's great, fishing is great, lots of good things in Alaska.
I could even send you home with a box of fish.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
What kind of fish are you going to send me
home with? You know, those those king crabs that they
get on deadly as games.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
I'm sure you don't give him any crab cakes. He
doesn't like crab cakes. He gets super weird about crab cakes, right, Sean.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
No, we had him last night and she brought him
on the planets stunk up the whole plane crab.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
And the entire hotel room full of it. I was
kind enough. You're so angry. I'm very angry. You're very angry.
We'll talk about it later.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
But whatever you do, if you go fish and just
don't get any crab, he's not a big fan.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
She's she's mad because I didn't want crab cakes from
last night leftovers for breakfast this morning.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
You know what's wrong with you? You don't even know why.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
I'm man, that's the problem.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
I don't even care. That's the bit.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Do you not care?
Speaker 1 (31:00):
I do not care totally. Can we talk to Phil
last Let's talk to.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Him about not fishing for crab?
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Go ahead, Phil, anyway, what kind of fish could I catch?
Speaker 3 (31:08):
Well?
Speaker 4 (31:09):
If you wanted to? Right now, we've got the final
run of the reds that are passing through the Russian
River confluence, and so you could pick some of those
up there. Also out the silver salmon are starting to
run through. You know, as far as like river fishing,
if you went out into the ocean, you know, you
could catch hal of it and king salmon, which are
some of the best eating there. You could eat. You
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could even get some crab.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Have you ever been anywhere near the Bearing Straits where
deadly as catches. Have you ever been out there crabbing
out there?
Speaker 4 (31:41):
I have not. You know, I just do local fishing,
just small boats. But you know, that's a whole different
breed of people that do that. You know me personally,
I don't have sea legs. You get me on a
boat and I'm hanging over the side most of the time,
but I'm still catching my fish.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
But listen, this is what I love.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
If you live in Alaska, the odds are very high
you're an outdoors person, that you are a rugged individualist,
that you you know, maybe an anchorage is not a
place where you're living off the grid. But the fact
that so many people in Alaska, in remote areas, live
off the grid fascinates me. And the fact that you
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know you have these guys. I mean, I've been watching
deadly at catch for years and I can't even count
the number of people on those boats that have died,
you know, trying to feed all of us, and how
hard that job is. And I admire all of them
for it and can't believe how dangerous it is. But anyway,
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I love being here. Thank you so much, Phil for
your hospitality. I wish we had time. You know, people
keep saying, Sean, go to Mount McKinley. I'm like, when
am I going to have time to do that. I
wish we would have had time to maybe do an
event here in Anchorage and meet people. But I think
I've definitely im planning on coming back. I don't think
you'll see me in December, January, February, but you might
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moved down to the Free State of Florida. Anyway, eight
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the program, as we come to you. We are in Anchorage,
we are in Alaska. We are here for President Trump's
summit with Vladimir Putin. So much, so many fun facts
when it comes to Alaska. It's five ninety one thousand
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square miles, twice the size of Texas, home of all
three species of North American bears, black bears, grizzly bears,
polar bears. I think I prefer to pick one the
black bear anyway. And then you look at the history
of when it was purchased, it's really fascinating. It was
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purchased by the United States from Russia on March thirtieth,
nineteen sixty seven. And a fun fact about this Alaska.
You know, this purchase was to offset the debt of
their current war. This had to do with the struggling
with debt that was accrued during the disastrous Crimean War.
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How ironic this is where we are today. On October eighteenth,
eighteen sixty seven, the US purchased Alaska for two cents
an acre. And then the person respond to this guy Seward,
you know, was mocked for it ends up being one
of the greatest deals ever in the history of real estate,
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probably the greatest deal considering all the natural resources that
are in this great state, and it has officially the
lowest population density in the nation. Its constitution was adopted
in nineteen fifty six, became effective in nineteen fifty nine.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
It became the forty ninth state.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
It has seventeen of the twenty highest peaks in the US.
They're all located here in Alaska. And you know, I
can just keep going, but I mean, it's natural resources
or second to none. I've yet to try the reindeer.
I noticed when I went to a great, great breakfast
place this morning they had reindeer on the menu. I
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looked at it, but I wasn't sure if I wanted.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
To try it.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Anyway, joining us now is the great Governor of the
Great State of Alaska. Governor Mike Dunleavy is with us, sir.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
How are you.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I'm sure you're excited, and the people of Alaska here
are excited about having the summit in your home state. Oh.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Absolutely, all eyes are in Alaska, sean, and you really
should try the reindeer. It's actually pretty good. So anyway,
welcome to the Great State of Alaska.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
All right, So tell me what's the difference between between
beef and reindeer.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Well, I mean, it's there's a slight difference, right, but
I think I think what you'd be looking at is
reindeer sausage, which a lot of us have for practice
in Alaska. It's it's it's it tastes really good, actually,
and the best thing to do is just give it
a shot yourself, and you could be the expert on
the airwaves as to how good Alaska reindeer is. I
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bet it's better than any other reindeer in the country.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Shun listen. I'm not afraid to try anything.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I'll do anything now that you've given me that challenge
before I leave Alaska. I'm I'm definitely gonna try it.
Have you talked to the President about the summit, just.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Briefly talk to his people. We're gonna we're gonna get
together briefly early in the morning, and you know, my
focus is going to be mostly on what's happening here
in Alaska, the things that he's helping us with, including
the large national gas line and our work on anwar
and pra critical mindles, that sort of thing, and I'm
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just gonna wish them nothing but the best, and that
Alaska is here to help, and the red carp will
be rolled out for anybody that wants to work with
the President and secure some some great piece and issues
in the world.
Speaker 7 (05:18):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Look, the only downside to Alaska that I see, and
I live in the warm, free state of Florida, is
the weather. Although the weather in Anchorage is really not
that bad.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I mean I have the annual.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
You know, temperatures, it's really you know, overall, for example,
in January February the low is fourteen, seventeen and twenty
if you go into March, and the highest twenty five,
twenty nine, thirty five, And it's you know, on a
yearly basis, you know, the average temperature high temperatures forty six.
That's a little bit cold for me, but it doesn't
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seem to bother anybody here.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
No, you know, Alaska is a very interesting state. And
for example, in the winter time, you could be in Juno,
where in a January day it could be forty five
degrees above zero. The same day in Anchorage it could
be twenty degrees above zero, and the same day in Fairbanks, Alaska,
it could be sixty degrees below zero. It's a big state,
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lots of climates, lots of areas. But you know, I
came up in eighty three from Pennsylvania, Sean and I
never looked back. It's just been a great state. I'd
have to live eight lifetimes to see everything and do
everything in this large, terrific, unique state. And so I
would say the coal doesn't bother most Alaskans, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
When you look at, for example, more fun facts, Alaska
is over three thousand rivers, three million lakes, It has
an estimated one hundred thousand glaciers, more than one hundred volcanoes.
In terms of wildlife, it's the most diverse by far
in the entire country. Then you have the phenomenon of
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northern lights, which from everything that I have heard and
everything I've seen on television, is amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
And you know, Alaska.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Does hold the record for the lowest recorded temperature, which
is minus eighty degrees fahrenheit. I've been telling this audience,
I've been obsessed with the state of Alaska.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Now I've been to all the other forty nine states.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
This is the last state that I had to get to,
and it took this summit to get me here. But
now that I'm here, I'm thinking maybe next summer, when
you're in your warmer part of you know, the mid sixties,
which is considered Colton, Florida, that I would like to
come back and really enjoy the outdoors here because there's
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so much to do.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Well, we'd love for you to come back and Sean.
What's also interesting is the highest recorded temperature in Hawaii
is one hundred degrees. That's pretty hot. The highest recorded
temperature in Alaska is also one hundred degrees. We've gotten
into the nineties and summer's up here eighties or not
unheard of, usually seventies. But we have the same high
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temperature record as Hawaiian, which a lot of people find interesting.
It's also, you know, I always tell people this, we're
you know, we're an Arctic state where a western Pacific state,
and our placement on the globe is fascinating. We're a
thousand miles closer to California excuse me, to Australia than
California is. It's kind of a mine bender for people.
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We used to have four time zones in this large state.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
That that actually is a mind ben.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I wouldn't have thought that because most people that I
know that have traveled to either New Zealand or Australia.
They usually go through California.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Well, yeah, because that's you're going to have volume in
terms of passenger traffic. But we have direct flights, for example,
from Anchors to Hawaii if five hours, and then you
can hop from Hawaii to almost anywhere else in the Pacific.
But our distance on the globe is very unique. We're
nine hours to every industrialized place in the Northern Hemisphere.
We are two hours closer to Moscow than Moscow is
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to Washington, DC. And I think that's one of the
reasons why they they put this summit here. But our
position on the globe is second to none. We are
we're at the center of the center of the world.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Yeah, I would not be shocked if Vladimir Putin brings
up any chance you want to sell us Alaska back.
If I was hit, I'd want it back for sure.
Let me ask you this question, because I think this
is pretty amazing. When I have been obsessed with all
these shows. I've been saying it all day on this program,
like Life Below Zero, and I watched shows, you know,
(09:31):
the Deadliest Catch. I don't know if you've watched that.
Mic Rod narrates such show and he's a friend of mine.
And when I find so amazing about this, the fact
that people live in the most dire conditions in the
winter time, and they're living off the grid and there's
no help anywhere, you know, with you know, hundreds of
miles away, and there are a lot of people that
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live that way and live that way successfully. I'm in
awe of they what they are able to do, accomplished, survive,
and they love that way of life. I'm just fascinated
at how they pull off all the challenges they face
every day.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well, you know, it's a unique state, and I'd say
there's unique people here, a lot of unique people. I
spent almost twenty years.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
If you think there are unique people here, let me
tell you it's nothing compared to New York. There are
some very unique people in New York City, very unique
people in our nation's capital, DC.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
But that's another story for another day.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Yeah, that's a different type of unique Sean. We can
talk about that for some time, but.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
I think that's one way to put it for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
No, what I was gonna say was I spent almost
twenty years in rural Alaska as we call it, which
some people would say is in the middle of nowhere
out in northwestern Alaska. And I just enjoyed that so much.
I mean, it's got a wholesome, great, great memories for myself.
But you know, a lot of those folks you see
in those oh, I mean a lot of Alaskans know
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those folks, so they're they're for the most part, they're
real Alaskans. And it does give an insight, I think,
to the rest of the country how unique Alaska is.
And yeah, you do have to know what you're doing
up here. You can get yourself in trouble, but we
all enjoy those shows. Sean.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
The other thing that I'd love about your state is
the fact that there's no state income tax. I don't know,
you don't even have a sales tax. I don't think here.
You certainly don't have a state estate tax. And you
actually pay full time residents money because you you share
in the wealth of resources, which is the revenue that
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the state takes in. What do you take in usually
on an annual basis, and how much what is the
average check that you'll cut the average Alaskan every year?
Speaker 3 (11:51):
So you're talking about our permanent fund, which is also
unique to Alaska. Its value right now is about eighty
four billion dollars with a bee, so it makes us
the second largest sovereign wealth fund in the world after
Norway per capita. Because of our small population, every year
there's a calculation to deliver a Permanent Fund dividend check
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as we call it, to about six hundred and sixty
six hundred and seventy thousand eligible Alaskans. The highest dividend
that was cut in recent years was just a few
years ago of thirty two hundred dollars a person, and
this past year it's roughly one thousand dollars a little
more than one thousand dollars per person. But again it's
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a combination of calculated by a formula, but also appropriation
consent by the legislature, and so there is no income tax.
You're absolutely right, and currently we don't have a statewide
sales tax, and we do distribute a dividend. So again,
another aspect that makes the state unique and something that
the people of Alaska truly, truly love is the Permanent
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Fund for obvious reasons, So what do you have.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
To do to qualify for that? If I moved to Alaska?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
How soon would it be before you guys started cutting
me a check. By the way, I'm doing more for
tourism right now, I should get a percentage of that. Well,
you know, we know we're on seven hundred and sixty
stations now around the country, and I'm I'm creating a
huge demand for visit, for visitors to come to this
great state.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
You're doing a great job, Sean. We'd like to have
you actually and actually run your show out of Alaska
because I think you would do a great job in
putting us on the spotlight. But one year to be
eligible for the Permanent Fund Dividend and you'd have to
saw it an application like everyone else does, but we
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would We would love to give you an honorary honorary
PFD certificate and kind of a thank you, know for
coming up to Alaska to report on this amazing summit.
But we need you back here again in the summer.
This is your first time. See people always save, they
say they save the best for last, Sean, So I
hope that's how you feel about coming to Alaska.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
I think it's been great.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I'm glad that people have an opportunity to take a
look at your state.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
We appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Governor, thank you so much for being with us, Thank
you for your hospitality.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
We love the people here.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
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Speaker 2 (16:03):
As we continue from Anchorage, Alaska, we say hi to
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Speaker 1 (16:09):
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Speaker 3 (16:11):
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Speaker 7 (16:12):
Nice, Johan, I keep taking my call. I'd leave to
talk about tomorrow's meeting and the previous discussions that Trump
and Putin had. Trump trusted Putin. That's gone now, and
I think that's the game changer. The glove's going to
come off, and I think that Trump is going to
be the people in the room. He's going to take control,
total control of the meeting, and it's going to be
(16:32):
very aggressive. And I believe he's also going to call
Putin for his lives, his past lives before they talk
about anything about peace. What do you what do you
think of that?
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Listen?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
I think, look, if you really break this down, the
biggest beneficiary in if the president is successful, it's not
going to be the United States. The biggest beneficiary is
going to be the world. It's going to be Europe,
It's going to be Ukraine. It's going to be Russia.
The death will stop. Hopefully you replace war with economic partnerships.
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And at the end of the day, I mean that
just makes for a better, safer world and less chance
of a broadening conflict.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
So it's a noble goal.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
I really appreciate the fact that no other politician would
expend all this political capital. That's what delineates Donald Trump
from everybody else. So we're gonna wait, watch and see.
All right, we'll get to more of your calls coming
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Speaker 1 (18:17):
We are in beautiful.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
We're in Anchorage, Alaska, and it really is nice. People
are nice, had the great They have the best country
breakfast places you'd ever want to go to. I didn't
try the Reindeer, but I'm open to it. They have
reindeer sausage. We'll get to it anyway. Congressman Nick Begich's
with us and he has a lot of thoughts on
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the upcoming summer. Tomorrow we will have the first interview
with President Trump post summit with Vladimir Putin. Congressman, how
are you great to be in your great state? You know,
I've been to all forty nine states except for Alaska,
and now I've been to all fifty states, and I've
been a big fan of Alaska, obsessed even because of
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the rugged individualism. I'm obsessed with shows like Light Below
Zero and I love The Great Deadliest Catch and stuff
like that. Anyway, it's a beautiful state, and when I
find out we paid two cents an acre, I like
it even more.
Speaker 6 (19:18):
You save the best for last Sean and for folks
out there listening. If you haven't been to Alaska, put
it on the list. Our state is an incredible place
to visit. We've got incredible mountains and scenery. Of course,
we've got great fishing. You know. Mount McKinley is up here.
Come check it out. It's a great place to be,
but it's also a great place to host peace talks.
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As most folks know Alaska was actually purchased from Russia
in the eighteen hundreds. But what a lot of folks
don't realize is it was purchased from Russia because Russia
was in debt from a war and that war's location
modern day Ukraine. This is not a news story that
we're dealing with. More time adventurism of Russia has put
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it in precarious positions before. So it's appropriate that we're
having this opportunity for peace, these dialogue opportunities here in Alaska.
And I'm encouraged that President Trump is leading that the
world's best negotiator.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
They called it at the time, Seward's folly. And meanwhile
he only paid two cents an acre. And if you
look at the actual size of Alaska, it's five hundred
and ninety one thousand square miles, which is twice the
size of Texas.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
And then when you factor in.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
All of the you know, gold and minerals and oil
and energy and natural resources. What I love about Texas,
what I love about Alaska is the people of Alaska.
They don't pay a state income tax, No, they get
a check. If you're a full time resident in Alaska,
you got a check based on how much money the
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state government will make off the natural resources. Like, for example,
what is the average check for every Alaskan citizen going
to be this year?
Speaker 6 (21:02):
Well, it's about one thousand bucks. This year, it's been
as high as three thousand dollars per person, that's man, woman,
and child. And it was structured that way because in Alaska,
we recognize that the wealth beneath our feet is a
resource that's owned by the people, and so we have
been able to save quite a bit of that money
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coming from oil and gas and mineral resources in the state.
We've invested it. We've got what we call the Permanent Fund.
It's our own version of a sovereign wealth fund, and
it prevents us from having a state sales tax and
a state income tax, and the excess cash flows coming
from those investments are actually distributed to the people. So
it's a unique model here in Alaska. But it really
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makes every citizen a shareholder in the activity that happens
in our state.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
All right, let's talk a little bit.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
I'm sure it's meaningful to everybody in Alaska that there's
some that is taking place tomorrow. The president as man expectations,
but he's cautiously optimistic, I think, as he should be,
and Vladimir Putin seemed to be complementary coming into it.
On the other hand, there's been other things happening. Vladimir
Putin has gotten more aggressive, so of the Ukrainians for
(22:15):
that matter, in terms of ratcheting up their war efforts.
But what Donald Trump has been doing, I think is
even more interesting. He got as part of the European
Union trade deal, he got commitments for a trillion dollars
in energy purchases by the European Union of American oil.
(22:36):
That's right out of Putin's pocket, and that's money that
he was otherwise using to fund his war. I think
that one of the second most important things he did
that got Putin's attention was he pledged that he would
sell the Ukrainians and Zelensky all the weapons they wanted,
very different from Joe Biden who was giving them away.
(22:57):
And I think lastly, I think the fifth percent tariff
on India if they continue to import Russian oil and
Russian energy, had a huge that that is a huge
part of the economy of Russia. As a matter of fact,
it is the economy of Russia which has been faltering.
So I think there's been posturing on both sides. But
(23:20):
I think the reason Putin decided to sit down is
Donald Trumps serious.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Now.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
If this does not go well, the President he actually
used the number I've been using. He thinks there's a
twenty five percent chances doesn't work. But if it doesn't work,
I would argue that means Donald Trump's going to war
with Vladimir Putin. And I'm not talking about a military war.
He will ensure that anybody in the world that wants
(23:47):
to do business with Russia and buy their energy is
making a big mistake and will pay a big price.
Speaker 6 (23:54):
But he got to use the tools that you've got
in the toolbox. President Trump has proven that he's an
expert negotiator, world's best. He's been able to cut really
incredible trade deals for the people of America. And he
recognizes that the United States is the world's largest market.
And so there's a lot of incentive for Russia directly
and indirectly through agreements with other nations and pressure on
(24:17):
other nations to make sure that should we not be
able to achieve peace, that there is a real threat
of economic pressure that gets exerted to help bring people
back to the table. You've got to have dialogue if
you're going to have peace. This is the first step. Yes,
it's wise to temper expectations, but we all recognize the
(24:39):
President Trump when he puts his mind to things, when
he puts his effort into things, when he brings the
expertise of his administration to resolve challenges and problems, They've
been very successful. These first six seven months have been
incredible for the United States of America, and we are
dislodging challenges that have plagued the United States for years
(25:01):
in a very brief period of time because of Trump
and the people that he's brought in. So I'm encouraged
that he's engaging in this dialogue. But you're absolutely right, Sean.
He has some some capacity, some capabilities in his back pocket,
and he's prepared to use those if that's what's necessary
to bring peace to that region.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Well, he has seven piece deals that he's played a
role in, and I've been listening to them every single day,
and I'm hoping this is number eight. When you see
innocent women and children dead, like we've been seeing images
coming out of Ukraine, especially in recent weeks and months,
I certainly don't see an upside. I don't think you know,
(25:42):
it's ironic. And what makes Trump different is there any
European leader leader that you can think of, because they
all Europe now wants to weigh in on what the
deal ought to be. They're not negotiating tomorrow a deal.
They're negotiating a path forward. But it's inevitable that there's
going to be land swaps. There's inevitable probably the Donbass region,
(26:07):
which is eighty percent Russian national that's likely going to putin.
And I'm sure from the Ukrainian standpoint, what they're looking
for the most is they want security guarantees, and that
means that they can do business with the United States
by our weaponry. I think the European Union and Western
(26:29):
European countries have failed miserably.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
It's their continent, it's not our continent.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
And there really isn't that big an upside for the
United States except that the president knows that it's well,
it's morally right to protect human life if at all possible.
And number two, the world will be better off if
we're doing business deals and not you know, not engaging
(26:57):
in wars with each other.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
Absolutely true. You know at the end of the day
that this is a common threat among all people in
all places. We want peace. We want an environment where
we can raise our kids in peace. We want to
make sure that they have opportunities that they receive a
better world than we received. I mean, that's part of
the generational promise and generational responsibility that we have as adults,
(27:20):
is to make sure that we leave the world a
better place. And so these folks in Ukrainie and these
folks in Russia quite frankly, look, they're ready for peace.
We saw just this last week polling from Gallup saying
that sixty nine percent of Ukrainians are ready for a
negotiated settlement, and that is reversed over the last three years.
(27:41):
Three years ago, less than a quarter of Ukrainians wanted
a negotiated settlement. People are tired of war, people are
seeking peace, and it's time for the leaders of these
countries to listen to their people and get to a
place where the war fighting stops.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Well, we hope that that's going to happen. I'm sure
the people of Anchorage and the people of Alaska, uh
and rightly so, feel honored that this has taking place
at their home, and we appreciate you, Congressman, what you
do and taking the time to be with us today.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Thank you, Thank you, Sean.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
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Eight hundred nine four one Sean. If you want to
be a part of the program, don't forget. We'll have
the first interview with President Trump immediately after tomorrow's summit
on the Fox News channel, and we hope you'll be watching,
(29:04):
alerting you to all the ways the government wants to
put into your life.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
This is a Sean Hannity show.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
All right, Let's go to Phil. He is in the
Great State of Alaska. Phil, Hi, how are you? I
saved the best for last. I've now been to all
fifty states, and it's great to be an anchorage and
love the people here and love the hospitality, and I
love the food.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Food's been great.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
Oh well, it's a great honor to have you here, Sean.
And you know, I'm a first time caller, but a
twenty plus year listener and watcher of your show. And
it's just a great honor to have you here, a
great honor to speak with you. And and uh, you
know what Trump is doing here and having you here
in Alaska.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
This is awesome.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
This is great for the country and we couldn't have
asked for anything better. And we're all super honored. And yeah,
food's great, fishing is great, lots of good things in Alaska.
I could even send you home with a box of fish.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
What kind of fish are you going to send me
home with? You know, those those king crabs that they
get on deadly as games.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
I'm sure you don't give him any crab cakes. He
doesn't like crab cakes. He gets super weird about crab cakes, right, Sean.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
No, we had him last night and she brought him
on the planets stunk up the whole plane crab.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
And the entire hotel room full of it. I was
kind enough. You're so angry. I'm very angry. You're very angry.
We'll talk about it later.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
But whatever you do, if you go fish and just
don't get any crab, he's not a big fan.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
She's she's mad because I didn't want crab cakes from
last night leftovers for breakfast this morning.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
You know what's wrong with you? You don't even know why.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
I'm man, that's the problem.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
I don't even care. That's the bit.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Do you not care?
Speaker 1 (31:00):
I do not care totally. Can we talk to Phil
last Let's talk to.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Him about not fishing for crab?
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Go ahead, Phil, anyway, what kind of fish could I catch?
Speaker 3 (31:08):
Well?
Speaker 4 (31:09):
If you wanted to? Right now, we've got the final
run of the reds that are passing through the Russian
River confluence, and so you could pick some of those
up there. Also out the silver salmon are starting to
run through. You know, as far as like river fishing,
if you went out into the ocean, you know, you
could catch hal of it and king salmon, which are
some of the best eating there. You could eat. You
(31:32):
could even get some crab.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Have you ever been anywhere near the Bearing Straits where
deadly as catches. Have you ever been out there crabbing
out there?
Speaker 4 (31:41):
I have not. You know, I just do local fishing,
just small boats. But you know, that's a whole different
breed of people that do that. You know me personally,
I don't have sea legs. You get me on a
boat and I'm hanging over the side most of the time,
but I'm still catching my fish.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
But listen, this is what I love.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
If you live in Alaska, the odds are very high
you're an outdoors person, that you are a rugged individualist,
that you you know, maybe an anchorage is not a
place where you're living off the grid. But the fact
that so many people in Alaska, in remote areas, live
off the grid fascinates me. And the fact that you
(32:22):
know you have these guys. I mean, I've been watching
deadly at catch for years and I can't even count
the number of people on those boats that have died,
you know, trying to feed all of us, and how
hard that job is. And I admire all of them
for it and can't believe how dangerous it is. But anyway,
(32:42):
I love being here. Thank you so much, Phil for
your hospitality. I wish we had time. You know, people
keep saying, Sean, go to Mount McKinley. I'm like, when
am I going to have time to do that. I
wish we would have had time to maybe do an
event here in Anchorage and meet people. But I think
I've definitely im planning on coming back. I don't think
you'll see me in December, January, February, but you might
(33:05):
see me next August. My blood is thin since I've
moved down to the Free State of Florida. Anyway, eight
hundred and ninety four one, Sean, if you want to
be a part of the program, we just just to
give you some logistical information. Tonight on Hannity, we have
both FBI Director Cash Battel and the Attorney General Pam
(33:27):
Bondi on a number of topics, obviously the Trump Russia
Colujjah hoax, all the information that is now coming out,
and then on the other side of it, we're going
to find out these people are going to be held
accountable responsible for what we now know they were involved
in with the declassification. And so we'll have those interviews
(33:50):
and tomorrow right after the summit, we'll have the first interview,
one on one interview with President Trump, and that'll also
air on Fox Quick Break from Anchorage and Alaska. It's
a Sean Hannity Show on the road. We're at the
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