WEBVTT - The U.S. Report | 17 October 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:06.000 This is the US Report with James Moroar. 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.840 Good evening and welcome to the program. Coming up tonight, 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:15.080 Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi to finally meet with President Trump, 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.000 and Alish Nielsen is here with an exclusive preview plus 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.840 Trump friends to drop the hammer on Hamas, But will 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:25.599 he send in the Marines? And who's responsible for the 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:32.440 government shutdown? Finally a Democrat speaks the truth. But first, 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.920 it has been a massive week. But I don't want 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:40.400 to look back on what's just happened. Instead, I want 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.879 to open a window into the future, the future of 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:47.640 the Democrat Party, which is gearing up for a generational 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:52.040 civil war as a breed of new, slick, social media savvy, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:57.400 young and very hard left politicians push to elbow out 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.800 the oldies and aim to get a play on the 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.760 twenty twenty eight Yes, twenty twenty eight, We're almost there ticket. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:09.200 Now their targets aren't just the old guard you know, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:14.280 the Pelosis, the Bidens, the Clintons. Instead, they are targeting 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:18.520 people like Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris, Yes Kamala Harris, 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.160 who think twenty twenty eight is their time and that 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:26.760 these young whipper snappers have to wait their turn. I 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.679 mean when it comes to Kamala Harris, I know, don't 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:33.200 laugh about this. It's serious. She is not letting this 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:39.119 thing die, even saying this about her presidential campaign last time, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:43.080 which may be the most singularly audacious thing she has 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.039 ever said while she was there promoting her new book 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:47.800 one hundred and seven Days. 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:51.640 That is decent. But that is a decent resume. But 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:52.440 go ahead there. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.360 Well, some people have actually said I was the most 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.520 qualified candidate ever to run for president. 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.920 I like you, I like this. Some people say, very nice, 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.480 but go ahead. I'm just speaking fact. 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:15.040 Yeah, under delusional. There is a picture of that interview. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.399 But you know what, guess what, I think she's still 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.160 going to do it. There's going to be an effort 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.079 to put her up, even though most of the old 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:27.000 guard will wind up falling behind another candidate, California Governor 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.720 Gavin Newsom. And I'll tell you what. As bad as 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.240 he is, just think about what he did to California 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:38.920 and imagine that happening nationwide. Well, I don't think this 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:44.120 rising generation of radical young Democrats or democratic socialists as 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:48.160 they call themselves, are going to wait their turn. And 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:52.000 not only that, I think they're also far worse because 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.840 these are not idealistic young liberals like say John F. 0:02:55.960 --> 0:03:01.399 Kennedy committed to America and the capitalist system, but instead 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.640 they're determined to overthrow it. They are outgrowths of the 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:10.720 legendary squad, and they include radicals like New York mayoral 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:15.160 candidate and radical socialist Zoron mom Donnie, who has been 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.640 forced to back away from his anti police rhetoric, but 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.080 even twenty four hours ago couldn't bring himself to say 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.000 that Hamas should disarm. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.520 Do you believe that Hamas should lay down their weapons 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.320 and leave the leadership in gaza? 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.760 I believe that any future here in New York City 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:34.679 is one that we have to make sure that's affordable 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.960 for all, and as it pertains to Israel and palestein 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:38.880 that we have to ensure that there is peace, and 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:40.440 that is the future that we have to fight for. 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:45.280 Well, an absolute gold star to Zoron's media trainer there, 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.560 I mean, how well was that answered? But there is 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:51.240 another candidate as well from this younger generation waiting in 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.880 the wings, who not only ticks all the identity boxes, 0:03:55.280 --> 0:04:00.440 but is also even more bonkers than Kamala Harris. I speak, 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:05.360 of course, of Alexandria Ocasio Cortes, leader of that aforementioned squad. 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:09.520 And what's important to note is that she both talks 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:13.200 a lot of lefty rubbish but has also grown increasingly 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:18.240 powerful within the Democrat Party. She's played a very good 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:22.400 game getting very close to power. And she was in 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.640 a fine form in a CNN town hall on the 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:29.360 government shutdown Thursday, where she and Bernie Sanders were given 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:34.840 essentially a free kick to dump on Republicans. Now, some 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.120 of it was pretty wildly entertaining, and just goofy, I mean, 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.039 get a load of her talking about big corporations and 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:42.080 environmental pollution. 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:46.599 Here, rivers in rural areas were on fire because of 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:52.119 corporations poisoning the people who lived in those areas, poor 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:57.120 middle class communities getting poisoned and dumped on by corporations 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:58.680 like Deloitte. 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.680 Deloitte, last time I checked, there were an accounting firm 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.520 that just got in a heap of trouble with the 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.159 Australian government over a bogus report they handed in generated 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:12.440 by AI. But speaking of pollution, here's what she is 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:16.400 describing when she talks about a clean environment. 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.200 Instead of talking about having air that's drinkable. 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:28.279 Ah, that sweet, refreshing, thirst quenching air. Oh. And she 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.159 also declared war on Republican boys. 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:37.760 And they are able to radicalize and target and exploit 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:44.520 a generation of young boys in particular away from healthy 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:49.640 masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:54.440 of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:55.240 gender than them. 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:58.839 Now you see what's going on here. Of course, only 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:02.520 liberals can express a healthy masculinity. And if you like 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:06.359 in border secure, well you're mentally ill and probably racist 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.960 to boot. But put away that goofiness. And it is 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:13.080 quite clear to me that AOC is trying to position 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.240 yourself as the de facto leader of the Democrat Party 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.040 laying down the law here in this next clip about 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:22.840 what has to happen to end the shutdown. 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.280 If I were Mike Johnson, you should be in that 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:30.599 office negotiating with a keen Jeffries every damn day until 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.520 we reopen this government. And any day that you don't 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:37.200 do that is a failure. It is a failure. And 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:41.320 until there is accountability for people who refuse to work 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:45.360 to work, then we're going to continue to be in 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:50.920 this cycle. So you know, in the Senate, the Senate 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.680 majority leader is John Fund. He should be negotiating with 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:55.480 Chuck Schumer. 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:01.120 I yes, Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democrat leader, also from 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.360 AOC's state of New York, who famously doesn't know how 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.839 a barbecue work. But I'm glad she mentioned Schumer because 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.880 Schumer is another one of those oldies. The young Democrats 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.800 socialists want to get out of the way. And there's 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.360 a lot of talk right now that AOC might try 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.640 to challenge Schumer for his Senate seat, giving her a 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:24.840 launching pad to hire office, just in the same way 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.840 JFK moved into the Senate from the House and then 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.160 onto the White House, a past similar as well to 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.840 his Vice President Lyndon Mainz Johnson. And it was telling 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:38.480 how both AOC and Bernie blew up when the host 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:43.040 of this town hall suggested that AOC might challenge Schumer. 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.120 But are you saying that Senator Schumer should not be 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:47.800 worried about a primary challenge from you? 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:53.200 I mean no, let me jump in on this. 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:58.440 Talking about I have a country that is falling apart. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.360 We got a house housing crisis, a healthcare crisis and 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:07.760 education crisis, massive income and wealth inequality, a corrupt campaign finances, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:09.360 and the media says, well, you could run what are 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:16.200 gonna run for? Nobody caresbody cares, nobody cares, nobody cares. 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.680 But I'll tell you what. That's not a no, is it? Look? 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.440 I reckon moves are already a foot, and she might 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.200 not even wait so long as to do that challenge. 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:30.440 Shreer's term isn't up until twenty twenty eight. The Democrat 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:36.839 field to run against Donald Trump's successor is looking fairly unimpressive. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.320 Let's just say, and just waite, I bet we see 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:44.720 a white guy Greeney California Democrat in Gavin Newsom heading 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.680 up that twenty twenty eight ticket, and I would not 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:52.040 be surprised to see AOC rounded out as the Hispanic 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:57.520 female hard left progressive on the undercard. But all that 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:02.040 speculation aside. What we are seeing now is something much bigger, 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:07.800 hard left young Democrats, socialists, Mom, Donnie AOC, plenty of 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:11.960 others who are trying to steer the Democrats hard to 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:16.360 the left believing and this is their logic here. They 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:21.359 believe that by mirroring Donald Trump's surge to the nationalist 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:25.439 populist right, they will be able to find the same 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:30.720 sort of success by going to a radical populist left. 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.200 And that's so much of what the economics of people 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.800 like AOC and Mom Donnie are about, to say nothing 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:41.560 of their social policies and what God help us they 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:46.640 might do about American foreign policy. Well, personally, I think 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.839 this is all terribly dangerous. I mean, God forbid they 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:53.560 ever get into power. But I also think this is 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.720 the wrong track for the Democrats because as much as 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:02.440 he's characterized as being a hard right radical, so much 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:06.840 of what Trump believes in, you know, strong borders, no 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:10.320 boys and girls changing rooms, cracking down on violent street 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:14.720 crime in cities, well this is what most normal people 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:19.360 believe in, too, what people like AOC believe in hard 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:23.480 left democrats. Socialism isn't going to get too many takers 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.720 outside New York. And as I always tell my Democrat 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:32.040 friends and everybody who watches this program, rule number one 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:37.920 of winning elections is simple three words. Just be normal. 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.400 But for some reason, the Democrats have lost that art, 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:43.800 and they don't seem to be on the way to 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:51.240 regaining it anytime soon. Well, joining me now, is Sky 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.320 News is Washington correspondent Analyst Nielsen Analyst, Thanks for joining me, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.920 Welcome back to the US Report. First of all, I 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:01.439 got to talk about this meeting that Prime Anthony Albanizi 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:06.640 is going to finally have in the Oval Office next week. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.720 We have been waiting for months and months and months 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.559 for this encounter to take place. What's going to happen? 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.280 Look, I think it will be a bit of a 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:20.640 checkbox meeting for the American side, at least, I know 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.080 that they've been feeling under pressure for a while because 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.959 the Australians have been very kind of upset at being 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:31.120 so far down the list. Look, Anthony Alberanezi, he's just 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:35.000 not someone who has a lot of leverage, influence, kind 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:39.480 of identity within Trump worlds. But also we're just not 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:43.000 actually in harm's way either. We're not getting the worst 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.360 of the tariffs. We've got the lowest level that the 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.760 US is giving anyone in the world. It seems like 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.840 UCAST is going to go pretty well, and so it 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.040 seems like we're just kind of not a priority. And 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.120 I know that we've had it really good for a 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.840 long time. We had such a star role in the 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.720 Trump administration when so many countries weren't dealing with him, 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:05.720 and then we got the extra visit to the White 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.599 House because Biden bailed on the Quad meeting and we 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.240 wasted millions of dollars for a meeting that never happened. 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.559 So I think there's that kind of managing that expectation 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:16.720 as well. But you know, you just never know with 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.040 Donald Trump. He could be in a really bad mood 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:24.560 that day, or if Albinizi says something that's considered talking 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.640 down to him or kind of making a joke of him, 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.800 I can imagine it will turn very quickly. 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:32.439 The Prime Minister has to walk sort of a fine 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.000 line with Trump here because on the one hand he 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:37.360 has to look at like he's your standing up for 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.800 Australia's interests, but on the other hand he can't look 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.720 too obsequious otherwise he'll annoy his labor based back home. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.839 Yeah, and look, I mean, if Kirstarma can come and 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.640 do the whole dance, don't there's no reason Australia can't 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:57.840 do the same thing. Just be deferential. It's our biggest ally. Frankly, 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.600 it's been pretty good for Australia, our relationship and Honestly, 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:03.959 I'm hoping they've done something like I think they should 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.040 have just gone down to the Perth mint get a 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.520 gold submarine, write Uss Trump on it, show up with that. 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.480 It'll be in the Oval office for four years. He'll 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.800 love it and we'll be in the good books. And 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.920 so I think it'll be not coming in trying to 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:20.319 election them on anything. It would be also my biggest 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:24.679 yeah recommendation. If anyone cares about my opinion, well. 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.640 No, I think Look, I think your counsel is very 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.000 wise here, but you know, behind the scenes diplomatically, of course, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.719 we had a much different ambassador during the first term 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:36.920 of the Trump administration than we do now. I've heard 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:41.240 concerns that Kevin Rudd has not managed this relationship to 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.320 the degree that it could have been. In fact, that 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.080 the Trump administration has been not thrilled with what they've 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.760 gotten out of him, despite you know, the other positive 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:54.160 indicators that we've had. Can you let any insight on that. 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.240 Look, from what I can tell, I don't think he's 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:02.440 really tried. I think what he's done is really try 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:07.800 and target Treasury, Commerce, State Department, and I think he's 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.560 just known it's a bit of a wash trying to 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:14.440 fit in with Trump world when they're just so opposite, 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.360 and he's a policy wong, he's left wing. The one 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:21.160 thing he has is being very anti China. But also 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.520 just anyone who googles him knows exactly what he said 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:25.400 about Trump, and it's just not something you can run 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.920 away from. And the difference in that, I know everyone says, oh, 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:31.000 but so and so said something critical about Trump, and 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.360 what about Jade event they admitted they were wrong, and 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:38.320 so Drud's never done that, and so it's one thing 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.680 to say, yeah, sure, he's representing our interests. Why would 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:42.880 they be thrilled to deal with him? 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.280 Yeah, exactly. Well, we'll see just how Kevin Rudd shakes 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:48.960 out of all of this down the road. But let's 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:51.120 also go watch some other foreign policy news who we've 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:55.240 had a call with President Putin. Between President Putin of 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.640 Russia and the US President Donald Trump had this to 0:14:58.640 --> 0:14:59.440 say a little while ago. 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.320 I would say it within two weeks or so, pretty quick. 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:08.800 Marco Rubio is going to be meeting with his counterpartner, 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.440 as you know, Labrov, and they'll be meeting pretty soon. 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.240 They're going to set up a time and a place 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.240 very shortly. Maybe it's already set up, they've already spoken. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:20.760 And I thought it was a very good phone call. 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.880 I thought very productive. But I'll be meeting with President 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.720 Putin and we'll make a determination. 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.720 So he's got a meeting with Vledimer Zelensky of Ukraine tomorrow. 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.040 We've got a Trump Putin meeting in a couple of weeks. 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.800 Here is he trying to knock together some sort of 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.680 solution to the Ukraine Russia war here in the same 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.360 way that he's done in the last several weeks between 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:45.280 Hamas and Israel. 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.360 Oh yeah, he wants this done. And he said it 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:53.359 time and again. He's solved seven out of the eight conflicts. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:58.120 He likes being the peacemaker. He likes having the world influence. 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:01.240 And I know it's been such a thing for so 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.760 many years about oh the neocons, they want to be 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:08.680 world police, and so isolationists. Americans like being the world 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.760 police when they win. They like getting it right, and 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:13.920 they have been getting it right. So he wants to 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:17.120 continue that. And he gets to say that it was 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.200 all started under Biden. It wouldn't have happened if he 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:21.800 was in the White House. That's I mean, I think 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.120 there is some truth to that. He's so unpredictable on 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:25.800 a world stage. You don't know when he's going to 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.760 drop a bunker buster on Iran, so you don't mess around. 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.840 And I think he knows that. Similarly, by watching what 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.960 happened in Israel with Hamas of them just being worn down, 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:39.000 he knows that Putin's getting worn down as well. And 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.520 so when he's making those jokes about well, maybe I 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:46.480 will give a couple of thousand tomahawks to Zelenski, you 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.320 don't know if he's joking or on. And Putin doesn't 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:51.160 know if he's joking on on. So that's how he's 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.200 wielding his influence. And he wants to bring this to 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.240 an end. He's embarrassed that he said it was going 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:56.960 to be solved on day one because he thought he 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:00.120 had a relationship with Putin that hasn't happened. And I 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.000 think he's got a chip on his shoulder about that 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:02.400 as well. 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:05.600 Yeah, And I mean, look, it's amazing that a guy 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:09.960 who learned a transactional backed up by force negotiating style 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:11.719 that that's worked so well in the Middle East. Who 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.280 would have predicted that? But just you know, staying with 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.800 the Middle East just for a minute. There's been the 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.520 prospect now raised of American marines potentially even going into 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.040 Gaza to somehow keep the peace. You know, you say 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.560 that Americans like to be the world policeman, But did 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:31.520 people sign up necessarily for keeping peace in Gaza when 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:33.520 they voted for Trump? Here is there's going to be 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:35.560 a bit of blowback on that idea because I know 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.240 there's concerns about that relationship. 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.560 Yeah, I think no Americans want to see any more 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.520 Americans die in any conflict zones that aren't directly defending America, 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:51.520 and so that would be very toxic. I think if 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.800 Trump ever sends marines into Gaza, we will never find 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.360 out about it. It will be so discreet. They'll be 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:01.320 disguised as something else, probably for some kind of other 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.840 Arab ally we will never find out about it. They 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:09.320 certainly wouldn't do it publicly. And I mean, people forget 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.680 that we have had attacks on US baces during this war. 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.280 And also don't forget one of the biggest casualty events 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:20.399 was Biden building that two hundred and thirty million dollar 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:24.280 pontoon that sunk after twenty days. People forget a serviceman 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.919 diet after the injuries he sustained in that and it 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.560 achieved nothing. It was supposed to bring all this aid 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.399 into Gaza and it didn't happen. So when you just 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.879 I bring that up because it shows how invested America 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.040 has been in this for so long and how hard 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.080 they've found this until Trump's come in and reset it, 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.520 and He's used those business contacts. He knows that money 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:49.320 talks more in the Middle East than foreign policy wonkery 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:52.600 and like just that kind of traditional diplomacy, and so 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.159 he sent in Jared Kushna who's just pulled off the 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:57.080 extraordinary in. 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:01.080 This and as you say, it is ordinar Jared kushm 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.200 Kuscher said he could solve it because he read twenty 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:06.000 five books on the subject. And you know what, they've 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.160 done a hell of a lot better than so many 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:11.800 decades and decades of experts who thought they knew what 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:14.120 they were doing, but clearly did an analyst Nielson, thank 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:16.520 you so much for your time here on the US Report. 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:20.000 Now let's go to former senior advisor to President Trump, 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.800 Christian Witten. Christian, welcome back to the program. Here, big 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:27.480 breaking news here. Former US National security advisor to Donald Trump, 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:31.959 John Bolton, has been indicted. A federal grand jury has 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:36.760 indicted mister Bolton on charges of mishandling classified information. And 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.520 it sounds from the reports I've read, he is alleged 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:43.880 to have sent sensitive documents to relating to national security 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:47.840 through a personal email account. That's a big no no 0:19:48.160 --> 0:19:50.880 if you've got a top secret clearance. The US President 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.160 had this to say, I. 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:53.680 Didn't know that. 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:55.680 You're told me for the first time. But I think 0:19:55.720 --> 0:20:01.480 he's a bad person. I think he's a bad guy. Yeah, 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:04.360 he's a bad guy, too bad. But that's the where 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.280 it goes. That's the way it goes, right, that's the 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:07.760 way it goes. 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:09.880 Well, I want have you reviewed the case against him? 0:20:10.080 --> 0:20:11.639 No, I have it. I have it, But I just 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:12.760 think he's a bad person. 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:16.199 A Christian put aside the great call out to some 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.679 of his best material with the you're just telling me 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:22.320 this for the first timeline here. But if this is true, 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:25.960 if these allegations are correct, these are very serious allegations. 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.399 Ordinary people with security clearances who've done things like this 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:30.880 have been put away. 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:34.439 Absolutely. 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:36.199 You know, I was talking to a friend who was 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.760 with the FBI in San Diego, and every year there's 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.679 sort of a young non commissioned officer who shows some 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:45.560 lowly classified information to a girlfriend because he thinks it's 0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:49.000 cool and you know, end of career, probable jail time. This, 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:51.159 on the other hand, is someone who served at the 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:53.480 Justice Department and at the State Department and at the 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.440 White House and knows exactly what the rules are, had 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:59.680 access to the highest classified information, and at least according 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:02.359 to the which is just a government accusation, it's not 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:08.399 conclusive proof, but held a sensitive compartmentalized information, top secret information, 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.119 the highest level stuff at his home and put it 0:21:11.160 --> 0:21:14.080 into email and used it in his book. So this 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:16.119 is someone who knew the rules and broke them pretty 0:21:16.160 --> 0:21:17.520 clearly according to the indictment. 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:19.760 Yeah, And I mean that would put the lie to 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:22.000 the idea that this is just sort of a revenge 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:24.560 prosecution here, because this is a narrative that they keep 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:27.199 pushing that, oh, well, they're going after John Bolton or 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:30.080 Letitia James because they're just trying to get back Trump's 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.880 just trying to get back, is it enemies? But that's 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:36.919 not necessarily the case here, is it. 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:37.280 It's not. 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:40.600 Actually, this is a case of an injustice being put 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:45.080 right through prosecution because Bolton so just so clearly he 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:47.919 put this book into the review process. He sent the 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:51.560 manuscript just four months after he was fired. No one 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:53.879 writes a book in four months. That means that throughout 0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:56.680 his short tenures national Security Advisor. And this was rumored 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:58.600 at the time, and frankly I warned some friends at 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:00.360 the White House that he did this when he US 0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:02.640 ambassador the UN. He was working on the book while 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:04.560 he was still in government. That was probably one of 0:22:04.600 --> 0:22:06.280 the big reasons to go in, I think, was to 0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:10.960 make a splash and come out. But Joyce, Judge Lambert, 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:13.560 who's the name you may recall from the Lewinsky scandal era, 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:16.280 a Reagan appointee, basically told Bolton because the government was 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:19.000 trying to stop publication, all the books were published, all 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:21.760 they were already distributed. And the jet says, well, I'm 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:23.320 not going to stop this now because I can't. But 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:25.439 it seems like you broke the law that was in 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:28.760 the early Biden administration. Biden didn't prosecute it, and now 0:22:28.800 --> 0:22:31.640 Trump has, so finally justice is being served. 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:35.160 Good good good stuff. Hey, Christian onto other news here 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:38.600 Ata Washington. Here, this shutdown of the government is remaining 0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:42.560 in place. US lawmakers are trying to shift blame the Democrats, 0:22:42.600 --> 0:22:45.960 are trying to blame the Republicans. But since Democrats have 0:22:46.119 --> 0:22:49.280 just blocked an eight hundred and fifty two billion dollar 0:22:49.680 --> 0:22:53.880 bill that would have at least kept defense funded through September, 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:57.040