1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Hammer, and this is the Josh Hammer Show. 2 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Conservative icon and culter joins us later to discuss the good, 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: the bed, and the ugly of the first year plus 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: of Donald Trump's second term. Lots going on in the 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: world as well. Bill Clinton testifying earlier today in his 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: home of Chappaquad, New York, during the Epstein probe. We 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: will try to make sense as to what possible was said. 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: They are also the Iran situation deeply heats up. Much 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: more on that towards the end today's show, but for 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: now we begin with this. Donald Trump had a successful 11 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: State of the Union dress earlier this week by pretty 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 1: much every discernible measure. Looking at all the polls, the 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: instant analysis polls there even CNN's broadly liberal viewership had 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: somewhere between a sixty five and seventy percent approval rating 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: when it came to their perception of Donald Trump's speech 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: on Tuesday. As we said here on the show, there 17 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: were at least three things that Donald Trump had to 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: accomplish in his Day of the Union address. The one hands, 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: he had to unambiguously and very patriotically make the case 20 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: for the United States of America, especially in this two 21 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: to fiftieth anniversary year of the signing of the Decoration 22 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: of Independence. He definitely accomplished that. On the other hand, 23 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: he had to paint a very stark contrast between himself 24 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: between his movement, the MAGA movement, and his party, the 25 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: Republican Party, on the one hand, and then his political opposition, 26 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party represented by Hakim Jeffreys and Chuck Schumer, 27 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: and then the crazy faction like Jasmine Crockett and AOC. 28 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: He had to paint that very stark dichotomy. This, above all, 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: is perhaps where Donald Trump excelled. He absolutely, unequivally was 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: able to paint this dichotomy. The American people saw this 31 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: earlier this week when the Democrats did not stand did 32 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: not stand for the parents of Irena Zurutzka. Again, apparently, 33 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: Democrats are blown to support one hundreds of billions of 34 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: dollars in US taxpayer money going off to the highly 35 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: corrupt country of Ukraine, but when it comes to actually 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: Ukrainian refugees fleeing this horrific vlamir punin inflicted war zone, 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: they're not willing to get off their butts to stand 38 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: for those refugees who are horrifically murdered by people here 39 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: who never should have been on the street because of 40 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: a fifteen crime rap sheet. Democrats also not getting off 41 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: their butts on the State of the Union address when 42 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: Donald Trump called for legislators to stand to support the 43 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: very simple, rudimentary proposition that the government stands for citizens 44 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: over a legal aliens. If there is any ad, if 45 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: there is any ad that could pay tremendous dividends for 46 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: Republicans and potentially even keep both Houses of Congress potentially 47 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: this November. It is that already there are some Republican 48 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: alliance outside organizations super PACs. Already some of them are 49 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: starting to take this video of Democrats not standing and 50 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: they are blasting it. It's already happening. You're only going 51 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: to see more of that come November. Mark my words. 52 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: This is really going to be the most important image, 53 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: the most important video that you were going to see 54 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: this entire cycle. But at this stage, it's an important 55 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: time I think to zoom out and to really just 56 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: try to take stock as to how Donald Trump is 57 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: currently doing at this time. Again, we'll do a little 58 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: bit more of this in just a few minutes with 59 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: the iconic author and columnists, and culture as well. Statistically, 60 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: there are any number of areas where the Trump mistration 61 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: is genuinely excelling when it comes to immigration. When it 62 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: comes to southern border crossing, southern border crossings are at 63 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: at least a half century low compared to the apex 64 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: during the biministration, during the deluge d during the overflow 65 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: of illegal aliens flooding over places like Eagle Pass, Texas, 66 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: like Del Rio, Texas. 67 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 2: Place like that. 68 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: From then in around twenty twenty two, twenty three, twenty 69 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: three or so until now, there has been a ninety 70 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: five percent, roughly speaking, drop in crossings it encounters. Frankly, 71 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: they're actually not even coming. The cartels, the traffick rings 72 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: are barely even sending people up here because they know 73 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: that the border is sealed and they know that if 74 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: they actually somehow get past the border patrol, which they're not, 75 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: because there's actually there have actually been shockingly close to zero, 76 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: zero actual successful legal entries, we believe according to Customs 77 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: and Border Protection statistics, they're being close to zero actual 78 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: legal entries over the past six months or so. So 79 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: the cartels are essentially saying it's not worth it. Like 80 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: it's literally just not worth there, so they're trying to 81 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: make their money through other means when it comes to 82 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: drugs and contrabands and other things like that. Immigration certainly 83 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: seems like it is going very well. Then from a 84 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: Trump administration perspective, there's always room for improvement there. Certainly 85 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: some of what we saw on the ground in Minnesota, 86 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: there's room for improvement, I guess would be a polite 87 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: way of saying. And frankly, that's not just coming from us, actually, 88 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: it's coming from it's coming from the borders are himself. 89 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: Tom Holman actually was the very first to say them 90 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: when when Tom Holman was assigned by the administration to 91 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: be the point man during the Minnesota operation about a 92 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: month ago or so, he literally had that press conference 93 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: they're standing in Minnesota where he said, let's not opurtend 94 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: the mistakes haven't been made. There's nothing wrong, by the 95 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: way with owning up and admitting that some mistakes have 96 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: been made. Certainly, way way way more mistakes come from 97 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: the anarchists and the insurrectionists on the other side, those 98 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: demagogic democrats, for instance, who were inciting there the likes 99 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: of rene Goa, the likes of Alex Predie to try 100 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: to be Hamas like martyrs, to try to win this 101 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: perverse dystopian pr war against trudministration, against civilizational sanity, against 102 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: national borders, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Anyway, immigration, 103 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: generally speaking going quite well. The economy is the big 104 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: question out there. 105 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: For now. 106 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,119 Speaker 1: There is currently mixed data Q three. The third quarter 107 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five saw roughly four point four percent 108 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: GDP growth. The most recent number that we have out 109 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: of the final quarter of twenty twenty five has seen 110 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: the number go down considerably from four point four percent 111 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: to one point four percent. There are some folks, some 112 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: lase A fair fundamentalists, some folks who get their economic 113 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: talking points from the Cato Institute and various other libertarian 114 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: think tanks. They're probably of folks say, oh, the tariff 115 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: of the taris of the tarifts, But that doesn't make 116 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: any sense actually, because the tariffs went in place, broadly speaking, 117 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: as early as last April during so called Liberation Day 118 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: in the Rose Garden of the White House. So the 119 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: tariffs are definitely not responsible when it comes to this. 120 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: This GDP drop from Q three twenty twenty five to 121 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: Q four twenty twenty five. Make of it what you will. 122 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: There are other other factors going on as well, but 123 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: it's definitely not the tariffs. Donald Trumpwoard's where its seemingly 124 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: is going to keep most of the terrorists in place. 125 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: There's already going to be somewhere between a ten to 126 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: fifteen percent global TARERFF policy. The Commerce departments Howard Ludnik, 127 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: Treasury uder Scott Bess, and they've already announced that they're 128 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: invoking the Trade Act of nineteen seventy four, a similar 129 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: statute ish to the nineteen seventy seven International Economic Emergency 130 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: Powers Act, the one that the Court ruled against. There 131 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: So the tariffs will broadly remain in place. The key 132 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: here speaking of the economy. As we've said, the show 133 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: is looking ahead towards November, especially with Democrats overwhelmingly favored 134 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: to take over the House. Mike Johnson has a very 135 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: very very narrow majority there in the House. The opposition 136 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: party almost always almost always makes inroads in the first 137 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: midterm election off year after a president is sworn in. 138 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: There are exceptions to this rule, they are very very 139 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: few and far in between two thousand and two is 140 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: the main year that comes to mind. That was when 141 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: the country still had the post nine to eleven rally 142 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: around the flag effect, and Republicans were able to do 143 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: pretty well in Congress that year. That again is very 144 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: much the exception. The best way to forestall and to 145 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: forestall any possible losses and potentially actually, you know, to 146 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: make inroads. I don't think that's gonna happen, but the 147 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: best way to possibly do that at least is to 148 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: provide direct, immediate relief to the American people. Ideally not 149 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: in the form necessarily of just printing money, because printing money, 150 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: as we've seen, has an inflation effect. After all, it 151 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: reached nine point one percent in twenty twenty two under 152 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: Joe Biden alaw of that coming from the COVID era 153 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: emergency money printing. So I'm not saying that you just 154 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: print money and hand it out there LBJ welfare state style. 155 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: Rather some sort of immediate tax relief. How about some 156 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: sort of perhaps healthcare related tax credits. Stalan Trump unveiling 157 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: his new healthcare plan at his State of the Union 158 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: address just this past Tuesday night, there real immediate fanci 159 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: relief there when it comes to housing, to mortgage, when 160 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: it comes to healthcare, some of these various parts of 161 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: physical mecon policy, they don't necessarily get a whole lot 162 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: of chatter, but that the working in middle class men 163 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: and women of America think about a lot. Two thirds 164 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: of American after all, two thirds of Americans live paycheck 165 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: to baycheck. That is a statistic that is very very 166 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: easily forgotten by the white collar class, by the professional class, 167 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: by the laptop class let's call them. 168 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 2: There. 169 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: Many Americans out there think and worry deeply about what 170 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: could happen to frankly, not just their he healthcare, but 171 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: in many ways to their ability to purchase something as 172 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: basic as groceries, as staple goods. 173 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 3: There. 174 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: These are the kind of things that Trump and the 175 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: economic teams we're thinking of very clearly on a day in, 176 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: day out basis. Certainly, I would love to see a 177 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: grid emphasis this year as a head towards November on 178 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: rooting out fraud. Vice President Jade Vance is this new frauds? 179 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: Are Donald Trump announcing him as such during the State 180 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: of the Union address? There, I want to see accountability. 181 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: We have had too many scandals, too many scandals. 182 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: In this country. 183 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: Going back a very very long time, and leased as 184 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: far back as Russia Gates in twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen, 185 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: at least as far back, certainly as the COVID nineteen 186 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: hysteria and the biomedical security states. As Ron the Santis 187 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: famously referred to it, the Hunter Biden laptop, the Jack 188 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: Smith lawfair. There have been way too many scandals the 189 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: American people who endure without any kind of accountability whatsoever. 190 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: And what happens in Minnesota here with the billions billions 191 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: of dollars in fraud is scandalous. It is absolutely scandalous 192 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: and moral stain. Frankly, it's not to say fiscal stain 193 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: is a moral stain on these United States, the working 194 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: men and women's country. Their hard earned taxpayer dollars deserve 195 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: to go towards better ends than Somali fraudsters, misanthropes and miscreants. 196 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: So hopefully we'll get some answers there on that question 197 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: as well. And the realm of foreign policy. We'll get 198 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: to this little bit more in the context of Ron 199 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: and a little bit later in the show. Will Don 200 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: Trump be able to continue his legacy as a peace 201 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: maker sometimes as Don Trump will be the first say 202 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: you actually need strength in order to get peace. Sometimes tragically, 203 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: you actually need military action. You actually need some sort 204 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 1: of battle or war sometimes to actually bring you peace. 205 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: It sounds paradoxical, but sometimes that is actually the only 206 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: way to actually secure and enduring peace. The alternative, as 207 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 1: people like Neville Chamberlain found out on the even the 208 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: presspae of World War two, the alternative is simply to 209 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: just entrench a rogue, totalitarian, despotic regime empowered there we 210 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: will see certainly how the situation with Iran unfold. Will 211 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: there be peace in the Rushi Ukraine theater? Very hard 212 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: to say, certainly. This war has been going on now 213 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: for four years. It began in February twenty twenty two. 214 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: Steve Wikoff, Jared Kishner, the entire American negotiating team, I've 215 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: tried admirably hard. They met just in Genevas, Switzerland, just 216 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: this week yet again for the umpteenth time, with both 217 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: Russia and Ukrainian negotiators there. Who knows that would be 218 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: the crown jewel certainly of any attempt to solidify this 219 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: peacemaking status there. But the administration is a very very 220 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: strong peacemaking track record, and whether it's Russi, Ukraine or 221 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: other theaters the Middle East or elsewhere there the Venezuela 222 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: situation will see what happens Cuba a potential tinderbox. There 223 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: a lot to look out for, certainly as we headed 224 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 1: towards November, and there's really no one better than we 225 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: rather bring on to talk about all of that and 226 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: much more than the one and only the Greats and 227 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: Culture who joined us right after a short commercial break, 228 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: stay with us and Cultures on the other side, welcome back. Well, 229 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: as previously mentioned, we have a guest who really needs 230 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: no introduction whatsoever. She is a multiple times New York 231 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: Times bestselling author, syndicated columnists all around conservative icon that, 232 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: of course is and culture can follow and on x 233 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: AT and culture checkout and culture dot com for her 234 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: wonderful sub stack and all of her great content. So, 235 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: and we haven't seen you on the show in a while. 236 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for stopping by again. I wanted 237 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: to just do some deep dive on the administration with you. 238 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: We had this big Stay of the Union address earlier 239 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: this week. A lot of accomplishments that the President was 240 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: able to tout there. Certainly on crime, immigration, statistically, something 241 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 1: seem like they're going pretty well. Nonetheless, there's this kind 242 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: of vague, lingering sentiment in the background. It might be real, 243 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 1: it might be media hoax that things could be better. 244 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: So I kind of want to turn over to you. 245 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: Give me your high level thoughts on the state of 246 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: the Union for starters, and then from there, what do 247 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: you think is broadly speaking, he is going well at 248 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: this juncture of Donald Trump's second term. 249 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 3: Well, it's a million times better than first term. We 250 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 3: can start with that. So I feel a little churlish 251 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: complaining about anything. I mean, as many may know, I 252 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 3: got a little testy with Trump for not doing anything 253 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 3: on immigration his first term. That's changed. Really like having 254 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 3: Stephen Miller there, I would I would really prefer Stephen 255 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 3: Miller as our president, if you must know. He's wonderful, 256 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 3: He's really great. And so having said that, I ought 257 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 3: to say that most of these are are quibbles. Really 258 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 3: happy with what's going. But I mean, just just today 259 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 3: I tweeted about it. This Ice Bust, an illegal alien 260 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 3: who was declared illegal under the Obama administration. That's how 261 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 3: long she's been here at Columbia University. New York Times 262 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 3: plays up the fact that it's under false pretenses, as 263 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 3: I think, you know, Josh allowed to arrest under false pretenses, 264 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 3: so really no problem with that. It's called good police 265 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 3: for And this illegal alien tweets from the back of 266 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 3: the ICE van, this is my unlawful attention. I was 267 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 3: unlawfully seized. So that's fantastic that we have not only 268 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 3: illegal aliens, but illegal aliens who have so much respect 269 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 3: for our laws that she thinks the arrest is illegal 270 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 3: as opposed to what she's doing being illegal. And mom 271 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: Dommy goes to meet with Trump. Long and short of 272 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 3: it is, and Trump apologizes and releases her. Columbia gets 273 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 3: one point three billion in federal research funds. Could you 274 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 3: be a tough guy in real life once in a while, 275 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 3: And I wish he would do that a little bit 276 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 3: more on immigration, but. 277 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: Overall, certainly immigration, as you mentioned, it is going a 278 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: lot better this time around than last time. Certainly there's 279 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: always room for improvements. Certainly the deportation numbers, you know, 280 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: ICE could get more funding, et cetera, et cetera. But 281 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: certainly the eye is on the prize a bit more 282 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: than a times it seemed like in the first room. 283 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: What do you attribute that to? Because because Steven Miller, 284 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: as much as you love him, I love him too. 285 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: I've known Stephen a long time. I think very highly him. 286 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: But he was there in the way in the White 287 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: House the first time as well. So what has changed 288 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: is it? Tom Homan? Is the president himself more focused? 289 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: What do you attribute the change in immigration policy and 290 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: enforcement rigor too? 291 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: Definitely Trump, Definitely Trump. He has completely changed his attitude. 292 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 3: He knew, unfortunately what a lot of politicians know. He 293 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 3: knew what to say to get elected. And I think 294 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 3: his twenty sixteen campaign was the most magnificent campaign in 295 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 3: the United States history. He hit on every point. He 296 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 3: moved the Republican Party away from all these old issues 297 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 3: from the nineteen eighties to current problems with the country. 298 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, why did it take so long for 299 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 3: any presidential candidate to do that? But then, I mean, 300 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: as a lot of people have commented on, I suppose, 301 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: then it gets to the White House and the first 302 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 3: thing he wants to do is get the New York 303 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 3: Times to like him. He's calling Maggie Haberman of the 304 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: Times every single day didn't give an interview to Breitbart 305 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: or the you know, the websites and blogs and podcasts 306 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 3: who supported them all along. He hired a bunch of 307 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 3: really establishment figures. Luckily, Stephen Miller hung on by the 308 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: skin of his teeth. You know, when he was first there. 309 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 3: The only way he could stay in the White House 310 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 3: his first term Donald Trump was by pretending to be 311 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 3: working on women's issues with Avanka. So I think it 312 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: really was a problem of his attitude. And then it 313 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 3: turns out something you or I would have known, or 314 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: really a toddler eight months old. They're never gonna like you, 315 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: Donald Trump. They are never going to like you. They 316 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: might like Josh Hammer if we flipped, if I flipped, 317 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 3: they might like me. They are never They could just 318 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 3: consider him Roy Rodney dangerfield. So when they paid him 319 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 3: back with for all of his solicitation of New York 320 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 3: elites by endlessly prosecuting him, I think that kind of 321 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 3: woke him up and he decided, Okay, that's it no more, 322 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 3: mister nice guy. 323 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: Now are you worried at all that Republicans might go 324 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: soft on the immigration issue as we gear up for 325 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: the midterms, Because I find myself somewhat nervous about this, say, 326 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: I'll be very honest with you, especially after what happened 327 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. There were these two deaths, there was a 328 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: lot of backlash from the media establishment. Nothing knew obviously 329 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: when it comes to conservative immigration for some priorities there. 330 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: But I'm starting to feel this whisper campaign that's penetrating 331 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: getting a little louder from the GOP k Strey consulting class. 332 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: I go softer on immigration, you know, wanti just go 333 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: after the criminal aliens, you know, you know those who 334 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: are quote unquote just here, as if that's not a 335 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: crime enough, by the way, quote unquote just being here. 336 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: But I feel like there is a real risk in 337 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: this election year of Republicans starting to slow down as 338 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: opposed to frankly ramping up, which is where I think 339 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: that's where I would want them to go, honestly. But 340 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: are you scared of the same thing? And how do 341 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: you see this you playing out as we head towards November. 342 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 3: Great question. I am always scared of the GOP and 343 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 3: Trump going soft on immigration. I mean, as some of 344 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 3: the forces you mentioned, the consultant class, the donors, everyone 345 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 3: Trump talks to, the rich, the farmers, the hospitality industry, 346 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 3: the Democrats, the liberal media is trying to be really 347 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 3: helpful for Republicans by advising them. Boy, this immigration issue 348 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: is killing you. And yet for twenty years, being really 349 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 3: hardcore on immigration has always been a popular issue. You 350 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 3: just can't cut it through these GOP brains. I mean, 351 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 3: I wrote about this in Trump We Trust. I think 352 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,439 Speaker 3: it's an hilarious contrast. I highly recommend that comparing the 353 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 3: debate performances of the seventeen candidates Trump was running against 354 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 3: with what Trump was saying, and literally every single Republican 355 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 3: had to do three things in basically every speech talk 356 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 3: about their immigrant groups roots. They would give this this 357 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 3: perfunctory of course, we have to have a secure border, 358 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 3: and then they would attack any possible way of securing 359 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 3: the border. And while we still have Ted Cruz doing 360 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 3: the legal good, illegal bad, how can we get it 361 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 3: through their schools? You would think, you know, cheers throughout 362 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: America's college campuses after October seventh, by what were they again? 363 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 3: Legal immigrants? Would finally wake people up when they say 364 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 3: legal immigrants to what they're thinking of is their ancestors 365 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 3: from Ellis Island. They are not thinking about the illegal 366 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 3: immigrants we've been getting since nineteen seventy, which are basically 367 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 3: whom are basically indistinguishable from illegal aliens. They come about 368 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 3: eighty five percent from the third world legal. 369 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: That's absolutely right, and you're correct to identify Santa Cruz. 370 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: I've known sen A Cruise for a long time. He's 371 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: so good in so many things there by this old 372 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: one that he said many years ago really has stuck 373 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: with me. This notion of legal good, illegal bad. It 374 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: was never the right policy position for the Republican Party 375 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: as a whole. I think that Donald Trump has started 376 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: to intuit that. Again, folks, we're chatting with and Culter 377 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: the decades long iconic best young author and syndicated commas. 378 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: And just about a minute, lef, before we go to 379 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: a short commercial break, we'll bring you back on the 380 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 1: other side. There anything that you are hoping just staying 381 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: on the immigration issue, just fron on the minnesot on 382 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: this topic from this administration, from executive order, perhaps legislations, 383 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: those possibility of another reconciliation built bypassed Billbuster, or anything 384 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: specifically immigration related that you would like to see improved 385 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: from the status quo. 386 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 3: There are probably a lot of things. The main thing 387 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 3: is not losing the House in the Senate because a 388 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 3: lot of this that's what concerns me the most. A 389 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 3: lot of this stuff has to be codified, it has 390 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 3: to be made law. And in that regard, I guess 391 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 3: I should finally write this up at some point, because 392 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: I just keep mentioning it on every podcast I go on. 393 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 3: And maybe you've talked about this. The twenty twenty census 394 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 3: way way way underestimated the number of congressional seats in 395 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: eight reds states, overestimated them in eight blue states. I 396 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 3: think with one exchange they always go back and correct 397 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 3: the census. What mistakes they made? That correction was made 398 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 3: in the Biden administration. This isn't some crazy Trump administration thing. 399 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 3: Why on earth are for one thing, Republican governors like 400 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 3: the Iran DeSantis and Governor Abbott. Why aren't they suing 401 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 3: the federal government saying you have illegally taken away through 402 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 3: what you admit is a miscalculation four or five congressional seats. 403 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 3: If we were up ten congressional seats going into the 404 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 3: midterm elections, we wouldn't have to worry about how stupid our. 405 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: Party It's a very good point. 406 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: Also the first person I've ever made that point in 407 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: a very long time, So I appreciate that very much. 408 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: So let's pivot from immigration. We've talked about that. I 409 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 1: think sufficiently for now. What is going less good thus far? 410 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 1: I know we both think administration is largely going better 411 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: than the first time in pretty much your respect there. 412 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: But if you were to say what is less good, 413 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: perhaps what is bad, maybe what is even ugly, there 414 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: is anything that you object to, you definitely improve on 415 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: your bona fides and not being afraid to speak out 416 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: when Trump errs there. So what is on your radar 417 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: in this respect at this time? 418 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 3: You know, I'm sure we will finish this interview and 419 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 3: I'll think of sixteen other things. I think way too 420 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 3: much focus on foreign wars? What was beautiful about Trump? 421 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 3: And if you could just give us a few years 422 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 3: where Americans are the one thing you care about. I 423 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 3: mean that action in Mexico by the Mexican government, which 424 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 3: New York Times is saying, you know, it's from pushing 425 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 3: by Donald Trump that the Mexican government went and killed 426 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 3: this cartel leader. When I first heard about them killing 427 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,160 Speaker 3: the cartel leader and yeah, a lot of Americans had 428 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 3: to hide in their hotel rooms and Puerto Varta. I 429 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 3: was hoping it was our country. Why aren't we going 430 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 3: after the cartels. I loved the venezuel Want attack. That's 431 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 3: something that affects our country. I mean, it's just madness 432 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 3: that one hundred thousand Americans are dying every year from 433 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 3: from drugs being brought in from Latin America, and we're 434 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 3: just acting like, oh, well, that's a fact of life, 435 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 3: nothing we can do. But meanwhile, we're supposed to care 436 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 3: about what's happening in Ukraine. Okay, maybe that will be 437 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 3: important at some point, But now now, mister Trump, could 438 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 3: we please please take care of Americans, you know, the 439 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 3: whole American first thing. Yeah. 440 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: No, I think that's totally fair. And I go to 441 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: Calm maybe a year or two ago, essentially saying that 442 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: if there's going to be kind of another Pancho Villa, 443 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: you know, border war style exhibition, you know, frankly, that's 444 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: probably overdue for just being candid with you. I mean, 445 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: you have these transnational cartels that have operational control of 446 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: this very lengthy border. A first world country can only 447 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: put up with that situation for for so long. 448 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 3: There. 449 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: The scuttle buck that I've heard, Annie is that FIFA 450 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: might be asking Mexico to give up its World Cup 451 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: matches in the Soccer World Cup this summer because of 452 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: the situation there. I guess we'll see where that goes there. 453 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: Anything else outside of foreign policy, what about the what 454 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: about the go ahead? 455 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 3: Sorry? I love the tariffs, contrary to a lot of Republicans. Again, 456 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 3: I think that's putting Americans first. I read John Roberts 457 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 3: dissent in that opinion, and I found it very very persuasive, 458 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 3: particularly that every president has has put tariffs in place, 459 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,479 Speaker 3: and I've interviewed a lot of people who know more 460 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 3: about it on my substack to have them explain why 461 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 3: tariffs are a great thing. But the other thing I 462 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 3: think i'd say is is not a substance of issue. 463 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 3: It's a process issue for a few big issues, especially immigration. 464 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 3: Sorry you said what about other than immigration? Maybe tariffs too, 465 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 3: though he's talked quite a bit about tariffs. I would 466 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 3: have a primetime fireside address. He's very powerful. Stephen Miller 467 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 3: can write a really beautiful speech, but particularly after Renee 468 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 3: Good and Alex pretty, you need to explain this is 469 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 3: federal law, federal law, Trump state law. This a primetime 470 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 3: address on all of the Americans killed by illegal aliens. 471 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 3: I mean, the media so aggressively hides that. We saw 472 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 3: the Democrats, you know, sitting sitting pouting about Trump saying 473 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 3: saving Americans who otherwise might have been killed by illegal aliens. 474 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: It'll drive the left and Democrats crazy. They will look bad. 475 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 3: But mostly he needs to be like Reagan and communicate 476 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 3: directly to the American people about how important this is. 477 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: The terrorist decision in RV. Here on the show the 478 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: Court Box, that one. Now, it's admittedly a closer call 479 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: than I think a lot of Trump fans think it is. 480 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 2: It's a somewa compca legal question. 481 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: But the cabin on assent I've personally found to be 482 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: very very compelling there, and generally speaking, when you have 483 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito on the same side of 484 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: the argument, there's a very very good chance. But that 485 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: argument is crat that's our that's our workI presumption here 486 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: on the Josh Hammers Show at least. But you know, 487 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 1: it seems like Secretary Scott Besson's has some backup plans 488 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: in place there. They're invoking the nineteen seventy four Trade Act. Well, 489 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: we'll see how that goes. I'm I'm sure some liberal 490 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: groups and some fortune five hundred companies will start to 491 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: sue a SAP if they haven't done so already. Folks again, 492 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: fall and Culture on ex ad and Culture go to 493 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: her website and culture dot com. She's got a wonderful 494 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: sub sac among other things there. And putting on your 495 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: prediction hat as we head towards November. You know, for 496 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: all this talk about Trump's popularity, the immigration as to 497 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: quote unquote harsh, the media operation, the gas lighting, all 498 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: this there the silver lining and the best thing for 499 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: Republicans is that no matter how badly the media hates, then, 500 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: the matter how badly they sometimes try to screw up 501 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: things themselves, the Democrats right now are essentially about as 502 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: popular as venereal disease. And even on an issue like 503 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: inflation constant willing that people say Donald Trump is not 504 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: doing well on, they still trust more than the Democrats. 505 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: So I guess putting on your prediction hat. 506 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 3: There. 507 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: The smart money, so to speak, the betting markets currently 508 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,479 Speaker 1: have Republicans losing the house. I think poly market had 509 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: like a Dems pick up in the House like a 510 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: ninety percent, probably something astronomically high like that. Do you 511 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: think that it's a foregone conclusion that Democrats take the House, 512 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: and what about the Senate as well? Well? 513 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 3: I should say that this has nothing to do with 514 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: Trump's performance. It has nothing to do with the special elections. 515 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 3: I've always thought we're going to lose seats in the 516 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 3: House just because it happens in midterm elections. I wouldn't 517 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 3: be too freaked out by the special elections because that 518 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 3: also always happens. Who's going to be really dedicated to 519 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 3: come out and vote in a special election. It's not 520 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 3: the party in power. And that's why the census issue 521 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 3: is so very, very very important. I mean, for Pete's sake. 522 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 3: I haven't looked up exactly what procedure the president would use, 523 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 3: but if he's going to do crazy stuff like rename 524 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 3: the Kennedy Center after himself, figure out a way to 525 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 3: get those ten congressional seats that the Biden administration says 526 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 3: red states are owed. I agree with you that I 527 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 3: don't think. Well, we'll see. We don't know how much 528 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 3: they're going to predict, but the liberal media will definitely 529 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 3: e The media will definitely be predicting a gigantic, unbelievable blowout. 530 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 3: And you're right that Democrats can't help themselves but to 531 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 3: keep supporting men in transgender men and women's sports. They 532 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 3: can't help but to hate everything about enforcement of federal 533 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 3: immigration laws on the books. So I don't think it'll 534 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 3: be as bad as the media I predict will be 535 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 3: predicting no fair enough, and. 536 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 1: That that's basically where my head is at too. I 537 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: think the House is probably going to be lost, but 538 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: I mean, who knows. I mean, if Republicans can blast 539 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: those images from the state of Union of Democrats not 540 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: shanity persistence over the legal aliens, I mean that literally 541 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: could be the political ad that that saves Republicans the House. 542 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it was that much of a self own, uh, 543 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: you know, from Hokim Jeffries and his House Democratic Caucus. 544 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: And before I let you go, I guess I want 545 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: to just get your your thoughts as of now on 546 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight. It's obviously many many years away at 547 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: this point there, but these things always happen soon then 548 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: you think, I'm sure folks will start to announce later 549 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: this year or early next year at the very latest. 550 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: On the Republican side, Jadvans is definitely still the front runner. 551 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: But it seems like in the betting markets and kind 552 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: of just the word of mouth that I hear, he's 553 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: viewed as as pretty stagnant relative to where he started 554 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: as vice president about a year ago, whereas Marco Rubio 555 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: seems to have skyrocketed all the memes about him doing 556 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: a million jobs. They are generally perceived to be very 557 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: close with Trump. 558 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 2: Is that how you see it? And do you at 559 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 2: this stage have a very early preference or is this 560 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 2: just too early to say so? 561 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 3: Glad you asked me that, because we must warn your 562 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 3: viewers immediately, Josh Hammer, do not trust Marco Rubio. Do 563 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 3: not trust Marco Rubio. This is a disaster waiting to happen. 564 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 3: In the Florida legislature. He was a big amnesty supporter, 565 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 3: so he was when he ran for Senate. Many many 566 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 3: talk radio hosts a question was, are you gonna push 567 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 3: amnesty or you gonna push amnesty? Joyce Kaufman made him 568 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 3: swear on his mother's life that when he got to 569 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 3: the United States Senate he would not support amnesty. Rubio 570 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 3: gets elected gets to the US Senate first bill amnesty, 571 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 3: and that was a terrifying time for the country because, 572 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 3: of course, the entire Rupert Murdoch empire is wildly for empire. 573 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 3: So you had Fox News, Fox News host Wall Street Journal, 574 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 3: Hannity Rush Levin just because they liked Rubio. I guess 575 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 3: we're all supporting that amnesty bill. Stephen Miller and I 576 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 3: have talked about this long before Trump got elected. It 577 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 3: was a dark, dark time for America. I would also say, yes, 578 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 3: he reads a speech well, even I have been shockingly impressed. 579 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 3: Remember that debate he had in New Hampshire with Chris Christy. 580 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 3: He is not good on his feet. JD. Vance is 581 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 3: much smarter. I think he's very good in TV interviews. 582 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 3: He is not my only choice, however, because I like competition, 583 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 3: So drop the Rubio JD. Vance. I'm sake saying JD. 584 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 3: Vans and Senator Eric Schmidt. 585 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: Oh okay, wow, a real wild card there. Well, I 586 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: personally think very highly Eric Schmith. Actually, so that's a 587 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: very fascinating contribution. Now, I guess we'll see if that materializes. Well, 588 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: Unfortunately we're out of time. Man, You and I could 589 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: talk all day fallow Ann Culture on x folks at 590 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: aculturean culture dot com, and you are an icon, a 591 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: legend and a friend as well. God bless you have 592 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: a great week at my friend. 593 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 3: Good to talk to you. Thanks Josh, welcome back. 594 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 2: It was a great conversation with and Culter. 595 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: I genuinely had not heard Missouri Center Eric Schmid's name 596 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: floated as presidential material before. He's been this ended for 597 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: less than one term. Certainly he is a rising star. 598 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: I suppose we'll see if he is quite that ambitious. 599 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 1: I'm not entirely sure that Anne's going to get her 600 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: get her wish when it comes to a possible Eric 601 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: Smith presidential candidacy, but we will see well, folks Now. 602 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: As a brief word from our sponsor for today's show, 603 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Israel's a hot 604 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: topic right now, and with so many opinions and emotions surrounding, 605 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: it can feel hard to know where to start. 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There was a brand new pull that 624 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: I just saw. I believe it was from Pew. It 625 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: was a poured on by Axios and others that showed 626 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: that for the first time, for the first time in 627 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: modern Pew Gallop polling, more Americans currently sympathize with the 628 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: Palestinian Arabs than with Israel. Is the first time this 629 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: has ever happened. This is a brand new thing. As 630 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 1: recently as as seven or eight years ago, American decided 631 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: more with Israel than the Palatine Arras by a massive margin, 632 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: by thirty five forty points. It starts to get a 633 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 1: little narrower towards the very end of Trump into the 634 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: bind administration, and then it gets much narrower and narrower 635 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: after the October seventh War, which was commenced by the 636 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: Hamas Pigram. And now, unfortunately it seems the Palatine arrows 637 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: have taken a slight leave the first time ever in 638 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: the Who are you more sympathetic to question? My basic 639 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: take on this is as follows. This says very little, 640 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: if anything, about Israel. It says, unfortunately, a lot about America. 641 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: America was founded as a god fearing, religious, biblically inspired people. 642 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: John Adams famously said, our second president, a great man, 643 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: famously said that our constitution was made only for a 644 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: religious and a moral people. 645 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 2: It is wholly. 646 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: Inadequate to any other. The founder is largely presumed that 647 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: America would be a Christian and frankly and overwhelmingly Protestant country. 648 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,720 Speaker 1: As you mentioned on Thursday show, one of our favorite 649 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,240 Speaker 1: quotes all time is from George Washington in his seventeen 650 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: ninety six farewell address, where a famously says that he 651 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: who does not believe that revealed Biblical religion is the 652 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: indispensable safeguard of a free people in liberty, in all morality. 653 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: He who does not believe that is in for a 654 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: very rude awakenings. That's a paraphrase of course there. But 655 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: as America has become a less Christian country, as diversity 656 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: has proven over and over again to not be our strength, 657 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,320 Speaker 1: but frankly to be a massive detriment there. As we 658 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: have imported large of foreign cultures and try to unify 659 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: them and homogenize them into our founding creed, into our 660 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: broader cultural civic prosonism, it has not ended well. And 661 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: the accelerant, of course, on top of all this, as 662 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: the Left has lost their minds when it comes to 663 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: the Jews, when when it comes to this issue of 664 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: the Israeli Palatine issue, and the Left has lost their 665 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,240 Speaker 1: mind because of intersectionality and wocism and all these stupid 666 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: neo Marxist idiocies, the accelerants of all that, as we're 667 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: not shot discussing here on this show, is a lot 668 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: of the brain rod that you see coming from some 669 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,400 Speaker 1: folks on the quote unquote right, the tuck of crosses, 670 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 1: the Canistones is. So it's a very noxious, toxic stew. 671 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: What I would just briefly say, and I frankly wrote 672 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 1: a whole book on this, So check out my book 673 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,840 Speaker 1: Israel and Civilization from last year if you want the 674 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: longer version of this argument. The short answer though, and 675 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: my take on this new pole from Pew is this 676 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 1: the reason that this poll is not really about Israel 677 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: and is more about America, and because nothing actually has 678 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: really changed over in Israel. They were mainly the exact 679 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,319 Speaker 1: same country that they were relative to a few years ago. 680 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,840 Speaker 1: If anything, actually they're more conservative, they're more religious, more nationalists, 681 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,880 Speaker 1: more right wing, et cetera. I saw some poll the 682 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 1: other day actually that seventy five percent of young Israelis 683 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: registering to vote are registering with right of center parties. 684 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: There it's an overwhelmingly trending right wing country, very counter 685 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,839 Speaker 1: cultural actually to a lot of European countries. And that's 686 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: a very good thing. The reason this is about America 687 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: is it's very simple. There is not a single country. Really, 688 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: there is not a single nation, not a single ruler, 689 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: a single dictator, a single monarch, a single legislature. There's 690 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: not a single ruling or governing authority in human history 691 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: that has turned on the Jews and been. 692 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 2: Better off for it. 693 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: This is an extraordinarily important point, regardless of exactly how 694 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:03,239 Speaker 1: you interpret Genesis twelve three, this notion that God will 695 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: bless those who blessed the children of Abraham and will 696 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 1: curse those who curse them, regardless of exactly how you 697 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: interpret that, and we take it as I think many 698 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: evangelic Christians do as well, essentially at face value. But 699 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: regardless of exactly how you interpret that, there it is 700 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 1: empirically the case that that Biblical verse has broadly been 701 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: realized in human history. When nations turn on the Jews, 702 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: there are not good things ahead. So my biggest concern 703 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 1: when I saw this pupil this morning was not about Israel, 704 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: which Largie is going to be fine. They actually just 705 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: had a big meeting between primasnets Yahu and Prime Minister 706 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,720 Speaker 1: Noreendra Modi, the head of India. The world's most populist country. 707 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: So they're going to be just fine. The question that 708 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 1: I have as an American who loves this country is 709 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:55,240 Speaker 1: is my country going to be okay? And this, above 710 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: all is the reason that we sound the alarm as 711 00:37:58,239 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: loud on the show as we do about the time 712 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,720 Speaker 1: and the canasas. It's really not ultimately about the Jews. 713 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,400 Speaker 1: It's about America. We'llieve you with that for now, speaking 714 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 1: of America, about the Jews, about all this, the scuttle 715 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,160 Speaker 1: butt is that this weekend really could be the weekend 716 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: where things start to go down in Iran. So the 717 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: USS Gerald R. Ford just arrived in the eastern Mediterranean 718 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: off of the Israeli city of Haifa. That happened just 719 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,760 Speaker 1: this week. There are now two aircraft carri strike coups 720 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,800 Speaker 1: in the region. The Wall Street Journal has reported that 721 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: this is the largest build up of naval and aerial 722 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,000 Speaker 1: assets by the United States in one part of the 723 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: world since the actual invasion in two thousand and three 724 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,040 Speaker 1: that led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein and his 725 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: thuggish dictatorship in Iraq. Certainly, there are all sorts of 726 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 1: other indications that this actually might be the time that 727 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: it goes down. Don Trump getting briefed from the head 728 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: of Centcom. You es Central Command, that'll be Navy Admiral 729 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: Brad Cooper. Don Trump getting a briefing on Thursday about 730 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,239 Speaker 1: all the possible military options as to what some sort 731 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,840 Speaker 1: of military campaign might look like. Somewhat crazy news actually 732 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:12,000 Speaker 1: early on Friday, early early this morning, and Bastard Huckabee 733 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: emailed his whole staff actually at the US embassy in 734 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: in Jerusalem and effectively said that if you want to leave, 735 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: do so today in all caps like today. That's a 736 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: pretty strong statement. My mother in law, of very personal capacity, 737 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: is actually over there right now, and I heard from 738 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,879 Speaker 1: her anecdotally that the IDEF Home Front is telling folks 739 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,919 Speaker 1: to prepare to stock up, go to the grocery store, 740 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,040 Speaker 1: stock up and what are all this stuff there? Basically 741 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: saying that you're not gonna be able to leave the 742 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: country probably for a few days. So it seems like 743 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,440 Speaker 1: this actually really could be the time that it goes down. 744 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: This has been going on, this will he won't he 745 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: visa vis Trump I mean for a month and a 746 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,839 Speaker 1: half now, So I guess I will believe it when 747 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,879 Speaker 1: I see it. Just reiterates our very brief stance here 748 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,840 Speaker 1: on this on this particular topic, there were ways to 749 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily find ourselves in this position, but for better 750 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: or for worse, those are not the actions and the 751 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:15,200 Speaker 1: words that Donald Trump issued. He issued repeatedly, extremely strongly 752 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 1: worded red lines to the Malas the Butcher's in orm 753 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: in early January, as these protests started towards the end 754 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:26,239 Speaker 1: of December into January, and said that if you start 755 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,319 Speaker 1: to murder your own people, help will be on the way. 756 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: He could not possibly have said this any more clearly. 757 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,920 Speaker 1: And as we now know, the Molas not only crossed 758 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,839 Speaker 1: that line, but they tore it up to a million 759 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: pieces and eviscerated and tossed it into the dustbin of history. 760 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 1: So only the only question now is whether Donald Trump 761 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: is actually going to live up to and enforce his 762 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 1: red line at this point. Does he want to go 763 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,840 Speaker 1: down as a Barack Obama, as a Jimmy Carter, or 764 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,320 Speaker 1: does he want to be a Ronald Reagan or frankly, 765 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: for that matter, a Donald Trump, Because stuff Trump himself 766 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 1: actually has a pretty spotless track record of living up 767 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,160 Speaker 1: to his own red lines and actions and deeds and 768 00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 1: words thus far, I believe he will be the latter. 769 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 2: We shall see. 770 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,360 Speaker 1: It's potentially going to be a news filled weekend, so 771 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: potentially we'll have a lot to unpack here on Monday 772 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 1: on the Josh Hammer, so I certainly look forward to 773 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,440 Speaker 1: doing so, Wishing all of you a wonderful rest of 774 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,800 Speaker 1: your evening and a very happy and indeed safe weekend. 775 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 1: Josh Hammer signing off for now. We will see you 776 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:22,880 Speaker 1: back here on Monday,