1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: Richard Arnold US correspondents with US Morning. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 2: Richard, Good morning Heather. 3 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 3: So Trump's got involved in this Netflix deal. 4 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, He's inserted himself into the TV and movie wars, 5 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: saying he will be engaged in who gets to buy 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: Warner Brothers Discovery, which owns lots of media operations. Their 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: holdings include HBO and on the news front, CNN. This 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: presidential involvement, well, it's all new. We haven't seen this 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 2: kind of thing before. Will the Trump administration approval then 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: hinge on who the president favors, how the president can 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: impact programming. We have now this one hundred and eight 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: billion US dollar hostile bid for Warners by Paramount, which 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: draws from wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, Kata and Abu Dhabi. 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 2: This is led by David Ellison, whose mega billionaire father 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: Larry Worth two hundred and seventy seven billion US is 16 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: a big support of Donald Trump. They're challenging Netflix, which 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: is offering eighty two billion for warners. Trump says he 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: will look at both proposals from the two bidders. 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: None of them are particularly great friends of mine. 20 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: Well, it's reported now in the Wall Street Journals that 21 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: David Ellison made a pledge to Trump the other day 22 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: that if Paramount wins, he would make sweeping changes to CNN, 23 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 2: which is often, of course, a target for Trump's fury. 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 2: The Ellison Group also is joined with a private equity 25 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: firm led by Da DA Trump's son in lawd Jared Kushner, 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: So that's another Kushna enterprise. When he's not off in 27 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 2: Moscow talking with Putin. However, Trump has been putting out 28 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: scathing social media posts, now lashing Paramount, which recently took 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: over CBS, because he is furious about former Mega supporter 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: Marjorie Taylor Green lashing out Atresident Trump on Sixty Minutes. 31 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: This week, Marjorie Taylor Green slam Trump in her Sixty 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: Minutes interview with Leslie Stall, revealing what Trump said to 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 2: her privately about her support for the female victims of 34 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and her backing for the release of 35 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: the Epstein files. 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 4: We did talk about the APSN files, and he was 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharged 38 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: petition to release files. I fully believe that those women 39 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 4: deserve everything they're asking. They're asking for all of it 40 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 4: to come out. They deserve it, and he was furious 41 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 4: with me. What did he say? He said that it 42 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 4: was going to hurt people. 43 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: So Trump is posting repeatedly about disclaiming that sixty minutes 44 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: has become worse in his mind and calling Green a 45 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: quote low IQ traitor. Green, who voted with Trump ninety 46 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 2: eight percent of the time before they fill out over 47 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 2: the pedophilia scandal, now says she's received bomb threats to 48 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: her home and death threats to her son because of 49 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: Trump's verbal attacks. She says she complained to the White 50 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 2: House and says Trump replied, but she says she will 51 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: keep his response private because she says it wasn't nice. 52 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: Now I see this political interview, a Politico interview that 53 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: he's given as getting quite a few headlines, isn't it? 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: Why not? Yeah, he was fired up on many issues. 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: In this interview, He's hinted that he might walk away 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: from Ukraine and slamming Europe as week and calling some 57 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 2: unnamed European leader stupid. Trump is calling on Ukraine's President 58 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 2: Zelensky to seede territory to Russia. He says Zelenski must 59 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 2: quote play ball and says Russia retains the upper hand. 60 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: Zelensky has said Ukraine is not open to surrendering in 61 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 2: this way. An American walkout on Ukraine, of course, would 62 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: be a pivotal move by the United States. In his 63 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 2: Politico interview, Trump repeatedly described what he said were Europe's 64 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,399 Speaker 2: problems in racial terms. Mostly, he said, quote the immigration 65 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: policy is a disaster, adding that soon quote many of 66 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 2: these countries will not be viable countries anymore. Meantime, Trump's 67 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: self described Secretary of War Pete Hegsas is briefing lawmakers 68 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: again today on the boat strike scandal. Trump reversed himself 69 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: on releasing the video of the second boat stripe, which 70 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: course killed two survivors of the Venezuelan drug boat some 71 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 2: forty minutes after the initial American attack. 72 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 4: Trump was asked, mister President, you said you would have 73 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 4: no problem with releasing the full video of that shrike 74 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: on September second off the closet of Venezuela Secretary Haigs 75 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 4: j is ABC fankness. 76 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 3: You said that you would have. 77 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 4: No problem releasing the full bit. Okay, Well, Secretary Hagsav 78 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 4: whatever he sayth wants to do is okay with you. 79 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 3: Well. 80 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 2: Trump's denial is a lie. Last week, Trump said this 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: about the issue. I don't know what they have, but 82 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 2: whatever they have would certainly release no problem. They'd release 83 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: it no problem. Now, Trump insists he never said, but 84 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: we all just heard him say. Trump then slammed the 85 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 2: ABC that we reporter Rachel Scott, who kept at him 86 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 2: about all of this. So Trump responded, are. 87 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: You committing to releasing the full video? Didn't I just 88 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: tell you that you said that it was a nonoxious reporter. 89 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 4: Of the whole place. 90 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 2: Let me just tell you you are an obnoxious, a 91 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 2: terrible actually a terrible reporter. 92 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 4: And it's always the same thing with you. 93 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: I told you, whatever Pete Haggsath wants to do is 94 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 2: okay with him. This is just the latest Trump attack 95 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 2: on women journalists. Another he called ugly inside and out, 96 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: and to yet another he silenced her by saying, quiet 97 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: Piggy's fun times. 98 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 3: Richard, thank you very much, appreciate it. Richard Arnold, US 99 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: correspondent on the subject of Trump. It appears Trump is 100 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 3: the reason that the government's bill to try and save 101 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: the media or try to assist the media, was shelved. 102 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: Do you remember this? This was the fair digital media 103 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: bargaining bill that a lot of the media were really hoping, 104 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: this is here in New Zealand, we're really hoping would 105 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: be some like go some way to assisting them in 106 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: terms of being able to get the big tech guys 107 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: to pay for using the news and stuff like that. Anyway, 108 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: it was with Goldie was doing it, Paul Goldsmith, and 109 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: then it was withdrawn in May, and he's now admitted 110 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: he withdrew it or had it withdrawn because of concerns 111 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: over how Donald Trump might respond, because Trump had been 112 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: threatening other countries who were considering enacting or progressing similar legislation. 113 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: So we just looked at it and went man not 114 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: worth the trouble. 115 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 116 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 2: news talks that'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 117 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.