1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Stateside Richard Arlo, very good morning to you. What do 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: you make a budget battle this week? 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 2: Who would have thought, oh, yes, there's going to be 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: another rollercoast a few days with time running short for 5 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: a spending bill too. Is this unfamiliar? Avert a government shutdown? 6 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: That is the last thing, of course, that Trump wants 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 2: for his new regime. Midnight Friday, here is the deadline. 8 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 2: So President Trump and Speaker Johnson pushing for a stopgap 9 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: measure that would keep things to float until the end 10 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: of September. However, some key Republicans in the House have 11 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: refused to back this kind of short term measure in 12 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 2: the past. Now that Republicans run everything, what are they 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 2: going to do? A stop gap would lock into place 14 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 2: the Biden priorities for most of this year. So this 15 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: would be I guess the surrender by Republicans. Trump has 16 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: posted quote, I am working with the great House Republicans, 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 2: so pleading hardliners to back him. This short term measure, 18 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 2: says Trump, will give him time to work out his 19 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: tax cutting plan that will be even tougher to get 20 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: through the Congress. So Trump is calling for support, not 21 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: clear he's going to get it. He had some of 22 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: the hardliners in his own party over for meeting at 23 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: the White House. Some of them left that meeting saying 24 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: again to think about it. Meantime, the Trump team cabinet 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 2: members are all over the airwaves today claiming the level 26 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: of pain economic pain caused by the on and off 27 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: Trump terraff is going to be relatively minor. Really, thousands 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 2: and thousands of dollars more for a new car going 29 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: to be minum, says the Treasury Secretary Scott Basant of this. 30 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: There's going to be a short period of time where 31 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: there'll be some higher prices on certain products. It's not inflation, 32 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: that's nonsense. So inflated prices not inflation. Finally, Trump is 33 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: downplaying the now widely reported rift between Elon Musk and 34 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: his chainsaw cutters and Secretary of State Mircer Rubio. At 35 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: they closed door cabinet session the other day, Trump was 36 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: asked about this, it's potentially a team secretary of Rubio 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 2: and Secretary dot Flash. I was there. You're just a 38 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: trouble maker, and you're not. 39 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: Supposed to be asking that question because we're talking about 40 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: the World Cup. 41 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 2: So it's all piece of love behind those doors. Rubio 42 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: was teed off about the sacking or sackings at USAID, 43 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: which was meant to be his domain. You have fired nobody, 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: said Musk Rubio. What about the fifteen hundred State Department 45 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: people who took the buyouts? You want to rehire those people, Elon, 46 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 2: just so you can make a show of firing them. 47 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: Begin SNL. The Comedy Show had this take with their 48 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: opening satirical spot last night. I can't have you fighting 49 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: with Elon, Okay, I need you to be my good 50 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: little Marco. 51 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: Mister Trump, did you think I'm going to stand here 52 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: and let you call me that? You're right, boy? 53 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 2: The real Trump says, future doge cuts will be made 54 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: with a scalpel, not the chainsaw that Musk was waving about. 55 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: So seeing the Elon taken down half a pig. 56 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: And what a tragedy with Hackman story. 57 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: Gosh, what a heartrending saga this turned out to be. Yeah, 58 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 2: you know, mystery surrounded the death of the great actor 59 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: and his wife and one of their dogs after their 60 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 2: remains were found late last month in their home. Now 61 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: we find that Gene Hackman's wife died of hunter virus. 62 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: This is a virus that is transmitted through the droppings 63 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 2: of myce and rats. The actor's wife was sixty five 64 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 2: years of age. She'd been something of a health not, 65 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 2: urging her husband to keep fit through bike riding and yoga. 66 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 2: Now investigators in New Mexico say it seems she died 67 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: some days before Hackman, who had significant advanced Alzheimer's. They're 68 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 2: speculating that maybe he didn't even know that his wife 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 2: had died at their place. Then he passed away from 70 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: a heart attack, and one of their dogs seemingly suffered 71 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: from starvation. So I guess some questions remain unanswered, but 72 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: all rather shocking. 73 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: Is all right, might see you in the middle of 74 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: the week. Appreciate it, Richard Alds. So, the other thing 75 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: that the US got involved with over the weekend was 76 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: around They're going to destroy ran the again, to slash 77 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: the oil exports to a trickle. This is percent again 78 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: the aforementioned maximum pressure campaign Tankern's economy. If I was 79 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: an Iranian, I'd get all my money out now, so 80 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: you see. 81 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 82 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 2: news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 83 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.