1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: So this pen is very inexpensive. It writes well. I 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: like it, but I can't have the pen in the 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: way it lives, you know what it is. I don't 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: wanna give them too much. 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:16,319 Speaker 2: Publicity, but they do take me well shopping. So I 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: gave me to have thousand dollars pence. And you know 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: you hate pens out you're signing, and you're handing them out. 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: You're handing them with all these people. Sometimes you have 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 2: thirty forty people. And there were a thousand dollars apiece, 10 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: beautiful pen bull point. 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: Thousands, gold, silver, gorgeous. But I'm handing out to kids 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: that don't even know what they are. What is this, mommy? 13 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: There's there's kids. They're getting a pen for a thousand dollars. 14 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: They have no idea what it is. 15 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 2: And I'm and I feel guilty because I'm like, you know, 16 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 2: I'm by nature. 17 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: I don't you know. 18 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 2: It's the government. I love the government like I love myself. Economically, 19 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: I wanna save money. So I'm saying this is crazy. 20 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: And it had another problem. They didn't write well. So 21 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: I take it out and I signed and there's no ink, 22 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: and I got all you people looking and you say, 23 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 2: there must be something wrong with Trump child. There's no 24 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: ink in the pen that it costs a thousand dollars. 25 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 3: So Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen 26 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 3: is mightier than the sword as long as it's a sharpie. 27 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: That was during his cabinet meeting yesterday. They were discussing 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 3: things like the war in Iran, record long security lines 29 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 3: at many of the nation's top airports, also rising oil prices, 30 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 3: and of course the skittish stock market, and the President thought, 31 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: you know what, this is a good time to discuss 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: his sharpie, offering a long story of how he preferred 33 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: the marker over the one thousand dollars White House pens. 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 4: I love it when Donald Trump goes off script like this. 35 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 4: We're going to miss this when he's no longer president, 36 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 4: because it kind of felt like like he was doing 37 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 4: like his own one man show up there. I can 38 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 4: imagine the mc all right, next is a guy who's 39 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 4: president of the United States. He's going to talk about 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 4: the war, King Charles and office supplies. 41 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 5: It's Donald Trump, ladies and gentlemen. 42 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 3: You know what it reminded me of is like, you know, 43 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: the old sales technique when you go in you interview 44 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 3: and you're interviewing for a sales job, and the person 45 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: doing the interview says, Okay, sell me this pen, and. 46 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 6: You have to sit there. 47 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 3: Well, the features and the advantages and the benefits of 48 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 3: this pen are I felt like that's what Donald Trump 49 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 3: was doing with the Sharpie marker. 50 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: He did wonderful for Sharpie. 51 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 4: I bet I don't know if Sharpie is a publicly 52 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 4: traded company, but their stock is probably through the roof 53 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 4: today because they got a fantastic endorsement from Donald Trump. 54 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 3: He does just want his signature to be big, bold 55 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: and black, and now we're going to be seeing it 56 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 3: on US dollar bills as well. It's interesting, though, because 57 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:43,119 Speaker 3: they were discussing missile strikes, nuclear issues, troops and he 58 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 3: interjects with this very long monologue about the Sharpie. 59 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 6: So I wonder was that intentional. 60 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 3: Pier is deflecting, He's trying to change the subject. 61 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 4: Well, and also talk about, you know how he's stewarding American. 62 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 5: Taxpayer doll in a good way. 63 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 4: Hey, we were wasting all this money on these expensive pens, 64 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 4: and look at me, I got a five dollars Sharpie 65 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 4: doing the trick. Now I'm saving money everywhere people. 66 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, it was awkward, that's for sure. 67 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 3: But then you had the Associated Press and that was 68 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: a lead store for them. It wasn't a byeline. It 69 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 3: was the lead story. That's where we are in American journalism. 70 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 6: They could have led with any of the other things. 71 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 3: They talked about, the missile strikes, nuclear issues, the four 72 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 3: hundred million dollar ballroom. Nope, they wanted to talk about 73 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 3: the sharpie. 74 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 4: And that's how you know it was intentional by Donald 75 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 4: Trump because he knows how to play the liberal media. 76 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 4: He knows exactly what he can say and what he 77 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 4: can do to where he'll get the number one headline. 78 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 5: Instead, you just laid it all out. 79 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 4: We're not talking about the war, we're not talking about TSA, 80 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: we're not talking about the Save Act. We're talking about 81 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 4: sharpies as the lead story. 82 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: Now, it was a three minute story about a pen. 83 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 3: The entire meeting, I believe it was ninety eight minutes long, 84 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 3: and they did talk about some other things, which we 85 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 3: will get to. 86 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 6: You're listening to Casey and Jim. 87 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: It is ninety three WIBC Indianapolis. A few of the 88 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: things that we will be talking about this morning. Yesterday 89 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: the US House passed a resolution. 90 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 5: On this vote. The Ya is a two hundred and 91 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 5: twenty five, the nays a one to eighty seven. Present 92 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 5: is thirteen. The resolution is adopted. 93 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 3: So they passed a resolution supporting funding for the Department 94 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 3: of Homeland Security two twenty five to one eighty seven. Reminder, 95 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 3: ninety five percent of the Democrats voted against it. 96 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 6: That is just a resolution. 97 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:43,559 Speaker 3: The Senate last night did approve funding for DHS, which 98 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 3: is completely different from the resolution that the House had 99 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 3: passed earlier in the day. Resolution really means nothing, it 100 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: means this is our intention. The Senate passed a bill. 101 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 3: Now it has to go back to the House and 102 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 3: we'll see if they passed it, which is also completely 103 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 3: different from the executive order that Donald Trump said about 104 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 3: funding DHS. This is the hot potato that just keeps 105 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 3: getting passed around. 106 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, nobody wants to touch this. So here's kind of 107 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 4: the way it worked chronologically. So the House passed DHS 108 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 4: funding weeks and weeks ago, and now the Senate's been 109 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 4: talking about it, and then yesterday, at some point in 110 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 4: time in the middle of the day, Donald Trump says, 111 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to sign an executive order to fund TSA. 112 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 5: Now there's a lot of. 113 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 4: People that are questioning whether he has the legal authority 114 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 4: to be able to do that because Congress controls the 115 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 4: purse strings. But that kind of seemed to light a 116 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 4: fire under everybody. Donald Trump and his executive order got 117 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 4: people moving to the House. They already passed the bill, 118 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 4: so then they just pass a resolution. And keep in mind, 119 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 4: resolutions are meaningless. It's just, hey, this is what we think. 120 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 4: There's no legally binding authority behind it, but it did 121 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 4: provoke some action. And then late late last night, early 122 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 4: this morning, around two am, the Senate finally passes DHS 123 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 4: funding without additional funding for Ice. Now, keep in mind 124 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 4: Ice was fully funded during the big beautiful. 125 00:05:59,240 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 5: Bill last year. 126 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 4: This fight has just been about more money coming toward ice. 127 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 4: And now the hot potato, as you said, is back 128 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 4: in the hands of the House of Representatives and they 129 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 4: are planning on voting on that sometime today also perdue. 130 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 6: Moving on to the Elite eight, Brady. 131 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 7: Smith's with the ball clock text down, the six, down, 132 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 7: the five, Smith shaken, Bacon Smith puts it up thought point. 133 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 8: Seven, lay Ben Tray, Kaufman Wren, How's Kevin Purdue, the 134 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 8: lead attend to the last shide no good Purdue Infensis. 135 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 8: The Boilermaker survived, Trey Kaufman Wren whins it. 136 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 3: Yes, they survived, perdue beating Texas with point seven seconds 137 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: on the clock. They now move on to the Elite 138 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 3: Eight against Arizona Shaken Bacon. 139 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 6: Some people were saying, oh, the refs they called it 140 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 6: before on Texas, but no, they're not calling it on Purdue. Oh, 141 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 6: sit down, relax. 142 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're complaining about the refs at the end 143 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 4: of the game, you've kind of lost the plot and everything. Look, 144 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 4: the refs are gonna be good, they're gonna be bad. 145 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 4: It happens in every sport, and it happens in every game. 146 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 4: There are questionable calls the end of the day. You 147 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: gotta play better when it matters. 148 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 3: Also, on the way this morning, if you're taking GLP ones, 149 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 3: a warning of pirates disease. 150 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: Gentlemen, honey, you always remember this as the day that 151 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: you almost call me Happy Happy. 152 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 3: Love the music from the Pirates of the Caribbean. But 153 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 3: if you're losing weight, that's a great thing for you. 154 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 3: But there's a new warning. You might get scurvy. 155 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 5: Scurvy that's herberging. Okay, so that's what pirates disease is? Scurvy? 156 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 4: Is this the seventeen thirties. I didn't realize that people 157 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 4: could even get scurvy. I thought we evolved as a 158 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 4: species beyond that, but apparently not. 159 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 3: Nope, we'll get into that more coming up. It is 160 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 3: Casey and Jim on ninety three day WIBC. Back to 161 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 3: the cabinet meeting. One of the things that Donald Trump 162 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 3: said in the cabinet meeting was that he will take 163 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: drastic measures to get DHS funded. 164 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: Let it happen. We're not going to let. 165 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 9: The Democrats get away with this stuff, and people are 166 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 9: wise to them, so they need to end the shutdown 167 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 9: immediately or we'll have to take some very drastic measures. 168 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 3: So the drastic measures that he was threatening possibly keeping 169 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 3: the Senate in Washington, DC instead of their two week vacation. 170 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, Casey, it's funny, we've been talking about this all week. 171 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 4: March twenty seventh, that's the big day. March twenty seventh, 172 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 4: that's the big day. And here we got it was 173 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 4: two o'clock this morning. So technically March twenty seventh was 174 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 4: the big day because that's when the Senate finally passed this, 175 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 4: and the shutdowns seemed to always come down to this. 176 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 4: They always seem to come down to some eleventh hour 177 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 4: deadline where you know, everybody is scrambling with their hair 178 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 4: on fire to figure it out because negotiations haven't gotten anywhere. 179 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 4: And I think it was really Donald Trump's executive order 180 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 4: yesterday that really lit a fire under everybody. And and 181 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 4: and again. You know, there are a lot of liberals 182 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 4: and Democrats that were saying, you know, Donald Trump can't 183 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 4: do that. You know, Congress controls the purse strings. He 184 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 4: just can't write an executive order to pay TSA. That's 185 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,359 Speaker 4: not gonna work. Well, what are you gonna do, Democrats? 186 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 4: You're gonna challenge that executive order in court. You're gonna 187 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 4: be the one that sits here and says, hey, I know, 188 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 4: Donald Trump's gonna pay all these federal TSA employees who, 189 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 4: by the way, haven't been getting a paycheck for weeks 190 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 4: and weeks now. 191 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 5: No, no, no, no, I'm gonna go to. 192 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 4: A judge and get that stopped, right, Yeah, no, that 193 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 4: would be a terrible look for the Democrats. 194 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 3: Well, it does seem like that he was done playing 195 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 3: nice whatever he's got in his pocket. They clearly took 196 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 3: it seriously, because at two am, they either were taking 197 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 3: him seriously or they seriously wanted to go on vacation. 198 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 6: Could be both. 199 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 5: It's amazing probably one. 200 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 4: It's amazing what Congress can do when the threat of 201 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 4: having to keep working looms over them. 202 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 5: I mean, I mean, there was all sorts of threats. 203 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 4: Hey, you know what, pretty important, especially since we're at 204 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 4: war with a country like Iran right now and they're 205 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 4: known for their terrorism. We might want to step up 206 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 4: and be as secured at our airports as possible. Oh no, 207 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 4: we're not doing that because TSA is not getting paid 208 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 4: and all of DHS isn't getting funded right now, and 209 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 4: it doesn't matter to me that, Oh wait a minute, 210 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 4: you're going to take away my vacation. 211 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 5: Get to work. Everybody that's it, heads down, let's go now. 212 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 6: We can get this done. 213 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 3: So it did seem like Donald Trump's cabinet meetings. Are 214 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 3: they're unusual, right? Or are we getting used to it? 215 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 3: Have they become chaotic? Are they too lighthearted? Because one 216 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 3: minute they'll be talking about something serious, the next minute 217 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 3: they're talking about Sharpie's ninety eight minutes was how long 218 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 3: yesterday's cabinet meeting last? And they jumped around a lot 219 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 3: of different topics were with Iran tsa shut down, the 220 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 3: Federal Reserve building, the Sharpie pens Venezuela in oil, King 221 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 3: Charles's health, political attacks issues. The conversation is constantly shifting, 222 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 3: and there doesn't seem to be a lot of structure. 223 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 3: On one side, you can say, you know what, it 224 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 3: does seem like they all get along. There's camaraderie there, 225 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 3: and I think that's what you want from your cabinet. Oh, 226 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 3: for sure, that way they'll work together to actually get 227 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 3: things done. But on the other side, it just seems 228 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 3: so random at times. And are we as Americans? 229 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 6: Are we used to that? 230 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:28,719 Speaker 3: Oh? 231 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 4: I think now we're used to Donald Trump. I think 232 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 4: anytime there's a microphone in front in front of Donald Trump, 233 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: we know that we should expect anything to happen, and 234 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 4: it'll start out on script usually, and then at some 235 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 4: point in time he goes off script and you never 236 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 4: know what he's going to say. Look, I don't know 237 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 4: if these cabinet meetings are presidential or if they're the 238 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 4: right way to do things, but they sure as heck, 239 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 4: are entertaining. And this is where Donald Trump where I 240 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 4: give Donald Trump a lot of credit. When did we 241 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 4: ever talk about, you know, everybody focusing on a Joe 242 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 4: Biden cabinet meeting or even a bar Black Obama cabinet meeting. 243 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 4: Never okay, So they might have been presidential and governmental, 244 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 4: but they certainly weren't drawing our attention. And that's nobody 245 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 4: in the world is better at getting attention than Donald Trump. 246 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 4: He knows how to do it, and he does it intentionally. 247 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 4: He's talked about this before. He wants to do as 248 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 4: much stuff as he can, as fast as he can, 249 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 4: because that doesn't give the liberal media and the Democrats 250 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 4: time to kind of figure out how they're going to 251 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 4: counter it, because by the time they figure that out, 252 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 4: he's thrown another subject at there. And I think that 253 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 4: this cabinet meeting yesterday was a perfect example that you 254 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 4: just rattled through like twelve different topics, none of them 255 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 4: were connected to each other, yet all talked about during 256 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 4: this ninety minute cabinet meeting. 257 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 3: And it is becoming more normalized with him and his 258 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 3: cabinet meetings over time. You never know what you're going 259 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 3: to get, but at the same time, you expect that 260 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 3: we'll get into more of what they covered coming up. 261 00:12:51,559 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 3: It is ninety three WIBC. In the meeting yesterday with 262 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 3: Donald Trump was all over the place. 263 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 6: He's always talked like that. 264 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 3: People acting shocked, Well, that should be surprising. 265 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 6: Why are you shocked at this? He's always talked like that. 266 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 3: But if the policies are working, who cares what the 267 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 3: meetings are? Like? Washington normal is nobody else's normal. The 268 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 3: average American thinks what Washington does is not normal. 269 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 6: So what is normal? What isn't normal? 270 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 3: Serious wartime issues were mixed in with random and trivial 271 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 3: subjects throughout the cabinet meeting. And here's another example of that. 272 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 3: You have the Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgham. He 273 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 3: was talking about things going on in Venezuela. He was 274 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 3: talking about how the United States will be getting some 275 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 3: oil from their refineries and this is a massive geopolitical win. 276 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 3: He was also talking about how the people in Venezuela 277 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 3: were very happy that Maduro is no longer there and 278 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 3: in charge, and he jokingly said that they may put 279 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 3: up a statue of Donald Trump. And then he went 280 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 3: on for two more minutes giving an update on what's 281 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 3: going on in Venezuela and what did Donald Trump do? 282 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 6: He wanted to focus back on the statue. Check this out. 283 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 2: I literally think they're going to put up a statue 284 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: to President Trump. 285 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: And I'm not being it's not a political statement, it's no, 286 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: because it's it's like they view President Trump like. 287 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 6: Here he is getting two minutes of updates. 288 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 9: Skipping through that that flows to American refineries on the 289 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 9: Gulf Coast, lowering the price of gas in America. 290 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: So it's you get that. When are they going to do. 291 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 3: This day the statue Venezuela oil flowing to American refineries 292 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 3: a big geopolitical win. Trump's response, forget the oil, where's 293 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: my statue? 294 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 6: That's his priority. 295 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 3: But in all seriousness, if oil is going to US 296 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 3: refineries instead of China, that is a big deal. 297 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 6: And Trump got it. 298 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 3: Done and he just wanted I guess a little acknowledgement. 299 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 3: That's either confidence or that's just a really good day. 300 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 5: As did Donald Trump. Is what that is. 301 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 4: And can we please give some love to Doug Bergham 302 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 4: He I think he's still my favorite cabinet secretary keeping mats. 303 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 6: Doug Burgham. 304 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, this is the. 305 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 4: Guy that ran for president during the Republican primaries during 306 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 4: twenty twenty four and if you remember, the people that 307 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 4: run the debates said, Doug Burgham couldn't participate in the 308 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 4: debates or he had to meet this certain campaign donation threshold. 309 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 4: So he was selling gift cards. Yeah, basically it was Hey, 310 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 4: give me fifty bucks, and I'll send you a fifty 311 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 4: dollars gift card. That's how he gained the system to 312 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 4: be able to get enough campaign donations to qualify for 313 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 4: the presidential debates during the Republican primary. And then you know, 314 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 4: obviously he was pulling at like one or two percent 315 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 4: the whole time, dropped out and he's turned it into 316 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 4: a cabinet level position in the Trump administration. He just 317 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 4: seems like the most normal, average everyday guy who just 318 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 4: ended up being part of Donald Trump's cabinet. But it 319 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: is kind of hilarious to hear Doug Burgham, you know, 320 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 4: mention a statue and then go on for two or 321 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 4: three minutes and talk about important stuff like that, you know, 322 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 4: oil and natural resources and how important they are, and 323 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: then boom, Trump just being Trump. But is like, I 324 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 4: don't care about that important stuff. The stat where's my 325 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 4: statue in Venezuela. 326 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 6: Back to the statue. 327 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 3: There was some serious conversation and one part came from 328 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and he was talking about 329 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: trucking schools and how they have been allowing the drivers 330 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 3: to self certify. 331 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 10: The last administration, mister President, they let truck driving schools 332 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 10: self certified. They will qualified to train truck drivers. And 333 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 10: so this is like the leering center. So you may 334 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 10: eight hundred dollars and you get a certificate that you 335 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 10: passed a CDL driving school and they have no skills. 336 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: They they don't have the knowledge, and they don't have 337 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: the skills. 338 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 10: They haven't call it to winning the testing and then 339 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 10: the get licenses, and they're killing Americans on our ropes. 340 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 10: So it's remarkable on the rot that the last administration 341 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 10: allowed to take place. 342 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: We are ending that and I need partnership with those states. 343 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: Even California started to come on board. 344 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 10: Even Gavin has started to play ball with us, which 345 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 10: is surprising that all the way a little bit, a 346 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 10: little bit of show. 347 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 3: So he's talking about Pete Buddha, judge letting trucking schools 348 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 3: grade their own homework, with no oversight, with no standards, 349 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,239 Speaker 3: just yeah, we're qualified, trust us, we can do this, 350 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 3: and then we wonder why the roads get dangerous. So 351 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 3: Sean Duffy, he found that immediately, and Indiana is moving 352 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 3: on this next week, our Attorney General, Todd Rokeita put 353 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 3: out a note and he said, effective next week, Indiana 354 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 3: will be revoking all CDL licenses held by illegal aliens here. 355 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 6: Thanks to our new law. 356 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 3: We're working with the Trump administration to make our streets safer. 357 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 3: And that's what a state and federal partnership on immigration 358 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: should look like in practice. 359 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 5: I'm just I guess. I'm I was I'm the dumb one. 360 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 4: I guess because I was just under the impression that 361 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 4: you could for a long time until recently, that you 362 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 4: just couldn't get a driver's license, especially a CDL if 363 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 4: you weren't if you were in this country illegally. But 364 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 4: apparently immigration checks weren't being done in that process. So again, 365 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 4: I think probably a lot of the country is like, oh, well, 366 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 4: legal aliens, they can't be able to get certifications or 367 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 4: licenses from the federal or state government if they're here illegally. 368 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: Now it turns out it happens all the time. And look, 369 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 5: I get it. 370 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 4: If you're California, you love illegal aliens, you want all 371 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 4: of them in your state. You're going to give them 372 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 4: anything they need, like driver's licenses. But in states like Indiana, 373 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 4: I was shocked that we needed to pass a law 374 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 4: during the recent the recent legislature to make sure that 375 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 4: this happens. 376 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 5: And it's obviously a good thing. It's a great thing. 377 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 4: It's great that you talked about how this is a 378 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 4: partnership between the federal and state level. We talked about 379 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 4: how Sean Duffy is you know, you know, blasted the 380 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 4: previous administration for allowing these driving truck driving schools to 381 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 4: self certify. 382 00:18:59,119 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 5: We're going to fix that. 383 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 4: Okay, it turns out that, you know, illegal aliens could 384 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 4: get CDL licenses in the state of Indiana. 385 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 5: Great, fix that problem. 386 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 4: It's one of those rare instances where there a problem 387 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 4: shows up and then government acts pretty quickly to fix it. 388 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 5: It's weird, it's nice. I'm not used to feeling this way. 389 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 5: It's kind of nice. 390 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 3: So the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, said that seventeen 391 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 3: thousand truckers are going to be pulled out of service 392 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 3: for failing to pass the English Language proficiency test. Now 393 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,479 Speaker 3: back to things being a little bit more chaotic. Trump 394 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 3: was bragging about how hard the mathematical equations are on 395 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 3: the cognitive test that, of course he passed with flying colors. 396 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 2: I'll say it right now. I say it because don't 397 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 2: press every person. I'm the only president that ever took 398 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 2: a cognitive test. I took it three times. It's actually 399 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 2: a very hard test for a lot of people. It 400 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 2: wasn't hard for me. It's a cognitive test. It starts 401 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,239 Speaker 2: off with an easy question and by the time get 402 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 2: to the medica stuff, and by the time you get 403 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 2: to the end, very few people can answer those questions. 404 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: You get very tough mathematics. 405 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, So he passed the cognitive test, and he's 406 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 3: talking about Gavin Newsom who's come out and said that 407 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 3: he's dyslexic, and Donald Trump saying that, well, he should 408 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 3: not be able to run for office. 409 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 4: Then well, I mean, there's lots of dyslexics that have 410 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 4: been able to overcome that challenge that they've had in 411 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 4: life to be very successful. I think that the right 412 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 4: answer would be well, you should then have to take 413 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 4: a cognitive test and pass it, just like Donald Trump 414 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 4: would have to take it and pass it. But again, 415 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 4: I go back to these cabin This cabinet meeting yesterday 416 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 4: was so entertaining because for all the reasons we've talked about, 417 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 4: it was all over the place King Charles in Iran 418 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 4: and Venezuelan oil, and then it's statues and sharpies and 419 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 4: look how smart I am because I passed this. 420 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 6: Well, he likes to bring it back to him. 421 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 3: He's not going to let you forget that that he 422 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 3: passed it, and he just wants to brag about it. 423 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 3: He wants a statue, He wants you know, he wants 424 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 3: you to know how smart he is. Everything he likes 425 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 3: to bring it back to him. 426 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 5: All the time, even with the office supplies. He brought 427 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 5: it back to him. 428 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 4: He brought it back to the fact that he thought 429 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 4: we were spending too much on these fancy pens before 430 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 4: giving out thirty or forty of them for every bill 431 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 4: that he signs, and they cost, according to him, one 432 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 4: thousand dollars apiece. So you're talking thirty or forty thousand 433 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 4: dollars for every bill, and he brought it back to 434 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: the fact of how much, how much you know, money 435 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 4: he's saving and keeping the government from spending by switching 436 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 4: it out to five dollars sharpies. 437 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 3: It was the first time that the new DHS Secretary, 438 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 3: Mark Wayne Moullin, was at the cabinet meeting, and he 439 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 3: was also giving Pete Hegseth his kudos and his props, 440 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 3: saying that he was the man for the job, doing 441 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 3: great in the position. And there's a new poll out though, 442 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 3: and this is a Quinnipiac poll, and it says that 443 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 3: most Americans are not on board with ran war. You've 444 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 3: got fifty eight percent opposing it and only thirty nine 445 00:21:55,880 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 3: percent supporting it, and most people saying that they believe 446 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 3: that this is actually making the world less safe, not safer. 447 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 4: I understand that there's a lot of consternation, there's a 448 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: lot of uncertainty. So whenever you've got a lot of uncertainty, 449 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 4: people are going to be against that because we don't 450 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 4: know what's going to happen in Iran. And what we're 451 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 4: hearing from Donald Trump is all over the place when 452 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 4: it comes to Iran. And that's intentional because he's you know, 453 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 4: sending public messages to various countries around the world, most 454 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 4: of the time Iran. 455 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 5: But I think at the end of the day, when. 456 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 4: When this summer comes, whenever what happens in Iran is over, 457 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 4: whether that's two weeks, two months, or the end of 458 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 4: the year, Donald Trump's going to have an opportunity to 459 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 4: go back to the American people and say. 460 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 5: Look at how look at what we did. 461 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 4: We took out their leadership, we took out their missile capability, 462 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 4: we took out their their you know, ability to develop 463 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 4: nuclear weapons. We got the win, and Donald Trump's going 464 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 4: to be able to try and sell that to the 465 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 4: American people. 466 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 5: And if the American people are. 467 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 4: Buying it all these polls that we see today where 468 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 4: there's no support for it, it's not going to matter. 469 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 5: It's going to end up being fine. 470 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 4: We saw the actual inverse happened during the Iraq War 471 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 4: in two thousand and three, when the invasion of Baghdad 472 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 4: happened and American troops overthrew Saddam Hussein. 473 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 5: And took care of their military. 474 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 4: There was massive support for that in the public opinion 475 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 4: polls because we just had this big military victory. 476 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 5: But then as that. 477 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 4: Turned into an insurgent war over years and years and years. 478 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 4: Then the American people soured on it and the polling 479 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 4: went the opposite way. My guess is we're going to 480 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 4: see that inverse play out here where the polling is 481 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 4: a little soft right now. But after this is all 482 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 4: done and Donald Trump gets his win and sells it 483 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 4: to the American people, the. 484 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 5: American people will be like, Okay, I get it. 485 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: Now. 486 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 5: Looks like that made sense to us. 487 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 3: One thing they talked about in the cabinet meeting yesterday 488 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 3: was the cost of gasoline, and he said that, well, 489 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 3: you know, it's not as bad as I thought it 490 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 3: was going to be. We knew it was going to 491 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 3: go up, but it hasn't gone up as much as 492 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 3: we thought. But you were saying, what the price of 493 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 3: gas is down three cents today? 494 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll take it. It's down three cents from yesterday. 495 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 4: So we're at four to oh four is the average 496 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 4: price of gas in the state of Indiana right now. 497 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 4: It did peak at four oh seven yesterday, and of 498 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 4: course keep in mind it was about two seventy two 499 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 4: before the war with the Rans started. Now, the bad 500 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 4: news is is that Indiana's average is higher than the 501 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 4: national average by about seven cents right now. 502 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 3: So one of the things that he was asked about 503 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 3: was pausing the federal gas tax to help ease the 504 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 3: price at the pump, And this was his answer. 505 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: Will would you ever consider suspending the federal gas tax 506 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 2: in order to kind of temporarily elleation. 507 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: Well, some people should do that. 508 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 2: As an example in California, every time prices go down, 509 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 2: his prices go up because they, you know, the gas 510 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 2: taxes bigger than the tax itself, bigger than the product itself. 511 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: It hasn't I mean, we've thought about it, I guess, 512 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 2: But honestly, when I did this, I knew it was 513 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: going to be a little bit. That we had the 514 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 2: greatest economy ever with the greatest stock market in history. 515 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: I said, we're going to take a little bit of 516 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 2: a hit short term. It's going to end up going 517 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 2: much higher than it was. In my opinion, I said, 518 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: I said, we're going to have a great stock market. 519 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 2: Nobody thought we could get to fifty thousand or seven 520 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 2: thousand in the respective indices. 521 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: Nobody thought that that was going to happen, but it 522 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: did in the first year. They said it couldn't happen. 523 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 2: In four years, that you wouldn't hit fifty and four years, 524 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 2: but you could maybe get close. We hit it in 525 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 2: the first year, and I said, this is a good 526 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 2: time to solve a problem, the data sol and that's 527 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 2: what I did. But the gas tax, you know, people 528 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 2: have talked about it. It's something we have in our 529 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 2: pocket if we think it's necessary. 530 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 3: So I think the interesting thing about that entire clip 531 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 3: was that he was asked about the gas tax. He said, Aah, 532 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 3: we thought about it. It's something we have in our 533 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 3: pocket if we need to. But then he starts talking 534 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 3: about the stock market and how great it's doing. The 535 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 3: stock market is not the economy. And when people think 536 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 3: about the cost of things or the economy, they're not 537 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 3: thinking about the stock market. They're thinking about the price 538 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 3: of gas and groceries. 539 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, they're thinking about their bank account. They're thinking about 540 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 5: how much. 541 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 6: That's not what you have in the stock market. 542 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 5: No, not at all. 543 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 4: They're thinking about their bank account. They're thinking about the 544 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 4: bills they have to pay. They're thinking about when their 545 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 4: next paycheck's coming in, how much money they got on 546 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 4: their credit card right now, and whether or not they're 547 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 4: going to be able to pay that off. 548 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 5: At the end of the month, have any medical That's 549 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 5: what fill. 550 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 4: And I think that's what we've talked about a lot 551 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 4: on this show. Right now, there's a lot of talk 552 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 4: from both the federal and state politicians about all the 553 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 4: things that they're doing and researching and looking into and 554 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 4: task forces and committees to try and bring down the 555 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 4: cost of every day living to Americans. But at the 556 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 4: end of the day, Americans don't care about all that talk, 557 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 4: don't care. 558 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 5: About the plans you have. 559 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 4: It's what are you doing this minute today, And that's 560 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 4: the biggest problem. And that is Look, before the Iran 561 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 4: war started, that was the Republican's biggest problem. 562 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 5: After this Iran war ends. 563 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 4: That's still going to be the Republicans big problem, and 564 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 4: they are going to be judged on that come the 565 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 4: midterms in November. And so the one caveat I will 566 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 4: say to all of this is Donald Trump's getting beat 567 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 4: up a lot about gas prices and that's a main issue. 568 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 5: But keep in mind they're still. 569 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 6: Lower than they were in July of twenty two when 570 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 6: Biden was in. 571 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 5: All that's exactly right. 572 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 4: So even as hard as it is to stomach four 573 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 4: dollars and four cents for the average price of gas 574 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 4: in the state of Indiana right now. Five dollars in 575 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 4: twenty three cents is the all time record high during 576 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 4: the Biden administration June of twenty twenty two. So we're 577 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 4: still almost a dollar and a quarter below that. 578 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 3: You're listening to Casey and Jim, it is ninety three wibco. 579 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 3: If the sports team. 580 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 6: Is privately owned, but government shouldn't be telling where, telling 581 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 6: them where they can move. Kind of feels like overreach. 582 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 3: And there's no way that Senator Berndie Sanders would be 583 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 3: involved in overreach. 584 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 6: Oh wait, yes, yes he would. There's a new bill 585 00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 6: in Congress. 586 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 3: It's called the Home Team Act, and it's being pushed 587 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 3: by Bernie Sanders, and the goal is to stop sports 588 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 3: teams from threatening to move just to get taxpayer funded 589 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 3: stadium deals. So what the bill would do. Teams have 590 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 3: to give at least one year's notice before relocating. Local 591 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 3: communities get the first chance to buy the team at 592 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 3: a fair price. And if owners don't follow the rules, 593 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 3: they could face fines or even lawsuits. 594 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is let's start with the premise that there's 595 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 4: no way this bill is going to pass. This is 596 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 4: all just fun in games here. But let's go through 597 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 4: a nice little fun academic process and analyze this. And 598 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 4: you're right, Bernie Sanders loves overreach. He loves getting into 599 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 4: your pockets, taking your tax dollars, and he loves heavily 600 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 4: regulating businesses. And despite the fact that he owns multiple 601 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 4: homes and is worth tens of millions of dollars, he 602 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:56,719 Speaker 4: proclaims to hate the rich. Said the rich guy. So yeah, basically, 603 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 4: teams have to give one year notice before relocating, and 604 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 4: then they would have to give local groups, including the 605 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 4: cities or you know, other business groups or the fans, 606 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 4: an opportunity to purchase the team at quote fair market price, 607 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 4: and they could face fines and penalties if they're not 608 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 4: doing this. Look these sports franchises and the owners for starters, 609 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 4: they've got so much money and they make so much 610 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 4: money every time they move that they'll happily pay whatever 611 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 4: those fines and penalties are even if this bill did pass. 612 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 4: Look at the Oakland A's. The Oakland A's when they 613 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 4: announced that they were moving from Oakland to Las Vegas, 614 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 4: the value of their team went from like two billion 615 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 4: to four billion dollars. That gives you a lot of 616 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 4: room to pay even a multimillion dollar fine, maybe just 617 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 4: something where they pay the fines. But I think what's 618 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 4: frustrating about this for many is that, you know, this 619 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 4: is a lot of government overreach into things like sports. 620 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 4: We generally like to keep the government and politics out 621 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 4: of sports, and that's something that's not going to be 622 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 4: the place. You know, that's not going to happen here. 623 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 4: But again, determining the fair market price is also difficult 624 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 4: because the value of these teams go up so often, 625 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 4: and they go through the roof with a simple thing 626 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 4: like a move. So let's taken example, because of course, 627 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 4: everybody is saying that this is kind of the Chicago 628 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 4: Bears law, because that's really the big iconic team in 629 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 4: the country that's talking about moving. That's got so many 630 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 4: people upset, And obviously we're knee deep in all of 631 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 4: that as it goes here in Indiana. The Bears are 632 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 4: worth projected about eight billion dollars. Do you know how 633 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 4: hard it is to get a group of investors together 634 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 4: to raise eight billion dollars to buy a sports franchise, 635 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 4: And certainly the city of Chicago's not gonna do it. 636 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 4: I mean, they're not gonna bone the City of Chicago's 637 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 4: broke anyway. They don't have the money to buy the Bears. 638 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 3: Well, this bill's probably not going to pass and Governor 639 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 3: Mike Brown is not. 640 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 6: Happy about it. You're listening to Casey and Jim. It 641 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 6: is ninety three WYBC.