1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Well, it's been one year. One year, and Donald Trump 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: has been very busy, made a lot of sweeping changes. However, 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: some of them have been a little quieter than others, 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: but still significant. And Politico has an article twenty five 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: things that Donald Trump has done that you may not 6 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: have heard about, So I thought it might be fun 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: to review some of them. 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: He's done a lot, so it's easy, so much. 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 3: It's easy the volume that this administration has cranked out 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 3: in its first year, it's easy to be like, oh yeah, 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 3: I totally forgot about that. Under a normal administration, any 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 3: of these things would be front and center, that would 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 3: be like one of the top three things. Oh yeah, 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 3: I remember when that president did this. And with Trump 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 3: because he just does so much, so much, so many 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 3: of these are like, oh, I totally forgot about that. 17 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: Using his executive power so aggressively in this term and 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: reshaping policy across government and bypassing norms and clearly accelerating timelines. 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: So let's talk about space and technology. Didn't even know 20 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: about this until I read it in this article. See 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: he has had NASA fast track plans to put a 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: nuclear reactor on the Moon by twenty thirty. 23 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 3: Which I think that headline is just spectacular. Hey, it's 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: most present to be like, we're going to the moon. Hey, 25 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 3: We're going to restore America's confidence in the space program 26 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 3: and go to the moon. And Trump is like, let's 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 3: put a nuclear reactor on the moon right next to 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 3: the BUCkies. 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: Well, you gotta fright two. 30 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: Hey, he's always thinking about the business acts. But sure, 31 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 3: we can go to the moon. But what are we 32 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 3: doing there? Nuclear reactor? Let's do it. 33 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: Well, you got to think that whoever puts a permanent 34 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: infrastructure there first is the one who's gonna rule future 35 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: space activity absolutely. 36 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 3: And I'm you know, I'm poking fun at Trump because 37 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 3: the headline just sounds outlandish and ridiculous. But if we're 38 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 3: gonna have some sort of permanent or semi permanent presence 39 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 3: on the moon, we're gonna need a lot of power. 40 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 3: Don't have a lot of options, not like we can 41 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: cut down some trees or mine for coal or oil 42 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 3: on the moon. So a nuclear reactor just not only 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 3: seems obvious, but necessary. It's just a hilarious headline to me. 44 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: Under Donald Trump, crypto has gone mainstream. He signed the 45 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: Genius Act, creating rules for crypto, so banks are now 46 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: exploring what does this mean to them. 47 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: This is one of the more interesting ones that I saw, 48 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 3: and something that did not get a lot of coverage, 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 3: and that is Trump administration overhauling college oversight. And so 50 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 3: you know what happened under Obama and Biden was they 51 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 3: allowed colleges to essentially operate on their own when it 52 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: comes to disciplinary matters, and so much so that you know, 53 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 3: in this country, we always think of the legal system 54 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: and you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt. When 55 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 3: College disciplin Disciplinary Committees Act, they didn't have that standard. 56 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 3: It was just a preponderance of evidence standard, which is 57 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: much less than beyond a shadow of a doubt stand 58 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 3: And we heard tons and tons of stories of students 59 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 3: being accused of wrongdoing and okay, fine, but you saw 60 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 3: a lot of kids had their lives ruined when there 61 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 3: was no more evidence other than just a simple accusation 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: that took place, and it really, on the surface, created 63 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 3: what appeared to be a pretty unfair system that took place. 64 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 3: And Trump went to the Department of Education said, hey, 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 3: this isn't how we're going to do things anymore, and 66 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: we're going to require these universities to actually have better 67 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 3: standards and processes in their disciplinary process. 68 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: Well not only that, but he also reshipped the committee 69 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: that oversees college accreditors, so that could change how colleges 70 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: qualify for federal student aid and loosen oversight as well. 71 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 2: And this has been a big obviously you know. 72 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: Edging disciplinary but also you know how you get those loans. 73 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 3: And you know, I don't think it's an overstatement to 74 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 3: say Donald Trump has been at war with elite university 75 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 3: since he came back into office last year. I mean, 76 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: he filed lawsuits and took federal funding and money away 77 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 3: from all of these elite institututions. 78 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: And you know, probably rightly so. 79 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: Elite colleges have been out of control in every aspect 80 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: to you know, the wasteful money, out of control tuition, 81 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 3: the way they operate themselves. Find you know, it's again 82 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: one of those things where the general public says, you know, 83 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,119 Speaker 3: common sense says, this isn't working, universities, what you're doing 84 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 3: isn't working. Yet nobody wanted to do anything to fix it. 85 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 3: And Trump's come into office and say, okay, I'm gonna 86 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 3: be the guy that sits here and say we can't 87 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: keep doing this any longer. And he's done that with 88 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 3: universities in a lot of different areas. 89 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: Another thing that he's done in his first year in 90 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: office is stop minting the penny, which I thing price 91 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: is up. 92 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: I still don't know how that's going to work. How 93 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: is that going to work now? It's going to take 94 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 2: time because there's still so many pennies. 95 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 3: There's still pennies in circulation, but as time goes by, 96 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: those pennies will disappear, and so they wound up. 97 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: Most likely, and it could cost you money at the 98 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: end of the day. 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 3: So if I, you know, pay cash, and I go 100 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 3: and buy a pack of gum and it's whatever, you know, 101 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 3: dollars seventy five or let's say a dollar seventy six, 102 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: and I give them. 103 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: That's an expensive pack of gum. 104 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 2: I think that's about when was the last time you 105 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 2: bought gum? Inflation? Have you seen the prices of things? 106 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 3: It's not just gasoline and property taxes and energy. 107 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: The price of gum has gone up as well. I 108 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 2: gotta get my trident. 109 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 3: But if you go buy a pass pack of gum, 110 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 3: it's a dollar seventy six after tax, and I give 111 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: you two dollars. What happens to the four cents out 112 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 3: of my twenty four cents in change? Does it just 113 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 3: get rounded up and I only get twenty cents back 114 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: in change? 115 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 2: Now, this is it's not a huge deal. It's not 116 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: the end of the world. Shoot. 117 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 3: Most people pay with credit cards or debit cards anyway, 118 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 3: not as many cash transactions. 119 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 2: I just don't understand how that's going to work.