1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose with you till ten o'clock. Good to have 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: you along with us. Happy Wednesday. Halfway through the week, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: Governor Gavin Newsom made somewhat of a surprise appearance at 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Everyone's talking about Davos, 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: but Davos is in Switzerland, and the World Economic Forum 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: it's different than some of these other organizations. When the 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: whole world gets together or some nations get together, it's 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 2: not like the World Forum. It's the World Economic Forum. 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: So only really First World nations or nations that are 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: doing very well that want to talk to other nations 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 2: and continue trade talks and things like that. They don't 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: handle poverty and they don't handle other issues that most 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: of the world has to deal with, so it's kind 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: of an elite club. And all the nations are there, 16 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: like all the Western European nations there. The United States 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: was there, all the First World nations, and Governor Gavin 18 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: Newsom decided to go as well, but he didn't go 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: to support the United States at the World Economic Forum. 20 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 2: He went to basically chastise the other nations for making 21 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 2: President Trump feel welcome. So it's an interesting strategy, and 22 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: we can talk about whether that's loyal disloyal. There was 23 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: an old saying in American politics that all politics end 24 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 2: at the water's edge. In other words, we fight amongst ourselves. 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: That's okay, we're all Americans, but when it comes to 26 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: the edge, when it comes to other nations, we're all 27 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: on the same team, and if we disagree, we just quiet. 28 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: Obviously Newsom doesn't subscribe to that. But the strategy of 29 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: going there and being like the Trump foil fell flat 30 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: because Trump brought his team to Davos and they criticized Newsom, 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: and I think Newsom laughed with his tale between his legs. 32 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: Pretty embarrassed. 33 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: California Governor Gavin Newsom criticizing European leaders at the World 34 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 3: Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, calling their responses to President 35 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 3: Trump's foreign policy initiatives pathetic and embarrassing. 36 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: I can't take this complicity people rolling over. 37 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 4: I should have brought up a bunch of need pads 38 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 4: for all the world leaders. 39 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, talking about bringing knee pads to world leaders because 40 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: they give Trump a hearing, and some of them actually agreed. 41 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: The Secretary General of NATO was on Trump's side, the 42 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 2: Prime Minister of Italy on Trump's side, and he said, 43 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: they all deserve a bunch of need pads. 44 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 5: I mean handing out crowns and handing out I mean, 45 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 5: this is pathetic. 46 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 4: Nobel prizes they were being given away. I mean, it's 47 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 4: just pathetic. 48 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: So this was the Treasury Secretary Scott Best. He was 49 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: there and news and I'm not sure if he was 50 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: in the room or not, but word got around that 51 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: Newsom was there and he was going to try and 52 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: sandbag Trump or otherwise undermine Trump's appearance at Davos. Now, 53 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 2: to be fair with the Trump administration, Newsom beat him there. 54 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: Trump was late. They took off and like somewhere over 55 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 2: the mid Atlantic, they had some plane trouble and they 56 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: turned the plane around Air Force one and disembarked and 57 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: got another Air Force one a gas and still made 58 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: it on time. I miss a connection going to Europe 59 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: from Los Angeles through JFK, and I'm not in you know, 60 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: I'm not in Europe for like another two days. Somehow 61 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: Trump gets there just a little behind schedule. But here 62 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 2: is Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett. For the most part, roasting 63 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: Newsom and winning. 64 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 6: I think it's very very ironic that you a Newsom 65 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 6: who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle beach Ken, 66 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 6: maybe the only Californian who knows less about economics than 67 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 6: Kamala Harris Ouch. 68 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 2: Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle beach Ken. Mister Rona, that's a 69 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: so Patrick Bateman. That would be American psycho. There you go, 70 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 2: and then Sparkle Beachken would be Barbie's Ken. That's actually 71 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: pretty funny. Yeah, I'm less familiar with Barbie. The meme 72 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 2: that's going around is a Ken doll that looks like Newsom, 73 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 2: but it is a combo of American Psycho and uh 74 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 2: and Ken. I mean, that's that's that's kind of a zinger. 75 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: I don't know if he subbed out for a writer 76 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: to write that line, but it's it's it doesn't sound 77 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 2: like the Treasury Secretary button down Scott Bessett, but it 78 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 2: was absolutely a singer. And he went on. 79 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 6: Here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy Alex Soros, 80 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 6: and the Davos is a perfect place for a man 81 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 6: who when everyone else was on lockdown, when he was 82 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 6: having people arrested for going to church. He was having 83 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 6: thousand dollars a night meals at the French laundry. 84 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: So it now starts the pylon. And this is just 85 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: for the California audience. Right at this point, nobody in 86 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: Europe knows about French laundry and the COVID story. I 87 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: doubt most people in the United States know about that. 88 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 2: Many in California do, but not all. So this is 89 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: now a direct assault on Newsome even being in the room. 90 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 2: And this is a pattern. It is interested. As a 91 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 2: student of politics and somebody that watches these things and 92 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: understands political strategy, I understand Newsom's trying to find a lane, 93 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: and you can tell it's not working because he keeps changing. 94 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: There was a while there that Newsom was just to 95 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 2: go along, get along governor just playing politics. Remember he 96 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: he was a Biden surrogate, which means that he was 97 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: the go to person in the spin room after a 98 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 2: Biden debate or after a Biden rally. Right, and all 99 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 2: the news people are there, who do you go to 100 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: to get rapid response comments from? Who can articulate Biden's 101 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: messaging the best? And they basically appointed California Governor Gavenuwsen. 102 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: He was going to be the spin room guy and so, 103 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 2: and he was the champion for Biden, and he said, 104 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: Biden's gonna win. Biden's economy is great. So he was 105 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: being the good Democrat soldier. That didn't work. It fell apart. 106 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: And if you remember, as soon as the old switcheroo 107 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 2: took place back in July of last year, when Biden 108 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 2: decided that he no longer wanted to be a candidate, 109 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: and then Kamala Harris became the candidate. Somehow, Newsom was 110 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: out and clearly miffed at the switch arroot. So then 111 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: he was trying another strategy. He was trying to be 112 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: Trump like. He was trying to mock Trump on his 113 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: social media posts on x and try and copy Trump, 114 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: like he would make these like really agitated comments in 115 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 2: all caps and end it what with like thanks for 116 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 2: your attention to this matter, like obviously trying to like 117 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: out Trump Trump and kind of mock him and throw 118 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 2: Trump right back at him. And that didn't work because 119 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: they weren't funny. Like the thing about Trump's mockery is 120 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: it is sarcastic and funny, and Knewsom's weren't. So then 121 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: he tried this other strategy of being the awe shucks 122 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: person on his own podcast, inviting conservative people on the 123 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: podcast to debate him and be you know, when they 124 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: would corner him on issues, he'd be all shucks about it. Right. 125 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: You saw this with Charlie Kirk, where Kirk actually got 126 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: him to admit that, you know, boys in the girl's 127 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 2: locker room and boys in the swim meet probably not 128 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: a good idea. That then that didn't work. It kind 129 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 2: of fell apart. It got no steam, it got no traction. 130 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: So then he just went the other way and went 131 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 2: on podcasts and got argumentative, dropped f bombs all the time, 132 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: got real street and that's not working. So now he's 133 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 2: trying to get the world to get mad at Trump, 134 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 2: and that's not working either. 135 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 6: My message to Governor Newsom is that Trump administration is 136 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 6: coming to California. We're going to crack down on waste, 137 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 6: fraud and abuse. And I was told he was asked 138 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 6: to give a speech on his signature policies. What of 139 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 6: his economic policies brought outward migration from California, a gigantic 140 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 6: budget deficit, the largest holmost population in America. 141 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 2: So isn't that crazy. He goes there with the intent 142 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: to undermine Trump and kind of make fun of make 143 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 2: fun of Trump while Trump is in front of the 144 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 2: world stage and gets trashed and has to leave with 145 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 2: his towel between his legs. Well, Trump did make it, 146 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: and it turns out that he got everything that he 147 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: wanted from the members of Western Europe, including Greenland. We'll 148 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: tell you what that turned out to be. Coming up next. 149 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 150 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: Big shakedown in Switzerland, at least for California. Governor Govenusen 151 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: went there with his head full esteem. He really wanted 152 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 2: to stick it to Trump, and as it turns out, 153 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 2: he got roasted. Trump actually gave him some grace afterwards. 154 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 5: Gavin's a good guy and we're gonna If he needed it, 155 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 5: I would do it in a heartbeat. 156 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 4: I'd love to see. 157 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 5: We did help them a lot in Los Angeles a lot, 158 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 5: but we would love to do it. I will say this, 159 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 5: if I were a Democrat governor or whatever, I would 160 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 5: call up Trump. I say, come on in and make 161 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 5: us look good because we're cutting crime down to nothing 162 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 5: and we're taking people out career criminals who are only 163 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 5: going to do bad things, and we're bringing a back 164 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 5: to their countries. But where we've done it has been amazing, 165 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 5: and we have a capacity to do it at much 166 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 5: greater levels. 167 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 2: See when the rest of the world hears something like that, 168 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,599 Speaker 2: they think, why is this California governor who's also an American, 169 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 2: Why is he picking on the president? Listen to the president. 170 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 2: The President says he's a good guy. He's just trying 171 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 2: to help him get crime down. And we all know 172 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 2: that California has a crime problem. How humiliating is it 173 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 2: for Gavin Newsom to be standing there in the ballroom 174 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 2: and President Trump? Who Newsom's there to roast President Trump saying, Hey, 175 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: he's a good guy. I want to help him. If 176 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: I was in I'd say call me, let me help you. Unbelievable, unbelievable. 177 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 7: Such, Hey, Lou, I'd like to know who's paying for 178 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 7: Governor Newsom's trip to Davos. I'm sure glad he's charging 179 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 7: US taxpayers for it. I think it's to be a 180 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 7: personal charge, because, like you said, he's not a leader 181 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 7: of the country. He's just a governor, and the terrible 182 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 7: one at that. 183 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the strange thing about it. That's why it 184 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 2: was newsworthy. They're like, the governor of one of your 185 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 2: states are here. I get it that California is a 186 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: large GDP, right, California has a large economic footprint and 187 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 2: is frankly has a large is just more productive and 188 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 2: has a bigger gross domestic product than most of the 189 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 2: other nations represented there. Having said that, there are wealthy 190 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: areas of Germany and not so wealthy areas of Germany. 191 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 2: You don't see the Burgermeister of Bodenboden showing up at 192 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 2: the World Economic Forum in Davos. You see the head 193 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: of Germany. So when you have the president of the 194 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 2: United States who was running late, and then, you know, 195 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: preceding him, the governor of California, it was just strange 196 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 2: and it completely backfired. 197 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: Hey, Kfi, I refuse to listen to Penruse. 198 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 4: He's such a pinhead and I like. 199 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 2: This guy worst fill in host ever. 200 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, Newsom, you're a moron. You are so irrelevant to 201 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 8: everybody except for your cronies who are retarded. You'll never 202 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 8: be president, You'll never be anything else. And I hope 203 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 8: you just dropped dead. 204 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: Oh Man, I don't know what he's gonna do. It's 205 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: so fascint somebody, Look, here's the reality. Whether you like 206 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 2: Newsome or not, He's got everything going for him in 207 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 2: that he is high profile. He wants to be in 208 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 2: the news, right, he wants to make media appearances, he 209 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 2: wants to go on television, he wants to go on 210 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 2: the campaign trail for other Democrats. So he's got fire 211 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 2: in the belly. That is what we call it in politics. 212 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 2: He is the governor of a blue state and he 213 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 2: was re elected. He was also recalled and beat the 214 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 2: recall by a wider margin than he was reelected. Now 215 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 2: for me, that's nauseating, But the reality is the reality. 216 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: The political chips fall where they may. Republicans have not 217 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 2: done a good job of outmaneuvering Gavenussom, so good for him, right, 218 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 2: that's bet on Republicans. But to get to the next 219 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 2: level requires him to have some kind of opening, some 220 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 2: kind of lane. What is he is? He the new Democrat? 221 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 2: You know, Governor Bill Clinton got a lot of traction 222 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 2: out of being a new Democrat. It was never really 223 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 2: defined what that was. It eventually became known as a 224 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: pro business Democrat, but during the campaign, he was a 225 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 2: new Democrat and it just it separated him, it distinguished him. 226 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 2: Oh no, Clinton's a new Democrat. He's not like these 227 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 2: liberals that Ronald Reagan was talking about. He's a new Democrat. 228 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: And it was just that simple. And immediately people looked 229 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: at him, they took a second look at him because 230 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 2: it was a new Democrat. Okay what they didn't even 231 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: ask what a new Democrat was. They just listened to him. 232 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 2: And that's all it took for Clinton to become somebody 233 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: that people would be interested in that isn't a Democrat. 234 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 2: The Democrats are going to get the Democrat votes and 235 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 2: Republicans are going to vote for Republicans. It's the great 236 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 2: middle right. It's a center right Republicans or Reagan Democrats 237 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 2: and the self described independents. Those are the people you 238 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 2: need to have to win a presidential election. So what 239 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 2: lane does Newsome take? Does he go and try to 240 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 2: run in the center. Well, the Democrat Party is not 241 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 2: in the center. They're moving toward democratic socialism. And the 242 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: Trump hatred thing worked for a while. It's not working 243 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: as well anymore because Trump's popular already on the core issues. 244 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 2: Still remains very high. So he's he's trying like, how 245 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 2: do I do this? Do I be an anti Trump Democrat? 246 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: Do I be just let's all get a long Democrat 247 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 2: to buy partisan democrat? Do I be a mea culpa 248 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 2: Democrat and say, yeah, the Democrat party's gotten a little wild, 249 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 2: little woke, a little crazy, little drag queen story hour, like, 250 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: is that gonna work for me? And he's tried it 251 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 2: all and it's nothing. Sticking to the wall and now 252 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 2: here he is. He's on his way back from Davos 253 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: in Switzerland, and everybody wants to know, you know what, 254 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: that is a huge waste of money? Who paid for 255 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 2: Gavin Newsom? 256 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: A bag full of disease? 257 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 2: All right? 258 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 9: Now ask Gavin Newsom? Or what can we do to 259 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 9: complain about Gavin Newsom going to Dovos when he's not 260 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 9: even here taking care of our state. He's postering, mocking 261 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 9: Trump and want to people he's an idiot. 262 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 2: I appreciate the call, all right, we got to take 263 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: a break when we come back. There was an absolute 264 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 2: surrender of Denmark today, whether the Danes know it or not, 265 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: Greenland was given. I mean, it happened. I can't believe it. 266 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 2: I was not a huge fan of this storyline of 267 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 2: all the things that were going on in this new administration. 268 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 2: Where this Greenland thing came from, I'll never know. I'd 269 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: never heard it before. I worked on presidential campaigns since 270 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: the nineties, and I've never heard of a Republican presidential 271 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: candidate or a Democrat presidential candidate ever mentioned Greenland. I 272 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 2: never heard of any Secretary of Defense or depth sec 273 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: of Defense ever talk about Greenland. I don't know where 274 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 2: the obsession came from. I don't even know if it 275 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 2: is genuinely Trump's obsession. Maybe it came from the Department 276 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 2: of Defense. I don't know. But early in the second term, 277 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 2: Trump seemed to be very preoccupied with Greenland, and it 278 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 2: was almost laughable. It's like, all right, I mean fine, 279 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 2: I mean, we could talk to Denmark, maybe put a 280 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 2: military base on Greenland. We seem to have a military 281 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 2: base everywhere else. What's the difference? And Trump was like, no, 282 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 2: that's not enough. We need to actually have it. And 283 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 2: it seemed a little verdict. And guess what, in less 284 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 2: than twenty four hours on the European continent, we pretty 285 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: much got Greenland. I'll tell you what we got that's 286 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: coming up next. 287 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 288 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 2: Thank you for tuning in. Good to have you along 289 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 2: with us talking about the whole situation. In Switzerland at 290 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 2: the World Economic Forum, President Trump was there, talked about Greenland, 291 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 2: talked about effectively a resetting of American and Western European relationships. 292 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 2: And of course Gavin Newsom. 293 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 10: In response to a call of that, just called in 294 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 10: on how News one on taxpayer dime. I asked the 295 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 10: same question. 296 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 7: He didn't. 297 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 10: It's NGO fund that through grants they donate money. It 298 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 10: didn't come out of taxpayer money. And by the way, 299 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 10: best filling hosts ever, Hey, I appreciate the call. 300 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 2: You're not funny. And trumpson watched the Body Mountain. 301 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 3: For his trip Toorge Sorels. George Soros son was there 302 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 3: with him. 303 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 2: You know that, Yeah, I do. Alex Soros was there, 304 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 2: but somebody from the Soros family is always there. 305 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 4: Yes. 306 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 2: So, as you heard at the bottom of the hour report, 307 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: Mark Ronner confirmed as the as did the Newsom Press office, 308 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 2: that taxpayer money was not used. So here's how this works. 309 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 2: Campaign downers and there are are a lot of people 310 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 2: that donate to Gavin Newsom, including the guy that owns 311 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 2: banana bread. 312 00:18:59,600 --> 00:18:59,719 Speaker 8: Uh. 313 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 2: The way this works, you can up there are limits. 314 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 2: There's only so much money you can give a candidate 315 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 2: for governor. There's only so much money you can give 316 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: Gavin Newsom. And people that budget for campaign contributions, people 317 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: that have business in front of government, people that have 318 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 2: businesses that are affected by government regulation. They have budgets 319 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 2: for campaign contribution. And the maximum amount to people in 320 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 2: this space is not very high, like it's it doesn't 321 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 2: people that max out to governors in campaigns like that's 322 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: just part of the money they give away. You think 323 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 2: to yourself, who could afford running agint twenty seven thousand 324 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: dollars check for Newsom reelection? Trust me, I know these people. 325 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 2: They're also writing money to charities and to symphonies, and 326 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 2: I mean these people have disposable income. So maxing out 327 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: to Gavin Newsom is like not a lot. So they're 328 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 2: actually asking how else can I get money to Gavin Newsom? 329 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 2: And this goes on with state assembly members, state senators 330 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 2: all the time. So what will happen is for people 331 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 2: that like and it's a smaller universe than your general 332 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 2: donor base. But you do have an inner circle of 333 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 2: people that maxed out, and they usually the term is 334 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 2: called double max out. That means you and your wife 335 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 2: have maxed out, and now there's no place for you 336 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 2: to go. So you have to figure out another way 337 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 2: to become Newsom's favorite all time person. So he'll set 338 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 2: up a fund or many funds, and he'll ask you, no, 339 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I can't take another check from you. You've 340 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 2: already maxed out in this cycle how much you can 341 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 2: give Newsom for governor. But here is a place you 342 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 2: can spend money and write a check. And it's a 343 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: fund that enables the governor to travel without using taxpayer's expense, 344 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 2: or it covers the costs for the governor's secret service 345 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: or for the governors entourage or whatever. Now these are 346 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 2: campaign contributions, clearly, but they're technically not because they're not 347 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 2: used for campaign expenses. This isn't a campaign expense. It's 348 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 2: a high profile expense and that's where the money came from. 349 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 2: It's so it's it's shady, but it's perfectly legal, and 350 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 2: everybody does it, Republicans and Democrats. Okay, the unconditional surrender 351 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 2: of Denmark to President Trump. I have been waiting for 352 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 2: these remarks by a US president for a long time. 353 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 2: I really have. I went to school in the eighties. 354 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 2: I studied political science, and I watched how the United 355 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 2: States and Western Europe got along, and I would really 356 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: growing up as a kid, my earliest memories of US 357 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 2: foreign affairs were in the late seven and every time, 358 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 2: like by the time I was I don't know ten, 359 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: like I could actually understand the news, right my parents 360 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 2: watched the news, and every time I turned on the TV, 361 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: I saw then President Carter in the Middle East. He 362 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 2: was always in the Middle East, Like from seventy six 363 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 2: to eighty, that's all that was going on in the 364 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 2: United States was Middle East. Piece Accord Camp, David Accord. 365 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 2: And you know, the head of Egypt in the head 366 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 2: of Israel are on the White House Rose Garden and 367 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 2: they're shaking hands. Oh my god, peace was struck in 368 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 2: the Middle East. We have a peace agreement on Nwar 369 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 2: Sadat and Monocam Bagon. They're shaking hands. Look at this, hooray. 370 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 2: And there's Jimmy Carter in the middle and they're doing 371 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 2: that freeway handshake. And there's Jimmy Carter with that big smile, hooray, 372 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 2: and then you know there'd be a problem with the 373 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 2: peace deal, and then another piece deal. And that's all 374 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 2: that was ever talked about on the nightly news was 375 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 2: President Carter commenting on the Middle East Peace Deal. And 376 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 2: I remember as a kid thinking, is this the President 377 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 2: of the United States or the President of the Middle East. 378 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 2: And there were so many like challenging things going on 379 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: in the late seventies. I remember my dad having to 380 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 2: go wait online to get gasoline and you can only 381 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 2: get gas on every other day or the letter of 382 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 2: your license plate. There were like things going on in 383 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 2: the country that I thought the President would attend to. 384 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 2: And he's there shaking hands with the you know, the 385 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 2: prime minister of some Middle Eastern country all the time, 386 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 2: like never talked about America ever. And when he did 387 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: talk about America, it was how we had to tighten 388 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 2: our belt. We I grew up in the Northeast, so 389 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 2: you know, heating oil was a thing, and he was 390 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 2: telling the nation to turn the thermostat down or up 391 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 2: or whatever, don't use heat, put on a sweater, and 392 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 2: then he would go back to the rose garden and 393 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 2: shake hands with the Middle East people. So when I 394 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 2: went to Universe City and studied political science, I was 395 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 2: keen and aware of what is going on with the 396 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 2: rest of the world. In the United States, why are 397 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 2: we always involved in these things? And that was the 398 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 2: Reagan years. And during the Reagan years, they convinced us 399 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 2: that at any given time, the Soviet Union was going 400 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 2: to launch ICBMs and destroy us. We were taught mutual 401 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 2: assured destruction. We had to spend more money than we 402 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 2: had as a nation to build more ICBMs because the 403 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,959 Speaker 2: only way we weren't going to get destroyed is if 404 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 2: we could achieve mutual assured destruction. That was the principle. 405 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 2: I remember learning it in polysci and so we had 406 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 2: to spend incredible amounts of money just so they knew 407 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 2: that if they launched, we launched, and everybody dies. And 408 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 2: that was the strategy. And I thought, that's kind of 409 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 2: a stupid strategy, but and an expensive one, and how 410 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 2: do we know that's true? So I started studying politics 411 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 2: of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in real time, 412 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 2: and I had as one of my professors a former 413 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 2: Bolshevik judge that defected, and it became to me and 414 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 2: others that looked deeply, it became very clear that the 415 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 2: Soviet Union never had that level of might. They showed 416 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 2: off that level of might, but they could never pull 417 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 2: that off. They just didn't have the weapons, and the 418 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 2: weapons didn't work, and they had a lot of dysfunction, 419 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: and they, you know, the satellite states didn't get along. 420 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 2: All the Stans hated the Soviet Union. They hated Russia. 421 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 2: It was because Russia was so centralized and so out 422 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 2: of touch with Turkmenistan and tai Jikistan. They hated like 423 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 2: they didn't get along. So like those satellite nations weren't 424 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 2: really loyal to the Soviet Union. And of course the 425 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 2: Soviet Union fell apart and we went into debt with 426 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 2: a huge military budget. And I thought to myself, all right, 427 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 2: so we were lying to about that too, right, It 428 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 2: was never really a Russian threat. Now Here we are 429 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 2: fast forward from then, let's say thirty six years, and 430 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 2: we're being told that if we don't have a very 431 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 2: large investment in Western Europe, then now the Russian Federation 432 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 2: that can't can't defeat Ukraine is going to roll into 433 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 2: Poland and World War three is gonna start. And President 434 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: Trump you need to be committed with NATO, and you 435 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 2: need to be part of this, and the United States 436 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: needs to be involved, and you gotta pay right. We're 437 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 2: being told that all over again, and this morning Trump 438 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 2: finally said, no, we're done. You will march to the 439 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 2: beat of the drum that's best for the United States, 440 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 2: or you're on your own. And he literally in one 441 00:26:54,000 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 2: speech reset American Western urinepee in relations since World War Two, 442 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: I think going now for the next fifty years. And 443 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 2: I'm very excited about it. I really am. I so 444 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 2: want out of this entangling alliance we have with Western Europe, 445 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 2: where from my vantage point, all I see is the 446 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 2: United States and it's taxbury being taken advantage of, and 447 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 2: we get very little out of it, and they don't 448 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: like us anyway, and they talk trash about us around 449 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 2: the rest of the world, except when they're in the 450 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: Oval Office asking for foreign eight. So Trump called him 451 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: out on it, and I thought it was pretty sweet. 452 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you what he said. That's coming up next. 453 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 454 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 2: Bluke Penrose with you till ten o'clock coming up following 455 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 2: the News at eight. New video posted on social media 456 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 2: shows a surge of ice raids across Orange County this morning, 457 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 2: Huntington Beach, Westminster, Santa Anna. This following or ice activity 458 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 2: in Anaheim just a few days ago. So maybe Minneapolis 459 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 2: is over and Orange County is next. We'll tell you 460 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 2: what we know and get your reaction. All right now, 461 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 2: the unconditional surrender of Greenland. 462 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 4: The unconditional surrender of unconditional surrender. 463 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 6: We shall not settle for less than total victory. 464 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,719 Speaker 2: So President Trump in Switzerland, in front of Western Europe, 465 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 2: reminded all of Western Europe, including Denmark, about what actually 466 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 2: happened in World War II. 467 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 5: We saw this in World War II when Denmark fell 468 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 5: to Germany after just six hours of fighting and was 469 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 5: totally unable to defend either itself or Greenland. 470 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 4: So the United States was then compelled. We did it. 471 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 5: We felt an obligation to do it, to send our 472 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 5: own forces to hold the Greenland territory and hold it. 473 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 4: We did at great cost and expense. 474 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 5: Denmark knows that we literally set up bases on Greenland 475 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 5: for Denmark. 476 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 4: We fought for Denmark, but we saved. 477 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 5: Greenland and successfully prevented our enemies. From gaining a foothold 478 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 5: in our hemisphere. 479 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 2: So this is all fact. Now, it is unpresidential. It's 480 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 2: not diplomatic to tell the world that in World War Two, 481 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:35,959 Speaker 2: Denmark caved in six hours. But it's true. It's absolutely true. 482 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 2: Most of Western Europe caved. And the point that he's 483 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 2: making is, you know, you are all criticizing my leadership 484 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 2: in the United States and our interest in Greenland for 485 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 2: our national security in our hemisphere. But you forgot that 486 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 2: in World War Two there was no threat to the 487 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 2: United States by Germany. There was no NATO at the time. 488 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 2: We were fine, we were gonna be fine. But we 489 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 2: felt compelled to put ourselves in a position primarily well 490 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,239 Speaker 2: two reasons. One, you know, we're friends, right, We're all 491 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 2: supposed to be friends, getting along with the Allied powers. 492 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 2: Want to be on the good guys side, all right, 493 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 2: United States, you want to be on the good guy side. Sure, 494 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: we're good guys here in the United States. What's going on? 495 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 6: All right? 496 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 2: Well, Denmark just caved in six hours, and they got 497 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 2: this other piece of land that's very close to you 498 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 2: and so, and I mean, if they take it, then 499 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 2: they occupy the North Atlantic and they're in striking distance 500 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 2: from you. Now, there was no chance that Germany was 501 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 2: going to strike the United States. Anybody that has studied, 502 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 2: even high school history knows that Germany was doing their 503 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 2: best to not get the United States involved. Wanted to 504 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 2: be our friends. By the way, you know who they 505 00:30:54,720 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 2: successfully influenced. Who remembers who the US ambassador to England 506 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 2: to the Court of Saint James. It was Joe Kennedy. 507 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: John F. Kennedy's father was the ambassador, and he advocated 508 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 2: for the United States to stay out of World War 509 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 2: Two and was recalled Joe. You can't be saying that 510 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 2: you're gonna sound anti Semitic. So there were some strong voices, 511 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 2: so nobody believed that Germany was after us. But we said, 512 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 2: all right, you know what, we'll protect Greenland. It's right here, 513 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 2: and you know we'll give it back to you when 514 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 2: the war's over, and you know, we'll do our part. 515 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 5: And then after the war, which we won, we want 516 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 5: it big without us. Right now, you'd all be speaking 517 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,719 Speaker 5: German and little Japanese. 518 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 2: Perhaps, Now you gotta admit that is a line. Right 519 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 2: to stand in Switzerland talking to the leaders of Western 520 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 2: Europe reminding them about the US involvement in World War two, 521 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 2: and telling if it was not for the United States, 522 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 2: you'd all be speaking German. That's a killer. 523 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 4: After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How 524 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,719 Speaker 4: stupid were we to do that? But we did it. 525 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 4: But we gave it back. But how ungrateful are they now? 526 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 2: Right now? They won't even talk to us about something 527 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 2: that's important to us. Greenland means nothing to Denmark and 528 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 2: has nothing to do with Denmark's national security. It wouldn't 529 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 2: matter if Denmark was threatened. They caved in six hours 530 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 2: the last time there was a war, So nothing Greenland 531 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 2: can help them with. But as it turns out, Greenland 532 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 2: is strategic for the United States and Canada, and it's 533 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 2: in our hemisphere. And we do ever write to have 534 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 2: hemispheric hegemity. That's a political science term that means that 535 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 2: we have an obligation but certainly a right, to control 536 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 2: power and influence in our hemisphere. We are the number 537 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 2: one nation in this hemisphere, and by virtue of that, 538 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 2: we have a right to say what goes in this hemisphere. 539 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 2: We just established it. So politics, at the end of 540 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 2: the day, is the science of power and influence and 541 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 2: it's if we decide it's in our national security that 542 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 2: Greenland is either American or american Ish, then we're we 543 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 2: are allowed to do that, and Denmark should acquiesce to 544 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 2: some degree, name a price, or cut us a lease 545 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 2: deal or something, because we have hemispheric hegemity. That's how 546 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 2: that works. Congratulations. Now you now have more political science 547 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 2: academics than half of the polyside department at USC and 548 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 2: the entire poly side department at UCLA. But that's how 549 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 2: this works. And by the way, we do that for 550 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 2: other hemispheres, other nations of the world. We don't get 551 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 2: involved in the Indian business, a business in the Indian Ocean. 552 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 2: We don't get involved, you know, in the South Africa 553 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 2: like these, that's their corner of the world and what's 554 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 2: best for them, and they're the number one power in 555 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 2: the area, then they ought to have influence and we 556 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 2: let the world just settle out that way. We try 557 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 2: and make sure they're good guys, but even if they're 558 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 2: bad guys, we don't deny them their hemispheric hegemity. And 559 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 2: that's all the United States is looking for. And the 560 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,840 Speaker 2: concern is China and Russia. That's what they tell US anyway. Again, 561 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 2: I have never understood this whole Greenland need, but the 562 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 2: Department of State and the Department Offense say so, and 563 00:34:55,640 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 2: they know better than I. So if that's concern, then 564 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 2: I will lead it. Leave it to the Secretary of 565 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 2: Defense to make the call. And I expect Western Europe 566 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 2: and Denmark to follow the rules of the game because 567 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 2: this is the Western hemisphere and they're pushing back. But 568 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 2: the good news is there was an unconditional surrender of Greenland. 569 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 4: The unconditional surrender. 570 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:28,400 Speaker 2: Because Trump walked out of Davos with the support of 571 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 2: the General Secretary of NATO, and even the General Secretary 572 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 2: of NATO agreed that the head of Denmark isn't nearly 573 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,959 Speaker 2: as important as the NATO alliance, which means we're gonna 574 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 2: get everything we want. So Trump wins again. Lou Penrose 575 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 2: on kf I AM six forty live everywhere on the 576 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app 577 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 1: KFI A six on demand