1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,000 Speaker 1: Too night. 2 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 2: Michael Brown joins me here, the former FEMA director of 3 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 2: talk show host Michael Brown. 4 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Brownie Now Brownie, You're doing a heck of a job 5 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: the Weekend with Michael Brown broadcasting Life in Denver, Colorado. 6 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: You've tuned into the Weekend of Michael Brown. Glad to 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: have you joining the program today. Text line, as usual 8 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: is always open. Numbers three three one zero three three 9 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: three one zero three, keyword Mike or Michael. Be sure 10 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: and follow me on social media. 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There is a meme 20 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: that I saw on x uh you know sun Zuo 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 1: son z however you pronounced it, The art of War. 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: This is a picture of Trump and kind of a 23 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: sun Zuo dress and made to kind of look like him. 24 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: And the quote is I might do it, I might 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: not do it. I might have done it already. Nobody 26 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: knows Trump Zoo. Now. I'll get back to that in 27 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: just a minute. But this news caught my eye because 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: it's another example of never believe everything. Always be prepared 29 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: to be disappointed or to be you know, oh great, 30 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: that's good news. It's just a time where I'm not 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: sure anything really is what it is. There's this bit 32 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: of news for everybody who might still, after all it's 33 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: taking place over the past few months, still think that 34 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: Marjorie Taylor Green is anything other than just a fraud. 35 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: I some people, you know, having been inside the beltwegh 36 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: for almost six years, I reached the point where I 37 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: don't care whether you were the chairman of you know, 38 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: the chairman of the senatehole name committee, you were just 39 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: a member of the committee, you were just a senator 40 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: that or a congressman. I didn't have to deal with 41 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: it all whatever. I took all of them, not at 42 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: face value, but at I don't trust any of you, 43 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: even the ones I liked. It's horrible to say, but 44 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: I just always thought at any moment. Anything for any 45 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: reason or no reason, you could turn on me in 46 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: a heartbeat, and same with your constituents, were the same 47 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: with the president's agenda or anything else. So, just to 48 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: further that topic up, you know who Marjorie Taylor Green 49 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: was paling around with in recent weeks, Code Pink. Yes, Oh, 50 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: there's a great photo of her. You can find it 51 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: online pretty easy. She's with Medea Benjamin, who's the leader 52 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: of the radical left wing protest group Code Pink. By 53 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: the way, Code Pink's main sources of funds the George 54 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: Soros crime family syndicate and the Chinese Communist Party. So 55 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: Marjorie Taylor Green and Benjamin have suddenly become fast friends 56 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: in recent months, at least according to Oh, let's see 57 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: The Daily Caller, Axios and a bunch of other news platforms. Coincidence, 58 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: I don't know whether it is or not. So this 59 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: controversy goes all the way back to a night in 60 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: September when Donald Trump, the Vice President, JD. Vance, Marc 61 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: la Ruby, Secretary of State, Scott Bessant, the Secretary of 62 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: the Treasury, and several other senior officials walked to Joe's 63 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: seafood diner. I shouldn't say Dina, It's not really a diner, 64 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: Joe Seafood, it's nearby. They were gonna have dinner. So 65 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: as they enter the restaurant, they were assaulted by a 66 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: group of Code Pink protesters and you can find the 67 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: video online. They get peppered with all sorts of obscenity 68 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: filled tunts for about a minute or so, getting interestingly 69 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: within just a few feet of the President Vance and 70 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: others before the classically unprepared and slow moving Secret Service 71 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: detail finally got his crap together and pushed them out 72 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: of the venue, and is all too typical. Nobody got arrested. 73 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: So guests who recommended the restaurant to President Trump, with 74 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: whom at the time she was still on good terms with, Yes, 75 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: Marjorie Taylor Green Huh, starting to see I'm starting to 76 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: try to connect some dots here. And guess who the 77 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: White House staff say They say called Trump's scheduling office 78 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: repeatedly on the day of the dinner to make sure 79 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: that Trump was going to be there and demanding to 80 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: know exactly what time they were scheduled to arrive. Why. 81 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 1: The answer to that would be Marjorie Taylor Green. I 82 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: don't know what do you think of that? Now? White 83 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: House staffers have said they believe this was pretty suspicious 84 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: behavior given that Marjorie Taylor Green had not been invited 85 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: to the dinner. So her increasingly public association with the 86 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: founder and president of Code Pink and the Code Pink 87 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: fellow travelers over the following months since then kind of 88 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: seems to raise some suspicions or is it just me? 89 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: In fact, Benjamin tweeted out on December ten, we visited 90 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: Congressman Margie Taylor Green today to thank her for becoming 91 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: such a strong anti war voice in Congress and tell 92 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: her we're gonna miss her. I don't know if any 93 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: other single Republican member of the House or the Senate 94 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,239 Speaker 1: who has such a positive or for that matter, almost 95 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: any relationship with Code Pink and and whom admits a 96 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: friendship with any of its members. I don't know. There 97 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: may be, so I don't know who. I don't know 98 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: who Lindsey graham Man hangs out with, but I don't 99 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: think anybody's out there boasting about it. Now. I know 100 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: it's not dispositive. No, it doesn't prove anything, and she 101 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: denies the accusation, which of course is exactly being the 102 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 1: synate that I am, is exactly what I would expect 103 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: any you know, lying member of Congress, which I know 104 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: I repeat myself, or even a completely innocent person to do. 105 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: So that denial and I don't know what, I don't coffee, 106 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: So that and what used to be that? In the 107 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: dollar and get you a cup of coffee? But was 108 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: it now three dollars, five dollars, seven dollars? But the 109 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: circumstantial evidence is such that the White House decided on 110 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: Friday to actually refer Marjorie Taylor Green to the Secret 111 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: Service for an investigation, and then as if to prove 112 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: her guilt. That referral to the Secret Service came just 113 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: two days after she chose to do another appearance with 114 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: her newest best friends, the People on the View. Anything 115 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: going to become of this, probably not, given the crappy 116 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: history the Secret Service in protecting this particular president and 117 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: why I'm laughing about it. It's horrible, but nobody should 118 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: be mourning Marjorie Taylor Green's exit from Congress, since it 119 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: turns out she's really nothing more than just a typical 120 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: Georgia rhino in the moto of their governor, Brian Kemp. 121 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: We go back for a moment to the Trump sun Zoo. Mean, 122 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: there's a viral video that's making its way across the 123 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: Internet right now of an interview with somebody who claims 124 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: to be a Maduro loyalist who was part of the 125 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: deposed dictator security force there was caught completely by surprise 126 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: and decimated by US special forces during that raiding Caracus Now. 127 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: The video was posted by an ex user called ant Sick, 128 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: which I think is in Spanish, but you can go 129 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: find it and view it on the feed a nut 130 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: si NC. That's it. At ant Sick, an insider from 131 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: Venezuela's security forces says US troops were like nothing they'd 132 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: ever seen, overwhelming firepower, advanced tech, total dominance. After Trump's 133 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: Fox News warning I'm taking on the cartels, Latin American 134 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: is certainly watching how powerful US forces truly are. And 135 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: then an account by the name of Mike Netter goes 136 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: by at netder Mike. This account from a Venezuelana security 137 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: guard loyal to Nicholas Manial is absolutely chilling, and it 138 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America 139 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: suddenly changed the security guard on the day of the operation. 140 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: We didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but 141 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: suddenly all of our radar systems shut down without any explanation. 142 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of 143 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 1: drones flying over our positions. We did not know how 144 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: to react. The full transcript that's next. It's fascinating, and 145 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: then we might swear back to Marjorie Taylor Green just 146 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: for the fun of it. I'll be right back. Welcome 147 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: back to the weekend with Michael Brown. Glad to have 148 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: you with me. I appreciate you tuning in. Give me 149 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: a favor, go over and follow me on x at 150 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: Michael Brown USA. Text line, of course, has always opened 151 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: three three one zero three three three one zero three 152 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: keyword Mike or Michael. We got really good text messages today, 153 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: except for some crazy lawyer up in Alaska. Theres just 154 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: just doesn't get it. Didn't get it. I keep waiting 155 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: and hoping that at some point, and I know that 156 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: opset co operational security would probably prevent it. But I 157 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: would love to see some video of the raid and caracas. 158 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: And I keep watching for, you know, bits and pieces 159 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: to leak out. But boy, they got this one tied 160 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: down tight. But over on X again proving that X 161 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: really is the new media, you find an interview with 162 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: a member of the Venezuelan security guard that was loyal 163 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: to Maduro, and it's really chilling and it explains, I 164 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: think a lot about why this tone across Latin matter. 165 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: So the the vice president of Venezuela, this socialist, communist Marxist, 166 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: has become the president ostentibly. She's coming to d C 167 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: sometime I think next this week or next to sit 168 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: down and talk with the oil company. He's like these 169 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: about some of the issues they raised in that meeting 170 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: with Trump yesterday. But this is the only thing that 171 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: I've been able to find so far that gives somewhat 172 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: of a really amazing account of what took place. So 173 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: let me walk through the sum of the transcript. The 174 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: security guard says that on the day of the operation, 175 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but 176 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,479 Speaker 1: suddenly all of our radar systems shut down without any explanation. 177 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of 178 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: drones flying our position, flying over our positions, and we 179 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: didn't know how to react. Now, just that statement alone 180 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: amazes me, because that must have been a boatload of drones. 181 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: You see one or two drones, you think, yep, okay, 182 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: we better take that out. We're not sure what it is. 183 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: But to be so overwhelmed that you didn't know how 184 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: to react tells me that the sky was just full 185 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: of drones. So the interviewer says, well, what happened next? 186 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: And the guard says, after those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, 187 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: but there were very few. He says, I think barely 188 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: eight helicopters. But from those helicopters soldiers came down, but 189 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: a very small number of soldiers, maybe twenty at most. 190 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look 191 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: like anything we fought against before. No feasis, Sherlock, You've 192 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: been living in a fantasy communist world where you don't 193 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: really see what the United States of America has the 194 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: capacity to do. It's like, oh, we're being invaded by 195 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: martians or something. So the interviewer says, so is that 196 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: when the battle began? Security guard says, yes, but it 197 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. Remember, 198 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: he said there was maybe twenty men and they were 199 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: in the hundreds. He says. They were shooting with such 200 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: precision and speed. It seemed like every soldier was firing 201 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 1: three hundred rounds per minute. We could not do anything. 202 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: Did interviewers wanting to know, what about your own weapons? 203 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: Did you use your own weapons? Did they help? And 204 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: the security guard tells this interviewer that no help at all, 205 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, the 206 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: guard says, the Americans launched something. I don't know how 207 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: to describe it. It was like a very intense sound way. 208 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. 209 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. 210 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: We fell to the ground, unable to move an emp 211 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: like device. I don't know when do you military guys 212 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: tell me what was it? But suddenly a gigantic flash 213 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: bang of some sort, but big enough that they're bleeding 214 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: through the nose and the mouth and they're completely incapacitated. 215 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: So the interviewer is, well, what about your comrades, what 216 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: did they do? Were they resisting? And the guard admits, no, 217 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: not at all. Those twenty men, he says, without a 218 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way 219 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: to compete with their technology, with their weapons, I swear, 220 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: he says, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't 221 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was. God, 222 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: you gotta love the American military. Now. The other thing 223 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: that I thought about as I'm reading through this transcript is, yeah, 224 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: we're pretty damn good. The Russians I don't think quite 225 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: so good. I think I'm more concerned about the People's 226 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: Liberation Army Chinese Communist Party than I am about the 227 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: Ruskies right now. So the interviewer then asks, so do 228 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: you think the rest of the region, Latin America? Do 229 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: you think the rest of the Latin America should think 230 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: twice before confronting the Americans security Guard Without a doubt, 231 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can 232 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: fight the United States. They have no idea what they're 233 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: capable of. After what I saw, I never want to 234 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: be on the other side of that. Again, They're not 235 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: to be messed with. So the interviewer concludes with this question, Well, 236 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, 237 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: do you think the situation will change in Latin America? 238 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: And the guard says, definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. 239 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: He says, no one wants to go through what we 240 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: went through. Now everyone thinks twice what happened here is 241 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: going to change a lot of things, not just in 242 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: Venezuela but throughout the region. Now, I've got to put 243 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: a footnote on this. I have no idea who any 244 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: of these people are and whether the guy in the 245 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: video is telling the truth or not, But if what 246 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: he claims is even partly accurate, it could explain. In fact, 247 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: it would explain something, including one the fact that the 248 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: US forces did not sustain a single casualty despite facing 249 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: a Venezuelan security force in the hundreds housed in the 250 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: military fortress where Maduro slept each night. 251 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 3: Wow. 252 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: The fact that every radar, night vision, and every other 253 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: defensive technology system which had been supplied to Venezuela by 254 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: Russia and China mysteriously failed in Unison immediately before and 255 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: throughout the entire raid. Now, it's how do I describe this? 256 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: I've long known part of but not much of that. 257 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: The Pentagon has maintained what we always refer to as 258 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: a black budget, very well funded, which is for decage 259 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: engaged in the development of advanced weapon systems. What hasn't 260 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: been public information is what the nature of that is, 261 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: and what the purpose of the weapon systems have been produced, 262 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: and whether any other than probably the BE two stealth 263 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: bomber have ever been deployed for usage. Well did Madual's 264 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: security force? Are they the first to experience a confrontation 265 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: with some of those dark advanced weapon systems? If this 266 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: guy speaking the truth, probably so, and that might help 267 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: explain why in the days following that event we have 268 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: witnessed a new spirit of contrition and cooperation for that matter, 269 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: coming from the offices of a bunch of tinpot dictators 270 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: holding power in Narco terrast states like Columbia, Panama, and 271 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: Mexico are suddenly now Trump's not spilling the beans, not 272 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: to allering press, and I wouldn't either. I'll be right 273 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: back to night. Michael Brown joined me here, the former 274 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: FEMA director of talk. 275 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 2: Show host Michael Brown. Brownie, No, Brownie, You're doing a 276 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 2: heck of a job the Weekend with Michael Brown. 277 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Weekend with Michael Brown. Glad to 278 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: have you with me. I appreciate you tuning in text 279 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: line as usual always open three three one zero three 280 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: keyword micro Michael go follow me on x at Michael 281 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: Brown USA. Let's go across the pond to the United 282 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: Kingdom for a minute. I have four I don't know, 283 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: probably several years now discussed how Britain is really converting 284 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: hate speech into thought police actions and are criminalizing not 285 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: just speech but actual thinking and if you express that 286 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: thinking on social media or out loud, you can be 287 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: subject to arrest. Well, they're finally retreating from policing hate 288 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: speech at the same time that another member of the Commonwealth, Australia, 289 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: is trying to expand it. Non crime. Hate policing just 290 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: waste resources because real crimes are gonna go unpunished. Think 291 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: about you know, we joke, although it's not really a 292 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: joke about how you know when you need cops, they're 293 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 1: just you know, they're you need a cop right now, 294 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: but they're in Denver. They're fifteen minutes away if you're lucky. 295 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: So any time that you're busy as a cop, you know, 296 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: trying to wrest some old fart or some young kid 297 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: for posting something on X or Facebook or someplace else, 298 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: or for just uttering something that you know, they consider 299 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: to be Islamophobic or whatever it is. It's you know, 300 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: politically incorrect. They're not doing their jobs otherwise. But even 301 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: now UK authorities admit that these laws are crushing free 302 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: speech and they don't. They've kind of gotten out of balance. 303 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: The Labor Party is kind of defending the preempty policing 304 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: of thoughts, despite the fact that some courts, not a lot, 305 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: but some courts are ruling in favor of free expression. 306 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: The rollback, of course comes too late for you know, victims, 307 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: if you're like a for example, a pro life activist, 308 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: it becomes this comes too late. But the very fact 309 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: that we've had this kind of pendulum swing back and 310 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: forth bothers me now announced in this past July. By 311 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: July twenty twenty five, a review about all of these 312 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: laws came about after some intense debate in the House 313 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: of Commons that occurred way back in November of last year, 314 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: almost a year ago to the day. Members such as 315 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: Independent Lord Ian Austin of Dudley, we're slamming and policing 316 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: a thought crimes as being absurd, and indeed they were, as. 317 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 3: The Non Crime Hate Incident or NCCHI is a recent 318 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 3: and chilling restriction to our free speech, and NCCHI means 319 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 3: any non crime incident which is perceived by the victim 320 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 3: or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice. 321 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 3: They define hostige. 322 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: If these laws applied in this country, this entire program 323 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: would be hate speech. I don't I mean just call 324 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: it as I see it. But wow, you look at 325 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: some of the text messages I get, or you look 326 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: at some of the people things that people post on 327 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: X wow, I'd be in deep doo doo. 328 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 3: Hostility as being based on the existence of ill will, 329 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 3: ill feeling, or dislike. This means that some of our 330 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 3: thoughts are now being policed. Ncchi is can be recorded 331 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 3: against someone's name whenever an accusation of hate is made, 332 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 3: so people are being put on a list, often without 333 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 3: their knowledge, when the police know that no crime has 334 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: taken place. Police officers are told not to challenge accusers 335 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 3: on the grounds that it is immaterial whether a victim's 336 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 3: feelings are reasonable. One police force justified them by saying 337 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 3: that the role of British police today goes beyond bringing 338 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: offenders to justice when they commit crimes, and includes preventing 339 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 3: people questioning the identity of various groups. Ncchis were never 340 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 3: created by government, but by a limited company called the 341 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 3: College of Policing, a quango which provides guidance to police forces. 342 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 3: Parliament has never passed legislation calling for ncachis. This is 343 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 3: speech control and surveillance created away from democratic oversight. This week, 344 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 3: Harry Miller is challenging the legality of these non crime 345 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 3: hate incidents in court. Twenty nineteen, Miller, a former policeman, 346 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 3: was the subject of an anonymous denunciation for a transphobic 347 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 3: hate incident via one of the online hate reporting quarters 348 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: established to keep the opinions of the population under constant surveillance. 349 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 3: His supposed wrongdoing turned out to include retweeting a verse 350 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 3: from a feminist's home. For this, Miller got a visit 351 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 3: from homicide police. Although no crime was committed, his tweets 352 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 3: were recorded on a crime report, calling him the suspect 353 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 3: and the complainant the victim. The Free Speech Union's paper 354 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 3: this week recommends that the category of non crime hate 355 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 3: incidents be scrapped. 356 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: As they should be. Absolutely they should be. But think 357 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: about get how do they get this place in to 358 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: begin with. Back in twenty twenty three, this member of 359 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: Parliament House of Commons Austin we called the police recording 360 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: more than thirteen thousand so called non hate crime incidents, 361 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: and then he said involved the investigation of school children 362 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: and others for utterly absurd reasons. He says, I myself 363 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: was investigated for calling hamas Islamus. Meanwhile, just two percent 364 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: of rates and four percent of burglaries ever lead to 365 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: somebody being charged. Shoplifting has been virtually decriminalized, and there's 366 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: an epidemic of mobile phone theft on the streets of London. 367 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: So this progressive Marxist policy of policing non crime hate incidents, 368 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: indeed there's the evidence drains resources to the benefit of 369 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: those who commit actual crimes. So for both the police 370 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: and for this member of the House of Commons, non 371 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: crime policing is nonsense. But are we on that similar path? 372 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: I don't think we're quite this bad. But you don't 373 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: think that democrats slash marxistly, and I repeat myself in 374 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: this country. Don't look at what they've been doing in 375 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 1: Australia and the United Kingdom and drool over that. Now, unsurprisingly, 376 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: this member of the House of Commons is backing this 377 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: independent inquiry, as he should a four page press release. 378 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: By the way, I should also mention that that sound 379 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: that you just heard is actually report from the Telegraph, 380 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: the London Telegraph, probably the only semi objective paper in 381 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: all of the UK. So listing their aims this National 382 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: Police Chiefs Council seven months later, but at least they're 383 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: doing something, said, the review would determine whether the current 384 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: police approach to reporting and recording incidents which are not 385 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: crimes was fit for purpose. So he wants to ensure 386 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: that there's a balance between preventing harm and protecting human 387 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: rights freedoms. But do they really because how would you 388 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: start down this path to begin with? That statement alone, 389 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: to me kind of implies that there was currently no 390 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: battles between the two to begin with. So if you 391 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: put it another way, the United Kingdom authorities were admitting 392 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: that the consequence of policing so called hate speech was 393 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: actually destroying freedom of speech. But instead of ditching the 394 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: law entirely, Ker Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 395 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: his Socialist government, responded to a people's petition saying they're 396 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: determined to try to get the law right. Well, first 397 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: stop and think about you're having cops traced down through 398 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: these non sanctioned portals where people are reporting things that 399 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: offend them. Be like my text line you could report 400 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: if I offend you just reported on my text line 401 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: because I'll just you know, ignore it. They they say 402 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: they're determined to get the law right. Why'd you ever 403 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: elect gets to be wrong in the first place? And 404 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: how about you just shut down the portals or at 405 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: least prevent the cops from using the portals to do 406 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: the arrest or to record the incidents. Now, if there's 407 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 1: you know, if there's a Media Matters out there in 408 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: the United Kingdom and that Media Matters organization wants to 409 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: track you know, what people say in public or whatever. 410 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: I don't care about that. Anyone I care about Media matters. 411 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: Nobody pays attention to it anyway, except those on the 412 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: left who just use it to reinforce their already you know, 413 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: deeply held beliefs that whatever you know, person that they 414 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: despise to begin with says is some sort of hate speech. Well, 415 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: you know, have at it. I don't care more speech 416 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: is the response to that instead of ditching the law, 417 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: though they they you know, or we just want to 418 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: try to get it right well, predicting hate crimes by 419 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: policing thoughts that could escalate into more serious harm. They 420 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: continue to argue it was a valid use of law enforcement. Trivial, 421 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: irrational and or malicious complaints were the reason why the 422 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: current law wasn't working. According to them, I would say, well, 423 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: whether it was trivial, irrational or malicious doesn't make any difference. 424 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: And by the way, at least under our jurisprudence, I 425 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 1: say something malicious and if it's fault, well then you 426 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: can come after me for libel and slander. But then 427 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: the UK Labor government, the Liberal government, blamed the previous 428 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: Conservative government for the law's dysfunction. A dysfunction. No, it 429 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: wasn't dysfunction. It was just it was just wrong. So 430 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: I think of some significant significance. They indicated that the 431 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: review was less a response to petitions or protests, but 432 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: more of a response to recent court rulings. They were 433 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: in favor of free speech. So the Labor government said 434 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: that the review will quote cover when the police should 435 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: record information that has not yet reached the criminal threshold, 436 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: but which is still deemed necessary to monitor community tensions 437 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: and keep the public safe. In other words, oh, we're 438 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: really not going to do anything. Listen to that again. 439 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: The review will cover when the cops should record information 440 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: that has not yet reached the criminal threshold, but which 441 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: is still deemed necessary to monitor community tensions and keep 442 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: the public safe. Well that's a little comfort for victims 443 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: of non crime persecution. Pro life groups arrested because the 444 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: UK government considered their silent prayers violent. It doesn't accomplish anything, 445 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: you see, the march of Marxism will continue even when 446 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: those proposed and some Marxism come out and tell you, oh, 447 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: we're trying to roll things back because it's ineffecting. Oh really, 448 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: you're just You're just a wolf in sheep's clothing. I'll 449 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: be right back. Welcome back to the Weekend with Michael Brown. 450 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: Glad to have you tuning in. I always want to 451 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: take a moment out at the end of the program 452 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: and thank everyone for tuning in or listening on the 453 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: podcast or whether your local affiliate carries it later in 454 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: the day or tomorrow. I just appreciate you listening, and 455 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: I know that you take time out on Saturday to 456 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: do this or whenever you listen, whether you time shift 457 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: or not. And I appreciate this audience very very much. 458 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: Let's talk about Greenland for just a second. A couple 459 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: of other topics I want to kind of cram in 460 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: here in this last segment. So Trump said yesterday that 461 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: we are going to acquire Greenland, whether it's current sovereign 462 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: the Kingdom of Denmark it or not. His remark while 463 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: he was speaking with the press following that level that 464 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: high level meeting with all spoil and gas executives at 465 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: the White House, warning the Danish leaders that I'd like 466 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: to make a deal the easy way, but if we 467 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,719 Speaker 1: don't do it the easy way, we're going to do 468 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: it the hard way. 469 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 2: Right now, we are going to do something on Greenland, 470 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: whether they like it or not, because if we don't 471 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 2: do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland and 472 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 2: we're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor. 473 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 4: Okay, I would I would like to make a deal of, 474 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 4: you know, the easy way, but if we don't do 475 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 4: it the easy way, we're going to do it the 476 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 4: hard way. 477 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: And what does that mean. If we don't do it 478 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: the easy way, we're going it the hard way. And 479 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: I agree, I don't want, you know, to have Russia 480 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: or China as our next door neighbors. In fact, I 481 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: would venture to say that I think most Americans are 482 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: woefully ignorant of what's going on in the Arctic Circle 483 00:31:55,440 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 1: right now or how strategic Greenland is to our our 484 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: ability to maneuver in terms of protecting Europe or ourselves 485 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: from Russia, which uses those shipping lanes and for that matter, 486 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: missile corridors. He says, if you look just outside Greenland 487 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: right now, there are Russian destroyers, Chinese destroyers, and Russian 488 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: submarines all over the place. We are not going to 489 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: let Russia or China occupy Greenland, and that's what they're 490 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: going to do if we don't now. I think it's 491 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: interesting that this whole issue of Greenland moved back to 492 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: the front of the administration's interests after they successfully carried 493 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: out the operation to capture you know, that little tempot 494 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: dictator Nicholas Maduro, because the removal of Maduro deprives both 495 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: Russia and China of a key ally in the Western Hemisphere, 496 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: and that's likely going to impact the latter nation's oil 497 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: and gas supplies. But Greenland, aside from the strategic location 498 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: between the US and VS. Arty is an ideal location 499 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: for naval especially submarine basing, in order for US to 500 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: project power into the Atlantic Ocean. And we have an 501 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: agreement dating from World War Two, and I think, don't 502 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,719 Speaker 1: hold me to this exact date, but I think renewed 503 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: in nineteen fifty two that allows us to establish pretty 504 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: much whatever we want to in terms of military assets 505 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: on Greenland. And in addition to all of that, they've 506 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 1: got really huge deposits of critical minerals and other essential 507 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: elements crucial to our defense and our tech industries. And 508 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: this nation has a history of annexine territory. We still 509 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: have territories, some which are inhabited islands, some are uninhabited islands. 510 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: We got Guam, we got, you know, the US Virgin Islands, 511 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: We got American Samoa, we got Puerto Rico, we got 512 00:33:53,640 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: all sorts of things. And then this continent is a 513 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: lot of purchase and annexation, the Gadsden purchase, the Louisiana purchase, 514 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:13,280 Speaker 1: any number of examples. It's just that well, I would say, 515 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: some of it hasn't happened recently, except Alaska became a 516 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: state nineteen fifty nine. I forget the year Hawaii became 517 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: a state, but you know, we pretty much annexed Hawaii, 518 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: so this is not something new. And Denmark, seriously, we're 519 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: gonna I mean, with all due respect to the Danes, 520 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: and Denmark's a great place to visit. But when you 521 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: really think about NATO, is NATO really an integral part? 522 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: Is Denmark really an integral part of NATO? Well, they're 523 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: all integral parts. But if Denmark would just suddenly disappear, 524 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 1: what would happened? Or let me ask you a different way, 525 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: if Greenland were to be invaded by Russia or China, 526 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: what would Denmark the current so called sovereign agreement over Greenland? 527 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 1: What would they do? Well, they couldn't do anything on 528 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: their own. They'd have to turn to NATA, or at 529 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: least turn to their EU allies. They'd have to turn 530 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: to the United Kingdom or France or Germany. That's a joke, right, 531 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 1: what are they going to do? Portugal and Spain make 532 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: sure the lights are on first. Now. In late December, 533 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:38,839 Speaker 1: late last month, Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as 534 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: a special envoy to Greenland. Well, that prompted the Kingdom 535 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: of Denmark to demand we need respect for its sovereignty. 536 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 1: Well earlier this week, trump reknew push for the island 537 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: prompted a bunch of European leaders to issue a statement 538 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: reiterating their commitment to the Kingdom of Denmark sovereignty over Greenland. 539 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 1: What good is that sovereignty if you can't protect those people? 540 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 1: And then there are some reports that you know, I 541 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,760 Speaker 1: forget how much it would cost us. There are fifty 542 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,280 Speaker 1: two thousand inhabitants I think fifty two thousand and fifty 543 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,799 Speaker 1: five thousand Greenlanders, and we would pay them one hundred 544 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: thousand dollars each if they want to become US citizens. 545 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: So want a couple of billion dollars to buy it, 546 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 1: I'd say that's a pretty good deal. Compared to the 547 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: purchase of Alaska, or the Louisiana purchase or any of 548 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,240 Speaker 1: the others. I'd say, go for it. I'm not opposed 549 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,719 Speaker 1: to this. I think what drives people nuts, and I 550 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: understand it is we can either do this the easy 551 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: way or we can do it the hard way. And 552 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: I think people immediately jumped to the conclusion that the 553 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 1: hard way is that we're going to somehow put boots 554 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 1: on the ground and invade Greenland. Well, what if we 555 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,239 Speaker 1: just start expanding bases. What if we just started putting 556 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:53,280 Speaker 1: in additional military installations. How about that that's actually permitted 557 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: under the current agreements. Greenland the fifty eighth state or 558 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 1: the fifty first state. If I have a great weekend, 559 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,720 Speaker 1: I'll see you next Saturday.