WEBVTT - Stop Blowing Your Freakin' Train Horn! 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:05.640 Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio of the 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.680 George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Show, Katty Armstrong 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:17.240 and Jetty and now he Armstrong and Getty. 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:23.520 Well. 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:25.640 I think dialogue is very important, and I think it's 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:29.600 a very positive meeting for the world because during Biden administration, 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.160 no dialogue was happening. So I think it's very important 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:35.479 to hear Russian position directly, and there are lots of 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.240 misunderstandings misinformation about the Russian position. And it's also a 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.559 chance to sort of reset if the meeting goes well 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:43.839 US Russian relations. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:49.000 That's the Russian point of view. That is so obvious 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:55.760 what they're doing. We've been misunderstood. Very important dialogue, can't 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.360 wait to talk. We should be friends, We will be friends. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:02.840 Be good to see you eat salmon together in Alaska. Okay, 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:07.760 all right, you're murderous thugs and you think it's basically 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:14.959 just a big stall or uh yeah, yeah. I think 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.760 they probably have two strategies in mind. Depending on how 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.080 things go, they'll pivot from one to the other. The 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:24.000 one is the big stall, as you've been describing, trot 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:28.880 out some very reasonable sounding possible agreements that are roughly 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:33.280 seventy five percent done, and we'll just take a little 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.000 while to hash out the last twenty five percent, they'll say, 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:38.920 and then they will stretch that interminably while they continue 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:42.160 to do what they've done. Second strategy, and they are 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:46.200 absolutely gonna try this is hit Trump with a package 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:53.440 of alluring baubles rewards for essentially giving up Ukraine to 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:59.400 Russian domination, disarm Ukraine, completely, assure it will never join NATO, 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:04.040 get rid of the Zelensky government, which they charmingly call denocification, 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.799 and in return, you know, we'll give you xyzab and 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:13.000 c and make you look like a big winner. Mister President. Well, 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.600 I don't think Trump would go for that, but my 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:17.519 theory on that after we hear a little bit. This 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.239 is ABC News is reporting on this. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.600 Russian President Vladimir Putin trying to lay the groundwork, heaping 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.679 praise on President Trump. Putin saying, the current American administration 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.960 is making quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.200 stop the crisis, and reach agreements that are of interest 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:38.520 to all parties involved in this conflict. Putin saying Trump 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.000 wants to create long term conditions for peace, both between 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.919 our countries and in Europe and in the world. One 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:48.000 big question, will President Trump hold a joint press conference 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.679 here as eye by side with Vladimir Putin? The White 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.320 House Press secretary said that was the plan, but Trump 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.880 later saying though that would be nice. If the summit 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.359 doesn't end, well, you'll just have his own press conference 0:02:58.600 --> 0:02:59.200 and head home. 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:01.040 And I feel like there's a zero chance of a 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:03.160 side by side press conference. I think Trump will do 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:06.240 one because he loves to come out and tell people 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:11.799 what happened. Yeah, I want to get this on. This 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:13.919 is Fox's reporting that's got some nuggets in it I 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:15.960 hadn't heard anywhere else. Let me just say this about 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.200 Putin that he famously does his three four hour press 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:22.160 conference once a year or whatever it is. But to 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.000 keep in mind, if you ask him a question he 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:27.440 doesn't like, you end up in the hut next to Navalny, 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:31.000 the late Navalny, in some concentration camp. So yeah, I 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.560 don't see him leaping at the chance to engage the 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:34.240 free media. 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:34.520 Now. 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.080 Putin appears to be angling for arms controls in a 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.200 video released by the Kremlin, wrapped in a compliment for Trump. 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.760 The current American administration, which everyone knows is making, in 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:51.400 my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.320 putin dangling the prospect of long term peace. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.280 Quote, if we reach agreements in the area of control 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:01.080 over strategic offensive weapons at the next day, One source 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.160 familiar with the talks says, that's new and Russia has 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.600 not previously voiced any request for strategic weapons reductions. 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.360 Okay, so what does that hold if we can come 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:15.080 up with a deal on strategic offensive weapons? What is that? Yeah, 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.400 that's the sort of babble I was talking about a 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.200 mister Trump. Look, I know we're here to talk about Ukraine, 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:25.240 but how about a giant historic arms control agreement. I mean, 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.760 you'd be like one of the greatest peacemakers in the 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.479 history of the world. Why don't we all ratchet down 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.680 the number of nuclear arms and the threats and stuff 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:34.880 like that. And yeah, there's that little patch of ground 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:36.600 in Europe. I'm sure we could come to an agreement 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.600 on that. But this is history making stuff, sir. And 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.800 then who knows they're going to hit him with a 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.279 blizzard of that stuff. Well, yeah, and that other clip 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.360 where the Russian said and what we want is the 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.600 sort of peace that can be long lasting for all 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:52.080 of Europe. Europe was at peace for the last eighty 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:59.640 years until you invaded Ukraine repeatedly, Yes, Kathy Heinrich. Fox 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:01.440 goes on to say this meantime. 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.240 Reuter's reports ahead of the meeting, Putin's been preparing to 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:08.360 test Russia's new nuclear armed, nuclear powered cruise missile. Trump 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.720 told reporters today he hasn't considered reducing military presence in 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.320 Europe to get Russia to agree to a peace deal. 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.640 That hasn't been put before me. And I think about 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.720 that for later, but it has not been put before. 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:24.600 So Putin's floating testing a new nuclear weapon in the 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:28.800 midst of all this, right, what is that? And that 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.480 last little bit about And look, also, we'd love you 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:36.480 to reduce your presence in Europe US. Why don't you 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:40.919 just kind of disarm Europe a little bit? Because Putin? 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:46.280 You can't ever underestimate Putin. Putin knows Trump thinks Europe 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:51.080 has been lazy and useless his partners in NATO. He's 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:55.039 going to appeal to Trump's desire to get the Euros 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:56.680 to do it on their own. He's going to say, look, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.080 they've been freeloading off you the whole time. You got 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.480 to reduce your forces in Europe, and yeah, does it 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.400 played war advantage? Oh, we have no designs on anything 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.720 except Ukraine, which is really part of Russia. Well, the 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.920 good news for people with like my mindset is that 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:14.200 Trump has been closer and more positive about his European 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:17.200 relationships in the last couple of weeks than he's ever been. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.280 He's had multiple meetings and they've gone over. He says 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:26.760 he agreed to Europe's red lines, which were, you know, 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.599 not only not taking troops out of Europe, but Europe 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:34.560 putting troops in Ukraine and no land swaps. All kinds 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:38.000 of different things that Trump says he agreed to. I 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.520 hope he doesn't forget that stuff when he's alone in 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.680 a room with Putin buttering him up. So Hillary Clinton 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:48.120 was on a podcast this morning, and I haven't heard it. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:49.960 I wanted to hear it because I don't. I don't 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:51.840 know if her ton of voice was sarcastic or not. 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.680 Maybe it was sarcastic, but she said if Trump can 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.320 get a piece deal that doesn't include a land swap, 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:03.080 she herself would nominate him for or the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:08.280 is that just sarcasm like that can't happen, or is 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.720 she honestly saying that would be an amazing deal. 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:11.400 Yeah? 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.960 I don't know her level of sarcasm, but I think 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:17.360 you've gotten to her point. Yeah, that that is a 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.040 trick so extraordinary, you know what, he pulls that off. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.080 He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Might not have been snarky, 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:26.120 but it was a statement. What do you think psychologically 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:36.160 is Trump's it seems genuine hatred of war in general, 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:42.800 people dying in wars. Where do I think that comes from? Yeah, 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.480 it seems like more than even most people like he 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:49.000 just hates He just can't stand the idea of people 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:53.880 dying in warfare. Yeah, that's a really interesting question. I 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:55.360 wonder if part of it has to do with his 0:07:55.480 --> 0:08:01.520 age and a little perspective seeing his grandchildren or whatever, 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.000 and realizing that, you know, all of the battles and 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:08.679 disagreements and you know, the storm and drong of life, 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.240 it really doesn't amount too much at the end. It's 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:15.360 just about living. And to snuff people out over territorial 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:20.000 disagreements strikes him as well, completely idiotic and wasteful. I 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.680 don't know. It is not of a piece with his 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.000 public image, right, in which he really tries to play 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:30.400 the hard ass and the I don't care the consequences, 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:34.360 you know type guy. I mean, he says it so 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.319 often and it seems to be genuine. The first of all, 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:40.360 the killing has got to stop. Too much killing, right, Yeah? 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:45.199 And I believe one sincere. Yeah, you know, the danger 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.640 there is that those who are willing to kill will 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:53.559 steamroll you, right if you're not willing to meet the 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:57.719 bully on the schoolyard. Yeah. And as illogical as it 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.640 is that human beings regularly go to slaughtering each other 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.760 and destroying each other's stuff, I mean, it's unproductive all 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:08.000 the way around. It is the history of humankind and 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.319 always will be. So there's got to be a certain 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:14.320 level of just accepting that's part of human nature, as 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.240 awful as it is. I just I hope, and the 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.719 greatest way to save lives that exists on earth is 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.880 to be clearly ready to slaughter the hell out of 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:27.800 the other guy, right, I don't know. I really hope 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:31.800 he goes in there with a strong mindset of ceasefire. Ceasefire, ceasefire, 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.160 and if you're if you're not talking about a ceasefire, 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.000 I'm not interested in talking to the problem with that 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.240 is you walk out of that meeting, and then where 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.240 are you? The war continues, and unless you're willing to 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.520 arm Ukraine in a way that we haven't in the 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.520 past us in Europe, then the war slogs on and 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.719 there's lots of killing. Uh, and Russia's mostly getting the 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.839 better end of it, barely, right, right, I mean, so 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.760 it's not a great walk away from it position. Yeah. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:09:59.960 You know, I read something that I hadn't come up 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.280 us before, and that was a pretty detailed analysis. I'm 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:03.880 trying to find what the hell did I do with it? 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:10.480 A pretty detailed analysis of Russia's current financial situation, just 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:14.360 the tremendous hit that the economy is taking the fact 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.920 that they are out of cash and no one will 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:21.000 buy their debt. China will not buy Russian bonds, and 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.760 so they have not to mention the monumental loss of 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.400 life in the field. They're having a harder and harder 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:31.719 time recruiting cannon fodder. They're offering bonuses, signing bonuses that 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:35.959 are greater than the average salary yearly salary for a 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:42.199 Russian man right now, and that if Trump says, Okay, 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.959 we're gonna play the long game, that's not good for Putin. 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.360 I think the next thing that needs to be said, though, 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:54.000 is that unless you are going to seriously aid Ukraine 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.720 one way or another, they're not exactly in great shape either. Yeah, 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.520 so I like the hard line. No, no, no, this 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:03.360 is about a ceasefire. If you're wanting to talk about 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.640 all this other crap after a ceasefire, the problem being, 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.800 like I just said, what's your bargaining position if you 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.200 walk out of the deal, Putin says, cool, I guess 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.120 things are going to continue the way they are, which 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:15.920 is what I wanted. I'm the one who started this, 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:21.199 right right, unless you're willing to like come up with 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.200 a whole new level of arming Ukraine, and I don't 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.240 know that we are not. According to jd Vance, we aren't. 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:30.719 Maybe if Trump actually gets butt hurt personally offended, he 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:34.400 might say, if you, dude, okay, three billion dollars worth 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.839 of stuff to Ukraine by tomorrow, I hereby order, just 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:39.640 because he's angry about it. You know, I don't know. 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:42.480 It's a hell of a basis for foreign policy. But 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:46.640 I see your point. All right, here's your exit question, Jack. 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:53.000 Will Europe collectively find one or more of its testicles 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.160 and play a serious role in how this plays out? 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.880 Is Europe a single beast with the normal two testicle 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.360 or is it like the entire twenty eight countries, which 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.199 would give you what fifty six testicles? Well, for the 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.240 purpose of the metaphor, and because there's no proof that 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.880 quite a few of those countries have any testicles whatsoever, 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.960 let's view it as a collective beast with the standard 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:21.000 set of two. Will they find them and assert themselves 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:23.679 in some way? They're getting closer than they've ever been, 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.640 like in our lifetimes, I think to deciding we got 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:31.400 to start taking care of our own backyard. So yes, 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.800 Great Britain and Germany and France certainly believe that. I'm 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:37.679 going to go with yes. I think Europe's gonna find 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.599 its testies right down there where they exist, Like you 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.679 know what kind of blow your pocket? Oh good lord, 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.920 do he's an idiot? Michael? Can you believe that TwixT 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.439 your life ways? The UK ought to be referred to 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.480 as the formerly Great Britain? Wouldn't that be more accurate. 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.920 It's a little bit of a hurtful name, but it 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:58.960 would be more accurate. Yees, it's accurate. Any thoughts from 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:04.680 you text line four KFTCY. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.920 A new podcast interview, vice President JD. Van said that 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.600 the most surprising thing about being vice president is quote 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:12.920 how much you are never alone? 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:16.319 Hey? Man, don't you have three kids? What made you 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.080 think you were suddenly going to be alone? 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.640 I have three kids and I'm only alone in the 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.839 bathroom and I still have to answer stupid. 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:28.760 Questions through the door. Correct. Yeah, what's your expectation for 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:34.599 being alone? Uh? I want to get this on just 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.720 because we were just having this discussion. Are our friend 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:40.440 Mike Lyons, our favorite military analyst. He's not available today, 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.599 but he did tweet this out an hour ago. Not 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:47.040 having great expectations for what's to come from the summit today, 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.320 there's this is just what we were talking about. There's 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.040 just not enough leverage on Russia to change their behavior. 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.600 The meeting will be over quickly. So it's a kind 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:56.439 of a weird deal where like I go in and 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.640 say this is the price I'll give you for the boat, 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.400 and they say I'm not taking that. Oh, well then 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.400 I'm leaving, and they say, okay, fine, I didn't really 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.079 need to sell the boat. I mean, that's kind of 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.360 the situation we're in. Trump comes to says, I want 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.160 to cease fire. No, well then I'm leaving. Okay, fine, 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.560 I was gonna I want to fight the lot War anyway. 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.040 So it's not gonna go that way. Russia is gonna 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.560 pull some of the maneuvers I've been describing. But there's 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.960 when it comes to the core topic of Ukraine, there's 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.680 practically no overlap. I mean so little it's it might 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.720 as well be zero. It gets back to that George 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.400 Schultz quote that I've mentioned several times this week. These 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:37.080 things only work if you've got up some force, a 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:41.160 power to force something. And do we have it, like 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:42.960 you were talking about Europe and the balls. Does the 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:47.520 United States or Europe going to bring enough power to 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.720 the Ukraine situation that the Putin has to move and 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.640 right now it doesn't look like it. Yeah, there's got 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.480 to be a serious stick involved in the negotiations. Yeah, anyway, 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:01.360 much more to come on. Speaking of a Serian hostel, yes, 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:09.040 oh oh lord, inappropriate. The Macrones cute little Manuel Macrone 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:15.160 and his high school teacher former wife, Brigitte former high 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:19.560 school teacher, current wife. They're still married, right, yes, yeah, anyway, 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.600 she was his high school teacher when they first allegedly, 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.200 you know, locked eyes and found love. Anyway, a little weird, 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:27.480 but who am I to judge? They seem to be 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:32.640 happy at weird, so they are in case you don't 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:37.840 know this, suing US podcaster and influencer and half a 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:46.520 nut Candace Owens for claiming repeatedly a series of quote outlandish, defamatory, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:51.120 and far fetched fictions about the couple, the central claim 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.680 of which is that Brigitte Macrone was born male. Candis 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.320 Owens has been claiming that Macrone's wife is a dude 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.440 for quite some time and claims to have plenty of 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:04.800 evidence yes transgender. Specifically, the investigation carried out, Oh I'm sorry, 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.640 so they've hired private and guest investigators to listen see 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.520 see if missus McCrone is a dude or not. No, 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.680 they don't need an investigator. This is the Macrone side. 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:18.320 Oh okay, the investigation dot d. Some details were shared 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.880 with the Financial Times, as well as describing her links 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.640 to the far right in France. Investigators outlined her connections 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.800 to right wing populist figures in the US and UK 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.360 and her online interactions with a Russian nationalist boy. That 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:35.400 is some thin cruel. Mister McCrone, Does your wife have 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:36.640 an Eiffel Tower? Yes? 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:36.960 Or no? 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:48.120 Wow? Or no wow wow wow we we we or 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:52.880 no anyway? All right, So they're trying to portray her 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.240 as some right wing nut job. I don't where are 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:59.000 they suing her in France. You're not going to get 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.880 anywhere in the US. Friends, I just I don't know 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:03.840 how much they know about that. And my question with 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:07.320 that this line of stuff is if she was a dude, 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.920 what difference does that make to the world or foreign 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:13.159 policy or anything. I mean, you know that is a 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:22.240 reasonable question. Armstrong and Getty. The House will come to order. 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.639 It is evident to the Chair that a quorum is 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:25.240 not present. 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.320 Now a ritual the special Legislative Session, and the Texas 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:32.560 House is closed as soon as it's open. Speaking from Illinois, today, 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.359 Texas Democrats issued demands for their return to the lone 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.639 Star state, the first being that Governor Greg Abbott abandoned 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.680 the special session, which includes a redistricting map that could 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:45.200 award Republicans five more seats in the US Congress. Their 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:48.800 second demand is that California redraw its districts to the 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.920 advantage of Democrats. This, as Texas Democrats admitted today, they 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.119 cannot maintain this standoff indefinitely. 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.840 We know that there's a certain point where we passed 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:01.879 the baton to another and say we have run our 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:02.760 leg of this race. 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:04.480 It is time for you to run your leg of 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:11.240 the race. All right, play the jackass, Donald. 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:14.240 Trump, you have poked the bear and we will punched back. 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.520 We have got to meet fire with fire. I'm sorry, 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.399 I said jackass. I meant bear the bear. They've poked 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:24.800 the bear, not the jackass. That's Gavin Newsom from cal 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:31.119 Unicornea counting on the fact that people don't get that 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.879 California has already jerrymandered. So's Illinois. So are lots of 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.520 blue states. There were lots of red states. It's common thing. 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:42.800 It's part of our history. As was pointed out the 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:46.480 other day by the great Kevin Williamson, the term jerry mander, 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.400 which comes from a guy named Gary, but somehow over 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.320 the years we turned it to jerrymander. But he was 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.680 a signer to the Declaration of Independence. I mean this 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:59.080 goes that far back, right, Yeah, and it's just and 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.560 Democrats are better at it than Republicans historically speaking, as 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:05.120 we've discussed that if we get into a war, there's 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.359 much more upside for Republicans than Democrats. To Gary Manner 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:14.159 even more severely. But Gaviy Newsom was in full I 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:18.600 am the warrior for the woke resistance mode yesterday. It 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.600 was quite amusing. What he's trying to do is overturn 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:29.359 California's barely ten year old law that says redistricting districting 0:19:30.000 --> 0:19:33.320 will be done by a non partisan commission, which has 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:36.760 been become heavily left anyway, but it's better than the 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:40.040 legislature being involved because they're utterly corrupt. And so Gavy 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:41.639 is going to put it to a vote of the people, 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:45.040 try to overturn that and return the state to partisan 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:51.440 Gary mandering, even though it enjoys enjoys just in overwhelming 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.280 disapproval that idea. So I would love to see him 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.760 just whacked in that offer effort, but he was rowling. 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.320 Let's listen to him. Next clip, Michael eighty five, Wake. 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:06.159 Up America, this is serious moment. Yeah, wake up to 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:11.240 what's going on. Wake up to the fear, anxiety. Wake 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:13.439 up to what's happening, not just here in Los Angeles 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:15.960 where we saw our streets militarized. 0:20:16.840 --> 0:20:19.040 Of course, our due process rights throwing out the window. 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:24.480 I think he might be two to four years late 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:26.920 on this tactic. I think it would have worked. You 0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:28.639 remember there was a time where all this sort of 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.159 stuff worked, that Trump is the Hitler. Where did I read? 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:38.040 I read a piece yesterday on how uh like, for instance, 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:41.399 you're not hearing much narrative really out of anyone about 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:44.159 how Trump is a puppet of Putin. That was the 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:48.920 only theme the entire first term of Trump's presidency. But 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.720 that's pretty much gone because obviously he's not in a 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:55.760 variety of ways. And I think this this whole angle 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:57.520 would just I just I just don't think it's got 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.639 the legs it had before. You know, let's go ahead 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:03.879 with eighty seven. Michael I said in a moment to 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:05.760 wake up America. Wake up. 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:09.000 You will not have a country if he reaches this election. 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:11.280 You will have a president will be running for a 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:11.880 third term. 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:15.359 Mark my word. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that. 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:18.280 I received in the mail at Trump twenty twenty eight 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.720 at from one of his biggest supporters. These guys are 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:24.159 not screwing around. The rules do not apply to the 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:29.520 most corrupt president in history. All right, he doesn't believe 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:32.040 in free enterprise, crony capitalism. 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:33.399 Wow, he is. 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:38.440 Wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. To lawless president, Wake up, America, 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:40.080 Wake up to what's going on. 0:21:41.760 --> 0:21:46.640 To Gavin who's some condemned corruption is just too much? Sorry, yeah, 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:50.560 we so if you're listening in other parts of the country, 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:56.000 we've had Gavin Newsom on our radar for many, many, 0:21:56.080 --> 0:21:58.000 many years, going back to when he was mayor of 0:21:58.080 --> 0:22:00.399 San Francisco, and we've done events with him and that 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:02.800 sort of stuff. So maybe we're too close to it 0:22:02.840 --> 0:22:05.040 because I read a lot and listen to a lot 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:08.160 of national pundits who think Gavin Newsom comes off really well, 0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:12.240 that he's very powerful, skilled politician. At this maybe I'm 0:22:12.359 --> 0:22:16.119 jaded by so many years of listening to his crap fools, 0:22:18.160 --> 0:22:20.440 But what was I gonna say? What is he just saying? 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:23.800 It's the New York East Coast media elite. They pronounced 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:26.840 to the rest of They explain America to the country 0:22:26.960 --> 0:22:29.480 and the country to America or whatever. Well, I'm trying 0:22:29.480 --> 0:22:31.280 to need you, but maybe they're taking it in like 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:34.240 average voters who haven't been exposed to Gavin Newsom all 0:22:34.280 --> 0:22:39.840 these years when he's running for president. But I just 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:43.560 think this is the end of our democracy. Thing is 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:46.639 played on both sides. I think I think both sides 0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:49.960 played it so hard over the last like eight years. 0:22:50.760 --> 0:22:55.200 I just don't think it lands anymore. I hope I'm right. Actually, well, 0:22:55.320 --> 0:23:01.000 in a weird coincidence, wink, wink and clip, we'll hear 0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:05.840 about what was happening right outside Newsom's event in LA. 0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:10.080 That strinking scene outside of California event featuring the state's 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:13.760 top democratic figures, including Governor Gavin Newsom. A group of 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:17.399