1 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: All right, welcome to the Jim Acosta Show. It's another 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: day that ends and why in the question how low 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: can Trump go? We have a new answer today and 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: joining us to talk about this is my friend Steve 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: Schmidt with the say of America Movement in the warning Steve, 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: great to see you. 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: Good to see you, Jim. 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, and as we'd like to call another edition of 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: Oh Schmidt, it's Friday. But Steve, we got to dive 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: into this madness that was unleashed last night, you know. 11 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: The New York Times reported that the Pentagon has artificially 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: lowered the number of dead from the war with Iran 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: from eighteen to fourteen. The Times reported that they had 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: conflicting answers from officials as to why that was the 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: official line from the Pentagon, as there were some sort 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: of technical data glitch, which of course is impossible to 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: believe right now given everything we know about this administration. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: But it appears what officials have told The Times is 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: that this is due to the fact that they're they're 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: trying to play math games. They're trying to play a 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: numbers game with the number of dead, and well, that 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: could be, but they're attributing to the to the number 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: of dead being lower because of us, these latest deaths 24 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: coming after the so called Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: which is total hogwash. But what do you make of this? 26 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just absolutely appalling that they would play 27 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: these kinds of games with these numbers. 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: Well, I have three reactions to it. Where is the 29 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: American legion, Where is every veteran group and every member 30 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: of Congress who wore the uniform? Where is the outrage? 31 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 1: Yeah? 32 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: And so the Trump position here is the dead soldiers 33 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: aren't dead because they were killed after the fire was 34 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 2: signed and the war ended. I mean, this is why. 35 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: Back when they gave us books in school, like in 36 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: the eighties, one of them was nineteen eighty four. It 37 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: is as depraved as a depraved government can do anything. 38 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 2: It's just it's just it's astounding in its in its 39 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: in its awfulness. Such a insult the concept that Trump 40 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: said these soldiers were happy that they died, putting words 41 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 2: in their mouth for his lost war, for his disaster, 42 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: for his quagmire, which was entirely predictable from weeks out. 43 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: And I know that because I predicted it. Everything I 44 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: said would happen here including on this show, has come 45 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: to pass. And I'm not alone in saying it, but 46 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: this country, our conte is staring a disaster in the face. 47 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: And his response to try to say that because I 48 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 2: declared that this was over and these soldiers died, after 49 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 2: we have bases obliterated all over the Middle East, this giant, 50 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: fantastical lie being offered on the day that Trump will 51 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 2: host a gathering in Washington of the White House correspondence 52 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: is particularly disgusting. And let me just say I said, 53 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: and I meant it, in September of twenty twenty, I 54 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: predicted violence after Trump said a legitimate election he was 55 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: going to lose was tainted. That violence came. And the 56 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 2: point I was trying to make was that anybody who 57 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 2: steps across that final line into denying the choice, so 58 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: the American people, it's an irredeemable line that you can't 59 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: cross it back. And so tonight, and you're gonna see 60 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: a lot of fancy journalists right in black tie, but 61 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: whatever they are, right, they're all little Lenny Reef installs 62 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 2: right after they crossed the line tonight to go sit 63 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: there with this man who's investigating New York Times reporters 64 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: and their parents. American soldiers who were killed in action 65 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: were not killed in action. It is depraved, fucking depraved. 66 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's vile, it's sick, it's twisted. And Donald Trump 67 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: has been playing numbers games. Yesterday he was talking about 68 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: the number of dead in Iran and comparing it to 69 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: other conflicts, and he wildly inflated the number of dead 70 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: from Vietnam, which is a war that he dodged, claiming 71 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: that he had bone spurs. But let's listen to Donald 72 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: Trump talk about this, because this. 73 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 3: Is we were in Vietnam for twenty years, lost thousands 74 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 3: and hundreds of thousands of lives, but thousands and thousands 75 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 3: of lives. We're in Afghanistan for years. We were in 76 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 3: all these wars that you heard about for years and years, 77 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: we were you know, never I called them, never any wars. 78 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: Well, we're in for. 79 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: Four months and I had a very sad day yesterday. 80 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 3: I went to Dover. Four great American patriots killed. That's 81 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 3: eighteen and two wars and one is too many, but 82 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 3: it's eighteen. Whereas in Vietnam we lost two hundred thousand, 83 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 3: we lost thousands and thousands, and Afghanistan We lost thousands 84 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 3: in every war, the Korean War thousands, and these wars 85 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 3: all lasted for years, and we want to get it 86 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,799 Speaker 3: over with and we want. 87 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: To do it right. 88 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 3: But we have to we have to do what we 89 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 3: came to do, and that's we can't let these people, 90 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 3: very violent people, we can't let them. 91 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: Have what they want. Yeah. I mean, if there were 92 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: fifty eighty one fatalities in Vietnam, forty seven thousand hostile deaths, 93 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm just looking at what's easily available online, and you 94 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: would think of war that he dodged, he would maybe 95 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: get close to the approximate number, which just about every 96 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: American knows. 97 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the first the first names on that 98 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: wall are from nineteen fifty nine. I think the first 99 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: one is Dale Buis, he was a Green Beret advisor 100 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 2: in the In the last one from nineteen seventy five, 101 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: I think that name is Chester overhand, and a lot 102 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 2: of dead Americans in between because of the stupidity of 103 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 2: policy makers. And that's the issue, is that within the 104 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 2: lifetime of the Vietnam War, we have an American president 105 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: who doesn't understand the limitations of American power. And by 106 00:06:54,520 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: the way, again another signal failure of the American media. 107 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 2: What is it? Is it that we've been at war 108 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 2: with Iran for four months or is it forty seven 109 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 2: years like you said last week? Is it that we're 110 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: at war now for eighteen days? Or is it that 111 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 2: you won the war as you've declared twelve different times? 112 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: Correct? 113 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: What is it? 114 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: Yeah? 115 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: And so every day we are enveloped in a boat 116 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 2: pall toxic cloud of bullshit, a poisonous cloud of nonsense, 117 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 2: and much of it is driven by corrupt media figures 118 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: like a Barry Weiss for example. 119 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and and we should touch on that. But 120 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: before we move on to another subject, I do want 121 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: to point out that, you know, times are tough when 122 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: Marjorie Taylor Green starts to makes sense, and I should 123 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: point out she has put up a tweet saying she 124 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: doesn't believe she's not buying this bullshit from the Pentagon, 125 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: and the Department of War is not counting these American 126 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: service deaths in the official talenty US holdiers and Trump's 127 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: war against Iran because they claimed they were killed after 128 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: Trump signed the MoU even though we are bombing every day. 129 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: This is repulsive. I mean, you know, I've said it before. 130 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: When I start to agree with Martin Taylor Green, that's 131 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, maybe it's good that I'm having some time 132 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: off coming up Steve. 133 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 2: US military it was the most respected institution in the 134 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 2: country and rebuilt its reputation after the Vietnam War, and 135 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: Pete Hagstaff had shattered the moral spine of the US 136 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 2: military with his misconduct and with his crimes yea, the 137 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 2: illegal war crimes, boat strikes, murder in the Southern Caribbean 138 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 2: an issue that must be looked at, must be talked about, 139 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 2: not necessarily on cable news, but in the real world. 140 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 2: That is the sinking of an unarmed Iranian frigate by 141 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 2: a US submarine in the leaving of a cadet crew 142 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 2: to drown off the Sri Lankan coast. These are atrocities 143 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 2: that need to be investigated. And when you look at 144 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: the US military and its brokenness, we are low on weapons, 145 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: we are unprepared to fight in the Pacific, we are 146 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 2: engaged in a quagmire in the Straits of Hormaz, and 147 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 2: in the Red scene out against the Hooties. 148 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: That's right expanded. 149 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 2: We have yoked American policy to the extremest government of 150 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:17,479 Speaker 2: net and Yahoo and called it Israel and have caused 151 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: chaos around the world that will weaken America for the 152 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: balance of our lives, the surrender of our pre eminence 153 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 2: in the world economically, militarily, and morally because of the 154 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 2: US wretchedness, the putridity, the rottenness of this man, this 155 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 2: disgusting man chosen by the American people in two out 156 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 2: of three presidential elections tragically. 157 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you mentioned Hechseeth. I mean, they're they're asking 158 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: for ninety five billion dollars for the war with Iran, 159 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: ninety five billion dollars just down the drain, and they 160 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: and they want to put Pete Hegseth in charge of 161 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: a one trillion dollar defense budget. It's obscene at the 162 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: time when House Republicans are taking away people's health care, 163 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: at a time when the price of just about everything 164 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: is going through the roof and there's no relief in sight, 165 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: at a time when Trump wants to tariffs are going 166 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: back up on what some eighty countries around the world, 167 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: they're going to go back into effect because you know, 168 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: he can't get along with any country on Earth. He 169 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: wants to photo bomb when these countries win the World Cup, 170 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: but he wants to bomb them with tariffs and ask 171 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: them to say thank you, thank you, sir, Can I 172 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: have another I mean, it's just totally reckless. And and 173 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: you know when the Spaniards are I mean, we're talking 174 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: about this earlier in the week, when the Spaniards are 175 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: photoshopping him out of their pictures and FIFA's photoshopping him 176 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: out of their pictures. The rest of the world doesn't 177 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: want anything to do with the United States. And so 178 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: there's the diminished capability of our military, which you've said eloquently, Steve, 179 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: but there's also our diminished standing in the world, and 180 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: that comes at a cost at some point. 181 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: I if I could share a story real quick. Yeah, 182 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: during John McCain's campaign on September fifteenth, the day that 183 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: Sarah Palin did her famous interview, I always joke around 184 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: and I said that on that day that was probably 185 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: about problem number five on the list, because that was 186 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: the day the global economy exploded, and we had a 187 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 2: meeting just by chance of McCain's economic team, and the 188 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: economic team were basically hedge fund masters of the universe type, 189 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman, it was the Billionaire round Table 190 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 2: of Wisdom, and they were assembled in a room in 191 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 2: New York. And the way these things work is the 192 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 2: cameras come in, take pictures, reassure the American people that 193 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: John has capable economic advisors, and get out. He speaks 194 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: some words to them, some pablom, and then everyone goes 195 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: their own way, and the day day is done. On 196 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: this day, the markets were collapsing. Lehman Brothers were going down. 197 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 2: I was thirty seven, and I thought I knew a 198 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: lot about the world. But I remember a moment of 199 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 2: profound humility standing in the back of the room as 200 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 2: I asked the question what is a credit default swap? 201 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: Which I won't try to explain now, but to say, 202 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 2: if you haven't seen The Big Short, you should go 203 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 2: and watch it. And people who made the Big Short 204 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 2: should get ready to make the next movie about the 205 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: next iteration about the destruction of the American economy, which 206 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: will be the bursting of the AI bubble, which is 207 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: I think not understood broadly speaking. What's happening the extent 208 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 2: of the sam Altman driven Ponzi scheme and the corruption 209 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: of the Omission. In most of the media coverage from 210 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: what's staring the American people in the face. And so 211 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: we're about to implode, and by we, I mean the 212 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 2: American government of the people, by the people, for the people, 213 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: the Trump government. The market overheated, is about to implode 214 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 2: under the weight of war, under the weight of greed, 215 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 2: under the weight of corruption, a complete absence of regulation, 216 00:14:53,880 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 2: of oversight of any regulator. And once blow something up, uh, 217 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 2: as one can see, for example, in the images we 218 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 2: don't see very often on American television, can watch them 219 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: on the BBC in Ukraine of things blowing up, takes 220 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 2: a while to build them back. And I think that's 221 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 2: an important thing to understand about what's coming down the track, 222 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 2: because disaster's coming down the track. 223 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: Interesting. Yeah, And meanwhile Trump is talking of data centers 224 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: and you know, he's Elon Musk wants to remake the 225 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: Odyssey with a I mean, you know, you just can't 226 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: make this ship up. And it's it's in part because 227 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: you're absolutely right, we're swimming in an ocean of corruption 228 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: right now. And apparently Donald Trump is fully comfortable with 229 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: handing the reins to jd. Vance. We thought jad Vance's 230 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: stock had plummeted. Talk about stocks rising in Stock's plumbing. 231 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: Apparently jd Vance's stock has risen in Trump's eyes in 232 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: part because of his weight loss a his book tour. 233 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard to believe some shit. This is 234 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: MS now reporting this, but there has been there have 235 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: been some rumblings about this in recent weeks that somehow 236 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: jd Vance is back in Trump's good graces. I mean, 237 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: good luck with that, but I mean, Steve, you know, 238 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: can you think of a more pathetic figure now? Were 239 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: Mago to be turned over to heading into twenty twenty eight, 240 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: maybe Marco Rubio? 241 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 2: Right, I tee that up, you know. I all of 242 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: the top Nazis hated each other, Yeah, Goring, Himmler, Borman, Goebbels, 243 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 2: like scorpions in a bottle. Uh, these guys got together. 244 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: They each needed two tasters around them, right for both sides. 245 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 2: Whomever was sitting next to them was poisoning right the 246 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 2: guy next to them. And that's a feature of any 247 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: fascist regime, is that everybody's got a knife in one 248 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: hand for the back in front of them. Well, everybody 249 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: has eyes in the back of their head for the 250 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: knife behind them. Because the only way to move over 251 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,199 Speaker 2: a seat at the court of the wretched Nero, Right, 252 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 2: who's gonna fill Lindsey Graham's place? His nepo's sister has 253 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: to start at the back of the line. She may 254 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 2: be in the Senate, but she doesn't get Lindsay's place 255 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 2: at Mara a Lago, Right, Women don't get that. So 256 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 2: who's moving up and over? Right? Who's getting closer to 257 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 2: the king? And when you think about this, I think 258 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 2: about my life magazines that I go back and I 259 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 2: read sometime, and I think about the story in nineteen 260 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: thirty eight, the big profile piece on Goring, right, the 261 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: number two man in Germany, and he's posed there in 262 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 2: his uniforms. At the end of the day. Who was 263 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 2: going to succeed the furor was a big deal? And 264 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 2: the end it turned out to be improbable. It was 265 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 2: Admiral Donnets because they were all dead and we know 266 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 2: how it all ended. And I'm not suggesting that that's 267 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: the end of waiting Maga, of course, because the circumstances 268 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: are so different. But it's illustrative of the fate that awaits, 269 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 2: which is that none of these people are going to 270 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 2: be president of the United States. The notion is preposterous 271 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 2: because of the damage that has not yet been accounted for, 272 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 2: which will soon be due. Donald Trump has a thirty 273 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 2: percent approval level thirty percent, thirty percent. That means that 274 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 2: seventy percent of the country is against this. You gotta 275 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 2: you got a coalition of people from abdul l said 276 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 2: to Marjorie Taylor Green that that that are all Americans, Yeah, 277 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 2: that disagree on lots of things, but have come to 278 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 2: a common point of view through a range of experiences, 279 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 2: which is this guy's fucked up and full of shit, 280 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 2: right right, and and that's what you're seeing. And that's 281 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 2: what the pole says. That's what the pole says. And 282 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 2: Donald Trump's honesty should be relentlessly attacked in this moment NonStop. 283 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 2: But again, except really for John Ossoff, it's kind of 284 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: quiet out there. 285 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. It is. But you know, when you're 286 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: telling that story about the McCain campaign and Lehman brothers 287 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: in the two thousand eight financial crisis, I was with 288 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: you know, I was also thirty seven year olds years old, Steve, 289 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: and I was out on the campaign trail with Barack 290 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: Obama that day. I was actually out at a rally 291 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: with him on that day and I remember just it 292 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: felt like we were in Iowa or something something like that. 293 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: I remember all the press tables were laid out in 294 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: some field and we're climbing over things to get to 295 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: our tables, to put our laptops out and everything do 296 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: our work. And I just remember looking at those headlines 297 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: and thinking to myself, well, Barack Obama is going to 298 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: be the president of the United States. This is done, 299 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: and he's going to be the president. And I mean, 300 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: you and I were young. When I was thirty seven 301 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: years old. I didn't think thirty seven was that young. 302 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: Now I think thirty seven years years old young man, 303 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: and I still think to myself, Wow, we lived through 304 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: the first African American president of the United States, and 305 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: he was a damn good one. There are lots of problems, 306 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,239 Speaker 1: you know, with the Obama administration. You know, people can 307 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: point out all sorts of things. The second term didn't 308 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: go as smoothly as many would like. Pretty damn effective 309 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: president took out Osama bin Laden, got us out of 310 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: a financial crisis. I think at the end of the day, 311 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: he's going to be remembered in the top tier of presidents. 312 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: There's just no question about it. And but it was 313 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: a movement. It was it was something pretty damn close 314 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: to a revolution in this country. And I just think 315 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: that you mentioned John Ossoff. I just think, and I 316 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe maybe he's the next Obama, maybe he's not. 317 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: I just think that it's very possible, Steve, that we're 318 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: on the cusp of something that is going to knock us, 319 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: knock our socks off, and you know, and it might 320 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: it's going to be somewhere in between abd Al Sayed 321 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: and Marjorie Taylor Green. But I really think that people 322 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: are ready to take the toxic waste to the toxic 323 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: waste dump and get rid of it once and for all. 324 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: And maybe that's because I've got I watched too many 325 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: movies in the eighties, and I've seen too many Hollywood 326 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: happy endings. But I really do think we're on the 327 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: verge of something. I think that this is we're in 328 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: a crystallizing moment. It's going to become more crystal clear 329 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: as the months go on. But sometimes it does take 330 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: a galvanizing event. Sometimes it does take a catalyst to 331 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: launch us into that next era. And that's what I 332 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: remember from two thousand and eight. It just that financial 333 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: crisis launched us into this new Obama era, and it 334 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: changed the world, and I think it's I think it 335 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: can happen again. I think, to be optimistic a little bit, I. 336 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 2: Think that Barack Obama was I think that his I 337 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 2: think that he was a good president. 338 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, with. 339 00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 2: A aspect of his legacy that is a deep black pit, 340 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: and that is who succeeded him. 341 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:13,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and. 342 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 2: The political miscalculations that set that in motion and what 343 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 2: happened to the Democratic Party during his tenure has to 344 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 2: be faced. And I'll just give you a perfect example 345 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 2: of this playing out in Michigan with no statement of preference. 346 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 2: Though I don't think it's hard though I think some 347 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 2: people might be surprised to kind of guess where I 348 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 2: would be coming from. But the candidate of the working 349 00:23:54,480 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 2: class voter in the race is not the Bernie Sands 350 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 2: candidate Abdull sayad, It's the Chuck Schumer candidate Haley Stevens, Right, Yeah, 351 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 2: Chuck Schumer is so distained. An establishment is so disdained 352 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 2: it's created in an opening for insurgent candidates on the left. 353 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 2: And in LSI Ed's case, that candidacy is supported by 354 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 2: white college educated left wing voters that are a remnant 355 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 2: of the Obama coalition, which traded away the Democratic Party's 356 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 2: connection to the working class backbone that made the Democratic 357 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 2: Party the Democratic Party. And so Barack Obama helped forge 358 00:24:53,040 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 2: the Democratic Party through those trades into a permanently losing 359 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 2: political coalition on the numbers, and he helped it become 360 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 2: a regional party at the expense of it being a 361 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: national party. And so I think you can look at 362 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 2: his conduct as commander in chief, I give him good marks. 363 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 2: But again, there were some lessons to be learned from 364 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 2: Iraq that could have been applied to Libya that have 365 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 2: implications in the war against Iran. 366 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: And I do think, yeah, I confronted an ideas all. 367 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: Of the baby boomer presidencies. Yea, as we come into 368 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 2: twenty twenty eight and think about what's going to be 369 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 2: different and for Democrats an element of pragmatism in the 370 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 2: United States. I can tell you right now we're never 371 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 2: going to elect a democratic socialist as president. This is 372 00:25:55,359 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 2: the United States, not the Republic of Manhattan. Yeah, And 373 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 2: so winning is everything, and we're living in a catastrophe 374 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: forged from losing. 375 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. 376 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 2: That started in the Obama. 377 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: Those are all very good thoughts, and I like a 378 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 1: lively conversation, so this is good. I have a couple 379 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: of thoughts on this too, and one is, first of all, 380 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: the electoral College is a krack of shit. It should 381 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: be it should be jettisoned. I don't know, maybe you know, 382 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton should have won in twenty sixteen, and it 383 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: was kind of a fluke that Trump got in there. 384 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: Putting that to the side. I know that, you know, 385 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: that's sort of crying over spilt milk, But I do 386 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: think that had Obama gotten behind Joe Biden instead of 387 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton in twenty sixteen, and Joe Biden was dealing 388 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: with a lot. I was in the Rose Garden with 389 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden when he announced he was not going to 390 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: run for president because he was still dealing with the 391 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: loss of Bo Biden. But had Joe Biden run in 392 00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, I don't think there would ever been have 393 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: been a Donald Trump presidency. I just don't think I 394 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: think Joe Biden would have won. I think he would 395 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: have beaten Donald Trump. But who knows. Maybe I'm wrong 396 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: about that, but I just think that that would have 397 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: been the case. The other thing about the Democratic Party 398 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: now is and this is the second part of the conversation. 399 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: I was talking about this with Stephanie Ruhle on MS 400 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: NOW and I had her on my podcast. We talked 401 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: about it here too, is that I do think some 402 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: of this democratic socialist stuff is overblown, Like Mom Donnie 403 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: getting elected in New York. It's New York City, you 404 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: know what I mean. New York City elects a lot 405 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: of different people. They had Mike Bloomberg, Rade Giuliani, and 406 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: now they've got Mom Donnie. And then they also had 407 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: Mayor Adams, who is a complete, I mean joke, and 408 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 1: so they elect a lot of people in New York. 409 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: And yeah, there are some races here and there where 410 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: bad candidates are chosen and the same com I mean, 411 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: Republicans just voted for election deniers in Arizona, which I 412 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 1: think is a very worrying sign. But John Ossoff is 413 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: not a communist and James Tallerico is not a communist. 414 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: And I mean some of this, you know, Troy Jackson 415 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: is not a communist. There's some of this is sort 416 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: of overblown Fox News bullshit that gets injected into every 417 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: electoral cycle, especially when the Republicans have their backs up 418 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: against the wall. I mean, Donald Trump can't even formulate 419 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: an argument about this so called communist threat. It sounds 420 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: like a rerun of the caravan thing that he talked 421 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: about in twenty eighteen. So some of it I think 422 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: is overblown. But I do think Michigan is a vulnerability 423 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: for the Democrats in that Mike Rodgers could win that 424 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: Senate seat and that could jeopardize a Senate majority for 425 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: the Democrats. That is true. 426 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 2: Look, I think that Democrats have to reckon with something 427 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 2: that is that is really terrible to face, which is 428 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 2: I read a story about Pete Booty Judge is is 429 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 2: the front runner from the pole? 430 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I saw that. Yeah, and AOC is up 431 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:07,239 Speaker 1: there too. 432 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 2: I think, yeah, it is Joe Biden's Transportation secretary really 433 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 2: going to be the candidate the Democrats put forward as 434 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 2: the nominee in a time of catastrophe and and and crisis. Uh. 435 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 2: And so there's a question that Pete Buddha Judge will 436 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 2: be asked about Joe Biden relentlessly, and it's a and 437 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 2: it's a fair question. But we we are here today, 438 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 2: and and how did we get here? What what happened, 439 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 2: and this is going to be an amazing field of study, 440 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 2: right But but it will take decades to be removed 441 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 2: from the from the passions of the of the moment 442 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 2: to to properly appreciate it. But by lie count no 443 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 2: exaggeration anywhere in the world, the most prolific liar since 444 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: Hitler and Goebels took their last breath is Donald Trump. 445 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 2: And he won two out of three presidential elections in 446 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 2: the United States because he was viewed as the more 447 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 2: honest candidate by the American people. And therein lies the 448 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 2: greatest political catastrophe and failure in the history of any 449 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 2: political party in any democracy anywhere, except for the collapse 450 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 2: of the Weimar Republic. Catastrophic, and that has to be understood, 451 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: it has to be dealt with when you think about 452 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 2: when you think about these last twenty years. And again 453 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 2: I have enormous respect for Secretary Clinton. But people will 454 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 2: look back and say that after the son of a 455 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 2: president was acted and failed, the Democrats tried to nominate 456 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 2: the wife of a former president. And incredibly, in twenty sixteen, 457 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 2: the year of Trump, the great Republican hope was the 458 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 2: younger brother of the forty first president and the forty 459 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 2: third president. A royalist, dynastic, unsmall r Republican succession to 460 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 2: the most powerful offices in the world, not through the 461 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 2: merit that we had previously seen, but by family association. 462 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 2: And you see that with the nepotist choice of Lindsey 463 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 2: Graham's sister. And I said this, I wrote this, first 464 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 2: question someone should ask her is about the rights of 465 00:31:55,240 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 2: gay people. Apparently apparently she's b eulogizing her brother by 466 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 2: being the first to sign up to strip vote and 467 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 2: writes from black people, which I guess is an appropriate 468 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 2: way to celebrate the life of a dead South Carolina 469 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 2: senator or in the Republican Party. 470 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no, And that, I mean, that is astounding. 471 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: That it just shows you how monarchical Donald Trump is 472 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: when he thinks, you know, the person who she replaces, 473 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: Lindsey Graham as his sister. You know, it's it's you know, 474 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, how eighteenth century can he be about, 475 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: you know, bloodlines and the way people rise to power 476 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: in the world. It's just unbelievable. But Steve, we always 477 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: have a great time having these discussions. Jim, we don't 478 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: cover enough ground, but then that's okay because we leave 479 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: stuff on the table for next time. But good to 480 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: see you man. Really appreciate it. It in Happy Friday, 481 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: Happy Thanks Jim, Thanks Steve, all right, take care. Really 482 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: appreciate it. You know, Steve, I can just see the 483 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,479 Speaker 1: comments now. I can read some of the comments now, 484 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: probably taking issue with some things that Steve said, Probably 485 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: is taking issue with some things I said. But that's okay. 486 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: And I do think one of the things that needs 487 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: to happen between now and I don't know, at some 488 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: point in the in the near future is the Democratic 489 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: Party is going to have to have some discussions about 490 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: where they want to go. And I do think to 491 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: a large extent, they can run as being against Donald Trump, 492 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: being the alternative Donald Trump, being the alternative of the 493 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: party that has enabled and emboldened Donald Trump. And I 494 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: think that that will be just enough to win the 495 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: majority in the House and maybe the majority in the Senate. 496 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: There are some wild cards in the mix. We'll see 497 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: how that plays out. Maybe the Democrats don't win Michigan, 498 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: but they pick up Iowa or Alaska incredibly, or Texas 499 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: in it and and they do take the majority of 500 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: the Senate We'll see how that plays out. But the 501 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: Democrats are going to have to have a conversation about 502 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: where they want to go with economic policies, where they 503 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 1: want to go with immigration policies. There's there's a lot 504 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: of debate to be had inside the Democratic Party. But 505 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: and all of that is well and good. And I 506 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: don't say that I had. I did an event with 507 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: Brian Tyler Cohen the other day and nicely he came 508 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: up to us afterwards and said, Jim, you don't need 509 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: to pick on the Democrats. There's enough to say about 510 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 1: the Republicans. And I said, yes, ma'am, thank you very much. 511 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: I appreciate the feedback. Thank you, And I, you know, 512 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: I think you're right about that to some extent, But 513 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: thank you very much for the feedback. But you know, I, 514 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 1: you know, one of the things that I try to 515 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: do on this show is try to get into some 516 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: hard truths and and I do think that the Democratic 517 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: Party is going to have to deal with and wrestle 518 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 1: with some of these issues and have this conversation adult conversation. 519 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,399 Speaker 1: They are the adults in the room, and they're gonna 520 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,680 Speaker 1: have to have that adult conversation at some point. In time, 521 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: But make no mistake, make no mistake what we're up 522 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: against in this moment when you have this administration and 523 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: the Pentagon, which by and large has stood the test 524 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: of time as being almost an apolitical organization, so sort 525 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 1: of outside of politics. Not entirely, I know that that's 526 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: not the case, but more so than other parts of 527 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 1: the federal government. When Pentagon, when the Pentagon, and we 528 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 1: all applaud our men and women in the Armed Services 529 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: who serve in uniform, when that institution is put into 530 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: the Trump Maga meat grinder, where up is down and 531 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:42,240 Speaker 1: black is white, and truth is lies and lies are truth, 532 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: something is very wrong in this country. And I have 533 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: to say I could not be more disturbed. I could 534 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: not be more sickened. And I was just thinking about 535 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: this last night when I saw the story in the 536 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: New York Times that the the Pentagon had changed the 537 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 1: number of deaths in the war with Iran because and 538 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,320 Speaker 1: there's the story right there, because some of the deaths, 539 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: because for the deaths came after this bullshit memory of 540 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: understanding that Trump is Trump deal, ceasefire deal with Ron, 541 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: which was all it was all bullshit. We just have 542 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:24,800 Speaker 1: to understand that there. Everything that he says is a 543 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: lie all the time. And when he says that we 544 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 1: have a ceasefire with Iran, it's it's largely or we're 545 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 1: making progress towards something with Iran, it's largely because he 546 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,400 Speaker 1: wants to manipulate the markets and he wants the stock 547 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: market to go up on a Monday morning, and so 548 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: he'll start saying this stuff on a Sunday night and 549 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 1: so on. But how depraved, how low, how much of 550 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: a bottom feeder can you be as a human being 551 00:36:55,360 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: to go along with that kind of policy. It's astounding 552 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: to me, and you know, to me, it's it's a 553 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: clarifying moment for those of us who call themselves journalists, 554 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 1: those of us in the media. I've said this many times. 555 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 1: I've been very worried about my friends in the press 556 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,280 Speaker 1: having a correspondence dinner with the President of the United States, 557 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 1: who is going to go in there and trash the 558 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 1: free press in this country. I was on with Ali 559 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: Velshi on MS Now Thursday night and talked about how 560 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: we should not be clinking champagne glasses with those who 561 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: would tear us down. There has to be more in 562 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: us than that, and I understand that a lot of 563 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: journalists go to these events because they have to. Their 564 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 1: bosses are expecting them to go, and all of that. 565 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: That that is true, That is very much the case. 566 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,839 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of pressure in this business these days. 567 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,720 Speaker 1: But Donald Trump needs to understand he is not Vladimir Putin, 568 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 1: This is not Russia. Going after journalists phone records is heinous. 569 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 1: Going after journalists parents phone records is just absolutely evil. 570 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 1: And you know, to put family members of journalists through 571 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: that kind of turmoil is it's just absolutely appalling and 572 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: it should be fully condemned. And I hope and I 573 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: and I pray that my friends in the press will 574 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,239 Speaker 1: stand up to this president when they are face to 575 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: face with him, that some will do it, some will 576 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,800 Speaker 1: some will take that moment to do it, and it 577 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: needs to happen. And I will just say before I 578 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:46,279 Speaker 1: wrap things up for this week, you know I really 579 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: have and you guys have heard me talk about this 580 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,400 Speaker 1: time to time. You know, major American institutions bending the knee, 581 00:38:53,320 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: kissing the ring, puckering up, fluffing up. Uh, this want 582 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:07,760 Speaker 1: to be dictator, this, this want to be tyrant who 583 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,800 Speaker 1: just lies to us constantly and wants to accept his 584 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 1: lies as our lies. It was especially depressing for me 585 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: to see the World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers over 586 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,840 Speaker 1: at the White House showering Donald Trump with gifts and praise, 587 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,719 Speaker 1: and you know, it was just it was it was 588 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 1: not their finest hour. And I guess they presented him 589 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 1: with a ring. There it is right there, they gave 590 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 1: him a ring. 591 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,320 Speaker 2: Wow. Do I have to report this? 592 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,240 Speaker 3: I don't want to report this beautiful? 593 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, he who has has built his his uh, his 594 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:55,359 Speaker 1: followers out of billions of dollars and in crypto money, 595 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,279 Speaker 1: is worried about reporting a World Series ring? Tell us 596 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: another Onenald Trump, tell us another one. But you know, 597 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 1: does he have to does he have to tarnish everything 598 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:09,400 Speaker 1: that we hold here in this country? I mean, my goodness, baseball, 599 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 1: moms of journalists. It's almost the trifecta mom, baseball and 600 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:16,880 Speaker 1: apple Pie. I guess he's going to go after apple 601 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:21,400 Speaker 1: Pie is next. And you know, it's astonishing to me that, 602 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,400 Speaker 1: even in this moment when Donald Trump is trying to 603 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,320 Speaker 1: artificially lower the number of dead in a war of 604 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,640 Speaker 1: choice that he started in the Middle East that has 605 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,760 Speaker 1: caused chaos around the globe and cost the American people 606 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 1: billions of dollars in higher energy prices. That a baseball 607 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,440 Speaker 1: team would go out of their way to kiss his 608 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: ass in that fashion. And thank god I'm a Washington 609 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:48,799 Speaker 1: Nationals fan because that is just absolutely and I'm sorry 610 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: for the people in La. I love La, but you know, 611 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,160 Speaker 1: what the fuck Dodgers, I'm sorry, what the fuck? What 612 00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 1: is happening? But you know, as I've been saying a 613 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:01,880 Speaker 1: couple of times this week, and maybe it's because I'm 614 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,839 Speaker 1: looking forward to having this time off, and maybe I'm 615 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,520 Speaker 1: filibustering a little bit here because this will be my 616 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,800 Speaker 1: last show for a little while. As far as I know, 617 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens when when I get overseas. But 618 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 1: as far as I know that, you know, we need 619 00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: to we need to take stock of where we are 620 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,600 Speaker 1: as a country right now. And when the President of 621 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,239 Speaker 1: the United States is artificially lowing the number of dead 622 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: from a war that he started, I just hope, I 623 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,800 Speaker 1: just hope that there is a sentilla of an ounce 624 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: of shame inside this Republican Party right now that wants 625 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: to give Donald Trump ninety five billion dollars of our 626 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,719 Speaker 1: tax dollars more of our tax dollars to pay for 627 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: this war choice that somebody is thinking deep down in 628 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 1: their soul, whether it's a good idea to get Pete 629 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,359 Speaker 1: hegseth a trillion dollars or tax dollars for an out 630 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: of control, obscene defense budget when we could be paying 631 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 1: for other things in this country, like health care for Americans, 632 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,560 Speaker 1: like you know, making it possible for people to not 633 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: live in poverty in this country, to help out the 634 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,920 Speaker 1: farmers who have been completely fucked over with these tariffs 635 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:15,840 Speaker 1: in this country. I can think of a lot of 636 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,399 Speaker 1: things to spend money on in this country other than 637 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,759 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's crazy ass war choice in the Middle East. 638 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,359 Speaker 1: But maybe that's just me. And maybe if I were 639 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Dodgers or any other major institution in 640 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 1: this country, like the American news media, maybe I wouldn't 641 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,120 Speaker 1: be showering him with World Series rings, and maybe I 642 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't be holding dinners with him at his old hotel 643 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 1: in Washington, DC. And I just would like to see 644 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 1: some of these institutions in this country to please, for 645 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:50,120 Speaker 1: the love of God, show some strength, show some backbone 646 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,840 Speaker 1: in this moment, because we have a president of the 647 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 1: United States, who will send your kids off to war 648 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 1: and when they make the ultimate sacrifice and lay down 649 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 1: their lives for this, he may not even recognize that sacrifice. 650 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,640 Speaker 1: With the number of dead on the Pentagon website, he 651 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,239 Speaker 1: may not even do that. He may take them from 652 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 1: you and send them off to die in this war 653 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: of choice in the Middle East, and he may still 654 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 1: at the end of the day not recognize that sacrifice. 655 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,840 Speaker 1: We need to remember who he is and what he 656 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 1: is all about. It is all about himself. It is 657 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 1: all about enriching himself and his family. That's all this 658 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,399 Speaker 1: is about. It's all about staying out of jail. That's 659 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:37,320 Speaker 1: all this second administration is about. And people in these institutions, 660 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,720 Speaker 1: whether it's a professional baseball team or a major television network, 661 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,920 Speaker 1: you need to understand. If you go along with it 662 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,399 Speaker 1: and you kiss his ring and you kiss his ass, 663 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,960 Speaker 1: that's all you are doing. You are emboldening him to 664 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:55,800 Speaker 1: make more of these toxic, evil choices with this country 665 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:59,480 Speaker 1: of ours. And it's something to ponder, it's something to 666 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,399 Speaker 1: think about. It, it's something to wrestle with. And those 667 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,840 Speaker 1: things I would argue are much larger than these debates 668 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,319 Speaker 1: that they're having inside the Democratic Party right now. So yes, 669 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,920 Speaker 1: that nice lady who came up to me and said, 670 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 1: you know, Jim, you don't need to give it to 671 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,160 Speaker 1: the Democrats so much, you need to give it to 672 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,759 Speaker 1: the robust she is absolutely right, because at the end 673 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,800 Speaker 1: of the day, those stakes are much higher. The stakes 674 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:24,320 Speaker 1: of emboldening and enabling this man to do what he 675 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:28,680 Speaker 1: does on a daily basis, those steaks are much much higher. 676 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: I want to thank Steve Schmidt for joining me in 677 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:35,320 Speaker 1: another edition of Oh Schmidt, It's Friday. 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As 730 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 1: they used to say, if the news breaks, We'll try 731 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,799 Speaker 1: to fix it. But in the meantime, still reporting from 732 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,080 Speaker 1: Washington Time Jim Acosta, I'll see you next time.