Speaker 1: Mr garbatsch Off teared down this wall. Either you're with
Speaker 1: us or you were with the terrorists. If you've got
Speaker 1: healthcare already, then you can keep your plan. If you
Speaker 1: are satisfied with Trump is not going to be president
Speaker 1: of the United States, take it to the bank. Together,
Speaker 1: we will make America great again. It's what you've been
Speaker 1: waiting for all day. Buck Sexton, with America now joined
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Speaker 1: Remember this day in which it was singled out for
Speaker 1: attack in the General Assembly for the very act of
Speaker 1: exercising our right as a sovereign nation. We will remember
Speaker 1: it when we are called upon to once again make
Speaker 1: the world's largest contribution to the United Nations. And we
Speaker 1: will remember it when so many countries come calling on us,
Speaker 1: as they so often do, to pay even more and
Speaker 1: to use our influence for their benefit. America will put
Speaker 1: our embassy in Jerusalem. That is what the American people
Speaker 1: want us to do, and it is the right thing
Speaker 1: to do. No vote in the United Nations will make
Speaker 1: any difference on that but this vote will make a
Speaker 1: difference on how Americans look at the u N and
Speaker 1: on how we look at countries who disrespect us in
Speaker 1: the u N box. Sex in here Team, Great to
Speaker 1: have you with me in the Freedom Hut. That was
Speaker 1: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Hailey laying a
Speaker 1: SmackDown on the United Nations General Assembly today. I have
Speaker 1: to say it was quite a good day for the
Speaker 1: ambassador and a day of clarity for many of the
Speaker 1: rest of us. We're not surprised to find out that
Speaker 1: the United Nations has quite an anti Israeli and in
Speaker 1: fact anti Semitic streak. That's not news. And we're not
Speaker 1: surprised that a bunch of countries all over the world
Speaker 1: that pretend to be courageous in moments like this where
Speaker 1: there's a vote that means nothing but they want to
Speaker 1: get on the record anyway. We won't be surprised when
Speaker 1: they come asking for our help later on. But this
Speaker 1: is where we see the difference, isn't it between this
Speaker 1: administration and the previous one. The Obama administration was all
Speaker 1: about trying to just fit in with the pack of
Speaker 1: the international community, trying to be a part of all
Speaker 1: the different nations out there and really no different and
Speaker 1: in so many ways, no better than all the other countries.
Speaker 1: And that's just nonsense. It's not true. Clap track. We
Speaker 1: are better than almost all countries in every sense, and
Speaker 1: we are the best country in a general sense. So
Speaker 1: it's nice to have some top down reaffirmation of that
Speaker 1: at the United Nations. The world sleep soundly at night
Speaker 1: despite the fact that our military could crush anybody. The
Speaker 1: world is in fact a much better place each and
Speaker 1: every day because of America and the fact that Israel
Speaker 1: in such a short span of time has created a
Speaker 1: rule of law based democracy in the heart of the
Speaker 1: Middle East, where people have rights and a high standard
Speaker 1: of living and are coming up with new vaccines and
Speaker 1: computer technologies and on cutting edge of so many different industries.
Speaker 1: And then you look around in the neighborhood and you're like, well,
Speaker 1: what's going on outside of Israeli borders. People feel very
Speaker 1: insecure about it. I guess you could say other nations,
Speaker 1: whether it's Saudi Arabia or the UAE or Egypt or
Speaker 1: name a country, they see what's happened in Israel, and
Speaker 1: they have to tell themselves lies about what's really happened
Speaker 1: because they can't accept the truth. And then is that
Speaker 1: autocracy and theocracy more specifically in the case of the
Speaker 1: Saudias and many other Muslim states, is a path to misery.
Speaker 1: And the Israelis have something else. They have rule of law.
Speaker 1: They have a decent country and society that is the
Speaker 1: envy of the rest of the region. And that is
Speaker 1: why it is so hated by the rest of the region.
Speaker 1: And we have America, close friend and ally of the
Speaker 1: Israeli state, that under this president, with this US Ambassador
Speaker 1: to the United Nations, will actually say, you know what,
Speaker 1: enough of enough of the garbage, enough of the crap
Speaker 1: that we have to deal with from all of you here.
Speaker 1: You should be so thankful that the current global hedgemon
Speaker 1: is as benevolent and decent to powers of the the United States.
Speaker 1: You know, I see these polls that are out there,
Speaker 1: and there was one that was out pretty recently about
Speaker 1: which country is the one that is viewed as the
Speaker 1: greatest threat to peace instability, And in a lot of
Speaker 1: the world, it's America. It's a shocking number of countries
Speaker 1: they say it's America. The only real exceptions are in
Speaker 1: countries where there's an imminent national security challenger next door, right,
Speaker 1: So in India it's Pakistan and Pakistan it's India. You know,
Speaker 1: in South Korea it's North Korea and North Koda. But
Speaker 1: if you look at a lot of polling, it will
Speaker 1: show you that around the world they view America as
Speaker 1: the biggest threat. And it's just a reminder that there's
Speaker 1: really no gratitude for the greatness of this country from
Speaker 1: a lot of the world, not from all of it.
Speaker 1: There are countless tens of millions that want to come here. Really,
Speaker 1: probably hundreds of millions that would love to come to
Speaker 1: America if they really were given the option, because they
Speaker 1: understand at this place is the best. There's nothing jingoistic
Speaker 1: or strange about professing that America is number one because
Speaker 1: we are, and that's okay. It doesn't mean that every
Speaker 1: American is better than or worth more than people from
Speaker 1: every other country. It just means, as as a nation state,
Speaker 1: as these things go, we are in fact the best,
Speaker 1: and we want others to live in happiness and prosperity
Speaker 1: and liberty and security. And they should be happy that
Speaker 1: that's the case, because it hasn't always been so. Oh,
Speaker 1: it's not always the reality of whatever the global hedgemon
Speaker 1: or the regional hedgemon. Maybe at any point in time.
Speaker 1: The great empires of the past were built on slavery
Speaker 1: in one form or another and conquest. We are the
Speaker 1: first to take at least the mantle of British leadership,
Speaker 1: although now we're talking about colonial period and create a
Speaker 1: better world. Uh and the United Nations is a reflection
Speaker 1: I think of the disconnect that so many other countries
Speaker 1: have when it comes to what is the truth, what
Speaker 1: is the reality of America, and it is that they
Speaker 1: should be very thankful. I'm not expecting everyone all of
Speaker 1: the world to pray to America every day, but I
Speaker 1: also don't think that they should be slapping us in
Speaker 1: the face or that their leadership should be without consequence.
Speaker 1: Given that this is none of their concern. They can
Speaker 1: pretend it is, but where America puts its embassy is
Speaker 1: the business of America. America and the host country that's it.
Speaker 1: This is not up for discussion or debate from other countries.
Speaker 1: This is our call, you know. This is like all
Speaker 1: the other countries of the world coming over to our
Speaker 1: house and saying, you know what you're gonna you're gonna
Speaker 1: put the kitchen here, no facts. Actually we'll decide where
Speaker 1: we put the kitchen. Not not up to you. It's
Speaker 1: our house. Thanks a lot. They should be embarrassed, all
Speaker 1: these countries that did this today. But it is a
Speaker 1: moment in time, and we can see that the Trump
Speaker 1: administration is oh so different from its predecessor. No bowing, No,
Speaker 1: oh gosh, what have we done so badly all over
Speaker 1: the world. Maybe US foreign policy is the cause of
Speaker 1: so many of these ills that we see happening. Maybe
Speaker 1: the global war on terrorism is just one big, long,
Speaker 1: extended blowback to US foreign policy. These are beliefs on
Speaker 1: the left that have infused themselves in the Democratic Party.
Speaker 1: They've taken this stuff on, and at the very top
Speaker 1: level there is at least some level of adherence to it.
Speaker 1: There's some acceptance of these ideas all the way up
Speaker 1: to the commander in chief in the previous administration obombed
Speaker 1: himself and America was the cause of problems in the world,
Speaker 1: that America should be humbling itself before other powers. And
Speaker 1: the difference is quite a contrast, isn't it right now?
Speaker 1: And you see it on display the United Nations instead
Speaker 1: of being thankful for what we do all over the
Speaker 1: world takes its first chance here to say that they
Speaker 1: condemn our actions. It doesn't really mean anything. But then
Speaker 1: we have to start to think, well the symbolism, do
Speaker 1: symbolism have meaning or not? The United Nations is honestly
Speaker 1: more symbolic than anything else. A lot of bureaucrats, I know,
Speaker 1: some people who have worked at the U n say
Speaker 1: that you've got some nice, you know, benefits, but nothing
Speaker 1: really happens in any meaningful sense, doesn't stop genocides from occurring,
Speaker 1: doesn't end civil wars, and creates forums for discussion that
Speaker 1: are largely unnecessary, and as we will talk about just
Speaker 1: a little bit, focus way too much on Israel, as
Speaker 1: though this small country in the Middle East, surrounded by
Speaker 1: generally hostile powers, is the great threat to international stability.
Speaker 1: It's just a constant reminder of the inadequacy of the various,
Speaker 1: particularly Arab Muslim regimes that currently exist. That's that's why Israelists,
Speaker 1: at least one of the major reasons why it is
Speaker 1: so bothersome to them. Why are these really so much
Speaker 1: more prosperous and militarily more powerful than we are. It's
Speaker 1: it's an it's a worthwhile question for them to actually
Speaker 1: look at honestly, but they won't. Instead, they'll just spread
Speaker 1: anti anti Semitic wise and defamation and wine and use
Speaker 1: the Palestinians as a as a pawn, try and escape
Speaker 1: accountability for the failures of Islamic leadership. That's just what's happening,
Speaker 1: that's the truth. But they won't want to see it
Speaker 1: that way. So today was It was a good day,
Speaker 1: and Nicki Haley did an excellent job. I must say
Speaker 1: I've often wondered why, in the face of such hostility,
Speaker 1: Israel has chosen to remain a member of this body.
Speaker 1: And then I remember that Israel has chosen to remain
Speaker 1: in this institution because it's important to stand up for yourself.
Speaker 1: Israel must stand up for its own survival as a nation,
Speaker 1: but it also stands up for the ideals of freedom
Speaker 1: and human dignity that the United Nations is supposed to
Speaker 1: be about. Would you would you rather be? And you
Speaker 1: can do this thought experiment in so many different ways.
Speaker 1: You know, would you rather be taken on the battlefield
Speaker 1: as an enemy in in Israel, or in Syria or
Speaker 1: in Saudi Arabia. Look at what the Saudis are doing
Speaker 1: to the Yemen's right now, Yemen is a humanitarian disaster.
Speaker 1: Saudis are writing incredibly wealthy Saudis are right next door
Speaker 1: and just letting the place burn and and involved in
Speaker 1: a vicious air campaign as well. So you can, you
Speaker 1: can have the thought experiments so many different ways. But
Speaker 1: the Israelis represent twenty one century civilization in a region
Speaker 1: that could use quite a bit more of that these days.
Speaker 1: And that's just the truth. We will take a bunch
Speaker 1: of calls if you want today. I'd love to talk
Speaker 1: to you about the tax bill. It looks like a
Speaker 1: continuing resolution has been passed at least by the House.
Speaker 1: Is that the latest that there's not going to be
Speaker 1: a shutdown? Right? That's all you did? There will be
Speaker 1: no shutdown? Yeah, okay, we got we got away for
Speaker 1: the Senate stuff. So the House is passed it. We'll
Speaker 1: see what happens with the Senate. There's not enough of
Speaker 1: a there's not enough attention on them to do a
Speaker 1: shutdown over the Christmas holiday. Plus the government's kind of
Speaker 1: shut down of the holiday anyway, it's like, oh gosh,
Speaker 1: what will happen? The government shuts down and pretty much
Speaker 1: shuts down Saturday and Sunday every week, and we all survive. Everybody,
Speaker 1: it's okay. You know what's what's really gonna kill us,
Speaker 1: all his net neutrality. That's where we're all gonna die.
Speaker 1: Eight four or four n eight to five, eight four
Speaker 1: four nine hundred buck second to last show of twenty seventeen.
Speaker 1: I can't say it out loud too many times where
Speaker 1: I might get a little teary eyed here and get
Speaker 1: little weepy. It's amazing how fast fast time flies, Team Buck,
Speaker 1: you're all grown up now. Oh gosh, nationwide over a
Speaker 1: hundred twenty stations, Oh gosh, eight four four nine to
Speaker 1: eight to five. I'll be right back. Of these nations
Speaker 1: that take our money and then they vote against us
Speaker 1: at the Security Council when they vote against potentially at
Speaker 1: the Assembly, they take hundreds of millions of dollars and
Speaker 1: even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well,
Speaker 1: we're watching those votes. Let him vote against us will
Speaker 1: save a lot. We don't care. But this isn't like
Speaker 1: it used to be, where they could vote against you
Speaker 1: and then you pay them hundreds of millions of dollars
Speaker 1: and nobody knows what they're doing. So, Nikki, that was
Speaker 1: the right message that you and I agreed to be
Speaker 1: sent yesterday, and I've had a lot of good comment
Speaker 1: on it. Believing people are tired of the United States.
Speaker 1: The people that live here are great citizens that love
Speaker 1: this country. They're tired of this country being taken advantage of,
Speaker 1: and we're not going to be taken advantage of any longer. Amen,
Speaker 1: How is that controversial? You get all these stuffy, hissy
Speaker 1: foreign policy types were like, oh, how could he? The
Speaker 1: United Nations? Really, why do we have to give the
Speaker 1: most money the U N. I got even better question
Speaker 1: as a New Yorker why they have to have the
Speaker 1: U n headquarters here? Put it somewhere else where they
Speaker 1: don't cause so much congestion and traffic and where there
Speaker 1: aren't so many great restaurants and ways for these countries
Speaker 1: to have their bureaucrats spending their taxpayers dollars. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's like a like an island somewhere. Send
Speaker 1: them to. I don't know, some other place the Falklands
Speaker 1: that's a little out of the way, But I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: you gotta find somewhere else to put them all right,
Speaker 1: everybody wants to talk taxes, we give be that. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have our friend dovid Iffun from the Alga Minor
Speaker 1: talk to us about you went vote today with Nicki Haley.
Speaker 1: But let's take We got lines lit up all over
Speaker 1: the place. I know I'm gonna miss you all too.
Speaker 1: I know I gotta get a lot of calls today tomorrow, Becau,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna not get to talk to you guys for
Speaker 1: a few days. Gonna make me. It's gonna give me
Speaker 1: the sadness. I'm gonna be sad. Um. Let's get Anne
Speaker 1: in Virginia. What's up an? Yeah, me too, but I'll
Speaker 1: be back. It's gonna be a funen here in the hut.
Speaker 1: Okay um, okay. Gave employees a crossboard raise today and
Speaker 1: Christmas bonuses because the tax bill passed exactly. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: good stuff. And yet is there a more democratically endorsed uh?
Speaker 1: You know them? No Democrats care about the middle class
Speaker 1: until someone does something from the middle class, and then
Speaker 1: they go kind of radio silent on or they lie
Speaker 1: about it and say it's bad. All right, and we're
Speaker 1: kind of losing here, so we're gonna roll and thank
Speaker 1: you and shields. I have a merry Christmas to you.
Speaker 1: I couldn't really hear what you were saying, Uh, Wayne
Speaker 1: in Florida. Hey, Wayne, Hey, I just wanted to remind
Speaker 1: you it's not really a whole home continuing resolution in
Speaker 1: the in the Senate. Since they passed the tax bill
Speaker 1: and it did away with the individual mandate, the Lamar
Speaker 1: Alexander and Patty Murraam and McConnell is going to slap
Speaker 1: on the you can tinuing resolution and sneaking in there
Speaker 1: as an insurance company bailout. So remind everybody to call
Speaker 1: the Wayne you're you're you're an are you die? Fellow?
Speaker 1: What does that mean? Well, it means that they're gonna
Speaker 1: end up giving millions to the insurance kudability and whatever
Speaker 1: to the insurance companies saying well, since you're losing all
Speaker 1: these customers, we've got to do something that, you know,
Speaker 1: make up the loss you're gonna take when all these
Speaker 1: customers drop off voluntarily. And so we want to make
Speaker 1: sure that people tell their senators no on the amendment.
Speaker 1: But see, I don't understand why would they bail out
Speaker 1: the whole purpose of repealing the individual mandate as I
Speaker 1: see it is to show everybody that the moment you
Speaker 1: have free choice in these exchanges, they collapse because people
Speaker 1: don't want to buy this stuff. Because a lot of
Speaker 1: people get a bad deal. Why why would they want
Speaker 1: to bail them out? I agree we should not. I
Speaker 1: assume it's a McConnell deal, or somebody's getting some money
Speaker 1: from the insurance companies, some kickback, some finance, some Okay,
Speaker 1: you're our big donors. We need to do something orious.
Speaker 1: They didn't just pull that out of a Yeah. Hey,
Speaker 1: I give Shields tie Wayne, thank you for calling. And
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. I give a Trish Reagan over at Fox
Speaker 1: Business a lot of credit. She's she's pounding the drum
Speaker 1: on the Carrie interest loophole, which is a straight up
Speaker 1: giveaway to private equity and hedge fund guys. And for
Speaker 1: those of you who don't have too much familiarity with
Speaker 1: those businesses, they make a lot of money, and the
Speaker 1: difference between what they pay in taxes on their large
Speaker 1: incomes with the carried interest loophole and without it is like, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, paying half, it's big. It is a big difference.
Speaker 1: And yeah, that was just that was the donor class.
Speaker 1: Don't forget it. The donor class is not just alive
Speaker 1: and well but still got a lot of power inside
Speaker 1: the GOP. And this tax cut. Yes, Trump allowed this
Speaker 1: to happen. Without Trump, this doesn't happen. Trump allowed this
Speaker 1: to happen because without him, we don't win the White House. Right,
Speaker 1: But this is a very mainstream, mainline GOP thing. This
Speaker 1: is not a radical tax bill. This is what the GOP.
Speaker 1: The look at Paul Ryan, right, he couldn't be any happier.
Speaker 1: He's like a kid on Christmas a few days before Christmas.
Speaker 1: So just remember this. It's good, but there's some stuff
Speaker 1: in there that's a little annoying, and we shouldn't forget that.
Speaker 1: There's got to be a lot more done. I'm not
Speaker 1: even gonna talk about I'm not gonna be the grinch
Speaker 1: today talks about the debt. But it's a problem. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that some other day. I got your
Speaker 1: calls screens lit. Let's take David in just a moment
Speaker 1: here that he's out of the vote. He's as follows
Speaker 1: in favor against nine abstentions Draft Resolution A slash E
Speaker 1: s nash ten slash L twenty two, he's an update.
Speaker 1: So the u N General Assembly today voted overwhelmingly to
Speaker 1: condemn the United States decision to move a United States
Speaker 1: facility within a sovereign nation and member of the United Nations. Well,
Speaker 1: what are we to make of all this? Really, We've
Speaker 1: got David I Fune online now he's the editor in
Speaker 1: chief of the Alga. Minor David gred to have you back,
Speaker 1: always a pleasant book, I guess today it was not surprising,
Speaker 1: but I think it's at some level still disappointing. David
Speaker 1: in some level, yes, but but in another level not so.
Speaker 1: And I think for two reasons. The festival, you know,
Speaker 1: at the u N to begin with, is deeply problematic,
Speaker 1: and that's very very well known, the sense that it's
Speaker 1: you know, there are automatic majorities of the organization of
Speaker 1: Islamic corporation, the lonline movement, that are against Western interests,
Speaker 1: whatever they are. But I think we have seen some
Speaker 1: some movement in the opposite direction here. If you combine
Speaker 1: the abstentions together with countries that didn't show up, together
Speaker 1: with those countries that voted against, you have about sixty
Speaker 1: one date that refused to play along with this latent
Speaker 1: and engregious degradation of of the u N cause and
Speaker 1: what the UN is supposed to stand for. Um So,
Speaker 1: in that sense, I would say pigeon steps forward. But
Speaker 1: I think the bigger progress is actually on the U
Speaker 1: S front and the US approach to the u N.
Speaker 1: I mean, under the Abama administration, we saw a White
Speaker 1: House that kind of was easier, was eager to curry
Speaker 1: favor with the u N and and seek the approval
Speaker 1: of the international community for various policies. And here you
Speaker 1: have a White House which I think is taking the
Speaker 1: right approach, and that is listen, you know, we we
Speaker 1: know what's right. We're doing the right thing, and we're
Speaker 1: keeping track of those of those other countries that are
Speaker 1: joining us. And by the way, they'll be repercussions because
Speaker 1: everybody needs something from America. What are the reasons for
Speaker 1: so many of these countries, David, that are are far
Speaker 1: away from from Israel, from the territories of Gaza and
Speaker 1: the West Bank. Why do have European countries, for example,
Speaker 1: that are voting to condemn this. Well, I think you know,
Speaker 1: there's all kinds of different reasons, but I think you
Speaker 1: know that the European countries, by the way I would say,
Speaker 1: have have the least excuse some of the other countries.
Speaker 1: You know, they might say, well, we need the support
Speaker 1: of of Russia, we need the support of the Arab States.
Speaker 1: We need we need to you know, we need to
Speaker 1: kind of be included in these these UN groupings in
Speaker 1: order to have our voice heard at all, because you know,
Speaker 1: we're just a small country, etcetera. So there are there
Speaker 1: are those types of explanations. Certainly, you know, there's the
Speaker 1: ideological explanation, which is the position of the Arab States
Speaker 1: who view Israel as uh the worst thing that ever
Speaker 1: happened uh on the planet, and that's how they act.
Speaker 1: But it's also a distraction from from their own regimes
Speaker 1: and their own behaviors. And they feel if they can
Speaker 1: point the finger at israelis as the world's worst actor
Speaker 1: than they that's gonna distract from their own terrible activities.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, we're talking about authoritarian and and
Speaker 1: and theysposic regime set. Uh. The Europeans you mentioned specifically
Speaker 1: really have no excuse. And I think it's just this
Speaker 1: sort of moral preening which is frankly pathetic. And we're
Speaker 1: starting to see segments of Europe, particularly in Europe. Uh,
Speaker 1: take a step back. You had today the Czech Republic, Latvia, Hungary,
Speaker 1: Poland all abstained, which I would say is a good
Speaker 1: step in terms of a breakaway from European tradition, hopefully
Speaker 1: one that will continue and grow. David I fun Is
Speaker 1: the editor in chief of the Alga Minor, David, does
Speaker 1: this set the stage in your mind for an actual
Speaker 1: rejuvenation of the peace process or a restart of the
Speaker 1: peace process in the future. I mean, what what does
Speaker 1: this most likely lead to in terms of the US
Speaker 1: relationship in brokering some kind of a deal in twenty
Speaker 1: eight team between Israel and the Palestinians. But I think
Speaker 1: the vote itself at the u N today is is
Speaker 1: mostly irrelevant in visa vita peace process. It's what the
Speaker 1: vote was about that is more relevant. Now. I mean
Speaker 1: moving the embassy right in terms of moving the embassy right,
Speaker 1: So I think that actually is quite relevant and it's
Speaker 1: it's my personal view that it will do more to
Speaker 1: move the cause of peace forward. You know, this administration
Speaker 1: has has has shown time again and made very clear
Speaker 1: that they're determined to do things differently and that they're
Speaker 1: not going to keep implementing the same policies and then
Speaker 1: expect different results. And one of the things that they've
Speaker 1: shown that they're very prepared to do differently is to
Speaker 1: create some repercussions for the Palestinians, who, in the past,
Speaker 1: I think we spoke a little bit about this last time,
Speaker 1: have always been handled by the US with with kid gloves,
Speaker 1: and I think this is this is just the beginning.
Speaker 1: You know that the US is showing its serious is
Speaker 1: telling the Palestinians you know, you better get down off
Speaker 1: your high horse and play ball because the ticking clock
Speaker 1: is not in your favor over here. H This was
Speaker 1: the first step I think to show how serious the
Speaker 1: US was, But there are a lot more repercussions lined
Speaker 1: up for the posts if they're not prepared to to
Speaker 1: to show goodwill and serious commitment to to to these discussions.
Speaker 1: It also seems like a reminder that at the United
Speaker 1: Nations there is a a fixation on condemning, criticizing, bullying
Speaker 1: Israel that can't be explained by simple state craft. David, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's true. Even so, ja Jake Pepper, of all people
Speaker 1: from CNN was tweeting about this earlier today. The stats
Speaker 1: show that that there were twenty one resolutions condemning as
Speaker 1: well at the u N and only five resolutions condemning
Speaker 1: all other countries, one each I think for Syria, North Korea, Russia,
Speaker 1: maybe China and one of the country. So that just
Speaker 1: just gives you a sense of of how this proportion
Speaker 1: it is and how ecregious it is. I mean, of
Speaker 1: course there's criticism to be had for for every country,
Speaker 1: but you know, Israel is a liberal democracy, it's a
Speaker 1: free society. I mean, it's it's it's insanity that really
Speaker 1: undercuts everything the United Nations stands for. That this that
Speaker 1: this goes on, and for the US to take a
Speaker 1: step back and say, look, you know, have it your way,
Speaker 1: but we're not going to fit the bill anymore, right,
Speaker 1: or don't expect us to do to do things in
Speaker 1: the same way, which is what the message that the
Speaker 1: President sent yesterday and Nicki Haley sent from the UN
Speaker 1: podium is a correct approach for them to be reconsidering
Speaker 1: their their commitment to the funding to you into the
Speaker 1: tune of twenty percent of its budget for more analysis
Speaker 1: and all the latest going on with Israel and the
Speaker 1: Middle East, go to the ALCA Minor dot com. David
Speaker 1: if Fune is the editor in chief there. David, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for joining us. Happy holidays and talk
Speaker 1: to you always a pleasure. Buck, you two good to
Speaker 1: talk to you, my friend. Alright, team eight four four
Speaker 1: nine hundred to eight to five eight four for nine hundred. Buck,
Speaker 1: What do you think of Nikki Haley lighting it up
Speaker 1: today at the United Nations? I have to say I
Speaker 1: was quite pleased that and uh more coming up? All right,
Speaker 1: team lines are lit. Let's get to it. Rayab in Florida. Hey,
Speaker 1: what's up? Ray? Hey? Buck? Hey? Can you hear? Yes? Sir? Yes? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I like you show a lot. Thank you. I listened
Speaker 1: to the solution today. I like to add a little
Speaker 1: bit when you were discussion about it, when you mentioned
Speaker 1: the sovereignty and of course we have the right to
Speaker 1: declare or whatever, as long as we don't step from
Speaker 1: somebody else's You mentioned that we're just declaring moving our
Speaker 1: embassy to whatever. That's okay, but don't declare you're meeting
Speaker 1: declaring that we're enforcing. Okay, we now we're going to
Speaker 1: declare Jerusalem to be the capital offers. That's what you're right. Well,
Speaker 1: but but if you want to be stayed at fact,
Speaker 1: you have to step the whole thing. How about it
Speaker 1: of Syria or rug But hold on, hold on a second,
Speaker 1: ray Israel. Israel is a sovereign country and a member
Speaker 1: of the United Nations, right, I understand, right, right? So
Speaker 1: so they're the ones that are saying this is our capital,
Speaker 1: and we're the ones who are saying, okay, so we're
Speaker 1: gonna have our embassy in your capital. You're not the
Speaker 1: one who've seen that the capital. You are the one
Speaker 1: who've seen that enforcing that now with the Israelis don't
Speaker 1: think Jerusalem is their capital? Know they agree that they
Speaker 1: had the east part belonged to the Palestinian and the
Speaker 1: west part belong to the Israel. No, they the Israelis
Speaker 1: are pretty sure that Jerusalem is their capital. You need
Speaker 1: to check the history. No, because that you add when
Speaker 1: you only twisting secle like this, you add to the
Speaker 1: oh onto the fire. You know that this area is
Speaker 1: very very very sensitive, and no, I understand that it's
Speaker 1: very very sensitive to both sides. Don't just tick one side.
Speaker 1: I mean, but my friend, the best I gotta I
Speaker 1: gotta ask you, so if you were to right now
Speaker 1: go on and we could probably do this together if
Speaker 1: you want, while we're on air. If you were to
Speaker 1: type in into Google, which is a very well known
Speaker 1: search engine, what is the capital of Israel? You know
Speaker 1: what would come up? Right, the capital Israel. So far,
Speaker 1: Come on, let's do this together. Going to Google, type
Speaker 1: it in paper paper see that now, now we're going.
Speaker 1: Now we're getting a little silly, right because I'm just
Speaker 1: telling you that the Israeli government, which is a country
Speaker 1: and a member nation of the United Nations member state,
Speaker 1: says that Jerusalem is their capital, and that is the
Speaker 1: that is the capital of Israel. So I don't I
Speaker 1: mean the the unwillingness to move the embassy in the
Speaker 1: past was a concession that was unnecessary to begin with.
Speaker 1: But anyway, what my look, I appreciate ray of you
Speaker 1: calling in. We're not gonna get anywhere of this. If
Speaker 1: you say it's not the capital, I'm I'm telling you
Speaker 1: it is. And there's a recognition of reality. It doesn't
Speaker 1: change anything where the US building is with regard to
Speaker 1: whether or not it is the capital. It just shows
Speaker 1: that the US isn't living in some alternative universe. But
Speaker 1: I appreciate you calling in Uh, yeah, no, the Google.
Speaker 1: The Google will say it for all of you. Jerusalem is,
Speaker 1: in fact the capital Israel. I'm just littit out there.
Speaker 1: Herb in New Jersey? What up? Herb sales high buck?
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas time, Merry Christmas to you, sir. I have
Speaker 1: to agree with to Um. I think RAB is a
Speaker 1: little misguided in that. Uh, we haven't. I don't think
Speaker 1: we've declared that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. I think Israel
Speaker 1: did that. I think we just recognized it, just like um.
Speaker 1: So many countries have wisely recognized Israel's right to exist
Speaker 1: as a nation, and so we've recognized Israel's right to
Speaker 1: declare Jerusalem capital. Very simple. Um. The reason I called
Speaker 1: buck is that, Um. I just think, Uh, Nicky Haley
Speaker 1: is the absolute bomb. Um. You know, it's almost like
Speaker 1: if you were to believe in reincarnation, the spirit of
Speaker 1: John Wayne has been reborn. And Nicki Haley because she's
Speaker 1: not afraid to stand there and tell it like it
Speaker 1: is and pretty much not care if you like it
Speaker 1: or not. She's gonna say what's on her mind. She
Speaker 1: did a great she did a great job today. I
Speaker 1: agree with you. And by the way, I would think.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure how long till her is gonna want
Speaker 1: to stay around. A Secretary of State got to assume
Speaker 1: that Nicky Haley is uh top of the list or
Speaker 1: replace him if if Rex decides he wants to do
Speaker 1: a little more fly fishing and spend his hey, she'd
Speaker 1: she'd have my vote to replace him without without a doubt.
Speaker 1: You know, every time she opens her mouth to the
Speaker 1: u N I leap out of my seat. I throw
Speaker 1: my fist in the air and holler yeah. Of course
Speaker 1: it scares my wife, and one of my dogs runs
Speaker 1: and hides. But I'm just really really proud of her
Speaker 1: when when she represents us in the United Nations and
Speaker 1: she by a president who believes that we have a
Speaker 1: right as the strongest nation in the world, to voice
Speaker 1: our opinion, and we expect our opinion to be respected,
Speaker 1: just like they want us to respect. There's there's a
Speaker 1: new Naudien life list in town. Nicky Haley is kicking
Speaker 1: button and taking names, and I am looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing that list because I'll buy products from those nine
Speaker 1: nations that agree with us, and the hud that didn't, well,
Speaker 1: I guess what they're not getting any more of my
Speaker 1: money either, all right, her, thanks for the great calling.
Speaker 1: My friend Mary Christmas Tyrone. Yes, sir, you mentioned that
Speaker 1: Secretary of State job you know who really has been
Speaker 1: campaigning for right, No, Lindsey Graham. Lindsay Graham, that's why
Speaker 1: he's so friendly with the president. That I've read a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of art that makes I can see that. Actually,
Speaker 1: now that you're bringing it up, I hadn't. Oh Lindsay,
Speaker 1: Oh my, that would not that would not be my
Speaker 1: favorite move. I look, I'm just not a Lindsay Graham person.
Speaker 1: I was easy. I'm not a hater. I just not
Speaker 1: my not my top pick of the of the politicos
Speaker 1: out there. Daniel in Virginia on the I Heart app.
Speaker 1: What's going on? Daniel? Hey, Hey, I just wanted to
Speaker 1: call it in. Thank you for everything to do because
Speaker 1: it's really great. Thank you very much. I appreciate that's
Speaker 1: all you got. Not really I got a little bit
Speaker 1: more though, just like how I really love your show. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm probably one of your youngest listeners because I'm only
Speaker 1: like fifteen and eight months. Oh wow, oh wow, alright, man,
Speaker 1: we got I'm not even what do we You're not
Speaker 1: even are you a millennial? Are you too young to
Speaker 1: be a millennial. I'm not even sure what your designation is, man,
Speaker 1: but that's great that you listen to the show. I'm
Speaker 1: so glad you. Do you have any any anybodies that
Speaker 1: are also conservatives like you, or that at least interested
Speaker 1: in politics and world affairs. I don't know, really, I
Speaker 1: don't really talk about politics much at school. It's probably
Speaker 1: a good move, my friend. I don't want you to
Speaker 1: get in trouble with anybody, especially your teachers. They'll they'll
Speaker 1: find a way to to you know, give you a
Speaker 1: bad grade if they find out you listen to this show.
Speaker 1: So I promise we won't tell anybody. But it's great
Speaker 1: that you listen. Man, I I'm really appreciative, and have
Speaker 1: a very merry Christmas with your family, and please join
Speaker 1: us in eighteen all right, all right, all right, she'll
Speaker 1: tie brother. Look at that, a fifteen year old member
Speaker 1: a team book. I love it. I love it. We
Speaker 1: spanned the whole and I used to there was this
Speaker 1: lady used to call in, uh and if she's listening,
Speaker 1: you know, we'd love to hear from you. She used
Speaker 1: to call in all the time. On the original Saturday Squad.
Speaker 1: And her name was Irma, and I think she told
Speaker 1: me she was five, and she she would call in
Speaker 1: and she'd have these great calls about like freedom and
Speaker 1: how she fled from Germany and how we need to
Speaker 1: understand what the greatness of America. And she had a
Speaker 1: really she had a cool German accent, and she would
Speaker 1: go on these rants about freedom that were amazing. So
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, we get the whole, the whole spectrum
Speaker 1: here fifteen to eighty five or or a hundred and
Speaker 1: five if you're out there, I don't know, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm sure there might be one or two. Um now
Speaker 1: on not on a non important note for a second.
Speaker 1: Here I see two or not as important? Uh, two
Speaker 1: CEOs stepping down. One is Eric Schmidt at Google or what.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure he's the CEO. He's some what is
Speaker 1: the chairman or something? Yeah, executive chairman of Alphabet. It's
Speaker 1: not called Google anymore. For those who were I want
Speaker 1: to be in the know, Google is now called Alphabet.
Speaker 1: Well hello, um, he'll be in a technical advisor role.
Speaker 1: I don't know how important this is or not, but
Speaker 1: I also see and I feel like people are probably
Speaker 1: gonna have some opinions on this one. Papa John's founder
Speaker 1: is out, and this is because, well, why is this?
Speaker 1: Why is the Papa John's Papa John's founder stepping down? Tyrone?
Speaker 1: What do we got? Didn't he do a lot of
Speaker 1: complaining about his sales numbers and blaming the NFL? And yeah,
Speaker 1: there was some NFL stuff and he said some um
Speaker 1: I heard he said some racially insensitive things as well.
Speaker 1: And now at the point he made himself such an
Speaker 1: important part part of that brand that when he went bad,
Speaker 1: the brand can't really recover. And I don't want to
Speaker 1: talk about the product. No, No, I want you to
Speaker 1: talk about the product of all the fast food pizza chains.
Speaker 1: Where does Papa John's fall. They're the worst of them
Speaker 1: all by a lot. It's not even food. Oh man,
Speaker 1: I can't eat it, so I can't weigh in. I
Speaker 1: would feel guilty giving a hot Papa John's pizza to
Speaker 1: a homeless person. Oh my gosh, that is cold. Amy,
Speaker 1: is it the worst? Is it? Yeah? She's Amy, so polite.
Speaker 1: She just gave like a little She's like, oh well, yeah,
Speaker 1: but yeah, Tyrone's calling it like it is. I can't
Speaker 1: say I've never had Papa John's pizza. Uh. In college,
Speaker 1: I did eat way too much dominoes. I blamed the
Speaker 1: freshman thirty on that. But yeah, I did not have
Speaker 1: We did not have Papa John's. Well we will, at
Speaker 1: least not that I was aware of. But he stepped down.
Speaker 1: But yeah, the NFL. NFL was part of this. They're saying, Uh,
Speaker 1: do you have any thoughts on the U N Russia
Speaker 1: collusion pizza? So I spoke to you about this big
Speaker 1: story on the Obama administration. You talked about this earlier
Speaker 1: in the week where the report is and it's from
Speaker 1: Politico that President Obama decided to uh call off the dog,
Speaker 1: so to speak. He decided to take the pressure off Hesballah,
Speaker 1: and it was because he wanted his administration so so
Speaker 1: very much to get any kind of deal nuclear deal,
Speaker 1: which was a foreign policy legacy item for the Obama
Speaker 1: administration and also would be the one thing the Democrats
Speaker 1: would point to in the Middle East where they'd say, see,
Speaker 1: we we accomplished something, because everywhere else the Middle East
Speaker 1: it was just everything burning down to the ground and
Speaker 1: looking terrible under the Obama aministration, really bad. But with
Speaker 1: the Iran deal, they're gonna say, well that it was
Speaker 1: worth all the all the anarchy and suffering and casualties
Speaker 1: and misery that have been endured in areas where Iran
Speaker 1: is engaged in proxy war, has some interest in fomenting bloodshed.
Speaker 1: All that was the price we were willing to pay
Speaker 1: for for Iran deal. But it is new that the
Speaker 1: Obama administration would have said hold on back off of
Speaker 1: Hezbollah because we want this deal. And that includes even
Speaker 1: the importation of drugs into this country. That includes Hesblah's
Speaker 1: international criminal networks. Just as North Korea engages in criminal
Speaker 1: activity for profit because it does not care what the
Speaker 1: international community thinks of it, the same is true for Hezblah.
Speaker 1: HESBA as a designated terrorist organization, So hesblah uh sells
Speaker 1: its tentacles all over the world, do what they can
Speaker 1: to raise money through a listed means, arms trafficking, drug trafficking.
Speaker 1: They don't care whatever, whatever gets the most cash in
Speaker 1: their pockets and they can send back so that Hesblah
Speaker 1: can continue to be this growing cancer in the Middle East.
Speaker 1: But now some people are taking notice of this. First
Speaker 1: of all, you had former Senior before I take it
Speaker 1: to the Republican side. You had former senior advised here
Speaker 1: to the White House on national security. I forget his
Speaker 1: specific title. Uh. I think he was like Deputy National
Speaker 1: Security Advisor for Strategic Communications. I think that was his
Speaker 1: job title. Ben Rhodes, who's part of this? Uh? This
Speaker 1: this crew of of of bros who used to work
Speaker 1: in the Obama White House foreign policy bros. Hey, what's up?
Speaker 1: Remember that guy? I was? It was it. I can't
Speaker 1: remember his name, the guy who went on TV and
Speaker 1: he's like, Benghazi was like two years ago. Bra, Get
Speaker 1: with the Times. Bra. He's like flipping his hair's like
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go hang Tan. Yeah, it's like Kianu and
Speaker 1: point break. I shouldn't profane Kiano and point break by
Speaker 1: bringing by bringing this guy into I forget what his
Speaker 1: name though, was, Um, I'll have I'll have it for you.
Speaker 1: In a moment, I think I think, Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: Tommy v. Tour. That's right, Tommy V Tour. I remember
Speaker 1: that guy. The only thing I remember about him was
Speaker 1: that when he was on TV, he's like Benghazi was
Speaker 1: two years ago, Bra, and everyone's like, wow, this guy
Speaker 1: is uh, this is the best of the best of
Speaker 1: the Obama administration, doesn't it. So him and one of
Speaker 1: the young speechwriter guys, and then also Ben Rhodes, they
Speaker 1: were kind of the they're out there now defending the
Speaker 1: legacy of the obamaministration and they're really upset with this
Speaker 1: political reporter and they're just going out there saying the
Speaker 1: political reporter is making it up. And Ben Rhodes tweeted
Speaker 1: out along that that that there should be a photo
Speaker 1: of Trump with all of his top people, and that
Speaker 1: was from Phifer the Clinton the clintonisto Dan Pheiffer, and
Speaker 1: then Rhodes responded on Twitter that the photos should be
Speaker 1: along the oh bits of and he named a bunch
Speaker 1: of of Trump officials. Just another reminder that these are
Speaker 1: not These are not honorable people were talking about here.
Speaker 1: Just because they have served in some in your capacity
Speaker 1: as an appointee in an administration doesn't mean they're honorable people.
Speaker 1: And now they're running around trying to undermine and smear
Speaker 1: this political reporter by saying that his stuff is is unsourced,
Speaker 1: it's fake, it's not true. And I give them, I
Speaker 1: give the reporter credit because he is Josh Meyer is
Speaker 1: the guy, and he is stepping up and he's saying sorry.
Speaker 1: He responded to one of these Obama acolytes, I'm sorry, man,
Speaker 1: but I'm tired of you guys blatantly lying about my work. Seriously,
Speaker 1: it's beneath you, Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vitor, et cetera.
Speaker 1: You've either not read it or are willfully disregarding the
Speaker 1: many other people quoted, the documents people can link, the
Speaker 1: documents people can link to, and the obvious facts. So
Speaker 1: this guy Meyer knows he's got a He got a
Speaker 1: big piece out this week on this soft peddling Hezbollah
Speaker 1: law enforcement operations. You know, it's it's damaging to the
Speaker 1: Obama's Obama team legacy. And you know this because they're
Speaker 1: going out and Politico is a leftist center. It's it's
Speaker 1: a Democrat friendly outlet. But even even Democrat friendly outlets
Speaker 1: sometimes will find a story that's just too juicy to resist.
Speaker 1: And this was a good one, and we should give
Speaker 1: Josh Meyer a hat tip for it. I mean, he
Speaker 1: he did the reporting, he did the due diligence, but
Speaker 1: you have these former Obama people running around saying that
Speaker 1: it's all lies, and he's like, how is it a lie?
Speaker 1: I've got all these sources, well, what's a lie about this?
Speaker 1: And you sense the desperation from them, because the more
Speaker 1: of the American people know the truth about how Obama
Speaker 1: was conducting his foreign policy, the more they'll realize that
Speaker 1: they're in These former Obama officials are in no position
Speaker 1: whatsoever to be h casting aspersions on what Trump has
Speaker 1: done so far. They really they've they've got nothing, nothing
Speaker 1: to show for eight nothing worthwhile here's a show for
Speaker 1: eight years of being in charge. So it's uh, it's
Speaker 1: interesting to see how this plays out. And one more
Speaker 1: thing here, you are beginning to see that Republicans have
Speaker 1: I think woken up to what's really happening with the
Speaker 1: whole Russia collusion investigation. This is just the weaponization of
Speaker 1: prosecutors and using investigations as a political tactic. It's not
Speaker 1: the first time it's happened. We've seen it happen before.
Speaker 1: I get all that, But Republicans are realizing what's going
Speaker 1: on here. Even Rand Paul, for example, wants some answers.
Speaker 1: We've had this investigation about Russian collusion, maybe we need
Speaker 1: an investigation about high ranking Obama officials colluding to try
Speaker 1: to prevent Trump from being president. That's more serious than
Speaker 1: even water game. I have to say, you know, you
Speaker 1: gotta fight fire with fire at some level. First of all,
Speaker 1: I would argue that there is a much greater likelihood
Speaker 1: of finding collusion or conspiracy could use that term among
Speaker 1: senior level d o J and FBI officials to undermine
Speaker 1: and destroy the Trump campaign and then presidency. Then you
Speaker 1: are that there was some secret plot with the Russians
Speaker 1: to turn the election. You are you are much more
Speaker 1: likely defined that to find the former than the ladder.
Speaker 1: But on top of that, Democrats are using this as
Speaker 1: a weapon against the administration. The investigation now I'm not
Speaker 1: even talking about the findings and they know it. That's
Speaker 1: why when they hear that Mueller Mueller's probe might extend
Speaker 1: another year, they're so happy. It's not about justice, it's
Speaker 1: not about finding the truth. The process is the punishment.
Speaker 1: And if they want to play that game, and if
Speaker 1: this is the way it's gonna be, you know what,
Speaker 1: there are some other things we should be looking into.
Speaker 1: You know, you're darn right we should be investing. And
Speaker 1: now they finally are investigating and calling to account senior FBI,
Speaker 1: senior d o J officials who were involved in all this,
Speaker 1: making them answer questions before Congress under oath behind closed doors.
Speaker 1: It this should have been happening for a while, and
Speaker 1: now it looks like there's also going to be an
Speaker 1: investigation into uranium one in Hillary Clinton, as their well
Speaker 1: should be will we find anything? But if the Mueller
Speaker 1: probe is going on, we want answers to all of it.
Speaker 1: How about that. You know, what's good for the goose
Speaker 1: is good for the gender. What what's the way it's
Speaker 1: gonna be for the Democrats? If they're gonna play politics
Speaker 1: that way? Well, well, what's the alternative? We're gonna sit around,
Speaker 1: you know, be a bunch of never trumpers who are like,
Speaker 1: oh no, we have scruples on principles, We would never
Speaker 1: investigate them unless we were a pent. Sure, Hey, investigating
Speaker 1: is trying to find out, right, they're gonna do this
Speaker 1: with the Muller probe, and this is a but I
Speaker 1: will have Then this is a self inflicted wound for
Speaker 1: the Trump administration at some level. Two. Yeah, the narrative
Speaker 1: was created about all the Russia stuff, and it was
Speaker 1: done dishonestly. But they never should have. I said it
Speaker 1: from the ginning. You should not have had Sessions recusing himself.
Speaker 1: You never should have allowed this to happen, and I've
Speaker 1: been consistent on that from day one. This was an nightmare.
Speaker 1: This was gonna go on forever. It was not about justice,
Speaker 1: it was not about our you know. This was the
Speaker 1: this was the break in the damn for the Trump team,
Speaker 1: and I'm just it's unfortunate that they couldn't see it
Speaker 1: for what it was. And I don't trust this Rosenstein
Speaker 1: guy at d o J either. I'm just putting that
Speaker 1: out there. I'm not not loving what I'm seeing from
Speaker 1: him either. All Right, we got lines late in here,
Speaker 1: so we want to get to some of those calls.
Speaker 1: Eight four four to eight to five. We will be
Speaker 1: back with a much more stay with me. It's time
Speaker 1: for Bob Mueller to put up her shut up. If
Speaker 1: there's evidence of collusion, let's see it. If there's not,
Speaker 1: let's move on as a country, and let's institute reforms
Speaker 1: at the FBI so that an egomaniac FBI director like
Speaker 1: James Comey cannot depart from the normal standard procedures that
Speaker 1: guarantee all Americans equal treatment under the law. I agree
Speaker 1: with what Representative Matt gets said there. But unfortunately Muller
Speaker 1: prope is not gonna anytime soon. And this at all
Speaker 1: the hysteria about it. He's not gonna fire Muller. You
Speaker 1: know they're gonna be running think pieces on that when
Speaker 1: they're gonna be running an endless loop on c n
Speaker 1: over the holiday. Will will Trump fire Muller will be
Speaker 1: new Yar's eve. Hey, let's take a stop from the
Speaker 1: champagne drinking and let's ask a question. Is Trump gonna
Speaker 1: fire Muller? Because it's just it's just like you know,
Speaker 1: hamsters hitting a pedal or when they you know, when
Speaker 1: they want a snack, like seeing an audience they want
Speaker 1: to hear about how Trump is going to cause a
Speaker 1: constitutional crisis. You know, that's the way it is. Should
Speaker 1: probably watch more MSNBC. I mean MSNBC is crushing seen
Speaker 1: in the ratings for a reason, right, It's probably more interesting,
Speaker 1: I gotta figure. So we've got some calls up here.
Speaker 1: Kelly in Florida, thank you for holding Kelly. Hi, Hi,
Speaker 1: Hiley like Nicky Haley. Oh Haley, It's okay, it was
Speaker 1: said Kelly here, but I like Haley is good to
Speaker 1: go ahead? Hi, Okay, Well what I was calling about
Speaker 1: with today, I read often new Fox News app that
Speaker 1: Michelle Obama said that if women voted against Hillary Clinton,
Speaker 1: they voted against their own voice, and I just I
Speaker 1: just couldn't believe it. It just filled me with so
Speaker 1: much anger for a woman to say that, Um, what
Speaker 1: do you mean against her own voice? She had no idea? Well, democrats, Democrats,
Speaker 1: Haley think of of women as a voting block, and
Speaker 1: it's determined, and their ideas and their beliefs and their
Speaker 1: principles are determined first and foremost by gender, not just
Speaker 1: by virtue of being people. Exactly I was. I felt
Speaker 1: like I was a little chest piece in her speech
Speaker 1: wherever she was. I didn't care to read any more
Speaker 1: about it because I was just like, what, what a
Speaker 1: disgrace to women or even to men that highly believe
Speaker 1: in women and they're powerful and they do speak their minds. Haley,
Speaker 1: I just want to let you know, by the way,
Speaker 1: that I'm pretty sure that that was, uh that that
Speaker 1: news story, well I remember hearing about that. That was
Speaker 1: quite a quite a while ago, So I think you
Speaker 1: might need to update your Fox app. Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1: It was, um like Hillary said, Hillary said it this week,
Speaker 1: said Michelle Obama. I don't know if it's just a
Speaker 1: story that they were running again to just, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of get the narrative out there. But I just
Speaker 1: I'm a registered Democrat, and I don't just because I
Speaker 1: have to pick a side. I'm not saying I am
Speaker 1: I'm not saying I'm a Republican. But I just felt
Speaker 1: like I needed to come on the radio and just
Speaker 1: let women know that they don't need to worry about
Speaker 1: what these political figures are saying in their narratives. They
Speaker 1: need to just listen to themselves, listen to their gut.
Speaker 1: Is this your Is this your first time Hailey listening
Speaker 1: to the show? If I may ask, Um, actually, I've
Speaker 1: listened to you a little bit. Um. I just started
Speaker 1: listening to talk radio in the past eight months. Um.
Speaker 1: I so this is clearly your favorite talk radio show. Sure, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're putting me on the spot. But Andre are you?
Speaker 1: What are you like? College? Age? How old you? Haley?
Speaker 1: I'm twenty two. I'm in I'm at my local state college. UM.
Speaker 1: I am interested in pursuing a career in children's um
Speaker 1: in children. UM. I don't know if I'm gonna write
Speaker 1: books or if I'm going to be a teacher or
Speaker 1: if I'm going to help well, team Buck Campus represent Haley.
Speaker 1: Have a very merry Christmas, and thank you very much
Speaker 1: for your call. We appreciate it. Uh, Eric on the
Speaker 1: I Heart app in New York. What's all er? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Hi Buck, Shield Time, Merry Christmas to you and yours
Speaker 1: Shield Time, Merry Christmas to you and yours, sir. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Thank you. Um, I was just wondering on your opinion.
Speaker 1: I know you're joking before about moving the unto something
Speaker 1: like desolate island and the middle of nowhere, which I
Speaker 1: think would be completely awesome. But at the same time, though, Um,
Speaker 1: while they're here in our country. I know that we
Speaker 1: of you know, diplomatic community and stuff like that, But
Speaker 1: to all the people who voted against what we believe in,
Speaker 1: I was wondering, is there anything that you know better
Speaker 1: than I do? Is there anything that we could do
Speaker 1: to them? Well? They're here? Wait, what do you wait?
Speaker 1: What do you mean? I'm sorry, it's like taking away
Speaker 1: some of their diplomatic privileges or you know, somehow just
Speaker 1: being a thrown on their side for voting against Nah,
Speaker 1: we can't, we can't do that. That would mean we're
Speaker 1: operating in bad faith. That's that's that would be a no. No.
Speaker 1: We we gotta respect diplomatic protocol too, But we don't
Speaker 1: have to have the United Nations in midtown Manhattan and
Speaker 1: have all these bureaucrats running around with their government expense
Speaker 1: accounts and everything. I'm just saying that that does not
Speaker 1: that does not have to be the case. We could
Speaker 1: set up the u N somewhere else. I don't think
Speaker 1: that we get quite the benefits from it that a
Speaker 1: lot of people seem to think that we do. Having
Speaker 1: it on on. Well, first of all, having a New
Speaker 1: York is just insane because it's the busiest city in
Speaker 1: the country and that basically shuts down for a few weeks.
Speaker 1: Uh not shuts down, but uh causes gridlock a few
Speaker 1: weeks a year whatever the general assemblies in town. And
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of other towns, a lot
Speaker 1: of lovely places in this country. We could set up
Speaker 1: the u N. You know, I got big airports. We
Speaker 1: could do the whole thing. So I would be if
Speaker 1: I'm Trump, I would be like, you know what, let's
Speaker 1: move it to whatever town that we could use some
Speaker 1: some jobs, a little boost for local local industry. Let's
Speaker 1: move the u N there and see how many bureaucrats
Speaker 1: want to show up and hang out. But no, Eric,
Speaker 1: we we can't. We can't penalize them officially for taking
Speaker 1: votes that we don't like while they're here. UM. I agree,
Speaker 1: But I'm sorry to interrupting. Oh you're interrupting. I'm going
Speaker 1: on and on. Go ahead. I was just thinking of, like,
Speaker 1: you know, is there a political way that we can
Speaker 1: agitate them or just kind of like stick it to
Speaker 1: them a little bit. I guess yeah, well Trump is
Speaker 1: saying that we might give them less money, so there's
Speaker 1: that That would be one. Yeah, that would be awesome. Hey, Eric,
Speaker 1: Mary Christmasman, thank you very much for calling in. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's there's some stuff that we could probably probably do.
Speaker 1: But you know, look, it's a lot of countries, right
Speaker 1: as part of the problem here is that everybody pretty
Speaker 1: much voted, you know, not not with US. I mean,
Speaker 1: Micronesia was like what step off Micronesia, Micronesia was with US. Guatemala, bamn,
Speaker 1: Guatemala stepped up big. I'm trying to think who else,
Speaker 1: off top of my head, who else was on that list? Um?
Speaker 1: Was el Salvador with us or I think there was
Speaker 1: another Central American country that was not voting. Canada voted,
Speaker 1: uh what is it? Um not in an absentia, but
Speaker 1: they voted uh, you know, no, no vote whatever. I'm
Speaker 1: forgetting what the word is. Pardon me for a second
Speaker 1: on that. But okay, Kenn, we'll take that. We'll take that. Canada.
Speaker 1: You know, our brothers and sisters up north in the
Speaker 1: in the in the great cold north of Canada. I
Speaker 1: appreciate that they um, they decided abstention. Thank you. They abstained.
Speaker 1: That's that's that's good enough. I'll take abstention here the
Speaker 1: countries that have and a bunch of other Eastern European
Speaker 1: countries substained to who we had the whole list. Guatemala,
Speaker 1: That's what I was thinking. Okay, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia,
Speaker 1: that's right. Did they can't bring the noise to the
Speaker 1: Marshall Islands. Don't try to push around the Marshall Islands. Naaru.
Speaker 1: I believe that's house pronounced yeah. I think that's also
Speaker 1: in the South Pacific. It's got like a three or
Speaker 1: four man army. I think I believe that's how it's pronounced.
Speaker 1: Togo and US. So that was that was the United Front.
Speaker 1: You know. You know, it's not about the size of
Speaker 1: the dog in the fight, right, It's about the size
Speaker 1: of the fighting the dog, that's right. Palau and Micronesia.
Speaker 1: But these are great trivia questions, like if you I
Speaker 1: used to play this game with my little brother, who
Speaker 1: got way too good at it. By the way, I
Speaker 1: was getting very frustrated. Where you'd have a globe and
Speaker 1: it would it had a little voice, and it was
Speaker 1: like all right here where you go and it would
Speaker 1: it would be like, you know, Vatican City and you
Speaker 1: have to press on the globe where. It was a
Speaker 1: really fun game. It's actually great those of you who
Speaker 1: have kids that you want to get them to uh
Speaker 1: no geography, which is really understudied. I think in schools.
Speaker 1: It's a great game, really really recommended. Um. But yeah, Micronesia,
Speaker 1: these are the ones. I remember, Togo, I remember these
Speaker 1: from from that game, and I you know, these are
Speaker 1: the ones who'd like no and run out of time,
Speaker 1: and you know, because you couldn't find some of these
Speaker 1: different different little countries. So okay, so we didn't exactly
Speaker 1: have like the great world powers necessarily with US in
Speaker 1: this un vote. But also here's another point to keep
Speaker 1: in mind about this whole u n. General Assembly vote today.
Speaker 1: Whatever what are they gonna do? It means really nothing,
Speaker 1: but it's annoying. It's mostly annoying, and we shouldn't have
Speaker 1: to be annoyed by countries that need us a lot
Speaker 1: more than we need them. All right, eight four four
Speaker 1: eight to five, much more coming your way, team, I'll
Speaker 1: be right back. I mean, the big banking profits off
Speaker 1: this Republican tax bill are going to make your eyes
Speaker 1: roll back in your head. The wealthiest people and the
Speaker 1: most powerful corporations in this country started almost literally scrambling
Speaker 1: to figure out how they're going to handle all the
Speaker 1: money the Republican tax bill just gave them. So when
Speaker 1: your family's taxes go up because of this bill, you
Speaker 1: can take comfort in knowing that that's what you're paying for.
Speaker 1: You're giving telecom companies and the biggest banks in the
Speaker 1: country are really embarrassing amount of money to have to
Speaker 1: explain away. It's just embarrassing class warfare from Rachel Matto.
Speaker 1: I mean, the thing about Matto is she's she's a
Speaker 1: sharp lady. I mean, she's, yeah, she is smart, So
Speaker 1: when she's making stuff up. It's not out of ignorance,
Speaker 1: it's just out of cynicism and opportunism. And how are
Speaker 1: middle class people's taxes gonna go up? I mean, if
Speaker 1: you're a middle class person in a for example, if
Speaker 1: you're a middle class person under this tax bill in
Speaker 1: a blue state that has the state and local tax
Speaker 1: deduction issue, are your taxes really that much? Your property
Speaker 1: taxes that much more than fifteen twenty two dollars a year?
Speaker 1: Not in your your middle class? I mean, now we're
Speaker 1: how expensive is your house? I mean, I know different
Speaker 1: jurisdictions have different taxation, but still, I mean, if you're
Speaker 1: paid like twenty or thirty grand and taxes on your
Speaker 1: house each your your middle class, that must be some
Speaker 1: house or some high taxation rate you've got. Um. And
Speaker 1: that's just assuming that there are some people. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: that's taking her as a serious analyst on this issue,
Speaker 1: when in reality, it's just this is just boo rich
Speaker 1: people in corporations, We love the middle class. Well, what
Speaker 1: about the fact that this is going to give of
Speaker 1: Americans a tax break? And that's as I told you,
Speaker 1: that's in the Brooklyns Institution. What about the fact that
Speaker 1: it's going to give an average of two thousand dollars
Speaker 1: in tax cuts to American families. That's bad. I need
Speaker 1: the Democrats to explain to me where these families are
Speaker 1: that are gonna have two thousand dollars more once this
Speaker 1: tax code cut goes through that are unhappy about it.
Speaker 1: They are just making it up as they go along.
Speaker 1: But you know, Chuck Schumer's all sad about it. They're
Speaker 1: failing to reauthorize the Chip program that provides health care
Speaker 1: for millions of sick kids in the same week that
Speaker 1: Senate Republicans voted to slash corporate taxes. They're short changing
Speaker 1: millions of middle class Americans who lost their homes to
Speaker 1: wildfires and historic storms. I don't know what. I don't
Speaker 1: know what that's supposed to be about. And this is
Speaker 1: an unpopular position, I know, but if you don't have
Speaker 1: insurance on your home and there is a natural disaster,
Speaker 1: it is not clear to me why the federal government
Speaker 1: has an obligation to pay for your home. I know
Speaker 1: that this this is a this people, they're very intense
Speaker 1: about this, But I say, well, if one person's house
Speaker 1: burns down and they don't have insurance. The federal government
Speaker 1: does not write them a check. But if a thousand
Speaker 1: people's houses are burned down or flooded somehow, there's a
Speaker 1: federal the federal government's supposed to pay for that. I
Speaker 1: need someone to explain that. I understand the politics behind it,
Speaker 1: but I don't see a principle there. But I'm not
Speaker 1: even sure what Chuck is specifically referring to, other than
Speaker 1: is just opposed to this because Republicans got something through
Speaker 1: that'll help people. And I've given up on trying to
Speaker 1: ring the alarm bell over the debt. People don't want to.
Speaker 1: People just don't want to hear it. Right now, I
Speaker 1: get it, you know, Well, okay, we're gonna live in
Speaker 1: the now, right and living in the now, this tax
Speaker 1: bill is a good thing. It is kind of funny.
Speaker 1: I think it was, Uh, what's the oh gosh, I'm
Speaker 1: forgetting the name of Sorry, I'm forgetting some names tonight.
Speaker 1: I'm tired, guys. It's been a long it's been a
Speaker 1: long year. You know, it's been a lot going on.
Speaker 1: I'm ready. I've got a little bit of vacation itis
Speaker 1: going on. Um but the former bush Um Fleisher, thank you,
Speaker 1: Ari Fleisher. He tweeted out something today and it was
Speaker 1: the front page of USA today when Obamacare was passed
Speaker 1: and it was like huge victory and Congress for the
Speaker 1: administration like rare. And then with his tax cut packs
Speaker 1: getting passed, it was, you know, one point five trillion
Speaker 1: added to the deficit. Oh no, it's like, oh wow,
Speaker 1: USA today all of a sudden are deficit or debt hawks.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, Oh no, that's so sad. Look this is
Speaker 1: they're allowed to do it. I just I pointed out
Speaker 1: because this is important for understanding what's what that the
Speaker 1: bias is very real. It's not just some thing that
Speaker 1: Republicans wind about all the time. It's true. Uh, Paul
Speaker 1: Ryan gives you the other perspective on this thing. We
Speaker 1: come to these jobs and improve the lives of the
Speaker 1: people we represent, and this bill, more than so many
Speaker 1: other things we've ever tried of dude does that. And
Speaker 1: so we're very thankful and we're very hopeful because when
Speaker 1: we've been working on this issue for so many years,
Speaker 1: we can see on the horizon this great potential for
Speaker 1: our people and for our economy. We know this is
Speaker 1: the greatest country on earth, and we know that America
Speaker 1: has better days ahead, and we know that America has
Speaker 1: so much more potential to tap. This bill taps that potential. Okay,
Speaker 1: glad to hear it. Oh, I should note that whenever
Speaker 1: I tell you there's not going to be a shutdown,
Speaker 1: and all the history onics and grand standing around it
Speaker 1: is just is laughable at this point. Just remember that
Speaker 1: so far, I'm I'm Batton batten a thousand on that one.
Speaker 1: I was gonna say bat in a hundred percent, But
Speaker 1: then people would know how little I know about baseball.
Speaker 1: I'm yeah, No, that would have been that would have
Speaker 1: been embarrassing. I just missed that one. Bat in a thousand,
Speaker 1: uh sixty thirty two. The senters voted to extend the
Speaker 1: debt ceiling. You know can in resolution no no shutdown
Speaker 1: and no showdown either about immigration or any of the
Speaker 1: hot button issues that we're supposed to be. We were
Speaker 1: told at least we're going to be contained in this
Speaker 1: series of debt ceiling fights. Nope, they don't want to
Speaker 1: have it that. They don't want to have the fight.
Speaker 1: We there is a I guess I'm going to talk
Speaker 1: about the debt. I promise you I wouldn't because it's
Speaker 1: ba humbug of me, But there is a bipartisan consensus
Speaker 1: in this country that is unbreakable right now that we
Speaker 1: are going to spend ourselves, and we're going to spend
Speaker 1: until it hurts. Literally, We're going to spend until stuff
Speaker 1: starts to go south, and let's just hope that at
Speaker 1: that point will be it won't be so bad, and
Speaker 1: then the deterioration won't be so rapid that it's unfixable,
Speaker 1: because just just raising taxes is not going to be enough.
Speaker 1: If we get to the point where interest rates rise
Speaker 1: and you're you're more or less paying in interest what
Speaker 1: we pay for the military each year, that's not an
Speaker 1: unthinkable situation. So okay, you know, we're we're we're. It's
Speaker 1: bipartisan both parties. Nobody wants to touch it. Everyone just
Speaker 1: wants to go forward with what we've got, all right,
Speaker 1: fun that's where we are. I'm not going to be
Speaker 1: the one guy standing on the island. I guess I
Speaker 1: am the one guy saying, but I'm not gonna be
Speaker 1: sitting around too much yelling about the debt because until
Speaker 1: something goes wrong, it's just you're fighting a losing battle.
Speaker 1: I will remind us occasionally of it. But it's not fun. Right,
Speaker 1: It's Christmas time. Every everybody gets the present. Now it's
Speaker 1: tax code cut, baby, it's gonna be great. And we
Speaker 1: now have an extension of a debt ceiling too, so
Speaker 1: the government is we don't even extract concessions from the
Speaker 1: other side over the extension of the debt ceiling, which
Speaker 1: is just means that we It's like the government has
Speaker 1: a credit card and we're saying, well, we just needed
Speaker 1: we need to extend that line of credit. We need
Speaker 1: to make it even bigger. And instead of saying, all right,
Speaker 1: well we'll do that, but we want x ra y now,
Speaker 1: we're like, yeah, just do it. You know, I'm on
Speaker 1: fifty in the hole. You know, let's let's throw a
Speaker 1: capital one card on their toil. Let's make it sixty.
Speaker 1: You know, let's just keep going on in and going
Speaker 1: and going. Okay, but hey, two thoud dollars in your
Speaker 1: pocket's gonna be nice. I agree. And how this will
Speaker 1: work out for corporations, Well, we've seen all these bonuses
Speaker 1: getting passed around. We've seen a lot of companies, including Comcast,
Speaker 1: which I believe owns MSNBC, which means that technically Rachel
Speaker 1: matt Out may in fact herself be receiving a little
Speaker 1: financial assistance. I think she makes about ten million dollars
Speaker 1: a year, so she probably does not care. But I'm
Speaker 1: just saying Trump's doing her a solid. She may not
Speaker 1: see it that way, but Trump is doing her a solid.
Speaker 1: I want to tell you about a story, though that
Speaker 1: did not get much coverage, that is a that is
Speaker 1: a big deal and has to do with lethal assistance
Speaker 1: to Ukraine and just disassembling this narrative of Trump as
Speaker 1: Putin's poodle scarbage, and we've got really good evidence as
Speaker 1: to why it's garbage. I'll tell you about it right
Speaker 1: after break. I want to highlight a story that absolutely
Speaker 1: decimates the prevailing narrative from the last year in the media.
Speaker 1: If you ever have the misfortune of being stuck on
Speaker 1: a treadmill or in an airport, you may have seen
Speaker 1: CNN or MSNBC. And there's a very good chance that
Speaker 1: if that happened you, at some point, we're told or
Speaker 1: heard that Trump is essentially a puppet of Russia. In fact,
Speaker 1: earlier this week, the former Director of National Intelligence James
Speaker 1: Clapper to you and just sort of, you know, mutters
Speaker 1: about stuff. He said that Putin treats Trump like an asset,
Speaker 1: meaning he has handled like somebody in intelligence would use
Speaker 1: an asset a spy. Right, that he's running him, that
Speaker 1: he is handling him. This is this is troubling stuff,
Speaker 1: and it's not true. That's why it's so disgraceful to
Speaker 1: hear this. But the media will say, no, Trump doesn't
Speaker 1: say anything mean about Putin, as though that's going to
Speaker 1: solve anything. Trump doesn't do anything that shows his disdain
Speaker 1: for Russia, and so he must be in the pocket
Speaker 1: of the Russians. And they they have no evidence of
Speaker 1: this other than he doesn't pick fights with Putin and
Speaker 1: occasionally says things about how he kind of likes Putin.
Speaker 1: And I would just point out that there is a
Speaker 1: story now that is irrefutable that punches that narrative right
Speaker 1: in the face. The Trump administration has just approved lethal
Speaker 1: weapons sales to Ukraine for the first time since the
Speaker 1: conflict between Ukraine and Russia broke out in Eastern Ukraine.
Speaker 1: Now it's complicated. The Eastern Dawn Boss region is a
Speaker 1: separatist region. There are a lot of Ukrainians who are
Speaker 1: fighting there. There are Russian irregulars, paramilitaries and Russian regulars
Speaker 1: there too, and it is a war through deception. It
Speaker 1: is maskarov. The Russians are engaged in warfare without it
Speaker 1: being open, meaning that they have people there that are
Speaker 1: either that are not in uniform, that are pretending to
Speaker 1: be Ukrainian. They're sending munitions, but they try to make
Speaker 1: it munitions that are not identifiable with the cremlinal though
Speaker 1: they really kind of are. So Russia has been engaged
Speaker 1: in pushing an insurgency in Ukraine, which is a country
Speaker 1: that under the Budapest Memorandum, the US, Russia, and Great
Speaker 1: Britain are obligated to defend against territorial and aggression. The
Speaker 1: Obama administration refused any sales of lethal weapons to Ukraine
Speaker 1: to help it defend itself against the Russians. And right
Speaker 1: now it's largely a trench warfare. I mean not in
Speaker 1: the old World War one sense, but it's static positions
Speaker 1: where there's not a lot of movement. There's some shelling
Speaker 1: and they're sniping and you're loosing. You have the Ukrainian
Speaker 1: military taking a casualty every few days. You've got about
Speaker 1: sixty thousand Ukrainian military against thirty or so thousand irregulars,
Speaker 1: Russian paramilitaries and you know spet SNAs all that. So
Speaker 1: now the Trump administration comes along and says will allow
Speaker 1: for a forty one million dollar deal with the Tennessee
Speaker 1: based Barrett firearms manufacturer. They're gonna be able to sell
Speaker 1: M one oh seven A one sniper rifles, ammunition and accessories.
Speaker 1: Barrett fifty Cow sniper rifles are now getting sent to Ukraine.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you something. This a nois Moscow. This
Speaker 1: means that there will now be some Russians who have
Speaker 1: to keep their heads down more in Ukraine, and there
Speaker 1: will be probably some Russians who get hit the taken
Speaker 1: off the battlefield k i A. Because of these Barrett
Speaker 1: fifty Cows. They really want these over there in Ukraine.
Speaker 1: They need better long range sniper rifles and this will
Speaker 1: give them that. And it's not a it's not a
Speaker 1: total game changer. I'm not gonna overstate the battlefield impact here,
Speaker 1: but this is the US giving guns to a country
Speaker 1: that is effectively engaged in a war against a covert
Speaker 1: Russian presence. Imagine for a moment, if we were giving
Speaker 1: weapons to say a a an Arab militia in Syria
Speaker 1: so that it could shoot at Russian soldiers. They would
Speaker 1: have that would get them really upset. And Ukraine they
Speaker 1: care a lot more about than they do than they
Speaker 1: do Syria. But you see, this doesn't fit the narrative
Speaker 1: at all. This is contra the narrative because Putin is
Speaker 1: going to be ticked off for this. This is the
Speaker 1: kind of stuff that gets the Russians really upset. This
Speaker 1: isn't all you know, we said something tough at the
Speaker 1: G twenty about Russia. You know, Obama can say tough
Speaker 1: things and do nothing. This is action from the Trump administration,
Speaker 1: and it is before people try to dismiss it. Obama
Speaker 1: resolutely refused to do this, despite the aggression of the
Speaker 1: Russians against Ukraine, despite dismembering that country an ally of
Speaker 1: the United States that could be brought into NATO at
Speaker 1: some point in the future. It's not a NATO country.
Speaker 1: But despite all that that, the Obama administration was like, no, no,
Speaker 1: We're just gonna send along non lethal help. Well, why
Speaker 1: make that distinction if it wasn't a big deal. It
Speaker 1: is a big deal, and it's going to annoy the Russians.
Speaker 1: Now you can talk about whether or not that's a
Speaker 1: good move, but it certainly flies in the face of Oh,
Speaker 1: Trump just does whatever Putin wants him to do. So
Speaker 1: remember this data point because the next time somebody tells
Speaker 1: you Trump is a Putin puppet, say really, because Trump
Speaker 1: is the reason that they are now sniper rifles going
Speaker 1: to Ukraine that are gonna be used to shoot at
Speaker 1: Russian soldiers who have invaded Ukraine. So you're gonna tell
Speaker 1: me what exactly that Trump that Putin wants that to happen.
Speaker 1: I don't think so. And it's also very powerful as symbolism.
Speaker 1: This is the US taking a concrete step to assist
Speaker 1: Ukrainians on the battlefield against pro Russian separatists and Russian paramilitaries.
Speaker 1: It's a big deal. Don't let the anti Trump never
Speaker 1: Trump deluded. Uh loony's pretend like this is nothing, because
Speaker 1: it's not. And then you also have the US using
Speaker 1: the Magnitsky Act. Again, there's more sanctions too, So these
Speaker 1: are things that the narrative, uh you know, they've can
Speaker 1: pose new sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act. That just
Speaker 1: happened too. But these are things that Russia doesn't like
Speaker 1: and they're not You're gonna see this now, people that
Speaker 1: say that Trump does Russia's bidding and he does whatever
Speaker 1: Putin wants, They're just gonna try to ignore this because
Speaker 1: especially the sniper rifles going to Ukraine, that is a
Speaker 1: big problem for those who are running with this. All
Speaker 1: Trump is, you know, the Kremlin has video of him
Speaker 1: and there they could destroy him, and he'll do anything
Speaker 1: they say. And you know, why doesn't Trump say more
Speaker 1: mean things about Putin? I don't know, maybe because Putin
Speaker 1: is running a country that still has thousands of nuclear
Speaker 1: missiles and could be a real problem for us. It's
Speaker 1: amazing how much Democrats want the president of the United
Speaker 1: States too recklessly antagonize the head of state of a
Speaker 1: country that we think is, you know, got a bad government,
Speaker 1: and it does, and Putin's a thug and all that
Speaker 1: stuff is true, but we still have to deal with them.
Speaker 1: There's no world in which we get to do to
Speaker 1: ignore the Russians, box them in and act like they're
Speaker 1: not a problem. So you have a lot of people
Speaker 1: that are really disingenuous about this, and I wanted to
Speaker 1: tell you about that. It's important to you remember it
Speaker 1: sniper rifles in the hands of the Ukrainian military. They're
Speaker 1: gonna be shooting at some Russians with it. Trust me,
Speaker 1: the Kremlins upset about it, and trust me, the media
Speaker 1: doesn't want to tell you this because it shatters the
Speaker 1: narrative of putin controls. Trump. We're rolling to a quick
Speaker 1: break your team when we come back. I'm talking about
Speaker 1: a terror attack in Australia that may not be terror,
Speaker 1: may just be somebody who is having had a psychological breakdown.
Speaker 1: But I'll analyze it and we'll work through it together.
Speaker 1: We'll see is it terror, is it not terror. I'll
Speaker 1: get to that with you in just a few moments.
Speaker 1: Stay with me. You are now entering the Technical Operations Center.
Speaker 1: Programs must be kept strictly need to know team, but
Speaker 1: it is cleared and ready for the butt brief. A
Speaker 1: mass casualty vehicle ramming attack in Australia that you probably
Speaker 1: have heard nothing or very little about. Why is that?
Speaker 1: Here are the details from earlier today. A suspect drove
Speaker 1: an suv into a crowd of people on a busy
Speaker 1: Melbourne street early on Thursday, injuring nineteen people. They're calling
Speaker 1: this an act of evil. Now you may be thinking,
Speaker 1: is this terrorism? And I want to walk you through
Speaker 1: how we should view and analyze this situation because it is,
Speaker 1: I believe emblematic of many of the problems of our
Speaker 1: media right now. I know this is in Australia, but
Speaker 1: in the western world, UH, and Australians have to deal
Speaker 1: with similar terrorism issues to the United States. So let's
Speaker 1: break this down to get other shall we. Let's look
Speaker 1: at the way it's being reported and then connect some
Speaker 1: of the dots, because this is, by the percentages, being
Speaker 1: completely misreported, although I cannot definitively say that they have
Speaker 1: gotten it wrong just yet. But let me tell you
Speaker 1: what we know. UH. The driver of the suv was
Speaker 1: in fact a Muslim Afghan immigrant who became a permanent
Speaker 1: citizen in Australia. His name is sided Neuri, and he
Speaker 1: was known to authorities as a drug user. He had
Speaker 1: been arrested in the past, and he was on what
Speaker 1: the Australians referring to as a mental health plan, so
Speaker 1: he had been treated for mental health issues. They're saying
Speaker 1: that this is not a terrorist related incident, but I
Speaker 1: would point out that they're saying it is not connected
Speaker 1: terrorism based on what they know so far, and they
Speaker 1: are pointing to the fact that yeah, there's nothing in
Speaker 1: there's nothing on this individual that has ISIS paraphernalia. There's
Speaker 1: nothing that yet has jumped out to say that this
Speaker 1: was done on behalf of the Islamic State. But let's
Speaker 1: look at some of the coincidences so far. First of all,
Speaker 1: Australia has a Muslim population of about two and a
Speaker 1: half percent, so that the perpetrator here falls in that
Speaker 1: two and a half percent, and we know that from
Speaker 1: within the Muslim world you have a disproportionate share of
Speaker 1: vehicle terrorist attacks. That's already quite a big coincidence. Now,
Speaker 1: that's not to say that it could not be the
Speaker 1: case that sided Norri here was just a crazy person
Speaker 1: and was not in fact tied to or acting on
Speaker 1: behalf of the Islamic State. But it is to say
Speaker 1: that it would be unlikely under circumstances that he had
Speaker 1: no ji hottest intent whatsoever. Based on the numbers, I
Speaker 1: think the overwhelming likelihood is that if in fact Nori,
Speaker 1: who is currently in a hospital in Australia under armed guard,
Speaker 1: reveals that his intent was to act on behalf of
Speaker 1: the Islamic State, which has been telling its adherents it's
Speaker 1: ideological sympathizers to use vehicle attacks just like this at
Speaker 1: a similar target set to what just happened in Melbourne
Speaker 1: and and over the holidays. As we know, there's a
Speaker 1: greater likelihood of these kinds of attacks to begin with.
Speaker 1: But when we find out, if we find out that
Speaker 1: side Nori formally of Afghanistan, now a permanent resident to
Speaker 1: Australia was acting on behalf of the Islamic State, it
Speaker 1: will be a new story that comes out in a
Speaker 1: few days. It will be muted. And I can tell
Speaker 1: you that many of the journalists right now who are
Speaker 1: rushing to say it was not connected to terrorism won't
Speaker 1: be rushing to say actually it was. You see, how
Speaker 1: could they know unless there was an ISIS flag graped
Speaker 1: over the hood of the car or something that within
Speaker 1: the opening minutes of a terrorist or opening hours after
Speaker 1: a terrorist attack, that it was in fact terrorism. You
Speaker 1: can only look at the likelihood. You can look at
Speaker 1: the percentages and make an educated guess at this stage.
Speaker 1: But notice how the press likes to point out what
Speaker 1: we don't know right away and state that as a fact.
Speaker 1: So that it is a placeholder, no connection to terrorism.
Speaker 1: When that changes, If it changes, there'll be much less
Speaker 1: attention on the subject. This is the way that they
Speaker 1: express a preference. This is how, whether in Australia or
Speaker 1: here in the US, the left wing uh anti islamophobic media, you,
Speaker 1: because they're always on the lookout for Islamophobia, finds ways
Speaker 1: to make sure that these attacks are put in a
Speaker 1: specific context and they take some of the attention and
Speaker 1: the political heat off of these incidents by doing it
Speaker 1: this way. Now, they would point out, and I'm aware
Speaker 1: of this, just this, I've been through this, right. I
Speaker 1: was most recently on the Halloween attack. I was over
Speaker 1: at Fox and they brought on a detective right before
Speaker 1: me from the NYPD, my former you know h employer,
Speaker 1: and the guys like, this is a terrorist attack, and
Speaker 1: he said that right after I said, look, I think
Speaker 1: it's overwhelmingly likely that I'm sorry, Jee Hottest terror attack, right,
Speaker 1: And I said, look, I think this is overwhelmingly likely
Speaker 1: that it's a Je Hottest terror attack. But we don't
Speaker 1: yet have some key facts and places. We didn't know
Speaker 1: anything about the driver at this point. We all he
Speaker 1: knew was that he had mowed down a bunch of people.
Speaker 1: And the reason that I didn't just run out there
Speaker 1: and say, well, it is a terror attack, as this
Speaker 1: detective who went on Fox before me did or right
Speaker 1: after me, I should say, is because there was that
Speaker 1: incident in Times Square where a guy just ran into
Speaker 1: a bunch of people, right and he wasn't He wasn't
Speaker 1: a g hottest. I believe he was hispanic if memory serves,
Speaker 1: and he would. He just essentially snapped, He had a
Speaker 1: mental break and engaged in an act of of evil
Speaker 1: without a political motivation behind it. And that had happened
Speaker 1: here in New York. So I understand that there are
Speaker 1: possibilities for these things. There are different options, but I
Speaker 1: look at the probabilities and try to come up with
Speaker 1: a reasonable analysis, of reasonable assessment of what's most likely
Speaker 1: what's going on in any given situation. In Australia, in
Speaker 1: there was another car attack in Melbourne where six people
Speaker 1: were killed and thirty others were wounded. And the individual
Speaker 1: responsible was known as Dimitrios Garga Sulus and he also
Speaker 1: it had mental health problems, engaged in illicit drug use,
Speaker 1: and had a history of family violence. Now, what was
Speaker 1: much less report was that at trial he had yelled
Speaker 1: out that the Muslim faith is the correct faith according
Speaker 1: to the whole world. Was that just the rantings of
Speaker 1: a person who was disturbed or were the Australian Was
Speaker 1: the Australian press just really happy to assume that that
Speaker 1: had no greater meaning and that he hadn't converted. Keep
Speaker 1: in mind, conversion to Islam is possible, and I think
Speaker 1: very few reporters know this. All one has to do
Speaker 1: is recite the Arabic words that comprise what's known as
Speaker 1: the testimony of faith or the Shahada, which is law
Speaker 1: la illa lah Mohammed Allah. So that's there is no
Speaker 1: God but God, and Mohammed is the messenger of God.
Speaker 1: And if you say that and you mean it in
Speaker 1: your heart and that is your belief, you you have
Speaker 1: become a Muslim. And you have to except that the
Speaker 1: Koran is is the revelation of God, and you have
Speaker 1: to have a belief in judgment day. But the truth
Speaker 1: is that the media is not particularly curious about the
Speaker 1: ease with which one could technically become a Muslim, and
Speaker 1: so they would rather just say that somebody is mentally
Speaker 1: disturbed and move on from there. And that's why with
Speaker 1: this case just from earlier today of said Noori running
Speaker 1: over a bunch of people on a busy street in Melbourne, Australia,
Speaker 1: right before the Christmas holiday, there is this desire to say, well,
Speaker 1: we we don't have smoking gun evidence of terrorism, so
Speaker 1: let's just call this an active evil and move on
Speaker 1: from there. And if in fact this guy starts ranting
Speaker 1: from his hospital bed about how he did this for Allah,
Speaker 1: I have a feeling that that will be reported on
Speaker 1: page c seventeen of the Aussee Herald Sun and nobody
Speaker 1: will really pay much attention to it at all. Journalists
Speaker 1: believe that they're making a moral choice here, and it's
Speaker 1: important that we all understand that they think that, on balance,
Speaker 1: doing what they can to diminish the outrage that people
Speaker 1: may feel about a Muslim immigrant to Australia engaging in
Speaker 1: a mass casualty attack, they think that that's worth it,
Speaker 1: even if it means there has to be some dishonesty
Speaker 1: in the process. Is Sidnria of Australia possibly just a
Speaker 1: deranged person who did not believe that he was acting
Speaker 1: on behalf of jihad or isis specifically, it's possible, but
Speaker 1: I view it as highly unlikely. And I also think
Speaker 1: that we have to look at the background of the
Speaker 1: media that reports on all this and understand that they
Speaker 1: come at it not looking for the truth, but with
Speaker 1: an agenda, and that agenda is we must combat Islamophobia,
Speaker 1: even if it means we have to mislead or lie
Speaker 1: to the public who we are supposed to as our
Speaker 1: first priority tell the truth. So that's my assessment what
Speaker 1: happened in Australia, and I, unlike the rest of the media,
Speaker 1: will follow up with what happens there. All right, Tim,
Speaker 1: I'll be right back, Stay with me. Do you think
Speaker 1: his resignation was a good idea? I did not publicly
Speaker 1: call for his resignation because we are a colleague and
Speaker 1: we had many many talks over that time. So that's
Speaker 1: a Senator Amy klobschar It was like, I didn't call
Speaker 1: for his resignation. They've given us a date. Everybody they
Speaker 1: say the office is said it's January second. What I love, though,
Speaker 1: is that some of you still don't believe it. And
Speaker 1: I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying that's where
Speaker 1: we are now when it comes to what's reported and
Speaker 1: also the way the Democrats do business. Even when the
Speaker 1: official announcement comes out from the office, there are questions,
Speaker 1: and I think that we all have a lot of questions,
Speaker 1: given that this past year has been a particularly tough
Speaker 1: one for the media. There's some some epic media fails
Speaker 1: in seventeen that I figured to be a little fond
Speaker 1: to go back and take a little trip down memory
Speaker 1: lane with some of them, like, for example, the whole
Speaker 1: Hillary What Happened tour and how that all came together?
Speaker 1: Play that one think in your book you talk about
Speaker 1: alternate nostril breathings? What is that? And dare you give
Speaker 1: me a demonstrate at this stage in your life, does
Speaker 1: even having to ask yourself the question of why her?
Speaker 1: Do you give the absolution to those who didn't vote,
Speaker 1: to women who didn't know? Welcome back to my interview
Speaker 1: with former Secretarist State Hillary Clinton. Is now subject to
Speaker 1: a brief interruption because of this important video of a
Speaker 1: sneezing candec alright, um, I'm secretary. Um what's your favorite
Speaker 1: flavor of ice cream? Oh? The hard questions, how did
Speaker 1: you get out of bed in the morning? Because I
Speaker 1: did not run for president and I could barely do
Speaker 1: it well. She There was so much warmth for Hillary
Speaker 1: of the media this year, despite the fact that what
Speaker 1: happened was a disaster. And it is, if anything, I
Speaker 1: think one of the the years that we will look
Speaker 1: back on and think to ourselves, this is when never
Speaker 1: again will we be force fed that the media is
Speaker 1: this objective standard bearer of truth. I think is is
Speaker 1: the year that it finally was the point of no return.
Speaker 1: We are now in an opinion journalism universe. We are
Speaker 1: now in a country in which we can all I
Speaker 1: think finally accept or or we should, whether they let
Speaker 1: us or not. Not. Everyone's going to agree with me
Speaker 1: on this. Not everyone's going to be willing to sign
Speaker 1: off on it. But I don't care. It's the truth.
Speaker 1: We are in a partisan media environment, and this was
Speaker 1: the year because Trump was the president that that it
Speaker 1: finally just all came apart. They no longer could keep
Speaker 1: up the facade. That's really one of the great benefits
Speaker 1: of Trump is um is that now we look at
Speaker 1: the major media outlets and we think to ourselves, oh, wow,
Speaker 1: look at that. It could not be more clear how
Speaker 1: much they disdain this president versus how much they adored
Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton, even I think to the point where finally
Speaker 1: it has it has dawned upon most of the major
Speaker 1: left wing outlets that Hillary is no longer really a
Speaker 1: viable political candidate, although I should know today they were
Speaker 1: there were stories today about how Hillary may get involved
Speaker 1: in the twenty eighteen mid term, and I just I
Speaker 1: hope that she shows up at as many battleground states
Speaker 1: as possible and is a reminder to every undecided voter
Speaker 1: of what they could have had amazing. That's you know,
Speaker 1: if I'm Donald Trump, I would be encouraging her in
Speaker 1: every way possible. You know, come on, Hillary, get out there,
Speaker 1: Go go fight for the team, you know, go push
Speaker 1: for the Democrats on the campaign trail, because the Clinton
Speaker 1: dynasties finally come to an end, and it was a
Speaker 1: moment of a psychological break. I think for much of
Speaker 1: the mainstream media, they had this vision of the future,
Speaker 1: and this ties very directly into the resistance and never
Speaker 1: Trump is um. They had this vision of the future
Speaker 1: where it would just be eight years of wonderful Hillary
Speaker 1: Clinton access and progressive policy, and it was all just
Speaker 1: going to be exactly what they wanted, and it was
Speaker 1: taken from them. You know, this was the year the
Speaker 1: media found out that there is no progressive Santa Claus.
Speaker 1: It is in fact not going to be what they
Speaker 1: had anticipated. The president would not be the president that
Speaker 1: they had hand picked for the American people. So that
Speaker 1: was one major component in losing so much respect or
Speaker 1: whatever respect you had left for the mainstream Let's this
Speaker 1: year other than Fox, the the non Fox media as
Speaker 1: some call it. And then there was the other major
Speaker 1: political story this year because it is a political story
Speaker 1: about Russia. Russia, Russia, that's an obstruction of justice. You
Speaker 1: were saying that this could lead down the road to impeachment,
Speaker 1: but we weren't anywhere near that yet. Does this breaking
Speaker 1: news tonight change your view on that? Are true? Are
Speaker 1: we getting closer and closer to the possibility of yet
Speaker 1: another impeachment process? So in terms of impeachment, are you
Speaker 1: taking action, working with Republicans, are doing anything that would
Speaker 1: actually move that agenda for you? Do you harbor any
Speaker 1: hopes that you will find a conservative legal mind to
Speaker 1: match your desire to proceed with impeachment on are you
Speaker 1: suggesting that President Trump should face impeachment? No, I'm not
Speaker 1: suggesting that the Congressman. What is your case for impeachment?
Speaker 1: Explain what do you say get this impeacement possibility? What's
Speaker 1: more needed to prove it? Obstructive justice and the pressive
Speaker 1: fires the guy coming after them after asking to drop
Speaker 1: the case. From where do you need Well, yeah, Chris Matthews, everybody,
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of people pushing impeachment as
Speaker 1: a storyline, a lot of very fancy journalists given tremendous platforms,
Speaker 1: running around talking about treason and collusion and impeachment and
Speaker 1: maybe even imprisonment for the president, all that, and yet
Speaker 1: here we are one year in, more or less soon
Speaker 1: to be officially one year in, and there is nothing
Speaker 1: to substantiate any of this. And I always think it's
Speaker 1: so interesting, And I've had this situation a few times
Speaker 1: on TV, and then also, as one does these days,
Speaker 1: everyone is now a a social media pugilist who is
Speaker 1: a pundit, and you are forced to go back or
Speaker 1: not forced do, but a lot of us end up
Speaker 1: going back and forth. The moment you say there's no evidence,
Speaker 1: there are these these fits of rage from the left
Speaker 1: and the pro Hillary Democrats and the pro Obama Democrats.
Speaker 1: Of course, there's so much evidence. Look, in front of
Speaker 1: the Evans, right in front of your face, and they say, well,
Speaker 1: what's the evidence, and they just yell louder. They really
Speaker 1: are the bleeding sheep from George Orwell's animal farm for
Speaker 1: our legs good, dude, legs bad. That is the Democrat
Speaker 1: mantra at this point, whatever they're told to say, they
Speaker 1: just bleed it out and try to drown drown out
Speaker 1: any sensible approach to what's happened here or what hasn't
Speaker 1: happened when it comes to trumpet Russia. It has just
Speaker 1: been the effort to undo the electoral result, to change
Speaker 1: this election, and to drown out the truth with so
Speaker 1: much nastiness. I mean, that's been a major component of
Speaker 1: what the media has done this year. They have spun
Speaker 1: off onto another planet. They are divid worst from reality,
Speaker 1: and they're also trying to ruin the reputations of people
Speaker 1: who are just being trying to be honest about it,
Speaker 1: at least trying to look at each stage in this
Speaker 1: process of the so called Mueller Russia collusion probe and
Speaker 1: say all right, well, we'll just give me the evidence
Speaker 1: that you say you have, and they never produce it,
Speaker 1: and then they get mad Unfortunately, My Friends is going
Speaker 1: to be more of this. I wish I could say
Speaker 1: that it was over, but I think we are about
Speaker 1: halfway through. But on the on the flip side, at least,
Speaker 1: I'll give you some talk about Team Buck. That'll be fun.
Speaker 1: We'll get into some Team Buck emails. And also, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna make fun of Tom broke off for a
Speaker 1: while because it's Christmas time. Stay with me for that
Speaker 1: team for all times sake, let's just get into a
Speaker 1: Buck slap here. This is how, on what should be
Speaker 1: considered a journalistic broadcast, MSNBC talks about the President tweeted
Speaker 1: Tom and just want your reaction. Here was Fox and
Speaker 1: Friends just named most influential show and news. You deserve it,
Speaker 1: Three great people. The many fake news hate shows could
Speaker 1: study your formula for success. Notice how when Mika wants
Speaker 1: to show her disdain to the audience before we even
Speaker 1: get into Brokaw's idiotic response. Notice how Mica makes it
Speaker 1: very clear to everyone watching that it's like she's reading
Speaker 1: the writings of a of a four year old. She
Speaker 1: might as well be like I'm Donald Trump and I'm
Speaker 1: doing finger painting. I mean, she's really laying it on
Speaker 1: thick there. She could just read it as a newsperson
Speaker 1: theoretically should, but no, she wants you to know that
Speaker 1: she thinks Trump is so dumb. Ha ha ha. And
Speaker 1: just as a little aside here, Mika is in much
Speaker 1: more of a glass house than she seems to realize.
Speaker 1: Were she not the daughter of Za big new Braginsky,
Speaker 1: do we really think she would have gotten these media opportunities.
Speaker 1: She might want to just show a little more humility.
Speaker 1: But here we are, we're we're treated to meet his
Speaker 1: opinions all the time. Anyway, let's get to what Tom
Speaker 1: Broke call. What does Tom Broke Tom? Well, he watches
Speaker 1: Fox News because it reinforces what he believes. Fox News
Speaker 1: after Shepherd Smith and the late afternoon is on a
Speaker 1: jihad right now on the whole question about whether there's
Speaker 1: a fairness about this or not. The transfer of uranium,
Speaker 1: for example, to Iran to Iran Chef Smith has gone
Speaker 1: in some detail to say it did not happen. She
Speaker 1: didn't have the authority to do that, because that ends
Speaker 1: at four three or five. But whenever he gets off here,
Speaker 1: and then from then on what happens the whole assault
Speaker 1: is on the institutions. The whole assault was on the
Speaker 1: instant tutions. There's Tom Brokoll's going to be learning their
Speaker 1: country know what here he thinks about everything and the
Speaker 1: knows This guy is so lucky to have gotten where
Speaker 1: he did in the news business. He just happened to
Speaker 1: be in the right place at the right time in
Speaker 1: the golden era of bearing a newsreader. Or you turn
Speaker 1: it on Jobbert Schmirth after four third, this guy is
Speaker 1: an income poop alright. What he says is absolute babel babel.
Speaker 1: And notice how he's treated with all of this deference
Speaker 1: by just tell us more. Tom Broke cawuty doesn't know anything.
Speaker 1: You know. I can tell you this. If Tom Broke
Speaker 1: aw had to actually show up in a newsroom today
Speaker 1: and do all the things that people in the media
Speaker 1: business are expected to do, that guy would crumble up
Speaker 1: into a little puddle in the corner. I've seen this firsthand.
Speaker 1: I worked at CBS Evening News with Dan Rather as
Speaker 1: an intern. But I'm just saying I observed. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying I was high level and the guy came in,
Speaker 1: got his hair done and read some lines and went home.
Speaker 1: I mean, it was the easiest job The easy is
Speaker 1: seven million a year I've ever seen any human being
Speaker 1: get And he wasn't even very good at it. He
Speaker 1: was just lucky and the right people liked him. What
Speaker 1: Tom Broke all warns to tell you, well, there's a
Speaker 1: jihad being waged right now my Fox News. He used
Speaker 1: the term jihad because he knows that it will perhaps
Speaker 1: get him additional attention, it will get under the skin
Speaker 1: of some of the people that he is trying to
Speaker 1: not just agitate, but that he's so clearly for whom
Speaker 1: he so clearly has a real disdain anybody who lives
Speaker 1: in a red state, or anybody who recognizes that jihad
Speaker 1: is in fact a real threat to this country. But
Speaker 1: I just can't get over that we have these these honestly,
Speaker 1: these outdated clowns, like the Dan rathers and the Tom
Speaker 1: Broke cause, and they're treated with all this Steff, I
Speaker 1: have zero difference for these people. There's nothing impressive about
Speaker 1: any of them. They were entirely replaceable. They were lucky,
Speaker 1: you know, their their their skill set is matt lower
Speaker 1: without the sex scandal, congratulate nations. That's it, that's it.
Speaker 1: There's nothing about them that gives them some other than
Speaker 1: longevity in a business that's changed dramatically. It's entirely different
Speaker 1: now and the days of just showing up and I
Speaker 1: look like a newsreader, So give me the job that
Speaker 1: has changed. No, just because you sound like this and America,
Speaker 1: you know, because I'm going to pray on your intellectual
Speaker 1: insecurities at home, make you think that I sound smart,
Speaker 1: therefore I must be smart. Tom Broke Hall, Baby, it's
Speaker 1: just a pollent. And I hate that we have to
Speaker 1: sit here and anyone anywhere across the country has to
Speaker 1: be lectured by these total lightweights, these empty suits. And
Speaker 1: you know, Mika's whole thing now is just turned into
Speaker 1: like performance art. She's the mean girl in high school
Speaker 1: and and President Trump is the one that she's trying
Speaker 1: a pick on. Now. I don't think Trump really cares
Speaker 1: all that much, But keep in mind Mika and Joe,
Speaker 1: they were chummy, chummy, buddy buddy with Trump until they weren't,
Speaker 1: and now they are so desperate for relevance. They're part
Speaker 1: of the hashtag resistance. You know, either be a nice
Speaker 1: person or have principles. But don't be a jerk with
Speaker 1: no principles, because then you're just worthless, And I don't
Speaker 1: care what NBC or MSNBC is paying them. I don't
Speaker 1: care about the fancy country clubs that they belong to
Speaker 1: or the private jet travel that they so luxuriate in
Speaker 1: on a regular basis. In the fact that matters is
Speaker 1: people are clowns, aren't more. Excuse me, young man, say
Speaker 1: that are good, and I'll have my staff of writers
Speaker 1: come up with a monologue to refute you for me,
Speaker 1: and then I'll read it over wash maybe Tom Brokaw
Speaker 1: go away. I mean, I know I'm trying to get
Speaker 1: in the Christmas spirit, but some people just just need
Speaker 1: a buckslab. So I saw that clip, and when he
Speaker 1: starts talking about a jihad, I would also note that
Speaker 1: I suppose we could say that jihad can be offensive.
Speaker 1: Now you know that there used to be this story
Speaker 1: that you would hear from different people on the left
Speaker 1: that jihad is only defensive to create a false framework
Speaker 1: where jihad always has some uh moral backing because it's
Speaker 1: a defensive holy war. And anybody who has even the
Speaker 1: most passing familiarity with the history of the Islamic conquest
Speaker 1: notes that that is complete and utter garbage. It's kind
Speaker 1: of like the people that go around saying that jihad
Speaker 1: just means inner struggle. Yeah, tell that to about four
Speaker 1: hundred years or so of jihadists around the world. Apparently
Speaker 1: they've been quite quite confused this whole time. Archon proms
Speaker 1: there confused. I don't know. I think it's it's it's
Speaker 1: just sometimes necessary to call out some of of these people.
Speaker 1: It's not I feel bad though, because it's not in
Speaker 1: the Christmas spirit. But I don't really feel bad because
Speaker 1: they're they're kind of terrible and they're being really mean,
Speaker 1: and I think that they have a disdain for a
Speaker 1: lot of the people that they are relying on to
Speaker 1: watch them at home. You know, it's the the solipsism,
Speaker 1: the narcissism of the old school news anchors on these
Speaker 1: networks like ABC, NBC and CBS. It is it is
Speaker 1: still a site to behold. Let's come back to some
Speaker 1: team Buck Speaks. Stay with me. Only two more shows
Speaker 1: here in the Freedom Hunt in well, actually my math
Speaker 1: is off. We only really one more show because this
Speaker 1: is the end of the Thursday show. We have a
Speaker 1: show tomorrow and then I will be on vacation next
Speaker 1: week as well. The rest of the team here in
Speaker 1: the Hut. So this is one of our last chances
Speaker 1: to hang out in and I would incur ridge any
Speaker 1: of you who have never yet this year called into
Speaker 1: the show. It's a great time to do it. Tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I mean, we're gonna let those lines, We're gonna let
Speaker 1: those lines breathe. Tomorrow, my friends are gonna be a
Speaker 1: wide open lots of space on those phone lines. And
Speaker 1: even if you just want to call in and wish
Speaker 1: everyone to marry Christmas, I'm really hoping to make tomorrow
Speaker 1: uh kind of audio Christmas party in the Freedom Hut.
Speaker 1: All of you can call in whenever you want and
Speaker 1: we'll chat about things and have a great time. So
Speaker 1: um that that would be my pitch to all of you.
Speaker 1: All I want for Christmas is to hear from a
Speaker 1: lot of Team Buck tomorrow, and for as many of
Speaker 1: Team Buck is is possible to maybe pick up a
Speaker 1: nine Line T shirt or a subscription to Create Club,
Speaker 1: because those are fantastic veteran owned and operated advertisers who
Speaker 1: have really given a big vote of confidence in the
Speaker 1: show by joining us for a campaign right over the
Speaker 1: holiday season. So I've got my nine line T shirt
Speaker 1: right here, I've got my Create Club Create at home,
Speaker 1: and I'm really hoping those of you listening will give
Speaker 1: a shot to those wonderful wonderful companies were the great
Speaker 1: brands and the veterans, including a whole bunch of veterans
Speaker 1: the special operations community that are involved in those projects.
Speaker 1: So uh, that's that's what I wanted for Christmas. Those
Speaker 1: are my Christmas wishes for all of you here. And
Speaker 1: with that I will get into the latest edition of
Speaker 1: some Team Buck Speaks. This one from Michael good Buck. Okay,
Speaker 1: a good Buck I am. I had some input concerning
Speaker 1: the possible new name for Team Buck Speaks, considering we
Speaker 1: are all residents of the Freedom Hut. Maybe you could
Speaker 1: call it Stories from the Freedom Hut. Just an idea,
Speaker 1: but it wouldn't hurt my feelings to leave the show,
Speaker 1: just like it is Shields High from Texas. Oh and
Speaker 1: then he writes one more quick one here. Sorry, I
Speaker 1: meant to say good day. Initially never been a big
Speaker 1: proof reader. Well, Michael, I kind of like good Buck. Hello,
Speaker 1: good Buck. I'll take it, and yeah, I like Stories
Speaker 1: the Freedom Hell. We're gonna be thinking about some creative
Speaker 1: ideas and different changes we'll make into the show. In ten.
Speaker 1: One thing is Connie Bears coming back. I've your your
Speaker 1: wishes have been heard on this one team that the
Speaker 1: Bear will be back. It is happening. And as long
Speaker 1: as you want to hear from the Bear, there will
Speaker 1: be regular commie bear appearances. And for a lot of
Speaker 1: you are like, what the heck is he talking about?
Speaker 1: You'll see comrades, You'll see uh. Next, we have Russ
Speaker 1: writing in here. Hey, Buck, just wanted to wish you
Speaker 1: and your family a merry Christmas. Shields high, brother, and
Speaker 1: be safe well. Russ. Thank you for the very kind note.
Speaker 1: Shields high and merry Christmas to you and yours as well.
Speaker 1: Robert with the following. Now, Trump has gone too far.
Speaker 1: He has gone after your grandchildren. He has taken credit
Speaker 1: for giving taxpayers a big, beautiful Christmas gift. His so
Speaker 1: called gift will actually be paid for by your grandchildren.
Speaker 1: He has actually stooped to stealing from children. Robert. I
Speaker 1: actually think in concept what you're saying here about government
Speaker 1: spending is true. But let's be real. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be helping a lot of middle class families
Speaker 1: with the tax cut here that they can really use
Speaker 1: and corporations will get a huge boost, And yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: skeptical of growth will pay for the one point five
Speaker 1: trillion dollar cut. I will tell you that. And I
Speaker 1: think that's a fair point. But you know, Trump is
Speaker 1: Trump is arriving on the scene when we're twenty trillion
Speaker 1: in the hole and nobody wants to talk about austerity
Speaker 1: or even fiscal sanity right now. I try here on
Speaker 1: the show. I try so, but it's not fair to
Speaker 1: pin it on Trump. And I think in the short
Speaker 1: term the tax cut will be a good thing. Uh, Stephen,
Speaker 1: has the fallen for me? Here? Hey Buck, listening to
Speaker 1: the Tuesday show on my podcast app and wanted to
Speaker 1: share my family's farm story relating to government regulations. I'm
Speaker 1: the son of a Wisconsin farmer who was forced to
Speaker 1: cancel a planned expansion and sell his farm four years
Speaker 1: ago because of state environmental regulations. My father had built
Speaker 1: a retirement home in a hill overlooking my home farm
Speaker 1: and will likely have to watch the farm degrade from
Speaker 1: his house as the current owner is not keeping up
Speaker 1: the building. The current owner missed the same deadline for
Speaker 1: installing an approved waste handling system, so the barn will
Speaker 1: not be able to house animals unless our Department of
Speaker 1: Natural Resources changes its regulations. My father still touches the
Speaker 1: dairy industry as a milk truck driver, but I think
Speaker 1: he misses it. At least he has a few animals
Speaker 1: at his home, so my boys will know up close
Speaker 1: and personal what a cow and chicken his shields high.
Speaker 1: And thanks for generally supporting my brother's in law enforcement.
Speaker 1: I have found you to ask fair questions, which was
Speaker 1: needed during the previous administration. Merry Christmas buck Well, Stephen,
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to YouTube, and thank you for sharing your story,
Speaker 1: and thank you for being a member of our law
Speaker 1: enforcement community. You know I will just say this. You know,
Speaker 1: when I go on TV and or or even on
Speaker 1: this show, I hear directly from people in law enforce
Speaker 1: and who are my friends. So it's in the same
Speaker 1: way that you can always know that I will, to
Speaker 1: the to the best of my ability, maintain a certain
Speaker 1: standard of conduct and decorum on this show. I I
Speaker 1: don't cuss, and I try to always air on the
Speaker 1: side of language that those of you who have little
Speaker 1: ones who may be listening could hear without it being
Speaker 1: a problem. Because my parents listened to the show, and
Speaker 1: I am never going to be okay with disappointing mom.
Speaker 1: So that's why I have a certain standard of conduct
Speaker 1: on the show. Uh. I also know that my former
Speaker 1: brothers and sisters from the m y p D and
Speaker 1: also from the CIA listen into the show and see
Speaker 1: me on TV, and they have expectations of me as well,
Speaker 1: and that doesn't affect my analysis, but it just means
Speaker 1: that I know I've got an answer to them. So
Speaker 1: I'm not going on TV and saying anything just to
Speaker 1: say it or here on the radio show, because unlike
Speaker 1: a lot of other people, to do this for a living,
Speaker 1: I've got to look my friends in the eye and
Speaker 1: have their respect afterwards. And that means a whole lot
Speaker 1: of folks at the NYPD and a whole bunch of
Speaker 1: folks at the c i A. So that is something
Speaker 1: that helps me keep it real, as I like to say,
Speaker 1: and helps me keep it real. We get Leonard writing
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Speaker 1: I'm glad you know. Maybe we will keep it. But
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Speaker 1: appreciate yours and we will certainly take that into consideration.
Speaker 1: Christie with the following, she sent a photo here of
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Speaker 1: Raymond Rights, could you share your thoughts on crypto ripple.
Speaker 1: I'm assuming that's a type of cryptocurrency, but I will
Speaker 1: always tell you when I don't know something, Raymond, and
Speaker 1: I don't know so I can't can't necessarily tell you
Speaker 1: that one. But thank you very much for the question,
Speaker 1: and I will look into it. I'm learning a lot
Speaker 1: about crypto as much as I can. Uh Michael writes
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Speaker 1: your exchange on with Officer d And was so intense
Speaker 1: and your arguments spot on. I had to write and
Speaker 1: tell you how awesome that was. I respect law enforcement
Speaker 1: and my best friend is an Austin police officer, but
Speaker 1: you buck slapped him on the merits when he tried
Speaker 1: to pull the I want to take you on a
Speaker 1: ride along, BS. I like I like many of your fans,
Speaker 1: know your background and being an eight year Navy vet,
Speaker 1: understand those who have been in war zones. Your arguments
Speaker 1: on the police shootings are sound and reasonable, and I'm
Speaker 1: with you that justice was not served. Keep up the
Speaker 1: good work, your content, articulation, and objective knowledge on these
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Speaker 1: from Michael here instead of Team Buck speaks Team Buck
Speaker 1: roll Call. I kind of dig that. Actually, let's let's
Speaker 1: mark that one down too. I like that one. I'm Michael,
Speaker 1: thank you for the kind words and appreciate the support.
Speaker 1: So with that, we're gonna get ready to close up
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