1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Welcome. In his verdict was Centater Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: with you and Senator it was a very exciting day. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: You spent some time with the President today in the 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Oval office. Even got a nice little challenge coin as well. 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: So I did. 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 2: I spent about two hours in the Oval with President 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 2: Trump today and today was a very significant day. So 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: let's start. Yesterday was a phenomenal day. Yesterday President Trump 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: paused the tariffs that he announced last week on April second, 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: and at the same time, he jacked up the tariffs 11 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 2: on China. The combination of those activities produced the greatest 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: single day increase in the stock market in the history 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: of the United States of America. Now, this week, I've 14 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: spent a lot of time talking to President Trump. We're 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: gonna break that down. We're gonna talk about the impacts 16 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: of that. We're gonna talk about the backstory of why 17 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: the press did that and what to expect next. We're 18 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: also going to talk about something the President did this evening. 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: You and I are talking. It is right now, twelve 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: twenty five am, Thursday night. 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: And we're in the same place. This usually doesn't happen. 22 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: We're in the same time zone. Right now, we're both 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: in DC. 24 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: Why are we in DC because in a half hour 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to the Senate floor. We have votes starting 26 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: at one am. So the Democrats are so angry, they 27 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: hate Trump so much that they are blocking the nomination 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: so look, I'm going to commend Republicans of the Senate. 30 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: We're saying, all right, screw you, because they are objecting 31 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: they could delay the vote until tomorrow. Tomorrow's now today 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: because it's past midnight yep. So we're like, fine, we'll 33 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: do this hang out tomorrow. So hour, let's go. By 34 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: the way, if the Democrats had agreed, we could have 35 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: left at like six pm on Thursday. But no, they're 36 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: gonna drag all one hundred senators to the floor at 37 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: one in the morning. By the way, we've got senators 38 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: in their eighties, we've got senators in their nineties. 39 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: I do not envy the guy who has that job 40 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: to wake up the center, because you know they're asleep. 41 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, look that this is where it helps being in 42 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: night owl. To be honest, I'm much happier doing a 43 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 2: one am vote than if they did a six am vote, 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: I'd be really pissed because because I, as you. 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Know, believe you. I've seen you in the morning. 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: But but by the way, I will say this, so 47 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: so you and I record the pod. We record it 48 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,119 Speaker 2: often ten pm or eleven pm. 49 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: Let's keep going on midnight. There we go. Now we're 50 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: getting into reality. 51 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: That's much more so the pod two days ago we 52 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: finished at two thirty in the morning. Yes, and I 53 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: will say, I'm glad you used to do a morning 54 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,119 Speaker 2: radio show. What time do your morning radio show? 55 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: Seven am is when it started. I had to be 56 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: up in like up and at them. Thank the Lord, 57 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: I don't do what you had to be awake to 58 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: be awake coffee. I had to know what was going on, 59 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: like I mean it would be educated. 60 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 2: You had to presumably say something like charming and funny 61 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 2: and if someone's going to listen to you for two hours. 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 2: And I got to say when I was keeping up 63 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: till two and three in the morning and you were 64 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: getting up at six six thirty, I actually felt an 65 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 2: enormous degree of guilt. I'm like, I'm killing Ben. 66 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: Yes, you were, you were on your way. It was 67 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: the easiest way to get rid of me. 68 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: I don't want to kill you, Ben, I appreciate it. 69 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: I want to give you a grief and abuse you, 70 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: but I don't want you dead. I just just just 71 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: want you being roudly made fun of. 72 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: And there's a reason why they took me off that 73 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: show one day. There's a reason. 74 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: And your boss in the Iheartworld, Julie, she said, all right, Ben, 75 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: I'm sparing you from the Morning Show because we've decided 76 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: that a dead Ben would be a bad thing. 77 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: That is how I know that my life is valued 78 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: on this earth. Right now, there you go. 79 00:03:54,120 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 2: So tonight, also Donald Trump leaned in and engaged on 80 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: an issue that may sound esoteric, but it's actually a 81 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: big deal, which is Mexican water. Mexico has been stealing 82 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: massive amounts of water from Texas. This is an issue 83 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: I've been leading the fight on a very long time, 84 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 2: and it's had an enormously harmful impact on Texas farmers. 85 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 2: I've been leading the fight against it, and tonight the President, 86 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 2: at my behest, leaned in vigorously and said, Mexico, you 87 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 2: will provide the water that you have committed by treaty 88 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: to provide, or else They're going to be very serious penalties, tariffs, 89 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: and sanctions. It's a big deal, and I will use 90 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 2: those two words he did. As you and I are 91 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 2: sitting here at twelve twenty five am. The Mexican government 92 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 2: is freaking out, and you know what's going to happen. 93 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: They're going to provide the farmers of South Texas the water. 94 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: I'm going to walk you through the backstory of that. 95 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 2: It is fascinating in terms of how international diplomacy has 96 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: played out and the advantage of a strong president who 97 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: actually fights for America versus the incredibly weak and effective 98 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: president we had for the last four years. 99 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a really cool story. We'll talk about that. Plus, 100 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: just like what happens in the Oval, the trinkets, the 101 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: trinkets are impressive. We'll tell you about that in the moment. 102 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: I want to tell you, though, real quick, about the 103 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews because of amazing people 104 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: just like you. We are standing with the people in 105 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: Israel right now who are still under attack. Missile file 106 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: fire has resumed from Israel's enemies. Terrorists who seek utter 107 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: death and destruction are at it twenty four to seven. 108 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: You really can't imagine what it would be like to 109 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: live like this under constant fear, but for the people 110 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: of Israel, it's very real and it's every single day. 111 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: And that's why I'm asking to join me and show 112 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: the people of Israel you'll help protect them in this 113 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: time of attack and uncertainty. One of the best ways 114 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: for you to give is by giving to the International 115 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: Fellowship of Christians and Jews. 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That's eight eight eight four 125 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: eight eight IFCJ or online it support IFCJ dot org. 126 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: That's one word support, IFCJ dot org. All right, so 127 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: let's just start with a little bit of color here. 128 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: I gotta say one of the most fun things about 129 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: going to the Oval Office is Donald Trump loves having guests, Yes, 130 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: and the swag that you leave with is just the 131 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: most incredible level of swag. And he pays for it 132 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: out of his own pocket. 133 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: He does. 134 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: It's not the taxpayers. So when I went in the 135 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: first time, it was in the last and forty five 136 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: in those years, and they asked if I would come 137 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: up for Stay the Union and prep and that, and 138 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 1: I was there the day to Stay of the Union 139 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: and at the end he's like Ferguson, He's like, I know, 140 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: you got three boys at home. What do you need? 141 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: And I'm like, miss President whatever, you know, if you'd sign, 142 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: He's like, no, no, come over here, and he walks you 143 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: around the corner into the room. He has this like 144 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: full swag room, and he's like three different hats of 145 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: boys signs him. He's like, now one of your son 146 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: plays golf. He signs a pro V one ball fromhim. 147 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: He gives me another sleeve, then he gives me a 148 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: golf towel and then he's like and you're laughing because 149 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: you're in the Oval Office and you're like, I'm going 150 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: to walk out of here. 151 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: With all this stuff to be fair, you're not in 152 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: the oval. 153 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: Well, no, you're outside of it, but you walk back in. 154 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: You're like holding all this stuff in the open. 155 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: You're in the little office next to the open, yes, 156 00:07:55,160 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 2: where the swagroom is. And what happened in that little room. 157 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: Which is one of his favorite stories. He's like, you 158 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: you know where you are right now? 159 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: Twenty five years Yeah. 160 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: He's like, you know where you are right now? And 161 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: I'm like, where am I? Right? 162 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 2: This is where Monica Lewinsky. 163 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: Did not have sex with that man? 164 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 2: But shall we say? 165 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, I can't probably I think I did 166 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: it perfectly there. 167 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: I'm trying to find a way. 168 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: To say this, Yeah, and this did not have sexual 169 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: relations with that woman quote unquote, but may have. 170 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 2: But it's also where the blue dress got sullied. 171 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: There you go, that's a great way of putting it. 172 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 2: And it would be in that room and you kind 173 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: of look around and it's sort of little, and it's 174 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: now filled with if you can imagine the uh. 175 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: Make America great again? Hats the forty forty five dash 176 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: forty seven. I mean it's it's it's legit. 177 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: And he has all these shells full of swag, and 178 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 2: he like says, hey, what do you want? 179 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: Take wherever you want. And by the way, there's nothing 180 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: in there that you can buy, so I it's either 181 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: from there or you don't like it's not. 182 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: And he just does that and he pays for it 183 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 2: all like he's out of his like it's he's paying 184 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: for it himself. But he's like, what do you want? 185 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 2: You want? Like they had gigantic maga hats that are 186 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 2: like twice the size of the normal head. 187 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: The one that Elon Musk wore that kind of made 188 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: it famous. A lot of people re memory put it on. 189 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: He was like, so he actually pointed that out. So 190 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: that's the one Elon wears. 191 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, so, and it's got all this stuff he's got. 192 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: It's cool stuff. 193 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: So and by the way, the VIP gift is what 194 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: I was told, which I think we can confirm is true, 195 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: is a is the cup links. So he looked at me, 196 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: he's like, Ferguson, you need this, can't buy these anywhere, 197 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: and he hands them to me. It was like, it's 198 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: presidential cuplinks. They're amazing. I still have in this day. 199 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: You've got a pair now as. 200 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: Well, So I do, and I've had a couple of 201 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: presidential cufflings in the past. Yeah, but these are the 202 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 2: coolest that. These are really damn cool. And I will 203 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 2: say his challenge coins. So in the military and in 204 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: law enforcement, people carry challenge coins, typically about the size 205 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: of a silver dollar. And so if you come to 206 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 2: my office, you've been to my office. I have one 207 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: entire display of military challenge coins and I probably got 208 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 2: I don't know, two hundred of them. That is, I've 209 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 2: traveled the world. 210 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: They give them to you, they get awesome. 211 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then I have another display of law enforcement 212 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 2: challenge coins, so police officers, law enforcement. And so the 213 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 2: two are ones behind my desk, the military is behind 214 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: my desk, and the other is on the other end 215 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 2: of my office, like kind of across my desk. So 216 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 2: they're normally about the size of a silver dollar. Trump 217 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: this evening gave me two challenge coins. And his challenge 218 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 2: coins are literally three hundred percent the size of it. 219 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: It is like the size of the tariff you put 220 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: on Chinese go. 221 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 2: It's the size of a pancake. 222 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a it's a coast. 223 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: It's a coaster, that's exactly. And he is one that's 224 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 2: sort of gold and fancy, and then he's another that 225 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 2: is gun metal, and he said, actually these are more 226 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: popular because it's like military gun medal and it President 227 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 2: of the United States and a really cool coin. 228 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: I love it. That's the fun part about it. And 229 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: you were there, by the way for something that was 230 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: not making big headlines, but it deals with crypto and 231 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about this in another pod. Yeah. 232 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 2: No, that's exactly right. I was there for a bill signing, 233 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 2: so legislation that I introduced to repeal an incredibly abusive 234 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: regulation from the Biden administration that harmed the crypto industry, 235 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 2: and I got it passed through Congress. The President signed 236 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 2: it in the law, and so I've been there for 237 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 2: a number of bill signings of legislation I've passed. But 238 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 2: it's always cool because you're passing legislation, the President signed 239 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 2: it and suddenly becomes law. 240 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: Did you get to keep the pen loves giving away 241 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: the Sharpie? 242 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 2: Yes, And it's not a sharpie. It is much like 243 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 2: the Challenge coin. 244 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: It's huge. 245 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: It is huge. It is probably three hundred percent the 246 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 2: size of a shark. 247 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like oversized. So when he signed my boys hats. 248 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: He goes, here's the pin. Take the pen home, and 249 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: I still have the pen at my desk. It's like 250 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: it's got the and it's got the Trump gold signature 251 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: on the side. Yeah. 252 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 2: So so I'll end up in my office framing that 253 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 2: signing pen because it's legislation that I passed, the truly 254 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 2: significant And in my office I have a bunch of 255 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 2: different pieces of legislation signed and a number of them 256 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 2: are signed, are framed with the signing pens. So I 257 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: was there for that. But look, a couple of things. One, 258 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 2: we talked a lot about tariffs, and let's rewind two 259 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 2: days ago. Yep, so we have talked in this last week. 260 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 2: We've had two podcasts entirely devoted to the Trump tariffs. 261 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 2: We had won our Friday podcast right after the tariffs 262 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 2: came out, one hundred percent of the podcast was on 263 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 2: the tariffs. And then our Monday podcast, we talked about 264 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 2: two competing camps in the Trump administration. We talked about 265 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: angels and devils that were on President Trump's soldiers shoulders. 266 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: The angels were urging the president use the leverage of 267 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: the tariffs you've announced to fight for lower tariffs. Across 268 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 2: the world to expand market access for America. I emphatically 269 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: agree with that side the devils, and there are voices 270 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: in the administration they want to see massive tariffs in 271 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 2: perpetuity from America and every other country. I think that's 272 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 2: a terrible outcome. So we did Monday's podcast. We did 273 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 2: a deep dive on that. So I will tell you 274 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 2: you and I are sitting here Thursday night. Tuesday night, 275 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 2: I spent an hour on the phone with President Trump 276 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 2: and I had several other senators there and we were 277 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 2: urging him. What I was saying is, listen, the market 278 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 2: is in free fall. That's dangerous. People are freaking out. 279 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: Sure. 280 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 2: And my advice to him, and I said, I did 281 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 2: Hannity Tuesday night, and so I said this on Hannity, 282 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 2: So this is not secret advice. I said it on 283 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 2: Fox News to the whole country. I said, my advice 284 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 2: is cut a deal now. Pick one or two countries. 285 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: Cut a deal now. I don't care what countries they are. 286 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: Pickure one, pick two, and cut a deal where they 287 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 2: slash their terraffs massively and we slash our terrafts massively. 288 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 2: I said, I think that will calm the market down enormously. 289 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 2: That will assuage people that we are headed to world 290 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 2: which much with much lower tariffs, which, by the way, 291 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 2: as I told him, if thirty days, sixty days, ninety 292 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 2: days from now, we have a world where every country 293 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 2: on Earth has massively lower tariffs and American farmers and 294 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 2: ranchers and small businesses and manufacturers were able to export 295 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: all over the world, that will be an historic win, 296 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 2: like an unprecedented win for American workers and American jobs. 297 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 2: So that's what I'm urging him. We spent an hour 298 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 2: on the phone, and I got to say, look, President Trump, 299 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 2: sometimes when you're urging him to do something, he can 300 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 2: push back, and in that call, he was kind of 301 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 2: pushing back and popping back, and he's saying, look, these 302 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 2: tariffs are great. We're raising a ton of money. What's 303 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 2: the problem. Spend an hour. But then on Wednesday, the 304 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 2: President put out an announcement at lunchtime, and his announcement 305 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 2: was twofold. Number one, he said he was pausing all 306 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 2: of the reciprocal tariffs he had announced on April s second. 307 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: For ninety days. For ninety days, which is enough time 308 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: to get deals done. 309 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 2: And number two, he said he was jacking up the 310 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 2: tariffs on China even more. He said to one hundred 311 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 2: and twenty five thousand others, it's actually one hundred and 312 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 2: twenty five percent, But it's actually one hundred and forty 313 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: five percent because there's an additional twenty percent that he 314 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 2: had announced as a penalty for their role in fentanyl 315 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: smuggling into this country. Yep, So the total tariffs against 316 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 2: China are one hundred and forty five percent now he 317 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 2: announced that. I'll tell you. On Wednesday, I was in 318 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 2: the Senate Republican lunch. All the Senate Senate Republican senators, 319 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 2: we have lunch together every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The 320 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 2: middle of the lunch, Rick Scott, who hosts the Wednesday lunch, 321 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: Rick got looked at his phone and announced, Hey, the 322 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 2: President's just paused all the teriffs and increased the tariffs 323 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 2: on China. There wasn't exactly a round of applause, but close, 324 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 2: pretty damn close. There was literally there was a relief, 325 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: and yes, a palpable sense of relief. And what is 326 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: striking is the market within minutes exploded and stocks sored up. 327 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: So tonight, when I was in the Oval, I said, 328 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 2: Miss President, as a result of your decision yesterday, you 329 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 2: produced the single largest increase in the stock market in 330 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 2: one day in the history of the United States of America. 331 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: That's a good day. 332 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 2: That is a massive day. And so I will say 333 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 2: the pause is important. I hope over these next ninety days, 334 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: I hope what we see is, as we talked about 335 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: on Monday's pod, there are two paths, massively reducing tariffs 336 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 2: for everyone or keeping tariffs in perpetuity. Over the next 337 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: ninety days, I hope we see announcement after announcement after 338 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: announcement of our trading partners, all of whom would come 339 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 2: running to President Trump saying we want to cut a deal. 340 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: And to be clear, none of this would have happened 341 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: without the April second announcement, none of it. 342 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: Well, he's got beset by the way. He said this 343 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: at the White House when they announced this, he walked 344 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: out and he said, this is all about leverage, which 345 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: is what the President said, Take a listen. President's decision. 346 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: There was a president's decision to wait until today. 347 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 3: And again, as I've said in the past, no one 348 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 3: creates a leverage for himself like President Trump. 349 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: And he said that by the way, at the point 350 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: when the Dow was up two thousand points, right, So 351 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: he just announced it walks out there, and then Caroline 352 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: Levitt also was a reminder like, hey, we're letting the 353 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: rest of the world off the hook, but when it 354 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: comes to China, we're not. She said, this is the 355 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: same press conference, And. 356 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 3: As you all know, the President just put out a 357 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 3: statement announcing an additional tariff on China. The tariff on 358 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 3: China will now go up to one hundred and twenty 359 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 3: five percent because China imprudently decided to retaliate against the 360 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 3: United States. And as I said at the podium yesterday, 361 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 3: when you punch at the United States of America, President 362 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 3: Trump is going to punch back harder. In that same vein, 363 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 3: we have had more than seventy five countries from around 364 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 3: the world to reach out to President Trump and his 365 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 3: team here at the White House to negotiate better trade 366 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 3: deals for the American worker. We have been overwhelmed with 367 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 3: the amount of request for countries around the world. I'll 368 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 3: let the Secretary speak to that. We will continue with 369 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 3: the tailor made negotiations that I spoke about yesterday. In 370 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 3: the meantime, there will be a ninety day pause on 371 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 3: the reciprocal tariffs as these negotiations are ongoing, and the 372 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 3: tariff level will be brought down to a universal ten 373 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:25,199 Speaker 3: percent tariff. 374 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: I mean, you listen to them, and I think it's 375 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: pretty clear. 376 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: By the way, I will say this, Caroline Levitt, I 377 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 2: know really well. Yeah, she's a good friend. So Caroline 378 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 2: ran for Congress in New Hampshire, and she was running 379 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: for Congress, if I remember correctly, she was twenty five 380 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 2: years old. 381 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 382 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 2: And by the way, the constitution the minimum age for 383 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: member Congress is twenty five years old. 384 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: Yep. So she was on the House side. Yep, yep. 385 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 2: Member Congress is twenty five, a senator is thirty, and 386 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 2: the president must be thirty five. That's what the Constitution 387 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 2: lays out. So Caroline was running in New Hamphire. As 388 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 2: you know, I raised a ton of money for Carolina yep. 389 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 2: I believe, if I remember correctly, north of one hundred 390 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 2: thousand dollars to support her campaign, and I flew to 391 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 2: New Hampshire and campaigned with her. She was a great president. 392 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 2: And by the way, I told the President that tonight, 393 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 2: I said, look, she's she's kicking ass as your press secretary. 394 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 2: But she was a fabulous and the coolest part. We 395 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 2: did a huge rally and she rocked it and it 396 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 2: was a lot of energy and excitement. And then we 397 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 2: went afterwards to a bar I think it was a 398 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 2: VFW bar if I remember correctly, and there were like 399 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 2: several hundred mostly veterans, and we were having a beer 400 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 2: with them and they loved her. It was really cool. 401 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 2: It was like a fun It was after the event, 402 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: hanging out having a beer with a bunch of New 403 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 2: Hampshire veterans and it was like a great moment. Now 404 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 2: she ended up she won the primary. She did not 405 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 2: win the general, although I pointed out to her tonight 406 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: I said, look, that didn't work out even though you 407 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: were a great candidate. But I said, you know what, 408 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 2: you'd rather do the job you have now than being biggest. 409 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: Blessing in disguise, because she would have done that job. 410 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: She would be the pres secretary right now. It's amazing 411 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: how those things happen in your life when you're like, 412 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: you want things so bad and then you don't get it, 413 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: and then you're like, man, if I would have gotten that, 414 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: where would I look at what I would have. 415 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 2: Missed, you know the country western song some of God's 416 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 2: greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. 417 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh yeah. 418 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: There have been multiple steps in my life where I 419 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: desperately wanted something I didn't get it. I was crestfallen. 420 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 2: I was frustrated. I used to keep all right, this 421 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 2: is going to be sort of a weird admission. When 422 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 2: I was in high school and college, I literally kept 423 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 2: a file folder. And by the way, for all of 424 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 2: you under thirty, you don't know what a file folder is. 425 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 2: But I had like a file cabinet with a folder. 426 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 2: You know what it was called what failures? 427 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: How many were in there? 428 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: A lot? Okay, So look, I was someone I tried 429 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 2: for things. I applied for things. I wanted to be 430 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 2: a Rhodes scholar. I applied for the Rhodes scholarship. I 431 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 2: didn't get it. I was really I was like, damn, 432 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 2: I'd really like to be a road schott or I'm 433 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 2: pissed I didn't get it. But all right, I think 434 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 2: it's tenth grade. Okay, this is. 435 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: Okay. 436 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 2: I'm I'm sort of embarrassed. Like you guys know, Ben's 437 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,479 Speaker 2: a jock. He was like a cool kid, and like, 438 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: you know. 439 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: I tried hard. I tried hard, though it be fair. 440 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 2: Is a tennis player really a job? 441 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: Well, you know it's it's a sort of sec it's 442 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: not CC. 443 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 2: It is like a tennis player. You're wearing like a 444 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 2: white eyes on. 445 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: Like it's not good swag. We had some. We had 446 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: some nice Nike swag like they we did it right. 447 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 2: I'm just saying you were ball. 448 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: It's not basketball. It's not baseball. I'll give you that. 449 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 2: I will keep you dunk. 450 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: No, I cannot dunk. 451 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 2: I played hoops with you. 452 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: I knew the dw Yeah, I cannot. But I wasn't 453 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: going for Rhodes collar. I can promise you that. And 454 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: I didn't have a briefcase. You had a briefcase. That's 455 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: what we're really getting in. 456 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 2: No, I didn't have a briefcase. I'm sorry. I'm not 457 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 2: Alex P. Keaton, which no one knows who that was 458 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 2: Michael J. Fox and Family. 459 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: Ties amazing show. 460 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 2: But all right. So in tenth grade, I was sitting 461 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 2: there in class with my classmates and they were talking 462 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 2: about like applying to a scholarship, and several of my 463 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: classmates said, well, no, no, I'm not going to apply, and 464 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 2: I said, well why not? And they said, well, if 465 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 2: I apply, I might get rejected and I don't want 466 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 2: to fail, so I'm not. 467 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: Going to do it. And you're like, screw that. I'm 468 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 1: going for all of it. 469 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 2: And I wrote a poem in tenth grade which I 470 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 2: don't have, but I'm going to try to remember it. 471 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 2: I don't know that I can remember it exactly. But 472 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 2: imagine a dreamer walking off a cliff with hopes and aspirations. 473 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 2: Many would say his steps were foolish, and yet all 474 00:22:53,480 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 2: the great inventors, discoverers, and achievers would say nothing ventured, 475 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 2: nothing gained. And here's another element to complicate the matter. 476 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 2: What if the walker learned to fly? And this is me, 477 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 2: as a geeky fifteen year old writing a poem. 478 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: Writing who inspired me? Like that was before chat GBT, 479 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 1: So you didn't even steal it from anybody. 480 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 2: Like you don't have a cliff, you ain't grown wings, 481 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 2: fair point. And so I literally had a whole folder 482 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 2: of failures things I tried to do that that I 483 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: did not accomplish. But if you are are to use 484 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: another great hero of mine, Teddy Roosevelt, Yeah, you know, 485 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: tr gave a great commencement speech about being in the arena, 486 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 2: the man who is marred by blood and sweat and 487 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 2: mud in the arena and not one of those cold 488 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 2: and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat norfeat 489 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 2: And so I forget where I'm going on this. 490 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: No, you're you're talking about Carol. I love it. Failing 491 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: at the going for Congress a blessing, and now it's 492 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: the biggest thing in her life. So you're saying, count 493 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: your failures because they can't be your blessings later in life. 494 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 2: If you have no failures, you've done nothing. 495 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: I just want to prove that right now. It to 496 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: my wife. How good of a listener I am, because 497 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 1: I just saved that whole story right there. I just 498 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: want credit for that moment. Anyway, continue, Is she gonna 499 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: buy that? I don't know. We'll see if she listens 500 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: to the show, because I just if she If she 501 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: doesn't listen, we're both gonna know. 502 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 2: Well. Look, I will say what happened on tariffs Wednesday 503 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 2: was a massive day Number one for the market and 504 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 2: and and for a huge surge, but number two the 505 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 2: ninety days, we have an opportunity. This is not hyperbole. 506 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 2: President Trump could achieve the greatest victory for jobs and 507 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 2: economic growth, certainly in our lifetimes and maybe in the 508 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 2: history of America. 509 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 1: Now well, and you reap between the tea leaves here 510 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: like there does seem to be a strategy here, and 511 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: this is some of the genius I do have to 512 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: think of that. I give credit for that. A lot 513 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: of people miss on President Trump. It seems like he's saying, hey, 514 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: rest of the world, I want to get along with you. 515 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to bust China. They're taking advantage of us. 516 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: They're still in their intellectual property. It's a national security issue. 517 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 1: We witness what we witness during COVID with them as 518 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: a nation. I want everybody else to succeed, and we're 519 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: going to make sure they don't have all of this 520 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: leverage over not just US, but other partners in the world. 521 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 2: Yes, but look, the two things I've been urging President 522 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: Trump for a long time on trade to focus on 523 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 2: are Number One, focus on China. I am all four 524 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 2: pounding the living daylights out of China. You know, when 525 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 2: I arrived in the Senate thirteen years ago, what I 526 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 2: said then is China poses the single largest geopolitical threat 527 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 2: to the United States over the next one hundred years. 528 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: Amen. 529 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 2: Now, Ben, when I arrived, that was a lonely voice. 530 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 2: Almost nobody agreed with me. Every Democrat had disagreed with me, 531 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 2: and most of the Republicans disagreed with me. They looked 532 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: at China and they saw nothing but dollar signs as 533 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 2: far as the eye could see. Now the world has changed. 534 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 2: I think a lot more people have opened their eyes 535 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: to the danger, to the peril. China is fighting a 536 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 2: thousand year war against the United States, and that's. 537 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: Not hyperbole, and that's really how they look at it. 538 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 2: And everything we can do to delink our economy from 539 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 2: China is a good step. So I've urged President Trump, 540 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 2: you can't focus on China too much. The more you 541 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 2: can bring jobs out of China, the more you can 542 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 2: bring our critical infrastructure out of China, the more you 543 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 2: can bring pharmaceuticals out of China, the more you can 544 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: bring semiconductors out of China. Everything we depend upon. China 545 00:26:58,680 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 2: is coming after us. 546 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: This is national security things we depend on. 547 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 2: It is national security, is economic security. This is a 548 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 2: fundamental battle. So I am all for focusing on China. 549 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 2: But the other principal reciprocity. Look, I don't want to 550 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 2: be overly optimistic. As we mentioned on Monday's podcast, and 551 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 2: you want to go back and listen to it about 552 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 2: angels and devils. There are really vocal and outspoken voices 553 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 2: in the administration who don't want the President to lower 554 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 2: tariffs in other countries. They want tariffs to be high 555 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 2: and there forever, and they want the revenue. Look, tariffs 556 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 2: are producing about two and a half a billion dollars 557 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 2: a day in revenues. Now, the point I made to 558 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 2: the President, where are those revenues coming from tariffs? Are taxes? 559 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 2: They're coming from American consumers. So yes, it's producing a 560 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 2: lot of money. But I would much rather lower the 561 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 2: various to other countries and let our farmers and ranchers 562 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 2: and small businesses and manufacturers' work the hell out of it, 563 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 2: because I think American businesses can beat every company on 564 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 2: Earth if there's a fair playing field. If most of 565 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 2: the countries we trade with there's not a fair playing field, 566 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 2: and so this opportunity and listen, President Trump's negotiation strategy 567 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 2: is in some way simple. He walks up to people, 568 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: he smacks him in the head, with a two by four. 569 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 2: I think he backs up and negotiates from that. Yeah, 570 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 2: and it has proven to be an incredibly effective negotiation strategy. 571 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 2: So I will say I'm really, really glad about Wednesday's 572 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 2: pause announcement. It produces I noted, the biggest single day 573 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 2: increase in the stock market in history, and I hope 574 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 2: the next ninety days we will see deal after deal 575 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 2: after deal, slashing tariffs and opening markets to American producer. 576 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying something like that in 577 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: the cabinet meeting when he said this about the president. 578 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: And also he said which I think was interesting. He said, 579 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: and I'm going to quote him, he said, one of 580 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: the most important things you'll achieve in your presidency is 581 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,719 Speaker 1: reordering the world in a proper way. For more than 582 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: thirty one years, multiple administrations have allowed the Chinese to 583 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: de industrialize this country, to take away jobs and factories 584 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: and pillars of our national strength. Like this is from 585 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: a Secretary of State who's saying, this is the ballgame, yes, 586 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: and then National Security is saying this is the ballgame. 587 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: And then producers are saying this is the ballgame. And 588 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: American workers are saying this is the ballgame. I've never 589 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: seen a moment politically where so many different factions are 590 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: all seen to be aligned and understanding this threat, which 591 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: it's in fact is China. And so you look at 592 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: the next ninety days, it's very important and there's got 593 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: to be deals done. When do you think will start 594 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: to see deals and momentum because it's all about momentum, right, 595 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: you get one with Vietnam, or you get one with Taiwan, 596 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,239 Speaker 1: or you get one with Malaysia or India wherever it is, right, 597 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: and you start going country by country, when will we 598 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: start see that because that's what the market's now looking for. Yeah. 599 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 2: Look, so what I urged the president Tuesday night is 600 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 2: negotiate a deal fast. I said, I don't care what country, 601 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 2: just get one on those books, get one and have 602 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 2: it be a massive reduction on both sides because that 603 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 2: will assuage people. Okay, this is the path we're going down. 604 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 2: When you have seventy plus countries that are seeking negotiate deals, 605 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 2: that takes a little bit of time. That's complicated. Yes, 606 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 2: and so I really like the ninety day pause because 607 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 2: it gives you ninety days to negotiate deals. And so 608 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 2: I hope in the next ninety days we see deal 609 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 2: after deal after deal, and I think it'll build momentum. 610 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: So you think in weeks will start see the first ones. 611 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know if it'll be weeks 612 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 2: or thirty to sixty days. I don't know how long 613 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 2: it takes. 614 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: The ninety days gives us time to do it right. 615 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 2: Ninety days gives us time to do it right. And 616 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 2: I have a high level of confidence than in the 617 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 2: next ninety days we will see a bunch of them. 618 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 2: How quickly given the ninety day pause, there's not the urgency. 619 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 2: What I was urging, what I said on Hannity is 620 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 2: do it now, don't wait a week like do it tomorrow, 621 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 2: because frankly, the market's freaking out and you don't want 622 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 2: people's for one case. 623 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: To go to crap. 624 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 2: And so I think think there was real value to 625 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 2: moving quickly. The pause essentially buys you time to then 626 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 2: negotiate the deals, and I hope that's what they're going 627 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 2: to do. 628 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: All right before you go to this vote at one 629 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning. Not a joke. I want to 630 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: ask you about this other I would just say insane 631 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: news because I can't believe they've been allowed to do 632 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: it for so long. And that is that is Mexico 633 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: stealing water, which is suffocating farmers. Yep. Specifically it's happening 634 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: in Texas and it's it's making farming industry collapse and 635 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: farmers disappearing from areas because there is no water. 636 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 2: So let me give you the background, because this is 637 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 2: a really important issue. It's important in Texas, but it's 638 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 2: important to the country, which is there's a water treaty 639 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 2: that we signed with Mexico in nineteen forty four, the 640 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 2: Mexican Water Treaty of nineteen forty four. It obligates Mexico 641 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 2: to provide three hundred and fifty thousand acre feet of 642 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 2: water a year to South Texas. That's over a five 643 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 2: year period. Okay, for the last five years, Mexico has 644 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 2: been openly and brazenly violating the treaty. They've not been 645 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 2: providing the water. They are right now in this five 646 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 2: year period, one point three million acre feet in arrears 647 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 2: water they have not provided that they've committed by treaty 648 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 2: to provide. Now, what are they doing. They're diverting that 649 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 2: water that should go to South Texas farmers under the 650 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 2: treaty Mexican farmers, and a couple of things are happening. 651 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 2: So in South Texas there is a massive drought going on. 652 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 2: It is doing enormous damage to farmers. And when I 653 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 2: spent a lot of time in South Texas and the 654 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 2: damage to farmers, we're seeing a lot of South Texas 655 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 2: farmers that are taking half of their acreage out of production. 656 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 2: They're shutting down half of their. 657 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: Farms just because they don't have the water to do 658 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: it right. 659 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 2: They're laying off thousands of workers. So there was one 660 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 2: sugar mill in all of Texas last year. It shut 661 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 2: down because of water, and it shut down because the 662 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 2: sugar farmers did not have the water to raise the 663 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 2: sugar wow And it's gone. 664 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: And Mexico on the other side of green as can be. 665 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 2: It is green as can be. The Mexican farmers are prospering. 666 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 2: They're literally stealing our water. And by the way, like 667 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 2: President Trump talks a lot about foreign countries taking advantage 668 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 2: of America. 669 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: It's a great example. 670 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 2: This is this is literally the Mexican government stealing our water. 671 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: And did Joe Biden do anything to stop this? Zero 672 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: And he knew about it. 673 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 2: So he knew about it. So I've engaged this issue. 674 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 2: I engaged. I started engaging about two years ago. And 675 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,760 Speaker 2: I started engaging when I was down in South Texas 676 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,360 Speaker 2: and I did a roundtaal with farmers and they raised 677 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 2: this issue to me. And two years ago, I didn't 678 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 2: know what the water Tree of nineteen forty four was, 679 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 2: and they explained it to me. And at the time 680 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 2: they were really worried, we're going to lose our sugar 681 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,960 Speaker 2: mill if this doesn't change. And I said, look, I 682 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 2: think I can help. I'm going to lean in. And 683 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 2: I began leaning in aggressively. I forced a vote on 684 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,160 Speaker 2: the Senate floor on an amendment to direct the state 685 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 2: Department to use every lever point we have to force 686 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 2: Mexico to comply with a water treaty. I got a 687 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 2: majority of the senator, bipartisan majority. And then there's a 688 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 2: water commissioner for the United States. I like leaned in 689 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 2: with the water commissioner said, look, the senators spoken a 690 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 2: bipartisan majority, and here's the fundamental problem. Joe Biden didn't 691 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 2: give a damn about this. So I desperately tried to 692 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 2: get the Biden administration to exert leverage, and they just 693 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 2: didn't care. 694 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: Now, by the way, leverage for Donald Trump at this 695 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: point was him saying, hey, I'm coming after you with 696 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: with tariffs or sanctions, so do the right thing now 697 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,360 Speaker 1: before I have to do that, and they know he 698 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,320 Speaker 1: means it, Unlike even if you had that same statement 699 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 1: from Joe Biden, he ain't gonna do anything. 700 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 2: So in South Texas, cities are also facing massive drought. 701 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 2: You're literally facing the cities not having enough water for 702 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 2: their citizens because Mexico's stealing the water. And so I 703 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 2: leaned in. I could not get the Biden's administration do 704 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 2: a damn thing. In December, as part of the Continuing Resolution, 705 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,400 Speaker 2: I authored legislation that got adopted that provided two hundred 706 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 2: and eighty million dollars in emergency relief for Texas farmers 707 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 2: because they're they're going broke. And we're talking about generational farms, 708 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 2: farms that have been three or four generations, who were 709 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,760 Speaker 2: being bankrupted because their government is not enforcing the treaty 710 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 2: and their being starved to water. And so several weeks 711 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,680 Speaker 2: ago I went down to South Texas with Brook Rawlins. 712 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 2: Brook Rollins is the Secretary of Agriculture. Brook has been 713 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,919 Speaker 2: a good friend of mine for twenty five years. She's 714 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,840 Speaker 2: a Texan. She's the first Texan in the history of 715 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 2: the country to be the Secretary of Agriculture. She's also 716 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 2: the first Secretary of Agriculture ever to go to the 717 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 2: Rio Grand Valley. 718 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 1: Wow. 719 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 2: And she came to the valley at my request. I 720 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,239 Speaker 2: asked her come down with me, and we did. We 721 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 2: did a press conference number one where she announced, I've 722 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 2: got two hundred and eighty million dollars I'm giving the 723 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,720 Speaker 2: South Texas farmers because your federal government has been screwing 724 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 2: you by not getting the water back and Mexico is 725 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 2: starving you. But we also did a roundtable. We did 726 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 2: a round table with farmers where Brook and I talked 727 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 2: with the farmers. And the Rio Grand Valley has been 728 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 2: bright blue for one hundred years. In twenty twenty four, 729 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 2: the Rio Grand Valley flipped red. I won the valley 730 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 2: and Donald Trump won the valley. That has never happened. 731 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,239 Speaker 2: I won Hispanic statewide in Texas by six points. That's 732 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 2: never happened. I have spent an enormous amount of time 733 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,840 Speaker 2: and millions of dollars in the valley trying to flip 734 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 2: the valley red because I saw the potential there and 735 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 2: so I think I've invested more than any elected official 736 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,839 Speaker 2: in Texas in terms of turning the valley red. Well, 737 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 2: I got to say, sitting there at that roundtable, you 738 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 2: got farmers and ranchers and you're just asking them, look 739 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 2: over the last four years, did Joe Biden do a 740 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,440 Speaker 2: damn thing for you? 741 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: No? And that's how that's how you turn this. 742 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 2: And what I told them as I said, listen, if 743 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 2: there's one thing you know about Donald Trump, he will 744 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 2: stand up to foreign countries and fight for you. And 745 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 2: I made that commitment. And frankly, look, these are voters 746 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:56,320 Speaker 2: who their entire lives have voted Democrats. Their parents voted Democrat, 747 00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:01,280 Speaker 2: their grandparents voted Democrat, their great grand parents voted Democrat. 748 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 2: And this last election, for the first time, they pulled 749 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,320 Speaker 2: the lever for a Republican going down there and saying, look, 750 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,919 Speaker 2: we're fighting for you, We're gonna get you. The damn 751 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 2: water is one of the ways you lock those votes. 752 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,840 Speaker 2: And it's a generational shift for Texas. 753 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,840 Speaker 1: By the way, this is the first time for Verdict. 754 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: They've just opened the vote. They're only keeping it over 755 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: for fifteen minutes. 756 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go momentario. 757 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: You're gonna go momentarily, which means actually it's about twelve 758 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: minutes because I'm a couple of minutes behind. This is real. 759 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: This is why I love doing Verdict, because this is 760 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: how it really works. And in Sandy in the. 761 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:36,399 Speaker 2: Senate, So I will say this. I called President Trump 762 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,880 Speaker 2: a week ago and I said, miss President, would make 763 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 2: a huge difference if you leaned in personally with the 764 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 2: President of Mexico and said, provide. 765 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,439 Speaker 1: Us the water. Yeah, knock it off. 766 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 2: And he said, I'll tell you what. I'll send a 767 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 2: truth social post. And so I worked with them on 768 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 2: the wording of it, and tonight when I was in 769 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,640 Speaker 2: the Oval, I said, miss President, and you send that 770 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:01,720 Speaker 2: truth post. 771 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: Yeah. 772 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 2: He sent it tonight. I'm going to read it to you. 773 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:10,319 Speaker 2: Here's what President Trump sent this evening. Mexico owes Texas 774 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 2: one point three million acre feet of water under the 775 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:18,320 Speaker 2: nineteen forty four Water Treaty. But Mexico is unfortunately violating 776 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 2: their treaty obligation. This is very unfair and it is 777 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:27,760 Speaker 2: hurting South Texas farmers very badly. Last year, the only 778 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 2: sugar mill in Texas closed because Mexico has been stealing 779 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 2: the water from Texas farmers. Ted Cruz has been leading 780 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 2: the fight to get South Texas the water it is owed, 781 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,719 Speaker 2: but Sleepy Joe refused to lift a finger to help 782 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 2: the farmers. This ends now. I will make sure that 783 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 2: Mexico doesn't violate our treaties and doesn't hurt our Texas farmers. 784 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:03,760 Speaker 2: Just last month, I halted water shipments to Tijuana until 785 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:08,360 Speaker 2: Mexico complies with the nineteen forty four water Treaty. My 786 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 2: Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins is standing up for Texas farmers, 787 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 2: and we will keep escalating consequences, including teriffs and maybe 788 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 2: even sanctions, until Mexico honors the treaty and gives Texas 789 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,279 Speaker 2: the water they are owed and gives Texas the water 790 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 2: they are owed. Is an all caps there you go. 791 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 2: That tweet got sent out tonight. I'll tell you in 792 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,719 Speaker 2: just within an hour of that tweet going out, the 793 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 2: President of Mexico is sent out of tweet saying we're 794 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,360 Speaker 2: gonna fix this. We're gonna fix this, and the Mexican 795 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 2: government is freaking out. That's what it looks like. The 796 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 2: later President who is fighting for America. Joe Biden could 797 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 2: have done that for four years, but he didn't give 798 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,080 Speaker 2: a flip about farmers in South Texas going out of business. 799 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 2: The President's tweet, and I can tell you Mexico is 800 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 2: in the process now negotiating with the state department to 801 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 2: provide for the water. We're gonna get the water. And 802 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,920 Speaker 2: that's a great that's a greatreat victory for Texas in America. 803 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: Go vote. You're on the clock now. I love it. 804 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,239 Speaker 1: Don't forget me to show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Sometimes it's 805 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,439 Speaker 1: like one in the morning. You're gonna run and vote 806 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: right now. We'll see you back here on what is today? Thursday, Wednesday? 807 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,120 Speaker 1: What is today? It's just they're all running together. Now. 808 00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,399 Speaker 1: Today's Thursday, Thursday. So this is Friday, so the beat 809 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,719 Speaker 1: that the weekend review will be on Saturday. So there 810 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: you go, which isn't like a day. If you're looking 811 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,799 Speaker 1: when we're recording this, we'll see you. Then share this 812 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 1: wherever you are on social media, and we'll see you 813 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: back here on Saturday.