1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: It is so fun to start Verdict with good news 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: and welcome. It is Verdict for Center, Ted Cruz, Ben 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: Ferguson with you and Senator We have got incredible news 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: that a hostage coming out of Russia has been released. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: This is incredible. 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 2: Yet another American hostage has come home. Mark Fogel, who 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: has been in Russian jail since twenty twenty one, returned 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: home to the United States this week Thursday night. Late 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 2: Thursday night, he was in the Oval Office with President Trump. 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 2: This is a big victory bringing American hostages home. It's 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: a continuation of the Venezuelan hostages that were brought home 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: the first week President Trump was back in office and 13 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: the Hamas hostages both Americans and Israelis that have been 14 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: released since President Trump has been in office. Yet another 15 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: hostage release. This is the consequence of a strong commander 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: in chief who our enemies are afraid of. That's a 17 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: big victory for everyone. On top of that, we also 18 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: have yet more breaking news of USAID funding millions and 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: millions of dollars that is going to terrorists that funded Hamas, 20 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: that funded terrorists that that did enormous damage to US 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: national security interests. And put money in the pockets of 22 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,839 Speaker 2: those who were who were attempting to murder and succeeded 23 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: in murdering Israelis and Americans. And finally, today Elon Musk 24 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: and Donald Trump were in the Oval Office together. The 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: President this week signed an executive order implementing doja's recommendations, 26 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: and they detailed yet more incredible examples of abusive waste, fraud, 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: and abuse, including astonishingly enough people receiving Social Security benefits 28 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: who are allegedly one hundred and fifty years old. Spoiler alert, 29 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: ain't one hundred and fifty all of that on today's show. 30 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: No doubt about it. 31 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: I want to take a moment and talk to you 32 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: real quick about the incredible work that's being done by 33 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. 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Donald Trump becomes 57 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: president and he gets him out. 58 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 3: Well. 59 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: He was arrested in Russia at a Russian airport for 60 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: the possession of drugs, which which has family said was 61 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: medically prescribed marijuana. And Fogel was a history teacher who 62 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: was working at the Anglo American school in Moscow, and 63 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: he was arrested and and he he came home. And 64 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: when he came home, it's snowing in Washington, d C. 65 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: There's a bunch of snow on the ground. And he 66 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 2: came out of the snow to come into the Oval 67 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: Office to be with President Trump. And I got to say, 68 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: it was powerful. It was amazing the scene of the 69 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:28,679 Speaker 2: two of them in the Oval Office. 70 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 3: Here, give a listen. 71 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 4: He's a very happy guy tonight. It's just a real honor, 72 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 4: an honored ab at the ways. 73 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 5: I feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. 74 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 5: And I want you to know that I am not 75 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 5: a hero in this at all. And President Trump, this 76 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 5: is a hero. These men that came from the diplomatic 77 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 5: service are heroes. The senators and representatives of past legislation 78 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 5: in my honor to get me home are the heroes. 79 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 5: I am in awe of what they all did. My 80 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 5: family has been a force. I think my ninety five 81 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 5: year old mother is probably the most dynamic ninety five 82 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 5: year old on earth right now, and I am so 83 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 5: indebted to so many people. I think I remember a 84 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 5: Churchill quote that he said when the ref was fighting 85 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 5: the liftoff, and he said that never have so many 86 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 5: owed so much to so few. And I put myself, 87 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 5: fortunately and unfortunately into that category, and I said, never 88 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 5: has won so much to so many. That this superorganism 89 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 5: of people that came to my support and the love 90 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 5: that I was given sustained me for three and a 91 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 5: half years in a prison that had me in hospitals 92 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 5: for more than one hundred days. I was given more 93 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 5: than four hundred injections. 94 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 4: In that time. 95 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 5: And knowing I had the support of my fellow Pennsylvanians, 96 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 5: my family, my friends, it was so overwhelming that it 97 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 5: brought me to my knees and it brought me to tears. 98 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 4: But it was. 99 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 5: It was my energy, it was my being that kept 100 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 5: me going that whole time. And I will forever be 101 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 5: indebted President Trump to Steve over there. What a dynamic 102 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 5: man this guy is. When I met him, the energy, 103 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 5: the can do attitude just exudes from his body. And 104 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: when he smiled at me and introduced me, and I 105 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 5: got the feel for what has happened. You know, it's 106 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 5: not just me, it's his everybody and Secretary Rubio, who 107 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 5: met my son a while back. 108 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 4: I'm I'm a. 109 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 5: Middle class school teacher who's now in a. 110 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 4: Dream world. We're going to show you the Lincoln bit. 111 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 6: It's very special, special place appropriate for very appropriate. 112 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 5: And thank you all. And I love our country and 113 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 5: I'm so happy to be back here. And I wish 114 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 5: I could articulate it better. 115 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 4: You've done beautifully. And he's got a great mother. 116 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 6: And when I show the mother at a rally, she said, 117 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 6: will you if you win, will you get my son out? 118 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 4: And I promise. She's ninety five years old and we'll 119 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 4: get him out. And we got him out pretty quickly. 120 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 5: She told me that that exact words. 121 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 4: Remember, she's made quite an impression. 122 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 5: And you also did. 123 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 4: And I'm gonna know of what you've done and your team. 124 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 4: It's great to have you back. And I have a 125 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 4: great life. 126 00:08:58,520 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 3: Wow. 127 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 2: That that that's just amazingly powerful. And and you think 128 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: about Mark Folo's life has been transformed, and it's been 129 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 2: transformed because Donald Trump is a strong commander in chief 130 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 2: and Putin is afraid of him. Venezuela is afraid of him, 131 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 2: Hamas is afraid of him, and and and that that 132 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 2: that pattern is significant. Look, hostage negotiations are always complicated 133 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 2: and difficult, and and that's the difference we have. You 134 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 2: think about in three weeks to see so many American 135 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: hostages released, that's a big deal. 136 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: Which brings me to the question. And it's frustrating. I'm 137 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: one of those I want to be a very queer center. 138 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: I'm frustrated. This makes me angry that you look at 139 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: a guy like Mark, you you look at how sincere 140 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: his love is for this country, how thankful he is 141 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: to see the light of day again in America, to 142 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: be out of hell in Russia, and the way that 143 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: we know they treat people in Russia. He talked in 144 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: that in that clip about how many days he's spent 145 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: in the high hospital, how many injections he received, And 146 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: the reality is many people don't make it out alive 147 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: once you go into the prison system in Russia. And 148 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: there's an anger I think by not just me, but 149 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: I think probably many people listening. They're saying, how is 150 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: it that Biden Harris didn't get these people out? It's 151 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: not just him, it's the others you just mentioned. But 152 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 1: it's like, did they just not fight hard enough? Do 153 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: they just not give a damn? Because Donald Trump just 154 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: did it? And I think this is something that outrages 155 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: me and many others. 156 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 2: You know, I don't think it's fair to say that 157 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 2: that Biden didn't give a damn. 158 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 4: You know. 159 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: I will say during his presidency that there was some 160 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 2: hostages who returned home. Mark Swedan, who was a Texan 161 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 2: who was wrongfully imprisoned in China for over ten years. 162 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 2: I was very very active pressing for Swedan's return. Look, look, 163 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 2: when you're dealing with hostages, it is always complicated. It 164 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 2: is always difficult. I've been involved in seeking and helping 165 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,479 Speaker 2: get the return of multiple high hostages over the past decade. 166 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 2: What I would say is the reason that Mark Fogel 167 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 2: wasn't returned, and then that these hostages were not released 168 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 2: under Biden is that our enemies viewed Biden as a 169 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 2: weak commander in chief and that they were weak. That 170 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: they were not They were not afraid of him. Putin 171 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 2: was not afraid of Biden. Hamas was not afraid of Biden. 172 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: Venezuela Maduro was not afraid of Biden and all right, 173 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 2: let's take an example. Let's take an example this week 174 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 2: where Hamas is delaying some of the Israeli hostages, and 175 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: give a listen to Trump explaining what will happen if 176 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 2: they don't release the hostages by Saturday at noon. 177 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 3: Give a listen. 178 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 7: Well, I would say this, and I'm going to let 179 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 7: that because that's Israel's decision. But as far as I'm concerned, 180 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 7: if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 181 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 7: twelve o'clock, I think it's an appropriate time. I would say, 182 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 7: cancel it, and all bets are off and let hell 183 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 7: break out. I'd say they ought to be returned by 184 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 7: twelve o'clock on Saturday. 185 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 6: And if they're not returned, all of them, not in 186 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 6: drips and drabs, not two and one and three and 187 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 6: four and two Saturday at twelve o'clock, and after that, 188 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 6: I would say, all hell is going to break out. 189 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 3: There's something interesting he said there. 190 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: He said, this is my opinion, and then he basically 191 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: said that gave some room there for Israel to pivot. 192 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: We now know there is no pivot needed. Net and Yah, 193 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: who has come out saying the same exact thing, it's 194 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: it's clear that our strongest ally we are getting their 195 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: back and we are one again on this on this front, 196 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: that is good for both countries well. 197 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: And look, both Prime Minister net Yeah who and President 198 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 2: Trump are very focused on bringing the hostages home. As 199 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: you know, I spent two hours with BB on Thursday 200 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: night and then I had dinner with Trump on Friday night, 201 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: So I've seen both of them within the last few days. 202 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: And I will say BB echoed exactly that message that 203 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 2: came from Trump, which is if the hostages are not 204 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 2: released by noon on Saturday, all of the hostages, that 205 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 2: the ceasefire is over and Israel will return to eliminating 206 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: the Hamas terrorist. And I think that is the way 207 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 2: you get hostages released from a position of strength, and 208 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 2: we're seeing strength from the commander in chief. 209 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: Final question on this and that is when you look forward. 210 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: There are still other Americans I know that are around 211 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 1: the country, around the world say being held. 212 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 3: Is this a. 213 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: Trend you expect to continue because of the difference in leadership. 214 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 2: Yes, Look, look, a strong commander in chief. When our 215 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:48,359 Speaker 2: enemies are afraid of the president, Americans are safer, Americans 216 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 2: are at less risk because the bad guys, the terrorists, 217 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 2: those who want to take hostages have less confidence they 218 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 2: can succeed, and that is a good thing. 219 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: I want to move to USAID and some of the 220 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: big issues that are now coming out of that, and 221 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: it deals also with the issue of terrorism. We got 222 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: some shocking news that has come out. It's something, by 223 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: the way, that I think we need to point out 224 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: very clearly. You had been talking about this now for 225 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: several years in Congress and on this show. Yeah, and 226 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: thank goodness, now at least all of it seems to 227 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: be being exposed because of the digging with Doge and 228 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: the Trump administration back in office. 229 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 2: Well, there was a lengthy tweet that I sent this 230 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: week that said the following. The full story of USAID 231 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: funding HAMAS is vast, and much of it was done 232 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 2: in secret. Before and after October seventh, the USAID flowed 233 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: unaccountable hundreds of millions of dollars towards HAMAS that enabled 234 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 2: it to launch the attack and keep battling Israel afterwards. 235 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,359 Speaker 2: They lied about the nature of that aid in public databases, 236 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: refused to disclose what group were getting the money, and 237 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 2: gave tens of millions in American cash to be distributed 238 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 2: without American supervision. They internally admitted the aid would benefit 239 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 2: HAMAS and even exempted themselves from anti terrorism laws, but 240 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: in public issued denial for all four years of the 241 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 2: Biden administration, I prevented them from confirming a Middle East 242 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: Administrator because they wouldn't acknowledge what they were doing, because 243 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 2: continuing their secret pro HAMAS programs was more important to them. 244 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you there was a major article in 245 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 2: the Washington Free Beacon that I tweeted out as well, 246 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: and it's an article My team and I provided a 247 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: significant amount of the information to the Washington Free Beacon, 248 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 2: but it's entitled at USAID funding for terroritied groups and 249 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: internal hostility towards Israel goes back years. One former State 250 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: Department official described a lack of embarrassment among some USAID 251 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 2: staffers about being associated with terrorist organization. And I'm going 252 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 2: to read from the beginning of this article because it's 253 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 2: an important article and the fact Senate are very disturbing 254 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 2: as the Trump administration works to shutter the United States 255 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: Agency for International Development USAID, Current and former US officials 256 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 2: who work closely with the unbattled AID group say they 257 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: watched for years as it funneled millions of dollars to 258 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 2: anti Israel advocacy groups and entities linked to terrorism. That 259 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 2: funding caused internal friction across multiple administrations, according to those 260 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 2: who spoke with The Washington Free Beacon. In some cases, 261 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: USAID fought to conceal how taxpayer funds were spent, and 262 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: when it came to Israel, officials recalled battling USAID over 263 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: funding for groups that worked to undermine the Jewish state 264 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 2: or maintain. 265 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 3: Ties to terror organizations. Quote. 266 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 2: For those who believe in a strong US Israel relationship, 267 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 2: elements of USAID had been problematic for years, said one 268 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 2: former State Department official who worked with USAID during the 269 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 2: Biden administration. 270 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 3: Quote. 271 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 2: There was even a lack of embarrassment among some USAID 272 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 2: staffers about being associated with terrorist organizations. Some of the 273 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 2: terror tied funding initiatives are publicly known. In November twenty 274 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 2: twenty two, for instance, USAID awarded one hundred thousand dollars 275 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 2: to a Palestinian activist group whose leaders hailed the Popular 276 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: Front for the Liberation of Palestine a designated terror group, 277 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 2: just six days before Hamas's October seventh assault. On Israel, 278 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: USAID handed nine hundred thousand dollars to a terror charitor 279 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 2: charity in Gaza involved with the son of Hamas leader 280 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 2: Ismail Hanayer. USAID's hostilities towards the Jewish State, however, ran 281 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 2: deeper than the agency's grant making. Under Samantha Power, former 282 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 2: President Joe Biden's pick to run USAID, agency officials fought 283 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 2: pro Israel policy making at the State Department, often urging 284 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 2: their colleagues at Foggy Bottom to pare down statements that 285 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: praise the Jewish state, former official said in twenty twenty one, 286 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: during a period of conflict with Hamas, Power herself refused 287 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 2: to meet with Israel's ambassador unless Israel reached a cease 288 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 2: fire with the Iran backed terror group. The decision put 289 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 2: Power at odds with the White House National Security Council, 290 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 2: which signed off on the meeting. Emails obtained by the 291 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 2: Freebeacon Show. 292 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 1: It is shocking to hear you read that, and yet 293 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: it's so well documented. It's something that you've been sounding 294 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: the alarm on for a while. Now, because of a 295 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: new administration, we're actually getting some movement on this. But 296 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: how angry should Americans be that their tax dours have 297 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: been going to terrorist organizations through these funneled through these 298 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: charities and other groups. And there were warnings meaning that 299 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: the government, Biden Harris and their team, they knew the 300 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: money was ending up with these people. This wasn't a 301 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: one office, wasn't an accident. This was deliberate. 302 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 2: Well, they knew it and they actively hit it. Let 303 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 2: me read a little more from this Freebeacon article. A 304 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 2: January memo from the Inspector General Paul Martin noted that 305 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: the agency quote does not maintain a comprehensive internal database 306 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 2: of sub awardees. In other words, the foreign entities that 307 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 2: work with a primary grantee on a USAID project often 308 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 2: go unreported, impeding the ability of the agency investigators to 309 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 2: vet fraud allegations. According to the memo, such allegations often 310 00:19:54,480 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: include the diversion of taxpayer funded aid to terrorist organizations, 311 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 2: and a November report, for example, Martin quote identified deliberate 312 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 2: interference and efforts to divert humanitarian assistance by foreign terrorist organizations, 313 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 2: including systemic coercion of aid workers by fdos, foreign terrorist organizations, 314 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 2: and FTO influence over beneficiary selection. These diversion efforts are 315 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 2: particularly pronounced in Hamas controlled Gaza. A February report from 316 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 2: the Middle East Forum think tank found that the USAID 317 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 2: had awarded millions of dollars to organizations directly in Gaza 318 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: controlled by Hamas. Let me read that again. A February 319 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 2: report from the Middle East Forum think tank found that 320 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 2: USAID had awarded millions of federal dollars to organizations directly 321 00:20:55,800 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 2: in Gaza controlled by Hamas, and it continues. In one 322 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: bideneric case, USAID funded an educational and community center in 323 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: Gaza quote, controlled by a local group called the Unlimited 324 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 2: Friends Association. The association openly collaborated with Hamas, inviting the 325 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 2: terror group's officials to its office and boasting of US 326 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 2: funded projects in Hamas controlled newspapers. In twenty twenty one, 327 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 2: its director called for Jerusalem to be cleansed, quote from 328 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: the impurity of the Jews. This is who Joe Biden 329 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: and the Democrats were sending millions of dollars to, and 330 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 2: this is who they were covering it up. 331 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: Not only were they covering it up, but this has 332 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: a USAID has a long history that's now well documented 333 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: of them helping radicals and one of the things you 334 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: and I talked about before the show was another just 335 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: totally in saying aspect of this and that included paying 336 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: for terrorists college funds. 337 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: Well, that is exactly right, and it is a stunning story. 338 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 2: So this is something that's been reported in Fox News 339 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 2: and the New York Post. Here's what the New York 340 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 2: Post said. USAID reportedly bankrolled al Qaeda terrorist college tuition. 341 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 2: Unearthed record showed USAID American bord jahattist anwar all Illachi 342 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 2: received full funding to attend Colorado State University in nineteen ninety. 343 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 2: USAID documents obtained by Fox News showed, now who is 344 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 2: on wear al Lachi. He is a notorious terrorist, so 345 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 2: notorious that President Barack Obama ordered him killed in a 346 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 2: US air strike in Yemen twenty years later. The documents 347 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 2: revealed that all Alacki, who was born in Las Cruces, 348 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 2: New Mexico, lied on his application and claimed that he 349 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 2: was born in Yemen, apparently so he would be eligible 350 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 2: for the federal tuition funding worth more than twenty seven 351 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 2: thousand dollars at the time. 352 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: That was nineteen ninety. 353 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 2: Tuition and fees for an international student at the university 354 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 2: today would be nearly ten times that using the education 355 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 2: USAID provided him, he earned a bachelor's in civil engineering 356 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety four. Alilaki would go on to teach 357 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: Islam at mosques across the country, from Denver to San 358 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 2: Diego and Virginia, where US officials believe he used his 359 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 2: platform to radicalize and recruit terrorists and understand Olilaki is 360 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: directly implicated in number one. At the San Diego mosque, 361 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 2: he met the nine to eleven hijackers, Nawaf al Hazmi 362 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: and Khalid al Midhar, two of the men who flew 363 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 2: Flight seventy seven into the Pentagon on nine to eleven, 364 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 2: and he was arrested in two thousand and six for 365 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 2: his terrorist ties in Yemen, and three years later, unwell, 366 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 2: Alolaki communicated with Nadal Hassan, who murdered fourteen innocent souls 367 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 2: at Fort Hood on Wile. Ololaki was also tied to 368 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 2: the underwear bomber Umar faruk Abda Matullab, who tried to 369 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 2: blow up a Detroit bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas 370 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 2: Day two thousand and nine with bombs hidden in his shorts. 371 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 2: This is who USI AID said, you know what we're 372 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 2: going to pay for you to get a college degree? 373 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 2: What in the hell are these people doing? 374 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 1: So the question that I got to ask finally on 375 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: this to wrap it up and people that are listening 376 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: and say, number one, how did this a happen? But 377 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 1: even more so, how are people not going to jail 378 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: for knowingly giving American taxpayer dollars to terrorists? I mean, 379 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 1: if you are working in our government, even if it's 380 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: under the direction the Biden Harrish regime at the time, 381 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: and you're sending out money that you know is going 382 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 1: to terrorists around the world, is that not like breaking 383 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: some law? 384 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 2: Senator, Well, look, that's a question that I think is 385 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 2: going to have to be investigated and examined. You know, 386 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 2: I will say, US anti terrorism laws prohibit sending money 387 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 2: that goes to terrorism. And in fact, the Biden administration 388 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 2: made a formal assessment and they concluded that sending the 389 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 2: money to Gaza, that it was very likely that money 390 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 2: would be used by Hamas for terrorism. Now, ordinarily, when 391 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 2: you make that determination under American anti terrorism law, you 392 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: don't send the money. You can't send the money once 393 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 2: you determine that it's likely it'll go to terrorism. However, 394 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: the way the law is written, the president has the 395 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 2: authority to waive that provision. And that's exactly what they did, 396 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 2: because they made a determination that their radical politics were 397 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 2: more important than stopping terrorists from murdering American citizens and 398 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 2: murdering Israeli citizens, and tragic, the entire world saw the 399 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,719 Speaker 2: consequences of that radicalism on October seventh. 400 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: Do you think there will be any accountability for this 401 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: or is this going to be another one of those 402 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: where hey, we were in charge, so we get we 403 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: got away with it. 404 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 3: Look, I certainly hope there will be accountability. 405 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 2: But at a minimum, we're seeing accountability in President Trump 406 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: and Elon Musk shutting down these programs at USAID. 407 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 3: I think that is very good. 408 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 2: And my hope and expectations is that Congress will come 409 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 2: along and we will pass legislation, presumably as a part 410 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 2: of budget reconciliation later this year, to codify these cuts 411 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: and eliminate the waste fraud abuse. 412 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: I want to tell you about our friends over at 413 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: Patriot Mobile. 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Let's move to another aspect 445 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: of just an incredible three weeks where Elon Musk and 446 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 1: Donald Trump are doing exactly what they said they were 447 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: going to do, and they are i think using the media, 448 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: the bully pulpit, the microphone that they've been given in 449 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: the Oval Office to inform the American people, those that 450 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: voted for him and others that maybe didn't, that hey, 451 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: we're finding some of the most ridiculous, egregious waste of 452 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: your tax dollars. And one of the stories they talked 453 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: about was people that are still getting sid Security checks 454 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: when they're quote one hundred and fifty years old. 455 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was really powerful. So President Trump and Elon 456 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 2: Musk did a press conference from the Oval Office on Thursday. 457 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,719 Speaker 2: Earlier this week, President Trump signed an executive order instructing 458 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 2: DOGE to coordinate with federal agencies and to execute massive 459 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 2: cuts in federal government staffing numbers. And the order instructs 460 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 2: federal agencies and DOGE to significantly shrink the size of 461 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 2: the federal government and to limit the hiring of new employees. 462 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 2: And I got to say, Elon Musk laid out several 463 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 2: of the egregious examples of abuse. 464 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 3: Listen to listen to this first one. 465 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 8: You know, and that's the crazy things like just crostory 466 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 8: examination of Social Security. And we've got people in there 467 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 8: at one hundred and fifty years old. 468 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 4: Now do you know anyone one hundred and fifty? I 469 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 4: do are okay? 470 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 8: They should be on the Guinness Wicker World records. They're 471 00:29:55,760 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 8: messing out, so you know that's the case. We're I 472 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 8: think they're probably dead, that's my guess. Or the should 473 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 8: be very famous. 474 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 4: One of the two. 475 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I want to meet him. Anyone wants to 476 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: meet him. The President wants to meet him. You want 477 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: to meet him, right, if you're one hundred and fifty 478 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: and you're still check. 479 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 2: Ben Ben I got to say, you don't look at 480 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 2: day over one hundred and forty CA. 481 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: I mean, and this is the stuff that you just 482 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: can't even make it up. Of course, they would be 483 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: sitting a check to somebody that we assume is just 484 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: is committing fraud here right like this check's ever stopped 485 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 1: and I just keep cashing them. 486 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 2: Stupid your center fraud. Of course it's fraud. And the 487 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 2: Biden administration had no interest in uncovering that fraud. And 488 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,719 Speaker 2: take a listen to what President Trump said about the 489 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 2: magnitude of the waste fraud and abuse. 490 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 6: That they're finding billions and billions of dollars in waste 491 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:45,959 Speaker 6: fraud and abuse. 492 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 7: And I think it's very important, and that's one of 493 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 7: the reasons I got elected. 494 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 6: I say, we're going to do that. Nobody had any 495 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 6: idea was that bad. That's sick, and that corrupt. And 496 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 6: it seems hard to believe that judges want to try 497 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 6: and stop us from looking for corruption, especially when we 498 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 6: found hundreds of millions of dollars worth much more than 499 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 6: that in just a short period of time. 500 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 4: We want to weed out the corruption. 501 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 6: And it seems hard to believe that a judge could say, 502 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 6: we don't want you to do that. Well, so maybe 503 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 6: we have to look at the judges, because that's very serious. 504 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 6: I think it's a very serious violation. 505 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: He mentioned the judges there by the way, there's a 506 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: lot of activist judges that were put in by liberals 507 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: who are like, all right, we're the last defense here, 508 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: so let's try to, you know, stop him at all 509 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: costs to, you know, because he's too successful at giving 510 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: the American people transparency and their money back. 511 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 2: Look, Barack Obama and Joe Biden put a lot of 512 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 2: radicals on the federal bench, and right now you've got 513 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 2: Democrat attorneys general going and seeking out these radicals to 514 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 2: file lawsuits. You've also got left wings special interest groups 515 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 2: seeking out these radical judges. We're going to see a 516 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 2: lot of lawsuits. We're going to see a lot of 517 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 2: law fair over the next four years. But you know, 518 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 2: I got to say, watching Democrats in the media melt down, 519 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 2: number one, they've always melted down over Trump. They have 520 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 2: Trump arrangement syndrome, but they also have Elon derangement syndrome, 521 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 2: and they scream, well, Elon Musk was not elected to anything. Well, yeah, 522 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 2: that's true, But Donald Trump was elected to something. He 523 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 2: was elected to President of the United States, and he 524 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 2: was elected on a mandate. And this is actually a 525 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,719 Speaker 2: point that that Elon made made quite effectively in the oval. 526 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 3: Give a listen. 527 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:32,479 Speaker 8: The people voted for major govementt reform. There should be 528 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 8: no doubt about that. That was on the campaign. The 529 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 8: President spoke about that at every rally. The people voted 530 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 8: for major government reform. And that's what people are gonna get. 531 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 8: They're gonna get what they voted for. And a lot 532 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 8: of times that you know people that don't get what 533 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 8: they voted for, but in this presidency, they are going 534 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 8: to get what they voted for. 535 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 4: And that's what democracy is all about. 536 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: I gotta say I love listening to Elon. You've spent 537 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: a lot of time with him. I think this is 538 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: a perfect example of just how genuine his heart is 539 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: on this. He truly is a believer in this country 540 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: and giving the American people what they voted for. And 541 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: he is an agent to go find the waste frown abuse, 542 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: and he's and he's and he's incredibly focused on it. 543 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 2: He is he is incredibly focused, and he's right. This 544 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 2: is democracy and yet it is causing the radical left 545 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 2: to lose their minds. You know, I gotta say, I 546 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 2: want to play this, this this segment from CNN because 547 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 2: it really does show how the media that their minds 548 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 2: are melting down. You had former New Hampshire governor Chris 549 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 2: Snunu who's on, and he's on with Anderson Cooper, and 550 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 2: Anderson Cooper loses it. And you've also got Jeffrey Tubin, 551 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 2: another left wing CNN contributor. You know your old buddies. 552 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 2: These are all the folks you piled around with Ben 553 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 2: put seven years in hell, seven years in hell. Do 554 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 2: you have CNN tattooed somewhere on your body? 555 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 3: I do not. 556 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 8: I do not. 557 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 3: I'm just checking. 558 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 2: So all right, give a listen to Chris Sonunhu and 559 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 2: and and look how he how he causes the CNN 560 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 2: folks to lose their minds. 561 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 3: It was surreal. 562 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 9: But I got to tell you, I know what you're 563 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 9: not showing here. Must gave seven specific examples off the 564 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 9: top of his head of where the corruption and fraud were. 565 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 9: I know you didn't play the clips. He was talking 566 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 9: about a contractor that had a three month contract, he 567 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 9: was paid for twenty years. He was talking about welfare 568 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 9: benefits that were being paid to someone that was technically 569 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 9: one hundred and fifty years old. He was talking about 570 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 9: line item from. 571 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 10: The ridden that had no justification many action like, he 572 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 10: doesn't present any actual evidence. 573 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 9: Well, he's standing there in the Oval office. Do you 574 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 9: expect him to come in with ten thousand pages? And 575 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 9: I have to be clear to complain about this administration 576 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 9: about transparency. When this president takes open questions on a 577 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 9: daily basis, yet Joe Biden didn't show up for a 578 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 9: press conferences six months is insane. These guys are being 579 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 9: extremely transparent. They don't have to sit there and take 580 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 9: the questions, but they do. That's all on the website, 581 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 9: it's all out there. 582 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 11: It's not transparency to say things that have no factual background. 583 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 11: I mean to say, we're cutting you know, we've found 584 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 11: a billion dollars or trillion dollars in waste with no 585 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 11: sp pacifix. That's just talk. That's not transparent. 586 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 9: It's twenty three days in here, guys, twenty three days. 587 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 9: You're you're you were talking about two point three billion 588 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 9: that was saved last year. These guys are saving two 589 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 9: point three billion a day. 590 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 5: But no, well that it's. 591 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 3: Incredible, that's what they're saying. 592 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,399 Speaker 11: But where's the game you're waiting. 593 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,360 Speaker 9: You're not going to be satisfied till he shows up 594 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 9: at ten thousand pages. I know. 595 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 10: He's giving very specific thing, but he's not actually giving 596 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 10: any evidence of that. 597 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 9: It's all going to come because what they also said 598 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 9: was if we have to go to Congress, we'll go 599 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 9: to Congress. 600 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 10: But the show where some of the details that have 601 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 10: come out, like the you know, fifty nine million dollars 602 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,800 Speaker 10: spent on luxury hotels, it's actually not the thing. 603 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 9: About the FEMA money that was a use for migrants. 604 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 9: That was, yeah, FEMA money for migrants. 605 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 5: That's okay. 606 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 10: Now no I'm not saying it's so. I'm not saying 607 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 10: it's okay. Don't put words. 608 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 3: So would you stop that? Would you stop that process? 609 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:50,919 Speaker 3: Don't be a dick. 610 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 10: The portrayal, what I'm saying is the portrayal by him is. 611 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: I just got to say, I this is from my 612 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,360 Speaker 1: my seven years and how it's an n When the 613 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: hosts start cursing at you, don Lemon lost it on 614 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: me one night, screaming that that is BS, that is BS, 615 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,280 Speaker 1: but saying the full thing When you see Anderson Cooper 616 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,840 Speaker 1: get rattled like this, This is when you know they're 617 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: losing America and they feel it and they're witnessing it 618 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: because they're part of this cover up center. And now 619 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: they realize how stupid their argument is that, well, we 620 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: didn't see a piece of paper with it on there. 621 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: What you think Elon Musk is sitting there making this 622 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: up in the Oval office, like, what's wrong with you guys? 623 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: And by the way, you guys never question anything that 624 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: was shady with the Biden administration when you knew it 625 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: was shady. 626 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. 627 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 2: Look, number one, you see Jeffrey Tube and jumping in 628 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 2: screaming that's not transparency. Trump is literally doing a press 629 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 2: conference every day. They're putting all of this out for 630 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,799 Speaker 2: everyone to see. They're giving chapter and verse and specifics 631 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 2: and and and and you see Anderson Cooper at the 632 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 2: end where he just curses and and and melts down 633 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 2: and insults governor. 634 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 3: By the way, yeah, I mean I mean to me, wow. 635 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 2: To be clear that that that is the reason Anderson 636 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 2: Cooper does that is he realizes he's in a completely 637 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 2: indefensible position. He's defending the prior administration, diverting funds from FEMA, 638 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 2: by the way, funds that FEMA are supposed to use 639 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,480 Speaker 2: to deal with a natural disaster, whether wildfires in California 640 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 2: or a hurricane or tornadoes or other natural disaster. And 641 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 2: the prior administration took those disaster funds and instead use 642 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 2: them to pay for hotel rooms for illegal aliens. And 643 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 2: and Anderson Cooper realized, wait a second, I'm defending something 644 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,399 Speaker 2: that is so absurd that even the four viewers who 645 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,239 Speaker 2: are watching CNN are gonna know it's absurd. And that's 646 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 2: why he melts down. 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