1 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: You are entering the freedom Hunt. The Buck is back 2 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: from China. Everybody very excited to be here with you. 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: So many stories to tell you, so much to share. 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: We will get into that, and also the latest on 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: the fight over who will be testifying on Capitol Hill. 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: Does the administration win this latest battle over Don McGann 7 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: and whether he'll get to talk to Congress. We got 8 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: that and so much more coming up on The Buck 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: Sexton Show. This is the Buck Sexton Show where the 10 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: mission or mission is to decode what really matters with 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: actionable intelligence. Make no mistakes American. You're a great American Again, 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: the Buck Sexton Show begins. He's a great guy. No, Hello, everybody, welcome, welcome, 13 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: great to have you here on The Buck Sexton Show. Man. 14 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: I I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to take a moment here. 15 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: I missed you all very much. I missed doing this show. 16 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: I love doing this show. Thank you for giving my 17 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: excellent guest host your attention last week and through yesterday 18 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: when I was still trying to get back on task 19 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: and get back on schedule. And here I am, and 20 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: I'm not going anywhere for a long time. So there 21 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: it is. Back from China. Fascinating trip over there, really 22 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: interesting timing because of all the back and forth over 23 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: the trade deal. You see now Google just broke I 24 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: think the last twenty four hours. Google is not going 25 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: to give all the software that it has been giving 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: to Huawei, which is a major Chinese telecommunications giant that 27 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: people have very real national security concerns about. There are 28 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: those who think that Huawei and the race for five 29 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: G and these different battles that are playing out in 30 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: the technology space will have a major impact on not 31 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: just our economic competitiveness, but at some point in the 32 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: future in terms of US matching up against the Chinese, 33 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: could have national security implications, very very serious stuff. So 34 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: I wanted to take some time that I know there's 35 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: some things going on in Capitol Hill. We've got some 36 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: updates on immigration and some other stories that I'm thrown 37 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: into the mix. Definitely have stuff to discuss all across 38 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: the news spectrum. But I wanted to start today because 39 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: I was gone for a week in China and spend 40 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: a little time sharing some of my observations and what 41 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: I saw, what I learned, and how that will I 42 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: hope provide a little additional context where all of us 43 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: here and our conversations going forward. I mean, let's just 44 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: start with this. China is the biggest economic and national 45 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: security challenge facing the United States, bar none, without question. 46 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: It is absolutely clear. And there were different aspects of 47 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: my time there that were encouraging from what I saw 48 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: in different aspects that were discourding. Now, I did do 49 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: some of the tourists stuff, and I can share some 50 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: kind of more fun thoughts about that with you too, 51 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: But I also was there for a two day conference 52 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: with a lot of experts on the Chinese economy, investing 53 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: in China, what China's going to do going forward, to 54 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: try to prop up or grow depending on who you 55 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: talk to. It's stock market and real estate prices. And 56 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: and here's what I'll say to you, just right off 57 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: the bat. The China that you may have in your 58 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: mind from watching as I did growing up, from watching movies. 59 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: I know I've mentioned, which isn't even in China, Big 60 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: Trouble in Little China many times, which is a kind 61 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: of ridiculous but fun to watch movie. The notion you 62 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: may have of a China where you have people, millions 63 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: of people on bicycles and running around with rickshaws and 64 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: chickens that have just been had their heads chopped off 65 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: hanging in the windows, or you know whatever you've seen 66 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: in different China towns across the United States, and that 67 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: that would be some the China itself would be some 68 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: big version of it. No, it's not China. Now, I 69 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: was in Beijing and Shanghai. You have expensive automobiles all 70 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: over the place. You have a tremendous explosion in wealth, 71 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: you have massive department stores full of all of the 72 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: most expensive luxury good it's a very consumer heavy, consumer 73 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: driven culture. I don't think it's very noticeable over there. 74 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: It's also noticeable that there are many many high end 75 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 1: fake merchandise stores out there. They sell the different Louis 76 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: Vauton bags and fake rolexes and all these different fake 77 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,119 Speaker 1: designer items. And it's in part because and I spoke 78 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: to some of the Chinese that I was interacting with 79 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: when I was there, and it's because not everybody can 80 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: afford this offense, so it's easier for them to just 81 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: you know, churn it out for everybody. And there's different 82 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: levels of the fakes. Is fascinating. I mean, it's also 83 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: illegal in this country. You know you can't do this. 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: It's a trademark. It's the patent infringement or trademark infringement. 85 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: It depends on what we're specifically addressing. But this is 86 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: a country that has brought hundreds of millions of people 87 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: out of poverty and essentially subsistence farming, and now they're 88 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: moving into the cities and massive numbers, and they are 89 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: going to be our competitor, There's no question about it. 90 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: You can drive. I got on a high speed train 91 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: from Beijing to Shanghai. You can drive for an hour 92 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,799 Speaker 1: and a half in Beijing in any direction and you'll 93 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: still see around you massive apartment buildings. I mean the 94 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: largest apartment buildings you would see in any American city. 95 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: You'll see them in Beijing, and they're just sprawling. They're 96 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: all over the place. Some of the old stereotypes about 97 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 1: the or the old the old things that come to 98 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: mind about China. The smog very real. When I was 99 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: in Shanghai. You could just see it hanging in the 100 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: Airmy so, pollution is a is a major problem. Pollution 101 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: still not something that Chinese have gotten and a gutt 102 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: in a handle on I did not. And this was 103 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: interesting from a number of perspectives. I chose to go 104 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: in sterile, meaning that I showed up in China. Granted 105 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: I was there in a tourist capacity. I was not 106 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: there as a representative of either of my media organizations. 107 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: I did go to a conference, but I wasn't I 108 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: wasn't acting as a journalist. I didn't bring a laptop, 109 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: I didn't bring a cell phone. Because we know it's 110 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: it's well established now that the Chinese, in particular, if 111 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: you work in the media, and in my case, somebody 112 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: who works in media and had a previous career as 113 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: an intelligence officer, you're gonna you're gonna be somebody who 114 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: is of high counter intelligence interests for the Chinese. And 115 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: that means that if you log onto their systems, if 116 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: you use your passwords, if you go to WiFi, you 117 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: are a target and you're living in their world. You're 118 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: living in their world. And that then brings me up today, 119 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: waking up this morning excited that I get a chance 120 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: to to read in and get back into my routine 121 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: and do this show, the show that I love doing 122 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: for all of you so much. I see this pole 123 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: in the gallipole that you know four in ten Americans 124 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: is or four in ten Americans are ok are favorable 125 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: to socialism. And it's a reminder one of just how 126 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: little it seems that many of our fellow Americans have 127 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: learned about about history and about recent history and around 128 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: the world. But it's also an indicator that there's not 129 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: all there's there's a lack of understanding of what it 130 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: really means to live in a country where the government 131 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: has real control over economics, real control over over private property, 132 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: the means of production. You know, they have that in China. 133 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: And from a material prosperity side, the Chinese haven't getting 134 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: wealthier and wealthier. There's no question the Chinese have created 135 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: a much much larger what you would consider middle class. 136 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: There's also a hyper elite of wealthy Chinese billionaires now. 137 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: So from a material prosperity side, you really have one 138 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 1: party capitalism or a kind of one party hybrid of 139 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: capitalism and statism. But the statism component is still very strong. 140 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: When you ask people about China, you know that you 141 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: bring up the government, you get something mutter muttered about 142 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: you know, they mutter something about, oh well, you know, 143 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: things are getting better and there's more prosperity all the time, 144 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: and and he said, okay, well, but do you have 145 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: free speech? And I was told by some of the 146 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: China experts I talked to you over there, that you 147 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: have to keep in mind free speech something that we 148 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: hold very near and dear. An individual rights, individual protections 149 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: of those rights. That's what animates the American mind. That's 150 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: what gets us all excited about about being Americans. Know 151 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: that we have a society based upon the individual and 152 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: the relation of the individual with the state, and the 153 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: ability to appreciate and enjoy all these different freedoms laid 154 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: out first in the Constitution, but also in our political 155 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: and social culture. You can go to China and there's 156 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: not some clamoring for that, at least you're never able 157 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: to hear it. You know, who knows it's one point 158 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 1: four billion people. Just to stay that, you know, from 159 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 1: a small sample size of experts here or there or wherever, 160 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 1: you can really get a sense of what the Chinese 161 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: people want. I don't think anybody really knows. I do 162 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: know that the economic prosperity is something that you cannot ignore. 163 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: It's it's very very real. It has happened, and in 164 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: a sense, as an economic miracle. I mean to go 165 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 1: from when I was born, I think it's a seventy 166 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: billion to now, or yeah, seventy billion to seven trillion 167 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: dollars in GDP. I mean, that's just remarkable. It's a 168 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: remarkable rise of economic power and with that the military 169 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: power that comes along. But the individual there is not 170 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: the basis for the polity. Individual rights don't really exist. 171 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: Your rights in China or whatever the government says they 172 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: are at any point in time. That's an unsettling thing, 173 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: even for me as an American, to be in a 174 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: country like that where you recognize that you live your 175 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: life by the leave of the government. So interesting too, 176 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: just a cursory overview of of Google Maps when I 177 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: was over there. Sorry, it wasn't Google Maps, of just maps, 178 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, using bay Do, which is their search under. 179 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: You can't you can't use Google, you can't use Facebook, 180 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,599 Speaker 1: can use Twitter. Things are all blocked off. Part of 181 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: the Great Firewall. I went to the Great Wall too. 182 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: We can talk about that in a moment. But you 183 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: see all this, the peoples this and the peoples that 184 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: in China, and they doth protest too much about how 185 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: everything belongs to the people. It belongs to the communist 186 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: part of the Central Committee, belongs to people in charge. 187 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: They make the decisions. Some of those decisions have obviously 188 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: brought about a degree of economic prosperity, But economic prosperity 189 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: in the absence of individual freedom and property rights and 190 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: rule of law does not alone make for I think, 191 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: a happy, healthy, and over the long term stable society. 192 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: You need those other components human beings deserve. There's a 193 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: there's an obligation on the state to give basic rights 194 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: and freedoms. And when you have a society where that 195 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: has been swept aside, either with the consent at some 196 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: level of the people or just because their fear of 197 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: the big s state is so profound that they don't 198 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: even want to voice any of these concerns, you wonder 199 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: what else is this state capable of doing. What happens 200 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: to the surplus that they believe will be in just 201 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: a matter of years of twenty million unmarried Chinese men 202 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: of marriageable age, What do they do, what happens to them, 203 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: what happens to this country? When what happens to China? Rather, 204 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: when going forward they have an economic downturn, They've had 205 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: all this growth and all this prosperity over a number 206 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: of decades here, but things will change. What goes up 207 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: must come down. How does it destabilize them if all 208 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden the Central Committee doesn't look like a 209 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: bunch of financial wizards who just make everybody wealthier and 210 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: happier all with them, or at least wealthier, I don't 211 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: know if they're happier. There is a lot. There's a 212 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: lot that we have to unpack here. I mean, China 213 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: is a fascinating, fascinating problem for US policymakers. I want 214 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: to talk to you about some of the attitudinal things 215 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: that I saw, some of the how I think the 216 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: trade deal will play out after speaking to a lot 217 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: of a lot of Chinese about about it and the 218 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: ones that are least willing to talk to me, so 219 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: we have much much ground to cover. Her team and 220 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: some other just fun anecdotes from what I saw there. 221 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: And I'm again just so so so happy to be 222 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: back with all of you. I enjoyed my time overseas 223 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: and it was it was nice to switch it up, 224 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: man that I missed doing this radio show. And I'm 225 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: so glad to be back. And I appreciate that you're 226 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: all listening, so let's hit it. Hit a quick beat here. 227 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back in a moment with much more on China. 228 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: Stay with me. Just a bit of quick tips for 229 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: those of you that are wondering, Like, all right, Buck, 230 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: you were in China. What do you want to tell 231 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: us about if you're going to visit. Many of them 232 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: have been to China a lot. Some of you've probably 233 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: lived there. Beijing. I think you do two days in Beijing, 234 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: maybe three if you're as unless you have some other 235 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: reason to be there, two days, maybe three. Max. I 236 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: was there for five, two days in Shanghai. Beijing is 237 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: a massive city. Not to be unfair to it, but 238 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: it is something along the lines of a twenty million 239 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: person traffic jam. And the joke when I was there 240 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: was that everywhere you wanted to go, you'd ask a local, 241 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: you know, how how far is it thirty minutes, and 242 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: thirty minutes means anywhere from forty five minutes to an 243 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: hour and a half. Anywhere you think about going in Beijing, 244 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: you better be ready to just sit in traffic. There's 245 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: traffic everywhere. There's a lot of people that's putting it mildly, 246 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: but it's not a really international city in the sense 247 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: that it is very much Chinese dominated and centric. And 248 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: I know it's the capital city of China's that'll make sense. 249 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: But you know, you go to New York City, for example, 250 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: and there's people from all over the world there, all 251 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: over the world. You go to Beijing and you're basically 252 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: going to walk around and see mostly people from China. 253 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: There are some internationals, but it's not a truly it's 254 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: not a true global city. Shanghai a little more so, 255 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: more visitors, more of an international feeling to it. Best 256 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: stuff to see in Beijing, stuff that I saw of 257 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: the Great Wall, which as soon as I posted a 258 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: photo that I knew some of you were going to 259 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: say this, you have the Great Wall, and people say, wow, Buck, 260 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: do you mean that walls work? Yes? In fact, we 261 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: have known human civilization has known for a very very 262 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: long time that walls are quite effective at what they 263 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: are intended to do, either keep people in or keep 264 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: people out, or prevent the free movement between two points. 265 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: Walls are quite good at that. It is a marvel 266 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: of engineering. When you go and see the Great Wall itself, 267 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: and I think they said, I didn't even know how 268 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: many thousands of miles because there's all these different sections 269 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: of wall and it wasn't built all at once, and 270 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: these histories something that I should I should probably brush 271 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: up on quite a bit. More fun parts about going 272 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: to the Wall though, is that you have a lot 273 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: of domestic Chinese tourists that go to these different historic sites. 274 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: So Beijing has the cool history stuff for sure. The 275 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: Great Wall I think is top of the list of 276 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: the stuff I saw that was that was the coolest 277 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: it is. It is the most impressive single spot to 278 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: go and see if you're doing the touristy thing. But 279 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: you have these tourists from all over the rest of 280 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: China who many many of whom are able to travel 281 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: now because of the improvements in the economy, so it 282 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: might be their first time ever going to the Wall, 283 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: especially for some of the older generation. And they did 284 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: like seeing Americans, They like seeing western as many of 285 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: them wanted to take photographs with me and take selfies 286 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: with me, and not because they're buck sex and show listeners, 287 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: although they should be. But it was an interesting experience 288 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: for sure to see that. You also went to the 289 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: Forbidden City, which was interesting to be sure. Was definitely 290 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,239 Speaker 1: uh it's worth seeing. I did not get to go 291 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: to Tianamen Square because it was closed for some security 292 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: reason or something. I don't know what it was, but 293 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: it was closed off to us. But the Forbidden City 294 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: where the Emperor, the Chinese Emperor lived was you know, 295 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: you see it, you walk around, you kind of done it. 296 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: But Beijing. And I'm just gonna say this, if you're 297 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: used to American Chinese food, you can get it in China, 298 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: but you don't go. It's not like they've got general 299 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: sauce chicken everywhere and you're gonna order whatever you used 300 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: to ordering. It's a little bit different than that. The 301 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: food is fine after a few days it was. It's 302 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: not easy to be gluten free in China. I'll tell 303 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: you that you did not want to be a somebody 304 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: with Celiac disease because they really like brown sauce and 305 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: anything in a brown sauce basically has soy sauce, and 306 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: soy sauce has gluten. So that makes things tough. And 307 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: to my fair share of banquet dinners where I think 308 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: there was one where there was like an eight maybe 309 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: a ten course meal, you know, a good old buckster 310 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: was able to eat white rice. Oh yeah, I got 311 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: to eat some white mice. So those are some of 312 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: my tours and fists. You go to Shanghai, better food, 313 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: It's fun down by the waterfront, more stuff going on there. 314 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: If you're gonna if you're looking to kind of get 315 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: out and about I would say that a Shangha. Well, 316 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: what does this all mean for the trade deal and 317 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: for the Trump administration? And you know enough of Bucks 318 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: Tourism guide here, We're gonna get into all of that 319 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: and then talk about the showdown over who's going to 320 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: testify in front of Congress, who's gonna win these cord battles, 321 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: over what information the Democrats have access to? That and 322 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: more coming up. 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The Justice Department 347 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: is trying to stave off an enforcement action against Attorney 348 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: General William Barr this week, making a rare offer to 349 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: out of the House Intelligence Committee review materials from Special 350 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: Counsel Robert Mueller's report if House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff 351 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: agrees to back down. Last week, Shift shared that he 352 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,239 Speaker 1: Schiff said that he would hold a business meeting to 353 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: take an unspecified action against the Department of Justice for 354 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: not providing the committee documents related to Volume one of 355 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: Mueller's report on links between the Trump campaign and the 356 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: Russian government. And so now the DJ's thinking maybe they're 357 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: going to have a different you know, they're going to 358 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: try to come to some sort of accommodation here. Okay, 359 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: I want to go. I'm not done with China yet. 360 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm like I was there for a week. 361 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: We I'm more to talking about on China. But I 362 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: just this is the latest from today and it's getting 363 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: a lot of getting a lot of attention, speaking a 364 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: lot of attention. Will also discussed the fight over abortion 365 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: and where all that's going, because I was gone for that, 366 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: so there's gonna be some Oh hey, I didn't get 367 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to you about this, so I 368 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 1: want to take the time to talk to you about 369 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: it now, obviously because I missed all of you very much. 370 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: And here's what we got going on with the Democrats. 371 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: I've realized this as I was away and had a 372 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: lot of time to think and ponder, ponder the universe 373 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: in China. The Democrats, it doesn't really matter. I think 374 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: the political calculations here are not that clear that they 375 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: even know how all this will play out. No one 376 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: really knows, but they didn't even think they necessarily know. 377 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: How do you get how do you really assass impeachment? 378 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: Let's just say let's start with that. I think what 379 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: three presidents have been impeached? Bill Clinton was impeached after 380 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: his reelection, So that doesn't really give you much of 381 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: a much of a way to compare things then and now. 382 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: Because Trump would be at least theoretically impeached before trying 383 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: to be reelected president. Would it blow back or would 384 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: it take Trump down? Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows. 385 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: But what I do know is this the efforts that 386 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: the Democrats are going through here to try and take 387 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: all this information just pride from the hands of the Republicans, 388 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 1: take it out of you know, President Trump's senior most 389 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: advisor's minds, and just use the Congress to jam the 390 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: Trump administration up with just request for documents and appearances 391 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 1: and hearings and this and that, and this is all 392 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: a throwing the proverbial wooden shoe in the gears of 393 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: the factory, which is at least how some people say 394 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: the word sabotage came along, but I don't think that's 395 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: actually true. So don't don't take that one. See, this 396 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: is the problem with the internet. You read all this stuff, 397 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: you know, like, is that even true? I don't know. 398 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: I stought on the internet, and as we know, Abe 399 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 1: Lincoln once said, don't believe everything you see on the internet. 400 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: So this is the Democrats though, the gears of sand 401 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: in watch of this administration. That's what all this stuff is. 402 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: Does it win? Do people like it? I'm not even 403 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: sure that's the plan. I think the plan is much 404 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: more to just make it as unpleasant and high pressure 405 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: situation as possible for Trump and all the people around 406 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: him whose power and opinions matter for this administration. And 407 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: it's it's a slow and delay tactic. Slow things up, 408 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: delay things, that's the main. That's the main effort. And 409 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: by just forcing all these showdowns, either with the DOJ 410 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: or later on or upcoming certainly in court, it's it 411 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: makes things harder for them. But I did want to 412 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: just do a little more of what I think is 413 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: going on in China, and what I took away from this, 414 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a problem, folks. At some point China 415 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: is not going to stop the behaviors that the Trump 416 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: administration is rightly i'd say calling out they do not. 417 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to go for a trade 418 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: deal before they see who wins reelection. Why would they. 419 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: They're able to try and wait this out. And if 420 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: they know if they get a president Biden or you know, 421 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: any of these different candidates and these Democrat candidates, they 422 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: essentially reset the clock. They get a restart on. Oh now, 423 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: let's have a new series of negotiations. And because this 424 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: issue is associated with Trump, because holding China accountable for 425 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: its violation of intellectual property, theft and hacking and all 426 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: these different and the tariffs that it has in place, 427 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: and all the ways that it cheats so that it's 428 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: state state supported enterprises, you know, state owned enterprises are 429 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: able to be globally in some cases globally dominant companies 430 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: or close to it. All the different ways that China 431 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: tilts the table toward itself that's not going to stop 432 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: anytime soon. They're gonna wait and see what's going on 433 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: with the possible incoming Democrat administration. And because it's all 434 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 1: associated the fight against them, all this associated with Trump, 435 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: any Democrat who comes into office is going to position 436 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: where it's like, well, that was a Trump issue. You know, 437 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: think about Obama with the war in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, 438 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: didn't matter what was going on in Rock and Afghanistan. 439 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 1: Bush was the Iraq war. And Obama was saying that 440 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: he was all about the Afghanistan war, and that was 441 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: that was never going to change because that was the 442 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: dynamic when he took office. Any Democrat coming in fighting 443 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 1: China on trade trade war with China is a Trump thing, 444 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: and therefore the Democrat has to take a different approach 445 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: to that, which likely means going back to where we've been, 446 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 1: which is a form of you know, suffering silence. Don't 447 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: make too much noise about this. We need China, we 448 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: don't want to, we don't want to, you know, ruffle 449 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: any feathers, rock the boat, you name it. But this 450 00:25:52,119 --> 00:26:00,719 Speaker 1: is a country that has a really obvious reinvigorated not pride. 451 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 1: I've heard from people that have been going there for 452 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: a long time, that there is a sense of a 453 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: kind of resentment toward the West and toward America now 454 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: that was not really there before. The idea of being 455 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: the Chinese are. They're now wealthy and the second most 456 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 1: powerful economy in the world, the largest by population country 457 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: in the world, and they don't like taking a backseat 458 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: the United States, and they've they're strutting their stuff a 459 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: little bit. Can we compete with them economically and can 460 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: compete with them in terms of innovation, We'll have to see. 461 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: They are executing on a very aggressive program of expanding 462 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: all of their different you know, the different industries that 463 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: they're already in. They have this this belt and belt 464 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 1: and road policy where they're going around the globe working 465 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: with regimes they don't care what their human rights record. 466 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: Maybe they don't care, you know, what's going on in 467 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: that country. They'll build infrastructure that do deals with the 468 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: government as long as they have access to raw materials. 469 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: It's kind of twenty first century Chinese mercantilism. Twenty first 470 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: century mercantilism. I mean, they are making sure they have 471 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: access to all the raw materials they need to continue 472 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: their growth and what does that look like going forward? 473 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: How will they be able to control all of this 474 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: and will they butt up against their neighbors and ways 475 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: where what is now friction turns into something much hotter, 476 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: much more dangerous, much more fiscile. We don't know yet, 477 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: but this is it. This is the big challenge. This 478 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 1: is a country that does not plan to be in 479 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: this junior role to America much longer. And what that 480 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: means for us, what that means for the global markets. 481 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: Who knows. There's certainly been a deception that American presidency 482 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: stretching back for thirty years, have fallen for that China 483 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: has no ambitions beyond just pulling itself out of poverty 484 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,439 Speaker 1: and everything's going to be fine, and they want to 485 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: be a friend to the rest of the world. And 486 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: they don't view themselves as the pre eminent, preeminent. I mean, 487 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 1: there is a clear Chinese nationalism that they are the 488 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 1: pre eminent civilization in the world already and therefore it 489 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: is only rightful for them to take their place as 490 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: the Hegemont not thinking certainly comes across. You know, there 491 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: are Chinese companies now that are top one hundred companies 492 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: by earnings that are really just in the Chinese market. 493 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: I mean, the market is so big that internal dominance 494 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: can mean there are a global b myth one point 495 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: four billion people. We only have three hundred and twenty 496 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: some odd million in this country. One point four billion. 497 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: There's a lot of Chinese people, and they want material goods, 498 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: they want prosperity, and they have a government that does 499 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: not value as I was saying at the start of 500 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: Show to individual rights, that does not You know, if 501 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: you get picked up off the street by the Chinese government, 502 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: I don't care who you are. You're in a bad place. 503 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: They decide that they're going to make an example of you, 504 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: or that you're some kind of a threat to the 505 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: plan that they're engaged in. You have very little, very 506 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: little to come to your side. And that's true for 507 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: anybody in that country right now. And that's an eerie thing. 508 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: It unsettled It unsettled me when I was there. You're 509 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: in a country that has not embraced these Western values 510 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: of rule of law, that is, that is beyond political 511 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: ambitions of those in power. Look, I'm not saying our 512 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: situation is perfect either, right, we could were I talked 513 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: to you all the time, but I rule of laws 514 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: being vited at our border and what we've seen from 515 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: the deep State in their efforts to slow down and 516 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: destroy if they can the Trump administration and use the 517 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: law as a weapon and all that. But it's different 518 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: in China and now now here's some of you probably 519 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: knew this was kind of This is where I also 520 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: have to tell you, my friends. I know we've got 521 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: this week will dive in the news as we always do. 522 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: There's a lot more things I want to get to 523 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: and talk to you about. But if you will, if 524 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: you'll just let me for a moment, this country is amazing, America, 525 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: this place is incredible. Just just give me a moment, 526 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: if you don't mind, let me just say America is 527 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: such an an incredible and we are all so fortunate 528 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: to be Americans. You go, you's spend a week of 529 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: a place in Chinese, say to yourself, I am so blessed. 530 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: We are all those I know. Not everyone who listens 531 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: to the show is in America. There's some of you 532 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: who live in Canada, some live in Israel, some live 533 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,959 Speaker 1: in Germany, some live in Japan. Usually it's basically America, Canada, 534 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: and US military bases around the world. That's who listens 535 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: to the Buck Sex and show Man. This place is incredible. 536 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: You know, drink the water right out of the tap. 537 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: I don't have to worry about that, you know, obviously 538 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: that really gets betterally bothers me. I hate that stuff 539 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: where you can't treat the Laura the top. This is 540 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: a country of just tremendous assumed freedom, and it is there. 541 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: It's not perfect, but there is an assumption of freedom. 542 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,959 Speaker 1: There's an assumption that if something were to go wrong, 543 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: you have a chance to make it right. You're not 544 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: just an automaton doing whatever the state wills you to do. 545 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: That is the existence that a lot of other people lead, 546 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: and in China you do do whatever the state tells 547 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: you to do. There is no other option. State gets 548 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: to determine what's going on in your life. State gets 549 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: to make decisions for you. It was making decisions about 550 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: how many kids you're allowed to have until relatively recently, 551 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: made decisions back in the sixties with Mao and the 552 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: Great Lead before they led to the deaths of tens 553 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: of millions of people. It was a strange thing to 554 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: reach into my wallet and pull out currency that had 555 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: mouse dung on it? Who is a dictator and a 556 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: mass murderer? Really, But that's how your paint you know, 557 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: we talk about grappling with our history in this country. 558 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: Nobody on our money's got anything on Chairman Mao, that's 559 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: for sure. What does this mean, by the way, for 560 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: a country now that has the kind of power, influence 561 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: and money that it's it's a global player, does it 562 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: become a country that is moral on the world stage 563 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: remains to be seen. Plenty of reason to doubt that. 564 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: Has it become an aggressor against its neighbors, How long 565 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: before it thinks that America is not willing to pay 566 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,239 Speaker 1: the price to push back on Chinese aggression in its 567 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: sphere of influence. You know, these are all the questions 568 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: that I had as I was coming out of there. 569 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: But the US pivot to China, forget about what the 570 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: Obama administration said about it, It's already happened. We now 571 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: face one near peer competitor, and it is the People's 572 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: Republic of China. And I'm just so glad to be 573 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: back in America. Man. When you when you land in 574 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: this country after you've been it was only there for 575 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: a week, and look, I've been in I've been in 576 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: war zones for many, many months on end, different war zones, 577 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: and but there's something really special every time about touching 578 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: back down in this place when you leave the land 579 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: of the unfree and enter the land of the free. 580 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: So just take a little moment, he be like, Man, 581 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: this country is great. I'm telling you. It is worth it. 582 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: It is worth it. Remember how lucky we all are 583 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: for all the problems that I see, for all things 584 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,719 Speaker 1: we talked about her on the show, This place is 585 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: amazing and it's a great be back. You're doing the show, 586 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: all right. I've got a quick moment here to catch 587 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: breath and we come back. We'll talk about this Don 588 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: McGann thing Capitol Hill. Oh. Also, someone's lying in the government. 589 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: Well that's leaves a lot of open territory. A lot 590 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: of people are lying in the government. But there are 591 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: some folks that have been caught up in this Russia 592 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: collusion investigation and have lied, and they need to be 593 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: held accountable because other people that lied during the course 594 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: of that, who were civilians who were not part of 595 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: the Roman apparatus, had the freedom taken away for pure 596 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: time face felony charges. What about those in the government 597 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 1: who do that? Shouldn't they be punish the same way. 598 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: We'll get into that in more coming up. When you 599 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,759 Speaker 1: have the best economy, probably that we've ever had. I 600 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: don't know, how the hell do you lose this election? Right, 601 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,240 Speaker 1: gotta win this state. We did great last time. Remember 602 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: the polls, the fake poles, Pennsylvania will go to Hillary Clinton. 603 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,800 Speaker 1: Unfortunately for them, didn't work out that. Upon my inauguration, 604 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 1: I inherited one of the worst trade deals ever negotiated. 605 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: It was ready to be put into action, the Transpacific Partnership, 606 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: and would have destroyed the state of Pennsylvania. Yet Sleepy 607 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 1: Joe said that he's running to quote save the world. 608 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,280 Speaker 1: Well he was, He's gonna save every country but ours. 609 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: They want Biden so that China can continue to make 610 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:05,479 Speaker 1: five hundred billion dollars a year and more ripping off 611 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: the United States. They like it. The previous administration, what 612 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:19,800 Speaker 1: they did to our country, they should be ashamed of themselves. There. 613 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: Of how formidable President Trump is on stage at rallies 614 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: on the campaign trail, Democrats are in for a little 615 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: bit of a rude refresher course. I don't think I 616 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: don't think they remember just how much Trump wiped the 617 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 1: floor with his Republican opponents and then with Hillary. But 618 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: that's what's going to be happening. That twenty twenty election, folks, 619 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 1: is going to be quite a show. By the way, 620 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: I mentioned McCann or McGann rather and the fight over 621 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,880 Speaker 1: getting him to testify. Here's what our friend Lindsey Graham 622 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: had to say, play it what they want to do 623 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: in terms of claim, you know, executive privilege. If I 624 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: were the White House, I would fight this effort because 625 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: then may McGain available to Muller, and Muller to me, 626 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: was the guy that we all considered to be fair. 627 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 1: The Muller report is in m again testified thirty hours 628 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 1: and what I see going on in the House is 629 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 1: more political revenge than it is anything else. Yep. This 630 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 1: is just Trump's arrangement syndrome through the powers of the 631 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: Congress to subpoena and therefore harass people and keep running 632 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: us through this over and over again. What are the 633 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: politics of this really though? In terms of who benefits 634 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 1: we bono right, who's going to benefit from this? Will 635 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,840 Speaker 1: Democrats do well if they stay on this track? And 636 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,399 Speaker 1: will McGain end up testifying, among others. There's some other 637 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: from the world folks that have gotten subpoenas. We'll talk 638 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: about that and immigration status of that fight, and so 639 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,320 Speaker 1: much more coming up. It's good to be back to 640 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,239 Speaker 1: stay with me. I believe that the president's conduct since 641 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 1: the report was at least we respect him. Mister McGann's 642 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,719 Speaker 1: testimony and other information we have sought has carried this 643 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,279 Speaker 1: a pattern of obstruction and cover up well beyond the 644 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: four corners of the Mueller Report. He took to Twitter 645 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 1: to call mister McGann a liar. His lawyers went on 646 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 1: cable television to do the same to call mister McGan 647 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: a liar. There are reports of the president and his 648 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:29,760 Speaker 1: lieutenants exerting other kinds of pressure on mister McGann. In short, 649 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: the President took it upon himself to intimidate a witness 650 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,680 Speaker 1: who has a legal obligation to be here today. This 651 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: conduct is not remotely acceptable. Everything that we're looking at today, 652 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,000 Speaker 1: even gabbling in today's hearing without a witness, is theatrical. 653 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: The camera's love us bactrical and well majority love the 654 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,439 Speaker 1: chance to run against the administration. I just am glad 655 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,840 Speaker 1: today to see that we don't have chicken on the dies. 656 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: Well as I understand that they're doing that for the 657 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 1: Office of the Presidency, for future presidents. I think it's 658 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 1: a very important press segent And the attorneys say that 659 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: they're not doing that for me, they're doing that for 660 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,160 Speaker 1: the office of the president. So we're talking about the future. 661 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,319 Speaker 1: Will he or will he not testify? You got white 662 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 1: former White House Council Don McGann, who, on instructions from 663 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,879 Speaker 1: the White House is not showing up at at this 664 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,880 Speaker 1: House Judiciary Committee or in response is how Judiciary Committee 665 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 1: subpoena And he's saying, look, you know that the administration's 666 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: position is there, it's what it should be, which they're 667 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,240 Speaker 1: going to fight every step of the way on every issue, 668 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,239 Speaker 1: which is exactly what they should be doing. Because the 669 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: Democrats are engaged. This is an oversight. This is not 670 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: a good faith effort to get to the truth of 671 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: how we're being governed and what's going on the executive branch. 672 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,759 Speaker 1: This is just trying to curate a spectacle. This is 673 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: using the power of the House of Representatives, of a 674 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: Democrat majority in the House of Representatives, to have the 675 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: government all these government employees, their salaries being paid by 676 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: you and me, the taxpayer act as a kind of 677 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: opposition research arm for the Democratic National Committee. This is 678 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: this is a dnc APO effort you are seeing play 679 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: out in real time. We've already had them all the report, 680 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 1: which I read again on the plane ride over to China, 681 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,720 Speaker 1: and I gotta tell you is not more riveting reading 682 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: the second time around. But we've already had them all 683 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: the report. We already know that there's no there there, 684 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: but they keep going. And now it's either they won't 685 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: give us the Democrats complain that they won't give enough 686 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 1: information or the full scope of the information, or they 687 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:46,359 Speaker 1: just start other investigations that are spinoffs of this. You know, 688 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,480 Speaker 1: last week or the week before, I was obviously gone. 689 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,720 Speaker 1: Last week, it was all about seeing the unredacted report, 690 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,080 Speaker 1: the full report. He needs to see the full report. 691 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 1: That's what they were all saying. And then we're told, oh, okay, well, 692 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,440 Speaker 1: actually what we need are more witnesses to show up. 693 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:08,919 Speaker 1: And I know today you have Hope Hicks and also Donaldson, 694 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 1: who are told that they have to according to Nadler, 695 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 1: here you have they're they're supposed to show up. They 696 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:21,360 Speaker 1: are going to be questioned. This is going to be 697 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,320 Speaker 1: a legal fight. This should be a legal fight because 698 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:31,040 Speaker 1: the president in waiving the executive privilege that he does 699 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,319 Speaker 1: have and could have asserted during the Muller probe in 700 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: order to comply with a criminal investigation, that should not 701 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:40,400 Speaker 1: be a waiver of all privilege going forward for anything 702 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: that was discussed by the President United States with his 703 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 1: senior counsel. There's no good faith here at all from 704 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 1: the Democrats on this though. I mean you you know this. 705 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, you have to remember this, you 706 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,480 Speaker 1: know this. I mean the White House saying that McGann 707 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,840 Speaker 1: should not show up as an effort to at least slow, 708 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:01,320 Speaker 1: if not stop, what's going to be a spectacle where 709 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: they're going to just ask Domagan what's already been hashed 710 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 1: out of them all report They just they want it 711 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 1: on TV. They want there to be opportunities to embarrass 712 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 1: the president, opportunities to bring up things that are not 713 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 1: brand enhancing. I guess you could say that are not 714 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: going to do anything to make people think that President 715 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 1: Trump is a more adept and more skilled commander in chief. 716 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,440 Speaker 1: But fighting them every step of the way is what 717 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: has to happen here. Fighting them is absolutely the path forward. 718 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 1: Otherwise you're just going to keep getting pulled around and 719 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: forced into things and forced into essentially damaging one's own 720 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 1: presidency or damaging one's president. Yeah, you had now that. 721 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,719 Speaker 1: I just want to make sure two former White House 722 00:41:56,719 --> 00:42:02,839 Speaker 1: officials Hope Hicks and uh Donaldson. I don't I don't 723 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,439 Speaker 1: know who who Donaldson is. I just learn this now. 724 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:13,920 Speaker 1: Who's Donaldson? Longest serving aids in the West Wing? So, oh, 725 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,800 Speaker 1: Annie Donaldson? There you go, served as chief of staff 726 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,239 Speaker 1: to former White House counsel Don McGann. Oh okay, So 727 00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: this is an end ron on they can't get mc 728 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 1: McGann has said, no, it's another gonna get them again staff. 729 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,640 Speaker 1: They're gonna disubpoena everybody. And to those who say, oh, buck, 730 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: they have a right to do this, I just want 731 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,040 Speaker 1: to say, can they subpoena the same person a hundred times? 732 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: Just subpoena of them, subpoena of them, subpoena of them. 733 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: Can you be told you have to show up to 734 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,719 Speaker 1: Congress every day for the next year just because Congress says, so, 735 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,800 Speaker 1: what are the limits? At what point do we say 736 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,240 Speaker 1: that the Congress should not be used as an open 737 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: ended excuse, or the Congress's power cannot be used as 738 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,120 Speaker 1: an open ended excuse to do anything and everything to 739 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,520 Speaker 1: try and trash Trump destroy any Remember, it's not just 740 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,440 Speaker 1: the information that may come out from the questioning of 741 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:05,879 Speaker 1: different senior Trump aids and these interactions. It's also that 742 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: Trump will have in some cases, especially if there's still 743 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:12,000 Speaker 1: people that he either trusts outside of government or that 744 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,280 Speaker 1: still work for him in the government. It will strain 745 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,399 Speaker 1: relationships that he has with very senior advisors. How can 746 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:22,200 Speaker 1: any president going forward have any faith whatsoever in the 747 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,120 Speaker 1: very high level strategic conversations that he or she would 748 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,360 Speaker 1: have with top advisors. When the Democrats have made it 749 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:33,239 Speaker 1: clear that they will try to break that privilege, they 750 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,960 Speaker 1: will fight everything. They will fight any sense of privacy, 751 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,399 Speaker 1: any sense of the president able to seek counsel without 752 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,240 Speaker 1: it ending up on the front page of the newspaper. 753 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,600 Speaker 1: I mean, this is going to change what at least 754 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,239 Speaker 1: any Republican president. You know, the Democrats would never do this, right, 755 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,319 Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't even fight. They're suing and the 756 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,680 Speaker 1: media is suing too, for more access to these records 757 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,120 Speaker 1: and trying to get more stuff about Trump's finances, and 758 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:57,600 Speaker 1: I know the Deutsche Bank decision just came out recently, 759 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,879 Speaker 1: but they're just going to do what they've been doing, 760 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,319 Speaker 1: which is pretending that the information they have doesn't really matter. 761 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,160 Speaker 1: They always need more information. You know, they didn't go 762 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,200 Speaker 1: after Obama's college records with one and what one hundredth 763 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,960 Speaker 1: of the gusta. They're going after Trump's financial records. You 764 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,600 Speaker 1: have to ask you why is that. We know the answers, 765 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,920 Speaker 1: but you need to ask the question anyway. I think 766 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,319 Speaker 1: that Trump's approach here is the one that is the 767 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,520 Speaker 1: only one at this point. Fight him every step of 768 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,600 Speaker 1: the way. Make them just make them pull it out 769 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,719 Speaker 1: of you, make them take it to court. No more 770 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,480 Speaker 1: compliance because you're trying to be helpful. And there's this 771 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,879 Speaker 1: oh yeah, government institutions, we all need to support them. No, 772 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,840 Speaker 1: no more of that. That's done. That's over with now. 773 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:45,720 Speaker 1: This is political trench warfare. Every subpoenas should be dragged 774 00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 1: into court. Every witness should be told, don't show up 775 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:50,799 Speaker 1: until we've reached some kind of accommodation. I know Bill 776 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,399 Speaker 1: Barr is now negotiating something. It's not really clear what's 777 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,640 Speaker 1: going to happen yet for this testimony. But I like 778 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,000 Speaker 1: the way the administration has geared up for battle, because 779 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,719 Speaker 1: battle is what they face. I'm doing the show from 780 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,520 Speaker 1: California this week, which is nice. Although the weather I 781 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: think right now in New York and DC is believe 782 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:10,839 Speaker 1: or not better than the weather in California's a little 783 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,080 Speaker 1: cold here. I only brought like a couple of sweatshirts 784 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,120 Speaker 1: with me, you know, and it's it's actually a little 785 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,200 Speaker 1: cold in California, which I did not I did not 786 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,960 Speaker 1: sign up for that. But sure enough here I am 787 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:25,880 Speaker 1: an Immigration is still a massive, massive policy challenge. Nothing 788 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,160 Speaker 1: has nothing's gotten better. In fact, I saw an Ann 789 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,880 Speaker 1: Culter column right when I got back, because you all 790 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,799 Speaker 1: know I really like Ann's work. But I saw an 791 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:38,520 Speaker 1: end Culter column where she said what I've been saying, 792 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,319 Speaker 1: or she wrote what I've been saying for a long time, 793 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 1: which is that the border is is worse now than 794 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:48,279 Speaker 1: it has been perhaps ever, that our southern border is 795 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 1: so porous and security has gotten to be so not. 796 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't even know what the proper way 797 00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,800 Speaker 1: to describe it as other than it just we cannot 798 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,000 Speaker 1: cure the border with the laws that we have right now. 799 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:06,480 Speaker 1: It is ineffective. We are ineffective right now in having 800 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:11,120 Speaker 1: an orderly southern border with all that going on, I 801 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,360 Speaker 1: come back. You know, Anne agrees that it's it's terrible. 802 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:18,880 Speaker 1: She's very upset with with Trump because of this. And 803 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,840 Speaker 1: guess what California is doing. I mean this is I 804 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,680 Speaker 1: should never say things like I couldn't believe this, because 805 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:28,840 Speaker 1: of course I can believe it. California wants to give 806 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:33,520 Speaker 1: healthcare to What they write as here at NBC News 807 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,719 Speaker 1: is undocumented immigrants. We don't use the term undocument. Undocumented 808 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:41,120 Speaker 1: is a nonsense, politicized term. Undocumented is the equivalent for 809 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,920 Speaker 1: me of when people say that any criticism of radical 810 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:48,560 Speaker 1: Islam is essentially islamophobia. This is not a good faith discussion. 811 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:52,120 Speaker 1: This is not trying to have a worthwhile exchange, learn 812 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,800 Speaker 1: about an issue and come to good conclusions about policy. 813 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,960 Speaker 1: This is meant to skew it in a certain direction. 814 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,440 Speaker 1: This is meant to make people feel a certain way 815 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,879 Speaker 1: about those who are in the country illegally. Oh, they're 816 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 1: not illegal, they're undocumented. People aren't illegal, they're just undocumented. No. 817 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:15,000 Speaker 1: US Federal Code says that the term is illegal alien. 818 00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:19,480 Speaker 1: That is the term, so they can keep saying undocumented. 819 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,920 Speaker 1: But what that shows you is an active that is 820 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,840 Speaker 1: an editorial choice. It is not an accuracy choice. It 821 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,640 Speaker 1: is not a legally correct choice. It is an editorial 822 00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:31,640 Speaker 1: choice that anyone who used the term undocumented is making 823 00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,920 Speaker 1: every time they use that term. But here in California, 824 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:40,680 Speaker 1: which is the test tube, this is the experiment playing out. 825 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:44,040 Speaker 1: This shows us what happens with mass illegal immigration over 826 00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,880 Speaker 1: a large period or long period of time. And what 827 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:50,439 Speaker 1: you have is a political system at the state level 828 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,960 Speaker 1: then where it's no longer even possible to view illegal 829 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:57,200 Speaker 1: immigration as a problem. The state of California, the state 830 00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,880 Speaker 1: government of California, does not have an issue with illegal aliens, 831 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:02,800 Speaker 1: meaning they do not have They have a lot of issues, 832 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,560 Speaker 1: but they do not have criticism of it. They do 833 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,719 Speaker 1: not treat it like it is a problem to be solved. 834 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,319 Speaker 1: They treat it like it is a situation to be 835 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:16,840 Speaker 1: addressed through the largest of the taxpayer. That's right, you 836 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:24,360 Speaker 1: and me, folks, California is considering giving free healthcare to 837 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:29,640 Speaker 1: illegal aliens. That's what you got here. And this is 838 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,640 Speaker 1: a classic NBC move. They talk about a woman, it's 839 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,680 Speaker 1: a very sad story. Woman was cancer did not have 840 00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:38,399 Speaker 1: access to healthcare. So I guess that means that now 841 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,239 Speaker 1: we have to pay for the entire world healthcare. That 842 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:45,680 Speaker 1: you must pay your taxes. You must pay them fully 843 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,080 Speaker 1: and accurately, even though the tax code is obscure, opaque, 844 00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,879 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense in a lot of ways. You must 845 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,480 Speaker 1: do that, and you must do it now, knowing that 846 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,320 Speaker 1: money that you are paying if you live in the 847 00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,600 Speaker 1: state of California, for sure, and maybe the federal level, 848 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:04,480 Speaker 1: it depends on how they manage to go about this. 849 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,319 Speaker 1: You know, I'm sure that they'll want federal dollars kicked 850 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:08,920 Speaker 1: in for this. You know, there's a lot of ways 851 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:12,520 Speaker 1: that the states try to tip into the federal trough. 852 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,680 Speaker 1: But even if they do all, you know, even if 853 00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:17,600 Speaker 1: they fund this only through stead of California, that means 854 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,080 Speaker 1: if you live here, and a lot of you listening 855 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,319 Speaker 1: to the show, I know do live in California, you're 856 00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,520 Speaker 1: going to be your tax dollars are going to go 857 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,840 Speaker 1: toward giving healthcare to people who are in the country illegally, 858 00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:29,560 Speaker 1: which I would just I would want to ask questions 859 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:32,560 Speaker 1: of Gavin Newsom, the governor in this state, ask them 860 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:34,880 Speaker 1: things like, Okay, so what about somebody who just flies 861 00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,799 Speaker 1: here and then demands healthcare? What about anyone who gets 862 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:40,279 Speaker 1: a visa and then says, Hey, I can't get a 863 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:43,200 Speaker 1: heart transplant in the Sudan, but I'm in America now 864 00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,879 Speaker 1: and I deserve a heart transplant. Mynderstanding has cost something 865 00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,560 Speaker 1: like a million dollars all in, So do we pay 866 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,200 Speaker 1: for that? What about the Americans who are on waiting 867 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:54,640 Speaker 1: list for these things? What about the Americans who can't 868 00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,240 Speaker 1: pay for things? The people that are in the country legally, 869 00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,080 Speaker 1: do they just get whatever they whatever healthcare they I 870 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,920 Speaker 1: need pay for. Look, it's very easy to offer free 871 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,799 Speaker 1: things that other people have to put the bill for. 872 00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:10,160 Speaker 1: I know. This is also called the Democratic Parties platform. 873 00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:13,160 Speaker 1: This is what they do. They make promises to people 874 00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:16,839 Speaker 1: that are easy for them because it's always someone else 875 00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,239 Speaker 1: who's going to pay. It's the rich, it's the Republicans, 876 00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:21,920 Speaker 1: it's the fat cats, it's people with white privilege, whatever 877 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,400 Speaker 1: it may be. But when you start to look at 878 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:29,080 Speaker 1: what this will do too, not just taxes, but to 879 00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:33,080 Speaker 1: the healthcare system itself, I kind of want them to 880 00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:35,440 Speaker 1: play out this experiment in California. I want to see 881 00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:38,239 Speaker 1: what happens. I think it'll be a warning for the 882 00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:40,400 Speaker 1: rest of the country. You already have ears that are 883 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,879 Speaker 1: very crowded with illegal aliens. I've seen it myself. I've 884 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,719 Speaker 1: been I've waited in ears before when a lot of 885 00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,600 Speaker 1: people that you know do not speak a word of 886 00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:52,279 Speaker 1: English at thieves are coming in for routine medical care 887 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:55,560 Speaker 1: and you have to wait in line behind all this 888 00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,760 Speaker 1: and deal with all this, and you know, if your 889 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,920 Speaker 1: eyes bleeding, sorry, you know you gotta wait because other 890 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:05,239 Speaker 1: people want to have a vision test and the taxpayers 891 00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:06,399 Speaker 1: is going to pay for it. And these people aren't 892 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,360 Speaker 1: supposed to be in the country at all. This is 893 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:11,719 Speaker 1: the future we're heading for. I just I want to ask, 894 00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:13,759 Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk more about immigration after the break here, 895 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,240 Speaker 1: but I want to ask, where is the line drawn? 896 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,920 Speaker 1: When is it too much? If you can be in 897 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,680 Speaker 1: the country illegally, and the expectation is not only that 898 00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:25,799 Speaker 1: you get to send your kids. If your kids are 899 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:28,600 Speaker 1: born here and you're illegal, they're US citizens. You get 900 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:33,759 Speaker 1: to stay in the country once you have kids here 901 00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:38,200 Speaker 1: because you can't separate families. And there are ways, there 902 00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:40,719 Speaker 1: are ways to get access to benefits even if you're 903 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,040 Speaker 1: illegal if you have an especially if you have a 904 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:47,120 Speaker 1: kid here. But if that's not a problem, then I 905 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,560 Speaker 1: need the Democrats to explain to man, I really mean this, 906 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,360 Speaker 1: why we don't just let anyone in? Why do we 907 00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,920 Speaker 1: even have an immigration system if we have unlimited funds 908 00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,279 Speaker 1: for this, if we have nothing but cash to throw 909 00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:01,399 Speaker 1: at people that are violating our gracian laws, and they're 910 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:03,920 Speaker 1: going to make this country better, stronger, smarter, all the stuff, 911 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:07,959 Speaker 1: they say, why not just open the doors? Entirely, they 912 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,000 Speaker 1: don't have a reason why open borders is a bad 913 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:14,960 Speaker 1: idea because under the surface, in their hearts, the Democrats 914 00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:18,719 Speaker 1: that the Left aren't open borders party. It just makes 915 00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:22,840 Speaker 1: them more powerful. They like they like the way that 916 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:27,560 Speaker 1: this plays out from an electoral politics standpoint. They like 917 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,759 Speaker 1: that there are people that are going to the Democrats. 918 00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:33,120 Speaker 1: People the Democrats are going to benefit from this politically. 919 00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:35,920 Speaker 1: They want greater levels of dependence on the federal government. 920 00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:42,960 Speaker 1: They want the continued influx of particularly migrants from the 921 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:46,680 Speaker 1: Third World, who are going to take the left and 922 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:53,040 Speaker 1: become a part of the intersectional identity politics that they're 923 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:57,239 Speaker 1: always promoting. And that's why today, when you had Ben 924 00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:04,320 Speaker 1: Carson in this Maelstrom over the Democrats criticizing him because 925 00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:08,000 Speaker 1: he was out of hearing talking about rules that would 926 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,480 Speaker 1: take public housing assistance away for illegal immigrants. I think 927 00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:13,239 Speaker 1: a lot of people would stop and say, hold on 928 00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:16,279 Speaker 1: a second, we have we give public housing assistance, We 929 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:20,440 Speaker 1: pay for illegals to have housing in this country. Here's 930 00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:24,160 Speaker 1: what it says. This is one Fox News Today quote. 931 00:53:24,239 --> 00:53:27,520 Speaker 1: Quite frankly, I find it despicable, Congresswoman Maloney said of 932 00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,360 Speaker 1: the plan, which would eliminate government aid for families with 933 00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:33,439 Speaker 1: members who are in the US illegally, even if other 934 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:37,320 Speaker 1: family members, such as children our citizens, are legal residents. 935 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:41,480 Speaker 1: A HUD study found that roughly twenty five thousand households 936 00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:44,560 Speaker 1: are in this situation, including approximately fifty five thousand children 937 00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:48,440 Speaker 1: with legal status. Yeah, that's right. This is getting rid 938 00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:50,920 Speaker 1: of what is effectively a loophole, which is that if 939 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:52,799 Speaker 1: you're in the country illegally but you have a kid 940 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,360 Speaker 1: and they're a US citizen, you are not supposed to 941 00:53:55,360 --> 00:54:02,440 Speaker 1: be able to benefit from the federal largess that comes 942 00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,480 Speaker 1: with having a US citizen child. You're not supposed to 943 00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,080 Speaker 1: be able to receive money and receive the benefits for 944 00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:12,319 Speaker 1: being here illegally, but that's currently the situation, Carson said, Look, 945 00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:14,120 Speaker 1: if you're read the rule carefully, you'll see it provides 946 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:16,040 Speaker 1: a six month or furl on request if they have 947 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:18,840 Speaker 1: not found another place to live. He said, the renewal 948 00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,000 Speaker 1: can be or the ferral can be renewed twice for 949 00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:23,000 Speaker 1: total of eighteen months, which is plenty of time for 950 00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:26,360 Speaker 1: Congress to engage in comprehensive immigration reforms. So this becomes 951 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:33,960 Speaker 1: a moot point. Yeah, yeah, this is where we are now. 952 00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:39,840 Speaker 1: It is politically radioactive. Democrats viewed as politically radioactive to 953 00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:46,280 Speaker 1: oppose giving illegal aliens free stuff from the tax bearer. 954 00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,239 Speaker 1: And a better way to say that is stuff that 955 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:52,520 Speaker 1: the taxpayer pays for that is then appropriated by the 956 00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:55,080 Speaker 1: government and given to people who are not entitled to 957 00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:57,520 Speaker 1: be in the country legally. Tell me again, how the 958 00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:01,080 Speaker 1: Democrats aren't the open borders party somebody police seem there's 959 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,360 Speaker 1: some stories, said, I didn't get a chance to address 960 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:04,879 Speaker 1: with you right when they came out, So I don't 961 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,359 Speaker 1: know if you've already heard a little bit of this, 962 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,040 Speaker 1: but I don't care because I have a take on 963 00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,080 Speaker 1: it and I need to tell you about it. This 964 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,560 Speaker 1: is just from a couple of days ago when I 965 00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:17,400 Speaker 1: was trying to make my way back from Red China. 966 00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:23,960 Speaker 1: DNA tests This is the Washington Examiner reveal thirty percent 967 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:31,279 Speaker 1: thirty percent of suspected fraudulent migrant families were unrelated one 968 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:35,680 Speaker 1: and three. This is stunning. This is based on a 969 00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:40,359 Speaker 1: pilot program with rapid DNA tests of immigrant adults who 970 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:42,920 Speaker 1: were quote suspected of arriving at the southern border with 971 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:46,480 Speaker 1: children who weren't theirs, and just revealed the adults were 972 00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:49,440 Speaker 1: not co related to the children. Quote. There's been some 973 00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:52,760 Speaker 1: concern are the stepfathers? Are they stepfathers or adopted fathers? 974 00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:55,320 Speaker 1: Officials said those were not the case in these cases. 975 00:55:55,320 --> 00:56:00,360 Speaker 1: They were miss represented as family members. Pilot lasted a 976 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,680 Speaker 1: few days earlier this month and was used only in McAllen, 977 00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,720 Speaker 1: Texas and al Paso, Texas, according to ICE officials. Partment 978 00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:08,560 Speaker 1: of Homeland Security said they'll look at the results to 979 00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:11,920 Speaker 1: determine if it will be part of its comprehensive solution 980 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:15,760 Speaker 1: to border issues. Homeland Security has not issued a public 981 00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:20,440 Speaker 1: statement on its intentions going forward. What have I been 982 00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:23,040 Speaker 1: saying all along? This whole thing at the border is 983 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:27,520 Speaker 1: a massive, a massive scam. Of course people are going 984 00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:32,839 Speaker 1: to abuse this system. It's an incredibly enticing offer to 985 00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:34,480 Speaker 1: be able to show up with some kids at the 986 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,359 Speaker 1: border and find yourself all of a sudden, let into 987 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:40,680 Speaker 1: America without any without any real issue, without any problem. 988 00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:44,480 Speaker 1: You are good to go. All you have you show 989 00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:46,680 Speaker 1: up with kids. Of course people are going to do this. 990 00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:51,520 Speaker 1: It's exactly what's been happening. And I know that that 991 00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:56,359 Speaker 1: Trump is working on there's this immigration, immigration plan that's 992 00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:59,400 Speaker 1: getting some play. It's getting talked about here, and I 993 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:03,120 Speaker 1: know Ken hu Chanelli is expected to pick up a 994 00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:07,279 Speaker 1: major immigration role in the administration. I think I think 995 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:10,479 Speaker 1: that's a pretty solid pick. I saw some weird stuff 996 00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,600 Speaker 1: about Kobak, Chris Kobak saying he needed to have a 997 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,919 Speaker 1: private jet. I don't know if that was the case 998 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:18,040 Speaker 1: or not. I was digging out, man, I had five 999 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:21,920 Speaker 1: hundred emails waiting for me after a week of being 1000 00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:26,640 Speaker 1: off the good five hundred emails, and lordly knows how 1001 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,200 Speaker 1: many Facebook and Twitter and other messages, and I've been 1002 00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,440 Speaker 1: I've been digging out. So if there's anything today that 1003 00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:33,640 Speaker 1: I miss, You're like, Buck, you need to get to you. 1004 00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:36,120 Speaker 1: Please do let me know, Facebook dot Com, slash buck 1005 00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:38,120 Speaker 1: sex and I've I've tried. I'm trying to cover as 1006 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,640 Speaker 1: much ground as I can is as quickly and efficiently 1007 00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:43,520 Speaker 1: as I can. But it's it was fire host time 1008 00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:46,640 Speaker 1: when I finally had connectivity again. But so back to 1009 00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:48,680 Speaker 1: what's going on here in the immigration I mean, Trump 1010 00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:53,840 Speaker 1: is in a position where he's better than the alternative 1011 00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,680 Speaker 1: on this right, He's better than Democrats who are effectively 1012 00:57:56,680 --> 00:58:00,840 Speaker 1: open borders. But Trump hasn't delivered, and we need to 1013 00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:04,840 Speaker 1: be very clear about that. Trump has not delivered on 1014 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:08,640 Speaker 1: his promises on immigration. Let's not delude ourselves. Let's not 1015 00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:12,480 Speaker 1: pretend something is true that is not true, and that 1016 00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:15,240 Speaker 1: may be a problem for him going into reelection. That 1017 00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,920 Speaker 1: may be something that some of his base is not 1018 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:22,400 Speaker 1: willing to accept. I don't know yet. But the massive scam, 1019 00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:24,760 Speaker 1: the more data we get on it, it keeps on 1020 00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:31,560 Speaker 1: becoming more clear that this is an active defrauding of 1021 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:35,040 Speaker 1: the United States government. This isn't an active process of 1022 00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:37,360 Speaker 1: people showing up over one hundred thousand a month now 1023 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:41,240 Speaker 1: lying and trying to scheme and abuse things. I mean, 1024 00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:45,240 Speaker 1: they've got the cartels, that cartels are running tons of 1025 00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:48,520 Speaker 1: illegal drugs over the border, all the time trying to 1026 00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:51,120 Speaker 1: find ways to do it more efficiently, better costs for them. 1027 00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:56,240 Speaker 1: And now they realize the money even made from human smuggling, 1028 00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,560 Speaker 1: so that they have an incentive too in helping these 1029 00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:01,720 Speaker 1: individuals that they are transporting and getting a fee from 1030 00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,800 Speaker 1: to get into the country, that it's better for their business. 1031 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:08,400 Speaker 1: You know, I watched some movies on the plane. I 1032 00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:10,200 Speaker 1: know I'm making a little heat for this one. I 1033 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:12,800 Speaker 1: couldn't even get through the Clint Eastwood movie The Mule, 1034 00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:16,720 Speaker 1: and I know people liked it. I just I'm sorry. 1035 00:59:17,080 --> 00:59:19,120 Speaker 1: He all of a sudden, he does like three trips 1036 00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,440 Speaker 1: with a bag in his car and a leader of 1037 00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:24,320 Speaker 1: a Mexican drug cartels, like he's our best guy. Come on, 1038 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:29,840 Speaker 1: this is ridiculous. It's kind of a bad The plot's 1039 00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:31,920 Speaker 1: kind of a bad rip off of Breaking Bad. I know, 1040 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,680 Speaker 1: I can hear some of you booing at me. That's fine, 1041 00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:38,360 Speaker 1: that's fine. I saw Stars Born. I was on a 1042 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:42,560 Speaker 1: plane for twelve thirteen hours there and roughly the same 1043 00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,080 Speaker 1: coming back something like that. It was long flights to 1044 00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:48,840 Speaker 1: get to China. I saw Stars Born. Very good, predictable, 1045 00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:53,000 Speaker 1: but very good. Well acted well done. And now you 1046 00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:54,800 Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna lean into the boo right now, 1047 00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lean into your booze. That's right. I missed you. 1048 00:59:57,400 --> 00:59:59,280 Speaker 1: All right, you're my family. I can tell you things 1049 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,160 Speaker 1: that's gonna upset some of you. That's okay. We can 1050 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:05,080 Speaker 1: do that. We have that kind of relationship. Aquaman was 1051 01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:09,200 Speaker 1: an unwatchable piece of trash. Oh, I know, it hurts 1052 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:15,400 Speaker 1: me too. It hurts me too. Aquaman was terrible, completely 1053 01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:18,360 Speaker 1: and I don't remember who. I remember someone in conservative 1054 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:21,160 Speaker 1: media writing nice stuff about it, and I think it 1055 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:22,880 Speaker 1: was Twitter saying it was fun, and I want to 1056 01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:24,800 Speaker 1: find who it was, just so I can say, really, man, 1057 01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:27,600 Speaker 1: I can't remember who it is. Atom my heead. Aquaman 1058 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:31,440 Speaker 1: was one of the worst movies. It's one of the 1059 01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,760 Speaker 1: worst big budget movies I've ever seen. I mean there's 1060 01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,040 Speaker 1: worst movies, obviously, but for a movie that they spent 1061 01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:40,280 Speaker 1: a lot on, for a movie with over one hundred 1062 01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:42,840 Speaker 1: million dollar budget, maybe even over two hundred million dollars budget, 1063 01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:48,280 Speaker 1: Aquaman was Mark, have you seen it? I y am 1064 01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:53,760 Speaker 1: I being too harsh, way too harsh? What Oh my gosh, Mark, 1065 01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:57,760 Speaker 1: come on, man. But like all these weird fish running around. 1066 01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:01,160 Speaker 1: There's like lasers and stuff. It makes no sense whatsoever. 1067 01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:03,920 Speaker 1: But listen, I prefer Marvel movies, and I think the 1068 01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:07,120 Speaker 1: DC movies have been terrible in comparison, but Aquaman was 1069 01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:09,120 Speaker 1: one of the better ones. When you're looking at DC movies. 1070 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:11,800 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Mark, how can a man who's so 1071 01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:13,600 Speaker 1: skilled and so right about so many things we so 1072 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,280 Speaker 1: wrong on this one. But you know, I think the audi, 1073 01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:17,160 Speaker 1: I think most of the audience who seen Aquaman is 1074 01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:19,920 Speaker 1: probably with you. Oh but I do have a recommendation 1075 01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:22,320 Speaker 1: for you before we go into the break. They will 1076 01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:29,160 Speaker 1: not grow old. Fabulous, incredible. Really, it's Peter Jackson. It's 1077 01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,640 Speaker 1: World War One as told through the voices of people 1078 01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:36,080 Speaker 1: who were there into the trenches, literally there in the trenches, 1079 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:40,720 Speaker 1: and they do a color update of the footage from it, 1080 01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:45,880 Speaker 1: and it's very well done. I mean, it's eerie, it's haunting. 1081 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:49,200 Speaker 1: You will watch this and think, how could so much, 1082 01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:56,720 Speaker 1: how could so much human misery and death and the 1083 01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,880 Speaker 1: infliction of these casualties, How could this meet grinder of 1084 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:03,240 Speaker 1: humanity have been allowed to happen the way that it did. 1085 01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:06,280 Speaker 1: But they they will not grow old. If you have 1086 01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:08,400 Speaker 1: not seen it. Refee. This is when you get on 1087 01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:10,000 Speaker 1: a long plane, right, you watch a lot of movies. Right, 1088 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:14,080 Speaker 1: I read books and watch movies. It's excellent. It's excellent. 1089 01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:18,440 Speaker 1: It's it's a Every history class that does World War 1090 01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,360 Speaker 1: One should should watch that movie, every single one. It's 1091 01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:23,960 Speaker 1: a documentary. Really, but I mean every history class across 1092 01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,840 Speaker 1: the country, in my opinion, should have to watch that 1093 01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:28,640 Speaker 1: does World War One should have to watch. They will 1094 01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:31,120 Speaker 1: not grow old. It's excellent. We'll be right back. So 1095 01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:34,040 Speaker 1: it's not hypothetical. There's six thousand women a year who 1096 01:02:34,040 --> 01:02:36,280 Speaker 1: got abortions in the third that's right, representing less than 1097 01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:44,560 Speaker 1: one percent of cases. Let's pick ourselves in so let's 1098 01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:47,360 Speaker 1: put ourselves in the shoes of a woman in that situation. 1099 01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:50,680 Speaker 1: If it's that late in your pregnancy, that means almost 1100 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:53,800 Speaker 1: by definition, you've been expecting to carry it to term. 1101 01:02:54,080 --> 01:02:56,880 Speaker 1: We're talking about women who have perhaps chosen a name, 1102 01:02:56,920 --> 01:03:00,840 Speaker 1: women who have purchased a crip. Families that then get 1103 01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:05,360 Speaker 1: the most devastating medical news of their lifetime, something about 1104 01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:07,840 Speaker 1: the health or the life of the mother that forces 1105 01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:12,120 Speaker 1: them to make an impossible, unthinkable choice, and the bottom 1106 01:03:12,160 --> 01:03:16,840 Speaker 1: line is as horrible as that choice is that woman, 1107 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:21,360 Speaker 1: that family may seek spiritual guidance, they may seek medical guidance, 1108 01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:23,680 Speaker 1: but it's that decision is not going to be made 1109 01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:27,720 Speaker 1: any better medically or morally because the government is dictating 1110 01:03:27,720 --> 01:03:34,280 Speaker 1: how that decision should be made. People were all excited 1111 01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:38,240 Speaker 1: about Mayor Pete's town hall on Fox News, at least 1112 01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:39,919 Speaker 1: that audience was, and a lot of you're like, Buck, 1113 01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:44,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't excited. I want to take on that one 1114 01:03:44,560 --> 01:03:47,800 Speaker 1: moment there that we just played for you, or he's 1115 01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:50,160 Speaker 1: talking about third trimester abortions. I know. I was gone 1116 01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:52,840 Speaker 1: when this law pass in Alabama. I was in China, 1117 01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:58,040 Speaker 1: and I was able to pick up some of the 1118 01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:02,840 Speaker 1: media and left wing freak out over it. But now 1119 01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:05,600 Speaker 1: you have may Or Pete out there, and he's gained 1120 01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:09,280 Speaker 1: all He's the first Democrat candidate to not break out 1121 01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,240 Speaker 1: to the front of the pack, but go from being 1122 01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:15,360 Speaker 1: a kind of who cares candidate to being a top 1123 01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:18,400 Speaker 1: three or top four candidates. So he's he's obviously made 1124 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:21,120 Speaker 1: his way up the ranks. And this is where I 1125 01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:23,280 Speaker 1: have to say that he's a guy who's willing to 1126 01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:27,240 Speaker 1: either pretend he's not as smart as we're told he is, 1127 01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:31,800 Speaker 1: or maybe he's just not that. Maybe he's not as 1128 01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:35,480 Speaker 1: clever as we're led to believe. I don't know, because 1129 01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:42,080 Speaker 1: what he said there was nonsense, total nonsense. You know, 1130 01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:46,120 Speaker 1: the games and the and the half truths, miss truths, 1131 01:04:47,080 --> 01:04:50,720 Speaker 1: the effort to hide what's really going on whenever you 1132 01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:54,840 Speaker 1: talk to the pro choice side about any of these issues. 1133 01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:56,520 Speaker 1: And I'm out here in California, and I was actually 1134 01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,560 Speaker 1: out last night just having a drink at the hotel 1135 01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:02,520 Speaker 1: where I'm dang, and I was around some people who 1136 01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:06,080 Speaker 1: are chatting and chatted up some some folks here who 1137 01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:10,360 Speaker 1: sure enough very very upset. I didn't bring up politics. 1138 01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,080 Speaker 1: They just started talking about it, turning a very very 1139 01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:15,320 Speaker 1: upset about the Alabama bill. It's getting a lot of 1140 01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:20,080 Speaker 1: attention among the Hollywood set. I think Tristan Wigg, who's 1141 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:22,880 Speaker 1: from formerly of SNL still in SNL. I don't know, 1142 01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:26,040 Speaker 1: she said that she's taken her comedy show from there 1143 01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:27,880 Speaker 1: or something. I mean, there's all this stuff now, they're 1144 01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:30,080 Speaker 1: all upset about it. They want to do a women's march, 1145 01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:32,200 Speaker 1: you know, women's march for control of their Bodies or 1146 01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:37,200 Speaker 1: something like that. But they have been fed all this propaganda, 1147 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:42,760 Speaker 1: and Boodha Chig Buddha Chig there or Buddha Judge, he's 1148 01:05:42,840 --> 01:05:46,600 Speaker 1: engaging in that very same kind of propaganda by saying 1149 01:05:46,600 --> 01:05:49,760 Speaker 1: that one, it's a function, or this is an issue. 1150 01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:52,240 Speaker 1: Third tremester abortions, of which of which there are nestimate 1151 01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:55,200 Speaker 1: at six thousand a year. It's a lot of people, 1152 01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:58,240 Speaker 1: a lot of little, tiny human beings, not nuts. Then 1153 01:05:58,560 --> 01:06:00,800 Speaker 1: you know, imagine if you said that you six thousand 1154 01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:05,240 Speaker 1: deaths from something that was entirely preventable, and he said, oh, 1155 01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:08,680 Speaker 1: it's only six thousand, and we're talking about dead babies. 1156 01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:13,240 Speaker 1: Oh it's only six thousand. That's what we can accept. 1157 01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:15,840 Speaker 1: That we could we could make it zero. But let's 1158 01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:18,160 Speaker 1: not make it zero because it's only six thousand. That's 1159 01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:23,520 Speaker 1: that's the moral fallacy that Buddha Judge is engaging in 1160 01:06:23,560 --> 01:06:26,600 Speaker 1: there because he needs the planned paranoide, he needs the 1161 01:06:26,800 --> 01:06:29,680 Speaker 1: left wing abortion lobby behind him, or else he has 1162 01:06:29,720 --> 01:06:32,320 Speaker 1: no no shot at winning the nomination and certainly no 1163 01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:35,000 Speaker 1: shot at winning the presidency. He knows that, so he'll 1164 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:39,280 Speaker 1: say whatever he has to say under the circumstances. But 1165 01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:42,440 Speaker 1: what he also said there about how it's the life 1166 01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:46,360 Speaker 1: of the mother. That's a lie. There is, in fact, 1167 01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:52,600 Speaker 1: no known medical condition that arises in the third trimester 1168 01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:57,240 Speaker 1: of a pregnancy that requires the termination of the pregnancy 1169 01:06:57,320 --> 01:07:03,360 Speaker 1: for the safety of the mother. Induced labor, yes, bringing 1170 01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:06,880 Speaker 1: the baby out of the mother, yes, But there is 1171 01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:09,400 Speaker 1: no medical condition that exists. And you can check it. 1172 01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:11,080 Speaker 1: You can check this, you know, check my homework on 1173 01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,520 Speaker 1: this if you like. No medical condition that exists that 1174 01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:18,320 Speaker 1: requires the termination of a pregnancy in the third trimester, 1175 01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:22,160 Speaker 1: No such thing. Does may or Pete not know that, 1176 01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:27,120 Speaker 1: or does he not care to know that? Does he 1177 01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:31,520 Speaker 1: just prefer to lie? Does he prefer to make it 1178 01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:35,960 Speaker 1: up as he goes along? And it's even worse than that. 1179 01:07:37,040 --> 01:07:40,840 Speaker 1: Notice how he uses words to describe a third trimester 1180 01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:46,720 Speaker 1: abortion like unthinkable and horrible. That's not how the abortion 1181 01:07:47,720 --> 01:07:51,320 Speaker 1: left describes any abortion. They don't think of it as unthinkable, 1182 01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:54,880 Speaker 1: they don't say it's horrible. In fact, you do have 1183 01:07:55,000 --> 01:08:02,040 Speaker 1: the incredibly ghoulish and really satanic mentality among many of 1184 01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:06,960 Speaker 1: the pro planned parenthood set on the Democrat and the 1185 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:11,680 Speaker 1: Democratic Party that abortion should be celebrated, that this is 1186 01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:16,400 Speaker 1: something that is the manifestation of a kind of empowerment 1187 01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:19,280 Speaker 1: of women, that you know, women are now free because 1188 01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:22,439 Speaker 1: of abortion. Therefore, you know, shout your abortion, celebrate your abortion. 1189 01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:26,840 Speaker 1: Horrible stuff. So why does mayor Pete say this is 1190 01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:31,439 Speaker 1: terrible and then lie about why it's necessary. It's not 1191 01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:36,120 Speaker 1: medically necessary. That's not true. It is terrible. And if 1192 01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:38,639 Speaker 1: it's terrible and not medically necessary, why does he still 1193 01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:43,600 Speaker 1: supported eighty percent plus in all the reputable polling that 1194 01:08:43,640 --> 01:08:46,920 Speaker 1: I've seen of the American people say that there should 1195 01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:51,960 Speaker 1: not be any abortions in the third trimester eighty percent plus. 1196 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,800 Speaker 1: This is an issue where there's really not a lot 1197 01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:59,559 Speaker 1: of not a lot of doubt when it comes to 1198 01:08:59,560 --> 01:09:01,719 Speaker 1: the data about where the American people are. So, then 1199 01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:06,240 Speaker 1: why is the Democratic Party a party of abortion extremism, 1200 01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:09,479 Speaker 1: meaning that they will accept, they will sign on for, 1201 01:09:09,680 --> 01:09:14,120 Speaker 1: they will allow, without a fight, any restriction on abortion whatsoever. 1202 01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:20,479 Speaker 1: They will allow none, no restrictions whatsoever. So there de 1203 01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:25,040 Speaker 1: facto in the minority in a fringe here for their position. 1204 01:09:25,360 --> 01:09:27,760 Speaker 1: But they because of the Supreme Court and because of 1205 01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:29,680 Speaker 1: the ways that they have been able to manipulate the 1206 01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:33,200 Speaker 1: levers of power to their advantage on this issue, They've 1207 01:09:33,280 --> 01:09:36,920 Speaker 1: skipped through the legislative process, They've skipped through the democracy 1208 01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:40,040 Speaker 1: that they profess to love so much. When it comes 1209 01:09:40,040 --> 01:09:44,719 Speaker 1: to defending our democracy, it gets Trump and Russia. Notice 1210 01:09:44,760 --> 01:09:46,479 Speaker 1: how the same this is, I know, a digression, but 1211 01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:49,120 Speaker 1: we'll talk about this in the next hour. The same 1212 01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:52,080 Speaker 1: idiots who have been saying that Trump does Putin's bidding 1213 01:09:52,120 --> 01:09:55,639 Speaker 1: all the time don't have anything to say about now 1214 01:09:56,520 --> 01:09:59,960 Speaker 1: the story that they're running. I don't think it's a really, 1215 01:10:00,160 --> 01:10:03,200 Speaker 1: really a threat that Trump is going to go to 1216 01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:06,280 Speaker 1: war with Iran. Iran is a client state of Russia 1217 01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:08,799 Speaker 1: in many ways. I mean, Iran and Russia are closely allied. 1218 01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:11,439 Speaker 1: They work together to prop up the Assad regime. Putin 1219 01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:15,160 Speaker 1: does not want Iran to collapse, does not want regime change. 1220 01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:18,639 Speaker 1: Putin is supportive of the Mullust. So if Trump were 1221 01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:23,320 Speaker 1: Putin's puppet, why would he do that? I just I 1222 01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:25,880 Speaker 1: would like some of the so called smart set in 1223 01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:29,000 Speaker 1: the media and the different you know, pundits and analysts 1224 01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,559 Speaker 1: on the left who hate Tryan on the right who 1225 01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:32,599 Speaker 1: hate Trump so much and say his Putin's puppet, explain 1226 01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:38,840 Speaker 1: that one. To me, taking out Russia's most important clients 1227 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:41,439 Speaker 1: stayed in the Middle East, more important even than Syria, 1228 01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:44,679 Speaker 1: is that doing Putin's bidding? That must be fifteen d chest. 1229 01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:46,320 Speaker 1: That must be some level of chess that no one's 1230 01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:50,479 Speaker 1: ever heard of or thought of before. That's how skilled 1231 01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:53,479 Speaker 1: the Russian manipulation of Trump is that no one could 1232 01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:55,840 Speaker 1: even imagine how it's a manipulation they would ever want 1233 01:10:55,880 --> 01:11:01,679 Speaker 1: to engage in anyway. Back to this situation with Buddha Judge, 1234 01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:04,120 Speaker 1: I have not been impressed with this guy so far. 1235 01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:10,400 Speaker 1: I found his answer on abortion to be intellectually indefensible 1236 01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:15,360 Speaker 1: and based on lies. And I think that we have 1237 01:11:15,400 --> 01:11:18,000 Speaker 1: to remember what is at stake here. The Democratic Party 1238 01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:22,200 Speaker 1: is a party of abortion extremism. There's no question about this. 1239 01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:24,800 Speaker 1: And we are finally pushing back and fighting back, and 1240 01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:27,559 Speaker 1: things are going to get ugly around this issue. Just 1241 01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:29,880 Speaker 1: wait if a Supreme Court seat opens up too, It's 1242 01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:35,400 Speaker 1: going to get truly nasty out there. Let's talk about 1243 01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:38,040 Speaker 1: Iran and what's going on with the Trump administration, and 1244 01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:46,040 Speaker 1: also a plan to judge to assess how much adversity 1245 01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:49,160 Speaker 1: a person has faced when they're being considered for admission 1246 01:11:49,160 --> 01:11:52,320 Speaker 1: to a certain college. Oh sure, this isn't going to 1247 01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:57,360 Speaker 1: be a huge invitation for abuse. Favor pulling all kinds 1248 01:11:57,360 --> 01:11:59,200 Speaker 1: of stuff. Oh no, no, this is going to be 1249 01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:01,640 Speaker 1: just great, isn't. We'll get into that and more coming up. 1250 01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:06,360 Speaker 1: Stay with me, Team You are now entering the Freedom 1251 01:12:06,439 --> 01:12:11,800 Speaker 1: hot Table Operation Center. All programs strictly need to know 1252 01:12:13,160 --> 01:12:16,240 Speaker 1: Team Buck is cleared and ready for the Buck brief. 1253 01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:21,400 Speaker 1: Don't kid yourself. You do have a military industrial complex. 1254 01:12:21,439 --> 01:12:25,680 Speaker 1: They do like war in Syria with the Caliphaith. So 1255 01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:28,040 Speaker 1: I wipe out one hundred percent of the Caliphaith, That 1256 01:12:28,040 --> 01:12:30,080 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're not going to have these crazy people 1257 01:12:30,080 --> 01:12:32,599 Speaker 1: going around blowing up stores and blowing up things. These 1258 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:35,920 Speaker 1: are seriously ill people. They want to bring our troops 1259 01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:39,840 Speaker 1: back home to place when crazy they want to keep. 1260 01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:43,439 Speaker 1: You have people here in Washington. They never want to leave. 1261 01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:45,360 Speaker 1: I say, you know what I'll do. I'll leave a 1262 01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:48,080 Speaker 1: couple of hundred soldiers behind, But if it was up 1263 01:12:48,120 --> 01:12:53,400 Speaker 1: to them, they bring thousands of soldiers in. Someday people 1264 01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:56,360 Speaker 1: will explain it, well, you do have You do have 1265 01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:59,200 Speaker 1: a group, and they call it the military industrial complex. 1266 01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:01,280 Speaker 1: They never want to leave. They always want to fight. No, 1267 01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:05,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to fight, but you do have situations 1268 01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:08,240 Speaker 1: like Iran. You can't let them have no clear weapons. 1269 01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:11,439 Speaker 1: You just can't let that happen. So I come back 1270 01:13:11,479 --> 01:13:15,040 Speaker 1: from China only to find out that the the media 1271 01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:19,120 Speaker 1: is suggesting that the president wants a war with Iran, 1272 01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:23,400 Speaker 1: and I think this is just reckless, absolutely reckless stuff. 1273 01:13:24,240 --> 01:13:27,160 Speaker 1: And it reminds me of what I saw when I 1274 01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:29,479 Speaker 1: was When I was over there, you know, there were 1275 01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:34,000 Speaker 1: no channels really to watch in English. There were, I 1276 01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:37,040 Speaker 1: mean a handful. One was like soccer all the time. 1277 01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:39,960 Speaker 1: Another had a lot of bad minton on it, which 1278 01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:43,839 Speaker 1: is really exhilarating, and watched that professional badminton stuff woo. 1279 01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:49,680 Speaker 1: But there was CNN International And I must tell you 1280 01:13:50,439 --> 01:13:56,760 Speaker 1: CNN International is anti American propaganda for the rest of 1281 01:13:56,760 --> 01:14:01,639 Speaker 1: the world. A CNN International's perspective on all the different 1282 01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:05,000 Speaker 1: news stories of the day is trash Trump and take 1283 01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:10,160 Speaker 1: the view of this administration. And I would argue anything 1284 01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:14,439 Speaker 1: that American does because this administration take the perspective that 1285 01:14:14,479 --> 01:14:17,599 Speaker 1: what they're doing is terrible. Trump is a monster. Oh 1286 01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:20,200 Speaker 1: my gosh, this is all so bad. This is terrible, bad, 1287 01:14:20,240 --> 01:14:23,320 Speaker 1: bad things. And I mean, I just think CNN should 1288 01:14:23,320 --> 01:14:26,479 Speaker 1: be ashamed of itself. You know, from watching it in 1289 01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:28,800 Speaker 1: my hotel room, I had no choice. There was no Fox, 1290 01:14:28,840 --> 01:14:30,840 Speaker 1: there was nothing else that I could watch for the news, 1291 01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:34,000 Speaker 1: and I, as I've said, didn't have my cell phone 1292 01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:39,040 Speaker 1: or my laptop. So CNN International comes on and I say, oh, 1293 01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:41,400 Speaker 1: my gosh. You know, Trump wants to start a war 1294 01:14:41,479 --> 01:14:43,120 Speaker 1: with they're on. Trump wants to start a war with 1295 01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:46,920 Speaker 1: North Korea. You know, the Trump administrations in disarray. Trump 1296 01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:50,240 Speaker 1: is a colluded with Russia, He's a criminal. All these stories, 1297 01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:55,599 Speaker 1: all this really terrible stuff about the commander in chief 1298 01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:59,920 Speaker 1: of the United States, coming from Americans, coming from people 1299 01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:04,120 Speaker 1: who you would think would have some sense of pride 1300 01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:07,040 Speaker 1: and loyalty to their country when they're presenting it to 1301 01:15:07,040 --> 01:15:09,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the world and people are gonna tell me, oh, buck, 1302 01:15:09,400 --> 01:15:13,559 Speaker 1: they're being objective journalist bull crap. They take this very 1303 01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:19,360 Speaker 1: left wing globalist, internationalist point of view that America is 1304 01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:21,439 Speaker 1: no different from or better than any other country because 1305 01:15:21,439 --> 01:15:25,639 Speaker 1: they're pandering to the international audience. They're pandering to people 1306 01:15:25,680 --> 01:15:27,840 Speaker 1: in other countries that watch CNN, which is not that 1307 01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:30,719 Speaker 1: many people. But you know, CNN has managed to insert 1308 01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:34,559 Speaker 1: itself into airports and places all over the world where 1309 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,400 Speaker 1: you have no choice, like me, stuck in a hotel 1310 01:15:36,479 --> 01:15:39,040 Speaker 1: room in Beijing and then Shanghai. No choice really but 1311 01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:41,400 Speaker 1: to watch CNN if you want to get news. But 1312 01:15:41,439 --> 01:15:44,840 Speaker 1: they should be ashamed. But on this Iran piece, and 1313 01:15:45,200 --> 01:15:48,519 Speaker 1: really it really burned my behind. Man, it got me. 1314 01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:52,240 Speaker 1: It got me very agitated because this stuff, you know, 1315 01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:56,080 Speaker 1: with bro Cuomo and Cooper and these people, I don't 1316 01:15:56,080 --> 01:15:59,919 Speaker 1: know how they don't understand that what they do justify 1317 01:16:00,080 --> 01:16:03,559 Speaker 1: eyes a lot of anti Americanism abroad and justifies a 1318 01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:08,559 Speaker 1: lot of the a lot of the sense in much 1319 01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:10,400 Speaker 1: of the rest of the world or some of the 1320 01:16:10,439 --> 01:16:12,880 Speaker 1: rest of the world, that we are the cause of 1321 01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:15,760 Speaker 1: so many global problems. I mean, the truth is that 1322 01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:19,200 Speaker 1: the world, including China, should be thanking America every day, 1323 01:16:19,640 --> 01:16:22,040 Speaker 1: said thank you America for all the incredible stuff that 1324 01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:25,080 Speaker 1: you have done, not saying we're perfect. But on balance, 1325 01:16:25,160 --> 01:16:29,759 Speaker 1: the world has benefited immensely from the United States. China 1326 01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:34,680 Speaker 1: specifically has benefited tremendously from the United States from our 1327 01:16:34,920 --> 01:16:40,240 Speaker 1: sense of goodwill and our desire for prosperity and the 1328 01:16:41,080 --> 01:16:47,280 Speaker 1: betterment of humankind. That's something that America has been profound 1329 01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:52,839 Speaker 1: in advancing over over many, many, many decades, over really centuries, 1330 01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:56,040 Speaker 1: but over many decades. For sure. But on Iran, I 1331 01:16:56,120 --> 01:16:58,280 Speaker 1: come back and I see what's going on. I think, well, wow, 1332 01:16:58,320 --> 01:17:02,120 Speaker 1: Trump must be doing all kinds of crazy stuff. All 1333 01:17:02,120 --> 01:17:03,640 Speaker 1: I can see is to see an inversion of it. 1334 01:17:03,640 --> 01:17:07,479 Speaker 1: Turns out to know what they're They're pushing sanctions, additional sanctions, 1335 01:17:07,479 --> 01:17:10,760 Speaker 1: Beyomba Obama had. The Iranians are trying to see what 1336 01:17:10,800 --> 01:17:12,760 Speaker 1: they can get away with. They're pulling some nonsense here 1337 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:17,559 Speaker 1: and there, and turns out that the Iranians start to 1338 01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:19,680 Speaker 1: squeal a little bit. They don't like it when the 1339 01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:23,800 Speaker 1: pressure is enough that it hurts. And what I would 1340 01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:25,639 Speaker 1: say to this, and I know I was on Shannon 1341 01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:28,400 Speaker 1: bream show last night talking about it, is, of course 1342 01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:33,200 Speaker 1: the Iranians don't like this. Of course the Iranians aren't saying, oh, 1343 01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:35,520 Speaker 1: you mean Trump is really going to hold us accountable 1344 01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:39,679 Speaker 1: for the terrorism that we not just support that they direct, 1345 01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:42,519 Speaker 1: that they engage in themselves. I mean, the IRGC is 1346 01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:49,519 Speaker 1: a terrorist organization. The IRGC is the elite, so to speak, 1347 01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:54,200 Speaker 1: the wing of the Islamic Revolution. This is this is 1348 01:17:54,240 --> 01:17:58,799 Speaker 1: their equivalent, the Iranian Revolutions, equivalent of the Praetorian Guard 1349 01:17:59,439 --> 01:18:01,760 Speaker 1: and the SEAS now listed as a terrorist group as 1350 01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:04,679 Speaker 1: it should be. So this isn't just a state sponsor 1351 01:18:04,760 --> 01:18:08,080 Speaker 1: of terror, it's really a terrorist state, and that's what 1352 01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:11,800 Speaker 1: you have in Tehran. And Trump takes the perspective that 1353 01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:13,880 Speaker 1: we're not going to allow them to just keep sending 1354 01:18:13,880 --> 01:18:17,400 Speaker 1: money to Hezbollah and Hamas and the Houthi rebels and 1355 01:18:17,479 --> 01:18:21,439 Speaker 1: Yemen and fighters to Syria and propping up the Asido regime, 1356 01:18:21,479 --> 01:18:25,720 Speaker 1: all this different stuff that's going on. It's not okay, 1357 01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:29,800 Speaker 1: it's not all right. And to stop them from doing it, 1358 01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:31,479 Speaker 1: you have to inflict pain on them. What does it 1359 01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:35,920 Speaker 1: tell us about what the Obama administration's approach was that 1360 01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:40,520 Speaker 1: the Iranians are shocked that there is now an administration, 1361 01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:44,000 Speaker 1: that there is now a White House that insists on 1362 01:18:44,439 --> 01:18:50,479 Speaker 1: an end to Iran acting as the you know, second 1363 01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:53,040 Speaker 1: worst access of evil country still in exists. I think 1364 01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:55,640 Speaker 1: you could argue North Korea is still worse, although you know, 1365 01:18:55,880 --> 01:18:59,160 Speaker 1: North Korea is worse to its own people and has 1366 01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:01,679 Speaker 1: the potential to be much worse on a national security level. 1367 01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:04,160 Speaker 1: But North Korea, day in and day out, is not 1368 01:19:04,280 --> 01:19:08,080 Speaker 1: engaged in the same kind of subversion of our interests 1369 01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:10,920 Speaker 1: and attacks on our allies that you see the Iranians 1370 01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,519 Speaker 1: engaged in So there's different cases to be made here. 1371 01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:18,160 Speaker 1: But I just think that the way that this was presented, 1372 01:19:18,160 --> 01:19:21,280 Speaker 1: it was so interesting for me to have to rely 1373 01:19:21,400 --> 01:19:24,439 Speaker 1: on very limited source of information. And I wasn't going 1374 01:19:24,479 --> 01:19:27,599 Speaker 1: to call my sources in you know, Langley, I wasn't 1375 01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:30,080 Speaker 1: going to call my sources in the White House, I 1376 01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:32,840 Speaker 1: because you know, the Chinese are listening to everything that 1377 01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:34,760 Speaker 1: I do, so I had to rely on what I 1378 01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:38,920 Speaker 1: was given. I'd rely on Chinese State News and CNN, which, 1379 01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:41,439 Speaker 1: no surprise to a lot of you listening, I'm sure 1380 01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:45,680 Speaker 1: line up a lot in terms of their editorial positions. 1381 01:19:45,720 --> 01:19:52,520 Speaker 1: Somehow CNN is finding itself more often than not opposing 1382 01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:55,360 Speaker 1: the US perspective in US interests on a whole bunch 1383 01:19:55,360 --> 01:20:00,280 Speaker 1: of issues. What a what a journalistic abomination it is? 1384 01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:02,000 Speaker 1: I know, I know, I keep switching off from which 1385 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,040 Speaker 1: do you hate more buck, Iran or CNN. It's a 1386 01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:08,559 Speaker 1: good question one I should give some additional thought too. 1387 01:20:09,640 --> 01:20:12,760 Speaker 1: You know, the Iranians are far away threats. CNN is 1388 01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:17,479 Speaker 1: right here for us, so I'm not seeing anything with 1389 01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:20,720 Speaker 1: the moves administration taking with Iran. For those of you, 1390 01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:22,320 Speaker 1: I know you've been writing in and asking about this. 1391 01:20:22,560 --> 01:20:24,519 Speaker 1: I don't see anything that's out of line, that's going 1392 01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:27,560 Speaker 1: too far. Trump when he says all options are on 1393 01:20:27,600 --> 01:20:31,720 Speaker 1: the table, he means it, and there will be consequences 1394 01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:35,559 Speaker 1: for bad actions from the Iranians. But there's not going 1395 01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:39,080 Speaker 1: to be a ground troop invasion. We're not going to 1396 01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:42,040 Speaker 1: send one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers into Iran. And 1397 01:20:42,120 --> 01:20:44,320 Speaker 1: I'll say this right now, and I will stand behind 1398 01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:46,960 Speaker 1: this if if it comes down to it, I would 1399 01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:52,360 Speaker 1: very much vocally actively oppose another US military intervention in 1400 01:20:52,360 --> 01:20:56,280 Speaker 1: the Middle East. We're not rebuilding another country for somebody 1401 01:20:56,280 --> 01:20:58,639 Speaker 1: else in the Muslim world. We're just not doing it. 1402 01:20:59,320 --> 01:21:02,800 Speaker 1: We cannot be dragged into that again. But Trump doesn't 1403 01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:05,240 Speaker 1: want to get dragged in. That's why we started off 1404 01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:08,240 Speaker 1: with his with his sound bite on what's going on 1405 01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:11,760 Speaker 1: in Syria. And he understands. He doesn't want to leave 1406 01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:14,400 Speaker 1: troops in these places. He knows that it's endless. He 1407 01:21:14,479 --> 01:21:18,160 Speaker 1: knows that Afghanistan is never going to be what we've 1408 01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:20,599 Speaker 1: been promised by many people who have been in charge, 1409 01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:24,479 Speaker 1: stretching back for now going on twenty years. It's never 1410 01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:26,439 Speaker 1: gonna be what we've been promised. It's never gonna work 1411 01:21:26,439 --> 01:21:28,360 Speaker 1: the way they say it's gonna work. Trump knows that 1412 01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:31,000 Speaker 1: he wants out, so his instincts are right on this stuff. 1413 01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:34,000 Speaker 1: We're not invading Iran. We're not taking over Iran. That's 1414 01:21:34,040 --> 01:21:37,360 Speaker 1: just fear mongering from people including CNN and see an 1415 01:21:37,360 --> 01:21:41,920 Speaker 1: international opposing US interest and making us look bad on 1416 01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:45,320 Speaker 1: the world stage, and any remember anything to hurt Trump. 1417 01:21:45,320 --> 01:21:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean, ultimately, that is the m O here is 1418 01:21:48,800 --> 01:21:51,000 Speaker 1: whatever the news story is, if it looks bad for Trump, 1419 01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:52,840 Speaker 1: that's what we have to That's what we have to 1420 01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:57,799 Speaker 1: go with. That's what they're gonna do. And just amazing 1421 01:21:57,800 --> 01:21:59,360 Speaker 1: to be subjected to it in a way where I 1422 01:21:59,360 --> 01:22:02,760 Speaker 1: couldn't scare ape overseas. Man, it was so good to 1423 01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:05,679 Speaker 1: be back, So good to actually have real media people 1424 01:22:05,680 --> 01:22:08,240 Speaker 1: that I can talk to and rely on on. Behalf 1425 01:22:08,479 --> 01:22:12,840 Speaker 1: of the eighth generations of my family who have been 1426 01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:15,519 Speaker 1: in this country. We're gonna put a little fuel in 1427 01:22:15,560 --> 01:22:21,599 Speaker 1: your bus. This is my class twenty nineteen, and my 1428 01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:24,519 Speaker 1: family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans 1429 01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:29,080 Speaker 1: because we are enough to take care of our own community. 1430 01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:33,400 Speaker 1: We are enough to ensure we have all the opportunities 1431 01:22:33,400 --> 01:22:37,960 Speaker 1: of an American dream, and we will show up to 1432 01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:42,280 Speaker 1: each other through our actions and through our words and 1433 01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:47,679 Speaker 1: through our deeds. Great story here about how billionaire Robert Smith, 1434 01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:51,799 Speaker 1: he's an African American founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. 1435 01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:55,759 Speaker 1: How he said that at the graduation for Moorhouse College 1436 01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:57,439 Speaker 1: for this year, he was going to pay off all 1437 01:22:57,479 --> 01:23:00,320 Speaker 1: the student loans for all those all those in agels 1438 01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:02,280 Speaker 1: in that class with a great story. Um. And you know, 1439 01:23:02,320 --> 01:23:05,400 Speaker 1: obviously a really really nice graduation gift. I don't I 1440 01:23:05,439 --> 01:23:07,439 Speaker 1: don't even know if I got a graduation gift, but 1441 01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:12,200 Speaker 1: it's it's a very you know, heartwarming and one of 1442 01:23:12,200 --> 01:23:13,840 Speaker 1: these things where I'm happy that we get to talk 1443 01:23:13,880 --> 01:23:18,400 Speaker 1: about it. Um. But it also brought up I think 1444 01:23:18,439 --> 01:23:22,599 Speaker 1: a lot of very interesting commentary from a left about how, 1445 01:23:22,960 --> 01:23:26,280 Speaker 1: you know, this shouldn't be seen as a as a 1446 01:23:26,360 --> 01:23:28,760 Speaker 1: band aid and this is and this doesn't really deal 1447 01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:30,800 Speaker 1: with the student debt. I'm you know, no good deed 1448 01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:33,960 Speaker 1: goes unpunished, especially when the left is involved. And so 1449 01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:36,760 Speaker 1: this guy, people said, you know, he's I saw people 1450 01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:39,280 Speaker 1: on social media calling him a sellout for different things 1451 01:23:39,320 --> 01:23:41,920 Speaker 1: he's done in the past, like can't the guy help 1452 01:23:41,920 --> 01:23:46,040 Speaker 1: a bunch of African American students out without getting just 1453 01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:50,839 Speaker 1: trash for it by some bizarre turn of of of logic, 1454 01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:53,080 Speaker 1: And that's what they end up doing. But you know, 1455 01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:57,679 Speaker 1: then then you realize how contentious this whole college debt, 1456 01:23:57,680 --> 01:24:02,839 Speaker 1: but also college admissions and and the academy and college 1457 01:24:02,880 --> 01:24:07,040 Speaker 1: campuses as the arbiters of who gets what in life. 1458 01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:12,280 Speaker 1: We need to really think about this more. They're credentialing academies. Largely, 1459 01:24:12,479 --> 01:24:15,479 Speaker 1: people don't learn all that much in these undergraduate programs anymore. 1460 01:24:15,520 --> 01:24:19,040 Speaker 1: I know that that's some will challenge challenge me on that, 1461 01:24:19,080 --> 01:24:22,479 Speaker 1: but I know that I'm right. Overwhelmingly, what you have 1462 01:24:22,560 --> 01:24:26,240 Speaker 1: with these schools are they are very expensive ways to 1463 01:24:26,520 --> 01:24:30,000 Speaker 1: separate yourself from others and create some kind of brand value. 1464 01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:34,639 Speaker 1: Now for your undergraducations very valuable in the job market. 1465 01:24:35,880 --> 01:24:38,240 Speaker 1: It's really a prerequisite now for a lot of jobs. 1466 01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:40,519 Speaker 1: But as more and more people get them, it's not 1467 01:24:40,560 --> 01:24:42,760 Speaker 1: as valuable, valuable as it used to be, And so 1468 01:24:43,080 --> 01:24:47,160 Speaker 1: you're seeing a bit of downward pressure on college degrees, 1469 01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:51,840 Speaker 1: so that now people are suggesting you got to go 1470 01:24:51,880 --> 01:24:53,519 Speaker 1: to get a graduate degree, you got to get a 1471 01:24:53,520 --> 01:24:56,080 Speaker 1: business school, you gotta do all these other things. But 1472 01:24:56,160 --> 01:24:59,040 Speaker 1: there's also this effort to say, well, if we're going 1473 01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:02,160 Speaker 1: to make school, elite schools more valuable in this process 1474 01:25:02,200 --> 01:25:04,080 Speaker 1: because more and more people are going to go to schools, 1475 01:25:04,080 --> 01:25:06,240 Speaker 1: how do we determine who goes to elite schools? Ah, 1476 01:25:06,280 --> 01:25:08,320 Speaker 1: the admissions side of this. Now, I'm not going to 1477 01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:11,320 Speaker 1: talk about how Aunt Becky from Full House in a 1478 01:25:11,360 --> 01:25:15,960 Speaker 1: lot of trouble and Felicity Huffman from Desperate Housewives I 1479 01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:18,720 Speaker 1: think has already been she's already pleaded guilty of that 1480 01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:21,880 Speaker 1: might have happened right before I left for China. Now 1481 01:25:21,880 --> 01:25:25,200 Speaker 1: this is a different admissions story, and it has to 1482 01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:29,320 Speaker 1: do with something that until I read about it, I 1483 01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:34,000 Speaker 1: didn't think that it was possible. I didn't think that 1484 01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:38,200 Speaker 1: this was something that they would really do. But sure enough, 1485 01:25:39,320 --> 01:25:43,120 Speaker 1: here we are. Now the College Board has announced that 1486 01:25:43,160 --> 01:25:45,439 Speaker 1: they will when they administered the SAT, they're going to 1487 01:25:45,479 --> 01:25:51,720 Speaker 1: append a quote adversity index to aptitude the SAT aptitude 1488 01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:55,519 Speaker 1: scores so they can create a handicap system for handicap 1489 01:25:55,520 --> 01:26:01,680 Speaker 1: as in like golf handicap or standards of privilege. That's right, 1490 01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:05,439 Speaker 1: there's going to be an overall disadvantage level that is 1491 01:26:05,479 --> 01:26:09,559 Speaker 1: assessed here as part of your standardized scores, and it's 1492 01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:14,760 Speaker 1: going to create what they're calling a quote environmental context dashboard. 1493 01:26:16,280 --> 01:26:21,320 Speaker 1: My friends, this is going to be a disaster. This 1494 01:26:21,479 --> 01:26:26,000 Speaker 1: isn't right, It doesn't make any sense. It will not 1495 01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:28,120 Speaker 1: work the way it is intended to work. It will 1496 01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:34,960 Speaker 1: only cause more problems. People need to stop trying to 1497 01:26:35,000 --> 01:26:40,600 Speaker 1: create a system where there is a lack of reliance 1498 01:26:40,640 --> 01:26:43,640 Speaker 1: on what is objective and replace it with what is 1499 01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:48,240 Speaker 1: entirely subjective or increasingly subjective in the minds of these 1500 01:26:48,280 --> 01:26:51,920 Speaker 1: admissions committees, based on social justice. That's what this is. 1501 01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:56,640 Speaker 1: This is a social justice balancing in college, in the 1502 01:26:56,640 --> 01:27:00,280 Speaker 1: college admissions process. And I would want to ask question. 1503 01:27:00,280 --> 01:27:02,599 Speaker 1: It's like, okay, how do you how would you put 1504 01:27:02,720 --> 01:27:07,720 Speaker 1: how would you gauge the overall disadvantage level of a 1505 01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:13,479 Speaker 1: white middle class kid whose mom comes down with cancer 1506 01:27:14,040 --> 01:27:16,960 Speaker 1: and let's say she's the main breadwinner in the house actually, 1507 01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:19,439 Speaker 1: and then you know, the dad has to stop his 1508 01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:22,439 Speaker 1: job and then they lose their house. Does that person 1509 01:27:22,560 --> 01:27:26,280 Speaker 1: have white privilege or where do they fall on the 1510 01:27:26,360 --> 01:27:31,880 Speaker 1: disadvantage index. This reminds me of a leftist that I 1511 01:27:31,960 --> 01:27:34,840 Speaker 1: used to read. I can't remember the guys, Oh, Freddie 1512 01:27:34,920 --> 01:27:39,240 Speaker 1: Debour I think was his name, talking about how trauma 1513 01:27:39,560 --> 01:27:41,719 Speaker 1: is something the left for a while tried to corner 1514 01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:44,160 Speaker 1: the market on that you could only have you can 1515 01:27:44,200 --> 01:27:46,920 Speaker 1: only use the word trauma and have trauma psychologically if 1516 01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:49,120 Speaker 1: you were in a press minority. And he said, well, 1517 01:27:49,120 --> 01:27:52,160 Speaker 1: what about losing your parents, what about dealing with serious illness, 1518 01:27:53,280 --> 01:27:55,880 Speaker 1: any number of different traumas that one can suffer over 1519 01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:59,920 Speaker 1: the course of a lifetime. Does that does that could 1520 01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:02,320 Speaker 1: discounted if you're a white male. There are some leftists 1521 01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:04,439 Speaker 1: wh would say, well, yes, it can't reach the level 1522 01:28:04,479 --> 01:28:11,000 Speaker 1: of psychological trauma of being an oppressed minority in America. 1523 01:28:11,240 --> 01:28:15,559 Speaker 1: How do we assess this? How do you create a table, 1524 01:28:15,680 --> 01:28:19,000 Speaker 1: a chart, that's what they're doing here, that would assign 1525 01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:22,200 Speaker 1: some kind of numeric value to the degree of oppression. 1526 01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:24,880 Speaker 1: You know, we've often here on the show talked about 1527 01:28:25,160 --> 01:28:29,920 Speaker 1: intersectionality and how it's the left's approach to well life 1528 01:28:29,960 --> 01:28:33,080 Speaker 1: in America, which is that there's all these different, intersecting 1529 01:28:33,080 --> 01:28:39,439 Speaker 1: and overlapping groups that either suffer from oppression or enjoy 1530 01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:42,760 Speaker 1: different degrees of privilege. But there really is a hierarchy, 1531 01:28:42,800 --> 01:28:46,120 Speaker 1: a clear hierarchy. This is the college board, which has 1532 01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:48,840 Speaker 1: a lot of power because it helps determine where people 1533 01:28:48,880 --> 01:28:51,160 Speaker 1: go to school. This is the college board saying that 1534 01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:53,760 Speaker 1: they are getting into the social justice game in a 1535 01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:58,400 Speaker 1: big way and trying to balance the playing field more 1536 01:28:58,439 --> 01:29:01,880 Speaker 1: toward people that they believe are oppressed, that go to 1537 01:29:01,920 --> 01:29:06,160 Speaker 1: schools that have school lunch as a higher percentage, you know, 1538 01:29:06,200 --> 01:29:09,360 Speaker 1: provided by the government, that have more single parent households. 1539 01:29:09,360 --> 01:29:12,439 Speaker 1: That this is doomed a failure. It's going to be 1540 01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:19,280 Speaker 1: highly imprecise and incredibly politicide. And how anyone could not 1541 01:29:19,400 --> 01:29:21,920 Speaker 1: see that is really beyond me. I mean, how anyone 1542 01:29:21,960 --> 01:29:25,000 Speaker 1: could think that this will be anything other than an 1543 01:29:25,120 --> 01:29:29,640 Speaker 1: ongoing fight and a disaster for an already cheetering on 1544 01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:34,240 Speaker 1: the brink of annihilation college emissions process with the end 1545 01:29:34,240 --> 01:29:36,439 Speaker 1: of affirmative action, which I do think is coming. I 1546 01:29:36,439 --> 01:29:39,559 Speaker 1: think affirmative action and college admissions is going to be 1547 01:29:39,720 --> 01:29:42,200 Speaker 1: I think it will be found unconstitutional at some point 1548 01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:46,840 Speaker 1: in my lifetime. I can't tell you when. But the disadvantage, 1549 01:29:46,880 --> 01:29:50,040 Speaker 1: overall disadvantage level, the adversity index, now it's going to 1550 01:29:50,040 --> 01:29:52,839 Speaker 1: be applied to it. Oh and if it starts in colleges. 1551 01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:57,720 Speaker 1: You know, Ork's next. Folks, jobs, government hiring all over 1552 01:29:57,760 --> 01:30:00,400 Speaker 1: the place. You're going to see this. This is gonna 1553 01:30:00,439 --> 01:30:02,439 Speaker 1: tear us apart as a society if we allow this 1554 01:30:02,520 --> 01:30:06,479 Speaker 1: is very, very destructive. I gotta get into roll call 1555 01:30:06,520 --> 01:30:09,280 Speaker 1: because it's been a while, right back. Ain't no party 1556 01:30:09,320 --> 01:30:12,400 Speaker 1: like a Team Buck party, because a Team Buck party 1557 01:30:12,479 --> 01:30:21,679 Speaker 1: don't stop. Yeah, we got bucks turned up to eleven. 1558 01:30:34,240 --> 01:30:38,960 Speaker 1: It's time for roll call. Roll call time, everybody. It's 1559 01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:43,000 Speaker 1: been a while in a while. It is so so 1560 01:30:43,080 --> 01:30:47,120 Speaker 1: good to be back. Man, I missed doing this. I 1561 01:30:47,120 --> 01:30:50,120 Speaker 1: will say that it's tough to take vacation when you 1562 01:30:50,200 --> 01:30:54,280 Speaker 1: feel like vacation takes you away from the thing you love. 1563 01:30:54,439 --> 01:30:56,720 Speaker 1: It's true. I know it sounds a little corny maybe 1564 01:30:56,760 --> 01:30:58,920 Speaker 1: to some of you, but it is true. Although it 1565 01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:02,800 Speaker 1: was really some think of a working vacation. Nonetheless, roll 1566 01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:06,240 Speaker 1: call is where we are now. Let's get to it. 1567 01:31:06,479 --> 01:31:12,759 Speaker 1: Michael Rights. Even if nothing untoward happened while you were there, 1568 01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:15,360 Speaker 1: there's always a feeling of relief when the plane clears 1569 01:31:15,439 --> 01:31:19,160 Speaker 1: Chinese airspace. That's the thing about authoritarian regimes. You just 1570 01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:25,599 Speaker 1: never know. Knee how bub sextual well, Michael, I gotta 1571 01:31:25,600 --> 01:31:29,559 Speaker 1: agree with you, my friend. There's something that's always a 1572 01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:35,040 Speaker 1: little unsettling about going to a country where there is 1573 01:31:35,160 --> 01:31:38,400 Speaker 1: no such thing as due process, where you don't have 1574 01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:45,240 Speaker 1: the ability to challenge in any kind of true adversarial sense, 1575 01:31:45,960 --> 01:31:48,240 Speaker 1: the whim of the government. You know, when I was 1576 01:31:48,280 --> 01:31:51,400 Speaker 1: over there, one thing that would come up is people said, 1577 01:31:51,479 --> 01:31:53,360 Speaker 1: and the locals wouldn't really say this, but some of 1578 01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,960 Speaker 1: the old China hands that I was traveling with, people 1579 01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:57,200 Speaker 1: that have been to the country a lot and know 1580 01:31:57,240 --> 01:32:00,280 Speaker 1: the country, would refer to how in some place is 1581 01:32:00,680 --> 01:32:04,800 Speaker 1: they would just clear out. They would clear out a 1582 01:32:04,840 --> 01:32:08,559 Speaker 1: whole section of housing. And they called it a Chinese 1583 01:32:08,640 --> 01:32:16,599 Speaker 1: style approach to dealing with urban sprawl, urbanization, gentrification, which 1584 01:32:16,720 --> 01:32:20,960 Speaker 1: is the government says you leave now, you're done, and 1585 01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:24,800 Speaker 1: that's it, and you don't really have any redress. Now 1586 01:32:24,840 --> 01:32:27,719 Speaker 1: that's just about people's that's about people's homes, which is important. 1587 01:32:27,760 --> 01:32:31,519 Speaker 1: But you can imagine a situation where your freedom maybe 1588 01:32:31,560 --> 01:32:36,080 Speaker 1: in jeopardy, and it's very unsettling. You do not want 1589 01:32:36,080 --> 01:32:39,559 Speaker 1: to be on the wrong side of an authoritarian police state, 1590 01:32:39,640 --> 01:32:44,760 Speaker 1: no matter how efficient and you know, economically powerful. It 1591 01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:48,519 Speaker 1: has become so I'm very much with you, my friend. 1592 01:32:48,560 --> 01:32:50,840 Speaker 1: It was it was a big sigh of relief when 1593 01:32:50,840 --> 01:32:55,320 Speaker 1: I cleared Chinese airspace, just because, as you said, I 1594 01:32:55,360 --> 01:32:58,320 Speaker 1: had no reason to be concerned. But you just you 1595 01:32:58,360 --> 01:33:01,840 Speaker 1: don't know my right. So Buck, how many continents have 1596 01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:05,519 Speaker 1: you been to? How many countries are you planning on visiting? 1597 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:09,920 Speaker 1: An Antarctica at some point? Shield's high, you know, Michael, 1598 01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:13,840 Speaker 1: I've traveled a fair amount, but there's a lot of 1599 01:33:13,880 --> 01:33:17,799 Speaker 1: places that you know. So I've been to now China, 1600 01:33:18,120 --> 01:33:21,599 Speaker 1: Southeast Asia, all over the Middle East, all over Europe. 1601 01:33:23,960 --> 01:33:28,960 Speaker 1: That's really it. I'm not somebody who's traveled in South America. 1602 01:33:29,120 --> 01:33:33,639 Speaker 1: I'm not somebody who has traveled in Central Eurasia much. 1603 01:33:33,720 --> 01:33:36,519 Speaker 1: Haven't been to Russia. I don't know when I'm gonna 1604 01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:39,160 Speaker 1: go to Russia anytime. But there's there's places that on 1605 01:33:39,200 --> 01:33:40,720 Speaker 1: my list, top of my list to go that I 1606 01:33:40,760 --> 01:33:46,160 Speaker 1: haven't been to yet. Spain, Portugal, nice places. I'm at 1607 01:33:46,160 --> 01:33:48,160 Speaker 1: a point now in life where I really do prefer 1608 01:33:48,200 --> 01:33:51,800 Speaker 1: to go somewhere that I can drink the water and 1609 01:33:51,880 --> 01:33:56,639 Speaker 1: that I don't have to be worried about the day 1610 01:33:56,640 --> 01:34:01,800 Speaker 1: to day life support things that you do anywhere you know, 1611 01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:03,679 Speaker 1: I don't like when I have to brush my teeth 1612 01:34:03,680 --> 01:34:05,920 Speaker 1: with bottled water, for example, so I won't go to 1613 01:34:05,920 --> 01:34:10,080 Speaker 1: places like that on vacation. Usually China, I was using 1614 01:34:10,080 --> 01:34:12,800 Speaker 1: bottled water. I think some people say you don't necessarily 1615 01:34:12,840 --> 01:34:16,880 Speaker 1: have to depending on where you're staying, but I did. 1616 01:34:17,439 --> 01:34:21,120 Speaker 1: I think that was probably the right move. I know 1617 01:34:21,200 --> 01:34:22,800 Speaker 1: there's a lot of places that I haven't been to 1618 01:34:22,920 --> 01:34:24,680 Speaker 1: that I really want to go do. And I know 1619 01:34:24,680 --> 01:34:27,320 Speaker 1: other people listening to this who have done a whole 1620 01:34:27,320 --> 01:34:31,240 Speaker 1: lot more traveling than me. Jeff, welcome back, Buck. Glad 1621 01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,880 Speaker 1: to see you didn't come back on your shield. Well, Jeff, 1622 01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:36,559 Speaker 1: that makes two of us. You didn't overdo it with 1623 01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:39,439 Speaker 1: the by j I don't even know what that is. 1624 01:34:39,800 --> 01:34:41,840 Speaker 1: I had visited China about ten years ago, and I've 1625 01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:44,800 Speaker 1: noticed that people really didn't like six foot three westerners 1626 01:34:44,840 --> 01:34:47,519 Speaker 1: walking around, even at a hard time catching a cab. 1627 01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:50,840 Speaker 1: Just wondering if things had changed at all, Jeff. You know, 1628 01:34:50,920 --> 01:34:55,679 Speaker 1: you get a huge variety. You get people that come 1629 01:34:55,800 --> 01:34:58,160 Speaker 1: from the more rural parts of China, some of the 1630 01:34:58,240 --> 01:35:02,720 Speaker 1: outer lying provinces, who come into Beijing, who come into Shanghai, 1631 01:35:02,840 --> 01:35:07,599 Speaker 1: and they find Westerners to be a kind of exciting treat. 1632 01:35:08,520 --> 01:35:10,080 Speaker 1: They want to take photos with us. I mean, I 1633 01:35:10,080 --> 01:35:12,320 Speaker 1: had people that wanted to take photos with me. Not 1634 01:35:12,360 --> 01:35:16,160 Speaker 1: because they're part of my beloved radio audience, although I 1635 01:35:16,160 --> 01:35:18,280 Speaker 1: guess that would theoretically be possible because they could listen 1636 01:35:18,280 --> 01:35:22,840 Speaker 1: to podcast, but because they just find the site of 1637 01:35:22,880 --> 01:35:26,320 Speaker 1: a Westerner and you know, my little scraggly red Beard 1638 01:35:26,360 --> 01:35:29,639 Speaker 1: and everything else. They find it interesting. And I even 1639 01:35:29,680 --> 01:35:32,240 Speaker 1: had people tell me that they've had parents hand their 1640 01:35:32,280 --> 01:35:33,880 Speaker 1: kids to a Western because they want the kid to 1641 01:35:33,920 --> 01:35:35,880 Speaker 1: pose with the Western and a photographs because they think 1642 01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:38,360 Speaker 1: it's kind of funny or they like it for whatever reason. 1643 01:35:39,320 --> 01:35:43,880 Speaker 1: There's much less of that with the native Beijing population 1644 01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:49,200 Speaker 1: and with the Shanghai Shanghai Nie native Shanghai folks. So 1645 01:35:49,800 --> 01:35:53,960 Speaker 1: there you go. They're not and I think there's right 1646 01:35:54,000 --> 01:35:58,280 Speaker 1: now because of the old trade war situation. There's a 1647 01:35:58,320 --> 01:36:04,280 Speaker 1: degree of hostility. Now there's a degree of you know, 1648 01:36:04,439 --> 01:36:09,800 Speaker 1: irritation and frustration at America and also a sense of 1649 01:36:09,800 --> 01:36:12,760 Speaker 1: a swelling nationalist and economic pride from the side of 1650 01:36:12,760 --> 01:36:17,040 Speaker 1: the Chinese. Where it used to be Oh America, McDonald's, 1651 01:36:17,080 --> 01:36:22,479 Speaker 1: Coca Cola, Hollywood, there was a more of a sense 1652 01:36:22,520 --> 01:36:27,720 Speaker 1: of how great America was or how there was a 1653 01:36:27,800 --> 01:36:30,439 Speaker 1: cultural fondness. Now I think the Chinese and this is 1654 01:36:30,439 --> 01:36:32,840 Speaker 1: what look, this is why they've shut off Google's well, 1655 01:36:32,840 --> 01:36:34,960 Speaker 1: they've shut off Facebook. They want to do it their 1656 01:36:35,080 --> 01:36:39,120 Speaker 1: way and they want their approach, and as a result, 1657 01:36:39,160 --> 01:36:42,200 Speaker 1: there's a little bit of the other rising of America 1658 01:36:42,360 --> 01:36:45,200 Speaker 1: in the eyes of the Chinese. And you are definitely 1659 01:36:45,200 --> 01:36:50,479 Speaker 1: the other when you are there, that is for sure. Nathan, 1660 01:36:50,880 --> 01:36:53,120 Speaker 1: hey Bock, hope you're having a great trip. Your guest 1661 01:36:53,160 --> 01:36:56,840 Speaker 1: host are on point. But producer Mike know the volume 1662 01:36:56,840 --> 01:36:59,840 Speaker 1: on Stitcher is better and three commercials aren't for trend 1663 01:37:00,040 --> 01:37:05,160 Speaker 1: gender issue podcast, great job shields high. Nathan, I don't 1664 01:37:05,160 --> 01:37:08,439 Speaker 1: know what the podcast commercials were, but I can tell 1665 01:37:08,479 --> 01:37:12,280 Speaker 1: you that I'm seeing a lot of very positive feedback 1666 01:37:12,320 --> 01:37:16,120 Speaker 1: about our guest hosts across the board. And that's that's 1667 01:37:16,160 --> 01:37:18,559 Speaker 1: my mission for all of you, is that when if 1668 01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:21,800 Speaker 1: I can't be here, I always want someone at the 1669 01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:23,799 Speaker 1: reins if I have to, if I'm sick or on vacation, 1670 01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:26,960 Speaker 1: which don't I don't like doing either of those things, 1671 01:37:26,960 --> 01:37:30,880 Speaker 1: really vacation. Once in a while, I want somebody at 1672 01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:32,639 Speaker 1: the helm of the freedom hunt who is really good, 1673 01:37:32,680 --> 01:37:34,599 Speaker 1: who's doing a good show for you that you're going 1674 01:37:34,680 --> 01:37:37,599 Speaker 1: to want to listen to Other hosts do this thing, 1675 01:37:37,600 --> 01:37:40,519 Speaker 1: and I get the kind of the mediocre to weak 1676 01:37:40,560 --> 01:37:42,640 Speaker 1: host so that people, oh, I miss you know so 1677 01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:46,599 Speaker 1: and so so amazing. That's not my approach. I prefer 1678 01:37:46,640 --> 01:37:49,360 Speaker 1: to have somebody in who's really good and hopefully you 1679 01:37:49,400 --> 01:37:53,720 Speaker 1: still always want me back. Brittany rights, Team Buck misses you, 1680 01:37:54,000 --> 01:37:57,760 Speaker 1: safe travels and if China tries to keep you, which 1681 01:37:57,760 --> 01:38:00,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't blame them for, I'll join the bring Buck 1682 01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:05,920 Speaker 1: back movement. Well, Brittany, I very much appreciate that. Fortunately 1683 01:38:05,960 --> 01:38:08,280 Speaker 1: it did not come to that, so that's a good thing. 1684 01:38:09,479 --> 01:38:12,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, thank you so much. Missed all of you too, 1685 01:38:13,680 --> 01:38:19,920 Speaker 1: William right Cia analyst Jack Ryan Amazon Prime series. It 1686 01:38:19,920 --> 01:38:22,920 Speaker 1: has John Krasinski from the Office in thirteen hours. I 1687 01:38:22,960 --> 01:38:25,080 Speaker 1: only watched the first episode and thought it was awesome. 1688 01:38:25,439 --> 01:38:28,080 Speaker 1: Jack Ryan reminded me of you because he's an analyst 1689 01:38:28,080 --> 01:38:31,360 Speaker 1: and he was walking around drinking coffee. Indeed, William, two 1690 01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:34,360 Speaker 1: things I was very good at. Watch it and give 1691 01:38:34,360 --> 01:38:37,639 Speaker 1: Team Buck your thoughts shields high. William, I think I've 1692 01:38:37,640 --> 01:38:41,759 Speaker 1: talked about that show before. I thought it was pretty entertaining. 1693 01:38:42,080 --> 01:38:46,439 Speaker 1: It's preposterous. I mean, it's wildly unrealistic, but it is 1694 01:38:46,560 --> 01:38:49,479 Speaker 1: pretty entertaining. I can say that it's something that I 1695 01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:54,320 Speaker 1: think you will enjoy if you were to watch the 1696 01:38:54,360 --> 01:38:56,920 Speaker 1: rest of it. And John Krasinski does a good job. 1697 01:38:57,080 --> 01:39:00,160 Speaker 1: I wasn't. I know he was good in the office too. 1698 01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:03,360 Speaker 1: I should separate out. You know, do I like his politics? 1699 01:39:03,640 --> 01:39:08,160 Speaker 1: Knows he a big lib Yes, But overall I think 1700 01:39:08,160 --> 01:39:11,599 Speaker 1: he does a pretty good job on that show. And yeah, 1701 01:39:11,640 --> 01:39:15,000 Speaker 1: sometimes CI analysts do get the girl or the ladies, 1702 01:39:15,160 --> 01:39:19,800 Speaker 1: as the case may be. That's right, allo, all rights. 1703 01:39:20,640 --> 01:39:23,519 Speaker 1: I just turned on the podcast from Monday with Charlie 1704 01:39:23,680 --> 01:39:27,439 Speaker 1: Kirk and liked the first few minutes about the China 1705 01:39:27,520 --> 01:39:31,960 Speaker 1: trade war. Sounded like a Rush Limbaugh regurgitation, but good information. 1706 01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:35,280 Speaker 1: Then Charlie went into the into the latest episode of 1707 01:39:35,280 --> 01:39:39,080 Speaker 1: Game of Thrones, which I haven't seen yet. I turned 1708 01:39:39,080 --> 01:39:41,760 Speaker 1: off the podcast and will not listen anytime Charlie's on 1709 01:39:41,840 --> 01:39:45,760 Speaker 1: his podcast. He doesn't even have the common sense not 1710 01:39:45,800 --> 01:39:49,160 Speaker 1: to tell movie plots on national shows. Shields, I hope 1711 01:39:49,160 --> 01:39:54,479 Speaker 1: all as well in China, you know, also attacking China 1712 01:39:54,479 --> 01:39:56,240 Speaker 1: on your national show while you're in China could make 1713 01:39:56,240 --> 01:39:59,920 Speaker 1: you the next victim of a Chinese kidnapping. Just a thought. Well, all, 1714 01:40:00,080 --> 01:40:01,800 Speaker 1: I'm sorry if there was a spoiler for you about 1715 01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:05,920 Speaker 1: Game of Thrones, but you know that's gonna be, unfortunately, 1716 01:40:06,200 --> 01:40:09,360 Speaker 1: something that's an occupational hazard for people in media when 1717 01:40:09,400 --> 01:40:11,519 Speaker 1: when there's a big thing like that, people are going 1718 01:40:11,560 --> 01:40:13,720 Speaker 1: to talk about it. But I can tell you I 1719 01:40:13,760 --> 01:40:16,879 Speaker 1: have not seen the last two episodes of Game of Thrones, 1720 01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:19,800 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to waste any of your time 1721 01:40:19,840 --> 01:40:21,400 Speaker 1: talking about it right now because I haven't seen it, 1722 01:40:21,400 --> 01:40:24,120 Speaker 1: so that wouldn't make any sense. But also, I've known 1723 01:40:24,240 --> 01:40:25,960 Speaker 1: for a while, and I've been saying it for a 1724 01:40:25,960 --> 01:40:28,720 Speaker 1: while that the show is it's not what it used 1725 01:40:28,720 --> 01:40:31,320 Speaker 1: to be. It's it's gone off the rails a little bit. 1726 01:40:31,360 --> 01:40:35,200 Speaker 1: It's just not as compelling. It's not the writing is 1727 01:40:35,240 --> 01:40:38,000 Speaker 1: not as good, the writing is not as tight, and 1728 01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:41,680 Speaker 1: you just see that throughout. So that's where I am 1729 01:40:41,680 --> 01:40:43,559 Speaker 1: one of my friends. That's that's what I got for 1730 01:40:43,640 --> 01:40:46,200 Speaker 1: you on Game of Thrones. For now. I'll come back 1731 01:40:46,200 --> 01:40:48,240 Speaker 1: when I've got more and we'll hit a quick pause, 1732 01:40:48,360 --> 01:40:50,679 Speaker 1: come back to finish out the roll call strong, stay 1733 01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:52,960 Speaker 1: with me, all right, We're back in roll Call after 1734 01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:56,679 Speaker 1: the longest absence that I think I've had from this 1735 01:40:56,720 --> 01:40:59,760 Speaker 1: show since it began, and I don't know, I don't 1736 01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:01,960 Speaker 1: want to. I'm not taken off like that again for 1737 01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:05,640 Speaker 1: a while because I missed you all too much. But 1738 01:41:05,720 --> 01:41:08,639 Speaker 1: let's get right back into it with all of your thoughts, 1739 01:41:08,680 --> 01:41:16,040 Speaker 1: all of your comments, suggestions, witticisms. Irene, right, it's glad 1740 01:41:16,080 --> 01:41:18,400 Speaker 1: you're home, safe and sound. The guys filled in well 1741 01:41:18,479 --> 01:41:21,479 Speaker 1: for you, but you are the Buck. Welcome back. We'll 1742 01:41:21,479 --> 01:41:24,599 Speaker 1: be listening tonight here you're on after Hannity. Well, I'm 1743 01:41:24,600 --> 01:41:26,639 Speaker 1: in great company then, and Irene, thank you so much 1744 01:41:26,680 --> 01:41:29,960 Speaker 1: for your kind words. Missed you all too. It is 1745 01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:34,559 Speaker 1: good to be back, Terry, Welcome back. Buck. Question. I 1746 01:41:34,640 --> 01:41:37,400 Speaker 1: know when people modify their mortgages, the IRS views these 1747 01:41:37,560 --> 01:41:40,920 Speaker 1: forgiven debts as new income. Happened to my brother in law. 1748 01:41:41,439 --> 01:41:43,800 Speaker 1: Will this be the case if Liz Warren gets her 1749 01:41:43,840 --> 01:41:46,920 Speaker 1: college debt forgiveness plan. Would people get a letter from 1750 01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:49,320 Speaker 1: the IRS claiming they owe money because of this new 1751 01:41:49,560 --> 01:41:55,240 Speaker 1: debt modification? Shields high from Terry? You know, Terry, I 1752 01:41:56,120 --> 01:41:58,160 Speaker 1: always tell you when I don't know in the answers, 1753 01:41:58,160 --> 01:42:01,040 Speaker 1: I have no idea. Now, I think it's fair to 1754 01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:05,160 Speaker 1: say that no one really has any idea, because if 1755 01:42:05,200 --> 01:42:09,719 Speaker 1: you're if we're really talking about a future Elizabeth Warren plan, 1756 01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:13,320 Speaker 1: you know, who knows what that's gonna look like when 1757 01:42:13,360 --> 01:42:14,960 Speaker 1: it's all when it's all said and done, I mean, 1758 01:42:14,960 --> 01:42:18,639 Speaker 1: who knows where that's really gonna shake out. I would 1759 01:42:18,640 --> 01:42:24,120 Speaker 1: say that it sounds to me like the IRS, unless 1760 01:42:24,120 --> 01:42:25,960 Speaker 1: they created some kind of a car about the IRS 1761 01:42:26,120 --> 01:42:29,280 Speaker 1: might consider that to be some form of new income. 1762 01:42:30,320 --> 01:42:33,240 Speaker 1: This is why I'm still an advocate for We need 1763 01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:35,320 Speaker 1: the IRS to be much much smaller. We need the 1764 01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:37,600 Speaker 1: IRS to have a simplified code, all this stuff, but 1765 01:42:38,520 --> 01:42:43,080 Speaker 1: you have it, Stephen, Right, Hey, Buck, this a little 1766 01:42:43,080 --> 01:42:46,360 Speaker 1: out of left field. Okay, maybe the next zip code over. 1767 01:42:46,800 --> 01:42:48,479 Speaker 1: But I listened to Joe Rogan the other day and 1768 01:42:48,479 --> 01:42:52,240 Speaker 1: he had on Tulsi Gabbert. If Penns decided not to run, 1769 01:42:52,400 --> 01:42:54,720 Speaker 1: what do you think of her? She's all about the 1770 01:42:54,800 --> 01:42:57,439 Speaker 1: people like Trump. Plus, I think she'd be the perfect 1771 01:42:57,680 --> 01:43:01,120 Speaker 1: Yang to his yang. I selected them to be with 1772 01:43:01,160 --> 01:43:06,080 Speaker 1: the Republican just wanted to hear your thoughts, shields high, Stephen. 1773 01:43:07,200 --> 01:43:09,880 Speaker 1: I will tell you of the Democrats and some of 1774 01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:11,920 Speaker 1: you might get mad at me for this. I kind 1775 01:43:11,920 --> 01:43:15,880 Speaker 1: of like Tulci Gabbert. I know that they they trash 1776 01:43:15,920 --> 01:43:19,240 Speaker 1: her over the whole Assad thing, but maybe that was 1777 01:43:19,320 --> 01:43:21,679 Speaker 1: bad judgment to talk to him, and maybe her positions 1778 01:43:21,680 --> 01:43:25,400 Speaker 1: on Assad are not in line with I can't even 1779 01:43:25,400 --> 01:43:28,120 Speaker 1: tell you what their positions are. I'll be I've got 1780 01:43:28,120 --> 01:43:30,280 Speaker 1: to just say I know that the left and the 1781 01:43:30,360 --> 01:43:33,040 Speaker 1: right trash her for what she does and what she says, 1782 01:43:33,560 --> 01:43:36,720 Speaker 1: but because she agitates all the right leftists, I think 1783 01:43:36,760 --> 01:43:39,720 Speaker 1: that there must be something to her. There must be 1784 01:43:39,840 --> 01:43:45,840 Speaker 1: something to recommend Dulcie Gabbert because the the establishment left 1785 01:43:45,840 --> 01:43:50,800 Speaker 1: and even many progressives hate her, absolutely hate her, and 1786 01:43:50,880 --> 01:43:54,519 Speaker 1: she seems pretty inoffensive to me on a number of 1787 01:43:54,720 --> 01:43:58,160 Speaker 1: a number of topics, and I think that her sense 1788 01:43:58,240 --> 01:44:00,280 Speaker 1: of where we are in terms of interview mentioned in 1789 01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:02,719 Speaker 1: the Middle East, I think she's on the right track 1790 01:44:02,760 --> 01:44:05,519 Speaker 1: with that. So I find Tulsie Gabert kind of interesting. 1791 01:44:05,760 --> 01:44:10,360 Speaker 1: I also just have to note that the Democrats have 1792 01:44:10,640 --> 01:44:15,439 Speaker 1: really abandoned her and do not do not promote her. 1793 01:44:15,479 --> 01:44:20,559 Speaker 1: She is not a favorite of the Democrat establishment, either 1794 01:44:20,600 --> 01:44:25,160 Speaker 1: on the far left or the more DNC Hillary Clinton 1795 01:44:25,320 --> 01:44:29,160 Speaker 1: Biden of types. So that's what I got for you 1796 01:44:29,160 --> 01:44:30,960 Speaker 1: on Tulsi Gabert. Maybe I'll get her on the show. 1797 01:44:30,960 --> 01:44:32,400 Speaker 1: I'd love to have her on the show. We should 1798 01:44:32,400 --> 01:44:33,840 Speaker 1: reach out here. I don't think she'll ever do it. 1799 01:44:33,960 --> 01:44:36,479 Speaker 1: You know, people think, oh, here's our conservative. Yeah, I'm 1800 01:44:36,479 --> 01:44:39,519 Speaker 1: a conservative, but I'm a smart, nice conservative. If anything, 1801 01:44:39,560 --> 01:44:43,240 Speaker 1: I'm too polite. Probably start crushing fools under my boot 1802 01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:47,840 Speaker 1: heel instead. I'm just oh so witty and cudley at 1803 01:44:47,880 --> 01:44:50,320 Speaker 1: the same time, Alan writes, but a great line up 1804 01:44:50,320 --> 01:44:52,000 Speaker 1: a guest host. Kudos to all of them, but will 1805 01:44:52,040 --> 01:44:54,120 Speaker 1: be glad to hear you back again on the air 1806 01:44:54,800 --> 01:44:57,400 Speaker 1: regale US with your stories from your China expedition. One 1807 01:44:57,479 --> 01:45:00,800 Speaker 1: quick question. If the Mexican cartells or make billions of dollars, 1808 01:45:00,840 --> 01:45:02,800 Speaker 1: then what do they do with all that money. I 1809 01:45:02,800 --> 01:45:05,120 Speaker 1: don't see any stories about them buying yacht's, private jets 1810 01:45:05,160 --> 01:45:08,080 Speaker 1: and NYC condos overlooking the park. It'd be interesting to 1811 01:45:08,120 --> 01:45:12,200 Speaker 1: find out how they spend all that loot. Thank you, Alan. 1812 01:45:12,439 --> 01:45:15,880 Speaker 1: There's a whole book written on narconomics that might be 1813 01:45:15,920 --> 01:45:17,599 Speaker 1: able to answer this better than I can just off 1814 01:45:17,600 --> 01:45:19,160 Speaker 1: the top of my head, So if you want to 1815 01:45:19,240 --> 01:45:23,720 Speaker 1: check that out, that's one place. That's one resource I 1816 01:45:23,760 --> 01:45:26,639 Speaker 1: can refer YouTube. And then as to where the cartel 1817 01:45:26,680 --> 01:45:31,760 Speaker 1: spends its money, one paying a massive array of different personnel, 1818 01:45:31,800 --> 01:45:36,679 Speaker 1: everything from accountants to assassins and politicians and policemen too, 1819 01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:40,200 Speaker 1: and they stash their money all over the world. Remember 1820 01:45:40,200 --> 01:45:44,080 Speaker 1: that if you have a willing government and pretty lax 1821 01:45:44,200 --> 01:45:48,120 Speaker 1: banking laws, stashing cash now is an exercise, and moving 1822 01:45:48,120 --> 01:45:52,080 Speaker 1: electrons around you don't have to necessarily well, I guess 1823 01:45:52,080 --> 01:45:53,840 Speaker 1: at the initial phase when you get cash for a 1824 01:45:53,880 --> 01:45:55,800 Speaker 1: drug deal and a lot of people are putting drugs 1825 01:45:55,840 --> 01:45:58,479 Speaker 1: on their credit card, but they try to launder it, 1826 01:45:58,560 --> 01:46:02,240 Speaker 1: and then you're just and cash wherever you can. So 1827 01:46:02,520 --> 01:46:04,599 Speaker 1: there it is. Team. I am so glad to be back. 1828 01:46:04,640 --> 01:46:07,320 Speaker 1: I'm out here on the West Coast for the week. 1829 01:46:07,360 --> 01:46:09,080 Speaker 1: I'm in Los Angeles, So how do you give Team 1830 01:46:09,120 --> 01:46:12,200 Speaker 1: buck that have any recommendations or if you want it? 1831 01:46:12,200 --> 01:46:15,519 Speaker 1: This weekend, I'm gonna be running around Santa Monica and Venice, 1832 01:46:15,560 --> 01:46:17,840 Speaker 1: so hey, reach out. Maybe I'll be able to grab 1833 01:46:17,880 --> 01:46:19,320 Speaker 1: a beer with you. Although I don't drink beer, as 1834 01:46:19,360 --> 01:46:22,519 Speaker 1: you know, I drink other things. But I'm here on 1835 01:46:22,560 --> 01:46:24,760 Speaker 1: the West Coast and so glad to be back. I'll 1836 01:46:24,760 --> 01:46:26,200 Speaker 1: be with you every day this week and every day 1837 01:46:26,240 --> 01:46:29,120 Speaker 1: going forward. I will talk to you next time. Shields 1838 01:46:29,200 --> 01:46:29,360 Speaker 1: High