1 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio of the 2 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong, Joe, Katty Armstrong, and 3 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: Jettie and He arm Yet live from studio see see Senior, 4 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: a dimly lit room where deep within the bowels of 5 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: the Armstrong and Getty Communications Compound. And hey y'all today, 6 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: what is it Tuesday? We're under the tutelage of our 7 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: general manager, Washington. The District of Columbia, Washington, d C. 8 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: Is our rare geographic general manager. Oh, a piece of 9 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: land is our general manager today. Indeed, an odd little 10 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: thing in the midst of America. It's a pretty It's 11 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: like guom. I think that's why I go to if 12 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: I want a day off, I go to the chunk 13 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: of land and say, could I have next Thursday off? 14 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: Since that's my boss? Oh yeah, no kidding, my general manager? 15 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: And why is that? Just because of the big controversy 16 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: over Trump taking over the police force with federal oversight 17 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: or something or other. Who knows what it's going to 18 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: look like on the ground. Nobody seems to explain to 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: me why I should care about this. I feel like 20 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: all the media people who live in Washington, d C. 21 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: Care about it a lot or so reporting the heck 22 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: out of it. I just don't haven't cared yet. Yeah, 23 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: that's a huge part of it. No, in your day 24 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: to day life. I don't think it'll vetch you at all. 25 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: I just I think it's interesting a because it's never 26 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: been done before, and I would love to see it work. 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: I would love to see a stark and fairly short 28 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: term illustration of the difference between conservative policing and governing 29 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: principles and progressive ones. Well, actually I got the order wrong, 30 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: but you know what I'm saying. I think it could 31 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: be incredibly useful. As I said yesterday, I think the 32 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: most interesting thing for all of us, that applies to 33 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: all of us is trying to nail down how you collect, 34 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: in interpret read crime statistics. Because you know, if you've 35 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: been following this story, it's constant in politics. Crime is 36 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: the Republicans generally claim crime is up, Democrats generally claim 37 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: crime is down. And everybody's got their own set of 38 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: statistic statistics. And I never know what to think other 39 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: than like my own personal experience and feeling wherever I am, 40 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: and you know, and that matters a lot. But you 41 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: can be misled by that. You know, you get your 42 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: car broken into and crime seems like it's up, and 43 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: you know that sort of thing. So, but there's been 44 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 1: tons of your mainstream media, which leans left, claiming that 45 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: crime is not that bad in Washington, d C. Over 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: the last several days. Right, well, in a handful and 47 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: you'll hear the audio later, but a handful of lefty 48 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: news figures have come out and said, you know, actually 49 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: it is. It's it's really bad. It's scary. Yeah, it's funny. 50 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: Joe Scarborough even on MSNBC this morning, was saying, look, 51 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: everybody who lives here knows crime is horrible. So I 52 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: was surprised to hear him say that. Well in the 53 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: argument that crime is actually down from the calamitous heights 54 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: of two or three years ago, is not as well. 55 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: It's not a negative, but it's not as positive a 56 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: positive as you think. It is my own anecdotal evidence. 57 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: And this is not about DC where people live, but 58 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: just you know, the mall where all the tourist stuff is, 59 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: or where the government runs and all the museums and 60 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: stuff like that. When I landed in Washington, d C. 61 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: Last summer right about now with my kids. We got 62 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: we landed it at night. It was pretty late. It 63 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: was like eleven eleven o'clock at night, midnight. I mean 64 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: it was late and dark. And I asked the because 65 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: we weren't tired, because we're on West Coast time, and 66 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: and I asked the hotel clerk. I said, is it 67 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: safe to go walk around? Because our hotel was right 68 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: next to the mall, so we could just walk over 69 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: and look at the Washington. He said, oh, it's perfectly safe. 70 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: And we walked around. There were families everywhere at midnight, 71 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: walking around looking at all the monuments. I didn't see 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: any security and I felt safe. So that's my own 73 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: anecdotal evidence of Washington, d C in recent years. Yeah, 74 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: that is no offense, not very useful, because they policed 75 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: the ba Jesus out of that couple of square miles. 76 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: So the part outside of that where people live is 77 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: where everybody's getting beaten up and robbed in et cetera, 78 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: et cetera. Yeah, exactly, And some hoods are worse than others, 79 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: like any city. But yeah, if tourism were to dry 80 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: up in DC, that would be absolutely calamitous, be like Texas. 81 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: Run out of oil back in the day. So yeah, 82 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: they they're extremely careful about that part. We have breaking 83 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: news we need to get to because it's so damn important. 84 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: And the reporting on e cannomic news economics is not 85 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: my wheelhouse. I don't claim that it is, but I 86 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: try to take it in through the media, like the 87 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: Wall Street Journal, Inflation held steady at two point seven 88 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: percent in July. Okay, But here's my favorite part of 89 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: the reporting, always on inflation. So you get one paragraph 90 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: in and they say, year over year, inflation held steady, 91 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,559 Speaker 1: a key measure. But the number that economists look at 92 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: that really matter actually rose and is at three point 93 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: one percent. Why are you telling me in the lead 94 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: paragraph a number that you tell me in the second 95 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: paragraph isn't actually important. But the one economists, which are 96 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: really the people we're looking to for this information. If 97 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: economists are looking at that number in the second paragraph 98 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: to make their decisions, why isn't that the lead story? 99 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: Somebody explained that to me. You're right, that's that's absolutely hilarious. 100 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: It just goes to show you how powerful convention is, 101 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: especially among the media. Heard but they just they do 102 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: what's been done because they might as well, because you 103 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: don't get in trouble for doing what's been done. But 104 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: it's like my jihad number, it's actually fallen to one 105 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy third. You have one hundred and seventy 106 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: three jihads. Oh no, I got like two hundred and eighty, 107 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: but this one has fallen to one hundred and seventy three. Okay? 108 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: Is that bitching people constantly citing the Dow Industrial Average. 109 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: It is useful as a measure of the general health 110 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: of the economy because the way it's weighted, and it's 111 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: a long and dull explanation. It is antiquated, it is silly, 112 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: it doesn't make any sense. But that is always the 113 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: lead number on every business report on network and cable TV. 114 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: But I would think the Wall Street Journal writing this 115 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: themselves would say, hmm, we just said that the second 116 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: number is the important one. Maybe that should be the 117 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: lead paragraph. Nice. I don't quite get it. But oh, 118 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: it's like every football game account to leading with the 119 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: number of yards gained rushing as opposed to the freaking 120 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: score player, what are you doing? And the league care 121 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: mostly about the score at the end of the game 122 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: as close to the more important measure, the number of 123 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: points posted actually had the Patriots winning anyway. And then 124 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: also this the whole expectations game. So the overall number 125 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: came in at two point seven percent, they were expecting 126 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: two point eight, so yay, it's a tenth lower. But 127 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: on the other number, the number that economists care about, 128 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: they're expecting, they were expecting three, and it came in 129 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: at three point one, a tenth high. 130 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 2: No. 131 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: Then, having was expecting Civil War style inflation in the 132 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: South in the Confederacy, wheelbarrows full of cash, so it 133 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: really beat my expectations. I'm very pleased. So then having 134 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: told me that that second number, the important number, actually 135 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: went up, it then says in the Wall Street Journal, 136 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: stocks have jumped on the news. So stocks have risen 137 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: on the news of this inflation. So take that for 138 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: what you will. But that's the news out today. I'm 139 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: going to watch TikTok video. It's still it's still higher 140 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: than the goal of two percent, which is where we 141 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: try to keep it, and it has been most of 142 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: my adult life. So interest raight cuts or not, I 143 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: don't know. You know, your guess as good as mine. 144 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: Will get a couple of more monthly reports before they 145 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: make that decision. But it's not horrible and it's not 146 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: where a lot of the doomsayers were predicting things would 147 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: be with the tariff stuf, although, as you point out, 148 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: a lot of the tariff stuff didn't kick in when 149 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: it was supposed to kick in. And Trump announced last 150 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,599 Speaker 1: night we're kicking the can down the road on the 151 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: big China tariffs, which is like the biggest one maybe 152 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: for the whole planet, and they're putting that off for 153 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: what ninety days? I've lost track. Yeah, so he announced 154 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: last night. He announced last night in a truth social 155 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: post that the whole China tariff thing is on hold 156 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: for ninety days till November tenth. I think it is 157 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: before that kicks in, because negotiations are going on right 158 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: now now. I was watching News Nation this morning and 159 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: their analyst didn't go with taco Trump always chickens out. 160 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: They're analysts wet with Well, the Chinese are negotiating and 161 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: they're actually giving some so it makes sense to pause 162 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: this while they're showing good faith efforts to make a deal. 163 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: So don't trust China. Well, part of that's because Nelson 164 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: Huang of in Vidio fame cut the government in on 165 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: fifteen percent of the chip sales to China, which plays 166 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: China very much in spite of I know what you're saying. 167 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 1: If you're just perhaps starting on the radio Slash podcast 168 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: for the first time in a while, you're like, wait 169 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: a minute, A private company cut the government in on 170 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: their profits. Why? Yeah, nobody's quite sure. But anyway, so 171 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: that's shaken loose than negotiations with China, which are, as 172 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: you might imagine, enormously complex and enormously important. Yeah, the 173 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: underlying story. And again, I'm a layman, but oftentimes in 174 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: my experience in life, the average person's view of things 175 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: turns out to be more important than the expert's view 176 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: of things. They just have it. But I think at 177 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: some point everybody's gonna catch on to the fact, or 178 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: history is gonna catch on to the fact that this 179 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: giant stock market rise that we've had for quite a 180 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: few years, and all these records don't say it, don't 181 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: say it is like four companies, four tech companies, and 182 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: if you take that out of a mix, everything's kind 183 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: of flat. So how long can we ride the Apple VideA, 184 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: Tesla Google thing. I think Tesla's falling off the list too, 185 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: so so I guess as long as AI chips are important, anyway, 186 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: we should start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong, He's 187 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: Joe Getty on this it is Tuesday, August twelfth, year, 188 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five or Armstrong and getting we approve of 189 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: this program. Let's begin the show officially. Then, according to 190 00:10:47,760 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: f CC rules and regulations at mark DC is our home. 191 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: You can't have it Trump and what's our home? Sergigan. Now, 192 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: it's like happy Birthday when you don't know the person's name, 193 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: kind of degenerated into the mill mumbling right, they call 194 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: it into the lobby and you're all singing happy birthday 195 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: for that blonde, middle aged woman that you've been working 196 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: with for five years, but you don't know her name. 197 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: So when you get to happy birthday, do dear happy 198 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: birth exactly. That's sounds that. That was the end play of that. Again, Michael, 199 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: what did you That was charming sing along If you 200 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: know the words and you don't, they don't dear off now. 201 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: So once again, it's the legacy of the sixties. People 202 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: have seen videos of people singing in on the Capitol 203 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: steps in the sixties and bringing about major change, and 204 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: so they think that's the way you do that. And 205 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: so okay, it's a fascinating to me answerpological question. Why 206 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: do people on the left love a singing together, be chanting, 207 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: especially rhyming chance and do they actually think they are 208 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: accomplishing something or is it just we're rallying the folks 209 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: and getting their enthusiasm up. Then we'll all go out 210 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: into our community. Is that I get Michael? Do you 211 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: have a comment? Yeah, I just we have our favorite 212 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: chant of all time. What that hole in the sky 213 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: where the tree once was? Somebody's making money. 214 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: There's a hole in the sky where the tree once was. 215 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 3: Somebody's making money. There's a hole in the sky in 216 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 3: the sky instead of a spreading canopy. 217 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 1: There's a hole in the sky in. 218 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 3: The sky instead of a ninety year old tree. 219 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: Yes. Uh. And then see progressives like to show you 220 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: their feet. That's the other thing the progressive like to do. 221 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: They like to show you their bare feet with their sandals. 222 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: We've got Katie's headlines coming up next. They hear the 223 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: Trump Putin meeting on Friday in Alaska. I heard the 224 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: most interesting perspective on that whole thing yesterday I would 225 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: love to share and discuss at some point, among other things. Excellent, 226 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: let's figure out who's reporting what it's the lead story 227 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: with Katie Green. Katie hit it all righty ABC News. 228 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 4: Zelensky says Putin not preparing to end war as Russian 229 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 4: forces make breakthrough in Ukraine. 230 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: Oh, I didn't see that the Russian forces made a breakthrough. 231 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: Yeah they did. They've kind of broken through a preliminary 232 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: defense line. But they're very, very vulnerable where they are 233 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: and prone to a counter attack. So who knows they're 234 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: breaking the lot? Clear what he's trying to do, gain 235 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: as much ground as he possibly can. Yeah, they're breaking 236 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: through the lines like on on quads and motorcycles and 237 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: electric dirt bikes the way they do it now. 238 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 4: And just because this is the top everywhere CNN. US 239 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 4: inflation didn't rise as much as expected in July despite. 240 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: The tariff rollout. That's a good headline for the Trump administration. 241 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: CNN headline is didn't rise as much as expected. This 242 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: sent me through the roof the New York Times. 243 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 4: Man sentenced to life for killing Maryland woman on hiking trail. 244 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 4: That man is the illegal immigrant that raped and killed 245 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: Rachel Morin. Oh wow, but the way they wrote man 246 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 4: sentenced to life for killing Maryland woman on hiking trail. 247 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: They didn't. 248 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 2: Wow. 249 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: That is sanitized it as much as they could. 250 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 3: M H. 251 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: Wall Street Journal. 252 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 4: Trump administration is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. 253 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: That would be about time, wouldn't it. I mean, oh yeah, 254 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: if only from more easy medical experimentation. Yeah, to figure 255 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: out what it's actually doing a people's brains. 256 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 4: From Newsweek, white House cage fight is quote. 257 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: Going to happen, says UFC boss, right there on the 258 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: White House lawn, on the South lawn. Yes, I was 259 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: picturing the pro wrestling, but no, this is the mixed 260 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: martial arts. Yeah, you know, the actual guys bashing each 261 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: other in the face. You know who would think that 262 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: was awesome? He's on Mount Rushmore, Teddy Roosevelt. Ah yeah, 263 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: Lincoln wouldn't have minded either. Tr was always the first 264 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: trip into the race in wrestling. But it is so now, 265 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: let's get it on boys. Tr was always worried we 266 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: were becoming less and less manly, and it was a problem. 267 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: We are and it is. 268 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 4: From The New York Post, Excited woman gets engaged to 269 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 4: AI fiance after five months and insists she's fully aware of. 270 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: What she's doing. This is a good story. I have 271 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: more of the details later. Oh boy. 272 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 4: From USA today, Open AI unveils chat GPT five model 273 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 4: with quote PhD level intelligence. 274 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: PhD isn't an indication of intelligence. It's an indication of 275 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: how much time you've wasted in academia, no offense, how 276 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: long you've avoided the workplace. Right. 277 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 4: Another cry Another AI headline from Breitbart, Elon Musk's AI 278 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 4: chat bought Grock briefly suspended from X after going quote unhinged. 279 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: Wow, I got to read about that. 280 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 4: It was they're saying it's quote echoing the July anti 281 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 4: Semitic posts incident. And finally from the Babylon b DC 282 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 4: mayor warns Trump's crime fighting measures will unfairly impact the criminals. 283 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure we'll get some of that it it 284 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:04,959 Speaker 1: appears to be disproportionately targeting blank blank right, Okay. A 285 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: different perspective on the whole Ukraine Russia, how the war 286 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: will end? Trump putin thing kind of well, I was 287 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: gonna say Europe's perspective, but not exactly accurate anyway. I 288 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: found it very very interesting yesterday. Among other things. We 289 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: can get to lots of news today. If you missed 290 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: the second, we get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on 291 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: demand Armstrong and Getty. 292 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 5: This is really a feel out beating a little bit, 293 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 5: and President Putin invited me to get involved. 294 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: He wants to get involved. I think I believe he 295 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: wants to get it over with now. I've said that 296 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: a few times that. 297 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 5: I've been disappointed because I have like a great call 298 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 5: with him, and then missiles would be lobbed in Takiyev 299 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 5: for some other place, and you'd have sixty people laying on. 300 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: A road dying. I said, that's cold. That's cold. He 301 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: said a lot of interesting things yesterday about this. I 302 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: think he said at one point something along the lines 303 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: of I think I think Putin respects me, or something 304 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: like that. I don't think Putin respects anybody. First of all, 305 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: before we get further into this, how big a deal 306 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: do you think this story is? Because I'm I think 307 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 1: it's a really big deal. But I could be the 308 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: Russia piece summit, the whole Russia thing, not the summit, 309 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: but just the whole thing. Oh my gosh, what level 310 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: do you mean? Like, how much people are interested in it, 311 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: it's geopolitical significance in twenty five years, or I don't 312 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: think people are very interested in it. It's geopolitical significance 313 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: I think is incredibly high. Yeah, I would agree it's 314 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: it's quite high. I find myself wondering all the time, 315 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: how long does Putin live in what's next? Because he 316 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: is a pretty old guy. But yeah, it's a huge story. 317 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: So a different perspective on it than I heard anywhere 318 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: else yesterday coming up in a moment, But first let's 319 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: get some of our American reporting on it first. This 320 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 1: is from CNN's The Leads. 321 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: The landscape from the start has been very clear that 322 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: nothing's going occur about Ukraine without Ukraine, and kind of 323 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: went on the information offensive, sen that the information they're 324 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 2: getting their intelligence suggest in fact Russia's not preparing for peace. 325 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 2: Instead it's actually preparing more offensive operations. Indeed, there have 326 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 2: been some alarming reports by open source analysts suggesting that 327 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 2: in some way parts in the East, Russia's made significant 328 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: progress in just the last week. 329 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: I suppose you could be fair and say, well, they 330 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 1: don't know what's going to come out of these peace talks, 331 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: So of course they're continuing to prepare for offensives. On 332 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: the other hand, it might be he's preparing for offensives 333 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: because he has no plan whatsoever for even thinking about 334 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: any kind of peace and is not expecting that well, 335 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: And or he's going to spend whatever resources it takes 336 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: in the interim to get as much done as he can, 337 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: to consolidate gains and say, look already hold this land. 338 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: Oh just asking for a little more. So got a great, 339 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: great quote about that. But here's ABC News Martha raddits 340 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: their version of the story. 341 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 6: With the historic summit in Alaska just days away, President 342 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 6: Trump seemingly downplaying what could come of it. 343 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 5: This is really a feel out beating a little bit well. 344 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 6: Ukraine's president Zelensky has insisted he will not trade territory 345 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 6: for peace. President Trump said again there will be landswaps, 346 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 6: Trump vowing to call Zelenski first after his face to 347 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 6: face with Putin. 348 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: So I am really big into the daily telegraphs reporting 349 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: on the war between Russian and Ukraine. That's the Telegraph 350 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: of London, their big newspaper there, one of their big 351 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: newspapers there, and they their reporting is one fantastic, and 352 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: of course they're a lot closer to the action, and 353 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: they're part of the whole Europe deal. And their conversation 354 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: in perspective, at least those two reporters from the newspaper 355 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: on their podcast yesterday was and has been for quite 356 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: some time. When is Europe going to stand up and 357 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: take the lead role in this? Why are we seating this? 358 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: Why is the world acting like it's up to the 359 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: United States. Why is Europe allowing it to seem like 360 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: it's up to the United States to figure this out? 361 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: The United States doesn't really need to have any role 362 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: in it whatsoever, other than maybe providing weapons, because we 363 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: are the you know, we're the big dog in the 364 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: world on that whole thing. But their argument was Europe. 365 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of conversation about Europe's being sidelined, 366 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: Ukraine's being sidelined, Europe is sidelining itself. Europe could get 367 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: around that very quickly. And this is from the reporting 368 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: from the London Telegraph. They're saying, we need to Europe 369 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: needs to make the announcement we're putting one hundred thousand 370 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: troops in there unless these things happen right, and do 371 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: their own negotiating with Putin. Not leave it up to 372 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: Trump and wait and see what happens. That's crazy. We're 373 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: the closest ones to them. And they went with the 374 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: quote I love this quote that I've been saying ever 375 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 1: since the first time I heard it. I don't think 376 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 1: it gets enough attention. This is from the Prime Minister 377 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: of Poland, Donald Tusky. They're right next door. The paradox 378 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: is that five hundred million Europeans are asking three hundred 379 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: million Americans to defend them against one hundred and forty 380 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: million Russians. We must rely on ourselves, fully aware that 381 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: our potential and with confidence that we are a global power. 382 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: When is Europe going to stand up? Europe's economy is 383 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: as big as ours altogether. When are they going to 384 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: stand up and take charge of their own damn backyard? Right? 385 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: I have two I have many thoughts, but here are 386 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: the two main ones, and I'll keep it brief. Number one, 387 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: the idea that Europe is taking a passive role is 388 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: just that shows you how deeply ingrained the passive role is. 389 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: They've had the American security umbrella over them so long, 390 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: and they've built their big, fat, bloated collapsing social democracies 391 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: for so long. They I don't think they can get 392 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: out of that habit without just incredibly disruptive policy changes 393 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: domestically and foreign anyway, So that's the point number one. Well, 394 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: just to jump into that first point. Then the reporters 395 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: for the Daily Telegraph in London said, we don't expect 396 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: Europe to do that, by the way, because Europe is 397 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: just so used to not taking the lead role. And okay, 398 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: so it's remarkable how refreshing that perspective is. You just 399 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,719 Speaker 1: never hear it. No, your second second thing is and 400 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: I hate to spoil the fund, but that's what I do. 401 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: I'm a drag. The idea of Europe is a bit 402 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: of a fantasy. The famous Henry Kissinger quote. If I 403 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: need to talk to Europe, who do I call? Right? Exactly? 404 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: They have banded together loosely more or less in having 405 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: the euro in a little less so on immigration policy 406 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: and defense we call each other regularly, and foreign policy. 407 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: They totally disagree with us over the where just the 408 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: idea of them being a unified thing is just not okay. 409 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: But even if it's so, if you were to form 410 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: a coalition of like the big the four big heavyweights friends. 411 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: That's what I was gonna say. Even if it's just France, Germany, 412 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Poland and Great Britain, you would think they could step 413 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: in there and say, okay, putin here's the deal. This 414 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: is what we're saying has to happen. Yeah, they've got leverage, 415 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: they've got weapons, they've got an economy. They're right there. 416 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: They have more to lose and we do. What I 417 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: think is interesting about this perspective from these reporters from 418 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: the Daily Telegraph is it's very maga. It's what a 419 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: lot of you people are saying. It's not our deal, 420 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: it's Europe's deal or Ukraine's deal. Let them take care 421 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: of it, that's what they're saying. We should be taking 422 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: care of this. Yeah, and not complaining. Trump's boxing us out. 423 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: You boxed yourself out. Yeah, our posse is a bunch 424 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: of weak sisters. That just is. It's you know, we 425 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: knew it, but yeah, this proves it over once again. 426 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: Here's the other most interesting thing I came across yesterday. 427 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: This was a quote for see, if I can take 428 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: it back up again, the US NATO ambassador so talking 429 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: about the land swaps and all that sort of stuff, 430 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,719 Speaker 1: like really tossing that out there in a very comfortable manner. 431 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: You know, the idea of you land swap, You'll give 432 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,479 Speaker 1: up a bunch of land and get nothing in return, 433 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: is what the land swap seems like it's going to be, 434 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: at least the way it's presented right now. Anyway, the 435 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: US NATO ambassador actually said out loud, no big chunks 436 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: of land are going to be given or swapped for 437 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: it that haven't been earned or fought for on the battlefield. 438 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: And as the reporters that the London Telegraph said, that 439 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: is like a rejection of the global order as it 440 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: has been for quite some time, and just a ceeding 441 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: to imperialism. If you have what was the quote, earned 442 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,719 Speaker 1: or fought for land on the battlefield and taking it, 443 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 1: you can have it. That's what the U the US 444 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: NATO ambassador said, So if you fought for it and 445 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: control it, you can have it. Okay, Well, so is 446 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: that game back on again? Is that the case going forward? 447 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: Just curious asking for a friend, no kid? Yeah, absolutely, well, 448 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: I understand de facto what they're saying is, look, don't 449 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: say we get all of this region or all of 450 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: that one Russia, because we're not giving it to you 451 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: if you don't control it now, it's not going to 452 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: be part of the negotiations. That's what they're saying. But 453 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: to say it in the way he said it, I mean, 454 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,719 Speaker 1: we've got to at least grab Toronto in Montreal, don't we. 455 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: If the game is back on or chunks of Mexico 456 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: with lots of oil or whatever we want to, Let's 457 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: get Cobo. There's some great golf there. If that's what 458 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: we're just going to announce. You can't have land unless 459 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: you've earned it or fought for it on the battlefield, 460 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: then you can have it. Wow. I thought those days 461 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: were over, like one hundred and fifty years ago. Well 462 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: they were momentarily. Holy crap. That's why hooks to World 463 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: War two. Momentarily in Europe Africa is like we've been 464 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: scrapping for territory the whole time, and Asia has been 465 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: in constant you know, bloody wars over disputed territories and 466 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. So it's back in Europe. That's why 467 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: I think this is such a big deal. The age 468 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: of conquest reappearing, certainly with China and Taiwan who knows 469 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: where else? And then is Europe going to step up 470 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: or not? Are they? Are they going to? I mean 471 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: that quote from the Polish Prime Minister I think is devastating. 472 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: We're five hundred million asking three hundred million to protect 473 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: us against one hundred and forty million. What is going 474 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: on here? Yeah? Yeah, I would agree. Well, we'll see 475 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: how it turns out. And to your China point, just 476 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: to further pound home my not cynical but realist point China, 477 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: you mentioned Taiwan. Okay, great, how about you know any 478 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: Mongolian napaul in the parts of India they're disputing with 479 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: and trying to grab up with, and the South China 480 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: Sea and they're little militarized islands, and the way they're 481 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: bullying the hell out of the Philippines. They are full 482 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: on like you know, rehearsing expansionism over and over again. 483 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: They're like and actually grabbing some land. They're like Japan 484 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: in the thirties. Yes, one other thing on this for later. 485 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: We had a good time. I heard another great perspective 486 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: on the upcoming summit. Maybe I'll touch on the second, 487 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: but go ahead. It's probably like logical and deep thinking 488 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: mine is not. So we had a great conversation later 489 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: in the late in the show yesterday about, just as 490 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: a hypothetical, why don't we just arrest Putin? What would 491 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: happen if we arrested Putin? Snatch him up, disappear him. 492 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: He's a war criminal right in an international court? What 493 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: would happen if we just arrested him? I talked to 494 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: a security expert yesterday who would actually know how that 495 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: would go down and what would need to happen. And 496 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: it's really damned interesting and we'll get into that later. 497 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: Plus we can answer the question that we opposed yesterday, 498 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: how exactly does the security thing work when a foreign 499 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: dignitary comes to the US. Do they have their own goons? 500 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: How do their goons interact with our goons, our secret 501 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: service guides, et cetera. Well, how does that unfold? That 502 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: definitely fits in with the what would have to happen 503 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,479 Speaker 1: if we want to arrest Putin situation? Okay, so I'll 504 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: give you the go ahead, which I think should be 505 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: on the table. Wow, oh boy, that's controversial. So I'll 506 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: give you the very brief version of this. It's written 507 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: by a former Russian I believe in the Wall Street Journal, 508 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: Russia has high hopes for Trump Putin's summit. Peace isn't 509 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: one of them. The meeting represents a victory for Putin 510 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: trying to end his international isolation. This guy, and he 511 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: makes a persuasive case, is framing the Alaska summit from 512 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: Putin's perspective, way to craft a multi pronged agreement about 513 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: the Arctic and energy and commerce and sanctions and also 514 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:17,479 Speaker 1: the Ukraine question. And Putin sees an opportunity to tempt Trump, 515 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: the great deal Maker, into a deal for which Ukraine 516 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: is just a detail. All right, And we've talked to 517 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: Mark Alpern's reporting has been for quite a time, quite 518 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: a while that in DC there's lots of talk about 519 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: splitting up the world into different parts that belong in 520 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: the sphere of influence, right, Yeah, and so Trump's all 521 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: into that, Yes, Michael, what if Putin asked Trump, listen, 522 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: I will end this thing if you give me Alaska. Sorry, Eskimos, 523 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: you're Russian. Now we feed them to the polar pairs. 524 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: That's what Michael. We have got mailbag on the way, 525 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: gonna be a good show today. Stare some women married 526 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: or ai chatbot, so we'll talk about that later. Never 527 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: that means, all right, great, got some more AI news too. 528 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: It's a big deal, friends, a big deal. But first, 529 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: your freedom of the book today. I somewhat regret dividing 530 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: this into three quotes from the Great Javier Mila, the 531 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: Savior of Argentina. So I'm going to hit you with 532 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: the whole thing is kind of the culmination of our 533 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: series of quotes from Javier. The state, first and foremost, 534 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: is a thief that spends on itself the political cast, 535 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: and not only explicitly by taxes literally a form of theft, 536 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: but also by a hidden tax that destroys the economy, 537 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,719 Speaker 1: the inflation tax. Second, the state has been used by 538 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: organized groups a private sector cast to get privileges that 539 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: are not only unfair but also damage growth, protected businesses 540 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: and trade union scumbags. My electoral and here's the new part, 541 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: my electoral platform was therefore, to end inflation by applying 542 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: my chainsaw to public spending, and to liquidate the cast 543 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: by eliminating their state provided privileges. Do we have to 544 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: get as bad as his country to actually be willing 545 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: to do any of that stuff? Yeah, I would argue 546 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: the last chunk of time, Trump has moved more toward 547 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: state sponsored, state provided privileges and intertwining of industry and 548 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: government and picking winners and losers. And I don't like it, 549 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: mail Bag, it will end poorly, Travis Notte mail bag 550 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: at Armstrong Yetdy dot com. I enjoyed this note from 551 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: Todd and San Diego. Guys. You segment about how Americans 552 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: are getting more divided along political lines with an increase 553 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: in one party states, Maybe me think of a corollary. 554 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, liberals are so much worse at living 555 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: in conservative places than the other way around. He mentioned 556 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: he's lived in New York, Illinois for the last fifteen 557 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: years Southern California. Found that conservatives and blue states usually 558 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: just learned to adapt and deal with the badness around 559 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: them with good humor. To view a contrast, visit a 560 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: Reddit thread about relocating to a right leaning state. Ordinary professional, 561 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: non wacked ut to liberals are disgusted and terrified at 562 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: the thought of living among maga ads. They not ironically 563 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: need to be reassured that they won't be shot by 564 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: assault rifles in their living room, constantly harassed for being 565 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: gay or a person of color, or forced to goofstep 566 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: to church every Sunday. Well, this is pretty easily explained, 567 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: as we've talked about many times. You have to get 568 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: used to it. When you're a conservative. You put up, 569 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: you keep your mouth shut, or learn to be polite, 570 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: all through a school, all through watching the Oscars, all 571 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,719 Speaker 1: through every concert you ever go to, all through media, 572 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: every newscatch do you ever watch? You're used to academia, right, yeah, yeah, 573 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: you're right. Good note Todd, But yeah, we jumped to 574 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: the punchline. I love this from Robert on the Trump 575 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: Putin Alaska summit. Guys, let nature or technology take care 576 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: of it, he says. Guys, I think Joe is close 577 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: to the answer for how to deal with Putin being 578 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: in Alaska. You know, Alaska with its beautiful bears and 579 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: beautiful bald eagles. So when Putin is walking in front 580 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: of an open window of I don't know, a twenty 581 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: story building, bam, a trained bald eagle or a drone 582 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: made to look like a bald eagle dives into his 583 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 1: face and forces the Russian president out of the window. 584 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: He would likely land next to a trained bear we 585 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: have placed there, or a drone that looks like a bear, 586 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: a trained bear that would be feeling a bit peckish. 587 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: So nature would take its place. Do what nature does. 588 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: President Trump can relive his Kanye response, what do he say? 589 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: That's really something loyal listener, Robert, that's a nefarious plot 590 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: to get Pooter. Let's see one ball. Old man TJ 591 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 1: and the ding with a great story about a trip 592 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 1: to Walmart. They usually do the outside pickup for groceries, 593 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: but they actually went in with the family and he 594 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: was going to pick up a little fishing gear. Everything 595 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,359 Speaker 1: was locked behind glass doors. Had to get the twenty 596 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: five year old would be punk Rocker behind the counter 597 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: to come over open the doors so I could get 598 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: the items I wanted. Had to pay for him back. 599 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: There so much friction in the buying process. There's no 600 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: way I'd go in there looking for those items again. 601 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: Can't believe it's still profitable. Then they go out into 602 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: the parking lot and right next to them, somebody left 603 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: the shopping cart right in the middle of the stall, 604 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: about ten steps away from a cart. Return ranted to 605 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: his wife and three kids about how it's a breakdown 606 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: in society. Yep, they looked at me like I was crazy. 607 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,760 Speaker 1: My wife asked, can we just go home anyway? Onto 608 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: those poor businesses, it's not their fault. There's so much 609 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: crime and nobody knows anything about it. And you're right, TJ. 610 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. Armstrong and Getty