1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Truth with Lisa Booth, where we dive 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: into the issues shaping our nation with unfiltered insight and 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: bold perspectives. Today we have John McLoughlin and we're now 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: Polster and CEO McLoughlin Associates joining us. He's also been 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: a pollster for President Trump and has advised him. So 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: we're going to break down the latest Where is President 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: Trump's polling stand today? Are his core voters with him? 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: We'll also unpack that post Liberation Day dip, how real 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: is it? And how are his tariffs polling? Plus, so 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: the midterms looming will compare President Trump's current positioning to 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: where we was in twenty eighteen. Also what's going to 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: happen in the midterm elections and beyond that, looking at 13 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight can the Republican Party keep the America 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: First Coalition together? Buckle up, We've got a lot to discuss. 15 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for John McLoughlin. John, it's great to have 16 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: you back on this show. I don't know if I 17 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: have I had you on since Trump won. I know 18 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: we had you on before the election. I don't remember. 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: It's all a blur. 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a positive blur. But yeah, a lot, a 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: lot's changed obviously. I guess we'll start kind of like 22 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: big picture, where where does President Trump's approval rating and 23 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: polling stand today. 24 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: By the way, my surveys, we ask it differently than 25 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: a lot of these other ones. We ask it like 26 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: we did in the campaign, where we'll ask to approve 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: of both his policies and personality just as policies, but 28 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 2: disapprove his personality or disapprove both. And we used it 29 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: that way because his policies are more popular than his personality. 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 2: He doesn't get a fair shake from the you know, 31 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: the left wing legacy media where you know, no matter 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: what he does, you know, cn AN, MSNBC, you know, 33 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: the ABC, the rest of them are attacking him. But 34 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: his policies are very popular. So we used his policies 35 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: during the campaign to raise up favorable rating and that's 36 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: how we won the popular vote and swept the battleground states. 37 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: So we still ask it like that. And April twenty ninth, yeah, 38 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: we had a survey where he had a fifty percent 39 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 2: approval rating forty five discip group. Now some of the 40 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: other media polls are catching up with this, where if 41 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: you go to the real clear politics average, you'll see 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: poles like insire Advantage, grass Mustin Group, grass Musse and 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: reports Harvard Harris. They're catching up with our poll because 44 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: he had a great trip to the Middle East. He's 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: trying to end the Russia Ukraine War, and he's moving along. 46 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: What's fundamental is he's moving along the one big beautiful bill, 47 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: which is the Make a Mortal America Affordable Act again, 48 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: which the voters know that that will make their lives better, 49 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 2: that we will be able to grow the economy, which 50 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: will help them deal with inflation, reduce their concerns with inflation. 51 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 2: They'll have real economic growth again, and they'll have no 52 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 2: tax on tips, no tax on over time, they'll have 53 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 2: the Trump tax cuts will being made permanent. And what's 54 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: important about that, By the way, related to your first 55 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: question about his joverpool, we just did a poll of 56 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: one thousand likely voters for twenty twenty six for the 57 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: Club for Growth in thirty five targeted Republican battleground congressional districts, 58 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: and there Trump has a fifty five approval rating forty 59 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: three disapproval, So you know he's going to help them. 60 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: He's the path to define history and winning the midterm elections. 61 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: And it's critical that we get his tax cuts passed 62 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: because in those districts you actually had forty three percent 63 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: of all voters telling us they were not aware that 64 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: Trump tax cuts are going to lapse. We did that. 65 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: We asked that question nationally for the Chamber of Commerce 66 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: in February, and forty nine percent of all voters were 67 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 2: not aware the Trump tax cuts are going to lapse, 68 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: and when they do become aware, they absolutely want the 69 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: Trump tax cuts made permit. And the Chamber poll nationally 70 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: was sixty four to twenty in this poll of the 71 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: targeted battlegrounds congressional districts, when you tell them that that 72 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 2: there's going to be a tax increase, because if the 73 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: Trump tax cuts lapse, you will have the largest tax 74 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: increase in the history of America. It'll be a four 75 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: point five trillion dollar tax increase, and for every American 76 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: it'll be two thousand dollars more than you're paying in taxes. 77 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: And when we ask people, you know, do they support 78 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 2: stopping those tax increase or allowing the taxes to increase 79 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: in these congressional districts that the Club for Growth took 80 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: seventy six to twelve. They want to stop the tax 81 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: increase because after four years of Biden, you cannot take 82 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 2: a massive tax increase because you've been racked by inflation 83 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: for four years. You know, your your your gas, your gas, 84 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: your food, your mortgage, your rent, your utility bills all 85 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 2: question more than it did four years ago. And people 86 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: just just do not need a big tax bill on 87 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: top of that. 88 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: It's why. Okay, So I guess one thing I'm trying 89 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: to figure out is, you know, obviously, you know you've 90 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: worked in politics a long time. We're far out from 91 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: the midterms, right, so it's it's hard to really gauge 92 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: what's going on at this point in the game. But 93 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: we know President Trump won't be on the ballot. We 94 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: know that the Democrats approval rating has hit rock bottom. 95 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: You know, they've they've had trouble and pulling, but yet 96 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: they're leading on the congressional ballot if you look at 97 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: the real clear politics average. So what do you make 98 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: of that disconnect? And I guess if you were to 99 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: read the tea leaves for the midterms today, obviously knowing 100 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: that today is just a snapshot in time and a 101 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: lot could change. You know, what are you seeing and 102 00:05:58,360 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: kind of how do you read read all that? 103 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: Well, let me get technical on your first with those 104 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: polls that please because on our website at mclochlan online 105 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 2: dot com, we track the congressional ballot every month. We 106 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 2: were right in the last two congressionals because we use 107 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 2: a likely voter model and we base it on the 108 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 2: exit poles from the previous elections. Plus you know, voter data, 109 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 2: and we call voters and we contact voters online that 110 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: we know are going to vote, and we screen for 111 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 2: likely voters. So we've got a history of being right 112 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 2: and Donald Trump proved it in the last election that 113 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 2: when we won the popular vote, swept the battle, I says, 114 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: it's all on our website at McGlocklin online dot com. 115 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 2: But with that, you go to these media polls that 116 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 2: have us losing the congressional ballot. They don't have enough 117 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: Trump voters in them. I mean, you go back to 118 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 2: the one hundred day polls when they came out and 119 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: they were saying, oh, his job writing's you know, going 120 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 2: way down, et cetera. These are the same polls that 121 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 2: Harris was going to be president. These are the same 122 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: polls that there was a Hillary lock, that there was 123 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 2: a Biden blue wave when he only won by forty 124 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: four thousand votes in three states. And let me tell 125 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: you what they do in those polls. 126 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: Is that intentional? 127 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: Yes, it's intentional. These people are too smart because one 128 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: time in twenty twenty election, when when Washington Post ABC 129 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: had us down seventeen a week out from Wisconsin, which 130 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: was out of three million votes decided by twenty thousand, 131 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: they said we were down seventeen. President Trump called me 132 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 2: in the morning and said, what's the matter with that? Paul? 133 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: He said, they skewed it against you? And he said 134 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: they would do that. I said, sure, they hate you. 135 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: They want you to lose. It's just like the Desboine register. Paul. 136 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I was just thinking that. I'm just 137 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: going to mention that going it was. 138 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: I mean that Paul I had to write a memo 139 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: for Susie Whiles to so she could give it to 140 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: him to tell him it was a bay of poll. 141 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: And he was fine with that. But what they did is, 142 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: let me tell you, these two recent ones were starting again. 143 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: And when you go check the internals and the polls, 144 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 2: when you looked at the New York Times poll, out 145 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 2: of the votes that they had there was thirty seven 146 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: percent Trump voters. We won fifty percent of the popular vote. 147 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: They've put in a whole bunch of Like there was 148 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 2: eight hundred and forty two in the New York Times poll. 149 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 2: There was eight hundred and forty two Trump voters out 150 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 2: of two thousand, four hundred and sixty four adults that 151 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 2: they interviewed. So they interview adults, they screened down for 152 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 2: alleged registered voters. They could be polling legal immigrants for 153 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 2: all we know. But they only have thirty seven percent 154 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 2: Trump voters. We won by two points, fifty to forty eight. 155 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: So they have a bad model, and they're doing it 156 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 2: deliberately because they know for every Trump voter they take 157 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: out of the poll, they're taking out a point on 158 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: his jobapool. And by the way, ABC Washington Post was 159 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: worse because they only had thirty four percent Trump voters 160 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 2: in their poll. So when I see these poles like 161 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 2: Reuter's zipsos, they're not They're less transparent than those other 162 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 2: two poles. They won't tell you who voted for Trump 163 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 2: and who didn't vote for Trump. They hide a lot 164 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: of the demographics party, but they're skewing the polls by 165 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 2: diluting them with voter with adults or non voters who 166 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 2: they who they know don't like Trump. Now, our polls 167 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: are different that we did. In international poll that we 168 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: did April twenty ninth, we had the Republicans ahead in 169 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 2: the generic ballot forty five to forty three among a 170 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 2: thousand likely voters nationwide, and in this poll the Battleground 171 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 2: State Pole for the Club for Growth on the battleground 172 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 2: congressional districts, it was forty eight to forty three. That 173 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: would concern me still as a Republican because you're a 174 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 2: year after the midterm, you're the incumbent majority in the House, 175 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 2: in the Senate, and you're under fifty. You need to 176 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 2: get it over fifty. And I'll tell you what's interesting 177 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 2: to me is in twenty sevent in December twenty seventeen, 178 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 2: President Trump called me as he was working to pass 179 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 2: his tax cuts, and I said to him, why did 180 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: you do healthcare? First? Healthcare? And he told me he 181 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 2: said Speaker Ryan and Senate Leader McConnell had told him 182 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 2: they needed the savings from healthcare to afford the tax cuts. 183 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: And I'm like, I'll tell you who can't afford taxes, 184 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 2: and that's your voters, and they won tax cuts. He 185 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 2: should have done the tax cuts first, because when they 186 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: passed it in December, it didn't go into effect until 187 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: after the midterm election, and we lost both the House 188 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: and Senate and he got impeached. But then when he 189 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: was running for reelection, the economy was booming back until 190 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 2: COVID hit, and he created millions of jobs as promised. 191 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: Because there's Tax Cut Jobs Act, that's the tax cut 192 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: that's going to lapse that helped create these millions of 193 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 2: jobs and get people to earn better pay. The difference 194 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: is he's pushing for it now because we're taking a 195 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 2: page out of the two thousand and two midterms. After 196 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 2: nine to eleven, George W. Bush had to pump the 197 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 2: economy full of money so that we didn't go into 198 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 2: a recession, and he also passed a tax cut that 199 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: was time to go into effect in the second quarter. Now, 200 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 2: that fall out of the hundred House of Delegates in 201 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 2: Virginia because we were pulling for the RNC chairman Jim Gilmore, 202 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 2: out of the hundred seats, we went up from fifty 203 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 2: two to sixty four because the economy was growing. And 204 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: then in the election year we had we picked up 205 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 2: two Senate seats in the midterm elections in two thousand 206 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 2: and two, and we picked up eight House seats and 207 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 2: any time majorities because the economy was growing. So right now, 208 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 2: if we don't, if we don't make the Trump tax 209 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 2: cuts permanent, you will see my friend Steve Forbes says, 210 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 2: you won't just see a recession, you'll see a depression 211 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: because of that massive taxire And the Democrats know. The 212 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 2: most interesting part to me is the Democrats have voted 213 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 2: against the budget framework to pass the tax cuts, to 214 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 2: make the Trump tax cuts permanent, every member of the House, 215 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 2: every member of the Senate. So they voted. They're on 216 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 2: record for the largest tax increase in the history of 217 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: the United States. And the Republicans are making a huge 218 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: mistake by fighting among themselves and not holding them accountable 219 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 2: for that. And President Trump started taking it to them. 220 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 2: He did it at Michigan when he spoke at his rally. 221 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 2: He's been taking the Democrats to task that they want 222 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 2: this tax increase that the Club for Growth poll says 223 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: three quarters of the voters in the key districts of 224 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 2: Congress don't want that to happen. So Trump's holding them accountable. 225 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: And you saw a break among the Democrats yesterday in 226 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 2: the Senate where they passed a bill unanimously for no 227 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: taxes on tips. And so they know that. We know, 228 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: like from December, we had a poll seventy one percent 229 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 2: of all Americans support no taxes on tips. So the 230 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: Democrats are getting back to the same polls and they're like, 231 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 2: we better hop on board that no tax on tips, 232 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 2: no tax on overtime, no tax on social Security. If 233 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: the Republicans stay united and pass their tax cuts, you 234 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: may see some Democrats starting to bail out on their 235 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: position of being in favor of tax increases versus tax cuts. 236 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 2: And by the way, this is how we beat Kamala 237 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 2: Harris last year in the battleground states. When she was 238 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 2: saying she won a middle class tax cup, but she 239 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 2: was going to let the Trump tax cuts laps. We 240 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: just hit her for supporting tax increases because it would 241 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 2: hit small businesses, it would hit farms, farmers would be 242 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 2: hit with a lot more average taxpayers would have paid 243 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 2: a lot more money. If she was elected president, we'd 244 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 2: be real trouble right now if she was elected president. 245 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: We've got more with John in a moment. But first, 246 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: When a mother with an unplanned pregnancy is deciding about 247 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: the future of her own born child, it's overwhelming. 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You know, 265 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: obviously we saw him build a really interesting coalition to 266 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: get them past the finish line and the well to 267 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: not even get them past the finish line to win 268 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: the popular vote. Are those groups still with him? Because 269 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: you know, obviously he has created a coalition that looks 270 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: much different than previous Republican coalitions. Are they still with 271 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: him today? 272 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 2: His base is still with him. I mean, if you 273 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 2: support him, you know, like, as I'm looking at this, uh, 274 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 2: as I'm looking at the Battleground survey of Battleground Congressional 275 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 2: district survey from the Club for Growth, ninety four percent 276 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 2: of the people that votes were Trump approved the job 277 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 2: he's doing. So it's virtually the same number. It's totally intact. 278 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 2: So if you supported and by the way, our national 279 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 2: number fifty percent approved, that's not his popular voute. So 280 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: his base is still with him, and it's rock solid. 281 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 2: There's some voters we could be getting that we're not 282 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: getting right now that approve of the job he's doing 283 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 2: but didn't vote for him. And and by the way, 284 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: the key groups you're talking about that joined their coalition 285 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: to get us to fifty percent. It wasn't the usual 286 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 2: groups we were targeting three years out. We were targeting 287 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 2: Hispanic voters. He got forty six percent of the Hispanic 288 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: voter record for Republic and two points sided than George W. 289 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 2: Bush got in two thousand and four. He got twenty 290 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 2: one percent of the African American vote. We were targeted 291 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: three years out among African American men, twenty one percent 292 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: he got. He won higher percentage of younger voters and 293 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 2: younger voters. He's still doing very well within the polls 294 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: right now because it's better than what they have, better 295 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 2: opportunities and a little better life and more hope than 296 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: what they were doing with Joe Biden. Plus, we also 297 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 2: did well in the suburbs with suburban women because we 298 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 2: were telling them, you know, Kamala Harris was going to 299 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 2: attach your four to one caves and your homes with 300 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: that unrealized capital gains tax. So we were do And 301 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 2: Plus the other thing too is there were cultural She's 302 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 2: like men in girls' locker rooms, in girls sports. That 303 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 2: really drove a lot of suburban moms. A lot of 304 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 2: what I call suburban sports moms. They were coming to 305 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 2: us significantly because of that issue. But going back to 306 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 2: your point about the coalition, we only rented them in 307 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 2: the last election. We don't own those groups. We have 308 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 2: to earn their support now. And the Republicans in Congress 309 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 2: actually lag Trump's approval rating, and Trump they see as 310 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 2: somebody who's fighting for them. The Republicans in Congress, whether 311 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 2: they're in the Senate or they're in the House, to 312 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 2: keep their majorities without Trump being on the ballot, they 313 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 2: need to pass the legislation like this, like this tax 314 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 2: cut bill, make it permanent, grow the economy. They also 315 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 2: need to they need to do other things to make 316 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 2: people's lives easier. And you know, I mean there's some 317 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: things there where when you look at what's going on 318 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 2: with the you know, when you look at what's going 319 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 2: on with these cultural issues, whether whether it's immigration, whether 320 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 2: it's you know, man and girls sports, I mean, the 321 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: Republicans in Congress need to follow Trump's leads on those 322 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 2: issues to get those groups back because we don't have 323 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 2: those groups right now. When you're looking at the Republican 324 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: generic bot of Congress at forty five, we don't have them, 325 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 2: and we need to go get them. 326 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: Well, it's also you know, obviously, historically the party in 327 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: charge loses seats in the House in the midterms, and 328 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: we saw during twenty eighteen, during President Trump's first midterm, 329 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: Democrats were able to gain a net of forty one seats, 330 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: winning back the House. I mean, I know the environment 331 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: is different today than it was then, but does that concern. 332 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: You at all? It does. I mean, because if we 333 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 2: don't get if we don't have a grown economy, if 334 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 2: we don't keep America at peace and prosperous, if we 335 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 2: have if people are feeling insecure. I mean, the greatest 336 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 2: success President Trump has had so far as absolutely security 337 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 2: the border, supporting illegal criminal legal immigrants. I mean, the 338 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 2: Democrats are defending human traffickers. I know, Sorry, I can't. 339 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: It's just it's it's it's unbelievable that they could do that. 340 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 2: But we have them doing that. And Marco Rubio was 341 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 2: great yesterday as Secretary of State when he was rebutting 342 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: Center von Holland from Maryland, and uh, you know, so 343 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 2: we have to. And the other part too, is the 344 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 2: mainstream media that doesn't like Trump. They're all in I'm 345 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 2: blaming Joe Biden. Now they've discovered that he was totally incapacitated, 346 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 2: you know, but he left this mess and Donald Trump 347 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 2: was trying to dig us out of the mess of 348 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 2: wars in the Middle East, in Ukraine, and the open 349 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 2: border where you still have millions of illegal immigrants and 350 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 2: many of them criminal. Plus, I mean, in this budget 351 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 2: deal you have the the Republicans have made provisions that 352 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 2: if you're an a llegal immigrant, you shouldn't be on Medicaid. 353 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 2: Why should American taxpayers can't afford their own food every day, 354 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 2: their their own court, their own cost of living, their 355 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: own healthcare, why should they be asked to pay for 356 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: the healthcare of somebody who came here illegally. So and 357 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: that's a very popular provision to have that Medicare reform. 358 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 2: Plus the other is workfair. You've got able bodied adults 359 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 2: who are getting free medicaid at the other taxpayer's expensive 360 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 2: don't have to work, look for work and TENK college 361 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 2: or whatever. You know. We need those workfare provisions because 362 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 2: they're very popular where we have, you know, I mean, 363 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: when we in that Club for Growth survey, when we 364 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 2: have sixty eight to twenty three supporter a federal law 365 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 2: that stops states from US state tax payer money to 366 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 2: get Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants. That's a big number. 367 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 2: And seventy nine to sixteen support requiring able bodied adults 368 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 2: to work, be looking for a job, for attending school 369 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 2: in order to receive taxpayer fund and benefits like Medicaid, 370 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 2: food stamps, or income assistants. So those reforms are critical. 371 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 2: By the way, I heard in this bill from New Gingridge. 372 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 2: He told me that they could get more savings because 373 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 2: the workfare requirement doesn't go into effect until twenty twenty 374 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 2: nine if the Trumps president, who in their minds would 375 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 2: not want workfair to go into effect right now, But 376 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 2: I guess inside the Potomac that makes sense to people. 377 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: So a lot of Democrats, we got to put pressure 378 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 2: on them and play offense, hold them accountable for this 379 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 2: there because we don't want to, you know, we don't 380 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: want people who aren't working, who could be working, to 381 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: be receiving free benefits. And we don't want illegal immigrants 382 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 2: to receiving benefits that Americans can't even afford themselves. 383 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: We've got to take a quick Marciall break more with 384 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: John in a moment. One thing I worry about as well, 385 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: because President Trump's coalition is just so unique to him. 386 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: Can Republicans carry the America First mantle moving forward and 387 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: pull a similar coalition together until I was twenty eight? 388 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 2: They can, but they have to work at it with 389 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 2: these issues, because the key thing is you've seen it 390 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 2: in this year's elections back on April first, when you 391 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 2: had a statewide election in Wisconsin for a conservative state 392 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 2: Supreme Court judge versus a liberal. Donald Trump last November 393 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 2: got one point seven million votes in Wisconsin and won 394 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 2: the state. There was a lower turnout in that election 395 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 2: for that state Supreme Court judge, but the conservative only 396 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 2: got a million votes that got beat. So seven hundred 397 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,959 Speaker 2: thousand Trump voters stayed home, and even though they carried 398 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 2: the special elections on the same day in Florida, won 399 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 2: the congressional district in Florida six the congressional districts. Instead 400 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 2: of winning two to one like Donald Trump did and 401 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 2: the previous members of Congress did in those districts, it 402 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,360 Speaker 2: was closer. It was more like a twenty point lead. 403 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 2: So you had over one hundred thousand Trump voters in 404 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 2: both districts who voted the previous November to stay home. 405 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 2: So if you don't have an issue agenda like Donald 406 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 2: Trump that motivates people and excites people, this is not 407 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 2: a cult of personality. It's a cult of passionate and 408 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 2: a cult about issues. Well, I wouldn't even call it 409 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 2: a cult. It's more a movement, as the President described 410 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 2: it as a movement. But when he started running, and 411 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 2: we've advised him since twenty eleven, when he first started 412 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 2: looking at running in twenty twelve, but then he put 413 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 2: it off till twenty fifteen. But when he announced in 414 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 2: twenty fifteen, he announced on immigration and traded never looked back. 415 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 2: He's been you know, America first from the get go, 416 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 2: and then during the primaries, when you know, we were 417 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 2: talking at his office. He says, they got to need 418 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: the tax cut. I said, yes, you do, and he 419 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 2: said you're writing and I said you're writing in a 420 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 2: Republican primary. Tax cuts among Republicans means economic growth, and 421 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 2: he's a businessman. He understood that better than anybody. And 422 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 2: his tax cut during his first term was probably the 423 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 2: most important success foundational success he had, because that gave 424 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: us the economic engine to grow out of the COVID pandemic. 425 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 2: It was already work and he would have won reelection. 426 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 2: Jesus it was me we had In March eleventh of 427 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 2: twenty twenty, I was going into the Oval Office with 428 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 2: Jared Kushner and Brad PARSKEALTONI for Brazil and Bill STEPPI 429 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 2: and others, and we were going to go through the 430 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 2: most recent polling. And the President gets up from the 431 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 2: resolute desk and he says, I think I have to 432 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 2: close travel to Europe because of COVID. That's too bad. 433 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,239 Speaker 2: These polls have you winning easily and change, I mean 434 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: changed history. But by the way, some of us not 435 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 2: actually think we won that election anyway, but we certainly 436 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: won the last one decisively. And economic growth, the promise 437 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 2: of economic growth is the foundation to you know, to 438 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 2: make all these other things happen, just like with Ronald Reagan. 439 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 2: Ronald Reagan well collapse the Soviet Empire because his tax 440 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 2: cuts grew the American economy, and America had the economic 441 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 2: power to win the Cold War without firing a shot. 442 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: You know, before we go, are the tariffs of trouble 443 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: spot or you know, how do they pull or are 444 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: they being messaged correctlys. 445 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,719 Speaker 2: Are a more complex message because I know that's why 446 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 2: I worry about it. It's, you know, right now, the 447 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 2: President's base is solid. They think they understand what he's doing. 448 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,239 Speaker 2: He's trying to save American jobs, keep manufacturing here. They 449 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 2: guess less dependent on foreign you know, foreign products that 450 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 2: we can't rely on because we saw that during COVID 451 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 2: with the supply chain. So they understand what he's doing, 452 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: and the majority voters do support him for those reasons. However, 453 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 2: it's more complex because every country is a different deal. 454 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 2: And you know, in a way, I kind of wish 455 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 2: he'd done the tax cuts first and then the tariffs, 456 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: but you know, it is what he is. He's doing 457 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 2: what he thinks is right. And he's also it's unbelievable 458 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 2: the energy and the amount of focus from President Trump. 459 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 2: I mean, he's a workaholic. He's just it's it's such 460 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 2: a contrast from Joe Biden and the Biden corruption that 461 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 2: we saw over the last four years. But it's a 462 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 2: but the tariffs, by the way, as you've seen the 463 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 2: markets come back and you've seen you know, America's finances 464 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 2: come back, and the trillions of jobs that he's bringing 465 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 2: back to the country and investments, which will take time 466 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 2: because you've got to build the plants, hire the workers, 467 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 2: et cetera. It takes time. There's long term growth there. 468 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 2: Plus there's also growth from the regulatory relief. But the 469 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 2: foundation is really making the Trump tax cuts permanent again. 470 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: And before we go anything else, I've missed that you 471 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: want to get across. 472 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 2: When you think about it, since last November, since our 473 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 2: conversations last year with the election, I mean, so much 474 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 2: has happened. When you know, you just look at the 475 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 2: potential for success. There's really a strong foundation here for 476 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 2: President Trump to It was a historic election that we 477 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 2: went through. I mean, he's the only person in history 478 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 2: ever to beat the Republican establishment and win the nomination, 479 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 2: and I mean he won the nomination last time in 480 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 2: historic fashion. Nobody else has done that. Ronald Reagan didn't 481 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 2: do it. He just swept through those states. And then 482 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 2: for him to beat the DC establishment and maybe the 483 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 2: international establishment where he was able to win the popular votes, 484 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 2: sweep to battleground states, Nobody's ever done this. And now 485 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: you're seeing a historic presidency where you know, he's only 486 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 2: been in office since January and he's he's trying to, 487 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 2: you know, literally bring the world back to you know, 488 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 2: peace and prosperity single handedly. It's just it's just an 489 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 2: amazing feat. So we'll see, we'll see hopefully, hopefully you 490 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 2: can add to his legacy and make the country stronger 491 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 2: and better. So yeah, we'll see. 492 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,199 Speaker 1: I hope so too. All Right, John, we'd love to 493 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: have you back on as we get closer to the midterms. 494 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: Always appreciate your insight and appreciate you making the time. 495 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 2: Thank you very much. I appreciate the opportunity and keep 496 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 2: up the good luck that was John McLaughlin. 497 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: I appreciate him for making the time to join the show. 498 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys at home for listening every Tuesday and Thursday, 499 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: but of course you can listen throughout the week until 500 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: next time.