WEBVTT - Donald Trump Is Spent | Steve Schmidt

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<v Speaker 1>It is difficult to find the words to describe the

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<v Speaker 1>madness as we begin this August of twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>but we must try, because the world aspiraling into a

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<v Speaker 1>place of danger it has not visited in many, many decades.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. The war that Donald Trump started

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<v Speaker 1>is spreading the war that he claimed was won. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>how hopeful are you that this piece deal will work?

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<v Speaker 2>I will be wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>You're talking about to end it? Well, I think we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to end it. I can't tell you for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I don't like to say this. We've won

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<v Speaker 3>this with this war has been won. The only one

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<v Speaker 3>that likes to keep it going is the fake news.

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<v Speaker 1>And here that we're doing.

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<v Speaker 4>Very well on that front. But the meeting in Doha

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<v Speaker 4>is going to be perhaps important, perhaps not. We're going

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<v Speaker 4>to find down. But we're winning militarily. It's almost one militarily,

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<v Speaker 4>I would say, uh. And it's really very simple, SI

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<v Speaker 4>denuclearization of Iran. We don't want them to have a

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<v Speaker 4>nuclear weapon, and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon,

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<v Speaker 4>and they've agreed to that no offense.

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<v Speaker 1>And here they about reminding.

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<v Speaker 2>The seaside and the policy not gone.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I think we just want to win, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we just want to We're doing very well.

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<v Speaker 2>We're trying to be nice as nice as you can be,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, situation like that.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know they're they're being decimated.

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<v Speaker 2>They have no navy, they have no airports, they have

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<v Speaker 2>no anti aircraft.

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<v Speaker 4>Does I mean they don't have any capability? They have

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<v Speaker 4>some to bear lily.

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<v Speaker 1>And dozens of more times has escalated Russia, Ukraine striking

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<v Speaker 1>Iranian ships in the Caspian Seas, a dozen different countries

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<v Speaker 1>and a dozen militia groups all fighting. Donald Trump, as

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<v Speaker 1>is typical, makes a threat he will obliterate Iran. He

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<v Speaker 1>will say he has already obliterated Iran, he will declare victory.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he will need to make new threats because it

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<v Speaker 1>was all fantasy. America is losing a war to a

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<v Speaker 1>country that doesn't have a navy and doesn't have an

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<v Speaker 1>air force, but does have a strategy, not the whims

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<v Speaker 1>of a reality show president dictating the day. The War

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<v Speaker 1>Department is a joke led by a bigger one. And

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<v Speaker 1>when you think about what's going on, the insanity of

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<v Speaker 1>this moment, appreciate there's more war coming. Here's little Marco

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<v Speaker 1>daring to allege that opposition to his stupidity and incompetence

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<v Speaker 1>is a function of treachery against the United States.

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<v Speaker 5>People can argue that we shouldn't do with it. And

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<v Speaker 5>I know there are plenty of people in American academia

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<v Speaker 5>and frankly, an American press that sympathize with a Cuban

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<v Speaker 5>regime and have for very long time. Part of it

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<v Speaker 5>is motivated by their anti Americanism, and part of it

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<v Speaker 5>is motivated by ideological affinity. There are plenty, There are

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<v Speaker 5>enough people in key nodes of our society, including professors.

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<v Speaker 5>But frankly, in the past, we've seen people within our

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<v Speaker 5>own government that sympathized with the Cuban regime. It's the

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<v Speaker 5>way they get spies without paying them. But it doesn't

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<v Speaker 5>mean we can ignore this threat. Put aside for a moment,

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<v Speaker 5>my history, the fact that I'm Cuban American, the fact

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<v Speaker 5>that I grew up in Miami. This is ninety miles

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<v Speaker 5>from our shores, a failed state, ninety miles from our

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<v Speaker 5>shores that happens to be aligned with adversaries to the

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<v Speaker 5>United States is a national security threat to our country.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Donald Trump threatening that by the end of his term,

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<v Speaker 1>the eich Loss will be complete, America will have Greenland.

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<v Speaker 6>Here's another question. You're also still looking at Greenland. I

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<v Speaker 6>made a prediction on this program that before you left office,

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<v Speaker 6>the Greenland would be under our operational control. It's still

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<v Speaker 6>incredibly important to defending the Western hemisphere, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you'll be right if you took that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you'll be read.

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<v Speaker 7>No, they want to do something very important.

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<v Speaker 2>H Gleenland's important, you know, from our standpoint, not from

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<v Speaker 2>their standpoint, but from our standpoint. Each brings that Ben Ashley.

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<v Speaker 1>And here he is again making empty threats.

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<v Speaker 2>We're also asked by Red very strongly. Actually, they said,

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<v Speaker 2>would like to make a deal. Now, you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what they say, because a lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>they'll say that to me and then they go out

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<v Speaker 2>and say, we don't know what he's talking about. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't want to be attacked, and they they knew

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<v Speaker 2>the extent of the attack because they saw it. For me.

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<v Speaker 2>What happens now, Well, now what we're doing is we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking to them in the form of a negotiation. It

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<v Speaker 2>begins tomorrow afternoon and we'll see if that Joe I'd

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<v Speaker 2>love to do that and save a lot of lives,

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<v Speaker 2>save a lot of a lot of unnecessary power. To

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<v Speaker 2>be honest with you, we'll take many, many years to

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<v Speaker 2>ever build it back. If it could, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it would be even building at back.

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<v Speaker 7>We had an exact that would be the biggest attack

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<v Speaker 7>since World War Two, and it would have been disastrous

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<v Speaker 7>with them, and they didn't want us to do it,

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<v Speaker 7>And frankly sodi.

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<v Speaker 2>Arabia didn't want it either. They thought that a deal

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<v Speaker 2>is eminent, and the deal is eminent having to do

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<v Speaker 2>with the Hormos Strait and also the ultimately the nuclearization

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<v Speaker 2>of them. So when I hear that, I say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>do we want to go and be the severe Now

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<v Speaker 2>there's a group of people that would like me to

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<v Speaker 2>just do it.

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<v Speaker 1>America is humiliated in the eyes of the world. America

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<v Speaker 1>has never been weaker. Consequences of losing this war are staggering.

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<v Speaker 1>More than one hundred billion dollars up in smoke. Our

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<v Speaker 1>munitions are badly depleted. We are unprepared to stand up

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<v Speaker 1>to China in the Pacific. The threats of American leaders

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<v Speaker 1>guarded against for eighty years, we lay naked against the

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<v Speaker 1>United States is on a path towards ruin, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is the fault of one man and his court of sycophants,

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<v Speaker 1>his poleop Buro in the United States Senate. The most

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<v Speaker 1>easily manipulated man in the world has been manipulated into

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<v Speaker 1>a catastrophe. The worst president in American history will soon

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<v Speaker 1>have an election where we get to judge his performance.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's only one acceptable outcome in this election, putting

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<v Speaker 1>a check on his power. Because if ever there has

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<v Speaker 1>been a leader whose power needed a check, it's this guy,

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<v Speaker 1>the American fool in chief, and checking that power is

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<v Speaker 1>essential before the things that have gone terribly wrong become

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<v Speaker 1>catastrophes that are forever remembered. This is the warning. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite you to

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<v Speaker 1>join this community where I promise to be honest, blunt

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