WEBVTT - The Age of American Excellence Is OVER

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. It is April to ninth, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five, and today is the one hundred and sixty

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<v Speaker 1>fifth anniversary of a momentous day in American history, the

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<v Speaker 1>surrender of Robert E. Lee to the Union Forces of

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<v Speaker 1>Ulysses s Brand at Appomattox Courthouse on April to ninth,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen sixty five. Today we are under attack from a vicious, officious, greening, arrogant,

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<v Speaker 1>delusional administration. The attack could be stopped, but only by

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<v Speaker 1>the US Senate. And so the attack will not stop.

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<v Speaker 1>The effeckless Democrats will not stop it, and the vicious

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<v Speaker 1>maga Republicans enabled it, though now they are worried about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's watch.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump has the opportunity for the most extraordinary economic

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<v Speaker 2>win for the American people right now by making a deal,

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<v Speaker 2>by saying let's cut a deal. But on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 2>and I do want to give it a word of warning,

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<v Speaker 2>there are voices in the administration that, rather than take

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<v Speaker 2>a deal, are saying we want to have tariffs as

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<v Speaker 2>a long term, permanent feature of the economy. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that'd be a mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's be clear about something. These people have the authority

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<v Speaker 1>and they have the responsibility to make this stop. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no plan, there is no strategy. It has not

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<v Speaker 1>been thought through. The math that this is based on

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<v Speaker 1>is utterly nonsensical. Trump imposed tariffs on penguins on uninhabited islands,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Chinese government has retaliated. And the Chinese, because

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump likes to talk about who has the cards,

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<v Speaker 1>they have the cards. China will now pay big number

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<v Speaker 1>to our treasury.

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<v Speaker 2>This is all taxes.

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<v Speaker 1>And don't let them keep telling you that this is

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<v Speaker 1>a tax on our people.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate that, you know, they say it's a tax.

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<v Speaker 1>Now often much of it is paid. And hey, look

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<v Speaker 1>what happened during my first term. And that's what makes

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<v Speaker 1>this so stupid, so thermo nuclear stupid. There are no words.

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<v Speaker 1>So before we get to the one hundredth day of

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump presidency, there are Americans who have been snatched

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<v Speaker 1>off the street, stuffed into white vans, been sent to

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<v Speaker 1>El Salvador with no due process. The largest law firms

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<v Speaker 1>in the country have slapped the rule of law in

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<v Speaker 1>the face. They have abandoned their commitment to the American

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<v Speaker 1>justice system, to its ideals. They looked left, they looked right,

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<v Speaker 1>and they got on their knees and the same in

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<v Speaker 1>the overwhelming number of instances in the American media. A

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<v Speaker 1>capitulent business community, a capitulan Congress have conspired to put

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<v Speaker 1>accountability in all of our hands. Today. I'm in Tulsa tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll speak here with bellow of Rourke to a few

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<v Speaker 1>thousand people. Would I'll say in Tulsa tomorrow is a

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Wayne Mullen, the scumbag senator from this state, must

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<v Speaker 1>be defeated. All of the geniuses in Washington will say,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's not on the right list. Oklahoma is a

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<v Speaker 1>state that can't be one, or Texas is a state

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<v Speaker 1>that can't be one, or Louisiana or Mississippi that a

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<v Speaker 1>senator like John Kennedy is safe forever. He's like the

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<v Speaker 1>Duke of Gloucester. It's a lifetime title. No, Louisiana and

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<v Speaker 1>Mississippi and Oklahoma, like Montana, like South Dakota. These are

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<v Speaker 1>all states in America filled with Americans who are suffered.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Democratic Party is not a national party. But

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<v Speaker 1>there needs to be a national opposition movement. The Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Party is so feeble, it's leading spokesperson. Eighty two year

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<v Speaker 1>old Vermont Senator who'll be on a CNN town hall tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>The country and its people will have to impose accountability.

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<v Speaker 1>And what that means is looking at these vandals and

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<v Speaker 1>realizing we're not They're hostages. People have dreams, businesses, aspirations,

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<v Speaker 1>pursuing happiness, and on the whim of Donald Trump, their livelihoods,

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<v Speaker 1>their dreams are snuffed out. So this sick man can

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<v Speaker 1>claim that people are kissing his ass while speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>a room full of Washington lobbyists paying hundreds of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars to be in a room with the Republican Congress,

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<v Speaker 1>who will do anything, discard any principle to be in

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<v Speaker 1>the room with Donald Trum. They're not on your side, ready,

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<v Speaker 1>aim fire. I love this picture of Christinom pointing the

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<v Speaker 1>peril of the rifle at the head of the agent

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<v Speaker 1>next to her. Every one of these people clown ish,

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<v Speaker 1>Deete hegsaf Hash Patel, the deputy FBI Director, Dan Pongino,

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<v Speaker 1>the Fox News personality who has a security detail of

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<v Speaker 1>ten twenty FBI agents twenty four to seven, when the

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<v Speaker 1>deputy director at the most typically had a guide, but

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<v Speaker 1>not for FBI. Dan Trump's military parade that will cost

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred million dollars on the two hundred and fiftieth

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary of the United States Army. It's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be about Donald Trump. Everything is falling apart, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was always the plan. The simple reality is some of

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<v Speaker 1>us have been right about who Trump was all along,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am one of those people. From day one,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the danger, and trust me, the danger is

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<v Speaker 1>here for you, for your family, for your business, and

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<v Speaker 1>no things will not snap back. There is something we

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<v Speaker 1>must reckon with. Some people want to build things, and

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<v Speaker 1>as we said in the movie, others want to make

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<v Speaker 1>them burn. Donald Trump isn't a builder. He's a con man,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a liar. He's a reality show host who played

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<v Speaker 1>a builder. But he's an arsonist. And what he's burning

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<v Speaker 1>isn't just opportunity, isn't just dreams. It is the stature,

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<v Speaker 1>It is the power, It is the pre eminence of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. And what he is Garant Kang, is

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<v Speaker 1>that the twenty first century will be a Chinese century

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<v Speaker 1>and America will decline inexorably. I had somebody say the

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<v Speaker 1>most successful month first month in the history. Now they

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<v Speaker 1>said the most successful one hundred days in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of our country. And I believe that's right. One hundred

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<v Speaker 1>days of Donald Trump has done more damage to the

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<v Speaker 1>United States of America by presidential decision than the presidencies

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<v Speaker 1>of every other man who has ever held the job

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<v Speaker 1>put together. And he's just getting started. He chose us.

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<v Speaker 1>And so all the MAGA voters who bought into the lie,

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<v Speaker 1>all of the MAGA voters who looked at the incoherence

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<v Speaker 1>and said, I think I know what he means, they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to suffer a great deal. And they were lied to.

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic voters were lied to. They were lied to by

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<v Speaker 1>the leadership of the Democratic Party about the fitness of

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden, who was unable to run a campaign against

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<v Speaker 1>this insanity. And so the people were lied to, and

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<v Speaker 1>between the lies, they picked us. And this is a disaster,

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<v Speaker 1>and when it gets to the end, it may well

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<v Speaker 1>count as the greatest in the country's history. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I

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<v Speaker 1>invite you to join this community where I promise to

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, blunt and direct about what is happening in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. America is in crisis. Follow and subscribe to

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