1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Crime in America. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 2: It is dropping, and it's not happening by accident. It's 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 2: happening because, for the first time in years, there is 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: a present in the White House who made one thing 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: clear from day one. We're going to go back to policing. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: We are going to enforce the laws that we have 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 2: on the books, and we're going to take our streets 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 2: back so that all Americans can feel safe. Now, let's 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: talk facts, because the numbers are truly incredible and they 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: don't lie. Across the country, major cities are reporting double 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: digit drops and violent crime in many liberal metro areas. 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 2: Homicides are down significantly from their recent peaks, property crime 13 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: stabilizing after years of spikes in some cities. We're seeing 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: murder rates down ten to twenty percent year over year. 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: Shootings are declining as targeted enforcement is ramped up under 16 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: Trump's leadership, and law enforcement officials are pointing to some 17 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: very specific things that are allowing for all this to happen. 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: Number one, a shift in federal posture that all because 19 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: of the president. Also a shift in priorities from federal 20 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: law enforcement, and then the biggest part, a shift in 21 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: leadership from the White House. All the way down. Now, 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: let's be honest. This didn't start in a vacuum. For years, 23 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: we were told police should be cut back, enforcement should 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: be reduced, and criminals should be given more leniency and 25 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: more second, third, fourth, fifth, and six chances. What happened 26 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 2: under the Democrats' plan. Crime surged, cities became less safe, 27 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: communities paid the price, and Americans lost their lives. Then 28 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: President Trump came in and flipped the script. From day one, 29 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: the Trump administration said we will always back the blue. 30 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: That wasn't just a slow it literally became their policy. 31 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: Federal support for local police departments has increased. Prosecutors were 32 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: encouraged to pursue violent offenders aggressively, and repeat offenders were 33 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: targeted instead of being released. And just as important, police 34 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: morales started going back up in this country. When officers 35 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: know the White House had their back, they got to 36 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: do their jobs more efficiently, and criminals knew it now. 37 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: Targeting the worst offenders was also part of the plan. 38 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: It was another major shift going after the most dangerous 39 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 2: criminals first, violent repeat offenders, gang members, drug traffickers, illegal 40 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: immigrants with hardcore criminal records. That is where ice operations 41 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 2: and federal partnerships came into play. Instead of ignoring the problem, 42 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: the administration leaned in arresting thousands of high risk individuals, 43 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: removing threats from communities, sending a message that lawlessness will 44 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 2: not be tolerated. Now, Trump's message had always been simple 45 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: law and order. He ran on it, and President Trump 46 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 2: has been consistent saying we will not allow our cities 47 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: to be taken over by crime. And he's emphasized that 48 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: safety is not political, it's fundamental to a great country, 49 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: saying every American deserves to live in a safe community. 50 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: And that message is clearly resonating with many Americans who 51 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 2: are living in really high crime neighborhoods. To law enforcement, 52 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: the President said, hey, I got you, do your job. 53 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: We support you. 54 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: And to the criminals, the President said, the rules are 55 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: being enforced again, so get ready because we're coming for you. 56 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: So is it working. Yes, crime rates have dropped significantly. 57 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: And if you want to look at one example of that, 58 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 2: look at what the President did in Memphis, Tennessee on Monday. 59 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: He said, we've fixed the Memphis crime problem. That obviously 60 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: is my hometown. And President Trump declared on Monday that 61 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: the crime problem has been solved through the Memphis Safe 62 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: Task Force. 63 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: Now. 64 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: Trump's comments came during a Memphis Task Force roundtable where 65 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: he highlighted high levels of crime in the city of 66 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: the year he returned to the Oval office. 67 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: Here's part of what the President had to say. 68 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: But for years prior to our involvement, Memphis had become 69 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 3: known for something else, being the murder capital of the USA. 70 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 4: Then not a good title. 71 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: It was averaging far more than one murder per day, 72 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: with a crime rate higher than Columbia, Mexico City, or 73 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 3: Baghdad in the year I shouldn't be saying this, say 74 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: because but here's a good news. It's been fixed, all right. 75 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 3: I hate to say this because it's so negative. That's 76 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 3: so negative. In the year before I took off as 77 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 3: Memphis so more than twelve thousand, five hundred violent assaults, 78 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 3: four hundred and twenty nine rapes, and seven thousand, six 79 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 3: hundred burglar is an armed Romine Roberts, and I mean 80 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: it was and getting worse. This catastrophe was a result 81 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: of years of local politicians, judges, and prosecutors who sided 82 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: with violent criminals over law abiding citizens. 83 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: Over law abiding citizens. It was an average far more 84 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: than one murder per day. That is what the people 85 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 2: at Memphis were dealing with, with a crime rate higher 86 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: than Columbia, Mexico City, or even Baghdad. That's something that 87 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 2: the media never wanted you to know. 88 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: He said. 89 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 2: Crime levels were the products of years of local politicians, judges, 90 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: and prosecutors who sided with the violent criminals over the 91 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 2: law abiding citizens. Fox thirteen Memphis report on March eighteenth 92 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: that overall crime in the city is down forty three 93 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 2: percent compared to the same period in twenty twenty five, 94 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 2: before Trump Institute did the task force. Meanwhile, the White 95 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 2: House shared figures Monday underscoring the stark drop in specific 96 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 2: crime categories. Motor vehicle thefts down sixty seven percent, robberies 97 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 2: in Memphis down fifty one percent, sexual assaults down thirty 98 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 2: eight percent, homicides are down thirty five percent, burglaries are 99 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: down thirty two percent, and aggravated assaults are down thirty 100 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: one percent. Now Trump announced back in September efforts to 101 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: crack down on crime in Memphis on the heels of 102 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 2: his immediate success in dealing with crime in Washington, d C. 103 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: On September fifteenth, he signed a memo establishing the Memphis 104 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 2: Task Force and what happened, well, it's truly incredible. 105 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: The numbers don't lie. 106 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,679 Speaker 2: Here's what the President had to say from the Oval 107 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 2: Office when he started this back in September. 108 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 5: Today, at the request of Governor bis Lee of Tennessee, 109 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 5: who's standing with us, as you know, I'm signing a 110 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 5: Presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force. 111 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 4: And it's very important because of the crime that's going on, 112 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 4: not only in Memphis in many cities that we're going 113 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 4: to take care of all of them step by step, 114 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 4: just like we did in DC. We have virtually no 115 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 4: crime in DC right now, and we're going to keep 116 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 4: it that way. 117 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 5: So our nation's capital. 118 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 6: We're going to keep it that way, or we're going 119 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 6: to federalize it if we had to, but we don't 120 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 6: have to anymore because it's in such great share. This 121 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 6: task Force will be a replica of our extraordinarily successful 122 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 6: efforts here, and you'll see it's a lot of the 123 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 6: same thing. Although the numbers here are really something, they're 124 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 6: really bad. 125 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 4: Now. 126 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 6: We did send FBI in about four months ago to 127 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 6: work and it brought some of the numbers down and 128 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 6: they did a great job, and we're sending in the 129 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 6: big force. 130 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: Now, you got to ask yourself this question, why would 131 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 2: the President United States of America do something like this 132 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: in liberal cities, Because he truly believes that every American 133 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 2: has the right to be safe. He said, it's very 134 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: important because the crime that's going on not only in Memphis, 135 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: in many cities, and we're going to take care of 136 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 2: all of them step by step, just like we did 137 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 2: in DC. Trump said all of this as he was 138 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 2: standing by the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, 139 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: and Bill Haggerty. Making it clear that we are moving forward. 140 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 2: We have virtually no crime in DC right now, the 141 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: President reminded the country, and we're going to keep it 142 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 2: that way. He added, it's our nation's capital. We're going 143 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: to keep it that way, or we're going to federalize 144 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 2: it if we had to, but we don't have to 145 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: anymore because it's in such great shape. 146 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: Now. If you're an American. 147 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: And it doesn't matter where you live right now, you 148 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 2: should be proud of the President United States of America 149 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: pulling this off so quickly. From a meeting in the 150 00:08:54,679 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: Oval Office in September to massive reductions in crime come March. 151 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: That is truly historic. 152 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 2: Usually this is something politicians say take years or multiple 153 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: election cycles. The President's doing it in a matter of months. 154 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 2: Why because the President said to law enforcement, we have 155 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 2: your back, do your job. And the President also made 156 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 2: it clear we're not leaving. We're going to continue to 157 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 2: be involved in Memphis and other cities, and there are 158 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 2: more cities that we're going to be targeting soon. So 159 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 2: Democrats can say all they want to that they hate 160 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 2: President Trump, but the American people, it's pretty clear they're 161 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 2: happy with what the President's doing right now. 162 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: Welcome back. It has the Ben Ferguson Show. It is 163 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: nice to have you with us. 164 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: There is a lot of waste fraud abuse that we 165 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: know about that is in our government. We're witnessing a 166 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 2: lot of it being exposed right now in California, in 167 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: Minnesota and New York. We've seen it with a number 168 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 2: of hospice offices that are in one little office building, 169 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 2: for example in California. But there's also ways fraud abuse 170 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,359 Speaker 2: that is affecting you directly, and it deals with healthcare, 171 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 2: health insurance in general. Joining me now to talk about 172 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 2: that and it's an important issue for so many Americans 173 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 2: with rising costs. 174 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: Is Wendell Porter. 175 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: He's a former healthcare executive and the executive editor of 176 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,119 Speaker 2: Healthcare Uncovered. 177 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: Is on substack. You should check it out, Winde. 178 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: I appreciate you taking some time to come on the 179 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 2: show and let's talk about this now. There is a 180 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 2: lot of frustration, and the presidents even talked about this 181 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 2: with transparency and billing and things like that, but it 182 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: doesn't seem to be getting better yet for the consumer. 183 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 7: We need to go beyond that. And I think the 184 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 7: president realizes that he's in the recent past, in the 185 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 7: past few weeks, he's called insurance companies, big health insurance 186 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 7: companies like the ones that I work for, Humana and 187 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 7: Signa and a few others, big bad, money sucking companies. 188 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 7: And he's exactly right. These companies are are anything but 189 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 7: transparent in the way they do business, and as a consequence, 190 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 7: they've been ripping off taxpayers for many years in many 191 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 7: different ways. They have also grown to be these enormous corporations, 192 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 7: these giant conglomerates that a lot of lawmakers that at 193 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 7: both the state and federal levels, Republicans taking the lead 194 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 7: but working with Democrats to address that and try to 195 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 7: root out this fraud that's just so inherent in big 196 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 7: insurance companies these days. 197 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 2: It really is a big problem, as you mentioned. And 198 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 2: the question now is what should Americans listening right now 199 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 2: be advocating for. What should they be calling their Congress 200 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 2: and their centers and saying, this is what I'm asking for, 201 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: this is what we need, this is what we want. 202 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 7: They should? They should if it's if we're focused on 203 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 7: Washington One built in particular, that has been recently introduced 204 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 7: by Senator Josh Hawley. The introduced it, believe or not 205 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 7: with Elizabeth Warren. Would I think it's great, got big medicine. 206 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 7: It would require these big conglomerates to be broken up. 207 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 7: And it's something that Congressman Buddy Carter, a Republican pharmacist 208 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 7: who's a member of Congress from South Georgia, has been 209 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 7: advocating for breaking up United Health Group in particular. But 210 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 7: all these big companies United CVS, which owns Signa and 211 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 7: also a Signal where I used to work, owns express Scripts, 212 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 7: they're being targeted by and rightfully so, by lawmakers. And 213 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 7: in Tennessee, I just wrote a piece this morning about 214 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 7: a legislation that was introduced by a Republican from my 215 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 7: hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee, that would require CVS to divest 216 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 7: some of its holdings. That company not only owns nine thousand, 217 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 7: more than nine thousand retail stores drug stores around the country, 218 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 7: it also owns Etna, which is a big health insurance 219 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 7: company and a big pharmacy benefit manager called care Mark. 220 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 7: And it's got a lock on so much of what 221 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 7: we spend on healthcare. And lawmakers, both, like I said, 222 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 7: in National and other state capitals and in Washington are 223 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 7: addressing that. And that's what I would have your listeners 224 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 7: encourage them to do, is to call their lawmakers and 225 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 7: support those those bills that will call for the breakup 226 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 7: of these giant corporations. 227 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 2: You know, one of the things that the President did 228 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 2: recently was trump our Acts, and it was amazing how 229 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 2: much he was able to lower the price of, you know, 230 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 2: of these of these drugs that people need, many of 231 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: them life saving drugs that they need, just by putting 232 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 2: pressure in saying no, you're going to give us favored 233 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: nation status. I feel like a lot of what you're 234 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 2: talking about right now is just pure political will. If 235 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 2: the American people know what to advocate for and refuse 236 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 2: to accept the way things are being done now, then 237 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 2: there can be real changes. 238 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: Am I wrong? 239 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 7: No, You're exactly right, And I'm seeing that develop seeing 240 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 7: it for the first time. I think, as long as 241 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 7: I've been working in politics and healthcare and business, more 242 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 7: and more Americas waking up to realize how they're being 243 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 7: ripped off, and how these big corporations are at the 244 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 7: heart of are being ripped off and at the heart 245 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 7: of waste, fraud and abuse. Encouraged. I'm optimistic because with 246 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 7: more and more people are experiencing how they are not 247 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 7: only being ripped off, but how these companies are refusing 248 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 7: to approve coveries for procedures that their doctors says they need, 249 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 7: but also the role that they play in ever increasing 250 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 7: pharmaceutical prices. The President, as you noted, start trump RX, 251 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 7: which is circumventing to a large extent the role that 252 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 7: some of these companies, these big insurans are playing. But 253 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 7: they have become these giant middlemen in the pharmacy supply chain, 254 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 7: and they as they called pharmacy benefit managers, and they're 255 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 7: sucking more money out of the pharmacy supply chain than 256 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 7: even the drug makers are getting, and certainly more than 257 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 7: pharmacists are getting. So I am seeing a lot of 258 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 7: attention and I'm encouraged that we could see some action. 259 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 2: Finally, for people that are listening right now, where can 260 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 2: they get more information on this as it continues to 261 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 2: unfold that they can also, you know, make phone calls 262 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: and advocate for Obviously you're the executivector of Healthcare uncovered 263 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: on sub sect, but where else are there great resources 264 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 2: for them? 265 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 7: One of my nonprofit organizations, a nonprofit I lead, is 266 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 7: called the Center for Health and Democracy. You can check 267 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 7: there for information. But like we were talking, I would 268 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 7: really encourage people to get information about Josh Hawley's bill 269 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 7: and look at what Buddy Carter is calling for on 270 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 7: the House side to bust these companies up and call 271 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 7: your member of Congress and encourage them to support this, 272 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 7: both Democrats and Republicans, regardless of neo representation. 273 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: It's really important. Wendll. 274 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: I appreciate your time to look forward to having you 275 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: back here again soon, So thank you for what you're doing. 276 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: Your leadership on this one's important one and it can 277 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 2: really change and help so many Americans out, there's no 278 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 2: doubt about that. It's a new year, twenty twenty six. 279 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: You've probably heard the name bitcoin and cryptocurrency. So the 280 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 2: question so many people have is is it safe? And 281 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 2: is it something that I should be invested in. It's 282 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 2: a question I want to get answered for you today 283 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 2: and joining me now to talk about that as a 284 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 2: co founder of Bitcoin IRA, Chris Kline, Chris, I appreciate 285 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 2: you being here, and it is pretty cool to see 286 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 2: what's happened in the crypto space. It has become normal. 287 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 2: It now can be a part of your IRA. The 288 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: federal government has changed the rules. They're accepting cryptocurrency like 289 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: it's a stock. 290 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 8: Yes, absolutely, and it's it's really driven itself into a 291 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 8: mainstream space. I remember a decade ago when we first 292 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 8: started Bitcoin IRA and everybody was like, are you crazy kid? 293 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 8: You're putting bitcoin in retirement accounts? Is this even possible? 294 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 8: And you fast forward to where we're at today, where 295 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 8: countries are building stockpiles, corporations are building stockpiles. Strategy, for example, 296 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 8: is pretty much its entire business model around this. It's 297 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 8: a piece of diversification that every major player in the 298 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 8: space and economics is looking at and so should too, 299 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 8: the individual sovereignty of the average American looking to put 300 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 8: it inside of their retirement. 301 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 2: You guys actually have a really cool stat that you 302 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 2: told me about at dinner, and that is that your 303 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 2: clients seventy five percent were born before nineteen seventy six. 304 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 2: So the idea that you may be missed out on 305 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 2: this or if you're a little older, it's a young 306 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 2: man's game and crypto that is also just not true. 307 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,719 Speaker 8: That's definitely one of the myths I wanted to come 308 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 8: to bunk with you in your audience. Isn't This isn't 309 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 8: our grandfather's economy and grandfathers are buying bitcoin and putting 310 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 8: it inside of their retirement for long term holdings, especially 311 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 8: now that they're thinking about inheritance and handing some of 312 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 8: these things down. But yeah, that was actually shocking to me. 313 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 8: We've discovered that in twenty eighteen that seventy five percent 314 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 8: of them were older than my parents' generation. And what 315 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 8: we found from surveying all of them was this is 316 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 8: something that they think is new age and that I 317 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 8: think almost every American, especially older ones, has a genuine 318 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 8: concern of watching what's happened to the UA dollar over 319 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 8: the last four or five decades, and there's always been 320 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 8: gold and Silver's a potential hedge, land, real estate. These 321 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 8: scarce assets in bitcoin, while it may seem oh that's 322 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 8: digital and it's different, it's scarce. There's only twenty one 323 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 8: million assets bitcoin that will ever be mined. Nineteen and 324 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 8: a half million have been mined so far, and you 325 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:19,959 Speaker 8: and I actually won't live, our kids will probably live 326 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 8: to see the last one get mined. This is something 327 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 8: you know. We're in a world of abundance since I 328 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 8: was born in nineteen eighty five. It's abundance. We just 329 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 8: printed and printed and printed more. This is a moment 330 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 8: in time where we may be able to revert back 331 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 8: to scarcity, and there'll be a day we're just saying 332 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 8: I have one Bitcoin will be life changing. 333 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: Chris. 334 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 2: I hope a lot of people that are watching this, 335 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: you guys, will go and find out more. It is 336 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 2: amazing what you can do in your retirement account now, 337 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 2: just like your other investments with bitcoin cryptocurrency. Find out 338 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 2: more right now at bitcoinira dot com slash ben that's 339 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 2: bitcoin ira dot com slash ben and see what cryptocurrency 340 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 2: can do for your portfolio. President Donald Trump said on 341 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: Tuesday that Iran has made a major energy related concession 342 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 2: to the United States, describing it as a positive development. 343 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 2: Although he did not give direct details, Trump did suggest, however, 344 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 2: the gift was related to the Strait of Hormuz, the 345 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 2: old transit waterway that the United States has struggled to 346 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 2: keep open. Quote, they gave us a present, and the 347 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: President arrived today and it was a very big present, 348 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 2: worth a tremendous amount of money, Trump told reporters in 349 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 2: the Oval Office. It wasn't nuclear, it was oil and 350 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 2: gas related, and it was a very nice thing they did. 351 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: Trump reiterated that he felt the United States had already 352 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 2: won the war, indicating that the War Secretary Pete Headset 353 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 2: was disappointed by how quickly the campaign had gone. Pete 354 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: didn't want it to be settled, he said, but did 355 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: not give details. With a smile that only Trump can give, 356 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,959 Speaker 2: Trump said the United States was talking now to the 357 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 2: right people in Iran in order to reach a deal 358 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 2: to end the hostilities, adding that the Iranians wanted to 359 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 2: reach a deal now very badly. Quote We're in negotiations 360 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 2: right now over Iran. We are and no matter what 361 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 2: other people say, they were wrong. The President obviously talking 362 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 2: about the reporting coming from CNN that we weren't actually 363 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 2: negotiating with Iran, that has also blown up in their faces. 364 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 2: They had to come out and correct that story on 365 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 2: air today. The President also sang that Steve Whitkoff and 366 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 2: Jared Kushner have been heavily involved in the talks all week. 367 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 2: He said, wit Koff, Kushner, and the Vice President Jeddie 368 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: Vance and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio have all 369 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 2: been involved in the negotiations. Now, Pakistan has said it 370 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 2: is willing to host talks between the United States and 371 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 2: Iran as well to get this deal done quickly. The 372 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 2: President was also asked about what would have to be 373 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,959 Speaker 2: a part of this deal, and the President made it 374 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 2: clear this is all about making sure Iran never has 375 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 2: a nuclear weapons. 376 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 8: The turning point to make you want to pursue a 377 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 8: cease fire. A few days ago, you know, you said 378 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 8: you wanted to continue bombing around. Now you want to 379 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 8: pursue these talks. 380 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 3: Was there something that they're talking to us and they're 381 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 3: talking sense, And remember it all starts with they cannot 382 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 3: have a nuclear weapon. Just you know, I said yesterday, 383 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 3: they said, what are the top ten? I said, well, 384 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 3: number one, two and three is they can't have a 385 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 3: nuclear weapon, and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. 386 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 3: And we're talking about that. And I don't want to 387 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 3: say in advance, but they've agreed they will never have 388 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 3: a nuclear weapon. 389 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:37,719 Speaker 1: They've agreed to them. 390 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 2: That is obviously massive news. Again, he just said there 391 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 2: that a Ran has agreed to never have a nuclear weapon. 392 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: The President was asked even more about the deal, and 393 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 2: he reiterated the same thing. He said, they want a deal. 394 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 3: God, I can tell you they'd like to make a deal, 395 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 3: and who wouldn't if you were there. Look, their navy's gone, 396 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 3: their air force is gone. Their communications are gone. That's 397 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 3: the biggest problem. It's very hard to communicate them between themselves. 398 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 3: All of the anti aircraft is gone. Most of their 399 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 3: missiles are gone. We shot either shot them or they 400 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 3: shot them and don't have them anymore. They're down to 401 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 3: a trickle. Theyre pretty much everything they have is gone. 402 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 3: I don't know, can you name one thing that's not gone, 403 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 3: or can you name one thing that's doing well. You know, 404 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 3: if you read the papers, you think we're tied. You 405 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 3: think we're in a tough battle, We are roaming free 406 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 3: over Tehran. 407 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 2: Which brings us back to the big present that he says. 408 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 2: It ran almost like a peace offering was willing to 409 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: give the US. This was something the present was clearly 410 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: excited about and is a real turning point in the negotiations. 411 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 2: Here's more of the President explaining that. 412 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 3: Because they're gonna make a deal, they're gonna make a deal. 413 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 3: They did something yesterday that was amazing. Actually, they gave 414 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 3: us a present and the president arrived today. It was 415 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 3: a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money. 416 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: And I'm not going to tell you what that present is, 417 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 3: but it was a very significant prize and they gave 418 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 3: it to us and they said they were going to 419 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 3: give it. So that meant one thing to me, would 420 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 3: deal with the right people. No, it wasn't nuclear, It 421 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 3: was oil and gas related and it was a very 422 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 3: nice thing they did. But what it showed me is 423 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 3: that we're dealing with the right people because you know, 424 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 3: you don't know because the leadership was killed, all gone, 425 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 3: COMMANI all gone, as the expression goes, the passed supreme 426 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 3: leader and then the new Supreme leader was racked up, 427 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 3: at a minimum, racked up pretty good, and everyone else 428 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 3: was gone, and then many of the people in the 429 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 3: third tier. 430 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 2: Now, it really is incredible just how much disinformation is 431 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 2: out there in the world. CNN just confirming that their 432 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: own reporting is absolute well crap. After they spent nearly 433 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 2: the entire day yesterday accusing Trump of lying about the 434 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 2: Iranian talks, they sent out wolf Blitzer to correct the record. 435 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: Here's what they said. 436 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 2: And don't worry, they only spent eighteen seconds fixing an 437 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 2: entire day of propaganda yesterday. 438 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 9: Are those important breaking news coming into the situation room. 439 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 9: We're now learning from a senior Iranian source that there 440 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 9: has been an outreach between the US and Iran. The 441 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 9: source tells CNN that this was initiated by Washington with 442 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 9: US now CNN military analyst retired to US Air Force 443 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 9: Colonel Cedric Layton and CNN Global. 444 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 2: Yet again, CNN having to admit that their network ran 445 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 2: full Iranian propaganda for virtually twenty four hours before now 446 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:57,719 Speaker 2: actually having to fix the misinformation, and they did it 447 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 2: in just eighteen seconds. Now, you may ask yourself, how 448 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 2: did a RAN finally move to the negotiating table. 449 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 7: Well. 450 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 2: President Trump talked about it a little bit earlier when 451 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 2: he said that we control all of the skies and 452 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 2: we control everything over Tehran. He also talked about just 453 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 2: how bad their military is compared to what we have. 454 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: And here's a perfect example of it from the Oval 455 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 2: Office with a question from the press. 456 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 8: Are you urging your allies in the Gulf to be 457 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 8: more involved in your hop. 458 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean a little bit, but more more NATO, 459 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 3: I think our golf allas have been pretty good, to 460 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 3: be honest with you. UAE's been hit so hard. He 461 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 3: got hit by fourteen hundred rockets shot him all out 462 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 3: of the year with our great with our great patriot missiles. 463 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 3: Think of it. They shot one hundred missiles at one 464 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 3: of our aircraft, Garizie Abraham Lincoln, one of the biggest 465 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 3: ships in the world actually, and out of one hundred 466 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 3: and one missiles shot, every single one of them was 467 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 3: knocked down in the sea. 468 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 7: Think of that. 469 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: Think of what that means. 470 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 3: One hundred and one missiles, highly sophisticated, very fast missile 471 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 3: shot at of one hundred and one, all one hundred 472 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: and one was shot down. And now for the most part, 473 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 3: Lie at the bottom of the sea. Pretty amazing, right, 474 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 3: pretty amazing. Our military is amazing, Pete. You know the 475 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 3: attack I'm talking about recently, one hundred and one shot. 476 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 3: I said, wow, I saw that. You can see we 477 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 3: have sort of pretty good equipment that we see. It's 478 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 3: called the red line. Those red lines were thick, right, 479 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 3: I said, that's a lot. And then we saw them 480 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 3: one by one just get shot. And these guys that 481 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 3: do the shooting and the coolest cucumbers ever. You know, 482 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 3: most people, you don't have a lot of time when 483 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 3: a missile's going at twenty five hundred miles an hour, 484 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 3: I don't care how far away it is, you don't 485 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 3: have a lot of time. But I watched them. I 486 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 3: watched them sit down and think, great students mits, A 487 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 3: lot of mits, A lot of guys like this and 488 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,959 Speaker 3: not as much into the muscle as they are this 489 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 3: one right here. And amazing to watch them perform under 490 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 3: great pressure because they have a matter of seconds to 491 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 3: do it. If they don't do it properly, it's a 492 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 3: big problem, you know, because these were powerful. These were 493 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 3: very powerful missiles coming and so a lot of people choke. 494 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: They don't choke. 495 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 3: These guys don't choke. You're the best in the world. 496 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 3: We have the best in the world. 497 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: We have the best in the world. 498 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: The President giving great news that there really is a 499 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 2: chance now that we may be getting close to the 500 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 2: end of the war with Iran, and of course the 501 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 2: liberal media hating every moment of what the President said 502 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 2: today from the Oval Office. 503 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: Well, keep following this story. 504 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,360 Speaker 2: I can promise you that we've got a lot more 505 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 2: that's going to happen the days ahead. So make sure 506 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 2: you don't forget. 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