1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Schmid Storm. You've got questions, 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: I've got answers, and the first one is about Trump's Well, 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: let's watch the arrest video of Boris Epstein in Scottsdale, Arizona, 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: before we get to the question about one of Trump's 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: closest advisors caught selling access to the disgraced former governor 6 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: of Missouri who is alleged to have taken a woman prisoner, 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: tied her up in his basement, and tortured her. But 8 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: first the video, somebody, a female is alleging that you 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: touched her inappropriately. Okay, okay, So just let us work 10 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: through it, and we'll get through it. Okay. Boris Epstein 11 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: is a consultant, and there are a sea of disgraced, resigned, 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: felonious assaulters, fraudsters, convicts, and all of these people want 13 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: to serve in some of the highest level jobs in 14 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: the United States government. And of course who wouldn't because 15 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: they want a license to take and to steal as 16 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: much as they can. And among these people is Boris Epstein. 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: So what Boris is doing, He's acting in a conciilary 18 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: role right as a consultant. What He's saying, is, Hey, 19 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: you know I can give you the mojo. I can 20 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: help you increase you or, as they say on Seinfeld, 21 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: your cravorca its power. I can give you the secret 22 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: sauce that will help make you maximally appealing to Donald 23 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: Trump because I know I'm Boris Epstein and for a fee, 24 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: I'll sprinkle the magic on you. I mean, this type 25 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: of stuff is standard fair in Washington, DC, right, And 26 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: so I think it's wrong to look at somebody like 27 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: Boris and say, oh my god, what Boris Epstein is 28 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: doing is criminal when it is the exact same thing 29 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: that Hunter Biden did. So should any of this stuff 30 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: be legal? It should not. Should there be probity and 31 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: rectitude in public officials? There definitely should. Is there going 32 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: to be? No, there's not because the American people do 33 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: not care, But they will. They will again because there 34 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: is a pendulum, and that pendulum, when it swings too far, 35 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: it swings back, and it will swing back because the 36 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: corruption that we're about to see is going to be 37 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: flabbergasting to ordinary Americans. And when it fully is seen 38 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: in broad daylight, out under the sun, when Trump's been 39 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: in power for a year and a half, and scandal 40 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: after scandal after scandal by his underlings explodes to the surface. 41 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: People at some point will get holy shit, these people 42 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 1: work for us, and we have to make this stop. 43 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: And that in the American story, in the cycle of 44 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: the American story is when we get reform and renewal movements, 45 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: and we will get one in the aftermath. And what's 46 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: coming is a world shape by Boris Epstein where no 47 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: scumbag will be left behind. The question is through dose 48 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: in otherwise, how much power will Elon Musk have in 49 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: the Trump administration? This is a great question, It's a 50 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: really important one. Well, Elon Musk is an American oligarch, 51 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: our first one. Truly. We've had people flirt in the space, 52 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: but he's there. His net worth has doubled in a 53 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: few short weeks from two hundred billion to four hundred 54 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: billion dollars, and it's all because of a political investment 55 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: of two hundred million dollars. And of course the numbers 56 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: are all speculative and it's floating on a puff of air. 57 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: But it speaks to what's coming now, specifically the department. 58 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: There is no department. It doesn't exist. And I want 59 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: to try to explain this as simply, as directly and 60 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: as slowly as I can for the simplest amongst us 61 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: who may be watching. And I can't stress enough how 62 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: off the wall the media coverage is about doche. The 63 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: first thing is to appreciate there is no DOGE doesn't exist, 64 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: doesn't exist as a department, it doesn't exist as an agency. 65 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: It's not part of the government. And Elon Musk does 66 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: not work in the government. He has not been appointed, 67 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: he has not been nominated, he has not been confirmed 68 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: after being nominated, He has not taken a commission. He 69 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: has not done any of these things, and will not, cannot, 70 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: never will because anybody who works for government is bound 71 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: by government ethics laws, has to make disclosures, and Elon 72 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: Musk will not make those disclosures. So Elon Musk can 73 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: pick up the phone and call his friend the president 74 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: and say do this, and many times Donald Trump will 75 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: do it. That's totally fine, and there's a lot of 76 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: power in that. But Elon Musk cannot call up anybody 77 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: in government and say do this. Because Elon Musk is 78 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: not part of government. He has no statutory authority, he 79 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: has no authority whatsoever, in any form, in any manner, 80 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: and any communication that he has with a government employee, 81 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: a government official is a public record, and that's important 82 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: to understand. So will Elon Musk be powerful? Yes? Will 83 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: he be influential? Yes? Does Donald Trump waiving a magic 84 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: finger create a new department that Elon Musk can be 85 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: the secretary of No, not in America. But we're about 86 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: to enter into a golden age of corruption, into an 87 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: age of plutocracy where the richest rule. And Elon Musk 88 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: is going to try his hand at ruling, and he's 89 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: going to get a lot richer because the government contracts 90 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: that will flow his way over the next two years 91 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: will be quite extraordinary. And then they'll likely be a 92 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 1: democratic Congress and there'll be a check on this. The 93 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: question is, what is the chief takeaway from the Time 94 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: magazine Donald Trump Man of the Year interview. Well, Donald 95 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: Trump is the man of the year. This should be appreciated. 96 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: He's about to be the most consequential president of the 97 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: twenty first century, and he's been the dominant political figure 98 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: of the twenty first century in the United States. And 99 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: his comeback is the greatest in American political history. The 100 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: failure of the Democratic Party to stop it is the 101 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: greatest in American political history, and the age of Trump 102 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: is going to be an astoundingly consequential one. There are 103 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,239 Speaker 1: two things that he said in the interview. The first 104 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: is that this is the last campaign, meaning the one 105 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: he just ran, which indicates he'll make no attempt to 106 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: try and stay for a third term. And this is 107 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: important because the Constitution is perfectly clear and there's no 108 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: route for the Constitution to be amended so that he 109 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: may stay in office at age eighty four, and of 110 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: course if that happens, the Republic will have fallen. So 111 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: it's reassuring to hear him express having won this race 112 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: that he's not going to taunt the country about this, 113 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: or at least he's not going to taunt it yet 114 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: in this moment. He recognizes that he just ran his 115 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: last campaign. The other thing that he talked about is 116 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: a recognition of law, when he talked about that he 117 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: would do the maximum that the law allows, but signaled 118 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: that he would stay within the boundaries of law in 119 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: the execution and administration of his Mass Deportation Act. And 120 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: so if that is the case, it makes his eighteen 121 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: million number a complete and total fantastical target, not achievable, 122 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: So we'll see. Look, Donald Trump has won, He's made 123 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: clear that he intends to execute a very radical agenda, 124 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: and he has the power to execute it pretty much 125 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: unstopped for two years, and will have a really strong 126 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: indication about how much stick he's going to have for 127 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: the next two years if his craziest nominees Richard Gabbert 128 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: could tell and Hagsath make it through. The question is, 129 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: of all of the things that Donald Trump has said 130 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: he is going to do the moment he takes office, 131 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: what is it that should scare Americans the most. I 132 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: think Donald Trump is going to do a lot of things. 133 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: Some of them will be offensive, such as pardoning all 134 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: of the January sixth criminals. Some of them will be stupid, 135 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: such as potentially wrecking the North American economy and triggering 136 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: the Canadian retaliation, which would turn the lights off for 137 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: a big part of America's northeast. Some of them will 138 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: be maliced acts of retribution against people within his reach 139 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: in the military, in the Justice Department, across the government. 140 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: But no matter what Donald Trump does, do not be afraid, 141 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: do not do not let the fear wash over. You 142 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: channel anxiety into something productive. What you saw on Morning 143 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: Joe is fear. It's unseemly. Don't let fear get you. 144 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: The greatest Democrat to ever hold an elected office was 145 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: Franklin Roosevelt. In this country, the only thing we have 146 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: to fear is fear itself. Fear is a tool that 147 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: Donald Trump uses to control. Don't be afraid. Instead, get 148 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: involved in oppose, saying the things that must be opposed. 149 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning, and I invite 150 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on our YouTube channel, 151 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: follow us. Welcome to the community.