WEBVTT - The Big Beautiful Bill - May 6th, Hour 2 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:02.800 All right, thanks tout. Shown an hour two Sean Hannity 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.240 Show told free art number is eight hundred and nine 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:07.000 four one, Shawn, if you want to be a part 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:12.280 of the program, Great Peace, Wall Street Journal, Scott Peasant, 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:17.320 Treasury Secretary. And he really really goes way deep in 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:24.080 the paint in describing the president's views on the economy 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.640 and how the Republican Party has now emerged, and how 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:34.519 he calls it an economic rebalancing and a restoration of 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.440 America in the past in which you know, the rich 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.559 Wood benefit, and how the Republican Party is now becoming 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:45.760 the party of working men and women while the Democratic 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.240 Party caters to coastal elites in California, New York, DC, 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:54.680 in Illinois and New Jersey. But and anyway, he pointed 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:59.240 out what a mistake it was, and referred to an economist, 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:04.080 David author is his name, and how uneven the uneven 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:10.000 affects of trade liberalization. Three point seven million Americans lost 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:14.479 their jobs as a result, and offshore production to China 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.759 accounted for fifty nine point three percent of US manufacturing 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.480 job losses, and most of these workers entered long term unemployment. 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:27.120 And then he talked about for example, how liberals have 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:32.000 always argued for wealth redistribution and handouts to compensate quote 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:36.160 the losers of this strategy that is, as he says, 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:40.800 failed miserably. And he went on to make the case 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:45.640 about why America has to take this stand against getting 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:51.200 ripped off and frankly abused by friend and foe alike 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.160 and reducing and giving countries the option free and fair 0:01:55.200 --> 0:02:00.600 trade or telling countries they'll be reciprocal terriffs. And he 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.920 talked about supply chain issues. We saw this during the 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:07.720 COVID pandemic and the President even saying that we can 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:12.760 no longer we must manufacture our pharmaceuticals here. Then he 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:16.919 talked about the various you know, plans that the president 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.200 has in place. One is the tariff issue. Two is 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.760 obviously the president's tax cuts. That's a reconciliation bill that 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.240 we expect, hopefully will be completed by the fourth of July. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.920 It can't be done soon enough. And what he pointed 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.480 out is during the President's first term, the bottom fifty 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.880 percent of households saw their net worth increase faster than 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:41.560 the top ten percent. And the Trump tax cuts would 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.480 cost a median income family with two children more than 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.400 four thousand dollars in take home pay. It's got to 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.680 be passed. And the President, you know, taking it to 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:55.160 the next step by saying that he's gonna not tax tips, 0:02:55.200 --> 0:03:00.680 social security or overtime. Again, good for working man and women, 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:04.040 the people that make this country great. And another component 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:09.040 of it is deregulating the economy, not only to build homes, fasters, factories, 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:16.400 faster semiconductors, power plants, AI data centers, chip centers, technologies 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:20.440 of the future, reawakening our industrial capacity in this country. 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.640 And that came up in the conversation with the Prime 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:29.359 Minister of Canada today. Now, the last leg of this 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:35.240 stool is going to be energy dominance, which the President 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:40.000 has already put in place with his call for an 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:44.200 emergency Declaration on energy and getting rid of the burdensome 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.000 regulations that the Biden error brought to us that cost 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:51.360 us a fortune. And anyway, energy dominance will bring in 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:56.040 massive amounts of money for the American economy. However, first 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.160 things first, and one of the most important parts of 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.840 this the President cannot do on his own. He needs 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.760 the help of Congress. Now it's an arcane, bizarre Senate 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:10.680 rule where you can bypass cloture. It's called reconciliation. We've 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.120 gone over it in detail. I won't bore you again. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:18.360 But rather than needing sixty votes, using the reconciliation process, 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:22.040 which was used for the Inflation Reduction Act Obamacare, for example, 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:27.800 when it's issues involving spending and taxes, the president can 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.640 accomplish his agenda without having to wait till October first, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.080 the next fiscal year, and get us out at least 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.240 the beginning of getting us out of the Biden economy. Now, 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:44.680 Jason Smith, who is a very important piece of this puzzle, 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:50.440 Jason Smith is you know, of Missouri, is leading this 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.239 effort in the House to make sure we don't fail 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:56.039 on this run. Here's what he said on Fox New Sunday. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:05:00.560 Failure is simply not an option. Will it be bumpy, Shannon, 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.000 It absolutely is. This is the House of Representatives. But 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.600 when we get the job done, we absolutely will Failure's 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:11.640 not an option. If we don't, Shannon, every single American 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:15.960 will face on average, a twenty two percent tax increase. 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.240 This is the last thing that they need after the 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.120 last four years of the Biden administration where they had 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:23.800 an inflation tax all right. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.400 Joining us now is Jason Smith, the Missouri who is 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.560 spearheading a lot of this effort to get this one big, 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.760 beautiful bill done and hopefully done by the fourth of July. Sir, 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:35.320 welcome back to the program. How are you. 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.359 I'm doing great. It's always great to be with you, Sean. 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.040 I understand the slim majorities in the House and Senate. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:47.279 I understand the problems associated with the reconciliation process, and 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.279 that means that the House has to work closely with 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:53.880 the Senate and the Senate parliamentarian. But I do believe 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.320 that a lot of the President's goals that he's laid 0:05:56.360 --> 0:06:00.600 forth here can be achieved as long as Republicans understand 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.120 that not everyone's going to get everything that they want. 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:07.240 That's exactly right, and my colleague, Sean, is that everyone's 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.479 going to have to give and take. We know what 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.120 seventy seven million Americans spoke loud and clear when they 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:17.360 elected President Trump, and President Trump was crystal clear Sean 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.359 on the campaign trail that he wanted to make permanent 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:25.800 his expiring twenty seventeen tax cuts, and he wanted to 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:31.960 also provide additional relief to working families such as no 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.160 tax on tips, no tax from overtime. Then he wanted 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:39.279 to provide tax relief for seniors. These are all things 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.760 that the President's been very clear on and Congress is 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.320 going to deliver on it, and we'll get the job done, 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.520 even with the narrow margins, but we'll get it done. 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.120 One of the big sticking points is the state and 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:58.280 local tax deduction, which I guess the vernacular commonly known 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:02.480 as sault deductions. And there was a limit, I believe, 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.120 of ten thousand dollars, and a lot of blue state 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.359 Republicans are pushing very, very hard to dramatically raise that level. 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:13.120 Now during Trump's first term, I ended up paying more 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.520 in taxes because that deduction was I believe rightly taken 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:20.960 away from me. Because I believe that it rewards states 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:28.640 for electing big taxes spend liberals and putting massive taxes 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:33.960 on local and state income for example, and other taxes, 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.320 and if you make a deductible, you're only rewarding electing 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:38.120 the wrong people. 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:43.800 Yeah, that's been a huge, huge point of contention throughout 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:48.640 this process. Of course, the Republican members of Congress from California, 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.560 New York, and New Jersey in particular, this is a 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.480 very sensitive issue. They feel like the ten thousand dollars 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:58.240 cap that was put in place in the twenty seventeen 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.880 tax cuts is not big enough. But what we also 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.640 are dealing with in the House of Representative Sean, is 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.679 that there's some members in our conference that doesn't believe 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.560 you should even be able to deduct one dollar, and 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:14.640 so trying to thread that needle where we can have 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:19.440 only lose three people to ultimately pass this bill is 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.840 it's a balancing approach, and we're going to have to 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.920 think outside of the box to get this done. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.720 So the numbers that I've heard bannered about are raising 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:33.080 it from ten thousand to thirty thousand or fifty thousand, 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.720 and then some pushing as high as one hundred thousand, 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.240 sixty thousand another number I've heard. Those are the numbers 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.560 I've heard. Do you expect that it will go up, 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:45.480 but maybe not as much as some people want, So I. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.800 Believe everyone's going to be unhappy, Sean. That's hugely how 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.960 it's probably going to end up. But the ten thousand 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:58.160 dollars cap is not something that is satisfactory with those 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.679 members from California, New York, and New Jersey and we 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.480 can't lose those members, but they have to have a 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.360 realistic number, and that's what we're trying to balance and 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.840 thread that needle to have the right number. I would 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.480 love for those members to be able to say that 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.760 such a large percentage of their people are covered by 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:19.280 doing this. 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.320 So, in other words, get to a number where say, 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:27.560 median income tax earners would be covered and they would 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:31.359 have the deduction, but not high net worth individuals. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.720 Absolutely. I think it's super important that this tax bill 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.400 is reflective of the people who sent us to Washington. 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.080 And the people who sent us to Washington are working 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:45.760 class Americans who just want government out of their life. 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.280 They want to play kay less taxes. You know, the 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:53.040 average salt deduction in my state, in my congressional district 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.920 is just over twelve hundred dollars, just over time, because 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:58.840 we're a low taxing state. 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.800 Of course, by the way, does that include property taxes too? 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.000 Or no? It does? It does. 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.000 Missouri is nice and it's a great place to live 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:08.720 and do business. 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:12.520 So salt covers property taxes, that's not something I know. 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:18.040 It does. State and local tax is income and property. 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.880 Got it, well, I mean it seems to me that 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:25.040 there's going to be some increase in the deduct in 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:30.280 the deduction. Uh. And then it seems like the mathematical 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:36.760 formula will will kind of center around middle income Americans 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.480 in these states, so that these congressmen and women can 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.319 go back and say, I got your assault deduction back. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:50.160 Exactly. It has to be a very good point for 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:53.960 these members, but also a tolerable point for the members 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.720 from Texas and Florida who don't have a state income 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:02.040 tax and and don't really lize the salt deduction nearly 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:04.080 as high. But you know, this is just one of 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.880 the numerous issues, like if you look at the IRA, 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:11.960 another another item, you have thirty five members who sent 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:15.280 me a letter last week wanting to repel the IRA 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.520 immediately by the roots. And then I had twenty five 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:23.319 different members sit me a letter saying use a scalpool 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.160 approach at the IRA. So this is this is all 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.000 part of it. And there's hundreds of billions of dollars 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:33.160 in the Inflation Reduction Act that went to woke elites 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:37.559 that we can use to pay for the President's priorities 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.600 for working class families and seniors. 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.960 All right, quick break, right, back more with Congressman Jason 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.560 Smith of Missouri's in the House. He's spearheading this effort 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.520 to get this one big beautiful bill done by July fourth. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.280 More on the details of this on the other side, 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:56.040 and will have passed. 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But there's 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:02.640 ways that you can save revenues from work requirements on 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:08.559 different different programs to correcting the inefficiencies, like, for example, 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:14.400 if we require a social Security number for the child 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:18.800 tax credit in the tax code for the child and 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:23.120 the parents, that can save over thirty billion dollars, so 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:27.640 that it's going to US citizens, not illegal. 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:31.960 Yeah, all right, So, but this one big, beautiful bill. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:33.640 It would do a lot of things. It would give 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.720 the Department of Homeland Security and Christy Noman Tom Homan 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.680 the moneies that they need to secure our border, my understanding, 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.440 would help with energy dominance and the President's plan to 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:48.280 expeditiously move those projects forward. It would deal with everything 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:52.640 involved in the economy. It would make the tax cuts permanent, 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.880 also adding no tax on tip, social Security, and over time. 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:04.200 It would also alloc money and resources for national security purposes. Defense. 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:05.480 What am I missing? 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.600 No, you covered it all very well, Sean. This is 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:14.440 a gift to America where they can keep more of 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.440 their money and not send it to the government. They 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:21.000 can make sure that their border is protected, their homeland 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:25.160 is protected, that they can make sure that we're unleashing 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:30.800 our energy and reducing regulations. This is something that would 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.960 be amazing for the President to sign into law on 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.520 the fourth of July. And this would be a great 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.040 gift going into the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary for 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:40.800 our country. 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:43.320 What are the odds that's going to be done by 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:44.480 the last. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.960 Question, I think we have a really good shot. You know, 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.720 we're days away from getting this bill on the floor 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.800 in the House of Representatives and then popping it over 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.880 to the Senate. The House and Senate and the White 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.240 House has been working hands and gloves throughout this process 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.320 to make sure that we're all on the same page 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.720 and we're going to be able to deliver it. And 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.440 I think July fourth is very very realistic. 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.520 All right, Jason Smith, keep us up to speed. We 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:12.880 appreciate it. Congressman, thank you so much for your time 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:17.480 as always. All right, So earlier today, by the way, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.000 at the top of the hour, we do have breaking 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:23.600 news with John Solomon. Obviously, Canada is a big part 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.720 of it, China is a big part of it. But 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:31.160 more importantly, this was fascinating today watching the President with 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.920 the new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. Now, by 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:39.360 the way, he fashioned himself as a Canadian first or 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:43.440 Canada first politician, and if you look at his background, 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:47.400 he is a radical leftist who led the net zero 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:52.080 campaign to phase out oil, gas and coal, champion globalism 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.680 at the UN to cry to his country's you know, 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:59.280 truckers that were protesting over the mandates. The COVID mandates, 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:03.120 as an arch Is called its edition, even wanted to 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.560 prosecute Americans if they would send money to the truckers. 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:11.200 At the time, we covered that story extensively. But he's 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.080 a radical, so the President brought him in kind of 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:14.720 schooled him. 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:15.280 You know. 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.400 The only thing he fought back on it will never 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:21.440 be the fifty first state President. Trump vansays, never say never. 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:25.720 But this was just an interesting dynamic and very different 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:29.800 from Little Justin, and I think it actually was very 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.280 net positive all the way around. But listen to the interaction. 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.439 Thank you very much, everybody. It's a great honor to 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.800 have Prime Minister Mark Karney with us. As you know, 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.040 just a few days ago, he won a very big 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:46.000 election in Canada, and I think I was probably the 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.280 greatest thing that happened to him. But I can't take vote. 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.240 His party was losing by a lot, he ended up winning, 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.000 so I really want to congratulate it. Probably one of 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.240 the greatest comebacks in the history of politics, maybe even 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:03.480 greater than mine. But I want to just congratulate you 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.679 rose a great election. Actually we were watching it with interest, 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.560 and I think Canada chose a very talented person a 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.800 very good person. As we spoke before the election quite 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.560 a few times, and it's an honor to have you 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:17.919 at the White House and the Oval Office, and you 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:21.959 see the new and improved Oval Office as it becomes 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:25.240 more and more beautiful with love, we handle it with 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:28.800 great love and twenty four carra goal that always helps too. 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:33.639 But it's been a lot of fun going over some 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.840 of the beautiful pictures that were stored in the vaults 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.040 that were for many many years, in some cases over 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:43.720 one hundred years. They was stored in vaults of the 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.560 great presidents who are almost great presidents, all having a 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.120 reason for being up, every one of them. So it's 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.960 very interesting. But I just want to congratulate you, and 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:56.080 we're in a really great race. I watched the debate. 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:58.919 I thought you were excellent, and I think we have 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.680 a lot of things income and we have some tough 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:03.760 points to go over and that'll be fine. We'll then 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:08.200 also be discussing Ukraine Russia the war, because Mark once 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.439 it ended as quickly as I do, I think it 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.840 has to end. We had some very good news last night. 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.960 The uties have announced that they are not or they've 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:18.960 announced to us at least that they don't want to 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:23.359 fight anymore. They just don't want to fight, and we 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:28.840 will honor that and we will we will stop the 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:36.040 bombings and they have capitulated. But more importantly, they we 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.359 will take their word. They say they will not be 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:42.119 blowing up ships anymore, and that's what the purpose of 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.280 what we were doing. So that's just news. We just 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:49.080 found out about that. So I think that's very very positive. 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:52.119 They were. They were knocking out a lot of ships going, 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:58.160 as you know, sailing beautifully down the various seas. It 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:01.280 wasn't just the Canal, it was a lot of other places. 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.800 And I will accept their word, and we are going 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:10.440 to stop the bombing of the Bhuti's effective immediately. We'll 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:12.760 have maybe before we're going to as you know, the 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:17.640 Middle East, Saudi Arabia, We're going to Uee and Qatar, 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:21.399 and that'll be I guess Monday night. Some of you 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:23.760 are coming with us. I think before then, we're gonna 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:27.160 have a very very big announcement to make like as 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:29.879 big as it gets. And I won't tell you on what, 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.040 but it's gonna be and it's very positive. I'd also 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:34.879 I tell you if it was negative or positive. I 0:20:34.920 --> 0:20:39.399 can't keep that up. It is really really positive. And 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:42.840 that announcement will be made either Thursday or Friday or 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:45.959 Monday before we leave, but it'll be one of the 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:50.280 most important announcements that have been made in many years 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.960 about a certain subject, very important subject. So you'll all 0:20:54.000 --> 0:20:57.359 be here, Mark, would you like to say a few words. 0:20:58.160 --> 0:20:59.800 Thank you, miss Bent. I'm on the edge of my 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:04.920 seat actually, but thank you for your hospitality and a 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:09.600 and above all for for your leadership. You're your transformational president. 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:09.919 UH. 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:12.720 The focus on the economy with a relentless focus on 0:21:12.760 --> 0:21:17.480 the American worker, UH, securing your borders, providing ending the 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:22.480 scourge of fentanyl and other opioids, and and securing the world. 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:26.400 And I've been elected UH with with my colleagues here, 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:28.520 with the help of my colleagues here, I'm gonna spread 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:33.960 spread the UH the credit UH to transform Canada with 0:21:34.080 --> 0:21:37.120 a similar focus on the economy, securing our borders, UH 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:41.640 again on fentanyl, UH, much greater focus on defense and security, 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:45.439 securing the Arctic, and developing the Arctic. And you know 0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:47.840 the history of Canada and the US is we're stronger 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.240 when we work together. And there's many opportunities to work 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:53.000 together and I look forward to, you know, addressing some 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:55.720 of those issues that we have, but also finding those 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:57.880 areas of mutual cooperation so we can go forward. 0:21:58.920 --> 0:22:08.359 Very nice, thank you, Sorry, nice statement anybody. No, it 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:12.040 was actually very effective, and it's still very effective. But 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:16.280 people have to follow it, so you know, that's been 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:22.040 a problem. People haven't followed it. But it was a 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:25.480 transitional step a little bit, and as you know, it 0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:31.159 terminates fairly shortly, it gets renegotiated very shortly. But I 0:22:31.160 --> 0:22:34.080 thought it was a very positive step from NAFTA and 0:22:34.119 --> 0:22:36.040 after was the worst trade deal in the history of 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:39.120 our country, probably in the history of the world. And 0:22:40.119 --> 0:22:45.280 this was a transitional deal, and we'll see what happens. 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:49.280 You know, we're going to be starting to possibly renegotiate 0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:51.600 that if it's even necessary. I don't know that it's 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:54.560 necessary anymore. But it served a very good purpose, and 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:57.000 the biggest purpose it served as we got rid of NAFTA. 0:22:57.080 --> 0:23:00.000 NAFTA was a very unfair deal for the United States. 0:23:00.040 --> 0:23:02.240 It's a very very terrible deal. It should have never 0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:03.920 been made. It was made many years ago, but it 0:23:03.960 --> 0:23:13.000 should have never been made the United States. I would 0:23:13.040 --> 0:23:14.520 I would love that. Look I have a lot of 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:17.920 respect for this man. And I watched him come up 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:21.680 and essential through the ranks when he wasn't given much 0:23:21.680 --> 0:23:23.320 of a chance, and he did. He ran a really 0:23:23.359 --> 0:23:26.119 great That might hurt you, but no, he ran a 0:23:26.119 --> 0:23:28.800 really great election. I thought, And yeah, something could happen, 0:23:28.920 --> 0:23:34.080 Something could happen. Yeah, please have the top concession went 0:23:34.160 --> 0:23:37.240 out of Canada, the top session out of the concession. 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:42.639 Friendships just I just we're going to be friends with Canada, 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:45.240 regardless of anything. We're going to be friends with Canada. 0:23:45.800 --> 0:23:48.879 Canada is a very special place to make. I know 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:52.360 so many people that live in Canada. My parents had 0:23:52.440 --> 0:23:57.199 relatives that lived in Canada, my mother in particular. And no, 0:23:57.760 --> 0:23:59.680 I love Canada a lot of I have a lot 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:04.000 of respect for the Canadians. Wing Gretzky. I mean, how 0:24:04.320 --> 0:24:07.480 the great one. You happen to have a very very 0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:10.240 good hockey player right here on the capitals who I 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:11.960 have a lot of is he is a big tough 0:24:11.960 --> 0:24:15.080 cookie too. It just broke the record and he's a 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:17.720 great guy. And uh, you know, we had the we 0:24:17.800 --> 0:24:19.200 had the team here and I got to know a 0:24:19.280 --> 0:24:23.359 lot of the players. But now, Canada is a very 0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:29.000 special place. Yeah, please allowed to get here. Responsible too, 0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:34.640 As the President of US said, canadis the first day. No, no, 0:24:34.720 --> 0:24:37.000