1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. For earlier access to these episodes, access 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: to Ask Me Anything sessions, and extended breakdowns of historical 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: and current events, please consider joining our Warning Premium community 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: by clicking the links in the description to this episode. Recently, 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: and very surprisingly, Florida Senator Marco Rubio said something intelligent. 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: It was over the UFO hearings, which have been in 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: the news a bit. Maybe you've seen them work or 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: Rubio said something very common sensical. I'd like to praise 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: them for it because it has significant implications for how 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: we should think about Donald Trump in this season of 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: revisionist history. What Marker Rubio said was when it comes 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 1: to the UFOs, either A, they're here and the government 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: is covering it up, or B. We have an awful 14 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: lot of people with some of the highest levels of 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: security clearance that the government gives who are batchet crazy. 16 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: It's either A or B. There's no other explanation. And 17 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: so it is with Donald Trump. There's a recent political story. 18 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: It posits a question, does Chris Christy owe an apology 19 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: for supporting Donald Trump? With regard to Chris Christy and 20 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: his judgment around Donald Trump, his friend of many many years, 21 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 1: According to Chris Christie. There's a simple test. A Chris 22 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: Christie who talked about the misjudgments that flowed from Bridgegate 23 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: has terrible judgment or Chris Christie was politically expedient in 24 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: the moment. Chris Christy doesn't owe an apology to anybody, 25 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: but he does owe an explanation to voters around his judgment, 26 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: and voters will render a judgment about Chris Christie's candidacy, 27 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: which is really a reflection of the Trump era and 28 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. The Christie candidacy is significant and important because 29 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: it offers a chance for self reflection. Self reflection doesn't 30 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: require self flagellation. Everything that has happened is what has happened. 31 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: It is, and Chris Christie's role in it is recorded 32 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: in plain sight for all to see. But the fact 33 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: of the matter is, out of our nation of three 34 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty million people, there are two political parties 35 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: that they largely choose between. Donald Trump has always been boorish, 36 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: a celebrity, a New York tabloid sensation, somebody who went 37 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: broke running casinos, somebody known to be utterly corrupt and 38 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: fantastically untrustworthy in his business dealings, That's why so many 39 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: people said no, Donald Trump should never, and can never 40 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,559 Speaker 1: and must never be the president of the United States, 41 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: but won't be remembered as much as anything else in 42 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: the Trump era. Isn't the depravity of Donald Trump alone. 43 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: It is the submission, the collaboration, in the selling out 44 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: by a few thousand people, and that's all there is. Really. 45 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes we lose sight of who is the day and 46 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: how many of them are there. When we're talking about 47 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: the republic in they in the Congress of the United States, 48 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: with just members, including the House and Senate, we're talking 49 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: under three hundred people. When we add their staffs, we're 50 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: talking a little bit over one thousand. When we add 51 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: the political party staffs and the state party political staffs, 52 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: it's a few thousand people. The MAGA leadership passed. I'm 53 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: talking about the people at the top, the elected officials 54 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: federally at a state level, at a county level, at 55 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: a local level, the activists, the super donors. In a 56 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: country of three hundred and thirty million people, we are 57 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: talking about a population in the thousands, not in the millions. 58 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: This is not an army, It is a cabal. This 59 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: is one of the greatest eras of corruption in the 60 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: entire long history of the United States, and it has 61 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: been brought to the American people entirely by the complicity 62 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: of the cowards who have enabled and abetted Donald Trump 63 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: again for a long time. Chris Christie was one of them. 64 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: He should be ashamed of it because he knew better. 65 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: And if he's not ashamed of it, that he's a sociopath, 66 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: just like Trump. But more likely he was expedient. He 67 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: tried to surf the wave, and now here we are. 68 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: Chris Christie did not cross the final rubicon with Trump. 69 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: He did not join Donald Trump in trying to subvert 70 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: the American Constitution. He did not try to participate in 71 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: a coup. He did not try to topple the presidency. 72 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: He did not end the peaceful transition of power. Because 73 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: he did not. He is worth listening to because so 74 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: many did. Thank you for listening to my political commentary. 75 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: If you like what you heard today, please also consider 76 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: subscribing to The Warning Daily newsletter on substack. Our democracy 77 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: hangs in the balance. The twenty twenty four presidential election 78 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: is the most consequential in America's history. It's not hyperbole. 79 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: It's a fact. That is why the mission of the 80 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: Warning with Steve Schmidt is to help readers orient to 81 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: the currents that are shaping our times and the unseen 82 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: forces driving politics that are very rarely discussed on cable news. 83 00:06:51,160 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: Please sign up at Steve Schmidt Steve Schmidt dot Substack again, 84 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: Steve Schmidt dot substack dot com, or at the link 85 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: in the show notes section below. Thank you to each 86 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: and every one of you for listening and watching. Donald 87 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: Trump wants four more years and he wants them to 88 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: settle scores. He wants them for revenge. He wants them 89 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: for retribution. And the question isn't whether Chris Christy owes 90 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: an apology, It's whether Chris Christie is telling the truth. Now, 91 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: the question is for the American people, what will we 92 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: do about Donald Trump, his ambitions and the untrustworthy men 93 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: around him. Those people will burn it all down to 94 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: get back in to power. There are not enough of them, though. 95 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: What they pray for is there is enough indifference to 96 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: join with their army of malice to win narrowly an 97 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: election that under America's electoral college system favors the Republican candidate. 98 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: The months ahead will be ruling for America. They will 99 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: assault the American spirit. They will be degrading our leaders, 100 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: who are disappointments, to say the least on the Republican 101 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: side will continue to debase themselves in the name of 102 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. We will see new sycophants rise like Vivek Ramaswami, 103 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: and we will see old sycophants like Ron DeSantis collapse 104 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: into dust. There will be turbulence in turmoil ahead. But 105 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: one thing is clear. Don't let anybody ever tell you 106 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: they couldn't see this coming. What did people think would 107 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: happen when they supported Donald Trump? Well, the truth of 108 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: the matter is, in Chris Christie's case, he thought good 109 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: things would happen for him, and so on down the 110 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: line it went until a terrible thing happened to the country. 111 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: A crisis is at hand. There is a force that 112 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: seeks to tear down what has taken two hundred and 113 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: fifty years to build. They seek to remake the idea 114 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: of an America where some become more equal than others. Again, 115 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: no way should be the answer of the American people. Engagement, involvement, 116 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: love of country requires patri striotism be practiced, not just preached. 117 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: Get involved. Your country's future depends on it.