1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say the Democrats, and I'm 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: talking about those that are elected, are officially as unhinged 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: as the radical extremists in their party, those that are 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: out there that are unhinged fighting against ice agents for example. 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: Why would I say that, Well, let's just look at 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: the list of unhinged things Democrats have been doing. You know, 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: just over the last couple of weeks, they shut down 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: the government, leaving federal workers unpaid, to then demand free 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: health care to illegal immigrants, and now they've decided to 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: become even more unhinged. Democratic congress people gathering together with 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: local leaders in Los Angeles, and what do they say 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: they're doing now, Well, this is what they're doing about 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: ice agents being in LA. 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: I share this with the mayor. 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 3: Over the course of the next couple of weeks, the 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 3: Oversight Committee will be launching on their website a mass 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 3: sure ice tracker where we can We're going to be 18 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: essentially tracking every single instance that we can verify thats 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 3: the community will send, you will send us information. 20 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 4: On that is. 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House 22 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: Oversight Committee, just announced that the committee's Democrats are creating 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: with your tax dours a master ICE tracker and they 24 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: will be placing it on their website to docks ICE agents. 25 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: Now you have to ask yourself this question, how dangerous 26 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: is this? All right, well, let me just give you 27 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: a documented timeline of notable and I want to be clear, 28 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: this is not all of them. This is just some 29 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: of the notable instances where ICE agents and offices have 30 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: been attacked ICE personnel or docks their personal info posts online. 31 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Explicit threats were made towards agents as well, in several 32 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: cases even their families. And it is not literally every 33 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: single case nationwide. But what it does is I'm giving 34 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: you a example, a snapshot of just what ICE agents 35 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: are dealing with. 36 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 4: In fact, I'm going to go back all. 37 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: The way to June of twenty eighteen, the Department of 38 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: Homeland Security put out an alert about threats to employees 39 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: amid the family separation furor that was going on by 40 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: the Democrats there claims that these families were getting separated. 41 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: It was actually a policy that was put into place 42 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: by Barack Obama. No one was outraged then, by the way, 43 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: the Department of Owned Security war in its workforce of 44 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: a quote heightened threat environment targeting homeland security personnel, which 45 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: includes ICE agents that coming from CBS News. Fast forward 46 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: to June nineteenth to the twenty second of that month, 47 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: mass docsing of ICE employees online. 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 4: Again. This is back in twenty eighteen. 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: The New York based artist scraped the work site LinkedIn 50 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: to compile and publish a data set of one thousand, 51 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: six hundred plus people who had listed ICE as their employer. Medium, 52 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: GitHub and Twitter remove the posts for violating anti doxing rules. 53 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: The list, with names, photos and titles was widely circulated, 54 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: including via an Antifa channel, and that's when the threats 55 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: got real against sixteen one hundred plus ICE employees. In 56 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: June of the same month, Occupy Ice protests surrounded ICE facilities. 57 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 4: Again. 58 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: This is back in twenty eighteen. In Portland, Oregon and elsewhere. 59 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: There were sustained blockades at the Portland ICE building that 60 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: prompted repeat law enforcement responses and major safety concerns. While 61 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: much of the activity was quote protests, officers documented heraunds, 62 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: thrown objects, and vandalisms around their workplace. You go to 63 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: the very next year, July thirteenth of twenty nineteen. 64 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 4: Remember we're in twenty twenty five. 65 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: Right now, this is how long the harassment has been 66 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: building and the doxing of ICE agents by the left. 67 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: You had an actual firebomb attack on ICE Attention Center Intocoma, Washington. 68 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: An armed attacker through insidiary devices and tried to ignite 69 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: a propane tank at the Northwest Attention Center. Police were 70 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: forced to shoot him. No officers in that attack were 71 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: actually injured. In August, a month later in twenty nineteen, 72 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: you had shots fired into ICE offices in San Antonio, Texas. 73 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: Multiple rounds were fired into ICE office windows. The FBI 74 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: called it a targeted attack on federal employees. 75 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 4: Thank goodness, no injuries were reported. 76 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: Then in June through septeb of twenty twenty five, so 77 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: you can move forward basically five and a half years, 78 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: masking policy debates were then tied to doxing threats. Following 79 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: a rise in doxing and harassment, more ICE teams conducted 80 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: operations wearing masks wine because they were trying to protect 81 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: their identity from this type of harassment and not just harassment, 82 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: putting their lives at risk. The worst part was in 83 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: the reporting is liberals acted as if it was okay 84 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: to docks and advocated for it, saying these individuals were 85 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: acting like they were Nazis, the Gestapo, and they deserved 86 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: what they got. You then go to June and July 87 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: of this year in Portland, Oregon, at an ICE facility, 88 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: you had vandalism, threats made and doxing reports as well. 89 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: Local police and DHS public statements described the arrests for vandalism, 90 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: including death threats, graffiti outside the building, and efforts to 91 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: publish the ice officers personal infameo. One officer even reported 92 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: threatening trash dumped on their lawn with his children at home. 93 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: In September of this year, you then had in Dallas, Texas, 94 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: the ICE facility that was ambushed, attacked on transport vans 95 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: and buildings. 96 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 4: The FBI and the Dallas. 97 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: Area authorities say the gunman, Joshua John, carried out a 98 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: planned ambush style attack aimed specifically at killing ICE agents. 99 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: Shots actually struck the transport vehicles and office windows. Federal 100 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: briefings em beside the attacker's explicit anti ICE intent. In 101 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: September this year as well, Dallas case details also came out, 102 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: and the AP reported the same week describing a rooftop 103 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: shooter targeting an ICE Dallas site, noting a detainee was 104 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: killed and others injured. Investigator said he intended to terrorize ICE. 105 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: This compliment the FBI's accounts and motive of targeting in September. 106 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: Later that month, the twenty sixth through the twenty ninth, 107 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,679 Speaker 1: there was a federal indictment for doxing of ICE agents. 108 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 4: In Los Angeles, California. 109 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: A federal grand jury was forced to charge three radical 110 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: activists of the left who allegedly followed an ICE agent 111 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: from work to home, live streamed him, and posted his 112 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: home address while urging others to come to the location. 113 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: The DOJ and the PBS slash ap coverage underscored the 114 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: risk to the agent and his family, And then you 115 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: look at the arrests urging swatting of an ICE attorney. 116 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: This happening in September of this year. ICE reported the 117 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: arrest of a California man who's accused of posting an 118 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: ICE attorney's home address and encouraging others to quote swat her, 119 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: an attack tactic that explicitly endangers the attorney in the 120 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: family members and terrorizes them at their home. 121 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: Residents. 122 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: The scary part is this isn't all that has happened 123 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: to our ICE agents while Democrats are upping the Anne 124 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: and now saying they want to launch a master ICE 125 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: tracking site. Now, as I mentioned a moment ago, these 126 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: are just some of the horrific attacks and events that 127 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: have been happening since twenty eighteen against ICE agents because 128 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: of the radical Left. You go to October of this year, 129 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: the Department of Homeland Security had to issue public warnings 130 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: on dosing and assaults against ICE and other Department of 131 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: Homeland Security personnel. The number of attacks on ICE agents 132 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: have gone up more than a thousand percent because of 133 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: the Left implying that it is justifiable to attack, beat, 134 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: or even murder ICE agents. The Department of Homeland Security 135 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: he was forced to issue statements not only condemning the 136 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: massive surgeon dangerous boxing, but also stalking and family targeted 137 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: harassment of ICE and Border Patrol agents. They were even 138 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: going after their children, including newborns. All of this highlights 139 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: exactly what is happening now because of the radical Left, 140 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: whether it's live streaming and following the agents, threats against 141 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: their families, putting their addresses up there, going after them. 142 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 4: But even if you bring this up. 143 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: What's even more shocking is how the left is fighting 144 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: back on it. I was on CNN just the other 145 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: day and meta known as Facebook removed a page tracking 146 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: ICE movements amid DOJ pressure, and they lost their ever 147 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: loving minds on CNN when I talked about just how 148 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: dangerous these pages are, and they were implying that they 149 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: needed to stay up. I want you to listen to 150 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: the liberal panel at CNN coming after me for demanding 151 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: the ICE agents be protected. If there's a police officer 152 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: or an ICE agent whose picture is put up in 153 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: a group chat on Facebook that is about ICE and 154 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: it says, let's expose this person. 155 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 4: Somebody tell me who he is, where he lives. 156 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 5: Okay, I'm gonna be real with you. 157 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 4: I think that's not docs. 158 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: It's definitely you don't think that that's the. 159 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 5: Dosing is when you actually pay somebody's personal identifiable information 160 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 5: p i I, which is an email phone number, or 161 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 5: I'm not saying that what you're saying. 162 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 4: Isn't that I'm saying it's dangerous. 163 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 5: I'm not saying it doesn't. 164 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 4: It's not. 165 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 5: When it comes to these policies. 166 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,599 Speaker 6: Is not up to you, and not to mention that 167 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 6: was not a subjective definition. 168 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 4: If somebody and that's why I'm defending it. This is wrong. 169 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 6: And just one second, and just give me one second. Okay. 170 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 6: I have been doxed, I have had my personal identifying 171 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 6: information put on the internet. I've had my family's address. 172 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 6: They don't they don't work here at CNN. I put 173 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 6: on the internet. That is not a crime. It's not 174 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 6: a crime. And I'm asking you if you want the 175 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 6: government to be in a position where anytime that somebody 176 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 6: posts a picture, an address, public information, by the way 177 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 6: of people who are in law enforcement positions, they that 178 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 6: that information gets taken down. That's really the standard that 179 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 6: you want to set. 180 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: I will say this, if there was a page on 181 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: Facebook tonight that decided to put out all of our 182 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: family's information and let's go after these people in media 183 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: in a clear way of a threat to any of 184 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: our lives, I would. 185 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 4: Say that I would be taken I don't think that makes. 186 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 6: Me think that from a normative perspective. From a normative perspective, 187 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 6: sure we would all want that taken down. But the 188 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 6: question is what should the government be doing. And I 189 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 6: think that you've taken a stand against the government being 190 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 6: involved in taking down COVID misinformation or what you I 191 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 6: just it was outrage. 192 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 4: Then was going on, you're covering it. 193 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 6: There's a fun I don't understand how you can do that. 194 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: You condemn it was Meta and Google that he was pressuring, 195 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: and we were definitely. 196 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 6: Let me just answer your question, Kristen, and then we 197 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 6: have to go to answer your question. I'll read again. 198 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 6: This is Pam Bondi's tweet. She says, following outreach from 199 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 6: the Justice Department. 200 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: You listen to all that and it's very clear that 201 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: the left has no problem harassing and doxing ICE agents. 202 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 4: And by the way, now. 203 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: It has become the official line of the Democratic Party. 204 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia, 205 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: in his own words, telling you that your tax hours 206 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: will be used to have an ICE tracker to track 207 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: and dox these agents. 208 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 3: Couple of weeks, the Oversight Committee will be launching on 209 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 3: their website a master ICE tracker where we can We're 210 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 3: going to be essentially tracking every single instance that we 211 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 3: can verify that the community will send you able to 212 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 3: send us information on. 213 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: Now, let's just talk about why they want to do this. 214 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: What would be the logic behind having a ICE tracker 215 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: officially put together by the Democratic Party. Number one, I 216 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: think it's because they want to put a very clear 217 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: target on the federal agents. They want them to be 218 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: terrified of actually doing their job. The other thing is 219 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: they want to endanger their lives. And if there are 220 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: other ICE agents that are targeted or shot or murdered, 221 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: I think they believe that will help keep more illegal 222 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: immigrants in this country. I think there's no doubt about that. 223 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: This is not only putting a clear target on the 224 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: federal agents, but it is endangering their lives. It is 225 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: also an obstruction of justice, which is the other part 226 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: of this what Democrats have been advocating for with the 227 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: open borders. The entire policy of the Democratic Party is 228 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: they want to get around American laws, and now as 229 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: laws are being enforced, they want to obstruct that justice 230 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: by making it even harder, if not almost impossible. That 231 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: is their goal here, for Republicans to be able to 232 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: use the law enforcement to enforce law and order in America. Remember, 233 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: Donald Trump isn't passing new laws on immigration, He's just 234 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: enforcing the laws that are already on the books. And 235 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: what Democrats have decided is we don't have to abide 236 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: by the laws of the land. We can decide when 237 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: we want to use laws and when we want to 238 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: break them, when we want to look the other way. 239 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 4: Look no further than that moment. 240 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: And I want you to think about the Democratic Party 241 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: where they attacked a man that was on a horse 242 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: they then claimed was whipping an illegal immigrant. Now, the 243 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: picture was a picture that was taken where you couldn't 244 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: see the context of them actually using the reins of 245 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: a horse to move the horse. There was other pictures 246 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: that came out that reinforced this. But did Democrats apologize. Know, 247 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: they wanted to demonize border patrol agents that were on horseback. 248 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: They wanted them to turn them into racists, and they 249 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: wanted to put their lives at risk. This isn't just 250 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: a pattern, This is now the playbook of the Democratic Party. 251 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: Anybody they don't like, including presidents or former presidents or 252 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: their staff members, they want to lock them up, They 253 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: want to bankrupt them, they want to put them in jail, 254 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: and if that doesn't work, they want them dead. Why 255 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: do you think they keep referring to conservatives as Hitler's 256 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: and Nazis? Why do you think they keep saying that 257 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: we are fascists? Why do you think they keep having 258 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: rallies that are paid for by democratic elites like the 259 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: No King's Day. 260 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 4: All of this. 261 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: That I just described for you is well planned out, 262 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: well paid for, and orchestrated by the radical left. 263 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 4: So just know that. 264 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: Your tax dollars now have now gone to create a 265 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: master ICE tracker to track the movements of ICE agents, 266 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: putting a target on their back, endangering their lives and 267 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: their families' lives and the people that work with them 268 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: at the ICE facilities. 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Well, 314 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: there has been some late developments and the US has 315 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: announced new sanctions the target Russia's two largest oil companies, 316 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: Rosneff and Luke Oil, including many of their subsidiaries. These 317 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: sanctions mark the first time in Trump's second term that 318 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: his administration has placed new sanctions on Russia over the 319 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: Ukraine War. So much for Russian collusion, as the media 320 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: lied to you about for years. The US Treasury, through 321 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: the Office of the Foreign Assets Control explicitly said the 322 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: move is meant to degrade Russia's ability to fund its 323 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: war machine and hurt its economy because if you know 324 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: what's going on in Russia, you know they're barely staying 325 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: alive economically because of the oil that they're selling. Now, 326 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,719 Speaker 1: the announcement came shortly after a planned meeting between Donald 327 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was canceled, signaling escalating 328 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: frustration by the White House and Donald Trump. He meant 329 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 1: it when he said it was time for peace. Now 330 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: Here are the implications and the likely effects of what 331 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: the President has just done. The economic pressure on Russia 332 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: is real because Russia's war is costing them a lot 333 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: of money, and by targeting Russia's biggest oil companies, the 334 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: US is going after one of the major revenue resources 335 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: that supports Russia's military and also is propping up its economy, 336 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: which is teetering. This could force Russia to either lower 337 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: the price of its oil, thus reducing revenue, or reduce 338 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: production and exports. Both of those options hurt its financial 339 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: stability and their ability to sustain large scale war for 340 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: an extended period of time. Now, there is also pressure 341 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: for diplomacy and a ceasefire. The Treasury Secretary's Scott Descent 342 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: said the sanctions are meant to support peace efforts, saying quote, 343 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: now is the time to stop the killing and for 344 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: an immediate ceasefire. So the sanctions are being framed partly 345 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: as a lever for diplomacy, not just punishment. Russia has 346 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: deep trade and energy links with major buyers. This includes 347 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: India and China, who is taking a significant amount of 348 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: their oil that might not be fully impact by the 349 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: US sanctions alone. Analysts say, we'll have to wait and see, 350 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: but what we do know is the sanctions depend heavily 351 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: on enforcement and also on US allies joining and coordinating 352 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: in the sanctioned effort. If other big buyers continue business, 353 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: the impact will be weaker than we need it to be, 354 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: and there are possible global market side effects as well, 355 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: spikes and all prices if russia supply is constrained. This 356 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: is part of the reason why the President said we 357 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: need to become energy independent, going back to Drill, Baby Drill. 358 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: The fact that this is the first new sanction in 359 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: Trump's second term also suggests there may have been internal 360 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: or strategic hesitations earlier on to give a chance also 361 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: for there to be real conversations that deal with peace. 362 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 4: It remains to be. 363 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: Seen if the pressure will persist or if Donald Trump 364 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: plans on ratcheting up the pressure, which brings me to 365 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: the announcement Center. Mullen on the new Russian sanction speaking 366 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: with Jake Tapper on CNN, this is what he had 367 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: to say about the new move. 368 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 5: Do you think that there needs to be even harsher sanctions? 369 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 5: And the reason I ask is because obviously August fifteenth, 370 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 5: I believe it was, was the summit in Alaska where 371 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 5: President Trump was hoping that Vladimir Putin would agree to 372 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 5: any sort of ceasefire, and not only did he not 373 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 5: get a cease fire, Putin since the US literally rolled 374 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 5: out the carpet for him in the United States of 375 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 5: America on American land, Putin has upped the tenor of 376 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 5: the war. Some of the worst attacks on Ukraine have 377 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 5: happened since then. And I'm wondering if President Trump you 378 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 5: think needs to be even more aggressive. 379 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 2: Well, this is step one. The President and Congress has 380 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 2: talked multiple times what the next step might be. We 381 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 2: have been in briefed or we have been in briefings, 382 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 2: we've been in classified said this is literally the first 383 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 2: step to put more pressure on Russia if we need to, 384 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 2: I believe we probably will. I don't think Putin is 385 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 2: someone is going to pay attention the first time his 386 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 2: hand has slapped. I think you're going to see this 387 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 2: get ratcheted up farther and farther to the point to 388 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: where either we're going to bring them to their knees economically, 389 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 2: or they're going to decide that fighting the Ukraine isn't 390 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 2: worth it. At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised 391 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 2: if you start seeing us give the accessibility to new 392 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 2: weapons for Europe to buy for Ukraine to be able 393 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 2: to fight against Russia and their aggression in Ukraine. As 394 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 2: I said, Jake, this is just the first step. But 395 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 2: this is the first step of a lot of options 396 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 2: we have on the table. 397 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: It's very clear, as you can hear there from Center 398 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: Mullin that this is a new path forward. We tried 399 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: to have well diplomacy work, and obviously Vladimir Putin is 400 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: not working in that way. So as he described it, 401 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 1: we can bring them to their knees economic or they 402 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: can decide that fighting Ukraine isn't worth it. It's the 403 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: first step of a lot of options we have on 404 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,959 Speaker 1: the table, and there also seems to be real unity 405 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: behind this idea, as you know that senators are behind it. 406 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: But what is the House side saying. Mike Johnson on 407 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: the Russian sanctions. Here's what he had to say as well. 408 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 2: Now, and thank you so much for being here, Speaker Johnson, 409 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 2: because you had said before that you thought sanctions on 410 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 2: Russia were long overdue. 411 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 7: In your words, do you think that these moves tonight 412 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 7: go far enough. 413 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 4: Well, it's a very important step. 414 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 7: We applaud the president. He's returning peace through strength, and 415 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 7: that's a common theme now that we've seen exhibited around 416 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 7: the globe, the strength of his personality. You heard the 417 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 7: UN Secretary General, who you caught earlier this afternoon, he said, 418 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 7: in his own words, President Trump is the only figure 419 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 7: on the planet strong enough to help bring an end 420 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 7: of that war. And you have to compel Russia to 421 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 7: engage in the peace process. They've shown they cannot be trusted. 422 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 7: There's a big appetite in Congress to have sanctions like this, 423 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 7: and I think it's a very important step. 424 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: Yet again, you see unity between Republicans and the Senate 425 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: Republicans in the House and the President of the United 426 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: States of America, which brings us back to what Trump 427 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: has now said about these new sanctions. Trump said of 428 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: the sanctions, quote, it was time. He described the sanction 429 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: on Russia's oil giants as very big and tremendous. During 430 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: a meeting with the NATO Secretary General, he expressed that 431 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: the meeting with Putin was canceled because it didn't feel 432 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: right to me. 433 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 4: It didn't feel like we were going to get to 434 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 4: the place we have to get. 435 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 1: Earlier this year, Trump threatened tariffs and secondary sanctions if 436 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: Russia did not agree to a cease fire. For example, 437 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: he said he might impose a twenty five to fifty 438 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: percent tariff on oil from Russia on countries buying Russian oil. 439 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 4: Trump also expressed frustration. 440 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: With Vladimir Putin, saying, quote, we get a lot of 441 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: bull blank thrown at us by Putin. 442 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 4: We want a deal, but we weren't seeing it. 443 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: The president also has backing the majority of Republicans support 444 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: additional economic sanctions on Russia. For example, a recent poll 445 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: shows eighty six percent of Republicans back further sanctions to 446 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 1: force an end to the war. Now, some Republicans including 447 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: those in the White House, had also delayed pushing for 448 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: sanction legislation until a possible Trump Putin meeting, indicating hesitation 449 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: that if they did put the sanctions on beforehand, it 450 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: could actually hurt the talks. But now the President has 451 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: made it clear there's a shift, and it suggests that 452 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: Trump administration is moving or being pushed by conservatives for 453 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: a tougher stance on Russia that perhaps was not there 454 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: weeks ago. It also signals to Russia and to buyer 455 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: of Russian energy that the US is united and willing 456 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: to escalate economic tools, not just diplomacy, and for allies, 457 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: the US is implicitly inviting coordination. The Treasury statement, we 458 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: encourage quote our allies to join us, signaling that other 459 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: countries may want to do the exact same thing in 460 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: their country that America is doing right now. And finally, 461 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: for Ukraine, it may increase leverage by pressuring Russia, but 462 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: it does not automatically guarantee a cease fire or an 463 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: end to the war. When you're dealing with someone like 464 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin who doesn't even care about his own people, 465 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: this could drag on. 466 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 4: But for the global energy and trade flow. 467 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: Targeting Russia's oil sector, as President Trump has decided to do, 468 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: can affect global markets and hurt Russia significantly, which is 469 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: exactly why the President of United States of America is 470 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: leading in this way. 471 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 4: We also know that the US will follow up with more. 472 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: Sanctions Russian banks, on buyers of Russian energy or shipping 473 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: in transport to deepen the pressure. There's a very good 474 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: chance that is going to be needed. And then what 475 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: will happen to Russian oil buyers like China and India? 476 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: How will they respond. What we do know now is 477 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: this is a new pathway in negotiations with President Trump 478 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: and Vladimir Putin, and it's clear that Donald Trump isn't 479 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: messing around. Don't forget Share this podcast please with your 480 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: family and your friends wherever they are, and I will 481 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: see you back here tomorrow.