WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt: Trump Is RUINING Christmas in America

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<v Speaker 1>Merry Christmas. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, thanks for checking in every day. The year

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<v Speaker 1>is coming to an end, and it was a historic one.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty twenty five. It was the year where Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>took the oath of office, gave a speech renouncing eighty

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<v Speaker 1>years of American strength, eighty years of American leadership, and

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<v Speaker 1>then set about refuting all of the values, all of

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<v Speaker 1>the ideas, all of the ideals that we are supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to stand for as a nation. Twenty twenty five was

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<v Speaker 1>a dark year in our story. It was a year

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<v Speaker 1>of violence. It was a year of the masked agent.

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<v Speaker 1>None of this existed in America in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Priests were not shot in the head on orders from

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<v Speaker 1>government officials by mass men. There were no concentration camps.

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<v Speaker 1>The American economy was not tanking. The liars had not

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<v Speaker 1>yet spilled out over the Sunday airwaves to tell us

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<v Speaker 1>everything is okay when we know it's not. Prices are higher,

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<v Speaker 1>the world is more dangerous. Trump says he's a peacemaker,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's an army ready for war just off the

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<v Speaker 1>coast of South America. The president of the United States

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<v Speaker 1>is best friends with the child sex trafficker. We didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know that as clearly a year ago as we do

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<v Speaker 1>today with the Epstein files coming out. How many times

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<v Speaker 1>exactly did Donald Trump fly on Jeffrey Epstein's plane? How

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<v Speaker 1>much time did he spend in the company of this man? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out a great deal. But we know that

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing new to learn about Trump. The man who

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<v Speaker 1>buried his first wife on the first tee at his

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<v Speaker 1>golf course and adjudicated rapist. That's what Trump is. He has

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<v Speaker 1>been accused of sexual assault by dozens of different women.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen him fetishize his daughter in the strangest ways,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet in this time of American insanity and decline

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<v Speaker 1>and depravity, none of it seems to matter.

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<v Speaker 2>Why.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, part of the reason is the deep corruption of

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<v Speaker 1>the not Democratic Party and not Democrats, but by the

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<v Speaker 1>leaders of the Democratic Party. Here's Bill Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein.

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<v Speaker 1>Is he somehow better than Trump? Because of Bill Clinton?

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<v Speaker 1>We have Trump. Trump is the price of failure. Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is the cost of all of the decay, the withering

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<v Speaker 1>of ethics, the collapse of right and wrong. And so

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<v Speaker 1>we have this man who ran for an election and

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<v Speaker 1>was judged incredibly by forty nine and a half percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the voters to be the more on its candidate

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<v Speaker 1>in the race. When it came to the economy, when

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<v Speaker 1>it came to the border, when it came to the

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<v Speaker 1>fitness of Joe Biden, every Democrat got in line behind

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<v Speaker 1>the lie that Biden was okay. But here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Biden on his worst day was more coherent than Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is on any day in recent memory. For example, here.

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<v Speaker 3>The presidency is the most powerful office of the world.

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<v Speaker 3>So an officer not only tests your judgment, perhaps even

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<v Speaker 3>more importantly, it's an office that can test your character,

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<v Speaker 3>because you're not only face moments when you need to

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<v Speaker 3>courage exercise the full power of the presidency. You also

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<v Speaker 3>face moments where you need the wisdom to respect the

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<v Speaker 3>limits of the power of the office of the presidency.

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<v Speaker 3>This nation was founded on the principle that there are

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<v Speaker 3>no kings in America. Each each of us is equal

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<v Speaker 3>before the law. No one, no one is above the law,

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<v Speaker 3>not even the President of the United States. And here

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<v Speaker 3>our politics have become so divided and so bitter. All

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<v Speaker 3>the years I've been doing this, I never thought we'd

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<v Speaker 3>get to this point. But we are our troops don't

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<v Speaker 3>wear a uniform and says I'm a Democrat or I'm

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<v Speaker 3>a Republican, says I'm an American. I'm an American. That's

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<v Speaker 3>who I am. I'm serious about this. I'm not joking.

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<v Speaker 3>And folks, our politics has become, as I said, so divided.

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<v Speaker 3>They wear the uniform of the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 3>The only nation in the world literally not free. The

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<v Speaker 3>only nation in the world founded on an idea, an idea.

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<v Speaker 3>Every nation was founded on geography, ethnicity, some unifying principle,

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<v Speaker 3>but not an idea. The idea of America has found out.

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<v Speaker 3>We hold these truths to be self ad Hello, man

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<v Speaker 3>and women are created equal or here After fifty years

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<v Speaker 3>of public service, I give you my word, I still

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<v Speaker 3>believe in the idea for which this nicest stands. Nation

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<v Speaker 3>where the strengths of our institutions and the character of

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<v Speaker 3>our people matter and must endure. Now it's your turn

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<v Speaker 3>to stand guard. May you all be the keeper of

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<v Speaker 3>the flame. May you keep the faith. I love America.

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<v Speaker 3>You love it too. God bless you all you make

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<v Speaker 3>God protect your truths. Thank you for this great honor.

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<v Speaker 1>It is all craziness and it's dangerous. Twenty twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>will mark the two hundred and fiftieth birthday of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States of America as an independent nation. It is

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<v Speaker 1>the most important before and after moment in human civilization

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<v Speaker 1>since the birth of Jesus Christ. The United States is

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<v Speaker 1>a country made up from a concept, from an idea,

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<v Speaker 1>from ideals that came into being over hundreds of years

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<v Speaker 1>about freedom. And our country made up of all of

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<v Speaker 1>the peoples of the world, made up of all the

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<v Speaker 1>fates of the world. A country where every known language

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<v Speaker 1>of the world is spoken commonly somewhere every day. That country,

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<v Speaker 1>our country, America, has fed more people, cured more people,

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<v Speaker 1>clothed more people, and liberated more people than all of

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<v Speaker 1>the other people in all of the other nations since

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning of recorded history. That is what is being

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<v Speaker 1>torn down on this Christmas Day by the most vile

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<v Speaker 1>and immoral man to ever lead the American nation. We

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<v Speaker 1>have much to be grateful for, and one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things on this Christmas Day that every American should be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for is this gift, which is this.

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<v Speaker 2>We can wipe away this filth, and we can start

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<v Speaker 2>in less than a year at the next election, vote

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<v Speaker 2>these people out. It is a gift that we can

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<v Speaker 2>give to our children and to their children, and to

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<v Speaker 2>send a message and a lesson that will ring through

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<v Speaker 2>the ages that if you dare to take the oath

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<v Speaker 2>to the Constitution of the United States and to break it,

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<v Speaker 2>will break your.

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<v Speaker 1>Career in half. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. I invite you to join this

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<v Speaker 1>community where I promise to be honest, blunt and direct

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<v Speaker 1>about what is happening in this country. America is in crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>Follow and subscribe to this channel and on substack. Thank you.