1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: It is the third week of the Trump presidency, and 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: everywhere there is chaos and mayhem. And make no mistake, 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: it is by design. The more chaos there is, the 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: more mayhem there is, the more Donald Trump will say, 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: give me power to deal with the chaos and the mayhem, 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: regardless of the fact that he is the cause. This 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: is the warning. Three weeks ago today, Donald Trump raised 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: his hand and was inaugurated forty seventh President of the 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: United States. Since that instant, America has been in chaos 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: and government institutions are under siege. Now, let's be clear 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: about democracy and how it works. Donald Trump, as has 12 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: been pointed out by Senator John Fetterman, won the election. 13 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: But more than that, the slot machine lined up Triple 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: seven's Republican House, though one seat margin, Republican Senate, Republican 15 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: White House, conservative dominated Court, Republicans and Washington are writing 16 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: the rules. But that does not mean Democrats have no power. 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: The minority has substantial power in the United States system, 18 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: in the government, which is to say nothing of the 19 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: democratic governors and the more than seventy six million Americans 20 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 1: who did not vote for Donald Trump, and surely out 21 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: of the more than seventy seven million that did vote 22 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: for Donald Trump. None voted to make Elon Musk emperor 23 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: or voted to give Donald Trump the right to bestow 24 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: the presidency to Elon Musk on a back room deal 25 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: as a reward for the three hundred million dollars that 26 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: Elon Musk put into Donald Trump's campaign. Elon must pay 27 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: off is that his net worth has increased by two 28 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: hundred billion dollars. If he wants to run the government, 29 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: then he should run for office. A federal judge stopped 30 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: the Musk rampage, and what did Musk do? Demanded the 31 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: impeachment of the judge. Elon Musk does not like to 32 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: be told no, and he will not hear the word 33 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: no from Donald Trump. The Democratic Party has a problem 34 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: with the word no because it takes grit and stamina 35 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: and fortitude to hold the no line. Soon, Donald Trump 36 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: will need Democratic votes. He will need them to pass 37 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:52,559 Speaker 1: the budget. He cannot pass it because his wild, rowdy, crazy, 38 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: corrupt maggot Congress cannot produce the votes. Let's talk about 39 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: politics here. Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have not linked 40 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: Democratic votes for the Trump budget deal to the immediate 41 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: cessation of Elon Musk's illegal and unconstitutional assault. In fact, 42 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: it could be argued that at most there are ten 43 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: to fifteen senators in the Democratic Party that seem to 44 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: have any concern at all about what's happening. And really 45 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: there is only one who is effective in this moment 46 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: around communicating in a public space about what's happening, and 47 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: that's the Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy. Let's listen to Senator Murphy. 48 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: And I think this is the most serious con crisis 49 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is 50 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes 51 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: and good. The president wants to be able to decide 52 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: how and where money is spent so that he can 53 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 2: reward his political friends, he can punish his political enemies. 54 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: That is the evisceration of democracy. And here again you 55 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 2: can see what he's trying to do. Here he is 56 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: trying to crush his opposition by making them afraid of 57 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 2: losing federal funding, by making them afraid of physical violence. 58 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: And so yes, this is a red alert moment. 59 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: Democrats in Washington are ill led by this man, Chuck Schumer, 60 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: at one of the most dangerous moments in American history. 61 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: There is a clown who is a general. His name 62 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: is Chuck, and gotta go. Because this does not measure 63 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: up against the exigent circumstances to country faces, we will win. 64 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: It is appalling, and the Democratic senators this week should 65 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: say thank you, Editor Schumer for your service. The people 66 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: of the state of New York are lucky to have you. 67 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: The nation will rely on your vote, but you will 68 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: not lead the conference anymore because you're not capable of 69 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: doing it. The Democratic position, when it comes to giving 70 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: any votes for the passage of the Trump budget the 71 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: Trump's spending bills, should lay out a very simple demand. 72 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: The negotiations can begin when Elon Musk's vandalism ceases, when 73 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: it stops period, when the inspector generals are returned to duty. 74 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 1: The negotiation can begin when there is a full accounting 75 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: of every single action that has been taken by Elon 76 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: Musk and his agents. The negotiations can begin. Understand what 77 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: I'm saying. The negotiations can begin when those things stop. Instead, 78 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer is being quoted in the news media saying 79 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: he won't do the thing he needs to do he's 80 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: negotiating with himself in public in the newspaper, and though 81 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: Trump can't read it, someone will read it to him. 82 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: What Democrats need to do here is simply hold the 83 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: line and not take one more step backwards. What the 84 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: Democratic leader needs to say looking into the camera is 85 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: I'm the Democratic leader. Mister President. Hear me loud and clear, 86 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: and then make clear there will be no Democratic votes 87 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: unless these things stop. And if it comes to pass 88 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: that in the third week of his presidency, Donald Trump 89 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: makes clear that the government is to be shut, then 90 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: it may be shut for the next two years. Democrats 91 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: will have to explain that in order to save the Republic, 92 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: we must endure the suffering of a non functional government, 93 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: and the American people will have to figure out how 94 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: to lift each other up. But here's the deal. There 95 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: is no price that is too high to pay to 96 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: stop what is going on. Chuck Schumer is a lost cause. 97 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: A King Jeffries is at risk of being contaminated by 98 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: the lost cause. A King Jeffries needs to show more 99 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: than calm, he needs to show toughness. Winston Churchill faced 100 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: a dilemma when the Nazis overran France. The over ran 101 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: the second most important and powerful naval fleet in Europe. 102 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: England's Ally Churchill ordered the sinking of the French Fleet. 103 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: It was a brutal decision, and this is an untold 104 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: chapter of World War two because a lot of French 105 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: sailors were killed by British bullets and shells as the 106 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: French fleet was destroyed. Now was World War two one 107 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: because Britain at its beginning destroyed the French Fleet. Of 108 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: course not, but an important signal was sent. And the 109 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: signal was this that Great Britain would do anything to 110 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: win to stop what was happening. And this is what 111 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: Democrats need to signal, that they will do anything to 112 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: make what is happening stop. And that means the party 113 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: of government will let Trump shut it down. Let's understand 114 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: the insanity here. Trump is trying to destroy the government, 115 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: but he cannot unless it is funded. This is a 116 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: tough time for America. That's about to get tougher, which 117 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: means democratic politicians better get tougher. Some of them better 118 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: figure out how to get in front of a camera 119 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: and say something compelling, say something with conviction, and it 120 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: needs to be more than Chris Murphy. America is worth 121 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: defending from this, and the Democrats should do everything in 122 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: their power block denominations, shut down the spending, and if necessary, 123 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: let Trump take the blame for it. Donald Trump said 124 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 1: he was picked by God God to bring in America's 125 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: Golden age. Donald Trump has claimed infinite power, and he 126 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: can do everything everywhere, all at once, except keep the 127 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: government open. Only a pathetically weak and incompetent political party 128 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: that is terrible at politics would evaluate that situation and 129 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: say we're at risk for being blamed. That weakness, that 130 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: flascidity and impotence is grotesque, it's un American, and it 131 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: is certainly not called for in this moment. This is 132 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning, and 133 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: I invite you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on 134 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, follow us. Welcome to the community.