1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Thirty one days from today, Donald Trump will raise his hand, 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: swear the oath, and become President of the United States. 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: But already his election victory has had enormous impacts, at 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: least for some people. This is the warning Elon Musk, 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: the real president, the man with unprecedented unelected power in 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: the United States, who has shut down the government for 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: Trump in the name of Trump. The Musk shutdown is here, 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: and if you don't like it, there's only one thing 9 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: to do about it, and you have to wait two years. 10 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: It's to vote them out of office. There is a 11 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: single simple question that Democrats have to place on the 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: ballot before the American people. It's this, are you ready 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: to make it stop? And here's the deal. The American 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: people are going to be ready to make it stop 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: before it begins. But suffering sometimes is the best teacher. 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: The warnings when unheeded and Donald Trump has won. No, 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: it's not a mandate. It's not what Ronald Reagan did 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty or nineteen eighty four. In fact, when 19 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: all of the votes are counted, it's the eighteenth placed mandate. 20 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: But it was a sweep and it could have been 21 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: seen coming from a long, long, long way of ways, 22 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: and it was by some, by me and by others, 23 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: but reality was ignored. Here's Joe Scarborough making broadcast history, 24 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: the first person ever to look into a camera and 25 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: to say to his audience, to you while he gasled 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: them about the condition of the man who substantially went 27 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: on to lose the race. 28 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: Start your tape right now, because I'm about to tell 29 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: you the truth and FU if you can't handle the truth. 30 00:01:54,440 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: This version of Biden, intellectually analytic Clay is the best 31 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: Biden ever, not a close second. And I've known him 32 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: for years. The Brazenskis have known him for fifty years. 33 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: If it weren't the truth, I wouldn't say it. 34 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: The cynicism of this is astounding and it never gets old, 35 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: comprehending it, thinking about it, studying it, and the result of. 36 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: That is this. 37 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 3: Over the past week, Joe and I have heard from 38 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: so many people, from political leaders to regular citizens, deeply 39 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: dismayed by several of President Elect Trump's cabinet selections, and 40 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 3: they are scared. Last Thursday, we expressed our own concerns 41 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: on this broadcast and even said we would appreciate the 42 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 3: opportunity to speak with the President elect himself. 43 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 2: And it's going to come as no surprise to anybody 44 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 2: who watches this show, has watched it over the past 45 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: year or over the past decade, that we didn't see 46 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: eye to eye on a lot of issues, and we 47 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 2: told him so. 48 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 3: Joe and I realized it's time to do something different, 49 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 3: and that starts with not only talking about Donald Trump, 50 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: but also talking with him. 51 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 2: In this Mika said after the comment was a little 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: too flippant for the moment we're in. We disagree with 53 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: Fox News, but there's some good people over there, including 54 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: of course those talking to NBC News about their concerns. 55 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 2: This got turned into a column and a headline that 56 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 2: said that let's see what was the headline, this sound 57 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 2: of fear. Now, that wasn't the sound of fear. That 58 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: was the sound of civility, and saying that Mika had apologized, 59 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: you could it apologize. She simply said it was too flippant. 60 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: And of course President Musk and of course all of 61 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: the lawsuit threats against anybody everywhere who broke the rule 62 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: in nice to Trump. Trump likes the reporters who are nice. 63 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: He won't sue those reporters. He doesn't want to break 64 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: those reporters. Donald Trump just wants reporters to be nice. 65 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: And if you're nice, you get the interview, you get 66 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: to sit down, you get the access. And if you 67 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: get the access, you get the ratings, you get the clicks. 68 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: And if you get the ratings and you get the clicks, 69 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: you get the Benjamins. And they call it journalism. Take 70 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: a pass. It's not good for you. What's needed in 71 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: a democracy is people who will look into a camera 72 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: and not take a step back, and who will tell 73 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: the truth and who will be on your side. Here's 74 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: the simple truth about Elon Musk this Christmas season. The 75 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: man now worth almost five hundred billion dollars, does he 76 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: care about the grandmother who's not getting the Social Security check? 77 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: He He does not. He does not care about anything 78 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: or anyone. And yet the people have chosen the man 79 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: who picked Elon to tell us all what to do. 80 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: It's not supposed to work like that, but it's exactly 81 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: how it's going to work. And in fairness, Donald Trump 82 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: did tell us he would do exactly what it is 83 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: he's doing. And so in that regard, he's kept the promise. 84 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: The American people will have a choice, not for a while, 85 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: but they'll have one again, and the message by the 86 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: time we get there is going to be incredibly simple. 87 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: The bumper sticker can already be printed. Make it stop, 88 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: but it's not going to for quite a while. And 89 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: the world is going to get more dangerous. The economy 90 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: is going to decline, and the richest people in the 91 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: world are going to get to go on an Oscar 92 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: party version of the taking or gifting realm. They're going 93 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: to be able to take what they want, things that 94 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: don't belong to them, that belong to you, that have 95 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: been given away by you, by us, to them. With 96 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: forty nine percent of the vote and a few House 97 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: seats and because of Chuck Schumer, a real inability in 98 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: the US Senate to pick up any Senate seats literally 99 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: until twenty twenty eight, which is unfortunate because twenty twenty 100 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: six would be a great year to have a good 101 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: year in the US Senate, but it won't happen. The 102 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: action will be in the House, and the campaign starts 103 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: last night with Elon Musk's tweets because the only way 104 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: to stop it, the only way to put a check 105 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: on the unelected caesar, the Musque, our great national Elon, 106 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: our wizard who stepped out from behind the curtain, is 107 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: to vote for people who will tell him no. And 108 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: none of the people with magic letter or next to 109 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: their names are going to tell him no. And so therefore, 110 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: even before Trump has taken power, Trump has the power 111 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: power enough to impose misery a government shutdown, and Democrats 112 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: have to let it happen, because the only way to 113 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: save the country from Donald Trump and Maga is for 114 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: the country to experience it. Make America great again. Well, 115 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: let the journey commence with the government shutdown brought to 116 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: you the American people on the edge of this Christmas 117 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: by this man, the weirdest and the richest, and the smartest, 118 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: and the bravest, and the most handsome, and the greatest, 119 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: the best father, the best entrepreneur, our leader, Elon Craze 120 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: be his name. The American people will have to decide, 121 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: do we wish to have a king, a king named Elon, 122 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: and a duke named Donald Donald duke servant of the 123 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: King King Elon, Or would we like to have government 124 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: of the people, by the people, for the people. Because 125 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, for a host of reasons, all 126 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: of them mostly earned. The American people, in a choice 127 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: between the two parties, picked King Elon in what amounts 128 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: to the greatest political failure in American history, the loss 129 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: of Kamala Harris, really Joe Biden to Donald Trump, and 130 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: all the rest now is, as they say history. The 131 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: party is just getting started. The suffering just beginning. And 132 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: when I mean suffering just beginning, I mean just beginning. 133 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: There are brutal days ahead. The takers are in their 134 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: palace and they are ready to take from you. And 135 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: you know how they got to do it. We let 136 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: them do it. He gave them the keys. Because in America, 137 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: when the party that is supposed to offer better finds 138 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: its way to being even more cynical the maga, they 139 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: get repudiated and burned to the ground. The good news 140 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: is what comes next. It can be better, it can 141 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: be new, it can be fresh, it can be principled, 142 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: and it can have conviction. And so the opposition stands 143 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: at a fork in the road. And the thing that 144 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: Donald Trump fears more than anything is the thing that 145 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: he does not face now, and that is a decent opposition. 146 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: A decent opposition is the one that crushes this But 147 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: I guess we'll have to wait until King Elon takes 148 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: his turn ruling over all of us. This is the warning. 149 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning, and I invite 150 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on our YouTube channel, 151 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: follow us. Welcome to the community.