1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on. Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron. 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,559 Go to Thepete calendarshow dot com. Make sure you hit 7 00:00:22,559 --> 00:00:25,000 the subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,600 your smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so much 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,399 for your support. 10 00:00:31,519 --> 00:00:34,399 Speaker 2: Pete Calendar out today, should be back right and early 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,799 tomorrow here on the same BAT channel, same BAT time. Again. 12 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:41,679 If you're old enough, you know what I just said. 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:47,719 So looking looking forward, So next year this is this 14 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:50,759 is I'm not a big I'm not a believer in fate. 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,200 I'm not a believer in you know, the supernatural influencing 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:56,960 day to day life. I'm just not that way. I 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,560 love supernatural lit, love it, absolutely, read it and digested 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,640 and appreciate it because I think it's a reflection of 19 00:01:02,679 --> 00:01:09,239 human psychology. But next year, it is interesting to note 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,239 that next year will be the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, 21 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:16,079 I think the quarter millennial. So the two hundred and 22 00:01:16,079 --> 00:01:19,079 fiftieth anniversary of the country. That'll be a very big deal. 23 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:23,400 The following it also will be the year of the Olympics, 24 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,200 so Donald Trump will be president during those times. I 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,000 know it's going to make Democrats just crazy. Now, that 26 00:01:29,079 --> 00:01:33,239 may be helpful to the Republicans. If we're heading into 27 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,400 a centennial of some sort, then it's going to be 28 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:40,799 fascinating to see how that plays. If you're an America 29 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:45,760 First agenda and you're very American oriented, you're going to 30 00:01:45,799 --> 00:01:47,560 be thrilled about that. I mean, and that could be 31 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,959 very helpful. Again, it's interesting that the facts on the 32 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:56,159 ground often steer people's thoughts or what they're thinking about 33 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:58,480 that what they're reflecting on. I think next year, you know, 34 00:01:58,599 --> 00:02:00,719 just like in nineteen seventy six, going to be very 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,319 much interested in our country. I think we're going to 36 00:02:03,359 --> 00:02:05,680 be interested in reflected what does it mean, what have 37 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,439 we accomplished, what have we yet to accomplish. It's a 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,039 kind of a reflection and look forward on what's going 39 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,800 to happen. You have the Olympics, so we'll hopefully not 40 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:18,879 just be celebrating the country, but celebrating our country's competitive nature. Now, 41 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,199 let's take a moment and reflect on what the Democrats 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,840 have found themselves getting my Again, I hate to be 43 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:28,800 repetitive here. I'm not trying to be I'm not trying 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,479 to lack creativity here. It is just a juxtaposition of 45 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,520 what's valuable. One team is saying, we really want to 46 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,280 defend the borders from an invading force of people that 47 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:41,080 we don't know that some of those people are trying 48 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,400 to better their lives. Yes, some of those people mean 49 00:02:43,439 --> 00:02:45,199 to do as harm. If you're a terrorist organization, the 50 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:46,639 best way to get into our country is find a 51 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,719 way to get to Mexico, come across the border, and 52 00:02:49,199 --> 00:02:51,960 get yourself organized and ready to perpetrate acts that hurt 53 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:58,319 the country. Democrats do not acknowledge that last part. And furthermore, 54 00:02:58,319 --> 00:02:59,919 there are legal ways to get here. You heard a 55 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,599 caller earlier on this very broadcast clearly someone who got 56 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,680 here legally. And if you want to see the most 57 00:03:07,759 --> 00:03:14,400 vehement anti illegal perspective are the people who came here 58 00:03:14,479 --> 00:03:18,360 legally and fought tooth and nail to get here legally 59 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,520 and establish themselves as citizens. I loved his comment when 60 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,719 he said, I still love my food, I still love soccer, 61 00:03:25,159 --> 00:03:28,759 you know, but that's my culture, that's not my country USA. First, 62 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:33,599 that's the attitude that people that have become citizens typically have. 63 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,439 The Left doesn't seem to care or understand that the 64 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,520 fact that the American public seize the left is disconnected 65 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:45,639 from border security is a problem for them. And through 66 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,400 the Dosee thing, you would think, if I were a Democrat, 67 00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:53,120 and again I'm unfortunately giving them free advice, if I 68 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:55,800 were a Democrat and I really believed in all of 69 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,240 these big government things, one of the things I would 70 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,439 like to assert, I say, you know what, I'm glad 71 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:03,719 that Doge is there. I'm glad that Musk and his 72 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,240 team are doing this for us because that means that 73 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,520 the dollars that we are taking from taxpayers and spending 74 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,240 on these programs are helping the people that are that's 75 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,120 intended to help. Do Democrats do that golden opportunity? Nope, 76 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,560 they do not. Instead, Elon Musk is an oligarch that 77 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,319 must be stopped. Elon Musk is enriching himself. Now they 78 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,040 can't provide any proof he's enriching himself. So what are they. 79 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:31,120 Here's what Democrats do. They attack the messenger. So Musk 80 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:34,120 identifies waste fraud abuse, and the Democrats attack Musk. Not 81 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,199 only that, but they're crazies on the ground, start attacking cars. 82 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:42,639 They're attacking Tesla's. Now the transaction where someone bought a 83 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,879 Tesla has already taken place. Remember the darling, the darling 84 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,480 of the left was Elon Musk producing these evs, and 85 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:50,720 the left thought it's going to save the planet. So 86 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,160 now that transaction's taking place, most of the people who 87 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:55,680 own Tesla's, not all of them, but many of them 88 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,720 let lean left. And so what do they attack the 89 00:04:58,759 --> 00:05:01,480 cars and they're we are attacking the people that are 90 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:07,800 in the cars. Unbelievable, It's almost unfathomable that that's the 91 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,639 way they're conducting themselves. They have the opportunity again to 92 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,720 be pro America. They could even they could even say, 93 00:05:13,759 --> 00:05:16,319 you know what, we really I don't know, I don't 94 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:20,279 understand that. So you've got the teslinal situation. They're attacking cars, 95 00:05:20,399 --> 00:05:24,759 they're attacking and they like this physical assault stuff, which 96 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,079 is a very unfortunate place that we find ourselves in 97 00:05:28,079 --> 00:05:31,040 American history, where it's okay to try to kill a president. 98 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:35,399 I don't know why that's okay. But as they're looking forward. 99 00:05:35,439 --> 00:05:37,399 You would think even on the war, you would think 100 00:05:37,439 --> 00:05:40,720 that the left would say, hey, let's try to stop 101 00:05:40,759 --> 00:05:45,680 this war. Let's try to stop the killing of innocence. 102 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,959 Let's find a way. Russia bad, Russia, bad, Russia bad, 103 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,240 Let's end the war. Instead, they're like, no end in sight. 104 00:05:51,399 --> 00:05:54,480 Billions of dollars spent, is there any is there any 105 00:05:54,519 --> 00:05:57,759 where if we spend this money, what's the outcome? Endless war? 106 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:01,959 The Democrats of the sixties would not have been that way. 107 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:03,759 I don't think. I mean Lynna Johnson, I guess, got 108 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,360 us into Kennedy got us into Vietnam. Johnson kept us there. 109 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,759 Nixon brought us home weird, So I don't know. And again, 110 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,759 if you're looking for who is the messenger for the 111 00:06:14,759 --> 00:06:17,199 Democrats at this point in time, I don't know who 112 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:19,160 you would go to. It's certainly not Polos, not the 113 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:23,680 octagenarians of Pelosi and almost octagenarian Schumer. It's not Adam Schiff. 114 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:26,399 It's not Gavin Newsom, although I think he would like 115 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:29,079 to be. They've got a virtue signal and find someone 116 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,120 that's a it's not going to be, you know, the 117 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:37,879 Obama team. Obama's gone. It's not Team Clinton, it's so 118 00:06:37,959 --> 00:06:40,639 I mean, there's a massive vacuum. There's no one to 119 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,600 assume the mantle. I think Newsom is probably the closest 120 00:06:43,639 --> 00:06:47,279 to someone who can adopt, you know, try to transition 121 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,560 into some of these issues, lean into them a little bit. 122 00:06:49,959 --> 00:06:51,920 There have been several Democrats like Carvel that said, we 123 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,959 need to get away from this identity politics stuff. It's 124 00:06:54,000 --> 00:07:00,199 killing us. And it is. And then when you look 125 00:07:00,199 --> 00:07:03,560 at the collective group of Maxine Waters by the way, Maxine, 126 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,040 I've seen interviews with her lately, she's really she's not well. 127 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,959 Elizabeth Warren. I mean it's I mean, when the President 128 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,879 of the United States calls you out in his address 129 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:15,759 to Congress, right to her face. It was, and she's 130 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:21,040 sitting there on her phone the whole time. Bernie, I mean, Bernie. 131 00:07:21,079 --> 00:07:24,000 If I play and here's here's something interesting about Bernie. 132 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,439 So Bernie, it made the news. He had about four 133 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,199 thousand people at a rally. The person that sang a 134 00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:32,720 song at the Bernie rally, I cannot play that song 135 00:07:32,839 --> 00:07:39,079 for you on air. It is about God raping someone 136 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:43,279 and and it it I can't. I can't even if 137 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,319 I wanted to play you the song, it would get 138 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:51,439 an FCC violation against the station. It would have an 139 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,879 X rating. Well, if songs could have an X rating, 140 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,680 it would happen because it's very, very flaggerant, very vulgar. 141 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,000 And that was the Bernie Sanders song at the Roulety 142 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,959 they played. I can't even play it for you on air. 143 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,199 How do they think that that brings people to their cause? 144 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:13,639 And how you can tell, how you can tell? This 145 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,040 is what I'm that. There is veracity that you can verify. 146 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,000 What I'm telling you to be true is that the 147 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,079 Democrats at the state level are not grabbing hold and 148 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,360 running with that. The Democrats at the state of North 149 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,399 Carolina are not interested in any of this. And John, 150 00:08:29,439 --> 00:08:31,000 I'll tell you what. John, I've got to take a 151 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,759 break here, and I apologize. You came in right here 152 00:08:32,759 --> 00:08:33,919 as a break. We're going to go to the break 153 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,240 come back. I want to get you in the queue there. 154 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: You know, stories are powerful. They help us make sense 155 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,440 of things, to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the 156 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,559 people of our past while transcending generations. They help us 157 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,679 process the meaning of life, and our stories are told 158 00:08:49,759 --> 00:08:53,799 through images and videos. Preserve your stories with creative video 159 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,159 started in nineteen ninety seven and Minhill, North Carolina. It 160 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,720 was the first company to provide this valuable service. 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But what I find most interesting is listening 182 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,840 to your station a lot is the last week, virtually 183 00:10:08,919 --> 00:10:15,399 every host is mostly talking about the Democrats. And I 184 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,879 have a theory about that. And my theory is that 185 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,200 the Trump administration is a big cluster. You know what, 186 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:24,679 the stock. 187 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:30,399 Speaker 4: Market is tanking, tariffs are threatening a recession. Is his 188 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:36,480 ratings are downs, you know, tariffs are on, tariffs are off. 189 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:40,679 I mean, it's it's been a disaster, frankly, which is 190 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,000 really why you're mostly talking about the Democrats right now. 191 00:10:44,519 --> 00:10:46,759 And one thing I wanted to point out in particular 192 00:10:47,639 --> 00:10:50,559 about some of the hypocrisy about the attacks, and some 193 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:53,120 of them are legitimate, but the whole thing, Oh, they 194 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,679 didn't stand during this, they didn't claugh during that. Well, 195 00:10:56,759 --> 00:11:01,519 during Biden's last State of the Union said political violence 196 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,519 has no place in this country, and not a single 197 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:12,320 Republican stood up, not a single Republican clapped. So it 198 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:13,320 goes both ways. 199 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 2: But there were times during Biden's even Biden speeches where 200 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,120 both sides stood up and clapped. Well you've seen, Well. 201 00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:25,039 Speaker 3: If we haven't stand up, but if you can't stand 202 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,360 up and clap for political violence has no place in 203 00:11:29,399 --> 00:11:33,039 the country, then I'm sorry. That's a party that's morally banged, 204 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:33,399 but he. 205 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 2: Talked about but he also labeled white supremacy as the 206 00:11:36,159 --> 00:11:38,440 number one terrorist threat to the country. 207 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 3: Well, it is, and that's what the effort. It's not. 208 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,639 Speaker 2: It's not it's not even close, and I'm not I 209 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,600 appreciate your perspective, but you said some things that I 210 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,600 want to go to to get there. It's it's not 211 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:50,559 a it's not a cluster. If you look in fact 212 00:11:50,639 --> 00:11:53,159 economists you gov poll that was released, these are the 213 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,279 latest ones Emerson had Trump favorable forty six unfavorable for 214 00:11:57,399 --> 00:11:59,600 These are the most recent real cropopics. Anybody can go 215 00:11:59,639 --> 00:12:02,080 look at it, and that was forty six forty five. 216 00:12:02,159 --> 00:12:05,000 Economists you gov poll, which is even more recent is 217 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,600 forty seven fifty two. So him, his numbers are not tanking. 218 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,320 And I appreciate you trying to say they are, but 219 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,919 they're not. I mean, that's just not a true statement. 220 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,639 And when you look at the markets, yeah, tariffs, Uncertainty 221 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,360 with tariffs creates uncertainty in markets. Markets love certainty, but 222 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,480 don't pretend that the past four years. Remember when inflation 223 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:33,320 was transitory, It never was transitory. I mean, surely you 224 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,200 didn't fall for the its transitory thing. 225 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 3: Did you I don't know what you mean by it 226 00:12:38,279 --> 00:12:39,240 was transitory. 227 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 2: Oh, it was just it wasn't a thing. It wasn't real. 228 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,159 They were saying, Oh, it's just. 229 00:12:42,159 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 3: A it's just it was real, and it was. 230 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 2: Real, but they denied it was real the whole time after. 231 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 3: It was a pandemic that Trump ignored and created. 232 00:12:52,279 --> 00:12:54,519 Speaker 2: How did he ignore it? In? What way did he 233 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:55,039 ignore it? 234 00:12:55,759 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 3: And what way did it? 235 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: Oh? 236 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 3: He said it was going to go away in no time. 237 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 2: But wasn't sharp speed didn't warp speed for those who 238 00:13:02,399 --> 00:13:04,799 loved the warp speed took place under Trump? Did it not? 239 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:07,679 And the pandemic was pretty much over by the time 240 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:08,840 Biden took office. 241 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, he finally paid attention and more people died. What's that? 242 00:13:15,759 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 2: But but more people died anyway. I'm not going to 243 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,279 get into that because because because you have transition. 244 00:13:21,879 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 3: The main point I'm making is this administration so far 245 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,080 has been other than the border crossing, what you'll give 246 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,120 him credit for. Other than that, it's been an abject 247 00:13:31,159 --> 00:13:35,799 disaster of going back and forth, hiring people, firing people, 248 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:40,279 tariffs on tariffs, of it's complete instability. It's a bunch 249 00:13:40,279 --> 00:13:46,039 of clown car billionaires and drunken box hosts. People. It's 250 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,120 a joke. It's a joke in the government. When we 251 00:13:50,159 --> 00:13:54,600 go into a recession, the poll numbers will change and 252 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:56,720 then you'll have to start to talk about what. 253 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,759 Speaker 2: And co let's talk. Let's talk about some of these policies. 254 00:13:59,759 --> 00:14:02,840 Because I agree with you. I think there is well 255 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,360 I don't agree with everything said, but what I am 256 00:14:04,399 --> 00:14:07,600 saying is we are definitely in a transition period. There's 257 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:09,480 no doubt about that. This is one of the most 258 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:12,440 rapid transitions we've ever seen in our lifetime. You haven't 259 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,159 seen a president this active, Republican or Democrat. I mean 260 00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:19,519 not Reagae, not Bush, not Clinton. They've been very active, 261 00:14:19,919 --> 00:14:22,240 hitting the ground running. Whether you agree or not that 262 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:24,960 I appreciate that we agree on the border. Plus, I 263 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,320 think you want a secure border. What I'm hearing you. 264 00:14:27,279 --> 00:14:29,399 Speaker 3: Say everywhere secure border? 265 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,039 Speaker 2: No no, no, no, no, no, no. Everybody didn't. The previous 266 00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:34,960 administration did not. Remember, they said they couldn't do anything 267 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,279 without Congress, and they blamed Trump for stopping stuff at 268 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,039 the border. And then we find in five or six 269 00:14:41,039 --> 00:14:45,200 weeks that wait, wait, wait, wait, right, we agree on that, 270 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,919 but but don't forget that you had an administration that 271 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,360 said nothing could be done about it. So we were 272 00:14:50,399 --> 00:14:54,360 told that for four years. Wait, you think the Biden 273 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,519 administration did everything they could to secure the border. 274 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,559 Speaker 3: They yes, No, I'm saying I don't know if they 275 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:04,240 said those words, but I'm sure they didn't. I'm agreeing 276 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:07,039 they didn't have a good Quarterbolicy. Move on now, so. 277 00:15:07,639 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: We do have a situation where Trump is very provocative. 278 00:15:10,399 --> 00:15:13,039 I went through, in fact, I went through Trump and Greenland, 279 00:15:13,159 --> 00:15:16,039 Trump and Ukraine, Trump and Gaza, Trump and NATO. I 280 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,480 did talk about all of those issues. It wasn't just 281 00:15:18,519 --> 00:15:25,759 about Democrats. It's about the nature of those conversations. Correct. 282 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 3: I wasn't listening all. 283 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 2: Okay, that's fair, that's fair, that's fair to absolutely fair, 284 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:31,440 And I appreciate your perspective. 285 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:34,559 Speaker 3: I do find about, in general, your hosts on your 286 00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:38,840 station are not really talking much about accomplishments. They're talking 287 00:15:38,879 --> 00:15:41,440 mostly about how bad the Democrats are, and I think 288 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,039 that's because Trump has been a disaster so far in 289 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:45,559 the border. 290 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,559 Speaker 2: Let me let me agree with you in this way, 291 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,559 and this is one thing I don't like. I'm concerned, 292 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,159 and I open the show with this. My biggest concern 293 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,559 with Democrats right now is their hatred of Trump overcomes 294 00:15:58,639 --> 00:16:01,639 their desire to debate issue. And I think that we 295 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,159 saw that for the past four years, six years, eight 296 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,279 years on MSNBC and CNN. The same criticism you would 297 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,360 have a Fox and you didn't include Newsmax but all 298 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:14,480 their newsmas and their Fox Newsmac Bright Part National Review. 299 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:15,919 I could throw a bunch of things on the right. 300 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,720 The same criticism you would have of those organizations, which 301 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,639 I agree are right leaning, are the same criticisms I 302 00:16:21,639 --> 00:16:24,399 think many people would have. You would agree that MSNBC 303 00:16:25,039 --> 00:16:28,000 and CNN buy and large have been dominated by Trump 304 00:16:28,039 --> 00:16:30,799 hatred for the past eight ten years. Yeah, would you 305 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:32,600 agree with Okay? So agree? 306 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 3: I agree that both sides hate each other and do 307 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,879 not want to cooperate with you, and that's not productive 308 00:16:38,279 --> 00:16:41,600 for the degree. I like John Fetterman. I think people 309 00:16:41,679 --> 00:16:44,240 need to be more like him. There needs to be 310 00:16:44,919 --> 00:16:48,399 opportunities to work together. Absolutely, But that does. 311 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 2: You like Grand Paul? I mean you mentioned Fetterman. Would 312 00:16:51,159 --> 00:16:53,960 you like someone like Rand Paul? I think Rand Paul's. 313 00:16:53,759 --> 00:16:57,039 Speaker 3: Very clear that libertarian is a pipe dream. I mean, 314 00:16:57,159 --> 00:16:59,919 if we if you could start the country over from scratch, 315 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,360 which maybe you should implement some of those policies. But 316 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,400 for the most part, other than things like free speech, 317 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:09,440 libertarianism is just a it's not a bible. 318 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:13,519 Speaker 2: But don't you think that social moderates are kind of libertarian? 319 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,200 So fiscally conservative socially moderate is yeah. 320 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,839 Speaker 3: I mean, if you don't want to just like eliminate 321 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,559 the government completely, but you want to have a smaller government, 322 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,519 then yes, I can. I can agree with you know, 323 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,920 a libertarian position as being a viable one. 324 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 2: Okay, So again I said. 325 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,599 Speaker 3: Some of that Trump has pretty much been a disaster. 326 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:39,640 Maybe you could explain that to some of your goosts. 327 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 2: Well, I don't because I don't think. I think we're 328 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:47,240 in a transition. You're judging an entire administration on one month, 329 00:17:47,279 --> 00:17:48,440 one and a half months. 330 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 3: True, it's early, it's totally we'll see. 331 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,799 Speaker 2: We'll see. I like, at least you'll you'll say, we'll see. 332 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:55,839 I don't think it's been a disaster yet. You've got 333 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,240 a cabinet confirmation process that's been expedited in a way 334 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,759 we haven't seen. You've got a lot of activity going on. 335 00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:04,359 I think you do would like I said this earlier 336 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,559 in the show. I think most people on the left 337 00:18:06,599 --> 00:18:10,279 would like a lot of doze because it would ultimately 338 00:18:10,319 --> 00:18:12,119 mean that the dollars that are being spent on these 339 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,119 social programs that left the left cares about would be 340 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,000 spent more on the people who need it the most. 341 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,000 You would agree, You're right. 342 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 3: Well, And what's interesting is that clearly the protests or 343 00:18:22,759 --> 00:18:25,559 the calls or whatever are working, because you'll notice that 344 00:18:25,559 --> 00:18:28,599 the Republicans are now using the talking point that the 345 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,440 Democrats first you use, which is not a cleaver but 346 00:18:32,599 --> 00:18:35,519 a scalpel, and the Republicans are now using that. So 347 00:18:36,039 --> 00:18:38,799 the real John, you can't you can't fire people with 348 00:18:38,839 --> 00:18:42,440 the nuclear codes. Event John, when you say I want 349 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,640 to hire them back, they're going to say after you. 350 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,079 Speaker 2: You know, John, I want to make sure you feel 351 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,759 you were treated fairly and that we held the break 352 00:18:49,759 --> 00:18:51,279 for you. And I appreciate you calling in. 353 00:18:51,319 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, thanks so much, appreciate it. 354 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,319 Speaker 1: You got it. Here's a great idea. How about making 355 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,359 an escape to a really special and secluded getaway in 356 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,119 western North Carolina, just a quick drive up the mountain 357 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,559 and cabins of Ashville. 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And make 376 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,920 memories that'll last a lifetime. 377 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,759 Speaker 2: And I found I love calls that sound like it 378 00:20:12,799 --> 00:20:14,480 sounds like a trope. Doesn't it sound like some kind 379 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,920 of repetitive broken record? For those of you who know 380 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,240 what records are, a broken CD, It's hard to believe 381 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,799 that even saying broken CD is kind of get dating you, 382 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,480 isn't it. So many of you ate tracks, then you 383 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:29,119 knw cassettes, then you knew, you know, you knew lplp's 384 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,960 are making a comeback, though I know people that are, 385 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,920 you know, scrounging through little stores getting those things. But 386 00:20:34,039 --> 00:20:36,640 John's call, I find calls interesting. And I found John's 387 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:43,839 call interesting because I he is illustrative of the division 388 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,720 that is more emotional than rational, and it's on both sides. 389 00:20:47,759 --> 00:20:50,240 I'm not castigating John, Okay, I'm not. I'm not picking 390 00:20:50,279 --> 00:20:52,519 on John. John took the time to take make a 391 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:55,119 phone call here to get his point across, and he's 392 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,240 appreciated for doing so. And I think it is easy 393 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,720 one of the easy things. Well, I wouldn't say easy. 394 00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:02,599 Being a talk show has imagined trying to talk and 395 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,599 be in a good mood for three hours every day 396 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,079 or four and you know, in Winterble's case, every day. 397 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,000 You know, that's there's a lot to it. There's a 398 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,960 lot more work to being a host than you may think. Nonetheless, 399 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:18,759 it is sometimes easy to just go other side bad. 400 00:21:19,319 --> 00:21:22,240 Those are bad people. They're bad. They're bad, They're I 401 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,200 I'm a policy guy, i was a former elected official. 402 00:21:25,279 --> 00:21:28,079 I've worked in think tanks, I've I've been a radio host. 403 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,839 I've been very blessed in many endeavors in life, and 404 00:21:30,839 --> 00:21:34,599 I'm thankful for them. Business owner, uh, you know, and 405 00:21:34,599 --> 00:21:37,200 and been around these circles of power on both sides 406 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,200 for a long time now. I've only been a Republican 407 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,440 and conservative for all that time, but been around them. 408 00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:45,039 So as I as I listened to him, you can 409 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,079 see the the way he feels about Trump, the way 410 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,720 many people on the right feel about someone like Adam 411 00:21:51,759 --> 00:21:55,119 Schiff or Nancy Pelosi. It's it's you know, he said, 412 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:56,799 it's just a train I don't think he used the 413 00:21:56,799 --> 00:21:59,319 word train wreck, but he used a cluster, is what 414 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,680 he said. It's a cluster for the past month and 415 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,920 a half. And I think it's very difficult to judge 416 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,440 an entire administration in a month and a half. Now, 417 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:09,720 if I were on the receiving end of what's happening 418 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,599 in the stock market today, you absolutely could say that. 419 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:16,359 I mean, the stock markets have been a very very 420 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,519 strange day, to say the least. I mean, the Dow 421 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,119 was off I think I don't know if it still is, 422 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,799 but it was off about nine hundred points. I'll update 423 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,400 that here in a second, because all I have to do 424 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:26,799 is pull it up and it'll give me the latest 425 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,440 and greatest on that. So, yeah, the Nasdaq is down 426 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,359 almost four percent, the Dow's off nine to twenty six 427 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,680 over two percent. So yeah, today, the I think Trump's 428 00:22:37,759 --> 00:22:40,799 news conference where he answered a lot of questions and 429 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,200 did not put a cap on saying there's going to 430 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,799 be a recession, and that unleashed the uncertainty. Having been 431 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:51,240 an investment broker at one time, I can tell you 432 00:22:51,519 --> 00:22:54,400 uncertainty and see there could be a fallacy. They're called 433 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:59,720 appeal to authority, but uncertain markets don't like uncertainty. They 434 00:22:59,759 --> 00:23:01,759 don't know if there's going to be tariffs, how long 435 00:23:01,799 --> 00:23:03,559 they're going to be, how long it's going to last. 436 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,000 But it doesn't like that, and so this is a 437 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,640 bit volatile. Tariffs are used now it's not good for 438 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,960 them either. So it's not good for Mexico, it's not 439 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,440 good for Canada, it's not good for anybody involved in this. 440 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,880 You don't want to get in an escalating trade war. 441 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,640 Which you want is you want trade partners that are 442 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,039 treating each other equably. Now, the Canadians have had some 443 00:23:24,079 --> 00:23:26,000 massive tariffs on a lot of stuff that we've been 444 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,640 selling for some time. This is an adjustment to that. 445 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,200 There will be an adjustment period. I don't know how 446 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,119 far this will go. Would it go all the ray 447 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,160 of recession? I think a lot of people in the market. 448 00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:38,160 I found several stories and this is not from anybody 449 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,440 that I think loves Trump by any stretch. But this 450 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,559 is over at CNBC. A three week market sell off 451 00:23:45,559 --> 00:23:50,000 intensified on Monday, with investors worried about tariff policy uncertainty 452 00:23:50,039 --> 00:23:52,839 tipping the economy into a recession, something Trump did not 453 00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:56,200 rule out. Over the weekend, the dal Jones dropped eight 454 00:23:56,319 --> 00:23:58,359 hundred and sixty four points it's now over nine hundred. 455 00:23:58,759 --> 00:24:01,240 The S and P shed to point eight percent, NASDAC 456 00:24:01,279 --> 00:24:03,920 down about four point three. More tech heavy both the 457 00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:06,559 S and P and tech heavy NASDAK dropped their lowest 458 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,559 levels since September of last year. The Nasdaq was weighed 459 00:24:09,559 --> 00:24:14,200 down by declines in the magnificent seven co Ort, Tesla, Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia. 460 00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:18,160 All of those, but the benchmark ten year treasury yield 461 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,400 fell nine basis points to four in a quarter. Are 462 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,519 a little less than four in a quarter. But when 463 00:24:22,519 --> 00:24:24,279 you think about this, you go on to the quotes 464 00:24:24,319 --> 00:24:26,799 about what people are saying, we are in the throes 465 00:24:26,839 --> 00:24:30,960 of a manufactured correction. I say manufactured because it's really 466 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,720 based in response to the new administration's tariff programs, or 467 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,720 at least the threats, and what kind of an impact 468 00:24:36,759 --> 00:24:38,440 that will have in the economy. Now with people talking 469 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,359 about potential recession, I think it's just adding to concern, 470 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,640 said Sam Stoveall, chief investment strategists for cfr A Research. 471 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,720 Right now, we're going through a typical pullback and probably 472 00:24:48,759 --> 00:24:52,920 will experience a correction mild before it's all completed, which 473 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,839 actually would be good for the resetting of the dials 474 00:24:54,839 --> 00:24:57,880 on this ongoing bull market. There could be even more 475 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,160 turbulence this week with a heavy dose of economic data. 476 00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:03,000 Data by the way, that's been compiled prior to Trump 477 00:25:03,039 --> 00:25:06,000 taking office. It's going to be the result that we'll see. 478 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,079 But again, this is a panic, but it is it 479 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,160 is a It's one of those days you're gonna kind 480 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:12,960 of remember. 481 00:25:12,759 --> 00:25:14,559 Speaker 1: All right, if you're listening to this show, you know 482 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,640 I try to keep up with all sorts of current events, 483 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,720 and I know you do too. And you've probably heard 484 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:22,799 me say get your news from multiple sources. Why well, 485 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:25,559 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 486 00:25:25,599 --> 00:25:28,759 I've been so impressed with ground News. 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Subscribe through that link and you'll 498 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,559 get fifteen percent off any subscription. I use the Vantage 499 00:26:07,559 --> 00:26:11,039 plan to get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription 500 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,839 then not only helps my podcast, but it also supports 501 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,160 ground news as they make the media landscape more transparent. 502 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 2: It's in the break. I was trying to figure out 503 00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:24,559 a way to fit the square peg in a round 504 00:26:24,559 --> 00:26:28,200 hole and to say that I wish we could get 505 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,519 away from the the weapons of mass distraction, the politics 506 00:26:32,519 --> 00:26:35,640 of personal destruction. I don't foresee that happening. It's too 507 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,039 cool and trendy and hip to kind of just attack 508 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,920 an individual. I've been going after the Democrats collectively because 509 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,400 I think they're very myopic in the way they want 510 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,960 to ride this out. There is no way. And we 511 00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:52,079 saw this when George Bush took on social security to 512 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,640 try to say we have a problem with social security, 513 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,200 we don't need to kick it down. He went on 514 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,640 a national tour. I actually went to see him in 515 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:04,200 Raleigh when he came in and immediately because he was 516 00:27:04,279 --> 00:27:10,480 trying to fix a known problem with social security. He 517 00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:15,000 was trying to fix that issue, his own party attacked 518 00:27:15,079 --> 00:27:17,359 him and it shut down the discussion, and so there 519 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,640 was no reform. There's no entitlement. Reform is the third 520 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,599 rail of American politics. Medicaid, Medicare, social security, if you 521 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,200 want to save it, they'll put a stake through your 522 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,839 heart and they'll throw your body in the rear, they'll 523 00:27:29,839 --> 00:27:31,559 bury it. They'll cut you up in little bitty pieces 524 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,519 and then wash you downstream and then find you and 525 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:35,160 put you on a funeral pier and bear it and 526 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,000 burn you like a Viking funeral. That's how that's how 527 00:27:38,079 --> 00:27:40,480 bad it is. You are politically toast if you touch 528 00:27:40,519 --> 00:27:46,359 those no one has attempted. This is the closest we've 529 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,240 ever come to fixing. And you cannot fix the problem 530 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:53,759 of government and solvency, in solvency and debt and deficit 531 00:27:53,799 --> 00:27:58,119 spending without touching those entitlements. Now, that doesn't mean you 532 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,279 have to cut people's benefits, that doesn't mean you end them. 533 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,079 The problem is if you try to improve them, you 534 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,079 will be pilloried by the other side. Now Dems. Dems 535 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,519 will never touch it. There's not enough money you can 536 00:28:10,559 --> 00:28:13,200 put into any given government program that a Democrat would say, 537 00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:14,960 you know what, it's fully funded. We don't need to 538 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,799 do it. And you can see that in teaching. So 539 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 as education has gone downhill and money spent on per 540 00:28:21,039 --> 00:28:25,279 pupil has gone through the roof, there's never enough you 541 00:28:25,279 --> 00:28:27,559 can never. Roy Cooper in eight years of being governed, 542 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,480 never ever said, you know what, I think those increases 543 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,680 are enough. Whatever the Republicans said, he would just double 544 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,839 and say, see they're underfunding education. I would do I 545 00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:39,039 would give more and you can add that to any 546 00:28:39,079 --> 00:28:44,319 government program. Democrats typically EPA needs more money, Education needs 547 00:28:44,359 --> 00:28:48,000 more money. I don't know, infrastructure needs more money. Whatever 548 00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:50,839 it is. Their answer is always it's predictable as the when. 549 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,799 And I challenge any of you Democrats to point out otherwise. 550 00:28:54,559 --> 00:28:58,400 They don't. They don't see that there's a dollar amount 551 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,920 at which they would say, you know what, it's doing great. 552 00:29:01,079 --> 00:29:02,759 In fact, it's doing so well we can cut it. 553 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:08,079 Republicans' desire to cut it is mired with their courage 554 00:29:08,119 --> 00:29:12,000 to do so. So this is the first time in 555 00:29:12,039 --> 00:29:16,039 our lifetime that well you had Bill Clinton and new 556 00:29:16,039 --> 00:29:19,200 Gangridge that work together have a balanced budget, but it 557 00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:23,160 was still delaying the inevitable problems with entitlements. And new 558 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,079 Gingridge would tell you that Bill Clinton, in a moment 559 00:29:25,119 --> 00:29:27,799 of honesty, would if there wasn't a woman in the room. 560 00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:33,319 So looking at this, Trump is taking a through Doge 561 00:29:33,759 --> 00:29:36,680 is attempting something that nobody in our lifetime is done. 562 00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:39,559 We have to get the waste fraud abuse out. We 563 00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:42,920 should get rid of programs that don't service the American public. 564 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,000 You see that with the Apartment of Education being gone, 565 00:29:45,119 --> 00:29:48,200 is a good step. How much of the environmental side 566 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,400 can states stand I think a lot. I think a 567 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,640 lot of the federal stuff you can do a lot 568 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,839 less at the federal level. We can do almost everything 569 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,599 less at the federal level. But at some point we 570 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,839 will have I have to discuss how to save those 571 00:30:01,839 --> 00:30:03,640 three entitlements. I don't know. If a Democrat will be 572 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,920 in office then I don't know. If a Republican will 573 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,960 be in office, then I don't know if even this administration, 574 00:30:09,319 --> 00:30:12,759 which from a government cutting standpoint is the most courageous 575 00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:16,599 we've seen in our lifetime, could do that. I don't know. 576 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:21,839 But this uncertainty right now, I mean, in fact, if 577 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,160 you want to look, there's plenty of Forbes and other 578 00:30:24,279 --> 00:30:27,880 that are saying, look, there are a lot of contra indicators. 579 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,440 There are plenty of people that can raise their odds 580 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,319 to a twenty percent that there'll be a recession this year. 581 00:30:31,319 --> 00:30:33,799 That you can say that. You could also say that 582 00:30:34,359 --> 00:30:37,279 rising recession odds and the prospects of sharply negative economic 583 00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:39,039 growth sound like the sky is falling. But there's a 584 00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:41,400 lot of evidence to suggest the US isn't on the 585 00:30:41,119 --> 00:30:44,839 doorstep of a downturn. There's plenty of it, and this 586 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,279 is from Forbes. As recently the summer of twenty three 587 00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:50,440 Goldman recession models signaled a more than thirty percent of 588 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,440 chance of recession, just before the US ripped off seven 589 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,799 consecutive quarters of more growth. So if we make it through, 590 00:30:56,839 --> 00:30:59,119 I think this is going to be a difficult transition period, 591 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,759 no doubt in my mind. Will consumer confidence be shaken, 592 00:31:03,319 --> 00:31:05,559 don't know, I mean absolutely, I think it will be. 593 00:31:05,599 --> 00:31:07,279 At some point. People are gonna get a little scared 594 00:31:07,359 --> 00:31:13,680 because people don't like uncertainty. Nobody nobody likes uncertainty. So 595 00:31:13,799 --> 00:31:16,119 the prospects that it could be rough in this short term, 596 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,160 but I think the American public has been conditioned to 597 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,200 say there's going to be some tough times ahead. But 598 00:31:21,319 --> 00:31:23,039 getting on the other side of that, there could be 599 00:31:23,119 --> 00:31:26,480 tremendous upside or, as Trump would say, upsides like we've 600 00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:29,400 never seen before, like the country's never seen the Golden era, 601 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:30,720 he says, and promises. 602 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 603 00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,799 so much for listening. 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