WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:04.599 With much ado about everything on this Friday, March seventh, 2 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:07.480 Gary Jeff Walker in for Bill Cunningham on the Bill 3 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:12.000 Cunningham Show. How you doing. We get right off to 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.199 the races here with our first guests. We don't want 5 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:17.320 Tim spending any more time than he has to with 6 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:22.640 us this afternoon, but he's always kind enough, generous enough 7 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:26.800 to give him give us some of his time. Entrepreneur, businessman, 8 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:31.960 a former senatorial and gubernatorial candidate in the state of Ohio, 9 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:37.439 former congressman, and now our pundit for the next few minutes. 10 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:40.799 Jim or Nacy on the line. Jim, good afternoon. How 11 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:41.560 are you doing today? 12 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:43.520 Gary? 13 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:46.840 How are you? You know what? Just surviving. I've got 14 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.399 a little rant coming after we get done talking, but 15 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:54.719 I'll save that. I'll save that for later. So I 16 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:57.039 just wanted to ask you in the wake of the 17 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:01.960 basically the jointed rest to the Joint Session of Congress 18 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:06.159 that the President had on Tuesday night, which makes up 19 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.319 in the first part of a term for a state 20 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.879 of the Union, that's essentially what it is, and the 21 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:18.480 Democrats' actions there, did you find them particularly surprising? I 22 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.959 did not. This is exactly what I expected from the 23 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:26.680 Democrats when President Trump spoke, well, yeah, I got. 24 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.560 To admit I was a little bit shocked. If I 25 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.719 was a Democrat, I would just sit there and be 26 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.200 quiet in the sense that, you know, we have a 27 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:37.920 lot of things going on right now. Let President Trump 28 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:42.079 have his day, move forward, let's see what happens with 29 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.599 the economy. Now's not the time to get in the 30 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.519 middle of this. But of course they could not resist, 31 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.640 couldn't help me, and they put the signs up, which 32 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:56.959 was ridiculous. You know, the statement by Representative Green was ridiculous. 33 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:01.280 All of this just shows that that, you know, it 34 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:04.719 just makes for a circus. And by the way, for 35 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.879 your listeners, we got to remember that just a year 36 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:11.680 ago we had Marjorie Taylor Green and Bobert screaming and 37 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:16.159 hollering at Biden. This is not what the state of 38 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.639 the Union is supposed to be. It's supposed to be 39 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:23.319 where the House and the Senate sit there and whoever 40 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.719 the president is, give them the courtesy of speaking without 41 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:31.240 without These outbursts that are that occur have definitely been 42 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:32.719 occurring over the last few years. 43 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.400 Well, this is the first time anyone has ever been 44 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:40.400 removed from a from a presidential address to a joint 45 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:42.479 session of Congress or a State of the Union address 46 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:46.599 with al Green being escorted off the floor unceremoniously and 47 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.759 then the ensuing censure. You're right about Lauren Bobert and 48 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:53.759 Marjorie Taylor Green last year. I remember the yelling at 49 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:57.039 Joe Biden. Maybe they were just yelling because maybe you 50 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.439 had our time hearing. I'm not sure, but you're right. 51 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:04.360 Let's be fair about that. I want to know if 52 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.719 you think, just as an observer of the last twenty 53 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:12.879 five years or so in American politics, because they are 54 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:18.280 all these pundits saying that the Democrat Democrat Party has lost, 55 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:22.800 they have no leadership, and they're rudderless, and it looks 56 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.319 like they may lose the mid terms, and that's you know, 57 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:29.240 that's long ways off, and a lot can happen between 58 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.199 now and then. But isn't it a lot the way 59 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:35.680 the Democrat the Republican Party was in two thousand and 60 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:40.280 eight after the crash and President Obama was elected and 61 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.840 had a so called mandate for the Democrats, and people 62 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.560 were saying that the Republican Party doesn't have any leadership, 63 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.520 don't know, they may not survive I remember hearing the 64 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:55.840 same kind of talk then as I'm hearing about Democrats now, 65 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:58.400 you remember that that way as well. 66 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.560 Absolutely, And by the way, it happened in twenty twelve 67 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.879 as well, when I was serving in Congress and Republicans 68 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:09.000 allowed the government to shut down and people were saying, 69 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:13.159 the Republican Party has no leadership, Republican Party has lost. 70 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.199 So it played out again in twenty twelve, and we 71 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.560 had to rebuild ourselves pretty quickly back. You know, the 72 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.000 Democrats were going to say that about them. But the 73 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:26.160 problem is, politics is a day to day change, a 74 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.439 thirty day I always tell people, you can talk about 75 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.199 who's running for governor in twenty twenty six or who's 76 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.000 running for Senate in twenty twenty six today, but none 77 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:38.879 of that matters because there'll be so many things occur 78 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:42.879 between now and November twenty twenty six that politics is 79 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.160 really a thirty day game. And it'll be interesting to 80 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.759 see what happens in the next thirty days. If all 81 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:51.800 of a sudden, tariffs cause the economy to start to 82 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.000 creator and we start to have problems, you know, then 83 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.800 the American people and Democrats will come out and say, ah, 84 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:02.199 the Republicans don't a true leader. It'll go back and 85 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:06.800 forth until the election day and this is just politics. 86 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:10.240 Well, yeah, and it's been quite a wild ride for 87 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.199 the first forty five days of Trump's second term, to 88 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.560 say the least. But a lot has been accomplished, and 89 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.519 a lot of what he campaigned on is getting done, 90 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:24.720 or at least there's motivation, you know, moving towards that 91 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:31.680 direction for President Trump's agenda. You're talking about that thirty 92 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:35.920 day kind of game and how it shifts back and forth. 93 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.839 But the first forty five days have been pretty impressive 94 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.199 to most of the American people because all of the 95 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:47.160 approval polling is talking about the president being above fifty 96 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:51.639 percent overall, but seventy six percent according to a CBS 97 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:57.199 poll approved of the address on Tuesday night. Sixty nine 98 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:02.199 percent approve of what President Trump has been doing to 99 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:06.839 this point. And you're right about the economy and the 100 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:11.639 tariffs and all the uncertainty there. Markets don't like uncertainty, obviously, 101 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.199 they tend to be very knee jerk. In a lot 102 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.199 less a frame of time than you know, thirty days. 103 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.000 From week to week, the markets can be volatile depending 104 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:28.319 on what happens but I also think that, like I said, 105 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:30.519 we've got a head start here on a lot of 106 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.519 the Trump agenda that he campaigned on, and I think 107 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.759 people are seeing that. Tell me, if you think that 108 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:40.240 people the main reason it's been so positive so far 109 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:45.279 among the majority of Americans is because he has been 110 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.759 fulfilling things that he said he was going to do 111 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:48.720 in the campaign trail. 112 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:53.199 Well, a great thing about President Trump is he's definitely 113 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.759 he's definitely opening up people's eyes. Now again, it's not 114 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.720 that people didn't know that before, whether was the Grace 115 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:05.959 Report by Reagan, whether it was the Rand Paul Report 116 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:10.800 showing all this waste and abuse, and people probably don't 117 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:15.959 realize that even in twenty seventeen or eighteen, President Trump 118 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:21.680 attempted to cut spending in the government and that got 119 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.160 pushed back because of the Empowerment Act back then. 120 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.279 Too. Well, people forget, too, Jim, that Bill Clinton fired 121 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.079 three hundred and seventy seven thousand federal employees when he 122 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:31.639 was president exactly. 123 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.240 So this has all been done before. But what people 124 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.519 don't realize is President Trump is moving at a pace, 125 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.519 but the Congress isn't moving with him. So what I've 126 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:45.120 been trying to tell people is next week, you're going 127 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:51.800 to see the Congress path a continuing resolution. And here's 128 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:55.600 what people have to understand. That continuing resolution is going 129 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.519 to say, federal government, we're going to allow you to 130 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.839 continue to spend what you are spending. It is not 131 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:07.120 going to be cutting the DOGE cuts. So even though 132 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:10.519 the President is saying, hey, there's waste, there's abuse, even 133 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.480 though you know on Musket's finding waste abuse, we're gonna 134 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:15.879 we're going to pass another CR next week and keep 135 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.439 the government open, and we're gonna tell we're going to 136 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:20.959 tell people in the CR that we're going to allow 137 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:26.040 spending to occur until the end of September. So you 138 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.480 almost have to look at what's being presented and what's 139 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.399 actually being done. Those DOGE cuts aren't getting into the system, 140 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.600 and that's a problem, and that and and now you 141 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:41.480 see not the legislature, but but you see the judicial 142 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.919 system stepping in and saying, wait a minute, uh, President Trump, 143 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.279 you don't have the authority to make those cuts. So 144 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:50.279 we're now starting to get into this big circle that 145 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.440 causes the problems and why the federal government doesn't work 146 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:54.000 very well. 147 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.559 Well, this is you know, the Supreme Court rule five 148 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:59.399 to four, which shocked a lot of people that they 149 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:04.360 could not up the two billion dollars in usaid payments 150 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:08.080 from going out that were signed before January twentieth, And 151 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:11.080 I was telling somebody else who asked me about it, 152 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.679 I said, well, I mean, the contracts were signed before 153 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:19.399 Trump was president, so they're legal contracts, so they probably 154 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.759 have to be honored as much as we don't like that. 155 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.799 But that was only one particular case. Jim in the 156 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:29.159 case of him being able to fire federal employees under 157 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:32.159 the executive branch, Scotus is not ruled on that yet, 158 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:34.559 and I believe they will rule in his favor, and 159 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.799 I believe that he will have the power that an 160 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:40.120 executive has, just like a CEO of any company. Just 161 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.279 like you in one of your companies, you have the 162 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.679 power to fire and hire whomever you want to if 163 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.240 they're under you. Correct. 164 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.720 No, I do agree with that, but I think it's 165 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:55.120 going to be an interesting ride because I do think 166 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.919 what's going to happen. Remember past presidents have tried this. 167 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:03.519 Nixon tried to cut spending and cut personnel. That's why 168 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.840 the Impoundment Act came and said no, you can't do that. 169 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.799 But there are also other mechanisms that can be used. 170 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.960 There's a mechanism that Congress can actually vote. The President 171 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.799 can ask for cuts to be made, and Congress can 172 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:21.919 vote with just a simple majority of recision. It's called 173 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.799 the Recision Act to cut this. I think if it's 174 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.000 done right, these things will occur. I think if it's 175 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:33.120 done wrong that the president will have some bumps in 176 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:35.440 the road. But I do think it can be done. 177 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:38.480 But let's not forget. Next week you're going to see 178 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:44.799 Congress approve a cr that says, whatever spending is out there, 179 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:49.039 we approve to continue until the end of September, and 180 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:51.879 they're not going to take into consideration all those dose cuts. 181 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.600 There's a big reason that Congress, both the House and 182 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.799 the Senate have such low approval ratings in public pool, 183 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.799 public poll after public poll, and not just Democrats, but 184 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:08.000 Congress as a whole. And that's why this continual kicking 185 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:11.919 the can down the road and maintaining the establishment. And 186 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.519 it absolutely to me as a taxpayer, as a citizen, 187 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:18.919 as someone who believes in our constitution and understands that 188 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:21.679 these people work for us, not the other way around, 189 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:25.399 that this nonsense has to stop, and it has to 190 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:28.320 stop at the district level. Do you agree or not 191 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:28.919 agree with that? 192 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.559 I do agree. And here's the problem that members of 193 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:36.480 Congress have. Look, I was one of those people. One 194 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.759 of the reasons I left Congress. I was sick and tired. 195 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.000 I was on a budget committee and I pushed for 196 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.440 billions of dollars of cuts, and I could not get 197 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:48.039 it approved because what happens is those cuts affect a 198 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.000 district and they'll say, hey, I'm okay with cuts, but 199 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:56.159 those cuts are proposing affecting my district and I can't 200 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.200 assume that. So the big problem we have is that 201 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.039 right there, district by district, they look at where these 202 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:06.279 cuts affect them and they say, time out, I can't 203 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.279 support that. And when you only have a two seat 204 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:12.559 majority in the House of Representatives, going to be very 205 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.720 difficult to cut things because there's always going to be 206 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:19.080 a couple members of the House or Senate that say, 207 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:20.919 wait a minute, I can't go along with that. 208 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:25.720 Nimby, not in my backyard. That's a human nature kind 209 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:30.320 of thing, Jim, And sadly, for someone to get serious 210 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.519 about it, they're going to have to be willing to 211 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.000 not be re elected. I think that's as plain and 212 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:38.919 simple and harsh as it gets, don't you. 213 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.440 Well, you know what's interesting, And I'm glad you said that. 214 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:45.279 I mean, every vote I took, I didn't care if 215 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.320 I was reelected or not. I did it for the 216 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:49.799 right reasons. I never voted for a CR because I 217 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.320 didn't believe in them. I didn't vote. I remember one 218 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:58.039 time I had the entire Republican Congress vote for something 219 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:00.320 and I didn't, and I said, I don't care. That's 220 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.200 bad for Ohio, that's bad for America. I'm not going 221 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:07.279 along with it. And you're right if you don't fear, 222 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:12.440 if everybody does what's best for the country and doesn't 223 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:16.480 fear being reelected, they'll actually be re elected, because that's 224 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.879 what people want to see. 225 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.639 Isn't pretty much what's good for the country going to 226 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:24.440 be ultimately good for your district. 227 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.279 Well, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it isn't. I mean, I 228 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:32.399 must admit. I mean I had sixteen hundred jobs in 229 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:37.759 my district or related to one bill, and I of 230 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.559 course had to vote against it. Even though you know 231 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:43.480 there was some there was some good reason from a 232 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.720 national perspective to vote for it. I mean, there are 233 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.000 little things you got to do, but you're right. The 234 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.480 majority of time, what's good for the country is going 235 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.519 to be good for your district. 236 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.360 Yeah, Jim or Nacy, thank you so much for your time. 237 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:57.519 It's been good for me. I hope it was good 238 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:57.799 for you. 239 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:00.240 Oh, thank you so much. 240 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.879 All Right, you too, Gary jeff In for Willy on 241 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:08.600 the Bill Cunningham Show. Back in just a moment, all right. 242 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.080 Continuing on this Friday, solving the problems one of the world, 243 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.559 one interview at a time. Gary jeff In for Willy 244 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:19.320 on the Bill Cunningham Show, seven out of WLW eating 245 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:25.000 this delicious Leers Prime Market meets what is it fish 246 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:29.320 sandwich on this first day of Lent, and it's absolutely delicious. 247 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.639 More on that as we continue right now. A conversation 248 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:35.799 with a lady that I really enjoy talking to. She 249 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:40.960 is the CEO of Patriot Mobile, which is the nation's 250 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:46.200 only Christian communication system or cell phone provider. I'm sure 251 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.279 there are Christians at T Mobile and Verizon, although sometimes 252 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:52.080 in dealing with those folks, it's hard to believe. Lee 253 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:55.159 Walms Guns joins us now on the line to talk 254 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:59.639 about the US Ukraine, the Democrats and their reaction to 255 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.720 the p residents addressed to the Joint State of the 256 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:06.600 Union or Joint Address to Congress this past week, and more, 257 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:09.799 the pink ladies, the signs, and all the rest. Lee, 258 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:11.440 good afternoon, and welcome to the show. 259 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:15.159 How are you hey, I'm great, Gary, Jeff. It's Friday, 260 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.320 and it's a good day. 261 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.919 Yes it is. Indeed, Like I said, just devouring this 262 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.720 delicious fish sandwich in between chats. 263 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:25.600 You're making me hungry. 264 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.799 Good stuff, man, The rye bread has got some cheese 265 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:34.639 and all the all the accouterment, including some hushpuppies. So, 266 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:40.799 first off, on the continuing back and forth with Vlodomar 267 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.240 Zelenski and President Trump and this deal and Vladimir Putin 268 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:51.159 trying to get peace in Ukraine. Where we are today 269 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:55.919 is well, not really much further than we were when 270 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.679 they threw Zelenski out of the Oval Office or out 271 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:00.919 of the White House a we could go. There has 272 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:03.840 been some movement, and he has, of course, as the 273 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.399 President read the letter that he received from Zelensky on 274 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:11.519 Tuesday night, said that Zelensky is ready to come to 275 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:14.120 the table and talk and sign the mineral deal. And 276 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:18.279 YadA YadA, yah. It's strange how that happened right after 277 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.360 the President announced that we were cutting off aid to Ukraine. 278 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.080 But where do you think we are with it now? 279 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.399 And will this deal get done? And is Vladimir Putin 280 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.120 going to comply? 281 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.440 Well, you know, Trump is the master of the art 282 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:39.480 of the deal. He knows economic partnerships, keep the peace. 283 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.559 And you know, I think Zelensky was acted like a 284 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:45.879 self serving fool to behave the way he did in 285 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:50.279 the White House, and he earned that swift eviction. The 286 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.279 truth is in this issue. Russia and Ukraine have a 287 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.679 quite complex history that dates back over a thousand years, 288 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:01.679 and it's really a fascinating historical topic I've just really 289 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:03.120 started to study and learn about. 290 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.399 And so. 291 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.599 Many Americans are forming opinions without knowing anything about this 292 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:13.519 vast history or the current situations. I think most people 293 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:16.599 in America are viewing this situation either from a pro 294 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.000 Trump lens or an anti Trump lens, and they aren't 295 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.319 really digging in and looking at some of the details. 296 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:27.559 There's a lot of truth that Russia is losing tactically, 297 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:31.960 but that Ukraine is losing strategically, meaning no one is 298 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.559 winning and while Russia can replace soldiers, frankly, Ukraine can't. 299 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:39.000 And they know they can't sustain the long game, and 300 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:41.240 they know they need America. I saw a post that 301 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:43.839 was a pretty poignant that said, a lot of the 302 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:47.000 support for Ukraine is coming from people who would never 303 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:49.640 send their own sons to fight. And that's something we 304 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.720 need to think about. And listen to your name calling 305 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.519 and all of that. Listen Putin as a dictator. We 306 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:59.200 all know that. But Zelensky, before this invasion, Ukraine was 307 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.319 known as a hot of corruption. Before this war, he's 308 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:07.359 canceled elections. He knows also if this war ends, an 309 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:09.880 election happens, he knows he's going to be out when 310 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.799 that happens. And is he really trying to help his 311 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:15.319 people or just trying to appear like he's helping his 312 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.799 people to stay in power. And you've got the other 313 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.559 side of Americans in general, who are just disgusted with 314 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:28.000 billions of our tax dollars going overseas while hardworking Americans 315 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:30.799 federal income taxes are killing their household budgets. 316 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:32.720 Well, I mean, if we sign a deal, I think 317 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.279 part of the deal should be Trump sends Elon Musk 318 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.480 over to Ukraine and do a doze on where all 319 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.279 of our money went once we send it over with 320 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.160 the blank check three hundred and fifty some billion and 321 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:46.880 more on the way I mean Trump in his first term. 322 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:51.960 President Trump in his first term gave Ukraine weaponry javelins 323 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:55.319 to help you in the aftermaths of what happened in 324 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:59.799 CRIMEA putin did not invade. But I would really like, 325 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.759 in fact, you know, while we're taking the scalpel to 326 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:08.920 money that we have given our federal government for all 327 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:13.559 kinds of weird just strange things that we're finding out 328 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.680 more and more every day, I'd like to find out 329 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:21.480 where Zelenski has utilized three hundred and fifty billion dollars 330 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:24.559 since he can't account for it, since he doesn't know 331 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.480 where the money went. 332 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:28.880 Well, there's a lot of reports of it being funneled 333 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.920 back and going to Democrat lawmakers, and Americans are sick 334 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:36.839 and tired of you know, the swamp in DC throwing 335 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:41.319 our money around like it's candy to garner favor for 336 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.960 personal business deals all over the world. 337 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.680 Well, you know, until they closed here, Coney Island sometimes 338 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:51.559 was called, which was an amusement park of America's largest 339 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:55.160 recirculating toilet. I think that's what's going on with Ukraine 340 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:59.160 and this money. I have proposed that probably about eighty 341 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:01.880 to ninety percent a foreign aid. It's not like we're 342 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:04.160 not generous and we don't want to help people in 343 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.640 corners of the world that need our help, and out 344 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:09.640 of our abundance we can do that. The last time 345 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.160 I checked our debt clock, we don't have much abundance 346 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:17.799 anymore in this country. But here's the thing. Most of it, 347 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.799 I believe is simply money laundering. And this is a 348 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.960 mob tactic that's being used by people in places of 349 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:31.480 power in our government with our money, and it just 350 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:34.839 it has to all end. Lee, it has to stop. 351 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:39.519 It's really just such an insanity and why people think 352 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:43.279 this can continue. I mean it's continued for decades past 353 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:47.160 a sustainable point. And I think you have the best idea, 354 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:51.240 you know, sick that Elon musk Doze group on this 355 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:53.880 foreign a to make sure it's going where it's supposed 356 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.880 to go, because. 357 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.680 We know it doesn't. 358 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.880 Well, you want to hear some howling from democrats and 359 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:04.240 warhawks and neels, let that happen. And you think that 360 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:06.359 what we've seen as a reaction to doze in the 361 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:10.519 US is bad because there were all kinds of things 362 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:14.440 that can be uncovered. What about all the money that 363 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:19.880 hunter Biden was paid with no experience in Barisma or 364 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:24.599 an energy at all, and he's a special consultant and 365 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:28.680 the price tag basically was what eight million dollars over 366 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:31.160 a period of time, he was getting like eighty three 367 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:34.359 thousand dollars a month to be an energy expert with 368 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:40.640 this company owned by Ukrainian oligarchs, and obviously to buy 369 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:44.359 favor with his dad who was then the vice president. 370 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.079 That's why hunter Biden was pardoned. But dating back to 371 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.079 twenty fourteen, so I mean Ukraine, as you mentioned at 372 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:56.680 the top, has been a hotbed of corruption for years. Zelenski, 373 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:00.920 who was elected originally as someone to clear up the corruption, 374 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:04.319 has just continued it. And we're seeing that now with 375 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:10.200 our money being wasted under the name of you know, 376 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:14.480 propping up a military to face the great dictator, Vladimir Putin. 377 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:16.599 And I think we've all been sold a bill of 378 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:19.200 goods lee right. 379 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.440 And you know, again, Trump is all about negotiation. He 380 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:27.079 knows he values peace, but he also values getting something 381 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:32.359 for our money. And I see The only solution here 382 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:35.680 is for you know, Zelenski to eat some humble pie, 383 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:38.960 come back to the table and allow US businesses to 384 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:42.240 mine and refine those rare earth minerals that they are 385 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:45.559 rich in, to give America something to protect. And it 386 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.599 would it would create a red line for Russia to avoid. 387 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:51.960 You know, the world is not used to us demanding 388 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:54.599 something for the money we're given, and it's a well 389 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:57.519 pastime for us to do that. And God bless President 390 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.839 Trump for requiring it. 391 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:01.359 You think, Vladimir will we're a suit this time? 392 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:06.759 I don't know, I don't know. Would that would certainly 393 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:09.559 be a symbolism, wouldn't it. 394 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:14.759 Let's talk about the pink suits of the politicians in 395 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:18.359 protest on Tuesday night, the pink ladies as it were, 396 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.440 and the ridiculous paddles. What did you think of all that? 397 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:27.240 So the pink suits were so ironic in that the 398 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:31.680 Democrat Party is trying to make women disappear in our 399 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:35.000 society by giving Women of the Year awards to men 400 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:41.039 and gold medals to men, and wanting men to create injure, 401 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:45.920