Don't Give Up The Ship, Plus Big City Dems Double Down on Delusion | Triggered Ep.280
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Hey guys, welcome to another huge episode of Triggered.
I hope you all had an awesome weekend.
I guess the government is still shut down, but we aren't shutting down our winning agenda for the American people just yet.
It's great to be with you here live.
I'm going to take a few questions from the chat if there's time at the end, but there's a lot of news to cover.
It's great to be back in studio right now.
Yohola with the Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin.
Listen, it feels good, man.
I love it out there.
I'm a believer.
Let's keep that one going, also.
Meanwhile, guys, Democrats are now declaring their cities are ice free zones.
And Whoopi Goldberg said today that she wants us to wear Latino face.
It's so damn funny.
She wants us to wear Latino face to protest deportations.
Not sure if Joe Behar gave her that idea, but we'll play you the tape.
If you didn't remember, Some of them may have had a little run in with blackface, but I guess because they're liberals, it doesn't really matter.
So now we get to go Latino face, and apparently that's just fine.
It's not cultural appropriation, it's totally normal.
Check it out.
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And we begin with some breaking news.
Because according to new FBI documents, former special counsel witch hunt prosecutor Jack Smith was apparently spying, spying on the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican senators as part of his sham probe into January 6th.
According to the document released by the FBI today, Smith.
And his Arctic Frost team were tracking the phone calls of GOP senators, including Marshall Blackburn, friend of the show, Josh Hawley, friend of the show, Tommy Tuberville, friend of the show, all Republicans, obviously, and several others on and around January 6th and perhaps even beyond that.
And according to the report, Smith's team was able to see which phone numbers they called, the location the call originated, and the location where it was received.
And it appears to be another example of how the tools of intelligence were turned against Republicans and pretty much anyone else who questioned the very obvious sham 2020 election.
Smith's case cost taxpayers more than $50 million and left nothing more than a trail of corruption and abuse of power.
And we will update you as we learn more.
And now we'll turn.
To an absolute epic weekend celebration of American naval power.
My father was in Norfolk, Virginia yesterday for the Navy's 250th anniversary.
And let me tell you, it was a show of force that sent a message to every adversary around the world.
Check this out.
Docs beside us today are a combined 150,000 tons of pure American naval supremacy and two colossal reasons why no one should ever want to start a fight.
with the USA.
They won't fight.
We're putting out a lot of fights, so do you see that?
We're going to be close to number eight.
Number eight.
We don't want to send you into battle unless it's necessary, right?
We're putting out a lot of fires.
Maybe some of you will be angry.
You'll say, what's he doing?
We want to fight.
You know what?
If we can solve them the way I'm solving them, we solve seven.
We have another one that's taken 3,000 years, and we're pretty close, but I don't want to talk about it until it's done.
But let's give a big round of applause to the men and women of the majestic USS Kearsarge.
Thank you.
And let's hear it for the sailors of the USS Harry S. Truman.
Who call this carrier home live by a motto that captures the spirit of America's Navy?
It's very simple.
The words, give them hell.
And we do give them hell.
For two and a half centuries, that is what every generation of American sailors have done.
You've conquered raging oceans and brave, ferocious storms to vanquish America's enemies on the high seas and distant shores.
You've beaten mighty warships into twisted wrecks of steel.
You've splintered vast armadas and sent the mangled pride of empire sinking into oblivion.
You've surged the waters thick and danger, blood, brine, and through it all the United States Navy has kept the stars and stripes soaring high and proud above those big, magnificent waves.
You love doing it too.
There's not a thing in the world that you'd rather do, is there?
Is there?
No.
I like your life better than mine, I have to be honest with you.
Sailing on those beautiful waters all the time, you're so lucky.
Because the American sailor never quits, never fails, and never ever lets us down.
They've never let us down.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Not bad.
I just saw this in the live chat.
K111, thank you for doing the podcast live, Don.
It's an amazing place for your supporters.
You're welcome, man.
Thanks for checking it out.
Really appreciate it.
Thanks to all of you guys for being here.
So, back to the news.
10,000 sailors in their dress whites, Navy planes flying overhead.
This wasn't just a birthday party, this was a statement.
America is back and mission ready.
We own the skies, we stalk the depths, we rule the seas like nobody else has ever ruled the seas.
And of course, in truly Trump fashion, it wouldn't be a true Navy celebration without my father playing YMCA and doing.
A little dance.
Check it out.
Who's got their best Trump dance going?
We got to make that happen.
I'm sure that the guys on the boat there loved that.
I'm sure their compadres over in the army also probably loved that for very different reasons.
But either way, everyone had a good time.
During his speech, my father revealed some more news.
We hit another cartel drug boat off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday night.
That's at least the fifth strike in recent weeks.
My father told the sailors, And I quote, in recent weeks, the Navy has supported our mission to blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water.
We did another one last night.
Now, we just can't find any.
Hopefully, they're learning.
Stop sending your crap and your poison to our seas.
Not exactly rocket scientists.
The only people upset are the cartel members themselves and Democrats.
But think about that.
Now, we just can't find any?
The cartels are so scared they're not even trying to come by sea anymore.
Now, I'm sure they'll adapt.
And I think we'll have to do the same and take them out each and every time.
Every one of those boats, my father said, is responsible for the death of 25,000 American people and the destruction of families.
We're losing the equivalent of two Vietnams of Americans every year due to drugs, every single year.
That's chemical warfare against the American people.
That's poisoning of the American people.
Of course, because the left has to be against.
Literally everything and anything, Trump, corrupt Democrats like Adam Schiff are concerned that these strikes violate international norms.
I mean, internet, yeah, let them poison us, let them kill us, and then maybe, maybe they'll be nice and stop one day when they've made a few trillion dollars.
I mean, give me a break.
You know what violates international norms?
Flooding America with drugs that kill our citizens.
You know what's illegal?
Drug cartels operating with impunity for decades.
You know what else violates international laws?
Tyrannical regimes directing narco terrorists to poison American children.
My father has designated these cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
They're unlawful combatants.
They're at war with the American people.
And we're finally, finally treating them like the enemies that they are.
And my father and the entire administration is fighting back.
And it's why mission readiness matters more than ever before.
The Western Hemisphere is our sphere of influence.
We're not going to let drug cartels, we're not going to let hostile foreign powers, not going to let anyone threaten American lives in our own backyard.
And you know what my father said at the Navy celebration?
He said, every tyrant and adversary on the planet knows their choice is very simple it's leave America in peace or be blown up in fire and fury never seen before.
And it's why we need an American military that is mission ready.
It's why last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that everyone in the military needs to pass a PT test.
Huh?
Shocking.
I mean, you're going to be on the front lines of the war against terror, but you run a 14 minute 40.
That's probably not a great plan.
We're not tolerating fat generals because standards and discipline actually matter.
That is strength.
That is leadership.
That's why the world is starting to respect America again.
And this is all inspiring more and more young people to actually join the military.
Here was Pete Hegseth inside Navy's football team locker right after their win over Air Force.
Gentlemen, men, warriors.
But the Democrats?
The real enemy is ICE and the National Guard.
And now we're sending 400 Texas National Guard troops to Portland and Chicago because the Democrat governors and mayors in these cities refuse to actually protect their own citizens.
The troops will deploy, and I quote, where needed.
Including in the cities of Portland and Chicago for an initial 60 day period.
Why?
Because Chicago continues to see out of control violence and shootings in some of our country's most dangerous precincts.
But what did Democrat Governor Pritzker say?
What did Mayor Brandon Johnston of Chicago say?
They said they don't want federal help.
They said my father is invading their state.
It seems like they've let the criminals invade their state, and we're just trying to stop that, but you know.
Minor details.
These Democrat politicians would rather see more bloodshed than make it seem like they're aligning with Team Trump.
Chicago is descending into lawlessness and chaos because this slob Pritzker cares more about boosting his anti Trump resistant credentials than he does about making his city safe.
When Democrat governors fail their people, when they prioritize politics over safety, Republican leadership is forced to step up and get the job done.
Now, Pritzker and Johnson filed a lawsuit Monday trying to block the National Guard deployment.
Think about that.
They're suing to stop help from coming into their crime ridden city because they want ice free zones.
You can't make it up.
Watch this.
Are signing an executive order aimed at reining in this out of control administration.
The order establishes ice free zones.
That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for the.
And this comes as we're learning more about federal officers having bounties placed on them by left wing activists.
We also just had an ice shooting in Dallas.
We're seeing more and more left wing violence.
It has not stopped.
This is who they are.
But we've seen how deploying federal resources worked in Washington, D.C., right?
This is not a bastion of conservative thought.
These are not conservative people.
And yet, strangely, when interviewed in the streets, people didn't mind walking to the grocery store without getting shot, getting into their car without getting carjacked.
It worked in Washington, D.C. Federalized police sending in the National Guard, and guess what, guys?
Crime plummeted.
Even Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser had to admit that it worked.
We're seeing the same thing happen right now in Memphis, where federal authorities are on the ground.
But Chicago Democrats would rather play politics with people's lives.
Sounds familiar?
They'd rather virtue signal about fascism and military occupation while their citizens live in fear.
And Oregon?
Same thing.
The lunatic governor there said that deployment is a contagion and escalation of the president's dangerous un American misuse of states' National Guard members.
Un American?
Guys, you know what's un American?
Letting mobs attack federal officers.
You know what's un American?
Creating dialogue liaison officers that's their words, not mine who are too scared to arrest criminals.
You know what's un American?
Allowing your cities to become war zones because you're more worried about your progressive woke credentials than public safety.
Democrats are openly siding with illegal immigrants and criminals and violent left wing lunatics.
Just last week, the trans nut who tried to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh was only sentenced to eight years in prison.
Eight years.
And the Biden appointed far left judge, Deborah Boredom, actually said in her decision the light sentence was in part because the male convict would have to serve in a male prison.
Oh, woe is me.
Oh, I'm sure he's terrible.
Oh.
This is terrible.
We must give them a really lenient sentence.
If it was conservative against a liberal justice, they'd be in there for life.
This is what we're dealing with.
This judge is sending a message that if you carry out acts of violence, we're going to go easy on you if you're woke.
But for the best analysis of all of this far left madness, we turn to the ladies, as discussed in the intro, over at The View.
Because according to Whoopi Goldberg, the real way to resist This law and order deportation agenda is for all of us to wear Latino face.
Her words, not mine, folks.
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Check it out.
To go to the Super Bowl when Bad Bunny is there and round up all these people that are illegal immigrants.
Do you think that she would go if it was Garth Brooks or Eminem or Taylor Swift or any other white person?
I understand what you're saying because she's going to go to the Super Bowl and round up.
How's she going to know who's who?
Because the Supreme Court has given permission to question anyone who has a Spanish accent or has a dark skin.
Yeah.
So here's the thing.
Here's the thing.
Everybody, get a little cocoa butter, sit in the sun.
That's the first thing.
And then, and this is the only time you can probably ever do this, give yourself a Latin accent.
You know, Whoopi, that is such a good idea.
And see if she can tell who's who.
And speaking of left wing violence, let's talk about what's going on over in Virginia.
Because we have a critical race happening in November that perfectly illustrates the violence and extremism of the left.
My father just gave his complete and total endorsement to incumbent Virginia Attorney General Jason Miziarez, and he called for the Democrat candidate Jay Jones to drop out of the race immediately after Jones sent text messages fantasizing about shooting.
A Republican politician.
I mean, this is two weeks after they assassinated Charlie Kirk.
I'm not exaggerating.
This lunatic sent texts saying that if he had to choose between shooting two dictators or former Virginia Speaker Todd Gilbert, he'd pick Gilbert every time.
He also texted about Gilbert's children dying in the arms of their mothers.
Watch for yourself.
People always told me that your priorities come into focus when you become a parent.
And my highest priority will always be the safety of our families.
You said, according to the article, I'm quoting, Gilbert's wife could watch her own child die in her arms so that Gilbert might reconsider his political views.
I can think of nothing more horrific than a mother having to hold her dying child.
How can Virginians trust a man who said something so horrific so callously?
Well, again, I am so deeply, deeply sorry.
For what I said.
And I wish that it hadn't happened and I would take it back if I could.
Let that sink in, guys.
A Democrat candidate for Attorney General, the top law enforcement position in Virginia, was texting about murdering a Republican politician and his children.
And many Democrats nationally and in Virginia are standing behind him.
I haven't seen anyone prominent actually come out against him because they actually feel this way, guys.
They're actually okay with it.
This is clearly what they're willing to do.
We have been watching this for the last year since they tried to kill my father.
And then Charlie Kirk.
Now, this is their mindset.
Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger refuses to call on him to even drop out because they know the vast majority of their voters probably agree with it too.
And this guy is running to be state attorney general.
Again, the top law enforcement official.
In Virginia, and he's fantasizing about killing Republicans and their children?
That's his dream?
This is the violence of the left, folks.
This is what we're dealing with.
They fantasize about shooting Republicans.
They attack ICE agents.
They riot in the streets.
They burn cities.
And then they have the nerve to call everyone else violent, call everyone else a fascist and a Nazi.
Hmm, seems like they're the ones that are acting like fascists.
This is who they are.
This is what they believe.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
They think we're stupid.
They think we won't remember, but we do.
The American people remember, and that's why they don't trust the media anymore.
But you know what?
We're winning these battles, guys.
Not just militarily, not just against the cartels, not just at the border, but culturally, and that's a big one.
For example, ICE just posted this video of a recent arrest.
And I'll, I don't know, I'll let the tape do the talking.
I mean, could you imagine that type of video being posted and celebrated even back during the first term?
The country has shifted towards America first.
Deportations are through the roof.
Criminal aliens are being removed from our communities.
Sanctuary cities are being forced to comply with federal law.
The border is more secure than it's ever been, and certainly the most secure it's been in decades.
But to liberals like Joy Reid, America is a fascist nation.
Of course it is, you know.
Why?
Because my father wants to lower taxes, secure the border, and let people keep what they earn.
You can't make it up.
This is another one of the liberal brain trusts over here, guys.
Check this out.
Before the 20th century, there were no income taxes, there were no regulations on business.
You could earn as much money as you want, leave 100% of it to your children with no taxes.
That's the world they want back.
And to get it back, they need society to change.
They need people to be less modern.
They need people to want fewer things.
Guys, the tide is turning.
People are sick of the woke nonsense.
They're sick of the lies.
They're sick of the violence.
They're sick of Democrat policies that make their lives worse.
You know, as I look at everything that's happening my father commanding the Navy's 250th anniversary, the strikes crushing the cartels, troop deployments to failed Democrat cities, violent left wing candidates being exposed in Virginia it's all part of the same mission.
Restoring American strength, securing our hemisphere, protecting our citizens, and rejecting the weakness, the corruption, and the violence of the left.
My father said something powerful on that aircraft carrier yesterday.
He said, This isn't just about military power.
It's about sending a message to every adversary on earth leave America alone or face the consequences.
That's peace through strength.
That's what made America great in the first place.
And it's what's making America great again.
When Democrat governors let their cities burn, my father will send help, whether they want it or not.
When cartels poison our citizens, my father blows them out of the water.
When violent leftists threaten Republicans, we call them out and demand consequences.
This is what leadership looks like.
Not apologizing, not retreating, not accepting decline as inevitable.
Fighting, winning, protecting Americans.
It's working.
Crime is dropping where these troops are deployed.
Drug shipments are stopping because cartels are terrified.
Imagine trying to be one of the boat drivers on that one, seeing this stuff go down.
Can't be great.
Not an awesome swing thought.
Border crossings are at historic lows.
The economy is actually putting workers first.
America is respected again.
The left can't handle it.
So they try to get corrupt judges to do their dirty work.
Then they use the regime media, they organize smear campaigns, and then all of that doesn't work.
So what do they resort to?
They use violence because deep down they know they're losing.
That's their last step.
I'm sure there'll be more of it from them, unfortunately.
The American people see what's happening.
They see which party wants to protect them and which party wants to let chaos reign.
They see which party believes in American strength.
And which party apologizes for it.
And that's why we're going to keep winning.
Don't let them silence you when you point out their insanity.
Don't let them gaslight you into thinking you didn't see what you saw.
Don't let them intimidate you into accepting their failed policies.
The momentum is on our side, it's only getting stronger.
And like I've told you, stay strong, stay informed, stay engaged, and maybe stay a little bit triggered.
And, guys, we've got some time.
I got dinner with the kids and stuff like that, so I got to get to that.
But we got a little time.
We got probably 25 minutes, 30 minutes.
So let's see what you're all saying in the live chat.
It was hard to do the monologue and see all of the comments.
So, if you had a good one, I'm not going to go with the trollers.
So, hit it up in the comments.
Let me know what's going on, and I'll try to get to them as enabled as possible.
You figure the cartels are using bottoms from other boats to mold out the metal tops for those submarines.
Weld like engineers.
Aaron Howell, that's interesting.
I don't know enough about the construction of the submarines.
I know a little bit about welding from my days constructing, mostly cutting, not necessarily joining, but that could be.
That's interesting.
Let's see.
Triggered, you demand on Jam Master Flex.
Thank you.
Why is inflation still a thing?
Well, inflation's come down a lot, but again, I think the problem everyone's thinking is like, Oh, someone comes in in office and like that.
You can just make a disaster go away.
You can just make four years of disastrous failed policy, billions and billions printed in the last few weeks of the, you know, between the election and my father's inauguration, sent to the NGOs for wasted stuff, for liberal causes.
You know, that does not help matters.
So it is a big deal.
The rate is down, certainly down a lot compared to where it was, but.
We still have a long way to go because you can't just undo four years of imbecilic behavior with a snap of your fingers.
It doesn't work that way.
Michael's Lozano, Donald, please have some mercy just so you're going to have dinner with your kids, your children, your father, and you are killing children in Gaza, starving.
We're not doing anything.
We're actually trying to solve peace and create peace in that area.
I don't know if you saw what happened over the weekend, but my father said enough to both sides.
On that one, because we don't want to kill children.
Okay?
So that's absolutely absurd.
He's the only guy that's actually trying to do anything about that in the world.
Everyone else seems to want to just keep wars going or whatever it may be.
So don't buy into the leftist soundbites.
Ratchet, Don Jr., Antifa has become international.
Why can't they be deemed international terrorists as the cartels?
I think they did deem Antifa.
They're domestic terrorists.
They've been, you know, I don't know about the international part, but they were deemed as domestic terrorists by my father like a week ago, two weeks ago.
I don't know when that was, but it was fairly recently.
But we understand what they are.
And they're doing that.
Comfort and joy, 22, Wright Jr. Dez cleaning up, but I hope it remains after 28.
That's a big part.
We got to stay engaged.
You know, if Trump's not on the ticket in 28, we got to make sure we elect the guys that will continue these policies, not go back to these, you know, either the failed Republican establishment ways or even worse, the Democrat ways, although there's not all that much difference.
BJ Rap, Don Jr., don't listen to the trolls.
Listen, I'm happy to, you know, answer some of their questions, especially when they're ridiculous, like he's killing children.
No, he's trying to create peace.
So that's a big deal.
Let's see.
Antifa is huge in Canada.
Get to them too.
Yoholo.
Well, you know, Canada's got its own problems.
Unfortunately, we don't have much say about what goes on over there, and they seem to be welcoming Antifa.
So, you know, let's see what happens.
Are we on gold back money when?
I'd love to get the tour of Fort Knox myself and let's see what's there.
But no, you know, something like that could be nice gold or crypto or something on the blockchain where we see what's actually going on so we can talk about what's actually happening.
Not theoretically what should happen.
So I'd love to verify all of these things because we're about transparency that way.
Yohola, will Trump get another term because they stole 2020?
You never know.
He has the hats.
I've seen him throw them at Hakeem Jeffries, who did not replace his sombrero with the Trump 2028 hat, but it is definitely funny.
But I think what's unique this time around, what's different that we have this time that we probably haven't had in.
Certainly, in my memory, is we actually have a bench.
That's a really big deal.
Oh, this one's an interesting one.
Don, when are you going back on The View?
I imagine they will not have me back on The View, but for those of you who missed it, it was like 17 or whatever.
And I came out with my book triggered, like the show.
It started off with my book, and they had me on The View.
It was the 5,000th episode of The View.
And, you know, you're going in there, even though five on one, they'll say if I go hard, whatever.
So you got to let them go, let them go a little bit, let them go a little bit.
And then I started pushing back because right before the show, I said, you know what, this goes really bad.
Like, what are the dumbest things ever done on The View or by the people of The View?
And let's just say the best part of the show you'll actually never see, although I'm sure there is footage somewhere because it was in the commercial breaks.
I had Whoopi Goldberg literally MFing the audience, screaming, this isn't a MAGA rally.
This isn't this.
Because once the audience, I was allowed like 10 guests.
And there was probably 150 people in the studio.
And when I heard about, you know, when I talked about her supporting Roman Polanski, a child pedophile rapist, and Joy Behar doing blackface and, you know, other things, the audience all of a sudden wanted to know what exactly was going on, what was, you know, what was happening out there.
They didn't know these things because obviously if you're a Democrat and you do them, you don't ever face any actionability, you don't face any accountability.
So when they found out, the audience, even that audience, a very liberal audience in New York, Flip the switch.
So it was classic.
Joy Behar actually handled it pretty well.
I mean, she's a comedian at the end of it.
She's like, that was pretty good.
She's sort of, you know, it's like, I may not agree with you much, but like, that was the way to handle it.
And it was different for them, I guess, because, you know, they're so used to everyone needs to go on there to pitch their book and to do this and they got to come back to sell another book.
Like, what's nice about me, guys, I just don't actually give a shit.
I don't have to.
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I don't need them.
I don't need to come back on them.
I figured if they're going to invite me on to talk about my book, the least they could do is actually mention my book, which they did not do.
So I was like, okay, now I will play by your rules.
And let's just say it didn't work out all that well for them.
So if you haven't seen it, go back and search Don Jr. on The View.
I've only been on once, haven't been invited back.
They gave me the whole show at the time, and I think they actually regretted it.
Let's see.
Trump 2028, T1000 wrecks.
Appreciate that.
But let's see.
Again, it's the first time we have good options afterwards.
So, you know, I sort of look at it, you know, my father can be the wrecking ball, and, you know, a guy like a JD or whoever it may be that, you know, that is like a JD can be, you know, the contractor to keep it going, fix the stuff up, and get things the way we want it.
Anna Hoffman, do you know that almost all Latinos would be forever grateful?
If Trump liberated Venezuela, I believe that too.
I think that's true.
And I see that because you notice how the boats from Venezuela, and I'm not talking about the drug boats, I'm talking about the immigration boats, they only go one way.
There's a reason for that, folks.
And, you know, some of honestly the most patriotic Americans I know are Venezuelan and from the Latino community.
And that's a really big deal.
That's a really big deal.
So those people are great.
I get to see a lot of them in Florida, they end up there, Cuba, Venezuela.
It's a really big deal, and they're incredible patriots.
And so they understand it.
They've been through that crap.
They vote for Trump because they escaped that crap once.
They don't want to do it again.
And frankly, at this point, there's nowhere else to go.
Let's see.
TM Hayes, what's the best way to put a project in front of you?
I don't know, guys.
I see so much these days.
Pretty busy.
But if you're crafty enough, I'm sure you can find my team.
And if you can do that, maybe you can get a project in front of me.
So you may have to do a little bit of legwork.
Again, I'd love to be able to say, hey, here's my email.
But, like, you know, unfortunately, it doesn't really work that way.
And, you know, the trolls in here and everything like that would spam the hell out of me.
So I wish it was more simple.
But, you know, let's see what's going on.
Radio 2076, may the Creator bless you and yours.
Many thanks.
Thank you too.
And likewise.
When will anti whites be held accountable?
Obviously, you know, this is a controversial one, but, you know, there are clearly plenty of them out there.
You know, I wish that wasn't the case.
I wish there were an anti anything.
But that's a thing.
And it was enabled by the Democrats and it was enabled and funded by, you know, networks like the Soros people and all those.
Crazy.
So, you know, let's hope that all stops.
Comfort and joy.
I'm not smart enough to get a project in front of you.
Yes, you are.
You've been a regular comfort and joy.
So, you've been one of the early ones from here from the beginning.
So, I appreciate you and thank you.
Governor arrest when, well, I mean, that's a little bit more complicated.
There is sort of, you know, federalism and we believe in some of these states' rights, but they also can't, you know, Harness that against federal law enforcement going in to protect people.
They can't create literal insurrections doing these kinds of things.
So, a little bit more complicated.
Real American Scotsman 77.
Don, can you address the MAGA infighting online about Charlie Kirk's assassination in Israel?
That's a tough one.
But yeah, it is a shame to see some people have been great.
There have been handfuls that seem to be doing a lot of clickbait stuff.
I'm not going to call out specific names.
Cam and 13, great speech at Charlie Kirk's memorial service.
I appreciate that one.
That was not an easy one to do.
I had to ad lib a little bit just to kind of create a little bit of levity in the room because I think you would have wanted that.
But yeah, there are a lot of people, probably paid by both sides, going on talking points.
And I don't know.
I got to introduce the vice president at that event.
So I think people understand I was really close with Charlie.
I probably spoke to him every day for the last decade, texted with him multiple times a day, you know, on various threads and everything like that.
And I think his actual feelings are: loves Israel, doesn't necessarily love the way some of the government there is handling what's going on and, you know, some of the stuff.
So that's been gone on and we've seen for, you know, the last few years.
I think there's some nuance.
Everyone wants to group it as well, he hates the government.
No, he hates the people because he doesn't like something that's going on.
That's not true.
I mean, I think he had a lot of nuance to how he thought about it.
And I think a lot of that was changing, actually.
I think he was definitely more sort of an Israel absolutist, what I would have met him, you know, 10 years ago.
Comfort and joy again.
You were perfect at Charlie's memorial.
I really appreciate that.
Thank you.
But yeah, I mean, his views definitely evolved a little bit.
I don't think he liked seeing what was going on in terms of some of the stuff with children.
I think.
You know, his views changed a lot since, you know, the October 7th attacks.
I think he was still very pro Israel.
I think he looks at them, you know, generally speaking, as a great ally.
But it wasn't so black and white as people make it, you know, and they leak, you know, text messages and people, yada, yada.
Oh, this is, well, like he's also talking to someone on one side and he's, you know, trying to, you know, get himself in the middle of it to try to help a conversation out.
That's what he did best.
So, you know, just because he says something in one text to someone and something else in a text to another, You know, it doesn't mean that either one of those things is the gospel, according to Charlie.
So I don't want to put words in his mouth, but, you know, and I don't want to, you know, I'm not going to leak our text messages about it, but we spoke about it quite a bit.
I'm not going to, you know, get into the details of our conversation, but he was a huge Israel fan, but did not like what was going on there in terms of a lot of the, you know, governmental decisions, especially obviously since October 7th.
And maybe not even since October 7th, meaning since, you know, a month after October 7th, where he felt it was getting a little bit out of control and perhaps going.
Too far.
So, you know, it's a nuanced view.
I can assure you, I probably spoke to him more than any of the people, you know, talking about these things.
And, you know, it's probably somewhere in between all of the views that you see.
Because you kind of, you know, online, and this is the nature of online, you kind of get a binary view.
You get this side or this side, and there's nothing in between.
There's no nuance and there's no detail.
And, you know, that's just not the way he thought.
I mean, he was one of the best.
Sort of debaters out there, but because he was so good because he was able to listen to other people, he was able to listen to other ideas.
And if you could convince him, he could change his mind a little bit.
So it's a big deal, but it's somewhere in between.
And it was definitely, but I will say, I think some of the views were definitely changing.
It wasn't sort of absolutist or binary as it may have been 10 years ago.
Uh, when you know, when I really started hanging out with them all the time, um, suing Patriot 98.
It's a wonderful chat, everyone.
God bless you.
Have a great week.
Thanks, Don.
You as well.
I hope you have a good one.
Uh, Don doesn't need your crystal hug.
He needs a tight, warm, comfy hug.
Okay, well, thank you, Apple Sidra.
I must have missed the one from Crystal, so I don't know what that means, but either way, it sounds good.
I think we probably need more hugs in this world.
Oh, they want to hear the Yukon story.
This was, yeah.
Breaking Through The Noise00:11:29
So I went up to the Yukon.
I was bow hunting moose up there after Charlie was supposed to go earlier.
Obviously, I delayed the trip.
Because my relationship with him, I just needed to obviously be at the memorial.
That's a no brainer.
At the same time, that week was kind of hell.
And so after that, I went up to the Yukon and had sort of a rough experience on the river.
We're coming back down a river at dark one night, hit a log jam, just a bunch of logs piled up on each other.
It happens, they're in the river, there's dark, sort of weird current pulled us into it.
And I'm like, oh man, like, boat's taking on water.
I look back and in an instant, literally, boat was flipped under the logjam.
I got trapped under the logjam.
I'm trying to get out.
Luckily, I freedive so I can hold my breath fairly long.
Although, when you fall into, you know, 40 degree glacial runoff, unexpectedly, it's a little different than, you know, breathing up to go freediving and, you know, try to shoot a grouper or whatever it is that we're freediving for.
And I'm trying to get up and I'm trying to get through.
These logs, and I can't, like, my hands out of water, but I can't get through, like, the matchsticks.
You know, the matchsticks are, you know, between eight and 15 inches wide of all these trees sort of piled up in the river.
And I literally was just thinking to myself, like, I'm not going to get out of this, and I'm not going to get to say bye to my kids because I figured I was just trapped down.
Luckily, it was in a deep spot in the river, just wedged between some rocks.
So I started pulling myself down, totally disoriented because it's pitch dark.
You're, you know, now you're really cold, soaking wet.
I was able to pull myself sort of under the Log jam through a couple logs and come out on the other side, climb up onto it and basically shimmy like three cross section logs to get to the bank.
But now we're on the bank.
We are soaking wet.
I'm pretty good about the survival stuff.
I spent a lot of time in the woods.
I spent a lot of time practicing these things, making fires, all this.
The problem is, you know, you're on a boat.
You're like, oh, everything's great.
It's in my backpack.
The problem is, my backpack was now underwater as well and gone.
All of our gear was gone.
We had one Bic lighter.
I tagged out the day before with my bow, so I didn't have that with me, but that wouldn't have been all that helpful.
But my buddy had a couple of shells in his pocket.
The big lighter, obviously soaking wet, wouldn't start.
Wouldn't start.
Majestic Care 007 Don Jr. sounding cooler.
Honestly, it wasn't that cool.
I probably should have been more prepared and had some of this stuff on me rather than six inches behind me and my backpack.
But, you know, big lighter wouldn't light because the flint and the sparking device soaking wet.
So I was just like, keep striking it.
I'm going to collect tinder, just keep going.
Eventually, enough friction will hopefully dry it off.
Luckily, it was not raining, but I'm soaking wet.
Like, there's not a dry ounce on me.
And We try to get this fire going, and you know, it's 30 degrees out, it's really cold, it's the Yukon, you're really far up north.
And the fact that we didn't drown was sort of a miracle.
But now we got to get a fire, andor try to communicate to you guys back in camp 15 miles away.
We're on the wrong side of the river, first and foremost.
It's pitch dark, you're soaking wet, you're not making it 15 miles through that terrain without being on the river, and you're certainly not floating down the river that far.
So it was crazy.
So, you know, I collected a bunch of small, like pine tree tinder and needles to get something.
We pulled a bullet from a complete shell casing to get some gunpowder out there.
And finally, the lighter went off.
I was just, just hold it, let it burn all the moisture out of that so we actually have a lighter.
With that, we were then able to light the gunpowder in the tinder to kind of get a quick flare, got a fire going.
One of our guys was actually still trapped on the logjam.
On the other side, we would have had to go through the water.
We found a rope, we're trying to get it to him.
He was not thrilled about trying to get back in the water, so we're there.
We got the fire going, are able to start getting a little bit warm, but it's really close or really cold.
And you're losing dexterity and all this.
And I was lucky because I usually have my Garmin in reach, which is like a little satellite communications thing.
You can go emergency, whatever, SOS, you can send pre text.
Usually have a pre recorded text to send to camp like, hey, we're in trouble.
They know where you're going generally, so they could come get you.
Because I was done hunting my binoculars, I stuck them in my backpack, they were clipped to that.
Don't do that again.
But luckily, before this was a new iPhone, the only one I could find up there, it's not the 17 because they didn't have that where I was in the small town, but I lost communications the next morning.
But before I did, I was literally able to send one text via the satellite text feature to replace basically what my in reach would have done.
To the guys at camp.
They were waiting up for us to make dinner.
Even though it was late, one guy got it and was like, oh crap.
And so, you know, a couple hours later, they were able to come up, you know, get us and pull us off of there.
But we got really, really lucky.
So don't have your emergency gear in your backpack if your backpack is not glued to you.
Have it in your pocket.
You know, luckily, I did have the lighter in my pocket, but you know, the big lighter is not the most waterproof.
There's guys that make a waterproof container for it that will hold it, all these things.
Let's just say I ordered a couple hundred dollars worth of.
Fire starting gear and redundant gear that will never not be on my person in these kinds of situations.
Even though I had all that in my backpack, it's going to be in my pocket.
So I'm going to be bringing back cargo pants and cargo shorts for hunting because you need it there.
You know, the knife, the bow, the guns were gone.
Like they've eaten by the river.
And that's not a joking 2A thing, like because someone's going to come search for your guns.
They're literally gone.
But we made it, but we got lucky basically three times.
Didn't drown, was able to get a fire going, and were able to secure communications.
The next morning, my phone died, it was gone.
So did everyone else's, but it worked out well.
But really, in that case, we got really lucky.
So that was that story.
Also, shot a great moose.
What really sucks is we actually got awesome video footage of me shooting a moose with a bow.
We called it into literally, I think it was 17 yards, made an awesome shot, like in close, tight, coming in, raking, blowing up the trees, all that kind of stuff.
That was the day before, but that was the SD card in the video camera that also resides now somewhere at the bottom of a river.
So, you know, don't forget about those little things.
Always be prepared.
Don't ever take anything for granted and protect yourself because it's, yeah, I know.
Everyone's joking, like, oh, you lost them in a boating accident, especially in Canada, right?
Now, in this case, we legitimately did.
It's not a joke.
Hopped 81.
I see the movie rights.
You know, it was, you know, only a couple hour ordeal.
But yeah, it was, it was, you know, definitely.
I do a lot of dumb stuff.
I've, you know, I jump off mountains with parachutes.
I'm a licensed pilot.
I, you know, I've, I definitely put myself at risk.
I enjoy taking risks.
Probably have a little bit of an underdeveloped sense of self preservation given my hobbies and that I keep doing that.
And I have the pins and plates and stitches and stuff like that to prove that I, you know, you probably can't see it that much, but I was bleeding pretty good out of my face from the log when it happened.
But we made it through.
So, you know, again, as prepared as I was, I wasn't prepared enough.
And so, yeah.
But yeah, I would have shown you guys that moose footage because, you know, it was pretty badass.
Super up close and personal, tight.
So I bet your dad was a mess hearing this.
Oh, you think I. Little Jet 72.
Yeah, no, this is not a conversation I have with my father.
He thinks I'm nuts when I'm doing that or when I'm jumping in waters with sharks or when I'm spearfishing and, you know, holding my breath to try to spear something at, you know, 90 to 100 feet.
Like, he.
That's not his thing.
He likes golf.
I'm the guy that, you know, when I'm picking up rattlesnakes, he always calls me, like, what's wrong with you?
What are you doing?
It's like, I don't know, man.
I just, I kind of like it.
Doug Sully, 412, actually sounded like a fun time.
You know, in hindsight, it's one of those stories.
It'll be a great story.
And I'm sure, you know, my four buddies that were with us, you know, when it happened, I was not in charge of the boat.
So, yeah, I'm not taking the blame, but I'm sure we will laugh about it one day.
At the time, though, it was one of those, like, oh crap, that was real.
That got really real really fast.
So be careful out there and always be prepared.
Kelly Sung, thank you very much, Don Jr.
Please ignore the hateful comments.
I usually do.
Sometimes you got to give it back a little bit.
Radio 2076, golf is much safer.
Yeah, golf is safer, but then I'd have to give up like man sports.
Just kidding.
Just kidding.
I love golf.
Most of my kids are big golfers and love it.
My dad's a big golfer.
We do a lot in the business.
It's a great game.
I was good at it, but just never loved it as much as I probably need to be great.
And so if I'm not going to be great, I don't want to do it.
You're holo.
You interpreting Trump is hilarious, but I guess you mean impersonating my dad at the, you know, Don, Don, you got to calm down on social.
You're getting too aggressive.
You got to relax.
Yeah, you know, I ad-lebbed that into the Charlie thing just because I figured, you know, that guy's up there right there.
It's like, I may do a little shout out to him.
So, him and Dana White seemed to get a pretty good kick out of that one.
So, you know, I just wanted to try to infuse a little levity into the room.
And if not only for the room, frankly, for me, because that was a long week for me, it still is.
But yeah, so that happened shortly thereafter.
And so, yeah, it's been one hell of a week.
So, really appreciate you guys.
The impression needs some work.
I don't know, man.
I think it's pretty good.
Everyone else seemed to like it.
I mean, there were like 100,000 people there.
And, you know, they all laughed.
Paul and Jay, Charlie was watching out for you.
You know, I definitely thought that.
So, I sure hope so.
And I miss the guy a lot.
So, guys, I got to go do dinner with the kids.
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