Owen Shroyer analyzes President Trump's firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi as a distraction from a disastrous speech that failed to curb rising oil prices and stock market declines. He critiques the administration's neoconservative-driven $1.5 trillion defense budget, contrasting it with the growing threat of an AI surveillance state and the persecution of whistleblowers like Tina Peters. Shroyer highlights generational shifts in politics, noting young Americans reject the Israel-Palestine conflict despite ongoing civilian destruction and alleged Israeli intelligence operations involving figures like Arnon Milchin. Ultimately, the episode portrays the administration as a losing entity alienating voters while conspiracy theories about technocratic control and petrodollar wars gain traction among callers. [Automatically generated summary]
As far as who might be next on the chopping block, because I don't think it ends here.
So, Pam Boddy being fired, the big story today.
But the truth is, it shouldn't be the big story today.
What should be the big story today was Trump's speech last night, which, for all intents and purposes, was meaningless and worthless.
Unless you understand the reason why he did it.
But the only results are higher gas prices and the stock market down.
Those are the only real results.
And that would be the big story today until Trump fired Pam Bondi.
And these two things might actually be connected.
Trump didn't want the high oil prices in the headlines, Trump didn't want the stock market sell off in the headlines.
So he fired Pam Bondi.
And now that's got all the headlines.
But we will look at both of these things, including the stock market today, including the oil prices up today.
Hasn't been this high since Obama.
Now, Trump came out.
He said this the other day.
It didn't get much attention.
And I think that's because Trump is doing six, seven hours of speaking a day.
So, you know, he just overwhelms the system.
But we played it on the show.
He said, Yeah, we can't afford domestic issues.
We can't afford to help Americans.
We got to do a war.
And so now he's reintroducing the new defense budget.
This is something that he's been talking about for a while.
This is something he's already done multiple times.
Now he's just looking at astronomical numbers.
And so Trump is trying to do this as the average American is suffering.
And I know I've played a lot of these videos before, so I'm not going to do it today.
I'm not going to just play a bunch of these videos.
I've got a couple of them, but you've seen it.
Americans that are struggling, all different walks of life.
And for whatever reason, they decide they're going to pick up their cell phone, they're going to shoot a selfie video, and they kind of break down a little bit, get emotional, and they talk about how hard it is to get by.
And then there are some other stories, some other headlines about this kind of struggle happening financially for Americans.
And then here's Trump saying, hey, shut up.
We got to do this war.
And then every time they turn around, it's more war, more budgets for war.
So, Trump is asking for this astronomical number.
Meanwhile, the average Americans, which are probably more paying attention now than they were 10, 20, 30 years ago, still for the most part not paying attention, but they see this and they're just like, I don't understand.
How is it that me and all my friends are struggling to get by, but you got a million and a trillion and a half budget now for wars in the Middle East that I don't even know what we're doing there?
And we've been there my entire life.
What is going on?
So, we're going to break down this phenomenon and why it's just everything is going the wrong direction.
And we have some polls on this today.
And you can see how it all correlates to the Middle East, no matter who it is, by the way.
This happened to Biden, this happened to Obama.
And in fact, I think last night's speech from Trump was very Obama esque to its purpose and its delivery.
But we'll get into that.
And then we do have some geopolitical news, we do have some other headlines.
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Guys, I want to start off here quickly with some good news.
And hopefully this can develop into some other good news.
I've been actually communicating with some people that are in touch with Tina Peters, trying to get in touch, trying to get a message out, which, as I know, can be difficult from prison.
A big ruling happened in Colorado today.
Tina Peters' sentence must be reevaluated after Colorado Appeals Court ruling.
Conviction is upheld.
But they want to reevaluate the ruling.
And there is hope that we can get her out.
So there's a little hope today, a little good news, if you will.
Allow me to start the show.
So Tina Peters is hoping she can get out.
By the way, if you want to write Tina, I know it means a lot to her.
In fact, let me just, maybe I can just put this on the screen for you.
Let me see if I can do that.
I got it on a little notepad here, the address.
And it was even hard to track this down.
Yeah, here we go.
Tina Peters, inmate number 203512, La Vista Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 3, Pueblo, Colorado 81002.
So if you want to write Tina, let her know we're thinking about her, there is the address.
And I'm trying to get in touch with some of her people and get a message out, but that's something I'm handling.
So there you go.
Hopefully, maybe some good news today.
And we can get Tina Peters out because that is just a tragedy that she is still sitting in prison.
And that's a bit of today's theme.
And I have to tell you, I still go through the normal news aggregation here.
The final process for what actually makes the cut for the show is getting a little more strenuous, meaning I'm tossing a lot more than I used to.
The rejection rate is a lot higher percentage because I think we're all just getting sick of this.
And after Trump's speech last night, and I did my response, we'll get into the speech.
But I'm talking to some other people.
I'm talking to some other people last night, some people that are really into politics and some other people that just kind of.
When it crosses their path, they'll check it out and then probably ask me about it.
It's like, hey, what's the real story here?
So, I'm talking to some people about the speech last night, and you're looking at some of the responses.
If you're on social media, if you're on X, and I've just kind of entered this realm, and I don't really know.
It's a weird place to be, I have to tell you.
It's a weird place to be.
I don't think I'm alone in this, by the way.
I think a lot of people can relate to what I'm about to say here, but I've kind of reached this space in the political world and in the process of monitoring the situation.
The process of preparing for a three hour talk show a day.
I've kind of hit this point where it's hard to take anything in the political world seriously.
It's really just, it's all becoming so clownish.
It's all becoming so low brow.
It's all becoming so low IQ.
And now that, and there's more evidence of this today, I already declared that this has happened.
But, you know, now that we're just completely separated, this former MAGA coalition and Trump from his base and all the other little.
Breakaway political units that we have here.
Now that that split is permanent and there's really, we're not even tethered to one another anymore.
So it's like you're kind of like looking through, you're like, okay, what's going on over here?
And oh, yeah, okay.
And it's just, it's like it's all clown world.
So it's hard to take anything seriously anymore.
It's all total clown world.
And like a couple people reach out to me today.
And I guess people look at the firing of Pam Bondi and they think that this is some sort of a big statement, like some big development in the current status of the administration.
It's really not.
It was just a move from Trump to distract you from that disastrous speech last night and then the stock market and the oil market today.
Bondi was probably always going to be fired, it was just a matter of when.
There's no victories for anybody in this Bondi firing.
But it's just, it's kind of this idea.
And maybe people are even like kind of using Alex Jones as this like plow now.
But this idea of MAGA being dead or Trump betraying us, it's now reached such a threshold that it's really kind of undeniable.
And I guess Alex has been more vocal against Trump the last couple of shows.
So now everybody's sharing that, saying, oh my gosh, look, he's even lost Alex.
And so they kind of look at the Bondi firing as it's like, oh, okay, maybe we're gaining some ground.
No, I think this is just all Trump TV.
This is all reality TV.
I don't think anything matters anymore.
I think these decisions have already been made.
You're going into the AI government surveillance system.
That's happening.
Whether you have a country, whether you get a flag to fly or not, I guess is the only question or what flag.
You're getting a war.
The war is never going to stop.
Whenever, if they get a victory in Iran, they're going to move on to Turkey.
If they get a victory in Turkey, they're going to move on to Saudi Arabia.
And now that the separation is permanent with all of these different factions from MAG up, there's no connection anymore.
There seems to be nothing in common anymore.
It's like I'm watching this Trump speech and then I'm watching the response.
It's like this isn't even serious anymore.
There's no, the political movement isn't even serious anymore.
Nobody's even sure what they're attached to, what they identify as.
Meanwhile, DC is operating like a well oiled machine.
Oh, you can't get airplane security, let alone a pothole fixed.
But have no fear.
They got as much money for this war as they need forever, no matter what.
So it's all this clown show.
And I think DC now, it's all the polar opposite of what we expected.
I think DC now is more separated from the common man than I've ever seen it in my life.
I mean, the way Trump behaves, forget about the people that surround him.
This is the ass kissing brigade now, this is the butt kissing brigade that surrounds Trump.
That's all this is.
It's the gatekeeping team and the ass kissing brigade.
That's all that surrounds Trump.
He has no connection to us anymore.
Who knows what's going through his head?
So, the gatekeepers' agenda is to keep Trump in the dark, keep Trump confused and disoriented of why he's losing support and why he's less popular than ever, keep him in the dark about what's really going on.
And then you've got the ass kissers that are cheerleaders, ball washers.
They just want to be part of this circus, part of this TV show.
And to the true believers, we had such this false hope.
It was like, oh my gosh, the supermodel, the head cheerleader.
The hottest girl in school.
And it's like, oh my gosh, we're going upstairs.
It's like, oh my gosh, we're going upstairs.
We're going to the bedroom.
It's on.
It's like, all right.
And you get up there.
She lays on the bed and she pulls back the curtains and she's like, I'm going to need you to sign this contract.
If you want to sleep with me, You're going to have to sign away your rights over to an AI government and do a little sacrifice here of blood and treasure for a war in the Middle East.
And, you know, I have a unique perspective on this, by the way.
I think my perspective on this carries a little added weight because I've been a political prisoner.
So, you got Tina Peters rotting away in jail, just a total miscarriage of justice, just a crime against her.
We have a stolen election.
Tina Peters stands up and says, I want to figure out what's going on.
I want to look behind the curtain.
And it's her job, by the way.
No, she's in jail.
She's in jail.
So, in my view, that's an innocent person in jail for political reasons.
That's an American patriot.
That's a gold star mother in jail, a beautiful soul, an American patriot in jail for political reasons.
That's happening in our country.
That's not supposed to happen once.
We're supposed to be better than that.
Isn't that what we're going to war to fight?
Like, isn't that the whole thing about all these wars we fight?
You know, we're fighting the bad guys.
They take political prisoners.
They're not like us, the Western liberal way.
And we got our own political prisoners.
Then there's James O'Keefe.
We shared his story yesterday, the lawfare against him.
And now, one of his past employees, David Dalyden, he's been in court fighting this for 11 years.
He was the one that exposed Planned Parenthood selling aborted baby parts.
He exposes that.
He's the one that ends up in court.
He exposes that.
He's the one facing a judge for exposing Planned Parenthood selling baby parts.
This is the miscarriage of justice.
James O'Keefe with an update today.
It took 11 years defending himself over one story.
This is what they do to people who hold them accountable.
Nobody is held accountable because the people who have the power to do so are afraid of.
The retaliation, but David is different.
His love of truth was greater than his regard for himself.
And now, the final charge against David Del Ayden for exposing Planned Parenthood baby part sales has been dismissed.
So, congratulations to David.
But to the point, and I'm going to now get into today's headlines, get into today's developments to explain this.
This is the major disconnect, this is what's not being addressed.
And if there is some sort of political, philosophical bottom line to why there's been this split in, let's say, MAGA, it really is simple as this.
You have a large portion of Americans, and I think the younger generations have less tolerance for this than the older generations.
I think we can see this playing out politically.
But you have people that are watching the biggest criminals in the world, the biggest criminals in the country walk free.
With zero repercussions ever.
Meanwhile, we're watching the little guys, we're watching the heroes, we're watching the whistleblowers, we're watching the Patriots continue to suffer, continue to deal with lawfare and swattings and imprisonment.
And it seems like that's the big break.
There are Patriots that supported Donald Trump, that took action and suffered.
And then there's the whatever's left of MAGA, who 99.9% of them never took any real action, never suffered, didn't have any real skin in the game.
They're just cheerleaders and they just like whatever rains down on them after they do a leg kick.
And we're sitting here saying, hey, nothing is being done that the bad guys run the country and the good guys go to jail.
This is like what it's all about.
We know where all the corruption is.
So, are we going to do anything about it or not?
And then there's the faction of MAG over here that's like, yeah, let's do something about it.
It's like, well, what are the costs?
I don't know, but maybe whatever the cost, let's do something about it.
And then there's the group over here now that's still MAGA.
Whatever Trump says, that's what they do.
So, he might say, hey, We got to go to this war, whatever the cost.
And they say, that's right, war, whatever the cost.
So, this is the big disconnect.
Americans are not, their life is not getting any better.
They don't, their hope is dwindling that it's going to get any better.
And because Trump ends up being this gigantic head fake, because Trump ends up being this big play action, it's like, hey, we thought it was going this way, it's actually going over here.
It's even a bigger morale de booster.
So, this is where it's only going to continue to get worse.
And now the polls are showing it, multiple polls.
Let's start going to some of these.
And it is Biden esque.
Miranda Devine pointing this out.
She shares Joe Biden's job approval and how, right after the Afghanistan issue, everything flipped.
So, you can see that on this graph right here.
The intersection is the Biden Afghanistan disaster, and that's when everything went south for him.
And now a similar thing is happening with Trump.
So I think it goes to show, and I've been saying this, I don't hear anybody else talk about this.
The most negative polling issue right now.
Across all political aisles is the Middle East.
It doesn't matter if you vote Democrat.
It doesn't matter if you vote Republican.
It doesn't matter if you're young.
It doesn't matter if you're old.
The biggest swing issue right now, because everything else sucks all the time, the biggest swing issue right now is the Middle East.
Everyone is sick of it.
If Biden is in there, we hear about the Middle East.
We're sick of it.
If Trump is in there, we hear about the Middle East.
We're sick of it.
Same thing happened with Obama.
And Obama ran against Bush Middle East policy.
But the same thing happened with Obama.
Once Obama started getting involved in the Middle East, same thing.
Polls started going south.
Every American is sick and damn tired of the Middle East.
We want out of this quicksand so badly, we're begging, we're screaming, shouting.
We're sitting here dealing with the most vile attacks, the most vicious name calling, all these different agendas to try to ruin your life.
You're not even allowed to work in D.C., you can barely even crack through the Republican Party.
That's war, baby.
That's DC.
And every American voter is sick of it.
You can even zoom in since this war started.
Approval of military action against Iran.
The disapproval is almost 20 points since it started.
So it continues to get worse every day.
You can see the approval here, it's going down.
The disapproval here, it's going up.
This war is beyond unpopular.
They haven't even bothered giving us a good reason.
Trump tries to explain it last night in this desperation speech.
You can't get, you can't even deport illegal aliens.
You can't even get airport security.
People try to go through the system to try to figure out how they're going to make it.
It becomes like financial Tetris to just keep the lights on.
And now here comes Trump, and he's ready to spend another billion, 10 billion, 50 billion, 200 billion on another war on the other side of the planet, just like Biden did.
And then he comes to Congress and he says, by the way, this is after he increased the defense budget.
And he says, by the way, I'm going to need more money.
I'm going to need a trillion and a half for national defense.
Now, this was the Heritage Foundation last week.
President Trump's potential $1.5 trillion defense budget.
So he already put it to a trillion.
Now he's looking for a trillion and a half.
And I guess the Heritage Foundation, you know, Trump had been teasing that, but I guess they knew that they were actually preparing it.
Then Bloomberg today.
Trump is preparing to release a 2027 budget plan that will frame his party's midterms message around a massive defense buildup, partially paid by cuts to domestic agencies and health care entitlements.
And this is, who's telling him this is a winning midterm strategy, by the way?
Trump budget to focus midterms messaging on defense boost.
Who's telling him this?
Show me anywhere where this is polling high.
You have like a fraction of the Republicans, which are crudely and accurately called neocons.
Who else supports this?
Who's telling Trump, hey, tell the American people that are struggling to make ends meet that you need more money for war?
Tell them you need $1.5 trillion and you're going to be cutting health care, which nobody can afford.
Tell them you're going to be cutting all of these entitlement programs.
Tell them you're going to be cutting domestic programs so that we can get more war.
That'll help you in the midterms.
That'll help us save the House.
That'll help us win in the Senate.
Who's telling him this?
And if it's his idea and there's not a single person in the room that has the ounce, The ounce of integrity or the ounce of a testicular fortitude to stand up and say, Mr. President, as your advisor, I have to warn you how unpopular this will be.
Can no one say it?
Does anybody have a clue what's going on?
Maybe it's his idea.
He's the one that said it from the Oval Office, by the way.
This was from his speech yesterday or the day before, or who knows?
So you could say, oh, well, I get what he's saying.
But he's not really saying it too well, then, is he?
No, he's telling you.
The federal government is not here to help you.
It's here as the agent.
The federal government is simply an agent of the United States military, which is basically just a mercenary battalion for hire, is what Trump is saying.
And we need all of the money we can get to keep our military the best mercenary for hire on the planet.
What a nightmare.
And this is what young conservatives are just saying as a pragmatic approach to this issue.
And they'll be accused of being liberals.
They'll be accused of being progressives and communists and socialists and leftists.
You'll hear all the accusations.
But it's simply a pragmatic approach.
And young conservatives or young right wingers or young independents.
They're just going to say, okay, well, as an option, would I rather fund more war on the other side of the planet or would I rather fund education and medical care in America?
What would you rather do?
What would you rather do for $1.5 trillion?
Take care of Americans or send them overseas to fight some other war for foreign and special interests?
And unfortunately, that option is not even on the table, is what Trump is telling you.
You don't even get the option.
You're not even going to get the option.
We're just going to do it.
You're just going to war.
But you can't get anything taken care of.
So it's the ultimate slap in the face.
Somebody tells them this is a good midterm strategy.
And then you have on top of it the government can go $40 trillion in debt and just write the biggest check that they've ever written in their history.
As the average American continues to struggle.
And you know what?
I could play these videos.
Maybe I won't even play them.
I don't think I need to play them.
Do I?
I think everybody knows.
But I've got these videos.
I'll just put them on the screen.
People complaining about how they can't make it, you know, how hard it is to bake ends meet, how expensive it is, how rigged the system is.
So, is Trump just throwing away the midterms because he owes it to his donors?
Has Trump just completely sold everything out to the donors?
Is he just that out of touch?
And I think the biggest tragedy of this all, and maybe I'll offer a third option here in a second.
I think the biggest tragedy in this entire transaction with Trump is that.
All the momentum has been lost, and it's so rare to get such momentum and such a coalition in American politics today.
It's so rare.
And it's like we had the Infinity Stone.
It's like we caught lightning in a bottle, we had it.
And now they let it out of the bottle.
They threw the Infinity Stone down a waterfall or wherever they throw it.
I don't know, a lava pit, something.
And it's like, it's gone.
It's like, we had it.
We had it.
And it's gone.
And it's like, well, good luck getting it back.
Yeah, I don't know if you're ever going to get that back.
But that's what's happening.
And so I guess the other option, and I've said this before, and this is kind of a different level of just the people trying to give him bad political advice.
But I said, you may recall, it was probably a couple months ago, I did an opening monologue about, you know, imagine being in Trump's seat and you have people telling you you're basically the next Messiah.
And you've got people from Israel and Jews telling you you're like a Jewish God and you're like the Messiah for them, and they're going to build temples to worship you and all this stuff.
I mean, again, you can imagine this is what Trump is getting all the time from these people.
And I think it's all a game to them.
I don't know how many people think Paula White is.
How would you describe Paula White?
That's a weird deal, isn't it?
That's a pretty oddball there.
It was so bad.
It was so egregious.
And she's not the only one doing this to Trump, by the way.
I think they're all tricking him and deceiving him and building him up just to use him because they know how to trick him now.
They know, oh, you don't attack Trump.
You worship Trump and then you get him to do your bidding.
He gets drunk on the worship.
It was so bad.
The White House deleted the video of Paula White's speech.
White House deletes bonkers Trump Easter event where he got compared to Jesus.
So it was so egregious.
It was so offensive.
They erased the video.
Yeah, that's about the state of things in this White House, I'd say.
I think that's about where we're at, huh?
Yeah, I'd say that just about sums it up.
We need $1.5 trillion for war, which is a nice reminder, by the way, because think about it like this.
And that, you know, here's the problem if you have logic, then foreign policy is going to drive you mad, it's going to make you insane.
If you can't think logically or you're unable to have logical consistency, then the foreign policy issues to you just.
Just fly right over your head.
But if you're able to think logically and if you're able to practice logical consistency, then the foreign policy makes no sense.
And I saw this video.
I don't know if a lot of people are out of the Trump camp, let's say.
So I don't want to get anybody in trouble.
But Caroline Sunshine, who used to work for the Trump campaign, she might have been an advisor at one point.
And she does this video very, very Very logical video, not even expressing any opinions on the war, just as a five minute video where she tries to do like a linear questioning of logic for this war.
And she realizes every time you try to do it, there's no logic behind it.
But think about it like this.
Trump says we're the safest our country's ever been.
That's what he's saying.
He's saying that this war makes our country safer than it's ever been.
And he says that we've eliminated the threats because of this war.
And then he says, oh, but actually, even though I just told you it's the safest we've ever been, even though I just told you that we eliminated the biggest threats to our country, I actually need a trillion and a half for defense.
Safest country we've ever had, but I need to expand the defense budget almost double.
Safest we've ever been, though.
We've eliminated all the threats to our country.
Safest we've ever been.
No threats at all.
I've eliminated it.
I've stopped all the wars.
I'm basically, you know, I mean, she just called me Jesus.
So, you know, but safest we've ever been.
I ended every war ever.
So we are all good.
By the way, though, I need to expand the national defense budget.
I need to double it.
Can we do that?
I know we're safe.
We are safest we've ever been.
I just need to double the defense budget.
Because we're so safe.
No, Trump made us less safe.
I mean, it's all like this damn spiral.
But let's just be honest about it.
These are correlated foreign policy issues that all have the same results.
Why does Israel need an Iron Dome?
Because they piss everyone off and everybody wants to bomb them all the time.
Now that's America.
Now Trump has turned America into Israel.
And now Trump has turned American political debate into Middle East political debate.
They're all here now.
The Middle East is here now.
So inevitably, we will become the Middle East.
And now we need a larger defense budget.
So that's what we get.
We injected ourselves into the Middle East.
We injected the Middle East into ourselves.
And so naturally, we become the Middle East.
And then once you become the Middle East, now you need a golden dome.
Now you need to double your defense budget because, you know, these things happen in the Middle East.
Currently, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch is serving in the interim.
People aren't such a big fan of his either.
I'm not sure if this is an upgrade or a downgrade or a neutral, but that's the situation as it is.
Bondi fired.
Lee Zeldin is currently the leader in the clubhouse.
Who is Lee Zeldin?
Possibly Trump's next attorney general.
I'm guessing right now, I don't see Trump on TV.
I'm guessing right now, Trump is on the phones.
And let me just, before we get to who might come next, will it be Lee Zeldin or somebody else?
I think Trump is on the phone figuring something out right now.
But.
What is up with Pam Bondi being fired today?
I think this Pam Bondi firing today is a 100% distraction from that disastrous speech last night.
Just a disastrous speech and the results today, the stock market tanking and gas prices going up.
That's what I think.
I think the firing of Bondi was inevitable.
And I think Trump was just kind of holding it, holding that card in his deck until he needed a distraction.
And he needed it bad today.
He needed it bad.
Speech did not go well, didn't go over well, and then the results were nothing good.
Now, I'll get more to the speech in a second as far as what it was about and then what actually happened.
But the firing of Bondi was inevitable, and Trump just waited for the right time to do it as to distract from a bad news day, a bad headline day for himself.
So that's why Bondi was out today.
And then apparently she's groveling in the White House for the job.
And of course, it's, you know, Pam Bondi is so great.
I've been telling you for months how great she is.
You guys have been complaining.
I said, don't worry about Pam.
She's fantastic.
Just look at her.
I mean, she's looked better, but she still looks good, huh?
Not bad.
Thank you, Pam.
But you're fired.
So, I think, let me get a little conspiratorial for you today.
I think Zeldin is the obvious favor here.
But I think Trump sees a couple pieces on the chessboard right now.
And he's seeing if there's another play.
Trump is seeing if there's another play right now.
But I think Zeldin is ultimately the choice.
But he might just be kind of looking at the board, making a couple phone calls, see if there's maybe some other moves he can make.
So, I would anticipate Zeldin, but don't be surprised if there's a wild card here.
Like, here's an example.
This is the type of gamesmanship I'm talking about from Trump.
You got this Senate race in Texas, and you've got John Cornyn, who holds a very important Senate vote for Trump, a very important vote.
Every vote is important right now.
So, Cornyn holds a very important vote in the Senate.
Paxton is running against Cornyn, and I think.
Paxton wins in that runoff.
I think Cornyn knows it as well.
I think because Paxton and Clark had more votes than Cornyn, I believe most of Clark's votes will go to Paxton and that will put him over Cornyn in the runoff.
I think maybe nobody involved feels safe enough to make that bet, but that's what I think most smart minds are assuming is going to happen.
So Cornyn is jockeying Trump for an endorsement.
And Cornyn is saying, if you endorse me, you have my vote on whatever you want.
But that's only if you endorse me.
And if you don't endorse me, well, you know what?
Maybe you don't get a single vote for me.
So Trump's sitting here saying, well, that could be an important vote.
So, and then if Cornyn isn't up for reelection, then he doesn't really care what he does to piss off Texans.
So he could just give me the middle finger, not vote with me every time.
And then I've even spoiled my potential good gracious with Paxton by not endorsing him and he wins.
So I wouldn't be surprised if Trump makes a call and says, Ken, If I make you attorney general, will you drop out of this race?
And this would probably all be off record.
But this is just the kind of gamesmanship I'm talking about.
I think Trump is probably on the phone doing right now, since he's not on TV.
He says, Ken, if I make you attorney general, will you drop out of the race?
Maybe Ken says yes, maybe he says no.
But if he says yes, then Trump calls Cornyn, Cornyn not knowing this.
And he says, Hey, John.
Will you promise me your vote if I endorse you?
Will I get your vote in the Senate if I endorse you?
He says, yes.
So Trump comes out and endorses Cornyn.
Paxton drops out.
Trump calls Paxton and says, you can be the attorney general.
I'm not telling you I have any information that that's happening.
I'm just saying this is the type of gamesmanship I think Trump is probably doing for the next couple hours before he decides to just go with Zeldin.
That's where I think it's at.
But don't be surprised if there is a wild card that comes out of this.
So, all of this is going on.
Trump's speech last night, as I explained, Trump's speech last night was for the politically indifferent, the politically uninformed, and the politically ignorant.
That's what last night's speech was for.
He knows, you know, this is just kind of general politicking when it comes to communications.
He knows most Americans don't.
Know what happens on a day to day.
He knows most Americans aren't paying attention to politics like you are.
The vast majority of Americans will see three or maybe four political stories a year that they actually care about, that they'll actually remember.
And the Iran war is obviously one of them.
And last night is one of the very few times that the average American might tune in to hear what the president is saying, especially since they switched all network broadcasts over to that speech.
So Trump knows he's losing the narrative on the war.
But when he just goes out to the Oval Office or in front of the White House or on his way to Air Force One or wherever, and he makes these statements, or Pete Hegseth makes, nobody's listening.
Nobody listens to this stuff.
So he said, All right, we're taking over all of the TV airwaves.
I'm going to come out and make a statement about how great I am, how great the war is, and how great everybody is doing.
And of course, none of it hits.
None of it hits.
It's a total disastrous speech.
The only.
Actual outcomes as far as how does it impact us?
We got a stock market down and we got oil prices up.
That was the only result of last night's speech.
Doesn't help the narrative, doesn't help the approval rating.
Nobody's buying it.
And to the people that watched it and are informed, they just saw one of the lowest moments for Trump.
He's basically Trump Obama at this point.
Trump, Trump Obama.
That was Trump Obama that you saw last night.
That was the level of war propaganda from Trump last night.
And it reminded a lot of us of watching Obama, by the way.
So he says, All right, I'm going to fire Pam Bonney.
I got to distract from these headlines.
That was a disaster.
But that's what that speech was all about.
So people are saying, Well, what was the point of that speech?
Well, you're politically informed.
You follow politics.
You know what goes on.
That speech wasn't for you.
That speech was for more than half the country that doesn't follow politics, that never hears from the president a propaganda message to tell you everything is great and Trump's great and everything's the greatest of all time.
And I don't think it really hits, but that was the purpose.
And I think the fact that he had to fire Bonnie today to distract from everything, I think that shows that they know it didn't hit.
But that was the purpose.
So, you've got all this stuff happening that doesn't help the American people.
You've got policy that is blatantly bad and unpopular.
Trump's VA killed a home loan program.
Vets are now losing their homes because of it.
Hey, we got to cut all, we got to cut as much budget as possible.
Oh, because Doge?
No, because of war.
Did I say cut?
I meant repurpose.
I'm sorry, I meant repurpose.
So, veterans, if anybody should get entitlements in this country, it's veterans.
If anybody, they can't even get entitlements because we need to fund this war.
Now, I want to get into something else that's going to be driving this country insane that is just now starting to get to the surface, and it's going to play into the economic issues and everything else.
And that's where this administration is taking us.
When it comes to energy consumption, water consumption, and when it comes to this new AI surveillance state government that is being ruled out.
Because that's also kind of in the foreground right now of all of this, and it's not popular.
So, people are, Americans are looking at the future, this AI surveillance state.
They have very little hope financially now, and they're looking at this and they're saying, I don't like this.
Of course, we're sitting here looking at the same things that have been the problem forever the never ending wars, the waste, fraud, and abuse in government, the corruption in Washington, D.C.
It's like that's still in the background.
Now, the foreground is this giant AI government they're building for us.
And we're just sitting here in the middle of it and being told by Trump, hey, this is great.
You're doing better than ever.
Support this war that I've already won, that I need your help to win.
And we're the safest country of all time, but I need to double the defense budget.
And the average American is like, wait, hold on.
I'm trying to balance my budget here just so I can afford groceries.
What are you saying about doubling the defense budget?
I thought it was no new wars.
Now, how much are we in for this one?
And then the speech to try to correct the narrative: total flop, fire Pambondi, distract from the headlines, and continue to roll up this country right into that AI surveillance state.
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It genuinely made me so emotional because I haven't been this way.
I haven't left town in like a year, like gone this way in like a year.
And I knew they were starting this, but I didn't know it was this impactful.
Look at all the semi trucks, all the cement trucks you'll drive by.
I didn't realize how impactful it was until I made the drive again.
And then I was just so floored and flabbergasted.
Again, this is rural, like super rural.
Ain't nothing for miles, Indiana.
Way out here in BFE.
And it just keeps going.
And going and going.
And then when I recorded the other video, I cut it short by accident because there's this little, like, I don't know, parking lot thing here where they park their cars or whatever.
I don't know much about construction, sorry.
But then it pauses for like a really short, brief thing.
With their water bills going up, their water consumption going up.
That's Denver has all the data centers.
So it's all the data centers.
Same thing is happening in Nevada now.
In Southern Nevada, 10 facilities used 352 million gallons of water last year with evaporative cooling.
According to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, that's roughly enough water for 2,000 households for one full year.
And that's small in comparison to the ones that they're building now.
The data center tsunami has flooded Nevada.
Are lawmakers too late to regulate?
The AI data center rush has already reached the nation's driest state in a major way, but lawmakers are just now catching up on considering statewide regulations.
Nevada's interim committees on natural.
It goes on, it cuts me off at a paywall there.
So some states are getting ahead of this.
You've seen some local jurisdictions where they get a mass protest.
During a city council event.
And then some of them have been victorious in shutting down the data centers, others not.
The entire state of Maine is about to become the first state to ban new data centers.
Legislation that could be enacted this spring would pause construction of large new data centers until November 2027.
Now, the only debate that'll happen, I think, as far as this is concerned, you're going to have.
Kind of the free market capitalist thinking that's going to say, hey, look, these data centers are coming no matter what.
Say you're in Texas.
And you have a debate here saying, well, what about the cost on us as far as energy consumption, water consumption?
We're measuring these things.
And then generally speaking, what do we even think about having an AI surveillance state government?
Well, I don't know.
But then the thought will be someone's going to do it.
Somebody is going to get these data centers.
It's going to be a massive business opportunity.
It's going to be billions of dollars in commerce.
So it might as well be us.
We might as well be the ones that are going to do these data centers because somebody's going to do it.
Will Maynard said it's not going to be us.
And, you know, I've said this so many times, and I think it remains true.
This is bigger than the Iran war.
And this is why they want to tell you Iran has a nuclear weapon aimed at your head.
Because the whole Iran war is a distraction.
The whole Iran issue is really a non issue.
And you can talk about Iran's government being bad or whatever you want, the mullahs.
Fine.
But the whole issue of what's facing us, the American people, what's in our future that we need to be thinking about?
This is way bigger, way bigger than some Iran war.
If we get to a point where there is a full on AI government, or God forbid, some Terminator level robotic government takes over, do you think you're going to be sitting back saying, man, if only we would have dropped more bombs on Iran?
This is a much bigger issue and nobody's talking about it.
Nobody's talking about the energy consumption of these data centers that are popping up everywhere.
Nobody's talking about the energy consumption of quantum computing and AI.
Or the repercussions.
No, we're sitting here talking about another sand war.
We're sitting here playing in the sandbox like it's the year 2000.
It's the year 2026.
Get out of the sandbox.
It's the year 2026.
There is a shadow encroaching.
And it's not a small shadow, it's a very big shadow, but the sun is just rising against it.
The shadow is getting longer.
That shadow is the AI surveillance state government.
This is a way bigger issue than some concern of leadership in the Middle East.
But you're not having the big debates.
Now, I will say, it's unbelievable that Bernie Sanders, and say what you want about Bernie Sanders as far as his politics and him selling out his voters in 2016.
But Bernie Sanders and AOC seem to have the best.
Grip on the things that matter to the American people.
And I know you're hearing this and you're saying, well, what are you talking about?
They're communists.
Well, yes, the direction of their message may not hit you and some of the political stuff as far as they lean left.
Obviously, that's not what I'm talking about.
But AOC is running.
She has now become, it's a challenge on the left now.
It's a challenge for the Democrats who's going to become the most anti Israel?
So AOC is now really posturing herself as anti Israel.
Now, of course, she votes for the bombs.
So she's going to try to have her cake and eat it too.
She can probably get away with it.
And then it's Bernie Sanders.
So Bernie Sanders and AOC are sitting here looking at the midterms.
Maybe they're looking at 2028.
And they're saying, what is our messaging?
And they're saying, we're going to tackle the unpopular foreign policy.
We're going to say Israel.
And we're going to go out here and we're going to tackle the AI issue where nobody else is doing it.
So you can listen to this.
Most of my audience is probably still, I don't know, maybe on the right.
These things have no meaning anymore.
Left, right, conservative, liberal, it almost has no meaning anymore.
So, this is do you live in reality or not?
How is it that AOC and Bernie Sanders understand the modern issues and understand how to address these issues to the American people more than anyone else on the Republican side?
How is this?
How are we living this?
So, you're going to see AOC and Bernie Sanders tackle the AI issue, tackle the foreign policy issue.
And sure, you might never vote for a Democrat.
You're not concerned about Democrats.
You're not going to vote that way, but people will.
Young people will.
And if you are concerned about an AOC, if you are concerned about a rise of the radical left, then you should be sitting here watching them make this chess move and saying to the Republicans hey, you're about to lose big here.
You guys are about to get crushed.
On these two issues, if you continue this direction, foreign policy in the Middle East, very unpopular.
The left is going to win on this issue.
AI data centers, surveillance state, everything else that comes along with it, these things are unpopular.
If you don't address this, the Democrats will win on this issue.
And they're starting to see it.
They're starting to feel it.
And slowly but surely, one by one, they're kind of stepping up, popping up their heads and saying, hey, let's do something about AI.
Hey, let's do something about AIPAC.
And as more of them step up and they see, oh, it works, that's popular, the whole Democrat Party is eventually going to do it.
And who cares if they mean it or not?
Who cares if they vote the way they talk or not?
We're talking about elections here and what's going to happen.
And AOC and Sanders have a better and more direct line to the average American on messaging than anyone in the Republican Party right now.
That's not an endorsement of them.
That is the reality.
And if you don't want them to win elections, then the Republicans better address their messaging or they're going to get crushed on these issues.
And that's why everybody thinks the Democrats are going to win in the midterms.
Now, last night, so Trump's speech, we already got into some of this.
I want to look at some of the results.
And last night, after Trump's speech, I posted this.
And I think if there's any magic to what I do, let's say, or why you would listen to a three hour political broadcast.
Or any of your favorite talk show hosts, any of your favorite broadcasters.
It's that there's an ability to take a consortium of thoughts and ideas that might be clinking around in your head or anybody's head and actually mold it into a consumable message that you say, that's exactly what I was thinking, or that's exactly what I said afterwards.
So, it's like you have a bunch of different issues, a bunch of complex issues.
Some of them are attached, others not.
So, it's like, how do you actually make sense of it all?
How do you present this in a consumable, understandable fashion so that people understand what's really going on in politics, not the fake news, not the propaganda, not the corporate network news propaganda?
And so, it was expressed by Nick Fuentes this week.
I don't know what night it was, but it's like this is one of those moments.
And any broadcaster that can tap into that is going to find success.
But it's like that's one of those moments.
So Fuentes comes on his show and he says, The bottom line here is there is no America first except through Israel, is the way he put it.
And I would basically phrase it differently, but it's the same conclusion, which is being reached now by more Americans than ever.
And so the interpretation and the propaganda in the response is that, oh, well, you're just an anti Semite or you're just a hater or you just don't understand or you're an isolationist.
All these ad hominem attacks, all these empty shell game straw man attacks that just don't land anymore.
They have no weight anymore.
And so most people have reached a similar conclusion.
It's like, okay, wow.
It's like every time we get to a point here, we get stopped.
And it's the foreign lobby.
And the special interests are all attached to the foreign lobby, by the way.
Because they all make the money.
They all have the benefit of this foreign policy.
So most Americans have reached this conclusion.
It's like, okay, we can't get through anything because every time we get right at the door, here comes the foreign interests, here comes the foreign donors, here comes the foreign influence.
And whoop, as Trump says, oh, sorry, detour back to the Middle East.
It's like, again?
It took us two decades to get to a point in right wing politics or American politics.
It took us two decades after Bush to get to this point with Trump and say, okay, time to put America first.
Okay, we have the coalition, we have the House, we have the Senate, we have the mandate, we have the people, we have the momentum.
Time to actually put America first.
And then it's not so fast.
We got to go back in the Middle East.
Sorry, we got to go back in the Middle East.
And then anybody who's paying attention to this, anybody who's an honest dealer on this issue, will tell you it's all for Israel.
And Trump has basically admitted it.
Rubio has basically admitted it.
They've all basically admitted it, but nobody, you can't actually say that because now you're kind of admitting you're a traitor.
Now you're admitting the big secret, which is Israel has more influence over the foreign policy than you do.
And since foreign policy gets prioritized over domestic policy, The logical conclusion is that, wow, Israel has more control over your entire government than you do.
Or if you want to see the foreign interests, the foreign donors, the Israel lobby, however you want to phrase it.
A lot of people have now reached this point.
Many people have now had this realization.
It doesn't, it has nothing to do with a theological belief system.
It has nothing to do with hatred or anti Semitism.
It has nothing to do with any of these things.
It is a natural political progression that we've all gone through time and time again.
And now here we are at the door with Trump, and it's the same thing.
Pump the brakes back to the Middle East.
Sorry, America.
And the only people that seem to benefit and the only people that seem to support it, it's all the Israeli interests.
So, American patriots, which 90 plus percent of them have no interest in Israel, have no ancestral ties to Israel, have no real theological ties to Israel, have no interest, ties, couldn't care less.
This issue doesn't move them.
They don't want to hear about Israel.
They don't care about Israel.
They are Americans.
That's what they care about.
That's what they want to hear about.
So now it's just, it's reached such a threshold.
You can't even avoid it in D.C. You can't even avoid it in the media that would normally ignore these things.
But that's the conclusion people have reached.
So now here's Joe Kent, who's been a little closer to the scene.
And this is a Fox News headline Restraint Need.
Ex counterterrorism chief says Trump must rein in Israel to declare Iran victory.
Kent, who quit over opposition to the war, argues the United States and Israel have drastically different goals and must act accordingly.
Now, he's expressed in greater detail this through a series of interviews that he's done.
Go into the story.
The best time to get out of a war of choice is now before we lose more lives.
This is from Alex Knitzberg on Fox.
So he said this in response to Trump's speech last night.
Joe Kent said The purpose of Trump's speech this evening was to show that we can declare victory when we choose.
This is only possible if POTUS restrains the Israelis first.
Israel needs us committed indefinitely.
We are seeking a quick end to the war.
We have drastically different goals than Israel and must act accordingly.
And then you kind of get into the issue of who trusts who in these conversations between Trump and Netanyahu or the different envoys that communicate.
But this is the conclusion.
And this is what I think other people are starting to realize now, too.
As far as this debate that's been had now, and I've had it numerous times, different platforms.
Of, you know, is Israel our greatest ally or should we be involved in the Middle East?
However, you want to platform this topic, however, you want to present this topic.
What the people that defend Israel's interest in this debate don't understand is that there is no winning the debate for you.
You can't win the debate because inherently you're coming to the debate from a foreign country's interests.
You're coming to the debate from the interest of a foreign country.
You can't win.
You're already in a losing position if the debate is about what's going to benefit America, what's good for America, what's America first.
You come to the table already holding your L. You can't win the debate.
Now, you can sit here and lobby.
That's essentially all you can do is just lobby that Americans should support this war or support Israel.
It's a dead issue.
People are done with it, they're over it.
So you're already coming to the table losing.
And now people are starting to see this in D.C. They're starting to see the winds shift.
The Democrats are going to run on this in the midterms and probably win.
So now they just have to force it.
Now they just have to shove it down your throat and just tell you to accept it at the same time, telling you Israel has no influence.
But also telling you, you can't stand against Israel.
And so obviously, people see that and they say, wow, this is pretty obvious.
Here's what's going on.
But so, this is the bottom line.
And then I got the geopolitical headlines.
However, you want to phrase it, whatever different steps you took to get here, this is the realization.
There is no America first as long as we're serving Israel's interests.
Period.
And the only defense they have of this now is to call you an anti Semite or some other insult, some other name that they label you with.
That's their only defense.
And they can throw up as many neocons as they want, they can throw as many boomers on TV and neocons in front of you.
It doesn't work because there's also this weird denial that the young Americans have come of age.
There's this weird belief system that people like me are still in college politically.
There's this weird belief system that people like me are not in the majority now, but we are.
So you have kind of these older generations that, by the numbers, have dominated politics.
It's a simple numbers game.
There have been more of them than us, but now that there's more of us than them, there's kind of this like.
Unrealistic struggle where they think, oh, no, no, no, we still have more votes.
We still have the power.
We're still in control of the narrative.
And it's like, no, We're not in our early 20s anymore.
We're not teenagers anymore.
We're in our 30s and 40s now.
We actually are close to having a majority of opinion here.
And so there's this denial of it.
But that's like the same issue around the Israel thing.
It's like, no, most Americans are over this relationship with Israel.
The vast majority of Americans see it as detrimental to our country now.
US Israel bombs Iranian official, brokering deal with JD Vance in an attempt to derail Trump's peace talks.
So there you go.
So, how many negotiators has Israel killed in an attempt to get this war to last until they want it to be finished, until they declare it's over?
So, I guess America can't declare it's over, right?
It's got to be Israel.
So, every time the Trump administration has a chance to negotiate with Iranian officials, Israel kills the Iranian officials, and then the war goes on.
And it's obvious why because this war is for Israel.
It's in Israel's interests.
We're bombing bridges, and they say there's more to come.
Iran's biggest bridge collapses after strikes.
Trump says more to follow.
The bridge was still under construction, it was supposed to link Iran's capital, Tehran, to the western city of Karaj.
It was considered an engineering masterpiece of the Middle East and one of the tallest bridges in the Middle East.
And so we just bombed that civilian infrastructure.
I guess it had just opened.
U.S. Israeli strike hits newly opened B1 bridge near Tehran, killing two, injuring several others.
Tallest bridge in the Middle East.
I wonder if they can.
Hey, who do you think can build a bridge faster, Iran or the United States?
That's, oh boy.
I think China's winning that race, though they have their issues with bridges.
What do you think?
Will Iran rebuild the B1 bridge before we can even get the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuilt?
How embarrassing would that be?
Oh my gosh.
Could you imagine?
Iran builds a bridge, a massive bridge, an engineering wonder, and they can rebuild that faster than we can build the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
What an embarrassment.
More European countries are turning against Iran.
In this war, Austria blocks U.S. warplanes from using its airspace during the Iran war.
So chalk up another European country on that issue.
And then there's the issue of spies.
This is a pretty crazy deal that we have here.
I got a series of spy stories for you.
And then we'll have time to finish out probably the rest of the news, even maybe take some calls today.
So this is a CBS report.
CBS report about an Israeli spy that penetrated Hollywood.
Everybody knew it and he got away with it.
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Now, a new tale of international intrigue is coming to light.
This one about film producer Arnon Milchin.
His double life was a not so closely held secret for decades.
In a recent interview for an Israeli documentary, Milchin confirmed what had been rumored for years.
He was working for Israel's top spy agency all along.
Mayor Jerome spent months interviewing Arnon Milchin for a book he co wrote two years ago.
About the producer's secret life, he basically told us about like secretive operations that he did for the state of Israel, especially in order to get material, information, and equipment for the Israeli nuclear program.
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In 2000, Milchon told 60 Minutes how he used dozens of his companies around the world to facilitate sales of hundreds of millions of dollars of missiles and other weapons to Israel, and he flat out denied working for the Israeli government.
Question Was I a spy?
No, I was not a spy.
Milchin now says he was integral to developing Israel's nuclear program.
One thing I regret is not paying enough attention to the image of me I created.
Do you know to what extent I've risked my life for the country time and time again?
And in Hollywood, they keep on saying arms dealer after more than 150 films.
Then I did it for my country and I'm proud of it.
You know that the years that you were doing King of Comedy and Once Upon a Time in America were perhaps the most dramatic years for him in that respect.
Obviously, Israel is not the only country with spies here.
I'd say China is definitely in the game.
Okay.
So you got this story, and there have been some kind of surrounding noise about these hacks into Kash Patel's personal property, phone, whatever.
It was even alleged that a certain sensitive website.
Account of his was leaked.
So it was all kind of odd.
And I wasn't so sure what was going on.
So I just kind of didn't cover it.
I don't even know if we covered it once.
Well, this story hits now.
FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a major cyber incident.
The designation suggests the hackers successfully compromised swaths of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems.
So apparently the FBI is getting hacked by China.
And Kash Patel is getting apparently hacked by somebody.
The FBI last week deemed a recent China linked cyber intrusion into a sensitive agency surveillance system as a major incident, meaning it poses significant risks to U.S. national security, according to one congressional aide and two U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.
And considering the war we're in right now, that might be a pretty significant thing that China has penetrated our sensitive surveillance system.
Nobody's going to doubt we have Israeli spies here.
We have Chinese spies here.
Both of these entities exist.
Sometimes they probably use similar tactics to get after you or get at their target.
I'm sure each, you know, Israel, China, I'm sure they have their own little means and mechanisms.
And access points.
So, but you have Dan Bongino, okay?
And his weird evolution, let's say, in the last two years, prior to the Trump administration, in the Trump administration, post Trump administration, it's been a pretty wild evolution for Dan Bongino.
And by his own words, he says that.
The number one thing that he cares about is Israel.
That was Dan Bongino's own words.
It's a weird thing to say.
He's asked an open ended question What's the one thing that is near and dear to your heart?
And there's no doubt now that he's pretty much just turned into a mouthpiece of Israel foreign policy and a defense status.
So that's kind of all Dan Bongino has become.
Now you can wonder about that.
Maybe people think he's compromised.
Well, Dan Bongino, this is where I'm getting wild.
So just bear with me here.
You may recall this.
Now we go back into the Chinese spy element.
And you may recall there was this big story about some Chinese massage parlor that Robert Kraft and some other people attached to Robert Kraft, I think Bill Belichick, maybe, some other high name influential people that ended up entrapped or whatever happened with this Chinese massage parlor, right?
The Chinese massage parlor.
And so maybe, you know, maybe the Chinese have a different deal.
It's like the Israel deal is, you know, kind of slowly ingratiate you and then get you in bed with somebody you think is 18 who's 16 or get you on the island or in Epstein's mansion on camera doing God knows what when you're out of your mind.
Well, maybe China has these massage parlors and they, you know, are you interested in the special massage ending?
Oh, the special massage ending.
He's like, oh, yeah, right over here.
And then the person that does that to you, maybe they shouldn't have done that to you.
Oh, yeah, we gotcha.
So, again, I'm getting wild.
Well, Bongino is pictured.
The whole thing is weird.
Bongino is actually pictured with one of these masseuse, one of these massage ladies from that massage parlor.
What even is that?
How do you end up getting in a picture with some Chinese massage parlor lady?
So I'm sitting here, folks, this is like just, I'm just out of my mind at this point, but it's hilarious to me.
This is like a comedy.
What if you've got these guys running around here that are either compromised by Israel or are working for Israel, and then they end up at a Chinese massage parlor, and now they're compromised by China?
And working for China.
I mean, is this so far fetched?
Is this how crazy things are?
Am I out of my mind?
I could be out of my mind.
Do we have foreign agents getting entrapped by other foreign agents running around our country right now?
Running around our government?
Running around the billionaire class?
Anyway, back to reality, I guess.
It couldn't be that bad.
China is building another massive base in the South China Sea.
There we go.
That's good.
Eventually, Taiwan will probably just submit.
I think Taiwan is just going to say, you know what?
Whatever, China.
We're with you now.
These guys over here.
Trump's lost his damn mind.
The war you're not allowed to see.
How the UAE rewrites the story of Iranian strikes.
So we know that there's a massive censorship campaign as far as this war is concerned.
In Israel, it's on and off.
In the Gulf nation states, it's on all the time.
And they base, I mean, that's a consumer tourism economy, tourism consumer economy.
Panic in Dubai as a city abandoned by tourists, beaches left empty.
Dubai has turned into a ghost town after a month of war in the Middle East.
So this has been slowly progressing for some time.
So the Gulf nation states are not happy.
They can't be happy about this.
They probably don't know what to do right now.
Maybe they're hoping this all comes to an end.
It's who knows when or if it will.
But they're not going to be able to keep this cat in the bag much longer.
And eventually, their desperation is going to be met with some reaction.
And whether that's the Gulf nation states saying, okay, we've got to come out and make a public statement about this, or whether that's the Trump administration with some pressure being applied asking them, well, what can we do to keep you quiet about this?
What can we do to keep you on the positive side of things about this?
But something's got to give.
Now, Trump, this is so.
This is where you're kind of like a different Trump world now.
And I'm curious, I'll look at the chat because I wonder.
It used to be when Trump did these tirades against the celebrities or against these liberal progressives, it was funny, it was fun.
We all kind of had a laugh and it rubbed some people the wrong way, but we just kind of said, that's funny, lighten up.
Well, I don't think this stuff hits anymore.
I'm curious if that's a me thing or how you guys feel.
He looks like a dried up prune.
Trump loses it on Bruce Springsteen, calls for MAGA boycott of his new tour.
So, this stuff kind of used to move the needle for me.
And I wasn't somebody that liked to make my judgments of art and entertainment based off of my politics.
You know, sometimes maybe there's lines that you just can't allow be crossed.
But, you know, normally speaking, if there's a liberal doing a concert and I like their music, you know, I don't mind going watching somebody that votes Democrat perform music or sports.
I don't let that determine what I enjoy.
But, you know, sometimes lines get crossed, and sometimes you might say, ah, you know what?
I don't want to go to a Bruce Springsteen's concert.
Well, this stuff used to hit.
I don't think it hits anymore.
I think Trump is embarrassing himself now.
This is so 2016, bro.
This is so old hat.
This is so pathetic.
To me, I see Trump lashing out on these liberal celebs and these Hollywood types.
Now it just looks pathetic.
Now it just looks desperate.
It's like it was funny in the first administration.
Now it's just like, what are we doing here?
Now you just look like a kindergartner.
So I don't, I don't, I just don't get it now.
I don't think it hits now.
I think it's, it's just totally off now.
And now I see it and I'm like, well, I'm not, you know, I don't think I'm going to a Bruce Springsteen concert anytime.
I'm not so sure Bruce Springsteen offers me anything politically, but I just look at it now and I'm like, dude, Springsteen now got the best of you.
Now, you're the one on the losing end of these exchanges.
You shouldn't even be responding at this point.
And it kind of adds to the larger equation.
It's like, I can't get mass deportations, but I can get a Bruce Springsteen post.
Ben Shapiro has volunteered to join the U.S. military and go boots on the ground in Iran.
All right, late April Fool's Day joke.
Can I do that?
Can I do a day late on an April Fool's Day joke?
Accept it.
It's done.
The deed is done anyway, whether you like it or not.
Here you go.
Do you consider this good news?
A little good news.
Are you curious?
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You know, oh, look, man, it's just, you know, last night, I didn't really watch much of it, man.
I couldn't even bear to watch it because it was just.
It was just trash.
And it's just a representation of the limp dick bullshit of what's going on just with the administration and just the leadership in the country and just where we're going and all that.
Yeah, so as far as the speech goes, I mean, it just was like a compilation of all of his true social posts.
So it's like, you know, I don't understand what was the point of all that, except for, I guess, like what you said, appeal to the.
People that don't pay attention.
But really, the point I want to make is earlier when you were talking about, you know, people start going towards like more leftist ideas, when we're talking about like solutions to these problems, because I think a majority of people that pay attention see the problem, but there's like this huge schism between, you know, the progressives and the America First types.
And I think the only way we're going to get some kind of solutions to these problems is.
With some kind of unity.
And I see more solutions coming from more like the labor unions.
Like, for instance, you know, when a lot of these port cities, like they would refuse during the Gaza genocide, I believe in Italy and in Spain, there were some of these unions.
I think if the gap is to be bridged, it is just going to happen organically.
I think if there's a bridge being built, it is on foreign policy.
I think that that's the one thing the left and the right are starting to agree on is that our foreign policy is a disaster.
We don't like the foreign interests.
We don't like the special interests that are influencing it.
So, if such a bridge exists, that's where it is.
But the question is, what is the purpose of that unity?
Can it be transformed into anything?
We already had it with Trump, and he completely shattered it.
So, we'd have to find a new way to rebuild.
And I guess look for an election result that would stop the disastrous foreign policy.
But it's so hard to get that accomplished, considering the chasm, as you put it, on.
Domestic issues.
But I think a lot of people are kind of seeing that.
It's like, yeah, the left will, if we go that route, the left is going to have to make some sacrifices.
The right is going to have to make some sacrifices.
But there is definitely a majority now of the left and the right, a majority of Americans that are sick of this foreign policy, sick of the foreign influence.
But I think the Democrats are going to take advantage of that politically.
Sounded like he was tuning in a certain personality on the radio there, didn't it, guys?
All right, Clay.
Well, that's, I go back to the last caller.
And he says, the labor unions, we've heard rumors of these different types of strikes, like a trucker strike.
And unfortunately, what ends up happening with these things is there's always people that are willing to take the work.
Or nowadays, it's foreigners.
There's so many foreigners that they don't really care about America like that.
They're not going to take a stand for the sake of the country.
They're just going to take the jobs.
So it becomes a risk factor.
But there's always been like this hey, if the truckers did a strike, if the truckers shut things down, they could force.
Anybody in Washington, D.C.'s hand to do something.
And it just, it always runs into an issue.
It never really goes anywhere.
But I guess that's the type of thing that he was referencing there.
And I suppose it's a potential solution some sort of a mass, you know, peaceful demonstration like that, organic.
I don't know if we're there yet, though.
I don't know if we're there yet as far as having the unity and the union of force to actually accomplish something like that.
Because they say, oh, you need to.
You know, you're going to have to make the sacrifice of paying higher prices.
You're going to have to make the sacrifice of paying more energy, more price at the pump.
Like, that's your patriotic duty.
And most Americans are saying, well, screw that.
I don't want to pay more at the pump for foreign interests.
But if you had something that was actually in their interests and they said, okay, truckers are going to shut down the economy for a couple days here, you know, prepare yourself.
Americans might say, you know what?
I'll hold out for a couple days if we can actually get something accomplished here.
That's how it would have to happen.
But I don't think we're really anywhere near that type of unity in this country.
I mean, the awareness level is definitely higher than it was 10 years ago, 20 years ago.
I think more people are paying attention now, but I don't think we're anywhere near a unity to accomplish something like that.
Well, I think at this point, the smart money is on boots on the ground.
Where that is or what capacity, maybe we don't know.
Maybe it is Karg Island.
So let me ask you, as somebody that supports this, and I try to see all viewpoints, I look at it.
If I'm looking at it through a pragmatic standpoint and I'm wondering if this is how you're looking at it, I'm saying obviously we've been lied to about this war, okay?
Obviously, this whole thing is based off of lies.
Am I to interpret that the reason you support this and the reason why you think it's such an existential battle is because.
And let's just say it for what it is.
We're going in there to get the oil, is what we're doing.
We're going in there to get the oil, and we're going in there to take control of a major shipping operation in the Strait of Hermos and to leverage these huge energy sector pieces on the geopolitical chessboard.
I don't think nobody here is going to debate about.
I mean, maybe somebody.
I'm not going to get into an argument of whether or not the United States military capacity can do this.
I think this is more of a should we.
But maybe there is an element of can.
Maybe there is an element of what capacity do we have.
Because, and I don't even think it's about capabilities, it's about what are we willing to commit to.
Because I look at it from the standpoint of there are other factors involved.
There is the Chinese factor, there is the Russia factor, there is the Turkey factor.
There is the new partnerships and allies we have in the Gulf nation states factor.
And it feels like all of these things hang in the balance right now.
And it's like either you go all the way and you do the most unpopular thing ever and you put boots on the ground and you do a real war and you just say, we're just taking it over.
You can still have a flag.
You can still have a political leadership, a theological leadership.
But for all intents and purposes, we're taking your oil.
We're taking control of the strait.
We're going to use that to leverage for our country.
And so I'm concerned if this thing doesn't go our way, it's like Trump knows to win this war, he's going to have to do the unthinkable and he's going to have to do something that's so unpopular that there's no explaining himself out of it.
But it's like his only option.
So it's like either pull out now and try to fix the damage done or just, I mean, you know, launch a full out war.
To do it now under his presidency, you know, and oh, that well, they definitely decided they definitely decided that, and I think it's a good perspective.
Uh, because I don't, I we're not having that, uh, expressed that perspective or uh, angle expressed on this show, so I think it's a good one to have the talk about.
But it, I mean, they have already decided, I just think that they don't know what really they don't even know what victory looks like, they're not even sure how to accomplish the victory that they don't even know what it looks like.
And we're just like stuck in this weird rut where they have to lie to us through this war and nobody's buying it.
And so now you're kind of up against this mountain and people just don't want it.
They just don't want to climb it with you.
And so, you know, maybe you got some interesting perspectives and points there that could be, you know, could be real.
But they're running into the issue of people aren't buying it, it's not popular.
And if these are your goals, you're not even winning.
So let's take one more call here and we'll go to the super chats.
I think I was the first person ever to interview him.
He was a kid at that time, like five years ago or more now.
Who knows?
And now he's doing his own thing.
He's got a whole new personality now.
No, I don't know the last time I've talked to him, but it's good to see that he's made it.
He's made something of his online personality.
So it's always fun to see his stuff.
Owen Shroyer's wifey, Middle East fatigue.
That's putting it lightly.
Judge Joe Brown for attorney general.
I get behind that.
That'd be a winner.
JM Dog, how do we ever trust them again?
I don't want to ever vote or I don't want to never vote, but it's hard because we get so duped.
Well, voter apathy, I think, is part of the deal, which is why I still think you should vote because they want you to give up voting and then they'll just say, well, then you don't vote anyway.
So we're just not going to do votes.
Dow Syndrome, Pam Bondi, where is the unemployment office?
No, Trump said you're going to get a nice job in the private sector, Pam.
How long till Pam Bondi has a Fox News show?
How are those ratings going to be?
What's going to be that deal?
Nathan James, Hegseth just fired the Army Chief of Staff.
Well, first he was threatening to fire him.
Well, first he asked him to resign, and I guess he said no.
Is that how that deal went down?
That one didn't make the stack today, but you got it in there.
Way to go.
Time to start up my only shills.
Don't do it, Pam, please.
Please, for the love of God.
Skeezix, the DOD can't pass an audit, but give them more money.
That's damn right.
They've never passed an audit.
Pentagon can't pass an audit.
Owen's bald twin L.
I haven't seen my bald twin in the chat.
Will the whole government eventually turn all AI?
Probably that's the agenda.
Yeah, I would say so.
And maybe they want the government to be so corrupt and hated that you'll embrace it.
You'll beg for anything that's not this orange chode or this robot, this shriveled robot.
You'll just beg for anything.
Or some dingbat like Kamala.
It's like, oh my gosh, just give me the AI.
This is ridiculous.
Michael Lyon.
Owen, did you know that Biden has never touched the wall?
Look it up and try to even find a pic of him touching the wall.
Never did.
All right, guys.
Is he right?
No Biden wall touch?
I think that's true.
I haven't seen it.
No, it has to be.
Kennedy's the only one that didn't, right?
I'll find out.
Somebody will send me a message of the picture.
I'm guaranteeing it.
Somebody will send me a picture of Biden touching the wall.
It'll come in my chat or it'll come in my messages.
And if it doesn't, maybe you're right.
Rura, Florida Data Center from Archbold, Florida, from Tay Tay in Florida.
Have you seen it, Tay Tay?
Is it as bad as described in the video?
Weird dream last night.
You impregnated AOC while her husband watched.
You didn't have that dream.
You dreamt of having that dream, though.
You dreamt of a dream.
You had a dream to have a dream.
I spy for good, not evil.
Of course, all my wives are spies.
Why would Barry Weiss allow that story?
It was pre Barry Weiss.
That's why she wasn't there when they published that one.
Expose 305.
There will never be peace on earth.
This world brings forth death.
The only light in this dark world is the ones that carry the cross.
Owen, you're a noble warrior.
We love you, brother.
Stay strong.
I appreciate that, but I do have to disagree.
There might not ever be peace on earth, world peace, as we might describe it.
But the world does not only bring forth death.
We decide.
We decide what the world brings forth.
And the world can bring forth life.
The world can bring forth nothing but life.
World peace, world unity, I don't know.
But this world does not only offer death, this world also offers life.
We have the choice.
We are all hamsters on a spinning wheel.
I'm getting tired of this wheel, though.
It's like, can I at least get a different wheel?
Can I get something to decorate the wheel?
It's just like there's a creaking sound, too.
It's a little annoying.
You're on to something.
Craft wasn't political until the lotus flower situation.
Man, I'm telling you.
Like I said, I didn't want to go crazy today.
But it was just like, oh, the Chinese hacking, the Chinese spy, Bongino, he's pictured with this.
It's like, what?
How do you even get in a picture with a Chinese massage lady that's connected to some scandal with the billionaire?
It's like, you got Israeli agents running around the country getting blackmailed by Chinese spies.
Is this where our country is at?
Compromised Israeli assets are getting compromised by Chinese spies all on American soil.
Clown world.
Kraft does wear Nikes with his expensive suits.
It's a weird look.
It's a comfort look.
Harry Sisson has more Riz than Trump now.
Oh boy.
How much Riz does Trump have now is the question.
Angstrom.
I think Pam Bondi tried to quit, but he fired her to appear like a big, strong man.
Well, the story is that she was begging for her job, like on her knees groveling.
Tactical civics is a peaceful and legal way of fixing the situation we're in, but it requires people to get involved and they are lazy.
Well, I don't know, lazy or busy?
Let's be a little fair.
I, we, oh, God bless you, Owen.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Thank you.
Captain Ard, Army, one, Army commander fired.
He must not agree with boots in the ground or the general direction of the foreign policy.
Two, intercept news, which is reliable.
You're talking about Glenn Greenwald said hundreds of troops have died and Pentagon is covering it up.
I don't think that would surprise anybody.
I've not seen anything that has convinced me that that's true.
I am 60% boots are on the ground.
I don't know if it's this weekend, but I'm about a 60% belief that we will see boots on the ground in some capacity.
When you do this, and it probably happens in politics and in media more than anything else, maybe sports, but when you do this, everybody's got an idea.
Everybody's got a suggestion.
And so you just, you have to take it, you know, you have to take it, be a good person and, you know, listen to it because you never want to miss out on a good piece of advice.
You never want to miss out on some good wisdom, but it just, you know, it's everybody's got it.
And so, um, I have so many requests.
It's like you need to just attack Bongino, more Bongino, attack Bongino, attack.
Bongino, and I'm like, look, I'm not in the business of personality beefs.
I'm not in the business of drama.
I'm not in the business of clickbait.
I'm not in the business of, hey, just go into this popular thing to get the following.
It's like, I understand maybe there's a time and place for that.
And maybe there's even a professional approach to, hey, part of your duty is to try to get a bigger audience and insert.
This content that's popular into your shows, but I just can't do it.
I think we do it enough, but those videos are always popular.
There's no denying that.
They are always getting big views on YouTube, which, by the way, if you don't follow us on YouTube, folks, help us grow the YouTube channel.
We're trying to take over YouTube here.
All right.
This, the Owen Report is trying to take over YouTube.
So get in the field.
Get in the game.
Give us a follow.
Give us a like on YouTube.
Help us grow there.
We're also on Rumble.
We're also on X. We're trying to take over YouTube.
Positive nitrogen balance.
That's a name.
The caller that supports the war basically said we got to blow up more kids to prop up our fake inflated currency so he can continue to be a wage slave for the beast system.
Who are you going to sell the organs to for top dollar?
All right, JV Free is working on it, guys.
It's going to be huge.
It's going to break the internet.
Hey, by the way, hey, we listen.
We listen to audience requests.
I don't always ignore your requests.
I always at least hear them.
A request was made yesterday to get Owen Benjamin on the show.
He's on at four o'clock tomorrow.
How do you like that?
Second hour, Owen Benjamin tomorrow on the Owen Report.
What's going to happen?
PFF, God bless you, sir, in Christ.
Thank you, sir.
Employ strong for life.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I wonder if there's any bonus.
I wonder if there's any leftover material we want to get to today.
How about this for some slop?
Do you guys remember?
Did I play this on the air the other day?
I know I shared it on X. There was an NBA basketball game.
It's like, this is kind of where we're at, I think.
When we just talk about just general humanity, it's like we're kind of getting retarded.
I'm not trying to be funny, but we're actually kind of getting retarded.
And so I think I played this on the show.
I can't remember.
There was an NBA game a couple weeks ago.
Where they take a timeout and then they resume the game, and the teams are going the wrong direction and the wrong team was given the ball.
It was, I've never seen anything like it ever in sports.
Like the dumbest thing you see, like famously, is Chris Weber calling a timeout he doesn't have.
Or who was it that didn't put the layup and LeBron James almost like ripped his head off?
It was like they were down one and he didn't shoot the layup because he thought they were winning.
J.R. Smith or something.
It's like those are the dumbest thing you've seen.
Both teams were going the wrong direction, and the ref gave the wrong team the ball.
Like, what?
How does that even happen?
Like, you might see that in a kindergarten basketball game where the ref makes $15, and it's in the NBA.
So, we had a similar moment now in Major League Baseball.
I've never seen anything like this.
The only thing, realistically, at such a high level of sports, would be the Mizzou football game when they gave Colorado five downs.
What was that, like 1998?
That was a long time ago.
They gave Colorado five downs at the goal line.
Colorado ends the game on a five down drive or a five down sequence.
You never see this.
NBA players going the wrong direction.
And now you have a situation in Major League Baseball where a batter gets walked on three pitches, but it's not only that he got walked on three pitches, supposed to be four balls, he actually struck out.
This is crazy.
This is, it's like humanity is really going into full on idiocracy here.
Do we want to hit anything else before we sign off?
You know, I got these other videos.
I got these other videos that were, I'm not going to play them, but, you know, when we covered the frustration, the economic frustration of Americans, there's some other videos here.
Same stuff.
People just noticing how corrupt DC is, how screwed the economy is, how none of it makes sense.
Here's another one right here.
So it's all this, it's just this is where a lot of people are at.
They can barely afford to get by.
The whole thing is corrupt to them.
It doesn't make sense.
And yet they're going to be told they need a $1.5 trillion defense budget, even though Trump says we are safer than ever somehow.
Those two things are supposed to make sense.
Of course, they don't to any thinking person.
Israel took organs, but check bounced.
Bad deal.
Oh, yeah.
Well, that's like that lawsuit for the.
Oh, what is the name of their operation to spread propaganda, the digital influence thing?
There's a lawsuit right now with 14 individuals who apparently, and now they might even be looking at this for a FARA violation.
What was the name?
It wasn't Pegasus, was it?
Why is the name skipping me right now?
Was it Pegasus?
But that operation, you know, the whole 7K meme?
That came from a real situation.
And now there are people that took the deal and haven't been paid, and there's an ongoing litigation with it.
And then now it's even looked at as a Farah situation.
So apparently the checks do bounce if you're even lucky enough to get one.
Can you take me on for Ukrainian thrones in Finland?
What are we asking here?
What are we asking, Tina?
Can you take me on for Ukrainian thrones in Finland?
I'm not sure.
I'm not too interested.
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
I know there's an issue in Finland and I know you've been messaging me about it.
Quite frankly, I got my own issues here in America to try and figure out.
But maybe you can get in one day or you send a super chat.