All right, Leonard Skinner, Simple Man, that can only mean one thing on this radio program, and that is all things self-proclaimed, simple man.
That means all things Bill O'Reilly, all things Bill O'Reilly.
All right, billo'reilly.com.
Mr. O'Reilly, sir, how are you?
I'm the same, Hannity.
Exactly.
You haven't changed a bit.
All right, I've got two topics for you today.
One is about immigration in Minnesota, and the other is about Iran.
Which would you like to start with?
Minnesota, because I wrote a column called Rebellion.
So let's go with that one first.
Okay, so we do know that ICE has been able to nab child abusers, drug traffickers, as a thousand more immigration agents have been set to deploy.
You saw the video of what happened when this woman accelerated towards an ICE agent.
I think it's tragic whenever a life is lost, but I don't know what other really options somebody has in that situation.
It's weird how people see the same video and come to very different conclusions.
We're now learning today that in the case of Renee Good, but more people as well, there's a group called ICE Watch, and they have manuals detailing how to fight arrest, launching micro-antifadas, if you can believe it.
I'm not making this stuff up.
And, you know, basically create a resistance.
Now it's gone even further with the government getting involved.
And, you know, President Trump's saying Minnesota, the day of reckoning and retribution is, you know, they're coming.
But anyway, the DHS is demanding Minnesota leaders honor ICE detainers.
And meanwhile, they are trying to sue to get ICE from enforcing the law, even though they have a state statute that does allow peace officers.
But we know in the Constitution, there's something called the supremacy clause.
Federal laws are enforced by federal agents, and there's nothing that states can do about it.
What are your thoughts, Simple Man, Bill O'Reilly?
Well, even the guy in CNN, Ellie Honig, their legal expert, says the suit has no merit.
So I don't even think that's in play.
What they do, these states, is they know they're going to lose, but they are pandering to their base.
And so that's what that was all about.
I'd like to know what organization is behind the Minnesota strategy to interfere with ICE.
So I don't believe this is just coming out of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
I think this is coming out of someplace else.
We don't know yet.
But I've asked my staff to investigate.
And this is a little thing, but it's telling.
At the Golden Globes, a lot of these pinhead far-left actors and actresses had pins that said, I'm good.
Did you notice that?
I saw all of that.
We covered it last night on my show.
Again, it's probably one of the best football games of the year.
But we, you know, for those that were watching, yes.
Yeah, I was on another competing show at the time.
That's why I didn't see because I usually check in with you on TV.
But anyway, those pins had to be manufactured and distributed.
Who did it?
So I'll buy that.
Well, here's what we do know.
Let me tell you what we have found is that there's a group called Minneapolis Ice Watch.
It included, by the way, this woman, Renee Goode.
She's a member.
They have a detailed manual that provides instructions on fighting police officers to free arrested radicals from their grasp.
And they call it de-arresting and a micro-antifada.
And they have, you know, pictures, what a de-arrest looks like.
To me, that's obstruction of justice.
I think they themselves should be disbanded.
I think they themselves, you know, as a matter of principle, if they're involved in interfering with law enforcement, that is a crime.
But, you know, they actually have a booklet and they teach classes on how to do this and organize groups of people to do this.
Yeah, you got to get the leadership of that and squeeze them to get information about this is a national thing.
There are 10 states in open rebellion to the federal government right now.
And ironically, today, in 1833, and I know you know this, Hattie, because you were a child at the time, a little kid.
In 1833, Andrew Jackson basically said to South Carolina, you knock it off with the nullification of federal tariffs, or we're going to come down and kick your butt.
That happened today.
And it's exactly the same thing is happening about the migrant situation.
So 10 states in this country have said we are not going to obey the 1952 law that defines how the federal government controls foreign nationals who enter the country illegally.
We are not going to enforce that law.
That is a rebellion.
And I submit in my column on billoreilly.com that the Justice Department can go in now because of that rebellion, and it's obvious that that's taking place, and interview these mayors and governors for a potential prosecution.
Well, Minnesota and Illinois are now suing the Trump administration for, quote, a federal invasion.
But again, I go back to the Constitution, the supremacy clause, federal laws, jurisdiction lies with the federal government.
But here's the next layer of this.
And as you know, we might have another government shutdown.
Democrats are threatening to shut down under the principle of defunding ICE.
That's what the radical left wants to do.
Now, not one time have we ever heard from any Democrat.
Remember, if you go back to the president's joint session speech when he first got into office last year, and he honored the family of Lake and Riley and Jocelyn Nungari.
Lake and Riley killed while jogging.
Jocelyn Nungari, a 12-year-old girl, brutally raped and murdered.
And they sat on their hands.
They wouldn't even stand for the families that lost their loved ones to unvetted Biden-Harris maorcaus illegals.
To me, that was a moment, a pivotal moment where they lost their heart, conscience, and soul.
But now the Democrats are organizing to shut down the government for the purpose of defunding ICE.
How will that play out?
I don't think the Democrats want to die on that hill.
That hill to die on.
If the government shuts down because the Democratic Party unites behind defunding Homeland Security, I think it's over.
I mean, I don't think most Americans are going to support that.
And there's a fight within the Democratic Party now between the so-called realists and the fringe way out there far left about, they were going to originally go after the economy and tell people that they were, you know, getting hosed and they can't afford anything, and that's how they thought they were going to win the midterms.
It shifted into we're not going to cooperate with federal law about detaining migrants.
And I don't think that that is as strong an issue as even Elizabeth Warren said that yesterday.
Said, look, it's not, we're not going to win here.
And so if they do, that's very good news for President Trump and the Republican Party.
Bill, not only is inflation under control and gas prices down, we now are at a four-year low for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, five-year low in gas prices.
We had 4.3% third-quarter GDP growth.
We hadn't seen that under Biden once.
And we're expecting, the Atlanta Fed is expecting anywhere from 5.2% to 5.4% fourth quarter GDP growth.
I mean, now we're getting up to numbers where Reagan was in the economy that led to a 49-state landslide.
I mean, that really puts the midterms in play, which, again, you have to buck historical trends to win.
Yeah, but people aren't going to go with the stats.
They're going to go how they feel.
So agreed.
But ultimately, the numbers will start making people feel better when they can, you know, get low interest rate mortgages and inflation is under control and the lowest gas prices in five years.
And that lowers the price of everything you buy at every store you go to.
Yeah, food is the big thing.
Insurance is number two.
But that's what they're going to vote on in November.
And things are going to change.
All right.
Let's talk a little bit about Iran.
I don't know if you saw this video yet, but it shocks the conscience and soul.
And you see bodies in bags laid out all over the place.
Morgues are overflowing.
Hospitals are overflowing.
There's been a massacre.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
President Trump has been very clear that he will stand with the protesters.
And he even stated that, in fact, they are now contemplating an effort to protect the people of Iran and their right to protest.
Now, some would argue America has no business going in there.
I'm not one of those people.
I don't believe in isolationism.
I believe in the Trump doctrine.
And the Trump doctrine is no forever wars, no boots on the ground, but using the might of America's military for the purpose of good.
I think eliminating this regime would be good for the world, but they ultimately have to govern themselves.
And otherwise, you're going to see a slaughter of tens and tens of thousands of people.
What say you, Mr. O'Reilly?
Well, it's a national security issue for the United States.
It's not just a foreign intervention because Iran continues to pump billions of dollars into terror groups all over the Middle East, and that comes here.
So that's an easy case to make.
Now, tactically, I understand what's happening is the Revolutionary Guard headquarters may not exist the next time you and I talk next week.
All right?
I don't think they, I think it could be any day now that this guy gets on his airplane with cash, gold, silver, whatever currency he can, you know, put in cargo and in the seats, and he's going to bail and go to Russia.
Yeah, you got to pay Putin to get in.
Isn't it ironic that my book, Confronting Evils, got all this in it?
Aren't you impressed by that?
My God.
I already, your book came out like months ago.
I told you I read it cover to cover.
Yes, it has the Ayatollah Khomeini who came into power in 1979 on the cover.
The only reason, now, this is what President Trump said today.
He said he's canceled any meetings with any Iranian officials until the killing stops.
And he wrote on Truth Social, help is on the way.
And he said, take over your institutions, save the names of the killers and abusers.
They will pay a big price.
And it sounds like help is imminent.
Help is on its way.
That sounds like President Trump is going to help the people in Iran.
I hope so.
Me too.
Because I believe it does impact our national security.
Yeah, you know, as we just stated.
But what's happening now is the same thing that happened in Venezuela.
Same exact thing.
The Pentagon now is sitting down and they're figuring out what targets have to be neutralized and how it should be done without U.S. casualties or civilian casualties.
See, that's the equation.
These are very complicated operations.
And the Venezuelan one was 100%, which is very, in history, you very rarely get a military operation that's 100%.
So that's what they're doing in Iran, much more difficult.
Mossad is helping a lot because they have a lot of agents inside Iran.
We have CIA people there too.
And they're kind of saying, we're going to do something, but what we do, we want it to be definitive.
So we don't want to send a message.
The message sending is long past.
What we do, the United States, has to tip it so that the mullahs have to flee.
And that's what's going on now.
And none of us have access to that kind of information because it's closely guarded.
But I do expect something to happen, as you just said, and nobody can predict when or where.
All right, Mr. O'Reilly.
And you said you had a good vacation, you and the urchins.
You're the only person I know that refers to their own children as urchins.
But, you know, it's an accurate description, and they are proud of.
I don't know.
I mean, I might, maybe on my podcast, I'll have to bring the urchins on and find out what life growing up under O'Reilly was like.
That would be interesting.
That would be a great show.
Do that.
Yeah.
All right, Mr. O'Reilly.
All things simple, man, Bill O'Reilly, all things O'Reilly, BillO'Reilly.com.
Thank you, sir.
All right, let's get to our busy phones.
Oh, we got a liberal on the line.
I like when liberals call in.
Joe the liberal from Rockland County in New York.
Hey, Joe, the liberal.
What's going on?
How's things back in New York?
How you doing?
I'm good, Sean.
How you been, man?
Happy New Year to you, buddy.
Happy New Year.
You know, it's interesting.
I had two conversations.
I ran into Chuck Schumer one day, and I said, Senator, he looks up.
I said, it's your favorite cable news host, your favorite talk radio host.
He goes, oh, no, not you.
And you could tell it just roomed his day.
And I said, I bet you miss me in New York.
And he goes, actually, I don't.
Meaning, he was saying to me, at least I interpreted it as, that, you know, he wished people weren't leaving his state.
And I thought he was sincere.
Then I had the Blasio on TV, and the Blasio's like begging me to come back.
And I said, I can't afford to go back there.
I said, it's just not worth what you're charging.
But anyway, I digress.
Glad you called.
What's on your mind?
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
So I wasn't happy about Biden letting 20 illegals in.
My Jewish father.
20.
You mean like 12 million, 15 million?
We don't know the actual number.
Unvetted.
He told me today that Trump has been giving them airline tickets and also $3,000 if they volunteer just to go back on their own.
I don't think it's $3,000.
They started it out at $1,000.
There was a period where they were offering $2,000 and a plane ticket home to self-deport.
I personally like the idea because it saves money in the end.
It saves a ton of money in the end rather than having to take care of them and house them and round them up and all that sort of thing.
And millions have taken us up on that offer.
In the end, we're saving a fortune by doing it that way.
Yeah, the other situation is a young lady that got shot in Minnesota.
By the way, are you angry because you're a Democrat, right?
No, I'm not.
I don't want to be with the Democrats no more.
Trump said one thing that was true.
He said, what do black people have to lose that we haven't gotten nothing for voting that way for over 60 years?
So Richard Steinberg told me they don't do nothing for you but get your vote.
He's 100% right.
So don't.
Well, I mean, if you look at law and order, safety and security, and you look at the school system in predominantly minority neighborhoods in America, in instance after instance, you see the worst schools, the highest crime rates, and the lack of services are at a level that is breathtaking.
And they only see politicians every two and four years when they want votes.
But I'll tell you, a good economy that Donald Trump is creating is going to benefit every American.
If you're a working class American, no tax on tips and overtime, that's going to help you.
If you're an elderly American, no tax on Social Security, that's going to help you.
Lower gas prices helps everybody.
Lower interest rates helps everybody.
Lower inflation helps everybody.
And I think you're going to see record economic growth this year, which I think is going to impact, hopefully have an impact on the midterm elections, the most important in our lifetime.
But I want every American to be prosperous.
I want every American to take their God-given talents and be successful, don't you?
Yes, but they need to give school vouchers.
They need to stop the nonsense where they need to break up the teachers union because they're keeping these kids ignorant and unemployed because they're not giving them a quality education.
And it's mostly preaching to the choir.
It's an unholy alliance with teachers' unions and the Democratic Party.
Republicans have been trying to do this for years.
They just don't have the votes to do it.
They don't have a big enough majority in the House, and they don't have the filibuster-proof votes in the Senate.
And they can't implement those policies unless we have a really great midterm election year this year.
They have to break that up because I go to schools and I speak to kids that come from disenfranchised families.
And it's really sad.
Most of them have no fathers in the House, and they end up in gangs.
So if you're not going to get them a quality education, if they don't have a good home structure, one of the brothers I call my brother, Ronald Steinberg, he explained to me the biggest problem in black America is fatherlessness.
The father's not in the home is what's causing a major problem.
And these young men that don't have a father, they end up going to jail, getting killed, and just running rampant in the streets.
And this is unfortunate.
I would argue that it also transcends race.
But you're not wrong about fathers not being present in their children's lives.
I think that, you know, the way, you know, it takes a man and a woman to create a child, correct?
So I just think that there are certain things that I believe that a woman can offer their children that men generally are not as good at.
And then there are certain things that men can offer their children that generally speaking, and there are exceptions to everything, you know, that I think are unique for their children.
Like, for example, with my kids, I'm the guy that tells them to work their ass off and be disciplined and behave and do all that sort of thing.
That's my role in their life and to love them.
And now they're getting older.
I mean, I need to do less and less and less of that.
And I find more of a friendship that has evolved.
And they're almost like peers.
They're mature.
I have confidence in their decision-making now.
So I don't have to worry as I once did.
I always worry.
I grew up in a family of 13 without a father.
And most of my siblings ended up going down the wrong path.
And I was going down that wrong path as well.
And now I have seven kids and all of them went to the best colleges, even one of them going to an Ivy League school.
And because of the choices that I made to turn my life around and to make sure I was in the life of my children.
Let me tell you something.
I hope everybody hears Joe in Rockland County loud and clear because you are an exemplary parent.
You understand?
You know, kids need their parents.
They need guidance.
They need discipline.
They need real love.
And real love means you have to teach your children.
I believe God created every man, woman, and child.
And I think you agree with that.
And within every person born, we have our unique fingerprint.
The Bible says that the hairs of our head are counted.
But also within us are talents and abilities.
And I think they're unique to every individual.
And I think God puts that talent in there.
The word education in Latin means to bring forth from within.
That kind of is predicated on a belief that it's already there.
And I talk about this a lot.
And a good education finds that talent and nurtures that talent.
And then they contribute that talent.
And while contributing that talent, they also find a way to make a living.
I always tell young people, find something you love to do and find a way to make money at it because you're going to be doing it for decades in your life.
If you don't love what you do, then it makes life hard.
Joe, I could talk to you all day, my friend.
God bless you.
You're a great dad.
And I wish everybody could learn from you.
I appreciate it.
It's good talking to you, Sean.
Take care.
All right.
God bless you and your family.
800-941, Sean, if you want to be a part of the program.
Let us go to Eduardo in my free state of Florida.
Eduardo, hi.
How are you?
Glad you called, sir.
Yeah, Sean.
Good afternoon.
It's great to talk to you again.
You know, I got to say that the cars that went through those people in Europe during the Christmas market, that's a great example of a car being weaponized.
So all these governors and mayors that are not helping these police departments, these ICE departments, excuse me, they need to be arrested.
I don't care if they're the governor or the mayor because they're not cooperating with the Fed.
It's amazing to me.
And I guess maybe it's just a reflection of the moment that we're living in, the moment of time that we're living in, that everybody can watch the same video, and then you're going to have people draw two very, very, you know, different opinions.
And facts are facts.
And I went through frame by frame in this new three and a half, four minute video that was released and the taunting that took place and the hostility that existed in the lead up to this woman being told by her partner to go, go, go and going right towards an officer.
What's that officer supposed to think?
I mean, we need to train officers to get out of the way.
That's not the answer.
The answer is people should not, first of all, they should be complying with law enforcement.
I urge everybody, any, I'm not going to use the word, any interaction that you have with police officers, you have an obligation, as far as I'm concerned, as a mature adult, to understand that that officer has no idea what he's facing when he is introducing himself to you.
He has to suspect the worst.
So he comes in with that mindset.
And when you show that you are respectful and cooperative, then that goes a long way with an officer.
It diffuses any potential mindset that he might have going into it.
And that means, I always say, yes, sir, no, sir.
Yes, ma'am, no, ma'am.
Very, very polite.
I described, you know, I haven't gotten pulled over in over a decade, much longer.
I don't speed anymore.
But when I did speed, I get pulled over.
I would be, I put my hands outside the window.
I've had a license to carry a firearm all my adult life.
The first thing I will do is tell the officer, I have a loaded firearm in this vehicle, and I have a license to carry.
And it just, when you approach it that way, it's amazing the way they will respond.
Now, it doesn't mean there aren't a few bad apples.
There are, but that's not the majority, the 99.9%.
Yeah.
You just followed.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right, Eduardo.
God bless you.
Happy New Year, buddy.
800-941, Sean, if you want to be a part of the program.
Quick break, right back.
We'll continue on the other side.
The next hour, we're going to be joined by Sarah Carter.
We have been waiting for this time to occur, and she got confirmed in the U.S. Senate, and she is now the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, better known as the Drug Czar.
This weekend, President Trump was on Fox and Friends.
This is what he said about drug traffickers and specifically talking about Mexico.
Listen.
So was this operation a message that you're sending to Mexico, to Claudia Scheinbaum, the president there?
Well, it wasn't meant to be, and we're very friendly with her.
She's a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
She's not running Mexico.
The cartels are running Mexico.
And we could be politically correct and be nice and say, oh, yes, she is.
No, no, she's very, you know, she's very frightened of the cartels.
They're running Mexico.
And I've asked her numerous times, would you like us to take out the cartels?
No, no, no, Mr. President.
No, no, no, please.
So we have to do something because we lost the real number is 300,000 people, in my opinion.
You know, they'd like to say 100,000.
100,000 is a lot of people, but the real number is 300,000 people.
And we lost it to drugs.
And they come in through the southern border, mostly the southern border.
Plenty come in through Canada, too, by the way, in case you don't know.
But they come in through the southern border, and something's going to have to be done with Mexico.
All right.
So that was the president on Fox and Friends.
Sarah Carter, the new drug czar, will join us at the top of the hour.