Biden's Military Moves, Political Accountability, and Media Dynamics

Can President Biden's military decisions reshape the global geopolitical landscape? We explore the implications of lifting restrictions on military aid to Ukraine, including long-range missiles, and the potential risks of escalating tensions with Russia. Delve into the complexities of Biden's executive powers and the National Security Council's influence on decisions impacting NATO. We also ponder the strategic gamesmanship that might be at play, with speculation about Biden's moves potentially complicating matters for any future Trump administration.

The conversation then turns to the dynamic world of political appointments and accountability. With President Trump's strategic and swift appointments, we examine concerns over transparency and document security in Washington. With fears of legal repercussions looming, what does this mean for figures in the political arena, and how might it influence the justice system? Engaging discussions reveal the public's desire for accountability and the importance of maintaining integrity in political processes.

Experience a lively discussion on the evolving relationship between media and the president-elect, the resurgence of patriotism within sports, and a sneak peek into Elsa Kurtz's "Welcome to Chance" series. Dive into the complexities of voting security, media relationships with Trump, and the cultural impact of sports figures on national pride. With a mix of political insight, cultural commentary, and literary excitement, this episode promises to engage and entertain.

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• 0:00 President Biden's Ukraine Missile Decision
• 7:54 Biden's Unilateral Executive Appointments
• 13:35 [Ad] The Ryan Samuels Show
• 14:24 (Cont.) Biden's Unilateral Executive Appointments
• 14:43 Discussion on Political Appointments and Accountability
• 25:00 Shift in Government Messaging and Accountability
• 28:16 Kennedy's HHS Appointment and Food Policy
• 41:47 Journalistic Relationships With President-Elect
• 51:33 Celebrating American Patriotism in Sports
• 59:32 Return to Chance

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

It's the Elsa Kurt Show with Clay Novak. Conservative views on world news Brought to you by the Wellness Company. Prepare for the unexpected and Refuge Medical. And now it's time for the show.

Speaker 2: 0:18

Hey friends, it is the Elsa Kurt Show with Clay Novak. We are back for another week of mayhem, fun, mischief, I don't know All of the things. How are you doing, clay?

Speaker 3: 0:30

I'm good I am. As folks might notice, I'm on the road. I'm actually in a hotel down in Austin, texas. I am attending a charity celebrity shoot for the Green Beret Foundation with my new team that I'm working with G-Code, a tactical company out of North Carolina. So I'm on the road and happily have time in my schedule to continue recording with you. Oh, by the way, it's Tuesday as the Brits say. Tuesday, yeah, 3 pm Eastern time. So again, that's our point of reference.

Speaker 2: 0:59

Yes, Don't come for us in the comment sections, because you know we are sitting there in the comments.

Speaker 3: 1:05

We are.

Speaker 2: 1:06

Right and I pipe in here and there. So if you're, if you're talking smack, we might say something back to you.

Speaker 3: 1:11

We're always there.

Speaker 2: 1:33

We're always there, all of a nutcracker.

Speaker 3: 1:36

Proof, positive that it's just me, and you?

Speaker 2: 1:38

Yes, exactly how many things y'all expect me to do at once? We're just going to pretend like we didn't even see it. There's not even the right one.

Speaker 3: 1:45

That's not even where we're starting, it's not it's not even where we're starting, there we go, there we go.

Speaker 2: 1:50

Listen, you know it's amateur hour for Elsa today. What do we need to do? It is what it is, so you already know what. The what is that? The second one? Wait for it, just like we are. Anyhow, we're talking about this first. Can I just say frickin' Biden, you know this frickin' administration. Are you kidding me? Are you even kidding me? You go ahead, run with this, please.

Speaker 3: 2:19

Yeah. So for those that aren't tracking, president Biden, current administration has had a restriction. We've given Ukraine a lot of, not just money but a lot of equipment and a lot of munitions over the last couple of years and you know there's some of them that have capability to long range strike outside of Ukraine and into, you know, russia itself. We've had a restriction. We'll give it to you, but you can't attack into Russia with it. And and Sunday President Biden whether it's senility or I don't know why, but he decided to lift that ban and I called it the first time I heard about this. I called it and I said Tuesday World War Three starts. And and that's exactly what happened.

Speaker 3: 2:58

So overnight Monday night into Tuesday night, ukraine, local Russian local time. Tuesday night, ukraine, local Russian local time. Ukraine launched, I think it was five or six ATAKMs, which is a long range missile into a facility, into Russia itself, russia proper. So, and Putin, you know now the Ukrainians have not admitted it, they also haven't denied it. So that base, you may as well just admit it, but they, you know Russia said, based on data they collected, you know that's the system that was used. It was provided by the United States and Putin's not happy, so he is altering his, the Russian response threshold.

Speaker 3: 3:37

In other words, you know, if things like this continue to happen, he has decided that nothing is off the table, or at least he's lowering the response threshold, and that includes nuclear response. So Belarus is now which is their primary. He said it. If they're going to use nukes, that's probably where it's going, and so he is lowering the threshold. So that is a warning not just to Zelensky and Ukraine, that's a warning to NATO, that's a warning to the United States, that's a warning to NATO, that's a warning to the United States.

Speaker 2: 4:08

That's a warning to the world in general. Yeah, and he said this back in September, made it very clear.

Speaker 3: 4:18

If these things happen. This is how we're going to perceive it and this is how we would proceed.

Speaker 3: 4:21

Yeah, and he's sticking to it. Yeah, but he reiterated it and he essentially lowered that threshold as a response Again, was not afraid to say this is United States supplied equipment, munitions that did this. They know it. Now there hasn't been and I don't know if you've seen this, but there have been North Korean troops on loan to Russia. So there's an alliance that's formed between North Korea and Russia. There are North Korean troops that have been moved in and around Ukraine. I don't know if they've actually seen combat yet. There is an alliance going on there. Now we haven't, and NATO hasn't, made any kind of reaction to that. That I have now, and you know I think we'll continue to do so until about January 20th. Right Hope and pray is that it doesn't get out of hand before then.

Speaker 2: 5:12

Right and of course you know why did Biden do this?

Speaker 2: 5:16

Right, and that's exactly what I was going to say, you know. You know, us Americans, on the right side of things, can only come to, or have only come to, one conclusion, and that's the conclusion I also come to that this was deliberate, to you know, to basically hand a disaster over to Trump and say here you go, you deal with it, your problem. And you know, essentially saying a big fat F you to America, to everyone, to the world, to the world saying I don't care if we blow it all up, you know, through Putin, basically don't care, don't care, we lost. Now, you know, instead of just like a kick in the sand and going home taking your ball and going home, no, we're just going to blow it all up. I mean, that's the way I'm taking it.

Speaker 3: 6:02

Well, so I think it's a. You know President Trump obviously is not a fan of NATO, and you know those of us that have worked in and around NATO. It's not that we're not a fan of our NATO partners. Like I've worked with some great militaries from around the world in NATO operations, a lot of us are not fans of NATO as a concept because the United States has carried the load on this for so long and, truthfully, we've spent a lot of money, spent a lot of money into NATO, committed a lot of money to NATO that we'll never get back and the return hasn't been what we expected. So I think there's a and President Trump's not a fan.

Speaker 3: 6:35

He's threatened to walk us out of NATO multiple times. There's been a threat from the NATO Secretary General not that long ago that said he would kick the United States out of NATO. Feel free, buddy, but I think my gut on this is that President Biden is trying to commit NATO, not just Ukraine, but he's trying to escalate the war to the point where NATO as a whole is committed to this so significantly that one they can't afford to kick us out, which they wouldn't do anyway, but also that we he believes that we would not walk away from NATO in the middle of this. Now, I think it's. I think he's read it completely wrong. I really do.

Speaker 2: 7:14

What a surprise. What a surprise.

Speaker 3: 7:16

Yeah, I don't think president Trump would have any hard feelings looking at this entire thing, telling Putin and Zelensky listen, you've got, you know, 96 hours, knock it off whatever. It is Right, right. And if not, I think he, I think he would happily walk away, I think he would happily withdraw American troops, cut off American funds, cut off American supplies and walk away from the entire thing and say, hey, nato, this is your problem and leave it at that.

Speaker 2: 7:42

And listen. It's not like Trump and his team are sitting back, you know, just watching the clock and waiting for it to be their turn before they handle it. They're already working on this.

Speaker 2: 7:51

They're already you know, there's no question about it. Now I do have a question that I saw posed on well, probably on X, I think that's where I saw it that I did not see or get the answer to how did he do this, he being Biden? How did he do this without the approval of Congress or basically anyone? That was a pretty, that looks like a pretty unilateral decision there to do that. Where did that come from? And who had to approve it, if anyone, for him to go ahead and do that?

Speaker 3: 8:19

So my guess, is they pulled in the National Security Council as a whole? Is they pulled in the National Security Council as a whole? And the way these things tend to work are a work backwards. In other words, what's the problem we're trying to solve? So the real question is, it goes back to why did he do this? Right? If the solution is to prevent a US withdrawal from NATO, or if the solution is to commit NATO wholeheartedly into this, then they work their way backwards and they say well, how do we get to point B when we're sitting, you know, from point A?

Speaker 3: 8:50

And one of the recommendations, probably from the National Security Council, was well, sir, if we just lift the ban and we allow Zelensky to do what he's going to do, you know, and he fires into Russia, you know, and then Putin's going to retaliate, and then it's going to escalate, and then NATO is going to be forced to commit. They probably war game this entire thing out. You know, from the diplomacy side, from the security side, from obviously the straight, you know, military side, and and I you know, it's entirely possible. This is how this happened.

Speaker 3: 9:18

It's not necessarily, I don't think he needs congressional approval to do that. I don't believe that that was part of it, I think, when we gave. I would imagine and I'd have to go back and look deep into this but in the agreement to fund all of this, was that a stipulation from Congress? I don't know. If it was a stipulation from Congress, then the National Security Council, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees would get involved and have a vote. But if it wasn't and it wasn't on paper somewhere, then he can make those decisions and there's nothing really.

Speaker 3: 9:54

Congress can do about it.

Speaker 2: 9:55

Right and again. With what? Less than two months, approximately two months left. I think there is so much. Don't give a hoot.

Speaker 2: 10:03

Oh, there's that you know don't give a hoot about any of it, and they're just going buck wild, buck, wild, yeah. And just you know making any kind of ruling that they want and denying things. And you know doing all that kind of does. Take us into that one. You caught a sneak peek of guys. You caught the sneak peek of what we're talking about.

Speaker 2: 10:23

But these recess appointments, you know you had Mitch McConnell. You know when he's actually able to formulate a sentence instead of just freezing up on camera like an awkward turtle, you know say nope, you can't do it, to which you know everyone else is basically saying yeah, you can, yeah, you can. And you know the proof of that is really with let's see. So I have I just happen to have the list the following presidents used the recess appointment power Ronald Reagan 240 recess appointments. Bill Clinton 139. George HW Bush 77. George W 171. Barack 32. And thus far, donald Trump zero. But yeah, he says there's Biden. Yeah, he's not. I'm sure he's in there, but I don't have him as as being one. But there's no doubt that he did. I think it was just probably an oversight with whoever came up with this list.

Speaker 3: 11:17

But yeah, yeah. So I think you know, I think a couple of things are going to happen. I think President Trump, with all good intentions, is going to try and get through as many appointments as he possibly can through due process.

Speaker 2: 11:28

Yeah.

Speaker 3: 11:30

As long as it's not drawn out, as long as it's not, you know, um a a, you know, a predetermined outcome before they even. You know, and you know who I'm talking about, it's Hegseth and Gates are the two everybody's got issues with, although I think there will be more out there. I think you know, and we're going to talk about him in a little bit but Kennedy at HHS, I think, is probably going to get some pushback, but I think the two big ones are Gates and Hegseth. So, as long as it's not a predetermined outcome, like we know, they're not going to make it through confirmation before they even start.

Speaker 3: 12:06

And I think President Trump is going to try to do this through the proper process, because I, you know, he, he doesn't, he doesn't want to be seen in the same vein, in the same light as this current administration, which is to do everything underhanded right To bypass everything you know, do it through executive order or whatever you know thing they do. So I think he's going to try and push him through, but I do think that he will not hesitate to get the folks into position that he wants. Yeah, if he feels that that's the only way to do it.

Speaker 2: 12:29

Right, right, yeah, and I think you're right. You know, of all the ones that have been put forward, there's just a handful at the moment that are getting the biggest resistance or pushback. But you know who is also to say that they're just not going to based on how they're behaving now, that they're not going to just for spite. You know, fight against every single one, so I guess that'll determine right.

Speaker 3: 12:51

Sure yeah, they could tank everybody. I mean, I couldn't believe it the other day that you know he's talking about. I don't remember if it's the whatever it is, the director or the secretary or whatever it is, whoever, whatever the title is, that runs the VA.

Speaker 3: 13:03

Oh right, his nominee is a former Air Force chaplain, right, which I don't know the guy I mean, but conceptually right, a chaplain, I think, is a great more so even than a doctor, because a chaplain is going to look at, you know, let's treat the person holistically right, Not just the medical, not just, you know, the chaplain. I think the chaplain in him is going to have a different kind of take on that, which I love, um, and the fact that he's, you know, military chaplain is helpful, um, but you know they may push back on that guy, yeah Well, yeah, I mean, you know you have mass threats of you know quitting, you know under hedge, hedge Seth I can never say his last name.

Speaker 2: 14:22

You know if he's a if he's a player. If he goes into our world going to quit, good, you're making it easier. Go Bye, see you know quit yeah.

Speaker 3: 14:31

I don't see that happening. I really, really don't. But I and I've said this I'm not, you know, I don't think he's the right pick there's, you know it's nothing against him. It's really President Trump, you know, in my opinion, not making a great decision. Nothing against Pete, but I think he's in over his head. I think Gates we talked about him last week, but you know some of these other nominations that you know he's hot and heavy, right he's been. He hasn't slowed down in picking.

Speaker 2: 15:00

No, no, I think there was even another one today, even I don't know who, but there was another one today.

Speaker 3: 15:03

I think, yeah, I think I saw two Commerce. I think he named Commerce today. That's what it was. Yeah, and he's just going to keep doing it.

Speaker 2: 15:10

Oh yeah, he's not wasting any time. I think he plans on having every single possible detail in place for day one, day one. It is going to be such a flip Day one. It is going to be such a, you know, a flip. Forget turning the page. This isn't going to be a page turn, this is going to be burn that book and start a whole new one, and it's going to be epic. I think your stuff better be out of the office on inauguration day.

Speaker 3: 15:34

There's not going to be a trend. You know there might be a handoff of a continuity book or something, but your stuff better be out. Yeah, what do you? What do you think? How do you think the right, the? How do you think the Dems are going to like? You know, play this? How do you do you think they're going to like have convenient, as they tend to do, convenient memory loss and, and you know, rail about all this, even though it's completely hypocritical?

Speaker 2: 15:59

Oh yeah, well, didn't so didn't Mike Johnson correct me? If I didn't, so didn't Mike Johnson correct me? Didn't Mike Johnson basically say don't you throw away a damn thing. I want every document, record, paper, everything you know. And then, of course, that led to the the you know post that they were like frantically shredding stuff in the White House, think you know, laughing about it, but I do think that's the case they are. They are just going to get rid of every possible thing that they can that puts them in any kind of negative light. Um, or that proves everything that we've been saying all along. They're going to work their damnedest to to make it disappear as much as possible, which is, you know, close to impossible, just um, so it's more going to be, I think, a matter of which things are you going to spend your time on, to prosecute or to find or to do anything about? You know that'll be the case. What are the most important things here to be pressing on and not letting go? And I hope that list is big and wide and long. Because accountability you know, we said this last week, we talked about that.

Speaker 2: 16:57

I want to see the accountability. I want to see these people who are in, you know, flagrant violation of every law, every ethics and moral code. I want to see these people who are in flagrant violation of every law, every ethics and moral code. I want them brought to justice. I don't want leniency, I don't want kindness, I don't want the olive branch, I don't want any of it, and I know somebody is going to comment it's not very Christian of you, elsa.

Speaker 3: 17:18

It's Old Testament. Yeah, Listen my friends.

Speaker 2: 17:21

Jesus flipped tables. It was a righteous anger, and may I be so bold to say that I think I am filled with righteous anger and contempt for them. So, yeah, no mercy. Sorry, I was watching Cobra Kai and it just got me, yeah.

Speaker 3: 17:41

There is a lot of discussion about documents being destroyed. I've heard that even out of DOD at the Pentagon, which is interesting. Oh, by the way, just failed their seventh audit in a row.

Speaker 2: 17:53

Convenient how that was kind of kept on the down low.

Speaker 3: 17:57

Yeah, $850 million unaccounted for.

Speaker 2: 18:00

But they want us to account for $600 in our PayPal account. Right, you know, I mean shut up you scumbags.

Speaker 3: 18:06

So there's that I have heard that, in anticipation of Matt Gaetz and Department of Justice, there are a lot of people who are putting attorneys on retainer and not like legal advice kind of attorneys, like defense attorneys, yeah. They're going to need it If you're a lawyer right now and you're in the beltway and you're a criminal defense attorney. You are about to make a ton of money.

Speaker 2: 18:34

Yes.

Speaker 3: 18:34

Yeah, so there is a lot of that going on, and I think I saw a cool thing this morning. So I don't know if you've ever seen it, but in Colombia yeah, colombia, or maybe it's El Salvador they have these super max prisons, and I'm talking like 40,000 inmates, wow, like massive cages, right. And oh, by the way, punishments like they take away mattresses, punishments like they reduce you to two meals a day of beans and tortillas.

Speaker 2: 19:08

And it's not like here. They can't sue if there's a hole in their sock. Yeah Right, no.

Speaker 3: 19:13

So this is where MS-13 is being housed, right and the murder rate, you know, went from like the highest in the world to safer than the United States per 100,000 people. And the picture and it was, people thought it was AI. But Matt Gaetz's wife has come out and said this is not AI. He is standing, matt Gaetz is standing in the very well polished by the prisoners main hallway, main corridor of this prison and it's like this message of criminals better be prepared because the hammer's coming. So I think that sort of messaging is, you know, breeding a lot of fear of retribution. You know which. Again, I know where you stand. I am. I am less inclined. There are some people that definitely need to go to jail. I'm less inclined to, you know, eye for eye in a lot of cases, but, but accountability is important.

Speaker 3: 20:06

But I think Matt Gaetz, again, is one of the. You know he is the guy and he is the guy that Trump wants. You know, my favorite girlfriend, megyn Kelly, made a great, made a great statement about why Gaetz, and she's 100% right. She's like listen, they went out, doj went after Trump is, you know, for the last eight years, they every, you know, and oh, by the way. It's people that you know. It started when he was still in office and it was started by people that he put into position and he, you know, and all of these people turned on him. So why wouldn't he grab the most loyal of loyal soldiers to put into DOJ? And that guy is Matt Gates.

Speaker 2: 20:42

He's been consistent and you know, and he has been. You know whether someone agrees or disagrees. He has been the victim of their witch hunts as well. You know this whole investigation into him that was dropped and then they pick it back up again and you know, and their playbook is the same one every time. Well, let's accuse him of sexual assault. You know that's the playbook they keep using over and over again because it works, it paints the picture, it taints the person that they're trying to destroy. And you know anybody can accuse anybody of anything and that's part of the problem. You know there was a time.

Speaker 2: 21:21

I am 100 percent, always, always, all for the protection of actual victims of crimes and assault and all of those things. But I despise and as should anyone, I despise anyone who lies about that for gain, you know, for any reason, for any reason whatsoever, and we know that that has been weaponized and there's no accountability to those people for doing that, you know. So there has to be a point here that if you're going to accuse somebody of something so serious, so damaging you know, career ending, life destroying you better be able to back it up. I don't want to hear that. 30 years ago, you know, he touched my shoulder and I felt violated, and now I'm going to sue and win and get you know millions of dollars. No, enough of that, so yeah.

Speaker 3: 22:08

Yeah, it's been going on for decades. I mean, it goes. You know that that sort of thing and the reason you know how it's evolved and gotten to the point where we're at with Gates is, you know you could go back and it probably started even before this, but the first that I remember in my lifetime was Anita Hill and and you know right, you know, and the whole thing you know, with Clarence Thomas and his, you know appointment to the Supreme Court, and then it's just rolled Kavanaugh on like it's just been a thing.

Speaker 3: 22:33

So, yeah, no, it is that Right. And you know the Me Too movement, you know, for all of the good that it did do, you know there's a lot of damage done at the same time.

Speaker 2: 22:43

Yeah, yeah, a lot of people's lives got destroyed wrongly and unfairly and there was never, certainly never, an apology. You know, at the very least, an apology never happened. None of these people who were falsely accused and were proven to have been falsely accused, none of them were ever handed an apology or a retraction or anything. They just went up whatever. Next, who are we going to destroy next? Yeah, and and you've, you've got the.

Speaker 3: 23:05

You know you've still got oh, whatever, next, who are we going to destroy next? Yeah, and you've got the. You know you've still got like. You've still got Democrats claiming Project 2025. Right, they're still using that crap. So you know that they're using this, which gets back to the point of you know the recess appointments. You know President Trump, having been a victim of this, obviously is probably looking for the ways to avoid that. For people like Gates, yeah, right, right, and so listen, you know he wants to get him in. He knows that there's a bad reputation. He knows that there's some investigations. He knows that more are coming. I think there was an accusation even yesterday or maybe even this morning.

Speaker 2: 23:38

I'm sure, and I'm sure, more will come out to more will come out, and yeah, president Trump knows they're coming, so screw it.

Speaker 3: 23:51

Why not do the recess appointments and just avoid all of it and just get around it? So, yeah, I think he's going to get the team that he wants, with probably 90 to 95%. I think there'll be one or two that just aren't going to make it for whatever reason, and that's okay. But I think he is. I think he's going to use the recess appointments where he needs to and he's going to get his team. Yeah, for good or for better or for worse, he's going to get the people that he wants.

Speaker 2: 24:11

So there was a it's a I don't know maybe like a year ago, sometime during this year maybe, there was a brief interview clip of Matt Gates and he had said some choice words, I don't know in some hearing or something regarding I think it was actually like regarding abortion or something, and he said something a little fresh. You know, he said something about, you know, most of these women that are advocating for it are ugly, essentially, or you know something along those lines. He said something. It was a little petty, a little childish maybe, sure, but when he was asked about it, the reporter said you know, well, what do you say to the people who you offended with that and what do you say to the people who who you offended with that? And his response was be offended, which I loved.

Speaker 2: 24:49

I loved the response. There's no backing down. So, and the reason I bring that up is because, as you know, as we're talking about this and as I'm thinking about it, you know to the people who are saying, well, people are afraid, you know, people are worried, people are afraid, be afraid, be afraid.

Speaker 3: 25:03

There's no, there's, yeah, there's nothing in this world that guarantees you from being offended or afraid, right? No one has a responsibility to protect you from that. That is not how life works in general, let alone, you know, people think they have a right to that, somehow like it's a constitutional right. No, that's not how it works. You want to be offended? That's a you problem, that's not a me problem, right, yeah, so, yeah, we've. You know the pendulum swung way too far, and good for Gates for saying that.

Speaker 3: 25:30

You know, rubio did the same thing. Some lady in the hallway asking him about, you know, innocent kids being killed by the Israelis, and he turned around and he went after her and he said you know, somebody was recording on the phone. He looked at me, said you're recording this, right, make sure you post this. And he said listen, this is Hamas's fault, you know, if they want, you know, and she's like well, so you're saying you don't care. He's like I don't, it's not. That's not what I'm saying. It's not that I don't care, but I'm telling you it's not the Israelis' fault, it's Hamas's fault. They started this. They start on October 7. So I think we've got a new. With all these appointments coming in. We've got a new attitude of you know you don't have to like it and I don't care if you like it or not, but this is the way things are in the world and this is the way we've got to operate. So there's a significant change coming in the messaging from our federal government, which I am all for.

Speaker 2: 26:19

Absolutely Same. And you know, and the message isn't just for Democrats, that message is for the rhinos right now too.

Speaker 2: 26:26

You are not on board if you are not upholding the things that the people want upheld, which is the Constitution. Simply put, if you're not doing it, there's the door, you're out. So I again, I echo you I love it, I love it. The power is getting given back to the people and I'm so exhausted with all the knuckleheads out there saying you know he's going to be a dictator. See, it's already started. Well, listen, if being a dictator means that he's, you know, reverting rights back to the states that belong to the states to begin with, dictate away, sir, dictate away.

Speaker 3: 27:05

Come on, those are the same people that call him a racist and a misogynist and you know. Go ahead and look at his cabinet and what it looks like right now all the informants he's made so far and you tell me that he is a racist and a misogynist Right. Keep going with it.

Speaker 2: 27:18

I you know over the past year or so I've declined getting into these conversations with people in person and in real life. Of course I get into it all the time on social media and whatever, but in real life I declined, usually because it's so pointless, it's so silly. You just get in these circular arguments and they hear nothing. And now I'm kind of in that mode where I'm like bring it, please ask me, tell me what's going on right now so we can have a nice little conversation about it. But, yeah, very calmly and politely, of course. Of course you know, oh, let's move on to our next one, another great, great, great one. How about that? The joy that I feel right now? This is exactly what we were hoping for, or at least I know that's what I was hoping for.

Speaker 2: 28:07

Rfk Junior Department of health and human services. Amen, amen, and. And listen, you know people assume and I get this all the time you know when you uh praise someone or you applaud them for their, you know whatever it is that they're doing, that you automatically are like you idolize them. You know your idol, you know your, your God, your King, their Trump or your King, in this case, uh, kennedy, it's like no, I know the guy's faults. I know his flaws. I, you know. I know Trump's as well. Um, it's not about that. It's about the job he's getting tasked to do and his ability to do it, and I personally feel extremely confident in his ability to to do this job.

Speaker 3: 28:47

Yeah, he is round peg, round hole, like for this, for HHS. And again, you know, president Trump knows who he is right, what his background is, knows who he is as a person. He didn't give him any more leeway or any more you know access to anything than where he thought he could be most useful, which is HHS, right, he didn't make him the SEC DEF, he didn't make him the SEC state. He didn't put him in any of those places because they do have a divergence in beliefs, except here, right, except at HHS. So round peg, round hole. I think it's a great appointment. He's already taking shit for this, not President Trump, but Kennedy. I don't know if you saw the McDonald's on the airplane thing right, oh yeah.

Speaker 3: 29:26

Yes, you know, I think everybody knows by now president Trump on Trump force one. You get on Trump force one after a meeting or an engagement or whatever. It's loaded with McDonald's. It's his favorite things to eat. He loves it. There's burger, you know, cheeseburgers, and McNuggets and fries for everybody, right, yep, yep. So there's a picture of Trump, trump jr, donald Jr and Elon and they're all eating McDonald's, they're holding it up and they're smiling and everybody's like, oh, mr Healthy, and oh, I guess we're going to make America healthy again on Tuesday or after this is over. And it's like people listen, come on.

Speaker 2: 30:04

He's not taking away your fast food. Calm down.

Speaker 3: 30:07

He's not taking away your fast food, calm down. He's not taking anything away from anybody. What he's trying to do is one get the poison out of our processed foods. Yeah, right, and the fruit loops thing is the best, like that's the best example there is, yeah, where he showed, you know, the ingredients of canadian fruit loops, american fruit loops, yeah, and you know, just, I'll just talk about the colors. Right, that's, that's the simplest thing. The colors in Canadian fruit loops are from blueberries and carrots. Right, that's where the colors come from. In America, it's red dye, number five, or yellow, yellow dye blue, blah, blah blah.

Speaker 3: 30:38

It's all chemical, whereas everything on the Canadian it's all natural right, and that's what he's trying to do with our food and good for him and good for us.

Speaker 2: 30:46

Like, why in the world? Why are you fighting this? Like, are you mad? You know, you listen to yourselves. You're mad that he's going to take chemicals and toxic ingredients that are poisoning our bodies, our children's bodies and minds, making them, you know, literally mentally slow and decreasing their cognitive abilities, their health slow and decreasing their cognitive abilities, their health, even if right, yeah, listen.

Speaker 3: 31:16

Even if the science says that all that stuff is okay, even if the science says that, why would you do a chemical versus a natural? If there's no difference, why wouldn't you do the natural? Why would you choose the chemical? Why?

Speaker 5: 31:26

would you say well that's what I want my cereal.

Speaker 2: 31:28

Yeah, why would you choose? Like you know, you're handed two, two boxes of Fruit Loops and one says has six ingredients and the other one has 76 ingredients, and you know most of what you can't even pronounce, I mean. To me, the answer is simple I'm going to choose the one with the six ingredients and not the other one. But you know, these people are like, you know. You know, and the biggest thing and this is always a complaint from people including myself it is really disgusting and inexcusable that it is more expensive to eat healthy than it is to not. It is more expensive to eat healthy than it is to not.

Speaker 2: 32:12

So, you know, that is something I believe, I hope and I believe that he will change. You know, it should not cost me, you know, three times the amount for the same amount of groceries, and the only difference being my groceries are filled with healthy ingredients and fresh fruits and vegetables and you know all of those things that should not be costing twice as much. So, you know, give our farmers a lot more freedom, incentives and and help in farming. Make that, you know, make beef great again. You know, whatever you know, let's get back to. Let's just get back to where we came from, and that's always the thing right.

Speaker 3: 32:43

Yeah, and and again. You know you could take that a step further and say that the less healthy foods that are cheaper and therefore exploiting poor people.

Speaker 2: 32:53

Yes, absolutely, you know that's always right. That's always their thing. Well, you know the underserved communities, so let's serve them better, let's serve them better.

Speaker 3: 33:02

Yeah, let's not fill them full of chemicals. Let's make natural foods affordable. Let's make that the norm and get rid of the chemical crap. Oh, by the way, just to add in case you didn't see this or hear this, I know you're not a fan. I am less than a fan of Alec Baldwin. I think he's one of the worst human beings on the planet, but he impersonated Kennedy on Saturday Night Live this past week.

Speaker 5: 33:25

And it went over like a lead balloon.

Speaker 2: 33:28

Oh snap, Really. Did I ever tell you that he followed me on Instagram? Really? Yeah, Is that the weirdest thing ever? Or his people, you know? Whoever runs his account? Yeah, I um which is really funny because I've made a couple of videos about him that are not kind, not friendly.

Speaker 2: 33:44

Yeah, weirdest thing I had to like research it. I'm like, is this really his account or a dummy account? No, it was really him. So, hi, alec, I'm not following you back. First of all, I'm going to pass on that. Yeah, well, that's good to know, good to know.

Speaker 3: 34:06

The tide has turned. He was impersonating, he was making fun of President Trump. No president is immune. I'm not saying anybody within the government is immune, but when you start making fun of people because of a disability or part of the way that you impersonate them is their disability, without their consent, without their being on board with it, like that's and again, alec Baldwin doesn't need help. You know, losing friends because he's Alec Baldwin, but that was pretty bad. I mean, that was bad. It's pretty, pretty nasty.

Speaker 2: 34:31

And I think, and so ironic from them, from the left.

Speaker 3: 34:35

He's such a piece of garbage.

Speaker 2: 34:36

He is pure garbage, can't stand everything that guy does. Yeah, but yeah, how about that? Well, I'm excited, I'm thrilled about everything that they plan to do and you know, I think honestly and I think I've said this before, I'll say it again the most exciting part about all of this is that it can actually happen. Obstacle that they could put in his way. So he was always going to be during that presidency, you know, in some ways a lame duck president, because they would never let things get get past that needed to get past this time around. Wow, what a different ball game.

Speaker 3: 35:20

What a different ball game we're playing Incredible, yeah, I think. I think we need to start popularizing the out of the way, get out of the way, you know, kind of moniker, cause that's really what the first two years of this is going to be about. Right, get out of the way. It's not just Dems, you said it before. It's the rhinos too. I think the message from president Trump, his team, the Republican party, the real Republican party, needs to be get out of the way.

Speaker 2: 35:39

Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't try and be a roadblock, because it's going to turn out poorly.

Speaker 3: 35:42

Don't be the one. Clock because it's going to turn out poorly. Don't be the one. Don't be the toe in the road, whatever you want to say get out of the way and I think that that needs to be. You know, I'm going to propose that hashtag that you got you take that hashtag and run with it.

Speaker 2: 35:59

I love it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'll credit you with it, though.

Speaker 4: 36:02

Make t-shirts of it right, stay tuned, guys.

Speaker 2: 36:03

That'll be the next T-shirt I put out in my merch store.

Speaker 3: 36:06

Don't worry, I'll give you a cut.

Speaker 2: 36:07

Clay. Oh, all right, We'll move on to the next one. Let's play Clay. What in the heck and heck?

Speaker 3: 36:18

So thankfully the governor, because I think Shapiro is going to run in four years, if not president then definitely vice president, but Shapiro is going to be on the ticket run in four years, I think he, if not president then definitely vice president, but Shapiro is going to be on the ticket somewhere in four years. So he's playing his cards, he's playing the long game. He stepped in. For those of you that aren't tracking, pennsylvania is still counting frigging ballots and there's two counties or three counties, I think it's, maybe it's Berks, bucks and Lancaster counties are counting votes and, oh, by the way, outwardly openly admittingly, and you know, don't give a flip counting votes that aren't supposed to be counted, in violation of a ruling from the state Supreme Court, right?

Speaker 2: 36:56

And if you don't believe us, here it is in our own words More in this country, and people violate laws anytime they want.

Speaker 4: 37:02

So for me, if I violate this law, it's because I want a court to pay attention to it for me, if I violate this law, it's because I want a court to pay attention to it.

Speaker 3: 37:14

Well then, I mean, see you in jail, honey.

Speaker 3: 37:18

Yeah, so they're continuing to count ballots and this is about the Casey seat in the Senate and so they're counting right in ballots that had improper dates or dates empty slot, where people didn't date it. So it's all about the dating on that ballot, these counties, and really determined by the state election board. I think those three idiots sitting up there said count them anyway, even though the state Supreme Court said state Supreme Court determined no after the last election. And then, oh, by the way, after these people outwardly said we're doing it anyway, they reiterated it and said we have already made a determination, we're not doing this again. You're in violation of the state Supreme Court. And they basically said we don't care.

Speaker 3: 37:55

And now the governor, shapiro, has come out and said state Supreme Court made a determination, this is the law of the state of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and this is what we're going to follow, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and this is what we're going to follow. Now I don't know where it's gone beyond that, but Shapiro has weighed in because, again, I think he is playing the long game and I think he's planning for four years from now.

Speaker 2: 38:17

Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. You know the big statements coming from that side is that? Well, you know, we basically have to, you know, pivot to something else. We need to do things differently. Yeah, you need to stop being cheating scumbags, because we're catching you and we're not. You know, we're never going to let what happened happen again, and this election was proof, you know. So they're on notice.

Speaker 3: 38:44

Yeah, and listen. Four years ago, Pennsylvania was the state, this was the problem, Right, Right, and. And the Democrats all turned around and said no, you just got to take it at face value, that's just the way it is. Everybody's just got to accept that, you know. Now, four years later, when it doesn't go their way, now it's like oh well, this, we've got to do this and we've got to change this, and blah, blah, blah. So again, hypocrisy that we're all aware of. That we all anticipate. I've said it keep the receipts because there's fraud going on. I would bet a paycheck they're printing ballots right now.

Speaker 3: 39:11

Oh sure, sure, no doubt 100% trying to change the outcome of that election. They're not alone, but they're the most egregious of all of this, but it's still going on. There are still five seats in the house that haven't been settled yet.

Speaker 2: 39:29

Yep, they're trying like heck man.

Speaker 3: 39:31

And listen, I get it. Some of this is mandatory recounts, Right? Yeah, that's fine. Right, the Delta is like one percent, it depends, right, but some of them, you know there's an incurrence for an automatic recount If that's what's going on. Fine, if you've like this going on.

Speaker 2: 39:48

You have a whole different set of problems. Just sit there with your microphone in your face and just announce it. What you're doing is like wow, that is a level of arrogance and stupidity all wrapped in one. And not only do I hope she loses her job, I hope she actually gets charged.

Speaker 3: 40:06

So we'll see she loses her job. I hope she actually gets charged. So I'm going to propose something else, and I've advocated for this for a while. I state elections and below, right, state level elections and below, in your state. I don't give a crap what you do. You want to do it over the internet If you think that they can. You know, if the state determines that's how they want to do it, fine. I firmly, firmly believe the federal government should set a standard for federal elections. Yeah, that cannot be altered by the states. Period.

Speaker 2: 40:38

Yeah.

Speaker 3: 40:39

This is the method of voting. These are the timelines for voting For federal election for your state. I don't care. Yeah, for federal election. This is how it's going to go. These are the standard. You know. Whatever it is, whatever method it is I don't care if it's with crayons, but if they, whatever the voting method is, it's standard across every state. The timelines are the same across every state and they don't have the ability to alter that because it's a federal election, Right?

Speaker 2: 41:04

It's not a state election federal election, right, not a state election, yeah, right, yeah, I mean, technically, anything that comes as a directive or a law from the federal government should be the same in every state, right, like that should always be the a matter of course that that's the case, um, you know, and it's a matter of just enforcing that, I think, and I'm sure, easier said than done when you're in blue States, you know, but yeah, yeah, no, you're, you're absolutely right. So I hope they're listening to you, clay. They better do what Clay said.

Speaker 3: 41:32

I get Tucker fired again. I don't know Like I, just you know it's gotta be, better.

Speaker 3: 41:38

We're at a point now and I know I'm not a fan of getting rid of the electoral college, which I know a lot of people are but we can do it. It can all be done better. And we're at a point technologically where it should be done better, and I don't care if that means again if every single person has to go in and do it by hand. Whatever it is, there's got to be a better way than what we're doing now.

Speaker 2: 42:00

I'm an absolute fan of convenience, but there are some things that I will definitely willingly happily go without a convenience. You know, go through the trouble of and, and this is a hundred percent one of them. No, no problem, I'll wait in the line, great analogy.

Speaker 3: 42:15

I heard this one the other day, never heard this before. Great analogy how often do most people buy a new car? Four years, five years, right, same as an average election cycle. You've done this, I've done it. How long does it take from the time you step on the lot to the time you drive away with a new car?

Speaker 2: 42:31

How long are?

Speaker 3: 42:32

you there? Yeah, five hours, probably six hours sometimes. Finance paperwork, test drives, you know this and that, blah, blah, blah blah. It takes forever, it takes a whole day, right, whole day, and we're complaining about voting for our federal leadership. That takes less time than it does to buy a car.

Speaker 2: 42:50

Yeah, Everybody suck it up, Toughen up, folks Toughen up. We can do it, we must, and I think that's, you know, the best way to. You're never going to 100 percent eliminate cheaters and cheating because they always are trying. You know, for as much as you're trying to make everything right and and correct and just, and you know there's always going to be people fighting against that. But when you limit their options and their, their opportunities, you know it's just obvious, right, Right yeah.

Speaker 3: 43:17

Vegas.

Speaker 2: 43:19

Yeah, yeah, exactly. What are your odds? Yeah, let's talk about the odds here.

Speaker 3: 43:22

Yeah, and talk about the security to keep you from cheating.

Speaker 2: 43:25

Yes, yes, ids, ids, all of it. Yeah, no question about it. So and I think that's going to be the case going forward with a Trump administration coming in and making things, you know, making things right again, simply, you know a little spicy, a little dash of common sense. Yeah, just a dash would be good. Oh, absolutely. Oh, let's talk about these, these jokes. So, uh, morning, joe, joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski uh, did their. I just you know know, let's just watch it and then we'll talk about it.

Speaker 4: 44:02

From political leaders to regular citizens deeply dismayed by several of President-elect Trump's cabinet selections, and they are scared. Last Thursday we expressed our own concerns on this broadcast and even said we would appreciate the opportunity to speak with the president-elect himself, to speak with the president-elect himself. On Friday we were given the opportunity to do just that. Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally with President-elect Trump. It was the first time we have seen him in seven years In this meeting.

Speaker 4: 44:29

President Trump was cheerful, he was upbeat, he seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues. And for those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us, I guess I would ask back why wouldn't we? Five years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the country. We have been as clear as we know how in expressing our deep concerns about President Trump's actions and words in the coarsening of public debate. But for nearly 80 million Americans, election denialism, public trials on January 6th, were not as important as the issues that moved them to send Donald Trump back to the White House with their vote.

Speaker 2: 45:10

So let me try and go down the line here of that whole thing, from her facial expressions right to her tone and to her actual words, and that was actually. There's actually a long, it's a longer clip. I just wanted to take out the parts that I took the most umbrage with, basically the arrogance and the self-importance of that entire statement, and, by the way, trump has already come out with his own statement after. It's like yeah, they come, they came in here crawling, basically Like I don't know what she's talking about or what they're talking about, like this was some come to Jesus moment between us. Um, they came in begging and and groveling, basically, and you know, and I I was willing to listen and talk and have a conversation, but like, let's get it, don't get it twisted, sweetheart. The gist of it, you know.

Speaker 2: 45:56

But you know's the thing I will say when I started watching it, I tried to ignore the look on her face, which was full of contempt and all of that, and I said, well, okay, so maybe this is an olive branch. What a dummy to actually think Like me, I'm calling myself a dummy here what a dummy to actually think that this was going to be like an olive branch moment, a moment of saying, listen, we were part of all of this divisiveness and toxicity and all of those things. No, it was 100% Trump and his voters and we're just I mean, we're trying to do the right things. She really ticked me off at the end there with saying that we are election deniers and that, and I like how she emphasized they voted or you voted him in, like you're accusing honey, you're that's not an accusation, that's something I'm proud of and I will take a bow for it. Thank you, yeah, the whole thing, and I'll tell you, they're catching it.

Speaker 3: 46:51

They're catching it from both sides. Yeah, they are, so they're catching it. Obviously, you know conservatives, republicans, you know I can honestly tell you I have not in my entire adult life watched more than 10 minutes of Morning.

Speaker 2: 47:02

Joe, that was probably the extent. That was probably the most I've ever watched of them.

Speaker 3: 47:07

So not a fan. Their ratings are ferocious and they get worse every day. So they're not getting any love from Republicans, from conservatives. But they're also catching a lot of crap from the world of journalism right. Journalism right Very loosely used term for even speaking to President Trump, which is abhorrent. Like for anybody to criticize them for even trying pretending to be journalists and go talk to President Trump, you know. So they're catching crap about that. Their own staff like there was almost a mutiny on the show. They were so upset. You know there's been who else? You know some of the bigwigs across entertainment John Stewart gave them crap.

Speaker 3: 47:49

There's a bunch of people that have gone after them about, you know, even pretending to be somewhat unbiased journalists and at least have a discussion with president Trump. But you're right, they went there, they kissed the ring because they know for the next four years they're going to have to deal with it. So you know starting it off with a firefight is not going to do them any good. And you know you're going to start seeing they're. They're the first ones, which is why they're catching a lot of crap right now, but they're not going to be the last ones. You're going to start seeing a lot more people, like you know, joe Scarborough and company um reaching out to president Trump to to get an interview or to have a sit down with them or whatever it is, because they know they can't do it without him Like they're done without him.

Speaker 2: 48:29

Yeah, oh, absolutely. I saw another one uh this morning, I think it was, maybe it was yesterday. Uh, katie Couric was actually slamming Kamala.

Speaker 1: 48:38

Harris, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2: 48:39

Slamming her and I'm like, wow, they're really coming out now.

Speaker 3: 48:44

Yeah, answer the GD question was what you kept saying. Yes, she was going after the word salad thing yeah.

Speaker 3: 48:50

That was the biggest thing, and so, yeah, the gloves are coming off. I think, you know, this is a little bit of eating their own. You know which we're going to continue to see? Oh, and that's that's a prime example of them eating their own. Is Katie Kirk going after? You know, vice president Harris? So, um, yeah, it's we. We said we've been talking about it. We talked about it last week and the week before. Like you know what's next for the Dems?

Speaker 2: 49:21

And I, they, them, you know, eat their own, basically, and in fight and battle it out between each other and and we just get to sit back with our popcorn and and watch the show and say I told you, I told you so.

Speaker 3: 49:30

Well, and and you're seeing more of it, because even the, even the um, the old guards getting hammered, like Nancy Pelosi, has been getting punched in the face in the media regularly for the last two weeks Right, so nobody's protected. Right now it's all up for grabs and it's it's pretty, it's pretty entertaining to watch. But again, scarborough and company are not going to be the last ones. You go see, try and make nice, nice with president Trump.

Speaker 2: 49:52

Yeah, nope, nope. Like you said, that's just the beginning. They were the first ones there. They're hit the hardest for it and I don't actually think they'll recover from that, even after the other ones start following suit and doing the same thing. They're always going to be remembered for the sellouts, or the askers.

Speaker 2: 50:09

That's always going to be the thing. So, yeah, they did themselves no favors whatsoever and I can't say I'm sorry for it. I think they deserve what they get. You get what you get and I can't say I'm sorry for it. I think they get what you get and you don't get upset. Yeah, it is what it is. Speaking of battles and cool things to watch, how about that? Wow, what a scene.

Speaker 3: 50:31

Let's pause this for a second. You probably didn't, you're not a night owl, but the night before the MMA fights was the Tyson Paul fight. I stayed up for the whole thing. The undercard, the undercards were great. They were great fights. The judging was terrible and me and my best friend, who'd been following boxing for years and years, you know back and forth like number one Netflix sucks, like everybody's feed was terrible, but you know, like I had, I actually ended up watching it on my phone. I had a better reception on 5G than I did over internet in my house. But those cards, the undercards, especially the women's fight and then the men's fight before that, like that's why people hate boxing, because they were clearly, the decisions were easy, even for an amateur watcher of boxing to watch, right, and they were horrible.

Speaker 4: 51:14

Anyway, and then the.

Speaker 2: 51:15

Tyson Paul fight was a a moneymaker and it was painful to watch it was yeah, I did, You'd be so impressed with me, I actually did stay up to watch it. I didn't watch the interview, really I did. Isn't that shocking? I know, I know. But see, I used to love boxing. Before MMA became so mainstream and was so popular. I loved boxing. We used to. When pay-per-view was the thing, we would all converge and watch it. And I've always actually been a Tyson fan. I've always liked Mike Tyson. Yeah, yeah, the first one that that I started watching, and yes, it was for superficial reasons. Oscar de La Hoya had a little bit of crush on him, don't you know? Don't judge me guys.

Speaker 3: 51:52

There's a reason he's called the golden boy.

Speaker 2: 51:55

He was so cute. But then I actually developed an actual interest in the sport and loved watching it. And then I watched MMA for a while. Then I kind of just simply stopped. Life is too busy, but anyhow. So I did watch.

Speaker 3: 52:06

But MMA has given you a reason to watch, right it sure has it, sure has.

Speaker 2: 52:09

Roll that clip. Oh my goodness, yeah, let's roll that. Let's see when is it. Here's this.

Speaker 5: 52:13

How cool is this who is now making his way to the world-famous octagon, flanked by UFC CEO Dana White, 45, soon to be 47,. President-elect Donald Trump, usa, usa, usa. Sharing the belt there with the President-elect Donald Trump Whoo. Americans largely historically have realized the most success in the UFC and the greatest American fighter of all time is that man. Jon Bones Jones, now successful in the first events of his heavyweight title.

Speaker 2: 52:52

Yeah, so, so embarrassing. I actually every time the USA chant starts up, no matter, you know, in those big stadiums, I get so teary eyed. It's such a beautiful thing. Oh my God, I love it. So yeah, that was so cool and uh, and then the part that I didn't show in that clip is is the Trump dance.

Speaker 3: 53:10

It's everywhere. So it's been in the NFL, right, yeah, and I think that's you know. We had talked about it. I don't know if you've got a clip or not, but there's a bunch of guys yeah. Touchdown dances right.

Speaker 2: 53:21

I love it. I love it. Here's a little. Here's the little clip, a little little montage clip.

Speaker 3: 53:33

It's the Trump dance and I listen. I, I'm a soccer guy. I know, especially for my age it's a little. You know, I'm in that first generation of American soccer fans and players. But I watched the men's national team US men's national team played Jamaica last night and after a goal, you know, kristen Pulisic, who's from Hershey, pa and is known as Captain America, scored his goal, his first goal, and there he was my heart Right, scored his goal, his first goal, and there he was Right.

Speaker 3: 54:03

So it's, it's everywhere. So he, you know he's. We're feeling it even in sport now, which is great because sport was losing Americans, and I say sport in general was losing Americans, right. Yeah, you know there's a baseball players now retired baseball players coming out and talking about how they were told to kneel for the national anthem and some of them said you can go F yourself. You know. There's a lot. All of that stuff seems to be, you know, going by the wayside, and patriotism is back in vogue, which I love, and it all seems to be revolving around President Trump and the Red Hats.

Speaker 3: 54:34

I mean it's cool to be a patriot again. It is, and it's awesome Right. It's cool to be a patriot again it is, and it's awesome right. And I, you know we can directly attribute that to him.

Speaker 2: 54:44

Yeah, 100%.

Speaker 3: 54:45

Deny it if you want, but it's all around him, you'll be wrong.

Speaker 2: 54:49

Right, yeah, deny it if you want. You'll be wrong, you're wrong yeah. Oh, my goodness, I am so grateful to be alive, to see this happening, because the past you know four to eight years was heartbreaking, frustrating, infuriating. It was all the things. But if you love this country and you love the people who fought for the freedoms in this country, it broke your damn heart. And you know I think I speak for a lot of people that you know we have been heartbroken and angry for so long now to see this happening.

Speaker 1: 55:21

It's pretty awesome. It's pretty awesome.

Speaker 2: 55:23

Yeah, love it, love it. Get emotional again, clay, oh my goodness.

Speaker 3: 55:26

But listen, dana White. Dana White plays a big part in this. Right yeah, is it one? He is who he is. A lot of people don't like Dana White, but he's a Joe Rogan type. He doesn't pull any punches, literally and figuratively, doesn't care what you think of him, doesn't care if you believe in what he believes in, he doesn't care. And he's a patriot and he's a big fan of President Trump and they've got a great connection and he's been a huge endorser. So you know there's no, it's zero shock that you know he went to the UFC fight. Very much like today he's supposed to be going to a SpaceX launch with Elon. So it's a mutual you support me, I support you, kind of thing. Right, right, oh, by the way, that's how business works, that's how diplomacy works Right.

Speaker 3: 56:09

President Trump knows what he's doing, but again you bring that class and group of people together to UFC fight. That's what you get, man. You get a bunch of Americans in there.

Speaker 2: 56:25

You know, enjoying American stuff and, and you know president Trump's a champion. He is, he's a champion of the whole thing. Listen, I don't care if you love them or hate them. You have to respect the fact that this man is an all out warrior. And if you want, anybody wants to dispute that. Roll the clip of Butler PA. You know the assassination attempt. Roll the clip of a 78, 77, 78 year old man springing up, you know, after being tackled, after being shot, and that fist pumps. You know, seen around the world.

Speaker 3: 56:52

Listen, I'm the first one I hate this, the sport. When they use combat metaphors in sports. It drives me absolutely crazy, Absolutely crazy.

Speaker 3: 57:01

Now there are exceptions and UFC is an exception and boxing is an exception. Those guys, the physicality of what they're doing, you know the use of the term warrior, gladiator, like that, that is appropriate in those terms. It's not appropriate in football, sorry. It's not appropriate in hockey. Sorry, it's not appropriate in hockey, sorry, basketball. Any of the rest of that stuff drives me crazy. President Trump classifies my book without question, and it's primarily because of Butler PA. That guy's a warrior because he got not only did he get shot at, he did get shot. He did at his age, got physically accosted by a secret service detail and he came up swinging and God love him for it.

Speaker 2: 57:43

But that that classifies him as a warrior in my book. Sorry, Absolutely yeah. Not a gentle takedown, not, not a get down on the ground or knock your shoes off your feet.

Speaker 3: 57:49

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 57:49

Yeah, I agree with you on that clay too. Like same thing with the word brave. You know, let's, let's not call somebody brave for putting on a dress. You know, come on, sorry, but yeah. So anyhow, see, we deliver on our promises. We always tell you that we're going to end on a light note, a happy note, man, oh man. Did we ever? We landed, uh, or ended on like a patriotic great note, and I love that. America, oh, uh, my friends, our friends, we're so glad that you tune into us every week. We appreciate it. Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell anybody we don't care, tell them all to come watch us and hang out with us in the comments section. We, as always, we appreciate you greatly and as always, I like for Clay to close it out. So you go ahead and do that, my friend.

Speaker 3: 58:37

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Speaker 4: 59:21

Take care guys.

Speaker 1: 59:23

Combat veteran Terry Davis traded a life of adventure and violence for the quiet of the Midwest Prairie, but when he catches wind of a potential terror threat to the country he swore to protect, as a young man, his instincts make it impossible to stay on the sidelines. Dusting off his years of training and experience and his guns to protect himself, his loved ones and his nation, the aging warrior winds up in tampa making friends and meeting enemies along the way as the threat slowly takes shape and reveals itself. Terry relies on the smarts and skills that kept him alive for years of combat. Yet the threat is much bigger than he realized and he's not sure that he can trust. The one thing he knows for sure is that if he wants to stay alive, he needs to keep moving keep shooting.

Speaker 5: 59:57

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