Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The Danger of Messing With People's Money, President Trump's Schedule, Tom Homan Takes on California & Russia's Latest Strike on Ukraine

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

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Starting point is 00:01:09 Welcome to the No Spin News for Thursday, April 24th, 2025, stand up for your country. Next Tuesday marks 100 days for President Trump's second term. And there'll be a lot of stuff floating around. Next week, we'll be involved with much of it. So stay close. We, I think you'll enjoy what we have. for you and I think you'll see how accurate we will be as opposed to everybody else because they're not really in business to tell you what's going on. They're in business
Starting point is 00:01:42 to push a certain point of view ideology. So there are a bunch of polls today and I'm not going to give them to you because I already did the Reuters poll earlier this week and they also said the same thing that President Trump's approval rating is dropping but that's because of the stock market. That's why that's happening. There's really no other variable at all at this point. And so when the stocks go up and down and up and down, people get worried and it's not really get worried. And people go, well, what's the cliche? This is not what I signed up for? I hate that. Anyway, and they go, but it's temporary. So if the market goes up 2,000 points by the middle of next week, then Trump's approval rating goes up.
Starting point is 00:02:31 So if it were a fundamental thing, I would tell you immediately, you know that. But this is just, and I was just, I was watching a couple of presentations on the latest polling, and I just roll on my eyes. If these people don't know that they're overselling this, then they shouldn't be journalists. because it's not a foundational problem for the country yet. Yet, we'll have a little bit more on that. Let's begin with the talking points memo.
Starting point is 00:03:04 So you mess around people's money, you're going to have a problem. Whether you're a politician, whether you're a neighbor, whether you're a son, a daughter, a husband, or wife, you mess with people's money. It's going to be a problem because it's emotional. And it's full of fear. We work hard, most of us, to make an honest living, most of us. And we don't want people rip it us off or lying or doing anything like that.
Starting point is 00:03:32 And all of that is perfectly fine. A politician gets into office, and he wants to revamp the entire trade system of the country. Remember, we're the largest consumer society in the world by far. It's going to be turbulence. And I don't think that the Trump administration really laid that out before the Revolutionary Day or whatever he called it, okay? Just a few weeks ago. And I don't know, we're on a new path and we're going to have trade deals that are much better for the USA. And Trump essentially is right.
Starting point is 00:04:07 We've been ripped off for 50 years ever since World War II. That's longer than 50 years. Other countries taking advantage of us. There's no debate. Okay, they have. So if Trump gets in, but he wants to do everything at once, and that's a problem. Because the markets are very sensitive to any change at all. Okay.
Starting point is 00:04:28 So now, Liberation Day is what he called. That was early this month. The market since Liberation Day is down 6%. Now, that's not that bad, but if you have a stock portfolio, to depend on for retirement or for children's education or for health, you know, I'm looking at mine, and all I can tell you is about how I experience it, okay? I can't give you financial advice of any kind, but I can tell you what I do and how I feel. I look at mine and I go, ooh, ooh, you know, some days I don't even look, and I'm always
Starting point is 00:05:12 calculated, I'm always, anyway, okay, how are we doing compared to this time last year? I just want to keep track of it. But the media has seized upon the wild gyrations in the stock market to bash Trump. And who is surprised? All right. Let's have one example from CBS News. Today, Wall Street experienced the worst day since 2020. The post-election boom that the president, when he was president-elect, pointed to, well, that's been erased.
Starting point is 00:05:42 Stock prices down. and Americans with portfolios either for their retirement or for now are facing genuine losses and the unhappy reality that they may be financially worse off than they were before election date. That's kind of irresponsible by Major Garrett,
Starting point is 00:06:00 who's a liberal man. I work with him at Fox News. He shouldn't have said that they're facing genuine losses because they're facing temporary losses. Temporary is the accurate word, Major. you should know that you've been around a long time genuine losses what does that mean yeah okay on tuesday you lost this but on wednesday the market went up a thousand points and you got it back is that genuine what are you talking about okay that's bad journalism all right number
Starting point is 00:06:28 two uh they may be financially worse off they were before election day maybe could should all right but three weeks down they might be up or it might be a catastrophe If it is a catastrophe economically, then the press certainly has to report it that way. That's what killed Biden. That's what killed him. All right, he walks in and all of a sudden the price of food and gas go crazy. And insurance goes nuts. And people are going, what's this?
Starting point is 00:07:01 And then Biden denied it. Oh, no, no, no, we're bringing our inflation. He's like, okay. No. So you can get in a little trouble. And President Trump knows that. And all you got to do is look at recent history, Jimmy Carter, okay? He killed himself because most Americans suffered economically in that four years.
Starting point is 00:07:24 Carter is one of the worst presidents, basically on economics. He wasn't a star overseas either, but it was economics that killed him. All right. So on March 26th, on a no-spin news, I previewed all of what he, happened for the last month really once the stock market comes down starts coming down and people see their 401ks and their retirement funds or college funds son quantum value they get nervous and nobody understands the tariffs anyway that's what's going on now it could go turn around real quickly i tell everybody don't panic don't sell your equities unless you know have a bad
Starting point is 00:08:12 company and you know it's bad. Okay, so I have held my portfolio. I added a little bit, but not much because I don't know where it's going to go. However, I have changed my financial analysis a little bit and because, you know, I'm honest with my viewers and listeners, I'm going to tell you what it is. Again, this is coming from my point of view. nowhere else i don't like these guys a television telling you what the market's going to do or what stocks this and that i i don't like that all right so think back for the last four weeks since this market has been turbulent how much pain emotional pain have you experienced were you distraught did it affect your moods did it affect your daily life did you get sick
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Starting point is 00:10:12 market. And now you have to think about getting out. If it's making you sick all of this tension, because remember, the stock market and even the bond market to some extent is risky. It's always been risky. It always will be risky. It's not safe. You can lose everything. If you can't handle that, then you don't want to be. there. And it's not a deficit, a personality deficit. It isn't. Some of the happiest people I know are risk adverse. They don't want any risk in their life. But they're happy because they don't have a lot of this angst coming in or what's going to happen tomorrow. So I'm changing my analysis a little bit. If you did experience pain and only you know how much, get out.
Starting point is 00:11:12 you know do it methodically do it organized but you don't want that or go cut it way down and certainly don't ever invest money you don't have don't borrow to invest that's what killed everybody in 1929 ever do that okay um a safer pathway is up to you nobody can tell you You know yourself, you know your tolerance in everything in life. Don't listen to other people. Make your own decisions. That's a memo. Donald Trump met with the Prime Minister of Norway today.
Starting point is 00:11:53 Trump hoping they can get some deal made in Ukraine so he'd be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which comes out of Oslo. I don't know if that's why the Prime Minister of Norway is here or not. There's a lot of oil going on over Norway, so they had a lunch and all that. Then the president flies out to Virginia for a dinner with the Political Action Committee, Maga, Inc. These are his vanguard guys who raised the money for him. Nothing wrong with that. You know, he's having a little dinner with the supporters, saying hello.
Starting point is 00:12:28 Nothing wrong. And then he's going tomorrow to Rome. for the Pope's funeral on Saturday, and he's come right back. And then on Tuesday, the 100th day in office on the second term, he goes to Michigan for a rally. And then on Wednesday, the big one, the town hall meeting on News Nation that is going to be co-anchored by me and Chris Cuomo and will feature leading off the town hall,
Starting point is 00:12:59 President Trump. Roll the tape. It wasn't hard for me to convince him. president to do it. Right. It wasn't hard. Because I just said, look, no, because I said, everybody else is going to either kiss your butt, first hundred days you're Abraham Lincoln. That's what the right wing media will do. And first hundred days, you're Hitler or whatever, that's what the left media is going to do. Every other news organization on television in this country will do that. But not us. We'll have a balanced approach of people with different points of you. And I'm looking forward to that because I'm really the bouncer here. I'm the co-anchor
Starting point is 00:13:42 with Chris Cuomo. And I'm flattered that News Nation trust me to do it because I'll do a good job. But I'm not going to put up with any nonsense. And, you know, when I was talking to President Trump about doing it, he's a busy guy. And I said, look, I hate to put the arm on you here because I do. I never asked a president for anything ever. I said, but this is, this is, this is going to be big. All right. It's going to go News Nation, probably CW Network, all of their affiliates, next star affiliates, which is, you know, 75% of the country, and then social media all over the place. And, you know, you're going to have not one, but two people asking you questions and the audience, because we'll have cards. I mean, and it's right up your alleyway.
Starting point is 00:14:29 And I think this would be a very interesting thing for the country for you to do. And And he said, yeah, I didn't have to, like, you know. And what I admire about Donald Trump is every day he sits in the Oval Office and answers questions from pinheads, most of whom hate him. Every day he's doing that. Did it yesterday? You ever see Biden did that? Never did it.
Starting point is 00:14:55 George W. Bush never did it. Barack Obama, never did it. Never did it. And there's Trump every day. And he doesn't like these people. so the town hall is two hours okay so on wednesday evening april 30th uh believe me when i tell you uh i'm there and i will be a present so you will enjoy it okay so we're very happy about that now in his first hundred days in office president trump has mentioned joe biden
Starting point is 00:15:34 580 times in public remarks or on social media. This is according to NBC News, but I don't doubt it. 580 times. That's six times a day. In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump mentioned Biden 12 times. Secretary Caroline Levitt has mentioned Biden 78 times. So why the obsession with Joe Biden? Right. Interesting question. Because Donald Trump believes that Biden was behind all of the cases against him, the Malauga raid, all of the hell he went through. That's what President Trump believes. Now, do I believe that? Partially. Where's Merrick Garland, the Attorney General under Biden? He's in a witness protection program. Where's he?
Starting point is 00:16:34 Boy, he's skittled fast, didn't he? I think Biden tried his hardest to get Trump, and now his payback. I'm pretty sure that analysis is solid. But I think it's very interesting what's happening here. So it's very personal. There's another element to it that I'll tell you about next week. You want an example of Trump's obsession with Biden? here it is go do you remember the bunny with joe biden remember you remember when the when the bunny
Starting point is 00:17:11 took joe biden out he's not going to take he's not taking trump out anyway that was a good that was a beautiful moment when the bunny saved joe byd you see milania's face like oh geez where's this going i don't think that was the same bunny by the way that let what it was Trump was talking about was that Biden got confused about where to go and sort of the buddy let him out there. You got to have a sense to hear about these things, right? Okay. Let's go to California. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. So there's a 43-year-old Mexican illegal alien named Oscar Eduardo and Gunano or something like that. Drunk driving killed 2 19-year-olds in 2021, C.L.B. Trine County, California. Sentenced to 10 years, you're going to let them out in 3.5 in California.
Starting point is 00:18:15 Why? Kill 2 19-year-olds. In the country illegally, toxicated behind him, you know, why are you letting them out? There's no reason to let him out. So, ICE Tom Holman's outrage. Go. If they don't honor a detainer, we have ICE agency. outside that facility, they hate custody of this individual, and deport him.
Starting point is 00:18:35 He's been deported several times with me. He's a felon. Reentry the country to form of deportations of felony. Yeah, but there's no mandatory prison time, and that's Kate's law, and that's what we should have in this country. Anyway, after Holman said that, Governor Newsom said, oh, no, no, we'll turn them over to the feds. But they wouldn't have, unless this story was reported. Judge in California, William Orrick, pointed by Barack Obama, says, Donald Trump can't pause federal money to sanctuary cities. Of course he can.
Starting point is 00:19:13 Of course he can. But Orick said, no, he can't. Okay, I'm not going to litigate this. All I'm going to tell you is the Supreme Court has got to. And they will. But boy, I'd like to see it. move a little faster. They've got to issue a ruling saying that you cannot have judges cherry picked to block federal activity. Can't. Now there's jurisdiction. I mean, it's obviously
Starting point is 00:19:42 if the President of the United States believes is a public safety hazard to the American public as there is by sanctuary cities, there's no doubt about that. He could stop federal money going in. Everybody knows that. But Judge Orrick doesn't care because he is anti-Trump and he's using his judgeship to try to hurt the president. The Supreme Court's got to stop it. And I believe they will, but let's get on it. Let's do a Garcia update.
Starting point is 00:20:15 He's still in El Salvador. He's not in that horrendous prison anymore. He's in someplace else. So the latest is that Kilmar, Garcia, 21 years old, there he is, was caught in a car with a bunch of undocumented aliens in Tennessee. The car is owned by a convicted people smuggler. And this is the guy that the left loves. Garcia, oh, he's the martyr. I told you this was not going to turn out well from the left.
Starting point is 00:20:47 This is the guy Van Halen, whatever his name is, the senator goes down. and TV, it's just unbelievable. Oh, yeah, we can't do this, can't do this. So anyway, Tennessee should have charged Garcia, but they didn't. They didn't charge him. Shame on you, Tennessee. So bring them back, make sure that the judge that hearing is a silent thing, does the right thing, and then boot him for a.
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Starting point is 00:22:42 So that's what the FBI says. And I believe it. I believe it absolutely is true. Maduro is a left-wing dictator, hates the United States, and he didn't do it just to us. He did it to other countries throughout South America, dump these guys, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador. Nice, huh? And when they get there to these countries and to our country, they set up dope dealing, they set up extortion, they're gangsters. Russia attacks Ukraine. Talk about bad. Bad Vlad. Evil Vlad. Okay. So he launches 70 missiles, 140 drones at the capital Kyiv, kills 10 people at least, 90 people hurt. Why? Why, Vlad? You're supposed to be
Starting point is 00:23:34 negotiating peace, right? Well, Vlad's a mass murder. That's why. Think back about the people who stuck up for Vlad, by the way. You know who they are. Okay. So, Trump is now finally angry at Vlad. Here's what he said on social media. Quote, I'm not happy with the Russian strikes on Kiev. Not necessary, very bad timing. Vladimir, stop. 5,000 soldiers a week are dying.
Starting point is 00:24:01 Let's get the peace deal done. That was yesterday on truth, social. Okay? That was today. No, it's today, I think. Anyway, Trump has also made it Zelensky, because here's the game Zelensky is playing. Keep this in mind. I am sympathetic to the Ukrainians fighting their freedom. I don't believe that Ukraine provoked the war. I don't believe that
Starting point is 00:24:27 Zelensky is an effective president of Ukraine. I think he's a patriot. I think he's a brave man, but I don't think he's qualified to run a country. Here's why. Every time the United States gets close to a deal, Zelensky throws another security thing in. Oh, no, you've got to give us this. Oh, no, you've got to give us that. And he knows Trump's not going to do that. What he should know is, is Zelensky keeps doing this stuff that Trump's not going to pay for the war in Ukraine anymore. He's going to say, well, let Europe here on him. That's what he's going to do. So Zolinsky should know that. Once that happens, once Americans' weapons, and money drives up, they're done.
Starting point is 00:25:15 That's what Vlad's counting on. So Vlad says, okay, I'll stop, but I've got to keep everything I have, which is 18% of Ukraine. I think you could do a deal, maybe you cut that down a little bit, and then you can say, okay, well, elections, whatever. You just want to stop the killing for now.
Starting point is 00:25:34 That's what you want to do. But this money from the United States can't keep going in there. And Zelensky's got to know that. So Vlad is the real evil here, but Zelensky doesn't help, and that's where we are. Smart Life. So the last couple of times that I've flown on commercial, I flew on Delta and it was good. And I'm tough.
Starting point is 00:26:04 I'm a consumer. I pay my money, and I don't want any incompetence. Is that unreasonable? they got my life in their hands at 30,000 feet. I don't want any disrespect. I don't want any sloppy stuff. So Delta was good. I flew from LaGuardia in New York to Palm Beach.
Starting point is 00:26:27 So the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, that is an organization, the ACSI. They have ranked the airlines about customer satisfaction. Now, overall, customer satisfaction, has dropped okay in the last year why because they lose the bags they treat you rudely the food is terrible the seats are cramped the Wi-Fi doesn't work all of that so you're getting on a plane know that bring your own food because you're not going to get decent food on those planes you're not that kind of thing all right so here are the American consumer satisfaction
Starting point is 00:27:11 rankings, okay, consumers like best. Number one, Southwest. Hard to believe. Southwest is a tremendous amount of trouble. Two Delta, okay. Tied with Delta's JetBlue. Now, I boycotted JetBlue for the last four years. Maybe they've improved. I have a couple of friends that took them and said it weren't bad. Maybe they've improved. Got to be fair. But JetBlue, I have added with them. Then the next one's Alaska, then American, then United, then spirit, then frontier. Okay? That's customer satisfaction. But here's the smart life tip. If you are going to fly this summer and you don't have a reservation, you're in trouble. So I would spend this weekend, this upcoming weekend, trying to get where I want to go, because if you don't do it this
Starting point is 00:28:09 weekend you're going to be in the middle seat or you're not going to have a seat or you're going to have to change planes eight times because the airlines have cut back and they're you know they used to have wide bodies going from New York down to South Florida now it's little planes yeah everybody's jammed in there's not going to be a lot of seats so smart life you always got a plan ahead can't just say oh I want an airport down you know no New poll on patriotism among younger Americans. All right. So this is 18 to 29 year olds in the USA.
Starting point is 00:28:51 It's taken by Harvard. How ironic this poll. Okay. First question, which is the following best describes you? Proud to be an American, 41% of the 1829s. Embarrassed to be an American, 29%. Neither proud nor embarrassed to be American, neutral, 26%. Democrat kids.
Starting point is 00:29:20 Which of the following best describes you? Democrats only. Proud to be American, 24%. Ooh, embarrassed to be an American 54, neither proud nor embarrassed 21. Republican kids, proud to be American, 76%. embarrassed 8%. Embarrassed or proud 16. So Republican younger people are much more patriotic than Democratic younger people. Why? Because of the bubble.
Starting point is 00:29:52 So if you are a liberal high schooler or college person, then that's all you hear. Because you're not encouraged to go out and listen to me or other people who may bring you another point of view. And it's the same thing on the right, but you have to understand that the availability of information on the left is five times as much on the right. Five times as much.
Starting point is 00:30:20 If you go into the Internet, social media, left, left, left, left, oh, there's a right one. Left, left, left, left. Oh, there's a right one. And if you go on TV, you know what this thing is. TV is Fox Newsmax versus everybody else. That's what it is. So these kids hear the stuff, they parrot the stuff.
Starting point is 00:30:37 They don't know anything anyway. And I'm sorry I'm being super sillious word of the day about the kids. But I didn't know anything when I was early 20s. I didn't know much. I thought I did, but I didn't. It takes study. It takes concentration. It takes learning and experience.
Starting point is 00:30:58 You know, these kids, they want to be accepted by their peers. and if their peers are all liberal like Harvard, then they're going to be liberal. Because if you're not, you get ostracized. You're not a cool kid. Same thing in high school. If you're in a group and the group sees it this way and you don't see it that way, they boot you. And that's what's going on. But traditional Americans, which covers the Republicans, they are more patriotic.
Starting point is 00:31:27 And you can prove that by the military volunteerism. You get many, many more militaries from the traditional families, particularly in South and the Midwest, than you do from the Northeastern California. Okay? That's how you can prove that. This day in history, April 24, 1971. Probably the biggest anti-war protest ever held to place in Washington, D.C. 54 years ago, all right, massive on the, you see the Washington, monument in the background, and it was an amazing display. Here's how CBS News described it.
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Starting point is 00:33:31 More older people, one said, it's not all the youth culture. There were people in union hats. And that was Morton, right? Bruce Morton, a good reporter for CBS. Now, I watched that. I was there. I mean, it wasn't an anti-war protester, but here's what happened. And I think you'll find this interesting.
Starting point is 00:33:53 So remember, that was 54 years ago. Nixon was president. Nixon knew he had to get out of Vietnam because the country had turned against the war. why did the country turn against the war? And my neighborhood was a perfect example. Levittown, Long Island. Okay. I went to college, so I had a deferment.
Starting point is 00:34:11 But the guys who didn't go to college, and I knew them, they got drafted. Some of them went to Vietnam. The ones that came back from Vietnam came back, screwed up. Almost all of them. Some were addicted to drugs. Some had psychological. damage, none of them were the same. None of them. And we saw that because in Levitown, everybody knew each other, and we played with these guys when we were kids and then when they get
Starting point is 00:34:44 old and they came back, oh, good, it's good to see you back, good to see you back. I remember one family, a guy went over and he committed suicide, which was unheard of in Levitown, unheard of. And he was 26, 27 years old. It was like this. So people like me, and my family, they didn't like the Vietnam War because it wasn't, I remember my father, who was a naval officer in World War II, he said, you know, I don't believe Lyndon Johnson. And he was right. Lyndon Johnson lied to the American people, big time. And he's the big villain, if you read confronting the presidents, it was Johnson that got us really deep into Vietnam.
Starting point is 00:35:30 would have pulled us out. He had already signed an executive order. It wasn't released because he just did it right before he was assassinated and Johnson overrode it. Johnson was a real villain. When Nixon got elected, Nixon knew he had to get out, but he didn't want to surrender, because that would have been like Afghanistan with Biden. But Nixon did get us out eventually of Vietnam. But the folks like me, the working class people, we saw it with our own eyes, the damage. It wasn't theoretical. And then nobody could really explain, well, you know, it's not going our way and we're not bombing Hanoi. We're not trying to destroy the North Vietnamese government. We're just letting them do what they want pretty much. That's not the
Starting point is 00:36:16 way you fight a war. It's not the way World War II is fought. Anyway, that's what happened. And that demonstration, and that led to the counterculture. sex drugs, rock and roll, old country changed, and fascinating, fascinating part of our history. Okay, we got a final thought about your money that you want to hang around for. We'll be right back. Okay, it's the final thought of the day. So every morning I get sent to me concierge members' letters, and a lot of them ask me for financial advice and medical advice.
Starting point is 00:36:54 I cannot give either. I mean, I guess I could, but it would be so unethical and so irresponsible because I don't know your individual circumstance. So you know my philosophy, you need a good doctor, somebody you can get on the phone. You need a good attorney, somebody who cares about you, and you need a good financial advisor. You would be shocked about how many millions of Americans don't have any of them. They don't have any of them, all right, and they're defenseless when things go wrong. health wise money wise whatever so what I do with the concierge members when they write me about money is I say go here go there because there are
Starting point is 00:37:39 reference points where you can get information or this is what I am doing I can tell you that as I did at top of this program what I am doing that's legitimate okay unless I'm lying about it which I would never do but I cannot suggest that you do the same thing because I'm different than you, right? And I would never suggest that. I would never tell you what to do. And the medical stuff is, you know, this is serious, particularly when you get older. I can't diagnose it. I don't know where to send you. I can tell you which facilities are best for cancer and heart and all that. I can do that. But I can't say, hey, Dr. Shapiro is the guy you need to see in Tulsa. I don't know. So it's a proactive
Starting point is 00:38:28 partnership here. Now we give you the bigger picture, and I will tell you on occasion, not a lot, what I'm doing, okay, to protect myself and my family or whatever, but we can't be specific. And that gets me back to the point I made earlier in this broadcast. These charlatans on television and radio, and boy, they make a lot of money. And they're telling you to do X, Y, and Z. They don't know your circumstance. They don't know how much money you have in a bank. They don't know who the executor of your will is.
Starting point is 00:39:04 They don't know what your insurance premiums are, what you can afford. But they just spout this stuff. That drives me nuts. It's so irresponsible. So anyway, we want you to consider premium. concierge membership because we can give you a pathway to get what you need, which when it all boils down to is you need protection. Finance, health, family, legal. That's what you need need. Thank you for watching and listening to the no-spin news. New column on Sunday. All right.
Starting point is 00:39:49 And then next week's going to be big with the 100 days thing. Okay? Thanks again for watching it.

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