Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 2, 2025

Episode Date: August 2, 2025

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No Frills delivers. Get groceries delivered to your door from No Frills with PC Express. Shop online and get $15 in PC Optimum Points on your first five orders. Shop now at NoFrills.ca. Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thanks Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. Deadline passes. Arguing to the appeals court.

Major turbulence and massive ballroom. It's all coming up and Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, President Trump issued an executive order yesterday, increasing tariffs on many countries around the world, but they will go into effect in seven days, not today, as was anticipated. Some countries facing very high rates, Laos, Myanmar at 40%, Syria at 41%, 40% on Brazil. This is all on top of the 10% baseline tariff.

So I mean, some of these countries are at 50%. Trump announced also a new 35% tariff on Canada and a 25% tariff on India. The countries not listed in the executive order have a 10% tariff, that baseline tariff. Trump also said that United States and Mexico has agreed to extend their current tariff agreement for 90 days.

Meanwhile, a federal court of appeals asked questions to the government's lawyers if the president even has the power to impose tariffs at all. The 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in the Trump administration's appeal of a ruling from a trade-focused lower court that found the president did not have the authority to hit foreign nations with 10 percent tariffs under what's called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. But who now is denying the incredible things that have come from them? Major turbulence on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam. Service carts flying in the air, passengers hitting the ceiling.

They had to make an emergency landing in Minnesota. 25 people were taken to the hospital. One passenger said, I truly thought the plane was going down. Someone said, I was lifted out of my seat for 30 seconds. One woman said there was a little girl across the aisle who was terrified. She's screaming, we're going to die, we're going to die. I was trying to keep her calm, but I really thought we were going to die. Someone said after we got off the plane, we kissed the ground. Delta took us to the Delta lounge, got us hotels, rebooked our flights. Who was brave enough to get back on a flight? The president has officially announced the construction of a new 90,000 square foot ballroom in the White House. Construction will

begin in September. It is objectively stunning. It's white and gold with touches of red in the ceiling. It can fit 650 people to host major head of state gatherings. James McCreary is the classical architect based out of DC. He's the co-founder of the National Civic Arts Society. He was chosen by President Trump to design this new ballroom. It's just perfect. A lot of people on the left say, who's going to pay for this? According to the White House, President Trump and other donors have committed to donating all of the funds necessary to build the new White House ballroom. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. The Great Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next. Whenever it hits you, wherever you are, grab an O'Henry Bar to satisfy your hunger.

With its delicious combination of big crunchy salty peanuts covered in creamy caramel and chewy fudge with a chocolatey coating. Swing by a gas station and get an O'Henry today. O'Henry, O'Henry. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. A new poll taken by a gambling outfit in Canada says 47% of Americans would dump their spouse or partner in return for $1 million. Now that sounds kind of high unless you live in Hollywood, but it's worth thinking about.

A million bucks no longer buys all that much. Oceanfront homes and nice places run at least 10 times that. So do yachts, and even flashy cars can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. So this sentiment might be more about loyalty than money. We all live in a where's mine age. Self-obsession is as American as pumpkin pie. Many of us just want stuff. An extra million helps in that department, no question.

But you're not going to live large unless you move to the Solomon Islands. And what about Becky and Larry, to use friendly companion names? They go under the Hummer for cash? That's kind of cold, is it not? We already know that millions of Americans prefer their pets to spouses and partners. All the surveys say that. I bet that number would be significantly lower if Americans were asked to give up their Pekingese for a million.

Finally, 15% say they would frame a friend for a crime to acquire a million bucks. That's evil and corresponds exactly to my number of rotten human beings. Fifteen percent of the population. Lots of folks. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me, Bill at BillOReilly.com, Bill at BillOReilly.com, name and town if you wish to opine.

Okay, let's go to the mail. Robert, you're spot on with people's addiction to the devices, O'Reilly. I'm a psychologist. Very troubling to me to see people out to dinner with friends and they're all on their cell phones instead of interacting with each other. Also see people out on nature walks. Instead of enjoying the walk, they got their bloody cell phones. Thank God I grew up in a different era.

I agree 100%. That's going to take a big toll on the U.S. population. Carol, I spend a lot of time on my phone because I listen to a variety of podcasts. I do not watch any media on TV. I like the podcast as they give me opposing POVs. Nothing wrong with that. But you got to have time, real lifetime. That's all I'm saying.

Nothing wrong getting information, I do that. DeWitt, thanks for your advice. I've been actively cultivating interests outside of the internet. I play with my dog, play the guitar, read books, and that prevents me from looking at the screen. I can see the difference in my life. Mark Reed, Binghamton, New York.

Bill you say the Wall Street Journal, saying 63 percent of registered voters views the Democratic Party unfavorably, but current polls by Rasmussen and Wall Street Journal show Democrats ahead in the congressional midterms. It doesn't matter. That's local, which is district by district. And that'll change. Mitchell Rabb, Mesquite, Nevada, you mentioned that the media in addition to colleges and universities has a liberal culture. I believe the media in

addition to colleges and universities has a lunatic culture. Okay, you're entitled to your opinion. But there's a reason why so many young Americans are lefties, and there's a reason why news agencies on television are Propagandists it's because of the cultures that exist in those agencies In a moment something you might not know Yeah, hey Mike Baker here host of the president's daily brief podcast if you want straight talk on National security foreign policy and the biggest global stories going on of the day, this is the show for you. We publish twice a day, Monday through Friday, once in the morning, again in the afternoon. And on

the weekend, we go longer with the PDB situation report with excellent guests, including national security insiders and foreign policy experts. Check us out on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Also on our YouTube channel at Presidents Daily Brief. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. A quick glance at the cratering television news ratings tells the truth. Americans are exhausted by the constant barrage of partisan politics. Earlier this month, CBS canned the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. His predecessor, David Letterman,

commanded more than four million viewers a night. Under Colbert, the figure has been cut in half. He is not alone. Here's some of the other programs that are in serious jeopardy. other programs that are in serious jeopardy. Jimmy Kimmel is on the proverbial chopping block. His programs watch by just a little more than a million people, only 200,000 in the younger demographic and that makes it very hard to sell ads on the Kimmel program. As for Jimmy Fallon, NBC reduced his weekly schedule to four nights. That is not a good omen. Then there's the view on ABC. Under heavy pressure Disney is looking to drop the tired hate Trump format. Three hosts are in some kind of trouble. Joy Behar, 82 years old, may be forced to retire when the show returns in

September. I'm betting that will happen, but I could be wrong. Sonny Hassen's contract expires the end of this year. Ms. Hassen is now a financial liability for ABC. Last November, the anchor had to

recant a couple of false statements on live television in the middle of the view. Sonny, you have a legal note. I do have a legal note. Thank you, Whoopi. Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims, quote, invented, and saying in a statement to ABC News

that this false smear following a three-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism that DOJ investigation was closed with no charges being brought. We'll be right back. The vicious Anna Navarro may also make an early exit unless Disney is happy with her constant personal attacks. So many Americans are simply tuning out of the hate stuff.

The question now becomes, can the media change course and tamp down the political excess? I don't think so. It's ingrained in their personalities and their presentations. So I'm not counting on it. Back after this. about. The juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast, listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly Update. I am Bill O'Reilly.

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