Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 19, 2025

Episode Date: February 19, 2025

The US and Russia continue their summit in Saudi Arabia, drones over Mexico, Commerce Secretary confirmed, and it’s cold outside. Plus, the Message of the Day, do you care about Elon Musk’s statements on X? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Those are our Secretary of State. Trump's favorite negotiator guys. and Mike Walts is National Security Advisor. They met with Russians in Saudi Arabia. Some things that came out of this first meeting, U.S. and Russia will restore diplomatic functions of missions in Washington and Moscow. The next set of talks will deal with territory and security guarantees. America said that we're looking at a historic economic partnership at the end of the conflict and no date has been set yet for a Trump-Putin meeting. Our Secretary of State said in order to bring an end to any conflict, there has to be concessions made by all sides. We are not going to predetermine what those are. The CIA is running drone flights over Mexico. They are

currently unarmed, said to be searching for fentanyl labs run by Mexican cartels, which Donald Trump is now designated as foreign terrorist organizations. One U.S. official told the New York Times the flights go well into sovereign Mexico. We're told that the CIA is going to gather and tell data and pass it along to Mexican officials. It is believed that labeling these cartels as terrorist groups could potentially lay the groundwork for direct U.S. strikes against cartels and their drug labs in Mexico. It is unknown if the U.S. notified Mexico of these surveillance flights prior to entering Mexican airspace. Trump's Secretary of Commerce choice, Howard Lutnik, has been confirmed by the Senate. He will be leading Trump's effort in reciprocal tariffs, which Trump said,

we will impose on every nation in the world. Whoever has a tariff on us, we will impose the exact same tariff on them. Trump's not creating a tariff. He's responding to tariffs. The U.S. Senate after confirming Howard Lutnik started the 30-hour clock on the confirmation of the future head of the FBI, maybe the left's most hated pick, Cash Patel. That vote will be on Thursday. It's very cold outside. And it is winter, but it's very cold. And for a lot of people, one and three Americans are under an extreme cold watch or warning. 35 states with weather advisories, at least 15 people died from this last weekend storm, two in West Virginia, 12 in Kentucky, one person remains missing from West Virginia. Parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, going to get

a foot of snow. In the plains, states, wind chills up to negative 60, 60 below zero. Wind chills hitting below zero as far south as Arkansas and parts of Texas. Yeah, I joke that it is winter after all, but still, this is so cold that some places will see temperatures, 50 degrees below normal February averages. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. The Great Bill O'Reilly has your message today. Next. Right now, at the Home Depot, you'll find storage solutions made to fit your needs.

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protective of our constitutional guarantees. But Mr. Musk's disenfamment with CBS News is not even annoying to me. It's expected. CBS doesn't like him, doesn't like Trump, MAGA, or anything else on the right. It is a left-wing organization trying to convince country, the Trump administration, is dastardly. And Mr. Musk is a menace to society. So what? Does anyone care anymore what 60 Minutes says? Prison for news purveyors is not an option, but a mention of it gets people's attention. And that's why Elon Musk put it out there. He wanted to vent. So that's what he did. as Tom Jones once saying, it's not unusual.

The sad fact of life is that manufactured outrage is now a political and social weapon. And because Donald Trump is president, the toolbox will be constantly open for the next four years on both sides. It's kind of appalling, but I don't really care. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com.

Name in town if you wish to opine. All right, let's go to the mail. We have Jim Daniel, Huntington, West Virginia. The USAID website says it was created by executive order. Is that true? It is true. President Kennedy, 1961 EO, created the USAID. It was then, in 1998,

passed by Congress and into the federal system. But Kennedy started it. Patricia, Shirley, Taos, New Mexico, Taos is the nice town. Okay? Where is all the money going that Alain has found? Nowhere. Because he doesn't have the power to take it.

As I said, top of the show. He just spotlights it. See, everybody thinks this is, man. I long for the days when it was accurate reporting in this country. It'll never happen again. Jack, concierge member, Jack, gets a direct pipeline to the O'Reilly team by being a concierge member. And a free book. It's President's Week.

If you haven't read Killing, killing. Confronting the President's 22 consecutive weeks on a New York Times best solo list, sign up for concierge or premium membership, get it free. And if you get in trouble, my team will help Jack. Bill Donald Trump had to appoint Elon Musk to the Post because none of the elected officials has ever shown they could get the job done. Good point, including Trump.

He had four years. He spent a lot of money. But I know it was COVID, military. He wasn't like Biden. He was just derelict, crazy. spender. Targeted. But you're right. He had to put somebody in there to shake it up. In a moment, something you might not know. Meet the most capable CRV Honda has ever dreamed up. The all-new CRV Trail Sport

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they hate as much as Donald Trump. And his name is Elon Musk. The South African-born billionaire has enraged liberal lawmakers like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren because he wants to analyze taxpayer dollars to cut wasteful spending. The Department of Government of Efficiency, or Doge, is unlawful, critics say. Elon Musk is running the White House, is the other lament. What they failed to consider is that Democratic icons, John F. Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt,

did exactly the same thing President Trump is. is doing. FDR called his unelected inner circle the brain trust. The cadre was responsible for much of the legislation of the first 100 days, which ended in June 1933. During his first presidential campaign, Roosevelt assembled a group of academics and intellectuals to counsel him on policy. Members included three Columbia University professors, Raymond Moli, Rexford Guy Tugwell and Adolf Burley. It also included a few big fundraisers for Roosevelt. Now, these unknown men were instrumental in creating dozens of government agencies, including the Social Security Board, Securities and Exchange Commission,

federal housing administration, the FCC, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, better known as the FDIC. All of that created by unelected. officials. Three decades later, President John F. Kennedy had his own brain trust. The inner circle included his brother, Bobby, Kenneth O'Donnell, a special assistant, Dave Powers, another special assistant, and his speechwriter Theodore Sorensen. None of them were appointed, none of them confirmed. But now, 61 years after the assassination of JFK, Donald Trump, has named Alon Musk as a, quote, special government employee. Well, all hell is is breaking loose. Why? Because of Trump hatred. That's why. Let's give this

Doge a chance. Back after this. Nearly home. Isn't home where we all want to be? Reba here for Realtor.com, the pro's number one most trusted app. A dream home isn't a dream home if it comes with a nightmare commute. That's why Realtor.com has real commute. So you can search by drive time. Download the realtor.com app today because you're nearly home. Make it real with Realtor.com. Pro's number one most trusted app based on August 2024 proprietary survey. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update.

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